The Water Magician: Arc 1 Volume 3 (eBook)
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-3374-1 (ISBN)
Ryo is living his best second life in Phi and doing as he pleases. Ever the adventurer, he accepts an escort job for a merchant heading to the Principality of Inverey. Unfortunately, he forgot to withdraw money before leaving the Kingdom of Knightley, so he finds himself at a complete loss in its capital and penniless in a foreign land. In order to return to Lune where all his friends are, he takes on another escort mission, this time back to the Kingdom of Knightley...or so he thought! The job actually has him acting as the body double for a prince being targeted by assassins, but then the real prince ends up kidnapped anyway?!
A major power's ulterior motives and the real reason the prince is being targeted lurk in the shadows. However, to each and every problem that falls in his lap, Ryo's solution is always simple: 'I'll bury anyone who gets in my way in the permafrost!' The adventures of the strongest freewheeling water magician continue in this frenetic third volume!
Ryo is living his best second life in Phi and doing as he pleases. Ever the adventurer, he accepts an escort job for a merchant heading to the Principality of Inverey. Unfortunately, he forgot to withdraw money before leaving the Kingdom of Knightley, so he finds himself at a complete loss in its capital and penniless in a foreign land. In order to return to Lune where all his friends are, he takes on another escort mission, this time back to the Kingdom of Knightley...or so he thought! The job actually has him acting as the body double for a prince being targeted by assassins, but then the real prince ends up kidnapped anyway?!A major power s ulterior motives and the real reason the prince is being targeted lurk in the shadows. However, to each and every problem that falls in his lap, Ryo s solution is always simple: I ll bury anyone who gets in my way in the permafrost! The adventures of the strongest freewheeling water magician continue in this frenetic third volume!
Their conversation was going nowhere fast...
Abel sighed heavily. “Ugh, whatever. Anyway, back to what I wanna say. It’s about that. You remember the incident with the spies from abroad we were involved in?”
“Spies from abroad...? Ohhh... We got caught up with spies twice, didn’t we? The first were the four we took down in the dark, the ones who didn’t attend the party celebrating your return. The second was the group who also didn’t attend your welcome-back party, whose house we raided with the city’s garrison.”
“I mean, you’re not wrong, but...your phrasing is liable to create a lot of misunderstandings...”
“The truth is more persuasive than anything else, you know. Abel, the powerful man from the city of Lune... No, wait, Abel, the powerful man hidden in the shadows... From the murk, he buries those who defy him into the same darkness. A terrifying man to be sure.”
“No, I don’t, and no, I’m not!”
Yup, their conversation really was truly going nowhere fast...
Abel once again expelled a heavy sigh. “It’s about the first four. They wound up escaping from prison.”
“You don’t say! They were fairly skilled in their own right though, hm?”
“If I remember right, they rushed us all together, smacked straight into your ice wall while taking a direct hit from your ice spears... Sunk without even getting a move in on us. So I’m not really sure I’d call them skilled.”
Ryo folded his arms across his chest. “Compared to the people who fled from the building we raided,” he said a little pompously, “don’t you think those four seemed at least competent in close-quarter combat?”
“Really? You can make a judgment like that with such little information?”
“Well, the way I remember it, they were perfectly in sync when they charged us. That made me think they were accustomed to fighting in tricky situations like that. You know, smack-dab in the middle of a city or in the dark or sneak attacks and whatnot... In any case, they felt like people who had that kind of training.”
“Huh... It’s possible, actually. Apparently, a special investigator who interrogated them before their jailbreak pointed out that they may have received formal assassination training in the military or elsewhere.”
“Formal assassination training...” Ryo shook his head. “What does that even mean...?”
“Exactly what it sounds like and there are definitely people who go through it,” Abel replied, shaking his own head a little. “They aren’t well-known, but they exist in the Empire.”
“The Empire? And not the Federation?”
“Yup, the Empire. Though the four we caught had Federation guild cards, they were probably forgeries.”
“Wow. They go that far in their covert operations...?”
“They sure do. Chances are good they’re part of the 20th Imperial Regiment. The 20th is the imperial army’s trump card, specializing in combat in urban regions, mountains, forests, and similar environments. If the Empire’s official trump card is the Imperial Magic Division that has the Inferno Magician, then its unofficial trump card is the 20th Regiment. It’s also known as the Shadow Regiment.”
Ryo’s eyes widened in surprise. “Well, if that isn’t some serious Main Character Syndrome-naming convention.” He couldn’t believe anyone would call a military unit something like that... But after thinking about it for a few moments, he realized there really was no need to be so shocked. After all, these were the same people who included the word “Debuhi” in the name of their country. “Just when I thought the Debuhi Empire couldn’t disappoint me any further...”
Abel simply shook his head in reply...
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It was probably just a coincidence that they passed the garrison station on their way south from Café de Chocolat. At the very least, it wasn’t a scheme by Ryo, who ended up regretting his offer to treat Abel to a cake set. It was probably also a coincidence that the garrison members exited the station entrance at that exact time—and oh, look, their commanding officer, Captain Nimur, was among them! This was the same man who was part of the sting operation on the old workshop. Another coincidence, no doubt.
Three coincidences in a row—how...coincidental.
“Abel, great timing!”
“Oh, Nimur. What’s all this? Don’t tell me you’re going out on another manhunt or raid...”
“You always were sharp, huh? I actually sent a messenger to The Golden Wave earlier,” Captain Nimur said with a smile. He looked at the water magician beside Abel. “Hello! Ryo, was it? Apologies for what went down last time. It was just our collective bad luck to run into a crazy guy like that...” His face contorted as he apologized. It was a sad memory, as Nimur had lost one of his men in the battle against the blue-eyed man.
Of course, Ryo had gotten tangled up in another incident immediately after, so he wasn’t at all bothered. Especially since he’d received a very generous reward from the garrison.
“Don’t worry about it...” he replied.
“So what do you two say? Care to join us for another search-and-seize operation? It goes without saying we’ll pay you handsomely.”
And that was how Ryo and Abel found themselves participating in another arrest...
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Their group of twenty, including Ryo and Abel, currently surrounded the remains of an eatery near the east gate.
“All ten are inside.”
Captain Nimur nodded, acknowledging the recon unit member’s report.
“We’ll attack from the front. Jitta, take four people with you and go around back. Abel, Ryo, you two go with them. Catch anyone who tries to escape. I don’t care if you hurt them, but do your best not to kill them.”
Abel nodded in understanding.
Meanwhile, Ryo muttered, “I feel like this has happened before... Such déjà vu...”
A minute after they had gone to the back of the building, an explosion came from the front. The raid had commenced. Angry shouts and the sounds of swords clashing erupted within. If Ryo’s déjà vu was accurate, the next thing to happen was...
Three individuals flew out of the back entrance. None of them were part of the garrison. Which meant...
“Wah!”
They slipped and fell on ice suddenly below them. Then the city’s soldiers bound the unconscious trio.
The next moment, a second-floor window shattered and a man jumped out of it.
“Icicle Lance.”
Ryo shot his ice spears at the man’s legs to unbalance him. He hit the ground headfirst and passed out in front of Ryo.
Ryo hesitated. He had been given rope to tie the villains up, however...
Krak. A different window shattered and another person leaped out of it before running toward the east gate.
“I’m giving chase!” Jitta, a garrison soldier, yelled before darting off in pursuit.
“Hey, wait! Shit, I’m going after them too,” Abel said.
“Abel!” Ryo shouted.
It was rare for Ryo to raise his voice like that, so Abel, of course, heard him. Then he remembered what had happened the last time he pursued someone in a similar situation—or, more specifically, who.
“Ryo, you come too!”
Ryo nodded, leaving the unconscious man lying in front of him. One of the remaining garrison members would surely bind him.
More importantly... Ryo and Abel ran. Unlike last time, they reached a bend in the road quickly. When they turned the corner, they saw Jitta holding the escaped man against the ground.
Good. A very good sight—if only that had been the end of it.
Ahead of them stood a figure. A purple-headed, blue-eyed woman.
“What do we have here?”
Ryo and Abel thought they heard the woman murmur something along those lines. It was as though she had recognized them the moment they rounded the corner. Although it should have been their first encounter with the woman—neither could remember meeting her before now—they both thought she was familiar... To put it more accurately, they both had a feeling about whose accomplice she was.
Though Abel’s hand wasn’t yet on the hilt of his sword, he stared cautiously at the woman. Ryo had already activated Passive Sonar to investigate their surroundings.
“I don’t sense anyone else,” Ryo whispered. “In short, the man from back then isn’t near...”
Abel nodded.
Purple hair and glittering, blue eyes... The last time they encountered such similar features, they belonged to a man whom they confronted. And fought. A man who had been an incredibly powerful enemy.
“Abel, I caught him,” Jitta called. “Please help me carry him back!”
Both Abel and Ryo unthinkingly looked at Jitta, focusing their attention on the soldier...
As soon as Ryo realized what he’d done, he jerked his gaze back to the front.
Too late. The blue-eyed woman was already gone.
Ryo sighed quietly. When Abel heard him, he too looked ahead and realized the woman had vanished.
“But she...” Abel said, “she was just here,...
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.12.2024 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Water Magician |
| Illustrationen | Mebaru |
| Übersetzer | Kashi Kamitoma |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy |
| Schlagworte | Epic Fantasy • fantasy political intrigue and drama • genius main character • Isekai • Light Novel • OP overpowered protagonist • worldbuilding |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7183-3374-9 / 1718333749 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7183-3374-1 / 9781718333741 |
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