Published at 25th of March 2019 11:09 pm

Chapter 108: Happy birthday

We proceeded deeper into the sea of clouds.

It’s because I didn’t want to put the newborn child in danger, which Chirotan surprisingly accepted.

I confronted Chirotan one on one in these thick clouds.

“Kukukuku, now that’s a good face. It’s the face of a man trying to protect his woman. The subordinates of my great self were all deceived by the charms of those ugly old hags, and I didn’t think anyone who did, had spirit.” (Chirotan)

“I am honoured to be praised by a great demon king. But you know, the face isn’t the only thing that makes up a woman. Remember that.” (Velt)

“Exactly! The weakness of a woman is their greatest charm!” (Chirotan)

“Nah, strong women aren’t half-bad either.” (Velt)

“Throw away strong women, no one needs them!” (Chirotan)

“I’m not going to throw them away. Littering women will make me the enemy of humanity, and all men would curse me to death.” (Velt)

It’s strange.

Until a while ago, I could only bluff and repeat these provoking acts to make my opponent show a weak spot.

But right now, I’m abnormally calm and yet my heart is seething hot.

My fighting spirit is boiling.

“Let me ask you one last thing. Are you from humanity’s great allied forces? Or are you a Hunter?” (Chirotan)

“Neither. I’m just a delinquent…… that wants to break free from being the stupidest creature in the world.” (Velt)

“Kuku, gahahahahahahahaha! Are you fine with that being your introduction before dying?” (Chirotan)

“I’m not going to die! I haven’t even heard what my child’s name is yet.” (Velt)

“Gahahahaha, is that so……” (Chirotan)

The conversation came to an end.

Silence flowed between us as we faced each other above the clouds.

And then,

“Then, dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” (Chirotan)

Chirotan flew at me with explosive speed.

He increased his power and speed with explosions.

Furthermore, this guy isn’t the type to make small attacks. Let alone the brain, he’s the type whose cells are made up of muscles too, and they were all strengthened by his accumulated mana.

“Alright, I guess it’s time to show papa’s power.” (Velt)

I’ll get a fatal wound from just being touched by him. My broken left arm proves that, as it can’t even move.

I rush at him with a baton in my right arm and another baton floating in the air.

As of now, all I can do is probably just run around using my fuwa fuwa technique, but strangely, my heart is telling me to face him.

“You monkeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey!” (Chirotan)

“Tsuraaaaaaaa!” (Velt)

Chirotan threw a right straight. I struck using my maximum power with my current muscles.

I even exceeded the limits of an adrenaline rush, which caused blood to gush out of my clenched teeth.

My veins are about to explode.

“Nu, kukukuku.” (Chirotan)

“Uraaaaaaaaaaaah!” (Velt)

However, the demon king easily blew my feelings away.

“That was weaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!” (Chirotan)

I tried to stop the blow with my baton, but I felt an impact that seemed like it would break my body into pieces.

Unable to endure that impact, I was sent flying far back and tumbled above the clouds.

“Guh, kahahahaha, as expected of a demon king…… that was outrageously heavy……” (Velt)

I’m weak, but I can still tell. This guy is a real monster, who worked his way up fierce battles like Samejima and Esamu.

“Fuh, you’re too weak and too light, you sheet stain! You talk about being a man, but do you think you can do anything against my great self with that weak power!? You better not be thinking your feelings will turn into strength! That’s just weak!” (Chirotan)

Tch, my arm’s numb.

He’s so dreadful, and yet…… why am I standing up so easily?

“Nah, my body just…… moves by itself, from the instinct inside of me!” (Velt)

Why do I keep facing him?

“Ah? You sheetty brat…… nu!” (Chirotan)

I move as fast as I can with levitation.

I make him think I’m going for a head-on collision, and then change directions just before we hit.

Normally, I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to predict your opponent’s moves from the slightest movements of their muscles, but no one can predict my movements.

Muscles movement and reflexes don’t matter since I can move however I want to.

Naturally, Chirotan froze for a moment because of my unpredictable movements.

So, I……

“Hogoh!” (Chirotan)

I stuck the tip of the floating baton into his Adam’s apple.

He froze again, making an opportunity.

“Tsuaaaaaaaa!” (Velt)

Another strike on the top of his head with a baton!

Now that I’ve come this far, it doesn’t matter if I kill him!

I’ll mess up his brain and defeat him.

“Uraaaaah!” (Velt)

Floating up a bit higher, I hit Chirotan’s head with a low kick! A soccer kick!

Even if the toes of my leg break, I’ll keep hitting him!

Even if it kills him!

“There’s no point……” (Chirotan)

“!” (Velt)

“That……… can’t kill meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” (Chirotan)

My leg gets repelled as it comes in contact with his head.

He’s accumulating his mana to the limit!

“I’ll teach you, human! This is what it means to kiiiiiill!” (Chirotan)

What’s he going to use it for? It’s obvious. He’s going to make another big explosion like the one that produced that mushroom cloud!

“Tch, I won’t let youuuuu!” (Velt)

I won’t let him do it! However, what should I do? My fuwa fuwa techniques don’t work on him.

My strikes don’t cause fatal wounds either.

How should I prevent the explosion that’s about to happen?

“Dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” (Chirotan)

It was just light.

“…… Ha?” (Chirotan)

Chirotan froze with his arms and legs outstretched to release everything.

“……! Die! Die! Dieeee!” (Chirotan)

A pillar of light was made from his mana…… is what I thought would happen, but the world stayed silent.

The explosion didn’t happen at all.

“…… Wh, why! Why is there no explosioooooooon!” (Chirotan)

I didn’t think this would happen either.

No, rather, I didn’t think I could make this happen.

“You! You brat! What did you, what did you do to meeeeeeeeeeeee!?” (Chirotan)

Chirotan shouts loud enough to make my ears hurt, but I understand how he feels.

I’m surprised too, after all.

“If your explosion is made from releasing all your accumulated mana………… I should just throw that mana somewhere else…… is what I thought.” (Velt)

“Ah?” (Chirotan)

Ahh, my leg’s trembling like crazy from how nervous I am.

No, it’s not from nervousness. It’s from excitement.

My body can’t hide its surprise at what I realised right now.

“Up.” (Velt)

“Ha?” (Chirotan)

The second I said that, a big explosion occurred thousands of metres above this high sea of clouds.

Originally, that explosion was supposed to occur here.

“Wh, why…… why!” (Chirotan)

“It’s simple. I sent all the mana you released, far in the sky with my levitation.” (Velt)

“………… Wha…… hah?” (Chirotan)

Naturally, he made a dumbfounded face. Well, I was just absorbed in it, so I don’t have proof that the phenomenon that just happened matched my thoughts.

“Although I dropped out of magic school, I know this. Creatures store mana in their body and release it in battle. That released mana can have flames, lightning, and whatever added to it, but………… it seems I used levitation to manipulate the released『mana』that was『in the air』.” (Velt)

“Im, impossible! There’s no way that’s possible! There’s no way levitation, the most basic magic of all magic, can do that! In the first place, that magic doesn’t work on living things, so you can’t control mana! And there’s no way you can just control my mana from a place where you’re not even touching me!” (Chirotan)

“That’s right. I thought so too. But I found it strange. When I was a brat, I thought levitation couldn’t float anything you haven’t touched, and that it wouldn’t work against living things. However, I can float things I haven’t touched and float liquids and nature. Well, I never found it strange until now, but I finally realised everything.” (Velt)

It’s not that I became able to float things I haven’t touched, I am actually touching them.

“As long as I’m indirectly touching something, I can float it.” (Velt)

“Ahh? Are you trying to say you touched me when you hit me before? But that’s not the same for my mana!” (Chirotan)

“No. I…… touched your mana through the air.” (Velt)

“………… Wha………” (Chirotan)

“To be precise, just like how I can float living things by floating the clothes they’re wearing, I can float things that are touching the air.” (Velt)

I didn’t float his mana.

I floated the air.

“Y, you, no way…………” (Chirotan)

“That’s right. I………… seem to be able to control the gas in the space I exist in.” (Velt)

Chirotan, don’t worry. I’m explaining it to myself too, because I don’t really understand what was happening.

However, I’m troubled since that’s the only thing I can think of.

Rather than saying roundabout, incomprehensible things, saying the conclusion is faster.

I can control the air.

So, I can control anything touching air, even if it’s mana.

“There’s no way that’s possibleeeeeeee!” (Chirotan)

And, if I’m able to control anything touching air……

“Fuwa fuwa panic!” (Velt)

“Gu, guuuuu!” (Chirotan)

I don’t need to cast levitation on clothes anymore.

Even if they’re naked, I can just control the air, and even if they’re in the ocean, I can still control the seawater, and in essence, forcefully cast levitation on living things.

“Doryaaaa!” (Chirotan)

“Kuhahaha, you still have so much power even after releasing that much mana. You broke through my binds with just your muscles.” (Velt)

“You! You sheetty brat! Sheetty brat! Sheetty braaaat!” (Chirotan)

Chirotan keeps releasing more and more mana from anger, which spreads throughout his body. However, flaring up like that just makes a weak spot for me to aim at.

“Nu, oh, ohh…… my, my mana, is separating from me, and it’s all flying out!” (Chirotan)

“Kuhahahaha, I’ll take all of it if you keep discharging it like that, alright?” (Velt)

By touching the air, I use levitation to forcefully take away the mana energy Chirotan’s releasing.

Even though he was overflowing with enough mana to shake the atmosphere, Chirotan now became quiet as if running out of gas.

“Some, something like this is……” (Chirotan)

“You can do things like this if you just try it out.” (Velt)

“!” (Chirotan)

And, I’ll go even further.

Without dispersing the enormous mana I cut away from Chirotan, I pressed it together with air so it kept its shape, and clad the baton in my right hand with it.

“Wha-!” (Chirotan)

“It’s not anything high level like magic armament and it’s primitive too, but the effect is the same. By wrapping my body in mana, I’m strengthening my body. Well, in this case, it’s my baton, though.” (Velt)

If I can control mana through the air, I can contain it too.

My baton is clad in an unbelievable amount of energy.

“I’ll split your head open!” (Velt)

“A! Gaa, a! M, my head, sheet!” (Chirotan)

I felt the greatest impact and resistance I’ve ever felt.

Chirotan is showing the whites of his eyes, and the shape of his head is slightly deformed.

An ordinary person would’ve died from that one strike.

“No…… ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!” (Chirotan)

He immediately regained consciousness and jumped at me to counterattack.

Tough.

There’s nothing scarier than a wounded demon king.

And yet, am I…… a sadist? I’m getting excited.

“By changing the flow of the air, I’ll rotate it at a high speed and make it wrap around my leg.” (Velt)

“Wait, that, that’s turbulence!” (Chirotan)

“Fuwa fuwa middle kick!” (Velt)

I drive a middle kick clad in artificially made turbulence into Chirotan’s side.

Rather than the destructive force, the impact force was amplified, sending Chirotan’s tough body flying.

“Ga, ahhhhhhh, ga, agagaaaaaah, my, my organs……… go, gohoh! What part, of this, is fuwa fuwa!? It destroyed my body completely!” (Chirotan)

Until now, I had dodged my overwhelmingly lacking strength by using batons and my fuwa fuwa techniques.

But……

“Fuwa fuwa low kick!” (Velt)

“Uoh!” (Chirotan)

“Take that!” (Velt)

“Gua, ow, owww, go, ugaaa!” (Chirotan)

The method I just acquired was proven to be powerful, even against a demon king, the strongest beings among demons.

“Tch, you sheetty braaaat!” (Chirotan)

Probably because he thought close combat is dangerous, Chirotan took distance.

A demon king retreated from me? This is such an unbelievable sight.

But you know, distance doesn’t matter to me.

And besides……

“Don’t make me laugh! You better not be thinking that you can defeat me with that, that cheating, stupid magic! You can control my mana? You can control the air? Then, I’ll destroy everything with so much power you can’t even control it!” (Chirotan)

“Kuhahahahaha…… that’s impossible.” (Velt)

“Do, don’t get cocky! I’ll prove it to you! Take my, Chirotan Popopo’s, fierce, transcendental, hyper, strongest technique!” (Chirotan)

I’m telling you…… that’s impossible.

“…… Wha-? My, my mana is……” (Chirotan)

“How much firepower do you think you have left after making that many explosions? I can generally understand the quantity and weight of the things I float. I knew how much mana you had left.” (Velt)

“…… No, no way…… no way…… no way!” (Chirotan)

“Sorry, I’m sure the pride of a demon king is important………… but in front of his child, a father has to be a superhero.” (Velt)

“My mana is gooooooooooooooooooooooone!” (Chirotan)

“So long, demon king!” (Velt)

“You, you…… what do you mean, hero!? You’re, a deviiiiiiiiiiiil!” (Chirotan)

He doesn’t have the power to resist anymore.

“Fuwa fuwa panic!” (Velt)

I violently jolt Chirotan, who’s so exhausted he can’t even break through my binds.

The demon king crumbles down and falls onto the clouds.

I grasped my fist tightly as I look down on the unconscious demon king lying down in front of me.

I feel like I was able to grab『something』new.

And……

“Ohh, the evening sun looks pretty.” (Velt)

The thick clouds that became disordered by Chirotan’s explosions finally cleared, and a beautiful, orange sun was setting in the other side of the sea.

“That reminds me, I hadn’t said this yet…………” (Velt)

It’s finally over. I suddenly muttered something while thinking about that.

“Happy birthday, new angel.” (Velt)

I push my fist up to the sky and make a guts pose.

Did you see me?

Old man…… mum……

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