“That’s half of you! If you don’t handle this the right way, you’ll lose function in your left side forever.”
“Patrick, just think about this calmly. Which would you prefer: the me that’s here or the me that’s floating up in the sky?”
“You want me to choose...?”
Patrick looked up at my other half, which was continuing to spread its wings in the sky, then he looked back at me, who was normal other than the fact that half my body was paralyzed. He looked back at my half, who could only be described as an evil spirit descending on the planet, then at me, who looked human and communicated normally... After looking back and forth a few times, Patrick finally opened his mouth.
“You’re both Yumiella.”
“That silence was enough of an answer.”
Patrick wasn’t the type of person to get excited over giant robots or huge kaiju, so I was definitely more his type than my left half. On top of that, if he chose Left Yumiella, the world would end.
After thinking about it some more, he spoke, the words spilling out in mumbles. “Well, I don’t think you’d die that easily.”
“That’s right! Any worrying you do for my sake is a waste.” Though I’d said it myself, that fact made me a bit sad, but it was the undeniable truth. I was done persuading Patrick.
The hero then turned to the Demon Lord. “What about you? You’ll fight with us, right?”
“I’ll do what I can, just as always... Even though you’re irritating.” The Demon Lord seemed as if he would object to anything the hero suggested, but he immediately agreed. Perhaps he didn’t care that much aside from the hero’s desire to destroy Valschein.
We now had a united battlefront of four incredibly strong people. I looked at our strange group and saw Patrick grimacing as he looked up at the sky.
“What’s wrong?”
“Is she falling...?”
Huh? Falling? The moment the words left Patrick’s mouth, we all looked up at the rampaging Yumiella. I guess it feels like she’s coming closer... Everything including her wings are so huge that it’s hard to gauge distance... Wait! She’s falling!
“She’s coming this way!”
I’d thought that we would have to go up to space to take her down, but I was wrong. How smart to use her size as a misdirection. Even if she’s the weaker half, she’s still me.
I’d been completely fooled, but we needed to go catch her as she fell from space. Doesn’t this make dealing with her easier?
“Isn’t this more convenient, since we don’t have to go to space?” I said without much thought. All three of my allies objected.
“Are you out of your mind?” the Demon Lord said. “Do you know how many people will die just from that thing crashing onto land?”
“I agree,” the hero said. “If any part of her touches land, it’ll be over.”
“It’ll be safer to do something about her while she’s falling,” Patrick said.
You all know that thing is me, right? Well, I guess that makes sense. I agree that the moment she lands it’s over for us. I guess we can’t just catch her and call it a day—we’ll have to launch our own attack.
My left half was making its way towards land. Perhaps it was because of her size, but she looked to be falling at a slow speed, and all I could tell was that she was higher up than the clouds dotting the sky.
It would be nice if we could do something about her while she’s at cloud height, just to be safe...
“Can anyone here fly?” I asked.
The hero and Demon Lord looked at each other with troubled looks on their faces. It appeared neither could fly, and I was regretting Ryuu’s absence. Patrick, who was the only one who had a reasonable way to fly, raised his hand.
“I can fly everyone up with my wind magic. I should be able to create footing for us in midair.” A floating block of earth appeared near us.
The hero jumped lightly onto the precisely formed block of earth.
“This will suffice as footing, but it might be difficult to fight like this.”
What’s that, Hero? You saying you got a problem with Pat-Pat’s magic?
If we were all going to fight in midair, just relying on wind magic was going to be difficult. Patrick had flown me up with wind before, but I could only move at the caster’s will—in other words, Patrick controlled my movement. The only way for each of us to actively move in midair was to jump between the floating blocks.
Though it wouldn’t be flying exactly, it was the only way to do this. Before hearing the specific explanation of how to do things, the hero continued to voice his concerns.
“Doesn’t creating a block of earth in a place with nothing use quite a bit of mana? You have to use wind to make it float on top of that. In that case, it would be better to just fly using wind in the first place.”
No, no. We’re going to use a bunch of these and hop around. Why does he think there’s only going to be one block per person? It’ll be faster to just show him than to explain. I jumped onto one of the footing blocks and looked at Patrick.
“There’s no need for you to—”
“It’s fine, it’s fine.”
I’d spent half a day with use of only my right side, so I’d gotten used to it. The only reason I’d tripped earlier was that I’d moved as if I was going to use my left arm and leg as well.
Though I only had use of half my body, I was Yumiella Dolkness. As long as I got used to my current state, jumping around was no big deal.
It would be a waste of time to try to convince Patrick, who was dubious about if I could do it, so I didn’t wait for a response and jumped up into an empty space in the air.
Just then, several blocks of earth appeared in the air. They were appropriately spaced apart—perfect for jumping from place to place.
I landed on one with my right leg and jumped for a second time. I used my right hand to grab onto a block that was close by and used my arm strength to turn myself and accelerate. Making use of my right arm and leg, I traveled through the air.
Finally, it was time to land. My balance wouldn’t be great if I landed with only one point of contact, so I used my hand to get on all fours...or rather, on all twos? Either way, I landed on the ground.
I’d ended up getting around like a monkey, but that should’ve shown the hero how to get around.
“This is how you do it,” I said.