“A poison that only works on women?” one man cried out. “But how did it spread even over to the town wall? Wait... You’re the only one who looks unharmed. Hello? Are you all right, girl?”
“Huh? Who, me?!” Uh-oh, he called out to me all of a sudden! Don’t scare me like that! “Oh—yeah, I’m fine! I’m tougher than I look, you know?”
“Glad to hear, but retreat if you start feeling like something’s wrong. If you can’t walk on your own, I’ll even lend you my shoulder.”
“Ah ha ha. ’Preciate it, but I’ll be fine,” I answered. When I did, the man slumped away, disappointed.
Phew, looks like he bought it. Still, he did say a poison that “only works on women,” didn’t he? Thinking back on it now, the adventurers who I’d made faint had indeed all been women. In that case, why hadn’t I gone rogue as well? Did I not count as a woman or something? Even though I was this beautiful? That kind of ticked me off. I know I have the brain of a guy, but still.
Then I felt an intense gaze on me. “Huh? Where’s it coming from? That yellow-eyed goblin there?”
There was a young-looking goblin standing there, with yellow eyes, green skin and a big, round head. He also had a nose like a pig’s snout, which made him look kinda cute. Maybe I should capture him and turn him into my pet. With all this commotion going on, I doubt anyone would notice me abduct a single goblin... Wait, cute? What are you thinking, Karina? That’s a goblin you’re talking about! A monster!
“Oh no... Don’t tell me I have a monster fetish? You’ve got to be joking... Give me a break!” Still, I couldn’t tear my eyes away from that glowing, yellow gaze of his. The longer we stared at each other, the more I realized I liked him... I liked him?! No, absolutely not! Harumikazuchi was the only one for me! If I was gonna let anyone penetrate me at all, it’d have to be a futanari, or a really, really cute femboy!
“I’ll kill you before you tempt me any more! Go, Sun Bacchus, my minions!” I gathered the trio of Blade and the others around the yellow-eyed goblin. I’m serious, you know? You’re dead meat!
“Kyaaah! Wait, wait! I don’t wanna die!”
“Eeep! N-No, this is much for me to handle! I can’t win... It’s hopeless!”
“Ah ha ha ha! Look at all the blood! It’s so red!”
A bunch of orcs and a huge snake blocked their path forward, but I had them cut all the monsters down. Blade, you and Shildon should stop acting so cowardly and learn from your buddy Sekko. Just look how happy he is!
Anyway, once Blade finally made it to the yellow-eyed goblin, I had him raise his sword and bring it down on the monster’s neck—
Ching!
His sword bounced off?!
Huh? I couldn’t finish him?! No way! What happened?!
In truth, Blade’s “blade” was actually just spatial magic I’d disguised to look like his sword. There shouldn’t have been anything it couldn’t cut! And it wasn’t like goblins had parts of their body that were especially hard to sever, like konnyaku or nata de coco did! Wait—don’t tell me that somewhere deep down I didn’t want to kill him, and I’d unconsciously held back?!
“Kya ha ha! It’s no use! You can’t resist my Charm, this power granted to me by the gods!”
“The gods, you say?” Hearing that, I immediately came to my senses. I see, it was just the power of the divine. Thank goodness—I knew there was no way I could actually fall in love with a goblin! Phew... I thought I felt my heart skip a beat back there for a minute, but it must’ve just been because I was angry. Nothing to worry about. Charm, huh? The power of the gods...
Huh? Wait, did that mean this goblin had a sacred treasure? Then that made him my prey! In that case, it was time to hunt!
That said, if he did have a sacred treasure, he was probably the boss monster here. If so, and Blade and his party defeated him, his remains and possessions would no doubt all be gathered and collected as spoils of the battle. In that case, should I just take him out myself? No, he’d repelled my magic attack just a little while ago, so I needed to figure out another easy way to beat him.
“Hmm... Perhaps I’ll retreat for now and take my time coming up with a strategy.” Right—I had an infinite pocket of storage space, so I could just toss the goblin in there while everyone else was preoccupied with battle. Then I could take all the time I needed to figure out how to deal with him afterward. I could freeze time in there, after all.
That said, that yellow-eyed goblin stood out big time. If I tried to erase him with spatial magic, others would most likely notice and I’d cause a big scene. I needed an opportunity first.
“Hmm, what would be a good distraction? Maybe this?” I took out one of my failed experimental potions, used spatial magic to solidify it into crystal, then sent it flying into Blade’s hands. Then I connected the space in front of my mouth to the space next to Blade’s ear so that he could hear my voice.
“Hi, Blade. Right now I’m talking directly into your ear because I need to tell you something. I’ve sent you a bomb of concentrated magic, so throw it at the enemy like it’s your ultimate magical item. Thanks!”
There was no response.
“Huh? Earth to Blade? Come in, Blade! What are you, asleep or something?”
“K-Karina... Don’t think I won’t remember this!”
“And don’t you forget my promise to treat you at Shunrai.” With that, I ended the transmission.
Immediately afterward, Blade and the others moved into action. Well, they were forced into action, really, since I was partly controlling them.