Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"You missed it. ......"

A voice with a dusky tone echoes through the air. I keep my head down and my eyes on the floor in horror. Next to me, Gon is crawling on the floor, his hands clasped over his head.

I had come to report to the great-grandmother about the attack on Hayes the day before. I had expected her to be angry, but I honestly did not expect her to be this angry.

I was confronted with a grandmother with wide-open eyes and a powerful face, with her left eyeball in the middle. She was listening to my report silently, and then she slowly closed both eyes, and suddenly her eyes opened and she looked like this. Scary, too scary. .......

Sandille is standing in front of her. He is looking up at the heavens with his arms folded, completely unperturbed by her appearance. Then, with a small exhale, he looks at us and speaks slowly.

"Well, we have defeated the attack of Haze, the fox. Well, let's just say it was a great accomplishment. I am glad to hear that you are safe, Master Licorette."

I bow my head in silence. Sandille opens her mouth again.

"But you, Haze, have developed a tremendous skill to be able to almost completely disguise yourself as one of the wives.

Yes. He was exactly like his wife Matkal, not to mention his body, the way he talked, the way he behaved, and many other things. I invoked my appraisal skills, and the skills that appeared were exactly the same. It might have been different if I looked into the past, but I think it is an amazing skill to copy even the skill. I wonder what would have happened if we hadn't set up the wards. ......"

Sandille nodded in agreement with my words.

"Perhaps that is the same skill that led you to kidnap Master Meek from the Elven King's custody. And perhaps it was the same Master Meek who was holding Hayes in his arms. I was afraid that he might have lost his life, but I am glad to see that he is safe.

He exhaled with a puff of air as he said this. Then he turned to the princess and bowed reverently.

I know you have your reasons for doing this, my dear princess, but first, why don't you let the Elf King know that Princess Meek is safe and sound?

She nodded slowly, her expression not changing at all.

"But about that Hayes. I guess we'll never know what he's up to from now on.

The princess's body was trembling, perhaps from anger or frustration. I open my mouth as I watch her body tremble with anger or frustration.

"About that, Your Highness. Actually, I was able to touch Hayes' body while I was examining my wife's body.

"Oh."

"I don't know if it can be done, but just in case, ......"

As I talked, I walked up to the great-grandmother. Then I started whispering with the great-grandmother and Sandille.

"Hey, that's enough!

The one who sounded annoyed was the fox Hayes. He is lying naked on his back on the bed. And a naked girl was clinging to his body. The girl hears Hayes' voice and looks up slowly, brushing her hair back.

Not yet, not yet. It's not supposed to be like this.

"No, my wounds have healed enough. It's okay."

The girl lets out a grin at the sound of Hayes' voice.

"But your body still wants you, doesn't it?"

"......"

"Besides, you haven't had a concubine to thank you yet, have you?"

"...... do as you please."

"Ugh, Hayes has to be. "Ugh, Hayes should be..." "He shouldn't be like this yet. More ......, more ......."

Again the girl nuzzles her face into Hayes' body. He watches her closely, sighing. And if this were Riccolette, he thinks, how ...... would that be? It was so close, so close. She was there, just out of reach, just out of touch. But the unexpected attack of Linos, the king of Agartha, had thrown all her plans out of the window. This was, in all likelihood, her own defeat. It had been a long time since she had experienced such a sense of defeat.

Hayes did not give up until the very end. Even though he was mortally wounded, he tried to transfer Ricolette with all of his magical power. However, the magic did not reach her, and her figure dissipated. Perhaps Llinos had placed the wards in advance. Hayes himself did not know when he had placed the wards. Perhaps he had set up some kind of trap at the time he and Riccolet had been talking in each other's ears. No, but that is not absolutely certain.

To be honest, Hayes was surprised. When she had copied Matkal's body, she had been able to copy only a part of his memory, whereas she had been able to copy all of his memory. Probably assuming that she had some kind of magical protection, he took all possible precautions, such as attacking her with a wand embedded with a prill stone. However, the quality of the humanization was far from what she had hoped for, despite the fact that she had nullified the effects of magic. Nevertheless, he was able to easily enter the capital of Agartha and summon Licolette. However, he had not expected Matkal himself to appear before him so soon. Even here, however, Hayes was absolutely confident in his change skills. He was confident that he could not be detected. That's when Llinos took advantage of him.

The next thing he knew, he was pierced through the heart and his left arm was cut off. If Meek had not come to his rescue, his life would have been in danger, even if it had been his own. In that sense, I cannot thank Meek enough.

Originally, I brought Meek here for Licorette.

Hayes wanted to take Licolette away as soon as he found her. Likolette would probably put up a fierce resistance. If that happened, she would be injured in some way. In case that happened, he had brought Meek, who could heal wounds quickly.

This Meek has amazing healing abilities. A liquid she secretes from her mouth is what it is. If you take it into your body, it will heal you perfectly while you still have life, even if it is a fatal wound. In fact, she has saved many lives.

In this case, too, she saved my life in a very dangerous situation. Although he was not without joy, Haze's heart did not clear up at all.

Of course, he was frustrated that he had missed his target twice. But even more than that, it was easy to imagine how much more difficult it would be to take away Riccolette. That Agartha King Linos is quite good. From what I have heard from the people of Crimea-Na and in the city of Agartha, he has a warding skill, and it is a skill of a very high rank.

"As far as skills go, ......LV4?　That's a lot of variety. Have you sublimated it into an original skill?"

Hayes stares at the ceiling and mutters these words. He could not make sense of the wards he had seen in the Mideast. It was impossible for a single person to create such a barrier and keep it up for days.

"....... The woman's memories of the King of Agartha are only fragmentary. And ...... all she shows is a scene of them having a meal. What the hell is going on?"

He closes his eyes and goes through Matkal's memories, but he has not been able to retrieve anything since his meeting with Linos. This was a first for him.

"......There's no doubt that the hijinis are on the move. ...... are they mobilizing the fox tribe's dependents to maintain the boundaries of that Midei country?　In any case, we'll have to move with extreme caution from now on."

Muttering these words, he looks down at his side. There was a small, yellowish stain that had appeared after Linos had touched him. Every time Hayes looked at the spot, a bad feeling would well up in his heart.

"I think I need to rethink how I'm going to move. ....... This time, this time, this time, I will have that goddess, Likolette, in my hands. ....... Someday, one day, I will lay her in this bed ...... and ......"

"Uh-huh, Hayes, you're finally feeling better."

Meek's voice rises to drown out his mutterings. She looks at Hayes with a smile on her face.

"Okay, well, thanks for the other night, Meek."

"Ugh, Hayes has to be."

Hayes gently touches Meek's cheek. But his mind is occupied with Riccolette. He holds her close to him, seeing Meek's image in front of him, with Likolette's. .......