Reincarnation into the Barrier Master

"Nah!　Ggh!　......What!"

Suddenly Hayes' voice rises. He tries to move his body from side to side with a puzzled look on his face, but his body does not move at all.

The goddess in front of him, Likolet, closes her eyes and turns her beautiful face away. At last I have achieved my goal. It is time for the fun, but her body does not move. It is as if the mass of his desire is locked in place.

"...... got here in time. Thank God."

Suddenly, a man's voice catches your ear. Startled, Hayes moves his eyes frantically in the direction of the voice. There he sees Linos, the king of Agartha.

"What...... why⁉ why are you ......?"

Involuntarily, he shifts his gaze to Ricolet, who is supposed to be under his chest. But she was not there. He hurried to look for her, but to his surprise she was sitting with her legs outstretched at Linos' feet. She was breathing on his shoulders, trying hard to cover her breasts with her torn clothes.

"I've been ...... since when ....... I thought you were mine!　What the hell, this is ......."

Hayes struggles to move his body. At times his body glows dimly, suggesting that he is using some kind of magic, but there is no indication that it is working, and no matter what he does, his body will not move.

"What did you do!　What have you done to me?

Rico is horrified by the look of hatred on his face, but Linos looks unconcerned.

"Meek!　Meek!　Meek!"

He frantically calls out Meek's name, but there is no response. He had been watching the encounter between himself and Licorette just a few moments before. He should be close by.

"Well, if it's the Elven princess, she's asleep."

Suddenly, Linos's voice was heard. He stares again with eyes filled with hatred into the face of the man who is his enemy.

"That was close. If I had been a little later, I might have become the Great Demon King again.

With these words, Linos got down on one knee and hugged Lycorette's shoulder with his right hand. She nuzzled her face into her husband's chest as if she had been waiting for him.

"Linos ...... Linos ......"

"Oh, you scared me. You scared me, Rico. It's all right now."

"ugh...... linos......"

Rico cried softly in Linos' chest, perhaps because he was released from the tension and fear he had been feeling. Rinos continued to stroke her shoulder gently.

Waiting for Rico to calm down, I slowly called out to Hayes.

"Well, my little fox Hayes. We don't have much time. We're going to take you back to your grandmother now."

"......"

He still stares at me with a terrible look on his face.

"First, answer my question!　What the hell did you do to me?

It's simple. I put up a ward."

"Warding?　Nonsense!　There is no way I could put up wards. ......"

"I had prevented magic from being used on that battlefield, and now you're telling me ......?　I'd be lying if I said it didn't affect me, but it didn't completely block my magic. Besides, look at you. You're a full-figured man.

He looks aghast at these words. He was still on all fours and his eyes were moving wildly.

"It was a risk I was willing to take," he said. Since you were completely naked, I intuitively thought it would work, so I set up the warding, and it worked. I had a hard time on the battlefield, but here I could use magic without any problem. Thanks to you, as a warding master, I was able to create a masterpiece."

I nodded my head broadly with a blank expression on my face. I was so calm in my mind that I was afraid of myself. On the contrary, I was trying to carefully observe this fox's every move.

Now Hayes has no items in his possession. He has high magic power and can use a lot of magic, but the warding he has on him now is level 5. The wards are made to fit his body so perfectly that he should not even be able to move. Only a magic sucking stone or a prill stone can break through this ward. Moreover, if you use the stone, Haze's magic power will be sucked out of you at the moment the ward disappears. I slowly pull myself away from Rico and go to his bed. I find two wands lying in a mess beside him.

"You have to take good care of your tools," he says. If you don't take good care of your tools, they will give up on you when the time comes.

"...... d*mn it, that's mine!　Don't touch it!"

Hayes is screaming, but I completely ignore him and place the two wands into the infinite storage. At that moment, Hayes let out a loud yell.

"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!　Why!　My plan was perfect!　But why you!　How did I get here?

Hayes screams like a madman. I'm speechless. He is breathing hard and staring at me.

"The story is simple. I've been tracing Rico's magic."

"What?"

"I took a cue from Posehay's transference technique. It was a spur of the moment thing. I didn't know where Liko was, so I searched for his magic. It was a bit of a struggle, but I could feel Rico's magic, though only a little. I was able to transfer there, and here we are. It was a close call, because you were about to attack Rico in the nude. I wired you and I wired Rico at the same time, so that he would be transferred to my side right away. Oh, and by the way, what you thought you had is just an illusion I showed you."

Hayes turned his eyes from me to Rico. She shuddered for a moment, then turned her gaze to me and nodded broadly. I went to Rico's side and kneeled down again, holding her shoulders gently.

"All the ...... time, I've been calling Linos' name in my mind's ....... While Zeza sang ...... Zeza sang a song ...... desperately ......"

"Oh, I'm sure I was subconsciously sending a telepathic message. Don't worry, it got through. I heard Rico's voice on the battlefield. I rushed to the house and found Eril. She was crying because she said her mommy had gone. I examined her and saw the memory of Rico and Mato leaving. At that moment, I searched desperately for Rico's magic."

"Linos: ......"

Rico is twisting around my arm with tremendous force.

"f*ck you, ......."

Hayes mutters, his face contorted.

"You traced the magic to Riccolette?　It is impossible ...... for her magic to leak out in this place protected by this ward. ....... Even if that were the case, how could such weak magic be captured by you at the end of the world? ......

"Of course, it was hard work. After all, I've spread my magic all over this world. It consumed an enormous amount of magic power. But that magic has been restored.

I touch my armor. It's a really good piece of armor that May and Sidney and the others have put their hearts and souls into.

Hayes can't believe what I'm saying. He looks stunned and opens his mouth to gasp.

"All the magic in the world ......?　What the hell are you ......?"

"I don't care about me. Hayes, you're coming with us now, okay?　You may go before the Lord your Goddess in your undress."

"Linos, wait."

Suddenly Rico spoke to me. I look at her, surprised. Rico stands up slowly, clutching his chest, and stares at Hayes' face.

"I have one question for you, sir."

At these words, Hayes turns his red, cloudy eyes to Rico.

"What did you think about Satsuki-san, about her?"

He seemed to have not expected Rico's question at all, and his expression turned into a scowling one.

"Satsuki?　I don't care, that woman. I'm Ricolette, and you're the only ......"

"Shut up!"

Rico's screams echoed through the room. Even Hayes is wide-eyed in surprise.

"How dare you! ....... Satsuki loved you with her life. How can you say that you don't care about that? ....... She gave up her life for you, ......"

"Women are ...... stupid. Satsuki was one of the stupidest. She had a bad memory and could never get enough of me. She was useful to me, even if only a little. Shouldn't I be happy?　Besides, it wouldn't hurt the world if one or two stupid women disappeared."

"Yup. ...... unforgivable. ......"

Rico, that's enough.

Linos!

"Rico shouldn't be angry with him any more than he already is. It's a waste of time. Rico has more important things to do.

But... ......

Eryl is waiting for you at the villa. He's been out in the yard waiting for Rico to come back. Please let him go home soon. And also, I need to talk to him about Mato. ......"

"Still, Linos, this man is unforgivable!　Whatever it takes ......!"

I silently hugged Riko. Her shoulders moved up and down. I wonder how long I held Riko in my arms. Actually, I don't think it was that long, but I held her until her breathing calmed down. Then I slowly pulled away from her.

"Do you understand, Rico?"

Rico looked me in the eye and nodded slowly.

I kept staring into her eyes, and silently transferred her to the Imperial Palace. Rico did not take his eyes off me until the very end, when he disappeared.

After confirming that Rico had disappeared, I approached Hayes again and spoke to him in a calm voice.

"Now, you fox, Hayes. I was about to hand you over to your highness, but it seems you're rotten to the core. I'm afraid you're going to have to be punished very severely."

"Punishment?　You can try!　I'm all for it!"

With those words, I slowly stood up. .......