The Unaware Atelier Meister

There!

If you hold the drawn blade over your head,

it'll active a spell,

so please be careful with it.

I wonder what kind of spell it casts?

There!

Lise, we should start heading out!

Oh, right!

The Unaware

ATELIER MEISTER

~A Common Tale About the Former Head of Chores for a Party of Heroes That Turned Out to be SSS-Rank in Everything Except Combat Skills~

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The Ninth Direction

Alraid, where are the ruins?

We're almost there!

Good!

There's a lot of them.

Fortunately, the vast majority have been pulled away by Generic's diversionary force.

I've seen a strong light several times now.

They must be running low on their magic crystals.

Though we're almost out too.

We need to find the source of these monsters fast.

Alraid!

I'm coming!

Forget me!

Our magic crystals!

Yulishia! We've come to help!

K-Kans?!

And you are?

Adventurers employed by the atelier.

Thank you!

Hey! I found it!

They're coming from this building just up ahead!

The top is crumbled apart, so they're either deep inside or underground!

Got it!

Everyone, close your eyes!

We're rushing in!

I could see it from afar,

but that's incredibly effective.

I know I said I wouldn't be surprised anymore, but that's impossible!

Alraid, drink that.

Is it a recovery drink?

It's ordinary soup from medicinal herbs.

Hey! My wounds are healing?!

You're saying this is just a soup?!

You're in the same boat as us!

This isn't even the start of it.

What?

Please, hold on, Yulishia!

We can hold the enemy off here.

Be careful, okay?

Thanks.

I'm counting on you.

They're reliable men.

Yeah.

Alraid, let's get to it!

That's my line!

Where?

Where are these things coming from?

If he keeps draining my power like this, I'll die.

What?

That's a magic crystal?

I see.

They aren't half-bad.

Well, fine.

I was just getting bored anyway.

I'll go greet them myself.

Here's the source!

Here we go!

Yeah!

Did we get it?

A demon lord.

Is that what's been summoning those monsters?

Yeah, that's the boss we need to defeat.

What tremendous power.

That would have been dangerous if I didn't have infinite life.

Infinite?!

It didn't dodge?!

It's wounds?!

Ahh, if only I could erase this magic circle!

I've been watching your fight so far.

You're not half-bad, are you?

Go on, you should have a look too.

Generic!

Everyone's so desperate to protect the town and the princess.

How heroic of them.

None of my frontier knights...

will ever bow before a demon!

Oh? Is that so?

Perhaps I didn't send enough foes then.

That was rude of me.

Now, I should increase their numbers.

Your knights are going to summon reinforcements, right?

Though is that a good idea?

These guys will end up destroying the less defended gate.

The three at the entrance might get trampled underfoot as well.

I won't let you!

I'll slaughter all of the knights,

then drag the princess out of town,

and perhaps it would be nice to let you two

watch as the princess gets ripped apart.

Yulishia, focus!

Defeating this thing is our shortcut to solving all of this!

Yeah.

Though how do we do it?

We beheaded him and ran his heart through,

but he just went back to normal.

Even Kurt's magic crystals couldn't completely defeat him.

And if the ramparts are broken through, then...

Yes, that expression, that look!

Now that's a great expression.

Give up on everything

and despair!

It's all... over.

I don't have the strength to run.

I can't erase the magic circle.

My hunger's at its limit too.

I want to eat something.

If I could at least have Kur's home cooking...

Shall we try digging here?

Kur's voice.

I'm hallucinating.

There!

We punched through!

You're impressive, Sir Kurt!

Kur?

Even though there were enemies in all eight directions,

we were easily able to come up from underground.

So this is what you meant by the ninth direction!

Huh?! Marlefiss?!

It's really you?

What are you doing here?!

Sir Kurt?

Third Princess Liselotte?!

I see.

So he's already uncovered the fact that I'm involved with the princess' assassination.

Hup!

Thank you!

That's why Kur brought her here,

hoping to persuade me away from it.

Do you know this woman?

Yes.

This is Sister Marlefiss, a member of the party I'm indebted to.

Ex-Sister.

I've been excommunicated from the Polan Church.

Is that why you were after Lise?

Feigning ignorance?

You already know everything, don't you?

Then even this is...

Yes.

It's all because of Bishop Tristan—

So you started scrawling on things here and there

in order to vent your frustration at being excommunicated from the Church?!

Huh?

Bishop Tristan.

That's why you've scrawled all over Lise's room

and left such a big scrawl in these precious ruins!

I can't believe you were the person behind Scrawlinkey, Marlefiss!

Huh?

What happened to the Marlefiss that helped me stop Golnova from doing this?!

Huh?

Sir Kurt!

I can't believe you're getting angry for my sake!

Of course I would!

She's put you through such a scary ordeal!

What is he talking about?

Marlefiss, where's Yulishia?

She should have come here to clean up already.

Yulishia?

Does he mean that adventurer?

If you're looking for her, she's one floor up.

Okay, I'm going to look for Yulishia then.

Please wait, Sir Kurt.

I'll go look for Yuli.

Sir Kurt, please clean up these scrawlings!

Huh?

But it's dangerous to go by yourself!

I'll be fine!

I have this sword you gave me,

and the scrawler that was after me

is right here, after all.

I understand. Please find her.

Yes!

I'll be back!

Take care!

No way.

He's letting the princess go off by herself when people are after her life?