Volume 2 - CH 404

My head hurt…. I can’t even sleep in peace.

9-38. Rejected Body

The sound of spears clashing against each other can be heard repeatedly.

In the space of the night, the sound of iron colliding echoes well.

Houen still doesn’t use his skills.

He’s just continuing to fight with his spear alone.

In terms of strength, they were evenly matched, and both were gradually getting injured.

If it were the usual Houen, he would have used his skills the moment everyone had moved away.

That was also what he had intended to do.

But when the opportunity presented itself, he suddenly felt a sense of discomfort.

(Why… why do I feel like I don’t want to use them!?)

He could win if he used his skills.

His opponent was only that much of a challenge.

But his body rejected it.

The one in front of him was an enemy that had to be defeated.

He couldn’t understand anything about the Refinement, but somewhere in his heart, he sympathized with it.

With what?

Even if he were asked, he wouldn’t be able to answer.

“Haaa!!”

“Hmph!”

He easily swept away the spear that was thrust at him.

Immediately stepping forward, he scooped up from below and thrust upward, but it was dodged by flipping back.

The devil put his hand in his pocket.

Thinking that he was going to do something, Houen immediately closed the distance.

But there was still some distance.

Finally, Houen spread his fiery wings and thrust his spear towards the devil.

“【Report】 “

“What!? Is that a skill!?”

Reaching into his pocket, Feik retrieved something. It’s unknown whether this skill could be activated during battle, but there was a high possibility that their presence had been reported to the devils allies.

He wanted to defeat this guy as quickly as possible and head back to everyone, but he still couldn’t use his fire magic due to his body’s rejection.

Unable to use fire magic, he resorted to using his spear, but it was firmly blocked. He put more force into pushing it forward, causing the devil to resist and finally stop after sliding back and hitting the wall of a nearby building.

“What did you do!?”

“I can’t let you be interrupted anymore…sorry, but I have to use it.”

“What are you talking about!?”

“Rebirth.”

Houen immediately understood that it was Reizens doing and kicked the devil away, hitting him with the handle of his spear when he stumbled. Despite hearing a dull sound twice, the devil did not fall and shook his head to stand up.

“Why aren’t you using your skill?”

“That’s what I want to know.”

“Your body is trying to remember…remember it, Houen.”

“Remember what?”

“What you heard from Lurimkos-sama, and what you realized.”

He had no recollection of it, but it seemed like his body remembered something. He couldn’t remember, and he didn’t understand what was being said, but he was somehow able to comprehend it.

There was indeed a strange sensation, as if something was being shaved away…

“‘ 【 Heavy Weight】 ‘”.

“Hmghh!?”

Suddenly, the devil’s body became heavy and they fell to their knees.

Recognizing the skill, Houen turned around.

“!? Alena!?”

“I thought something was off, so I came back! Because you haven’t used your skill at all!”

Children are observant. If it were Houen’s magic, a big light would have appeared in the darkness by now. But since it hasn’t appeared yet, Alena became curious and returned.

However, with the Heavyweight skill in effect, they could easily defeat the devil. Houen readied his weapon and tried to charge, but his body wouldn’t move.

“Again!? My skills and body…! What is happening!?”

“W-What’s wrong!?”

“I don’t know… I can’t use my skills, and even my arm swinging my weapon is stopped on its own…”

“F-For now, Houen, try this…”

“Hm, a healing potion?”

Alena handed Houen a healing potion after looking at his injuries.

However, it may not be very effective for external injuries, as it only heals internal injuries. Houen thought so, but he thought that it might heal his body if he drank it, so he quickly drank it all.

He attempted to thrust his spear at the devil again, but still couldn’t do it.

“…What is this…”

“Houen, you still haven’t remembered?”

“…Remember what?”

“Something that you realized… but…”

There is nothing like that.

However, he remembered that even Alena said such a thing.

It had been said to him many times before, but it never clicked in his mind .

There must be something he had to remember.

The behavior of his body should be directly related to that.

“Gh, ghhhh… remember…! You should be able to understand it…!”

“…………”

“Houen!”

“I don’t know…! I can’t remember! What happened at Lurimkos’s place? I just died and became a child, and I was asleep! I didn’t hear anything!”

“… so- I see…! This, can you cancel this?”

“Yeah.”

“What!? Wait, Alena! Why do you need to cancel it when we caught him?”

“Because he’s not an enemy.”

Saying so, Alena cancels the skill.

She had learned magic from Roze, which allowed her to cancel skills at will.

The devil, who had been breathing heavily, took a deep breath.

Then he thrust his spear into Houen’s abdomen.

“Huh?”

“What the…?”