"~~!?"
"..."
Somehow, Elma's face had been alternatively turning from bright red
to ghastly white and the other way around for a while now, and she
seemed to be restless for some unknown reason, I wondered what
was up with her.
Well, her traveling companion Porco-san had now become an
enemy, albeit it was because he was being controlled. It wouldn't be
weird if she were to get agitated.
But… she had struck him with everything she had earlier, didn't
she…?
Maybe her agitation had nothing to do with it… As I was thinking, I
turned my eyes back to Porco-san.
"Gugi… Gigigi…" Porco-san, who now looked more like an orc than
a dwarf, bared his killing intent towards me.
He did call me 'Harem King' earlier; he was probably feeling very
envious of me.
However, it wasn't like I was a Harem King from the very start.
It was just a reward I got after overcoming terribly painful
experiences.
Well, let's set aside the fact that the person who put me through
those experiences was having a distress right here.
"If only… our positions… reversed… women… all… be… mine…"
With squeezing and cracking sounds, Porco-san's body bloated, and
tough-looking armor manifested, covering his whole body.
The front part was particularly thick, and both of his arms was
mounted with large shields. It made his whole body seemed like a
single shield.
Most likely this was his Fantasy Form.
No, according to Elma, Porco-san was also blessed with the power
of the Five Goddesses.
In that case, it could be said that this form came about due to the
combination of Phinis-sama and Olgou-sama's powers, a first of its
kind.
As a proof of that, he shouldn't be able to move with ease in such a
heavy equipment, but reality said otherwise.
"My… goddeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssssssssss!!"
""""""""—!?""""""""
BANG! Porco-san, kicking off the ground with frightening leg
strength, shot towards us like a cannonball.
"Kh!?"
――Shove!
""Kya!?""
――BAM!
"Argh!?"
"""""""Exa(-sama)!?"""""""
Immediately after I pushed Magmell and Shiva-san out of the way,
Porco-san, who had turned into a running rampart, mercilessly ran
over me.
I almost lost consciousness from the strong impact, but I somehow
managed to endure and gritted my teeth, clinging to Porco-san.
That aside, if he had hit Magmell and Shiva-san, they would've been
left seriously injured. What was he thinking?
Because we'd managed to establish a conversation of sorts, I'd
thought that his reason still remained, but now I was convinced.
He had little to no reason left now.
In fact, the only thing dominating his head was to vent out his
emotions, and he didn't care about whom the target was.
Hence why he had even tried to run over Magmell, whom he idolized
as a 'goddess'.
Given that he had been turned into a Blackdoll, it couldn't be helped.
I was fully aware that Porco-san didn't do it out of his own free will.
But—
"Still, the fact that you were trying to hurt them is making me angry!"
BANG! I drove my full-powered fist into the face of Porco-sa—no,
'Shield' Blackdoll.
――BLAZE!
Even as flames poured into the gaps between his armor, the
Blackdoll's legs didn't stop, so I decided to put a distance between
us for the time being.
――Screeeeeeech!
The Blackdoll then hit the brake by bracing his legs. He seemed to
have taken no damage from my previous attack.
"…Women… my wives… Don't get… in the way…"
"They're not your wives. They're mine. And I'm gonna show you the
proof now. —Shiva-san."
"Yes, I've been waiting." Shiva-san wrapped her arms around my
neck, leaning against me.
"Gugi…"
At that moment, I saw the Blackdoll getting more infuriated, but I paid
him no heed and hugged Shiva-san.
――Blaze!
As if that was the signal, both of us got wrapped in a fiercely burning
flame, and the 'Shield'"Superior Arms"was activated.