The man introduced himself. Has brown hair, dark skin, and pointy ears that are characteristic of the Elves. He was none other than a Dark Elf.
"Harry… -san?"
"Right, that's right, that is my name. Now that I've introduced myself, for the sake of deepening our relationship, isn't it only natural for you to introduce yourselves too?"
"Um, I guess that's true. My name is El-"
"She's Elly, and you can call me Cecilia," interrupted Alicia before letting Elvy finish her sentence, she quickly covered the girl's mouth.
Elvy's eyebrows rose, she looked confused.
At that moment Alicia gave her a silent signal, and after she saw that, Elvy finally realized what Alicia wanted to say.
They were currently intruders in disguise, thus they couldn't just reveal information about themselves. What else to their enemies.
Harry gave a short sigh when he saw Alicia's response, he seemed to realize that what the woman said was a lie. "My goodness, even though I just want to strengthen our relationship, you don't need to be that cold too, right?" he said with a gloomy smile.
However, Alicia didn't listen to him at all, she continued to stare at the man with a strong gaze. "What are you talking about? Is this about yourself?"
"Well, if you want to put it that way, then I also have no other choice. Maybe I'll just call you by that fake name for now."
"Don't worry, even if it's a fake name, you still don't deserve to say that name with that dirty mouth of yours."
"Hahaha, that is so cruel."
"Okay, I hate wasting my time, so I'll just get straight to the point. One thing I want to ask you—" Alicia kept saying, and this time she made a more serious face. "—Could you explain to us where are all the Elves trapped here?" asked Alicia, keeping her gaze between the man and all the empty cages in the place.
Hearing that question, the atmosphere fell into silence for a few moments. But, a moment later, Harry returned the favor, with a devilish smile gracing his dark face, he said.
"What if I told you that I had killed them all?"
His voice was so light that anyone who heard it would doubt the sanity of that person.
"…."
Once again, the atmosphere fell into silence.
But, the next second—
'Boom!'
"Wow!"
Without thinking Elvy immediately lunged at the man with terrifying speed while throwing her fists with all her might.
'Boom!'
Then, with a loud noise she destroyed all the things that were there, along with the cracked floor under hers footing. It made this basement shake.
But, unfortunately the attack missed. Harry quickly dodged her sideways, keeping him alive.
"Oh my, what the heck is that power? Do you want to kill me, Elly-chan?"
"I won't forgive..."
"Huh?"
As Elvy said, her voice trembled. Just from that, you could tell if she was truly furious. But, unlike her, Harry's reaction was still relaxed, he didn't even seem to care.
"What are you not going to forgive? Is that me? Oh come on, since when did I do something bad to you, Elly-chan? Let's just be friends. It's much better than fighting like this, right?"
"I can tell by your smell that you're not lying."
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the stench of Elf blood coming off of you, Harry-san! I thought it was just my feelings, but I'm really really sure now. Because of that, I will never forgive you!" shouted Elvy with a sharp gaze, and an overflowing desire to kill.
But even after hearing that Harry looked completely unconcerned. He just smiled casually as if mocking everything Elvy said.
That made Elvy frown even more and she attacked the man once more.
'Boom!'
"Oops, that was close... It sure is a terrifying power. But, it's still not enough to hit me, haha!" The man smoothly dodged Elvy's attack, as if he had already guessed that Elvy would strike.
"Okay, I don't want to fight against you, so I'll be going. See you later, Elly-chan, Cecilia-chan too," he said, and when Elvy attacked him again not to let him escape, he quickly disappeared from before them all.
Seeing that, Elvy frowned, she hastily looked around to confirm that the man had really left and as a result, she couldn't find him at all.
But, Elvy knew that the man must be lying and still around here. She knew that Dark Elves had extraordinary skills in concealing their presence, which was different from ordinary Elves like Elvy who had expertise in archery and magic. Thus, she still couldn't let hers guard down.
"I won't let you go, Harry-san." Clear rage still burned Elvy.
She closed hers eyes, at that moment hers other senses became stronger and as she focused all of them on finding Harry by the smell and sound of hers heartbeat. Elvy heard the sound of the man's footsteps, after she knew where Harry was right now, her eyes opened wide and she immediately screamed.
"Alicia-san, get out of the way!"
"Haha, it's too late! Now she will be my sweet hostage!"
As soon as Elvy gave the warning, Harry immediately revealed his form as he tried to catch Alicia. As a result, Elvy also accidentally revealed Alicia's name.
"Oh my, didn't I tell you not to say my name."
But, contrary to expectations, the goddess was much calmer in dealing with this situation.
"Elly, don't mind me. Beat this black man to your heart's content."
"Huh?"
Hearing Alicia's confident words, without thinking Elvy immediately believed it. She smiled broadly. "Okay!" and immediately lunged towards Harry who still didn't understand the situation.
"I don't know what you guys are planning. But, once I catch you, it will be my victory!" shouted the Dark Elf as he extended his hand towards Alicia.
But—
"[Sanctuary]." Without turning a glance Alicia cast her magic.
"Wh-?!" Harry's eyes widened in shock as he saw the cocoon barrier protecting Alicia out of reach of his hand.
"Shit, barrier magic huh! Then, [Dispel]!" Seeing the barrier magic protecting Alicia, Harry immediately cast a magic that could unravel any magical power, but—
"Why?! Why isn't my [Dispel] magic working?! Is that really magic power?!"
Her attempt failed, she repeatedly cast a magic decoding spell, but it still didn't work to decipher Alicia's protective magic. This made him very confused. While Alicia stuck out her tongue taunting Harry who kept trying to destroy hers [Sanctuary] magic.
"What is this?! It's impossible to have magic power like this! My teacher doesn't even know about it! Who are you?!"
"Who am I? Well, I'm just a beautiful intruder who has powers beyond reason!"
"Khh!" Harry frowned as he heard Alicia's playful reply.
At that moment, his mind had succeeded in being sidetracked. Using this opportunity, Elvy immediately threw hers fist with all hers might at the man.
"Feel this!"
'Boom!'
"Khh?! Gubgh!! Wh-?!" The man was blown away, instead of screaming, he vomited blood, and then, his body violently smashed against the wall. "Ghh! I can't believe the impact will be this strong even though I've made multiple defensive magic!" groaned Harry who fell on the ground.
"Haha, you feel that?! This was the true power of the girl! Don't think you can still stand after receiving hers fist once!" said Alicia proudly, which made Elvy scratch her cheek in embarrassment.
After that, Elvy closed her eyes and looked at the man once again.
"Okay, now I want you to tell us everything. First, I want you to tell me where have you hidden those Elves?" asked Elvy, sticking out her claws at Harry.
However, instead of answering, the Dark Elf laughed at the girl.
"Hahaha, how long will it take you to be such a stupid girl. Don't think with just this, you can catch me," he taunted.
That made Elvy frown and look suspiciously at the man.
At the same time, the man smiled broadly and started to cast his magic.
"[Teleportation]."
Elvy's eyes opened wide. "Wait-?!" She tried to reach him, but it was too late.
As soon as the purplish-blue light enveloped Harry's body, his presence immediately disappeared from before Elvy's eyes, as if swallowed up by the world.
"Keh!" This made Elvy frown with regret for letting her enemy escape. She clenched hers fists tightly.
At that moment, Alicia walked up to Elvy and calmed her down. "Don't worry, Elvy. I'm sure sooner or later we will meet that man again. At that time you can beat him as much as you want."
"How did Alicia-san know that?"
"Umm, well, just like what Riku said earlier. This is all arranged in the fantasy world guidebook."
When Elvy asked with a gloomy expression, Alicia winked one eye sweetly and answered her question. Then, hearing that, Elvy laughed.
"Fufu, what is that?"
"Well, you're right, what the hell is that? Sometimes that guy always says something stupid, and can only be relied on when the time comes."
"Fufu, if Riku-san were there I'm sure he would scold you, Alicia-san."
"You're right, I'm sure we'll be fighting as usual… Alright, if you've calmed down, let's go pick up that person. I'm sure by now he has used up all the buffs I gave him and is hiding somewhere."
Hearing Alicia's suggestion, Elvy obediently nodded and they quickly left the place as there was nothing else they could do.
But—
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—In the same place in that mansion.
Currently Riku was in a dark and damp room. In the middle of the room he stood alone.
However—
'Tick... Tick...'
—Right around the room, dozens of mutilated human bodies were scattered everywhere.
Bearing witness to the insanity of all that was a sharp sword that had been released from its sheath, which was currently tightly gripped by Riku.