Villager A Wants to Save the Villainess no Matter What! - Chapter 42.2

 Chapter 42.2 – Side – Anastasia (6)

“A-Allen?”

Don’t do this. For a talent like you to get destroyed here is unacceptable.

And yet, despite that! Like this!

“Rather than that, Anastasia-sama. Please acknowledge me as your representative as soon as possible.”

“Eh? Ah, um, I admit.”

When Allen told me, I admitted it. But soon realizing it, I felt like crying in self-loathing.

However, Allen nonchalantly set the terms of the duel. Allen was monopolizing everything. He asserted that he would win in a one-on-five match and further provoked his five opponents one after another to make them lose their calm.

Before I knew it, negotiations had been concluded, and a duel had been scheduled at the training grounds.

“Well then, Anastasia-sama. I’ll go back to the dormitory and get my weapons, so please go to the training grounds first.”

Allen’s words brought me back to my senses, and I tried to convince him to get out of this reckless duel. But, I was easily outdone.

Allen is the youngest C-rank adventurer to ever conquer the Goblin Dungeon. He is also an Orc Slayer and has even defeated the Blizzard Phoenix, an almost legendary monster, by himself.

Honestly, it doesn’t make sense. Why would such a person be in high school?

“So you should relax as you do in a big boat because I’m sure you will win this duel.”

Allen said with a smile and quickly left.

Then I went to the training grounds to wait for Allen. Margaret and Isabella stayed with me, even though they didn’t need to follow me as everything is over for me.

I have good friends, but to stand next to me here is to declare a clear rebellion against His Highness. I’m very sorry to have dragged such good friends into this.

As I was thinking about this, Allen appeared in the training area. He was dressed very lightly and carried only one weapon, a dagger.

“Allen!”

Why don’t you bring a more proper weapon!

I was going to say that, but the only words that came out of my mouth were his name.

But Allen responded by saying, “Good”.

“What is good, you idiot!”

I couldn’t help but say that to Allen.

“Oh, no. I just thought that Anastasia-sama is well taken care of by her friends.”

“Wha…”

I’m sure I was blushing when he told me that.

What are you thinking? Allen! Even though you’re in a situation where your life is at stake, you’re worried about me!

“Then, Anastasia-sama, I will win for you.”

“Oh, yes. And, one more thing, Allen. That witness is from a faction that’s hostile to my family, the Ramslett. Be careful.”

“Yes. Thank you very much. But there is no problem. I have no intention of relenting.”

Allen stepped forward in an aloof manner and incited his highnesses to take advantage of it.

And with his highnesses pissed off, a desperate one-on-five duel began.

But the end result was a one-sided battle that none of us could have even imagined. No, it was not even a battle.

In just a moment, the three of them were down, and the next thing I knew, Markus and His Highness were being lectured by Allen.

His Highness’ excuses were especially childish and unbearable to listen to. Allen could have settled the matter immediately, but he secured the upper hand and refuted His Highness in front of the public in a duel.

Could it be that Allen had been preparing to rebuke His Highness like this from the beginning?

I had a suspicion like that, but that would be impossible.

Who could have imagined that such a duel would happen in the first place?

Allen, however, seemed to make a mistake at the last moment. His Highness forgot himself and tried to use extreme magic, causing his magic power to run out of control.

I hurriedly began to prepare to use my ice magic to offset the flames.

Originally, my ice magic was incompatible with His Highness’ fire magic, so it was highly doubtful that I could suppress it. However, if I don’t suppress it at this point, not only will His Highness’ safety be at risk, but Allen, Margaret, Isabella, and the crowd will also be in danger.

If I fail to suppress it, I will be the first to be burned by His Highness’ fire magic.

However, it originally happened because I was not able to hold the reins of His Highness.

So I have that responsibility.

As I prepared myself while thinking this, Allen gestured to me to not worry.

Then, he activated the wind magic so quickly that I couldn’t tell when he was chanting and rolled up all the runaway flames and blew them into the sky.

“Alle … n?”

No words came out, as there was too much of a difference in level.

I see. From the beginning, Allen never had a vision of losing.

“His, His Highness Karlheinz is unable to fight. Therefore, it’s Allen’s victory.”

Allen bowed and came to me, then knelt gracefully. Looking at him, I felt my heart flutter strangely and my face heated up.

“I dedicate this victory to Anastasia-sama.”

“Tha-Thank you.”

“It’s okay. I didn’t kill anyone. His Highness just used up all his magic power, so he shouldn’t be in any danger of death. The magic flames that went out of control were all blown upwards by my wind magic, so there should be few injuries. I’m sure he’ll wake up after he sleeps for a while and recovers his magic power.”

“Is, is that so.”

Good, then Allen won’t be executed.

I was relieved, but Allen’s next words made me feel as if my heart would stop beating.

“Well then, Anastasia-sama, I’ll be going now. Thank you very much for everything. And thank you, Margaret-sama and Isabella-sama. It’s a little regrettable, but I’ll leave you now.”

“Hey, Allen!”

Wait, please! Don’t say goodbye!

I called out to Allen, but he didn’t respond to my call and strode away.

But I couldn’t take the option of chasing after him as I had to clean up after this stupid duel.

That woman collapsed unconscious and was carried away, so she couldn’t even speak properly. His Highness would probably not wake up for a while due to the effects of exhausting his magic. Markus’s nose was broken and his face was covered in blood. And Oscar was still suffering from the inability to even open his eyes.

Claude and Leo regained consciousness after a while, but they didn’t seem to understand what had happened at all.

And even though I was condemned to break off my engagement, there were some fools in the royal court who wanted me to accompany His Highness as part of my fiancee’s duties.

I made sure they understood, but they wasted a lot of time.

When I finally finished cleaning up the mess, I went to Allen’s dorm room and found that his room was already a hollow shell.

“Alle … n …? Wh …y …?”