Friendship
The deck of the luxury liner violently shook.
Livia grabbed the handrail, ran over to an injured sailor, and healed them.
“Are you alright?!”
“I, I’m fine.”
The feebly smiling sailor had been bitten in the arm by a monster. That monster had been killed with a spear by a schoolboy.
The spear-wielding boy shouted.
“Leave the weak ones to me! Protect the girls at all costs!”
There were girls chanting incantations in unison, forming a shield protecting the airship.
“Don’t come over here!”
There were also girls firing offensive magic.
“Disappear!”
When Deirdre swung her arm to the side, a burst of wind minced nearby monsters, causing them to turn into black smoke.
A battle took place above the deck as well.
Units of armor were flying around, successively beating down monsters that would otherwise be no match for people.
Chris was taking an aggressive and active role.
Anybody would realize that Chris was strong.
When Livia finished healing the sailor, she got up and tried to find another injured person.
“Hey, there are cannons facing us!”
“They’re surrounding us!”
“How are we going to blow away all of these monsters?!”
The airships of the principality readied their artillery. They turned to their side, letting rows of cannons face the luxury liner.
Livia’s breathing became rough. When she clutched her chest with her hand, the white orb charm worn on her wrist glowed faintly.
“No. Not like──thiiiis!”
When she bent back and shouted at the top of her lungs, the cannons all simultaneously emitted flames.
While nobody was looking at her, Livia’s core flooded with light──enveloping her surroundings in a gentle glow.
The students and sailors were astonished when seeing that.
“W, what──”
“Hey! The monsters are being pushed back!”
“No way! We weren’t hit by any of the cannonballs!”
The people around began to make a clamor.
Livia took deep breaths, spread her arms out, and opened her eyes wide, causing several magic circles to appear around her.
“──Now you’ll see what I’m capable of!”
The white orb fastened to her wrist emitted a strong light.
The light enveloping the luxury liner protected it from the successive cannonballs of the principality’s warships.
Thin strands of light shot out from the surrounding magic circles, piercing through the monsters.
The sailor Livia healed looked up at her.
“Y, you’re quite amazing.”
After turning around and smiling, Livia then faced forward and saw Leon’s figure.
“Hang in there, Leon! I’ll protect this area!”
The shield shined brightly, guarding it from the monsters and the warships of the principality.
Arrows of light swooped down and blew away approaching monsters.
Seeing such a spectacle, the surrounding students turned towards Livia.
“Is this the work of that honor student?”
“This can’t be real.”
“Though, now we’ll be able to manage somehow. The result is up to Baltfault.”
While enduring the fierce assault, Livia looked at Leon.
Perhaps from pushing herself beyond her limits, her complexion turned pale.
“Just a little more──please. Let me hold out for just a little longer.”
Motivating herself, Livia protected the ship.
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While surrounded by black smoke, I heard Luxon’s voice.
[That surprised me.]
“Yeah, same here.”
Once the wind cleared up the black smoke, I looked behind me to confirm the safety of the luxury liner.
There was a very large, pale, and spherical light defending the airship.
It was magic that had covered the luxury liner and protected it.
The magic circles and the light emitting from them were the result of Olivia’s power as a saint.
I was astonished by its ability to not only protect the luxury liner from the cannons, but also to blow away any approaching monsters.
While defending against the incoming cannonballs, light pierced through the surrounding monsters, causing them to vanish.
“Being able to do this much despite not having the key items──”
Luxon, who had made prior preparations against the bombardment, spoke.
[That’s the result of her diligent studying. She had been doing her best at the academy, after all. There were merits to her meeting with you, Master. With you protecting her, Olivia was able to devote plenty of time to the pursuit of knowledge.]
“It’s good that it wasn’t in vain.”
[Master, this is a good opportunity. We can attack without having to worry about the people behind us.]
“Olivia bought a lot of time for us. Let’s not make any waste of it.”
While facing forward, I loaded shells into the shotgun.
Schwert’s engine roared as I grasped the handlebars.
“Now then, here we go!”
[I have selected the shortest route. Master, try not to get thrown off.]
While moving straight ahead, the air bike swerved around approaching monsters, avoiding them as we headed towards the final destination.
In front of me was a giant whale-like monster.
It opened its gargantuan mouth, and inside were a countless amount of eyes staring at me.
“Disgusting!”
[What bad taste. However, we will push through.]
The eyes fired rays of light, magic akin to laser beams, but we dodged all of them and continued moving straight ahead.
Luxon and I charged into its large mouth.
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Anjie clutched a handrail inside the shaking warship.
Forcibly held in this room against her will, she complained towards Hertrude.
“What an uncomfortable ride this airship provides. Besides, it’s not to my liking either.”
Hertrude furrowed a brow.
“W, what did you say?! Is it not pretty?!”
“And just how is it pretty?! Do you have bad eyes?”
Anjie could not fathom the idea of making an airship out of a large monster. She just couldn’t see a monster as pretty.
Thereupon, Garrett smiled after having received a report.
“It seems that the man in the vanguard was eaten up.”
While keeping herself from tearing up, Anjie glared at the man as he spoke with a grin.
Garrett did not stop voicing his conjectures.
“What a stupid man. To think he would charge forward by himself. Well, let’s record his name into the principality’s history. We can write him off as a man who faced us alone and died in vain.”
Garrett made further light of Leon.
“And he was a knight at that age! The kingdom must have been short on talented people! What a vast difference compared to the principality!”
Hearing of Leon’s death, Anjie’s chest tightened to the point of pain.
“──Leon.”
As she hung her head, she heard the sound of the floor below creaking.
Immediately after, Leon, riding an air bike, broke through the floor of the room and made an appearance. He had pushed through the interior of the monster’s innards and forced his way into the room.
“Leon!”
“Duck down!”
After readying his shotgun, he fired above Anjie’s head, striking the knights and blowing them away.
They were knights like him. Perhaps protected by magic, the damage wasn’t fatal. However, it was impossible for them to get up any time soon.
Leon got off the air bike, gave a side blow to Garret on the jaw with the shotgun, then pointed the muzzle at Hertrude.
“You’re coming with me. Now it’s your turn to be the hostage.”
Hertrude spoke while the muzzle was stilled pointed at her.
“You’re making light of us, oh knight of the kingdom. Shall you let us record your name?”
However, Leon immediately fired the shotgun.
An armed lady attendant behind Hertrude was blown away.
Anjie then noticed something.
(Non-lethal rubber bullets?)
Leon was calm.
“There’s no point in trying to stall this. Bring that magic flute with you. I don’t have much time. If you’re going to resist──”
Anjie found it strange that Leon knew about the magic flute, but Hertrude accepted it and tossed the flute at Leon.
However──
[Master, that’s a fake. The real one is hidden under a desk.]
Luxon spoke while burning off Garret’s moustache with a laser. It muttered [Why not take this opportunity to do some hair removal treatment.]
Leon was wearing a helmet, but Anjie could tell that he was smiling.
“How unfortunate for you, Princess.”
While Hertrude scowled at Leon, Anjie soon retrieved the genuine magic flute and handed it to him.
Leon was slightly surprised at Hertrude’s compliance and weak resistance. However, he immediately went to restrain Hertrude’s arms and put her on the air bike.
Once Anjie got on as well, the warship’s interior began to greatly incline.
“Leon, could it be?”
“Since the monster below us is dead, it vanished. We’re plummeting right now, but we’ll be safe. I’ve taken measures for this, and we’re about to escape.”
As he said that, Leon revved up the engine and pierced through a wall, escaping outside.
Leon shouted while pointing the muzzle at Hertrude.
“Heeeey! We’ve got your beloved princess over here!”
The armor units from the principality gathered and stopped moving.
“H, how underhanded. And you call yourself a knight?!”
After hearing someone’s voice, Leon spoke loudly.
“Idiot! Go look into a mirror and say that! Now, out of the way!”
Anjie, clinging onto Leon from behind, brought her face towards his back and smiled.
The knight who had rushed towards her during a time of crisis was neither elegant nor graceful like how the stories suggested. However, Anjie was very happy.
“──Thank you──Leon.”
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Bot first…………………..
Just some silly question.
Are you sure you’re not the same person as Bakapervert?. Because your speed is so fast that you’re updating almost everyday (I’m not complaining at all).
Please don’t take it seriously, really please.
Sorry wrong reply. I’m ashamed because my self
at least he make everyone happy…
Take it first, before the bot got it.
Second! THNX!!
Thanks
Wtf this madlad
K
That’s what I hoping from you Leon.
fast as alway. thank you very very much for fast translation 😀
Woo hoo!!! Flag raised half way there! There’s no stopping it now! Or maybe the queen will stand in the way and declare that she will go after leon first? There will be bloodbath!! (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ
Black haired stoic princess getto!!
All that’s left is the.side quest for the generals mustach…
Thanks for the chapter. I need more! Time for me to visit google.sensei.
That side quest was completed by luxon, did you read how he fired a laser and burnt the moustache? what a nice machine, hope i had one like that
HA…in your dream…
It is not a souvenir if it is burnt.
The likeable sailor said he didn want it
Ragna tomorrow i want see u got first(~,~)
..impossibruh…the guys at the top comments first b4 reading. And its not fair.
i know that bro! but i still frust whenever i see that guy at top always said “first” every time in few days…????
Thx for the Chapter~!!
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Thanks for the chapter
Thanks for the chapter! Looking forward to the ships sailing~
Livia is protecting at least hers, though Hertrude’s ship is already sinking.
Anjie seems to have just an airbike.
Somehow the airbike feels like the largest ship right now lol.
Thanks for the chapter!!
This scene was even better than what I thought it would be when I first saw that picture!
Also: “Side quest -steal the moustache- Complete”
Thanks for the chapter.
Leon, you just raised your affinity with Anjie to the max. I don’t know if he’s an idiot or amazing?
He’s the best idiot Anjie could hope for.
He’s the idiot that she needs, but not the idiot she deserves…
Sorry, had to reference Dark Knight 😛
The batman? Or the shadow?
Batman
Thank you for the chapter!
Thanks for the Chapter
Lesson learned – don’t give a shotgun to a madman
his not madman, he just stupid in other way…
Can a rubber bullet be even used in a shotgun? I mean, a shotgun’s power is about the explosives in the bullet shell. How do you use a shotgun with rubber bullet?
Ummm you don’t know? The police actually use rubber bullets in riots and they do use shotguns to fire it. And they say it hurts like hell. Also never seen a riot police use a different gun to use the rubber bullets in videos of people in riots.
Shotguns have the ability to use anything that fits into the shells as projectile, so inside the shell there’s several rubber balls/bbs that are projected at high speeds, has enough power to actually phisically hurt you but still remail non-lethal.
Buckshot and birdshot (probably the most commonly used types of shells) have a bunch of metal balls in the front part of the shell and the explosive charge in the back part. There’s also wadding to protect the shot from the explosion, etc. The balls can be made from rubber instead of metal.
Thx for the chapter, and aaaahhhhh anjie is so cute in the illustration, her smiling face is so cute same as livia, baka leon for making them worry, now i suppose he will make the principality princess a maid out of her stupidity, not that i worry bout a new member to the harem, better than capturing the other guys from the prism rangers
Thanks for the chap~
Oh, Anjie… that smile, the smile of maiden in love…
Leon, you better protect that smile!!
Dang I almost vomit sugar at the end
SASUGA LEON-KUN…and thanks for chapter…
and of course for Luxon too…
thanks for the chapter ????
dang Angie so cute like angel!
but! but!
STILL NOT ENOUGH! I NEED MY ANGIE-CHAN DOSE ONEGAISHIMASU!
Olivia’s time to shine.
Thanks for the chapter.
thanks for the chap !
i love the fact that you update the chapters so fast recently… (it gives the feeling of someone with the understanding that these upcoming chapters are too exciting not to get ready!!!)
AWESOME!!!! THNKS FOR THE CHAP DUDE GO LUXON!
THANKS FOR THE CHAPTER. IT MADE ME SO HYPE THAT IM YELLING RIGHT NOW. ANYWAY, YOUR SPEED IS AWESOMEEEEE
ME TOO LETS YELLING TOGETHER OUHHHH WANT MORE CHAPTERRRR P
Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
So.. based on the illustration, hertrude is in the back like a luggage?
I think it is the illustration’s mistake.
‘Leon shouted while pointing the muzzle at Hertrude.’
And the Leon in the illustration is just focused of driving.Moreover
‘Anjie, clinging onto Leon from behind, brought her face towards his back and smiled.’
So i dont think Hertrude is on the back.
Based on this two sentences:
Leon shouted while pointing the muzzle at Hertrude.
I think princess is in front of Leon so he could hold her as hostage and the illustration is slightly incorrect. Or I’m wrong and Leon didn’t take her on bike, but it would be a strange
Well, the pict has the front is like a GP motorcycle (like) model?
And I’m imagining the hostage just “stuffed” in front like baggage side way maybe? Like in some old war movie scene where they kidnap girl. Tho idk if anybody understand what I said :V
Maybe Luxon-chan is carrying her
I think that he is just holding onto her on his right hand or something.. I don’t know… The illustrator can be trolling us or is outright incorrect….
But… it can also get revealed in the next chapter… so…. gotta wait for it..
give that shitty messenger more beating, what a total prick, shave not only his mustache, burn him bald!!!
and damn Olivia a freakin moving fortress
anyway, im really curious with how those air bike look like, somekind of floating jetski??
Maybe like the cool bikes from yu gi oh 5d, or something else, imagine a aorta of sci fi bike, specially since luxon did the tuning
Yes! Olivia shows power! (≧∇≦)b
Ty for chap ????
Rubber bullets on a shotgun…
now I have seem everything!
XD
They exist in real life, riot control police use em as non lethal force.
HE IS HER KNIGHT IN SHINING ARMOR!!
He is her shovel Knight in dark armor
Epic rescue mission, success!!!
Thanks for the chappu~
Thx for the chapter
That is the face of a maiden in love, Anjie best wife. SASUGA LEON-SAN PROTECTING THAT SMILE. Thanks for the chapter ????
Thanks for the chapters!!
Went and binge read the previous chaps up to this point. By the way you’re update speed used to be from a week to a few days to a day is something I have not seen in any LN I have read.
Completely new to the experience still a pleasant experience also keep up the good work man.
P.S.
By the way I think there was some wrong grammars in some of the previous chaps probably minor though, I’ll check it up if there are actually some or I have mistaken it to be wrong I don’t have the best grammar though.
Anyways I’ll comment if there is actually wrong grammar there.
Hey can you ask bakapervert sensei when arifureta will continue
The LN is licensed by J-novel Club so go there to buy them anr support the author.
Or you know ‘thatnovelcorner’ ????
nice leon!
One word, okay, JUST FUCKING ONE WORD DAMMIT!!!
CUTE!!!
Thanks for the chapter, really i’m full (of cuteness) atm
Wow.. Incredible update speed. Thank you for this chapter
I imagine she’s strapped in the front of bike Mad Max style
Thanks for the super fast translated chapter
And now Leon is going to move up a rank. Livia too. She’ll be exactly the rank Leon can marry…at his former rank that is.
I think that if she were a baron, which was Leon’s rank, he could marry her, since leon is still a baron but his court rank is higher, now he would need to do like a big jump in rank from baron to earl or duke to be unable to marry olivos if she were promoted into baron, maybe she could be promoted to semi baron too, then he would be unable to marry her due to semi barons being pretty low
Exactly. Not big enough a jump for Angie and advancing just too far for Livia. Course it never occurred to then to just go to the Queen’s homeland
Thank you for the chapter~
Lol, the enemy princess is nowhere in the passenger seat, did Leon pull her behind with rope? XD
Thanks for the chapter desu~!
What a satisfying chapter! Knight in shining armor?
*points the shotgun on Hertrude’s head*
Leon : Nope, this is how you do a reverse hostage.
Anjie : Leon *blush*
Okay… okay.. finally, the ship is now sailing.
Btw, don’t tell me Leon tied up Hertrude in front of the air bike?
a few questions….how many chapters does volume 2 have? and also is there already a volume 3 for light novel?… it was a total nightmare everytime i read a series that catch up with the raws..not to mention the is one of my most favorite.
11 or 12…. Thats not including luxon pov
Vol.2 has 12 chapters+epilogue+Luxon observation chapter.
Vol3 is going to be released on march.
Thanks for the chapter… I thought leon is smarter than that…
Really… Is he expecting villain to look at the mirror?
Thank you for the chapter
Maybe something like cross ange mecha?
Thanks for the chapter! What a fast TL man, keep up your greatwork!
Can we say now that Anjie’s feeling towards Julius has completely disappeared?
Who da hell is Julius?
Dood this novel updates faster than you having a girlfriend, at least even if they’re annoying remember their names properly lol
Yes, she might move on now and set her feelings for Leon. Who wouldn’t right? she was saved twice by Leon and it wouldn’t be strange if she fall for Leon now, after all Leon is the only person who treats her this way, unlike Julian she was thrown away by him.
I think you have the point there but still… To me Anjie chara development just too fast, if we go in this pace thats not strange for this novel to be end with just 5/6 volume.
And Julius? Julian? Whatever to me he just a “Mob A” in this story lol
Well, it is shown that there has been quite a number of time jumps between some events, and after the duel anjie has been close to leon like a lot, as she was sent to his household in vacations, as he gave her the best revenge in being happy, defending her, and now we have suspension bridge effect with him rescuing her, we may have not seen all but he has triggered quite the amount of flags if we go by galge terms
As easy as 3.14159265359… right from your site.
:3
Anyway, our Leok is a sidekick Character without him realize it. And can’t wait till his promotion arrive.
:v
whodehek is leok? hahaha
What sidekick?? What were you reading up until now? He’s definitely the MC here.
Thank you for the translation, aniki !!
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
Oh gawd dem continuous releases. Thank you so much!
Thanks for the chapitre
We’re did Leon put the principality’s princess hertrude?
Was it in the front? Hmmmm?
In previous chapter they said Luxon make a room in that airbike for himself.
Maybe the princess also in there… for Luxon practice his hair-remover-laser that is.
The princess is bald now.
Thanks for the chapter!
I’m hooked into this novel
Thanks for translating.
Sometimes I just wish Leon would end them scumbag’s lives. Like honestly with how scummy 90% of the population in this novel are, they deserve worse than rubber bullets knockong them out.
Also, this is totally not gonna be a single rank up, mofo will at least double rank up, straight to the top of the school’s hierarchy 100% calling it.
Leon win the war and got a loli as reward. <3
Thanks for the chapter <3
After seeing the illustration above, I shout in my mind: Tatsuya! Is that you?!
Did he leave miyuki to go on escapadee in another world?
-1 stache. Thankies
Holy cow, thanks for the daily updates!
Thanks for the chapter…
Too much light was being produced there… Why didn’t those people get blind?? And rubber shots can be made from magic or were they already loaded in the shotgun? How much can it hold I wonder…
Whatever… now to a potential harem member.. that doesn’t have anything to do with the plot… if it comes to it marry that goddamn girl!!
Thanks for the chapter! 😀 this is really good
You warned us that you wouldn’t be able to put out translations as fast but the rate you’re going at is much faster than before! Also the quality has remained the same with only a sentence or two if any having a slight grammar error. Thanks for always doing your best for the ln community and giving us great translations!
Thanks for the translation!
Looks like Livia isn’t the only falling for Leon. Luxon will probably need to tell him the girls are falling for him since he seems as aware of the feelings of women (at least positive feelings of good women) almost as little as the MC of Infinite Stratos. Agree with him on Hertrude being too passive. She doesn’t like how Garrett was doing things (hope the laser removal permanently shaved his mustache) yet didn’t give any commands except to the monsters. Almost like she was a captive princess rather than the highest rank individual on the ship. Although seems like she has as broad a view of cute things as Livia so maybe they’ll get along and become friends. If Leon has any sense he’ll ‘accidentally’ break the flute as I can’t really see anyone being able to use it long term without falling into temptation to abuse it, especially by using it against opposition or political enemies while making it seem like a random monster attack. Wonder why Hertrude was only one who could use it to control monsters, although if it reacts to those with old human lineage Livia might be able to use it too.
Thank for the chapter.
That wasn’t even a fight for Leon.
Thanks for the chapter!
Saber is that you? 😀
Thx for the chapter ^^
LOL This make me remember when certain neet snachted his waifuthe day of the weeding XD