Is it wrong to try to meet someone in a dungeon?

"—Me!"

Riveria roared, her voice choked by the fear of Aina, who spoke with unwavering strength.

"I hate you guys the most! I hate those of you who are stuck in your habits, living meaningless, unchanging days, and who don't pursue the future!"

This anger, this desire to leave the village, might just be the capriciousness of a princess who is naive and ignorant of social customs. Or perhaps it's an act that causes trouble for others.

But Riveria could not bear it any longer. She could not bear a life without moving experiences, without unforgettable moments, like a plant waiting for its time to wither.

What is the value of a fairy's life, confined in a cage and unable to soar through the sky?

"I hate that village the most!"

With tears welling in her eyes, she revealed the thoughts hidden deep within her heart.

"...Lady Riveria has gone mad. Go and take her away. And arrest the servants over there."

The middle-aged knight commander still gave orders with a cold gaze.

Upon hearing that the princess had escaped, the elves rushed over and tightened their encirclement. Just before they were about to reach out, Riveria and Aina, whom she was holding in her arms, closed their eyes together.

"I can't stand it."

at that time.

The sharp sound of wind cutting through the air, the sound of armor being struck, and the mournful cries of the elves echoed through the sky.

"Even if there's a mistake, I don't want to be involved in the politics of the royal elves."

Riveria opened her eyes and was taken aback.

Because before his eyes appeared a child wielding a gun, using that long spear to send the elves flying.

"Wait, why are there dwarfs here!?"

"I came here with the guards who were watching over the gate. Anyway, I apologize for trespassing into the forest."

Unlike the wavering and roaring knight commander, the dwarf boy responded calmly, as if he hadn't done anything about it.

He glared angrily at the panicked knight commander guarding the gate, then looked again at the little people before him.

Enraged by the unauthorized invasion and defilement of the sacred forest by an inferior race, the elves revealed their fighting spirit.

"Take care of him!"

"So it really turned out like this...?"

The swords drawn by the elves clashed and collided with their spears in an instant.

Amidst the fierce clash, Riveria could hardly believe her eyes. Not only was she capable of fighting against a large number of knights, but she was also able to counterattack and defeat the dwarves—undoubtedly a powerful warrior.

"Why, why are you helping us?!"

"You should ask her that. Unfortunately, I don't have time to explain."

Finn, a dwarf who glanced at Riveria who couldn't help but ask, replied with a single sentence before continuing his battle with the attacking elves. As Riveria murmured, "Her?", the sound of footsteps on the grass echoed nearby.

"We really did meet at the perfect time!"

Looking behind me, I saw a woman with crimson hair, who made no attempt to hide her frivolous smile.

--goddess!

Riveria, who had intuitively sensed that divine power, looked surprised as the god stared at her.

"Dissatisfied with life, she ran away from the village... Am I right? Princess Noboru?"

"...!?"

"And now, you deeply regret your own powerlessness."

Hearing Riveria's roar just now, he was able to perfectly describe the goddess with just a few words.

The god before him—Loki—smirked as if he were about to offer a deal with the devil.

"So...why don't you want to join my 'familia'? If you join, you'll be saved!"

"What……!?"

"To be honest, it would be a real headache if you didn't join me. No matter how strong Finn is, he can't fight against overwhelming odds."

While Riveria and Aina exclaimed in surprise, just as Loki had said, Finn was gradually falling into a disadvantageous position. Besides needing to protect Loki and the others, he also had to withstand the elves' relentless magical attacks. It was more astonishing that he could maintain this situation single-handedly.

"Are you... threatening me!?"

"I hope you can call this negotiation~ If you make a contract with me, you'll gain power and won't be taken back to the village. You'll regret it if you don't hold my hand~... Besides, you want to protect your friends, don't you?"

Loki answered the agitated Riveria with a nonchalant tone, a meaningful smile playing on his lips at the end. The injured Aina trembled in Riveria's arms.

In Riveria's eyes, Loki was like a "demon".

Pale, slightly narrowed crimson eyes, a smile playing at the corners of her lips, a right hand outstretched before her eyes. That wasn't a goddess at all. This must be what a "devil's contract" from a fairy tale looks like.

Caught in a vortex of humiliation, his cheeks burned with indignation. He forgot all the manners and etiquette he had learned over the years, and could only grit his teeth and endure it.

"Of course I'll show you the outside world."

At the same time, Riveria, who wanted to resist this impulse, lost her temper with her right hand.

"I... let me become your kin! So please don't let Lady Riveria...!"

"No, Aina!"

Riveria shouted, pinning down and stopping Aina from leaning out.

"It was my will! My decision, that made me decide to leave the village!"

You can't push your friends away, nor can you hand them over to others.

She had to form a pact with a god of unknown origin whom she had just met. She knew how dangerous this was, but Riveria was even more afraid that her own desires would be crushed here.

Looking at Aina with her wide-open eyes, he declared with his own will—a longing for "a world yet to be seen".

"This is my journey!"

Then he grabbed Loki's hand and stood up with great momentum.

"I will become your kin! In return, you must promise me that you will never lay a hand on Aina!"

"...Okay, I understand."

Loki, his crimson eyes slightly open, had a pleased smile on his face.

"May I have your name?"

"Rivia! Riveria Leos Alfre!"

Upon hearing that noble name, Loki immediately began to sketch out preparations for "Blessing".

Before Aina, who was covering her mouth elsewhere, Riveria removed her top, exposing the skin of a royal. The divine blood flowing from the goddess rippled across her beautiful, radiant back.

"Is it not ready yet!?"

"Just tell them not to rush you, it'll be ready soon!"

He held the royal staff in his right hand and his clothes in his left to cover his chest.

On her back, God's fingers were flying across her. Riveria, who was not the woman she should be, and who was filled with shame and anxiety, still stared straight at Finn, who was constantly fighting against his people.

"Alright, that's all! ...Wait, this [ability stat]..."

Without listening to Loki's last words, Riveria put on her clothes and prepared to join the battle.

The god, who had been speechless for a moment, called out to the new clan members who were about to join the battle.

"Riviria, repeating my words: 'O harbinger of the end, O snow-covered land. As dusk falls, let the winds rise!'"

"—O harbinger of the end, the snow-covered landscape. As dusk approaches, let the winds howl!"

Riveria, who had stopped in her tracks, knew without Loki saying so that it was a spell.

Based on the ability values ​​marked on her, she perfectly imitated every word of the incantation Loki uttered.

"What?! Lady Riveria!? This 'magic'... could it be that she has become a kin of the gods...? Ugh, ughhhhh!?"

Seeing Riveria holding the staff made from the Holy King Tree, her clothes open yet still chanting, the knight commander, knowing the princess had been defiled by the gods, roared in fury. Sensing the knight commander's rage, which had descended into madness, the surrounding elves panicked and all rushed towards Riveria and her companions.

"【Blinded light, frozen earth】"

On the other hand, Riveria's heart was as calm as a still sea. She unconsciously realized that the magic she was now casting was more powerful than ever before.

That was the true "magic" bestowed by "God's grace," perfectly suited to Riveria Leos Alfre.

The possibilities slumbering within her, the mystery that belongs exclusively to her.

Naturally, it possesses a power far greater than the universal "magic" inherited from ancient times.

"Finn! Run for your life!"

Without a trace of his usual joking tone, Loki issued a serious warning.

Finn, who was still brandishing his gun, was shocked to see Riveria preparing to unleash an astonishing "magic" and immediately took emergency evasive action.

"[Snowflakes fall heavily, three harsh winters have passed—my name is Alfre!]"

then.

As God's lips finished uttering the incantation, Riveria's "magic" was also unleashed.

"[Ecstasy: Fimbulb Winter]"

As the name of the incantation was chanted loudly, the cold wave that had frozen everything exploded.

“——”

Caught off guard by the relentless, explosive attack of azure ice, the elves were rendered speechless and were swiftly and cruelly swallowed up. After this astonishing explosion, what appeared before them was… a frozen world where frost and ice had frozen everything to the bone.

"This is……"

Riveria, who had just finished casting the spell, Aina, who stood there dumbfounded, and Finn, who had barely escaped the attack's range, were all stunned by the sight. In an instant, the night forest had been turned into frozen ground, and the elves, whose lower bodies or sides were frozen, let out painful howls.

"Ah ...

Among them, the knight commander, whose body was frozen except for his face, wailed the most pitifully.

"...What we discovered is 'chanting link'. Not just three types of magic, but nine."

In the now peaceful forest, behind Riveria, who stood there blankly, Rocky muttered to himself.

This is probably an unprecedented "abnormal event" since the gods descended to the mortal realm.

"The birth of the strongest mage's Primal Stone."

With a clear premonition, Loki, one of the goddesses, trembled.

Sword Oratoria BD Bonus BD4: Elf Travel Chapter Part 2

This web translation is from the Bahamut discussion community.

Translation: A Warm Winter

The royal family resides in 'Alfre's Royal Forest'. A sacred land of elves, this vast forest, stretching beyond the sea of ​​trees, is permeated with an incongruous 'chill'.

"That wild girl..."

Frozen trees, and elven knights, battered and groaning in pain, frozen solid. Amidst this landscape of frozen forest, Raphael Lyos Alf, the king of the royal elves, rode a white horse, his face contorted in agony.

The king, with his long, emerald-green hair tied up and a golden crown on his forehead, refrained from making a sound to maintain the dignity of royalty, but he was clearly suppressing the excitement surging within him. His elf attendants also dared not utter a sound.

"Knight Commander Kanos... what is this disgraceful display of!"

"No, I'm so sorry, Wang...!"

More than a quarter of an hour had passed since Riveria had galloped out of the village. King Raphael, riding his white horse and commanding the search party, was met with the pitiful state of the vanguard led by the knight commander. Everyone was frozen in azure ice, unable to move. Under the king's usually calm and collected roar, the knight commander, his body frozen solid, trembled with panic, his lips turning a bluish-purple.

"God, God has invaded this royal forest... and made a pact with Lady Riveria! He's using magic even more powerful than the progenitors, and we're completely helpless!"

In contrast to the Knight Commander's chilling report, the King exuded a fury as fierce as a raging fire.

"Let's go after her! We must bring the princess back!"

Facing King Raphael urging his horse forward, the knights and soldiers hurriedly followed, saying, "Yes, yes!" Only the incompetent advance force and a few elves, desperately trying to rescue them, remained behind.

The princess must not be allowed to escape; the royal guards pursued them.

"Hehehe~! I've got the royal elf princess! Did you see that, Finn!"

"I can't believe they actually managed to do it... I'm completely outmatched."