TAMWSFB 47

TAMWSFB

Posted by Akame, Released on November 23, 2025

Chapter 47 Because I Will Protect You (Serios’ POV)

To fully cure mana overload, we needed the golden lycoris.

And apparently, it bloomed in the territory of our own maid, Miranda.

Miranda Hell—related to the queen, daughter of a viscount family. She came to the Rosenberg ducal house as a manners apprentice upon the queen’s recommendation.

But Miranda had long been suspected of trying to harm Leti back when she was still a baby who couldn’t even speak yet.

She was likely the one who mixed mana-amplifying sugar into Leti’s food to kill her.

We knew—but without proof, there was nothing we could do.

And because of her connection to the queen, we couldn’t dismiss her without evidence.

Traveling into Miranda’s territory was dangerous, but if it meant acquiring the golden lycoris, we had no choice but to risk it.

It would have been far better if we could leave Leti behind, but the cave where the flowers bloomed could only be found by going close to it. We had to take her along.

I would protect Leti.

With that resolve, we departed—only for Elvin to insist on coming along, dragging Ian, one of my candidate aides, with him.

Elvin and Ian were both skilled with the sword, strong for their age.

But that was all—for their age.

Unlike me, who specialized in magic, they would have to fight enemies head-on. It would be dangerous.

So I refused their request.

Elvin came anyway.

Once he was like that, he would never back down. With no other choice, I permitted them to come—but the moment we left the royal capital, we were attacked.

Their movements were clearly those of knights, and their target was Elvin.

Thanks to the protective charm crafted by my clever, adorable, capable Leti, we easily repelled them. Without it, we might have been in real danger.

Perhaps Leticia was a goddess of victory sent from the heavens.

Ah… maybe that was why the gods wanted to reclaim her life through mana overload.

But I would never let that happen.

I would definitely find the golden lycoris.

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And we did.
We found the golden lycoris.

For some reason, an unnecessary thing—a holy sword that had transformed into the form of a butler—decided to attach itself to Leti. But after discussing it at length, I agreed to allow it to remain so long as it served Leti as her butler.

Even a holy sword is, at its core, just a sword.

If I froze it to its limit and shattered it, it wouldn’t stand a chance.

Perhaps it didn’t want to vanish, because after Leti gave it the name Ran, the holy sword stopped acting so arrogant and behaved properly like a butler.

I had been wanting to assign Leti a personal butler soon anyway, so this worked out conveniently.

And if it was truly a holy sword, it would surely be stronger than any random guard—I could entrust Leti to it with peace of mind.

It seemed there was a restriction: in human form, it could only protect its contractor. But I could defend myself—so as long as it protected Leti, that was enough.

When we returned from the cave of the golden lycoris, we found our waiting guards already engaged in battle.

Their coordination wasn’t like the knights who attacked us earlier, but they were skilled—possibly members of a dark guild specializing in illegal assassinations.

Even so, with Ran’s overwhelming abilities as a holy sword and my magic, I was confident we could win.

“We fight back. Guards, protect Elvin.”

But that was arrogance.

In a one-on-one battle, none of them would have been able to defeat me.
However, the enemy mages were combining their power—three of them weaving together a massive spell.

A gigantic whirlwind swirled toward me.

The ice shield that had blocked every attack until now… cracked.