Tentacle Monster Reincarnation: I Will Protect the Heroines

The Black Knight was a man who while saying loyalty was infatuated with the young-looking queen; on the first loop he was a strong enemy but on the second loop an enemy who could be processed easily—because I had no interest in men I only had that sloppy understanding.

But if that was so.

The means by which the Black Knight had cornered Knight—

“—How dare you injure Knight, Black Knight.”

—Before my thinking reached an answer, Saber’s voice rang.

I have not the slightest intention of conversing with you—as if declaring that, light overflowed from Saber’s body.

She activated the magical power of light existing inside her body and raised her physical ability.

I will absolutely not forgive you, I will defeat you here—expressing resolve, anger, and killing intent, she readied her sword and opened both eyes wide.

That was by no means a foolish act because she had lost her temper.

Because the champion of justice called Sacred Saber could overwhelm the Black Knight and the Growth Monster Villain with a single rider.

Yes, overwhelm.

Beyond the dimension of whether it would be a contest or whether there was a chance of winning, she could win just by closing the distance and cutting.

“Prepare yourself; I will destroy you—!”

“It seems that’s how it is, Sacred Knight—are you fine with that?”

But precisely because of that.

The Black Knight moved to seal her blade.

That he could not defeat a Sacred was already factored in from the start.

Then the talk was simple.

If you cannot win, then don’t fight.

If the blade is terrifying, then only maneuver so that it is not pointed this way.

That was the way of villains that had continued from the original game.

“To save you, your comrades will kill your family.”

When he glanced at the Growth Monster Villain, Knight’s pupils greatly wavered.

Ah, no, no, don’t let me hear any more.

“Actually, Sacred Saber and Knuckle—with you two it would be easy to defeat ’us.’ Ah, this can’t be helped.”

“Enough already, shut your mouth, you scum.”

Power surged through Saber’s body.

She raised her sword, stepped in, to defeat the Black Knight and the Growth Monster Villain. To purify. To annihilate.

“Sto—p, please, stop, Saber!”

But that action was canceled by the words of the senpai Sacred she trusted.

At the suddenly issued instruction whose meaning she did not understand, Saber turned—and was astonished.

“U—a, sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…! I’m the one at fault, so—so, don’t kill ’my younger brother’…”

“Wha, it can’t be—!?”

Knight holding her head, twisting her face while shedding torrential tears—from that speech and conduct Saber also finally noticed.

What kind of human the Monster Villain the Black Knight led had originally been.

The fact that the older brother she had lost had turned the younger brother she had wanted to protect into a monster and attacked his younger sister.

—Monster Villains were existences that must be defeated, and once transformed they could no longer return to the original.

Because she understood that fact, and yet she had stopped Saber, she continued crying while harboring a disgust resembling hatred toward herself.

I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I am the one at fault—in that figure spilling words together with tears there was not a fragment of dignity.

When I had met her a few hours ago she had still had the leeway to keep up appearances even while unstable.

But the current her did not even have the willpower left to stand.

Her heart—the one that had once broken yet she had desperately kept up appearances and repaired—had shattered into pieces.

Already, she could not fight.

Precisely because he understood that, the Black Knight did not drop his composed attitude.

—This is bad; if we’re sloppy it might be worse than the original.

In the original there had been no event where Knight’s younger brother became a Monster Villain. At least not in the range I remembered.

The Black Knight had been on the verge of losing his reason at Alter’s advance, and there was zero necessity for other close-aide Diabolics to specially attack only Knight’s mansion protected by strict security. There had been a Calmate attack event, but that was attacking the town and castle—and that was not even an operation led by Alter so it was repelled by the Sacred with almost no damage.

As long as he lived in Calmate, Knight’s younger brother should have been safe.

—Then why had it become this situation?

Because Alter had not advanced, Knight had descended to Earth at a far earlier stage than the original to save Saber, and the Black Knight who maintained his reason had not missed that opening.

Yes, as a result of my intervention—Saber and Knuckle were saved, and in rebound the things Knight had carefully protected were about to be shattered.

“Yes, defeating us is easy—but if you do, what do you think will happen to Knight? The family she herself cornered will be killed by her own comrades. Do you think her heart can endure that?”

This is how it is in the current situation, you know?

And yet if they destroy the younger brother and the older brother with light right in front of her eyes, what happens?

There’s no way you wouldn’t know, right? You understand, right? It’s logic even a child would understand.

The Black Knight twisted his face uglily—

“If you’re fine with her breaking, then try defeating us—Sacred!”

—He wrapped black flame around the black greatsword and charged this way.

That speed was certainly sharp. The slash would surely be heavy; if it were the likes of me a direct hit would defeat me in one blow.

But for Saber he was an opponent she could defeat without trouble.

In addition to overwhelming in physical ability, sword skill, those kinds of specs—the spirit Saber had contracted governed water.

Since specs, skill, and even attribute compatibility all favored victory, there was no reason for Saber to lose if they fought properly.

Precisely because of that she would not be allowed to fight properly.

In the game, and in this reality as well.

“Tch…! That bastard…!”

He’s convinced we can’t…!

In fact Saber was unable to shift to the offensive.

“Kh…!?”

The holy sword of the spring parried the greatsword.

Again and again and again—there should have been any number of timings to land a counter, yet Saber, thinking of Knight, could not kill the Black Knight.

If it were the Black Knight alone the story would have been different—but at his side was the Growth Monster Villain.

Killing the two here meant killing both of Knight’s family members without remainder in order to protect Knight—and as the Black Knight said, the current Knight could not endure that fact.

If the Black Knight was Knight’s older brother, he probably also understood that Knight and Saber were best friends like family.

Therefore he was convinced Saber could not abandon Knight and attack—and discarded defense to devote himself to attack.

And even if I and Knuckle abandoned Knight and attacked, this situation would not change.

The tag of the degraded Sacred Knight Black Knight and the power-fighter Growth Monster Villain could not be won against by a newcomer Sacred and the likes of tentacles.

“Not enough—power—still—not enough…!”

“Kh, this—!”

The fists of the Growth Monster Villain and Knuckle collided. A roar and shockwave blew through the area, kicking up scattered trash and collapsing the ruins.

In power alone they were equal.

If she released the magical power of light at the same time as punching she could push and win—but she also could not do something that would break Knight’s heart.

—Therefore either Saber abandons Knight and defeats the two, or she cannot take the choice of defeating the two and withdraws, one or the other… at least, that is what the Black Knight should be thinking.