The Magician Who Rose From Failure: Volume 5 by Gamei Hitsuji

Author:Gamei Hitsuji [HITSUJI, GAMEI]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2022-11-29T00:00:00+00:00

Arcus was in a daze. How on earth had this conversation devolved into such a mess?

“Wow, Arcus! You’re a hit with the ladies!” Deet cheered, clapping his hands.

“Brother, I must say this all seems very inappropriate!” Lecia’s cheeks puffed up indignantly.

Arcus glanced at their glasses. Both were filled with soma wine, and both their faces were flushed. “Who the heck let you guys drink more?!”

“It was me! If you have a complaint, Arcus Raytheft, I’m all ears!”

“L-Lady Lauzei!”

Lisa’s face was bright red, and she was much further gone than Charlotte.

“I’m surrounded by drunkards!” Arcus lamented.

Lisa was supposed to be here as Sue’s guardian; surely she couldn’t fulfill her duties in this state? Arcus turned to the man who he thought had been keeping an eye on her.

“Cazzy.”

“She loves her booze,” he explained. “She just doesn’t handle it good. ’N’ then she starts causin’ trouble.”

“It’s not my fault!” Lisa whined, clinging on to Cazzy.

“See?” Cazzy said with a shrug.

Lisa’s sharp, drunk gaze turned on Arcus then. “Arcus Raytheft! I have something to say to you!”

“O-Of course, My Lady! What might that be?”

“I’m jealous of you!”

“Huh? I beg your pardon?”

“You protected His Royal Highness during the fighting, a feat every noble in this kingdom dreams of! They should all be jealous of you!”

Her outburst seemed to come from nowhere...until Arcus realized it might have been connected to their conversation from when she had just arrived. He noticed then that his actions had struck a chord with her.

“Do you know how many people would have loved to fulfill that duty?! To achieve such success?! I wish I could have been in your shoes...”

Arcus understood what she was actually saying: She wanted to die protecting the prince. That was quite the statement for someone as young as her, but he put it down to her strict upbringing as a Lauzei.

“I just so happened to be by His Royal Highness’s side—”

“Don’t be ridiculous! What utter nonsense! You could never have protected His Royal Highness had you not mustered up the resolve to do so in the first place! You know what Count Bowe did, in the conflict’s final stages! He fled from the mere rumor of Bargue Gruba’s presence, before the beast had even made an appearance! You, on the other hand, fought to the very last to protect His Royal Highness, and I heard you even stood up to Gruba!”

“Only because I was scared of him.”

“Then why did you face him? That sounds like a contradiction to me.”

“Well, I sort of thought...if I didn’t defeat him, we’d all die, you see.” Arcus found it difficult to explain exactly what his feelings were at the time. Bargue had inspired an overwhelming terror in him, and before he knew what he was doing, he had leaped forwards.

His awkward explanation hadn’t satisfied Lisa either; she was drinking more wine, muttering about how it “didn’t make sense,” and how “jealous” she was. A unique feature of speaking with drunk people: often it was like you were on two completely separate pages.

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