I’m Not Good at Offensive Magic, but I’ll Do My Best With Support Magic!

side: Illumina

「Ye~s. Everyone please stop~」

Lara stands in front of a group of men chasing a group of women.

「What, you…」

The men look at Lara in a very irritated way, but I don’t hire soft employees who would be intimidated by that.

「I don’t get excited when you look at me like that~ It has to be a woman after all~」

To the irritated men, Lara is saying incomprehensible things in her usual slow and peculiar way of speaking.

I guess you could say that her words and behavior made the men’s heads boil even more.

She drives me mad sometimes too. Well, that’s part of her cuteness too.

「No, Lara. Don’t irritate them too much, they’re pitiful, you know?」
「Eh~, then will the owner entertain me later~」
「I’ll think about it if you work hard」

Now, let’s get the men moving and show myself.

「The owner of Trick’s Star!?」
「Look closely, that’s the employee over there」

Sounds like they know who we are.

I mean, of course, they interfered with our business a lot.

「We finally got your tail」
「Yes, it was quite a chore~」

Sometimes they attempt to rob magic items, sometimes they hire adventurers to run rampant in her inn.

Although evidence was obtained, the organization itself rarely came to the surface, and it was quite a handful.

Well, there was no damage.

But what goes over my head comes over my head.

「Now, are you ready?」
「Ha, what can a mere 2 people do. There are 30 of us over here」

The men crowded the narrow passages.

Idiots, if you can’t move yourself properly, the numbers are no advantage.

And I never said there were only 2 of us.

「So what?」
「If you wont get out of the way right now…」
「We’re not gonna do that… Get it done」
「Ye~s」

Lara runs straight into the men.

「Here I come~?」

From her item bag, Lara pulled out a weapon. She swung the hammer, which was more than her height, down onto the men.

「Such a big thing, in such a small place…」
「Of course it is a magic item~?」

The hammer begins to expand and contract.

「Orya~~」

「Gugo!」

He’s lucky he was able to scream. The two before him died the moment they were hit.

「What a ridiculous power」
「It’s terrible for women~」

The hammer is swung around, and one after another, the men’s bones are crushed and blown away.

「Anyone with a shield, get in front of her and stop her in her tracks!」

A few people come forward at the word of a man. But that’s a bad move too.

「It’s useless~」
「Guu……」

He manages to block Lara’s blow with his shield, only for him and his shield to be blown away.

The men who were knocked away fell straight into the waterway, splashing down in a spectacular splash.

「Gyaaaaaaa」
「H-Help…」

Oh yeah, there are Devilfish waiting in the water.

As the men struggle to escape the surface of the water, Devilfish rush in and drag them underwater.

「There’s no time to look the other way~」

Lara does not stop while they are distracted by their companions who are being attacked by Devilfish. One after another, she literally pulverizes the men.

「Ku, retreat!」

The man commanding the group gave the order to retreat, but it’s too late.

「Gyaaaaaaa」
「W-when did you, guaa!」

There are more than just the 2 of us here. My employees are here.

Sometimes they are receptionists at the inn, sometimes they are magic item sellers. Their identities are former C-Rank or higher adventurers.

My lovely employees have already blocked the men from leaving.

There’s no escape.

「Leave one behind」
「「「Yes」」」

Lara cut more than half, leaving about 10 opponents.

As former adventurers, their movements do not show signs of having been forgotten.

「Now, let’s get you to spit out what you know, shall we?」
「Another team is on the move as we speak. It’s no use」
「Ara, I’ll have to hear more about that」

I’m not the best at gathering information, though, so let’s have some fun.

side: Luriluna

Is it ready yet~? Is it ready yet~?

Ill oneechan and Shia oneechan have asked me to wait for people to come above ground!

But Ill oneechan just entered a while ago, so now Luri is bored by herself~

「You there… Are you Luriluna-san?」
「Yes? That’s right~」

Who is this woman?

Luri usually uses an alias, but if she knows Luri’s name, is she an acquaintance of someone she knows?

I know someone who has white armor… oh, there’s Snow-san!

Is that the connection?

「Can I help you?」
「Yeah, Snow sent a message」

I knew it, it’s Snow-san!

I accept the letter she took about of her pocket and check its contents.

Fumufumu.

In the letter, it says that there are people breaking out of the lord’s mansion from the basement and they need my help.

「I understand, sure!」
「Really!」
「Un, it’s what Snow-san asked for, so it can’t be helped~」

I hand her the underground map given to me by Ill oneechan. It’s handy because it has the stuff big sis Yuan and the others recorded on it!

「Thank you. Also, my people will be here in a few minutes to check on the people we are going to rescue, could you guide us?」
「Yeah, okay~!」
「Please. Now, if you’ll excuse me!」

She went inside inside in a hurry.

I wish I had a little more time to talk to her… she could have been a bit more talkative with me.

I had nothing to do, so I dangled my feet and waited, and then I saw a hand through the hole that led to the underground passageway.

That would be a little scary at night!

「F-From the ground… ?」

One woman came out, followed by a string of girls from the underground passageway. It’s like the undead start pouring out, it’s full-blown creepy!

If it had been a guy, I would have kicked him!

「Good work!」
「Who’s there!」
「Who…」

Oh, what kind of position am I in?

I don’t feel inclined to call myself an informant.

Gacha Gacha

The sound of metal clashing comes closer from the distance.

「Ah, this way!」

Because of the blind spot of the alley, they almost passed me by. I spot a group of 3 people in white armor and call out to them.

「Thanks for showing us around!」
「No no~」

I wasn’t showing you around, though.

「Are you sure these are the people who were kidnapped?」
「I don’t know… Why don’t you ask her?」

Maybe so, but I didn’t save them and so I don’t know!

「Are you sure these are the ones who were kidnapped?」
「Yes, they escaped from the lord’s mansion through an underground passageway」
「Right. Contact Emeria-sama immediately!」
「Ha!」
「We will protect all of you here. Can you still walk?」
「We’re fine」

The little girl is nodding her head and seems to be doing okay.

「Okay, then follow me!」

Snow-san’s companions take the girls. So much for Luri’s work, huh?

「It’s not safe here. You should evacuate」
「I guess so…」

Ah, I don’t think so!

「Ah! My sisters are inside, so I’ll wait a little longer!」
「But…」
「I’ll be fine! I’m more concerned about protecting the girls, otherwise I’ll get in trouble!」
「All right, but if you think you’re in danger, get out of here immediately」
「Ye~s!」

The last one also disappears from the alley.

At the same time, arms grew out of the same hole from which the girls had emerged.

「Damn, they escaped───gofu!」

Ah, I kicked him unintentionally!

Don’t blame me! He looked so skinny and full-blown zombie-like and weird!

「You……」

Uwa…… A lot came out.

1, 2, 3…… 10 people.

「Kid, did the girls pass by here?」
「I don’t kno~w」
「Liar!」
「Then I know!」
「Which way!」

Hahaha! Angry, angry!

He’s staring at Luri with his face all red!

「Are you bad guys?」
「Yeah, we’re scary uncles, so tell me what you know!」
「Then I’ll run aw~ay」

Ignoring the talking uncles, I flee down the alleyway.

「Wait!」

The uncles chase me. Why didn’t they just go after the people who ran away~?

「Damn, fast running kid… stop!」

Oh, did they notice?

「When did you set this trap?」

Because this area is Luri’s territory. It’s only natural to lure them in!

「But it’s just a trap made by a kid, this much…」

One after another, Luri’s traps are getting breached!

「Kid, we got you cornered」
「You guys are amazi~ng!」
「Making us look like fools…」

On my back is the dead end. In other words, there’s no way out.

Uncles!

I wave my right hand.

Then there was a thud and the sound of something heavy falling to the ground.

「W-What… my arm, my arm?」
「Doesn’t it hurt?」

I wave my left hand further.

Then, next thing that happened, the uncle lost his left arm, then it flew off!

「W-What’s happening」
「Here, you have to look at it more closely, right?」

I moved my fingers, and now the arms and legs of different uncles rolled on the ground.

「Threads!」
「Corre~ct!」

I can control the pain, but not the blood!

It looks like the threads got wet with blood.

「Run away」
「Ah, you musn’t!」

One of them ran away before I could tell him it was dangerous. But beyond that.

Boom.

Heads rolled.

「No, it’s not safe if you move on your own, okay?」

I’ve covered the whole area with threads so that the uncles won’t be able to escape!

Thread is so useful! I can use it to set up and start traps, and I can set up traps for trapping like this.

「Hey, uncles, do you want to live?」
「What are you talking about out of the blue…」
「I’ll let you off the hook if you have info that satisfies me!」
「Information?」
「Yeah, I was wondering if you could tell me about you uncles’ hideout and the informant who is connected to you~?」
「You think I’m going to tell you that…」
「I don’t care either way!」

The uncle’s arm flies off.

「If you don’t answer, it’s only going to get worse!」

Well, I guess it’s time for me to get to work!

Ill oneechan wanted to know about this organization, and I hope I can sell her some info!