「That’s so amazing……」

    Melissa looked amazed in front of the countless corpses of Opis in front of her .

    Although she is wearing clerical clothes, she’s different from the other priests that I know .

    She is a dauntless woman who can stand on bloody battlefields, scenes of carnages without faltering .

    And right now, she looks completely unaffected in front of a mountain of snake corpses .

    「Kakeru, you became stronger again?」

    「Just a little bit」

    『Oi, don’t be too modest . I regained my peak strength . I won’t let you call it as just a little bit』

    Eleanor protested, but I ignored her .

    「Leaving aside the snakes……it looks like they didn’t appear」

    My battle against the Opis took me some time .

    I could do nothing about it since it’s an opponent that would increase its number the more I kill it .

    We decided to wait here for Hemishes to appear, but even after passing some time, it doesn’t look like they would appear .

    「It looks like there’s no more」

    「I think so too」

    「Thank you, Kakeru . It was very helpful」

    「Don’t mind it . I just went to a date with my woman」

    I said, then pulled Melissa into an embrace and kissed her .

    「Thanks……」

    She blushed, answering with a face happy with more than one reasons .

    But that was only for an instant . Melissa who looked like she was indulging my embrace quickly regained her face as a Saintess .

    「The only thing left is to wait for the water」

    「Wait again? But the Hemishes are already annihilated」

    I have defeated all of the sources that pollluted the water around hereーー

    『You idiot』

    「Mu?! ……ah, I see」

    Being called by Eleanor, I noticed it as well .

    Cutting off the main cause, doesn’t mean that the water would be purified immediately .

    We could only wait for the water that was polluted to naturally cleanse itself .

    「It would be great if there’s heavy rain, but it can’t be helped . From how the water flows around here, it would be fine after waiting for half a month . It’s enough if I could provide the water during that period . Thank you, Kakeru . Thanks to you, it became a lot easier」

    「Oi, Melissa」

    From her words, I involuntarily imagined what she’s planning .

    「What?」

    「The water provided, it will be donated by the Solon Church right?」

    「No? I’ll pay for it myself . It’s fine . Donating water is a small thing . With Kakeru’s help, I know now how much I should provide, soーーow!」

    I knocked on Melissa’s head .

    The Immortal Saintess Melissa . She has an undying body that would recover even if she was split into halves by Eleanor, so I knocked a bit stronger .

    「W-What are you doing?」

    「……」

    “There’s a limit on being too kind” was what I wanted to say, but .

    『Kuku, those are useless words for that selfless Saintess whose lifework is to save peopleーーhey!』

    I also gave Eleanor who spoke cheerfully a flick of my finger .

    After doing that, I looked at Melissa .

    Melissa whose covering her head with her hands while looking at me with teary eyes .

    ……*sigh* .

    「Let’s go to the water source」

    「Eh? WhyーーAh, wait for me, Kakeru!」

    I ignored Melissa and quickly walked . Melissa caught up soon .

    I walked in strides with her following me from behind .

    We arrived at the water source where the sound of flowing water echoed within the darkness .

    「It’s here huh, the water source」

    「That’s correct, but what are you going to do?」

    「I’ll purify it at once」

    「H-How?」

    I only need to burn it with flames .

    The first magic that I learnedーーI received with my body after coming to this world is Flames Magic .

    If I use all the magic powers I possess at once, thenーー

    『Shall I lend you my powers?』

    「Do you have a good idea?」

    『Not exactly an idea, but it’s the powers I regained』

    「He?」

    『I could use it myself, but……I’ll give it you . Make that Saintess retreat』

    「Melissa, move back . I’ll prepare to do it」

    「U-Un . I got it」

    Melissa obediently moved back as she was told . After taking a few steps back, she tilted her head and walked a few more .

    「Is that enough?」

    『No problem . Are you ready?』

    「I can guess what it is, do it」

    『Kukuku』

    Eleanor laughed, she seemed so cheerful, yet so evil .

    The next instant, my body was enveloped by flames .

    It was the flames released by Eleanor, it was dark flames .

    「Kakeru?!」

    Melissa called out with worry . I raised my hand to stop her .

    There are two ways to learn magic in this world . One of them is this .

    If one is able to survive after receiving a magic attack, and if that one possesses the aptitude, then they would learn it themselves .

    And, all of my aptitudes are multiplied 777x, a state where I could learn any magic as long as I get hit by it .

    The only thing left is to endure .

    Eleanor’s dark flames were more terrifying than the usual .

    It doesn’t only burn in the surface, I could even feel pain from deep within my bones .

    But I endured, I endured while releasing all of my strength .

    The flames continued to burn for a while . But finally, it was finally extinguished .

    「Are you alright, Kakeru?」

    「You found out what I’m doing halfway right?」

    「But it’s still worrying . It looked so……it was simply terrifying」

    「It’s Eleanor’s flames after all . Just its looks are terrifying」

    『Hmph, what do you mean just its looks』

    Eleanor protested . Of course, she wasn’t seriously angry .

    「Now, let’s do it」

    I once again faced towards the water source .

    I reached out my hand, using the dark flames that I learned from Eleanor .

    Dark flames only the size of a spark slowly flicked while it advanced, but the moment it entered the water source,

    *BOOOSH!!!*

    The flames instantly surged .

    It burned upwards as if the ordinary water turned into gasoline .

    The water source was instantly enveloped by dark flames .

    The water evaporated as soon as it touched the flames, but it did not end with just that . It continued to burn the ground .

    That only happened for five seconds, but the water source turned into a lake that was completely dried .

    But although all of the polluted water was extinguished, it does not mean that the water source was destroyed .

    New, fresh water quickly sprang out .

    「It should be alright now」

    「Kakeru’s really amazing……I couldn’t imagine this way of solving it」

    “It’s all your fault”, I thought, but I didn’t say it out .

    Instead,

    「I’ll make you pay for it, personally」

    「Un! Gladly」

    The Saintess that I pulled into an embrace nodded with her happiest smile .