Get Ahead of the Fallen Heroine and Make the Bull-Headed Man the Victim

86. Who would intentionally lose a battle?

If the humans are panicking because of the emergence of the demon race,

then Allen is equally at a loss for words.

Although he doesn’t have the qualifications to directly participate in the meetings of the kingdom’s high-ranking officials,

he can still gauge the general atmosphere.

Humans are surprised?

He’s surprised too, alright.

He never expected Valentina to actually take out four of his subordinates in one go,

and now he’s starting to question his life choices.

Was it really just Valentina who did that?

Or was there someone else helping her?

Since an unexpected situation has arisen, he decided to observe a bit longer.

No need to rush, alright?

Moreover, he feels that recently, Valentina’s relationship with that brat Clyde seems rather strange.

He had indeed heard that she confessed her feelings, but it still feels like nothing has changed from usual.

“…Tsk, did I go a bit overboard? I never expected that the one to ruin my plans would be myself.”

Noah, watching Allen’s cautious demeanor through the magical array monitor in the ruined temple,

also wore an unhappy expression.

Originally, Noah thought that Allen had finally launched an attack,

and he would finally get to see what he most wanted to see.

But unexpectedly, Allen started to doubt Valentina’s relationship with Clyde instead.

Well, it makes sense; after all, it was Noah who disguised himself as Clyde to confess,

and he quickly stopped pretending, so Valentina is well aware of this,

and naturally wouldn’t get any closer to the real Clyde.

Now, Noah was thinking of not appearing before Valentina again before Allen took action.

But since Allen’s actions have changed, Noah must also alter his own plans.

“Sigh… Is this what they mean by plans failing to keep up with changes?

There must be something obstructing me after all.”

After a helpless sigh, Noah began to consider how he should guide the plot moving forward.

He wanted to avoid stepping in himself as much as possible.

But if he couldn’t think of a good idea,

he might have to take matters into his own hands after all.

What should he do?

Should he perhaps utilize other members of the royal family?

Like the youngest brother or the eldest brother?

As he pondered and worried, time quietly slipped away.

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Noticing the time, Noah pulled out a pocket watch he had casually bought from a store, glanced at it, and muttered to himself with a hint of exasperation:

“So it’s already past 1 PM, huh? No wonder I’m hungry again. Even though I have a skill that lets me absorb magic power instead of eating, it still feels like there’s less fun in skipping meals. Maybe I should just take a quick look at Her Highness the Princess and then go eat. My brain needs some sugar right now.”

With one hand, he closed the watch and put it back in his pocket. Then, with the thought of ‘just a quick glance will do,’ Noah turned his gaze to the magic circle monitoring Valentina’s actions.

However, the moment he intended to take a quick look and then head off for a meal, he found himself unable to look away.

Because he discovered that the Princess was recklessly challenging another BOSS!

That was a BOSS only slightly weaker than the Abyssal Red Dragon, with a level exceeding LV90 in the original work—far beyond what a human Princess could handle!

“Hey! Your Highness, what on earth are you doing? Planning to level up by nearly dying? Are you an idiot? Just because you’re the protagonist doesn’t mean you have that kind of setting! Near-death for you just means humiliation!”

Although Noah knew shouting at the magic circle’s monitor wouldn’t help, he was still astonished by the Princess’s thought process.

After some contemplation, he could only interpret it as Valentina, having lost the power of the Evil Dragon, trying to raise her base level to prove she didn’t need that power, thus slapping Noah in the face.

It seemed that no matter what Noah did, the Princess’s stubborn personality was something she wouldn’t change.

So Noah simply gave up.

He meant giving up on eating.

Let’s watch the Princess’s battle first; after all, he couldn’t just sit back and watch her lose to a BOSS in a humiliating defeat.

Noah sat back down in his chair, wearing an expression of ‘I really can’t do anything with you, kid,’ as he watched the Princess engaged in fierce combat.

Meanwhile, the Princess on the monitor was also starting to struggle.

She had originally thought that if she acted recklessly, Noah would surely appear before her.

But that didn’t happen.

…Could it be time to use the power of the Evil Dragon? I don’t want that ugly creature touching my body.

Looking at the massive monster with tentacles before her, Valentina wasn’t feeling very cheerful.

Forget it, let’s retreat.

Realizing her plan seemed a bit hasty, she thought there might be other ways to make the Evil God appear before her.

Thus, after temporarily fending off the monster’s attack, the Princess immediately dashed toward the cave’s exit.

“!?”

However, this was a BOSS battle; one couldn’t just escape at will.

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The Princess wouldn’t know that, in fact, trying to escape was no different from surrendering outright.

In the moment she attempted to flee, she had already set in motion the trigger for a defeat play.

The tentacles that had been growing from the composite monster suddenly used a power that hadn’t been employed in the earlier battle—elongation. A rapidly approaching tentacle precisely grabbed the Princess’s ankle.

Surprised by this unexpected ability, the Princess looked down at her ankle, and just as she was about to be pulled back, a thought flashed through her mind.

—Ah… this is bad, am I going to be violated by that disgusting thing? …Just kidding! You ugly monster! Watch me completely destroy you with the power granted by the Divine!

As she was being swiftly yanked back, the Princess prepared to give this monster a big surprise.

However, in the end, the one who received the greatest surprise was not the monster, but the princess herself.

Before her, who seemed to be facing a desperate situation, the evil god, just as she had hoped, could no longer sit idly by and actively appeared before her.

“Haha! Didn’t see this coming, did you, big guy? What you can devour isn’t the purity of a beautiful maiden, but the soles of my shoes!”

Suddenly appearing in the cave, Noah first stomped down, breaking the hard tentacle that had ensnared Valentina’s ankle, one that even her sword couldn’t sever. Then, he leaped up and delivered a kick to the head of the composite monster.

This was merely a kick from Noah without using his full strength.

But at the moment of contact, the head of the composite monster was instantly evaporated by the overwhelming magical power.

While others might unleash their power with swords or hands, Noah did it with a kick.

After the head evaporated first, a significant portion of the body followed suit, leaving only the middle third, headless and tailless, to fall to the ground, causing a slight tremor beneath.

“Ha, it’s nothing much, just a trivial matter.”

As Noah continued to critique the ‘composite’ that could no longer respond, he failed to notice the princess behind him, clutching her wildly beating heart, casting an intensely fervent gaze at his back, her face alight with joy that was far from what one would expect from someone who had just escaped death.

Her speculation was correct! The evil god truly couldn’t let her die!

What her ancestor Agatha said was right! She was indeed favored by the evil god!

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PS. There will be another update today, before one o’clock.