"Pinch From the Very Beginning!"
This is the second episode.
From here on is the real thing… maybe?
However, the prologue is continuing (oi) [AN]
「Save me~~!!」
I am, right now, in an emergency.
What, you ask? You don"t know without seeing?
A one meter long wild boar is chasing me.
Why is a wild boar chasing me, you ask?
Isn"t it obvious, a rock that I kicked while playing hit the head of the boar and made it angry.
Ohohoho!
Wait, this isn"t the time to be playing around~!
My name is Estella.
I would be wed to the hero that fought off the evil magic user, and together, we"d have many kids and live happily.
Daydreaming of such sweet delusions, I am a 14 year-old maiden (self-proclaimed), but…
I don"t have the time to be saying such things, since right now…
I was, in fact, running while having delusions at full throttle.
It"s already been 5 minutes of running around the forest, somehow avoiding the boar"s attacks.
More or less, while running, I felt around my body for any means of attacking, where I found a broad bladed knife strapped to my back, but it wouldn"t come out…
I"m about to cry… no, I am crying.
Next is a small staff used for magic, huh… Wait, that isn"t a weapon.
However, if I can persevere for a little bit longer, I"ll should reach the highway, so let"s try it… so I thought, but I can see the highway.
Also, looking closer, I can see a trio of adventurers.
「Lucky–!」
I unconsciously let out a yell.
I"m hoping that if it"s the three adventurers trio, they"ll be able to do something.
Now then…
「A~~h~~! H~~E~~L~~P~~M~~E! (Elongated)」
While raising my voice, I pa.s.sed through many trees, sprinting, and those adventurers noticed.
「Young girl! We"re coming to help now!」
The adventurer that drew his sword had a broad grin as he looked over here.
The disgusting look in his eyes is giving me bad premonitions… I wonder if it"ll be okay, my chast.i.ty?
The other two prepared a bow and staff and a.s.sumed battle stances.
I pushed the wild boar onto them… no, I entrusted it to them as I ran beside them.
The party of a warrior, archer, and mage is good as they willingly face the wild boar. Tonight"s dinner will be roast boar… it"ll be fine, the can surely take it down.
Do your best!
I separated from the adventurer trio and silently watched, the first move went to the mage, who used a magic to stop the boar"s movement.
『Sat ma Pa puipui! (Appear, Wall of Earth!) Earth Wall!』
In front of the boar"s dash, a lumpy wall of earth protruded from the ground.
However, the wild boar easily broke through the still hardening wall and faced the three adventurers.
Next, the archer drew his prided bow and released an arrow wrapped in a light.
The arrow was relatively small, heading for the boar"s brow but hit the bulky fur and bounced off.
Hey, that"s not normal, this wild boar.
Finally, the remaining warrior unsheathed his sword and charged at the wild boar with a "Yaah!" in a loud voice.
However, before the strike could reach, the boar gathered strength and delivered a body blow to the warrior.
From there, the archer and mage were also rammed by the boar, and seemingly became stars in the sky…
「Um, this… is even worse, huh…」
I entered the field of vision of the boar that repelled the three adventurers and with a "Gah Gah!" it a.s.sumed a stance to charge.
I still don"t want to become a member of the stars in the sky, so I slowly retreat.
Then, I pulled out the broad-bladed knife from my bag and held it in front of my body, thinking it"d be useless.
While scratching the ground, the wild boar charged forward and I dodged with a horizontal jump to the side.
When I crossed with the wild boar, I struck at the boar, but it was impossible to do any damage because I am a girl with normal strength.
I received some training from the Adventure Guild branch head, so I have some confidence, but…
When I struck the wild boar, it flew away from my hand, so I thought about what I should do, and pulled out the staff for when the boar does it"s next charge attack.
Even if I look like this, ever since I realized I have the water element, I"ve been practicing. As long as there"s distance, I can finish it!
Holding the staff in front of my body, I chant.
「Suavai ma Tatala! (Fly Forth, Water!) Water Attack!」
I understand that magic power is extracted from the body and gathered in the end of the staff.
Then, floating water manifested before my eyes, which I then directed at the wild boar… is what was supposed to happen…
「W-wha?」
Usually in my practice, the manifested water would fly away, but today, the water ball burst in front of the staff! And that explosion covered me completely in water… ugh.
This is, a good girl overflowing with water… (pose!).
Wait, this isn"t the place to be striking a pose!
Wild boars shouldn"t have emotions but when it saw me, it seemed amazed.
With this, you could let me off, is it no good?
I send cute gestures and a wink to the wild boar to try and seduce the boar, but, it was no good, huh… Of course it was.
Don"t I just seem like a weird, soaking wet woman that is the boar"s target…
I wonder if I"ll be able to safely return home?
While thinking of such things, I resume running away from the wild boar again.
(TL note: A few things.
First, Estella talks similar to a rich-girl “ojou-sama” type character, which explains her weird laugh.
Second, the magic chants are Samoan (apparently, according to Google).
Third, the line about Estella being a ‘good girl, overflowing with water" is a pun on 滴る, which can mean overflowing with beauty, or soaking wet.)