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Beast Tamer Who Got Kicked Out From the Hero’s Party Chapter 153 Part 1

CHAPTER 153: BUT STILL, EVEN SO…… PART 1

A large amount of dirt and smoke would be kicked in the air, completely blocking our view.

We managed to corner Iris and strike a heavy blow to her with the use of Kamui, just like we did during our fight with Suzu-san.

So, this should be more than enough to……

「…… Fuh!」

When the dust and dirt slowly started to settle down, we could finally notice Iris’s figure.

Even if she had amazing physical abilities and resilience, as expected, there was no way for her to get out of this one unharmed.

Her clothes were in tatters and she was bleeding all over.

As for the color of her blood, it was…… Yes, it was red.

「My goodness, I don’t know what to even say…… Well, I didn’t expect you to go this far. Not just to achieve a single blow on me. But to think that you would actually go well beyond that, driving me into a corner like that.」

「For someone saying something like that, surely you still have some leeway left, right?」

「It’s something called emaciation. You see, Rein-sama, I don’t want to show you just how utterly pathetic and miserable I really am right now. Fufufu.」

But even when she was saying something like that, Iris was standing firmly on her feet.

There was no doubt that she had taken some damage with that last attack, but……

Was that actually not enough to make her want to surrender?

Not only does she have amazing physical abilities and resistances, but she’s also tougher than we could have ever imagined.

I didn’t realize how troublesome it would be to make enemies out of the Ultimate Species up until now.

I’m really glad I had Suzu-san put us through all of that Special Training.

If I hadn’t trained against the member of the Ultimate Species, I wouldn’t have been able to push Iris to this point.

If it was not for Suzu-san’s Special Training, we would have been swallowed up by Iris’s sheer and overwhelming power ages ago, and we would have been destroyed in no time at all.

「Well then…… What do you want to do now?」

「……………」

「How about we just call it a day right here and right now?」

「Yes…… I suppose that we might as well wrap things up here.」

At that moment I couldn’t help it but look up at Iris when I heard her unexpected words.

Seeing me like that, Iris smiled and then giggled gingerly.

「Fufufu, what’s wrong, Rein-sama? You look like you have just witnessed some fish flying across the sky.」

「Umm, no, it’s just that…… I didn’t actually expect you to agree to it so eagerly, Iris.」

「Oh my, oh dear. I’m not some berserk wild boar, you know?　It’s a real shame, Rein-sama, but you are…… No, that’s not it. You are strong. and your companions are strong as well. I highly doubt that we would be able to win if we were to continue fighting like that.」

「That’s quite a modest assessment coming from you.」

「It’s only a natural conclusion. If you are unable to analyze the battlefield accordingly at all times, you are going to die sooner rather than later. And I can promise you, I would never commit such a folly.」

「I see.」

「Besides, I promised you that much, didn’t I? That if you manage to deliver a solid blow onto me, I would back away and answer your questions. And the thing that you have given me was far more than a mere solid hit. That is why, in honor of our agreement, I am going to step down for now. I am, despite my appearance, a creature of my word, you know?　Well, I mean, it depends on who I am dealing with, but…… Fufufu.」

Iris then snapped her fingers.

In response to the signal, another Iris, the one who had been fighting with Arios and his Party, came over to Iris’s side.

Arios and the others didn’t seem to have any energy left to chase after her and slumped down on the spot, utterly exhausted.

「Hm? What’s the matter? Is there something wrong?」’

The other Iris spoke to Iris while looking at the original with wild curiosity in her eyes.

…… Seeing this scene with my own two eyes left me with a peculiar and complicated feeling inside of my chest.

「We are retreating for now.」

「Oh, is that so? Bummer. You wish for me to stop fighting and just go away, just like that? When things were finally starting to get good? Because I, for one, would still like to have some more fun with those humans……」

「I know, but regrettably, I have made a promise like that, so now I need to keep it. There’s no helping it. Besides, you must remember that right here and right now, I am the one who is the superior one.」

「Yes, I do realize that. And I have no intention of going against your wishes, the main body. Well then, I guess this means that we are more or less done here, right? If you’ll excuse me, I will be going back to my own world and my own time.」

Then, the other Iris turned towards me and bowed gracefully before me, while gently picking up the hem of her dress.

「Well then, good day to you, everyone.」

After she said that, the other Iris disappeared into thin air, as if she’d never even been here in the first place.

I was told that the Summoning Magic of the Celestial Tribe is not something that can come undone, even if the caster of the spell dies……

But the power that Iris herself possesses must have allowed her to order her summons to return to her original world.

「By the way, I do believe that some explanation is in order here…… Just now, the other me was able to go back to her original world by summoning herself back there. Actually, that is the simplest and easiest to understand explanation that I could possibly give you here, because the specifics are something that is way more complicated and would take way too long for me to explain to someone without the technical knowledge. …… I hope that you’ll forgive me for generalizing?」

「Well, I mean…… Thank you for the explanation.」

「No, you’re very much welcome.」

「Also, if it wasn’t too much to ask…… It could be of real help to us if you were to call off the monsters from over there, you know?」

I then pointed to the group of monsters that Ax and Cell were fighting all this time without a moment of rest.

「Oh my, you will have to forgive me, but I don’t think that’s actually possible. I need the consent of the other party to properly send them away, but monsters usually do not have that kind of wisdom to them…… Fufufu, so I have no choice but to leave them alone to their own devices.」

「Hey now!」