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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 1 Chapter 6.4

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“Translator: Goma/Editor: TheNix”

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Isshin Yuiga kept using tons of magic like a demon lord, while I, who is supposed to be the hero, kept taking it.

    I was blasted away, and smashed onto the ground…….it was as if he was toying with me.

「You are quite tough, huh? I feel sorry for making you endure so much」

    I stood up, my clothes were tattered. President Yuiga who was holding the wand said,

「Argh……my parents really loved education. So I have been training every day. I had thought 『Once I started living alone, I am definitely not going to keep it up because it’s so troublesome』. But perhaps it is a habit. If I don’t train I feel off…… 」

    Argh, no. Why am I starting to talk? My brain did not work anymore. How much longer? How much?  

「I see. I understand. I recognize how tough you are. Nevertheless, if you have to endure more than this you might lose your life. 『Go home and sleep, Jūgo Yama』」

    Oh no, if he does that I won’t be able to resist.

    I told him how long I could endure but I did not think he would give me mercy…..hey, Isshin Yuiga. If you are the demon lord that plans world domination, don’t be so kind to me! Those kinds of people would not be successful in that occupation!

    Nonetheless, I was simply a loser. Nothing could be done anymore. I could not help but close my eyes.

 

……However, nothing happened.

「……What is happening? 」

    President Yuiga widened his eyes and looked at the wand in his hand.

 

「……Hehe, Hahaha」

    It was as if I was the most powerful demon lord. I laughed towards the night sky. I was a perfect imitation of a bad guy.

「The magic ran out, huh?」

    I smirked. President Yuiga made a surprised expression.

「W.. what happened? 」

「President, you didn’t know? This wand has a flaw」

「A flaw? 」

 

「The ((Wizard’s Wand))’s largest flaw is that it has a limit on how many times it can be used」

 

    As if I was the detective pointing out who the murderer is (I accidentally got in the role and acted like a certain famous detective), I pointed my finger at president Yuiga.

「D.. don’t lie to me. Nanana had said nothing about…… 」

「Did you really listen to her? You only heard about the good things about this wand from Nanana right? 」

「T.. this ((Wizard’s Wand)) is the most powerful Nanana Collection artifact! There should not be such a flaw! 」

「According to Nanana, 『There is no such thing as “Most powerful”』」

「Ugh」

    The biggest flaw of the wand that Nanana had told me. The only and absolute weakness of ((Dovold Van Zamus’ Wand)) that was incomparably strong and grants every wish of the user as long as it is possible in this world.

    It was that, in order to cast a magic spell, one needed to supply magical power beforehand.

    On top of that, it required quite a lot of time and effort.

    It did not matter how strong or weak the magic was. The cost of any spell was the same as any other. That was the characteristic of this wand. That being said, no matter how weak a spell is, it still counts as a spell.

    That meant using magic without regard was dangerous. After enough spells the most powerful Nanana Collection would become just a normal wand.

 

    The biggest mistake that Isshin Yuiga made was not knowing everything about the wand he was holding in his hand.

 

「『If you really want to master something, understand everything about it including its weaknesses』. This is one of my family’s lessons. Well, it was meant to be used for obtaining the woman of your desires」

    While dragging my feet, I walked towards the president.

「Yet, I did not do that. You only looked at the nice parts about the wand and did not care about its flaws. You did not even consider that there might be a possibility of the wand having a weakness. Your extreme admiration towards the wand you always wanted and the strong assumption that it is the strongest Nanana Collection blinded you. It hindered you from doubting its power. The reason you lost is that you had expected too much of the wand」

    The reason why I had thought that president Yuiga might not have noticed the limit on the number of times the wand could be used is when he said, 「I cannot sell the wand」, he had also mentioned that 「With this, I can grant any wish, however many as I want」. I had confirmed this when the battle started and when the president had started using magic without any hesitation as if boasting of his power.

    At this point, I decided to take the simplest plan of all the plans I had come up with.

    Just let him use up all his magic.

    It was not too difficult. If president Yuiga did not realize its flaw, I can just wait for him to use all the magic up. The only thing else to consider was how long I could endure. Would I collapse first, or would all the magical power be used up first?

    It seemed like I had somehow managed to win this battle.

    President Yuiga who realized he lost, froze on the spot. When such an unexpected flaw had been pointed out to him, he stood there dumbfounded.

「President Yuiga. When you had obtained the wand, you should have brought it to Nanana and clarified how to use it. Yet, you did not do so. Why was that? It is because you felt guilty of leaving us two behind in that building. You had intended to do whatever it takes to obtain the wand. Yet in the end, you were not too sure about your action of abandoning us. You could not boast of using us as stepping stones to achieve your dream. You questioned yourself. Was what I was doing really correct? With such guilt, you could not go to Nanana who lives with me, whom you had abandoned. Even though you understood clearly that Nanana was always neutral regarding the Nanana Collection, that she will still explain about the Nanana Collection」

    Isshin Yuiga cast his face downwards. He could not say anything. He could not reply.

「In the end, you could not boast of your dream at the last stage. You could not maintain your confidence in your actions. You could not hold the assurance or the belief that would not waver no matter what. You wavered just at this. That meant that your dream is not as grand as you thought」

    President Yuiga was overwhelmed.

    Seeing this, I clicked my tongue in my heart. I got angry at how annoying he is.

    You are so disgusting, utterly disgusting. Die. Die, Jūgo Yama.

    Why are you lecturing him so proudly? Even though you are a bastard who had thrown away your beliefs a long time ago and conformed to society.

    Why are you howling at him proudly? Stop it. Stop mocking him. He has done so much so far. Stop hurting his spirit. He had come this far so genuinely.

 

    I stood in front of president Yuiga and raised my fist in the air.

 

    …I could not do it.

 

「Are you not going to punch me? 」

「……There is no need, right? 」

    Although I did not punch him, I reached out my hand.

「Alright then. Please give me the wand since I have won」

 

「I can’t let you do that」

 

    By reflex, I turned around.

    Before I knew it, a man was standing behind me.

    He was tall and thin. Yet, his eyes were as sharp as a knife.

「Erm……who are you? 」

「I am Kagetora Tsurezure」

「Ah, you are the other senior of the Adventure Club」

    Really!? I did not notice him at all. Is he a ninja or what?

「Forgive me, my junior. In order to achieve Isshin’s dream, I cannot let him pass that to you」

    After giving this apology, I was suddenly punched by the ninja who had appeared. And after I decided not to punch president Yuiga.

 

 

「Are you alright? 」

    I was lying down on the huge concrete car park. Ms. Yukihime gazed down at me.

「How about Ms. Ibara? 」

「She escaped. The Tsurezure is quite a man」

    It seemed that the ninja had disrupted their fight and she had let Ms. Ibara escape. If Ms. Yukihime says so, the ninja must be quite legit.

「I see. Say, don’t you think that there are quite a lot of ninjas? 」

「I am a Kunoichi [1. TL Note: Ninja refers to a male spy, while Kunoichi is a female ninja]」

「Ah, oh yeah」

    She reminded me.

「How awful of you to forget」

「Yes indeed」

    On top of that, she scolded me.

「Why did you not punch him? 」

「Haha, I wonder why? 」

    It seemed that she had watched me.

    I tried to sidestep the question by laughing, but Ms. Yukihime was not laughing with me. 

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