The objects that had been thrown onto the stage were, without a doubt, explosive magic devices.
“Ao!”
Calling out to Ao on instinct, I immediately erected multiple layers of magical barriers around the two devices, sealing them inside. Ao reacted just as quickly, casting another series of barriers over mine.
I knew it. They were about to explode!
“No!”
“Don’t!”
“Casey! Telma!”
At that very moment, Casey-san and Telma-san burst out from backstage.
To my horror, they threw themselves over the explosive magic devices, shielding them with their own bodies.
Amid Sue’s horrified scream, I frantically cast another set of magical barriers around Casey-san and Telma-san.
BOOM!
BOOM!
The next second, the explosive magic devices detonated with deafening blasts that shook the entire square. The explosions were tremendous—but they never managed to break through the layers of magical barriers Ao and I had erected.
To be honest, even my barriers alone seemed to have been enough to completely absorb the force of the blasts.
“““Ugh… cough… cough…”””
“““Casey! Thelma! Stay with us!”””
However, the magical barriers had failed to completely absorb the shockwave. Casey-san and Telma-san groaned in pain, struggling to catch their breath.
Sue rushed over and immediately began treating them with healing magic, but the damage looked far from minor.
“Casey-oneechan… Telma-oneechan… are you okay?”
“What a reckless thing to do. I understand wanting to see this wedding through safely, but risking your lives like that is another matter entirely.”
After Sue finished her treatment, Casey-san and Telma-san were carried to the rear of the stage in princess carries—Shiro carrying one, the margrave the other.
There, Toria and Horn began casting additional healing magic on the pair. Color gradually returned to their faces, but the Margrave was right. What they had done had been dangerously reckless.
“Tch. What a worthless noble family. They never do as expected. The older brother couldn’t be manipulated, and now even the little sister managed to stop the explosion.”
“Hera!”
As the crowd hurriedly split apart, a strikingly beautiful woman stepped forward. She wore a revealing minidress, and with an irritated expression, she brushed a hand through her wavy crimson hair. Four burly men in suits—clearly acting as her bodyguards—stood protectively around her.
Emilia-sama had just called the woman by name. From the sound of it, they already knew each other.
“Emilia-sama… do you know that woman?”
“I do.”
Emilia-sama’s gaze turned icy.
“That’s Hera. Though for your sake, Shun, it may be more accurate to introduce her as the daughter of the Count Kasuak family.”
The Count Kasuak family…?
Wasn’t that the very noble house currently causing an enormous uproar with the Border Province over its ties to the Human Supremacy Cult?
And judging by the way Emilia-sama looked at her, the history between those two clearly ran much deeper than a simple acquaintance.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeneijiworks.com
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