Strongest Alchemist System
Chapter 24: The end of the fight

After winning a great victory from Roden, Elvy slowly began to come down, and at that moment we greeted him with joy. Especially me and Mila, as soon as Elvy came downstairs, we both ran straight towards the girl.

“Elvy-chaannn!!”

“El-chaannn!!”

Together we hugged Elvy tightly.

“Yeah, you're just making people worry! That was you being too careless!!”

“That's right, El-chan! You can't do that anymore, okay? Or Onee-chan will die of a heart attack!”

We both expressed our feelings to the girl while pinching her cheeks simultaneously from both directions.

“Ouch! I-I'm sorry! I won't do it again! So please don't pinch my cheek! It hurts..” Elvy groans with pain.

“You must promise.”

“Well, El-chan, you have to promise.”

“Ba-Alright, I promise,” countered Elvy lethargic as we both urged her not to do that again.

Well, whatever it is, I'm really grateful everything's okay.

With this, there's no problem anymore.

Everything was done, and fortunately there were no fatalities on our part, there were only a few who were seriously injured. But I can still cure it with the healing potions I have, after all I have a lot of them in my [Item Box] because I used all my medicinal points to level up my skills.

Well, the point is we can get through this fight without any casualties.

You could say we won a landslide.

But…

I don't know why I forgot something, and it's so important.

— But what?

“Hmm..”

While I was thinking about it with a serious face, Elvy suddenly pulled the edge of my shirt, she looked like she wanted to say something important.

“What's up, Elvy-chan?” many wonder.

Then, Elvy answered him in a low voice.

“Umm... Riku-san, shouldn't we pick up Alicia-san immediately?”

“Ah?”

I forget.

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As soon as I recalled that I had left the goddess alone to fight against the Demon King's lead, I immediately ran to pick her up, or rather I'm flying with Elvy to get to where we are, so we can get there faster.

Then, it didn't take long, we arrived right away.

“There!” I cried while pointing down at the place Alicia had previously left, and Elvy immediately landed around the place.

When we got to the bottom, Elvy and I immediately searched for Alicia's whereabouts, because she was nowhere near where we left off.

“Hoi~ Alicia! Where are you?!” I shouted while walking around the place.

“Alicia-san, where are you?!” said Elvy, who helped me find him, too.

The two of us continued to search around the place, but there was absolutely no clue about Alicia's whereabouts.

Don't tell me he was defeated?

—No, that's impossible. Even if the boy was extremely weak in stamina, he should still be able to defeat undead monsters easily.

What the hell is going on here?

Where did the boy go?

As I continued to search and think of all possibilities apathetically, I suddenly heard Alicia's voice from a distance.

“Riku, Elvy, I'm here!” alicia shouted calling our names.

Hearing that I quickly turned towards him, and was a little relieved the moment I saw him who was fine.

Whatisit?

Seeing what he was sitting on, I tilted my head in confusion, and Elvy who noticed it also stopped coming closer.

“Umm, Alicia-san, who are you sitting on?” he asked, pointing at a little girl who might be 9 or 10 years old that is currently occupied by Alicia.

I also walked to Elvy's side to see the girl more clearly.

She has beautiful long red hair, and blood red eyes that can shine. The girl was wearing a black lace dress.

I think I've seen him before.

But, that person should have a more mature appearance, not a small one like this. Maybe I just remembered wrong?

“Alicia, who's the kid?” my many.

However, Alicia tilted her head in confusion. “What are you saying? Did you forget? He is the leader of the Demon King, Estella— Well, forget it, I am more curious about Elvy-chan. Whatisit? You really changed the last time we met. I'm guessing Riku screwed things up, right?” abugn.

Hearing that Elvy just laughed without refuting it at all.

“Wait, why is it my fault?! Well, it was my fault anyway! But why are you so sure that I'm going to mess things up?!”

“Te-Relax, Riku-san. It wasn't your fault, but it was—“ Seeing me who started fighting with Alicia, Elvy tried to stop us, but we didn't care about it at all.

“Isn't that clear, if not you, who else?” alicia replied with a proud smile.

Hearing that, my eyebrows twitched slightly.

What he said was true, but somehow it upset me.

“Listen yes, goddamn goddess! I have also tried hard to make everything go smoothly! I did make a mistake earlier because I did not expect that the dragon had any hidden power. But, if only it didn't exist, my plan went perfectly!” I argue quickly.

It's not that I'm trying to dodge reality, it's just that I want the goddess to know that I've tried everything I can.

But, despite having heard that, as if going in right out left, the goddess only sighed with a tired face.

It makes me even more upset.

However, as soon as Alicia continued speaking, I could only fall silent.

“Well, if you have the energy to be angry, I think you're fine,” she said, and then looked at me with a sincere smile.

“….”

Seeing that I could only hold back my anger, and let out a long sigh.

“Haahh..”

He's troublesome.

Well, it seems like he just wants to make sure that my mentality is still safe.

Because it should have been after she saw Elvy, she immediately understood that I had used her advice which I vehemently rejected.

It was true, before my mental state was shattered when I saw the dead Elvy right before my eyes, and instead I turned the girl's body into that of a monster.

Even now I still feel guilty about it.

It seems that the goddess guessed everything with just a single look and tried to comfort me in her own way.

It's pretty annoying. I felt like I was being played with, but I guess I can't scold her anymore because she's just worried about me.

“Yeah, I think I should thank you..” I said in a soft voice, while turning my face shyly.

Seeing that, Alicia smiled mischievously. “Eeh~ What? I can't hear it clearly. Can you say it again out loud?”

Keh, this woman really sucks.

Can't he just act like a heroine in general. Why could he just make me angry and troubled?

—Do I have to change my route?

“Hey, actually I've been listening to your conversation from the beginning. But, can you not ignore me?! Oi, man, stop this girlfriend of yours! Before he kills me with his holy ass! I don't want to die in the most ridiculous way like this!” shouted the Demon King's Leader.

As I was thinking about whether I should move the route to another girl, she suddenly interrupted me, and grumbled to herself in annoyance because of her whereabouts we ignored.

Geez, I completely forgot that he was still there.

—What should we do with this child?