A Story of a Cannon Fodder who Firmly Believed He was the Protagonist

Chapter 004 - I am the Protagonist, Regardless of What Others Say [B]

—DeathDeathDeathDeathDeathDeathDeathDeathDeathDeathDeath.

She completely adjusted into a combat stance (switched on). Before her was the ideal (Fay) still swinging his wooden sword, on the verge of hitting her at any moment. It was why she doubted her own eyes and was unable to hide her surprise.

—How?!　

The magic eye of domination allowed the user to forcibly control the person they looked into the eyes of. Simply said, it was a type of suggestion magic.　

At first glance, this seemed to be a royal straight flush as it was pretty powerful and allowed the user to win the moment they used it.　

However, nothing was perfect. Everything had their weaknesses, risks, and countermeasures.　

First, if the opponent was also a carrier of a magic eye it could respond to another magic eye. As these words would literally suggest, an eye for an eye. However, this depended on the compatibility of the respective magic eyes.　

Second, if the opponent had some sort of resistance to the eye. Some people would build up resistance if they were frequently exposed to a magic eye; or if they already possessed that kind of resistance naturally; or if the opponent carried special equipment to resist it.

Third, as long as the opponent didn't meet eyes with the magic eye users there would be no problem.　

And fourth, if the opponent was already affected by a suggestion that was greater than what the magic eye could do to them.　

A magic eye was all about suggestion. The magic eye that Arthur had was of the greatest class. If she used such an eye to affect others, even normal knights would yield in no time.　

However, the boy named Fay was perpetually under the suggestion that he was the protagonist. For the two years since he had first entered this world, he gave that suggestion to himself every single day.　

He had fully assumed that he (Fay) was the protagonist because he was the character that ranked first, not knowing that the ranking was made in collusion with people in a thread and that the goddess had deceived him. He kept such a belief for two years.

That constant self-suggestion had risen into a suggestion powerful enough to defend against the effects of the magic eye. Ironically, his skill in swords and magic didn't improve at all during those periods.　

This was because Maria, who worried about his behavior, had hidden the instruction manual regarding proper swordsmanship and magic away from him.　

However, that was a trivial matter because right at this moment, Fay's sword was quickly approaching Arthur's neck. She was definitely caught off guard to have let his sword reach that point.　

The short distance left made talent, swordsmanship, and skill no longer matter. The abnormal person named Fay managed to land a hit on Arthur... or at least, that was how it was supposed to be.　

Ironically enough, Arthur was also an abnormal person. So she used magic to reinforce her physique and wooden sword, then made full use of her muscles to slash extremely fast. It was literally an all-out attack.

It was a single attack she created in a hurry as the emergency escape from the situation. That attack was acted out of instinct and allowed her to break Fay's sword (Death's Scythe) to secure her own life. 　

As a result, Fay's sword... flew into the air.　

Both of them lost their wooden swords. Fay lost his due to Arthur's slash, while Arthur lost hers because she had forcefully reinforced it.