The Strongest Fairy

Chapter 55 Arena Rescue Mission ① Arena's Seriousness

Arena had felt that she would definitely be targeted, even before they arrived at the Kingdom. It was certain because she is always overshadowed by the actions of Aidle and La Veil. Also, the chances of ordinary humans to be opponents for those two are very slim.

And because of that, they would definitely turn their attention to the one who looks like they could easily handle, which is Arena. Arena has a high level, but it's only to the point where she exceeds normal humans. She has also fought many battles with the help of Aidle, but has never on her own.

Therefore, she would always simulate assumptions of her fighting alone and this was repeated over and over again through playing Shogi. What to do when caught, when stunned, when attacked alone, she assumed every possible situation.

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「......Where is this?」

As her consciousness returned, she got up and noticed there was nothing as far as the eye could see in the place she was. The only fixed space that she could grasp was surrounding her. The ground spread out in that space also felt weird. And there were also strange patterns constantly moving.

「Aidle......」

The time came sooner than she expected, and Arena was a bit anxious about it, but she understood her situation well. She knew that she was stunned and kidnapped. Then there's only one thing Arena could do.

「I can't with Aidle...... La Veil, not lost!」

She can still feel her connection with La Veil. However, realizing that she cannot exchange words, she understood that the space she was trapped in was interfering with the connection. Next, she thought about what would Aidle do in this situation, and realized she will definitely use space magic. She understood that La Veil would change her body and Aidle would send her using space magic, coordinating with La Veil to get the position through Synchronization.

「After that... Timing!」

The reason I was kidnapped is because Aidle and La Veil were too occupied in the battle tournament. What I'm worried about beside Aidle is who performed this actions, and I understood that the opponent who kidnapped me this time was a Hero. Doing this, they would most likely use me as hostage to threaten Aidle to surrender the match. They are probably just making sure to win, but it would still seem unnatural, and the audience won't be excited about it even if it ended in her defeat.

Then in order to execute that plan, La Veil has to lose against the Hero in the semifinal match. For the time being, Arena is in that place, but she can bear with that. However, when she thought about what the Hero would do to La Veil, Arena started to cry.

「......Uuu ...It's okay.」

However, Arena held it in and stopped sobbing. Telling herself to do what she should do now and not just wait. Then Arena stood up.

(Image... Image...)

Arena was thinking of an existence that would protect herself, just like the secret to Aidle's Fairy Magic. For the past few months all she did was try to understand it and create and image. She kept on imagining.

『Fairy Magic sure is really useful. If you don't think about the burden, you can freely use it in whatever way you want.』

Some time ago, Arena remembered the things Aidle taught her during the training days.

「In order to protect myself... I have to become stronger!!!」

The next moment, Arena began to emit heat and felt a sharp dizziness that assaulted her, but she managed to suppress it through sheer mental power. She would make what she would need from that point on. She envisioned the 『Persona』 necessary for her. For Aidle, and the existence that would walk on a path along her, her Ideal Self......