The moment the illumination magic tool was turned on again, the people who were still conscious stood up one after another with a pillow in their hands.

  Thanks to the scattered pillows from before, there is not much difference in the number of pillows, but the fact that Roomba is dangerous still doesn’t change.

  In the first place, what will happen with the conclusion of this pillow fight, I wonder? Surely it’s not until everyone is exhausted, right? If so then that’s not funny.

  If that’s the case, then I have to fight with Roomba, huh.

  At this rate, the members of the firm will be killed by Roomba in the end. So that means I have to do something before that happens.

  But, before that――


  「Chairman Toriela is here!」


  I pulled the futon Tori use to cover himself with Pyshic and shout. When you’re staying in that spot, it’s obvious that it’s gonna be an extremely dangerous place, so I immediately move away from there.

  「Aahhー!? Alfried-sama you’re so cruel――」


  『『Die Chairman!』』


  Tori’s screams were obscured by the countless pillows flying at him.

  I saw him being hit by the rotating pillow on his face so that guy is dead. With Tori’s slender physique, I don’t think he can withstand that kind of direct hit.

  You’ve been tattling to the maids and Elna-kaasan, so that’s a divine punishment for you. I felt satisfied.

  Before long, the members of the firm start to collect the heap of pillows.

  In the midst of all that, the fainted Tori was also dugout, then he was dumped like large garbage near the entrance of the room.

  『We can finally take him out』


  『Yeah, so he was hiding in that sort of place. We owe it to Alfried-sama.』


  『Being served by such a beautiful secretary………』


  After cleaning up Tori, the members of the firm had a very bright smile on their faces.

  ……eh, he’s your boss, right? Will you guys be alright from tomorrow on?

  「Which reminds me, I can see Al anywhere? I don’t know what that kid will do if he were to be left alone, so I want to quickly bring him down. I mean, he could use magic after all.」


  Perhaps he recalled Tori’s last remark, Roomba restlessly looked around and muttered something dangerous like that.

  I hide inside the futon to escape from Roomba’s beast-like gaze.

  I also don’t forget to make the futon over there bulge, like a dummy.

  That darn Tori! Even until his last moment, he kept on spouting out such words! A man who can keep on talking to the end.

  「That kid’s small after all, so it’s hard to tell if he hid himself inside the futon.」


  Roomba kicked the futon on his feet flying while muttering such words.

  He’s looking for me apparently.

  The members of the firm are collecting the pillows thrown toward Tori as if to prepare for the battle against Roomba.

  I have to join up with them right now, one way or another. I mean, I took part in helping them to bring down Tori earlier. I’m sure they will welcome me as a comrade and fight together with them, no doubt about it.

  「Hmー, is he here?」


  During the time while I was thinking about such a thing, Roomba arrive.

  No doubt about it. The sixth sense that I have trained sends me a warning. I guess Roomba would come to my direction after this.

  Even after preparing that kind of dummy, it’s too fast. This is why intuitive people are troublesome.

  I can hear the sound of Roomba stepping firmly on the futons grow near.

  I was attacked by a different type of tension from the time when the proprietress came a short while ago. This is not amusing at all.

  Matching the timing when Roomba comes near me, I hold my breath.

  「Hmー? Is he here? Ohh! Here――」


  The moment he suddenly strips the futon, I use Psychic magic to begin a high-speed shooting with the pillow toward him.

  The pillow is flying like a fastball due to the magic power - putting the pillow thrown by adults to shame, as it makes a direct hit to Roomba’s face.

  I feel a solid response from the pillow, but then I feel a chill run down my spine, so I throw my body to the side.

  *Dann*!

  Thereupon, a pillow struck the place where I was lying down just before.

  ……that's ridiculous, even though there is a futon in that place it feels like I hear the sound of something hitting the tatami directly.

  With just a snap of his wrist, he had that much power even while taking a pillow to his face. That was a rather tough offensive ability.

  「Ah really, I was surprised. I didn’t expect there to be a pillow to suddenly went flying.」


  「Yeah me too, even though they hit your face, I didn’t expect a pillow to start flying my way you know.」


  Despite receiving the pillow at such speed with this face, he still looks unafraid.

  Roomba picks up a pillow with a fierce smile on his face, while I cast Psychic magic toward the pillows scattered about all over the place. My magic power is placed in the pillows, and I make them float around as if to protect me.

  「Hehehe, it’s my first time I have an opponent that can use magic in pillow fights, so I’ve been expecting this.」


  『Ooh, it’s magic! And he made ten pillows float all at once!』


  『Can he throw them all?』


  『……someone is using magic in pillow fights』


  I don’t want to be told that by Gunther who uses knight’s formation in pillow fights.

  「I’m going to attack from here this time!」


  As if he’s using his whole body’s strength, Roomba twisted his body and raised his arm overhead.

  That was something that he never used with more damage than the one before, I can imagine it will have more than enough power inside that can blow away a Heavy Infantry unit that holds a shield.

  And then, a pillow is thrown from Roomba’s arm, whose muscles swelled.

  Judging that one shield won’t be able to protect me from that, I cast Psychic magic on five futons on the floor. I positioned it upright as if I’m making a wall.

  Pushing the air aside the pillow hit the shield, one, two, three times, and it finally stopped at the fourth shield.

  I was glad I have quite a lot of shields, five of them instead of three.

  「……you did it. Even though I put quite a bit of strength into it」


  Although I stopped his attack, Roomba still looked happy.

  『Ooh, it stops that attack』


  『That means, we can’t stop Roomba’s full-powered attack with two shields, huh』


  『If it were us, keeping on attacking him nonstop, then we won’t be able to throw the pillows with all of our strength. 』


  『If it’s like this, can we win?』


  I send pillows flying using Psychic as if to counterattack while giving a sidelong glance at the merchant's group who is talking happily.

  「Yoo! Hoo!」


  I aimed at male's weak point - that is the groin - and the jaw, since there will be the possibility that it can cause a concussion, but both of them were knocked aside by his arm.

  『Aiming at the groin with no hesitation………』


  『It would be frightening if he also becomes our enemy.』


  It’s troublesome to use Psychic simultaneously and at the same time control both of the pillows together but since it is important, I keep aiming at Roomba’s weak point without worrying about it.

  There are various parts in the human body that can become a weak point, but when it comes to aiming for something as big as a pillow, the best target is the jaw and groin after all. I mean, the groin and brain can’t be trained.

  If I don't do this, then the opponent will do it so I mercilessly keep on aiming at them.

  If the pillows get knocked aside, I cast Psychic again to gather my ammunition.

  But instead of sending them flying straight toward Roomba, I made them fly in a curve and fork, pausing them in midair for a moment or change the speed, and also mix them together.

  All the pillows that Roomba threw at me became under my control as I used Psychic in the middle of their course.

  Fufufu, the more you throw your pillows at me, the more advantageous it will be for me.

  「Al! You’re so evil!?」


  Roomba - who had become on the defensive - shouted that kind of line.

  Even though I’ve used feints mixed in like this, I guess the real ability of B-rank adventurers who can avoid a blow that will result in a fatal wound is not just for show.

  「Since I will not be able to defeat Roomba if I don’t do it like this 」


  「……sure enough, a long-distance is disadvantageous if your opponent is a magician, guess I have got closer and beat him hard then.」


  「Wait a second, Roomba! This is a pillow fight, you know!? We need to fight it out as we properly throw the pillows toward each other, alright!?」


  Hearing Roomba’s disturbing remark, I become flustered.

  「Tori said at the start that as long as you’re using pillows then you can beat the opponent, right」


  Darn it, I remember Roomba’s peculiarity.

  Devoting himself to avoid and intercept the pillows flying toward him using a step, Roomba slowly approached me.

  I definitely can not allow Roomba to get closer.

  Even if there’s a pillow between us you still won’t feel at ease if Roomba hits you.

  I tried to pull out the futon under him with Psychic, so Roomba wouldn't charge and approached me, and also to make him fall.

  「I saw that move before, y’know」


  「Che」


  However, Roomba firmly treaded on the futon with all of his strength that I couldn’t move it.

  I was planning to make him fall over just like Irvine and the others and let him get beaten up by everyone.

  『Throw your pillows! Don’t let Roomba get closer!』


  Perhaps Gunther-san also felt that it would be dangerous, so he ordered an attack while taking the risk of the pillows getting taken by Roomba.

  At the same time as the pillows were thrown, I took advantage of that to fire my own pillows.

  「Take that! Eat this too!」


  Roomba kicked the futon under him flying to use it as a shield and protect him from them.

  Several futons under his feet flew toward us, blocking our vision from seeing him. Roomba’s figure disappeared from our sight.

  This is dangerous.

  『Everyone, prepare for close-quarter combat! Roomba is coming!』


  At the time Gunther’s anxious voice can be heard, a dark shadow covers me.

  Feeling a sign of something like a ferocious animal approaching, I pull all the futons nearby using Psychic to protect me.

  *Boof* the sound of the futons being hit with all one’s strength can be heard, the impact that could hardly be dampened was being transmitted through the futons to my body.

  I bent backward and started to roll around while retreating. Then I immediately stand up.

  So ridiculous, it made a sound like when you dried futons outside and hit a dragonfly that landed on it with all of your strength.

  「Ohh? You can defend against that?」


  Not good, I should’ve pretended to lose my consciousness after receiving that attack just now. The habit in the practice of standing up immediately after falling so that I won’t be chased around harms me instead.

  『Uooohー!』


  「Hmph!」


  『Bugh!』


  The members of the firm are gallantly challenging Roomba in a close-quarter, but when they get hit by Roomba’s pillow in the stomach, they tumble to the ground as they start to roll away and stop moving.

  『……ah, he hit them with his hand, right?』


  『……n, no, he only used the pillow to hit them』


  『That……』


  Seeing Roomba’s blow with the pillow, the members of the firm are shaking in fear.

  I also saw it, but he’s certainly only hit them with a pillow.

  「Gunther-san! Let’s surround Roomba!」


  『O, ou! Everyone, surround Roomba!』


  『『Ou!』』


  With Gunther’s voice as a signal, everyone starts moving as if to surround Roomba.

  That guy won’t let them do as they wish.

  「Ooh? What are you going to do after you surround me? I’m confident with my close-quarter combat skill, y’know?」


  More than twenty guys were surrounding Roomba, but he doesn’t look frightened by that. Rather, it appears that he’s looking forward to what we’re going to do after this.

  『Alfried-sama, do you have any strategy?』


  With cold sweat running down his cheek, Gunther asked me in a whisper.

  「……let’s take Roomba’s obi.」2

  『What are we going to do after we take it from him?』


  「As long as you pull his obi, his clothes will come off. And when his clothes come off, his groin will be exposed so let’s have everyone ganged up on him.」


  The defense of his face is solid after all, so I think we should aim at his groin. And if he covered his groin with both hands, we can just freely hit his chin.

  『That’s a good idea. Well then, shall we use our obi to attack him』


  Gunther pulled his obi while suppressing his laughter.

  Immediately after that, some of the guys also pulled their own obi, maybe because they'd guessed his intent.

  With the sound of clothes rubbing against each other as they were taken off, the toned thighs of the men became visible.

  It’s an extremely disgusting spectacle.

  「O, oi? Suddenly doing something like that?」


  Roomba looked doubtful seeing the behavior from the merchants.

  『We are merchants. We also tied the luggage with the tortoiseshell method firmly――and restraining the human body is also our specialty, right? So let’s seal Roomba’s movement and bring him down.』


  The men calmly nodded to Gunther’s words.

  He said something cool, but am I the only one who heard some strange words mixed in there?

  『Let’s go, all of you! Take Roomba’s loincloth!』


  『『Ouuh!』』


  With Gunther's voice as a signal, they simultaneously start running toward Roomba with their obi and pillow in their hands.

  Aah, maybe they took his obi but now that his yukata loosened, you can see something you should not see.

  「I don’t know what your aim is, but I’m taking my obi back!? Although I had no idea about it I got a bad feeling seeing you, I’m not giving it to you!」


  『Take the obi! Strip him!』


  『It’s fine if you hold on to his feet! Stop him!』


  『Tie him with obi!』


  『Take the obi then hit his groin!』


  The men are holding Roomba, trying desperately to pull his obi.

  「Even though you’re all scared until just a moment ago, what’s wrong with you guys!? Hitting the groin is no joke, you know that!?」


  Despite being forcefully pushed around by the men, Roomba still hit the men that came to hold on to him with his pillow.

  He splendidly threw the men who were already gathered away.

  There is a man who came tumbling in front of me. It’s Gunther, sprawled on the ground and fainted.

  Perhaps it’s because his own obi had been pulled as he attacked before, now his groin is completely visible. What a horrible sight. I would like you to lie face down at least.

  In order to reduce the number of people who get counter-attacked by Roomba - even just a little -, I use Psychic to send some pillows flying toward his face or providing covering fire to directly hit his arm.

  Just like that, while the men continued attacking and becoming the sacrifice, a man raised an obi and shouted loudly.

  『I took it! I took the obi!』


  Hearing that kind of good news, looks of joy can be seen on the men’s faces.

  「Kuu!」


  Only his obi got taken, but this is the first time in this gathering for pillow fight that there is a pained expression on Roomba’s face.

  『Yoshaa! Next, we have to seal his movement with the obi and just hit his groin!』


  『Hehehe, let us return the favor on behalf of our defeated comrades!』


  Seeing the weakness from someone who is absolutely strong, the men become even more excited.

  「Damn it, give me your obi!」


  Roomba tries to untie the obi from his opponent, but merchants won’t let him do such a thing.

  Displaying a special rope skill they were good at, the men put the obi on Roomba’s arm.

  「Guuh! This guy! You’re not hitting my groin! Oraaa!」


  However, if he can be defeated with that then he’s not Roomba.

  Although his arm’s movement is being hindered by the obi, the men were overpowered and blown away.

  『Hey, the propr――gugyuuu!?』


  Such a great strength, maybe it’s because he was faced with the crisis to his groin being hit that it shows itself.

  There were men that went flying toward the entrance of the room.

  I think I understand what Nord-tousan said that a beast is the most terrifying when you’re you’re just about to deal the finishing blow

  『We can! We can do it!』


  『All we have to do is to knock him down and hit his groin!』


  「Not a chance!」


  The members of the firm have decreased to ten men, but with their momentum and rope technique, along with my magic as covering fire, we should be able to defeat him!

  It should be like that, however, somehow my intuition is sending me a warning that it is dangerous. Just what is the meaning of this? I feel like I’ve overlooked something.

  Just when I was feeling a strange premonition, the door of the entrance suddenly opened and unexpectedly Aleutia showed her face.

  「Hey you guys! All of you have been so noisy for some time n―― Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?」


  「Wha’s the matter!? Aleutia-san? Is there something in the men’s room――Hyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?」


  After Aleutia, the proprietress also showed her face, and then she ran off as her face also turned bright red.

  「「…………」」


  『『『…………』』』


  We are all dumbfounded.

  If you were to casually look over the inside of this room, there are men with their groin exposed lying around all over the ground, and more than ten half-naked men in the middle of the room were wrestling with each other.

  It’s understandable that women will scream and run away.

  After that, Sannosuke came to us and gave us plenty of scolding.