I Was Told, “I Can’t Leave the Territory Management to You, Brother-in-law!!”, So I Restarted My Adventurer Life in My Mother’s Homeland – Chapter 47

Chapter 47: The Secret of the Magic Sword Tempera
  In the distant sky, Eld caught sight of a mysterious flaming object burning out at the edge of his vision. He could guess that it was probably the result of something Marie had done, but right now he had to deal with the Goddess in front of him.
 
  “Hihihihi, I’m impressed by your magic power, a human who can handle a magic sword to that extent. I can understand if it’s that red-haired, red-eyed woman though.”
 
  “I trained considerably to try and catch up to her.”
 
  Eld backs away, trying to get out of Goddess Lunatel’s range. Wind passes between the two. The second floor of Landred’s mansion had disappeared without a trace due to Eld’s flames and Lunatel’s attacks. Only a few remnants of the walls remained, frozen solid.
 
  “But the game is over now. I know the weakness of magic swords.”
 
  Lunatel stretches out her arm, trying to grab Eld. Eld instinctively points Tempera’s blade, intending to slash at her, but Lunatel’s aim is the blade itself. Lunatel grabs the blade of Tempera.
 
  “Even with a magic sword or a magic-imbued sword, the part that activates the magic has to be this blade that cuts the opponent. That’s why if I grab this part, it becomes difficult to release magic power even if you try to.”
 
  Eld pulls, trying to retrieve the blade Lunatel is gripping, but it doesn’t budge.
 
  “No way, no way. You think a human can win a power struggle with a Goddess? Goddesses were originally a race that fought against the Demon Tribe.”
 
  “I guess it’s impossible like this.”
 
  Eld stops pulling and slams his fist against the blade.
 
  “Eh? What are you……”
 
  No sooner had she said that than Tempera’s blade snapped in the middle.
 
  “Y-You broke the sword!? Then you can only release magic and attack halfway……”
 
  “It’s not a problem.”
 
  Eld pulls the remaining blade out from the hilt.
 
  “Eh? Ehhh??”
 
  As he swings the bladeless Tempera, the surrounding temperature drops sharply, and Lunatel’s body begins to freeze.
 
  “As expected, it sucks up magic power like crazy if I don’t attach a blade.”
 
  “H-How? How??”
 
  Unable to destroy the ice clinging to her body, a stark contrast to before, Lunatel is bewildered.
 
  “You know, don’t you, Goddess? A magic sword isn’t necessarily limited to being a sword.”
 
  Of course, Lunatel knows that. But no matter how you looked at it, the magic sword Tempera looked like nothing but a sword.
 
  “You also know that 『sword』 in magic language can also mean 『something you hold in your hand』, right?”
 
  “That’s basic…… something you hold in your hand…… could it be……”
 
  Eld swings Tempera again, and ice covers Lunatel’s body.
 
  “That’s right. The true form of the magic sword Tempera is just this hilt. That blade is just something I attached to make it easier to control magic power. It’s made of ice, so the shape sometimes collapses.”
 
  The magic sword Tempera only has a sword hilt. Lunatel couldn’t understand it, but Eld was actually generating ice with the bladeless Tempera. And now, the sword that shouldn’t have had a blade was carrying a blade of flame.
 
  “I’m worried about what kind of calamity will befall me by killing a Goddess, but it seems like this is the only way to break the curse……”
 
  Eld raises the flaming sword.
 
  “No way…… to be defeated by a mere magic sword that only handles ice and fire!!”
 
  Eld slashes at Lunatel, who is bound by ice. All the ice around Lunatel melts, and she collapses.
 
  “Too bad. The magic sword Tempera isn’t a magic sword of ice and fire. It’s a magic sword that manipulates 『temperature』. Ice and fire are just byproducts after manipulating temperature. I haven’t even told Marie this secret, so you can proudly take it with you as a souvenir to the underworld.”
 
  The magic sword Tempera is a magic sword that manipulates temperature. If it absorbs the surrounding temperature and lowers it to below freezing, it generates ice. Then, it releases the absorbed temperature to produce flames. Because this ice and fire have magical properties, they become equivalent to those cast with magic. The title 『Ice Flame』 was given to Eld, who manipulated this and defeated 10,000 monsters at once.
 
  Eld creates a blade with ice and attaches it to Tempera. He polishes it with wind magic while checking the angle of the blade. He feels like the shape is a little different from before, but if anyone points it out, he can just make up an excuse. He always did that.
 
  Marie knows that the design is only the hilt because she was there when Tempera was picked up, but he didn’t specifically tell her about its exact abilities. To begin with, Eld initially thought it was a magic sword of ice and fire. There was no point in keeping it a secret, but he didn’t think there was any particular reason to tell her either, so he kept quiet.
 
  When he stored Tempera in subspace, he saw Marie walking while dragging Landred. When he waved, she seemed to be smiling wryly at the sight of the top half of the mansion being gone.