Chapter 29: 29
※ This chapter is in multiple point of views .
This chapter chronologically happens between Chapter 13-27 and 13-28 .
"Nothing to do at all~"
Sitting down on top of a water tower in the downtown, I look down below .
Ichirou-nii picked me up this morning, so I've been watching over the orphanage where Shin-kun is, but there's really nothing happening .
The green demon that came to the Royal Capital last night didn't get in touch with Shin-kun either, so I'm thinking that this child might not be related to the recent series of events .
--Oops, found a contact!
Some evil-looking men approach Shin-kun and the children of the orphanages who have come to a well to draw water .
I can't hear them . . . . I'll try using [Hearing Boost] magic .
"--Transport these . "
"And the reward?"
"I'll give you a meal once you've finished transporting it . That's fine with you right?"
"I want something that can be brought back to the orphanage . "
Arara, isn't he a good child . No wonder Ichirou-nii would meddle .
It seems they're reached an agreement, Shin-kun leaves the children to draw water and then follows the men .
I put on the body-hiding mantle, and chase after them by jumping on the roofs .
"I should just transport this right?"
"Yeah, bring it to the warehouse pass the cemetery . You've gone there before, so you know right?"
Shin-kun and several children of the same age are pulling a cart .
The men who gave them the job are from a gray firm called [Stolen Goods Fox] . As the name suggest, they're probably dealing with stolen goods .
Without being called out by the guards, Shin-kun and the others transported the cart to the cemetery just before the destination .
And there, three men in violet priest clothes are blocking their way .
There is no priest clothes in violet color .
But there were people like them when I was working as a king .
--Demon god believers, [Complete Equality] .
I checked them with Appraisal skill, but they're not those guys .
Looks like they're a part of a carefree occult club called [Wind of Liberty] that I've heard from Ichirou-nii before .
But, there's something strange . The priests' states are strange . When I check further, they're in the state of [Suggestion] .
"Whaat? Oy, priests? You're in the way, can you get out of the road?"
One of the boys who are transporting the goods threatened the three priests .
"Gang of thieves . Know that there is an item that we need to offer to his majesty inside that cart . "
"Leave it here and go away . "
"If you do, we will not take your lives . "
The three announce that indifferently, the boys are drawing their swords, enraged .
"Don't joke around! We'll be held responsible if we abandon the cart . Come if you don't value your life!"
"Very well . "
Sneering at that childish threat, the priests pull out rapiers .
Fu~mu, it'll be problematic if Shin-kun is hurt, I'll try asking what those guys want .
I jump out of the grove, and land before the men .
I ward off the swinging rapier with a broom, and block the thrusting rapier with a small shield of [Auto Defense] .
"Who are you!"
"Hi~ I'm a passing beau~ty"
The men are grimacing to my smile, and the boys look weary .
These are some very rude guys . I'd like to let them drink some dirt from Ichirou-nii's fingernail . <TLN: Japanese proverb, same meaning as 'take a leaf out of someone's book' . >
"That move--woman! You must be Ryouna the 『Mower』 of Shiga Eight Swords!"
"To think that they'd smell out our plan this fast!"
"We can't hesitate anymore . "
The priests jump back and put down their rapiers .
"Will you surrender?"
They ignored me even though I kindly suggested it .
The three priests took something red from their chests, put it on their foreheads, and then say something simultaneously .
"""O Short Horn, feed upon our desire to grant us violent power"""
Together with the priests' shouts, something break through their priests' clothes, and then they change into gorilla-like lesser demons .
"You guys, escape!"
As I order them, the boys try to run away while desperately pulling the cart .
"Just dump the luggage!"
--GRROUWWWN .
As if interrupting my warning, the gorillas wreck the surrounding with storm magic .
The cart is overturned, and the boys fall to the tombstones .
Good, Shin boy is alright .
The other children are getting up and running away in groups of two and three .
I pour magic power into the holy sword taken out from Inventory and recite the holy verse .
"<<DANCE>> Claiomh Solais, become 13 blades, dancing in the sky . "
The holy swords turns the lower demons into black dust one after another .
I look around to find the wire puller who manipulated them while seeing the reliable holy swords on the corner of my vision .
--There .
A short beastfolk disappears into the thicket that surround the cemetery .
I'm worried about Shin boy and the luggage, but I'll chase that guy first .
I should've contracted a new familiar after waking up in the ruin .
◇Shin's POV◇
What is this?
What?
What is this!
Just when some priests blocked my work transporting a cart, a strange aunty cut in, and in the end the people turned into monsters .
Isn't that strange?
It's too strange!
"Oy! Let's run! Stop dawdling!"
Jeje the Lizardfolk who's usually taciturn urges everyone .
I hurriedly begin to push back the cart .
"Just throw the luggage!"
The aunty shouted from behind, but we can't do that .
This portage work is a job from a crime guild .
If we break or steal the luggage, we'll be treated harsher than turning into slaves .
--GRROUWWWN .
Storm raged from behind, we're blown away together with the cart .
"D-demons!"
"Run!"
Everyone scrambles away .
I also desperately crawl below the overturned cart .
When I push some obstructing boxes, a statue of goddess falls out from the inside .
For some reason I can't get my eyes off it even though it's at a time like this .
The second storm rages on when my hand reaches out to that goddess statue .
I roll on the ground while holding the goddess statue .
I saw blue light swords pulled by the aunty turning the lesser demons into black dust .
The aunty shouts, "Wait!", and then she jumps out to the other side of the cemetery .
--Am I saved?
I feel something odd in my hand while feeling relieved .
The goddess statue has crumbled into sand .
A violet orb appeared from the inside .
I scoop the orb that's emitting ominous light from the interior, and hold it over the sunlight .
◇Arisa's POV◇
--This is bad .
"I wonder how will Sir Pendragon interpret this formula . "
Like so .
"This cake was made by Sir Pendragon right . He's really versatile isn't he . "
Or so, Princess Shistina's reaction is bad .
Looking at her reaction and the flow, she's too much like a girl in love .
Thanks to that, the matter of [Nectar] or Hisui weren't talked about much, so we were saved though .
Geez, she's just too easy .
Perhaps our Master has the qualification as a first-rate flag architect?
That Master of ours had just contacted me with [Short Message] magic, telling that he had obtained the [Chant Orb] safely .
He probably mailed cause I wouldn't pick up [Telephone] .
The writing style is so merry you wouldn't have thought it was the usual Master .
It's too frustrating that I can't preserve it .
At the end of that message, he wrote that in order to master the chant and to register magic into the magic column, he would go to, "A place where I wouldn't worry about human damage . "
He's probably experimenting in the vast desert to the west of Labyrinth City Selbira .
My tension is rising just by imagining the spectacle .
Maybe I should cut the tea party short and go visit it with Mia .
Mia who looks like she'll vomit sugar seeing Shistina chattering fondly of Master, mutters, "Mwu?"
I can hear pitter-patter footsteps from the direction where she's looking at .
"Onee-sama!"
Loli princess Doris who jumped into the room hugs Shistina .
The attendants of Doris who are running after her from behind apologize for the rudeness in panic .
It seems courtesy is required if you're sister princesses of a large kingdom .
"That Hisui you see, even though she had gone back to her cage and ate her meal before I knew it yesterday, she's gone again just now!"
"How mysterious--"
The bird has drank Nectar after all, I wonder if she's gained some strange ability or something?
I have to report to Master and ask if we need to do something about it .
If possible, in the bed while we're huddling our faces together--guhehehe .
My delightful delusion is interrupted by pirupiru chirps .
"Hisuiiiii!"
Hisui who's appeared in the room before anyone knew pulls Doris's hair and dress, trying to take her somewhere .
"No! Stop it, Hisui!"
However, it seems Princess Doris doesn't understand it .
This time, she's flying around Shistina, doing her best to take her outside .
I'm bothered with Hisui's curious desperation .
Did she get an ability to detect disaster after drinking the Nectar?
"Nn, piruru, piru, piru . "
When Mia mimicked Hisui's cry, Hisui chirped back, "pipirupirupiru" too .
"As expected of elf-sama, she understands bird's language!"
One of the maids speaks with admiration .
Mia continues to pirupiru with a composed face, but she's just playing around by mimicking the chirping .
If this were a manga, there would sweat marks on Mia's face, no doubt .
While also helping Mia, I'll go check the royal capital from the top of the big sakura tree .
"I'll be going to the washroom for a bit . "
After telling so, I take Mia along into a private luxurious toilet .
"Master hasn't contacted us with anything so I think it's fine, but let's check out outside for a bit . "
"Nn . "
I can't teleport to a precise location without a carved seal board, so I teleport to the sky above the big sakura tree .
The sunlight is darkened even though it should be clear today .
"Arisa, above . "
"Ugeh, the heck is thaaaaaat!"
After teleporting to the top of the big sakura tree and sitting down, I looked above urged by Mia, and screamed to the abnormal scene before my eyes .
"A rock?"
I see a huge rock trying to come out of a crack in the sky on top of the royal castle .
It's as big as the whole royal castle .
If that falls, there will be a lot of victims from the castle .
I immediately invoke [World Phone], but I can't connect to Master .
It's not blocked, the reaction feels like when Telephone magic can't reach a target that's too far away .
"Arisa . "
--It can't be helped, let's decide quickly .
"Over Boost"
Violet glow is wrapping me .
I take the coolest looking pose, and then shout out the magic name with fighting spirit .
"『Gate』 open!"
Riding on my spirit, the effect of Unique Skill is raised .
A teleport gate at the size that can swallow a private house is opened in the sky .
But it's too small to redirect that rock .
"Magic potion . "
With fighting spirit, I gulp down the magic potion that Mia gives me .
It' super sweet . It's sweet enough my teeth feel like melting, but power is gushing forth .
Master's love recovers my magic power in a flash .
"Over Boost aaaand, 『Gate』 opeen!"
By overlapping the magic, the teleport gate widens .
Violet light coils the dimension rift, widening the teleport gate .
But, it's still a bit short .
The royal castle should be saved with just this much, but enormous damage will appear on the castle's surrounding .
The parking lot where Zena-tan and her friends are standing by and the guest house where Karina is should be in danger .
"Blood . "
The capillary on my fingers have torn and blood are spurting out of it, maybe because I was repeatedly being forceful .
I'll say thanks later to Mia who wraps them with a handkerchief .
I drink the second magic potion, and use the Unique Skill for the third time today .
Over Boost .
The depth of my soul is screaming like creaking sounds .
A pain that's about three time more painful than wisdom teeth attacks my body .
I think Master warned me about it back then .
If you over-use Unique Skill, the vessel of your soul would break, and you'd fall into a demon lord .
--But, if I run away here, it'll be a disgrace as a woman!
I'll lose if I don't push myself here!
"Gooooooooooo!"
I put all of my magic power, and then the [Gate] widens even though it's destabilizing .
I can't control the teleport gate with my ability .
『Dryad! Lend us your power! The requester is Misanalia! A spirit user of Boruenan Forest possessing Spirit Eyes!』
『Okay~, the sakura tree will disappear if I don't help here . 』
Mia shouted something in elf language, and then a pink-colored dryad appeared from the big sakura tree .
『Young lady, I'll connect your wand with the sakura tree to be an assist, do your best after that . 』
I don't understand her words, but the control suddenly feels easier .
The [Gate] that was about to dissolve any moment became like a calm water surface .
And then, the huge rock finally falls from the sky .
No! The position is a bit bad .
--Funnu .
I fire myself up and shift the [Gate] to the site where the huge rock falls .
It seems my forehead's blood vessels have erupted, my view is dyed red .
However, it was worth overdoing!
The huge rock falls out of the [Gate] to the outskirt plain . Whenever the huge rock hits the ground, around magnitude 3 earthquake shakes the royal capital .
The huge rock falls just like that, splitting the mountain nearby, and then stops .
"Huu, this is thanks to Hisui . Putting us aside, if that child didn't inform us, the people of the royal castle wouldn't be saved . "
"Arisa . "
While drinking the magic potion that Mia gave me, I shift my gaze to the emergency alarm magic tool that's been ringing since awhile ago .
This is a tool to notify us when something is happening with our group .
The lamp indicating Liza is shining .
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