Chapter 03: An Absurd Request like Expected
“No way. Are you serious…”
“Yeah. The possibility exists.”
After Reiji caught Mizuki, she was filled in about the current situation. At first she was rather confused too, but not being alone here surely worked in favour. With the encouragement of her two friends, she accepted it before long. Still, one had to praise her for having nerves of steel as she didn’t ran away from reality.
“Okay, I get it.”
“You sure are quick on the uptake.”
“You two are quite calm too. It would be embarrassing to fall in a panic by myself. Besides, now that we’re here, we can only take things as they come.”
Mizuki adopted a clear-cut attitude. She had long, black hair and a gentle look with an appearance that made her look like some frail, secluded young lady. Furthermore, she possessed a gentle, yet surprisingly strong and unperturbed heart. Reiji smiled at her.
“You’re strong, Mizuki.”
“O- Okay.”
She ended up turning bright red from his smile. That was nothing new, but neither was Reiji’s unconscious enticer skill.
A totally inappropriate steamy mood filled the room and Suimei asked Mizuki as if to splash water on it.
“So, Mizuki, there’s something I want to ask.”
“Eh? Sure.”
“If this is like the novel, then next comes…”
“Y- Yeah, some important people of the different world show up. Otherwise…”
The first part was like expected the same from the novel, but she added an otherwise, so there must be a different development possible too.
Reiji asked about that after a short pause.
“Is there something else?”
“In some other novel, the destination, in other words this place, happened to be the castle of the Devil King.”
“…Uwah. Now that’s harsh.”
Yes, in most novels, the summoned MC would only face off against the Devil King at the end of the story after many twists and turns. However. When this was an unexpected plot like Mizuki had mentioned, then this would be the focal point of the climax, the last battle.
That wasn’t all too funny. Only a peril for their lives. Such a distress was really redundant.
Then Reiji asked Mizuki with a calm tone.
“If I remember correctly, that novel was the type, where the MC defeated the Devil King at once and triumphantly returned to the county of the different world as a hero, right?”
“Yeah. Then another strong foe appeared and later the MC was dragged into a civil war…”
Mizuki started to explain, when Suimei, enhancing his hearing with magic, heard some noise from outside the room.
“Listen, you two.”
“Mh?”
“I know already. Mizuki, someone is coming and a lot of them at that.”
Apparently Reiji had heard them too. His own enhancement wasn’t for show. Right after giving a simple explanation to her, he shifted his gaze towards the origin of the noise, the passage behind the door, and stood protecting in front of Mizuki.
She cowered anxiously. And Suimei took a stance like Reiji as well.
“Now let’s see what shows up…”
“I just hope it will be these important people that summoned us.”
“Don’t be stupid. If anything, hope for our classmates saying ‘fooled ya’.”
“…”
Reiji didn’t respond to Suimei’s little joke. Whether that was because the footsteps drew closer to the door or he simply believed it was actually better when some important people from the different world showed up, was not apparent. Anyway— Who exactly was it that came over and was about to enter the room?
Suimei glanced to the side, where Reiji stood all tensed up, ready to leap forward at any moment, and Mizuki backed off as to not be a hindrance to him.
As for Suimei, instead of growing stiff in an unfamiliar situation, he was excited with his heart was racing over this unpredictable situation. His heart as a magician of course.
Then he quietly checked his belongings. He got here without any preparations, so he carried nothing but mundane things on him. It were—
(I got my altered bag and the stuff inside. A chain accessory, a vial with mercury, a card, a jacket, the discrepancy gloves and a bit of the eight key nostrum… To be honest, that’s all not very useful. But—)
If something happened, he had to act. They all had lived in Japan, so Suimei was most likely the only one with combat experience, as he belonged to the underworld. He would like to keep the fact that he was a magician hidden, but not in the exchange for his friends’ lives. In the worst case, he could just erase their memories, if even he felt sorry about it.
The three of them tensed up from their respective worries. Then the footsteps finally stopped in front of the door.
A short pause that felt like an eternity and cramped their stomachs ensued. Before long, the door was opened with a noise of something heavy being dragged along.
“—!”
“Firmus—”
(My Perdurability—)
While Reiji was distracted, Suimei readied a defence magic. It couldn’t be ruled out that they would attack right away. And there was no harm in being prepared.
—And then, a group clad in armour appeared in the entry. They looked like armed humans. A first relief that they weren’t monster, devils or demons.
The soldiers warily approached them in an orderly formation.
What will happen? Suimei still kept his magic ready, but the group split up, making way for a little girl with long, blue hair, wearing an elegant white dress, and a woman, wearing a robe as white as a polished pearl.
And then—
“Eh…?”
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