Side: Kasagi Shizuka
Shizuka’s biggest concern was how heavy she got whenever she fought at full power. The ultimate cause was the power of the dragon inside her distorting space around her, however, so it wasn’t really like she herself gained any weight when it happened. Nevertheless, any teenage girl instinctually feared the sound of the floor creaking beneath her. It was a big problem for Shizuka, even if it was the price she had to pay for saving her friends.
“Uncle Alu, can’t you prioritize doing something about this space distortion nonsense?”
“I’d love to, but correcting space requires incredibly complex magic. So if I don’t wait until I recover some mana to do it, it will take far longer for things to return to normal.”
“No way... We’re all talking about going to the beach together, and at this rate, I’m going to be the only one who can’t go swimming!”
Shizuka was especially concerned about her weight right now because of her upcoming vacation with the Corona House crew. She didn’t want to sink straight to the bottom of the ocean when she got in the water. She didn’t even want to imagine her legs sinking into the sand when she walked out onto the beach.
“Isn’t it okay to weigh just a few tons?”
“It’s not okay! Just imagine me walking along the seafloor, Sanae-chan!”
“Hmm... But isn’t that cool?”
“Honestly, jeez...”
“Well, if it bothers you that much, why not ask those guys?”
Seeing Shizuka’s shoulders droop all the way down to the floor, Sanae pointed to the corner of the room at Clan and Ruth who were having fun talking about something.
“Of course! Ruth-san, Clan-san!”
“Yes?”
“What’s the matter?”
“Can’t you make me weigh less with the power of science?!”
“You’re referring to correcting the distortion rather than some kind of diet, correct?”
“Yes, exactly!”
“Well, it’s not impossible.”
“Really?!”
Shizuka excitedly leaned forward. Clan nodded in response.
“All we have to do is create an inverse distortion to cancel out the one that Alunaya-san generates.”
“Then please do it! I’m begging you!”
“I don’t mind. Would a ten second duration be okay?”
“What?! T-Ten seconds?!”
Shizuka’s eyes shot wide open upon hearing that unexpected detail. Ruth nodded solemnly and began explaining.
“The amount of energy that Alunaya-sama holds and uses is massive. We can counter that with additional energy, but there isn’t a battery in the galaxy with enough capacity to make much difference for long.”
Considering the purpose, modifying a personal distortion barrier would work best, but the battery on one of those was hardly anything in the face of the Fire Dragon Emperor. In the end, the problem was that Alunaya was simply too strong.
“N-No way...”
“Looks like you’ll be walking on the seafloor after all.”
“I absolutely refuse!”
It was indeed starting to look more and more like Shizuka’s beach vacation would be a lonely one at the bottom of the ocean.
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