Chapter 41: The Silver Mask and The Myth going into Motion Part 1 Himekishi ga Classmate Isekai Cheat de Dorei ka Harem (1/2)
Because it was such a shocking thing that occurred, for a while nobody moved.
The black blade that soundlessly penetrates Nana’s chest is further swung downwards….. Cleanly severing her gigantic right arm——Or more accurately “The Divine Corpse” which had completely merged with her right arm all the way to her shoulders.
Having her upper-body cut in half the magical living being the Armored Golem loses her balance and a dull crashing sound resounded as her whole body crumbled into the floor.
「Cruz……..!」
Flamia’s voice which was filled with hostility as she spoke towards the person behind the Silver Mask who had just finished doing a brutal act of violence.
Both Kirika and I gasped at the mention of that name. Did she just say……….Kurusu? (TL: note that Cruz sounds like Kurusu in Japanese)
「No way, how could it be…..?」
「Don’t tell me……..?! Are you Kurusu Araya……..!?」
「…….Hey, Odamori-kun」
Someone from my side whispered to me in a reserved manner, because of this I was pulled back into reality. Right now I was at the school poolside, I was sitting on the floor grasping on to my own knees, I was in the middle of observing the swimming class………… I was just like this fellow sitting next to me, we both had weak physical constitutions and were skipping gym class.
「What’s wrong? you’ve been out of it since a while ago」
Indeed since a little while ago, I have been fantasizing about Himeno Kirika who had just plunged into the pool with such beautiful form….. My imaginations were going wild as I thought about “training” her body in various ways. Oh crap, I’m getting a little hard.
「Ahh, no……… I was just thinking, out of all the school activities possible, this one is the biggest waste of time, wouldn’t you agree?」
「Ahaha, that may well be true. Well I’ve already become accustomed to it though」
Amongst all the men and women in class, Kurusu had the weakest body constitution and was a ‘regular customer’ at being an observing party during physical education classes. Kurusu was even more petite in build than me, and if you only looked at the face, then you might even think that Kurusu was a girl.
「Moreover, I don’t think that it’s all that bad. I mean if you look at it, because of this, I’ve been given the opportunity to talk to Odamori-kun like this」
「…….Huh?」
I don’t really consider this guy as a friend or anything…….To begin with, there was not a single person who I could call a friend. However, considering that I had a tendency to skip physical education classes, the two of us would consequentially get together like this, and our relationship was to the extent of sharing these types of simple conversations.
「Aren’t you saying some pretty weird stuff there. Or more like that current remark is a little gross you know?」
「You think so…….?」
I’ve seen Kurusu bullied by classmates several times before.
Not only does he have a weak personality that is timid and easy to abuse, he also has some sort of distant familial relationship with Suzu-chan Sensei, who is a really popular teacher amongst the boys.
Well, for me, though these things did not matter at all. Only fools would try to get acquainted with the weak…….Though I bet that if it was Himeno Kirika who found out such bullying had occurred within the school, she would probably get riled up and try to meddle in the affairs.
「Well whatever. Oh by the way, Kurusu, do you play any games at all?」
「Yeah, these days, I’m always using my smart phone. Well I don’t really want to say that I got hooked to playing any particular game though…….」
「Ahh~, I kinda get what you mean, I really do. Well, I’m also pretty much the same though——」
Just like this we would continue these kind of meaningless conversations whilst sitting by the hot poolside. Even so, if I thought about it carefully, that was probably the only time in my school life……….that I could equate to having a friend to converse to.
……..The fact that he got run over by a truck and died was actually two months before the school excursion I went to.
After his death, the bullying that went on in school was revealed, but considering that he didn’t write any suicide notes it didn’t get any further than that. Moreover, after Kurusu’s death, school life didn’t really have any drastic differences and it was just continuing as per normal (Suzu-chan Sensei received quite the big shock and she actually stopped coming to school for about one week)
Because he died two months prior to us who had all died in the school excursion accident……I had assumed that he would not be transmigrated into this world. However, it seems that I was wrong.
「I’ll formally introduce myself again, it’s truly been a long time hasn’t it? Odamori Tooru-kun? And also Himeno Kirika-san?」
Kurusu was talking in a carefree manner whilst mumbling through that silver mask in order to call out our names.
A circular shaped magical force field started to come out of his extended hands, and the arm that was cut from Nana started to float in the air wrapped with this force field.
「A-are you really Kurusu-kun….!?」
「Be careful! Although I don’t get why he’s in this world, but at the very least I don’t think he has any good intentions. The fact that Celesta was able to obtain firearms, or the fact that Flamia’s failures have been reported to Iblis, everything was set in motion by him…..!」
If I think about it, the fact that Celesta was creating havoc with those weapons was because he wanted a diversion to occur. In that gap, this fellow infiltrated the underground village, which gave him the chance to cause Flamia’s magic to go out of control, not only that, he had waited all this time……for when we let our guards down, for when we showed a moment of weakness.
Shit, being led by the nose with these kinds of situations one after another, I wasn’t able to figure out why I was feeling that sense of uncomfortableness within the back of my mind.
「I truly did not expect that you would be able to perfectly stop that “Younger Sister’s” rampage. My initial plan was to let the underground village be totally consumed and destroyed and then I could just easily come back in order to retrieve the Divine Corpse」
「Your objective is the Divine Corpse, moreover Flamia knows who you are……In other words, I surmise that you are working under Iblis as her subordinate right now」
「The word ‘subordinate’ is a very upsetting term, but I suppose I don’t really care how you perceive it. As expected of you, you are a really sharp person aren’t you?」
At this point in time, I was exchanging a knowing look with Sierra at the present condition, she was one of my fighting potential that could still take action efficiently.
The huge bow formed a red arrow of light this time around, it was aimed straight towards Cruz and released towards him with lightning speed.
A thin slender arm is extended from the white robes, and a dull sound of the arrow penetrating the arm resounded, however, the person behind the silver mask…….. did not seem to mind at all nor did he raise a single groan.
「Wh……What’s with him jya!? doesn’t he feel any pain……!?」
「!! Oniisan, Cruz is trying to escape from us!」