Chapter 40 I Probably Climbed the Stairs to Becoming a Riajuu (1/2)

How should I describe this scene that’s unfolding in front of me right now…… No, I doubt I can describe it if I can’t even see a thing……

[Hiiihhhh!? Kyaaaaahhhh!?]

A few minutes after Ein-san and the Goddess of Time started their fight, both of them completely disappeared from sight, and the entire temple shook with some kind of bursting sounds resounding from time to time.

The shockwave around us was probably supposed to be great, but it doesn’t seem like they’re hitting the walls and floors of the reception hall, that also includes Lilia-san and I, so I guess they’re just keeping it in moderation.

My impression is that it would be like how there are intermittent earthquakes occurring. What did we come here for again?

[Hey, how can you be that calm, Kaito-san!!]

[No…… It’s just that I’ve gotten used to things that I don’t understand happening out of the blue so…]

[Don’t just go unpleasantly turning into a philosopher on me! Hiiiihhhh!?]

Along with the pale expression on her face, Lilia-san’s appearance, who is screaming from time to time, is repeatedly trembling like a small animal looks really cute. The huge gap between her usual calmness and her appearance as she experiences this abnormal situation…… Ah, no, it’s just that I feel like I’ve also had such moments when I’m losing my composure nowadays.

No, but in a way, this is probably a normal reaction to what we’re seeing. In fact, the strange one might have been me who has grown accustomed to abnormal situations like this…… Though most of them, including this one, are 90% Kuro’s fault……

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[How did this happen?]

[It should be me who’s asking it! Hiiihhhh!? Ka- Kaito-san, please do something!]

Grabbing my clothes with her trembling hands, Lilia-san looked like she’s relying on me as her eyes turned towards me.

Apparently, Lilia-san seems to be in quite a state of panic, as she desperately wants me to help her but—— please don’t ask me for the impossible!

In this battle that looks like it’s the decisive battle between monsters, what could an average per…… No, rather, what can I, a slightly weaker than average adult male, do?

[No, as expected, this situation is kinda impossible for me…… How about we just wait until the storm passes by……]

[H- However…… If it’s Kaito-san, I think you should be able to stop them……]

[…………….]

Strange, something’s strange. Apparently, Lilia-san seriously thinks that if it’s me, I can stop those two. How high is Lilia-san’s evaluation of me in her mind?

Having a beauty asking for your help with eyes quivering in tears is a very exciting situation for a healthy man to be in. If I were to respond to her request and show her my cool side, her Affection Ratings might go up a notch.

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However, the difficulty level required for that Affection Point is beyond demonic and is way impossible for me. It’s like she’s asking me to storm into a place where the last boss and the hidden boss are fighting while I’m still level 1 and still wearing my beginner equipment. If this had been such a game, I’d be smashing my scene as hard as I could right now.

However, unfortunately, this is reality and impossible things are impossi—– No, wait.

It’s impossible for me to barge into their fight, nor is it possible for me to stop both sides by force, and my words probably wouldn’t reach them…… But if I just want to stop their fight, I might be able to do something about it.

With this move…… The odds of this working might not be that high, but there’s no risk for failure.

To be honest, I’d like to wait for the storm to quietly pass, but the serious matter at hand is Lilia-san, whose strength she uses while clinging to me for some time now is getting stronger and stronger…… And those bulges that men don’t have that have been inevitably pressing against my arm.

Though rather than my reason that’s about to snap because of these tender fruits clinging on me, I fear that the panicking Lilia-san’s brute strength would physically tear my arm off before that happened.

I seriously don’t know where in those slender arms is she holding unto such power, but I feel like my arm is starting to creak out unpleasant screams and its time is about to run out.

Filled with determination to protect my arm from breaking like a bar of chocolate any time soon, I closed my eyes and began to knead my magic power.

The magic I’m about to use is not something that I, a novice, could originally invoke. But fortunately, being an otherworlder, I have an unusual aptitude for this type of magic.