Chapter 104 - Volume 10 (1/2)

[……No way]

Unintentionally, Hajime voiced out as he watched the huge mushroom cloud that scorched the night sky. A long time ago, while stunned he remembered a scene from a war documentary that he saw on TV, then suddenly a telepathy came.

“Ma, master…..how are things on your side?”

“O? O~o, Teio huh. No, things on this side just ended….”

“Fumu, that’s great then. As expected of master. We’ve just finished up on this side as well but, can you join up with us?”

“No, something amazing just…..”

“…..We already know of the cause. Or rather, it’s mistress and co.’s fault…..”

“…..What was that?”

“For the time being, can you join up with us?”

“Ha~a, I got it”

It seems the cause of how the church’s head temple completely collapsed is known, just what, Hajime quickly moved to meet up with Teio while his cheeks cramped up. While going up into the sky, Teio’s black dragon form was quickly discovered in the air at a distance away from the mushroom cloud.

And, in Hajime’s eyes, Aiko who was riding on Teio’s back had an, [Awawawa], kind of feeling with panicking emotions reflected. The question, Why is Aiko here? appeared within his head, judging by Aiko’s personality, she most likely begged Teio to stay and cooperated instead of running away in order to help Hajime. Rather than that, its obvious that Aiko was in a worried state of [I’ve went and done it now] kind of feeling.

[…..Sensei, Teio. You both seem to be fine]

[Na, Nagumo-kun! Thank goodness you were safe. ……Really, thank goodness]

“Master. Umu, for a moment there we thought that you were dead, but you’re still alive. Jeez, as expected of master’s sensei-dono. I didn’t expect mistresses dragon breath to completely eradicate the entire church itself. It was heavenly brilliant”

Towards Teio’s words, Hajime could only blink. And with a “It can’t be” expression, he turned towards Aiko.

[…..Sensei, just what exactly did you do]

[Awawawawawa, th, thas*not a typo, she’s flustered* wrong! I didn’t mean for this to. The church’s barrier was a pretty strong…..if Teio-san’s breaths power was increased then……we only intended to break the barrier but……]

Although Aiko leaked out a sigh of relief when she saw Hajime’s appearance, she began to panic again when Hajime asked her questions. It appears that this is what you get when you ask a panicked Aiko questions.

Aiko while riding on Teio, was determined to fight so that Ishtar’s magic which caused an abnormal state wouldn’t be used on Hajime. However, even with a high aptitude for magic, Aiko who didn’t have a satisfactory magic formation wasn’t able to release strong magic attacks. And again, the cathedral itself seemed to be an artifact which created a powerful barrier, If Ishtar was being protected within the barrier, then even Teio’s breath wouldn’t be able to reach him.

If this continues, Ishtar will be able to calmly use magic from a safe zone. She thought about whether or not there was a way to obtain more power to exceed the barrier as they dodge the temple knights attacks, what Aiko came up with was……to take advantage of her own special skills. By the way, Aiko’s abilities are as followed,

Name: Hanataka AikoAge: 25Level: 56Class:FarmerStrength:190Vitality:380Resistance:190Agility:310Magic:820Magic Resistance:280SkillsSoil ManagementSoil Recovery [+Automatic Recovery]Range Cultivation [+Range Expansion] [+Foreign Substance Conversion]Growth StimulationSelective BreedingPlant Judgement SystemFertilizer GenerationMixture TrainingAutomated HarvestingFermentation Operation [+Rapid Fermentation] [+Range Fermentation]

[+Remote Fermentation]

Range Temperature Adjustment [+Optimization] [+Barrier Bestow]Farm BarrierAbundant RainLanguage Comprehension

Among these skills, it seems that she used Fermentation Operation. About [Kamiyama], since there are lots of people living here, there was a large amount of things that could be fermented. With that in mind, she seemed to have tried to performed methane fermentation like on earth. To be exact it was a replica with different world substances, however there was no change in it being flammable gas.

While single-mindedly spreading it around the church. It wasn’t a magic attack so the church’s barrier didn’t react as it was merely fermentation and it actively collected within and outside of the barrier just like air. In order to keep it within a certain range, Teio used manipulated the wind to blow them into a fixed location.

And, with so much flammable gas gathered like this, combined with Teio’s breath it would be possible to destroy the church’s barrier, with that, when she released her breath……

[…..It became like this]

“Umu. Mistress and co. blew them away on a grand scale, it’s been a long time since I’ve last felt death. Far from destroying the barrier, the church itself erupted…….such a method, throughout mistresses life she’s never thought of anything like this. As expected of master’s sensei-dono. I’m impressed”

[Thas wrong! It wasn’t like that! I didn’t think it’ll explode so much like this! Just that, I thought I shouldn’t half-ass it! That’s the truth! Ha~!? Everyone of the church!? What’s become of them!?]

Aiko made excuses while flustering and teary eyed, her eyes began to wander towards the church ruins. Hajime and Teio also looked towards the mountain of ruins.

[……..Ma~a, they were likely blown away with it]

“The church just put too much faith in their barrier. It was also a surprise attack, completely defenseless against that blast, it’s likely none are alive”

[A, ah…..it can’t…..saying that, although I prepared myself for this…..]

Having been an accomplice, Aiko’s face turned pale as she was the cause that led to the explosion killing everyone of the church. Although she steeled herself for the battle, she can’t regain her composure when the results were being pointed out.

Unintentionally she vomited on the spot. To Aiko who was crying and vomiting, Hajime scratched his head ~Kari Kari~, and quietly snuggled up with Aiko. And he held Aiko’s hands without minding that it was dirty with vomit. The current Aiko required warmth.

Aiko felt warmth being transmitted through her numb hands and her frozen heart melted. And, just for now, she forgot everything related to a teacher and student relationship, she leaped onto Hajime’s chest and clung on tightly while sobbing.

“……Mistress’s back……”

Teio voiced her sad opinion while looking at the terrible sight of her back, she immediately used Reproduction Magic to restore her scales. Teio also desired to allow Aiko some time to recover, she was the one who shot the breath to begin with so Aiko didn’t have to feel more responsibility than necessary, however right now wasn’t the right time to explain that. So, with Reproduction Magic, she slightly healed her worn-out soul.

Aiko whose energy returns,  looks up from Hajime’s chest. Although it’s become a terrible scene because she has so much snot, tears, and vomit, Hajime didn’t particularly mind and simply took out some water and towel from the “Treasure Warehouse” and cleaned up the dirty Aiko. Although Aiko was upset to have shown such disgraceful behavior, she remained as is.

[Have you calmed down? Sensei]

[Y, yes. I, I’m fine now. Nagumo-kun…..]

Aiko who pulled herself back together after Hajime’s question, her face was dyed in red with shame and what not. Somehow, Hajime’s voice causes her fever up. The eyes glancing upwards and staring were feverish and moist. No matter how you looked at it, that wasn’t caused by only a sense of shame, rather it was the expression which held special feelings.

Hajime only saw Aiko as a teacher and not a “woman” however, as expected, when such an expression is being shown, [Are~? Isn’t something about this different? Is it possibly, that kind?], he managed to understand Aiko’s feelings and his cheek cramped up.

This was dangerous in various ways, Hajime immediately adverted his eyes and Teio voiced out a word of caution.