Chapter 62 (1/2)
And here is the chapter for last week It is also the final chapter of voluer than the usual chapters Hopefully, if I don’t continue to slack off, I will have the first chapter of volume three for you later this week
Enjoy
The Preceding Hero and the New Journey
Now then, although it's great that I bid farewell to Kaito, it's not like I know about Eri and Mana's whereabouts so, I wonder what I should do
Since this is after that e where they are is no good I don't have that kind of courage
Which would mean that I have no choice but to search for thes that I received from my parents but……it really is vast, this place
When I was thinking that, the shi+ning light of the sun interrupted me
When I reflexively looked up, as there was
「Are those, white……panties!?」
I caught a peek of the white thin cloth of a young girl that was straddling a broom
Hn? A broom?
「Is that, Mana?」
「Fue?」
Mana, who had passed by overhead in an instant, turned her body around while stopping in mid-air
It was a way of stopping like it was for a bicycle It had a Zusa~ (Skid~) feeling to it
「Yashi+ro-san!」
Sui~ Mana, as flying as if she were sliding, got down from the broom in front of me
「breasts……Ah, no You really do get skillful when the occasion calls huh, brea, Mana」
「J, just where are you looking!」
Noticing lance, Mana hid her chest
Man, that's just unfair Thebreasts on that short body would move with a wobble after all
Like when she gets down from the broom, they bounce immensely
「Jeez, that's terrible, Yashi+ro-san」
「Sorry, sorry ……I see, so what Henrietta said was about that」
What she meant by unique equipment was probably the broom
「Are youseparately from Eri?」
Since the figure of Eri as alith her wasn't here, when I asked that, Mana giggled and kicked the ground several ti
When she did that,
Topun
「Mana, you called?」
「Woah! A!」
Eri appeared as if she were crawling out from Mana's shadow
「Yashi+ro, san?」
「Yo Were you in the middle of some kind of work? Sorry about that」
「It's fine」
Koten (Head tilt) When I apologized to Eri who had tilted her head when she saw me, Eri shook her head
「Are you going to the school now?」
「Nope, I just caood ti」
Koten The both of them tilted their heads
「Since I'll be going to the next town, I wanted to give you two oodness I found you」
When I was delighted at the fact that we , Mana made a face that looked like she would cry at any time now
「N, no way! That's way too sudden!」
「Yeah, sorry」
Just as Mana said, it ay too sudden However, since it was decided to be about teeks fro, it was inevitable
「Have you……gone to Alicia-sama yet?」
「Hn? Ahh Well, she see after all In the worst case, even if we don't meet……」
We do have the communication stone after all When I tried to continue on with that, Mana interrupted me
「That kind of thing, you can't do that!!」
「……Eh?」
Inside her glasses, eyes where a strong will could be felt were glaring at me From the eyes that I didn't think would come from the normally timid Mana and her shout that seeain
「Even Alicia-sairl, you know!? Isn't it norle word of farewell to her!?」
「Oh? Yeah?」
I, I don't really get it but……did I step on so?
「Even though Alicia-sareat care, that's just too cruel!」
「No, like I said, I'd probably get in her way so……」
「There's no use in arguing with me!」
Maybe because she would take no excuses, Mana grabbed
「O, oi! I'll properly walk behind you so don't pull me!」
Just as she said when she said there's no use in arguing, Mana just pulledme I'll keep it a secret that thanks to the way that she was pullingmy arm at her side, I was happy that my hand faintly touched her side boob
「Yuu?」
Alicia noticed us and turned around
「Ah~,……Yo」
Unable to come up with a clever line, when I just replied to her for the ti eyes from Mana and Eri, ere next to me, were turned towards me
「Fufufu, ……I get it Ei」
Pachin
Alicia er At that instant, the sounds that could be called the surrounding noise had disappeared
「You an your journey……And then was brought here, is it so like that?」
「Y, you hit it right on the mark」
Within the world where sound had vanished, only Alicia's voice and my voice could be heard
Maybe because they noticed that Silent ic was placed, Mana and Eri, ere beside me, silently nodded and put a bit of distance between us
「I wonder, are they being considerate?」
「Though it's too weird of a consideration」
Well, it can't be helped It's also because of what Alicia declared, but for Mana and the others, I am 『the Princess's sweetheart』
They're probably expecting so like a template story, but, honestly, that's a lot of responsibility for me to bear
「So, how is it? The reconstruction work」
「Since the ic formation and the protective barrier were finished on that day, right noe are investigating the cardinal points of the barrier」
「Investigating? ……Ahh, so you're looking into the reason why the barrier broke」
When I came to my own conclusion, Alicia nodded, and immediately had a serious look
「With the results of the investigation, we've cos ……It seems that there's no mistake that the one that destroyed the barrier was Umbra There were some old fashi+oned runes carved around the cardinal points Runes are the usual measures for alchemists」
「Now I get it If it's runes, it's possible to invoke the 」
I know because even the Magic Clad Swordthat coraves them
……Hn?
「You said carved……Just who carved them in」
When I muttered a question that suddenly came to mind, Alicia nodded
「Right, that's the problem Umbra couldn't enter the academy's barrier It's impossible for Umbra to enter the academy unless the academy barrier was suspended」
Umbra is an Undead that possesses his past from when he was human A species called a Lich, rather, it's a class, isn't it Liches are the strongest class of existence a the Undead, but Baba-chan's spread out acadenable barrier that prevents the trespassing of Mazoku and monsters and that doesn't exclude the Undead type
Uuy's runes were carved
「With that guy's specialty ofhumans……」
「That's probably, wrong」
While getting stuck on the word ”probably”, Alicia fully clear using the word ”wrong”
「Do you, have so that?」
「Umbra had trespassed onto this academy at one point, carved runes around the cardinal points and destroyed the cardinal points, and usedthe effects of the cardinal points There's no mistake on all of this……」
「No……Like I said, because there was the acadeht?」
I replied while having a bit of irritation in my words that seemed to reconfirm e already knew But, Alicia's serious expression didn't collapse On the contrary, it grew even sharper
「Yes, that's true ……However, if the academy barrier wasn't activated, Umbra could easily enter it」
「……What was that?」
That was soht here that I started to finally realize what Alicia was trying to say
「That's right About two months earlier from now Only once was there a day where the acade I had heard after that, I didn't think too deeply about it at that time No I couldn't think about it It's because, in a certain way, so that the academy barrier was dispatched towards the world」
More than the acadeo, that's……!
「That's right ……The present day Heroes, were summoned into this world」
Suddenly, truly suddenly, I remembered what the Luxeria princess had said
『 Leezelion's andceremonies are different
Leezelion's sued Maryoku froic fored in a Leezelion manner, creates a local collection of Maryoku, and opens a world door with that enormous Maryoku
In regards toceremony, it circulates Maryoku drawn from the leyline that is poured into a circle, and creates a stable world door』
And then, this academy barrier, continues to draw Maryoku from the leyline, and ”is invoked”
「Because ere summoned, the Maryoku disappeared……?」
「The leyline flows froinally, the world door was opened by pouring in the enorn equivalent to that, it would require an enormous amount of Maryoku suitable to that In other words……」
So it would mean that the Maryoku of the leyline that should have streah that the barrier couldn't be maintained
「……」
「And then, about two months after the runes were carved in, Umbra destroyed the barrier of this town What was the reason for not destroying the barrier right then and there and waiting for two o even further, why did he know the ti This event is a case that s」
Leaving the speechless ht it to a finish like that
「Is there, so the Mazoku in Luxeria?」
It probably couldn't be helped that I arrived at that thought It's because Umbra carved in runes at the cardinal points of this Lizwadia's barrier with the ti of when Luxeria opened the world door
「I don't know ……However, it ht be difficult to conclude this as a coincidence」
That reminds me, after I had left the castle, I heard that Pretty Bo……No, Kaito had fought with Agniera Agniera knew that ere summoned to this world
Did she come to attack……
「This event, did U for me?」
Umbra possessed Alicia and stopped my actions
If he were going to do so is……No, that's so
「No ……This is just speculation but, I think that the fact that Yuu was here was an irregularity for Umbra」
「Eh?」
「It looked to ainst you was secondary If not, I don't think he would have used me to ”keep you confined”」
……I see, if he had that kind of initiative, there's probably no mistake that he would have kidnapped Alicia
If he did, I would chase after him and come to a situation where I would step into their encampment alone
Despite that, he didn't do anything to me
……But, if that's the case, a new problem comes to mind
That Umbra, what did he really try to do?
「Hey, Yuu May I ask you one thing?」
「Huh? ……Yeah, it's fine but what is it?」
When I was iely renewed Alicia asked a question
「Do you still, not intend on fighting as the Hero?」
That was, so that I unconsciously tried to not think about
「Do you still only fight for yourself? ……Do you still, dislike others?」
I, can only fight, for the sake of the small world that is centered around me
If it's between 1 person I care about and 100 guys that I've never seen before, I'm a human that will cut down 100
And then, three years ago, I came to dislike humans, myself included
Moving only for their own sake Moving only for the sake of their own greed I came to hate those kinds of humans
「Can you still, say that you like that kind of world?」
「I do like it Because I realized that, everyone, is only desperately trying to live」
……Olivia The one that su me and Sylvia and the others behind Leezelion's First Imperial Princess
She, was the one that taught me what humans were