Volume 2 Chapter 5.1 (1/2)

CHAPTER 5: Seizures

PART 1

A little bit earlier.

[Take care of Sui, Mikoto!]

After bringing the cave’s ceiling down and rolling forward, Takeru shouted like that towards Mikoto while getting ready to face the angry mob. Alone her options were severely limited, but someone had to go and help poor Sui, who was basically powerless after being raped by the youmas. Not to mention the fact that she needed help as soon as possible.

(Please, Mikoto! Go and help Sui while I keep on drawing their attention towards myself!)

Even if she didn’t said those words out loud, she was sure that her intentions managed to reach Mikoto.

–––– The collapse of the rocks raise a lot of dirt in the air, and Takeru used that occasion to rush forward, pushing the me aside.

[Oi, this one is getting away as well!] [Where is she!? I can’t see shit!]

The resulting commotion managed to confuse the men to a great extent. It would be easy for Takeru to dispose of them right now with her ofudas, but Takeru opted for running away instead. They may have been controlled, but they were still people. Takeru wanted to refrain from hurting them if she could help it.

[There she is! She ran this way!]

Takeru managed to break through the mob and ran alongside the cliffside path.

On her right side there was a forest. On her left side there was the sea.

She could only try to escape towards the forest.

[Ah……!?]

Looking down the cliff, Takeru could see that some of the men were waiting out there, looking up towards her.

Were they thinking that she would try to commit suicide if she came to a conclusion that she wouldn’t be able to escape?

[Blow the violent gust! Wind Dancer!]

Chanting the spell in a hurry, Takeru managed to gather up the sea breeze at one point and create a violent storm on a small scale. The bodies of the men that were trying to catch up to her got thrown off balance and fell to the ground.

[What the hell……!?]

While the men were too confused to be able to react in any way, Takeru used that moment to get past them through the opening in their formation and made a run for it.

–––– Nevertheless, she wouldn’t even hope to be able to cross the sea. Such a feat would consume way too much of her spiritual power. She then used her summoned winds to lift herself up in the air, and then started to go lower and lower, until eventually she managed to land at the bottom on the cliff on some flat rocks.

[…… Haah… Haah… Haah……]

After concentrating to her very limit, it was actually hard for Takeru to stand up. In times like these she was jealous of Mikoto, who had so much spiritual power that it was almost unreal.

(If only she was making a good use of it…… Guess it cannot be helped……)

While breathing heavily like that, a switch was flipped inside of Takeru’s mind. She drew a mental map of the area and pondered where she should go to next.

The inn was a no-go. Even if the innkeeper was at their side, it was too close to town, it was too risky. The abandoned school building was her next possible candidate because of the topographical reasons, but it was too close to the youma’s nest. Plus, since the ghosts were there, Mikoto would probably be unable to get near that place again.

[…… This leaves the mansion of the Island’s Elder.]