Volume 1 Chapter 7 (1/2)
”Phew”
Koutarou was able to cal a lot of the tea Kiriha had poured for him
”Troubles just keep piling up, and I' to lose my mind”
”It's at times like these that you have another cup of tea Unfortunately, I was unable to find any good tea leaves”
Sanae was hanging on to Koutarou's back and playing with the eeist
Now that I think about it, I used to fight all the time with Sanae e first met
Koutarou looked at Theia, as sitting right in front of hi that
The stubborn Theia, however, shi+fted her gaze away from him, determined not to meet his eyes
Koutarou felt his current situation was quite similar to when he had first met Sanae
”Hey, Tulip”
”Don't call e name! I have a splendid name - Theia!”
Theia glared at Koutarou
Although she was ressive and selfish than Sanae, her puffed-up face was still overfloith youth
I have no intentions of handing over this roo a bit immature She's only a child
”Alright, Theia”
”Call hness Theia!”
”I'm not a citizen of your country, and I don't intend to becoht noe're enemies”
”Very well What do you want?”
”Although we're enes that won't benefit either of us”
”What do you mean, more specifically?”
”Punching, kicking, shooting beams, and the like If I die, you'll lose out too The enize you if you use violence to show your capabilities, right?”
Theia fell silent She are that Koutarou was correct, but she couldn't bring herself to agree
”I'll restrainyou I think we should both show each other at least that level of restraint”
”Your Highness, bargaining is required from time to time”
”I understand It's true that fighting with you won't benefit me”
Ruth was able to persuade Theia
”If you will consent to negotiate, I will stop resorting to violence”
Theia acted like she was agreeing reluctantly, but in reality she was on the sae as Koutarou
”I'm fine with that”
Het emotional, it seems like she can be quite reasonable
Theia could use her weapons to take the entire planet hostage and threaten Koutarou
But she did not do that When she was not losing it, she see was preposterous
”Well, with that settled, I'd like us to organize ourselves and explain our situation once more”
With Koutarou and Theia cal down, Kiriha drew a relieved breath
”No objections”
”Understood”
Sanae and Yurika agreed right away
”Let's do that I' on”
In just four days, the population of the rooone from just Koutarou to six people
”I don't mind I'd like to hear all of your plans once more”
Theia also obediently agreed
However, the last one, Ruth didn't say anything
She was just Theia's accomplice
”Then we'll start with Koutarou He is the current legal owner of this room”
”I've lived here since before Koutarou, though”
”Koutarou has signed a contract with the landlord We won't leave you out of this, Sanae, but let's first hear what Koutarou has to say”
”I guess there's no choice”
Sanae was dissatisfied, but she held it in for the ti
Sanae's feelings for Koutarou had changed, although she was not aware of it herself
The Sanae from when she had just met Koutarou would never have backed down
”Go ahead, Koutarou”
”Alright In h school I'll be living here That's why I refuse to leave The 5,000 yen a month rent also helps
”Pleb, how long does one attend high school?”
”Three years”
Although slightly irritated by being called a pleb, Koutarou answered obediently
”I can't wait that long!”
”But I won't leave I' this room over to you would just cause her a lot of trouble”
Koutarou had two reasons for not leaving
The first was of course regarding living expenses
The second was the existence of shi+zuka
Although they had only been together for a few days, Koutarou felt a debt and a bond with her
That's why he couldn't just haphazardly leave his room and push this pain onto her
Koutarou ell aware of how
Which is why he couldn't just leave
”That's just about it for me”
”If this is only about a place to live, you could easily pull back, no?”
”But, it will be troublesome if you don't leave!”
”Yurika, I'd like you to leave that story for your turn Next is Sanae”
”Me?”
”We're doing it in the order of appearing in this room”
”I got it Buttiet chased out, that's all”
Sanae declared that and laughed indifferently
”I' out anyone in my way”
”B-by possessing By possessing and killing?”
”If needed Fufufu I ht put a curse on you♪”
”Hiii!”
Sanae laughed gri Yurika frozen with fear
She slowly approached her
”N-Noooooooo!”
”Wait, stop, don't run away Yurika!”
Yurika tried to run into the wardrobe as always, but Koutarou grabbed a hold of her foot
”L-Let go, please! The only one who needs to be possessed is Satomi-san!”
”Stop kicking! Don't run away! At least tell us your story first!”
”But, the ghost! The ghost is co!”
”I ht eat you up♪”
”Kyaaaa!! Nooooooooo!!”
”Sanae! Would you give it a break! If you keep this up on't be able to continue!”
”Tehehe, sorry~”
Sanae stuck her tongue out and returned to her seat
”Noooooooo!”
”Yurika, cal after you anymore!”
”Let goooo!”
However, Yurika was unable to take in her surroundings and continued to struggle
Koutarou was kicked several tian to boil inside of him
”Gah! This is why I hate cosplayers with nothing but spring in their minds!”
”If we don't put a stop to this kind of behavior, cosplayers' social standing will just keep falling Even though they're all good people”
”It's not cosplay!”
Shouting back reflexively, Yurika was finally able to recall her current situation
And her face drained of color as she noticed everyone's cold glare
”Ehh”
”About time”
Koutarou sighed as he let go of Yurika's leg and returned to his seat
”Good work, Koutarou”
”I don't want to hear that from you, Sanae!”
”Well, well just relax”
”Really now”
”Tehehe~”
Sanae showed no sign of flinching after angering Koutarou
”I' such a commotion”
Yurika etic expression as she returned to her seat
”Well then, Yurika, it's your turn now What reason did you come here for?”
”Yurika caht?”
”Yeah, that's what it was The cheap rent caught her eye”
”You're wrong! People will co in this rooet out!”
”Is that the backstory for the party?”
”I will applaud you for being thorough, but I won't let you have this roo like that”
”To be honest, even I a with how to handle Yurika”
”You're wrong! Why don't you ever listen to what I have to say!?”
Yurika desperately tried to appeal to them, but they would not believe her at all
”Even if you ask us why right?”
”Yeah, no one would believe in ic nowadays It's just not possible”
”And after calling yourself a hero of love and justice, you constantly run away, leaving Koutarou behind You're just not fit to be a irl”
Coainst Yurika for anyone to believe she was a irl
”Auuu, I'”
”Don't worry, Yurika”
Theia tapped Yurika on the shoulder
”I believe in your story”
”Really!?”
And the gloohtened up almost immediately
”You believe in ic!?”
”Of course!”
”And that I'!?”
”Yes, of course”
”Thank youuu! I always hoped that someone who believed me would appear!!”
Yurika grabbed Theia's hand and shook it intensely as she was crying tears of joy
”There's no need for thanks If you'll leave in return, that is”
However Theia's next words made Yurika's expression freeze in place
”Eh?”
”W-what do you mean by that?”
”It's nothing, I believe you That's why you can leave without any regrets I will judge your enemies There is no need to worry”
”W-wait just a minute! You mean -”
”You'll try to reh you don't believe her for a second, you'll support her story in order to bargain with her You're a clever one, alien princess!”
Kiriha picked up where Yurika left off
”Kukuku, using force is not the only power royalty has”
”This is too cruel! You all keep picking on round people and aliens!!”
Yurika started crying
”This is discrimination! It's unfair! I demand a correction of the balance!!”
Yurika ju door shut with all of herout of the wardrobe
”Right, I'm next”
”Kiriha, why did you come here?”
Everyone quickly lost interest in the sobbing wardrobe
”sniff, I'ht here, sniff”
And Yurika's crying got louder
”My purpose for co here is to rebuild the altar where my ancestors are enshrined”
”I see, so this is sacred ground to you?”
”But you'll also use the altar as a tool to invade the surface, right?”
”That's correct Once the altar is rebuilt, we'll be able to efficiently gather spiritual energy Then we'll be able to lory”
”In teroal resembles mine”
A happy smile appeared on Theia's face
So this one is my true ene
Theia was secretly happy a powerful rival had appeared
”And finally, Theia-dono, your turn”
”Yes, my purpose is as I told you before I came here to prove myself worthy as an emperor of Forthorthe as part of a ritual I'iance”
While saying that, Theia pointed towards Koutarou
Koutarou had a lot of things he wanted to say, but he held them in
”Which means that all of us are after this room”
”That's right”
Koutarou and Sanae wanted to live there
Yurika wanted to hold a cosplay party
Kiriha wanted to build an altar
And Theia wanted to rule it
”In other words, you all came here to invade my room?”
”Simply put, yes, that would be the case”
Having kept quiet all this time, Ruth chimed in
Five girls after Koutarou's room
They each had their own respective goals, and aimed to deprive Koutarou of his room
”But what do we do? nobody wants to fight or leave Are we going to play ames?”
And they had all agreed to not fight with Koutarou
Because of that, everyone except Theia had decided to settle it using games
”Fufufu, gaestion The wars of old could be called such”
”So, Theia-dono, does that ames?”
”On a condition”
Theia nodded greatly and showed her composure
”Condition? What condition?”
”Fufufu, I will only play with that one”
Theia pointed at Kiriha
”What do you mean, Theia-dono?”
Kiriha's expression stiffened
”It's sia However, after I have exter Besides, aside from the pleb I have no need to play with the rest of you!”
”So that's your plan!”
”You think you can win!?”
Tension in the room rose as Theia stood with a fearless smile
”Of course I will! I was just about to win a while ago!”
”We'll see about that I have already prepared a weapon that ork on you Karama, Korama!”
”Ho!”
”Yes-ho!”
Responding to Kiriha's voice, the two haniwas floated in front of her
Their designs had changed slightly from before
One had a sword hung on its waist, and the other had added so a beard around its mouth
”The Spiritual Energy Katana and Spiritual Wave Cannon are prepared-ho!”
”Ane-san, leave this to us-ho!”
”This means neither of us can block the other's attack”
Kiriha declared that and stood up with a smile similar to Theia's
”To put it siy Katana and Spiritual Wave Cannon are similar to Sanae's powers Like Sanae, these weapons will be able to slip past your barrier”
”You impudent!”
”Which means this is host!”
Sanae also stood up with a s a will-o'-wisp
With repeating electrical discharges, the will-o'-wisp gradually grew larger
”Blue Knight, activate the anti-personnel weapons system The weapons I want are Mind Pulse and Motor Cannon!”
Following Theia's orders, the two black disks reappeared above her shoulders
”Those things won't work on me!”
”We'll see!”
However, Theia's confidence didn't waver
”Even if you're a ghost, you have a mind So if I can harm your mind, I can defeat you!”
”Da aliens can't do!?”
Sanae stomped her feet in frustration
Koutarou and Ruth who couldn't keep quiet raised their voices
”W-Wait ahere!?”
”Please stop, Your Highness!”
”Stand down, Koutarou! It seems we need to eliminate this alien princess no matter what!”
”If you get in the way you'll get hurt!”
”Just stand by and watch, pleb! I'll show you hoerful your master is!”
”S-Stop! If you guys fight for real, who knohat'll happen!”
”Your Highness! Please stop, Your Highness!”
However, they refused to listen to Koutarou and Ruth's desperate pleas
As the three stared each other down the tension grew
”W-What's going on!?”
Yurika, as unaware of the situation, opened the sliding door, which served as a starting gong The fight began
”Victory goes to those who attack first!”
”Gooooo!”
”Korama, the Spiritual Wave Cannon!”
What happened next was a disaster
”Look out, Ruth-san!”
”E-eh!?”
A bullet spat out from the disk above Theia's shoulder and headed for Ruth, asn't paying attention
Koutarou instinctively reacted and tackled her into the hall leading to the front door
”Kyaaa!”
Although there was a slight pain fro thrown onto the floor, the bullet fortunately passed above the pair
”T-Thank you, Satomi-sama”
”Don't space out, Ruth-san!”
”I'ood at fighting”
As Koutarou was helping Ruth stand up, Yurika came to hide in the hall as well
”W-W-What's going on!? The futon inside the wardrobe was charred!”
”Tulip is planning on reducing the nus with me!”
”Eh? We're not playing gaain!?”
”Her chances of winning are higher if she's just playing against me”
”Is she serious!? That eted too!”
”Don't worry, I' you anyways”
”Fueeeeee, I don't want that either~!”
A few
”Fuhahaha! What's the matter, you two!? Do you think you can beat me like that!?”
”What do we do, Kiriha!? She's just ridiculous!”
”We're not losing yet! Cal!”
Although it was Sanae and Kiriha against just Theia, Theia had overwhel evenly
”But what do we do? At this rate the room will be destroyed!”
Koutarou, as looking on, started panicking
Without a victor, the rooed fight
There were char marks and holes from stray bullets all over the rooht on fire yet
”Look out, Satomi-sama!”
”Eh!?”
As Koutarou peeked out to take a look on the situation, a fireball one of the haniwas had spat out headed towards him
”Waaa! I'll die!”
”Quick Cast - Fireball! Targeting Option - Auto Ho!”
As Koutarou was covering his head to protect hi towards him, Yurika's loud shout could be heard
”What!?”
The broo red, and a second fireball appeared frolow
”Wah!”
The two fireballs collided midair and exploded
Although they were able to avoid a direct hit, the flames from the explosion attacked Koutarou
”I'll die! I'll be enveloped by flames and die!”
”Flame Protect!”
However, the flames didn't harm him
”Eh? It's not hot?”
Oddly enough, the flames vanished 10 centimeters away from him
A yellow light surrounded Koutarou's body, and when the flames touched it they vanished
”What's this?”
”Satomi-sama!”
”Are you okay, Satomi-san!?”
Ruth and Yurika dragged Koutarou back towards the front door
”That's dangerous, Satoht! If ic hadn't made it in time, who knoould've happened!”
”What was that!? Yurika, was that your doing!?”
Koutarou looked at Yurika with a surprised expression
”Yes! The fireball and the light protecting Satoic!”
Yurika looked at Koutarou's face and smiled
”You, are you really!”
”Yes, I really airl!”
Yurika was filled with expectation, unable to wait for Koutarou's next words, and she finished his sentence for him
”Are you really an idiot!?”
”Eh?”
Yurika's expression froze The words that had left Koutarou's mouth were the complete opposite of what she had expected
”There're plenty of flahts fire with fire!?”
”Eeeeeeeeeh!? That's what your problem is!?”
Yurika was deeply disappointed
She had been overfloith expectation, but in an instant her expression darkened and her eyes filled with tears
”sniff Why is it always”
Yurika had been hoping that this tiirl and be taken aback in surprise
This time, this time surely Reality, however, was cruel
”What is it now! You idiot!”
”Auu, please be surprised that I'irl~~!”
”Who cares!? My life is at stake here! Are you trying to burn me to death!?”
”I'ic to protect you fro, aren't I!?”
”Right, I don't have time to waste on this!”
Koutarou stopped arguing with Yurika and ran towards the front door
” Aaaa I'~~!”
As she watched his back, Yurika grew timid and squatted down on the floor
”My precious stuffed ani this room and everyone in it~~”
The only reason none of the three girls fighting had been hurt was because of Yurika's defensive ic
Otherwise, the three would already have suffered major injuries in the small and narrow room
On top of that, a large fire would have started by now
”This is painful~~ I thought being a irl would be more brilliant than this~!!”
However, her efforts were not acknowledged, and she was left behind
And the biggest contributor to a peaceful solution was sulking
”Ruth-san, I'll leave Yurika to you!”
Koutarou grabbed his bat fro Yurika and ran into the battlefield in the inner room
”Satomi-sama, just what are you!?”
”I' to stop Theia!”
”Please stop, Sato your life if you jump in there!”
”It'll be too late if I don't go now! I don't even want to think about ould happen if that fight continues on outside of this room!”
Koutarou ell aware of the danger of juht, but if he didn't stop it noould eventually spiral out of control, and they would end up outside the room
If that happened, there would be nothing he could do
Right now, the three were holding back so they wouldn't hurt theot outside they wouldn't have to
They'll be able to go all out
”If we're going to stop them, now is our chance! There's not much time left!”
Koutarou wasn't confident he'd be able to stop theot outside
”Satomi-sama”
”There's no need to worry; she won't be able to attack ht?”
”That's true, but”
Ruth anxiously looked towards the inner rooht flashes blinking one after another
”As long as I can restrain her, the other till stop fighting Ruth-san, this should be the best way to protect your princess”
”Satomi-sama You”
Ruth looked at Koutarou with a surprised look on her face and eventually nodded
”I understand I'll support you”
”Are you sure?”
”Yes, this is the best for Her Highness”
Ruth smiled in a mysterious way that showed her commitment
”I'll rush straight on and grab her!”
”In that case, I'll intrude into Blue Knight's hness's barrier Please strike when it's down”
”I'ht ae don't have any time!”
They quickly decided, and Koutarou rushed towards the inner room
”Yes!”
Ruth followed after him
”I', Ruth-san!”
”I' it to you, Satomi-sama!”
Koutarou jumped into the inner room
When Koutarou entered the rooht
However, since Theia hadpushed back
”It's no use! I can see through all of your attacks!”
”Then what about me!?”
Koutarou rushed towards the girl while laughing loudly
”What!?”