Chapter 88 - Volume 5 (1/2)

Volume 5, Chapter 17: The End of the Incident

The black-masked person took out an incomprehensibly huge sword from nowhere and came towards me.

How dexterous. …… I wonder if they hid that sword in their pants.

When I released the seal for the sake of letting Kyoji get onto the rooftop, it seems a suspicious person managed to enter in the small amount of time.

…… now that I mention it, they have a certain unique aura and “presence”.

“What are you doing here, Shijima Yuuki-kun?”

“…………”

When I called the name, both Yuuki-kun’s presence and the other person shook.

“……How did you know?”

“eh,…… aren’t we in the same class?”

“……is-is that so?”

A lie. As expected of someone who’s never talked to classmates, I only had a vague recollection of his face.

But now, with the awareness of a Demon, I could see that his soul wasn’t “ordinary”. I just didn’t know what it meant until just now.

When I returned to human form, he was still wary, but Yuuki-kun’s tension lessened considerably, and he jumped off the water tower, coming closer without pointing the sword at me.

“Yuuki-kun…… who exactly are you?”

“Answer my question first. Are you a “reincarnator”?”

Reincarnator……… Those who died but whose soul did not return to their [World], and those who were born again while leaving their bodies behind.

But his question didn’t mean that. He was asking if I remembered my previous life. In that sense, I am what Yuuki-kun calls a “reincarnator”.

“My memory is hazy. I have knowledge of things that “I” do not remember.”

“Really……… Reincarnation makes the memory vague. I’ll believe your words for now.”

For now…… huh. He won’t set aside his weapons even though he lowered them. Well, I, too, am wary of him, so it can’t be helped.

Besides…… this particular “presence”, is a little familiar.

This was a person with the [Power] to hurt “me”.

“In other words, you’re a reincarnator yourself……?”

“……Ah, that’s right. There are various circumstances. Are you…… a different world’s ‘magician’? Moreover, one that seems to have forsaken humanity……”

Yuuki-kun was watching everything happening up until now. I didn’t know where he was watching it from, but it seems that he saw it all and thought I was some sort of mad mage.

“……And so? Would you have let such a dangerous knave go?”

“……Oi, don’t release your [Magic Power] so easily. There is only a little magic in this world. I don’t know where you are from, but understand that this world is ‘distorted.’”

“………Fuuuhn.”

I see, so the power inside of me was [Magic Power].

“Hey, about this world being distorted…”

“I’ll explain more later. There are plenty of things I want to know too, but if you don’t leave quickly, there’ll be trouble later.”

“Oh well…… Let’s talk in school next time. After that……”

As he trailed off, Yuuki-kun stilled his feet, and cast his eyes towards me again.

“Yuuki-kun. I have a name, it’s “Yuzu,” use it.”

“……Understood.”

And with that short line, Shijima Yuuki-kun leapt off the rooftop and faded into the dark of the night.

Will we be making a mutually profitable relationship? Well, as long as it benefits each other, we can depend on each other even though we don’t trust each other.

I told the dead zombies to carry grandpa Kuon to the entrance, and then when they were done, I told them to all die, and jumped off the roof, away from this terrible scene. …… I wonder if this event will be wrapped in mystery.

“Yuzu………!”

Moving a few kilometers from the school compound, I heard a voice calling my name.

“Ah…… Onzada-kun?”

When I turned around, I saw Onzada-kun running towards me with an exhausted gait.

I turned towards him, and Onzada-kun, who ran up with his hands on his knees, completely out of breath, had a look of sullen relief on his face.

“Onzada-kun…… Why are you here?”

“……Well, didn’t Yuzu sent a strange e-mail without anything written?!”

“Eh…… Aah~”

At that time, when I was just feeling for my phone, did I send off an e-mail to Onzada-kun?

……Oh? But then how did Onzada-kun figure out where I was?

“Really, Yuzu, you’re really on your own pace…… I was worried.”

When Onzada-kun’s eyes turned gentle, and patted my head, I leaned hard against his chest.

“Ow.”

…… Something like this, I somehow feel like this has happened before. …… But.

“Onzada-kun, you stink!”