Chapter 103 - Volume 6 (2/2)
Something was coming from behind them.
A dust cloud like from a small tornado was blowing, the priests and monks being blown away while screaming.
Past that, there was a black mask wearing figure holding a huge sword… That’s Yuuki!?
Oops, I entered audience mode without thinking.
I descended to the ground and called to where Onzada-kun was detained.
“Put up a holy based defense!”
“Haa!?”
“Hold on!”
“[Penetrating light… Radiant Spear]…”
Yuuki came over in a hurry and flow to Onzada-kun’s side, putting up a holy magic barrier up, at the same time, my [Unholy Spear] blew away all the priests.
… well, some were blown away then rolled back towards me, though.
Still, I don’t think it will be over with just this…
“[Everlasting Light… Celestial Bow]…”
Hundreds of golden arrows shot from the shining bow and struck the priests.
Those who ran, those who tried to fight, those who were stunned in place, everything was blown away by the carpet bombing of my attack.
If they’re lucky, they’ll still be alive.
It’s been a while since you’ve fought an enemy so one-sidedly.
After the annihilation of light, two stunned people came closer.
“““……”””
When we stepped forward, we looked at eachother with mixed expressions. Then, Onzada-kun opened his mouth first.
“…Is it… really you, Yuzu?”
Yes, though now my name is Yurushia… Onzada-kun sure has gotten old.”
“I’m not old!”
Onzada’s appearance has changed a lot.
He was older, about 30 years old. Well, if you were a modern person at age 30, you’d still look young, but it still has a little of the old person scent coming from you.
“Should I shave my beard?”
“Hahaha… this feeling, it really is Yuzu.”
When he came claser to me, Onzada-kun dropped to his knees like he’d lost all his strength.
“… thank… god… I didn’t believe you were dead… if the deal had gotten you, I…”
I’ve been looking into how to save you forever, I was lucking to get in the way just before the final stage of the ritual.”
“…Yuuki-kun”
Yuuki lowered his mask and showed a slim face.
Is he also in the latter half of his twenties? Maybe because I looked at Onzada first, the impression was less.
I was able to remember everything because they helped me.
“Thank god…? Here, let me help you up.”
“… You’re a bit more of a terrifying “Demon” than I thought, but I don’t mind the way you took care of all the priests. Besides… now I can return what I owe.
“…What a serious look.”
As normal, his gaze is hard… wait, is it becoming warmer?”
“I can not forgive that [Presence].”
“… That’s right.”
The Presence sensed my return and trapped all of the people in the country within its seal.
Even though it’s powerful, it feels young in how it does things, and it feels like it is being used by the shrine maidens, rather than being worshiped.
“Yuzu… or Yurushia now, let me give you the memories I’ve recorded. It should help you understand what I found out about the Presence.”
“…Do it”
Yuuki-kun casted a layered spell wrapped around me.
When I let the magic power pass through me, the events up to now flowed into my head.
… Something is coming. It was like a scattered scene without sound, but I was able to understand it.
Koto-chan got married to Dad-chan…
Yuuki-kun and Misa also married? I didn’t get my chance at the shovel speech…”
It seems like Yuuki-kun is the second in command of Dad-chan’s shop.
Ooba-nii-san has become the president of my family’s company.
Dad and Mom are still fine…
Kouki and Kako have gotten together too, and there are already babies.
Ouji-kun… thank goodness. He has a normal, full-bodied wife as well.
Onzada-kun was not a monk at his family’s temple, but at a shrine. I wonder if it was because he didn’t like what his older brothers did.
It seems like Onzada-kun and Yuuki-kun were studying together.
And…
Matsuri seems to be in the middle of a circle of shrine maidens now.
Although she was able to have me killed, she wasn’t able to control it? Maybe there was a wavelength of thought in young people.
So… maybe that’s where the [Presence] gets its power.
“Is this the truth…?”
“Oh, you shouldn’t be awake yet.”
“Yeah… it’s too soon.”
In a distorted world with little magic, it went inot hibernation, but the directions the departing “Souls” takes went wrong.
It was supposed to be born in the future, but it still responded to it.
Human “Desire” dug it out.
“… …”
I raised my golden bat wings to the sky.
“Wings! Where are you going, Yuzu?”
I heard Onzada-kun’s voice, but ignored it, there was something I needed to confirm.
While flying high into the air, there were huge cities all over the place.
I recognized the [Presence]… when I looked through my eyes, I saw a huge thing overlapping with the town.
The center of culture, the city that doesn’t sleep. A huge city recognized all over the world.
Desire… Longing… Emptyness… those feelings gathered, human selfishness created this [Presence] in this world.
A true [God] born only in this world, from a new, human ideal…
“… [True God – Tokyo]…”
Author’s Notes:
Next time, the army of god versus the Devil’s army will begin!