581 Harano-kun is such a perver (1/2)

The red mist blocked the icy fog. However, the white fog froze the red mist as well! This instantly slowed down the large monster's movements.

One more powerful attack was still needed.

Seiji aimed his hand at the monster, gathered his Mana, and speedily prepared his spell...

[Evolved Mana Bullet]!

*Boom!!* A powerful golden bullet of light hit the red mist and exploded with blinding light.

A hole appeared in the red mist barrier from which the white fog poured through. The six-armed monster's giant body was speedily frozen over.

”Gaahhhhh!!”

The monster howled in a raspy voice similar to the previous gorilla monster. It did its best to struggle, but was still gradually completely sealed within the ice.

Finally, Shika destroyed the monster by using Ice Shatter.

”Thanks to both of you for your hard work. The next section's numbers and strength will be increased even further. Is that alright?” Kazuko inquired.

Seiji and Shika exchanged glances.

”It should be fine.”

”If you think that you can't go on anymore, tell me immediately.”

”Okay.”

Natsuya patiently waited as she looked at the black crack on the floor.

Although she was acting as backup support in name, what she was really doing was surveillance.

It was unknown what Kazuko Ooike truly was. It was impossible to ascertain if she was trustworthy.

Seiji chose to trust in Kazuko, but he also knew that there would be risks associated with this trust. If it wasn't for Shika adamantly insisting on following him, he would have entered the Domain all by himself.

If something seemed wrong, Natsuya would intervene immediately… but she was unsure whether or not she had the power to intervene.

The power of this Domain was equivalent to top-level space magic! It was a frightfully powerful ability.

What exactly was that experiment? Just what type of existence did Kazufuru combine with? These were questions that she really wanted answers to.

If she reported this to her family, her family would definitely respond in some manner.

Natsuya had no intentions of reporting this to her family. This was because Kazufuru was her and Seiji's classmate, but also because Natsuya faintly felt as if her family would suffer severe losses if they made any antagonistic moves against Kazuko.

To be honest, the only reason why she was still able to remain calm when dealing with such a mysterious and powerful existence was mostly because of Seiji.

Although Kazuko was quite mysterious, Natsuya didn't believe that she would be any more ridiculous than Seiji. If something truly happened, Seiji would be able to deal with it… she had such a feeling.

Logically speaking, this was blind belief without any basis. Emotionally speaking, this was a feeling of safety she felt from Seiji.

No matter what it was, Seiji would be able to take care of it. As long as she was by his side, everything would be alright… Natsuya herself knew that this feeling of hers had no logic to it. But, she was unable to eliminate this feeling from within her heart.

In the end, she was still a girl… a girl in love.

She would feel safe next to the boy she liked, and couldn't help but automatically want to rely on him… perhaps not all girls were like this, but Natsuya Yoruhana seemed to foundationally be such a person.

At any rate, Natsuya believed in Seiji, which was why she was able to calmly and patiently wait for him to emerge from the Domain.

Inside the Domain.

”Harano-kun, why do you trust me?”

After clearing out yet another section of monsters, Kazuko suddenly asked this question.

”Hmm?” Seiji looked towards her.

”You should have known already that this would be a dangerous place even before you entered here. And, this entire Domain is under my control.” Kazuko looked at him. ”As long as I will it, I can easily harm the two of you… Why is it that you don't seem to be worried about this at all?”

”Because you don't have any reason to harm us.”

”I do have a reason. Kazufuru Ooike used to have a grudge against you.”

”You yourself just said 'used to.' He's already put this behind him.”

”Perhaps I'll still do something to you due to that past grudge of his… Besides, there's also the possibility that everything I told you was a lie. Maybe I'm actually not some new part of his soul and personality at all. Instead, I could be some demon who overtook his body and memories... have you considered that?”

”That may be the case. If that's really true, then I was wrong to believe you.” Seiji looked at her. ”But, even now, I still believe that I wasn't wrong in my judgement. You're not lying to me.”