Chapter 289: Kindred Spiri (2/2)

(You just switch what you say that easily?) thought Taiyou.

But well, that was the kind of girl she was. He could accept that.

As to which version of her was the real her, he wasn’t sure, but deep down, he was confident that she did as she pleased.

「Wow, you showed me something super fantastic. Thanks」

Akiha said, winking.

「……You’re welcome」

「Hey hey, what’re these lower skills? Long-range Negation? Idol?」

「Yeah, it’s just as the name suggests. Long-range Negation is a skill that nullifies guns, missiles and all that」

「Nullifies？」

「Yeah, I’m fine even if shot by a gun. If I recall, it works against flamethrowers as well」

「I can confirm that missiles are nothing to him」

「Oh, right right. The time I was shot by a helicopter?」

「The heck? What kind of fantastic adventures have you been on?」

Akiha’s eyes sparkled, getting invested.

Taiyou recounted everything before now.

Hera appearing, raising his level.

Saving Kotone and her sisters, meeting Kohaku.

Making the two of them his brides, infiltrating Juunishima, saving Youran.

He told her everything revolving around Hera and his brides. He told her what was going on with Aoba behind the scenes.

It took a while, but Taiyou took his time in this closed-off room with no sense of time.

Akiha listened to this all the while with the utmost interest.

「That is something else. Like, you’ve been through some crazy rich experiences」

「You think？ Well that makes sense. Juunishima and all that isn’t something a normal human would go through ever」

「Hey hey, that trailer you mentioned earlier, wouldja let me ride on it? With Aoba?」

「Sure, I don’t care. Welp, it’s just a little driving」

「Ooo」

Akiha’s eyes opened further.

「What?」

「You just casually mention driving! That’s fantastic！」

「It really isー. It’s already fantastic when he races it straight through the road, but it’s even more fantastic when it’s in town」

「Town？ Why’s that？」

「Because Taiyou-chan will pick up the whole trailer and take it up stairs, etc」

「With people in it？」

「With people in it, indeed」

「Fantastic！」

「……What’s up with thaaat」

「What？ Got a problem？」

「Nah, it’s just…」

Taiyou couldn’t put it into words.

The cause was evident. As soon as she met Hera, Akiha had burst forth repeating “fantastic”, which gave him mixed feelings.

It couldn’t be helped. He had hoped for that “fantastic”, bargain sale-like situation, but…

「But okay. If you can do all those fantastic things then the competition’s already over」

Akiha fell backward with a thud.

The inside of her skirt was probably visible.

「Competition？」

「Didja forget？ Aoba」

「Ohh, right」

「You seriously forgot？」

「Well, all I could think about was making you like me」

「Hmmm」

She got up, sitting cross-legged.

And then she stared at Taiyou.

Straight at him……with a seriousness in her eyes he had never seen before.