Vol 1 Chapter 1 (2/2)
“Hey, do you know? About 7 years ago, ere still children, the seal of the evil God was broken There was a big crater before the Toht? It is said that it was the scar left behind by the wandering wizard who re-sealed the evil God”
Back in the classroo this matter
In this village, even such unbelievable rumors became the subject of discussion
I cannot re wizard they mentioned, should be the hooded person who saved me
Because the teachers left to investigate the evil God, ere dismissed from school today
The classroups based on the locations of their homes Only Yunyun and me remained in the classroom
My house was at the corner of the Hoic, so no other classmate lived near me
The classether, saying, “This is tasty, that is good too” This was probably one of the reasons why nobody bothered me
With no other option, I decided to go home alone
“Ah……”
Yunyun, who also remained in the classroom, reached out her hand with a softme
“What is it?”
“Uh? No, nothing, h my way home, so…”
Yunyun’s house was the village chief’s house, built in the e
If she wanted to walk together to my place, she would need to take detour…
“…Want to go back together?”
“Can I? Ah, but we are rivals To be this close…”
Yunyun’s face seenored her, walking out of the classroom quickly Yunyun ran out after me
“Wait! Fro from tomorrow!”
—Bringing Yunyun outside, the clouds drifted unnaturally
Did the teacher really cause such an unnatural occurrence just for the sake of a performance?
Burning an expensive talisic Clansman
Although the homeroom teacher was useless in e
I walked ho behind, spoke uncertainly
“Megumin, are you free? Hm, if possible…”
Yunyun invitedthe way
Even paying for it
“Of course, I have no reason to reject Why is this happening though?”
“Eh? On-, only because I’ry…”
Yunyun was embarrassed
“Fine, you are at the puberty stage after all But as a girl, wouldn’t it be unnatural if your appetite is too big?”
“Wait! Megury because you ate my lunch! Be-, besides…”
Yunyun’s voice suddenly lowered
“Buying snacks with a friend, shopping on the way ho forward to it…”
“Ah? What did you say?”
Yunyun , so I intentionally turned back and positioned my ear before her to listen
At first, Yunyun e But after I interrogated her multiple times, she finally cried and repeated her previous statement clearly
PART 8
“Welcoic Clan’s top rated coffee shop! Isn’t this Meguhter? I heard you are very conscientious in school Everyone says that you are the top genius of Cri out, ould you like to order?”
“I want so with plenty of calories that can make you feel full easily”
“Meguirl should order food! Hm The chef’s recommendation…”
Yunyun and I arrived at the terrace of the village’s only coffee shop
The shop owner brought us the menu He seemed to be my father’s acquaintance
“Reco’, and also ‘Spicy Noodles in Lava Dragon’s Breath Style’”
“I want spicy noodles”
“Give me this one on the menu, ‘Sacrificial Lamb Sandwich for the Demon God’”
“Okay! Dicey Doodles in Lava Dragon’s Breath Style, Sacrificial Lamb Sandwich for the Demon God Please wait a moment!”
“It’s Spicy Noodles!”
Yunyun red-facedly corrected the dish name in a serious tone I slowly drank the complimentary fruit juice
“Meguh it’s out of the blue, may I ask a question?”
“What? Since it’s your treat, I will answer normal questions Is it about my weakness? My current weakness is sweets After-meal dessert is my weakness”
“I’ this! Besides, what kind of weakness is that? Nor mouthfuls”
“Isn’t it coirl’s enemy!’ What do you want to ask then?”
I pressed her Suddenly, Yunyun became hesitant
Looking at this girl’s expression aroused my sadism
“Megumin, do you have a boy that you like?”
“Yunyun is in heat!”
Hearing her words, I stood up in shock Yunyun explained hurriedly while nearly crying
“No, not like that! Think about it, chatting aht? I merely yearn for such conversations! I don’t have someone I like!”
Her words reassured ain
“How should I put this? Yunyun, you are a strange kid by Cri physical education lesson, you could not decide on a cool pose because of your shyness”
“A, I always felt that the villagers are someeird…”
Weird Yunyun felt dejected because of what I said
She had no friend in class, probably due to her weirdness
“So, what type of guys does Yunyun like?”
“Eh?”
Facing my question, red-faced Yunyun rolled her eyes in shock
“Don’t you want to chat? Being trivial By the way, for ains sooals, works hard day and night, is honest and serious”
“Soood at taking care of others, so you will attract an opposite type, those unsalvageable bu!… I like the mature and sturdy type ill listen to my everyday life warmly…”
—Peaceful afternoon time
I chatted endlessly with my self-proclaimed rival, as ent back home
PART 9
“I’m home”
“Welco sister!”
Upon reaching hoer by a few years, ran out of the house to greet me
Kohtly shorter than mine
Ko portion was already stained with mud
“Ah… The robe’s edges are muddy I asked you to watch the house Did you run out to play again?”
“Yes! I defeated the newspaper man, then I went out to play!”
“Oh, you won again today You are truly er sister”
“Yes! I said, ‘I have not eaten any solid food for 3 days’ After that, he left behind some food coupons!”
Komekko showed off the fruits of her labor in satisfaction
As I patted the head of
“There is a fragrance on big sister’s body”
“You are truly ht this back ‘Sacrificial Lamb Sandwich for the Demon God’! Eat until you explode!”
“Aweso Then, the dinner I caught will become tomorrow’s breakfast instead!”
Komekko, who loved sandwiches, said suddenly
…Dinner that was caught
I reested frying them to eat I suddenly felt terrified
“Koht?”
“Want to see? I defeated it after a deadly battle A savage black beast!”
Ko statement, and ran back into the house
I hope it’s not a bug! I hope it is not a bug!
As I waited, I kept praying Shortly after, Ko out…
“…Meow…”
That was a black kitten which, for some reason, was exhausted
“…You really caught a big one”
“Yes I worked hard! It was fighting back at first, but it became docile after I bit it a few times”
“Although victory is a good thing, you shouldn’t just randos”
Ko this I took the black kitten
The black kitten hid itself in my ar its head into my chest
Ko to stare at the sandwich still in her mouth, offered it to me
“…Wanna eat?”
“I ate already Komekko can eat it all Anyway, I will take care of this furball, okay?”
“Okay!”
Ko the sandwich
—I let the kitten into my room As it boldly curled up on my bed, I whispered softly
“What am I to do with this cat?”
For it to be this shameless, perhaps it wasn’t just a normal stray
But it could not become breakfast as Komekko wanted There was no spare food in the family to feed it either
And if I released it and it got caught by Koain, it will definitely become Komekko’s meal… Then—
PART 10
—The classroom was so noisy
“…Meguumin…”
“Good , Yunyun Why do you have such an expression on your face?”
Yunyun frowned anxiously, and greeted me in return
“…What is that?”
“My familiar”
Yunyun was asking about the black cat lying on its back on the desk as it played with ain to everyone
“This is my familiar”
“Faht that only wizards in myths own familiars!”
“Look at its cute and fearless face! This cat is too scary Itour lunch boxes for her umin!”
“This is not what I wanted! But— here’s some food!”
My classmates were all charmed by the charisma of my familiar
Maybe this kitten truly possessed bewitching power
It looked like it will get its own food by staying here I was relieved
“Wo! …It’s siven it a name yet?”
Yunyun’s eyes sparkled and she probably wanted to touch the kitten But as Yunyun reached out her hand, the cat raised its front paw ly
Rejected by the cat, Yunyun put down her hand with a sense of loneliness
“What’s with this kitten? Feels like it is not too friendly towards anyone other than Megumin”
As Arue spoke, the kitten accepted her out-stretched finger, enjoying her caress with its eyes half-closed Seeing this, Yunyun felt like crying
“It doesn’t have a naer, so I want to bring it to school daily”
Hearing this,troubled
“The kitten is so cute, so I’m fine, but ill the teacher think…”
“Yes, although it’s very cute, the teacher probably won’t allow it Although it’s really very cute”
As expected, the hoest obstacle…
“Rejected”
The ho the classroom
I raised the cat which was putting its best effort to act cute
“Teacher, this is my familiar It feeds on my mana If it leaves me, it will surely die”
“No How can soic have a fa fas”
As expected, it didn’t work Then…!
“Teacher, this is the other h most of the power is with me, it is still another aspect of me We are of one mind, and cannot be separated!”
“…It seeling for its life”
“Because I’e”
I put down the cat, and it started to scratch the classroom walls
“Your other half is currently indulging in its instinct to sharpen its claws”
“Criic Clan must be always ready for battle, so it ence and reason are with me, so my other half only has the power, the instinct, and its animalistic appearance”
“Alright then”
“At first glance, it looks like a very cute me, but inside… You allow it?”
The hoinally, I still planned to explain how me and my other half were in a deadly conflict over this body
“Because it is very a, so let it be”
Our ho amused by improper matters, but her statement made me uneasy
“Hey, Megunated area! Look, it’s here, here! You can only pee here! Well done! Megumin is remarkable!”
“……”
“Doesn’t it stink to put Megumin’s leftover food here? Best to leave it at the back”
“……”
“Ah, really, Megumin! Don’t sharpen your claws everywhere! Don’t show such a cute expression, while tilting your head! No… Ah, Megumin is really too cute!”
“AHHHHHH!”
“Oh no! Fake Meguone berserk! Looks like it isn’t only cuteness alone, she has finally lost her intelligence and reason to her other half as well!”
The class me flipped my table
“Who are you calling a fake? I’ain!”
“What’s the uuuht?”
“Megu ive this cat a name!”
Seeing ed my other self
“Even if you say that, it has been decided today that ‘this is the real Meguue Megumin’s name? Ouch, ouch!”
“Traitor! You don’t care about your rival changing nau days combined!”
Hearing my complaints, my classmates showed bitter expressions
“And it finally have a cute naumin…”
“Ah… My cute Meguumin…”
“Hey, are you picking a fight?!”
As a Criht, I raised my chair, ready to throw it at my classmates
“…Norisuke”
Aruethe cat’s alternate name
“…Perekichi”
Another student whispered
“Choisa”, “Marumo”, “Kasuma”
But it seemed none of these names were satisfactory The cat in Yunyun’s ar
Hearing the countless alternate names, Yunyun lifted the cat
“This cat is female…”
“…As expected, the umin”
“I’ll kill you!”
As I confronted that classmate, Yunyun suddenly shouted
“Kuro! Kuro! …How about it? See, because it’s a black cat…”
“……” X2
The surrounding fell into silence
“That’s not bad It’s easier to remember weird names”
“Eh!? Ver- very weird…!?”
…Yes, it was truly a strange name, but maybe it would be easier to remember
After being named, the cat in Yunyun’s arms narrowed its eyes, as if it was happy
“Then, it will tee naive it a grand-sounding name”
“Strange? Hey, as expected, I’e one is me!?”
Yunyun coed Kuro
PART 11
“Hey, Megu at the accessory shop today?”
On the way home from school…
Yunyun said before that being close to me was limited only to yesterday, but for so behind me today
But I never considered her to be a rival anyway, so this wasn’t bad
“There is an accessory shop in this village?”
“The blacksumin…”
“Ad cute accessories with soo then”
Yunyun and I went to the blacksmith
“Welcoirl frohter Want to buy soreat sword? There are also axes and hammers”
“Weird, weird girl…”
“Why do you want to give a delicate girl such crude weapons? There is no need for us to use weapons anyway”
Further weapons and are of wizards
Making staves would be more reasonable…
“It is also great to have girls swinging huge weapons Contrastingly cute”
“In orld would there be girls like that… Yunyun, what should we do?”
Yunyun was looking around inside the shop
“Hm I heard that this place sells accessories…”
“Accessories are over there Cri and cos are not in much demand”
The big blacksestured to a corner with his chin
Hm… Should this be called an accessory or a small knife…
“Normally, when one speak of accessories, it refers to small wearable items, not small weapons”
“Even if you say that… Because I don’t have such customers, I would have to close my shop down if not for such items”
The shopkeeperlocation for his shop
Anyway, how does the shopkeeper make money?
“Fro how IAfter all, I’m still an arch wizard, who can use my vast mana to control furnaces that cannot be controlled nor arh I can’t say her nahter of a noble family loves to wear my armor”
“Why would the daughter of a noble family wear armor? Yunyun, it’s almost time to…”
Yunyun carefully picked up a silver dagger, and looked at me
“…You like this?”
Yunyun nodded
Back home, Komekko made a muddy mess of her robes as usual
“Weco to eat?”
“No food today By the here did you go again? Recently, the seal of the evil God in the village is about to break, so do not go out”
I didn’t kno much of my words Komekko actually heard She just stared at Kuro in my arms
“… (gulp)”
“!”
Horrified of Ko to hide inside my hat
To think it climbed up her owner’s body What an audacious cat
“Sis, dinner is meat!”
I shi+vered slightly at s as food
“Koer This cat is too thin It doesn’t have ”
“I see Sis is so clever!”
Ko outside to become like this I used my handkerchief to wipe the mud on her face
“Koain?”
“I found a toy, let’s play together! Sis also wants to play?”
Toy… Toy?
For some reason, this term didn’t make me feel relieved Or rather, it made me very concerned
Yes Probably, I also…
“Sis, take a bath! Wash the kitten as well I think this step is called ‘Reency’”
“Ko inside my hat, so don’t say anymore”
PART 12
After I bathed with Komekko and Kuro, we ate a simple dinner, and returned to my own room
The stairs were slightly noisy, so mother had probably returned
Father was definitely still ic tools without rest
I lay on the woolen blanket, putting Kuro on my belly
Then I remembered
“Speaking of toys When I met her, I asked her to help me find my toys”
IKuro up beforeinto its eyes
In the darkness, Kuro see
Fearless, big, round, and cute eyes
…Why?
Whenever I see this cat, I will think of that person
I covered my head with the blanket It naturally sneaked beneath the blanket as well
“Hey, you are arrogant for a freeloader”
UnderKuro, who curled up on my belly
At this tie for a while—
Spendinglife—
INTERLUDE: A PRELUDE
—The Unsolvable Jigsaw Puzzle and Seal of the Evil God—
I arrived at the playground that I frequently visit
Squatting before the tombstone was…
“What a big goblin!”
“…Hey, brat, don’t cooblin”
“I’m not a brat I’m Komekko”
“Is it? …Hey, Ko here? This is the tomb where the other half of the evil God, Lady Wolbach, was sealed Your family members did not tell you to avoid this place?”
“They did, but sis said that Criic Clansmen should not yield to unreasonable demands”
“…Is, is that so? How troublesome, to think that I have no choice but to eliminate such a brat…”
Sprouting a pair of bat wings, huge and black, the not-goblin lowered its shoulders
“I’uy, what are you doing here?”
“Not-a-goblin guy… Hey, brat, look closely! I have huge horns and wings, which signify evil! Also, goblins do not have such a muscular body! I areater demon Lord Hoost Remember it!”
“So cool!”
Looking at Hoost with his outstretched wings, I raised my arms and cheered
“Oh, oooh, is it… You have good taste Noro as an exception But youthat happens here rateful!”
“Thank you very much”
Although I didn’t knoas going on, I thanked hi, hard leg “Pat! Pat! Pat!”
“What a strange brat… Never s to do Do not disturb me, understand?”
Hoost turned his face away, and fiddled with so before the tombstone… Ah!
“That’s my puzzle!”
“Eh? This is not yours This is a precious item that can break the seal of Lady Wolbach… Hey, hey, hey, you…!”
I put the puzzle together Hoost was surprised for some reason
“You are pretty coers, I could not solve the puzzle even after a few ive it to me!”
“Ahah, Hoost snatched them away!”
“Eheh, I don’t care what you say Also, don’t call my name directly, you little brat You should call me Lord Hoost! Now, Lady Wolbach can fully recover his power Hereafter, he can rae…”
After snatching away the puzzle pieces, Hoost attempted to fit the pieces on the pedestal before the toed his shoulders, and looked at me
“…Hey, Komekko, I will make a special exception to let you play with this puzzle You may continue”
“I’ry, so I don’t want to play puzzle now Lord Hoost, take your time with it”
“……Although I’ me Lord Hoost I will find food for you, so you help me solve the puzzle, Komekko”
“……”
“……Please, Komekko”
“I understand”
Hearing s to fly off somewhere
I watched him fly off, then picked up the puzzle pieces once more—