AN: I posted Arifureta After II Mundane School Life ③ before this.
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Even after that, the sanity level of the rookie bus guide was shaved hard every ti they went to other sightseeing area, but because of her professional spirit that was beaten into her despite her status as rookie, her inherent willpower, and then the follow-up of the terrifyingly kind students, she managed to sohow overco the difficult situation.
After they arrived at their inn, a dispute revolving around who would share the room with Haji ensued, there was an outbreak of TALKING physically with Yue and Kaori as the main offender, the youth was peeved, Aiko-sensei tried to abuse her authority, as the result, there was the unexpected occurrence of her getting scold(choke sleeper)-ed by Shia occurring……
For the rookie bus guide, sothing at the level of the commanding teacher getting strangled by a student was already not a big deal. Compared to her own condition where there were already instances in double digit number where her mory was spotty just from this one day, it was sothing trivial.
However, seeing the bus driver who still wore his hat very low over his eyes that half his face was hidden even indoor, acting like it wasn't any concern of him, it caused killing intent to boil up from inside her.
Perhaps noticing the gaze of the rookie bus guide that was teeming with killing intent, the bus driver presented her with a canned coffee but……
The rookie bus guide was soone who was overly fond of sweets. To the degree that sugar content was life for her. If she had to hold back from sugar content, she would rather woke up early in the morning and ran marathon for ten kiloter to maintain her body style even if she had to suffer lack of sleep. That was how much she loved sugar content. To the degree that she would pour down the sugar for business use down into her throat as they were if she was so inclined.
Even though the bus driver should know that about her, he intentionally gave her a black coffee. The rookie bus guide swore to herself, 'I absolutely gonna murder you one day'.
Like that, she finished her dinner even while being completely exhausted in body and mind, and then it was ti for the students to enter bath.
The rookie bus guide headed to the inn's lobby by herself. Her body was demanding for sweets. Eating sweets at night wasn't sothing good, but she couldn't hold on if she didn't replenish her sugar content.
「Haa~, I'm tired……where is the sugar……is there café au lait of Gl○co I wonder……」 (TN: It refers to Glico brand I think)
Like a sugar content zombie wandering in the search of brutal sweetness, the rookie bus guide was walking unsteadily. Then she saw on the chair ahead of the corridor, Aiko was sitting snugly.
When she saw the hanging sign of the bath on the other side further ahead, she realized that she was keeping a lookout as a teacher.
「Good evening Hatayama-sensei. It must be hard having to take care everything alone.」
For so reason the rookie bus guide called out to that figure sitting alone while her legs were dangling back and forth from the chair. Perhaps Aiko had nothing to do because smiled happily when she was called out.
「Ahaha, well, it can't be helped. The circumstance is like this. Besides, it's not as hard as you think. Haji――Nagumo-kun is constructing a surveillance system inside the inn so, well, I don't think it will happen, but even if the boys think about doing anything not good, a warning will reach my smartphone.」
「Is that so.」
'Don't look down on the ignoring skill that has been polished through this whole day okay?' As though to say that, the rookie bus guide smiled sweetly and overlooked what Aiko said.
「Rather, I'm more worried whether Nagumo-kun is going to get ambushed by the girls――」
「Tomorrow will be free activity isn't it! What will Hatayama-sensei do!?」
「Hiih!? What's with the sudden loud voice!?」
'It's so that the unfathomable world of you all doesn't encroach into mine', Of course she didn't say that out loud.
The figure of Aiko-sensei twitching like a shivering small animal caused her to feel 「I won!」 for so reason, the rookie bus guide was about to go in a journey searching for sugar content once more.
At that mont,
――*DOPAN-DOPAN-DOPAN- DOPAN-*
Sudden gunshots!
「Hiih!? What's that!?」
The rookie bus guide embraced herself with both her hands while jumping up. It was a sound that people couldn't possible hear in Japan, however, it was a sound that people had certainly heard from movie or the like. The rookie bus guide couldn't hide her shaken up feeling!
「Na, Nagumo-ku~~n! What's going oonn!?」
Aiko raised her voice in front of the hanging sign of the male's bath. Then, from inside the bath,
――I'm currently teaching my classmates the aning of recklessness~. Especially at these guys' crotch!
Such voice ca.
It seed there was man among man who knew no fear there. The countdown to job change into manly woman had begun.
――The dream-, we only want to see the dream! That's all there is to it!
――Fuh. We're resolved from the start!
Such manly (?) roar could be heard, then a beat later.
――*DOPAN-, DOPAN-*
――AAA—–!
――AAA—–!
Two scream of death agony echoed.
「I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything. I don't hear anything.」
「Hah!? A, are you okay!? Eh!? Your eyes look empty!? Soone! Soone please he~~~lp!」
The rookie bus guide covered both her ears. She curled into herself while wholeheartedly whispered the sa thing repeatedly. Aiko looked after her while getting panicked.
――Rookie bus guide's SAN value 4
When the bath ti was over, the students wearing yukata were clamoring at places like the shop in the lobby and so on.
The rookie bus guide was lying down on the sofa of such bustling lobby while diligently replenishing her sugar content slurping through a long straw an extrely sweet café au lait. She was making her own arm as pillow replacent, so if one changed the angle they viewed her, it would look like she was connected with intravenous drip of café au lait.
「……Guide-san, are you all right?」
「Kaori has put recovery magic on her and even Yue had used her soul magic, so I think she is fine but……」
When Kaori whispered so worriedly, Shizuku said so with the sa expression.
At a sofa slight distance away in the sa lobby, the usual mbers with Haji as the center (other than Yue and co, there were Ryutaro and Suzu) were sitting there. Other than them, the Ai-chan bodyguard party was also sitting there. In addition, it was only Yuka who were pulled by other girls for so reason and right now she was going sowhere.
The gaze of everyone was directed toward the rookie bus guide who was limply lying down while continuing to slurp the brown liquid *slurp slurp* without resting, and Aiko who was worriedly staying at her side.
「……Nn. That child is a strong child. She is an outstanding material whose ntal strength can rival even Tio if she is trained.」
「That's a completely unexpected evaluation from Yue-san. Is that person really a bus guide?」
Rookie bus guide-san, she received a trendously great evaluation from the strongest vampire princess of another world…….
Shia was directing a gaze at the rookie bus guide whose intake amount of extrely sweet café au lait had reached liter unit as though she was seeing sothing amazing. The bus guide's complexion had beco far better than before. Was sugar content sothing like a recovery dicine for her?
By the way, Nakano and Saitou were collapsing with the white of their eyes exposed on the sofa in front the rookie bus guide. Their posture was strangely bow-legged.
Like that for a while everyone amused themselves with whimsical chat before suddenly Haji stood up with a smartphone in one hand.
「I'll call ho for a bit.」
Saying that he left his seat. Different from Yue and co who had an idea of what that was about, Ryutaro and Suzu and others were puzzled about what Haji's business was. Shizuku who noticed their question spoke the answer with smiling expression.
「He is going to say good night to Myuu-chan.」
'Aaa!' Voices of understanding were raised.
When they looked around, there was the figure of Haji leaning on a pillar of the lobby, listening on the phone while nodding frequently toward the voice that ca from the other side of the phone. His expression was gentle and very kind, overflowing with affection and love.
「He looks like a completely different person than when he was at the other world.」
「He looks like the forr Nagumo-kun isn't he?」
Ryutaro and Suzu didn't even hide their astonishnt. They whispered such thing with wide eyes.
「Though he looks far more adult compared to that ti.」
「Sohow, he feels like a real "father".」
「Looking at him like that, certainly that's true.」
「Thinking carefully, a classmate being a father is really out there.」
Nana and Taeko were looking at Haji with smiling expression that was filled with warm and fluffy admiration. Atsushi, Akito, and Noboru were also the sa. Yue and others too, they must be used to seeing this side of Haji because they were staring at their beloved with an extrely soft expression.
Before long Haji finished his phone call and returned. It seed that he was taken aback that everyone was watching him, but he imdiately guessed the reason. He averted his gaze sowhat embarrassingly while sitting back on the sofa.
「It's souvenir request from Myuu. Do you all rember how we promised before we depart that each one of us will give her one souvenir?」
「……Nn. If I rember right, anything is fine, but sothing lasting will be better than food she said.」
「She said that there is nothing she particularly want in the house but……Myuu-chan, was there sothing she wanted?」
「Yeah, it seems she really want "sothing rare". Also, she made a bet with Kaa-san about who will give her the rarest and also the most interesting souvenir. Looks like there will be a return present from Myuu that is filled with her gratitude for the first place.」
Thinking with common sense, in that kind of ti soone should say 'What's with a little child making a bet!', but for those who knew about the mother(criminal) of Nagumo family, it was sothing usual. In the first place, it was already too~ late when there were also others teaching that child how to handle firearm and lethal weapon, and even combat skill.
Now then, regarding the present that would be given as token of appreciation from the princess of Nagumo family.
Haji's gaze was really provocative. His state was openly being a doting parent that seed to say「Well, Myuu's number one is always though」 without hiding it. The color of the eyes of Yue and others changed toward that provocation.
「……Haji. You are too conceited. I'll show you proof that for Myuu, Haji isn't always the number one.」
「For a girl, there is point that can only be understand by another girl desu. After all my father too once confidently gave present that I was trouble about how to react to it.」
「That's troubling isn't it? The mistaken impression of father who think "If it's girl then surely they will be happy with this". Just what did he an by giving sothing like assassin blade?」
「Shizuku-chan……did Oji-san(uncle) really gave you sothing like that as present?」
「Or rather, Shizushizu. I think the troubling point isn't the "father's mistaken impression", but Shizushizu's own family themselves.」
Yue stood up. It seed she was going to scour through shops. Sightseeing areas were also abundant with souvenir, but the request was for "sothing rare". Perhaps there would be sothing like that in his inn's shop.
Thinking to follow that action, Shia and others also stood up and they headed toward the shop while scrambling to be the first to arrive. Nana and Taeko were following behind them saying「It's getting more and more interesting~」.
There, Atsushi went
「Could it be, if we also buy souvenir that Myuu-chan recognize, that ans it will be our victory against Nagumo……」
Hearing that, Akito and Noboru looked at each other. Ryutaro grinned.
「Saring mud on Nagumo's invincible and undefeated legend……that sounds hot blooded no matter what kind of shape the victory is yeah!」
「Even if we cannot win physically, we can win in sense of souvenir huh……that might be acceptable!」
「Yosh, let's get going too!」
Ryutaro and others also got heated up for so reason and they rushed toward the shop.
It seed that the princess of Nagumo family would be presented with a lot more tribute than expected.
When he noticed Haji was alone on the sofa. He smiled wryly and went 'good grief' while taking out several souvenirs that he impulsively bought today. Most of them were small articles like key holder and the like.
Haji was a type of person who for so reason couldn't help but buy aningless and hard to place thing like pennant and so on. If it was curious small articles than it was even more so.
Like that, he lined up the small articles on the table and scrutinized whether there was anything that could attract Myuu's interest, it was then,
「……Eh? Where are Nana and others?」
Yuka returned. Her brown hair that usually wasn't particularly tied or decorated was currently worn in fluffy braid that was gently hanging on her shoulder. Perhaps because she had just got out of bath, also coupled with her relaxed atmosphere and eyes that were filled with enthusiasm, she looked younger than usual.
Haji talked about the battle of souvenir for Myuu.
「Ahaha, I see. But, I don't think there will be anything that can satisfy Myuu-chan in hotel's shop though……」
「Half of their motivation must be looking for side entertainnt. Sitting and chatting is also not bad, but this is a school trip that is rare to co by after all.」
「Then, perhaps I should join in too. And, what are you doing Nagumo?」
「? I'm sorting the unclear small articles that I was buying without realizing it today, while also scrutinizing if there is sothing that will make Myuu happy among them.」
「What do you an buying without realizing it huh? You're talking like a spendthrift there.」
「It's a bad habit I inherited from my mother. I'm properly putting on the brake if it's sothing expensive, but when I saw cheap and unusual small thing, my hand would unconsciously reached out.」
「Aa, co to think of it, Yue-san and others talked about it I think. Nagumo you, eerr, what was it again, you like pointless technology? Sothing that is pointlessly pointless? Sothing like that they said.」
「Do you an, pointlessly refined pointless technology without any pointlessness? The way you said it just now, it was already sothing simply pointless.」
「You attached "pointless" at the technology there, so in the end it's still pointless isn't it?」
「……」
Haji lost the argunt. Haji's lips closed tightly and ford a thin line, inside his heart he was making a ager objection「Perhaps it's pointless but, it's romance. Exactly because it's pointless that life is interesting」.
Haji fell silent so the conversation cut off.
There, Yuka suddenly noticed. The sofa space that was fairly spacious had suddenly beco barren of people, while the surrounding was deserted. At slight distance away, Aiko was stuffing her cheeks with absurdly sweet sweets together with the rookie bus guide without the slightest care in the world.
In other word, right now, it was a situation where it was mostly just the two of them……
「……」
Yuka's gaze wandered around. *fidget fidget, fidget fidget*. She twirled and toyed around the tip of her braided brown hair.
Suddenly Yuka lost any calm and she conscientiously fixed the cuff and collar of her yukata aninglessly. Haji directed a questioning expression toward such Yuka. But, his thinking imdiately turned like「Well, doesn't matter」 and he called out to Yuka.
「Hey, Sonobe.」
「! ……What?」
For so reason Yuka-chan replied with a piercing glare.
「No, why do you suddenly snap?」
「I don't snap. I'm normal. I'm so relaxed you won't be able to believe it.」
「I, I see. Well, that's fine but……rather than that, among these things, in your opinion, which one of them a girl's sense will want?」
When she dropped her gaze on the table, strange objects were lining up there. They were small articles with shape that were really hard to describe. It wasn't like they didn't look like living thing, but at the very least they weren't based on existing living thing. If she had to say, were they apparition model or sothing?
「I want to refuse receiving any of them with my whole being.」
「Don't forget the prerequisite of the present being sothing rare. Make your judgnt based on that.」
「Ee~. Even if you told that, I can only call them disgusting though……」
What's with these things? Just from looking at those nurous small articles made her felt uneasy. She wondered since when Haji purchased this kind of weird things.
Furthermore, he was thinking to present this kind of object X to his beloved daughter. Yuka spontaneously sent a suspicious gaze to Haji.
「Hey, Nagumo. Let ask, right now, we are talking about souvenir for Myuu-chan right?」
「That's right, why?」
「I won't say anything bad. Go to Kaori and get yourself healed right away. Especially your head.」
「What do you an by that, huh?」
The glaring gaze of Haji and Yuka collided with each other.
Yuka let out a sigh, then she began to stare at all the object X while groaning 'uu~n'. The more she looked at them, the more she felt unease welling up inside her for so reason.
「This one. This sli thingy. Isn't this the most better? Like, it's disgustingly cute, or it barely can allow you to trick yourself?」
「The most better, doesn't that an that it's not the rarest? Or rather, is it that bad that you need to trick yourself?」
「Anyway, if Myuu-chan is happy when you give her this, then I think you should open a grand family eting with all your strength to discuss it.」
「……I see.」
Haji-san didn't look like he could accept it. In the end, he kept aside the object X that Yuka called「I don't want to even see it!」 as the tentative souvenir candidate.
And then, he quietly held out the sli thingy toward Yuka.
「……What?」
「I'll give it to you as the consultation fee.」
「Did you listen to what I said?」
Yuka's extrely reproachful glare conveyed how she refused to accept it. Toward that, Haji said「I guess that's so」 laughingly while he took back his hand that was holding the sli thingy. It seed that he was joking.
Yuka stroked down her chest in relieve.
But,
「……Sonobe? So you actually want it just as I thought?」
「Eh?」
Yuka was puzzled by what Haji said. When she turned her gaze, without her noticing her own hand was placed on Haji's hand that was pulling back the sli thingy. It was as though she was reluctant to let go of the present that Haji expressly offered to her.
Yuka's face softly blushed.
「Eerr, this is, that……」
*mutter mutter*. *fidget fidget*.
Honestly speaking, she could assert that the slimy thingy object X was disgusting.
However, still. This was that Nagumo Haji they were talking about. That person gave it to her. Though tentatively speaking, it wasn't like it was the first present he gave her what with the various equipnt like artifacts, telepathic communication device, and so on that he gave her to deal with the situation when they had just returned ho.
Although, if one had to say than those things were "provision". They were a bit different from "present".
「Well, I'll give it to you if you are fine with it……so, do you want it?」
With a doubtful expression, Haji tried confirming it once more with Yuka.
Yuka's gaze busily swam around, after that she gave a small nod.
The presentation ceremony of Objext X: Sli thingy.
Yuka looked alternately at Haji and that thing that was placed on her palm, then she spoke her thanks「Thank you」 with a small voice. Haji's expression turned even more doubtful.
Haji began to sort the other object X while keeping silent, while Yuka was staring closely at the sli thingy once more.
And then, her mouth slackened slightly.
「……Yu, Yuka-chi is, staring at sothing disgusting while grinning happily!」
「Yu, Yuka? You okay? Are you tired?」
Nana and Taeko who returned without anyone noticing were staring at Yuka with fear and unease in their expression. Certainly, it was only natural that they would get worried if their friend was grinning while staring at hard to describe object.
「Eh, wai-, that's not-. This is, that's-」
Yuka stood up with bright red face while still holding the sli thingy, then she stepped toward Nana and Taeko to make excuse.
Nana and Taeko retreated backward in proportion with the step forward Yuka took.
Yuka stood still. Nana and Taeko also stopped retreating.
Yuka took a step forward. Nana and Taeko took a step back.
Yuka was slowly approaching. Nana and Taeko were slowly backing away.
A vein erged on Yuka's forehead. She dashed forward fiercely. Her two best friends escaped away like rabbit on fire.
「Why are you two running awaaay!?」
「Because you're carrying sothing strange thereee!」
「Nooo! Don't get closeee!」
The three close friends vanished inside the inn.
「……They're exaggerating.」
Haji was staring at the remaining object X while letting out a faintly sad whisper.
By the way, when he showed it to Yue and others too, don't ntion giving it too Myuu, he was even prohibited from showing it to her. As expected, it seed those things possessed disgustingness that couldn't be described.
It also beca obvious when the rookie bus guide who had accomplished recovery from finishing her sugar content replenishnt passed through and saw the armful of object X Haji was carrying, she raised a shrike 「Kuee~~」 that sounded like an ominous bird before she fainted.
The rookie bus guide who slept like a log until the next morning of course had her mory blown away from the shock.
There was ti when her ntal state was driven to a dangerous state, but it seed last night she saw a happy dream where she ate a candy house to her heart content, so her condition was extrely excellent.
Her ntal self-defense and recovery power was trendously capable.
――Rookie bus guide's SAN value 52
Throughout all those, where Haji and others sotis had fun, sotis went through craziness, sotis escaped from reality, and sotis concealed an uproar with their all while digesting the school trip program, currently they were sitting silently inside the bus that was returning ho while musing about the mory they made.
Several students were relaxing flaccidly and entered a light sleep. Aiko-sensei was completely traveling into the world of dream. Her mouth was mumbling 'munya munya' while drool was dripping in her deep sleep. She must have anxiety piling up inside her.
「Nevertheless, just what in the world that person is?」
Shia was starting on that topic from her seat in the back that was near the window.
「Aah, that woman who ca talking to us at Ujibashi Bridge huh.」
「……She was really beautiful but, she might be a bit similar with Kaori.」
When it was ti for free activity, Haji and others went to Ujibashi Bridge. While Haji and co were harmoniously having fun there, that woman was there without anyone noticing. The unfamiliar beauty was sending them dark gaze and whispered 「How envious……」 while approaching them.
Ten out of ten people would surely turn around seeing that woman's beautiful face, so Kaori felt a bit bashful hearing what Yue said――
「……with how ill that woman felt.」
「I'm not ill! I'm in perfect health!」
Yue and Kaori sat with Haji between them, but they grappled with both their hands locked with each other through Haji.
「Rather than that, Haji. You really don't know that person? The other side know about you though.」
Shizuku left alone Yue and Kaori who were raising their friendship physically and asked Haji.
Just as Shizuku said, when that beauty who approached with a dangerous look arrived at a distance where her hand could reach, her eyes opened wide as though she noticed sothing and she began to stare hard at Haji. And then, neglecting the bewildered Haji and co, the beauty nodded as though in understanding of sothing and whispered 「For us to et in this kind of place……」.
「No, I don't rember her at all. But, from what she said at the end there, that's」
――I'll turn a blind eye in deference to that child
That child……"A child" that was related with Haji.
「Actually, a while ago I made a minor Crystal Key for Myuu. It's so that she can co ho right away no matter what happen. And then, one day that Myuu, she saw a special coverage of Kyoto in TV and the next day, she said 『That's right! I'll go to Kyoto nano!』, and she went strolling alone. Such thing happened before.」
「……I, is that so. Wait, you let her go alone?」
「More accurately, she only left a letter which said that and went as she pleased.」
「What a light footwork.」
Shizuku showed a dry smile. But, at the sa ti she guessed what Haji wanted to say.
In other words, at that ti, Myuu attracted a strange thing again, and on top of that she easily ford friendly relationship with them.
「I'm curious. That woman, was she human or not?」
「Sto, stop it. I'm getting goosebumps here.」
Not just Shizuku, even Kaori who was in the middle of conflict and Shia shuddered from chill.
「Because rember, a woman clad in disturbing atmosphere like that, and yet I couldn't detect her until she approached in that close range? This couldn't detect her.」
「No, now that Haji-san said it, I also didn't notice her desuu!」
Kaori and Shizuku felt shuddering chill on their back. Though it seed only Yue who didn't think much about it.
「Well, even if she is really Myuu's "friend", she pulled back because of that, so I don't think there is any reason to make this that big of a problem.」
Haji concluded like that, but inside his heart he was at his wits' end. A speech of 「Don't pick up that kind of thing! Return it to where you found it!」 toward children was sothing relatively common, but in Myuu's case, it was really "that kind of thing". She only ever found "sothing" with true identity that hadn't been grasped yet.
As a papa, he wondered how far he should interfere with his daughter's strange friend relationship. It was a problem that gave him terrible headache.
Perhaps noticing the inside of Haji's heart, Yue began to pat Haji's head to comfort him.
The atmosphere inside the bus was laid-back.
The ti flowed peacefully like that, and by the ti there was only around one hour until they arrived, Kentarou suddenly yelled.
「Se, sensei! Ai-chan-senseiii! Kousuke isn't here!」
「What did you sayyyy!?」
Aiko who was fast asleep leaped up.
'Again in this timing!?' The inside of the bus was thrown into uproar.
「E, err Hatayama-sensei? Is there one student who isn't here?」
Even the drowsy rookie bus guide also asked uneasily. Aiko told the rookie bus guide 「I'll confirm it!」 before she raised her voice.
「Everyo~~ne! Look around you rea~lly carefully! Check that perhaps Endo-kun is in place like a crack or sothing! Or perhaps, he is right beside you but you just don't notice him! Is he holding on the roof, or maybe he is hanging down under the bus!?」
――Rookie bus guide's SAN value 49
The students looked every which way. Commotion like 「That guy Aby did it again」, 「Wait, did you ever see that guy in the middle of the school trip?」, 「Eh, co to think of it I didn't see Endo-kun at all……」, or 「As expected from the lord huh」 could be heard.
The conclusion,
「Ai-chan-sensei! Kousuke isn't here!」
「Ee!? What to do!? Co to think of it, when it was ti for roll-call, I don't rember calling Endo-kun's na! Uu, this is teacher's responsibility……」
The lord who was forgotten even at the roll-call. Aiko felt responsible and she turned pale and she blew up her fuse. She impulsively began to speak to the driver to turn back the bus.
But before she could finish, Haji raised his voice.
「For now, let's try calling his phone and ask him where he is. If needed then I'll bring him back here.」
「Haji-kun……I'm sorry to trouble you.」
Aiko sent Haji a teary gaze as though she was staring at the ssiah. Haji waved his hand lightly in response and told Aiko 「Don't worry about it. Against the Abyss Lord, it can't be helped that you completely forgot.」
Haji called the phone. A beat later, it seed Kousuke answered his phone.
「Oi, Endo. Where are yo――eh? What did you say? It's pretty noisy over there I cannot hear you. Ha? What are you saying…………………」
After a long silence, Haji suddenly switched his smartphone into speaker mode.
Imdiately, explosive sound resounded from the other side of the phone.
『I'm telling you-, right now, I'm in the middle of battle against an unknown group! Shit-, what the hell, these guys!』
「「「「「……」」」」」
Not just Haji, all the classmates simultaneously made expression that seed to say 「Uwaaa」.
Right after that, a voice of a girl that sounded childish sohow resounded.
『Endo-sama! Just leave behind! Their objective is ! Please escape by yourself!』
『You think I can just say 'ok, bye' and left behind a child in this kind of place! Wait, what? Talisman? What are you planning taking out that kind of――wait, that's a lie right!? Onmyouji-, are you an onmyouji!? I saw this kind of scene in a movie before! Dowah, that's dangerous! You asshole, sothing like fantasy is just cowardly!』
'Which mouth is saying that huh', such straight man retort entered the heart of Haji and co.
『Shit-, enemy reinforcent!』
『Endo-sama, I'm already……』
『Don't worry about it, just shut up! I was shocked, but just sothing like this is no problem――kuku-, I don't know the circumstance but, ganging up on a child like this, that nature of yours is sothing that I really cannot stomach. It looks like you lowlifes are in need of education huh.』
『Endo-sama?』
『Fuh. I'm not Endo. Call like this. Kousuke E Aby――』
There the call cut off *pushu*. Haji was the one who cut it off.
Inside the bus was silent as grave. In the middle of that, Haji carefully put back his smartphone inside his pocket and then spoke as though nothing had happened.
「Sensei. There's no problem.」
「I think you're right. Haa, I'm glad.」
Aiko-sensei sat down on her seat snugly after saying that. The other students too were also as expected, they sat down again as though nothing had happened.
Inside the bus that had recovered its peaceful atmosphere, only one person,
「……uboa」
After hearing the incomprehensible thing from the other side of the phone call, and seeing the weird atmosphere that accepted that happening as common sense, the rookie bus guide was injured with ntal damage and left behind a weird groan.
Omake(Extra)
The rookie bus guide safely weathered the school trip of the "returnees" and she received a welco like the hero's triumphal return at her workplace.
The senior bus guide who pushed the responsibility this ti to her suddenly noticed the keyholder that was attached on the rookie bus guide's bag. It was a really beautiful crystal that had geotrical circle pattern engraved within it.
「My, it's a beautiful accessory. I don't rember, was it already there from before?」
「No. Actually this is a present from the students of the school trip this ti. They said it's their thanks for everything.」
「Myy! That's great! There are various rumor about them, so I wondered whether sothing might happen, but for them to give that kind of present to show their gratitude, it seems that rumor is just a rumor isn't it?」
'So you pushed this responsibility to even after knowing about those rumors……'
The rookie bus guide had such thought while putting a smile on the outside. If it was now she felt like she could unleash the greatest right straight of her life.
Urged by the superior, their talk ended. The rookie bus guide who took her own seat breathed out 「fuu」 while taking the crystal keyholder in her hand once more.
And then, she recalled about what she was told when she received this present.
「At ti when you really need help, if you take this into your hand and strongly thought then you will have help, huh……those students, they looked really full of confidence but……is this thing really that effective?」
She dangled it at the height of her eye and stared at the dazzling crystal for a while.
Like that, the rookie bus guide giggled, and then with a very small voice so that no one could hear――
「I wish that I won't encounter any evil god or mythological being anymore.」
She still didn't understand whether this thing really had any effect or not.
AN: Thank you very much for reading this every ti.
Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.
I wrote an idle story with length of just a few chapters, but the result was that it almost entered a long arc after story again.
Please take care of Arifureta from here on too!
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