Volu 5, Chapter 17: The End of the Incident
The black-masked person took out an incomprehensibly huge sword from nowhere and ca towards .
How dexterous. …… I wonder if they hid that sword in their pants.
When I released the seal for the sake of letting Kyoji get onto the rooftop, it seems a suspicious person managed to enter in the small amount of ti.
…… now that I ntion it, they have a certain unique aura and “presence”.
“What are you doing here, Shijima Yuuki-kun?”
“…………”
When I called the na, both Yuuki-kun’s presence and the other person shook.
“……How did you know?”
“eh,…… aren’t we in the sa class?”
“……is-is that so?”
A lie. As expected of soone who’s never talked to classmates, I only had a vague recollection of his face.
But now, with the awareness of a Demon, I could see that his soul wasn’t “ordinary”. I just didn’t know what it ant until just now.
When I returned to human form, he was still wary, but Yuuki-kun’s tension lessened considerably, and he jumped off the water tower, coming closer without pointing the sword at .
“Yuuki-kun…… who exactly are you?”
“Answer my question first. Are you a “reincarnator”?”
Reincarnator……… Those who died but whose soul did not return to their [World], and those who were born again while leaving their bodies behind.
But his question didn’t an that. He was asking if I rembered my previous life. In that sense, I am what Yuuki-kun calls a “reincarnator”.
“My mory is hazy. I have knowledge of things that “I” do not rember.”
“Really……… Reincarnation makes the mory vague. I’ll believe your words for now.”
For now…… huh. He won’t set aside his weapons even though he lowered them. Well, I, too, am wary of him, so it can’t be helped.
Besides…… this particular “presence”, is a little familiar.
This was a person with the [Power] to hurt “”.
“In other words, you’re a reincarnator yourself……?”
“……Ah, that’s right. There are various circumstances. Are you…… a different world’s ‘magician’? Moreover, one that seems to have forsaken humanity……”
Yuuki-kun was watching everything happening up until now. I didn’t know where he was watching it from, but it seems that he saw it all and thought I was so sort of mad mage.
“……And so? Would you have let such a dangerous knave go?”
“……Oi, don’t release your [Magic Power] so easily. There is only a little magic in this world. I don’t know where you are from, but understand that this world is ‘distorted.’”
“………Fuuuhn.”
I see, so the power inside of was [Magic Power].
“Hey, about this world being distorted…”
“I’ll explain more later. There are plenty of things I want to know too, but if you don’t leave quickly, there’ll be trouble later.”
“Oh well…… Let’s talk in school next ti. After that……”
As he trailed off, Yuuki-kun stilled his feet, and cast his eyes towards again.
“Yuuki-kun. I have a na, it’s “Yuzu,” use it.”
“……Understood.”
And with that short line, Shijima Yuuki-kun leapt off the rooftop and faded into the dark of the night.
Will we be making a mutually profitable relationship? Well, as long as it benefits each other, we can depend on each other even though we don’t trust each other.
I told the dead zombies to carry grandpa Kuon to the entrance, and then when they were done, I told them to all die, and jumped off the roof, away from this terrible scene. …… I wonder if this event will be wrapped in mystery.
“Yuzu………!”
Moving a few kiloters from the school compound, I heard a voice calling my na.
“Ah…… Onzada-kun?”
When I turned around, I saw Onzada-kun running towards with an exhausted gait.
I turned towards him, and Onzada-kun, who ran up with his hands on his knees, completely out of breath, had a look of sullen relief on his face.
“Onzada-kun…… Why are you here?”
“……Well, didn’t Yuzu sent a strange e-mail without anything written?!”
“Eh…… Aah~”
At that ti, when I was just feeling for my phone, did I send off an e-mail to Onzada-kun?
……Oh? But then how did Onzada-kun figure out where I was?
“Really, Yuzu, you’re really on your own pace…… I was worried.”
When Onzada-kun’s eyes turned gentle, and patted my head, I leaned hard against his chest.
“Ow.”
…… Sothing like this, I sohow feel like this has happened before. …… But.
“Onzada-kun, you stink!”
“How an! I ran dozens of kiloters here, but I worried so much after getting that strange e-mail that I endured it.”
Onzada-kun laughed mischievously, and then rubbed his sweaty chest into my face. I’ll rember this later.
“Yuzu, did your phone run out of power? I couldn’t call you.”
said Onzada-kun, finally releasing after a while.
“Ah, now that I think about it, it got taken by my kidnappers.”
“Haa? Are you serious about the kidnapping!?”
“Un, yeah. Well, it’s okay anyway, since I got away. Isn’t the conclusion alright?”
“Yuzu sure is relaxed about this…… I’ll lend you my phone later, so please contact your house. Your parents are going to be incredibly worried.”
“……uuu.”
As I ducked away thinking of my family’s faces, Onzada-kun patted my head with a *ponpon*.
“From now on, if you are in danger, call right away, okay? I’m going to get stronger from now on…… to protect Yuzu.”
“……uun.”
Sothing was set alight inside of as I heard Onzada-kun’s words……… I watched as a thin, translucent chain stretched out of my hand, and connected to the heart of Onzada-kun.
…… What’s this.
＊＊＊
When I returned ho, I was scolded while crying tears of worry.
As they told later that it seems that my situation was just one step away from them contacting the police and turning this accident into an incident.
For so reason Ouji-kun’s Niku family was contacted, and they were pressured to pressure the central governnt to move. …… why did the Niku family help?
Also, the Kuon family didn’t appear at all through this incident. On the contrary, they even concluded that there had been no mass murder at all inside of that abandoned school.
…… did the “country” change things behind the scenes?
After that, I was grounded at ho for more than a month. Although I wasn’t grounded from school, I mostly I went to the hospital for physical examinations and the psychiatric departnt. It was natural because a child had been kidnapped, but of course I felt nothing.
Doing all that took about a month?
And as the month passed like that, several more months passed while I got frustrated organizing my mories until, one day,
“Yuzu, I’d like to have a word with you, so co to Father’s study, okay?”
“……hmm? Yes~.”
I replied at once, and then followed Mother to Father’s study.
What did they want to talk about? Was it about the kidnapping? But since Grandpa Kuon was admitted into the hospital and was insensate, I didn’t think they’d make any progress.
…… Was my identity revealed? Nah, I don’t think that was it.
“Father, what did you want to talk to about?”
“Ohh, you’re here. Yuzu, co sit.”
My father was in the office, and my mother sat down with on the sofa.
“A formal apology has co from the new head of the Kuon family. Yuzu doesn’t need to know the details of it. I don’t want you to tell Kouki-kun about this, so I’d like you to not worry about the subject. Is that alright?”
“Mmm.”
I have no issues since I don’t want to cause Kouki-kun to be awkward around .
“And…… regarding that ran shop in the shopping district……”
“………eh?”
“Wait, wait, it’s not a bad thing. The two of them have been officially adopted by the shopkeeper, Mr. Iino, and they will take over his shop. After he hands over the shop, he intends to retire to the countryside.”
“Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.”
Will dad-chan beco the new shopkeeper? It’s good that Misa and dad-chan will be happy, but will the shop be alright?
“Ah~…… We were also a little immature. It was good that you children were kind enough to be worried about them, but it ended up that you were kidnapped because the adults were hesitant. So, we are providing them the new line of noodles from the Toukaki company, and we decided to give them a leg up with their new business with the new bamboo shoots products along with Nikuno Ham.”
“Ooohh~……”
So there was such a thing. I knew that new products were being developed at Nikuno Ham, but would they normally be “sold” to new stores?
Well, that certainly was a good piece of news.
“That’s all. ……Ah~, that’s right, Yuzu. Onzada-kun, who ca to try to protect you is quite the decent young man. Are the two of you getting along well?”
“Eh? Yes, we talk often at school?”
“Muu, is that so? Well…… Although this isn’t decided yet, I should respect Yuzu’s opinion for once……”
“……Father?”
Why would you say sothing like that? When I turned my gaze at my mother while thinking so, she breathed a sigh at my dad and told .
“From the head of the Niku family has co to talk about wanting an ‘engagent’ of Yuzu with Ouji-kun, so what do you think……?”
Author’s Notes:
And thus concludes this volu. Thank you for reading.
I am relieved that it managed to develop like I expected.
Next ti, we introduce the character for the next volu.
Reviews
All reviews (0)