The 8th day of the Light month. The day of my long-awaited date with Alice…… N- No, I really was looking forward to it. You may be thinking that I shouldn’t say that since I originally forgot about this date, but I’d like it if you pretend that it didn’t happen.
[Now then, let’s depart! The gorgeous all-you-can-eat lunch and dinner is waiting for !]
[……Oi, why the heck are you shalessly trying to smoothly add that all-you-can-eat option?]
[So, Kaito-san. What kind of restaurant are we going to today?]
[……You f*cking woman.]
Skillfully ignoring , as expected of the Phantasmal King, her evasion skills aren’t sothing half-hearted…… I really want to punch her.
Incidentally, Alice seems to prioritize her appetite over her attire for our date, as she’s still dressed like usual, with her opera mask on her face. She looks as suspicious as ever.
We would most probably be turned away if the restaurant we’re going to has a dress code, but if that happens, I’m sure that she’ll probably just do sothing that would make the staff let us in.
[I’ve been thinking about a few restaurants that we could go to, but Alice, do you like fish or at better?]
[That’s obviously at!]
[Thanks for the passionate and imdiate answer…… By the way, did you drop your femininity sowhere? Should we look for it first?]
[That kind of thing doesn’t make full.]
I see, those words carry a different weight when it cos from soone who usually suffers from hunger…… Well, in the first place, that hunger was completely her fault……
[Speaking of which, when I was looking for a place to eat, I found out that fish is a pretty expensive commodity here.]
[That’s because the royal capital isn’t facing the sea. Even if Teleportation Magic exists, only a limited number of rchant associations have high-performance magic tools that can move cart-loads of rchandise. There are so people who use Flying Dragon Services, but most of the ingredients are still being imported by land.]
[Fumu……]
[It’s just a strategic point for business, but as a rchant association that can import fresh fish with Teleportation Magic, they would want to make money by taking advantage of having such a ans of transporting their goods. As a result, fish are more expensive than in the Hydra Kingdom.]
When I was checking out the shops here in Symphonia Kingdom, I found out that fishes were a bit more expensive here.
When I first ca to this world, I thought that the prices of stuff I bought here in the Symphonia Kingdom were the average cost, but in the Hydra Kingdom, fish is much cheaper than in the Symphonia Kingdom, while fruits are much more expensive.
It’s a bit interesting how each country has its own characteristics.
[Well, there are so ingredients that are expensive regardless of which country it is though~~ For example, dragon at.]
[If I rember correctly, you said that they don’t appear in the market that often, right?]
[Yes, because Dragons are considered as a powerful enemy for generally all Humans.]
Yes, it’s easy for to forget since there are many people around who can easily take down a dragon, but Dragons are powerful monsters, so their at would obviously be precious and expensive.
I had tasted so back when we’re eating barbecue, and the dragon at was surprisingly tender and seed to lt on my tongue. They tasted really good…… I’d like to eat so again.
[Well, unfortunately, the restaurant we’re going to today doesn’t serve dragon at, but rather, the at of a bird called Erald Bird……]
[Ohhhh, Erald Bird huh, that’s quite the high-quality at we’re having! Well~~ I’m looking forward to it! Ahh, I’m also free to get refills!? Thank yo…… Fugyaaahhh!?]
[Cut that out.]
As I dropped my fist on Alice’s head, who tried to keep adding the all-you-can-eat option at every opportunity that she can, I chuckled at her usual goofiness.
As I thought, for so reason, being with Alice is fun and carefree. Could that be why? The reason why I feel like today’s date is going to be fun.
Right as I was walking forward with that thought in mind…… In the next mont, the landscape dramatically changed.
[……Eh?]
The landscape around was clearly abnormal, as to whether it’s the scenery, the ground or the buildings…… Even the people on the street, all of them disappeared, as I found myself within a space that only has the color white.
However, the abnormal phenonon continues, as a number of colors ran through the whitewashed landscape. Those colors began to form a landscape that resembles those cybernetic spaces that I saw in ani and video gas. At the very least though, this was a landscape that shouldn’t have existed in this world.
[Found.]
[!? ]
I was stunned by the unusual scene around , when I heard the voice that sounded like a machine, and instantly felt a chill ran down my back.
Hurriedly moving my gaze, there I found…… an angel.
I wasn’t being taphorically here, the being in front of was literally an angel. A terrifyingly beautiful being with several pure white wings on its back, dressed in white clothing that I rembered seeing in Greek Mythology books, flowing diagonally from her shoulders.
Short blonde hair that even seems to glow and eyes that held the color of a rainbow…… No, would it be better to describe it as being richly-colored? Anyway, her eyes seem like they hold a combination of many colors.
I think she’s probably about 150 cm tall? She looks quite petite, but I don’t know if it’s because of the atmosphere around her or not, as her stature makes feel like she holds power unbelievable for a human being.
Would it even be appropriate to describe her like those angels depicted in the Bible? It was hard to tell at a glance whether this being was a man or a woman, but the being in front of looks so beautiful that I can’t take my eyes off her…… But at the sa ti, I can’t help but feel like this being was weird.
It was just like when I first t Shiro-san…… A feeling of not feeling any emotion from her at all. An inexplicable sense of intimidation, as if I can’t feel what was within her mind, while she can completely see through the depths of my heart.
[Kaito-san! Please step back!!]
[!? ]
Just as I was feeling overwheld by her appearance in front of , Alice moves her body in front of , screaming in a tense voice that I’ve never heard before.
However, this unknown sothing in front of us…… is more than Alice could handle……
[Hindrance.]
[Dange—!?]
[Alice!?]
Just one word…… The mont that angel said that one word, Alice’s body was engulfed in light…… and disappeared.
What the heck is this being? Why the heck is this happening……
I felt as if my heart was frozen to the core and I scread, forgetting the pressure I should have felt earlier.
[What…… did you do to Alice!?]
[……!?]
Rage…… Yes, it’s a searing feeling of rage.
I know that the entity in front of is so powerful that she won’t even pay attention to even if I try hurting her. I shouted, but in the end, my existence may be erased without a trace…… Still, I couldn’t help but shout.
Hearing my shout, the angel, after her eyebrows slightly moved, tells in a matter-of-factly tone.
[Injury, None. Space, Outside, Distance, 10000 Kiloters, Force, Teleport.]
[!? ]
The way she spoke makes it awfully hard for to understand the aning of her words, but I knew that Alice was safe and was just forcibly teleported out of this space. However, even as I was relieved by hearing that, I was also astonished.
Just now, this angel said 10000 kiloters…… That isn’t a unit of distance in this world, but a unit of distance in my world.
What the heck is this being? Just who is she?
[……Question.]
[……Eh?]
The angel, who was silent in front of the astonished for a mont, for so reason, shakes her head, then began saying sothing incomprehensible.
[You, Average, Uniqueness, None.]
[…………………..]
[Ability, Weak, Magic Power, Miniscule, Appearance, Average…… Incomprehensible.]
[…………………..]
I don’t understand. I really don’t understand. Why am I being insulted by an angel that just appeared out of nowhere?
However, her eyes feel unpleasant…… cold eyes that seem to tell that I’m not worth anything…… Seriously, what in the world is she……
[Again, Confirm.]
[!? ]
Then, as the angel told that in a matter-of-fact manner, reaching out one hand towards , trying to touch my body…… For so reason, she stopped midway through and removed her gaze from .
[Surprise…… Ability, Misjudge?]
[……Eh?]
Imdiately after muttering those words that should an that she had misjudged soone’s ability while staring not at but sowhere else, in the direction the angel was staring in…… a large crack appeared in the space.
And from that crack…… Alice erged.
[Alice!]
[My heart, spin, beco my armor——– My heart, spin, turn into my blade——– My heart, spin, sprout my wings——-]
[!? ]
The words that ca out of Alice’s mouth as she returned, ca out of her mouth with such clarity and power that they seem to echo throughout the entire space.
And with those words, Alice puts her hand on the mask on her face, removes it and throws it away, and stares at the angel with eyes that are filled with trendous rage.
[——-Blade of my heart, burst forth! ——–Weave my bonds! ——– < ?κατ?γχειρε? }!!!]{br}(T/N: Hekatonkheires)
With those words that seem to give out a command, at that mont, this strange space was filled with nurous lights.
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