「――What is happening?」
The first thing I saw when I woke up was a dim ceiling. It wasn't the familiar ceiling, but I knew imdiately that this was the ceiling of a clandestine room on the 5th floor of the school tower.
At the sa ti, another spectacle reflected in my eyes.
The bright fairy plaza on the 2nd floor.
And I saw everyone had collapsed while vomiting blood―― alongside the big table filled with a sumptuous feast prepared by i-chan.
「HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!」
And I looked at that, laughing like a maniac.
「How did I end up in this place!? This… Don't tell …」
「O~h, good morning Momokawa-ku~n. have you woken?」
That awfully cocky voice ca from above .
This was the first ti I heard her speak with such glee.
「So you're the one behind this… TAKANASHIIII!」
Takanashi Kotori.
She looked down at who was rolling on the floor as she sat on the table in the clandestine room with an extrely elated face.
「Eh? Kotori has no idea what you're talking about. You're the one who did it after all, Momokawa-kun.」
「Say… What…?」
Don't screw with , bitch.
Takanashi Kotori was obviously the culprit of this ss.
Okay, let's sort out the situation… Firstly, I went to sort out Yamata no Orochi's materials before going to the victory banquet.
Since there were a lot of materials collected, and even if the core was used to activate the teleportation magic, there was still a big enough chunk left.
And just when I was thinking about a lot of options for enhancing Rem, Hino ca and reminded that the victory banquet was about to begin. I sorted the materials and headed to the 2nd floor with Takanashi―― That was when my mory got interrupted.
And I was already in this state the mont I woke up.
I rolled on the cold floor of the clandestine room in the 5th floor of the school tower, and my offshoot was impersonating in the fairy plaza for so reason.
My offshoot was laughing maniacally while looking down at my classmate who was vomiting blood on the floor.
From a third-person perspective, I did look like the culprit who poisoned my classmates.
「Do you get it now? Or are you by chance still half-asle~ep」
Dammit, I couldn't control the offshoot in the fairy plaza.
My line of sight was connected to it, there was no doubt that it was my 『Twin Shadow』, but I couldn't do anything but watch the situation from my offshoot's perspective. Even though it was my offshoot, I couldn't even control its finger.
That offshoot was completely under Takanashi's control.
How did she do that? I don't think it was so sort of cheat ability that allowed her to copy the other party's skill with just a glance… Wait for a second, I do rember that once before, my 『Twin Shadow』 got taken out when I fell asleep while monitoring Yamata no Orochi. I thought it got ambushed by the gargoyle, but it might simply have been be captured back then.
So rather than a skill that copies a skill, it might be more accurate to say that it was magic that hijacks another skill. Since our vision was shared, there was no doubt that it was my offshoot.
Dammit, so Takanashi had been hiding my offshoot, waiting for this mont to use it.
It was my mistake for failing to anticipate this situation until she showed her true character.
But regretting now won't change anything.
I refuse to allow this traitorous Takanashi to get what she wants. I had to turn the tables no matter what.
In fact, I'm really pissed off right now at this sinister betrayal that was clearly only aid at . On the other hand, my anger rose to the point before it cooled down and allowed to regain my rationality.
There was always opportunity rising amid life and death situations. Stopping to think here would only lead to my demise.
That's why I cald down… Seeing that I was still alive ant that there was still the opportunity to turn the table.
Fortunately, it seed there was still no problem on my part.
Though I had passed out sowhere around the entrance, I felt no pain, nor did my body feel numb. There was nothing wrong with my limbs either.
Well, that might be natural. I an if sothing happened to my body, it would be reflected back to my attacker.
Firstly, I stood up quietly while raising my vigilance at Takanashi.
I circulated my magical power, ready to blast her with my hexing as I stood up on my feet.
I didn't have both my air launcher and the fool's cane right now, but I was still wearing my enchanted gakuran and magic item and the glove for hexing, I wasn't completely defenceless.
And I just needed to call Rem, but…
「Kotori has always hated that part of you, Momokawa-kun. You're already trying to fight back, aren't you? Humph, you should look more desperate and pitiful.」
That displeased face was sothing that I was used to seeing.
She might have wanted to see falling into panic and desperately begging for my life.
That innocent and carefree look on her face was what really disgusted .
「But, it's futile, resistance is futile I tell you. Kotori has planned everything.」
She must be wanting to enact the cocky act of a certain vampire with ti-stop ability after cornering this far.
Yeah. This was an outrageous act of betrayal. And not a spontaneous one, but rather clearly a well-planned one.
Since when did Takanashi… Prepare for this betrayal.
「――『Blackhair Bind』」
「I've told you, it's futile.」
I did a little test with 『Blackhair Bind』 on Kotori who was laughing like an idiot―― Yet it slipped through her body as if it was an illusion.
「Kotori has clone skills too. But since I've never used 『Projection Art』, its level had barely raised since I got it.」
「Tch, a hologram, huh.」
Since that was the case, Takanashi's real body… Must be among the classmates.
I think this 『Projection Art』 of hers allowed her to project her hologram, moving and observing the situation. Since it was different from my 『Twin Shadow』 which had real substance, she could use this to appear before everyone to create an alibi.
Did she go out of her way to isolate like this just to talk with ?
「Then tell where's your real body?」
「Close the door.」
The door of the room closed right after Takanashi said so.
This room shouldn't have a door. The door turned out to be a hidden-type sliding door, and no one should know about that, and yet…
「Dammit, you can control the facility of the school tower eh?」
「That's only natural right? kKotori is the 『Sage』 after all.」
If the Takanashi in this place was a re hologram, I would dash toward the fairy plaza and detoxify everyone who was poisoned by her, and catch her real body. But it seems she wouldn't let to do that.
I tested the door, just in case, and quickly realized that it wasn't the kind of door that could be opened up forcefully.
「Now then Momokawa-kun, since this is a rare opportunity, let's have a chat, shall we? You must've got a lot of things you want to ask to Kotori, right?」
「….」
Seeing that the only door in this clandestine eting room had been closed, it ant that I was locked up in this place.
And yet, the hologram of Takanashi didn't seem to have a way to attack .
Since there was no other way, maybe I should get along with Takanashi's offer and gather as much information as possible. And wait for my chance.
「You've killed everyone.」
「It's not Kotori. You're the one who killed them, Momokawa-kun.」
From everyone's perspective, there was no doubt that I poisoned them.
I had never expected that she would use my offshoot to put a false charge on . But everyone's life takes priority here.
No one had died from the poison yet, but that was only a matter of ti.
「It's okay, they won't die imdiately. Death Stalker is mostly a paralysis poison, it won't kill its victim imdiately. They will suffer for three days, and die.」
This bi*ch actually snitched death stalker poison behind my back.
Since Natsukawa-san's 『Death Stinger』 was made by this bi*ch, she must've gathered a lot of it.
「Fufufufu, you're not the only one who can make poison, Momokawa-kun. Rather, I, the 『Sage』, am more skilled in that regard.」
That poison's refinent must be one of the skills hidden by this bi*ch.
Takanashi Kotori, just how much power of the 『Sage』was hidden by this bitch… She was already on the suspicious list, to begin with, but it seed I had underestimated her danger level.
Good grief, I really have no eyes for people.
「You planned to kill everyone, huh? Why are you doing this? Even after I said that everyone should work together to find a way to get out of this dungeon together.」
「Kotori doesn't really care about whether everyone is going to survive or die though. But naturally, having no one die is an unacceptable result.」
「Having no one die… Is unacceptable? Who decides that?」
「E~h… It's the God, is it?」
What a despicable evil god that was. Hey, Takanashi, the Sage God who gave you your vocation is actually a world-ending, final boss-type of evil jerk.
I demand them to convert to the deeply compassionate Ruinhilde-sama's religion.
「Hey Momokawa, you know it right? The na of your god.」
「God of Curse.」
「Yes. You must've t and talked directly with that god. Am I wrong?」
「Is sothing the matter with that?」
「Normally, you can't et, or know your god's na. You must've noticed that no one talks about their own god, right?」
Based on what she said, that made a pretty special exception I guess.
I heard from i-chan that she heard a goddess-like voice when she was bestowed with her vocation, 『Berserker』.
I heard that the sa went for everyone. In short, the voice of god sounded like a system ssage for everyone.
However, I was frequently summoned by Lady Ruinhilde to the Dark God Realm whenever I received a new dark spell. She praised , left ominous and cryptic ssages, and we managed to have a semblance of a conversation.
aning that Takanashi had the sa experience too,
「――『Elysion』. That's the na of the God, or should I say, Goddess who bestowed 『Sage』 vocation to Kotori. What about yours?」
「… It's 『Ruinhilde』. Rember that na, the na of the one who put a curse on you.」
「Ahahaha, never heard that na~! Even Kotori's God has never heard that na before, must be an extrely minor God. They must've been forgotten ri~ght?」
「How much did the gods teach you? Do you know about this entire other world, about us being sent into the dungeon, everything!?」
「Uhm, I'm aware of it. I an, Kotori is the ga master, after all.」
Ga Master. Otherwise abbreviated as 『ＧＭ』, was a role that managed the progress of the ga in TRPG.
Ga. So this dungeon captures stuff… Is just a ga for them.
「DON'T SCREW WITH … GA MASTER… AND YET YOU JUST LOOK AT US FIGHTING TO DEATH EVEN KNOWING THAT!」
「Yes, Kotori's job is to watch over the progress of the dungeon capture.」
「You are just the lackey of an evil god… Or could it be that you've been brainwashed or sothing?」
「Kotori is chosen. Just like Souma-kun.」
「So the 『Hero』 really gets special treatnt.」
「Yup, hero is special. Or should I say that it's Souma-kun that's special.」
「So the rest of us is just a foil for the 『Hero』.」
「As expected of you, Momokawa-kun! You catch on quickly. Or maybe you've read sothing like this in manga before, I an being an otaku and stuff, right?」
Unfortunately, it's the latter. How many isekai fantasy works do you think I've read?
Another common trope was a world that treats summoned Earthlings like slaves.
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