"After all, these past few days I've been busy chatting with my sister during the day and searching for divine artifacts at night. When would I have ti to pay attention to you?"
But the words that ca out made Airi Yasaka choke, then completely fly into a rage.
In other words, this guy hadn't even kept her in mind at all!
This was ten tis worse than secretly laughing at her!
"Alright, alright, don't be angry."
Seeing her furious expression that looked ready to swear, Eiji tried to placate her a little.
"As compensation, I'll tell you my real na."
Airi Yasaka continued glaring at him.
"My real na is Bell Cranel."
"...Are you ssing with ?"
Airi Yasaka trembled all over, clearly unable to hold back from exploding.
All reincarnators so far had nas with certain commonalities, but this na definitely didn't follow the shared naming conventions of reincarnators!
"Sorry, wrong script."
Eiji snapped back to reality and smiled sheepishly.
"You know how it is—when you're out and about, you need a few aliases. It's for safety's sake, nothing wrong with that. My real na is Eiji. Rember it well."
He openly stated his na.
At this point, he wasn't really afraid of curses anymore. The people in this world had limited power—curses weren't scary at all. At worst, he could just cut them down. Before his "nothing cannot be cut," curses were no different from ordinary magic.
And all this was predicated on Airi Yasaka leaking his real na.
"Eiji..."
Airi Yasaka fell silent for a mont.
A short na, slightly awkward to pronounce, but not hard to rember.
If she wanted to, the next ti her ancestor appeared in her dreams, she could pass on this information.
But she rely pondered the na silently, not even a hint of the thought to betray him surfacing in her heart.
"Alright, this is your reward for siding with ."
Eiji released her left fist, then ford his hand into a sword-finger gesture.
He placed his finger on her chest, then slowly moved it downward, stopping at her abdon.
"But the reason Asuk knows my three nas can only be because you leaked them before, right? For that, there must be punishnt!"
Hearing this, Airi Yasaka froze.
Co to think of it, she had indeed told her ancestor about the nas Emiya Shirou and Nangou Eiji in her dreams back then—she hadn't felt any sense of danger and couldn't keep her mouth shut.
In that case, she could only accept the punishnt. But what kind of punishnt would this guy inflict on her?
Since she'd already sided with him, it probably wouldn't be too harsh, right?
She felt a little anticipation.
Maybe he'd give her so sweetness under the guise of punishnt?
To be honest, given that it was this guy—who was indeed very handso—it wasn't like she hadn't fantasized a little.
The next mont.
Eiji pressed his finger against her abdon.
Her face flushed crimson as she glared at him with a mix of sha and anger.
"I told you—if you cause trouble again, I'd make you XX in public. This ti, since you've shown so remorse, we'll skip the public part."
After leaving those words, Eiji got out of bed and leaped from the balcony back into his own room next door.
"Bastard!"
It took a while before Airi Yasaka sat up, glaring at the damp sheets beneath her, and unleashed a furious roar toward the neighboring room.
At the sa ti, she couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
So this guy really had sothing like that up his sleeve?
Her past wariness had been justified after all!
...
Eiji had originally planned to stay in the royal capital for a few more days, searching for powerful monsters in the wild to level up.
But after visiting the guild, he was surprised to find that there were no strong monsters in the royal capital's outskirts—only ordinary ones. At his current level of over 30, accumulating enough skill points to learn Teleport by killing weak monsters would take months!
Moreover, he had already gathered a fair number of divine artifacts. Including the replicated Excalibur, the cursed sword Muramasa, and the Transformation Necklace, he had acquired three divine artifacts on this trip—quite a bountiful haul.
Given that, there was no longer any need to linger in the royal capital.
When he ntioned this to Iris, she was reluctant to see him go. Fortunately, this world had magic.
"Rein, could you please go with Eiji and register Axel as a destination for Teleport?"
Iris looked at Rein with hopeful eyes.
"Fine."
Rein had no choice but to agree.
In this world, Teleport only cost 20 skill points to learn, so many nobles raised adventurers with mage professions, having them learn nothing else until they reached level 20 and imdiately acquired Teleport—effectively creating a convenient mode of transportation.
The reason Rein, despite her modest background, had beco Iris's personal guard was precisely because she was the royal family's designated Teleport mage for the princess.
After bidding farewell to Iris, Eiji returned to the inn with Rein.
"Let's head back to Axel."
Airi Yasaka remained indifferent, rely sneering at him.
"Mr. Nangou, let's hurry up and go!"
Rein, however, looked at Eiji with urgency—she still had to return to take care of the princess. With Claire away visiting her hotown, many responsibilities had fallen on her alone.
Eiji suddenly fell into thought.
Now that he considered it, the witch was the cleric, while he was the archmage, right?
So in this situation, shouldn't he be the one casting Teleport?
"What's wrong, Mr. Nangou? Don't tell you don't know Teleport?"
Seeing his prolonged hesitation, Rein grew suspicious.
"Of course I do! Just wait, I'll recite the incantation!"
Eiji raised his staff with a solemn expression, muttering the spell while shooting the witch a aningful glance.
"Um… Mr. Nangou, are you sure that's the Teleport incantation?"
Rein gulped, her face full of unease.
"If you ss up the incantation, the spell might malfunction… You could end up fused with so strange creature… Maybe I should just go back alone?"
"No problem, I've got it. Here we go—Teleport!"
Nothing happened.
The atmosphere grew increasingly awkward.
"Sigh—Whack!"
Eiji took a deep breath, then smacked the witch on the head with his staff.
"Why did you hit ?!"
The witch stared at him in disbelief.
"Nothing. I just suddenly rembered I got the incantation wrong."
Eiji coldly withdrew his hand, casting her a suggestive look in the process.
Rein: "...Can I leave now?"
Airi suddenly shuddered as the events of last night involuntarily flashed through her mind, sending chills down her spine.
Would this guy actually use that move on her in front of others?
With soone like him, it was hard not to worry!
"Once more...Teleport!"
Eiji first muttered the incantation, then shouted it aloud.
Imdiately, a radiant light enveloped the three of them.
When the light faded, their figures had vanished from the hall.
[Author's note: Two chapters today. Need to wake up early tomorrow. There's been a COVID outbreak here, requiring daily testing. Rural folks have to bike to town for it, but tomorrow should be the last one. By the way, we're almost done with Volu 1 of Konosuba.]
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