Sitting next to Kazuki while on their way home in the train, Mio cast her eyes down in shame while blushing a bright red.
"...Hey, how much did you see...?"
How much, was it? It is about the matter with the mucus and tentacles from earlier wasn't it?
"I swear I didn't see much. The tentacles were in the way."
"Af, after that, I was naked for quite a while, right!? Though I don't remember it well..."
"After that, I didn't look at your body. At the time, I was obviously in the middle of fighting you know."
"...Then Kazuki, you really don't have any interest in me after all?"
Mio glared at Kazuki with sulking eyes. Why did it become like this...?
"Talking about that, what was up with your condition?"
Was it something like an aphrodisiac that manipulated the mind, or was it like drinking alcohol and then losing all restraint and being merry like a drunk——which one was it? Mio's face became increasingly bright red because of Kazuki's inquiry.
"Don't remember, I don't remember! I don't remember anything at all!"
"As expected, a two man party might be too difficult."
Kazuki changed the topic, and Mio, taken aback, raised her head.
"I don't wanna. I don't want a strange person added to my party with Kazuki!!"
"But... with only us at the moment, the breadth of our tactics is far too narrow."
The current Kazuki and Mio——cannot use an attack magic other than of the flame element. Like today, if they encounter enemies that have a resistance toward flames and heat, then a hard fight would be inevitable.
But with a resolute expression Mio shook her head.
"It's fine! I... will become even stronger for sure!! To the extent that we won't ever need any other people!!"
Kazuki had a feeling that it was not a problem that could be solved simply by growing strong. But as Mio grasped his hand and stared at him hard with upturned eyes, Kazuki lost his words and couldn't say anything.
...However, if I could use a lot more magic, then this problem would be settled.
Kazuki's contracted Diva——Solomon's small keyLemegeton was a unique Diva who had the [Power of the King] to control Solomon's 72 Pillars.
That skill was the ability to be able to use all 10 of the characteristic magics owned by the other Divas of Solomon's 72 Pillars. In contrast with normal Divas that could only use 10 varieties of magic, Lemegeton could use at maximum 720 different types of magic. The problem of not having enough variety would become irrelevant, an extraordinary existence.
But that ability had conditions. If Kazuki couldn't make other Magika Stigma users fall in love with him, then he wouldn't be able to use that ability. Currently, Kazuki could use the same summoning magic of [Phoenix] like Mio, because he was able to make the contractor of Phoenix, Mio, fall for him.
He could also use two of Kaguya senpai's summoning spells, but... they were not magic really suitable for quests.
I wanted to become strong and protect Mio. But to achieve that, then with another girl I'd need to...
Subconsciously, Kazuki poured magic power into Solomon's ring, and magic light vision floated in front of his eyes. A graph of the girls' positivity levels that only he could see was projected there.
The graphs that extended horizontally, like they were competing before one's eyes, were also provided along with a number.
Amasaki Mio——124 Otonashi Kaguya——75 Hiakari Koyuki——46 Hoshikaze Hikaru——39
Mio was staying motionless and quiet, and before long the magic light train stopped at the station in front of the knight academy.
——Like that, the first quest that the two individuals had challenged during Golden Week, was over without any result.