The group stopped walking, they were interested in what Eiji wanted to do after saying that to Basara.
Glancing at the mountain that Basara had hollowed out a long distance away, Eiji raised one of his hands and—
*Snap!*
With a flick of his finger, an extraordinary scene took place.
Leaving aside the girls there who already knew Eiji's prowess, but Shuuya, Basara and Miss messenger's pupils shrank.
"What the..." Shuuya muttered with surprise in his voice.
Of course, after all, the mountain that Basara had hollowed out and that they had never been able to repair because of the time frozen there for six years had suddenly started repairing itself!
Although it was a long distance of about a hundred meters from their location, it was not difficult for the eyes of a veteran hero like him to see the appearance of large amounts of soil and rocks being created out of thin air and beginning to cover the large hole Basara had made.
Was it earth elemental magic? No!
Shuuya immediately dismissed this guess because it wasn't just dirt and rocks that were repairing the mountain. They saw a green color begin to cover the area.
... Grass and trees began to grow at a speed visible to the eye.
It wasn't long, within ten seconds. The mountain that would originally always be the mark of Basara's tragedy had returned to its original appearance before the tragedy occurred.
The mountain was now almost indistinguishable from the mountains that fortified the Village.
"Time magic." Miss messenger said.
Her words made Shuuya and Basara flinch.
They all looked at Eiji as if asking for an explanation.
Eiji humbly said, "Miss messenger, you're right. I just used time magic to turn back time on that mountain. I happen to know a bit about that magic."
[Of course, I have Time Matter. If I wanted to, I could even manipulate time in the entire world. That would consume a lot of my magic, but it's not impossible and turning back the time of a mountain to six years ago is definitely only a minor problem for me. I don't need to tell them this because it would make me sound arrogant.]
No, you just said it all and we heard it clearly.
Or rather the heroines were numb.
Mio, Yuki, Kurumi and Maria who were there were already numbed by Eiji's power show. So their reaction wasn't much, they just looked at the boy with admiration and love which increased 1 point.
After all who doesn't like their boyfriend showing off and telling the world how strong he is?
... It wasn't them.
However, it was a different story with Shuuya, Miss messenger and Basara who at least saw Eiji's time manipulation for the first time.
"Eiji, thank you... I really..." Basara smiled, he looked at Eiji as if he was his best friend. His good feelings for the boy had skyrocketed.
Although the other party had usurped his two younger sisters, two childhood friends, and his aunt by making them his lover — the slight dissatisfaction and jealousy he had for the boy all this time disappeared.
Eiji was his best friend and brother-in-law.
Basara felt a stone that had been hanging over his heart fall, making him very relieved although there was still a hint of regret that his friends he had killed in the past would not be able to return.
However, he remembered he still had the system to fulfill his expectations. He just needed to work hard for it.
"I told you it was just a piece of cake for my friend, you're welcome." Eiji said very kindly to the protagonist Basara.
This scene made Shuuya feel that his future son-in-law was more pleasing to the eye. Not only love, he also valued friendship.
And not only Shuuya, but...
[Sapphire +15]
Miss messenger, your real name is revealed!
Eiji wasn't surprised, after all he already knew the woman was one of Basara's mothers.
That was Sapphire. Leme seemed to have locked her as a target which allowed her to see the woman's positive level.
The other five points seemed to come from the initial impression she had first shown him before they got on the car.
Seeing as he was so kind to her son, how could she not have a good impression of him? Right now Eiji knew he was already on the right track, he just needed to be more kind to Basara in front of the woman and continue to increase her positive level.
After that....
[I knew it, there's no way my host is suddenly so nice to the protagonist. Turns out he has ulterior motives!]
'Miss System, what are you saying? Don't yell too loud! Hey I obviously care a lot about Basara who is sentimental because he remembers his trauma. I'm helping him because he's my friend!'
[I believe in you, host.]
Miss System said that but Eiji felt that the woman didn't believe in his words at all.
The heroines on the scene were also smiling at Eiji's actions, but those who were smart enough felt something was wrong.
Especially Maria, she noticed that while showing off his power and kindness to Basara, Eiji often glanced at the miss messenger.
[Maria: Hmm... Puhehe, mom. That miss messenger is Basara's mother, right?]
[Sheila: Ara, Maria-chan guessed it? That's right~ she's Sapphire.]
[Maria: Fufu, I see. Now it makes sense!]
No one noticed the small lewd smile Maria had as she stared at Miss Messenger and Eiji.
"Still, Eiji. You can use that much power inside the Village barrier?" Shuuya suddenly realized something, but for some reason the anxiety that had been hanging over his brow since the beginning of the trip disappeared.
It seemed that after seeing a bit of his power, the worry his father-in-law had if something bad happened after they met the elders disappeared.
Eiji pretended to be confused and widened his eyes. "Oh I remember on the way over Shuuya-san said something about a Village barrier that can suppress demonic or evil powers completely, right?"
"Yes, aren't you a demon? According to the intelligence of the Hero Clan, you..."
He shook his head and said, "I think Shuuya-san misunderstood. A week ago I was a demon, but now I'm no longer a demon."
"How exactly?" Not just Shuuya, Basara and Miss Messenger were even confused by Eiji's words.
Only the girls knew Eiji was now a Poison Primogenitor from his inner voice.
However, the girls also didn't know that even if Eiji was still a demon, the barrier in Hero Village supposedly created by the Three Gods of Japan and the Four Gods of China wouldn't be able to withstand the power of the Demon King Anos completely.
And that's not counting the power of the Demon King Varvatos.
Eiji wanted to show off like a certain protagonist who explained the origin of his power when asked and amazed those who heard him.
However, Shuuya interrupted him by saying, "Forget it. I won't ask further about your powers, Eiji."
"Why?" Eiji looked disappointed which made Kurumi and Maria giggle.
Shuuya pretended to cough, "We have to meet the elders soon. Now we've wasted enough time. They're probably annoyed at being made to wait so long even though they already know we've reached the Village."
There were guards, or rather Shikigami who saw their arrival to the Village. So the elders must have known they had arrived.
Shuuya explained this detail.
Eiji remembered that when they passed through the Village gate, there were indeed some guards who saw their car. He knew they weren't human, they were as Shuuya said.
Shikigami are spirits or supernatural beings summoned and controlled by an onmyoji, a practitioner of witchcraft and divination in the Japanese tradition. Some members of the Hero Clan must have mastered this kind of magic.
Well, not that he cared. He didn't care at all.
Even so—
"Since Shuuya-san said that, okay. Let's continue. We mustn't make those elderly people feel their backs hurt from sitting too long."
His words sounded considerate of the elders, but they they knew Eiji was clearly mocking the elders!
[Sapphire +1]
Oh? Miss Messenger seemed to be happy to hear him mocking the elders. This method also earns points...
Eiji noted this mentally while ignoring Mio and the other girls who were stifling laughter because of what was said.
Shuuya pretended not to know of his future son-in-law's taunts to the elders. He started leading the group towards a certain building again.
On the way, Basara felt a little guilty because he was the reason they stopped on the way and apologized for it. However, Eiji waved his hand and said "It's okay" which made the protagonist's mother's positive level increase again.
[Sapphire +5]
Hm... Isn't this protagonist's mother too easy? Eiji was a little surprised because behind her cold and fiery appearance, Sapphire was actually gentle inside.
In short as long as you are kind to her son, she will also have good feelings for you.
However, it was only good feelings. Eiji knew in order to make the feelings of the protagonist's mother who had long abandoned her husband and son develop further— he had to use another, more powerful method.
Incidentally, considering the future that is not far from now. Eiji smiled a little and said in his heart.
[I can see the ending. Basara, as your friend. What will happen to you later, I will definitely protect you! I won't let anything bad happen to you.]
Hm.... What is this? Did Eiji seriously say that in his heart?
The heroines were suspicious. Something must be wrong here!
After all Basara is the protagonist and Eiji is... Cough, they weren't sure.
But one thing was for sure, it was hard for them to believe that Eiji really cared about the protagonist.
What they suspected was not wrong. At this moment, actually....
"...?" Miss Messenger, no. Sapphire was confused.
She had just heard Eiji's voice inside her head.
She didn't see the boy open his mouth, he wasn't even looking at her.
There was no magic fluctuation. Had she heard wrong?
But if what she heard was true... Actually she didn't like Eiji at first because she knew that boy had snatched the pretty girls around her son according to the information she had gathered so far.
Mio and Maria were Basara's half-sisters. She knew Jin had deliberately arranged for the two girls to become her son's brides naturally.
There were also Yuki and Kurumi. They were Basara's childhood friends.
And even crazier is Basara's aunt Chisato/Arifureia who is Raphaeline's cousin.
Even so, in the end the women date another boy.
That boy is Basara's friend, Eiji Seiya.
Just like Jin, Sapphire suspects that the boy stole her son's wedding dress on purpose!What surprised her was that not long ago Sheila, her brother's ex-girlfriend also turned out to be Eiji's woman!
Although she didn't want to admit it, she recognized that Eiji was very handsome, more handsome than her son and the first time she saw him she immediately suppressed her prejudice against the boy.
Eiji was also strong, he could use that much time manipulation inside the barrier of the Hero Clan. That disgusting barrier didn't seem to affect him at all.
Moreover, based on what he had just heard.
Eiji really cared about her son.
She might have misunderstood him?
[Sapphire +7]
...
The group finally reached a building and entered it.
In front of them was a room called the Sanctuary or it could also be called the Ceremony Room.
This was the room where the elders usually gathered and was the most important room in the Village.
"Elders, I've brought Mio Naruse and the others." Shuuya knocked on the door and said.
"You've finally come. Come in." An old man's voice from inside the room sounded.
The door was opened and they walked in.
Except for Eiji, Basara and the other demons could feel the power of the barrier in the room was much stronger.
Of course, there was a reason why this was the most important room in the Village. It was because inside were the 7 sources of the dimensional barrier that enveloped the Village.
In addition to the three old men sitting on the stage and looking down on them from a considerable height. There were three weapons and a green light confined within the glass display case.
In the original work, those weapons were spirit weapons that each had a God residing within them. Four Chinese Gods to be precise, one of which was "Byakko". It was supposed to be the silver spear used by the blonde hero who was killed with Shiba Kyouichi.
That kind of white god was apparently still alive in the form of green light now, its power fluctuations weaker than the one Eiji had felt two months ago.
Eiji was not surprised and thought the little god was lucky that Excalibur's ultimate attack only destroyed the container.
However this must be the reason why the faces of the three seated old men had a more unfriendly expression than the original work.
"You can all sit down. Shuuya, give us a report." One of the elders said.
He and the other two had titles that gave them names representing the three mountains that were said to be the abode of Japanese gods.
The elder who had just spoken was named "Fuji" and the other two were "Kumano" and "Atsusa". To reach their current position, they must be strong even though they look weak because they are really weak. That was because they used most of their strength to supply the Village's dimensional barrier energy.
Eiji knew they were so confident to invite them to this room because in this room, the effect of the barrier became stronger.
However, that had nothing to do with him. He and the others sat down.
After the three old men listened to the report Shuuya said, their expressions became more serious and they looked at him more warily.
"Welcome to the Village. Especially you, Basara. It's been a long time since we-"
Before Fuji finished his words and pretended to be friendly, Eiji interrupted him by saying.
"Let's get rid of the unnecessary nonsense. It was you three who called us here, right?"
"I hope you guys have a good reason for doing so. Let's not waste my time having fun in my woman's hometown and get to the point."
"Otherwise, I'll be unhappy and you old man— you won't be able to bear the consequences."
"You... You're Eiji Seiya, right?" Fuji whose words were interrupted was clearly displeased. The smile on his old face disappeared.
The other two elders frowned.
While the other girls were fine and made expressions as if watching the show.
Basara was a little nervous, he didn't expect Eiji to be that aggressive towards the elders. He himself was not afraid of the old people who had expelled him and his father from the Village in the past, but still he originally thought of talking nicely and not starting a fight.
After all in his mind it would be troublesome if they became enemies of the Hero Clan.
However, Eiji. What was he doing?
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