Hearing what Eiji said. The lips of the people watching twitched.
Especially Radix, not long ago she was hit by Eiji until she fainted. But did that man say the same thing to her?
... He didn't.
Compared to the treatment Eiji gave Hijiri which he thought was more gentle because the girl was only injured quite badly. Radix was sure if it wasn't because she was a gremoire who had the ability to regenerate; when Eiji slapped her with an invisible giant palm called one of his Longinus abilities.
At that time Radix was sure she would have died.
She was upset because even though she was a gremoire, she could turn into a beautiful woman and was basically a woman. That man, Eiji was not being gentle with her!
"...." Eiji didn't know why Radix who was standing not far behind him suddenly snorted and looked annoyed.
With his perception, he could see the expressions of everyone behind him. Many of them were surprised and amazed by what he had just done which gave him a bit of satisfaction.
As for Arata who seemed to be wondering about his promise? Eiji didn't think too much about it.
Hijiri was still alive, and now he was trying to stand up with blood at the corner of his mouth.
Wasn't he gentle enough? He didn't beat her inside too hard! Otherwise, Hijiri definitely wouldn't be able to stand up for a few hours and would be limping for a few days.
[Um... Host, are we talking about ''beating'' or ''spanking''?]
It's the same thing, right? They're both the same.
[No, it's different! You said it in a way that will make people misunderstand that you did something else to Hijiri.]
Don't sweat the small stuff. I know you're trying to be a comedian, Miss System. But let's do that later so as not to hinder the development of a plot that keeps everyone satisfied.
[I'm not a comedian! Host, you're the comedian. Your entire family is a comedian!]
Miss System shouted very loudly inside his head... This is unfair, Eiji wondered if there was a system feature to silence the woman's voice? At least temporarily.
"Cough, cough! It doesn't make any sense. How can you reflect my Black Azazel? Is that because... The Magic King Weapon in your hand?" Hijiri coughed repeatedly and asked with magic that amplified her voice to be heard from a long distance. She also looked at Eiji with a hint of fear in her eyes.
If it wasn't for her three-layer magic barrier, 'Baldr's Dreams' which she used at full power, she would probably die by her own attack which somehow managed to be reflected back at her.
The power of Black Azazel that was reflected back at her was also doubled.
What kind of magic was that? This was the first time she had seen it. Most likely it was the ability that the Magic King Weapon in Eiji's hand had.
She roughly recognized the jagged sword as she felt the slight fluctuation of the Magic King Element in it.
Still, Hijiri felt humiliated. She was embarrassed and angry at being humiliated in front of Arata whom she had told that she was very strong. But shortly after that she was slapped by Eiji. How could she not be embarrassed?
She hid her embarrassment with a cold expression that was slightly grimacing because after crashing into many buildings, some of her bones were broken and she could still stand up just because the endurance of her Satan mode was strong enough.
And what made her even more annoyed that she suddenly attacked were those voices that seemed to be Eiji's inner voice.
She could somehow hear it and the things that man said there... No way. If Eiji didn't know his inner voice was heard and he didn't intentionally do it to trick her.
Was what he said true?
"You're a mage, you're saying it doesn't make sense? Magic itself is already absurd and what I used earlier was only a small part of my ability. It had nothing to do with Judecca, I just needed a sword or something to hit back at your magic attack." Eiji said, his voice heard throughout the academy.
"Hehe... Right, magic does not make sense. So the sword's name is Judecca? You have it... And what you used earlier is one of your abilities huh. It's troublesome, but I still have a stronger spell and you won't be able to reflect it." Hijiri laughed sarcastically and began to regain a bit of her confidence.
Put aside Arata who somehow had a feeling of loss again when he saw Judecca in Eiji's hands. The protagonist's head grew a little heavier.
But what Hijiri heard next made her want to vomit blood again. Those who could hear the inner voice in that place were also the same, they were numb.
[How should I say it? Hijiri is too confident. I honestly doubt she's capable of it. My Full Counter is basically an enchanment type magic that relies on the user's reflective power.]
[As long as I can read the nature and timing of the opponent's attack. I can reflect any magic attack aimed at me back to my opponents with more than double the power; and with my knowledge of Hijiri's power from her original work, I know what magic spells she has and it's almost impossible that I can't reflect them all.]
[I wanted to say this but... hey forget it. I'm not so cruel as to destroy a pretty girl's confidence. Well at least let her make a few more attacks before realizing her efforts were in vain.]
The heroines: "...."
Hijiri: "...."
"Oh you have it? Okay. You can try it out. I want to see what a mage who has reached Trinity status can do and access the embodiment of the Ira Archive."
Eiji said that as if following the rhythm of the tense and exciting battle.
But to the ears of those who could hear his inner voice; his words sounded sarcastic and made fun of his opponent.
Hijiri who was the opponent of the two-faced man could not stand it anymore and vomited blood.
"Hijiri!" Arata shouted anxiously.
Even so, Hijiri raised one of her hands as if telling him not to approach her.
The girl then realized that her internal injuries were getting worse.
Now she was sure Eiji didn't know she could hear his inner voice.
But...!
Full Counter. What kind of cheating ability was that?
If people have that ability. Who was the mage who used magic that could counter them?
And Eiji, he has that ability.
He's so cheating. Doesn't that mean any magic attack she throws at him can be reflected?
Hijiri held the ruins of the house wall beside her with a trembling body and laughed bitterly.
Wait. From what Eiji said, he doesn't seem to be able to reflect magic attacks whose nature and timing he can't read. And he said only magic attacks which meant he couldn't reflect non-magic attacks.
In a short time, Hijiri managed to find the weakness of that cheating ability. As expected of the most genius mage born in the famous Magus family, Kasuga.
However, forget the last weakness which was useless for her because she was not a fighting type mage. The first weakness was also useless for him because Eiji said he knew all her magic spells from what he called her "original works".
From what Hijiri heard from the man's inner voice. It seemed to be a book that let him know the future of this world and the people living in it including himself.
And Arata was the protagonist of this world.
Hijiri was not happy about all this. After finding out, she felt that her grand plan was even less convincing.
She didn't know if everything Eiji said in his inner voice was true or not.
...By the way that guy kept calling her a beautiful girl in his heart. Hijiri was a little amused in her heart. On the surface Eiji looked rather cold and indifferent; but in his heart he seemed to be fascinated by her beauty.
Too bad, the only man in her heart, there was only Arata.
"Suddenly vomiting blood and laughing like crazy in the middle of a conversation. Now you look narcissistic. Hijiri, you seem to have misunderstood something."
"Who are you calling a crazy person? I'm not a crazy girl! I'm not narcissistic either!" Hijiri shouted with embarrassment on her face and glared at Eiji's very handsome face, bah. She wondered if what she was thinking was clearly visible on her face?
Trinity Seven and Arata were looking at the two strangely.
Obviously the two were fighting earlier. Why did the atmosphere between the two of them seem to be flirting now?
Arata felt a little uncomfortable. He suddenly regretted letting Eiji fight with Hijiri.
However, even if he fought, he couldn't win against Hijiri. He began to blame himself for being weak and became even more motivated to become stronger.
"Yeah yeah you're not a crazy, narcissistic girl. So are we going to continue this?"
[The speech of a girl who in the original work does crazy things like a yandere; when she says anything to a man other than the object of her love, she can't be trusted at all.]
[Poor Arata... His own cousin wants to kill him and resurrect him like a zombie after she finishes her plan which is actually uncertain.]
[Arata, don't worry. I won't let this crazy girl kill you. You're my friend, I'll protect you.]
Many of the heroines who happened to be drinking choked up at the last part.
Was Eiji serious? A man like him protecting the protagonist?
Those who knew him well felt there was a conspiracy behind his words even though he said it in his heart.
Still, hearing what Eiji said from his mouth and heart...
"You...! I told you, I'm not a crazy girl and my words too-....?"
Hijiri who suddenly lost her voice when she was about to repeat what Eiji said in his heart was dumbfounded.
She couldn't say it?
Why? She felt there was an unknown force that made her unable to tell Eiji that she could hear his inner voice.
At this point, Hijiri realized there was a third person who made her able to hear Eiji's inner voice. She didn't know what the other party's purpose was; but she felt a chill in her heart. Who is it?!
[...]
Miss System sighed. She had no idea what trick her host was playing to catch this girl.
She wanted to peek into the man's mind. But forget it, she didn't want to detract from the fun.
"Arata, does your cousin have a history of sore throat?" Eiji asked Arata who looked confused and worried.
"Um... I'm sure Hijiri doesn't have it. She used to be a healthy girl all day long." Arata said and at the same time reminisced about the good times when he lived with Hijiri. He was an orphan since his parents had a plane crash when he was a child.
At that time, Hijiri's parents who were her uncle and aunt took him to live with them. It was the beginning of him and Hijiri spending a lot of time together until they both became high school students.
He had never seen Hijiri suffer from any disease. At first he thought it was because Hijiri was a very healthy girl. But after he found out her mage identity, he knew it was because a mage had a high resistance to common diseases.
Hearing Eiji and her cousin's conversation, Hijiri's expression darkened. The two boys considered her sick. Some Trinity Seven giggling as if laughing at her didn't help either, making her even more annoyed.
She was not sick at all, her throat was perfectly normal!
She wanted to tell them what was really going on. Unfortunately the inner voice sensor was crazy.
Hijiri was getting tired, she knew there wasn't much time left.
"Enough! My throat is fine. Arata and you..." Hijiri glanced at Eiji and hesitated to call him.
"Eiji Seiya, call me Eiji."
"...Eiji... This time I will retreat."
Hijiri said helplessly. With her injuries and Eiji's existence, she couldn't kill Arata. And with the things she heard from Eiji's inner voice, she had to rethink her plan.
The Chaotic Rune appeared above her head and illuminated her with purple light. Hijiri glanced at Arata gently before looking at Eiji and the others with a wicked smile on her beautiful face.
"Even so, it's too late to recall the other Iscariot members who should have arrived at the Royal Biblia Academy half an hour ago."
"With the number of Trinity Seven here, Arata and you... Eiji. I'm sure there aren't many strong mages protecting that school. Sorry Arata, but you're going to lose your home again."
Hijiri's annoyance subsided a little when she thought of the panicked expressions that Trinity Seven and Eiji would make. But after waiting for a few seconds; even Eiji still looked calm and the rest just looked a little surprised.
Her cousin, Arata even scratched his cheek awkwardly.
"...I said your school has been destroyed and many of the people there must be dead." Hijiri repeated her important point, she thought these people did not hear her clearly.
"Etto... Hijiri-san, thank you for the information. But you don't need to worry, I'm sure everyone in the school is fine." Lilith said politely and gently to the light blue-haired girl.
"I'm not worried! Lilith Asami, I..." Hijiri was at a loss for words, she didn't know what to say to these people.
Why? Why didn't they make panicked expressions to balance her heart a little?
[Ah I remember there was also this plot in the original work. The other Iscariot members were indeed going to attack the school and almost killed everyone there. But in the original work it also failed and at this point... The school did not lack strong people to withstand the Iscariot members' attack.]
[Hijiri must not have known the whereabouts of the girls in my group. This is why gathering the latest information before going into the field is important.]
This plot is also in the original work? The girls in your group? Hijiri was confused, her body growing weak.
However, she didn't have much time to complain. She glanced at Arata again and hurriedly said to the boy.
"Arata, there's something I want to tell you before I leave."
"What? Wait for Hijiri! Where are you going?"
"I'm actually..."
Hijiri basically told Arata about him having seen many futures where Arata became the Magic King who destroyed the world with the Trinity Seven. This was the same as what Eiji said in his heart, it was just that the way she conveyed it was different.
And not like in the original work. After telling all that to the dumbfounded Arata.
Hijiri smiled sadly and said, "That's why I want to kill you. I hate the world that uses Arata as a reincarnation tool time and time again."
"Originally after successfully killing you and destroying the Magic King system in this world. I was going to rebuild a world that didn't have a Magic King system and bring you back to life with my magic. But..."
She glanced slightly at Eiji and recalled the truth outside the fourth wall that made her dizzy.
She still wasn't sure if it was true or not.
However, one thing was certain. Eiji was too strong, she couldn't kill Arata because that man was in her way and she wasn't strong enough to defeat him.
Originally she wanted to continue the fight at school.
But hearing the girls Eiji was referring to...
Hijiri frowned. Maybe if there was a man as strong as Eiji beside Arata. Even if Arata became the Magic King who wanted to destroy the world. Everything would be fine? Huh?
Hijiri was dumbfounded, what was she thinking? She hurriedly dismissed the idea of relying on Eiji.
Somehow she had the illusion that she saw two options where she had to choose Arata or Eiji.
If she chose to ask Eiji for help, she felt she wouldn't be able to go back...
"But what? Hijiri, I'm happy. You did all that for me. But don't worry, I'm definitely not going to become a Magic King who will destroy the world."
"The theme I chose to become a mage is 'Rule'. Therefore I will rule myself so that I become a good Magic King."
At this moment, Arata's protagonist halo was very active and he looked very convincing in the eyes of the girls. However, there was also Eiji's harem halo and his inner voice that overshadowed the protagonist's halo.
So the girls including Hijiri were not so mesmerized.
Hijiri was even a little skeptical because she had seen many futures where Arata destroyed the world. The only thing that convinced her was Eiji's inner voice telling her that in the main timeline which meant this timeline, maybe. Arata would be fine and the person who wanted to destroy the world was boss Aryan.
Who is boss Aryan? Aryan's name was somehow somewhat familiar.
Hijiri smiled wryly. "Is that so? Arata, I hope that's really the case. But I haven't given up on continuing my plan."
Before Arata could reply, Hijiri had been swallowed by the light of the Chaotic Rune and disappeared.
However, Arata did not know. In the final seconds before Hijiri teleported away, she almost tripped because she heard Eiji's inner voice saying...
[When did I allow that girl to leave? I already told Arata that I would help him to get his cousin back. I'm a man of my word, though in this situation that promise might be somewhat lacking literally.]
???
What does that mean?
While the heroines didn't understand, Hijiri also didn't understand and panicked!
...
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