How should I describe this scene that's unfolding in front of me right
now… No, I doubt I can describe it if I can't even see a thing…
[Hiiihhhh!? Kyaaaaahhhh!?]
A few minutes after Ein-san and the Goddess of Time started their fight,
both of them completely disappeared from sight, and the entire temple
shook with some kind of bursting sounds resounding from time to time.
The shockwave around us was probably supposed to be great, but it
doesn't seem like they're hitting the walls and floors of the reception
hall, that also includes Lilia-san and I, so I guess they're just keeping it
in moderation.
My impression is that it would be like how there are intermittent
earthquakes occurring. What did we come here for again?
[Hey, how can you be that calm, Kaito-san!!]
[No… It's just that I've gotten used to things that I don't understand
happening out of the blue so…]
[Don't just go unpleasantly turning into a philosopher on me!
Hiiiihhhh!?]
Along with the pale expression on her face, Lilia-san's appearance, who
is screaming from time to time, is repeatedly trembling like a small
animal looks really cute. The huge gap between her usual calmness and
her appearance as she experiences this abnormal situation… Ah, no, it's
just that I feel like I've also had such moments when I'm losing my
composure nowadays.
No, but in a way, this is probably a normal reaction to what we're
seeing. In fact, the strange one might have been me who has grown
accustomed to abnormal situations like this… Though most of them,
including this one, are 90% Kuro's fault…
[How did this happen?]
[It should be me who's asking it! Hiiihhhh!? Ka- Kaito-san, please do
something!]
Grabbing my clothes with her trembling hands, Lilia-san looked like
she's relying on me as her eyes turned towards me.
Apparently, Lilia-san seems to be in quite a state of panic, as she
desperately wants me to help her but—— please don't ask me for the
impossible!
In this battle that looks like it's the decisive battle between monsters,
what could an average per… No, rather, what can I, a slightly weaker
than average adult male, do?
[No, as expected, this situation is kinda impossible for me… How about
we just wait until the storm passes by…]
[H- However… If it's Kaito-san, I think you should be able to stop
them…]
[...…]
Strange, something's strange. Apparently, Lilia-san seriously thinks that
if it's me, I can stop those two. How high is Lilia-san's evaluation of me
in her mind?
Having a beauty asking for your help with eyes quivering in tears is a
very exciting situation for a healthy man to be in. If I were to respond to
her request and show her my cool side, her Affection Ratings might go
up a notch.
However, the difficulty level required for that Affection Point is beyond
demonic and is way impossible for me. It's like she's asking me to storm
into a place where the last boss and the hidden boss are fighting while
I'm still level 1 and still wearing my beginner equipment. If this had
been such a game, I'd be smashing my scene as hard as I could right
now.
However, unfortunately, this is reality and impossible things are
impossi—– No, wait.
It's impossible for me to barge into their fight, nor is it possible for me
to stop both sides by force, and my words probably wouldn't reach
them… But if I just want to stop their fight, I might be able to do
something about it.
With this move… The odds of this working might not be that high, but
there's no risk for failure.
To be honest, I'd like to wait for the storm to quietly pass, but the
serious matter at hand is Lilia-san, whose strength she uses while
clinging to me for some time now is getting stronger and stronger… And
those bulges that men don't have that have been inevitably pressing
against my arm.
Though rather than my reason that's about to snap because of these
tender fruits clinging on me, I fear that the panicking Lilia-san's brute
strength would physically tear my arm off before that happened.
I seriously don't know where in those slender arms is she holding unto
such power, but I feel like my arm is starting to creak out unpleasant
screams and its time is about to run out.
Filled with determination to protect my arm from breaking like a bar of
chocolate any time soon, I closed my eyes and began to knead my magic
power.
The magic I'm about to use is not something that I, a novice, could
originally invoke. But fortunately, being an otherworlder, I have an
unusual aptitude for this type of magic.
Sympathy Magic… What Kuro found out is that it has an excellent ability
to sense magic power, and it's capable of detecting the faint emotions
contained in magic that would normally be undetectable… But it's
abilities aren't just that, as it could also do the opposite.
Placing my emotions into my magic power, I would force others around
me to become aware of these emotions. That's one of the ways Kuro
taught me to use Sympathy Magic. It's just like forcefully connecting
them by telepathy, and although it still can't convey complicated
information, Kuro said that if I were able to use it well, I can even be
able to communicate with people who don't have the ability to speak
words.
[ [ [ ! ? ] ] ]
And in this kind of situation… It also works for people who had blood
rushing to their head, where words weren't able to reach them.
After a few seconds, my magic power filled with emotions telling them
to stop fighting is released from my body, and immediately afterwards,
Ein-san and the Goddess of Time, I could finally see the both of them
with their fists clenched together.
[That was… Kaito-sama?]
[…Hooohhh… You released your magic power while imbuing it with
your emotions huh? What an interesting magic you used…
Ein-san and the Goddess of Time turned to me almost simultaneously
and muttered, but neither of them brought down their fists.
[My apologies, Kaito-sama. I'm quite ashamed that I let my emotions
get the better of me.]
[…I almost forgot my purpose for coming here. You mentioned that
your name's Miyama, right? I'm sorry, please accept my apologies.]
[Ah, no.]
Ein-san bowed her head first and returned behind my back, followed by
the Goddess of Time, who gave her apologies while straightening her
posture.
It seems that it had successfully worked. If this move didn't make them
stop, I thought that it wouldn't matter anymore, but I had managed to
protect my arm.
I did protect it… right? My arm is kind of numb and I can barely feel
anything in that arm anymore, but it should be okay, right?
[Lilia-san, I somehow managed to do it.]
[Ka- Kaito-san? What in the world is that just now… It's hard to
describe, but how should I say this… It's like I suddenly felt Kaito-san's
emotions…]
[Errr, well, it seems to be that kind of magic. It's a spell Kuro taught me,
making me able to transmit my emotions to those around me…]
Lilia-san was looking up at me with a surprised expression, so I replied
to her while feeling a new sense of anxiousness because of the distance
between us.
It seems like Lilia-san understood when I said that Kuro taught me
about it, nodding her head several times as if she was impressed.
[U- Ummm, so, Lilia-san… Errr, my arm…]
[…Eh? Huh!? M- My apologies!?]
When Lilia-san finally regains her composure for a bit, I tell her about
various things… mainly about my arm, which was already nearing its
limits in terms of endurance. She then lets go of my arm with a bright
red face and bows her head.
I've thought of this many times before, but Lilia-san is very beautiful. I
don't know if nobility was innately in her personality, but I could feel
the dignity of a noble from her. Though I say that, I could also feel
friendliness appropriate for a woman of her age. Her breasts are wellbalanced in size, not too big or too small, and she can rightly be
described as having the loveliness and beauty of a princess.
I must be very fortunate to have locked arms with such a beauty, even if
it's just a coincidence that I happen to be the one who ended up going
with her, but anyway, after arriving in another world, I've finally
accomplished the feat of linking arms with a beauty that only riajuus
are allowed to do.
I'm sure that the men back on Earth would be blazing in envy if they
saw me now.
No, though seriously… I didn't know that when you link arms with
them, the blood drains from your hands and some leftover traces would
leave a mark… I can't even feel my arms at all, but it's still attached,
right? I see, I've heard before that love is a battle, and falling in love is
an act of risking one's life for it.
All of the riajuus have gone through such an ordeal and won the right to
be happy… They're actually awesome huh, those riajuus. Their arms
must have been made of titanium alloy or something like that.
Dear Mom, Dad—— Using my magic, I somehow managed to stop their
fight. And I don't know if this was a reward for such a feat or not but—–
I probably climbed the stairs to becoming a riajuu.