Slowly opening my eyes, I found myself in a dimly lit room—– seeing a
ceiling I don't know… isn't the case at all. I didn't get sent to another
world again, I'm just seeing the ceiling of the inn we're staying at.
Trying to raise my upper body up, that's when I suddenly realized
something. Arehh? Isn't my body injured from fighting?
I'm pretty sure my arm was broken, and I think I also broke a bone
around my ribs… but there wasn't even a trace of it anymore.
I see… It was all just a dream huh.
Since my body is so cleanly restored, it occurred to me that the fight
against the Black Bear was just a dream, but that's when the door of the
room was suddenly vigorously opened.
[Kaito!]
[Huh? Whoa!?]
The person who appeared from the opened door was Isis-san, who isn't
supposed to be here.
Jumping on me with great speed, Isis-san's impact towards my body
made me lightly slam against the bed.
[…Thank goodness… Kaito…]
[Eh? Arehh? Isis-san?]
The heck, what's with this situation?
I may not know why Isis-san is here, but I know that most of all, the
current situation is very dangerous.
Isis-san's tightly hugged my body like she's clinging onto something,
and her very soft and slender body is pressed against my whole body.
How should I say this… It's like I just experienced one dream after
another… Just when I escaped from that hellish dream of mine… I woke
up, arriving in heaven.
[…Kaito… It's already alright… Those who hurt… Kaito… I already killed
them.]
[…Huh?]
I didn't quite understand what she was talking about.
Those who hurt me? Is she talking about that Black Bear?
However, the Black Bear that I fought was slashed by Lilia-san in half…
Does that mean there were more of them?
When I asked Isis-san for more information, it seems that a swarm of
Black Bears appeared after I passed out, and Isis-san wiped them all
out.
Unnn. I see… That Black Bear I fought was monstrous enough, and even
if she said there was a bunch of thousands of them, I can't imagine the
scene where Isis-san is beating them up at all, even if it actually was the
case.
Anyway, it seems that thanks to Isis-san, there was almost no damage to
the city of Rigforeshia.
Isis-san stayed still and kept hugging me for a while before she stood up
with a slightly sad look on her face.
[…I should… go home now… If I'm here… Lilia and the others… would
get scared.]
[…Isis-san.]
I see, the reason why the always worrying Lilia-san and the others
haven't come to my room even after I woke up, I guess the better way to
describe it is that they can't get close due to the effect of Isis-san's
magic power of death.
A magic circle manifests beneath Isis-san's feet… probably a
Teleportation Magic Circle leading to her castle.
[U- Ummm! Isis-san.]
[…What is it?]
[Thank you very much for today. And, ummm, I'd like to thank you
properly… Would you like to, errr, have dinner with me another time?]
[…!?… Is that alright?]
[Yes. It will be my treat at that time. Otherwise, I won't be able to repay
you.]
[…Unnn… I'm really… looking forward to it.]
I can understand that "thanking someone = buying them a meal" is
quite a short-sighted thought of me but… That was the only thing I
could think of at the spur of the moment.
However, the effect of those seemed to be immense, as Isis-san's
expression, which looked sad, changed to a bright one as she nodded in
response.
And with a small wave of her hand, Isis-san left, wrapped in the light of
the Teleportation Magic.
After Isis-san left, I left the room and walked down the corridor of the
inn to apologize to Lilia-san and the others for making them worry
about me.
This inn is one of the most high-class lodgings in Rigforeshia because
it's only used by Lilia-san, who is a Duchess, and the wide corridor is so
quiet that anyone would think that this place was reserved for a private
party.
Walking for a while, I found myself in front of some kind of lobby or a
lounge, but I arrived in a rather large room, and in the distance, I found
Lilia-san and the others.
[Huh!? Kaito-san!?]
[...!?]
[You've finally woken up huh. Thank goodness.]
The three people there were Lilia-san, Lunamaria-san and Sieg-san, and
they all looked relieved when they saw my face.
[I'm sorry for causing you to worry.]
[No, do you still feel any pain anywhere?]
[Not anymore, I'm feeling completely fine.]
[Is that so… That's really good.]
Answering to Lilia-san, who spoke to me with concern, that my physical
condition is now perfectly fine.
[Speaking of which, Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san don't seem to be
here… Could it be that they have been injured?]
[Ah, no, neither of them were "injured".]
Since Yuzuki-san and Kusunoki-san weren't here, I asked if they have
been injured after I passed out, but it seems that they are both fine.
However, why do I feel like there's some meaning behind her words
when she said that they're not "injured".
[Did something else happen to them other than being injured?]
[Aoi-san and Hina-san are now sleeping in their room.]
[…They were exposed to Death King-sama's magic power of death and
lost consciousness.]
[A- Ahhh…]
Lilia-san and Lunamaria-san answered my question with a slightly
pained tone.
I see, it seems that they weren't injured by the Black Bears, but they
fainted because of Isis-san's magic power of death.
[Incidentally, Rei-sama and Fia-sama are attending a reorganization
meeting for the almost destroyed security force.
[Almost destroyed!? Reorganization? Eh? I heard that the city received
no damage though…]
[Yes, the Black Bear didn't cause any damage. However, after being
exposed to Death Kin-sama's frightening magic power of death, almost
half of them had their minds broken…]
[That's not surprising. Even I couldn't stop shaking for a while. It was
rather fortunate that Kusunoki-sama and Yuzuki-sama were among the
first ones to faint.]
In the aftermath, she broke the Guard Force's mind!? How outrageous
could her magic power of death be…
How terrifying Isis-san was at that time can be seen by looking at the
three of them trembling just as they remembered what they've seen.
It seems that Kusunoki-san and Yuzuki-san were fortunate that they
passed out before their minds could process the horror caused by Isissan's magic power of death.
Just when we were speaking about that, Lilia-san stood up with a
serious expression on her face, she walked up to me… and suddenly got
down on her knees.
[…Eh?]
[Kaito-san, I'm really sorry.]
[Li- Lilia-san!? W- What are you suddenly doing!?]
I'm really confused about why suddenly kneeled on a dogeza, and Liliasan just held out the necklace I gave her last night.
[Kuro's necklace?]
[…This necklace had a defensive magic imbued on it, though not a
powerful one… That is to say, if I hadn't borrowed this, Kaito-san
wouldn't have been injured like that.]
There's defensive magic in Kuro's necklace? That's the first time I've
heard that though… I thought there was only search magic in it, but it
seems that there are lots of other magic in it as well.
Lilia-san didn't seem to understand all the details about this necklace
either, but after the earlier incident, she asked the former court mage
Rei-san to take a look at this necklace and found out that it contained
defensive magic.
Deeply bowing her head, Lilia-san's voice was trembling as she
continued to speak.
[No, if only I had been more level-headed right from the start… I said I
would guarantee the safety of Kaito-san and the others just when we
met, but I was so preoccupied with myself that I forgot to even have
someone guard Kaito-san and the others, and because of that, Kaito-san
got hurt. Everything is… Everything's my fault.]
[…N- No, it's not like it's Lilia-san's fault or anything like that…]
[No, it could have been prevented if I had only been more level-headed.
If I had just been more careful… I'm sorry. I'm really, really sorry.]
Lilia-san's voice began to distort with tears, as she continued to bow
her head, keeping on apologizing to me… The heck, she's starting to get
annoying.
I repeat, I'm not some kind of saint. I don't remember it happening that
much, but I can also get angry at times.
[Kaito-san. I'm really sorry…]
[…Lilia-san. I'm going to apologize in advance.]
[…Eh?]
After I told that to Lilia-san who keeps on apologizing to me, I swung
my knuckles down on her head as hard as I could.
[Ow!?]
Even though Lilia-san is a person with great abilities, she isn't always
using Body Strengthening Magic.
My knuckles that struck her unprotected head seemed to be quite
painful, and Lilia-san held her head down with both of her hands.
[If you just shut up there, and stop murmuring like a creep there… How
serious can you be that you distorted the facts and reached towards
that conclusion!?]
[Eh? Eh?]
[What happened before was just an accident, right? I got hurt because I
got careless, and me being careless isn't Lilia-san's fault at all! Or rather,
shouldn't I be thanking you instead, Lilia-san? Thank you for saving me
before!]
[Eh? Ah, y- y- yes. Y- You're welcome?]
Hearing the words I blabbered about, LIlia-san flusteredly nodded,
though she still had a puzzled look on her face.
[Good. Then, this is the end of this conversation! If you say anything
more about it being your fault or anything like that, I'll hit you again.]
[Y- Yes!]
[In the first place, thinking that everything is your fault is a bad habit of
yours, Lilia-san. I know that Lilia-san is a serious person, but it still
depends on the time and circumstances. Even that time too…]
Lilia-san, whose position quickly changes from a dogeza to a seiza, and I
go on with my lecture-like words.
(T/N: dogeza is the bowing, seiza is the sitting upright on your knees.)
I honestly don't think that this is something she's always doing, and
maybe it's not something I should have said to her, but I think someone
should tell off this overly-serious person.
[Terrific. I am now inclined to give Miyama-sama a heartfelt round of
applause. That's really well said…]
[...…]
[Lu- Luna!? Sieg too, don't just nod there, please help me out. Kaito-san
somehow looks kinda scary right now…]
[Lilia-san! I'm still not done talking yet!]
[Y- Yes!? I'm sorry!]
Lilia-san looked like she's becoming teary-eyed in a way different from
a moment ago, but since I don't intend to be lenient to her, I'm going to
continue my sermon.
Dear Mom, Dad——- I don't really think that this is something she's
always doing, but I still scolded her for that. Well, how should I say this
—– her over-seriousness is also a problem.