TEASER
Volume 4 Chapter 1.5
A Fresh Start Part 5
After being kicked out
of the library, Shina made her way alone back to the girls' dormitory.
People in the town
looked a little frightened when they saw her walking with a wrinkled forehead
and angry atmosphere, but her heart was so shaken that she didn't care about
such surrounding gazes.
[Oh, by the
way, currently, Nozomu-kun and Irisdina-san are on a date in the forest
together~~. Just the two of them, alone in a place where no one can disturb
them! I wonder what they are doing right now~~]
Her chest was
throbbing. As she turned her head to the side, her pearly cheeks puffed out
sullenly, she saw her own face reflected in the glass of a store window.
(What a
terrible face......)
She heaved a heavy
sigh as she saw herself looking like a young child having a tantrum.
She then entered a
back alley to escape the surrounding gazes. She hid herself behind a dimly lit
alleyway and leaned her back against the wall, where she felt a cool sensation
spreading across her back.
Then, absentmindedly
looking up at the sky in the narrow alleyway, she relaxed her body and slowly
closed her eyes.
Eventually, her body
gradually began to glow faintly. It was the glow of magic.
It wasn't very
praiseworthy to use magic on such a narrow alleyway. Sheena, who was usually an
earnest person, would not have done such a thing, but she couldn't help but be
concerned about those two in the forest.
While paying attention
to her surroundings, she increased her magical power.
A blue-colored magic
light leaked from her body.
Having temporarily
increased her magical power, she did not scatter it around her as she did when
she made the spirit contract, instead, she concentrated it on a point within
herself, the channel that she had opened through the previous contract magic.
Normally, this channel
would have disappeared on its own, but instead, she has been maintaining it by
pouring her own magical power into it regularly. When she thought about the
disappearance of this connection, she felt a sense of loss as if there was a
gaping hole in her heart.
A worn-out magical
channel. She gently and carefully unfolded it out as if she were handling a
precious treasure.
"Nn......"
To be honest, it is
not a praiseworthy thing to connect a channel without the other party's
knowledge. Contract magic, which deeply connects different beings, can be very
dangerous depending on how it is used.
After the battle with
the [Cracked-Crown] Giant Centipede in the forest, she tried to connect this
magic channel again, but she restrained herself, thinking it was a bad thing to
do. But after he woke up and heard his past stories and anguish from his mouth,
and saw Irisdina walking with him today, she couldn't stop herself any longer.
What she felt beyond the
magic channel that was gradually opening up was the presence of Nozomu, whom
she was anxious to see.
Behind her closed
eyelids, her vision, which had been pitch-black, a small light drew nearer from
within the darkness.
When Shina saw this
light, the corners of her mouth relaxed. The guilt and frustration she had
previously felt began to disappear as if it were a lie.
This is just a teaser.
The full chapter is currently only available for my Patrons.
This chapter will be available for free on May 9, 2024.
