Volume 2
Chapter 23
Gone
Translator : PolterGlast
All three of us,
including me, stopped moving.
Kakyouin-san's arm...
had it melted? No, it would be more accurate to say it had collapsed.
What happened... Could
it be Chrisya-san? I turned my gaze towards Chrisya-san.
I could tell from her
expression that she was surprised too.
It wasn't Chrisya-san
who did it... then how?
"Time's up,
huh..."
Kakyouin-san murmured
in a thin voice that only she could hear while looking at her collapsed arm.
Kakyouin-san lowered
her arm and turned her gaze toward us.
"……………Phew"
She exhaled, with an
expression that was somewhat regretful and sad.
"Good for you,
Kushina"
"Huh?"
"I wanted to take
you to the [Underworld] today, but... it seems that's it for today."
Kakyouin-san turned
her back to us and muttered that.
"───! Eletia!!"
But Chrisya-san called
out to Kakyouin-san.
"Answer me! What
happened to you!? What is that mud!? What have you seen... what happened to
you!?"
Chrisya-san's question───but Kakyouin-san
didn't turn her body towards us anymore.
"What did I see
and what happened, huh... You'll understand if you try it yourself."
Kakyouin-san turned
her head towards us and said in a low voice that I had never heard before.
At that moment,
Kakyouin-san's eyes seemed to contain a dangerous passion, something like
anger...
But that emotion was
quickly hidden, and she said,
"It's just a
short goodbye, Kushina. It seems that my current aptitude is not enough to
swallow you. I'll try again another day."
Kakyouin-san smiled at
me, as if she had no intention of giving up. ...Or rather, aptitude?
While I was thinking
about that───Kakyouin-san dived
into the swamp, and the swamp shrank until it disappeared completely.
□□□
A silence fell between
Chrisya-san and me for a while.
We didn't know when or
where Kakyouin-san would create another swamp and attack.
So Chrisya-san and I
continued to be on guard, but───
"………She's not
coming?"
"……That seems to
be the case. Apparently, the collapse of her body just now wasn't an act."
There was no sign of
the swamp being created, and Chrisya-san and I relaxed our guard.
"Phew... even so,
Kakyouin-san was really strong, wasn't she? I wonder what kind of 【skill】she has?"
I casually muttered
that.
"Come to think of
it, you and that girl seemed to know each other... Hey, you, give me all the
information you have."
She's calling me 'you'
again...
"That's fine,
but... the current Kakyouin-san is very different from the one I know, so I
don't know if it will be helpful."
"Just tell
me."
"………Alright."
From there, I started
telling the story of how I met Kakyouin-san. From when I first met Kakyouin-san
in the forest to recently when Kakyouin-san went somewhere, I told her
everything I remembered about the time I spent with Kakyouin-san in this world.
But I didn't talk
about the Earth or the 'God' who sent us here. I don't think what happened on
Earth is related to that supernatural power, and it would be very complicated
to explain. I can imagine that the 'God' who gave me the 【skill】 also gave Kakyouin-san an incredible 【skill】... but I don't know how to explain that. So, I just said that we were
both amnesiacs in the forest and had been together until now.
"………A man and a
woman who were left in a dangerous area with amnesia..."
"It was a really
strange coincidence."
"………Are you
really sure you have no memory?"
"Yes, I'm
sure."
I smiled at
Chrisya-san, who looked at me with suspicion.
"……"
"……"
"……Haa, I understand.
Let's leave it at that. So, you said you were together in the forest, but do
you know nothing about her 【skill】?"
"Well, I don't
know the exact details. She seemed to have some kind of 【skill】 to create various things, but that's all I know. Isn't magic a
different framework from 【skill】?"
"That's right. 【Skill】 is a kind of talent. You know whether you have it or not when you are
born. But magic is not like that. Everyone has some mana, even if it's weak, so
it's a power that everyone can use. Well, there are differences in degree,
but... at least it's not in the same category as 【skill】."
"Then... I don't
know. I mean, could I also use magic based on that principle?"
"It's possible───if you have enough
mana to create the phenomenon known as magic."
"Hee~"
"Haa... you
really don't have any decent information, huh?"
Chrisya-san held her
head, looking irritated.
"…………Chrisya-san"
"What?"
There was one thing I
really wanted to ask.
"What are you
going to do from now on?"
"What do you
mean?"
"Well, are you
going to stay here?"
"……"
Chrisya-san looked at
me for a moment, then turned her gaze to the entrance of the room.
"………Knowing that
this place has been discovered by an unknown being, are you still going to stay
here alone, is that what you're asking?"
"Yes"
"……"
I can't see Chrisya-san's
expression because she's looking at the entrance a little ahead of me. But I
think she must have some kind of conflict.
"I will───"
Even so, Chrisya-san
gave me an answer to my question.
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