Chapter 45
Overprotective
Translator : PolterGlast
What would happen when
the story didn't go according to the main plot?
Lotus and I were
enemies, our backs to each other. Yet he had become a demon and was by my side.
The place we were in wasn't Cloudy Country, but Soleil, where the bright red
sun shone brilliantly. I held the Ichi and the others, who were enduring their
urge to clean and occasionally trembling, on my lap and took a heavy breath.
--Will the Saint
really be summoned?
Those were the words I
had muttered softly just a moment ago.
I had just muttered
them nonchalantly. I had pretended to, but I had been with Lotus for a while
now. Just as I understood Lotus, Lotus understood me too.
"...What happens
when the Saint isn't summoned?"
Those were words I
didn't want to hear. I hugged the squishy Ichi in my lap. I took a slow breath
and buried my face in him. I couldn't see Lotus' expression.
"This world will
end."
The words I murmured
seemed to be sucked straight out of the window.
***
But if Yuko was truly
summoned to this world, would I be able to say, "Please, save this
world"?
In the original story,
she was forcibly summoned from another world, yet she was compelled to offer
prayers to the country and readily agreed. Although the period was limited to
one year, she should have had the right to refuse. That's the kind of story it
was. Because it wasn't an option. I had just been clicking the confirm buttons
without thinking, but she had the right to say no.
Even after thinking
about various things, I didn't have an answer. We had managed to secure a base
of operations for the time being by settling the inn room, and Lotus and I
stood before the towering "academy," our lips pressed into firm
lines.
In this place, many
students were learning about magic tools. Even from what I could see, there
were glimpses of students through the windows. Around us, children in similar
black robes were going in and out of the doors. But it was huge. Located in the
center of the city, the long tower was large enough to support the dome
covering the entire city, and the repeatedly added extensions stretched out in
various directions like the branches of a tree.
With Ichi and Nii,
whose figures were concealed by illusion magic so they wouldn't be seen, and
Lotus, I looked up at the tower, furrowing my brow in thought. My neck hurt.
By the way, San had
stayed behind at the inn as the luggage guard. "While everyone's gone, I'm
going to make this whole room shiny and smooth!" he had trembled violently
in his horizontal shaking way, his soul fully committed to the task, so I was a
little worried.
"...So, is the
Mirror of Foresight here?"
"Yeah, um, yeah,
it is, but..."
In the main story of
the game, the protagonist, the Saint, could also enter the academy as a
student. But we were just tourists now, and it would be suspicious to ask to be
let in, and we didn't even know if the Mirror of Foresight could still be
"retrieved." It could only be obtained at a specific time. But in any
case, the story wouldn't start unless we got inside the building. However,
everywhere we looked, it was crowded with people, and we didn't know what to
do. We circled the building with Lotus and the others to check things out, but
it was quite far.
"We still haven't
reached the starting point..."
"Yeah,"
Lotus replied. Ichi and Nii were swaying at my feet. The ground felt far away.
Before I knew it, I was on Lotus's back. Why?
We walked around, and
it was quite far, and the building was tall. While I was stretching up to look,
I found myself on his back as if it were my designated spot, which was
terrifying.
No matter how strong
Lotus was, my limbs had grown longer and I had gotten bigger than before. So,
being carried around so easily was troubling. While thinking that, I noticed
the sky was gradually turning orange. We had to hurry before the sun set. At
night, the necklace I secretly wore around my neck would occasionally flicker.
The slight reaction I felt earlier than usual was probably because we had
arrived in a new city.
It was probably more
efficient for Lotus to carry me like this, but I moved restlessly with
complicated feelings, my lips forming a straight line. Lotus usually carried me
when we were in a pinch, so being this relaxed was rare. That's why, when I
calmed down, I felt rather complicated. I gently grabbed Lotus's shoulder with
my small hand and groaned slightly.
"...Um, umm...
Lotus, I'm okay. Put me down. Please put me down."
"Hmm? Oh, okay.
Don't fall."
He was so overprotective.
It was very frustrating.
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