Chapter 102
Encounter
Translator : PolterGlast
"I see..."
Perhaps out of relief,
Mitsukawa-kun leaned back in his chair.
The chair groaned
under his massive frame.
But he didn't seem to
care, staring at the ceiling with a distant look.
Apparently, he was
genuinely worried about Miku.
"If you
want..."
Seeing that, I almost
said I could bring her right now.
I stopped myself just
in time.
How careless was I?
Miku had repeatedly
warned me not to use [Home] in front of my classmates, but I almost let my
guard down and revealed my gift.
"If you want...
what?"
That made
Mitsukawa-kun look at me suspiciously.
I had to cover it up
somehow, so I spun my brain at high speed.
"If you want...
since I can come here alone, we can exchange letters. And if Mitsukawa-kun can
come near the empire, I can arrange a meeting."
"...I'm not in
the mood for a pen pal relationship, but I'd like to meet at least once. The
northern side of the Grust Kingdom, near the front lines... how about Fort
Castilla? If you come again, we can arrange a time and I can slip out alone to
meet you near the border."
I wondered why he was
at the front lines... oh, right.
Mitsukawa-kun had been
sent to the front lines by Izel II because he had the [Overlord] gift.
But he didn't seem to
be complaining.
I always thought he
was completely different from me in terms of worldview and everything else, but
Mitsukawa-kun seemed to have adapted to Alistella perfectly.
"Okay, I'm
planning to come back in a while, so we can have a detailed meeting then."
"Okay... Kazuno,
can I ask you something?"
"Yeah, what is
it?"
"Is Miku... doing
well?"
"...Yeah. She
says she's having much more fun than when she was playing the Saintess."
"Heh, I
see."
Mitsukawa-kun smiled
wryly and leaned forward.
Then, he snapped his
fingers, and a cigar fell onto the table.
Was that... an item
box?
He could use magic
swords and space-time magic.
He was definitely the
most skilled of the current hero party in the Grust Kingdom.
While I was surprised,
he lit the cigar with a flame from his fingertip and exhaled a large puff of
smoke.
He seemed to be
considerate of me, using wind magic to disperse the smoke, so the smell wasn't
a problem.
I see, so mages here
smoked cigars like this...
"Wait, did you
smoke, Mitsukawa-kun?"
"Yeah, I didn't
smoke in front of people because it was a hassle. But this world is great,
adulthood is fifteen, so you can have your pick of booze, cigars, and
women."
"You're fitting
in well..."
I smiled wryly at his
robustness, and then Mitsukawa-kun blew smoke at me.
When I dispersed the
smoke with wind magic, he chuckled as if it was funny.
"The same goes
for you, Kazuno. You're pretty strong, aren't you?"
"I wonder what
you're talking about?"
"This is the
first time I've met someone who can block my mana perception, biological
perception, and appraisal. You're probably as messed up as a demon right
now."
It seemed pointless to
play dumb, but I pretended not to understand.
Did they have
appraisal in this world? I might need to develop some kind of camouflage skills
for future activities.
"Well, I have
something to do, so I guess I'll have to go now."
"You're not good
at playing dumb. If you're going to fight monsters in this world, you should
train that a bit more. Well, take care of Miku."
"I will. You
don't have to tell me to."
I couldn't shake the
feeling that he was seeing through me, but I said goodbye to Mitsukawa-kun for
now.
Then, I went deeper
into the heavily guarded area... and finally arrived at my destination.
I slipped through the
door through the shadows, just like before, and emerged from the shadow of the
bed.
Then, the girl who was
there--Alicia von Grust--looked at me with a wistful expression.
"Are you
perhaps... an assassin? Did you come to take my life?"
She said that, and
then laughed self-deprecatingly--.
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