Chapter 84
Reunion
Translator : PolterGlast
When I tried to talk
to them, I immediately felt something was off.
Mitsukawa-kun, who was
always cool, was clearly agitated. He was nervously shaking his leg as he
stared intently at the stairs leading to the sixth floor, as if he wanted to go
down there.
And the next thing I
noticed was,
(Miku-san isn't
here...)
Miku-san often acted
together with Kazuma's harem.
Someone as beautiful
as Miku-san would basically be at the top of the school caste.
So, whether she wanted
to or not, she ended up having to act with them, she had told me.
Why isn't Miku-san
here?
According to what
Varietta-san told me, she's being worshiped as a saint of the Holy Church.
I thought it might be
related to that, but apparently, it was not.
Mitsukawa-kun was
breathing heavily and moving his body restlessly.
"Akira, we can't
go any further!"
"Hah, hah... no,
I'm going."
Looking closely,
Mitsukawa-kun's complexion was worse than I remembered.
At first, I thought it
was due to the food situation in this world, but seeing his condition, I
realized the reason.
(Probably,
Mitsukawa-kun has been repeatedly hit by the Grim Reaper's scythe's mental
attack.)
I couldn't think of
any other reason for Mitsukawa-kun, who was a monster in both mind and body, to
be showing signs of mental instability.
Why is Mitsukawa-kun
the only one so agitated?
The answer to that
question came from Kazuma-kun's mouth.
"Given the
situation, we have no choice but to give up on Miku-san. We can't conquer the
sixth floor with our current strength. We should call the knights for help
right now..."
(--Miku-san!?)
"You guys are.
I'm... going."
"Wait,
Akira!"
While I was shocked,
Mitsukawa-kun brushed off Kazuma's harem's attempts to stop him and ran towards
the stairs leading to the sixth floor.
I hurriedly moved into
the shadows and went down to the sixth floor ahead of Mitsukawa-kun.
I wanted to hear the
details as soon as possible.
As I was wondering how
to make contact, Mitsukawa-kun suddenly sniffed.
"I smell
something... are there still dogs left?"
He was surprisingly
sniffing and steadily approaching the shadows where I was hiding.
"There you
are--Flame Tongue!"
"Whoa, whoa,
Mitsukawa-kun, stop, stop!"
I hurriedly jumped out
of the shadows when I saw Mitsukawa-kun suddenly trying to thrust his flaming
magic sword into the shadows.
He glared at me, his
sword raised... and then opened his mouth wide in surprise, which was rare for
him.
"Masaru... you're
alive?"
"Yeah, somehow.
I'm glad to see you're doing well too, Mitsukawa-kun."
There was no time to
be overwhelmed by the emotion of reunion, so I wanted to hear the story
quickly...
"Tch, you're in
the way!"
I detected a reaction
on Wind Search.
A Grim Reaper had come
towards us, hearing our voices.
"Lightning Bolt!"
The Grim Reaper that
was approaching us was annihilated in one blow.
Apparently, even
Lightning Bolt was overkill.
I could probably
defeat them with just Lightning now.
"Masaru, that
power of yours..."
"Yeah, I've been
working hard. I've gotten stronger."
"With your power,
could you possibly go to the tenth floor!?"
"Without a
doubt... Miku-san is there, right?"
"Yeah, those Holy
Church guys used a teleportation magic circle to send her there. I checked her
memories, so there's no mistake."
"...Okay, I'll go
save her now."
My trust in the
kingdom had already plummeted, but I didn't expect their state religion, the
Holy Church, to be rotten too.
They probably wanted
to get rid of the suddenly appearing saint before she gained power... something
like that.
...Don't screw with
me.
Don't drag us into
your problems when you summoned us here.
My head was boiling
with anger.
"I'll go save her
right now. Mitsukawa-kun, I'll contact you later."
"Yeah... Masaru,
please... take care of Miku."
"Of course."
I was about to use
[Home]... but I stopped myself and decided to make it look like I was
teleporting with Jaunt.
I knew that
Mitsukawa-kun, who was willing to risk his life to save Miku-san, wasn't a bad
person... but in this world, it's best to keep my power hidden.
I moved away from
Mitsukawa-kun and used Door Placement to come to the tenth floor.
"Miku-san--!"
I used Wind Search
with all my power to search for a reaction.
While blasting the
Wind Bastards that came towards me with Judgment Ray, I continued to search for
a place with multiple reactions.
"--There!"
I ran, ran, ran.
If I didn't use my
maxed-out agility now, when would I?
I ran at a speed that
left the wind behind--and there, I saw a familiar face I hadn't seen in half a
year.
"Masaru-kun...
I'm sorry..."
She--Miku-san slowly
closed her eyes.
For some reason, she
was apologizing to me.
I was the one who
should be apologizing.
I managed to make it
in time... but it was a really close call.
"--It's okay,
Miku-san."
I stood in front of
her, protecting her as she closed her eyes.
The Elder Lich laughed
happily, seeing a new prey.
"Oooooooooooooo!!"
"--Masarui-kun,
run!"
The Elder Lich
unleashed a magic that would sweep away both Miku-san and me.
It was true that I had
struggled against it before.
But for me now, an
Elder Lich is just a trash mob.
"It's
okay--Judgment Ray."
I activated Aegis at
the same time as Judgment Ray, completely shutting down the opponent's attack.
And the pillar of
light swallowed the Elder Lich...
"Oooooooooooooo!!"
It turned into dust
and disappeared very easily.
"...See, I told
you it was okay, right?"
"...Masaru-kun!!"
When I turned around,
I was suddenly hit by an impact.
Before I knew it,
Miku-san was hugging me.
"Wha,
Miku-san!?"
I managed to make it
in time... I was so glad.
Not everything went
perfectly, though.
But for now, I'll
rejoice in being reunited with Miku-san.
I gently hugged
Miku-san, who was clinging to me, half crying--.
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