Chapter 534

Chapter 534

Abyss Lord’s Summer Vacation Arc Are You Really Alright With This Guy?

Author’s Note: I’m very sorry for the extremely long wait. I had written about 5000 words last week but there was no good place to stop so I postponed it for one more week. And so this chapter is more than 10000 words. And yet the story doesn’t really progress much……it’ll be great if you can leisurely enjoy it.

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Just around the time the abyss lord started his duel with Ootakemaru and co.

「Uwaaaaaaaah, I can still hear Kou-nii’s cringy lines even from heree~~~~!!」

A girl wearing a baggy light grey overall and flat cap, along with white shirt decorated by ribbon and glasses with black rim was covering her ears with her hands while running at full speed.

She was Endou Kousuke’s little sister, Manami. She was unable to endure the abyss lord(her family)’s coolness and took flight frantically without even deciding where she would go to.

At the very least she wanted to escape from the effective range of her brother’s passive skill, secondhand embarrassment direct mental attack.

She didn’t even notice the surrounding specters looking startled by this human girl running with all her strength for some reason.

「Manami-san! It’s dangerous going alone!!」

She also didn’t notice the voice of Aziz-kun who was running parallel to her. After all she was covering her ears while screaming

Noo noo

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You don’t want to hear, your brother’s speech that much? ……No, yeah, of course you don’t. Even I don’t want to remember it, so of course my little sister is even more so……I’m sorry, that your Onii-chan is like this……

The person inside the aforementioned abyss lord felt like he would say that with a resigned expression if he saw his little sister acting like this, but putting that aside.

(It was also like this when she almost missed the sale of new doujinshi but……Manami-san, is unexpectedly fast-)

Usually, Manami could be said to be a slow walker instead of a swift mover. Her appearance was like the paragon of a literary girl, so she didn’t look like a sporty girl at all.

But, the truth was her athletic ability was very good. Especially when it came to her hobby, which automatically granted her some buffs. She showed speed that astonished even Aziz. Incidentally, the buffs would also cause her to have the eyes of a hunter in such moment.

(What’s more, she’s subconsciously smoothly evading the specters and obstacles!! Just like at the doujinshi sale! Just like at the doujinshi sale!)

It was like magic. Manami’s steps as she moved glidingly through a place that was teeming with a packed crowd. It was to a degree that Aziz couldn’t keep up with her.

Her movement was truly like a flowing water. The movement of an expert!

He didn’t mind frequently getting dragged along to accompany her to the sale, but Manami being unable to watch how he struggled at the site where people were packed in like sardines in the end held his hand from start to end so he wouldn’t get lost. As a man, that was something that bothered Aziz-kun much.

Also, Manami was always full of energy after returning alive from the sale that was like a battlefield, unlike Aziz who was generally totally exhausted (for some reason it was more exhausting that fighting demon). That fact was also plainly shocking for him.

I need to retrain myself!!

He even swore so inside his heart.

Because of that, seeing Manami even now glidingly running at full speed despite the small specters on the way and the completely uneven ground, furthermore without even focusing on the ground while dashing frantically, Aziz-kun felt even respect toward her while unintentionally saying.

「As expected from the abyss lord’s little sister-」

「What did you saayy!?」

Perhaps she sensed it instinctually even though she should be blocking her ears. The way of calling that was extremely not good for a little sister.

Manami’s face swung toward Aziz. Perhaps because her focus was at another matter, she didn’t notice the beardy dwarf that she stepped underfoot. It felt like there were the screams of 「AAAAAAAHHH!?」 and 「NIIIIII-SAAAAAAAANNN」, but they were followed with 「Rebirth! Wai, rebirth!」 and cheers, so surely there was no problem.

It was then,

「Right rii~ight, let us all calm down a little okie?」

「Mugyu!?」

「Uu!?」

*Shun* With a timing that seemed only possible by instant movement, a wall of muscle appeared on their way.

What a magnificent Six Pack. The two were stopped on their track by the abs that made them wanted to yell,

So stark! Staark! Are they waffle!

The abs caught them like cushion due to their superb relaxation. Those things that were transformed into cushion due to the excellent muscle elasticity and technique possessed astonishingly gentle texture.

Burly arms that were like large tree embraced them whole. When they looked up, what they found there was a face that was like the supreme ruler of the end of century era with the dense touch of a dramatic manga. Over the shoulders that were like Ayers Rock, poked out the tips of beautiful wings shining like the rising sun.

Manami and Aziz unconsciously froze.

Against such two, the avatar of muscle──correction, the avatar of Divine Tree, the manly goddess Blau Niebel put on a smile filled with gentleness and affection.

「I’ll introduce myself once more okies? I’m Blau Niebel. The stand-in goddess of this world who is entrusted with this honorable role from the goddess. But, originally I’m just an adorable miss fairy♪ So please, call me Blau-tan♪ without any reservation okies?」

The amount of information was a lot. Just as much as the density of this stand-in goddess’s muscle.

Manami and Aziz looked at each other with a troubled look due to still being embraced.

Unexpectedly it was Manami who got back on her feet faster. Because, Aziz-kun’s cheek was glued on burly muscle.

*Nichaaa~~~*

Aziz-kun took some distance from Blau with the speed of light. Till the end, yes, till the end it was his sensible decision so to not behave discourteously toward the goddess of another world. By no means it was because he felt a chill! By no means!!

He somehow stopped his right hand that was reflexively reaching toward holy water and coughed.

「Please pardon our rudeness, great goddess of the fairy world. My name is Aziz Stein. It’s a great honor to be allowed in your presence.」

Aziz put his hand over his chest and bowed.

It was a courteous greeting. He was wearing short sleeves and tight trouser but, his fashion had black base color that somewhat resembled cassock along with magnificent cross (for some reason there were two) hanging from his neck, so his atmosphere was truly like a clergyman.

Seeing that, Manami also hurriedly straightened her posture. She took a step back from Blau and bowed deeply.

「Ah, I, I am Endou Manami! Nice to meet you! Thank you for always taking care of my brother!」

「Thank yous for the greeting♪ But, really don’t be so formal. Rather, it’s me who should show every appreciation here dearies♡」

Miss muscle fairy wriggled

coquettishly

. Her gaze was slimily (just imagination) directed at Aziz-kun. He reflexively took a step back.

「U-understood. Then, allow me to call you Blau-san. Are you here to bring us back?」

He somehow curbed the feeling of being naturally overwhelmed with his willpower and asked the reason why the manly goddess followed them.

Blau-san looked a bit sad.

Even though “tan” is cuter than “san”……

as though she wanted to say that.

「Ah, Blau-tan! I’m sorry! I ran away on my own without even asking permission first……」

Perhaps she felt like she had just run around inside someone’s home as she pleased. It was a reflexive action, but she was aware that she had done whatever she pleased without even giving a satisfactory greeting to the goddess, so Manami bowed her head repeatedly.

Blau-tan looked pleased. She seemed very happy someone was obediently calling her name with “tan” added.

In contrast Aziz-kun was looking at Manami half shuddering and half looking impressed.

To call another world’s goddess with pet name as the first thing……as expected from Manami-san! The little sister of the abyss lord-. Respect!

His eyes said.

「You don’t need to mind that cutie! Your big brother fights scaa~~ry demons back there! You got so worried you couldn’t bear to watch right?」

Wrong, it’s not that.

Manami wanted to say. But her instinct whispered. That perhaps, this manly goddess wouldn’t get the subtlety of this complicated embarrassment.

She was right on the money. Blau-tan was a big fan of “Abyss-san”. Of course, she was also a big fan of “demon god-san” and “hero-san”. And, there was no concept of embarrassment from chuuni sickness in the fairy world. Rather such existence was the majority here.

「Let me show you two around until your big brother’s fight finish okies? I’ve also gotten the okies from Rana-san and others, so let’s go see wherever you like♪」

「Wah, really!? Hoorayy!!」

I can avoid forced viewing of Abyssgate World with this!

Manami-chan rejoiced.

She looks really happy that she can look around this world

♪ That’s great! I’ll do my best showing her around♪

The manly goddess rejoiced.

On the other hand, Aziz-kun got a complicated expression because he understood that these two were in a misunderstanding.

(Certainly, there are many things beyond understanding from Kousuke-san’s behaviors during his combat mode, and sometimes, there are also behaviors that makes you want to scratch your head a little but……I think……they’re fundamentally cool though……)

Silence is golden. Aziz-kun was wise.

「Come on, everyone! I understand that your curiosity is stimulated but, they are our very very important dear guests pyon! Please don’t surround them like that!」

「Eh? !? Hie!?」

It seemed Manami had only realized it now, that they were being surrounded by apparitions, big and smalls before they realized it.

From all directions, under the tree roots or within shadow on the ground or the sky, the eyes of the nonhumans were staring at Manami and Aziz. Were those eyes looking like hungry predator staring at the prey just Manami’s imagination?

Even though she was the abyss lord’s little sister, didn’t mean that she was familiar and used to nonhuman. Although these apparitions were all insignificant type who avoided even just watching the battle because they might be annihilated from just the shockwave if the lord and the demons fought, they were sufficient to make an ordinary person’s blood run cold.

*Shudder* Chill ran through her spine. It was only now she became aware that she had acted rashly.

She hid behind Aziz’s back almost reflexively. Her fingers tightly pinched on Aziz’s sleeve.

「It’s fine, Manami-san. Just like the goddess mentioned we are guest here. I think there’s the saying “Borrowing the tiger’s authority” in Japanese. It’s the same here, there shouldn’t be anyone who will dare to try anything with the abyss lord’s family.」

「Y-yeah. You’re right. I’m sorry, I just felt a bit of chiiill~ just now.」

「No, anyone will become like that if they’re surrounded by the presence of this many nonhumans.」

Even if she understood the situation, what was scary was still scary. Manami showed no sign of getting away from Aziz’s back.

This was the natural reaction when an ordinary person saw ghost or monster. He didn’t think it was pathetic or anything. Rather, he was surrounded by powerful people, so it even felt a bit relieving for Aziz to be able to see a natural reaction like this. His expression naturally softened.

「I’ll stay at your side. This chance isn’t something that can come that often, so let’s enjoy it.」

「But……Aziz-kun, don’t you want to watch Kou-nii’sfight?」

「Manami-san is my highest priority.」

Aziz said that and offered his hand to Manami. During doujinshi sale he was always the one who got his hand held and dragged to left and right beyond his control, but their positions were reversed if it was during a tour in a nonhuman world. Perhaps that was why, Aziz-kun felt a bit happy instead.

Manami blinked looking at the offered hand, but she immediately must have recalled all their times at the doujinshi sales too. She let out a chuckle and put her hand over Aziz’s hand.

「Oh my oh my oh my oh myyy~~~♡」

Wonder why, the manly goddess was wriggling somewhat more than usual. She was pressing her hands on her cheeks with an expression like she was stuffing her face full with sweet delicacies.

「B-Blau-san? Is something the matter?」

Aziz-kun looked at her dubiously. He even looked a bit put off.

「Nnfuh♡ It’s nothing at all pyon♪ Come to think of it, Aziz-kun──can I call you Aziz-kyun──」

「No way」

「Eh, no, no way?」

「Ah, no, it’s nothing. Please, call me as you like.」

For an instant, it felt like there was the rotten aura radiating from Manami, so he reflexively refused but, thinking carefully there should be any problem if it was only calling him like that so he corrected himself.

「As expected I’ll just keep calling you Aziz-kunokies?」

「Is, that so? If Blau-san is fine with that then……」

Miss fairy could easily read the room as well as sharp when it came to the subtlety of the heart. That was Blau Niebel. The heart of Niebel clan was chocked full with kindness as dense as their muscle density.

「Theeen Aziz-kun, I’m a tiny bittie curious though?」

「Yes?」

「Why didn’t you stop Manami-chan yourself in the middle of her run I wonder Ah, I’m not blaming you here just to be clear pyon. I just thought, if it’s Aziz-kun then you look like you’d be able to stop her even if a bit forcefully.」

No matter how good Manami’s athletic ability was, it would be pointless before Aziz. If he felt like it he should be able to grab her arm and restrain her, or even did like Blau did and ran ahead of her to block her.

Blau could somehow imagine his reason, so she was looking at him with extremely sparkly gaze. Manami was looking puzzled 「Why, are you asking that?」 hearing that, even so she too then became confused 「Now that you mention it……」 and looked toward Aziz, so he answered.

「There’s no way I can touch a girl’s body without their permission.」

Manami was covering her ears so he couldn’t even ask for permission. That was why he was running parallel with her and calling at her with everything he had. Apparently that was why.

「Besides, I said this place is dangerous but, in actuality the danger level is low because of the reasons I mentioned before. Even if something actually happens I’ll protect Manami-san even if it costs me my life.」

That was apparently why he prioritized “being a gentleman”. Manami raised her eyebrows at that.

「No nonono, look here! Aziz-kun! I already told you this many times but, you’re too reserved when it comes to me! If it’s you Aziz-kun then just tapping my shoulder or grabbing my arm is completely fine!」

「No, but……」

「No buuu~~~ut!」

Let’s be frank. Aziz-kun’s behavior toward Manami was completely like he was dealing with a “princess”.

From the start Aziz was courteous. Especially when interacting with the people of Endou family, because they were the family of Kousuke who he respected, and because they were allowing him to homestay in their home.

It was like when a low-grade employee was allowed to lodge in the house of his company president, or something.

However, even that would change after living together under the same roof for nearly half a year. Should it be described like he had opened his heart more than before? He had become able to interact with the people at home far more naturally compared to at the beginning of the homestay.

The biggest change was how his expression had softened much more. He also laughed more often.

But, as though in inverse proportion to that, only his way of interacting with Manami became even more completely courteous.

Like when Manami was going to sit, he quickly pulled the chair and escorted her to make it easier to sit.

If she was carrying baggage, he would quickly take it and brought carried it for her.

If there was a door then opening it for her was only natural.

He did it even at school. No wonder even Manami pleaded 「Stooopp」 at him. It was plainly embarrassing. Even her classmates were surprised at the start not knowing what was going on.

As expected, now he was able to hold back doing that kind of thing

at school,

but he still naturally acted like that even now outside school.

Not only that Aziz-kun, even when he was invited to play by the new friends that he had finally managed to create, he would first ask Manami for permission. And then, in situation where Manami wouldn’t go home right away, he would prioritize Manami’s business every time. Even when Manami told him he didn’t need to come with her.

Or rather, when she noticed he was already on standby diagonally behind her. As though to proclaim that was his default position.

Manami was the type who became unable to see her surrounding once she became absorbed on one thing, but because of that too, she acted following her own beat without worrying about anything. The figure of Aziz-kun who was following her anywhere diagonally behind her with fond eyes and smile seeing such Manami was……

Truly like a princess and her knight, or perhaps butler.

「It was a disaster at the beginning when you just enrolled because of that! Aziz-kun is cool, and athletic, or rather you’re strong, can also study well, gentlemanly, and a bit mysterious on top of that, and yet you don’t know much about what’s trending or having fun, and teaching you those make you genuinely happy──wait, what kind of bastard has a ton of popularity factors like this-. No wonder you’re popular!」

「C-calm down, Manami-san. I’m not someone who is that much of a big deal……」

「What’s more you’re humble-. Stop screwing around!」

Aziz-kun soothed her down even while looking troubled and blushing. His eyes unusually couldn’t look straight at her and wandered around. Was he embarrassed by the abrupt torrent of praises?

However, who give a damn to what’s going on inside Aziz-kun’s heart. Manami-chan didn’t seem to pay it any mind and stomped her foot on the ground.

Of course, the insignificant specters who were grinning from the fear Manami gave them got filled with grief 「Kuh, there’s no more fear-」「S-she takes no more notice of uuus!?」, while the manly goddess went 「Unbearaaablee!! What a delish situation this is!! This atmosphereee-」 and wriggled ten times more than usual, but Manami didn’t even notice them.

「Anyway! Aziz-kun does nothing but paying attention to me, so the girls charmed by you all came at me.」

「I’m sorry for that time. I never thought, there would be that many girls harboring favorable feeling toward someone like me……but, it’s fine now. I won’t cause Manami-san that kind of trouble ever again.」

「Yeah, it completely stopped at some point of time that it made me jittery instead.」

It wasn’t like anything that could become problem happened. Aziz-kun simply gave persuasion, reasoning with them.

Yes, just like how an actual clergyman would act in such situation, he talked the head off at the girls acting rashly because of romance, one by one, politely as well as gently.

He also mentioned to them that by no meant he held any feeling of romance toward Manami. That she was simply the little sister of his benefactor, and all this time he was also in her care, so she was someone important to him.

In fact, there wasn’t any feeling of romance in Aziz. Or rather, he didn’t know how it felt to be in love. Because his rigorous life didn’t give him the chance to understand that.

「Well, everyone looked like they accepted it when I told them that Aziz-kun isn’t someone like that for me, so it wasn’t that much trouble that you caused for me.」

「……Yes」

「Because, Aziz-kun is going to be Kou-nii’s bride in the future!」

「I won’t thought!?」

「For them to think that your love is with a girl, there should be a limit even in how wrong someone can be! Good grief, just why can’t they understand something that simple. Right?」

「Don’t ask for agreement from the person himself──no, please wait. Could it be, yu told those girls that? The people who suddenly retracted their confession, or saying that they’re supporting me with strangely slimy gaze……」

It must be because of that. Manami gave him a strong thumb up.

「Good lord」

Truly. Although, that only applied to extremely small part of girls with aptitude for that. The majority instead thought this.

Half withdrew from feeling creeped at Manami who threw around rotten aura from the wild imagination of her actual blood-related brother and a boy doing homestay in her home, while half went 「Wait, come to think of it this girl……Soul Sister!?」「Endou Manami……wait, ain’t she a top brass!?」「She’s an Onee-sama supremacist!?」「Run quick! Super run awaay!!」「He, heheh, we just got a little misunderstanding……we didn’t have any bad intention……that’s why don’t call your friends on us-」「Please spare meee-」 and ran away.

Don’t try anything with the Soul Sisters!

It was an extremely well-known lesson in the neighborhood.

And so, even without Aziz-kun doing anything someone who would challenge Manami in a battle of woman, well, few people would do something like that. Rather only those girls with serious feeling for Aziz-kun would do so.

「Alsoo, I’ve told you this many times too!」

「Y-yes」

「Saying something like “even if it costs me my life”, I don’t know how many times I’ve told you to stop saying that so easily-. Too exaggerated! Heavy!」

「But, Manami-san is just that important for me so──」

「No, hold on. I know you know? That Aziz-kun consider not only me but also Otou-san and Okaa-san as really important. Even us now think of Aziz-kun as real family. But, that’s exactly why.」

Really, this exorcist boy before her was concerning because he might really throw away his life easily if it was for Endou family’s sake.

Originally, he was a boy who fought for his whole life against demon where it wouldn’t be strange for him to die any time. The way he resolved himself was different. He was someone who could naturally risk his life.

「If something happen to Aziz-kun, I, we……will bear wound that will never heal forever okay? You Aziz-kun! Will hurt us greatly!」

Are you fine with that?

Manami asked with a straightforward gaze. For a moment, Aziz forgot to breath.

He had gotten scolded before for the same topic like this but, it never resonated with him as deeply as now. Perhaps because it wasn’t during peaceful daily life, but in the middle of this world of monsters and apparitions of rivers and mountains. The passion and seriousness filling Manami’s words were in a different league than usual.

He stared back into Manami’s eyes as though they were magnet.

Aa……

he thought.

They were definitely siblings huh

.

He took a deep breath and sorted his feeling, than after a second.

「Yes. I swear to Manami-san. Even if I risk my life, I won’t pay with it.」

「Hm~~~mm, well, that’s fine for now!!」

Actually she didn’t even want him risking it but, he was a boy who had lived as a warrior until now, and he surely understood what she wanted to say as someone who was in the side being protected.

And so, Manami smiled brightly and nodded.

Manami smiled at him, so Aziz also sighed in relieve. His lips broke into a wide smile.

……In the end, did it enter the two’s sight?

How the insignificant specters went 「Right, break up break up!」「Keh, this is why humans are just-」 while dispersing sullenly.

And, of the manly goddess who was pressing both her hands on her face while rolling and writhing on the ground. What a beautiful bridge she was forming. The bridge was twitching *twitch twitch*.

Why? Let’s not actually say why. 「Damn bitter sweet~~~」 It could be easily guessed from the leaking out voice filled with so much feeling that it even broke her usual manner of talking.

And, Aziz-kun heard that deep voice and came to himself with a gasp.

「B-Blau-san? Are you alright!?」

「Eh? Wah, what in the world happened!? Why are you suddenly doing bridge!? And you’re also twitching!?」

It’s the fault of y’guys,

it felt like such voice could be heard from the dispersing specters.

「I-I’m fine pyon. Don’t worry okies? It’s just fatal shot.」

「Fatal shot!? Did someone attack you!? Manami-san, don’t get too far from me!」

「G-got it!」

Aziz-kun took Manami’s hand and pulled her toward him. Manami-chan looked bewildered, even so she obediently let herself get pulled and then clung close on his back to hide.

「Guhah!?」

「「Blau-san!?」」

Even though she had finally gotten back on her feet, the manly goddess pressed her hand on her heart and fell on one knee. The miss fairy who loved making sweets also loved bitter sweet atmosphere a lot. Because, she was the maiden of maiden in this fairy world!

Not to mention, such atmosphere was almost nonexistent in the fairy world. This innocent air! Because you know, the residents of this world were generally muscleheads who took what they wanted with force.

「T-that’s not it pyon! I’m really sorry, startling you cuties like this! It’s just like a bit of a fit that I have so don’t mind it! Look, I’m calming down now.」

She tried to laugh off the situation to calm the nervous duo and somehow got on his feet. The in place of a deep breath he did DOUBLE BICEPS! Then~fo~llow~ed~with~~~~! MOST MUSCULAR!!

That was the greatest method to calm down one’s heart formulated by Niebel clan the adorable fairies.

「Fit you said, Blau-tan, do you have some kind of sickness?」

Manami asked with a worried look.

I’m in love with people’s romance pyon

♡ This too is the sickness of love♪

Blau-san wanted to answer like that. However, her sharp instinct and heart whispered 「Not yet. This is still not the stage to do that……」 to this miss fairy so she swallowed those words.

「No, really don’t worry about me okies? I’m, look, I’m a bit of a chubby girlright?」

「……Chubby?」

「Aziz-kun! Shh」

「That’s why sometimes, I just want to exercise so much pyon♪」

What an unsightly excuse. Just now didn’t feel like exercise at all. Because she was convulsing. That was what the two thought but they could read the room so they didn’t say anything.

「Rather than that I want to ask you two cuties something……do you two have anyone you like I wondeerr?」

Watch~, watch over the bittersweet relationship of these two~~, don’t say anything unnecessary~~

, she was convincing her own maiden heart, and yet she just couldn’t hold back and ended up probing a little bit.

Would they look bewildered, or smile wryly or even deny it? But, if the person beside them flashed faintly at the back of their mind and they went [Eh?]……

In that case it would also be fine if they do something like unconsciously turned their eyes to each other pyon!!

The manly goddess got excited like that inside her heart but.

「It’s Shizuku-oneesan though?」

「Of course, I love everyone in Omnibus and everyone of Endou family.」

The two answered too easily as well as so calmly. They looked like their answer was just the number one natural thing in the world for them.

It seemed, these two, really had no self-awareness. No, for Manami she was also the youngest child so perhaps she really thought something like 「A little brother come! I got to treasure him!」 and the feeling she had for Aziz was just familial love to the end but……

At the very least, the way Aziz-kun looked at Manami was clearly different from how he looked at other person.

This half year where he started homestay and enrolled into school must be just that much of lovely days for Aziz.

And, there was no doubt that the one at the center of those days was unmistakably Manami. It was exactly because Manami made every effort in her own way knowing of Aziz’s upbringing before that Aziz’s feeling also changed to what it was now, no doubt about it.

In that point, naturally everyone of Endou family and also Rana and co noticed too. Even his classmates were beginning to notice recently.

Also, Manami’s “step sisters of the soul(Soul Sisters)” comrades, especially the president Amanogawa Mizuki and a certain kouhai-chan had the same reaction like Blau in very early stage and they also had the same conclusion.

Which was, the unaware feeling of this ill-fated handsome boy (even those who didn’t know his background were sensing the sign of worldly-wise man from some of Aziz’s air and behaviors)……must protect!

They also thought something like,

Somehow it’s just a bit, that one side of the equation is Manami(this fellow) makes it just a bit hard to swallow though, or rather why is it Manami(this fellow) even after knowing her rotten aura and Onee-sama supremacism. My mind just can’t stop thinking that!

In any case, they were in general feeling,

It’s a springtime that by some miracle grace our comrade! Let’s watch over them cultivating their feeling bit by bit without doing anything unnecessary! Aah, so precious! It’s making me feel super duper kyun kyuun!!

「Kuffuuh. The preciousness of something that just start to bud-. I can’t get enough of iiit」

「B-Blau-san, your speech……」

「A-are you really alright? Your muscles are rippling though-」

She unintentionally put excessive strength into her Side Chest! *Bwah* Sweats burst out and they instantly dispersed as white vapor. Coupled with the surrounding scenery also distorting like mirage from the heat, it somehow gave off a pressure that couldn’t be described.

The boy and girl reflexively flinched and backed away.

「Fuuu~~, thanksies. I’ve calmed down a little♪」

「T-that’s great.」

「Goddess work is also not easy huh……」

The two couldn’t wrap their heads around it but, they forcefully convinced themselves that it must be because of various work-related things causing her stress.

Blau pulled herself together and pointed sharply. Toward the direction where Aziz and Manami came running from.

The two’s eyes turned around following that gesture and they finally noticed. That the “gate” they teleported here from was at the bottom of the majestic great tree that they couldn’t even see the top from here. It was like they were looking at a gigantic wall.

From this slight distance away, they looked up at the Divine Tree with shining silver leaves where each leaf could snugly wrap over a single human with space left to spare. They gulped.

That beauty, that grandness, that imposing appearance that was worthy for something to be called the center of the world overwhelmed them.

「I don’t know why, somehow……it’s amazing」

「Yes, it’s amazing.」

The two lost their vocabulary and looked up in fascination. They had seen a “World Tree’s branch” before. After a fashion.

Manami had seen the “Treasure Tree” of the “miniature garden”. Aziz too had seen earth’s “King Tree”. Manami begged her brother that she wanted to see a fantasy world, so Kousuke brought her with him when Hajime invited him. Aziz was when he accompanied Claudia.

But, they wondered why. The emotionally moving feeling hadn’t lessened at the slightest. Their hearts were filled with wonder to the brim as though they were seeing this for the first time.

「Fufu, I’m happy that this captivate you two cuties so much. How is it? This is a rare chance, I can show you two around the capital inside the Divine Tree.」

「The capital inside the Divine Tree?」

Manami’s eyes shined with curiosity even as she tilted her head.

「Yes pyon. The capital at the center of the world. The oldest and first fairy village──Mag Mell. There is no child with scary aura like specters there, so I think the place is just right to get you two cuties used to this world too pyon. Here, you can imagine it easier if you look at me.」

I’m 100% adorable miss fairy who isn’t scary no matter how you look at me!

Blau-tan said that and joined her hands behind her back, slightly dropped her waist, and made a pose. In bodybuilding term it was Side Triceps!!

They didn’t understand why she was making a pose that emphasized her muscles. Perhaps even in another world the concept of maiden’s “cuteness” was extremely varied and wide-ranging.

「It’s a rare chance so let’s go take a look. If we’re outside, who knows when Kou-nii’s clone might fly here.」

「Ahaha……」

Aziz-kun apparently had no objection despite his wry smile.

「Ufufu, I had also just baked the welcome special cookie! Now, over here pyon♪ Come with me cuties」

Blau-tan walked like a model while swaying her tight butts that were like boulders as she led the way.

Aziz tried not to look with the air of someone focusing on the surrounding with all his attention instead, while Manami muttered 「Hou……」 and stared hard with the eyes of researcher as she followed along.

Like that.

They were treated to sweets in Blau’s fancy home, got introduced to adorable fairy (real fairy like in fairy tale!), guided to noted places in the capital, and so on while enjoying sightseeing for a while.

「Oh nooes♪ Really Mana-chan you’re just too discerniing~♪ You’re already a senseii~」

「Blau-tan yourself knows too much about maiden heaart~♪ You’re alreadyagoddeess~!」

Not only the two had hit it off completely and called each other with pet name, Blau and Manami had gotten along so well that they mysteriously talked like some gals. And then, Aziz-kun who was watching over such two warmly from his designated position (diagonally behind Manami),

「Now then, we’ve gotten into really deep talk but, the duel outside has finished already and they’re having a party now pyon. How about we meet up with everyone soon I wondeer?」

「Aa, so that’s why the fairies are busily cooking and bringing them outside since some time ago!」

「Blau-san, the result……no, there’s no need to even ask isn’t it.」

「Nufuhn♡ Of course, it’s Abyss-san’s great victory pyon♪」

They had such conversation while following Blau’s lead to return until near the capital’s entrance. It was then.

「Myy?」

Blau suddenly stopped walking. For some reason her eyes widened like saucer. The reason for that lied in the youth leaning on the wall near the entrance.

「Blau-tan? What’s the──eh? Human? Aziz-kun! There are human other than us there!」

「……No, Manami-san. I think he’s also a specter. Though I can certainly understand why you might mistake him as human.」

That youth looked terribly out of place. He was really unsuited with this fantasy capital.

After all, he was wearing suits. He was also wearing silver-rimmed glasses.

From a glance he looked like an intellect type handsome elite salaryman……that was the feel he gave off, but the aura enveloping his body felt extremely violent. The glint from his eyes behind the glasses was also truly sharp.

He combed up his black hair that was divided into two halves with a terribly displeased look. Coupled with the way he spat the cigarette in his mouth too, from a glance he looked like a young yak*za leader.

He didn’t look like someone respectable no matter how they looked at him. He would sock them in the face, no question asked if they carelessly approached……the youth gave off such dangerous atmosphere.

「Tsk, he should just kill them off quickly.」

His monologue was also dangerous!

Outsideappearance isn’t everything you know? You mustn’t judge someone by appearance!

This person’s dangerousness was exactly like his appearance as though to throw sand at those words head on!

Aziz-kun quietly stepped in front of Manami. It was to hide her behind his back.

Aziz-kun, that person……Shh, don’t look at him Manami-san!

She hid behind his back like that.

「I can’t believe that the man recognized by leader of all people is so naïve. Just how much can someone be a letdown.」

The youth blew out tobacco smoke together with a loud sigh.

「Wait waaiit! Where do you think you’re right now! Don’t act so disturbingly here non! You are scaring all the fairies!」

「Aa?」

Blau opened her mouth with a scolding. The youth narrowed his eyes while finally turning his attention over here.

He made an openly disgusted face when he saw the manly goddess, next he turned his eyes to Aziz beside her but then he immediately lost interest like he had just seen a pebble at the roadside……

And then, his eyes met Manami whose face poked out over Aziz’s shoulder──

In that moment, everyone saw a hallucination.

「Hauahh!!?」

Lightning fell on the youth. *PISHAA~~*. They could even hallucinate his eyeballs popping out like in a gag manga.

The handsome youth who was like a character that showed up in shoujo manga suddenly getting blown away in a gag spacetime. The gap was terrific.

「H-hey? Are yousokaay?」

The youth pressed his hand on his chest and staggered. His cigarette also fell down.

His dangerous presence that was there until just a moment ago had dispersed instantly. His displeased expression was colored in astonishment as though he had witnessed a miracle. But immediately after that his face was reddening.

*Shinn* The air became silent like grave.

Manami and Aziz looked at each other wondering what was going on. And then, Blau Niebel looked down on her own chest and her eyes widened.

「Eh, please wait? My maiden sensor is blaring loudly?」

Her pulsating pectoralis major muscle was showing the truth plainly. I think you reader don’t understand what I’m saying, but please I ask for your understanding that fairy of muscle is just that kind of existence.

The muscle(maiden) sensor sometimes read people’s heart and sometimes even predicted the future. Its sensitivity was working favorably to the extreme even today which was immediately proven at the next moment.

The youth’s stiffening immediately vanished. He took a deep breath. He straightened his posture, tightened his loose necktie, and pushed up his glasses. He combed up his slovenly dangling down hair with both hands to tidy it up, and fired bluish white flame to the cigarette to turn it into ash.

Preparation complete. With such atmosphere, he walked briskly toward their way, no, straight toward Manami while looking only at her!

「Eh, eh? What? That person, is he looking at me for some reason!?」

「……Manami-san, please don’t come out from behind me no matter what.」

Manami was shaken, while Aziz put himself on guard with a bit of bewilderment, because he thought that he might only provoked this person’s hostility with excessive wariness now that he showed no dangerous atmosphere like before.

And then, for some reason Blau-san quietly moved aside while her eyes were blazing brightly for some reason.

Before long, the youth arrived before the two and he stared fixedly only at Manami as expected while opening his mouth with an astonishingly gentle tone toward the nervous looking Manami.

「Lovely young miss. Please, can I ask you the kindness of hearing your name?」

His manner of talking was also truly polite and gentlemanly. His expression right now was also soft. He was the perfect picture of a handsome glasses man.

「My name is, Endou Manami……?」

「Endou……? Could it be, you young miss is related to Endou Kousuke?」

「Ah, yes. I’m his little sister.」

「I can’t believe it. This is already a providence from heaven. It’s destiny.」

The youth looked up to the sky. One hand was pressed on his forehead while he took a long breath with deep emotion. No matter what he did he looked like the picture perfect of a handsome guy.

「Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is……no, let’s keep my true name for after I receive your reply. Besides using my name on your side should make it easier for you to know who I am.」

The youth looked once again toward the confused looking Manami and put his hand over his chest. He respectfully bowed and uttered that name, the extremely famous name that was talked even in legend.

「I am “Ibaraki Douji”. An “oni” with the honor of serving as the right-hand man of ShuutenDouji who fell in love with your elder brother.」

The youth’s true identity became clear. Manami’s eyes widened like saucer hearing that big name. This was Manami who was immersed neck deep in subculture. There was no way she didn’t know about him.

Of course, Aziz who had thoroughly investigated the legend of ShuutenDouji also wasn’t an exception. That was exactly why his eyes widened like saucer.

It was only natural. From the introduction before the duel of Abyss Lord VS Oni Army began, he had confirmed the appearances of the other four heavenly kings. They had truly oni-like appearance. Certainly he didn’t remember Ibaraki Douji introducing himself but, it couldn’t be helped that he fell under the impression that the legendary aide was also the same.

But, there was also no way he would overlook this youth in suit if he was among that group. In other words, he didn’t participate in the battle.

The aide of ShuutenDouji.

Was absent in the battle over ShuutenDouji.

He didn’t even participate in the banquet, so what was he doing in this kind of place? What was his objective in approaching Manami-san?

Aziz’s wariness swelled up drastically.

But, Ibaraki Douji took not the slightest notice of the change in Aziz. Far from that, it was suspect whether he even perceived him when he was right before his eyes. Ibaraki Douji wholeheartedly stared only at Manami behind Aziz while asking.

「Manami……can I call you that?」

「Y-yes. If you’re Hidzuki-oneesama’s aide then I don’t mind you calling me whatever you like.」

Also, her calling Hidzuki “Onee-sama” was Hidzuki’s request.

「Fufu, thank you very much. I have to thank leader for this. But putting that aside, your name has a nice ring to it. How do you write it?」

「You write it with the kanji of “truth(shinjitsu)” and read it as “Manami”, though……?」

「Wow! Even your name is beautiful……that name is really befitting you who are overflowing with charm.」

Ibaraki Douji sported a smile that looked genuinely moved. Rather than feeling her heart pounding Manami was feeling plainly baffled.

I completely don’t get what kind of situation is this! Why is she showering flattery on me like this?

That was the kind of look she sported.

Meanwhile, Aziz-kun’s expression looked truly conflicted. He wholeheartedly agreed with Ibaraki Douji’s comments. But, for some reason he couldn’t stomach it……he wondered why.

Of course, Blau-tan was moaning 「Aa~~hn♪」 with her throaty voice while writhing.

Even while that was going on Ibaraki Douji made a smile that could make any girl melted and fell on one knee.

His eyes were moist with passion and oozing sweetness that would make many girls lost strength on their waist.

As expected even Manami guessed it at this point. 「Eh? No way……don’t tell me, it’s that kind of thing!? Eh? Why me!? Because it’s me you know!? This mister, is his eyes rotting!?」 She thought self-torturingly with her pupils shrinking into dot.

For an instant, 「Ah, but, this situation……looking at it objectively if the schema isn’t me but intellectual handsome guy kneeling at Aziz-kun……guheh, slurp……」 though she became like that, 「No wrong wrong! If this isn’t a misunderstanding then as expected it’s rude! Get a hold of yourself me!」 she gave herself a pep talk.

The tragedy of Aziz-kun not in the radar of Ibaraki Douji at all……fortunately Manami still had the good and common sense to stop thinking like that. No, it was exactly because she acknowledged herself as a seeker of truth trying to walk the path of the rot to its ultimate end that she endeavored to not make light of “feeling”.

In any case, Manami stopped hiding behind Aziz’s back and stood beside him. Ibaraki Douji too seemed to sense Manami’s consideration and his face broke into a happy smile.

Aziz-kun looked alternately between Manami and Ibaraki Douji in high speed.

Eh, what? What in the world is going on? My heart is feeling overwhelmingly uneasy though!

He had that kind of expression.

「Being roundabout is not to my liking. And so, although this will surely surprise you due to its abruptness, allow me to tell you frankly. ──Just a single glance made me wanted you. Please, I want you to become mine.」

「O-ou……you’re super straightforward……」

Even though his manner of speech was gentlemanly, as expected there was the outlaw’s sensation oozing out from him.

It was the love confession of a handsome youth. Normally a girl might blush to some degree but, Manami looked slightly pulling away.

Manami had never received something like confession from the opposite sex even once until now. Not to mention this was another world, and the one confessing was nonhuman. It happened too suddenly that to be honest it still didn’t feel real to her. Perhaps she would feel agitated as time passed and she got calmer but, right now her confusion won out.

Or perhaps her heart couldn’t pound due to different reason……?

「Aziz-kun……?」

Aziz quietly got between the two. Manami vanished from Ibaraki Douji’s sight. In exchange his eyes met Aziz. And his cold eyes looking down on him.

Ibaraki Douji narrowed his eyes as though he noticed Aziz’s existence for the first time.

「What do you think you’re doing, brat?」

「Manami-san won’t become yours. Withdraw, specter.」

*Crackle crackle* It felt like sparks scattered in the air. Like both recognized each other as “enemy”.

Ibaraki Douji stood up. He was taller than Aziz, so their position naturally reversed. Cold eyes looked down on Aziz. Thick ghastly aura flowed out. The pressure was terrible.

But, Aziz didn’t falter. He had survived through life threatening bloodshed many times. Something at this level was no different than a breeze for veteran exorcist.

The color of Ibaraki Douji’s eyes changed a little. 「Hou?」 He let out a sound that sounded impressed, like interest toward Aziz himself had welled up just a little.

「Brat, just what are you to Manami?」

「Her bodyguard.」

「Bodyguard……? Fuh, I see. Then, let me tell you this. Do you know the meaning of the words reaching beyond your position?」

「I don’t plan to hold dialogue with you. I said back off, specter.」

Aziz closed the distance by a single step. His unusually strong way of speaking was just the way he talked toward demon. However, in this present situation where he knew that the other side had no malice, his uncompromising attitude was extremely unusual.

What kind of emotion it was manifested from? Even Aziz himself didn’t understand.

Just right now, a nonhuman was trying to make a move at Manami so him protecting her was only natural, or that was how he persuaded himself and solidified his determination.

Now he was glaring at the youth from right almost below. Aziz and the youth glared at each other from extremely close by. Just like when two boxers met each other in the interview before the fight.

She knew. She knew really well.

She should face it properly. She mustn’t make light of “feeling”. At the very least, she should give back some kind of proper answer here.

She understood.

But, aa, but! How could she hold her back during this!! Anyone in her place also wouldn’t be able to!

「S-so close-. Wai-, that’s just too lewd isn’t it!? To not care of anyone else watching at a busy entrance like this! Just what are you two thinking thank you very much!!」

Emotion, sometimes surpassed reason but, really just what was this child thinking? In this kind of situation, she was shedding tears of gratitude while sitting formally on her knees (seiza) on the ground, pressing her hands together in a praying posture like she was witnessing god……

Blau-san who was busy writhing felt like she got doused with cold water a little.

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「Then, the subject of the argument Mana-chan herself suddenly started drawing picture on a shining board, and she didn’t react at all no matter how much I called at her, and the two’s atmosphere was also rapidly turning dangerous, so that was why.」

「You called for us……」

「Noes? Even if it turned into a fight the current me will be able to stop it so there’s no problem with that but, I simply want Abyss-san and others to watch this!! This kind of piping hot development isn’t something that occur that often isn’t it! My tension already can’t stop going up♪」

「That so」

Blau’s recollection & situation explanation ended for the most part and Kousuke looked forward once more in slight exasperation. Rana and others also turned their gazes over there with eyes sparkling similarly like Blau.

「HA-HA-HA-HA, looks like you aren’t really that bad aren’t you, brat!」

「Tsk, acting so composed!!」

The youth and Aziz-kun were fighting. Inside the dome shaped barrier Blau deployed.

They didn’t even notice when Kousuke and others came and kept glaring at each other. Then they started fighting just before Blau started explaining the situation.

The one who made the first move was the youth. Kousuke and co didn’t even have any time to think 「Ah」 when he swung his arm casually like he was going to swat a fly. And yet the force behind the swing was like he was swinging a club.

An ordinary person would surely get blown away like they had been hit by a full powered tackle from American football player.

But, Aziz too was a veteran warrior. He dodged the strong arm with a minimal movement, furthermore he instantly took out his sacred device──a cross as big as a violin case with handle at the center and thrust the cross’s long part’s tip at the youth’s face.

The two’s gazes crossed for an instant.

The youth grinned in delight, while Aziz’s eyes narrowed coolly──FIGHTT!! The duel between men over Manami began with an unspoken agreement like that.

Originally they should stop it right away but……

「O, oo~~i! Aziz-ku~~un! Ibaraki Douji-sa~~an!! This is getting a bit heated up, can’t you two stop fighting now~~?」

「No! This guy is dangerous! Manami-san go back to where Kousuke-san and the others are!」

「Haa-Ha-Ha!! Lovely young lady, that will simply be tactless to stop at this point!」

「In the first place I’m devoted to Shizuku-oneesama so I can’t possibly answer Ibaraki Douji-san’s feeling anywaa~~ay」

「Oh Lord! Grant your strength to your faithful follower!! Please bestow to me the light to crush evil!!」

「So you are exorcist of foreign country!? It has some effect to my youki……no, it’s surprisingly effective-. Now this is exciting!」

「No good these guys ain’t listening……」

Manami who had returned to her sanity (?) was doing her best calling out to them, but the two showed no sign of stopping.

Far from that, Aziz was mercilessly aiming at vital spot, and Ibaraki Douji was unleashing fist with strength that could easily turn human body into minced meat. The fight that was already filled with high killing intent at the start was increasing in intensity as each second passed.

Manami’s eyes were twitching in response.

And then,

「Blau-tan! Kou-nii! Stop theem~」

Even when she tried asking,

「My my, Manami-chan, that’s not good! After all this is a fight between men!」

「Now now, isn’t it fine Mana-chan. This is still fine pyon♪」

Rana and Blau replied like that with cheerful smiles. Followed by,

「Fufu, as expected isn’t it where you should say that famous line? Please don’t fight over me!」

「Art not this fine? For mine right-hand man to have his heart stolen by mine beloved’s little sister unknowingly……don’t you think that this art a lovely destiny instead? Two men harboring feeling for the same woman, let us simply allow them to resolve it to their heart’s content♪」

「As expected from Kousuke’s little sister. Manami is also popular with the opposite sex!」

Vanessa, and then Hidzuki and even Emily were refusing with smiling faces.

Kousuke too showed no sign of interfering despite his wry smile. It must be because he understood how Aziz felt.

Together with his parents, as a big brother who worried about his little sister’s future, he was so happy he even clapped together with Rana and others when he guessed Aziz’s unaware feeling. Rather Aziz being his brother-in-law was just he wished for.

Although, the girl in question was Manami. A pursuer of the path of rot and an Onee-sama supremacist. In a sense this was a girl with impregnable defense in romance.

He couldn’t help but judge that Aziz’s chance was bad as long as he still was unaware of his own feeling. Surely Aziz’s awareness was absolutely necessary for the two to advance to the next step in their relationship.

And so, the suddenly appearing rival was the perfect chance in a sense. If he could realize his own feeling with this……he couldn’t help but think, a feeling that was also shared completely by Claudia who sent him a look to not stop them with sparkling eyes.

「Geez! I’m telling you it’s not like that! In the first place Aziz-kun is devoted to Kou-nii only, how many times I need to tell everyone that-!!」

「Aziz will cry you know, foolish little sister.」

Manami-chan conveniently ignored only the big brother’s frank comment. Either way, the Onee-samas still hadn’t interfered exactly because they were considerate of Aziz-kun’s feeling.

「Claudia Barenberg. That’s what Endou Manami said but, in reality, what’s going on with your little brother?」

Unlike Rana and others, Zhu-san didn’t know much about the relationship between Endou family’s Manami and Aziz because she didn’t really pay it any mind. She approached Claudia’s ear and whispered her question curiously.

「Who knows? I wonder. I’m a big sister, so I won’t do anything like exposing my little brother’s feeling without his knowledge. After all even the person himself hasn’t realized it.」

Claudia said that even while adding more words with cheerful smile.

「It’s just, when Aziz talked about the going on during his homestay, he mostly only talked about one girl in general. Furthermore, he looked really happy when talking.」

「Fuhn. That’s already the answer isn’t it.」

However, if that was the case than two people from the exorcist faction would become family with the returnee faction……

Kuh, the pressure from the homeland will become even stronger-. Damn you, cursed Abyssgate-.

Zhu-san glared angrily at Kousuke for some reason, but setting that aside.

「Shit-, what a hardy guy-」

「Kukuku, very good. You have nice move. I’m impressed that you seem to have survive a lot of bloodsheds regardless of your age. But, you lack absolute firepower if you wish to defeat me.」

Aziz’s sacred treasure was first class. The cross that had half-hearted size in a sense was certainly difficult to handle, but as it were it had ability that was like the downgraded version of Claudia’s “Holy Cross”.

It had no absolute power like “Holy Cross”, but it could deploy barrier when put on the ground and also fired magic bullet from the tip.

The power was in proportion to the length of the chanting. Even just a monosyllable could blast a demon into small pieces if they were low class. Right now due to a certain reason it could also fire its maximum power just by thinking it as long as he had the magic power, so the weapon could display power that couldn’t be ignored even by high class demon but……

Ibaraki Douji didn’t even show any sign of being bothered. As expected from a legendary oni. No matter how slender he looked, his base body strength was off the track.

And then, in contrast Ibaraki Douji’s powerful arm was making sure-kill attack with its every move. Even so he was clearly still holding back. It looked like he was having fun watching how far Aziz could go.

「Now, what will you do! Guardian! Your princess is going to be kidnapped by the wicked oni at this rate!」

Ibaraki Douji pushed his glasses *kui* and bared his fangs with a laugh. He upped his gear to induce despair. His youki finally burst up. The ground was cracked with just that.

Just minimum movement wasn’t enough anymore to dodge. Just the shockwave would definitely be enough to gouge flesh and smash bones.

「H-hey, Kousuke. As expected isn’t this a bit bad? It’ll be better to stop them soon……」

Perhaps the oni’s aura caused goosebumps. Emily rubbed her arm while looking at Kousuke.

Hinata who was by herself watching the fight with fixed stare that could even be called cold must be of the same opinion. 「This cannot be called a quarrel anymore. It is too dangerous」 she said. Then she formed the sword handseal before Kousuke could say anything.

Kousuke was also of the same opinion. Oni was a creature that could easily cross the line if they got excited. It was something that he had learned more than he liked from the previous battle too.

But, before Kousuke or Hinata or perhaps Blau could do anything,

「Youki is a weapon for youma. Don’t resent me seeing that you have bring it out, oni.」

Aziz-kun’s eyes sharpened dangerously! As though to say that Ibaraki Douji wasn’t the only one keeping the fight in the level of quarrel. His feeling of rivalry was blazing furiously!

He tightly clenched the other cross hanging on his chest and offered a prayer 「O Lord, give me strength」.

Right after that. The cross in his grip detached from the chain and enlarged instantly.

This was also the trick for a cross as big as a violin case appearing instantly. The two crosses hanging on his chest were exactly Aziz-kun’s new sacred treasure.

And, these two crosses were once the partner of a great exorcist who became martyr in a fight against an archdemon, and the sacred treasure was half destroyed there before it got stored all this time. In the process of repairing it went through demonic modification that made it something else that was a sacred treasure that wasn’t a sacred treasure.

「Activate──Twin Claw」

「Fua!?」

The one who raised that voice was Vanessa.

Because she knew about it!

The crosses held in both hands transformed. They split vertically and grip with trigger attached appeared in between. Aziz ended up putting his arms between the split crosses and holding the grips.

And then, at both ends of the crosses gun barrel jutted out facing back and forward.

Aziz-kun held them in a stance that formed a cross with them. With that form it was possible to fire behind, forward, left, and right simultaneously.

「WHY!? WHY is there “Double Fa*g” here!? So cool-」

Yes, that was the firearms used by the junior of a pastor bro in a certain gun manga taking stage in a desert planet. Of course, the identity of the one doing the demonic modification could be easily guessed.

Feeling interested with sacred treasure, as well as getting request to repair and improve sacred treasure from Omnibus too, when the storage vault was shown to him, Hajime learned about this sacred treasure’s design and its function to fire bullet. Three guesses how much his tension climbed up at that time and the first two didn’t count.

After all, that certain manga was also Hajime-san’s bible.

After that he demonically modified it with great enthusiasm. He also appointed Aziz to be the user. Because he was the boy who was in charge of guarding Endou family, he was like Kousuke’s little brother, and originally he was also short sword user so his dexterity was outstanding.

Do you want power? The power so you can protect those important to you……do you want it!

From there it was his usual modus operandi.

Of course, Aziz-kun happily accepted it. In the end, the line 「O Lord, give me strength」 that Aziz-kun muttered, just who in the world it was referring to……

「I heard that oni’s love is “to devour”. I won’t let you lay your hand on Manami-san!!」

「HAH, immature child who doesn’t even understand his own heart. If you think you can stop me then just try it!!」

Right after that, intense explosion sound thundered. Was it armor piercing ammunition filled with gunpowder to bursting? The flesh of Ibaraki Douji’s arm that blocked the bullet was blasted away together with his suits’ sleeve. Although, apparently it was still only the surface skin and flesh.

「This is still lukewarm!!」

An oni laughing gruesomely could be found there. But, the next moment, explosive sound and shockwave surged. Ibaraki Douji’s feet were gouging the ground as his body was pushed backward.

「So even bursting bullet only did that much. Then, I only need to use the original function at the same time to raise its power.」

By firing magic bullet to match the power of the physical bullet’s explosives, Aziz was increasing the bullets’ might exponentially. He also chanted scripture to whittle down the youki.

In respond, Ibaraki Douji also kneaded up more youki to increase his defense, in addition he also fired back youki hardened into cone shape as payback.

While the intensity of the battle grew, Claudia pointed with her finger while looking at Kousuke.

「Kousuke-sama……I, don’t know what is that though? Certainly there’s also sacred treasure that is like musket but, sacred treasure that is like full auto rifle like that, no, that’s already a modern firearm though, from where……aa, no, there’s no need to even ask isn’t it……」

「Yep. It’s exactly what you think.」

My little brother, should be living a peaceful school life away from the battlefield shouldn’t he? Since when he got armed with physical weapon?

Claudia-oneechan thought with a gaze of not knowing what to say toward her little brother.

Seeing Claudia’s reaction, Rana tilted her head and spoke the shocking truth.

「My, Clai-chan. You don’t know? The director of your place, has arms dealing with boss you know?」

「Eh!?」

「Naturally there’re rifles and pistols, and then portable missiles and rockets, after that strengthening exoskeleton? It was like a trade fair of weapons. The view was thrilling you know?」

「Demon god-sama is arm dealer!?」

「The transaction spot is underground the church so it felt really surreal. It was like an illegal dealing my heart pounded a little! The director also hid his face.」

「That’s definitely a deal done without the permission from his holiness or the cardinal isn’t it!? In the first place it’s strange that I the saintess don’t know about it!」

「Furthermore that boss, really, he made the demons do the transporting……」

「The weapons that would be used to kill them, to the man who’s absolutely murderous toward them!? That person, isn’t he just too savage!?」

「As expected from boss isn’t it! If only you can see the expression of the demons when they stared at the sold weapons! There’s no change to their expression but they were trembling real hard! Ahaha-」

「Just what is funny from what you said just now!?」

Claudia’s gaze snapped toward Kousuke. Kousuke’s gaze snapped away from her. It seemed he was aware of it. Surely he was present during the deal by chance due to some flow of event from his mission.

「Now now, calm down please. We’re living in this kind of era. Even the assault department of security bureau also ordered wholesale for anti-nonhuman weapons and ammos.」

「……I have heard about it. Apparently the response division is also being supplied. From what I know it is mainly the type of neutralizing weapons that disperse only willpower though.」

Vanessa and Hinata also nodded with wry smiles. Claudia’s expression convulsed even more. Why was she the only one who didn’t know?

She understood that organizations like security bureau or response division that didn’t possess supernatural power needed anti-nonhuman weapons, but Omnibus had sacred treasure. Furthermore, Hajime repaired and improved them to be more powerful.

And yet, for weapon dealing to be carried out……as expected it was that. Director Dime perhaps had sounded the idea of making weapon deal to the upper brass but got rejected, but he couldn’t give up and did the deal secretly, no doubt about it.

Because, he was the demon-must-kill man. The more methods there were to kill them the better. That must be the idea that he had in his head.

Underground the headquarters of the world-wide religion, below the feet of his holiness the pope who preached about peace day and night, there were tons of deadly weapons being stored. If that truth by some chance became known……

「Rana-san, no, everyone! I ask all of you to please not share a word of this to anyone else!!」

There isn’t even any need for you to ask.

Kousuke and co thought with a wry smile toward the desperate saintess even while nodding.

Like that,

「H-heey! Don’t just talk leisurely but stop them already for real! Ibaraki Douji-san now has some kind of horn and the black and white of his eyes are flipped around……and Aziz-kun also brought out a huge cross though!? Isn’t that the giant cross heavy weapon(Punisher)!? Ah, it fired a rocket!?」

Manami’s voice made them went,

Whoops, as expected this has gone too far……

and they all hurriedly put a stop to the fight.

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AN: Thank you very much for reading this every time.

Thank you very much too for the thoughts, opinions, and reports about misspelling and omitted words.

I watched Quux. Now I understand the meaning of the warnings from the comments. The information amount ain’t small. Just how many times Shirakome turned into space cat. Also how many times I went「O-ou……」 from the hand movement of Quux-san.

Anyway, that work is really fun to think about a lot of things even after you finish watchingit! The desire to rewatch it from the start is super high.

※Material introduction

– Rebirth! Wai rebirth!

From Retsu Kaioh of [Baki].

– Double Fang/Punisher

The weapon of Livio and the weapon of Nicholas D Wolfwood from [Trigun Maximum]. They’re cross shaped weapon and can transform into firearms. Is there any romance greater than that? No, there’s none-. Trigun is Shirakome’s bible. Niko-nii is the true aniki. Aziz-kun’s disposition is Livio but,

I wish him to be able to use Punisher well too by all means

. Is what the demon god said.

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