Chapter 50 Masked Demon
"Uh… Mio-chan. Are you all right?"
"Yes, thank you. Hinagi"
It was only a few seconds ago that Mio cried, but Mio instinctively returned with a smile to her worried companions.
The party was relieved to see her smile. However, Hinagi immediately made an ugly face.
“So, let me explain.”
“Eh?”
Mio tilted her head because she didn"t understand the meaning of the Hinagi"s answer. Hinagi was wondering why she can"t see the flow, but she would try to explain it.
“!? "
However, at the moment that Hinagi opened her mouth, intimidation that stopped the heart was directed to everyone. Hinagi tried to determine the true colors of the overwhelming intimidation she felt from her back, her body didn"t listen to what she said, it instinctively refused to turn around.
Mio was the only that could saw Hinagi"s back, but for some reason, she broke into a cold sweat and her cheeks twitched.
Everyone was able to understand everything with Mio"s next words.
“Rin … san …?”
Yes, this intimidating ent.i.ty was the angered Rin.
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Mio, Velez, Hinagi, and Kotone are now in seiza.
"Eh, you know … Rin-san. It"s time you released your intimidation."
“Rejected”
“Uh …”
Mio asked Rin to release the intimidation, but Rin rejected it. By the way, Mio was the only one who could speak properly. Velez, Hinagi, and Kotone are getting smaller and more frightened. A little more intimidation and they would break and cry.
"While I was checking Shiki"s and Jin"s physical condition, abnormal condition and status change; you happily left me to have a girls" talk, was it fun?"
Rin stared at Mio.
"Hiii …………"
Mio shrunk away from her eyes.
“… Haaa”
However, it was only a few seconds after Rin stared at Mio, that she stopped the intimidation.
"I leave it at that this time… I"m not sure what to expect.”
“Oh, do you expect?”
Velez responded to the last whisper of Rin.
“Yes, you were at a loss about that sword anyway, weren"t you? Especially Mio”
“Am I Exposed!?”
Rin snorted at Mio"s reaction and continued talking.
"That"s natural. What do you think this room was for?"
Then Hinagi asked a question.
"Well, Rin-chan?
"What? What "s wrong?"
Hinagi waited for a few moments and looked closely at Rin"s eyes. And slowly opened her mouth.
“… Why does that sword look like Kyousai-kun?”
“Oh!”
Rin went stiff at Hinagi"s question. Rin tried to look away but gave up after thinking a little.
“… I understand. Let"s talk now, including that.”
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"First, let"s check the state of Shiki and Jin"
After that, Mio confirmed the status of Shiki and Jin, while Yuushi and others were checking the sword. And when each of them finished, discussions began.
"They did not have any particular abnormality when I checked with "Super-a.n.a.lysis". I think they"d be fine with recovery magic."
"Well, I confirmed that, and I wasn"t worried."
Rin responded to Mio"s report. And Rin continued talking.
"So how was it? How did you feel fighting against the demons?"
Rin asked with a light heart, but Shiki and Jin looked down with regret. Seeing that, Rin turned a little nervous.
“……… that wasn"t a fight”
Shiki whispered while looking down.
"Wasn"t a fight? What do you mean?"
Rin asked Shiki again, but Shiki remained silent. Instead, Jin opened his mouth.
“It was overwhelming … magic and close combat … everything didn"t work … even though I used the” breakthrough limit “I just learned …”
Jin strongly bit his teeth with regret. However, Velez felt doubts about Jin"s words.
"Wait a minute. Did you mean that you were overwhelmed and overlooked rather than fighting evenly?"
There was a bit of sting, but Shiki and Jin nodded. Then Velez put a serious face.
"Velez? What "s wrong?"
When Yuushi called out, Velez opens her mouth slowly.
“… I hear that some demons are not interested in humans. In that case, unless you attack, you can"t say it"s harmless, but it"s okay to some extent, but …”
“There"s no way that a guy who"s not interested in humans will come here…”
Velez nodded firmly to the Daichi"s answer and continued talking.
“Yes, that"s right. And is there a demon who would overlook if he recognizes their abilities?”
Velez glanced at Shiki and Jin and opened her mouth again.
"… If you lose overwhelmingly, there will be almost no possibility …"
“Why then …”
Kotone asked that question, but Velez shook her head quietly.
“I do not know……”
When Velez said so, everyone was silent.
However, it was Shiki who was unexpectedly silent that broke it.
"Well, Velez. Do all the demons wear masks?"
“Was the demon wearing mask !?”
“Oh, dear.”
When asked back, Shiki answered with a puzzled feeling. However, Velez ignored Shiki shaking her mouth with her eyes wide open. A little while later, Velez fell into weakness and began to mutter and mumble.
“That"s … no way … No, but if it"s true …… but …”
"Uh, Velez? What happened?"
Yuushi was a little bewildered and a little impatient at Velez" anomaly. However, as soon as he saw Velez"s face, he was no longer bewildered.
“…………What"s going on?"
Velez"s face was not the usual adult-like face, it was just a frightened face of a 15 years old girl. When Velez looked Yuushi"s face, she reached out a frightened hand and picked up Yuushi"s clothes.
“Velez…?”
” I"m sorry, Yuushi-san. Little……Let me do this for a little while.”
“……Ah.”
Yuushi hugged Velez silently and gently stroked her head.
“…………This makes it easier for you, won"t it?”
“Yes, thank you……”
“Flirting like this. I"m embarra.s.sed to see that.”
“Rin-chan. That"s a couple, let"s watch with warm eyes.”
“Hinagi, were you talking seriously just now? Is it okay to watch that?”
“It"s all right, there is no problem.”
"Oh, right? I feel some kind of aura from Kotone. Is it jealousy?"
“………Yes. Thank you.”
“No, no.”
In the outfield, Rin and Hinagi were discussing.
……
…
"I showed you a shameful sight …"
Finally, Velez calmed down, but her face was red. Because they hugged in public, it would be unavoidable. Yuushi also doesn"t want to see anyone.
"So, why was Velez so frightened?"
When Rin asked, Velez"s face became serious, and the red face up until now was like a lie.
“Everyone, please listen seriously.”
Yuushi also returned to his original state, and all of them nodded at once. Velez takes a deep breath and slowly opens her mouth.
“I"ll be frank with you. The genie may be resurrected soon. ”
“!? "
It seems that none of them can hide their surprise at Velez"s confession. Velez continued speaking.
"Masked demons are a sign of it. It is said that long ago, demons with the same level of ability as the Demon King were under the direct control of the Devil. That is the masked demons. If you"re a masked demon, you can"t kill humans unless you"re in the middle of a war. Shiki-San, Jin-San, did the masked demon say anything?"
"Oh, oh. I don"t think there"s only one demon king, be strong until you can equip that sword…"
Shiki and Jin were suddenly shaken and puzzled, but Shiki answered firmly.
“……Is that so”
“Did you understand anything?”
"No, I don"t know at all."
Velez, who left the question unanswered, took a deep breath and slowly opened her mouth.
“……… Let"s go to invite Shokou-san to the company.”
Everyone was surprised by those words. This was because, in the past, Velez was against joining Shokou. But Velez herself answered the question.
“Of course, please do not tell Father that we are planning to join Shokou-san, because it could be a war."
When she said that, Velez stared at an empty place. Perhaps, it might have stared at Horus who was somewhere.
By the way, Shiki and Jin reported about Horus and everyone else"s location.
"Yes, we know. We are against war."
Rin said that everyone nodded. When Rin confirmed that everyone nodded, she spoke.
“Now, the last thing is … about that sword.”
“Finally. Rin-chan, why does that sword look like Kyousai-kun?”
Hinagi wanted to bite in the story of the sword. However, Rin answered without changing her facial expression.
“I don"t know”
“Eh?”
Hinagi was stunned by the answer. As such, Rin continued to speak.
"I really don"t know. But when I felt the power of that sword, the first thing that came to my mind was Kyousai. That"s all I can say."
Hinagi had no idea how she should feel because she couldn"t feel magic yet, but she thought it would probably be the same even if she asked Mio.
“Well, there"s a lot I want to try with that sword. Everybody comes out."
When Lin said so unnaturally, she quickly went out.
The unnaturalness seemed to be understood only by Hinagi, everyone else went out following Rin.
Meanwhile, Hinagi thought alone.
(I escaped!)
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