Chapter 24 . 2 : Night Banquet

◆Black Haired Sage, Chiyuki

Naturally, there will always be an exception . Take Kyouka for example, it seems she is also not really good with liquor even in our original world . These pair of siblings are the exact opposites of each other . In short, the difference is in their body metabolisms .

Our physiques also have slight differences based on our individual abilities .

But it seems that Kyouka is worried about something .

There, I noticed a slight change in her when Kaya isn’t with her .

Kaya never eats her meal with us . Could it have something to do with their master and servant relationship? It seems she has her meal alone after everyone has finished their food .

In other words, she’s not beside Kyouka side only during her meal . But now, she has left her seat . Where are you?

「Hey, Kyouksan . Where’s Kaysan? 」

So, I ask Kyouka about Kaya’s abnormal behavior .

「Kaya is at the place where they treated the temple knights who were carried here」

「Ah, at that place… . 」

The temple knights Lucullus was worried about the discovered unconscious today’s evening .

It seems they were defeated by someone . The defeated temple knights carried to this mansion were neither able to move their body nor speak .

It seems Kaya heard from those temple knights that they were defeated by someone .

After returning, Kaya explained the situation .

「How’s the result, Kaysan? Did you find something?」

Kaya fixes her gaze at me .

Kaya is wearing her usual noh mask-like expression which makes it hard to read her emotions .

「It seems the person that caused the previous incident is currently in this country」

Everyone focusses at Kaya after her words .

「What are you talking about, Kaya?」

I want to hear the details from her .

「From the condition of the wounds, the person who defeated the temple knights seems to be a skilled martial artist . Maybe even I am no match for that person」

Then, Kaya narrated the state of the temple knights .

The temple knights were defeated to the point that they won’t die; in addition, it seems that person in question can skillfully adjust his power – a difficult task even for Kaya . There are traces of being beaten but no noticeable wounds . It seems one of the temple knights was able to move right after receiving recovery magic .

And then, it seems Kaya came to a conclusion that someone who can do that much should only be the person of that incident .

「U~hm, the person that Kaysan mentioned about is the one who groped Kyouksan’s b.r.e.a.s.t.s, right…?」

Kaya nods to Rino’s question .

「It’s highly possible」

Everyone is showing a surprised face .

「It’s normal to think that he is following after us, right… . 」

Shirone is asking that question with a troubled face . To be honest, I’m in the same predicament as her .

「It seems that cosplay strategy has proven to be a success… . 」

「Yeah, it seems so… . To think that such a strategy actually proved to be effective… . 」

I am visibly surprised .

It seems a pervert was summoned to this world . Moreover, that person’s skill is equal to Kaya’s .

「What shall we do about this? 」

Kaya asks everyone for the next action .

「Naturally… . Looking for him, tomorrow… . 」

Everyone voices their displeasure when I answer so . I don’t want to meet that pervert too, you know .

But, we must find a way to return to our original world .

「Uhm… . Can I not partic.i.p.ate in this search? I have to go to the tower tomorrow」

Shirone’s saying so with a timid voice .

To be honest, it looks like she’s trying to run away from this, but the search for the pervert is taking highest priority and the severity is low .

In this case, I don’t think that Shirone who’s bad at searching will make that much difference anyway .

「Well, it can’t be helped then… . 」

I agree to her .

「Ah, so cunning!!」

「Shirone-san is too cunning!! Then I’ll go to the tower, too!!」

Rino and Nao are voicing their complaints .

「Don’t run away . It’s not like we are going to find him tomorrow immediately . Nothing will change since Shirone will be partic.i.p.ating in our search from the day after tomorrow」

We couldn’t find him even after looking for him throughout Holy Republic Lenaria . You might say that this will be a drawn-out battle .

Moreover, we have confirmed that the pervert is actually near us . Quite a harvest we got there .

「Don’t worry, Rino, Nao . Since I’ll beat that guy if he appears before you」

Reiji is showing a daring smile .

「Reiji-kun… . 」

「Reiji-senpai… . 」

Rino and Nao are moved upon hearing his words .

Honestly, did he know that our goal is not to beat that pervert?

「By the way, Kaysan . Did those temple knights take a look at that pervert face?」

I noticed a slight change in Kaya’s eternally impa.s.sive face after that question .

「Well, it seems someone has fiddled with their minds」

I’m slightly surprised in hearing Kaya’s words .

Speaking of magic to fiddling with the mind, there’s ruling magic, memory manipulating magic, and memory loss magic .

With the easier one being memory loss magic and the hardest one being ruling magic .

「Does that mean their memories have been erased?」

Kaya is nodding at her words .

Could it be that the pervert erased those temple knight’s memories about himself after beating them?

「That’s the most likely . Though those temple knights can move their body, it seems they lost memories of an entire day」

Kaya is saying so as if troubled by it .

「Uhm, it’s probably memory loss magic, but… . 」

I can’t be sure about it since memory manipulation magic and ruling magic have similar symptoms .

Ruling magic and memory manipulation magic are far more difficult than the fairly simple memory loss magic . It’s a magic that will distort the memory of the other party but won’t work very well unless the user has higher magical power than the target .

That’s why I can’t determine the magic used to erase their memories .

But in case it’s memory loss magic, there’s a high possibility that the temple knights saw the face of their opponent .

Could we do something about that information?

「Maybe we have no choice but to rely on Rino-san… . 」

I direct my gaze toward Rino .

Rino can infiltrate the mind of the other party using her mind dive magic .

And then, she can extract even forgotten information as long as she dives deep enough .

「E~h, don’t wanna… . 」

However, Rino isn’t agreeing to that idea .

It seems she’s not that fond of those temple knights . Then, we have no other choice .

It seems she’s not that fond of those temple knights . Then, we have no other choice .

Mind dive magic tends to strongly influence the magic caster . Especially in Rino’s case who has that strong tendency, she vehemently refuses to enter deep into the mind of someone she hates .

Though I hear that mind dive is more toward emotional aspect… . It seems that it’s closer to s.e.xual intercourse . It seems she doesn’t want to do that unless it’s someone she loves .

Thus, we won’t be able to scour for memories containing that pervert .

「Well, it can’t be helped if Rino-san doesn’t want to do it . Let’s search for him manually, then」

Mind dive is the most effective method, but I guess we have no choice since the person in question doesn’t want to do it .

Nevertheless, I wonder what kind of person that pervert is? For what reason is he hiding?

And then, where and what are you doing right now?

The night keeps flowing on as I am unable to comprehend the situation .

◆Dark Knight, Kuroki

The night ended and the morning dawned .

When I open my eyes, I realized that I can’t move my body .

The reason is that someone’s body is lying on top of me .

The one lying on top of me is a G.o.ddess with a beautiful face and brilliant hair .

And then, my face turns red on recalling last night’s events .

This G.o.ddess then opens her eyes .

「Fuu, Kurok–… . EH, WHY?」

To be honest, I don’t even dare to look at her face .

Because I recall the abnormal state between Rena and me last night .

「U~hm… . AAAAAAAAAAAAH! ! ! ! 」

It seems she finally sobered up . She is groaning with a flushed red face .

「Uhm, Re— BUGYAA!?」

She suddenly landed a hit on me when I try to speak to her .

I can’t deal with this sudden turn of events .

I sneak a glance at the bewildered Rena while stroking my face that was just punched by her . She’s glaring at me .

She suddenly draws herself closer to me .

「L-LOOK INTO MY EYES, KUROKI!!」

「E-EH!!!」

With my head still in a chaotic state, I look into her eyes as she told me .

My eyes met with her beautiful and ebullient eyes .

Her eyes are shining . That light then enters into my bodies through my eyes .

Though I knew that she tried to use some sort of magic, I simply couldn’t resist her .

「PPPPPLe~~~ase For~~Get~~~EVERYTHING! ! ! ! ! 」

Rena’s screaming .

Memory loss… . Magic?

I finally know what sort of magic she’s trying to use on me .

My consciousness dimmed .

「FUEEEEEEEEEE! ! ! ! 」

Though I heard Rena doing something while weeping, I’m already unable to do anything .

◆Black Haired Sage, Chiyuki

We welcomed a rare visitor the first thing in the morning .

Before my eyes is a person with wings on her back .

An angel .

The angel race rarely comes down to the ground . That’s why this person is a rare visitor .

I was woken up by this visitor .

「Sorry for bothering you in the morning, Chiyuki」

This angel doesn’t seem to be feeling sorry judging by her tone .

The angel race’s a beautiful race with wings on their back, but I couldn’t bring myself to like them since they are haughty creatures that look down on humans .

「Well, it doesn’t matter… . So, what’s the matter, Nier?」

To be honest, I have no choice but to accompany her since it seems like an urgent matter despite my sleepiness .

Nier is a female angel who’s the captain of war maidens that serve under Rena . I met her once in the past .

The matter of meeting Nier started from that point . I wonder what matter it is .

I can hear the fuss in the vicinity of the mansion . It seems the one making such sounds are the angels who descended to the ground .

I really want to have the ability to hide even if it’s just a little . This kind of fuss is so unbearable .

「It seems Rensama isn’t visiting this place?」

Nier is asking in an interrogative tone .

「Eh, Rena what?」

I never met Rena ever since I arrived at this country .

「The truth is, we lost contact with Rensama since last night . We a.s.sumed that she came here, but… . 」

Nier’s saying so as if she’s troubled by the situation .

「That Rena? She never came to this place, you know」

When I reply so, Nier’s face becomes pale .

「Don’t tell me, something happened to Rensama… . 」

Nier is trembling . It seems she is imagining quite a worrisome situation .

She’s just worrying too much, it’s only one night . Moreover, it’s not like Rena is a kid .

「Why did I not search for her immediately!!!」

「Uhm… . Nier… . 」

I’m trying to calm down the panicky Nier .

That time, I felt a powerful magical power coming from the outside .

When I look through the windows, I saw a light object flying in the sky .

「Eh, Rensama!!」

Nier shouts aloud .

The light object keeps flying toward the direction of Elios .

「WAH!! We have to chase after Rensama!! Chiyuki!! I’ll leave the aftermath to you!!!」

After dumping the tasks, Nier left my room through the window to chase after the light object .

I was left alone in my room .

「What on earth just happened? 」

◆Dark Knight, Kuroki

When I woke up in the morning, my face is stinging with pain .

Moreover, why did I sleep in this place?

I was lying on my bed .

When I tried to recall what happened last night .

「Eh!! What happened last night?」

I can’t remember what happened last night .

「That’s right . I was suddenly kissed by Rena… . E~h, then… . I can’t remember anything… . 」

I remember the beautiful face of Rena approaching mine .

I writhe in pain remembering that event .

Could it be that she drugged me with a sleeping drug when she kissed me?

And then, did she try to do something while I was asleep?

Rena had already left this room .

I feel that something important was lost when I did not see Rena’s face .

Though I don’t know the reason, Rena’s face simply won’t disappear from my head .

Someone, please tell me what just happened?

「I HAVE NO IDEA~A!!! WHAT IN THE WORLD JUST HAPPENE~~D!!!」

I roll around on my bed while holding my head .

When I rolled around like that, my body stumbled upon something .

「Eh？」

On a closer look, a small bottle is present on my bed .

「What is this?」

The content of that small bottle seems to have been already emptied . It seems that the entire content was spilt on my bed .

Maybe Rena dropped it by mistake .

Though it seems like it’s a magic potion, I don’t know what kind of potion it is since it’s already empty .

Maybe it has something to do with what Rena wanted to do .

I search around for more evidence .

I’m looking around inside the room . My room became slightly disordered .

「c.r.a.p… . I don’t know what happened but… . If I don’t tidy the room… . 」

When I’m about to clean the bedsheet with magic, two things fall when I raise the sheet .

First is some kind of cloth .

When I look at that cloth, I realize that the surface area is scarce .

That cloth is related to a certain something .

「Let’s keep this for now… . And carry it with me」

For some reason, my instinct’s telling me to do so .

The other one is some unusual metal .

I’m trying to pick it up .

It’s a necklace with a black gem laid in the center .

「What the heck is this necklace?」