“Hello Myuraua”
“He understood it! He said hello!”
“Try talking some more to him!”
”Ask him if he's the real Blue Knight!”
“Okay, I'll try. 'Are you the Blue Knight?'”
“Hmm... I am the Blue Knight, but I am princess Theiamillis's Blue Knight”
Koutarou honestly answered the question.
“It was hard for me to understand, but it seems like he really is the Blue Knight”
But unfortunately, the girl's understanding was imperfect, and Koutarou's intentions weren't properly conveyed.
“It's the real one!”
“I told you!”
“Sorry”
“I want to take a picture of the Blue Knight! I'll brag about it to everyone!”
“Me too! Myu, ask him!”
“Wait a second... 'You, us, make portrait!”
“Portrait?”
Koutarou was confused by the seemingly random word. But once he saw the small device one of the boys was pointing towards him, he understood its meaning.
I see. Picture wasn't a word back then.
The boy was holding a camera. It was a cutting edge camera from Forthorthe, but its shape and size was similar to the ones on Earth. He had also seen Theia and Clan use them, so he quickly realized that it was a camera.
“I don't really mind...”
Koutarou figured that the children only wanted to take a picture of the alien that had become Theia's vassal. He never suspected that the children, and the adults too, were completely convinced that he was the Blue Knight.
“'Thank you!'”
“Alright! We get to take a picture with the Blue Knight!”
“Give one to me later too!”
“Sure!”
“Line up!”
“'Blue Knight! Come!'”
“H-Hey”
The girl that had spoken to Koutarou grabbed his hand and pulled him over to a more open area in the kitchen. The children were going to take a photo there. However.
On the way there, the girl came into contact with a shelf. Koutarou and the others had flung that shelf open so they could cook. Inside it was a lot of cooking utensils, and the impact from the girl coming into contact with the shelf threw several of the cooking utensils off balance, making them start to fall towards the girl. Since these included both sharp and heavy utensils as well, it was a disaster in the making.
“Look out!!”
Koutarou was the first to notice it and brought out the spiritual energy within him. Thanks to Sanae clinging onto him on a daily basis, the spiritual energy strengthened his body in an instant.
Five things are falling!!
A kitchen knife, a pot, a frying pan, a large platter and a bottle of alcohol.
Koutarou started by reaching his hand out towards the knife. Since the blade was faced down and the knife was falling straight towards the girl, it was the biggest danger.
Koutarou grabbed the grip of the knife with his right hand and punched the pot with his left.
The impact sent the pot flying in a direction away from the children. Since it was such a large pot, the impact and pain from punching it that hard would have been quite considerable. If Koutarou hadn't focused spiritual energy into his fist, he would surely have screamed out in pain.
Next is–!!
Koutarou then slammed the knife's grip at the frying pan.
The force behind the impact was enough to dent the frying pan and sent it crashing into the ceiling.
And finally–!!
All that was left were the large plate and bottle. Since they were now both directly above the girl's head, Koutarou didn't have the time to deal with them separately. Instead, he spun his body around and launched a kick.
Koutarou's leg passed just a few centimeters above the girl's head. At the same time, the plate and bottle collided with his leg. There was barely enough time, but thanks to the utensils colliding with his leg, their direction changed and fell onto the floor without so much as touching the girl.
The plate and bottle crashed into the floor and shattered. The remaining cooking alcohol left in the bottle splashed across the floor.
“Did I do it?!”
After finishing it up with a kick, Koutarou checked the girl in question for any injuries. The girl's eyes were wide open from surprise, but she seemed unharmed.
“... Phew... You don't seem to be hurt...”
After confirming that she was okay, Koutarou dropped his shoulders from relief. He then returned the knife in his hand to the shelf and fixed it firmly in place, making sure that it wouldn't fall again even if someone bumped into the shelf.