「Wh, wha, just what in the world is going on~!?」
From the after-effects of Yuu and Zephyr’s clashes, the still hanging in midair Bernadette was swaying as if she were being hurled by the wind.
(This is Yashiro-san’s, true……っ, what is with this absurd power!)
While swaying from the after-effects, Bernadette trembled in fear from the two’s clash.
「Though, even with that, he’s still holding back. Because of his design, he can’t kill humans.」
「Eh?」
Suddenly being talked to, when she turned her awareness to where the voice came from, there was Jean Jacques Eustace, and Kuon who was wearing Jean’s mantle and covering his body.
「Jean-san! Also, Kuon-san! Were you, injured in anyway?」
Bernadette, who could do nothing but watch Kuon as he received the assault from the men, apologetically said that, but
「Ah, ……Y, yeah. Y, you don’t have to……worry.」
Seeing Kuon, whose face looked red and embarrassed but was hanging his head and looking bitter, Bernadette got an inkling of a small sense of discomfort that was produced within her.
(……Isn’t, isn’t he kind of cute? No, not the kind of cute from being younger, the moe character kind.)
That atmosphere of him watching Yuu fight while he was somewhat fidgety, wasn’t that just like the atmosphere of a younger heroine that would attentively watch her childhood friend from the shadow of the school building as he continued his absurd special training right before a summer tournament?
His feebly collapsed fox ears accelerated that feeling.
「Damn it! Like hell I’ll let you all get away!」
It wasn’t just Bernadette that became dumbfounded by Yuu and Zephyr’s sudden clash. When the kidnappers’ thought processes restarted, the men that sharp sightedly discovered Bernadette’s group semi-desperately ran while screaming.
「Kuh……!」
Kuon probably couldn’t fight due to the fear from being assaulted by someone of the same sex. Also, Jean didn’t have any equipment that looked like it could become a weapon. Bernadette resolved herself thinking that she herself needed to fight, but
「Hold it right there. With your Maryoku sucked up dry, you’re just a simple girl. The most that would happen is the tables being turned on you.」
While untying the ropes that bound Bernadette, Jean said that so as to admonish her.
「B, but……Kuh!」
Having the ropes undone, Bernadette stood directly on the ground, but unable to put strength in her legs, she stumbled forward. Seeing that, Jean made a wry smile.
「Now, now, be at ease. ……Although they aren’t like the current Yuu and Zephyr, I’ve prepared some powerful helpers.」
Getting the better of Bernadette who was about to shout “How could you be so carefree!”, Jean took out a lute from nowhere.
「What we should do now is save the people that were kidnapped, after all.」
*Bororon*.
A light sound peculiar to stringed instruments reverberated, and, interweaving those sounds, a song was spun. As she listened to that tune, Bernadette felt the impatience and confusion she had fade away.
「Hou, ……that certainly is a good tone quality.」
「As expected of an ally sung as a 『Lord of Musical Performances』. While being pleasant to the ear, it stimulates the heart and has a heat to it……Fufu, it is the greatest tune.」
「Umu, my heart is boiling.」
As if they were acting in concert with that sound, the shadows of three people jumped out as if to obstruct Jean’s group’s way. Falhart Enhans, Mary Fe Crestolia, and Priest Ulgan.
「Hahah, that is an honor! ……While Yuu is holding Zephyr back, let us go and rescue the people that were captured!」
The three replied with an “Ou”, and kicked the kidnappers about.