To begin with, Reiji had no means to probe the Mana and wasn’t able to feel a change in it. His hunch must come from something else.
“Reiji, what makes you think that?”
“I just got this really strong hunch.”
“Oh boy, did your brain melt, my dear Reiji?”
“No, not like I was hit by any weird electro-magnetic waves. Just look—”
A loud crash followed Reiji’s words. He had lightly hit the floor outside the magic circle, whereupon the stone floor was smashed to dust.
“Impossible…”
Suimei widened his eyes from seeing that. Even if Reiji was a handsome super athlete, this was going too far. It was impossible. A high force was needed to smash up stones. A mere knock could never achieve that. Maybe if he used his overwhelming good looks, but no, that was going in a different direction.
“See what I can do.”
“Don’t give me that. Stop feeding me strange ideas…”
Damn. A summon magic that permanently strengthen your physique sure is awesome… His thoughts wandered into that direction, but then he suddenly realized that his mind worked like that and analyzed the merits and demerits of magic because he himself was a magician. There were other things to consider first, yet he lacked the tension for it.
“So, what about you, Suimei?”
“…Nope.”
Reiji asked him hinting, but he could only reply like that. Even when he squeezed his fist or transferred Mana, it didn’t feel like he was strengthened at all. Most likely, only Reiji was chosen for the position of the sacred Hero that defeats the evil Devil King. If so, then Suimei was totally out of place here.
He dropped his shoulders, obviously flabbergasted, whereupon the magic circle to his feet suddenly started to glitter. Reiji’s expression became filled with unrest.
“This is…”
“It’s activating…! Are we transferred again or…”
“Teleported!?”
Reiji was quick on the uptake. Suimei put himself on guard while listening to his accurate answer. Then a magic circle of one size smaller appeared in midair.
“Here it comes!”
“—!”
As soon as a silhouette appeared from the magic circle, Reiji made his move. Maybe he identified what had appeared? His movements were agiler than before. An effect from his strengthened physique.
Thus Reiji caught Anou Mizuki as soon as he spotted her appearing in midair.
“Mizuki!”
“Fueh? Reiji-kun, how…?”
“Good for you, Mizuki. Reiji literally saved your ass.”
And like this, the three of them were reunited in an unknown place.
magic circle. Actually, that was the most plausible explanation.