「……Yuu, why are you here?」
Separating from me, Alicia asked me as if it were a problem.
「It’s because you are here.
Right now, while I don’t know what Umbra’s objective is, the first thing that I need to protect is you.」
While deeply fixing the hood, I looked around.
Maybe because the teachers and students that were on standby outside of the magic formation couldn’t understand the current situation, they were all unable to move.
Well, of course they’d be like that. If a guy whose whole body was covered in black had suddenly appeared, anyone would become like that. I’d also become like that.
Out of habit, I wrapped my body in those black clothes of the 『Darkness Executioner』 that I had sworn that I would never wear again.
Moreover, remodeling it as she likes as usual, the flame embroidery that was at the sleeves and the coat’s hems were gone, and in exchange, various places on the overcoat were attached with belts, and it had become a ver.2.0 overcoat.
……That damned Baba-chan, for her to set up even more hits on top of gouging out a person’s old wounds.
True, I did hand it over since she said she’d have the hood repaired, but I didn’t know that she had it remodeled, damn it!
And with that, though I am in black from head to toe, just as I said just now, I stayed close by in order to protect Alicia.
I understood even less about the objective of the nearby Umbra who did not come to stop the barrier’s repair but, well, it’s a good thing that Alicia didn’t come under attack.
「Thank you, Yuu.」
「Oi, where are you going, Alicia.」
Taking off her coat and dropping it right there, Alicia started walking with her dress appearance.
It was because those eyes of hers were awfully serious that I asked but, I pretty much knew the words that would come back at me.
「Isn’t it obvious? If it were my Onee-samas, they wouldn’t just stop here, you know?
There are still other monsters around. In that case, even if it’s just a second faster, isn’t it the royalty that is supposed to bestow peace of mind to the people?」
Giggling, Alicia looked like she overlapped with Sylvia, and then……
「Olivia-onee-sama would definitely say the same.」
she looked like she overlapped with the one that “was” their eldest sister.
「Yuu, ……can you lend me your strength?」
「I can’t refuse a request from you guys.」
From Alicia’s words, I drew out the two crystal swords that were stored in the scabbard.
「Yuu! I’ve brought him along!」
「So you’re here, Ossan.」
From around the entrance of the clock tower, a man’s rough voice could be heard. It was the macho Elf, Ossan Gilley.
「That introduction sure was sloppy, oi.」
「For a riajuu that has a beautiful wife, something like that is enough!」
「Yeah, yeah, is that so. ……Wait, it’s the Kulkel that you had asked me for. Since he was soundly sleeping, I kicked him to wake up.」
「Ku, kukeh~……」
「To be able to sleep in even this situation, in a certain sense, you’re amazing.」
Ossan presented the giant bird that he held in one hand in front of me.
A silver feathered type bird, it was Silber.
「A silver……, is it Schvaltz and Weiß’s child?」
Noticing with the feather type, Alicia looked at the silver Kulkel and asked. By the way, Alicia also knew about Schvaltz and Weiß.
「Ou. I’m borrowing him from Sylvia.」
「What is your name?」
「Kuke? Kukekeー」
「Ufufu. I see, so you’re called Silber? What a good name.」
Asking that while stroking Silber’s beak, Alicia seems to have gotten Silber’s name from Silber himself.
「Now then, seeing as how his debut is over. Silber, let Alicia ride you.」
「Kukeh~!」
Moving his wing like an arm and saluting, Silber squatted in front of Alicia in order to let her ride.
「Nsho. Yuu, what will you do?」
While Alicia was riding Silber, she asked me that.
「Even though I may look like this, I was once named as the Hero. ……I have no choice but to rescue everyone from this crisis, right?」
With the blue and green Magic Swords in my hands, I started to run.