Volume 3 Chapter 57 (1/2)
After ay, she used Alkanshel in order to cut down the locked gate and we ed toaround
……That was all well and good, however…
「What’s wrong, Tachibana-san? Since a little while ago you’ve been really quiet?」
「Eh,, Ueee!? Th… That’s not, true? Yeah, I’ the truth, for real for real!」
We teleported using another device and after going outside and ere advancing through a passageway that was coo, Riruna has been acting really weird
She alking several steps behind both ive us these glances towards our backs Whenever I caught her looking she would panic suspiciously and then look away……… These types of suspicious behaviors were being repeated
Previously before we got teleported here she was always briy and very talkative, she was usually standing in the lead as our vanguard and yet now she was ti rong
「Hey Tooru-kun…… I really think that the current Tachibana-san… is weird, don’t you?」
「Yeah As expected, Kirika also thought the same」
Kirika hispering toher concerns that she felt the Gal Yuusha was acting a little weird compared to how she usually acted
「By some chance could it be… that we’ve been discovered?」
「D-discovered, hat ?」
「No I mean, after we did it, you know… Like, maybe by the smell?」
「Eh, uu, no way!?」
Panicking, Kirika started to smell her own clothes kun kun (sniff sniff)
Although it wasn’t as custoht outfitted still had soical enchanth there wasn’t anything particularly noticeable tothat cannot be underestimated
(Well, even if it was discovered it still isn’t too bad At least it would be better than if Oruto whispered sos in her ear…)
At any rate, she was quite docile when she joined up with us again so at the very least I don’t think that she’s going to start attacking us at this moment
Even for ency, I don’t really want to start forcing a fight with Riruna At least not until I ht noere in the depths of this ancient ruins, so our first priority is obviously to search for a method to return
I wonder how long we’ve been walking in this long passageway?
〈——There is some kind of reaction, beyond this door〉
Oruto who had been re silent started to talk in his usual monotone voice
In front of our eyes, was another huous door that was at least twice the size of the door we cut down
「By “reaction” do you ical? Is it another transference device?」
〈Unfortunately, that part is uncertain〉
「Well, it doesn’t seem like there is another pathway, so we can only try to open it 「Alright, Kirika can you cut this door down like the one before…?」
〈No, there is no need to do that Riruna, please bring me closer to the door〉
「Hht?」
When Riruna brings her hand closer to the door and pushes Oruto’s geht was emitted
And, just like an elevator that arrived, the huge door soundlessly slides open
「……Since when have you been able to do such a feat? If I’m not mistaken, you weren’t able to open the door that ere stuck in just before?」
〈I’ve had to analyze the th in order to use it as a key I’ve only been able to coo〉
It spoke in a justified tone of voice As usual, since I can’t see the expression it’sthe truth or lying
According to Riruna, it is a ations and exploration, so even if it was able to do so like this, it wasn’t really unexpected…… However, there was so that was stuck on my mind…
「Tooru-kun!! Look!」
The destination that Kirika pointed at…… looked like a room with the transference device, it was a spacious dome-shaped room
Well this particular roo in here that was one of our “major objectives”
「This is… There is no doubt, we’ve finally found it!」
Lined up along the inner wall of the room in a full revolution, was a countless nuonally against the walls
Moreover, the things on top of theures of the full body ar for
There were individual differences between the shape of the head and the height of each body but, all of theely resembled Nana’s previous form
Unlikely the first one we found in the other rooe or rusting
「We did it Tooru-kun! With this we can save Nana-chan!!」
「Yeah…!」
The red jewel stone which I’ve carefully treasured and which was always kept in my breast pocket was taken out
The one who defended us froy, the one who protected us with her body and scattered when Cruz performed his surprise attack This was the central core jewel of our very important companion
「Tooru-chi, what’s that?」
〈……ThatNana the arolem 〉
Looking around I tried to find the saly all the heads of the armors had the same type of shape furthermore, there was an empty slot in them
In other words, all the armors here could probably act as a spare part for Nana I will use it gratefully
「Is that so… so it’s your companion Nana-chan, with this you may be able to cure her I’m really happy for you, Tooru-chi!」
Co previously, Riruna was s beautifully like the sun in summertime
Truly, she’s such a good-natured person to the extre about the ways to outwit andthis fact, it almost made me hate myself
〈In that case, which of the body parts here should I activate？〉
「……You can do that?」
〈It’s the sah it y into the metal pedestal that is connected to the body part, I will be able to prepare a suitable condition for you to insert her nucleus〉
「Then, we should do that immediately, Tooru-kun!」
Nevertheless, unlike Kirika as just innocently delighted at receiving Oruto’s help… I was different, I hesitated for a moment
(…Is this really going to be alright? Letting Oruto operate this device——?)
This is just preparing Nana’s new body for activation… Unlike the tiht about it rationally, I don’t see any disadvantage just fro it help us with this aspect…
On the contrary, if this was successful, it would only increase the amount of war potential under my control, it would be a very convenient result
Putting it all together, even if Oruto's objective was to destroy the body, thankfully there was so many of them lined up here, and it would be impossible for it to just suspiciously “fail” the activation one by one without alerting us
To begin with, the fact that Oruto purposefully manipulated the teleportation device to “accidentally” activate was only one of my conjectures and I had no actual proof or evidence of it
And above all…… Being able to revive Nana is one of our most earnest wishes
Even if I will owe Oruto a debt, this is a chance that I cannot possibly miss out on
「I understand… I’ on you Please help us, Oruto」
Within the ancient ruin roohtly apart from each other
While waiting for Oruto to finish the preparations, the two of the without much to do
(Tooru-kun, as expected, you don’t seem to trust Oruto very much do you?)
The Princess Knight was looking ahead to where Oruto was close to the pedestal which held the araze………No, she was also looking at Tooru’s figure which was keeping a close eye on Oruto
Looking at Tooru have such a protective gaze on athat couldn’t even ht
「Hey… Hime-chi」
「Eh?」
Riruna had fallen silent again but she suddenly raised her voice to talk
Seeing that she reverted back to this weird atmosphere, Kirika was a little worried about her Suddenly entering this aard atmosphere, she wasn’t sure how to deal with it
「What kind of…… relationshi+p do you have with Tooru-chi?」
「…Bu!?」
Hearing such an unexpected question, she leaned backwards and the sudden explosive force randly
「R, rrrelationshi+p…… hat’s that what do you mean…?」
「Ah, un Well, how should I put it…… I ?」
When they were former classmates in the previous world, they barely interacted with each other, until they ain in this world…
And…… and now
When Kirika re”, heat rises to the top of her head a like a boiler that was being cooked, and her whole body and her skin was turning a deep crimson color
(Uuuuuuuuuu~~~~, hy as we did just then……?!)
As expected, h the other side of the door?…… thinking about this, her heart was pounding out of her chest and the Princess Knight as her for her eyes in a fluster
In truth, it was actuallytheir voices, but it’s probably best that she didn’t know
Riruna was faintly blushi+ng as she sat on the floor grasping her own knees, she looked towards Kirika with glittering eyes ()
(Uu, uuuu……i-if I don’t say so it will become even more suspicious, errr, ummm…!)
Her heart felt like it was going to jued to calm her down, but her mind was completely blank
Even if she wanted to ask Tooru’s help in the matter, he was currently in apart from her and he was completely preoccupied with Nana at the moment She couldn’t depend on her usual life boat
「I…I don’t really know」
「Eh?」
Avoiding looking Riruna straight in the eyes, Kirika was finally able to squeeze out a feords, it was quite the honest remark
「I still don’t know… that much about him, about Tooru-kun…… There are plenty of times in which I don’t even kno I should approach his that I want to say but I can’t convey them properly and…」
Not being able to anticipate that she would be driven into a corner like this, Kirika started to utter all her es she has never told anyone, were being honestly spoken without thinking twice about it
Although she was curious about the details, the response was just so unexpected, that it was Riruna’s turn to stare in amazement
「That’s why I can’t really decide what kind of relationshi+p we have either, so much so that I wish he would just tell ht now…?!」
Looking down and covering her face with both her hands, the Princess Knight slides down on the wall as she sat down
Straight fros down to the floor, a red and cute earlobe could be seen peeking through
「…Ahah I’m kind of relieved」
「Eh…?」
When Kirika looks up, Riruna’s expression changes radically and she returned to her usual carefree smile