CH 213

Maiden's wish

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After finishing breakfast, when I was about to leave for the Devil's Forest training ground, Hert suddenly appeared.

"Wafuu, Goshujin-sama, Yuika has something to talk about."

"Okay, let's go together."

After stroking Hert's head, we jumped into the shield of darkness together and moved to the chairman's room.

"Good morning, Yuika, may I come in?"

"Good morning, I'm sorry I called you. Come in."

"Excuse me."

The chairman was sitting at her desk writing something, but when she lightly approached me, she naturally hugged me.

Yup, it somehow feels like we're lovers.

The chairman had a mischievous smile on her face.

"Nnh, what is it?"

"Ufufufu, somehow I'm still not used to Kento's silver hair, and it feels like having an affair."

"Ahh, I see ... By the way, how is Watanuki-san doing?"

"She's staying locked up in her room, Ayako-sensei brings her food and other things, so she doesn't run into other people when it comes to bath and toilet."

I sat down on the bed and asked her how Watanuki-san was doing.

Until now, it seemed that some girls who heard rumors had turned their gaze away from her, but with the turmoil the other day as the trigger, it seemed they now turned their gaze towards her with sympathy and pity.

Before the uproar, Watanuki-san herself seemed to take an attitude that she didn't care about the gazes, but perhaps her tenseness had broken, and it seemed that she could no longer stand the gazes.

"It seems she's still undecided about whether to return or have an abortion. It's probably an unwanted pregnancy, but she seems to be reluctant to cut off the life that resides within her."

"Is that so. However, I don't really know, but if it grows up too much, she won't be able to have an abortion, right?"

"From what I've learned on the internet, it seems that the method of surgery and the burden on the body are different between those who are less than 12 weeks pregnant and those who are up to 22 weeks pregnant."

"12 weeks you say, it depends on when she got pregnant, but isn't it pretty close?"

"Yup, the teachers seem to be worried about that too."

On the day of the return work, Watanuki-san was punching herself in the lower abdomen, 

"Yesterday, I went to Resenburg, I ordered Camilla and her brother Diethelm to find of the knight who assaulted Watanuki-san and punish them."

"Can they find him?"

"There is no such unscrupulous person ... If they give such a stupid reply, I will be their enemy, so it should be fine."

"Well, it would be a problem if Kento turned against them. No matter how many knights they have, they can't be protected."

"I hope so. So, Yuika's story isn't about Watanuki-san, is it?"

"Yup, sorry for the sudden talk, but could you meet my parents today?"

"What time is it?"

"They want you to go to the house at 10 o'clock in Japan time."

"Alright ... But, I don't know where Yuika's house is."

"Yup, I'll tell you now."

The chairman's house was on the street in front of the Hikarigaoka station in the direction of the fire station.

"Above this convenience store, room 302 is my home."

The chairman looked nostalgically at the streetscape displayed on the internet map.

"Wait just a little longer. If I can use summoning magic, repatriation magic, or magic that can send everyone back, Yuika might be able to go home."

"Yup, but, I don't want to be unable to use the light-attribute magic that I've been given. I want to give back more and more to everyone in Volzard."

The chairman had steadily gained experience at the garrison's clinic, and was now an indispensable presence in Volzard.

The star-attribute summoning magic should be a higher version of the summoning magic that used the magic circle, but I didn't know what would happen to the magic talent gained by summoning.

If you couldn't use attribute magic as soon as you returned to Japan, I would not be able to meet the chairman's wishes.

"Umm ... Should I bring some souvenirs?"

"Isn't it a bad idea to bring items from here?"

"I see ... Hey, how should I greet them ... Ahh, no, I'll think about it myself."

"Kento, are you nervous?"

"Of course. I'm really nervous."

"But you still have more than ten hours."

"I know, but ... It's my first time meeting them, ahh!"

"What is it?"

"Hair ... Should I make it black?"

"Haa ... Don't surprise me. It's okay because I've talked to them properly."

"Really? A delinquent, or a gaudy person, they won't think of me like that?"

"It's okay, it's okay, so calm down a bit, okay."

"Ehh ..."

I was pulled to the chairman and was hugged as if holding my head.

"It's okay, Kento is the boy I chose. Even if Manon is here, even if Riche is here, or if Seraphima comes, even so, you're a boy whom I don't want to be separated from, so it's okay."

"K ..."

Fuwaaa, it's bad, it's soft, and warm ... While having my head stroked, I listened to the chairman's heartbeat and almost fell asleep.

"Hey, Kento, what do you plan to do after everyone returns?"

"I haven't decided what I'm going to do specifically, but I'd like to cooperate with Volzard's development while doing the work required of an S-rank adventurer."

"That's right, Kento is an S-rank adventurer, isn't he."

"Well, I'm not so great ... Because, most of my power is a gift."

"That's not true. It's because Kento worked hard."

"Well, I guess so ..."

Ah~h, I want to stay like this forever, but without practicing my summoning techniques, I won't be able to truly relax.

I decided to meet with Watanuki-san before moving to the Devil's Forest training ground.

WHen I asked Ayako-sensei, who had come to pick up the breakfast dishes, she replied that it was okay to meet with her.

"Excuse me ..."

"Hey, Kokubu, what's with you, you look like a different person."

"Ehh, Ahh, my hair. When I woke up, it looked like this."

Watanuki-san, who was sitting on the edge of the bed with her knees in her arms, looked kind of haggard.

"What are you talking about. Did you fall unconscious again? Aren't you trying too hard?"

"No, because if I don't do it, other people won't be able to do it ..."

"That may be true, but come on, it's unfair for Kokubu alone to carry the burden on your shoulders. You were stabbed with a sword, and your head was almost cut off, also, ahh, you were eaten by Goblins too. A normal person would be dead long ago, seriously."

"Maa, that's right, but I also have a lot of delicious thoughts ..."

"That's right ... I didn't think Kokubu would make a harem, but what of it? I don't think that's excessive, is it?"

Watanuki-san, who was grinning from ear to ear, seemed to be more energetic than I thought.

"No, no, compared to when I was in Japan ..."

"Ahh, I'm sorry, that's right, Kokubu's house was complicated."

"No, I'm going to be independent from my Japanese house, so it's okay."

"Hee ... Kokubu has changed. A year ago, I only got the impression that you were getting scolded for falling asleep. That's it ..."

"No, no, the weeding penalties for falling asleep came in handy when I was a gardener's apprentice."

"Kyahahahaha, what the heck, were you a gardener or something? Seriously?"

"Seriously. Gardener's apprenticeship, plantation harvesting, potato transport in the warehouse."

"Hee ... You were doing a lot of things. While doing that, you were also preparing to help us, weren't you? Kokubu, you're really amazing ... I really respect you."

"Well ... I was completely absorbed in it."

"Hey, Kokubu ... I, what should I do?"

Watanuki-san, who had been laughing until then, had her face distort and spilled large tears.

"I'm sorry, if only I could help sooner ..."

"That's wroong! That's wroong, that's wroong, it's not Kokubu's fault, those guys, those guys ... Uuuu."

Watanuki-san, who grasped my upper arms tightly when I rushed over, sobbed.

Her fingers were digging in and hurt, but I couldn't shake her off.

"Last night, I went to Resenburg and ordered Camilla and her brother Diethelm to find out and punish the knights who did such a terrible thing to Watanuki-san."

"Ehh, lies! ..."

"I'm not lying. What do you want to do, Watanuki-san? What kind of punishment do you want to give them?"

"Kill them ... Beat them to death. Those filthy assholes, beat them all to death."

"Alright."

"Ehh, will you kill them? Seriously?"

Watanuki-san's eyes widened in surprise as I said that I would kill them with no hesitation.

"Yup, I'll kill them in place of Watanuki-san. Then, Watanuki-san, will you look forward and get back on your feet?"

"Ehh ... I, I don't know."

"If it helps Watanuki-san get back on her feet, I will kill them. But, if Watanuki-san might regret it, I won't kill them and give them a different punishment."

"A different punishment, for example?"

"For example? For example ... Cut it off?"

"Uwaa, Kokubu, you're cruel ..."

"No, no, for example, it's just an example."

"Nn~ ... But, it might be good. Killing them has a bad aftertaste, but if you spare their lives, and in exchange, make sure they won't be able to do bad things again ... Yup, that might be good."

"Speaking of which, do you know their names?"

"Nope, I don't know, and I don't even want to know."

It seemed that the knights rarely gave their names while they were training at Lastock.

Of course, she remembered their faces, but she didn't want to see them again.

"For the time being, think about what kind of punishment you want to give until Camilla contacts me. I'll give them a punishment that Watanuki can agree with."

"Alright, thank you, Kokubu."

"Then, how about returning home?"

"Yup, I'm a little conflicted about that. It's not like I'm comfortable staying here, but I'm sure I'll be told many things when I return."

Watanuki-san seemed to be concerned about media reports.

"Maybe I'm too self-conscious, it might be better if I don't watch TV or the internet, but I'm still curious. Kokubu was called demeaning things, right."

"Maa, it certainly doesn't feel good. Doing whatever they like, to see someone say something perfunctory based on speculation or something like that ..."

"Right? Besides, I was wondering what to do with my child ..."

"Are you conflicted?"

"Yup, I don't know whose child it is, but it's definitely my child, and if the other half is his child ..."

Watanuki-san cut off her words, fell silent for a while, and then returned her gaze to me.

"Hey, Kokubu, I want you to listen to me for a moment ... I don't want you to tell anyone, it's a secret story."

"If you're okay with me, I'll listen."

"Kokubu is nice. Somehow, Kokubu is doing his best, but it's all hardships, how should I put it, a sense of affinity springs up, a sense of camaraderie ... That's why, hear me out."

"Alright, I promise I won't tell anyone."

"You know ... About the child in my stomach, but ... The odds are low, but I wish it was Maejima's child."

"Maejima? Maejima you say, is it Maejima Keita?"

"Yup ... Right."

Maejima Keita was in the same class as Watanuki-san when we were in first grade, and I think he was in the soccer club.

He was tall and didn't look handsome, but he wasn't ugly and had average looks.

It seemed that Maejima was among the men that Watanuki-san had had relationships with since arriving at Volzard.

"Maejima is, well, he seems to have had zero romantic feelings, but since I was in first grade, I thought he was a little good ..."

Considering the time when Watanuki-san stopped menstruating, the possibility that Maejima was the father was not zero.

"But, if you tell Maejima something like this, he'll definitely think it's disgusting, and a bitch like me won't be a romantic interest, but, but ... If I think it just might be ..."

Covering her face with both hands, I gently hugged Watanuki-san, who began to sob again, and rubbed her back.

"Kokubu, what should I do ... If I go back to Japan, my parents will definitely tell me to have an abortion, but if I think it might be Maejima's child, I want to give birth, but even if I give birth, I don't have the confidence to raise it alone ... I don't know anymore. Kokubu ... Help me."

"Alright. I'll help."

"Ehh, Kokubu ...?"

"If Watanuki-san wants to have the child and raise it, I will support you financially so that you can live in Volzard. If you want to have an abortion, I will properly send you to Japan. Therefore, Watanuki-san, just think about what you want, and give me an answer that you won't regret."

When I reached Volzard alone, many people supported me.

If there's a girl in pain right in front of me and I have the power to help her, wavering or hesitating are not necessary.

"Kokubu, but ..."

"It's okay, it's okay, I, I'm quite rich. I defeated a giant monster called Gigas the other day and got a huge magic stone. If I put it up for auction at Bakkenheim at the beginning of the year, I think it will sell for a great amount. If I run out of money, I can dive into the dungeon. If nothing else, I'll go to the southern continent and hunt monsters like crazy."

"Fuu, fufufu ... Ahahahaha ... As I thought, Kokubu has changed. Ah~ ... I should have realized it sooner. No, it's not too late, I wonder if I should join the harem too ..."

Watanuki-san held my right arm tightly.

"Ehh, n, no, that is ... Just now, Yuika, that ..."

"Kyahahahaha, I'm obviously joking. How much do you think we were taken care of by Asakawa-san in Lastock. Even though her complexion had already passed being pale and looked white, she continued the treatment. It's absolutely not allowed to make Asakawa-san cry!"

"Ahh, ouch! I understand, so please don't hit me with all your strength."

Watanuki-san hit me hard on the back, but it was so powerful that I wondered if she was using chantless body strengthening.

"Then, when you've made up your mind, let me know via Ayako-sensei or Yuika."

"Yup, thank you for everything, Kokubu."

Watanuki-san came to see me off in the hallway, and as we parted, she kissed me on the cheek and then closed the door.

"Kento ... that, what's going on?"

"Ehh, it's different, it's different. I'm not cheating. Watanuki-san was just teasing me ... Really, it's true."

"Fufuu, I know ..."

The chairman lowered her raised eyebrows and hugged me tightly.

"I don't know if it went well, but I told Watanuki-san that I would cooperate as much as possible. It seems that she wants to decide after thinking a little more about whether she will return to Japan, so Yuika, please help as well."

"Yup, of course. Thank you, Kento."

"Yuika ..."

"You guys ... If you're going to flirt, do it somewhere else ..."

When I tried to hug Yuika again, Watanuki-san gave a tsukkomi from the other side of the narrowly opened door.

The door was closed immediately, but it seemed that her eyes were smiling, so she should be fine.

Before visiting her home, I promised to visit the chairman again and moved to the special training ground in the Devil's Forest.

I was able to grasp the tricks of activating summoning and repatriation techniques, but there was still a big problem.

How do I pull something from an unseen location, or how do I send something to an unseen location.

If I could solve this problem, the return of my classmates should progress greatly.

"Hmm ... Speaking of unseen places, in the case of shadow movement, if I imagine a place I've been to before, I can move to the shadows of that place at once."

[ That's right. Thanks to Kent-sama's strengthening, we can use the same technique, so I can understand that feeling. ]

"But, I feel like there's quite a bit of error there."

[ It's certainly as you say. However, since the destination of movement is also in the shadow space, there is no worry of falling or colliding. After arriving there, fine-tuning and going out is not a problem. ]

"Right, right, that's right, but in the case of summoning and repatriation techniques, if the error is large, I feel like it's going to be a big deal."

For example, if I intended to summon someone into the SDF Nerima garrison, but the place was shifted and they were summoned in the middle of the Kawagoe Highway, dying in a car accident on the way home ... What a situation that would be.

[ Kent-sama, how about putting them in something like a box and summoning it or sending it back? ]

"A box, huh ... But, even if I put them in a box, I can't tell where the box is, and I can't even decide where to send it."

For example, if I put them in a box and sent it to Japan, it would be a disaster if I sent it to a place about 20 meters high instead of dropping it on the ground.

[ Then, Kent-sama, how about using us genus as a landmark? ]

"I see, I will know where everyone in my genus is, and it can be a landmark."

When I moved in the shadows, I could move to places I've never been before if I use my genus as landmarks.

In this case, the location of my genus was not recognized as coordinates, but was perceived intuitively.

Even with my eyes closed, I could tell where my ears were, where my mouth was, and where my nose was.

With this, I didn't have to worry about mistaking the location even from far away Japan.

I immediately enlisted the help of the Kobold Corps, and just as I was about to start practicing, Hart showed up.

"Wafuu, Goshujin-sama, Camilla has a report."

"Alright, let's go together."

It was probably about the knights who assaulted Watanuki-san.

Should I have them imprisoned first until Watanuki-san decided what kind of punishment she wanted, and in the meantime, should I threaten them to cool down a little.