CH 163

Cooperation

Translated by NotBlueYet

Edited by Kingavent

“I’m glad you three are okay.”

I run over to the girls.

“I’m glad you’re okay, Owen.”

After that, Emilia shifts her gaze to the sky.

“More importantly,” she asked, a serious look on her face.

“Is that… Natalie?”

A blonde girl is floating in the sky, fighting someone.

I can clearly see the girl’s figure in my eyes, which has been enhanced by body strengthening to improve my eyesight.

On the outside, it’s definitely Natalie.

“That’s Natalie, but also not …… Natalie.”

“Then who is it?”

I stumble over my words at Emilia’s question.

If I’m not the only one who can fly…

“…The Witch.”

As if tracing my thoughts, Shallot murmured in a whisper.

As she said, the only beings who could fly in the past were witches.

But that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to tie them to witches.

But if this is one of the Seven Wonders, the Witches’ Plague, it makes sense.

I don’t know how it happened, but it’s possible that Natalie’s body was taken over by the witch.

‘Perhaps the man in the black hat planted something… in Natalie’s body, whether it was a witch or not, I don’t know, but that something is driving her now.’

The girls were speechless and looked up at Natalie.

I call out to the girls, who are stunned.

“I need a favor from you three.”

“What is it?”

Farren, who immediately recognized the current situation, met my gaze.

“I want you to break this ward and stop the miasma further, preferably help the students who are in disarray, but… if you can’t help them that much, abandon them.”

That means, in some cases, leave the students to die.

“Don’t get your priorities wrong.”

“Don’t make the situation worse by being distracted by each student.”

“Okay.”

Farren nodded.

Following that, Emilia and Shallot also shook their heads.

“What will you do, Owen?”

“I’m going to go help Natalie.”

“Are you okay on your own?”

Farren asks with concern.

As for Natalie’s battle, which is still taking place, it seems to be a very tough fight.

If she’s a disaster class criminal, with the same powers as a witch, she’s going to be quite a nasty opponent.

That’s why I, the most battle-hardened of them all, have to go.

“I’m strong now.”

After awakening, I felt that my body was full of strength.

The amount of magic power has increased greatly, and the body is light.

I think it’s the effect of me being one with the past Owen.

It may be presumptuous of me to say this, since I couldn’t save Natalie, but…

“I’m gonna save you this time.”

The strength of Natalie’s fight in the sky is palpable even from a short distance away.

The sound of battle that never stops and the power of the magic that Natalie invokes.

Those things almost scare the hell out of me, even as a two-star.

But… it’s dangerous.

Shallot grabbed my sleeve.

“In a situation like this, it’s not safe to be anywhere.”

“Yes, Shallot, we have our roles to play, and right now we’re in the right place at the right time.”

Hearing Emilia’s words, Shallot let go of my sleeve and lowered her gaze.

“There’s not much I can do, if I could save Natalie, break the wards, stop the miasma, and save the students ……, it wouldn’t be hard, but I don’t have that kind of power, so I’m begging you, please save the school district, I love this school, and Shallot knows a lot about wards, right? Shallot is the one who can help them now.”

I asked earnestly, looking at Shallot.

“We’re not heroes who can save everything on our own, so we all have to get through this together.”

“It’s not fair.”

Shallot looked up and mumbled.

“You should definitely come back…”

“It’s a given.”

Slapping my chest, I smiled at her.

When Emilia saw my face, she interrupted me.

“You better help Natalie this time.”

“Yeah, of course.”

Emilia looked at me with strong eyes.

I meet her gaze and nod vigorously.

And so I look at Farren.

“If you try to save everything, you’ll find things overflowing out of these hands, isn’t that what Owen-san told me?”

Farren preened like that and looked into my eyes.

“Yes, you did say that.”

That’s what I told Farren about the Dominic incident.

“I now believe that you’re right, but it’s a decision that can only be made after you’ve done your utmost and are faced with an inevitable choice. You don’t know what you can save and what you can’t save until you try. Throwing it away without taking action is just giving up. That’s not a decision, that’s running away. So please go save Natalie-san and we’ll do our best to protect this school town.”

Hearing Farren’s words, I thought that she had become a lot stronger.

She is no longer the dangerous girl she used to be.

A splendid saint was there.

And I, for one, was encouraged by her words.

“I’m gonna get her out of this.”

I said with determination.

Farren came up to me, saying, “And.

I grant you the Sacred Feather Armor.”

What’s the sacred feather armor?

“It’s a magic that protects people from bad things. You may have already noticed… Now, miasma is widespread in this school district, and it’s bad for your body. And a lot of miasma. If you absorb it, you will become a demon-like existence.Sacred Feather Armor can protect your body from miasma. “

“Thank you, please.”

Farren nodded once, closed her eyes, and put her hand on my chest.

“The robe I grant thee shall protect thee from evil– the sacred feather armor, Hagoromo.”

A white light appears from Farren’s hand, and the light gently envelops me.

Softly, my body felt light, and then the white light became a pure white veil that covered my body.

The veil was soon gone, but at the same time, the discomfort that had clung to my body was also gone.

Farren slowly opened her eyes and said, “Good luck.

“Let’s just do what we do best, and I’ll be on my way.”

I said goodbye to the girls and headed over to Natalie.