Shinmai Maou no Keiyakusha:Volume 6 Chapter 3
Always Wanted to Confess to You
Part 1
Nonaka Kurumi had a good affinity with spirits at a young age.
Five years before the tragedy attacked the 《 Village 》, while her older sister Yuki learned sword skills one after another increasing her abilities as a MultisaberZenoukatakenshi [1], Kurumi bloomed her talent as a Element MasterSpirit Magician. Right now, among the Element Master Spirit Magician in the 《 Village 》, her skill developed to the extent that she could fight with one or two.
However── Kurumi couldn’t use her ability well right now. The place that’s usually serves as a channel for the spirits to lend their power would not open easily. The reason is because they have come… to the Demon Realm.
The city which served as stronghold of the Moderates faction, Wildart. In the past, this city was declared as the strongest, ruled by the Demon King Predecessor Wilbert for generations, a luxurious royal castle and bustling castle downtown. Surrounded by the rich nature of the forest Oldora, Nonaka Yuki right now, was at the middle of the Fost River which flowed nearby Wildart Castle.
“───”
As Kurumi stood still in the riverbank as rocks and gravels roll, she reached her left palm which materialized the spirit gauntlet [2] to reach the water surface of the river, her consciousness was concentrated and the channel for sprits was opened.
Simultaneously, the Soul Purity Arts that Kurumi pushed out in her left hand, ──a magic circle unfolds in the thin air, disturbing the flow of the water in the river. A vortex begins to gradually occur and grew to a size of a meter, and the water rolled up to the sky. While small droplets fall down, Kurumi raises her concentration once more, and the water shot up gradually formed a certain divine beast. A dragon.
“……OOoo～!”
From the top of a huge rock nearby, the little succubus companion who followed together with them raised a voice of admiration ──it was Naruse Maria. In front of what Maria is seeing right now,
“───”
Kurumi unexpectedly made a severe expression── At once, the shape of the water which curled upwards loses control, the dragon’s shape turns for the worse, and the large quantity of water falls to the surface of the river like a waterfall in the sky. “Isn’t that amazing Kurumi-san? Today, compared to yesterday, to be able to use it up to here.”
“……this isn’t that good at all.”
To Maria who claps her hands in admiration, Kurumi said with a frown.
──What Kurumi called for, was a spirit of a water attribute. Usually, Undine and Nereids, and various spirits such as Apsaras [3] lend their powers to Kurumi.
But due to the Demon Realm’s[4] influence, Kurumi at present, wasn’t able to open a channel with spirits well. She should be able to produce an even bigger water dragon right now if it isn’t true, and should make them soar into the sky just as it is──but the results, it ended up to a degree that even a small size is not possible to maintain.
Even as she appealed to a spirit like usual, their voice and reactions felt very distant. Perhaps Kurumi today, can only take out half of her powers in comparison to when she’s in the human world.
When Maria gave a bitter smile, she jumped off from the top of the rock and closed the distance to Kurumi. Then,
“Well, since training is going to end soon, let’s have lunch. The maid in the kitchen had made us sandwiches.”
As she says so, Maria opened a rather big basket held in her hands and showed it to Kurumi. With meat and vegetables in the inside, the sandwich also has jam-packed various ingredients such as eggs tightly. As expected of a dish from an entrusted maid serving at a castle indeed, it seemed so delicious even by only looking.
“This amount, isn’t it a little too much to eat for only two people…?”
“Because Kurumi didn’t eat a proper meal this morning, this is just right as it is”
“………”
To the words of Maria, Kurumi went silent. She’s right──Kurumi hardly eaten her breakfast. Though once she took a seat in the dining room, she started to eat, and left the seat in a hurry.
Kurumi having such behavior is a thing that cannot be permitted. To Kurumi who fell silent, in a rag woven of hemp materials, Maria takes a seat, laid her back to the grass of the dry riverbed and asks,
“…Are you still angry about Basara-san and Zest-san’s Master and Servant Contract?”
She’s right──Kurumi this morning, was told by Basara that he and Zest made a Master and Servant contract.
Of course, before coming to the Demon Realm, as he declared “It’s necessary to protect Zest, so a Master and Servant contract should be made”, is really the kind of what the gentle Basara does. Kurumi thought so and agreed upon. However, when she was made hear it happened ──As for Kurumi, she knew that she herself admitted to have a Master and Servant Contract with Zest due to her condition. As for that,
…I can’t believe it, to think that even sis or Mio to say nothing…
Mio, being targeted by Zolgear, to even have a connection to the one that murdered her adoptive parents cruelly──She was so to speak was the sole enemy for Mio and Basara. As for Basara and Zest who was a subordinate of such a man to enter a Master and Servant Contract, even if real understanding is shown by their mouths, Kurumi thought that those intentions will never be accepted no matter what.
However──Yuki and Mio after a brief silence, approved the contract of Basara. Kurumi cried “What!?” immediately, and stood up from her chair,
…But.
Kurumi wasn’t able to say anything more than that. Because in the past, there was also a debt that she had become an enemy of Basara before. Therefore, since Yuki and Mio which has not betrayed Basra accepted it, Kurumi had no choice to object.
──Still, everybody seemed to have understood Kurumi’s feelings. Basara and Zest whom are to blame remained silent for granted, and for sure, the three people: Yuki, Mio and Maria also understood Kurumi’s and Basara’s feelings, so they didn’t say anything. However, unable to bear the eyes which turned to her right now──as she came to her senses Kurumi runs out of the dining room, and walked along the hallway alone. Then, Kurumi asked Noel the housemaid who passed each other by chance on the hallway whether there or not is there a river nearby, and told her this place.
──There was a reason why Nonaka Kurumi wanted to come to the river.
Before the tragedy that happened five years ago, when Basara was still in the 《 Village 》of the Hero Clan──Kurumi had often gone out to play in a nearby river with Basara and Yuki. Fishing together, swimming together, the get along well just like true siblings. As Kurumi being younger, she always loved Basara and Yuki, and piled up many wonderful memories with the two people.
One time, those memories──due to the tragedy five years ago, she thought that it was lost completely.
After the sad reunion five years after, they had fought one time──still, Basara remained unchanged from the old days, and valued Kurumi as it is. Therefore, even though it’s her mission that she came to live under the same roof as them, she was really happy. Even little by little, she thought that that she could go back to the old days from the bottom of her heart. She actually wanted to come to this river together with everyone. While remembering the childhood with Basara and Yuki and their past relationships, in addition to Mio and Maria, she wanted to make a new memory here. And then──if desired, Kurumi don’t even mind even if Zest was there.
…However, she making a Master and Servant Contract with Basara is a different story.
She heard the story that Zest has a power of an S class. By making a Master-Servant Contract with Basara, she becomes stronger than before, and thus finds herself useful to Basara, raising his power.
…still.
Nonaka Kurumi thought──she doesn’t want to lose to Zest.
Therefore when Kurumi visited here alone, she began her training in order to manage the darkness element that she got from Lucia even a little. Maria followed behind a little later. And as for Maria, as she finished arranging the sandwich and side dishes on the seat,
“Anyway, let’s have lunch first. The brain doesn’t act properly when hungry, and I think that’s not good in various ways.”
She said so and beckoned her. Therefore,
“………Un”
As Nonaka Kurumi nodded, she sat down next to Maria and began to eat the food on that day.
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