Magika No Kenshi To Shoukan Maou:Volume 2 Chapter 2

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Chapter 2 – Visitor From Outside World

Part 1

When Kazuki and Mio entered together into the classroom, “Good morning!” several greetings welcomed them. Even though its happened every morning but the barrage of greeting from this many girls was still overwhelming.

“Hey, Amasaki-san and Hayashizaki-kun, won’t you two enter our party!?”

One of the classmate didn’t stop at greeting and came walking near their side.

But without even waiting for Kazuki’s reply the girl panicked and keep on talking without pause.

“No, surely after I thoroughly made fun of you about that matter with sword, it might be too shameless to form a party together! But I, when Hayashizaki-kun fought against Amasaki-san using katana I thought it was really cool!”

Looking carefully at this girl, she is the one that triggered the impetus of the duel with Mio.

“Moreover I thought that if we challenge a quest, it will be helpful if a swordsman accompany us, but rather than asking the people at Sword Division it will be easier to ask Hayashizaki-kun who is a classmate••••••besides I heard Hayashizaki-kun and Amasaki-san currently face some troubles!! I wonder!?”

Inside the classroom “Aah, she is stealing the march on Hayashizaki-kun-!” “Not fair!” and so forth, jeering voice rang out. Hearing that the girl retorted back “Wait, be quiet you guys-!”

As a [swordsman] it seems that Kazuki noticed those classmates that made those cheerful voices.

It had been one month since the enrolment to this school, the number of students that managed to contract successfully with their Diva had increased rapidly.

Such students immediately fromed their party and challenged the quests actively.

“As expected, I wonder if it’s no good••••••before when I made fun about the sword••••••”

Even though Kazuki hadn’t said anything that classmate had already getting down by herself.

“It’s okay, I don’t mind see. In the end it became the chance to fix my relationship with Mio.”

A heart mark floated from the girl after hearing Kazuki’s answer.

The classmates around “There is a chance!?” made a stir too.

“Really!? Then after school today let’s take a quest immediately together••••••”

“But sorry, I want to think about the party a little more carefully.”

Kazuki asked with a glance at Mio’s face.

Just now Mio was watching whether Kazuki would accept the invitation in suspense, but when she caught Kazuki’s eyes she made a pouting expression as if she was trying to hide her agitation.

Her face seems like it wanted to say ‘isn’t it fine if you do whatever you like?’

But as expected, it seems she was not okay with just anyone.

“Uh••••••in short you want wait until we get along better first right? ••••••Well, it can’t be helped. But thank you that you didn’t make a big deal about my behavior last time! Sorry about that time, let’s get along from now on!!”

The girl’s look changed like she had been released from her guilt and she returned to her own seat.

{That girl is also the contractor of the 72 Pillar, that’s why you should use everything you can to get friendly with her.}

Inside Kazuki’s head Leme raised her dissatisfaction . Even though I had said before that I didn’t want to that kind of honorless behavior.

“What the heck is that, it feels like there was no consideration for me and she only aim for Kazuki! Even though I am the one that is rank A. ••••••Weell, I’m happy though that Kazuki considered about me.”

Mio smiled a little with her last words, then she went to her own seat.

Kazuki reached his own seat——from behind Koyuki talk to him absent-mindedly.

“Rather than inviting somebody like me, isn’t it better to accept that offer from before?”

“However it is my dream for me, Mio, and Hiakari-san, this three people to become a party.”

“••••••How obstinate. Are you a stalker?”

Kazuki turned his face behind, but Koyuki turned her face ‘Puih’ away.

“••••••Hiakari-san, let’s talk before sensei come okay?”

Kazuki called out toward the girl’s translucence side face that looked noble.

“I don’t want to talk about anything trivial, such thing is useless no matter how much we do it.”

“There were many book in Hiakari-san’s room wasn’t it? What kind of book do you like to read?”

“I just read book that was finished regardless of the person. That’s why please don’t try talk to me.”

“••••••. Come to think of it, does Hiakari-san like rabbit? Somehow it suit you.”

“I prefer it rather than human. That’s why please don’t try talk to me.”

“••••••. Hiakari-san, right now I’m doing a funny face, so look this way.”

“Your face is relatively well-ordered, so I think it won’t be interesting no matter what you do.”

“It’s no good if Hiakari-san praised and mocked me even though you are avoiding to look. You won’t regret it so look here a little.”

Kazuki used drastic move by using body reinforcement magic to power up his expression muscle.

Hayashizaki-style Secret Party Performance ——also known as [Ougi-Murder at First Sight].

“Saying thing like that, like it is anything big••••••”

Koyuki looked at Kazuki with a brief sidelong glance, at that instant “——Bufuhh!?” she bursted out.

Due to the reinforced muscle, the bone structure of Kazuki’s face was transformed to the level of utmost limit.

“••••••Come eat my face.”

Toward that imitation voice from the hero that was loved even until now by the kids, Koyuki hide her face with both hands while her whole body was shaking and trembling. A heart mark flown from her chest.

••••••No way, I never thought her positivity level can increase with this.

Kazuki got carried away and repeated his [Anime Character Face Mimicry Medley] intently, Koyuki was shaking like the vibration of a cellphone and the surrounding classmates were laughing too when they noticed Kazuki’s face, the door of the classroom opened with that timing.

“Be quiet you trashes! It’s already the time for Short HomeroomSHR, how much do you guys want to be nuisan——BUFUUHH!?”

Liz Liza-sensei finally came so Kazuki turned around to face the class platform, then sensei was bursting out too .

“Tra, trash! Rank E trash, what happened to you bastard!? I mean what happened to your face!? ••••••Oi, are you okay?”

From Liz Liza-sensei’s slip of the tongue, an echo of worry stuck out.

“I’m sorry, this can’t be fixed immediately.”

“Is that body reinforcement magic••••••? So there is that kind of practical use for that skill huh••••••It might be useful for disguise. Well, no matter, as your punishment you must keep your face like that until I say it’s fine. Anyway first thing first, from now I’ll introduce a transfer student. ••••••Come in.”

Transfer student!? Liz Liza-sensei faced the corridor and called out, the classroom turn into uproar.

What kind of transfer student had came ——the noise from that expectation lasted for only a moment.

If you thought it carefully, everyone realized that such thing was impossible.

It was impossible for a transfer student to come to the national Knight Academy <Caryatid>.

Why was it? Because other than people who got Mystery MarkEnigma at their 14th’s birthday, nobody else could enroll into this academy. An addition at later time was impossible.

What in the world is going on, rather than expectation, gazes of confusion concentrated on the door.

The door was opened with scraping noise, the one who appeared was ——a foreigner girl that was a little short.

Her long golden hair fluttered around, she walked toward the platform with refined manner. When she moved to face toward this direction, shining particles was release from her golden hair and white skin.

The combination of her shining hair and white skin were just like pure gold and silk.

“Nice to meet you. I am Charlotte Liebenfrau desu.”

An unexpected fluent Japanese. An elegant and composed smile accompanied with a moderate tone of voice that felt just right in the ear. Everything was clad with an atmosphere of gorgeous high class item.

“She might not look like a Japanese, however as my distant relative she owned Japanese nationality. Actually she is still 14 years old however••••••because of some circumstance she is skipping grade into this academy. She is younger than you all, but this girl’s magic ability was already qualified as rank A. There is no problem with her.”

Skipping grade? ••••••So that means, the girl received her stigma at 14 years old, without waiting for her promotion she immediately transferred into Magic Division, like that?

Why was she given such special treatment? From Liz Liza-sensei’s explanation, rather than explaining about the girl’s origin, it was more like giving a warning not to look too deep into it.

“Please call me Lotte.”

In contrast with the silence inside the classroom, she pointed a smiling face with more affection than anyone. Then she look around the surrounding ——and her eyes met with Kazuki, her eyes opened round and wide like a jasper.

Her body leaned forward leaving her hair trailing behind and she leaked an excited voice.

“——Japanese Animation!”

The pronunciation in English sounds a bit different.

——As the fate of the transfer student, every break time Lotte was surrounded by classmates.

The figure that did her best to answer any kind of question honestly really exuded the charm of a junior.

“Your hair is really pretty! And the skin is really white! Are you really a Japanese?”

“Erm••••••My family and Liz Liza-oneesan’s family had lived in Japan since the time of my grandfather. Do even though I am like this, I am a Japanese through and through desu.”

“Eeh, really!? Didn’t you talk in mysterious language before?”

“Lotte-chan, what kind of food do you like?”

“Eeeto••••••sushi and tempura••••••especially tuna, I like it desu!”

“No way-! Lotte-san is absolutely a foreigner after all-!”

“Hey, let me touch the hair too! Uwaa, it’s really pretty when seeing from near! Like pure gold!!”

“Her cheek is really smoothhh-! Cuteee!!”

“Uuuu••••••being touched here and there like that feels really good desu••••••”

Even when she was jostled by the classmates she stays docilely like a pedigree puppy and showed an elegant smile happily. With that kind of attitude Lotte had became a really popular person in the class.

Gazing at that scene distantly——Koyuki talked with Kazuki with amazed tone.

“••••••If she was surrounded by that many people like that, won’t she died because of stress?”

“But conversing moderately is needed you know, Hiakari-san.”

“••••••It is not needed. That kind of thing is a hindrance, please don’t talk with me.”

“The side who came and started the conversation was from Hiakari-san wasn’t it!?”

The moment when the questions accidentally paused, Lotte glanced to Kazuki’s seat.

After that she said to the surrounding students “Excuse me, just a little, excuse me.” While bowing and apologizing repeatedly the crowd of people parted and she approached towards Kazuki direction. Koyuki averted her face with a ‘puih’.

“Excuse me••••••that anime face from before, can you do it one more time?”

Kazuki hid his face like doing a peek-a-boo using his hands and then after using the face technique showed his face , Lotte didn’t laugh when witnessing that but her eyes glittered in excitement.

It looked like that Lotte didn’t understood about recent anime so Kazuki tilted his head.

“••••••Do you like old masterpiece anime like this?”

“Yes! As Japanese it’s natural to be fond of anime desu!”

No wait, no matter how you saw it, from her tastes of food and anime it didn’t look like Japanese person at all though. Or perhaps I should say that from her excitement she looked more like a country bumpkin••••••.

It made me wanted to doubt whether she had really lived in Japan for a long time.

Nonetheless if she was neither born in Japan nor a foreigner went through naturalization, then this was a really baffling matter.

——That was because the present Japan didn’t have any diplomatic relationship at all with other foreign country.

Part 2

{ ——First year class two, Amasaki Mio-san, Hayashizaki Kazuki-kun, Hiakari Koyuki-san, urgent, please come to Student Council’s room.}

As soon as the school was over, the voice of Kaguya-senpai was broadcasted and summoned out Kazuki and the others. Kazuki’s eyes soon met with Koyuki who sat behind and then they joined with Mio who sat in the front and came out of the class.

The Witch’s Mansion to the end was a building for the sake of living, a [dormitory], so there was a different student council’s room to do the work of student council. The location was next to the staff room of the Magic Division.

Why were they summoned? A notice was fixed on the door of student council’s room with notice [This week’s Diva Contracting Ritual will be performed at Wednesday]. Recently the works of the student council room’s owner was carrying out the contracting ritual.

Although they were summoned urgently, there was no one inside the room other than Hoshikaze-senpai.

“Kaguya will come soon, so please wait a little.” Senpai smiled with the look of a know-it-all.

After a while, the door opened with strong momentum and Kaguya-senpai finally came.

“I have made you waiting huh, first years! Today I will introduce a new comrade okaaayyy!”

Kazuki and the others opened their eyes in surprise because Kaguya-senpai saying comrade with a merry voice out of the blue.

“Go on, come in! This child is the new rank A first years••••••Charlotte-chan!”

Kaguya-senpai turned back to the corridor——and the figure that appeared was the transfer student, Lotte.

“Please treat me well! Ah, the anime person! I am in the same class with the three of them desune!”

Lotte bowed her head quickly and smiled. This transfer student is a [new comrade] ••••••?

“It might be confusing saying thing suddenly like that••••••however you guys at least has already understand slightly that this girl is not just your everyday student right?”

Liz Liza-sensei came following from Lotte’s back and said that while closing the door of the student council room.

“That thing about my distant relative is a lie. Actually she doesn’t even has Japanese nationality. This girl——there is no reason to use polite language so I called her this girl but——she escaped from the Dukedom of Seinmundo in Europe using a private jet, in other words she is a [refugee]. This girl doesn’t have the right of succession but she is equivalent with the daughter of the ruling duke of Seinmundo.

Refugee, Kazuki and the others were dumbfounded and lost their words hearing that unfamiliar heavy word.

The true form of the transfer student that originally should be impossible was——the princess of foreign country?

The Dukedom of Seinmundo. Although they have self-autonomy that was recognized to some extent, it was a country that received the rule of a certain magic advanced country, [Germany]. A small puppet state in Northern Europe.

Because of the birth of magic in this world, the world’s state of affairs underwent a drastic change.

The world’s «Big Seven Magic Advanced Countries» with the backing of divine protection from their own respectively different Mythology owned powerful military strength. And so the other countries that didn’t earn the divine protection from Diva were placed under the patronage of magic advanced country.

However Japan was the only Magic Advanced Country that didn’t have any participation in ruling any other country, existing solely with their own self-support.

Also the Big Seven Magic Advanced Countries, among them there were no ties of diplomatic relations at all.

If asked why, it was because of the divine protection from Diva, Solomon 72 Pillar who didn’t demand faith was an exception, but Mythology became stronger when there were more faith. Because of the direct relation between military power and faith to the Mythology, the Magic Advanced Countries other than Japan little by little were converting into [Religious Nation]. Religious nation where the religion even encroached into their politics made it impossible for them to exist in harmony with other religious nation.

At first there were no problem between the Magic Advanced Countries and diplomatic relations still existed, but in this period of 15 years the faith to Mythology was gradually deepening and the friction between countries became bigger, and finally Japan cut the all diplomatic ties and fell into isolation.

The once existing EUEuropean Union that unified Europe and the United Nations with connection that crossed over the border between country were already becoming a mere shadow of what they once were. Due to alchemy, the production efficiency of food increased and the necessity for foreign trade was lost, expediting the split of the world.

Today was the first time Kazuki ever heard the name of [Seinmundo Dukedom]. From this kind of circumstances, there was practically no information that entered Japan about other advanced countries or the countries that were under their protection.

Since the Second World War II, the aim of world globalization and the circulation of international cooperation experienced a sudden reversal due to the birth of magic, and the direction of the world had ran at full speed toward division of the world as its destination.

——Inside such flow of the world, before one noticed it a battle royal between every religious nations that would induce Mythology WarRagnarok didn’t seem like a wild tale anymore.

“But, really••••••a princess?”

For people who had lived with doctrine of democracy, such words felt like it would caused the sensation of indisgetion.

Kazuki stared at Lotte while feeling confusion and the girl returned an elegant smile.

Now that it was mentioned, the girl’s demeanor always felt like the breeding of noble.

“Seinmundo Dukedom formation was around the period when magic was born, it is still a country with short history. In Europe, a human born with excellent magic power is regarded as someone with high social status, the countries who restored monarchy system are not few. Nonetheless, beyond that under the patronage of advanced magic country, the one who rule the country is not king but duke, it’s not a kingdom but a dukedom, not an independent country but a puppet state, their status had fallen.”

Having said that it could be said that in the end the advanced magic country and the country under its patronage didn’t have equal relation.

It seems a humane patronage was done under the name of faith.

“Japan doesn’t have diplomatic ties with Seinmundo, so currently I am no more than a refugee, I am resigned no matter what kind of treatment I received desu.”

Lotte, the refugee who was formerly a princess whispered such.

“I’ll say this in advance, don’t do anything strange to her.” Liz Liza-sensei glared with glinting eye.

“It’s too late, the classmates were already••••••”

“What!?” Liz Liza-sensei’s expression changed.

“Her cheek was rubbed until it was squishy. They felt around the cheek of a princess of the whole country.”

“That was••••••felt good desu••••••♪”

Toward the ecstatic Lotte, Liz Liza-sensei can only breathe a long sigh in exhaustion.

“••••••She was not princess anymore but a refugee but, from now on we don’t understand [what kind of meaning she has politically]. Because of that, first you guys protect her, furthermore this academy is chosen to give her the chance in education with people of the same age.”

I see, if you thought about a place where she could be protected and receive education, there is no better place than this academy.

Of course it went unsaid, but her placing in this academy was surely also included monitoring her activity.

That point resembled Kazuki’s position a little. This matter tend to be forgotten but——Kazuki’s stay in the Witch’s Mansion also included the implication of monitoring there.

“They made a lie about being Liz Liza-sensei’s relative because of that circumstance you see. Even if we say that she is a Japanese, but it is somewhat unnatural with her speech and conduct.”

Liz Liza-sensei also had the appearance of foreigner, but she had already been through naturalization since a long time ago. Liz Liza- sensei was a former knight, but you must have Japanese nationality to become a knight.

In contrast with that, Lotte was——a genuine foreigner coming from outside world where we didn’t even have any diplomatic relations just a while ago.

“Having said that, this girl only came looking for an asylum from three days ago, and she had already learn how to speak Japanese you know.”

“Three days!? How in the world!”

“By telepathy, she thoroughly synchronize with the consciousness of a Japanese person, and then it seems she traced all that have <association> with feeling and language. What kind of emotion he harbor and what kind of language he gave forth, she copied all that motion of the mind.”

••••••Was it the same with the way Hoshikaze-senpai learned sword? However the way Lotte did it ——was even more advanced compared to Hoshikaze-senpai. Kazuki couldn’t even imagine it.

“The girl had also received the same test you all got before the enrollment, the result was very surprising. It can be said that she is a genius in the field of telepathy. That’s why she is a rank A without question.”

Different with <Summoning Magic> that borrowed the magic power of Diva to activate, by manipulating our own magic power we could use <Common Magic>. <Telekinesis MagicPsychokinesis>, <Thought Burning Magic Pyrokinesis>, <Body Strength Reinforcement MagicEnchant Aura> , <Perception Strength Reinforcement MagicExtra Sense>, <Mind Sympathy MagicTelepathy>, common magic were categorized into that five system. Telepathy was the field where Kazuki was the most poor at.

“••••••This girl, why did she come here looking for an asylum?”

Koyuki inquired with a sigh. That was ——if it was okay to ask that question then that was also something I wanted to ask.

To seek asylum means that you escape your own country and migrated to different country——in short an act to escape to a place where the hand of your homeland wouldn’t reach you. [Turning your homeland into an enemy], such thing was not a common circumstance.

“Lotte, it’s no problem if it is these guys. ——Show them your strength.”

‘Yes’, with that reply, silver light of magic power shined from Lotte’s body.

There was no mistake, that was the light of Summoning Magic. And then the girl access the Astrum and chanted her spell.

“Veritas me LiberabitThe truth shall set me free••••••the wise man who became father the protector of humanity, show that wisdom right here.”

Blinding light converged into the shape of human——what appeared was an extremely strange avatar of a young boy.

This golden haired young boy’s whole body was clad in mysterious suit that was made from unknown material that was neither cloth nor metal, he stood besides Lotte. He calmly gaze toward Kazuki and the other with his silver pupils.

Rather than God or Devil——his figure was easier to comprehend if it was said that he was a space alien or human from the future.

Besides just now, Lotte didn’t chant this Diva’s name.

“Look, my King! This guy is smaller even compared to Leme!!”

Leme materialized besides Kazuki and then said that while pointing her finger toward the Diva with the figure of young boy.

“Why the hell are you getting stupidly fired up with rivalry in the strange area like that?”

“It’s not like that! This guy••••••compared to Leme he lost even more of his strength and memory!”

••••••! So small size show something like that!?

“Correct. Not to mention the majority of my memory and strength, I lost even my own name.”

The Diva with the figure of young boy said with mechanical tone of voice without any inflection.

“About him, I call him Prophet. What is certain about him is that he is not a Diva of Norse Mythology. What I did was contracting with Diva of different Mythology than Germany’s own state religion desu.”

“That was the reason why this girl seeks an asylum. This girl is recognized as <Heretic Contractor> in Germany. When you contracted with Diva that doesn’t come from the Mythology of Germany’s own state religion then your life will be aimed, no question asked.”

••••••Even in Japan if you form a contract with Diva other than Solomon 72 Pillar that its safety hadn’t been confirmed, you would be arrested by the Knight Order as <Illegal Contractor> and your magic power would be sealed.

To seal magic power, on top of using medication to make your mind defenseless, the part of your mind that governed the control of magic power will be crushed by using advanced telepathy magic.

Using this method would cause side effect in the personality of the receiver, and this treatment invited a lot criticism but••••••

Somehow the treatment of heretic contractor was more severe in Germany——it seems it was death penalty.

“Why did you form that contract then?” Mio throw that natural question.

“I suffered from an illness since birth. When I entered fourteen years old I was at the verge of death, at that time Prophet appeared in my heart. He possessed me partially then he overwrote the parts of my body that were sick and saved me. Currently I am in the state of <half human, half god> desu.”

“That was not just an act of mercy, there was also benefit for me who lost my power.”

The young boy Diva called Prophet talk with voice so flat you couldn’t surmised his emotion.

“I had to become a parasite in human body to recover back my strength. But I don’t want the personality of my host to be extinguished because of my possession. For that purpose I had to chose someone that was able to maintain their mind with advanced mind control so their mind wouldn’t blended with me when I ushered into their mind. Charlotte has the potential for that, moreover if I don’t possessed her then her life would be in precarious situation. If she formed a contract with me the she would end up throwing everything away and enter an exile, but even so it could be said that our interest matched, don’t you agree?”

“Of course I’m grateful to Prophet. I obtain a healthy body, I can go outside, I also can come to Japan that I yearned for even though as a refugee! While I was in my sickbed watching the contraband item of Japan’s old anime, I had yearned for this country so much desu.”

“Taking refuge in Japan was also convenient for me. This island country is the most optimum place to restore my strength.”

The smiling Lotte and the expressionless Prophet explained alternately.

••••••However, was this situation really fine?

When Diva with evil intention possessed human, it was said that they whispered sweet words to their host and tricked them.

The scream of Kaya when her body was taken over by Loki was still fresh in Kazuki’s mind even now.

“In her examination there was no evidence of encroachment in Lotte’s personality. There is a clear separation inside Lotte between her own self and Prophet, these two are not mixed at all. Prophet has changed into purely life-support part for Lotte. ••••••Even though I say examination, it was done by psychology test using telepathy scan, so we cannot say absolutely for sure though.”

Liz Liza-sensei said that like she was answering the doubt inside Kazuki’s heart. Naturally the Knight Order and the government had already finished confirming the doubt that lingered inside Kazuki.

Thereupon the question was this Diva, did he really save a human with pure good will?

“Moreover we succeeded in our escape because of Prophet’s power. He was able to understand how to operate the jet airplane, after all I don’t know how to operate a jet airplane, I was careless back there desu.”

“Diva••••••drive a jet airplane? Oi Leme, so could you also operate a jet airplane?”

Kazuki asked Leme with a great uneasiness.

“••••••Can’t you see that there is no way Leme can do that. It’s doubtful that Leme can even ride a bicycle. ••••••It was mysterious no matter how Leme saw it, what kind of theory the bicycle used that it could keep advancing forward without falling aside?”

The existence called Diva was the dweller of Mythology. It was obvious there would be unease if you heard about Diva driving a jet airplane.

The appearance of jet airplane in a mythology••••••as expected there should be none.

“Airplane••••••I only operated it with intuition, but it was a wonderful thing.”

“Though when Prophet flown the plane in the sky, suddenly his tension raised up and he sped up too much that we almost crashed desu.”

Lotte said so while laughing pleasantly like she was telling a funny story.

Diva that could understand science••••••? There were too many puzzle that keep deepening here.

“I had heard about Diva that lost his memory before, however, how could Prophet lose his strength?”

Mio threw a simple question.

“That’s••••••even though I lost my memory, but only my mission that I still remember slightly. Diva has a mission established from the Mythology. My mission is at the minimum I have to stop the calamity of <The Third Machia>.”

“Machia? Caramel macchiato?” Mio said a strange thing like an airhead.

“A story of Greece is it? We can judge that it is highly possible this Diva is from Greek mythology.”

Liz Liza-sensei crossed her hand and gave an explanation like she was starting the class.

“••••••We learned that in Mythology class but, Greek Mythology depicted two WarMachiathat betted the existence of the universe. First was the Titanomachia where Zeus and other gods challenged the Titans that ruled the universe, and then the second time was the Gigantomachia where the children of the Titans, the Giants waved the banner of revolution towards Zeus who had beaten the Titans and became the chief god."

Prophet nodded his head with his still expressionless face toward Liz Liza-sensei’s words.

“Quite so. Even though I don’t understand who I am, I still have some memory in the degree of simple knowledge. I remember it. In Titanomachia Zeus and the other gods won only with the strength of gods. In Gigantomachia they need the cooperation of humans, they gained the assistance of Hercules and was able to win. And then in the third Machia••••••human will become the leading actor and human will be the one that need to overcome the enemy••••••it will become a battle like that.”

“Prophet has the power of prediction. Though he couldn’t understand everything but, only for the truly important thing, it’s only vague prediction but it seems he can perceive it desu.”

“It seems my mission was contradicting some other Diva. Because of that I fought with another Diva, got defeated, and then lost my strength, that’s what I thought.”

A Diva that was hostile toward this mysterious Diva, Prophet. Who on earth could that be?

Was it possible for that Diva to pursue Prophet until here in Japan?

And then the prediction of the third Machia like in the Greek Mythology.

In Titanomachia it was a war against titans, and if Gigantomachia was a war against giants then——

The third Machia would be••••••what kind of person that would become the enemy in that war?

While on this topic, Loki from Norse Mythology also predicted about Mythology WarRagnarok. Ragnarok and the third Machia. Was it a coincidence that two Mythology predicted a battle in the same period?

“Inside you••••••” Prophet whispered faintly.

“Inside you, it seems there might be a possibility that you could overcome the enemy.”

The silver eyes of the Prophet immediately——faced toward Kazuki.

“You see what kind of complicated set of human and Diva these two are••••••that’s why we revealed their circumstance to you guys, we will entrust this two to the Witch’s Mansion. Starting from now it has also become surveillance to this two.”

“It was also the same with Otouto-kun, but we welcome that kind of surveillance! If you asked me why then it is because she is cutee!! It’s a surveillance in the name of love! I will do it with all my strength!!”

Kaguya-senpai hugged Lotte with all her strength. Lotte opened her eyes in surprise but then she returned the hug happily. Muu, Kaguya-senpai has been taken by the newcomer.

“There is one more thing••••••Amasaki Mio, Hayashizaki Kazuki, add this girl into your party.”

“Eh••••••EEHH!? At our party!?”

Kazuki had vaguely predicted this from Hoshikaze-senpai’s words this morning but••••••for Mio it was really shocking. Lotte was “Is it not okay••••••?” making an anxious face because of that.

“Eh, no, it’s not that it’s not okay but••••••come on Kazukii”

“Lotte’s time with her contract is still not long but, she already can use summoning magic until level 3. Prophet’s strength is still not perfect but on top of Lotte’s advanced skill in telepathy, her condition is also close with possession, that’s why her chanting is fast. She should compensate for the weakness of you guys.”

“Hee, let’s do a mock battle tomorrow to test it okay?”

Hoshikaze-senpai raised a voice filled with deep interest toward the unknown magician.

If the weak point of our party got filled then it was not a bad story.

Her strength was still deemed unsatisfactory to enter Kaguya-senpai’s party, so it seemed it was decided that she would be added to our party.

“Understood, we will accept her into our party happily.”

“Anime-oniisan! Thank YouDanke shun desu!”

Lotte suddenly separated herself from Kaguya-senpai and this time she flew into Kazuki’s chest——‘Chuu’ and then she pressed her lips at Kazuki’s cheek.

“Wha, what the!? What are you doing to Kazu-niii!?”

Mio eyes opened wide and raised a voice that was half-screaming.

Lotte then separated from Kazuki and this time she was also hugging Mio whose face was still stiffened in surprise, then,

“Danke shun Mio-oneesan! Please take care of me desu!”

She also kissed Mio’s cheek. Mio made a complex expression that was half angry and half shy. This was the way of foreign country••••••was it really? Kazuki who didn’t knew anything about the world outside didn’t understood.

“Did you prefer kiss on the lip? Should I redo it desu?”

When she noticed the two people was currently bewildered, Lotte tilted her head in a wonder.

“There is no need to redo it! Ki, kiss in the mouth is a no! I mean any kind of kiss is no good!”

Mio ‘funfun’ shook her head with great force.

“••••••Why is that? Is it a strange thing to show the feeling of gratitude using kiss? Moreover••••••I clearly feel the happiness from both of you desu.”

“What do you mean by sensing our feeling••••••is it telepathy?”

For an expert of telepathy, they could even sensed the feeling inside the subconsciousness of the other party.

Of course it was impossible to perceived everything of their heart though.

“Why does your mouth say no even though you are happy in your heart, what is this contradiction desu••••••”

“Lotte, in Japan you mustn’t kiss someone other than a person that is truly important to you. Especially a kiss of mouth to mouth——a person that you’ll protect by betting your whole life, kiss was something that was filled by such oath.”

“Oath! ••••••I see, so it is an act filled with important significance, isn’t it desu.”

Suddenly Kazuki recalled when he kissed Mio who fell because of Loki’s evil blade. Unintentionally he glanced at Mio’s face. ••••••That lips, he kissed that lips. He remembered that time [I’ll protect Mio no matter what], an oath was budding. Though it seems Mio didn’t remember it••••••.

When Mio noticed Kazuki’s gaze, “Wha, what are you looking at?” she became embarrassed.

“••••••Hmm, though if I can say one thing, kissing Kazuki’s cheek like that, if Kanae-san was here in this place the we wouldn’t be able to guarantee Lotte’s life wouldn’t we? Ahaha.”

Hoshikaze-senpai laughed strangely. ••••••It was troubling because it didn’t seem like a joke when he imagined it.

“I also——will pledge my allegiance toward you two.”

Prophet faced Leme and then wait upon her like a knight. Thereupon magic was invoked of its own accord in front of Kazuki’s eyes. The ring emitted the light of magic power, an image of graph floated up.

Amasaki Mio——127 Otonashi Kaguya——75 Hiakari Koyuki——49 Hoshikaze Hikaru——39

Lotte——35

The graph increased by one line!? Even though Lotte was not a contractor of Solomon 72 Pillar!

{I see, so this is what she meant. Truly that this kind of thing happen••••••Interesting!}

Leme talked to Kazuki only inside his heart. It was a voice that could only be heard by Kazuki.

Kazuki recalled his conversation with Liz Liza-sensei inside the staff room——[With the ability of Lemegeton, in the case that you became friendly with magician that has contract with Diva other than Solomon 72 Pillar, what will happen?]

Is that so, Sensei was confirming that based on this possibility.

“••••••My King! Keep to yourself about this possibility that your conquering target exceed far more than 72 people!”

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