chapter 22

–2 and a half months ago. King City Underground.

Tsumugi(M)

Race: Human

Class: -.

Level: 1

HP: 1/1

MP: 0/0

Attack Power: 0

Defense: 0

Agility: 0

Destiny: 0

[Bonds-list]: Elle.

“It’s down.”

“I can’t believe such a drop in …… status.”

Princess Elle hides her mouth, which almost opened in surprise, with her hands.

Oh no, my status is too low! And seriously, it’s low, but what the heck.

“Princess!”

“I’m going to release the [Bonds-list]! With a status like this, I don’t know what could be fatal!

When the robed man raised his voice, the princess, who came to her senses with a huff, raised her index and middle fingers and placed them around her own neck. Then the princess’s numbers began to glow.

“The bond has been broken.”

How short is the breaking of the contract chant?

A finger is cut across and a red-black bolt of lightning emanates from the pattern.

Is there any pain or anything else?

Princess Elle’s numbers are back to their initial state and the contract appears to have been successfully terminated.

“And, for now, here’s……”

“Your Majesty, please step aside!”

Multiple robed men stood in the way of Princess Elle and me.

I stumbled a few steps as my body was pushed back.

“Wait. What’s the meaning of this?”

It was Mitsumoto who raised his voice and ran up to me.

“We are the ones who were summoned. Shouldn’t you guys be able to guarantee that? That you wouldn’t become hostile to us.”

“I’ve never heard of [Bonds-list] lowering the status. The man is cursed!”

One of the robed men points to me.

If Princess Elle was correct in her explanation, her status should be increased by the [Bonds-list].

And yet most of my stats went to zero. I don’t know if it’s a curse or a bug. Either way, it’s weird, that’s a fact.

Mitsumoto looks at me.

“You, uh…”

“The spinning wheel.”

“Oh, yeah, the spinning wheel.”

You forgot about me, this guy…….Well, I was shadowing him in the corner of the classroom, too.

Mitsumoto turns to the robed men.

“Do you want Spinning Wheel-kun to show his status and prove that there is no curse?”

“Impossible. If it’s a condition, it will show up on the status, but no curses of any kind will appear. The man there must have been abandoned by God and cursed.”

“Well, that’s quite an accusation, isn’t it?”

“It can’t be any other way! [Bonds-list] is a God-given power. It is as good as God’s blessing.”

The robed man extends his arm toward me.

“You’ll know it when you try it!”

A sort of white magic circle appeared around the man’s arm.

“Forgive the foolish and admonish the stupid. And release him from his retribution.”

The man’s arm becomes a light and dazzles the surrounding area.

As it is, something like a mass of white energy comes at me–

＊＊＊

I feel like I’m wrapped in something soft.

The comfort gradually flows to my nerves.

Am I …… sleeping?

Slowly I opened my eyelids.

There was a ceiling with a beautiful pattern stretched across it.

“This is…”

“Oh, did you notice?”

The shadow of a person in my vision.

The most beautiful girl in the class.

In a strange place, Tobino was looking down at my face.