Chapter 5 - Farewell

For a while, there was a wave of people running for cover, but that soon disappeared.

“Come on, let’s get out of here too.”

“Yes.”

Haa, haa, haa…..I want to hurry, but my body can’t keep up with it.

Even though it was my fault that we were too late to escape.

I really resent my weak body.

I wish Otoha would just run away first, but…

“I won’t leave you even if you look at me like that, okay? No matter what happens, I’ll always be with you. Because we’re together.”

Otoha…..

I squeezed the hand I was holding, and Otoha gave me her usual gentle smile.

At that moment.

A violent explosion sounded that made me want to cover my ears, and at the same time, a tremor so loud that I thought it was an earthquake followed, breaking the nearby windows one after another.

“Kyaaaaaaa?!”

What?!

Did it explode?!

The eye lens showed me the reaction of the detonation or what appears to be a fire, and the building begins to collapse.

There was still time left on the clock, so he must have detonated it!

This is bad, there are still a lot of people in the building.

And if we go through this way, we’ll be trapped underneath!

If it was just Otoha, she could have still gotten away, but because of my presence, both of us….

“Sakuya, it’s dangerous!”

Eh?!

The ceiling collapsed?!

According to the smartphone’s simulation, this place wasn’t supposed to collapse yet!

Otoha was about to push me away and take my place.

So this is the end….Otoha, I’m sorry.

“Thank you” for always protecting me like this.

“Eh?“

I instantly deactivated the “Tenshiki” I was wearing and put the ribbon on Otoha’s arm, and at the same time, I easily moved the “Kuurin” around my finger to Otoha’s finger.

“Tenshiki” is a slime-like substance that comes out of the ribbon on the main body, and when wrapped around the body, it transforms into clothing, allowing the user to disguise themselves in a variety of ways.

Originally, there was no need for me to wear clothes as the ring turned into clothes.

So now I’m just wearing the cherry blossom-colored scarf that Otoha gave me around my neck.

Then I activated the “Kuurin” and turned the propeller to lift Otoha’s body into the air, and as I was falling, I pushed her away from me with all my might in the direction of the broken window.

Then, Otoha floated in the air and flew toward the direction of the window.

“Wh, why?! No, noooooooo! Stoooop! Sakuyaaaaaaa!”

I’m sorry, but only one person can fly with that ring.

In spite of her desperate resistance, Otoha was pulled out of the store through the window by the power of the “Kuurin”.

This is the third floor.

Soon, the allowable time to stay afloat with the “Kuurin” will expire and she’ll fall to the ground, but if she’s wearing the “Tenshiki”, it will definitely protect Otoha from the impact of the fall.

This is the last trump card I can play to protect Otoha.

“Noooooooooo, Sakuyaaaaaaaa……”

You have to live for me.

Bye-bye, my precious and most beloved person.

As soon as I lost sight of Otoha, who was crying and reaching desperately for me, I lost consciousness, feeling the pain of being crushed mercilessly by the collapsing debris.

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That’s all I remember so far.

Oh….I remember it so vividly.

If I was in that state, I’d be dead for sure, right?

So what is this memory of me and my motionless body?

Did I actually survive?

Seriously, I don’t know.

I wonder if Otoha is okay after that?

That’s all I’m worried about.

I’ve never seen Otoha cry like that before.

What is it that makes my chest tingle when I think of it?

Fuu.

What is this huge creature drooling in front of me with its big mouth open while I’m thinking?

A reindeer? It looks like one, but the reindeers I know don’t have such a big mouth, sharp tusks growing up and down, and harsh, pointed horns.

Now I’m in trouble.

I feel like I’m about to be eaten.

I want to say out loud that I wouldn’t taste good.

But I can’t.

“Gugyaa?!”

Hmm?

Oh another demon came and it bit the reindeer.

Is this one a wolf? It looks like one, but why is it’s torso so long?

Does he have some dachshund blood in him? 1

Ah, the reindeer also bit the wolf’s leg.

It looks painful….Wait, h, hey!

If you guys get that riled up, you’ll end up hitting me…..

Ah?! Uu, fuhee, gukuu?!

I was sent flying into the wall, bounced back, and rolled to a rumbling stop.

….Huh?!

It doesn’t hurt much?!

Why not?

This fluffy feeling of being wrapped up and protected….No way, “Tenshiki”?!

No, but I’m pretty sure I gave it to protect Otoha….

Is the smartphone here?

[Main power on, authentication initiated……Body information, internal organisation, brain’s voice, pulse, all clear. Confirmed it’s Sakuya-sama, smartphone activated.]

Yes!

Thank god you’re here, Smartphone.

I mean, did it just speak?!

It’s not like I can hear it in my ears, but it’s more like I can directly hear it in my head.

“Yes, my lady. I can now access your brain waves directly.”

No, no, you didn’t have such a function.

Don’t say it so happily, okay?

Yes, my mom didn’t make a voice function for the Smartphone.

That’s because we spies, who had acquired speed reading skills through training, are much faster at reading information in written form than hearing it.

Smartphone, I can’t move my body, what’s going on?

[Sakuya-sama, that’s because you’re an infant.]

….Haa?

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Footnotes

Dachshund is a German breed dog.