With Yumina’s advice, Katou and his company were currently climbing near the middle of the snowy mountains.
Whether it could be said that this ground was of different world, there was no snow near Yumina’s house, but after just a short walk, their field of vision was covered in white instead of green.
This may be normal in another world, but if this was the case, maybe he should have worn a little thicker clothes.
When he was thinking about that, Yumina approaches him.
“Nobuyuki-sama, excuse me.”
Yumina chanted something which seemed like a spell.
At that moment, his cold limbs become warm like it was a lie.
It seems that Yumina regulated his body temperature by using fire magic.
Just like he thought, magic is convenient.
His desire to go to the royal capital and learn magic as soon as possible became stronger.
“Yup. There seems to be no problem here.”
Then, Leafa, who was walking ahead of them, said so and stopped.
The figure of Leafa walking around in a school swimsuit on a snowy mountain is so perverted, but all three of them were already used to it.
They don’t know how powerful the ultimate magic of Leafa, the proof of being a princess, was, but there should be no problem if it’s here.
Katou spread out the leisure seat that he has and sat there with Yumina.
“Alright? Look at this! From now on, what I will show you is the forbidden art transmitted by the ancient elves, the ancient ultimate magic!”
““Oooooooooooooooohhh””
Katou and Yumina applauded at her while sitting upright on the leisure sheet.
Then, perhaps she became happy with the applause, Leafa proudly nodded, “Yup yup”.
And then, her chanting began.
“Gaia, the ancient Goddess who sleeps in the eternal land! Now is the time to respond to us elves ––––”
When her chanting begun, as if surrounding the body of Leafa, three layers of black magic power enveloped her.
The unfolded three-layered magic power regularly circulates around Leafa, and as it lasts for a few minutes, the three layers of magic power were released out all at once.
It looked like the signal of Leafa which activated the ultimate magic of ancient times.
The air trembles, and as if the earth was angry, the ground begins to shake violently.
“Wha, what is this!?”
The violent shaking tore the earth apart, and a number of sharp rock masses protruded out from the cracked earth, knocking down the trees surrounding them.
–––– And that slowly appeared.
It was a gotsu-gotsu* mass of rock. (TN: SFX for something hard like a rock.)
A number of them overlaps each other and form a human shape.
Golem.
A huge silver golem appeared.
“Amaziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!”
At the full intense spectacle, Katou shouted with his eyes shining.
“Fufun. There’s still more for you to be surprised.”
Perhaps she became even more comfortable with Katou’s reaction, Leafa redeploys her magic circle.
Then the golem moved slowly, and raised its one arm.
In an instant, the golem slammed its rock fist violently into the ground at the opposite speed of swinging it up.
As a result, the snow in its surroundings scatter around as if it burst open.
The golem with its huge fist furthermore, pounds the ground over and over again.
It has a terrifying destructive power.
The aftermath has reached even this far away.
If that fist is pointed at a monster, at the start, instant death is inevitable, and it was a magic worthy of being called an ultimate magic.
While thinking about such a thing, Katou somehow realized that Leafa was a princess, and tells her to stop the golem.
“Leafa, I now understand that you’re a princess, so stop it.”
Otherwise, it’ll become a serious matter.
He thought so, but ––––
“Hah? What are you talking about. It’s the ultimate magic, so there’s no way it can be stopped.”
It’s as if it was a matter of course, Leafa frowned at Katou and said so.
Right, Katou made a big misunderstanding.
It’s the illusion that Leafa has a complete control over this magic ––––
“” ……… “”
In Leafa’s words, Katou and Yumina were stunned for a while, and they slowly take their eyes off her.
And when they look forward, the golem was still slamming the ground like a madman.
And this unpleasant sound that they hear.
There is such an unpleasant sound, as if a large amount of snow that had piled up on the slope of a mountain was heading for them right now ––––
The avalanche was heading towards them with a staggering roar.
Katou, no, the avalanche that was growing violently well exceeding the height of the golem, was currently just falling from the snowy mountains.
“Oy idiot! Use that golem to stop that avalanche!”
“Hah!? You know who you’re talking to! I’m a princess!? I’m distinguished you know!?”
“Nobuyuki-sama! Let’s leave this idiot alone and run away quickly!”
“Ah! you said idiot again!”
“Tha,that’s right! Hurry! Let’s run away quickly!”
“Yes!”
“Ah! Just a minute! Wait! Don’t leave me!”
While showing their back to the avalanche, the three of them started running all at once.
However, they couldn’t run well because the snow hinders their feet.
“Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! It,it’s already near!? Hurry! Or rather, Leafa! Don’t grab my legs! Let go of me! It will be hard to run!”
“Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii! Don’t leave me! Don’t leave me! Please don’t abandon me! I’ll do anything! I’ll do anything, so!”
Leafa clings at Katou and begs at him.
“…… Just now, did you say that you’ll do anything?”
“That’s what I said! That’s what I said, so help me!”
“…… Incidentally, by you doing anything, will you really do anything? Because you can’t change it later.”
“…………”
“Nobuyuki-sama!? What are you fooling around at such a time! If you don’t run quickly, you’ll be engulfed in the avalanche!?”
“Alright!”
Katou hurriedly took Leafa’s hand and started running together.
Then, Yumina appeared to have found something in front of her.
“Nobuyuki-sama! It’s a cave! It’s in the shade of that tree! Let’s escape over there!”
“That’s great, Yumina!”
Yumina found a cave hidden in the trees, and three people take refuge there with heavy foot noise.
The moment the doorway was solidified by Leafa’s magic, they heard the sound of the avalanche hitting it with a tremendous momentum.
That was exactly, a close call.
The three people, kneel loosely on the spot while being breathless and completely exhausted.
When either Yumina or Leafa magically brightens the area and everyone’s breathing become in order, Katou and Yumina both looked at Leafa.
Leafa turns away as if escaping from those lines of sight.
“–––– We,well, now you know that I’m a princess, I concur? From now on, bow down to my greatness, and renew your attitude towards me –––– i,it hurts!?”
“Silence you fool! Who do you think whose fault was that, it’s you!”
Katou chopped Leafa’s head many times, who couldn’t see the color of remorse.
“Tha, that’s harsh! On top of hitting me on the head, you said that I was a fool!? I had never been told with that by my parents!”
“You weren’t properly called by that until now!?”
“This! Reflect! With this!”
“It, it was my bad! It was my fault so! Uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!”
In this way the useless Princess –––– Leafa admitted that it was her fault.
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“––––So, why is Leafa coming with us……”
.
After that, Katou and the others rushed out before the air in the cave was gone, they went down the snowy mountain and bought some clothes, clock, and so on in a nearby town, and rented a carriage to head to the royal capital.
And currently, Katou and the others were being shook by the horse drawn carriage, while admiring the scenery near the border close to the Royal Capital Ruvent.
What separates the border, was a series of huge black walls.
The black wall, continues to fill Katou’s field of vision.
In Yumina’s story, at the check point beyond this border, it appeats that you can go through the procedure to enter the royal capital.
“It can’t be helped! Even if I want go home, I don’t know where is that, so if that was the case, it’ll be a little safer for me to follow you to the royal capital ……. ah! I don’t particularly trust you guys!? It’s only up to the royal capital that I’ll follow you! From there, I’ll take a different action! Don’t get me wrong there!?”
“Tsundere otsu! ––––Uh!”
“A,are you okay!?”
Katou involuntarily inserted a tsukkomi to Leafa’s sample of a tsundere.
As Katou somehow endured vomiting, while lying down, Yumina takes care of him as it is.
In the carriage running on a bumpy road in a different world that wasn’t paved, Katou regrets that this wasn’t a smartphone game.
“Be obedient, and just sleep~”
“…………”
However, it’s not all bad.
Because the carriage is narrow.
Seriously, it’s too narrow.
In other words, inevitably, if he doesn’t borrow someone’s thighs, Katou couldn’t lie down.
Of course, that is to borrow, Yumin a’s thighs.
With his head on the healthy, and plump thighs of Yumina, Katou was now, feeling very happy.
I want to forget everything as it is, and do my utmost to retire.
Such a temptation passes through Katou’s mind for a moment, but he was an exceedingly calm man.
Katou gradually shifts his head to the side while pretending to adjust his posture, and stops just to enjoy a brief glimpse of Yumina’s underwear.
Beyond that, as a gentleman, he’ll never break in.
By the way, the panties that Yumina is wearing was, a black string-type.
Yumina, what a terrifying child……!
“Young lady and the others, it’s about time for the checkpoint.”
When Katou was doing such a thing, the carriage coachman turned around.
Katou managed to get up while putting up with his nausea, and he puts his face out of the window.
Then, there was a crowd in front of him somehow.
“What’s that”
“That’s strange. Based on the people at the city, I’ve heard that the barrier at this time is almost vacant.”
Caught by mystified voice of Yumina, Leafa also pops out of the window.
Looking at the clock I bought in a town, the time is about 18 o’clock.
They’ve heard from the tattle of the residents of the town that monsters often appear near the border and that the barrier at night is almost empty.
However, unfortunately, it seems to have been very different from that story.
The carriage slowly approaches the crowd.
Then this time, they heard the people’s shouts.
“If that’s the case, send out a subjugation squad as soon as possible!”
“What is the hero doing!”
“We’re going to have my daughter’s wedding!”
Somehow, they seem to be in an argument.
Katou and the others got off of the carriage, and head to a soldier at the barrier that seems to be free …… since they can’t find one, let’s not talk about that, instead, they decided to talk to a nearby man who seems to be a merchant.
“Leave this to me.”
Then, Yumina came out in front of Katou.
Maybe she cares for Kato, who was in bad shape.
She’s going to let herself indulge him honestly here.
“What’s the matter?”
The merchant answered Yumina’s question immediately.
“Ah, it seems that a flock of orcs was witnessed near the border just now. Until the subjugation is over, the barrier will be temporarily closed.”
“When will the subjugation team come out?”
“Ah, an adventurer I know says that if that was the case, the subjugation squad should’ve been here by now. In fact, he was always included in that subjugation team, but it seems that it was suddenly canceled. I don’t know the exact details, but at the earliest, the subjugation team should come out the day after tomorrow.”
“I see. Thank you very much.”
Yumina, who thanked him, immediately ran up to Katou’s side.
“It seems that a flock of orcs has appeared desu. The procedure for passing through to the royal capital seems to take some time, so Nobuyuki-sama and the others, please wait in the carriage.”
“Eh? Is it fine?”
“Yes. We don’t have to go through the barriers to cross the border, we just came here to get a pass to the royal capital, so it might take time, but there should be no problem.”
“Roger that. Then I beg you.”
When Katou and Leafa board the carriage again, they waited for Yumina’s procedure to finish.
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“Oh! So, this is the royal capital!”
After Yumina completed the passage procedure at the checkpoint, Katou and the others immediately moved in the horse-drawn carriage.
The area has become quite dark, but Katou and the others were able to finally reach the royal capital.
Katou and the others got off the carriage, and look at the outer walls of the royal capital.
It was a huge wall comparable to a dam.
That might be natural because this is a world which was exposed to the threat of monsters every day, but the dignity and its sense of pressure were terrifying.
No, more than that.
“Uwa! Is that a beautiful girl with cat ears!? There is also a beautiful dog-eared girl!”
As one would expect of a different world.
Katou was in between doubts for many years, even now, and he starts to run in order to see if they have normal ears, separate from their cat ears.
However, he was stopped by Leafa.
“Don’t do that because that’s embarrassing. And wedging yourself in is a crime.”
“Ah! My cat-eared beautiful girl and dog-eared beautiful girl!”
“They’re not yours.”
Unfortunately, the cat-eared beautiful girl and dog-eared beautiful girl, have gone into the royal capital.
I wanted to see them a little more, but well, it can’t be helped.
Katou became quiet and moved to the end of the line.
There were several lines, and there are a lot of people in charge.
Katou and the others were able to enter the royal capital more smoothly than they expected.
The inside of the royal capital was crowded with people.
Are they doing something like a festival?
Even if they try to walk with the thought of confirming it, they can’t proceed as they want due to the crowd.
Katou and his company had no choice but to give up their tour of the royal capital, they take an inn, and went to sleep in the soft bed there.
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–––– Next day.
The time is 4:55 in the early morning.
As Katou thrusts his elbows into the desk, he brings his hands to his mouth, while keeping an eye out, and waits for the time to come.
Sweets and tea are placed on the desk, and preparations are ready for the beautiful girl who might appear.
The reason why Katou was preparing like this is that the time for today’s login bonus will arrive at 5 o’clock in the morning, since he was informed by the card that he got from the goddess.
But he doesn’t know what was going to arrive.
If its elixirs, weapons and armors, those kinds of things, which is a so-called inorganic substance, there should be no problem even if Katou is not awake.
However, if they were humans and animals –––– if it was a pattern like with Leafa, they would reject the stranger Katou in 9 out of 10 and run away.
That’s the only thing he absolutely has to avoid.
That’s why, Katou had prepared an atmosphere and a place where beautiful girls would be welcomed.
However, that doesn’t mean he’s going to do the foolish thing, like adding a beautiful girl to his party without an interview.
Every living thing has his or her strengths and weaknesses.
It can be a person or a thing.
In other words, a type of beautiful girl that either Yumina or Leafa is seriously weak at may come out.
A fairy tale that everyone can get along with each other, Katou doesn’t believe that.
If that’s the case, Yumina and Leafa should be prioritized now.
Katou was prepared not to let the beautiful girl join the party, if he was certain that the girl couldn’t fit with the two.
That’s why, Katou is posing like this.
The act of crossing arms, seems to express the psychological meaning of refusal.
Of course, it may not be the case at times, but the point is, he often sees it in pressure interviews, etc, and he imagines himself being an examiner intimidating the other party with his arms crossed.
The pose that Katou is currently taking was, the holding both hands, and the not crossing arms, but well anyway, either is good as long as it gives a sense of intimidation.
By the way, for Katou, the act of rejecting a beautiful girl is a penance at the level of vomiting blood.
However, if he doesn’t do this, he can’t call himself a true Harem hero.
If he finds out that the beautiful girl has a defect in her personality, he’ll train her right away in this interview.
Katou was prepared for that.
There was such a resolution, in Katou.
Of course, if he grasps that there is no problem with her conduct, he intends to move to the welcoming party immediately.
Katou was fully prepared.
–––– Tick, tick, tick.
It’s about time.
Katou once again, confirms his pose in the mirror.
Then the next moment, the hand of the clock pointed to 5 o’clock.
【Congratulations. You received the third day login bonus, the Magic Sword Frey. 】
【Congratulations. You received the three consecutive days login bonus, you received three elixirs. 】
The same voice. echoed simultaneously in his head.
It’s the voice of the goddess.
At the same time, three elixirs appeared on the table, and on the chair he was facing in front –––– a magic sword that gives off a dark black aura appears with a terrifying shape.