At the adventurers guild Hajime had learned of a separate kind of world threat, however, he tried to ignore it as much as possible as he went to repair the great barrier.
The place where s.h.i.+zuku guided them to was being guarded by a considerable amount of soldiers, the guards turned a dangerous look towards Hajime as he approached. However, theyāre eyes softened up immediately when they noticed that s.h.i.+zuku was by his side.
Thanks to s.h.i.+zukuās face pa.s.s, they were easily allowed in and found a s.p.a.ce which was made out of white marble-like stone, at the center was a magic formation with a cylindrical artifact enshrined on top of it. The artifact would normally be around 2 meters in length but, right now it was broken from the middle and itās remains were scattered around.
Around itās surrounding was a few men worrying till wits end as they groaned, [un,un]. They were most likely the craftsmen who were trying to repair the great barrier.
[Oya? If it isnāt s.h.i.+zuku-dono. ā¦ā¦What brings you here?]
A man who was around his 60s with a fully grown mustache and carried an obvious craftsman aura called out to s.h.i.+zuku as soon as he noticed. It appears to have been one of s.h.i.+zukuās acquaintances.
[h.e.l.lo, Worupen-san. Iām just a guide. Iāve brought along a Synergist who may be able to repair the great barrier]
[What was that? Is it by chance that boy there?]
The man who s.h.i.+zuku called Worupen turned his glance over to Hajime and was clearly suspicious but did not voice it to s.h.i.+zuku.
Truthfully, Worupen was under the Hairhi Kingdomās direct control as the head synergist. The great barrier artifact was naturally an Age of G.o.ds artifact, in the present age, attempting to repair it was extremely difficult even for the head synergist of the royal palace. So even if he was suddenly told that a boy who wasnāt even 20 yet was able to fix it, it would be natural that he wouldnāt be able to believe it so easily.
However, Hajime wasnāt concerned with those kinds of glances and pa.s.sed between Worupen and the other craftsmen towards the artifact and place his hand onto the ruins. What he activated was āMineral Appraisalā.
[He~e, I seeā¦..it should be strong if itās like this]
[Fu~n, youāre just a kid so what could you possibly know about it]
As Hajime nodded as he understood how the great barrier was able to protect the Kingdom for hundreds of years from foreign enemies, Worupen grunted out from his nose in a bad mood.
However, Hajime was indifferent towards Worupenās att.i.tude and proceeded to begin āTrans.m.u.tingā. Red sparks began to spread out around Hajime and one after another he began to fuse the wreckage with one hand back into their original places.
Towards that trans.m.u.ting speed and accuracy, not only Worupen but also his subordinates werenāt able to peel their eyes away. s.h.i.+zuku who was also seeing Hajimeās all-out āTrans.m.u.tingā for the first time, seemed to also have been fascinated by the red sparks which was dancing around in the white s.p.a.ce as she mutters, [How beautifulā¦..].
Hajime who finished repairing the Age of G.o.ds artifact in only a matter of several tens of seconds suddenly began pouring in magical power into it to activate the great barrier.
The cylindrical artifact shot out light from its top which climbed up towards the sky. Immediately afterwards, a soldier who was guarding outside rushed into the room and reported that the 3rd barrier had revived.
[ā¦ā¦.How could this beā¦ā¦an artifact from the Age of G.o.ds was so easilyā¦ā¦]
s.h.i.+zuku told the stunned Worupen with a wry smile that Hajime came from the same world as she did. [No wonderā¦.] Worupen and them said with a convinced face.
Incidentally, when she told them that the black katana which fired them all up before was made by Hajime, theyāre eyes suddenly sparkled and s.h.i.+ned like beasts. Hajime disregarded them and continued to quickly walk towards the next artifacts location.
However, Worupen and them with their ma.s.sive craftsmen spirits, knew that they couldnāt just easily let go of a synergists who was above them.
[Please wait a momentāā!! An apprentice! By all means, please take us in as your apprenticesā-!!]
[Uo! Wha, whatās with you guys suddenly. Or rather, donāt cling onto my feet! Youāre creeping me out!]
Worupen was appealing to become Hajimeās apprentice as he clung onto his feet. In addition, Worupenās subordinates begin to one by one cling onto Hajime in order to not let him escape. While genuinely being disgusted from the bottom of his heart that he was in such close contact with such hairy men, Hajime tried to shake them off of his leg but they had firmly gripped on so it was hard to get them off.
Since there was no helping it, he activated āThunder Cladā which caused everyone to go, [Ababababa], and he broke free. Even still, the craftsmen crawled and reached out with their hands, as expected even Hajime couldnāt ignore them and said out a clear reason to decline them.
[Look here, Iāll be immediately leaving this place and I have no plans to return to the Kingdom either. Having apprentices is also very troublesome as well, first of all, even if you became my apprentices I wouldnāt have anything to teach you guys]
[But, you easily repaired the artifact and even made s.h.i.+zuku-donoās black katana as well. We have absolutely no idea how to create something like that at all. If youāre willing to teach us thenā¦ā¦]
[No, it wasnāt just āTrans.m.u.ting Magicā it was also āCreation Magicā, a magic which you guys arenāt capable of is required]
[That canāt beā¦..]
Worupen and them exhaustively dropped their shoulders towards Hajimeās words. Truthfully, the great barrier artifact was also created with s.p.a.ce magic through Creation magic, the barrier of the Kingdom was a special type which intercepted s.p.a.ce.
A normal synergist wouldnāt be able to repair it. Of course, since s.p.a.ce magic was ingrained into the ores, if you steadily repaired it, itās likely that youād be able to repair it to some degree but not until perfection.
Disregarding Worupen and them who hung their heads, when Hajime tried to once again go towards the location of the other artifact, Worupen and their eyes sharpened up again.
[Still, it doesnāt change the fact that you have excellent trans.m.u.ting skills! By all means, take us in as apprentices~!!]
[How persistent!]
Such fearsome craftsmen spirit. It wouldnāt be good if he didnāt compromise. In the end, while Hajime was repairing all of the artifacts, Worupen and them who were supposed to be the Kingdomās synergists were sticking onto him and crying like babies.
Furthermore was it because they heard of the rumors? Those who gathered werenāt just the synergists at the scene, eventually Hajime was being crowded as they tried to learn his techniques. Hajime who was close to wits end was beginning to fling the craftsmen far away into the distance but, they got up like zombies as they tried to learn of the secrets to his āTrans.m.u.tingā and crowded around him once again.
As expected of the craftsmenās and their desires to reconstruct the Kingdom, Hajime was planning to escape butā¦..it appears that they were communicating through the craftsmens network in the Kingdom, wherever he went they appeared! and asked limitless questions. It appears that until they learn of everything, they have no plans to stop clinging or leaving, as expected even Hajime was shrinking back from it.
While being bombarded with questions, Hajime finally planned to seriously escape and created the game of tag that all craftsmen in the Kingdom partic.i.p.ated in.
[d.a.m.n, whatās happening here. Even though Iām using āHide Presenceā]
[Hahaha~, those kinds of things are useless against our āCraftsmen intuitionā]
[We can clearly feel you! Nagumo-donoās pa.s.sionate pathosssssss!!]*
[Ha~a, Ha~a, the presence of techniques! We can hear the gasping voice of the amazing techniquessssss!!]
The craftsmen? were equipped with a different kind of inst.i.tution which surpa.s.sed Hajimeās. While having a cramped cheek of not wanting to be touched, he seriously thought over if he should pull out Donner and schlag or not.
In the end, the escaping and pursuing drama caused great confusion because the craftsmenās had disappeared from their reconstruction sites, when it finally reached Ririanaās ears, the royal family intervened and restored control in the situation.
[Yaegas.h.i.+ā¦ā¦couldnāt you have helped me out? You were acquainted with them right?]
Hajime had returned to the royal palace as if tired out from something, once he returned he treated himself to tea while staring and complaining at s.h.i.+zuku.
Yue was also next to s.h.i.+zuku, when Hajime came back, she quickly prepared the tea. It was exactly something a lover would do. Having to look at the army of craftsmen who were approaching with bloodshot eyes and panting out, [Ha~a, Ha~a], they returned back to the royal palace first while averting their eyes from Hajimeās, she was a wonderful lover.
[Donāt say such ridiculous things. ā¦ā¦.The case with the black katana was already an uproar but, thatās exactly why I knew that it was impossible to stop them who had flames within themā¦ā¦]
[Hajime, thanks for the good work]
s.h.i.+zuku made an excuse while looking away and Yue drank tea while patting Hajime on the head. When Hajime hugged Yue tightly, as is, he carried her like a princess and sat down on the opposite seat of s.h.i.+zuku.
[ā¦..What is it I wonder, these smoldering irritated feelings. Even though Yue took the same actions as meā¦..]
[Ha? Thereās no reason Yue and Yaegas.h.i.+ are on the same level is there? If youāre the other party then Iāll get angry, if itās Yue then its no problem]
[Un, Yue is your lover after all, I get what youāre saying butā¦..right now I want to hit you so badly]
Towards the obvious difference in treatment, even though she understood that sheād naturally get done in, a blue vein appeared as she became angry. It was the same concept of becoming angry at lovers who were flirting in front of her even if she knew they were lovers.
Yue who was on his knee, began to say, [A~n], to Hajime with the snacks that came along with the tea, [Iām in your way huh? Iām a bothersome insect huh?], with twitching cheeks s.h.i.+zuku was thinking about escaping to where Kaori was but, suddenly, the door to their room was flung opened with a ~Ban!~ sound without being knocked on.
What is it? what was reflected in Hajime and their sights was a 10 year-old blond haired blue eyed pretty boy and he glared at Hajime while ~Kiāing!~. Moreover, did he not like that Yue was sitting on Hajimeās lap? After seeing Yue for a moment his eyes became further enraged which seemed to contain 2 times the anger from before.
[Was it you! The sc.u.m who adjusted Kaori! M, moreover, even though thereās Kaori, those, those kinds of thingsā¦.I wonāt forgive it, Iāll definitely never forgive you!]
The person appearing and saying such things was the prince of this country, Randell S.B. Hairhi. Randell clenched his fist and ran towards Hajime while letting out a courageous shout, [U~oooooo!]. His mind was filled with giving Hajime a beating.
Although Hajime didnāt understand what was going on, for the time being he decided to pick up a sugar cube that was prepared for tea on the table and flicked it in opposition. The sugar cube which flew out at impossible speeds,
accurately hit Randell in the forehead, [Higu~u!], he let out a strange scream as his head was flung back onto the floor.
The pain of his forehead and the back of his head caused him to roll around with his hands covering his head. After writhing in pain for a while, he got back up and ~Ki!āed~ at Hajime as he glared and rushed in again.
Therefore, Hajime let loose the second shot. ~Bachikon!~ sounded out as Randellās head was flung backwards. The sugar cube was crushed and scattered into the air as if dancing and Randell was forcefully performing a backflip due to the sheer power and fell onto the ground once again.
[Your, your highness~! You~, how dare you do that to his highness~!]
[Weāll beat and cut you!]
[Protect his highness!]
From the door that Randell flung open, some old men who were guard-like came running in and charged at Hajime.
Bachikon! Bachikon! Bachikon!
Of course in one rotation, the sugar cubes were accurately fired into all members foreheads, in another sense they were all artistically kneeling together.
However, Randell and the old men were quite tenacious, they glared at Hajime as they tried to stand back up. While thinking that they had some nice guts, Hajime grabbed the whole bottle filled with cubes and fired them all after taking them out.
Chuchuchuchuchuchuchuin!
An impossible sound ranged out and sugar cubes were flicked out like a machine gun from Hajimeās hand, Randell and them were writhing on the ground like a bad marionette performance.
Although damage was kept to a minimum because they were just sugar cubes, it doesnāt change the fact that it still hurt. s.h.i.+zuku who became absentminded with her jaw dropped down, finally regained her composure and restrained Hajime, the room had already been filled with sobs of sorrow.
After Hajime stopped firing sugar cubes because he ran out, he stared at Randell who had his legs arranged as if he was a woman who was a.s.saulted by a thug and had his face buried into the floor while crying in sorrow. It appears that his heart broke after taking on Hajimeās relentless attacks.
The surrounding old men rushed up towards him and were saying, [Your highness~! The wounds are shallow!], in order to comfort him.
Then, Ririana appeared at that timing.
s.h.i.+zuku was scolding Hajime that he went overboard, Yue who was on top of Hajimeās lap was calmly eating and chewing on the teacakes, Hajime who was receiving a warning from s.h.i.+zuku was indifferently drinking his tea, and Randell who broke down into tears and the old men who were trying to cheer him up as he cried.
When Ririana saw them she understood the situation and covered her eyes with one hand as she looked up towards the sky.
[It appears that I was too lateā¦..]
[*Princess*Hime-san huh? I donāt know what itās about, but your blood brother seems to be emotionally unstable? Wonāt you quickly reclaim him?]
Ririanaās eyes seemed to want to say, [Itās probably your fault right!], but, certainly it was also because Randell suddenly went out of control under false charges, she gave a deep sigh and helped Randell get up.
The cause why Randell charged at Hajime was obviously due to Kaori.
The completely changed Kaori (body) caused Randell to be surprised and he asked for the reason why sheās become like that. From the results, it appears that he understood that it was because of āHajime-kunā, furthermore, due to Kaoriās expression while talking about Hajime being exactly like a maiden in love, he finally realised who his true enemy was.
And, a guy who tossed away Kaoriās original body canāt possibly be a good guy! once he convinced himself he began to rush in and witnessed Hajime embracing another woman while Kaori was yearning for him in her heart which caused him to hit his boiling point in anger.
Randell had intended to challenge and rescue the trapped princess from the demon lord Hajime butā¦..the results were as shown presently.
Far from giving a beating, he wasnāt even able to get close and treated as a minor hindrance, it was pathetic and mortifying so tears finally started flowing out.
While being picked up into Ririanaās arms, Randell suddenly cried out, [Aneue~*Older sister*] and clung onto her. Looking at his state, as expected even for Hajime, did I overdo it? he thought as he scratched his cheek. s.h.i.+zuku was piercing him with an amazed glance at his childishness.
But, Randells misfortunes have not yet ended. Immediately after he buried his face into Ririanaās chest, Kaori entered the room.
[Ah, his highness Randell, and Riri as wellā¦ā¦wait, whatās wrong your highness!? Your crying so much!]
[Ka, Kaori!? No, this, this is, itās not like I wanted to be comforted by my sisterā¦..]
Randell quickly separated from Ririana and desperately made excuses. In front of the woman who he liked, he couldnāt bear to say that he was a boy who wanted to be comforted and held by his older sister.
However, Kaori understood the rough situation from s.h.i.+zuku and Ririanaās expression and from Randellās crying and Hajimeās att.i.tude, and she finally dropped a bomb after a long time.
[Geezā¦.itās Hajime-kun right? Who made his highness cry. Itās not good to bully a younger child]
[No, itās because he suddenly tried to beat me, I just patted him a littleā¦..]
He was actually being serious, but not even being a threat to Hajime, Randell fell into shock. However, the most damaging part was that it was judged that he was naturally being bullied. Suppressing his chest he groaned out, [Gu].
[Patting himā¦..did you properly āhold backā? His highness is still a āchildā after all?]
After having been treated like a child from the woman who he liked, Randell who was humiliated by the a.s.sumption, [Ha~u!], further suppressed his chest.
[Ahh, I only flicked some sugar cubes? Thereās probably hardly any damage. As expected even I wouldnāt go around shooting a child]
[But he was āholding ontoā Riri wasnāt heā¦ā¦moreover his forehead is reddening. Even though he had such a ācuteā faceā¦.his highness is a bit āquick to a.s.sumeā and ātends to run out of controlā but, at the bottom of it all heās a āgood childā so if possible Iād like it if you could āproperly choose your opponentsāā¦..]
She was completely aware that he was comforting himself with Riri, while being evaluated as cute as a man, having his bad points pointed out that his older sister continually noted, and furthermore being treated as a child. Randellās knees suddenly gave out and he fell onto the ground on all fours.
[Ara~ra], Riri had a troubled smile but, s.h.i.+zuku and the old men, [Please stop already, his highnesses life points are already at 0~!], seemed to be raising out bitter voices within themselves.
However, Kaori didnāt let up. She worried about Randell who suddenly fell and called out anxiously.
[Your highness, are you alright? As expected the spot where you were hit was too muchā¦.]
[ā¦ā¦No, Iām not injured. Rather than thatā¦..Kaoriā¦ā¦.what does Kaori think about me?]
Randell who was covered in wounds, decisively heard Kaoriās feelings
[For his highness? Letās seeā¦.sometimes I become envious of Riri. I also~ want a naughty younger brother like his highness]
[Gufu~ā¦young, younger brotherā¦..]
The bomb that was dropped with a smile gave additional damage to Randell. s.h.i.+zuku and the old men were thinking, why would you purposely pour salt onto the wound like that! with a face that seemed to want to cry, it seemed that Randellās eyes had no more strength to withstand it.
However, even if heās small Randell is a man, he canāt afford to stop here. Over the past few days, he cried a lot from the news of his fathers death, was helped up by his mother and older sister, and had just sworn in front of the grave to be strong. Now that the king of this country was gone he needed to lead it, he canāt afford to be stopped by this level of pain!
[Thenā¦..is that kind of guy good? Whatās so good about that guy!]
Rendell stared and ~Kiāed!~ at Hajime, it was as if he was appealing and implying, [Open your eyes Kaori! You should already know whoās better!].
Hajime firmly held onto Yue from behind as Randell stared at him. From Randellās view, he was likely the worst person a woman could fall for.
However, Kaoriās reply was obviousā¦..
[Eh? wh, whatās with that your highness, suddenlyā¦.mo~u, itās embarra.s.sing. Butā¦..fufu, letās see. That person is the person I love. If you asked me what about him I liked then, everything, I guessā¦..fufu]
And, that gave the final blow to Randell.
Once again Randell looked down and trembled greatly while still on all fours. Although Kaori was worried and about to rubbed his back with her hand and call out to him, Randell suddenly got up and rejected Kaoriās hand as he bolted towards the entrance.
And, he turned around once he reached the door,
[I hate the likes of youuuuu!!!]
He cried out loud and ran off. As he left, the s.h.i.+ning thing at the corner of his eyes probably wasnāt their imaginations. From a distance, [Ua~aaaaaan!!], it was not understood if it was a cry or a courageous shout but it was clearly heard. After Randellās sudden escape, the dumbfounded old men, [Your highness~!], they shouted as they left the room to chase after Randell.
[ā¦ā¦Thatās youth for you]
[Hi~i, more like personal affairsā¦..youāve made him cry]
[No, ma~a, thatās right butā¦..the one who dealt the finis.h.i.+ng blow was Kaori right?]
[Ku, I canāt refute thatā¦..]
Hajime muttered out as Randellās first love dispersed like the petals of cherry blossoms and s.h.i.+zuku added in a tsukkomi. Kaori was wondering what was going on and about to run after Randell but Ririana stopped her.
Ririana knew that sooner or later Randellās first love would come to an end, she had intended to comfort her younger brother by sleeping together with him for tonight. Randell was someone who will soon become the King of this country. He should be able to shrug off one or two unrequited loves.
When Ririana firmly closed the door that was left open, she walked towards Hajime and them along with Kaori. It appears that, rather than chasing after Randell, it seemed like she had something to talk about with Hajime and them. Ririana took the seat next to s.h.i.+zuku.
Kaori wasā¦..locking arms in āhand to handā against Yue while trying to sit on Hajimeās opposite knee which caused them to look like they were pro wrestling.
If it were her original body then, Kaori wouldnāt be able to stand up against Yue because she was able to strengthen her body through direct magic manipulation while Kaori was a support type, however, because of the apostleās body sheās well able to compete nowā¦.more like she seems to be the one who was pus.h.i.+ng.
[Kaoriā¦.Youāve become so strongā¦.]
[No, s.h.i.+zuku. Stop being impressed and stop them]
Ririana tsukkomied s.h.i.+zuku who had a slightly lonely expression while making her remark. Since there was some shock when Kaori died once, s.h.i.+zuku was slightly becoming a regrettable person when regarding Kaori. Thereās no way they could have the cla.s.ses number 1 person with the most common sense turn into a regrettable character so, Hajime gave Kaori a strong flick to the forehead which forced her to sit on the seat besides them.
[U~u, itās unfair that itās only Yueā¦..]
[ā¦ā¦Fufu, I wonāt give up Hajimeās knee]
[Ano~, Iād like to begin the talk soon butā¦..]
Ririana called out coyly. However no one paid any attention to her.
[Hajime-kunā¦..]
[Donāt look at me with those eyes, Kaori. Youāre sitting next to me, isnāt it fine?]
[ā¦..I guess it canāt be helped then. Iāll give you my hand]
[Eh? Really? Then, I want you to caress my cheeks just like how you do it for Yue. ā¦ā¦Or is it no good?]
[If itās just that much then I donāt mind]
[Ehehe, thanks, Hajime-kun]
[Iāll wait then. Waiting should be fine right? Yes, Iāll wait no matter how longā¦..~gusu~]
Ririana who completely missed her timing to talk, [I, even though Iām a princessā¦..Itās like Iām air], with tears. s.h.i.+zuku interviened as she couldnāt stand it any longer, and finally, Hajime and their pink barrier was removed. Was a bit of Kaori also a part of it? It seems to have been stronger than usual. Is it proof that Kaoriās single-minded pursuit was overcoming Hajimeā¦..
[~Kohon~. Back to what I was saying, just as Nagumo-san asked Iāve spread the rumors about the truth of the churches teachings butā¦.unexpectedly, it seems to be going rather well. As expected, Aiko-san, no, āG.o.ddess of Fertilityā seems to have been effective]
[I see. ā¦..Ma~a, people will believe in what they want to believe in, people will naturally get taken in the more it dramatically shakes their hearts. I expected that theyād believe it all without any problems. All thatās left, is to wait to see the actual effectsā¦.thereās no knowing whatāll happen after all]
[ā¦..Thatās right. But, itās still hard to believe. What weāve believed for years have been nothing but a fantasyā¦..my individual stance aside, itās inevitable that a panic will start in the public. As someone from the royal family, Nagumo-sanās proposal was a G.o.d send]
Ririana bowed and thanked Hajime with a complex expression. s.h.i.+zuku leaned her neck to the side and and asked, [About what?].
What Hajime and Ririana were talking about was, an explanation for the head templeās collapse to the people.
Itās not possible to keep it under wraps forever, the royal palace needed to explain it eventually. However, according to the truth, the āEhito-samaā which everyone believed in only saw them on the level of being toys and was a b.a.s.t.a.r.d who loved war, because everyone in the head temple of the church were a bunch of fanatics, they were all blown up to bits! If that was said it would only cause a panic to occur.
There, Hajime prepared a draft to explain the details and asked Ririana to explain it to the people based on what he had written on it.
Itās contents were, reason, an evil G.o.d who wished for a war had brainwashed the church members and caused the Kingdom to be invaded. Reason, Aiko who was sent by G.o.d was anxious of the situation and fought voluntarily. Reason, the church members risked their lives and fought along with G.o.dās apostles and died as martyrs in the end. Reason, In order to protect the Kingdom, Aikoās sword of light poured down, is what it said.
Itās not true but itās not a lie either. It was roughly correct.
With that, Aiko as the āG.o.ddess of Fertilityā will further, āThe evil G.o.d may have used Ehito-samaās name, for our own sakes, the true G.o.d that we believe in we shouldnāt be something that we automatically believe in, we must become humans who are able to think for ourselves and decide when to take action for G.o.d. Whatās right? You must act upon your own judgement. That is what our true G.o.d believes in, and for those of the church who died as martyrsā have that kind of speech later at the memorial ceremony.
In other words, Hajime created a false āEvil Ehitoā who was mistaken for the true āGood Ehitoā, the āG.o.ddess of Fertilityāās speech will be the wedge which will plant recognition into the peopleās hearts. Even if Ehitoās name was being talked about, whether it was the āEvil Ehitoā or the āGood Ehitoā wouldnāt be distinguishable by the people, which would in turn make them think about what they should really believe in themselves.
This way, theyāre able to suppress the public panic of telling the truth that everything that theyāve believed from when they were born was nothing more than a fantasy, and also, it may become a source of resistance against G.o.d in the futureā¦ā¦itās only a possibility though.
[I see nowā¦..Nagumo-kun is actually thinking about a lot of various things huh. The talk about G.o.d too, leaving it up to Ai-chan to tell the story, and about todays thingsā¦.]
[Did you mistaken me for some kind of muscle for brains or something? Ma~a, I thought of it on the spot, since it doesnāt take much time or effort I decided to do it just this once, although we laid down the foundationsā¦..]
[fufu, I didnāt particularly think you were a muscle for brains. Iām saying that youāre reliable. Just accept it as a complement]
Hajime shrugged his shoulders towards s.h.i.+zukuās words. s.h.i.+zuku glanced at such a reliable Hajime. Somehow the exchanges dispositions were shown, Yue and Kaori were both piercing their eyes onto s.h.i.+zuku. s.h.i.+zuku who noticed suddenly began to shake, [Eh, what? What is it?], she asked Yue and them.
[Yue, what do you think?]
[ā¦ā¦N, itās still fine. Itās still at the friend level]
[Right. āstillā huh]
[ā¦ā¦N. We need to be cautious]
Yue and Kaori were whispering to each other as they consulted about something. It made s.h.i.+zuku feel extremely discomfortable. And Ririana became air once again.
Hajime looked at Yue and them with an amazed expression as if saying, what are you guys talking about?