In the middle of a forest, my calm and collected Master was eating an apple on the branch of a big tree. And under that tree–
“UGYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!”
–I was in a fierce fight against a mysterious girl.
“…”
A curved short sword with a jet-black blade. The constructed blade with 『Attribute: Darkness』 sways in the air, and clashes against my Lux1.
For some reason, the girl who suddenly attacked me with the intention to kill hid her face with a fox mask. She repeatedly performed a strange weight transfer technique while searching for opportunities to catch my sword.
From her movement, I am pretty sure this fox girl is also someone trained by Master, but… I almost get killed by her because the fog has been sucking my magic power. I can’t even stabilize the blade of my sword right now.
T-this is strange… Even though my control over my magic power was stable until a while ago… Why did it suddenly go bad again…? What the hell is this fog…?
Suddenly, the blade in front of me disappeared.
“Whoa!”
Knowing that the girl is planning something, I poured my magic power into the blade, and the tip of Lux drew an arc.
While avoiding my sword, the fox girl–
“Fuu,”
— Accurately struck her fist into my solar plexus.
Unable to dodge, I decided to receive that blow. But, of course, there is no way I will give up just like that. While feeling a strong vomiting urge, I grabbed her fist with my right hand and tried to throw her away.
However, all of a sudden, she grabbed my right hand with both of her hands.
“Are you kidding me?”
With a miraculous sense of balance, the girl does a handstand on my right arm.
It’s like I don’t feel any weight from her at all. Yes, as if the dust in the air stood softly on my arm, the fox girl had erased her weight.
At the same time, I can see the console shining brightly at her waist. Console, connected– 『Control: Weight』, 『Change: Gravity』.
Gravity Balancer – activated.
Quietly, she stretched her toes in the air, spun around like a ballet dancer, and– tried to hit the side of my head with her foot, making my vision blurred for a moment.
“?!”
“It’s time for a counterattack.”
After barely defending her strike with my right hand, I grabbed her ankle while flipping my wrist.
I then narrowed my eyes and saw– the trajectory of the sword flash. Instantly, I readied my hands. Then, with my arms crossed, I drew my sword from the left and slashed it to the top right. In other words, the so-called Gyakukesa2.
That sword line turned into a beautiful flow line. However, it was blocked by a stuffed bear that suddenly appeared. Surprised by the sudden interference, I immediately stepped back.
Then, I saw two girls wearing a tengu and a pretty cure mask. The duo who suddenly appeared before me had their magic devices ready in their hands.
The stuffed bear from earlier is most likely the result of the Craft of one of the duo. Rather than that, why the hell did a pretty cure mask come after a fox and a tengu… And can you guys stop doing a signature pose without White3… Such a pose cannot be completed without Black and White together4, you know… In other words, that is also a kind of Yuri…
“Oya oya. Look like you were attacked by a mysterious trio. That’s tough.”
“No, no matter how you look at it, these girls are the Alf.”
The smiling cure black waved her hand in front of her face, trying to deny my guess. On the other hand, the tengu and the fox nodded, and the betrayed Cure Black, bend herself backward, seemingly taken aback by the betrayal. Yes, she showed her bewilderment using just movements (she is a pro).
“Unless you solve the mystery of the fog, it will be difficult even to confront them head-on. Now then, what are you going to do, Hiiro?”
“…”
I took a distance from the trio and hid behind a tree.
Activate – Nil Arrow.
“…”
From a safe position, I aimed the Nil Arrows at Cure Black.
“?!”
Flustered, the Cure Black desperately tries to dodge the Nil Arrows, making it look like she is doing tap-dancing.
“”…””
Meanwhile, the tengu and the fox are just standing still and watching over her.
Far from helping, they even tried to get her hit by the arrows by gently pushing her and pretending it was an accident… Yup, I somehow could guess the relationship between the three.
At any rate, it seems that tengu, fox, and cure black will help me with my training. Master probably tried to envision my fight against Chris Esse Eisbert. In this case, Tengu and Cure Black will activate Craft to reproduce Chris’ high-speed regeneration, and the murderous fox will engage in close combat.
What was dreadful was the high-speed regeneration of Chris, which has to be envisioned by two people. Moreover, the real Chris seems to have done that almost subconsciously. That is most likely why Master wanted me to be able to handle close combat at the same time.
Naturally, I was beaten up by them, and by noon I was already like a rag.
“Onii-sama… are you okay…?”
“I can’t see ahead… I can’t see the future, I can’t see anything. (Rap)”
Without minding her clothes getting dirty, Rei kneels on the ground and wipes my face with a wet handkerchief. And after confirming that I didn’t hit my head, she gently lifted my head and placed it on her lap.
“…”
While keeping my head up, I maintained a sit-up posture and slides sideways only by using my lower body (super movement).
However, even after doing that, I still can feel the soft thighs on my head.
“….?!”
D-did this girl just moved sideways while sitting in seiza?!
As if ignoring my behavior, Rei placed a handkerchief on my cheek and stroked it lovingly with a smile.
“I now understand why Onii-sama is so strong… It’s because you were always doing reckless things to protect us…”