The ground shooks violently, the Heavens split. The world is dyed with bright light. The overwhelming brilliance of power flows in the land.
What happened?
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After master told me some of his past, I promptly left because it seems he is going to daydream his whole life for a while so I headed to Higan.
She is…
“A-Asagao!”
“Higan…”
Her hands are covered with cuts and burns.
“I can already guess what happened so come here quickly.”
“Hehehe, Asagao is so reliable.”
“Haa… Not really… Heal”
I pour more magic than usual in this heal. Her wounds heal faster and the burns disappear. I remember Violetta nee-san saying that a girl’s skin and body are important.
But one time in the bath, when we were soaking in hot water, she usually beckons me to get closer to her and hugs me. Her breasts felt really pleasant then I noticed something.
You can pinch a bit of flab in her belly...
After that, she trained with the heroes in hand to hand combat flinging them down one by one. She is surprisingly strong at CQC. Lily and Edelweiss's thighs are a bit muscular but not to the point that it’s visible.
It felt pleasant too actually when I used their lap as a pillow.
“Asagao, there is something I wanted to tell you for a while now…”
“Higan?”
Eh… she suddenly becomes serious.
“It’s about Alstroe. You already know that she will always stay up all night.”
“Yes, she said she can stay awake for a whole week without a wink of sleep.”
“She does take nap in the afternoon though but that’s not what I wanted to discuss.”
“What is it?”
“The other night, I woke up in the middle of the night and heard them talking to each other.”
“Umm…cut to the chase please.”
“You see... Alstroe was defeating devils that were lurking at night. It seems she is doing it since we left the beast kin continent. She told master not to tell us about it, especially to you.”
“…”
Alstroe… I wasn’t able to say anything anymore. The whole day passed quietly just like that until we slept and woke up for the next day.
“Asagao! Higan! Good morning!~”
Astros was there with her usually cheerful face. She hugs both of us, but for some reason, I can’t look at her eye to eye. I can’t get it out of my head. She was doing all of that.
Come to think of it, what am I to Alstroe-nee?
That’s not the kind of question I should be thinking. What is Alstroe-nee to me?
An indispensable companion. Without her, I wouldn’t be able to move forward.
Without her, I wouldn’t have been able to come so far like this.
Without her, I would not experience fun times that I wouldn't experience inside the castle.
But what is she to me?
“What’s wrong Asagao?”
“Ah… why Alstroe-nee?”
“You usually show a cute grumpy face to me you know!~”
“Eh? I did I always do that?”
“Ehehehe!~ You always do!”
I never realized it.
Higan and I were able to become close friends because our age is close, by the appearance that is, and we have been fighting side by side for a while now.
What about Alstroe-nee?
Those questions clouded my mind.
“My student Asagao, I heard something from Master Alstoe. It’s about you and Higan fighting the first prince of the beast king.”
AH!
I look at Alstroe’s direction.
“Eee…sorry Asagao, I kind of slip and told Murot about it.”
“Haaa….it can’t be helped then. So, what now master?”
I just sighed. I really can’t do anything about it now.
“Of course, I want to see that enhancement magic that you have. It sounds interesting after all!”
His eyes are sparkling. Master, even at old age, is still a magic addict. Actually, I also predicted this from the start so I was able to prepare myself mentally.
Let’s get this over with.
“Higan, I will cast it on you okay?”
“Un. I want to feel that power again!~”
We interlocked our fingers. I tried to feel everything again about Higan. Her presence, her existence and every last bit of her and transferred something to her.
A blinding pillar of light poured again into this world, gentle surge of power came from it, even master felt the divine presence that it gives out. The pillar of light receded and Higan’s figure was seen.
Same as back then, her tails became nine and there is an emblem on her back with flower motif.
Her body is radiating.
“This is…are you really sure it’s just a body enhancement, Asagao?”
“I’m sorry master. Even I doubt that it is simple as that.”
“Why don’t you try casting it on Master Alstroe?”
That was a scary thought. I know Alstroe is powerful but if she receives a power like Higan...
I wonder what would happen. If it goes out of hand, I can just pull the power out of her.
I tried casting it on Alstroe but I can’t summon the power needed.
“Asagao, I think you need to pull the power out of Higan now to cast it to others.”
“You already know as much as pulling the power out huh…Alstroe is quite a storyteller.”
“EH? Asagao! I’m really sorry!”
“It’s fine Alstroe, come here beside me again.”
I gently pulled the power from Higan.
She reverted back to her original form. She was saying things like “I want to throw an elemental punch, though…”
That is actually dangerous Higan. Dangerous for yourself since you haven’t mastered it yet.
Alstoe and I, now, stand side by side.
We interlocked our fingers. I tried to feel her just like Higan, her whole body, her existence and her presence. I also recalled most of our fun times together and our idiotic plights sometimes.
I can feel her.
Her hand is bigger than mine, which is course she got an older body, but it’s warm and gentle even though she has so much strength. I transferred the power to her.
After that…
Ah…
BOOM!
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I am blown away.
The ground shook and everything around us is being razed.
Master caught me and Higan and I promptly shielded us with a barrier.
“What in the world is this…”
A question muttered by master while holding our waists suspending us midair.
A strong divine presence descended. The pillar of light that Higan had, looks so thin compared to the pillar of light that is now piercing the ground and the sky.
A strong tremor shakes the whole land. No, this is something that could be felt all around the world.
The pillar of light that violently pours the land, recedes.
What we saw…
A woman with silver hair is standing there. A bright blue light covers the outline of her whole body.
A more than three meters tall emblem on her back with a flower motif is visible. She also has an emblem on top of her head which seems to be a halo
She is still emitting a light that who knows how many people from far away can see.
Her golden eyes focus on us.
She has a gentle smile on her face.
“Is this…the second descend of the gods…?”
Master muttered again. The existence in front of us is, of course, Alstroe.
But it’s different.
It felt like it is not her.
Isn’t this the kind of power we need to defeat the devils?
No. She is still not moving, but I feel like if she ever made a single step, the land would fissure. If she turned her whole body around, the air would shake violently.
If she threw a punch now, it would easily destroy the whole continent.
That is what I feel about it.
Before even destroying the devils, wouldn’t she destroy the whole world first by herself?
Alstroe...
It came to me again…
What is Alstroemeria for me?
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