A constant clang of metal.
2 giants, with body seemingly made of iron and armor made of steel, collided with each other over and over, each crossing with their respective giant weapons. One was holding a spear, the others a club.
Each of their movement is unnaturally fast, like they were lighter than air, and each time they move a weird whizzling sound came out from their joint-like structure. Jet of flame on their back seemingly propel them forward, giving them even more strength and momentum, as their movement become more refined and ruthless, as bit and pieces of their armor breaking off, revealing their steel inners…
Despite being great giant of steel, they look strangely human...like they’re the manifestation of warriors, wearing armor made out of pride. Despite their clear machinery, each of their movement look very alive, as if embodying soul themselves.
In the clear open field, lay wasted by the fog of war, these two being stood alone, like proud warriors pitting their all against once another.
...Is the image I saw with Serena, as she projected the image she see with her “eyes” to me through magic.
“...So, to re-iterate, you said you hear a distress signal from this world?”
I said, as I look over to Selena, who is wearing a casual clothes as she take her morning tea.
It’s have been a month ever since that fateful battle.
The fight have been over, and we have been reunited, not as a hero and demon lord, but as dear friend...along with some other feelings.
But that doesn’t mean thing are done, so I and the team stay at the castle for awhile, partly to celebrate, and partly to clean up after the fact. As such, we have been welcomed as esteemed guest.
In that time, me and Serena have an intimate time together with each other. Talking about what have been going on, doing paperwork, a tour across the castle, sleepover.
...Just sleepover. Period.
Anyway, with time, we began to get together with each other again...And began to see that the friend I used to know...have picked up some more quirk.
For example, let talk about her eyes.
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Dubbed the Goddess’s Clairvoyance, it let her see the unseen thing that lie beyond. From just over the horizon, to the hidden thought of people, to the infinite pasts and futures,..that sort of thing.
From there, her eyes now have become strong enough to pierce through the dimensional wall, and can now directly observe the events that transpired in all the infinite other worlds...and become hooked, in a sense.
As such…
“Yes...So I was thinking of picking that as the first place we go to on our journey.”
She said such to me, with a completely straight face, and with stars in her eyes, filling with excitement.
So much excitement that I have to turn my back to it a little, and furrow my brows.
This girl...does she lose all of her common sense? There’re so many problems to that I have no idea where to pick up from.
‘No matter what though, I have to object to it’. So was my plan when I turned around and tell her, but…
“Pleaseeee, it will be fun!”
‘Fun in what way!?’ I think in my mind, only to be attacked by an upturned eyes, with a book in front of her.
“Look, I even get a book cataloging all the Personal Armors in the world right now, so we can all know what Armors did we look at now.”
‘You mean those giant thing we see earlier? Why the hell do I need to know all that!? And where did you even get that book!?’ I retort in my mind, as she continued with her puppy eyes attack on me, stirring my conscience.
“I even get our parents to agree to lets us come to this place, and even sending a gift for us to go on our way too~.”
‘You even get them into this? They have the least amount of common sense of all!’ I screamed in my mind, as she slowly covering up all my route to weasel out of this. Her eyes just keep sparkling, making you feel guilty if you reject her after she done all of her effort, so…
As the battle in the background was getting more and more intense, the mood back here only get more and more stupid, as we discussed on what to bring for the trip...
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“...Come to think of it, did I just get bamboozle?”
It have been a week ever since we came to this place, and a few day since that promise.
Thanks to her actually remembering to used her eyes this time, there have been no further incident within that warehouse. Thus it give me a chance to relax, and to think about what have happened back then…
She should obviously know that I will objected to this. Thus, to prevent me from doing so, she sealed all of my option to escape, and basically guilt-tripped me into getting roped up into this…
If that’s so, then is that also why she didn’t used her eyes back then?...She is that hung up about it too huh?
She shouldn’t have done so in the first place then...but wait, then I wouldn’t even go to this place in the first place too. And not to mention I did tell her to be selfish and all that…
Did she followed my advice from the future then and do all this? Or else, did she manipulate me to said so for this to happen?...Or, is she just that airheaded and roll with the punch?
...Either option kinda make me pissed off a little.
“Hahhhhh, I know she have her reason for this, and I would said that sooner or later...but I now kinda want to do some payback against her for this >:(“
Sooner or later, I will get her back for all of this, someway or another...I swear in my heart, as I take a big sign and scrubble my hair.
“First thing first, eat my shivering ray from afar to get goosebump all over, Serenaaaaaaa!!!”
I said, as I do a weird pose, and pointed in the direction of the warehouse, hoping that she understand my feeling a little…
“...Why am I doing this again? Aren’t I supposed to stand guard for any unsuspecting guest?”
I said, as I held my hand against my face, wondering why did I just do or that...when suddenly...
“...Speaking of which.”
I draw out my sword, and intercept a stream of projectiles, reflecting them back toward the source of the attack. Seeing it, the unsuspecting guest hurriedly dodged it, then the trio from beyond my view split up and hidden within the trees, looking at me from three sides at once and surround me.
“You know I can see you right? You better hurry up and show yourself to me…”
Without any answer, once again a stream of bullets came out from one of the three places. I once again reflecting the bullet, but make sure to aimed at all of the three places this time, just hitting it right under their giant feet.
“...Otherwise, the next time you do that, it won’t be a miss.”
I said, threatening them...as I face against 3 giant warrior in green, their eyes continued looking at me, glowing anxiously.