"He was taken away by my husband for 4 days."
"Eehh? Where did they go this time ?"
"I don't know, maybe Europe?"
"Buuh. That Sora. Not leaving a message that he'll be gone for a while. He should buy me some souvenirs during his trip."
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Sora here. Now, i'm walking inside a forest, with only water and a knife on my disposal. I look like that certain man with a lasso that always hunts treasure. Well, in my case, I am also looking for a treasure, but I have magic that I could use if things gets rough.
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Three hours before my adventure at the forest started:
"Sora, how many days will you be away?"
"Hmm. Lets say for 4 days. Mom, make me an excuse for school. Say that Pops took me into a trip."
"~kay. But are you going to be alright? Isn't it much easier if I accompany you?"
"What about our house? No one's gonna stay to look after it, you know."
And I don't want another headache. This mission is enough.
"Well, i'm just worried of your well-being."
"Don't worry. I have Ys to help me during the mission.
"E-eeh? T-that a-automaton w-will h-help you?"
She says that while looking frightened. It looks that Mom has unpleasant memories of Ys. Maybe during that war, since Ys was once controlled by the enemy.
"Relax Mom, she's not an enemy anymore, remember?"
"Y-yeah."
She looks downward. Is she really that frightening that even a proud member of Ninetailed fox clan shivers with just her name?
I opened my cellphone and called MIDAS. A portal automatically emerged at the front of the mirror in my house.
"~kay Mom. I'll be going."
"Yeah. Bye Sora. Take Care~"
She waves at me and one of her tails appeared from her back. That tail is wagging while she sends me off. Are you supposed to be a dog or a fox?
I entered the portal cautiously. I want to ready myself if ever that 'skydiving' scene would happen again.
I braced myself and closed my eyes. When I crossed it, I fell on my two legs.
"My~ Are you thinking of skydiving again~?"
Grigory says while grinning.
"Just transport me to my mission. I want to get this done as soon as I can."
"~kay. Please wear this."
He hands me a communication device.
"Ys, give him his survival gear."
"Yes, Master."
Ys hands me a little rucksack.
"Ys, please create a portal~"
"Yes, Master."
Then another portal appears.
"Your drop point will be a cabin near their territory. Be careful, we're not sure if that place isn't occupied by those little wolves~!
"Wha-?!"
"Off you go!"
He pushed me towards the portal.
"You'll pay for thisssss!!"
I screamed while being transported.
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Going back to my present situation.
Now, I'm walking around, not knowing where should I go.
Giving me this defective communication device must be his plan, huh.
As I wander freely around the forest, I detected a group of moving objects because of the sound of grass created by their movements. I climbed a tree, just to find a silver thing running from black-colored objects. They're too fast to see their original forms.
I waited behind the grass where the silver object might run into. When that thing detects my presence, it runs toward me. It jumps toward my body and grabs me. Like I thought, it is a wolf. It has a shining silver fur covering her whole body. When it saw me, it hid behind me. I saw the black objects at my back threatening me. They are also wolves.
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3 of the 5 wolves transformed themselves to their human form. One of them said:
"Greetings young man! If you don't want to lose your life, please hand over that little wolf behind you."
The other two snickered. You look like a bad person with that face, you know.
I felt the back of my clothes was gripped by a person. I took a glance on my back. I saw a girl with silver hair and purple eyes. If I were to describe her, she looks like a little version of Akane. Looking at her just makes me remember my first love. I asked her:
"Do you want to go with them?"
She responded by shaking her head left and right.
"Do you want to get away from them?"
She responded by nodding her head.
"Why?"
She responded weakly.
"......They ....kill... people... Silvia....human... friends.... won't .... play .... anymore...."
She say while crying. It seems that her human friends won't play with her anymore because her clan kills humans.
Without warning, one of the wolves attacked me. It seems that they are underestimating me.
"Die!!"
"Hmph."
I grabbed its head by my two hands and slammed him on the ground, back first, by using a judo throw. The wolf's face was distorted with surprise as he fell unconscious.
When the three men and the wolf saw that, they signaled each that i'm not an easy opponent. They surrounded me on four sides. All of them transformed to their main form, a half-human half-wolf therianthrope, werewolves. They attacked me at the same time thinking that I couldn't counterattack all of them at the same time.
"Die human!"
All of them screamed that line. It looks like they won't let me leave the place unscathed. It looks like I need to get serious.
"Accelerate."
As I use it on myself, time around me stopped. The little girl closed her eyes while tears are still dripping on it. All of the werewolves are suspended in the air. I kicked all of them three times at the left side of their body before the spell expires. After the duration, something I expected happened.
"Gufoooh?!"
"Guaah!?!"
"Uugh!?"
"Aagh?!"
All of their faces are full of surprise. It seems that they didn't notice that I used a spell. All of them flew towards their right at the same time. In their point of view, it looks like I created afterimages that kicked them while I was standing in my original position. All of them lost their consciousness.
"E-eh? Mister... what happened...?"
"Well, I let them sleep for a while."
The little girl's face is full of worry. It looks like she still has pity towards these people.
"Say, little miss, do you want to follow me?"
"E-eh? Mister.. kind... but .... Silvia ... clan ... dangerous...."
It looks like she wants to say that I'm kind but her clan is dangerous.
"Okay, if that's your decision. But please follow me until we reach a safe place."
I explained. After that, I started to walk back into the forest. Before I could even step forward, she grabbed my clothes and said.
"Mister... strong?"
She asks if I am strong.
"Maybe."
I've given her a vague answer.
"Mister... Silvia... request..."
Looks like a request. Let's ask her.
"A request?"
"Please... Save.. Silvia... Family...!"
"Eh??"
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Author Notes:
Balancing Re: Hero and Magical Conquest is hard. Please understand. I'm also a one-man team. I don't have editor so please forgive my rough english. BTW thank you for reading! Next chapter will be posted by 8-16 hours (if I am working on Re: Hero) or 4-8 hours (If I have motivation to do this series).