When I woke up, there was a black, round, hairball-like object at the end of my eyes and nose.
I'm saying things that don't make sense, but I really have black hairballs in front of me, and that tickles my nose.
"Yeah...?"
Is this the lifeguard quarters?
Looking out the window, though it still looks bright......
"Why, here..."
When I was fighting the Demon King, I would have done everything I could to get all the knights out of the fireballs falling out of the sky... but did I faint again?
As I traced my memories one by one, the black hairball in front of me moved a little, and my two ears rose and my red eyes turned towards me.
"Cu!"
"Oh, Kukuru. It was you. [M] I thought it tickled down the street."
What I thought was a black hairball was the captain's pet and a kukukuru of noir rabbits. Kukuru, when he looks at my cheek, cheeks at me with a nostalgic trick.
As always, it's a demon that confuses people like a demon.
When I get out of my sleeping bed stroking such a kukukuru, I find something black rolling on the floor.
If you look closely, it was an eye-turned owl.
"... Nair?"
"... Ha!? Why, I'm on the floor!?"
"That's what I want to hear."
Nair, transformed into an owl, slept on the floor for some reason, but what does that mean?
She woke up in my voice. When she found the cuckoo on my shoulder, she spread her wings wide as if to represent anger.
"Oh, my God, you did it!? You pushed me out of bed!"
"Queue"
Nair kicks Kukuru out with his wings flashing and lands on my shoulder, but I have no idea what's going on with me watching from the side.
So you're saying Kukuru knocked you off where you slept in bed?
"Whoo! Whoo!"
"Fair enough, calm down. More than that, Nair. I know this is the lifeguard quarters... why am I here? Is everyone all right?"
Ask Nair, who is intimidating the kukukuru who turned on the opposite shoulder, what's going on.
"You stayed asleep for three days after the battle. The next moment the attack from the sky is over, you're down."
"... well, I remember that much too. So, everyone..."
"All the lifeguards are safe. Rose got hurt badly in the fight against Nero, but for some reason, he's pimping. But you're the only one who was so tired that you didn't wake up any time soon that you were transported here."
"... I see"
"By the way, the only members who came back were me and Ferm. Others treat the injured in battlefield."
... Rose is badly injured, huh?
Though I didn't think I could stay intact with that Nero Argens... But I'm glad you look fine from Nair's mouthfeel.
I'm sure he's still taking the initiative and moving as a lifeguard.
Actually, I should go back too, but the reason I was sent back here doesn't seem like I was just tired.
Trying to get out of bed, the door to the room opened and a brunette boy, Nack, came in.
He shouted surprise at me as he put his foot down from the bed.
"... Mr. Usato! You woke up!!"
"Oh, Nack. I'm home."
"Welcome back!"
With some relief to Nack, who greets me back well, I finally get up.
"In the castle while we were away?"
"Yes. I was helping a lot. I heard that Mr. Usato was back after the battle, and he came back here."
"Oh well..."
I'm so glad you came back here alive.
This place is like my home in this world.
When I think so with smudge, I get a hazy look on my face, as if Knuck remembered something.
"Yes, Amako and the others are preparing a meal."
"Amako?"
"Yep. He saw Usato wake up in a prediction, and just now, I went to cook a meal with Mr. Suzune..."
"What? Seniors here?"
Sure, I wasn't expecting a senior here, though I was hungry.
No, I'm glad you're safe.
Kazuki's here, too.
"Kazuki too... then we have to get down there soon... Nair, Knuck, I'm gonna get dressed, so why don't you wait downstairs first?"
"Yes. Nack, I'm coming."
"Ah, yes!"
Nak follows Nair out the door with his wings flapping.
Put down the kukukuru on your shoulder, and try to get dressed - and, uh, get your walled team clothes in your eyes.
……
Rose fixed it for me. The uniform, but the battle got me dirty again, and I got a lot of little scratches and stuff.
Some thoughts are hard to come by.
Some people couldn't help.
"Still... I..."
"Cu?"
Tilt your little head up and look up at me. Ha ha ha ha ha, stroking it again.
And I remember. In the midst of the battle, Nero Argens was about to put a stop to me.
"... Kukuru, your husband is an amazing man after all"
What you lose never comes back.
Helplessness and regret don't stop me. [M]
Even after the battle, the battle with the Demon King's Army did not end.
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When I got dressed and went downstairs, the downstairs was busier than I thought.
Kazuki and Knuck, Ferm and Nair sat in the chair at the long table where the strong faces were always sitting, and the seniors and Amako stood and dished away.
In time, is it around noon?
Nevertheless, three days have passed since that battle. It is a more serene landscape than I can imagine.
"Ah, Mr. Usato! You came down!"
"Seniors..."
The senior who noticed this one smiles like a flower and comes up with an invitation.
From what I've seen, I'm glad the seniors and Kazuki look fine.
Amako approaches as he tries to sit in the empty seat next to Kazuki, reassuring him.
"I'm home. Amako"
"... Yeah, welcome back. Usato"
Talk to me as she receives the breaded vessel she has.
Could you have been giving me medical attention when I passed out?
I look at Amako with sleepy eyes and I guess so. I touch her shoulder lightly and apply healing magic.
"Did I make you worry?"
"Yeah. I believed Usato would be fine."
"Oh well... But thanks."
Once, to thank him firmly, Amako, just a little out of sight, gave him a troubled look.
"Um, I need to talk to you later."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"Yeah."
"... ok"
When she answers that, Amako returns to the kitchen with her senior.
What is it? It seemed like you had an idea, but what does it have to do with prediction? Somehow, though it felt like when it was the land of evil dragons and beasts.
... No, let's take a seat now, as we'll hear the story later.
Say hello to Kazuki, who is next door, while placing the bowl of bread on the table.
"Morning, Kazuki"
"Morning. You're finally awake. Usato"
In the meantime, after Kazuki and I exchanged greetings for a reunion, I was thirsty, so a sip of the water at hand made Fermu, sitting in the front seat of the diagonal, stare at me in a slightly infidel manner.
"Finally, are you awake? I'm sleeping too much. You."
"Were you asleep that much?"
"You slept too much for three days."
Even I didn't want to faint as much as possible.
Nair opened her mouth to me with a grinning elbow on the table next to Ferm.
"This isn't the first time he's passed out, is it? At least you passed out three or four times while you were traveling."
"What, are you lying?"
Look at me with a subtle look, and don't pull it just because Ferm can't believe it.
No, well, I admit I pass out every time there's a case.
With that in mind, I looked at Ferm and remembered that during the battle I had always been concerned.
"... Oh, yeah"
"What the hell?"
"I'm glad I was able to deassimilate with you... because it's always been possible to stay that way. Ha ha."
Even for me, it's hard to remain assimilated to Fermu.
It's not that we don't like being with this kid, it's because it's going to be a lot harder for each other to stay in group clothes all the time or together at four or six.
Slightly joking and saying so, a horrible werewolf felm stares at this one even more.
"Me, me, me, I let you go! First of all, don't forget my magic just likes you!"
"Oh, yeah.... sorry?"
It's about her own magic, so it wasn't a good thing to tear it up. In Fermu's case, unlike mine, maybe he was thinking pretty seriously.
Fermu roars with his head about what he thought of my apology.
"Uh-huh..."
"Pfft, that's not honest."
"Shut up."
I'm talking to you with some nigga, and I'll leave you to Nair about Ferm.
Feeling somewhat hungry, watching the meal lined up at the table, Kazuki now called out.
"Looks like we made it home safely."
"Right. Though it was really hard... yeah, it's so strange to be able to do this right now"
How many times have you been dying......
I didn't feel alive when I stopped Nero Argens.
"It got to Kazuki and the seniors, didn't it? Weapon of the Brave"
"Oh. I'm a caged hand, similar to Usat, and my senior became a knife."
"Seniors are knives. Well, yeah, in a way, as expected..."
In fact, if you were a senior, you'd be willing to be a cool image weapon, like a knife or a clairvoyant.
Electric shocks go hand in hand, and I think I can see you fighting.
Kazuki is a similar caged hand to me... could it be something like a wristband wrapped around my left wrist? Mine's a bracelet, but it's not like Kazuki's at all.
"When I first used this, I also talked to Master Falga."
"To Master Farga? How could he?"
"It feels like you gave me some advice on how to use it and... try to shape my mind later"
Master Farga just saved me.
He's supposed to be tired of making two weapons too......
If you can, I'd like to see you again and thank you.
"... the end of the battle against the Demon King's Army,"
The fight is over, Nair and Knack told me, but I don't feel that way at all.
Instead, I don't even think things are over yet.
"Kazuki, what's going on in the kingdom of Ringle now? It's not like after the previous battle, is it?"
"Right, right. It was the battle that won, but the damage suffered in that last attack was too great. Now it feels like we can't afford to rush anywhere and celebrate our victory."
"... the wounded knights are still on that battlefield?"
Kazuki snorts at my words. [M]
Is the reason we don't have all of the lifeguards here because we are treating people who have been injured in the battlefield?
Maybe you guys are in on it, Gerna, who came in for an increase, so if it's true, I woke up from a fainting. I guess I should head there, too.
Instead, I'd rather be on my way if I could.
"... I guess I wasn't the only one put back in the kingdom of Ringle because I passed out?"
"Oh. It seems the same reason we brave men were sent back here."
"With Kazuki and seniors...?"
I couldn't have predicted that far.
When two brave men get involved, maybe it's something serious.
"Please wait. The food, I brought it!"
"Most of them do, though."
With that in mind, Amako shows up with a senior who brings a dish with food on it from the kitchen.
Kazuki, who saw the two of them, loosens the look that was rude.
"That's what the food came out of, and we'll talk about it later. Usato's hungry, isn't he?"
"Sure, I haven't eaten anything in three days."
Whatever you do, I need to get back in shape first.
When Amako sits next to me and the seniors sit in my front seat, the seniors smile at me the same way.
"I'm so glad you woke up."
"Ha ha, it's a big deal..."
"Is that a big deal? I can't do this without you."
... What do you mean, no?
I don't know if you're serious or joking.
I know you're showing me around, so I'll take it.
"Usato, don't take yourself too lightly."
"Huh?"
"Everyone should be showing you around. Including the faces here."
……
Even seniors who are usually deceitful make clear decisions when they decide.
I guess that's why I never lose sight of this guy...
"Hey, why are you sitting next to me?"
"Yeah?"
When I was thinking about that with a hiccup, I was talking to a senior sitting next to me with a face that seemed like a pain in the ass to Ferm.
For a moment, he is a senior with a decent reaction, but when will he do it, he will have a look full of confidence.
"I wanted to talk to you.... this is the first time we've talked face to face, right? My name is Suzune. Can I touch a corner or something?"
"Why can you normally talk to the person who nearly killed you...?"
"Huh, that's the earliest, past events. If you are Usat your friend, it is no exaggeration to say my friend...!"
"That's funny, even I can tell!? I've never spoken to you properly!"
Oh, it's my usual senior.
No, if I'm not obsessed, I'm happy for me, but the seniors are too messy and that ferm is being pushed.
"I want to be friends with the Tunderebok, the Silver-haired, the Brown Demons! Fermu, make friends with me!"
"Wow!? Usat, help! This guy doesn't make sense!?"
But the seniors are fine. But what about Kazuki?
He too, like his predecessors, was about to be killed by a Ferm- a black knight.
Put down the hand that was on his jaw and talk to Kazuki, who was watching the exchange between Ferm and his senior next door.
"Kazuki, about Fermu..."
"Hmm? I'd be lying if I told you I had no idea..."
Kazuki's gaze is directed towards Fermu.
"This way, if you look familiar here, you know you're not as horrible as you were then"
"... right. From what I've seen, she's changed."
"Besides, you moved to help Usat in this fight, didn't you? Then I have nothing to worry about."
Is it okay if Kazuki says so?
(i) Rest assured, looking at Ferm and senior, Ferm was grasping at Nair's sitting chair while he was keeping his eyes open.
"Nair, swap seats! I don't like getting tangled up in this guy! That's him! Just like Uluru, he's a pain in the ass!"
"No! Sit there as a sacrifice to Suzune!"
"You, you!!"
Nair clings to his seat just with Wataru and Ferm tries to take the chair somehow.
Seniors who saw those two brighten their faces like they flashed something.
"Fermu, if it's my seat, you can swap it!"
"Naa, you're on the road too!"
"Howa!?"
A noisy and fun sight, unrelated to the battle.
Smiling seniors and desperately faceted Ferms and Nair.
Watching them like that, with a bitter smile, Amako, Kazuki, and Nak.
Once I looked around at them and finally felt safe, I reached for my first meal in three days.