Kage no Eiyuu no Nichijou-tan

Twenty-three Tales: Recent Developments of Former Colleagues

After dinner.

I told everyone that I would take Oz home, and I arrived home with Oz as soon as I could.

"No, you were all good people!

"Right. It's good to know things and helps. It's very different from you."

"Mm-hmm. As usual, 28 is cold on me.... Ah, maybe that's it. He wants to be mean to anyone he likes - ahhh!?

"Shibaku."

"He's already here. Shh!?

I ignore Oz, who leaks his dissatisfied voice by holding his head down.

"Is Oz in the Bureau now?

"Yeah. So the name Oz is just for now.... Unlike Tuate."

In that tone, which contained thorns somewhere, I thought about it for a moment and then asked questions.

"How did Oz end up in the bureau after the institution was dismantled?

"In my case, I didn't have a choice from the start. Age and personality, it's still too dangerous to let them out... because. Damn, you're gonna be rude, aren't you? If you can do it to me, I can do it to you!

"No, I don't know about that..."

Oz is a better person than I am. But for that matter, I'm not free to go into hiding.

I'll steer this time, but it doesn't necessarily mean she's single and can do the same as me.

And - myself, not yet.

Oz said, "If I can make it a too-eight," but I'm not perfectly done either.

Thinking that way, Oz accidentally floated a complicated face.

"... hey, can I call you 28 when we're alone after all? Nah, I'm not used to calling you Too Eight, and I'm sick."

"It's disgusting. It feels almost the same."

"Um, but... I don't like it"

To Oz's remarks that I don't get the guidelines, I told him to "like it" in a sigh.

"Or did you even have an escort called 28?

"No, I just got the request this time because I had all the conditions. As far as I'm concerned, I'm not very good at it."

"Well, right. A situation where 28 can play out in the main, it's pretty limiting. Besides, normally, when I say" escort "among us, isn't that eleven?

"That's true... but it's only a common escort that that guy specializes in. There's a little bit of a nasty limit that you shouldn't even be noticed by escorts this time."

"Oh, enough to be. Then you can't do it for a clumsy 11."

"You probably are, too."

"That's not true ~. Oh, with that said, I met 11 before. Something about 28 pulling my hair out, and I was so mad."

"Were you angry? I told you not to feel bad...?

"... isn't that an apology?

Maybe so.

But at that time, the fall was obviously in eleven. I'm not so bad that I really shouldn't have to apologize myself.

"We talked about it at dinner, but tomorrow I'm going to hang out with Oz's Adventurer Registration first. Then I'm going to take the request."

"Rikai! It's the second kind."

This registration is supposed to be accompanied not only by me, but also by Mize.

At dinner, when I told him that Oz's registration was still there, Mize suggested, "Let's go together because it's a corner." We had no reason to reject this suggestion because the escorts would be better off as close as possible.

"By the way, what do you do with the basic plan? I figured I should always be beside Mize, either me or 28, right?

"Oh. So we're going to change the response depending on the size of the enemy. I'll handle a few. But if there's a massive raid like today, Oz will take care of it."

"Yeah, okay. Oh, but... blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.

Oz said.

But I know that very well too.

"That's fine."

"Uh, okay?

"Oh. If you're going to say it at last, move flashy to some extent when you're beside Mize"

What do you mean? And to Oz, who tilts his neck, give a detailed explanation.

"This time, Oz will also have a role to play in keeping the enemy in check. In short, you dare your enemies to recognize that there are strong people around Mize. The more Oz stands out, the harder it becomes for the enemy to be vigilant about Oz"

"As far as it goes. So I just have to be natural, right?

"Oh, but use your weapons and magic separately during normal times and escorts. During the escort, as soon as you fight the same way as normal, you'll find out who you are."

Rikai, and Oz snorts.

We're putting Oz in right after a massive raid. The enemy will be somewhat wary of Oz from the start. Then it would be more effective to reopen it and make it vigilant.

Fighting in escort will also become flashy in the future. But I can't get hungry on my back. Fortunately, the enemy also wants to avoid attention, so it's probably only outside the city that the raid gets bigger. Regardless of the whole city, even if you fight somewhat flashy outside, 'the demons were raging' and other appropriate excuses are needed.

In order to carry out the task, it may be somewhat conspicuous.

The point is, I just hope Mize doesn't understand.

"It sounds harder than I thought... but you can't say weaker sounds. You have to work hard to avoid applying mud to the faces of previous generations."

In those casual words, I remembered thin and thin tissues that I belonged to.

Oz - now 02 is the second generation.

The first generation 02 died during the war. I was fifty and eight years old.

Oz is an orphan that the first generation 02 has picked up during the war. I mean, he had a background similar to mine.

Oz, who was thankful for the first generation 02, began to master the first generation 02 after being picked up. I guess I was originally talented. Now he gained the same strength as the first generation and eventually reached the point of taking over that number.

Magic is greatly dictated by talent.

But not so many of us have demonstrated remarkable talent so far.

"I hope so, Oz"

"Hmm, I'll take care of it"