I just had to be stunned. A bright white world ensues, with a little white clearing up. I knew right away in the atmosphere that the view I could see ahead was completely different from what I had just seen.
I metastasized... I understood right away because I had only lived in this world for 20 years and was able to tolerate magical phenomena... I didn't say I wouldn't be confused.
Where are we...!?
I am in the center of a rather large room and there are plenty of people around to surround me. I could see at a glance that paintings, curtains, carpets, etc. decorated in the room seemed luxurious, and the people who looked down at me gave the impression that they looked quite stately from their outfits.
The most shocking thing was that they were all human. ─ ─ I have a bad feeling. But I don't want to think.
"Oh dude... what the heck you guys... where are we!?
I turn my face to that voice I heard right around the corner. Looks like I wasn't the only one in the center of the room who didn't grasp this situation. There were two other people who were just as anxious to sit around as I was. Both still look like pre-adults.
One is a boy with long red brown hair easily tied together, hardened by not moving one in silence. Is it about twelve years old when it comes to humans? And the other, a brunette boy who just raised his voice. I guess I'm about fourteen when it comes to humans...... I look like such a subtle age moving from boy to youth. I can't say anything because I know exactly what it looks like.
But not now. I couldn't take my eyes off a brunette boy.
"I'm sorry you called me in all of a sudden. What? No harm will be done. Would you mind listening to me for a minute?
My agitation was roughly echoed by a man who seemed to have a high profile among those surrounding him.
"What, ah, you... Minister Knott...?
"Oh, you know me. I wonder if you are a people of this country."
"... I guess so"
The brunette boy I can't keep an eye on seems to know about these people. I don't know what it is, but now let's just shut up and focus on gathering information. I'm an Ortus member, too. Under any circumstances, you have to stay calm and not panic.... the sound of the heart is loud, and the body trembles in small pieces, though.
"First, let me explain it to you because you won't know why. You are here now..."
A brunette boy stood up and blocked the words when a man called Minister Knott tried to talk about the situation.
"And I know it! You royals are gathering people with a lot of magic!
A boy is holding his fist tight. That eye looks even grudging, and I'm kind of scared.
From anger or fear, the boy's body was trembling in small pieces.
"Collect those rare beings! You're gonna crush it!? You're gonna sell them out!?
"... where the hell did you get that information?
"That's what we all know!!
"... Phew. I wonder if you could calm down first. And you're not very good with words."
Minister with a gentle smile. That's why I'm scared to feel something bottomless...... but the spoken boy seemed to hear very little. He looked around... so I finally got eyes on the boy. I knew it. I knew...
"Even such a young child... what are you going to do!
"Take it easy. You are confused. [M] Let's start with our story…"
─ ─ The brunette boy was Japanese, no matter how he saw it.
No, maybe there's a face race like Japanese in this world, too. But I couldn't hide my upset in the face of my hometown, which I haven't seen in a long time besides your father.
"Get your hands on it!
"Heh heh...?
I was listening to the boy. His condition also showed that the situation seemed kind of bad right now. But anyway, because of all the unexpected events that pushed me all at once, my five-year-old brain couldn't handle it. That's why I couldn't even react immediately to his hand that was offered.
"Oh, my goodness! Look, get your hands on that one, too!
"Ugh, uh...?
But I don't want to think I'm bogged down because the red-brown-haired boy with the same hands was in a condition similar to mine...
Slightly irritated, the brunette boy, still holding the wrist of me and the other boy tightly, suddenly began to work out his magic.
"Wait, you! Don't wait!!
Awesome magic...... I don't feel like I'm losing to Ortus members. Probably a lot more than me. I'm just distracted by the release of such magic.
"What are you...?
Anxious and unexpectedly asking, the brunette boy turned his eyes to this one with a chill and laughed nicely. That smile was like being forced to make it, but I could see you trying to reassure me.
"From here, run away!
"To?"
Some sort of magic formation emerged at our feet. It's similar to what I just saw...?
"Space magic, metastasis!
When the boy shouted like that, once again I was to meditate my eyes on the dazzling light. They were raising their voices like the people who were surrounding us panicked, but I can't hear what they're saying.
And as it was, it was swallowed up into the white world.
The moment the light so subsided, what I felt was a floating sensation.... Floating!?
"No......!?
I think that was only about a meter high, but if they suddenly throw me out in the air, I can't take a passive. Not everyone in Ortus! I buttocks on the ground with Dosin without defying gravity.
"There he is!
"Bullshit, be quiet! Don't shout!
Unexpectedly raising his voice in tears, the brunette boy earlier hurried and yelled in a whisper, blocking my mouth with his hands.
"I can't transfer that far. I took two of them besides myself... so I might find them. Can you be quiet?
"Muggle!"
I am a discerning young lady. When I shook my neck properly and repeatedly and replied, the boy finally got his hands off my mouth. Pugh.
"I'm sorry, make it hurt. Me, I have a lot of magic like an idiot, but I still use it poorly. The landing failed. You okay, too?
"Oh, oh, I'm fine..."
Saying so, a whispering, dark-haired boy inquired, and the red-brown-haired boy replied in confusion as well.
"Um, where are we...? Why are you doing this... do you know anything?
From the earlier exchange, this boy seemed to know a little about the situation, so he asks unexpectedly. Then he looked at me a little surprised, and then the boy answered with a grin spilling out of sorrow.
"Right. I don't know why. What about you? Don't you know what to do?
The red-brown-haired boy questioned also nods bewildered. Good, looks like I'm not the only one who doesn't know anything.
"I don't know much about it either. I'll tell you what I know. But let's get out of here before then. I don't know when the chaser will come."
What the boy says is best. You can't even listen to a lot of stories if you don't go somewhere calm first. We nodded at each other and stood up to move first.