Magika No Kenshi To Shoukan Maou:Volume 5 Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 – Knuckle TimeStrength, the Time It Should be Shown

Part 1

Lemegeton had one fact that she didn’t tell to the contractorKazuki.

That was the story that she heard from Futsunushi no Kami in their private talk at Distorted WorldAstrum.

{I became unable to make contact with the other Diva of Japan Mythology.} Futsunushi no Kami informed her.

All of human’s minds were connected. The depth of that mental world―this Astrum that should even be called [fomenting empty space] was constantly twisting muddily from the waves of all of human races’ unconsciousness.

Inside that trembling darkness, Lemegeton and Futsunushi no Kami’s figures were floating.

{The <Territory> that should be connecting me with everyone is interrupted before I realize it and I have not heard from them since then.}

Astrum was divided into each of the Mythology’s Territory. Only mutual companions with strong connection could come and go freely through the boundary. Lemegeton tied a friendship with Futsunushi no Kami, from that she became allowed to step her foot into Futsunushi no Kami’s territory. Naturally, outside of Lemegeton, Futsunushi no Kami was also connected with many of the Divas of Japanese Mythology. It was supposed to be so.

{You, are you perhaps being ostracized because everyone came to hate you while you didn’t know it?}

Just like in the world of humans where a bullied child was blocked from everyone’s cell phone contact.

―When Lemegeton pointed it out with a mean tone, Futsunushi no Kami was {GUWAHHAHHA!} heartily laughing out. {That’s impossible. No, for me to be hated is possible enough, but in Japan Mythology there is also <Takemikadzuchi> that can be called my other half though. Mine and his Territory should be impossible to be severed from each other. …With only one exception.}

{Then, that impossible thing is happening right? What is that exception that you said?}

Futsunushi no Kami’s hearty laugh was blown out, he suddenly made a dispirited troubled face.

{He might be…going through <Wild God Transformation>.}

Lemegeton was lost whether he should give this information to Kazuki or not.

Her feeling that yearned for Kazuki was making a disturbance in her heart that she should immediately tell this matter to him as soon as possible.

However on the other hand, the calm consideration as <the one that supervises the Solomon 72 Pillar> was telling her to shelve the telling of this matter. [Humans wouldn’t be told of any information more than what they needed] …Lemegeton was losing the majority of her memory, but that was the principle that she recalled at the foremost.

Because Solomon 72 Pillar was still merely in the stage of testing the people of Japan.

If they were in the verge of danger―if that was a situation that they invited themselves then even more so―how would they surmount it was something that humans had to display.

In the first place if she notify about this matter to Kazuki, that Headmaster Amasaki would also get told but they wouldn’t be able to do anything about this anyway. With just the information that communication with the Divas of Japan Mythology had gone dark, it was impossible to predict what would happen next. Even Lemegeton didn’t understand what would happen.

Rather if she caused excessive uproar and the Chief Battle Election became suspended it would be a problem for this side. Because Kazuki had to use this chance to be able to become the king of this academy and reign over.

This situation, was the problem that he had to overcome next. Probably.

First he had to concentrate on the fight in front of his eyes. If it was Kazuki who had finished conquering the Witch’s Mansion, surely he wouldn’t suffer defeat, but…Well, let’s just see what he has got.

When Kazuki was flirting with Hikaru-senpai and kept raising her positivity level, that time while she got chased out of the room, Lemegeton was thinking about such thing.

Part 2

And then finally May 22―the appointed day of the final match came.

But, there was a circumstance that didn’t make the final match begin immediately.

Even before that, first was the assembly of opening performance matches.

“…This cheering, isn’t it the loudest among the matches until now? Even though it is an unrelated match for the overall victory.”

While being wrapped with the loud cheering in the front row of the stand, Mio was feeling overpowered.

However it was not unreasonable. Kazuki who sat beside her thought so.

…Because when the holding of this tournament became known, the match that everyone pictured in their head, it was in different form from the ideal but it was realized right here.

Currently, in the ground Kaguya-senpai and Hikaru-senpai led their own respective team and confronted each other.

Team Otonashi Kaguya―Otonashi Kaguya, Hiakari Koyuki, Hayashizaki Kanae, Yamada Torazou.

Team Hoshikaze Hikaru―Hoshikaze Hikaru, Lotte, Kamiizumi Iori, Kimura Tomomi.

The tournament’s big favorites and distinguished teams were these two, but Kaguya-senpai was eliminated by Kazuki and Hikaru-senpai by Mibu Akira. Their figures vanished too early in the second round from this championship tournament.

However separately from the front tournament where the winner aimed for the championship…[Third Place Deciding Tournament] was also performed by the eliminated teams at the same time.

Because the seat of the Chief Student Council President would be decided by the voting after the tournament, the tournament was nothing more than an appeal time. With a tournament where victory and defeat was decided by a single round, the candidates who were defeated became unable to make their appeal anymore from that point. It was slightly unfair.

For that reason to grant all the candidates a place for their highlight, a back tournament for the sake of the defeated was also organized side by side with the final tournament. First the fellow loser of the first round fought each other, the winner fought the loser of the second round of the front tournament, the winner next fought the loser of the semifinal―this tournament was divided into two blocks, the two teams that managed to win through would perform the third place deciding battle.

This third place battles were performed throughout the morning, the final battle would begin after the afternoon recess.

“But as expected from them to win through until this place without fail. There was no powerful opponent in Hoshikaze-senpai’s block, but in Kaguya-senpai’s block there was also that clash with the Ryuutaki sisters wasn’t it?”

At Kazuki’s right side, Mio was looking back at the battles until now while murmuring.

All present in the front row of the stand starting from the right were Mio, Kazuki, Kohaku, and Kazuha-senpai, they all were sitting in a row.

Takasugi Shūsui’s team where the Ryuutaki sisters were members was also the opponent who clashed with Kazuki’s team at the semifinal.

They were formidable enemies with the elder sister of the Ryuutaki sisters—Miyabi-senpai was stopping the movement of the enemy with <Gremory>’s mental attack, then the younger sister―Shinobu-senpai was performing bombing with <Marchosias>’s [Burning Icicle] that was hard to defend against.

But their compatibility with Kaguya-senpai’s team was bad.

Kaguya-senpai was once exposed to <Nairlatoteph>’s mental attack for a long period of time, and in the conclusion she had the experience of overcoming it. A normal mental attack was not effective anymore against Kaguya-senpai.

The difference of strength between the swordsmen was also pretty big. Takasugi brothers who stood as the vanguard of the Ryuutaki sisters were as expected unable to compete against the prominent duo of the Sword Division, Kanae and Torazou-san.

Even so Shinobu-senpai harassed Koyuki with furiously vigorous efforts. Shinobu-senpai’s special contradicting characteristic where she could manipulate both heat and cold at the same time was a bad match-up for Koyuki who could only manipulate ice element.

However when the Takasugi brothers were forced to leave the stage and it became four versus two, Shinobu-senpai was exposed to fierce attacks and she fell into a state where she couldn’t chant her spell satisfactorily, the victory or defeat was slowly decided.

Be that as it may, [I heard the rumor, but those Ryuutaki Sisters are really strong to that extent huh?] ―they left a strong impression to many of the students so this battle should be said to be a good contest.

“Fufufu, during this strict schedule even Otonashi Kaguya won’t leave unscathed after fighting against us. Even for the eternal number 2 Hoshikaze Hikaru who reach this stage following her desire, this time will she have a chance I wonder?”

Hearing that voice right from her side, Mio took a glancing look and glared.

“…Miyabi-senpai, why are you right next to us?”

Beside Kazuki’s team that was watching the battle, right next to Mio, the Ryuutaki sisters in question were sitting.

“Isn’t it fine, let’s get along well. Fufufu.”

Her wavy hair with the silver color characteristic of an elf shook softly, Miyabi-senpai laughed in chuckles.

“…Onee-sama. I’m also unable to tolerate this. Why are we sitting beside this kind of bunch?”

Shinobu-senpai wrinkled her eyebrows and murmured. She was the spitting image twins of Miyabi-senpai, but in contrast with Miyabi-senpai who was always full of composure her hair was black, and she always made a scary expression.

“Isn’t it fine, let’s get along well. Fufufu.”

Even against the complaint of the little sister, Miyabi-senpai deflected it with a friendly grin in her smiling face. She has a lot of guts.

Mio too, she gave up on sending away Miyabi-senpai that was too ‘my pace’, she faced back to Kazuki.

“By the way, which one Kazuki is rooting for? Which one are you going to cheer?”

“…Errr” While Kazuki was troubled how to reply, he sent his sight to the ground.

At the ground Kaguya-senpai and Hikaru-senpai were at here…no, at Kazuki they were staring ‘jii’ fixedly.

He was seen…both of them were “The cheering is still not yet? Come on, cheering” looking at him with those kind of eyes….

Hikaru-senpai’s eyes shined in glitters with expectation, Kaguya-senpai had a smile on her lips but her eyes were not smiling. Before long they became aware of each other and started to get competitive, the gazes they sent at Kazuki were gradually….

“Are you going to cheer for me (me) or her?” Their atmosphere changed to such feeling.

Kazuki took a decision and inhaled a long breath.

“…Do your best Kanae! Prove the strength of Hayashizaki-style!”

“You come to that conclusion!?” Mio who was observing him while holding her breath raised her voice from the side.

“Nii-sama!” Kanae who was on the ground turned to this side, she pranced up and down repeatedly *pyonpyon*.

“Nii-sama’s gaze is focused on me! It came…, it came…Nii-sama’s gaze energy is!! FUNUOOOOO! Full charge nyan!!”

Watching the happy Kanae going ‘nyaa nyaa’…Kaguya-senpai and Hikaru-senpai smiled wryly like it couldn’t be helped.

“Brother and sister love + sword school love…he attacked at the place where anyone couldn’t find any fault in it huh, as expected of Kazuki.”

Beside him Kohaku was grinning broadly. Kohaku too had a deep love that didn’t lose and inferior to Kazuki in regards to her sword school.

“Well, it’s a bad taste to fix an order of importance to companions that you get along well with, isn’t it particularly fine?”

Unexpectedly Kazuha-senpai too gave a tolerant reaction. Even though if it was before she would be the first to say things like “You indecisive harem guy!”…after giving her recognition to Kazuki inside the [world of mirror], her attitude and expression had evidently changed.

Amasaki Mio―150 Lotte―122 Hiakari Koyuki―120 Otonashi Kaguya―103

Hoshikaze Hikaru―94 Tsukahara Kazuha―56 Ryuutaki Miyabi―41 Ryuutaki Shinobu―2

It was not like he wanted to rank them or anything but…Kazuki understood the positivity level from everyone.

“Well, the one who likes Kazuki the most in the world is me though. Ehehe.”

Mio was ‘goronyaaa’ and came hugging Kazuki’s arm.

“E, even this one is not losing in that!” Kohaku pinched Kazuki’s sleeve with a hurried expression.

“How stupid.” Kazuha-senpai crossed her arms while averting her face.

“Kana-shishou, prepare yourself!”

At the same time with the start of the match, Kamiizumi-senpai challenged Kanae.

“Against me that have been charged with strength from Nii-sama, the likes of you won’t stop me!”

Kanae too stood against her right from the front. The white blades clashed, fragments of blue magic power scattered everywhere.

“Me too is going to show my cool side this time for sure! Now the sure kill…TORAZOU SMASH!!”

“I won’t let an oily brute like you get near the prince!”

Torazou-san and Kimura-senpai too clashed against each other. The difference in strength between the swordsmen…Kanae & Torazou-san of Team Kaguya-senpai were overwhelmingly superior. However―,

“Howl! Civilization grant destruction to human! Roar of wisdom burn thy body, tear apart, that dignity is buried beneath the rubble!! Mitrailleuse!”

From the rear with fast chanting special to Possession SummoningDrive , Lotte created a magic gatling gun. Its body rotated with groans of motor sound, scattering dozens of bullets per second everywhere.

Those bullets accurately obstructed the attack of Kanae and Torazou-san who were leaping close and gave a good timing “Right now is the chance!” for Kamiizumi-senpai and Kimura-senpai. It was an exquisite firing support.

Lotte was able to read the situation of the battlefield with her extraordinary <Telepathy>.

“O will of god of the whirling heaven! Gather in my hand, grant me the authority of judgment! O light of royal divine gift, become the brilliantly dazzling drawn bow! Lightning Line!”

Slightly behind, Hikaru-senpai produced a lightning bow and directed it at Koyuki. Similar with when Kazuki was fighting Kaguya-senpai’s team, it seemed they planned to start from Koyuki first.

“O rejection of absolute zero, protect my body and become the armor of isolation! Freeze Barrier!”

Without delay Koyuki pulled out a barrier of cold.

“That Koyuki, she had anticipated that she would be aimed!”

Mio raised a passionate voice in regards of her rival.

“But against a lightning arrow, a cold air barrier is not supposed to be sufficiently effective.”

Precisely because Kazuki was able to use both [Lightning Line] and [Freeze Barrier], he understood the superiority of element. The lightning arrow would surely slice apart the cold atmosphere sharply and poured electricity to Koyuki.

“…But that child too would surely know about such thing only too well I wonder. ―Look, that child is controlling the cold delicately. As expected from the same elf like me.”

Miyabi-senpai pointed out with sympathy filled tones.

That pointing out was by no meant an overestimation.

A streak of lighting was released from the hand of Hikaru-senpai. Facing that attack, Koyuki concentrated the water particles and cold in the air in front of herself for two meters using Psychokinesis, creating a membrane of water.

The moment the arrow of lightning that was penetrating the insulation of the air while advancing was coming into contact with the membrane of water, the arrow was unable to pierce it. All of its energy went through the high conductivity water and flowed into the earth.

Hikaru-senpai’s expression was colored with wonderment. Just like that she kept firing the arrows of lightning repeatedly, but Koyuki kept making thin films of water one after another using the cold and water particles that were fixed with Psychokinesis and held out against the shots.

Koyuki’s delicate magic technique, and then her knowledge and quick wittedness were surpassing Hikaru-senpai at this time.

It was a deadlock of offense and defense that went against Kazuki’s prediction―it left Kaguya-senpai who was being left alone.

“O shapeless and mute shadow, become the fish that swim in the darkness filled with obstructive thoughts! The origin of nightmare, vicissitudes of materialism, answer to the terror and hope and bite…! Deep Specter!”

Kaguya-senpai who was outside of the net indifferently invoked her level 5 magic.

“Everyone, Formation Dark!”

Asmodeus’ laughing voice reverberated on the empty sky―from the shadow of Kimura-senpai’s underfoot, a pure black monster was raising out. Kamiizumi-senpai came to help, she blocked its big mouth that was lined up with black fangs with her katana.

Using the gap when Kamiizumi-senpai and Kimura-senpai battled the monster by the two of them, Kanae and Torazou-senpai broke away from that spot and went to slash at Lotte and Hikaru-senpai.

One of the options of Kaguya-senpai’s team, <Formation Dark> was a plan that created a numerical superiority with the shadow monster and directing Kanae and Torazou-senpai to the enemies at the rear.

When Magica Stigma are attacked in the middle of chanting spells, their concentration would fall into disarray and their magic invocation would fail completely.

But…Lotte and Hikaru-senpai were peculiar Magica Stigma that excelled in close-range combat.

“I reach my hand to the height of Babel and become the oppressor! In accordance with my life, o lightning, let’s praise the foolhardiness of human race! Blitzkrieg!!”

An electromagnetic lance was created on Lotte’s left hand, she stabbed the spearhead to Torazou-senpai. Torazou-senpai had pride in his strength, but if he clashed with that lance he would surely get electrocuted without even any time for contest of strength.

“O stream of atmosphere, extend to my hand, become the lance that repelled the resented person! What reach my hand is the tip of the storm!! Ayamur!!”

A pike with the power of wind residing in it was created inside the hand of Hikaru-senpai too, it was directed at Kanae and swung.

Pike―it was a weapon that could both slash or stab with a double edged blade propped on the end of a long shaft.

On the other half of its possession of long reaches, its attack became completely large swings that was easy to open a gap in the defense. It was born in the ancient times and was one of the foremost weapons in history. But with the advancing of time [spear] made its entrance as weapon that specialized in thrusting and was easy to wield even in the close formation of soldiers corps, making the pike’s figure disappear from history. So to speak a relic of the past, it could be said as a defective weapon.

But this pike of mythology, [Ayamur] had the special characteristic of producing raging wind with each attack.

The moment it was swung a tailwind blew that accelerated the swing, the moment it made contact a storm was created forth from the tip of the pike and amplified the destructive power. Even in the case it was evaded, the storm would throw the posture of the enemy out of order and seal their counterattack. Therefore it wouldn’t create any gap even if it hit nothing but empty air and it could harass the enemy one-sidedly with its long reach. …Even defective goods if traced back in the mythology would become a fearsome weapon of decisive battle.

Things like Hikaru-senpai’s swung pike, Kanae could evade it even with her eyes closed. However even if she evaded it, her small statured body would be blown away from the arising wind and her beginning of counter attack would be arrested and taken away.

“…O divine protection of mermaid, stop the step of resented enemy, hasten the step of the chosen person…. O ice blade, run! Moves in the Field!”

Unable to just watch the hard fight of the swordsmen, Koyuki froze the surface of the ground. Hikaru-senpai and Lotte slipped down with a slide. Immediately Koyuki equipped both her feet with ice blades and skated and added herself in the close-quarter fight.

“Lightning Line!”

Hikaru-senpai shot lighting arrows at her comrades underfoot without delay. It had a small range but the frozen areas the arrows pierced were melted by the heat of electricity, making it possible for the ground to be stepped and make their counterattack.

“Five stars that shine in the interstice of life and death, turn, turn, pillaged by the whim of the god of death, become the miserable and mute mud doll! Near Death Roulette!!”

Even Kaguya-senpai chanted a magic exclusive for close-range—she gripped the scythe of the god of death tightly with her both hands and launched her attack at Kamiizumi-senpai and Kimura-senpai. There was no Heaven and Earth Formation or shit like that, unexpectedly all eight people were thrown into melee!

Witnessing the development of a never once seen before match, loud cheers were raised from the stands.

“With this development could Lotte and Hoshikaze-senpai add more reinforcement magic until Kaguya-senpai finished bringing down her two opponents, it has become a match like that huh…”

Mio murmured. Kazuki too had the same opinion. The scythe Kaguya-senpai possessed would steal one of the five senses with each of its attack, the sixth attack would sever all of the magic power of the opponent. If the swordsmen were attacked from the side with that scythe while they were in the middle of fighting Deep Specter, Kamiizumi-senpai and Kimura-senpai wouldn’t have long.

Lotte chanted a spell with mad rush in her quickness.

“Soaring wings, lording eyes, invading world-destroying conflagaration―manifest the authority of god right here, as the agent of civilization deeply and deeply I advance! Deep Strike!!”

The greatest magic Lotte could use, level 5. Huge thruster units were created on Lotte’s small back, spouting out heat of fire pushed her to the sky and she soared.

Lotte who prepared her electromagnetic lance in the sky and fixed her aim looked completely like an eagle that was directing its beak to the prey on the surface of the earth. And then she took a nose dive in one beat with recklessly fast speed.

Her aim was Torazou-san. Torazou-san was blown away by Lotte’s lance charge unable to do anything, his remaining magic power was lost to a dangerous area.

“Yamada Torazou, that’s the end!” The referee gave his verdict of Torazou-san’s exit from the stage.

Lotte immediately danced back to the sky again, this time she aimed at Koyuki and took a nose dive.

Koyuki didn’t run. Against Lotte’s charge, she thrust out both her hands right from the front.

“Sinking hundred of ships, o threat of sea lurking in ocean depths! Rise to the surface guided by my singing voice…show that whole story! …Stab your fang! Ice Buster!!”

That offensive magic was invoked in a great timing for a counter.

Lotte’s lance stabbed at Koyuki―at the same time, gigantic iceberg that grew from the ground pierced Lotte. Both of them simultaneously stroke each other grandly and were blown away from each other by the recoil.

However the damage was far heavier on Lotte who was countered right from the front.

Moreover what Koyuki used was level 6, an offensive magic that had high one-shot power.

The whole armaments on Lotte’s body were damaged and scattered sparks everywhere *bachi bachi*. Even so Lotte operated her thruster unit and took off again to the sky, for a decisive charge against Koyuki who even now was standing up unsteadily.

It was like an attack made by a fool that only knew how to do just one thing, but Koyuki was unable to immediately chant the same magic.

This time for sure a promised sure-kill lance charge was approaching…!

―But just an instant before they crashed, a small shadow sprung out in front of Koyuki.

“Hayashizaki style two swords art, Wind God Instant Positioning!!”

That shadow crossed her two swords and caught the tip of the lance, the long ponytail drew an arc and rotated beautifully. That one attack was parried diagonally below.

The speed of Lotte’s nose dive had surpassed even Beatrix’s step-in. To splendidly parry it without even taking a simultaneous hit, it was Kanae’s divine work that even made the watching Kazuki who was from the same sword school had his breath taken away.

Lotte’s charging lance pierced the ground *ZUDON!*. The lance that was fixed in her left arm completely stabbed the ground, making Lotte flap her feet *batabata* on the earth uselessly. Cute. But only her appearance.

“HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!”

Koyuki raised a voice filled with fighting spirit that he couldn’t even imagine compared to how she usually was. With reaction speed that showed her trust that Kanae would come to help her without fail, she shifted into counterattack.

With the ice blade that was equipped on her right foot, Koyuki treaded through the thruster unit on Lotte’s back, it was destroyed in one hit.

With the right foot that was treading on Lotte’s back as the axis, Koyuki rotated in a circle. Using the left blade on her left foot she launched an accurate Savateback spinning kick into the chink between Lotte’s armor and tore it apart. Keeping the momentum she rotated once, twice, thrice, while spinning like a figure skater she hacked *zutazuta* Lotte to pieces.

When her rotation ended Koyuki lightly leaped to the air and moved to the finishing of the programme.

“O singing voice of mermaid, manifest the freezing thought. Sadness into ice flower, loneliness into light snowfall, cover the world with freezing vacuum…White Album!”

Like an ice fairy, silver world was spreading on the surrounding of the dancing Koyuki. Koyuki and Lotte’s silhouettes stood out inside that pure white screen, the next moment, it was dyed with the blue flash of Lotte’s defensive magic power that was receiving large damage from the cold.

“Charlotte Liebenfrau, that’s the end!”

However―because Kanae came to help Koyuki, that person became free to move.

“Lightning fall into my body and I gain lightning thoughts and god speed…wake up the sleeping lion! Ride Lightning!”

Lightning ran behind Kanae. Hikaru-senpai who scattered sparks from her whole body and having her physical ability elevated electrically, she drew near Kanae’s back unnoticed with the pike of wind god in her hand.

“…Damn it! No, I’m aware of this already, but damn it!!”

If she confronted her from the front, Kanae could still deal with Hikaru-senpai even with her current speed. But having her short opening taken, *DOSU DOSU DOSU!* Kanae was stabbed full of hole with lightning speed. Hikaru-senpai kicked Kanae, then she stabbed Koyuki down with a single blow. Both of them were defeated simultaneously at that spot.

“Hayashizaki Kanae, Hiakari Koyuki, that’s the end!”

But, with that Hikaru-senpai’s team stood in advantage…was not what happened.

While such event happened―Kaguya-senpai too made both Kamiizumi-senpai and Kimura-senpai leave the stage with [Near Death Roulette]. What remained was a one-on-one fight between the fellow team leaders.

Hikaru-senpai that had become superhuman, confronted Kaguya-senpai who was accompanied by Deep Spectera shadow monster while holding the god of death’s scythe.

“I’m going to win for sure this time against Kaguya, you’ll see!” While releasing golden light, Hikaru-senpai proclaimed dignifiedly.

“…Some nerve you have. I’ll make you sing out a pleasant voice again!” Kaguya-senpai laughed sadistically.

In the middle of the cheers from the stand that was heating up to its peak―Hikaru-senpai thrust her spear at Kaguya-senpai.

“Without hesitating that cursing thy also wounded oneself…shared agony is my delight! Cry and shout in the mirror reflection! Suicide Black!”

Without evading, Kaguya-senpai deployed illusion defensive magic that reflected [the agony that should be produced by the opponent’s attack] in full. Kaguya-senpai’s body was enveloped by a sinister black haze.

Hikaru-senpai took a deep breath as if hardening her resolve―she thrust her pike at the black haze.

While gritting her teeth and enduring the pain, she kept thrusting her pike no matter how many times powerfully.

“O god of death’s whisper waiting impatiently for visitor, resound widely and deeply, let’s paint the dream completely with agony! Reverberate the evil sound of sadism! Ultra Violence!!”

Kaguya-senpai reverberated an evil voice that doubled the sense of pain.

At that time an unimaginable illusionary pain should be generated inside Hikaru-senpai. But even while Hikaru-senpai’s expression distorted in anguish, while raising a scream filled with fighting spirit she recklessly continued swinging her pike. Looking at that figure, even Hikaru-senpai’s fans in the guest stand were screaming.

Kaguya-senpai also swung down the scythe of the god of death. The scythe that caused a fatal destruction of human senses with each of its strike was evaded by Hikaru-senpai who was desperately keeping her consciousness in the middle of the violent agony, then she was counterattacking once more.

“Otonashi Kaguya is also having an extremely hard time you know? Because that defensive magic only returned illusionary pain.”

Miyabi-senpai cheerfully pointed out. [Suicide Black] didn’t reduce the damage from the attack at all.

Right now, Kaguya-senpai was using <Resist>―without borrowing the power of Diva but using the general magic of her own, she was only creating energy of opposite vector of the thrusting to defend.

She couldn’t block the attacks with just that, Kaguya-senpai’s magic power too was shaved off in the blink of eye. In short this was an intense battle of attrition between Hikaru-senpai’s mental strength against Kaguya-senpai’s magic power.

The Deep Specter that was still being summoned was also attacking Hikaru-senpai from the side. Hikaru-senpai that had been superhumanly strengthened flicked it away with her pike just as an annoyance in her one-on-one fight.

That one instant where Hikaru-senpai’s mind was directed to the shadow monster, was the aim of Kaguya-senpai.

“O desire lurking in the sea of heart, passing through the sinful flesh reach out that hand! O embodiment of violation, twine yourself as you desired! Desire Tentacle!”

Countless tentacles were growing out from the ground, twining themselves on Hikaru-senpai’s limbs. Hikaru-senpai raised a loud voice while shaking herself free with all her strength, she stabbed. Stabbed. Stabbing with reckless abandon at Kaguya-senpai with her pike.

However Kaguya-senpai too counterattacked using her scythe with first class simultaneous strike. First hit. Second hit. Third hit.

Already losing her sight and hearing too, even so Hikaru-senpai continued swinging her pike like an automatic doll. But her arms, her legs, were bounded firmly by the tentacles. Finally senpai’s movement were completely sealed, Kaguya-senpai’s scythe was inflicting the fourth hit, fifth hit―

And then sixth hit. Every senses and magic power of Hikaru-senpai were all stolen, she fell down on that spot.

The golden light was swallowed by the black haze, Kaguya-senpai received the declaration of winner of the match.

Part 3

“Kazuki~, Kaguya’s way of fighting is still as brutal as ever see~! I don’t want anymore~! Comfort me~!”

When Kazuki and the others spread out a leisure sheet and prepared lunch boxes, Hikaru-senpai was mimic crying while running up at him.

“Eh? Wasn’t Hikaru-senpai feeling good from the pain?”

“What on earth are you saying! Hoi!”

When he mentioned the reference from the previous talk, Hikaru-senpai poked ‘kotsun’ Kazuki’s head.

“Kazuki-oniisan~! Koyuki-oneesan is a bully desu~!”

Lotte too came straight at Kazuki and hugged him. While saying ‘there there’, he stroked her head repeatedly.

“Hikaru-senpai too, you were valiant till the end, that was really cool.”

“Ahaha…rather than looking valiant or cool, I want to be said as cute see.”

While laughing awkwardly, with a ‘kyun kyun’ heart mark of positivity level up came flying.

“Kazuki, I too was working hard on the cheering!” “This one too had working hard on cheering you know!”

Mio and Kohaku said something incomprehensible, they came clinging at Kazuki as if opposing Hikaru-senpai and Lotte. “You girls are different right?” Kazuki pushed them aside. What would they need to be thanked for?

Kaguya-senpai’s team that were doing some greeting in the stand also finally came slightly later.

“Nii-sama-! Receiving Nii-sama’s heated gaze, Kanae was working 30 percent harder-!!”

Kanae hugged Kazuki at full speed.

“I watched you clearly. Aren’t you the hidden MVP today?”

Kanae was beaten up in the middle but, the one that broke up this match was that divine work of Kanae.

Lotte could reduce her sense of pain with her advanced Telepathy skill. If that Lotte survived until the last struggle together with Hikaru-senpai, the result would come out different without a doubt.

With understanding of that fact, Kanae went to help Koyuki even if she had to expose a fatal opening.

“Nii-sama, don’t just watch this match…tonight please watch even Kanae’s everything, up to the maiden’s secret placebeeep too without sparing anything left. On top of the bed, an adult observation diary until the depth of every corner…”

“Don’t get carried away with that incomprehensible mood. Don’t say out beeep sound with your mouth.”

“Well then Nii-sama, please do Hayashizaki-style secret technique <tossing someone into the airRising Sun>!”

“There is no such secret technique. …But, like this?”

Kazuki lifted up Kanae’s small body, then exercising Enchant Aura he flung her as high as he could directly above.

“I don’t really get it but it look fun! Banza―i! Kana-chan banza―i!”

Kaguya-senpai too joined in the Rising Sun with bright eyes, “banza―i” Koyuki who was saved by Kanae just before this also joined, Kanae body leaped like a beanbag to the blue cloudless sky.

The finals would be after the afternoon recess.

“The lunch box today was made by everyone except Kazuki! Come on, the fried chickenkaraage made by me. It’s fried beautifully right? Aa―n!”

“No, I can eat by myself. Give the chopstick to me too.”

“We didn’t come bringing Kazuki’s share of chopstick though.”

While feeling like his human rights had been stolen, Kazuki opened his mouth like the chick of small bird and got spoon-fed by Mio. …Though it was already too late to feel embarrassed over a mere ‘aa―n’ after all they had done together.

For the sake of Kazuki who was going to challenge the final, everyone of the Witch’s Mansion prepared the lunch box. Everyone of the Sword Division who were guessing that special atmosphere surrounded them slightly from a distance.

“Yeah, delicious. Also there is a hidden flavor inserted that is different from usual. Is it garlic?”

“Ah, you know it. I change the shoyu for dipping sauce into garlic soy sauce. So that you will become more energetic!”

From the side Kaguya-senpai pushed out a dish.

“Here Otouto-kun, eat the one that I made too! Charred newt!”

“Senpai, why are you making this food that look like something a witch would cook?”

“It will make you energetic you know! Probably!”

He had the feeling that charred newt was not vitality medicine but more like a love potion though….

While Kaguya-senpai kept making a smiling face that was pressuring him, she smoothly *zuii* presented the newt that was skewered on a stick to Kazuki.

Eh, he really had to eat this? From the head? Uwaaa….

Ah, but unexpectedly he could eat it. It had crisp texture and savory surface, leanly refined meat. It was also grotesque but when he crunched the head, a taste really preferred by food expert from the innards’ body was slowly spreading in his mouth.

“Kazuki! I grilled a meat! Now! Eat! For men it's beef meat for sure!”

With meaningless gallant tone, Hikaru-senpai presented a galbi mixed with dipping sauce. It was certainly a flavor that was impossible to not make the blood of a man boil up. It was simple but there was no miss in it.

“Kazuki-oniiisan, mine is tako-san wiener desu! It’s that one that you often see in anime desu!!”

Was Lotte intended for it to mimic an octopus, the wiener pursed out *nyuu* its lips and making a weird face.

“Pwease stoopp~♪” She said delightfully. She was really a happy child no matter what she was doing…

The tako-san wiener added Lotte-like charm to the big lunch box.

…However the whole lunch box was very meat heavy that it was covered with light brown color of meat. It really gave him a lot of stamina, but these people were unexpectedly carnivorous, so if he left them alone he had the feeling that they would just eat meat everyday. Just as I thought, if I don’t control the kitchen….

“Kazuki, what I made is onigiri. I thought if it’s this even me won’t fail…”

“Oh, right when my mouth started to become oily. Is Koyuki going to feed me too?”

“…My finger will indirectly get included into your mouth like this, but if you don’t think it’s dirty like that…”

“You over think it you know.”

Far from dirty, Koyuki’s small hand was surely cute like an ice fish.

The presented onigiri was beautifully formed in triangle shape, it was a workmanship that was really like the methodical Koyuki.

“The side dishes’ taste are deep, I felt anxious adding my cooking poorly so it’s just a mere salted onigiri though.”

“But the surrounding foods had deep flavors, so food like this is fine. …Yes, it’s delicious.”

While chewing the onigiri, Kazuki tasted a faint sweetness inside his mouth. It was not the sweetness of the rice itself. Koyuki was also not the type to mistake between salt and sugar. Thereupon this was….

The reason why Koyuki was poor at cooking…might be because of this.

“Perhaps Koyuki unconsciously cooked food using <Alchemy Cooking>?”

Hearing Kazuki’s sudden pointing out, Koyuki was going “Eh…?” and opened her eyes widely.

What was called Alchemy Cooking was a technique to operate magic power on cooking and dragging out taste that normally couldn’t be let out from normal cooking. Perceiving the Prima Material of the ingredient with Extra Sense, then with delicate Psychokinesis and Pyrokinesis the ingredient was rearranged and altered.

However common magic was the product of imagination. Just from having unneeded thoughts flash for a moment or making an error in magic power control, an impossible cooking would be created from the original ingredient by the Alchemy Cooking. Because sometimes poison could be also created, there was a warning to never use this method of cooking in a household where there was someone with weak defensive magic power like children or elderly. Even in the case of each store where they offered Alchemy Cooking, they need license just like the license system of Fugu chef.

“Perhaps because Koyuki’s magic power is stronger than other people from the start, even inside your subconscious your magic power leaked out to the cooking and it completely became an Alchemic Cooking. That’s why the onigiri become slightly sweet.”

Koyuki also tasted the onigiri and ascertained the taste.

“Certainly…. But for me to be unable to control my own magic power…”

“I wonder if that’s not the result of your thought of wanting the one who eat it to be happy. I’m really happy from the transmitted feeling that Koyuki’s heart put into shaping this.”

A strong feeling would naturally became a common magic, affecting the reality itself.

“Uu…” While leaking such sound Koyuki became red completely.

Because it was a simple cooking like onigiri that it ended with just the taste becoming sweet.

However in the past, he heard Koyuki had a criminal record when she attempted to make a homemade food for the senpais, it became a great disaster where the inside of the mouth of the senpais were shining with defensive magic power (in short it was poison).

Because of that Koyuki was totally convinced that [she is an elf that has no worth other than fighting] or that [she is a failure who cannot do anything like making people happy]. However those thoughts were a big mistake.

“If you get used on using your magic power skillfully to make Alchemy Cooking, I think Koyuki too could become good at cooking.”

“…Is it really true? Even me, can make someone else happy?”

Koyuki opened her eyes and it shined as if discovering a hope that she never even thought possible.

“Then let’s practice together with me. I’m going to raise Koyuki as a full-fledged maid! Koyuki is a girl who can make people happy properly!”

Hearing Kazuki’s words, Koyuki’s cheeks blushed with a puff. And then,

“Kazuki…!” Overcame with emotion, without even paying any mind to the eyes of the surrounding she leaped into Kazuki’s chest.

Kazuki hugged Koyuki back tightly. After that they toppled over on top of the leisure sheet altogether and *goron goron* rolled around. …From that reaction, Koyuki made a bewildered face.

“Ka, Kazuki…it’s too intense…why do you need to roll around…”

“Well, when I hugged you, you looked really cute like a plushie, so unconsciously.”

In regards to Koyuki, against his better judgment he overdid his expression of affection.

“Kazuki-oniisan! Without doubt that’s surely an emotion called [moe rolling] desu!!”

Lotte taught him a strange thing .

“Fufu-“ Koyuki who was settled inside Kazuki’s arms compactly spilled out a laugh.

“…Then because Kazuki is teaching me the way to make people happy, you are my master now.”

And then from the angle where other people couldn’t see, she secretly kissed Kazuki’s cheek. The proof of the increase of her positivity level, a big heart mark was also come flying. Once more, Kazuki did the moe rolling.

“That looks nice-. I’m not the type that can get treatment like that am I? Cute type like Koyuki is so envious…”

Hikaru-senpai dropped her shoulder and murmured. Kazuki abruptly stood up and denied that statement.

“That’s not true at all. Hikaru-senpai too, saying this kind of thing to senpai is a little, but I think you are cute.”

“Really? Then can you give me a hug and roll around?”

“Of course. Though it’s a little embarrassing, come here.”

When Kazuki spread out his hands, “Waa―ii” Hikaru-senpai leaped into there. Kazuki hugged Hikaru-senpai who had a little more sensual feeling in her body than Koyuki tightly, making them glued to each other, then they *goron goron* rolled around.

“Not fair. Kazu-nii, do that to me too!” “Kazuki-oniisan, that looked fun desu-!” “Otouto-kun, me to ‘’me too―’’!”

Mio, Lotte, and Kaguya-senpai were starting to create a line in succession in front of Kazuki.

Kazuki received them in turn, they hugged, fell down, and *goron goron* rolled around.

Am I an amusement park’s attraction or what?

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