CH 117

Volcano Takami Mikata

Translated by Dawn

Volcano Takami Mikata

Three o’clock in the afternoon.

After teleporting to Shuri Castle, I thanked Matsumi first thing in the morning.

“Iyaaa, thank God you were there, Matsumi. Thanks for the help.”

“I-it’s nothing much. But, you know, did you lose your memory of what happened earlier because of the shock?”

“Sorry. I remember it clearly.”

“This is the part where you lie and say you forgot!”

Matsumi shouted while making a fist with both hands.

“No, this isn’t a manga.”

“Guaaaa…I’ve shown too much…I’ve had my breasts and butt looked at.”

On the other side of the room, Matsumi was cowering with her head in her hands, and Maiko was trembling with her face in Maria’s chest.

“I was seen… everything… top, bottom, front, back… they found out… my true size, that one, this one… and so on.”

“Hahaha…so many corpses…”

Miina gave me a wry smile and Kiriha tapped me on the shoulder.

“Honey, you better say something to her.”

“Y-yeah.”

“Honey-chan, you have to take responsibility.”

“Oi.”

Maiko and Matsumi got back on their feet with Maria and Maya, respectively, pulling them along, and we began to walk among the other tourists.

After passing through the stone castle walls, we made our way through a garden surrounded by greenery and came upon the famous bright red building.

“Ooh, that’s cool, all red and stuff.”

Shurijo Castle had a strange design that could be described as both Japanese and Chinese, and its bright red color scheme was very cool.

It had a different charm from the black Osaka Castle, the white Edo Castle, and the black-and-red-and-gold Azuchi Castle.

“What year was Shuri Castle built?”

‘It’s 2024.”

“That early!? Huh!? The year I was born!? Isn’t it a historical building!?”

Kiriha explained with a slightly happy expression on her face as I asked her questions in rapid succession.

“It was first built in the 14th century, but it burned down a total of five times in 1453, 1660, 1709, 1945, and 2019. This Shuri Castle is the sixth.”

“A replica!”

“If you say so, the Kinkakuji temple burned down once, and historical buildings are like that. Honey, historical buildings are just for the atmosphere. Like yakisoba at a beach house.”

“I don’t want to be convinced”

With a lump in my stomach, I still set out with Kiriha and the others for the inside Shuri Castle.

However, a strange physical sign and MR board were displayed at the entrance.

No dangerous items and no entry for those with combat-related abilities.

“What is this, I’m not allowed in?”

In a flat voice, Kiriha asked me in a flat voice, and a nearby staff member approached me.

“I am sorry. From the standpoint of protecting cultural assets, we do not allow visitors with dangerous items or those with combat-related abilities to enter.”

“Hmm…”

Kiriha replied in a particularly emotionless voice.

Although she did not show her calm and indifferent expression as before, she could not remain calm when she thought about what was going on in her mind.

Considering a dangerous person like Bando, I could understand what the staff was saying.

It was as if the combat-oriented competent person was carrying a firearm with the safety off at all times.

That said, I couldn’t allow myself to be viewed with a tinted eye.

So I decided to be a bit of a scoundrel.

“She’s a government-approved bodyguard that the government assigned to me, though?”

I told him in a slightly low tone of voice and dared to speak in an imposing tone.

Then, the staff member looked at my face, then Miina, Maria, and Shisae, in that order, and huffed.

“I am sorry I did not notice that. You were a member of the Big Four, weren’t you? If you had told me in advance, I would have issued you a pass. You can go in.”

Instantly, he lowered his back and humbled himself.

I took Kiriha’s hand, feeling uncomfortable with the quickness of the substitution.

“Let’s go, Kiriha, and stay close to me.”

“Honey…..yeah, thanks.”

When I called out to her, Kiriha’s expressionless face relaxed and she gave me a gentle smile.

After all, a smile suits Kiriha.

I felt like a foolish couple, wanting to keep her smile alive.

As I took a step forward with such a warm feeling, a curt voice broke the atmosphere.

“What did you say!? I’m the most powerful psychic in the world! The Magma User of the Burning Red Lotus that turns all things to ash! What do you mean, Volcano Takami Mikata-sama can’t get in?”

“That’s why, nee-san.”

“You! What kind of a brother would not take his sister’s side!”

“Even though we’re twins, you’re still the youngest no?”

“An older sister is an older sister, even if it’s only for half an hour. If you gibber on and on, I’ll turn you into ashes!”

“That’s why you can’t get in.”

Next to a girl with black drill hair in a bright red camisole ranting like an active volcano, a sleepy-faced, tarry-eyed boy slumps his shoulders.

—If they’re psychics, they’re probably students at our school, right?

“If I used my powers, I could reduce Shurijo Castle to ashes in less than a minute. Also, I could reduce my brother to ashes in less than two minutes. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enter! If you don’t want Shuri Castle to burn, let me in!”

“That’s why you don’t have any friends.”

“You don’t have any friends either!”

“No, I do.”

“You’re lying! You’re with me 24 hours a day, when do you communicate with each other!?”

“In the morning and at night, when you’re sleeping.”

—Is that why he looks sleepy?

“Then introduce me too!”

“No, I don’t want to. If they find out I have a sister like this, they’ll cut me off.”

“Gyuhh! Are you making fun of me!?”

“I’m not making fun of you. I’m just looking down on you.”

“Fuuuuuuuuckkkk!”