"We'd better take care of her."
"Leave it to me!"
Kazuma Satou eagerly stepped forward.
"No, no, I can do it."
Seeing the look on his face that said he wanted to "take advantage," Mahiro Oyama quickly came up with an excuse:
"Ah, isn't it still pretty dangerous around here...? Without you, Kazuma, we... might get hurt~"
"Ho ho..."
Seeing Mahiro Oyama's delicate appearance, Kazuma Satou's expression suddenly turned solemn. He struck Lelouch's pose, covering one eye and tilting his head slightly upward:
"Rest assured, young ladies. As long as I'm here, no one can hurt you. Leave your safety to me... ojou-sama."
The words "young ladies," paired with that affected voice.
Mahiro Oyama felt as though she'd been electrocuted. She forced out a smile.
"You... you're... so reliable."
Holy shit! I feel so gross too.
Mahiro Oyama felt that after returning from this, she could stay indoors for the rest of her life.
The embarrassment was absolutely unbearable.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!"
Shido Itsuka excitedly waved her little fists, baring her cute little canine teeth.
"Where are we going to adventure next?!"
"How about we head to the third-floor corridor? We can take the stairs by the side entrance and avoid going through the main school building."
Kazuma Satou glanced at the suspended corridor above them, which connected the third floor of the school building to the faculty offices.
When it came time to think up a plan, he was fairly clearheaded.
"See that passageway above us? That's the resource point we need to search.
"As the connection between the two buildings, there's probably a high chance of encountering enemies. But as long as we stay alert, breaking a window and escaping shouldn't be a problem. At worst, we'll break our legs."
"Break our leggies?"
Mahiro Oyama spread her hands slightly, looking helpless.
"Yeah, yeah, this really is a hardcore game."
"Hey—Shiori, what are you doing?!"
Shido Itsuka suddenly hooked her arm around Mahiro Oyama's, excitedly marching forward as though carrying a pink human handbag.
"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"
So this was the brute strength... of a Demon King.
Mahiro Oyama felt like she was riding a carousel.
Oh, oysters...
Kotori Itsuka: "..."
Mio Takamiya: "..."
Date A Live world.
Inside the Fraxinus airship.
Kotori Itsuka rubbed her forehead.
"My brother's done for."
The other tactical analysts aboard the ship spoke up.
"This is a kind of rampage too."
"Does a mental rampage count as a rampage?"
"Darling is pretty cute like this too. It's a shame the Livestream Room doesn't allow screenshots... If it did, I'd really want to bind them into a book."
Miku Izayoi said.
Nia Honjou discreetly wiped away her drool and nodded vigorously.
She wore a Crayon Shin-chan-like grin.
"Still, this setting is really exciting too. A cute boy becomes a super beautiful girl, loses her rationality and turns reckless, then develops romantic feelings with a little shut-in girl and a little shut-in boy..."
"Stop!"
Kotori Itsuka cut off her fantasy.
"This kind of unhealthy development is unacceptable! No, no!"
"Shido..."
Tohka Yatogami held a hand over her chest. Only she was genuinely worried about Shido.
It wasn't that the others weren't worried; they simply knew there was no danger to their lives in Delta of Fate, so they were generally more relaxed.
But Tohka was too innocent to quickly understand this rather advanced game. She was only worried that Shido, having lost her mind, would get hurt or even die.
Mio Takamiya, with huge dark circles beneath her eyes, glanced back. In the end, her gaze settled on Tohka's face.
As a daughter-in-law, she really was the most suitable one.
--
"Listen up. I'll keep watch... You guys hurry up and search. Once you're done, we leave."
"You're not searching?"
"You're new to this, so I'll let you experience it first."
"Mm."
"Go!"
Unable to restrain herself any longer, Shido Itsuka charged upstairs, making no attempt whatsoever to hide her tracks or the noise she made.
She stomped excitedly up the stairs.
"?!"
Kazuma Satou hurried forward and ran up to dissuade her.
"Keep it down. If it comes to it, I'll use a Command Spell."
With investment at 100%, Shido Itsuka swaggered along, the little blue crown atop her head bobbing back and forth.
She grinned, exposing her little canine teeth.
"It's fine, it's fine! Don't worry so much! If someone comes, I'll just beat them up, hyah-hah!"
Kazuma Satou stopped in place, suddenly feeling a trace of familiarity.
Wait.
Why did this reckless character setup and this conversation feel so familiar?
The same reduced intelligence.
The same super beautiful girl traits.
And the same... blue hair?
Fuck, even in Delta Force, Aqua is still chasing me!
Kazuma Satou instantly sobered up and no longer had even the slightest stray thought about Shido Itsuka.
He silently stepped forward without trying to talk Shido Itsuka out of anything.
Because he knew all too well that people—or gods—who had completely lost their rationality were the same: they simply wouldn't listen to reason.
He'd better prepare to clean up the mess.
"Oh, a blue one! Lucky~"
Shido Itsuka picked up a chess piece.
Item: Rider Class Piece Type: Material Rarity: Blue Use: A piece symbolizing the Rider class. Can be used as a skill upgrade and operator enhancement material.
Mahiro Oyama also crouched down to scurry about like a little rat, feeling around for items on the ground.
Every time she found an item, she let out a strange little giggle.
Watching this scene, Kazuma Satou smiled with both relief and a hint of disappointment.
Sure enough, perfect beautiful girls only existed in fantasies... Beautiful girls who didn't poop simply didn't exist.
Even a certain idiot goddess squatted on the toilet.
Tap, tap.
Footsteps approached.
Kazuma Satou snapped back to attention and listened carefully. Those were the sounds of leather shoes. Dragon Tooth Soldiers, being all bones, probably couldn't wear leather shoes.
"Someone's coming! Retreat!"
"Okay."
Shido Itsuka took a breath and punched the glass window, shattering it.
Without caring about appearances, she planted one foot on the windowsill. Then she suddenly turned around and tucked Mahiro Oyama under her arm.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"On three! Here we go!"
Shido Itsuka grinned and jumped directly down from the third floor with Mahiro Oyama.
"Oysters—!"
Mahiro Oyama had never experienced jumping off a building. Though she had descended from an altitude of ten thousand meters earlier, jumping from a school building felt far more immersive...
What immersion?!
What am I even thinking about?!
She flailed her tiny arms in panic.
As the ground drew closer and closer, she couldn't help closing her eyes.
Bang—
Her feet landed heavily on the ground!
Brute strength boost, constitution boost.
These were the stats gained by sacrificing intelligence!
Clank, clank, clank!
Shido Itsuka set Mahiro Oyama down and pulled away the hands covering her eyes.
"Hehe, we landed safely~"
Mahiro Oyama looked down and tapped her shoes against the ground.
"That was kind of fun~"
Crack—
Kazuma Satou, who had been buying time upstairs, was blasted out of the third-floor corridor like a cannonball.
"Argh, argh, argh!"
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