To support a 0-year-old, I decided to get a part-time job.
I submitted my application form via the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet).
Apparently, they’ll let me know when the interview is via email.
“Until then… are we sleeping outdoors?”
“Master! I don’t want to sleep outdoors!”
“Even if you say that… we don’t have any money.”
“In that case, we have no choice but to make money with stocks. Don’t worry! You might not believe it, but I know about stocks and FX!”
Hoooh…
“I see, as expected of a Digital Spirit.”
“Right~!”
“So, what about the principal capital?”
“Ah…”
Sinri… Honestly, you…
“Uuu… Without the initial money, I can’t make it grow~…”
There, there, I patted Sinri’s head.
“Are we going to starve to death…? In this Concrete Jungle TOKYO…”
“It’ll be fine, it’ll be fine.”
“What’s your basis for that!?”
“It’ll work out somehow, probably.”
“No basis, then… Haaah, I’m hungryyy. I’m starvinggg. Mama~…”
Just then.
“Stop it, let me go!”
…I heard a girl’s voice coming from somewhere.
“What’s that? Sinri, can you tell where it’s coming from?”
I sensed a bit of trouble.
“Eh…? Helping people even at a time like this?”
Sinri seemed to be asking if we really had the luxury to worry about others right now.
“Even at a time like this.”
I can’t just ignore someone in trouble right in front of me. For the sake of my own peaceful life, you see.
“Yeah, yeah… Right, it’s over that way. A girl is being harassed by delinquents.”
“Okay.”
“But I wonder if the phrase ‘a girl being harassed by delinquents’ still makes sense in the Reiwa Era. It’s an expression you see a lot in older entertainment, though.”
“Seriously, whose perspective are you talking from…?”
I headed towards the delinquents.
Rough-looking guys were surrounding a girl.
“Hey pretty lady, wanna have tea with us~?”
“Let go! I have no intention of having tea with lowlifes like you!”
“Lowlifes, she says. We don’t understand difficult words~”
…The one being harassed by the delinquents was a girl with white hair.
White hair and red eyes. And she was wearing a red kimono.
She looked like she was in her late teens. Since she was short, she looked even younger.
…Seeing that white hair and those bright red eyes, I thought she resembled someone.
“Master. What are you going to do?”
“Help her, of course. Hey hey, you guys~”
I approached the delinquents.
“What the hell are you? Wearing such weird clothes.”
Right now, I was dressed as Adventurer Mika… that is, wearing a robe, a witch’s hat, and glasses.
…Yeah. They’re weird clothes!
“Sinri…! You should have told me! That I was wearing weird clothes! That I stick out!”
“Well, you didn’t ask.”
Geez, this kid… Oh well.
Bish! I pointed at the girl.
“That girl doesn’t like it, does she? Let her go.”
“Huh? Of course she doesn’t like it.” “Yeah, this has nothing to do with you, old hag.” “Get lost, old hag.”
Calling a 29-year-old an old hag is pretty harsh, I think.
“Master, the delinquents are teenagers. To teenagers, 29 is an old lady.”
What… did you say…? N-no… that can’t be…
“Get lost, old hag.”
“Haaah… Oh well. The ones who are going to disappear are you guys. If you don’t want to get hurt, scram.”
“Shut up! Die!”
A delinquent lunged at me, throwing a punch.
“Ah, Master. Even if you defend, that delinquent will die.”
Wha…!? Seriously?!
Because my God Protection is too strong, if he hits it, the recoil will kill him!?
Eeh… what should I do? If I punch him, he’ll probably go poof. But I can’t guard either.
In that case, evasion it is.
Hyoit, I dodged the delinquent’s attack.
“Wha-!? Y-you dodged my punch?! I do boxing!”
“It was so slow I thought a fly was going to land on it.”
Until just a little while ago, I was in a world of swords and sorcery.
I’ve fought numerous members of the Demon Race and Monsters.
For someone like me, dodging a punch from a delinquent in modern Japan is easy.
But what should I do?
If I need to neutralize them without punching them…
“Master, Light Magic!”
I see, use a flash to blind them and escape in the confusion.
“【Light】”
In that instant…
Flash…!
…An unbelievable light erupted on the spot.
Light is a magic that simply generates light to illuminate the surroundings.
It has zero killing power. And yet…
“”””…””””
Everyone was foaming at the mouth and unconscious!
“Eh, eh, what’s happening!?”
“Whoops, I forgot Master has an aptitude for all magic. Even a spell that just produces light seems to have enough power to blind the opponents, overstimulate their optic nerves, destroy their brain cells, and leave them in a vegetative state.”
“Overkill…!!!!!!!!!!”
Hawawawawa, it seems Divine Power is way too excessive in peaceful Japan, hawawawawa.
Then…
“Ah, thank you, you saved me.”
The white-haired girl bowed her head to me. Wait, eh?
“Ah, you… why are you still alive?”
My beginner-level magic turned the delinquents into vegetables.
This girl was right nearby. Naturally, she should have taken the same damage, but…
This girl is perfectly fine.
“Even if you ask me why…”
Wee-woo wee-woo wee-woo, I heard a familiar, rather unwelcome sound coming from somewhere.
“This is bad, it’s the police! We have to run!”
“Your lines sound like a criminal’s, Master, lol.”
“Shut up!”
I cast healing magic on the delinquents and tried to run. The girl grabbed my hand.
“W-wait. Let me thank you…”
“No need, it’s fine! Now’s not the time, so bye!”
Gashi, the girl gripped my hand again.
“It’s alright.”
“You say it’s alright, but…”
Police Officers gathered around us.
“The Saint’s Mountain Life, Reality Arc. Master gets thrown in the slammer ending, complete. Thank you for reading…”
Sinri tried to end the story on her own.
The Police Officers approached us…
“Are you alright, Ryuko-ojousama?”
…Ryuko, ojousama?
“I am fine. Nothing happened. Everyone, return to your duties.”
The girl… Ryuko-chan said to the Police Officers.
They left without fuss. Eh, eeeh…?
This girl just made the police obey her…
“Once again, I thank you.”
Peko, Ryuko-chan bowed her head.
“Ah, no…”
“I absolutely want to show my gratitude. Would you be willing to come to my home?”
“No, no, I didn’t really do much…”
Kwikwi, Sinri tugged at my arm.
“…Let’s have her treat us to a meal, shall we?”
“…No, I really can’t bring myself to sponge off this little girl…”
“…Mika-chaaan, I’m hungryyy, Mika-chaaan.”
…Can’t be helped.
“Actually, we’re quite hungry…”
“Is that so? Then, please let me treat you at my home.”
“Thank you. That helps a lot.”
“Not at all, you saved my life. A meal is the least I can do. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself.”
Ryuko-chan placed a hand on her chest and said.
“My name is Okaya Ryuko.”
Okaya Ryuko-chan, huh.
“I’m Nagano Mika. This is Sinri. Nice to meet you.”
“Nagano Mika…?”
Ryuko-chan reacted to my name.
“What’s wrong?”
“…No, it’s nothing. It’s just, I feel like I’ve heard that name from my grandpa…”
And so, it was decided that I would go to Ryuko-chan’s house.