The Mass-Produced Mikas use Flight Magic to fly to various parts of Nagano Prefecture.
“Amazing…”
Detective Niekawa mutters, watching the Mass-Produced Mikas fly off.
“Well, shall we fly too? We don’t have much time.”
My body and Detective Niekawa’s body gently float up.
“W-We floated!? W-We’re flying!?”
I wonder what he’s so surprised about. It’s just flying in the sky, after all.
“I won’t make a retort. It’s tiring,”
“I’m not the tsukkomi type either, so I won’t make one,”
The AI sisters both brush it off.
Ehh… Mom’s a bit lonely.
“Jirota-san, from here on, I’ll head to Azumino by myself, okay? You should go back to Kaida-kun.”
I feel bad for him, but I think there will be more interference from now on, so as an ordinary person, he can’t keep up with the fighting.
“Understood.”
“Jirota!? Why aren’t you surprised!? I’m flying in the sky, you know!? Hey!?”
“I’ve heard from Takahara-sama that Lord Nagano is an amazing person. So, I’m not surprised.”
“No, but still… We’re flying in the sky!? Hey!? Jirota!? Hey!? Isn’t this crazy!?”
I wonder what part of it is crazy…?
Flying in the sky is pretty normal, right?
“Well then, shall we go, Detective-san?”
“Ah, wai-!?”
Whoooosh!
I leave Lake Suwa.
“Which way is Azumino?”
“It’s located to the north from here, Suwa.”
“Huh? Tenri? North is up, right?”
“You should just stop using the name Sinri. Your intelligence isn’t living up to it. Change it to something like Pa-ri or Pon-ri.”
“What’s Pa-ri!? Didn’t you like me, Sis!?”
“I like my older sister, but I dislike you.”
“That makes no sense!”
While listening to the heartwarming conversation of the AI sisters, Detective Niekawa says.
“You guys… Do you even understand the situation? We’re facing an outrageous, terrible situation right now!?”
Oh, a tsukkomi.
This is what I wanted… a tsukkomi character.
“Thank you, Detective Niekawa. You were just what I needed right now. I wanted a tsukkomi.”
“You too, stop messing around so much, I want you to be serious, Nagano-san!?”
Huh, I’m not particularly messing around, am I…?
“The times Master was serious are few, you know.”
“Master only gets serious when people’s lives are on the line, right?”
“Just like someone else.”
“Huh? Who?”
Listening to the conversation of the three of us, Detective Niekawa says.
“I’ve been thinking this for a while, but, you know, Japan is in a crisis right now, okay? Why are you all so carefree? Do you understand? That we’re in a pretty dangerous situation right now.”
“I know.”
Nagano God’s subordinate, Agata, is using God’s Familiars to cause trouble in various places.
That damage is about to spread beyond Nagano.
“Right?”
“Even though you understand the situation to that extent, why are you messing around?”
“No, I’m not particularly messing around, but…”
Huh, I’ve been serious this whole time, haven’t I?
“I’ve been meaning to say this for a while, but you have magic to fly, don’t you?”
“That’s right. So?”
“Why didn’t you use it from the beginning? If you had used it, wouldn’t getting to Nagano have been a breeze?”
…Well, yeah, that’s true, but.
“It’s tiring.”
“See, you’re not serious…! Weren’t you trying to save Takahara-san’s wife?”
“Huh, yeah, I was.”
“Right? But even so, you’re saying things like ‘because it’s tiring’!?”
“Yeah.”
“‘Yeah’…?”
Haaaah, Detective Niekawa sighs. What is it?
“I’m doing things seriously in my own way, you know?”
“Really?”
Rather, the one messing around isn’t me; I feel like it’s Sinri.
“Mmm! Master! It’s an enemy!”
It seems Sinri sensed the enemy’s Magic Power.
I stop in mid-air.
“What’s wrong?”
“An enemy is coming.”
“Enemy…? Where exactly…?”
Kabooom!
“Uwaaaaah!? W-What was that!? An explosion suddenly went off!?”
It seems they fired magic, aimed at me.
I look in the direction the magic flew from.
It was a dragonoid-type member of the Demon Race.
“Ah, it’s a Kieryu.”
“K-Kie… what’s that?”
“The name of a Demon Race member. Look.”
Su… I point forward.
A familiar-looking member of the Demon Race was there.
A bipedal, giant lizard. I can tell it’s from the Kieryu Clan in one glance.
Uwah, seriously? This guy again?
I’m tired of this.
“The author’s definitely gotten lazy thinking up enemies, right? Like, ‘let’s just throw in a Kieryu for now.'”
Sinri is saying something incomprehensible.
“Well, but I wish they’d give me a break. Another Kieryu, huh? Even though it’ll be instantly killed anyway… Hey, what’s wrong, Detective Niekawa?”
Detective Niekawa, next to me, is sweating profusely.
Hah… hah… he was breathing heavily.
And, gatagatagata, his body is trembling.
“Y-You… looking at that… monster… don’t you feel anything…?”
Monster…?
“Huh, where, where?”
“You mean Master?”
“Geez, Sinri~. I’m not a monster, okay? I’m a God, right~?”
“Oh, right~”
Towards us, laughing “ahaha,” Detective Niekawa gives a strange look…
“…Facing an opponent who uses such terrifying explosion magic, and you’re laughing… That’s crazy.”
“Yes. These guys are crazy.”