◎ Tsuvara Kingdom, Vessa Plateau
The time was 8:30 am. After their break at the foot of the Jiritia Mountains ended, Kazane and the others started racing across the Vessa Plateau on Yuuko-nee's Thunder Chariot II; Hippomaru-kun, which was previously in the Mysterious Warehouse, was pulling the carriage.
Since this Thunder Chariot II was being used thanks to synchronization with Kazane's Skills, it had the same shape as Kazane's Thunder Chariot and was larger than the Thunder Chariot that Kazane first obtained.
Naoki was sitting in Thunder Chariot II's coachman's seat, while Kazane and Tatsuo were inside. And both of them were currently sleeping. Furthermore, Yuuko-nee was curled up and sleeping on top of the carriage.
Both Kazane and Yuuko-nee were sleeping to heal their fatigue and absorb natural magical power. This incident wouldn't be resolved simply from catching up to Yumika and the others. Naturally, they would have to confront the mastermind afterwards, so now was the time to save up their power.
Anyway, Kazane was currently sleeping, and as the sounds of her sleep breathing came from inside the carriage, Naoki was extremely troubled. Moreover, Kazane's『Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor』was taken off and set aside; in other words, Kazane was only wearing underwear under her futon.
If she turned over in her sleep a little, the futon might slip off. But right now, Naoki had to be vigilant of the surroundings and control Hippomaru-kun.
Fundamentally, Hippomaru-kun operated almost automatically, but Jinrai said that it seemed to move better when a person was holding the reins and steering it. And from his own experience, Naoki also understood that.
(Uu, I want to look. Uuu, but I have to fulfill my role)
Naoki's conflict continued. He knew this wasn't the time for such a thing, but after staying up all night, Naoki's self-control was slightly off. Or maybe it was as usual.
「Mmm」
And as Naoki was conflicted, together with Kazane's sleep breathing, he could hear the sound of slipping cloth behind.
(Oooh, seriously? Dangerous.... but the front...)
Something had happened. He understood that. And he could hear further sounds of something gradually slipping. That was likely the sound of the futon falling off. In other words, that meant... perhaps Kazane's underwear figure was uncovered? Naoki was conflicted. Kazane was trusting in Naoki and sleeping. He couldn't betray that expectation. However, wasn't it fine to get a reward? What to do?
「Ah, oops. My bra's shoulder strap came off. Up you go.」
A voice like that came from behind the conflicted Naoki, and immediately after, there was the sound of rustling. And when he said「Eh?」and turned around, there was only a round mass of futon. Apparently, Kazane had curled up in the futon and fallen back asleep.
(Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
And the lament of Naoki's heart resounded in his brain. Wasn't that a once in a lifetime opportunity? Wasn't that a scene deserving of pressing his brain's REC button and viewing? Naoki shouted that in his mind.
(Ooh, God. Why are you giving me such a trial?! Dammit, dammit!! ....Nn?)
And Naoki shed tears of blood, but something appeared ahead of his line of sight.
「What... is that?」
It was a cloud of dust. He could see it ahead of them on the plateau. And that cloud of dust looked like it was gradually spreading to the sides. Furthermore, he started hearing a rumbling noise, and the ground seemed to be vibrating. Naoki sensed that a tremendous number of somethings were approaching.
「A, Aneki! Danger, something dangerous!」
Realizing the identity of the dust in front of him, he panicked and shouted at Kazane behind.
「Mu, what? What in the world?」
Kazane suddenly raised her body and woke up.
「There's a huge cloud of dust in front of us. It seems dangerous. Or rather, that's due to Issenman Buffalos, right?」
「Muu」
After Naoki's words, Kazane also looked ahead. Then Kazane activated her Circlet of Wisdom's Remote Viewing to peep at the beings creating that cloud of dust and replied「Yeah, those are Issenman Buffalos.」She also grumbled a few words at Naoki.
「Rather, couldn't you have looked with your own Remote Viewing?」
After Kazane pointed that out, Naoki said「Ah.」
「Aah, that's right. I forgot.」
So saying, Naoki also activated the Distant View earrings he was wearing.
Thereupon, in Naoki's mind, he could certainly see the figures of cattle with huge, sharp, protruding horns heading toward them. Dozens of them were running side by side in the front, with considerably long lines of more stretching behind them.
「As it is, we'll collide with them. What will we do, Aneki?」
After Naoki's words, Kazane pondered. However, she only thought for a slight amount of time before she opened her mouth.
「Let's break through.」
Kazane answered simply. Naoki's eyes widened.
「Are you serious?」
It was natural for Naoki to say that. The scene he saw with Remote Viewing was obviously dangerous. But Kazane nodded after Naoki's words.
「Since they're coming at us from the front like this, it seems like we'll be caught even if we try to avoid them by going to the left or right. We could temporarily make a U-turn, get some distance, then slip through by flying with Dragonization, but I don't want to waste time or Magic Power right now. If we charge head-on and cut through the herd diagonally, I think we can pass through.」
While analyzing the situation, Kazane replied to Naoki.
「Moreover, they can't U-turn easily, so we should be able to manage. For that reason, Naoki. Face forward.」
Kazane told Naoki that. The battle was about to begin. She had to put on her armor. It was time to change clothes.
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