Chapter 287
Translator: Reflet
Editor: ryunakama
Apparently, they had dozed off unawares .
Eyes half open, he looked up at the ceiling, hearing sleeping noises next to him .
Slowly looking sideways, he saw Akiha sleeping in the corner of this vacant room .
She was on her back, hands folded around her navel area, sleeping silently .
「One hell of a sleeping posture……」
Taiyou muttered, getting up .
It was like seeing a vampire in a casket or at least someone buried in a grandiose tomb .
Taiyou scratched his head looking at her .
How much time had passed since then?
In a space with no phone, no watch, no windows, no doors- nothing, his sense of time was utterly screwed .
As much as he felt a day could have gone by, it also could have hardly been an hour from what he recalled .
Perhaps a normal human would give up here, but Taiyou had a trump card; a joker .
「Hera」
「Ta-ta-daaa」
The fairy that was summoned warped in midair as per usual .
But for an instant he wondered if she might not show up, but Taiyou was relieved when she did in fact appear .
「You indeed called me, Taiyou-chan?」
「Yeah . I have something to ask you」
Unlike Hera and her normal tone, Taiyou whispered in a low voice .
「Got a lot I wanna know . Where are we? What happened to the others？」
「……」
「Hera？」
「I am indeed sorry」
Hera slumped midair, bowing .
It was not like her usual carefree self, but with an expression of absolute apology .
「Sorry? What do you mean？」
「I have indeed been threatened . I am not to say anything regarding this place to Taiyou」
「Threatened? By whom?」
「I am indeed sorry . I cannot indeed say that」
「But you can just ignore them」
「Well, about that……」
Hera didn’t usually look this sad .
「If I break what they’ve instructed, a punishment awaits me」
「Punishment？」
「Yes indeed . Yami-chan’s lariat」
「……Oh, that」
Taiyou recalled when he had fought Hera who was possessed by the manmade magic sword, Blood Soul .
Shirokiyami had hit her plenty of times .
She had hit her, sent her flying, caught up with her, hit her again, and repeat the process at high speed .
From the sideline, it looked like a tennis lariat, but done only by Shirokiyami .
「If I ignore what she has instructed, then I have to endure that punishment for 24 hours」
「No way she’d……Ah wait, she might very well be capable of that」
「Yes indeed . She already did that to me nonstop for 10 minutes……so dizzy」
「Yeah, but you don’t suffer any damage」
「You indeed do not understand, Taiyou-chan！」
Hera suddenly had a fit .
「That’s endless pain without being allowed to die . Taiyou-chan, you do not understand that」
「Overboard……But if that’s the case, then she won’t be harsher than necessary」
Taiyou secretly thought .
A large amount of money was necessary to mobilize Shirokiyami . Hiring her for one day would amount to about one million in cash .
Taiyou had experienced that before, having paid her himself……He still had some debt .
And then there was Hera, fearful and in a bind, but not thinking at all about resistance .
If this were an「enemy」, then Hera would devote herself to attempt resisting . Even if Shirokiyami were her opponent .
The person he had once paid a million to for a day- also someone who Hera had not perceived as an enemy .
「……Youran, then」
The remaining possibilities would naturally come .
Taiyou could be at ease if Youran were involved, regardless of her intentions .
「Oh yeah, can I ask about levelling up？」
「Levelling up？」
「I’m trapped in here anyway, so wouldn’t it be a good use of time to level up？」
「I indeed see」
Hera thought briefly, then answered .
「Please wait a bit . I will ask if it’s okay to tell you」
「Okay」
Taiyou nodded, sending Hera off .
The 30 centimeter fairy slipped through the wall, exiting the vacant room .
Taiyou glanced at the sleeping Akiha . She had her eyes closed and didn’t seem to have awoken .
(Please sleep a bit longer), thought Taiyou inwardly .
After a minute, Hera returned .
「Sorry to keep you waiting」
「So？」
「Yes indeed . I have gotten permission to tell you 」
「Alright . So what should I do？」
「Uhh……」
Hera spun around looking for something .
「Over there」
He followed where her finger was pointing . At that moment, the area that had been a wall changed .
A square hole opened, and ring-shaped things were thrown into it .
The hole immediately closed .
「I didn’t know there was a hole」
「Uhh, I heard that it’s a place to bring in things like food」
「I wonder if I could get out……Nah, probably pointless to try . They locked me in here, so it’s probably expected that I’d try to escape」
Taiyou said, sighing as he picked up the ring-shaped things .
Looking closely, they were rubber rings .
Nothing peculiar . Two rubber rings .
「And what do I do with these？」
「Cross them together to make an 8」
「Like this?」
「Then squeeze it and untie it」
「Okay, I get it」
Hearing her explanation, Taiyou sat on the ground, beginning to level up .
「Kay, you can go now . It’d suck if Akiha were awake while you were here」
「I indeed understand . I will come again once you have leveled up . Because that was the only thing I was allowed to help with」
「Alright . See ya」
Seeing Hera off again, he set to focusing on the rubber rings .
Tying them, untying them, tying, untying .
At least he had something to do with these two rings .
(This happens a lot though), thought Taiyou .
He did it mindlessly .
His hands grew more mechanical, and his thoughts went off in another direction .
He thought of ways to get out .
Although he figured there wasn’t much point .
Youran was certainly involved, but Aoba was the one who had allowed it .
Judging from what Aoba had said in the hotel before he fell asleep, she was one of the main culprits .
Which meant that Aoba wanted this .
With a male and female of the same age trapped in the same room……it was easy to imagine what would happen .
Forcibly make a fait accompli? He felt his brides were telling him to do that .
「Ah, what should I do」
「About what？」
「……You’re awake huh」
He looked in her direction . Akiha was lying down, facing his way .
「Yeah, for a bit . But what did you mean by “what should I do”？」
「Well, I figured out how to leave here . I was wondering what to do about that」
「Are you going to try and knock me up？」
Taiyou slowly shook his head .
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