“So, if you did become stronger . What would you do?”


  Scala kept asking questions . ‘Let me see……’ Tenjouin pretended to give it some thought .

  He knew what he would do .

  “Well, I guess I would beat up the person I want to defeat . ”


  It felt more passionate .

  He realized once again how he felt as he answered .

  He had come to this world and touched a sword for the first time . It was the first time he had seen magic . He had skills, but he started at 0 with everything .

  But now he had surpassed the kingdom’s knights and killed monsters that had been difficult before . He fought demons and was victorious .

  Before he knew it, Tenjouin had discovered the thrill of climbing higher mountains and surpassing them .

  Am I combat maniac?

  He chuckled to himself . Scala listened to his answer and then said,

  “I’ve decided! I choose you!”


  She had decided something .

  “Huh?”


  “You want to become stronger, don’t you?”


  “I do……”


  “Then I shall make it come true . ”


  He didn’t know what was happening

  But Scala looked happy as she grabbed his hand . With her other hand, she pulled out a teleportation sphere and threw it .

  When the sphere shattered, a magic circle appeared in that spot .

  “Now, let’s go . ”


  Scala forcefully pulled Tenjouin’s arm .

  However, such methods did not sit well with him . And he frantically resisted .

  “Wa-wait a minute! Go!? Go where? What do you mean about making it come true!?”


  Tenjouin tried to pull away from her grip as he asked this, but he was not strong enough .

  Scala didn’t look at all disturbed by his desperate struggle, and she replied in a calm voice .

  “Isn’t it obvious? I am going to train you and make you stronger . ”


  “What? Stronger?”


  “If everything goes well, you will gain strength incomparable to where you are now . You may even be able to catch up to Yato . ”


  At the mention of training, Tenjouin stopped struggling and looked at her with wide eyes .

  It was so sudden that he did not know what to think, but Scala’s last words sounded clearly in his ears .

  He might catch up to Yato . To Kamiya .

  And he would be much stronger than before .

  He had given up only a moment ago . But if he was with a god of superior strength, maybe it was possible after all .

  “I thought you might be worth something the moment you first challenged me to a fight . And now I know that there is someone you wish to beat . So you have no reason to refuse me . ”


  It seemed that Scala had seen something in Tenjouin .

  And his question and challenge to her to fight had miraculously made a good impression on her .

  Perhaps they were fundamentally quite similar to each other .

  He could defeat Kamiya and become stronger……

  Tenjouin muttered this to himself as if Scala was not there .

  Just putting it into words seemed to make his heart burn hot .

  When he imagined the moment of victory, all of his will to resist seemed to melt away .

  However, that was the problem .

  “Let’s go then . Time is of the essence . ”


  “Uh, wha!?”


  Once Scala was finished answering his question, she pulled him forward toward the magic circle . And then she jumped .

  Her body went inside of the circle, and then both she and Tenjouin disappeared .

  “I didn’t say that I would go with you yet!!”


  “Te-Tenjouin!?”


  Tenjouin screamed as he was dragged into it . But his voice suddenly cut off .

  Miki frantically tried to stop him, but she was too late .

  He was gone in an instant, and only Miki remained .

  “Wh-what should I do……”


  Things had happened so suddenly that she could not make decisions in time .

  The room had been so loud a moment ago, but now everything was silent .

  In any case, she thought that it would be best to go and tell Luri .

  What had happened was practically an abduction . But since she had said she was going to train Tenjouin, Miki would call it an apprenticeship .

  While she decided this, she continued to stand there motionless . And then she suddenly remembered something as she raised her voice with an ‘Ah . ’


  “I forgot to tell him . ”


  It was the reason she had come here in the first place .

  It was too bad she couldn’t tell him .

  She felt strong regret over this .

  After all, the information had to do with the ultimate reason he had come to this world .

  –She finally knew where the demon lord was .

  She had been able to ask one of the four great generals she had brought back from earth before .

  After being summoned, Tenjouin had been able to learn the basics of sword and magic and gained experience through killing monsters .

  Then he pushed back the wave of monsters that swept the country until the place was considered to be safe again .

  But up until now, the location of the demon lord had been a mystery . And now they would be able to go and defeat him .

  It meant the end of the long battle in this world .

  And yet, Scala had forcefully taken away Tenjouin .

  Furthermore, no one knew when he would return .

  Miki was worried about the future, but there was no point in thinking about it now .

  She would just have to pray .

  Besides, even though she knew the location, there were lots of preparations to be made .

  And so there was no real need to rush .

  No need to rush……

  “Why am I always the person who has to wait……”


  Miki had nothing but complaints .

  She had thought that she could be together with Tenjouin when she came back from earth……

  She sighed . Strangely, she did not feel the same sense of sadness as before .

  Perhaps it was because she had experienced this before . But she did not like being used to it .

  “.……I’ll go look for Luri . ”


  She had to explain what just happened .

  Luri would probably think the same thing as her .

  Thinking about it like that, she somehow felt less inclined to tell her .

  Why do I have to do this……

  She sighed again . While she didn’t care to, Miki teleported away to where Luri was .

  You would think that things would settle after returning from earth . But now he was taken away to be trained by a god .

  But they knew where the Demon Lord was now . Their final purpose now felt like a very realistic possibility .

  ——


  Bonus:

  (Friends)

  “Luri . ”


  “Oh, Miki . What is it?”


  “I don’t seem to have any luck with men……”


  “Oh, what happened? This is so sudden . ”


  “I don’t know if I could feel any more sad……”


  “Uh, so what are you talking about?”


  “Do you think I’d be punished if I punched him the next time we meet?”


  “I don’t know what you’re talking about, but why don’t you just do what you want?”