Chapter 2023 - As Smooth As A Wet Floor
Shirona had made her decision and Haru walked directly into the lake where the relic was sealed together with Shio and Yuiri.
As for Himeragi and Sayaka, both of them stayed together with Shirona, Yukari, and Hisano in the tent.
Haru could tell what they were thinking since they were worried that he might break his promise, but he didn't care much since they were just too weak for him to worry about.
Besides that, Haru also noticed the presence of a group of people at 1 km of distance, but he ignored them since once again, they were just too weak for him to worry about.
"What's wrong? You seem to have something to ask me?" Haru looked at Yuiri and Shio, who were looking at him from time to time. They seemed to want to say something, but they hesitated.
"Um... is that alright?" Yuiri asked.
"Sure." Haru nodded and didn't mind answering a question from a cute girl like Yuiri.
"You know, it is just that both Sayaka and Yukina have changed so much," Yuiri said with a smile.
Haru looked at Yuiri and asked, "Is that bad?"
"No, no." Yuiri quickly shook her head and said with a gentle smile, "I think that their change is so good, after all, both of them are so aloof, extremely serious, and so methodical. They often stayed together so it was quite hard to talk to both of them, especially Sayaka since she often went on the mission, but now, they have become so warm and they're full of smiles when they're with you."
'It's true, their personalities weren't good after all.'
When Haru recalled he met Himeragi and Sayaka for the first time, he had to admit that their personalities were too wild and too annoying for him. Fortunately, he was so good at taking care and taming women so their personalities had mellowed and became more lovely.
'As expected, the women in love are the cutest...'
"Really? I thought they had quite individual personalities that made them cute," Haru said freely."
Yuiri chuckled and said, "That's true, they're cute, but I think that it is because of you that they have changed for the better. You're so amazing, Haruka-kun."
Haru looked at Yuiri and had to admit that this girl was so cute. "Stop it, you're going to make me so smug if you keep praising me. Enough about me, you two are also a Sword Shaman, right?" It was quite rare to see someone as young as Yuiri and Shio as a Sword Shaman. As for Himeragi and Sayaka, both of them were geniuses after all.
Haru had often hacked the network on the Lion King Organization and knew that the number of the Sword Shaman was quite small and most of the members of this organization couldn't become Sword Shaman and could only become normal members.
"Yes, both of us are Sword Shamans." Yuiri nodded without hesitation.
"I have heard that most of the Sword Shamans are in their 20s and since you two seem to be at a similar age as me, then you two must be powerful, right?" Haru asked.
"We're not that good, compared to Yukina and Sayaka, there's still some distance," Yuiri said modestly with a gentle smile.
"That's not true!" Shio finally joined the conversation and said, "Yuiri, you were originally supposed to receive Scheewalzer, you're also a powerful Sword Shaman!"
"Scheewalzer, really? That's awesome." Haru showed a surprised expression and praised since he knew that Himeragi's weapon, Scheewalzer, should be the strongest weapon on the Lion King Organization, if not the world. If someone could become a candidate to wield this weapon, that meant, that person was strong.
"I was just a candidate." Yuiri showed an awkward expression.
"Still, if you're the one who wields Scheewalzer, then you might be the one who is tasked to observe me," Haru said.
"Eh?" Yuiri was stunned, but then her face turned red when she thought that she would be tasked to observe Haru. Even though they only met for a while, she had a good impression of him and she also could see how close Himeragi and Haru were. 'If I was in Yukina's place...'
"How about you Shio?" Haru looked at Shio and thought that this girl might have a lot of things on her mind. He could see that the relationship between Yuiri and Shio was close, but Shio might feel that she was worse than Yuiri. "Since you're chosen for this mission, you must be a powerful Sword Shaman."
"Eh?"
Shio was a bit startled when Haru suddenly talked with her since she thought that Haru was mostly interested in Yuiri, but she couldn't blame him since Yuiri was so gentle, which was why she slipped when she passed the slippery bridge, but when she was about to feel, a strong arm caught her waist firmly.
"Careful."
"Ah, yes...." Shio blushed and quickly lowered her head shyly.
Haru helped Shio to stand up again and didn't think too much about her reaction since he often saw too many girls fall for him.
As they continued to walk, they continued to talk to each other and their relationship became closer and closer.
When they were on the top of the altar, Haru said, "Well, let me prepare to unseal this thing first."
"Is there something that we should do?" Yuiri quickly asked.
"Hmm..." Haru thought for a moment and said, "There must be a defensive mechanism after I have unsealed this relic."
"Defensive mechanism?" 2x
Yuiri and Shio looked at Haru curiously and knew that he was so knowledgeable so they didn't doubt him.
"It's like a trap in a video game or something," Haru said.
"Huh? Haruka-kun, are you playing a video game?" Yuiri asked curiously.
"I'm about the same age as you. Of course, I play video games." Haru rolled his eyes since one of his most important industries was the game industry, so it was obvious he played a video game.
"...You're the same age as us?" Shio was dumbfounded.
"Do you think that I'm an old man or something? Isn't that cruel?" Haru acted as if he wanted to cry.
Yuiri and Shio couldn't help but laugh when they saw Haru's expression.
"Well, let's focus on the relic first," Haru quickly said, changing into his serious expression. "Prepare your weapons." Even though he could handle the rest, he knew that as soon as the seal was broken, the enemy would come so it wouldn't be hurt for both Yuiri and Shio to prepare their weapons.
Hearing Haru's words and the change in his expression, Yuiri and Shio quickly held their weapons.
Haru, on the other hand, held a grimoire in his hand, with a four-leaf clover on the cover. He had developed his grimoire and sealing magic, which caused the pattern on his grimoire to change.
When Yuiri and Shio saw the grimoire on Haru's hand, their expression became amazed since they felt a powerful aura from it.
"This is...?"
Haru looked at the girls with a smile and said, "It's a secret."
"............" Shio and Yuiri.
"Okay, be prepared." Then a blue light glowed brightly and caused the entire lake to tremble for a moment before the light disappeared.
".............."
"It's done," Haru said.
"Eh? Really? That's all?" 2x
Shio and Yuiri were dumbfounded.
"Now, it's the real thing. Something is coming, be prepared."
Just when his voice fell, the calm lake shook once again and a lot of monsters came out from it!
"................"
Shio and Yuiri knew that Haru had told them to prepare, but the number of the enemies were too much, right?