Shining.
“…..You’re here.”
There was a flash of light in the sky and then it came down at breakneck speed. Even though I still wonder if I made the right decision, I welcomed it.
Zudooooooong!
It pierced the ground, and a fierce cloud of earth smoke billowed. Before it clears up, a staff pops out of the smoke.
『Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Masteeeeeerrrrrr! I finally met you! I finally met you! I finally met youuuuuuuuuuu!』
It is a jet-black staff, in contrast to the pure white Holy Dragon Staff Lindwurm. It rushed to me, and I was crushed.
“Ugh… H-heavy!”
『Sniff-Sniff-Sniff~, Ahhhhh~, it’s definitely the magical power of my beloved Master! You’re in the form of a lovely baby too……! Ahhhhh~ I can’t stand it u-u-uuu!』
“You’re so heavy! I’ll be crushed! You-!”
I kicked the jet-black staff and forcibly pushed it away. Then, as if the extreme excitement just now was a lie, it timidly said,
『Uh-, M-master is angry? Could it be……Master…… hates me? Then, there’s no point in existing anymore…… I-I’ll just blow myself up…….』
“O-oi! W-wait! I don’t hate you! I don’t hate you, okay? Don’t try to blow yourself up as soon as you come!”
『……R-really? You don’t hate me……?』
“No! I don’t hate you and I won’t!”
『That’s good…… Ufufu…… Nevertheless…… Master turned into a baby huh…… You’re so cute and very lovely.』
This is a terrifying drop in tension. Yup, this is why I didn’t want to call it. This is my other beloved staff—Bahamut, the Dark Dragon Staff.
Although they are both intelligent weapons, unlike Lindwurm, who is always calm and collected, Bahamut is extremely emotional. Moreover, as you can see, it has a yandere temperament. It is quite difficult to handle.
『Even though you have reincarnated…… knowing that you rely on me…… I’m very happy…….Ufufu~』
“I-, y-yeah, that’s right.”
I was forced to agree. Then as if it sensed something, Bahamut asked in a low voice,
『…… Master? Of course, you relied on me first…… Right?』
“O-of course!”
『…… Really? Isn’t that evil one here……?』
The evil one it was talking about is Lindwurm. Even though they were both my staff, they didn’t get along very well and often fought with each other.
“No, not here.”
If I tell the truth here, it may try to blow itself up again, so I decided to deceive it. Though I feel bad, when Lindwurm wakes up, I’ll try to get him to say that he came later.
◇◇◇
When Reus was training early in the morning outside the city, a pair of traveling merchant brothers happened to be passing by on a nearby road.
“……S-surely I’m just mistaken, right?”
“Y-yeah, I suppose so, brother.”
The two of them try to convince themselves. The brothers, who did business in villages and towns around the country, often traveled in the middle of the night or early in the morning.
On that day, they were traveling along the road in the early morning in a horse-drawn carriage, and at that time, they witnessed a ridiculous sight.
—It’s a human baby that runs through the ground at incredible speeds. At first, they thought it was a wild dog or a wild rabbit, but when they took a closer look with a telescope, they realized that it was a human baby. Moreover, the baby is only a few months old at most. When they looked further, they realized that the baby wasn’t just running. He was flying and bouncing, and he was swinging the sword in his hand vigorously.
“T-There’s no way a human baby can move around like that.”
“It looks like he’s shouting something too……”
“But…… If that’s really the case, what on earth is he?”
They look at each other, and the brothers tilt their heads in unison.
And that was then.
Zudooooooong!
There was a tremendous sound and vibration. Wondering what was going on, they looked in the direction of the smoke and what they witnessed, —it was a staff floating in the air, and for some reason there was the baby from earlier, who was conversing with it.
“H-hey…… it looks like the baby is talking……uh-, I think I’m hallucinating…..”
“Brother, unfortanately me too.”
After this, they decided to take a long vacation for a while, thinking that they were “apparently too tired from overwork”.
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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