The Heroine Who Was Taken Away by the Main Character Becomes Obsessed With Me After Returning

73. What did you pick up? (1)

“Then, this concludes the awards ceremony.”

Soon.

Until the words to announce the closing of the awards ceremony came out of the mouth of Emperor Arundel.

I was looking at the crystal ball in my hand with a little serious eyes.

Dream.

A sense of déjà vu, as if having a brief dream.

Time didn’t pass. The meeting with ‘him’ in this room was mysterious, as if seeing a fantasy.

But it was definitely not a dream.

God of wisdom and knowledge. Hakma.

Even during that short meeting, one of his names was clearly etched in my head.

An encounter with an ancient god.

Perhaps I’m the only one who met an ancient god among the humans that exist in the world at this point.

And what I felt as a person who did such a thing…….

‘…… I have to return it. I have to return it unconditionally, this.’

I came to feel the importance of returning more earnestly. That

When I met Hakma, I asked him a few questions.

That’s the thought that I should ask a question to the person who claims to be the god of wisdom in that situation…….

Should I say a sense of homogeneity? Although it was just thrown into a comfortable feeling.

After coming back to my body, it felt visceral.

The race of ancient gods…….

Nine times out of ten, they’ll be quite annoying if you get tangled up in them.

That’s right, didn’t he almost get into trouble from his first meeting with the ancient god?

Encounter with Hakma.

There, if, as Hakma said, I fell down after touching the crystal ball.

…… Horrible level to think about.

The ancient gods are very dangerous people.

I have no intention of denying that. On the contrary, I don’t know if this incident has made me more aware of the danger.

All the ancient gods are potential ‘disasters’, beings who have the potential to become enemies of humanity beyond that.

Because they said they all had immortality.

And not just for that reason.

‘Familiarity, the ability to naturally reduce that wariness…… I don’t know if it’s Hakma’s ability, or if it’s an ability possessed by all the ancient gods.’

The ability to reduce my vigilance.

The existence of such an ability is a sufficient risk factor.

‘…… Return. I will definitely return it.’

At least in this lifetime.

Wasn’t it the plan to live quietly until the war with demons broke out five years later?

…… It seems that just by winning the Mutu Festival, we are one step away from the goal of ‘living quietly’.

It’s not too late.

If I’m not late, I’m not late. Anyway yes

Somehow, from now on, I should be able to live a quiet life.

Hasn’t Aion achieved enough achievements that it can’t be said?

Ah——.

A long time of humiliation and persecution. It was a boring car.

‘Okay, now it’s time to go back to ‘f*ck’ Kayle.’

Anyway, that’s all bullsh*t.

If the winner of the Mutou Festival stays in the mansion for a few years, people’s interest will gradually fade.

I was quietly training my swordsmanship.

When war breaks out, it is not too late to go to the front again.

The sword of mankind. Hope and hero.

…… Accepting that title from an early age is, after all, a bit heavy.

Even if you touch it again, you won’t go back to it.

For some reason, I don’t feel much energy. A hard crystal ball that was only cold.

…… The holy relic of Hakma, the god of knowledge.

Have you been patting it with your fingertips for a while?

Finally, the emperor’s congratulatory speech was completely over.

“Sure. Please transport the runner-up to the imperial treasury.”

After saying that, the emperor slowly walked out of the arena.

Because the runner-up’s reward was the right to pick one thing they wanted from the imperial treasury.

Upon hearing the order, her officials called her name to turn her runner-up into the imperial family’s treasury.

At first it was just a simple cry.

When the human being called the “Runner-up” Didn’t even move despite the continuous shouts, I felt something more and more pitiful.

Unfortunately, however, the runner-up was a severe social misfit.

She didn’t even show much interest in that pitiful cry.

She couldn’t bear to think of going up to the arena to pick up Rin, but people who were desperately looking for the runner-up.

Mutuje Stadium is the space where the emperor used to be.

That’s probably why you’re not even thinking about coming up.

Even if she said yes, it’s questionable whether she can take Rin with her.

Because it was a little like watching it all the time.

I looked in the direction of the runner-up and said.

“Lin. You call.”

“I don’t need it… ….”

As expected, I wonder if I didn’t hear the voice calling me.

Let’s infer the emotion felt from the facial expression.

Her annoyance Rin, who had a face of about 99% of her, stretched her tail like that.

“It is not necessary. I know it’s annoying for her, but she thought she was just going to pick up a weapon she liked.”

“I already have the weapon… ….”

Saying that, Rin looked at her cold sword.

At her waist is a clunky iron sword.

It is characterized by an appearance that does not seem to be very expensive. However, it was not an ordinary cheap sword.

A sword that the warriors of the Silver Lang tribe receive after going through a coming-of-age ceremony.

The teeth of northern warriors in the true sense of the word, forged in the northern way.

“I know the sword you already have is good. Still, isn’t it comparable to the sword in the imperial treasury?”

“… ….”

I couldn’t bear to deny that…….

Lin turned her head away in silence.

She didn’t say anything else.

With that alone, it is a gesture that reveals a strong intention of refusal.

Because I was well aware of the fact that the iron-blooded empress’s stubbornness could not be easily defeated.

I couldn’t help but shrug her shoulders and asked her one last time.

If you refuse to go here. With the mindset to tell you what you knew.

I, the winner, intend to return the holy relic.

Even if runner-up Rin doesn’t get her reward, she won’t be a big deal.

“Are you really not going?”

“…… Okay. I’ll go.”

…… ?

And when I heard Rin’s answer, I put on a questioning expression for a moment.

Last minute.

It’s because Rin broke my stubbornness herself.

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It wasn’t a particularly compelling tone.

It was rare for the Iron-Blooded Empress to break her stubbornness once she had decided on her own.

A slightly different kind of stubbornness than Dagnes.

If Dagnes’ stubbornness is his unyielding conviction as a knight.

Rin’s stubbornness was that of a northern warrior, like a single-minded general.

Until the last moment of the previous episode…….

Because Rin stood in the way of me heading to the imperial palace with the stubbornness of a single-minded general. She

Knew better than anyone that she couldn’t win.

At least to the extent that I’ve never seen her break her stubbornness on her own.

…… No way. Are you going because I told you to go?

I thought so for a moment. He immediately shook his head.

‘…… No, that won’t be He must have changed his mind.’

The person in charge calls Rin’s name earnestly beyond the pitiful call.

Rin, with grim eyes, walked towards it.

Soon, I slowly followed her there to return the relic.

Really. Sincerely.

I hope nothing more annoying than this happens.

You’ve done everything you need to do for 5 years if you won the Mutu Festival.

Just like that, I earnestly hoped for a dream that would not even be eaten.

* * *

“…… So. What is it?”

And it wasn’t long before lunchtime when Rin came out of the imperial family’s report.

With her characteristic blunt expression, Rin throws and catches ‘something’ in her hand.

No matter how you look at it, it didn’t look like a ‘sword’.

It’s too small to be a sword. Above all, the handle and blade did not even exist.

It’s a bit hard for me to say this.

Rin is a guy who really doesn’t know anything except swords.

She knew, of course, that she would come out with a sword.

A sword that fits the hand. Or a dagger that could be used for emergencies.

I only expected that much.

What Rin actually brought out was something that didn’t belong to the category I was expecting at all.

Rectangular and angular. A cuboid about a span and a half.

Usually such things are likely to be artifacts created by wizards of the Mage Tower.

“It is not an artifact. There is not a single magical device. …… Rather strange. There is such an elaborate thing.”

Lucia flatly denied the question.

No. Maybe she would have known if she hadn’t said that.

It is.

Even at a glance, it was too heterogeneous to be considered an ‘artifact’.

There is a degree in magical engineering.

Rather than a magically engraved artifact…… This.

‘Mechanism?’

On the surface, countless circuits, wires, and thin pipes are connected.

No matter how you look at it, it looked like a mechanical device.

The Middle Ages.

With the development of magic and magical engineering, daily life has become quite convenient.

Still, it’s something that doesn’t feel like something that could happen in this era.

“…… Lin. So, what is that?”

The person you should know at least is Rin, who brought this as expected.

Thought that, I looked at Rin and asked.

“…… ?”

But it seems like why are you asking me? Instead, Rin tilted her head.

As if he were saying with his eyes, “I don’t know anything.” Seeing that innocent expression, I was at a loss for words, then asked.

“If it was in the imperial treasury…… Still, I would have given you an additional explanation. It probably didn’t come out without any explanation.”

“… ….”

“Lin?”

However, when she asked that question, Rin shut her mouth tightly.

There was no answer.

Sometimes that kind of silence becomes affirmation.

“…… Could it be that you picked it up without thinking? Didn’t you explain anything in particular?”

I heard that there are often such things.

The Imperial Treasury is a report made by the Imperial Family that has been going on for over a thousand years.

I have never been robbed.

As they’ve been collecting for over a thousand years, even the imperial family doesn’t know the purpose of every item in it.

“I didn’t bring it out without thinking.”

“…… Why did you bring it out?”

Then why did you bring it out……. So ask

With a confident expression, Rin shrugged her shoulders.

“Persimmon.”

I’m so confident.

For listeners, the tone raises blood pressure.

…… What kind of intuition is that?

Lucia, who had been tinkering with it for a while, gave up and set her mechanism down on her floor.

“Isn’t that junk that doesn’t even work? Even if you inject some magic power…… It doesn’t seem to be reacting.”

That’s a plausible guess.

If even the imperial family doesn’t know how to use it.

Probably, it’s at least hundreds of years old.

It was unlikely that a machine that was hundreds of years old would still work.

It’s a lump of scrap metal.

Around that conclusion.

“Brother. Lunch is ready…….”

“Oh, okay. Thanks Ciella.”

“Lunch is ready,” Said Ciela, who walked with her gun.

Come to think of it. It might be the last time for us to gather like this and eat Siela’s food.

Mutuje is over. Because now it’s time for her to go home.

She thought about that when she turned her back.

Ciella’s voice sounded like she was perplexed.

“Uh, boy? Why is this…….”

Flash!

With artificial lights that suddenly started to glow.

“…… Ciela, come back!”

Lucia looked at the mechanical device to the point of dismantling it, but there was no response.

That mechanism.

It was shining with an ominous bright red light just by Ciela approaching.

Before I could judge the situation, I caught Ciela and hid her in her arms. I looked at her mechanism with wary eyes.

Waiting for the defensive magic that Lucia calmly cast.

Dagnes and Rin raised their magical powers.

And then, take a step back.

When I and Ciela, who were in my arms, got farther away…….

Down!

The machinery that had lost its luster returned to normal.

It’s been quiet for now, but I didn’t know when it was going to be a mess again.

I raised my mana and looked at the mechanism with wary eyes.

A moment of silence.

It was Rin’s voice that broke the silence.

“…… Hmm. I don’t think it’s junk.”

“That means… ….”

Lucia muttered something absurd.

Perhaps at this moment, except for me, everyone in this space was thinking the same as me.

Lin.

…… What the hell did you pick up