It Seems Like I Got Transmigated Into An Eroge - Chapter 33 : Familiar Face

The crunching sound sticked from my footsteps, hastening through the deep forest. Leaves rustling, the breeze of trees reached my ears. A howl resonated in the surroundings, crashing through the rampant thudding of my heart.

Taking a quick glance to my right, an elven woman approached with her sword tightly clutched in her right hand while the other one was reaching through the sky. A needle that was bigger than my own body size materialized above her; therefore, I halted on my tracks and gripped my wooden sword overhand, gathering my quintessence on it.

Lily majestically pointed the hand that was pointing at the sky to me, and the ice needle suddenly charged at me, at an alarming speed; thus I swung my sword downward, breaking the ice needle in two pieces like slicing a cake. As my awareness was on the upcoming needle, Lily made her way by thrusting her wooden sword to my chest which I parried it off easily.

Unaware of what was coming, the Fenrir appeared out of nowhere and pounced at me. Because of it, I crashed into the nearby trees, destroying a few of them along the way. I groaned in pain due to the aftermath of the strike.

“Ack—!”

Wasting no time, I focused my gaze on Lily, who was charging at me.

[Shifting Point]

I teleported behind her with the intent of striking her from behind. However, she anticipated it by spinning her torso and reverse roundhouse, directly into my chest. I ducked down to evade it then locked my gaze on the ground below the Fenrir, who’s about to pounce me in the air once again, so I teleported below and kicked it into the branch of the trees. It howled in pain as the force I exerted was quite much.

Afterward, a glimpse of ice materialized below me, so my gaze immediately went into the branches of the trees and I teleported myself out.

[Shifting Point]

“Huff-Huff… She doesn’t show mercy whenever we spar.” I irritably grunt, while leaning my body on the tree.

Above the trees, I looked down below, watching Lily searching for my figure with her guardian spirit Fenrir, who just recovered from my attack earlier. Lily was a hot-headed person who would rush her way or force it when fighting, that’s why I have won many times against her because of this sole reason.

(Diana.)

(Yes, Claude~)

I dropped from the tree and teleported in front of Lily, thrusting my sword in her chest. A block of ice materialized to protect her vital points; however, that didn’t stop me from forcing my way as it was cut cleanly.

Because of that, the tip of my sword penetrated through her barrier connecting it to Lily’s body, which made her hurl to the trees behind. And then Fenrir pounced at me once again, but I’m faster and gave it a kick to its chest. Without wasting my time, I used [Shifting Point] to teleport myself, appearing in front of Lily and pointing the tip of my wooden sword at her neck.

“I won,” I said with a smile on my face.

“Agh-arghh… Y-yeah…”

“Let’s go, Master Irene told us to take a stroll in the city.”

“Do I really have to?”

“Yes.” She said, “Taking days off can be beneficial for us too.”

“Fine… Help me.” Lily raised her arms.

“Good grief.” Shaking my head.

I crouched down on my knees and turned my back against her; Lily then hopped on my back. Carrying her has always been my duty whenever she would lose because her brother would always do that for her, so since his brothers are not here; I’m the substitute. At first, I rejected that idea, but in the end, I lost to her adorable pleading. As long as she’s fine, I guess there’s no problem with it.

On our way back, I asked Lily a question.

“Lily, when you killed that person back then. What did you feel? Sorry for asking, but my curiosity got me.”

“Hm… Sympathy… Honestly, that time I was pissed at you, that guy suddenly appeared out of nowhere, and I accidentally killed him… It was my first time killing a person that night.”

“And, you only felt sympathy? That’s so weird.”

“Weird right? But, Anya told me that those emotions can be shared with your spirits as they’re connected. I think that’s the reason. I don’t even know what happened. It was an impulse if I state it currently.”

“Ohh? That’s interesting.”

“What about you?”

“Me? I haven’t killed a person. Personally, I don’t think I have the guts to kill a person for now.”

“Well then, you need to prepare yourself. You also have to learn to accept it because the world we’re living in revolves around life and death. And, killing a person is inevitable for us because sooner or later, we’ll encounter various types of people in the outside world.”

“You’re right. Wow, I’ll give you that one.”

“Fufufu~ Of course, I’m wise and—”

“Okay, calm down. Hold your horses, just accept the compliment and keep your mouth shut.”

“Tsk—!”

“And, don’t ‘tsk’ me, young woman.”

“I’m older than you!”

“So? Deal with it.”

“Mou—… Fine! What are we even going to do outside?”

“Don’t know, perhaps we will go shopping? I mean, there are some stylish clothes that we can buy…”

“Are you even interested in fashion?”

“No… What about eating? We can eat lunch together.”

“Hmm… A fancy lunch, huh? I guess I could. Anyway, since we’re done talking about that. Let’s talk about what you did earlier. Just what was that?”

“Oh, your barrier?”

“Yeah! How?”

“Diana did it for me. She summoned a blade that cuts through your barrier without inflicting any damage to you, which worked too well. I’m skeptical at first, but it worked in the end, so—”

“You’re telling me, you could have beaten me all this time? You’ve been holding back all this time! You—!”

Lily’s arms that were wrapping around my neck tightened as she started strangling me.

“Kuh…! Ugh…! S-Stop—!”

I pinched her thighs, to which she yelped. “Hiee—! How dare you pinch my thigh!”

“You did it first! Don’t blame me, I’m protecting myself!”

In reality, if I were to fight Lily head-on with our swords only; I wouldn’t stand a single chance against her.

I’m still sloppy in some parts. Moreover, the usage of her spirit’s powers drastically decreased ever since the incident with our first sparring match. She must be filled in guilt after that, as to why she’s holding back against me.

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“Anyway, that’s all for now. Lily, you can go first. I need to talk about something with Claude.”

“Yes, Master Irene.”

Lily bowed and left the room.

“So, how was Lily earlier? Clara told me you finally took advantage of your spirit. Isn’t it convenient when you can use it more effectively?”

“Yeah.”

“You two have been close as of recently. At first, you still held a grudge against her. Mommy is so proud of you~”

Knitting my eyebrows. “Stop that, will you? It’s sickening whenever you say that.”

“What? Am I not your mother? I’m your guardian.”

“Shut up. Are you that desperate for a child? Wait for a few years, I’ll put one in your belly.” I blurted out because of my frustration.

Master Irene’s eyes widened and she just laughed it out. “Hahahaha, alright-alright, I won’t mess around anymore.”

“Good, because I loathe it.”

“Fine, fine, have fun later.”

I left her office with a furrowed look on my face. Then I went back to my room and dressed myself up for later. I lost my temper earlier because I was so sick of Master Irene telling me to call her that way. It disgusts me to the core.

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Now, after dressing myself up, I was walking side by side with Lily, who’s dressed in a cloak and wearing a mask to cover her appearance as it can garner attention from anyone because of her astonishing body and facial features. The same could be said for me. I’m wearing the same outfit as her.

For the past month, I’ve been getting taller week by week; therefore, I’m finally hitting the growth spurt that I dreamed of. Not only that, my face is getting brighter and finer for some unknown reason that I can’t explain, probably because of puberty?

I can’t tell.

Right now, we’re roaming around the city. I haven’t been into the inner parts of the city or even gone out particularly. Mesmerized by the beauty of the city, it looks like an 1800s classic Europe that I always saw in movies when I was still a child. It’s a wonderful place to walk into. On the streets, there were different kinds of races walking around peacefully; however, racism still exists in this world.

I’m not the only one who’s mesmerized by the grandeur architectural design of the building because the person beside me looks like a child who went into the Disney World for the first time. Lily was tugging my sleeves every time she would point out stuff to me, which was honestly adorable; I feel like a father right now, watching his cute daughter.

We continued exploring around and went into different shops for clothing, weapons, and accessories. Lily bought so much stuff that naturally as a guy; I became the baggage carrier for her. As for me, I haven’t bought anything, even with the allowance that was given to me because I don’t particularly have any interest in any of the shops we’ve gone to. So, why would I waste it?

At the end of our shopping, we then went to a fancy restaurant. Of course, when we went in with our clothes we got blocked by working personnel there, but Lily showed a necklace to the guy after which he apologized and let us in. He even escorted us to our table with dreadful sweats on his face.  

After escorting us into our seats, I put all Lily’s stuff down and glanced around the place. The place was too fancy and there’s no way Lily knew about this place beforehand, so I asked her about it.

“How come you knew about this place?”

“Clara told me. She handed me a map and gave me this necklace. Didn’t she give you one?”

“Oh, yeah… I forgot, but this is quite a nice place. I’ll give my thanks later to Clara.”

While looking around the place, I noticed a familiar figure who’s eating alongside six people at a table. Black long hair and round beige eyes, wearing a blue blazer, plus her signature blank expression. My neighbor stopped going to our mansion because of her schedule at school, from her mother’s word. It was none other than Stephanie.