Returned from Another World, Earth Turned Out to Be Quite the Fantasy Too. Also, Losing Heroines, Stop Looking This Way. - V5 Chapter 03: “As If Charm Would Work on Me?” ①

Chapter 03: “As If Charm Would Work on Me?” ①

“Hellooo, everyone~! After one thing led to another—and then another thing after that—I, Natsuki Yura, have officially decided to take down both Shuten Doji and the Abe family!”

Still keeping them tied up, Natsuki removed the gags from the two psychics of the Abe family.

The girl with the very short haircut glared daggers at him,

While the one with dyed blue hair kept her eyes covered.

Natsuki was debating whether to remove the cloth over her face when Senju stopped him from behind.

“That cloth is a special material meant to seal off mystic eyes. She probably has some kind of troublesome vision ability—maybe like mine. Best to leave it on. She can probably still see us, so it’s fine.”

“I see. We’ll keep it as is, then.”

As soon as Natsuki backed off, the blue-haired girl clicked her tongue in irritation.

Guess that had been some kind of trump card.

“Let’s see… Abeko-san and Abemi-san, right? I don’t know which of you is the older sister and which one’s the younger, But, since you two decided to target me and Kazuto… that’s the end of the line. I’m gonna kill you both properly, okay?”

“You bastard! Using some fake goddess and that freaky youkai—what a joke! If you’ve got guts, fight me fair and square with your fists!”

“…They just called you fake.”

“………It hurts to admit it, but they don’t believe me.”

“As if there could be a real Amaterasu with a beer belly, you moron! If you’re gonna lie, at least make it somewhat convincing!”

Amaterasu-Omikami started sniffling quietly… then suddenly dropped down and began doing sit-ups.

Natsuki and the others exchanged glances, unsure how to comfort the sun goddess—

Eventually, they gave up and decided to just leave her be.

“Anyway, let’s put Amaterasu-san aside for now. Can you two tell me where you got info on me and Kazuto?”

“…You’ll give us something in return, right?”

“I’ll make sure it’s a quick and painless death.”

“How is that a reward!?”

“It’s not?”

“Of course not! What kind of twisted logic is that!? At least offer to fight me for real or something!”

“But that still ends with you dying?”

“You cocky little—! Think you can beat me, huh!? You wanna go!?”

From behind them, Ginko was muttering to herself like she was narrating a trashy light novel:

“Tomboyish girl who talks like a guy. This is primo fantasy fuel. Yup, I can already see Natsuki-kun putting her in her place—spicy.“

Everyone ignored her.

“Alright then, I’m fine with a fight. But before we start throwing punches, I want you to cough up that info properly.”

“Deal.”

“Hey! Onsa, don’t just do stuff on your own!”

“Shut it, Kirara! Even if this guy’s on Shinonome-nii’s level, depending on how the fight goes, I’ve still got a shot! Besides, this is the perfect chance. Use it!”

Just when it seemed like a simple shouting match,

The girl with the super short hair—Onsa—turned toward the blue-haired girl.

Curious about what she was doing, Natsuki watched as Onsa leaned in and used her mouth to yank off the cloth covering the other girl’s eyes.

—Bright red eyes met Natsuki’s.

“You made eye contact with me. That means—I win!”

Kirara’s crimson eyes lit up.

“Be charmed by me.“

The moment their eyes locked,

Natsuki felt her spiritual power flow toward him.

It wasn’t physical, but the energy passed through his eyes into his brain,

Trying to overwrite his will and force him to fall for her.

(Huh. Feels kinda like the succubi I ran into in the other world. Not a physical attack, more like a psychic suggestion.)

“Yeah, no. That’s not gonna work.”

“Eh?”

Kirara Abe let out a dumbfounded sound as Natsuki responded flatly, completely unaffected.

“Knew it.”

Behind Natsuki, Senju nodded to himself, remembering how his own mystic eye had once failed to faze Natsuki in the slightest.

〜〜Afterword〜〜

Unfortunately, charm attacks don’t work on Natsuki!