Listening to the urgent voice in her ear, Mornye couldn’t help but frown.
“Calling me for something like this… don’t panic yet, I’ll head over there immediately.”
After letting out a sigh, Mornye looked at the Rover and Megumi in front of her.
“The Research Institute is an open area for students. Do you two… want to come along? Walking around here more should be helpful for you.”
Hearing Mornye’s suggestion and recalling her perfunctory tone with the person on the comms earlier, Megumi felt that her invitation at this moment seemed like a cry for help.
“Sure, please lead the way then, Professor Mo Ning.” The Rover was quite interested in Mornye’s suggestion.
As for Megumi…
“I won’t be going.”
Megumi’s words made the Rover raise an eyebrow.
“I still need to familiarize myself with the academy and get my Terminal set up. Many things are inconvenient without a Terminal,” Megumi explained.
He could see the confusion in the Rover’s eyes.
“Alright then, see you later.” To this, the Rover didn’t ask further.
“Yeah.”
After waving goodbye to the other person, Megumi walked toward the train.
Click—
After the train doors closed, Megumi sat in his seat alone.
He noticed that it was much emptier than when he had arrived.
Was he really such a sensitive person?
Would he feel lonely just because his friends weren’t around?
Probably not.
Megumi felt that it was likely just because he was a newcomer to an otherworldly realm, and being alone made him feel insecure.
After all, he was originally just an ordinary person; it was normal to think this way.
“…”
Fine, part of it really was because his friends weren’t by his side.
Lynae was in class, and the Rover…
he would have to avoid her a bit in the future.
It wasn’t that Megumi disliked her or anything; he thought the Rover was quite nice—she could enlighten people and offer appropriate advice.
But he remembered what that Goddess had said to him before.
“There will be many fun things waiting for you later~”
She had indeed said that previously.
Megumi didn’t think of himself as someone who would go around looking for trouble; once settled, he would probably stay within the safe Star-Torch Academy.
But the Rover…
She looked like someone who was here to do big things.
Staying by her side would likely lead to many variables.
Megumi naturally still considered the Rover a friend, but that was on the premise of self-preservation first.
Before things stabilized, he should keep his distance.
It wouldn’t be too late to apologize later…
Hum…
“Hmm?”
Just as Megumi was having this internal struggle, he noticed the train’s speed was gradually slowing down? The source of this chapter is g.com.
Swoosh!
A moment later, Megumi could feel that familiar sense of weightlessness!
“Am I someone who’s prone to crash accidents or something?!”
Complaining, Megumi immediately moved to the train door.
His physical fitness was average, but with the enhancement of Cursed Energy, breaking down a car door wouldn’t be difficult.
But the key was technique…
His original plan was to slowly refine his control over Cursed Energy and then gradually tame other Shikigami for self-defense.
Who knew he’d encounter this mess on his very first day of school.
“Tsk!”
Finally, fueled by negative emotions, Megumi kicked open the door and jumped into the air.
Although one could quickly become powerful with a surge of negative emotions, it was also a waste of Cursed Energy and could easily cause psychological issues over the long term.
However, in his desperation, Megumi could only handle it this way.
“Nue!”
Once in mid-air, Megumi hurriedly made a hand sign to summon Nue.
*Screech!*
As Nue grabbed Megumi’s arm, he sighed, intending to just slowly descend to a safe location.
But…
“Hmm?”
His vision, enhanced by Cursed Energy, spotted something.
In the distance, Lynae was confronting a student wearing a red school uniform?
Who was that?
And didn’t Lynae tell him and the Rover earlier that she was going to class?
Bang!
Then, Megumi watched from above as Lynae fired her gun, forcing the person into a red portal.
Finally, the robot above Lynae fell and activated, looking quite hostile.
So what was the situation now?
Megumi felt that these were things a freshman like him shouldn’t be seeing at all.
If only he had that Terminal thing; then the school would probably have contacted him and told him what to do.
Unfortunately, there were no ‘ifs.’ At a time like this, he could only decide for himself what to do.
“Sigh.”
This kind of situation was sometimes even more uncomfortable than being forced to make a choice, because now the answer was his own, and he didn’t even have a reason to find an excuse.
“Go over there, as fast as possible.”
After giving the command to Nue, Megumi felt the speed of Nue, who was carrying him, pick up.
Even though he was the one who gave the command, Megumi in mid-air found himself wishing it would fly slower.
Because that would give him some room to maneuver.
But he couldn’t give such an order to Nue.
Because the person currently standing before that robot was Lynae, his friend.
Did he not have many friends before?
*Screech!*
Amidst Nue’s cry, Megumi rushed at full speed toward Lynae’s location.
Beep beep!
A red glow flashed beneath the visor of the female-structured robot named Hyvatia that Lynae was facing, and then it looked toward Lynae.
More accurately, it looked toward the glowing cylinder in Lynae’s hand.
“Jade Dog! Nue!”
Just as the two sides were about to clash, Megumi had arrived at the battlefield and activated his Cursed Technique.
*Screech!*
Nue charged at Hyvatia at extreme speed, the electric current accompanying the impact causing Hyvatia to daze slightly.
Swish swish!
Then, the shadow beneath Hyvatia’s feet throbbed, and a group of dark shadows with wolf-like heads bit toward Hyvatia.
This was an extended use of the Shikigami Jade Dog, an intermediate form between manifestation.
Although not as powerful in attack as the fully formed Jade Dog, there were more of them, which could better serve as a distraction.
Snap!
At this moment, those shadows attacked from different directions, binding Hyvatia.
“Megumi?!”
Seeing everything that suddenly happened before her, Lynae was very surprised.
Clearly, she hadn’t expected Megumi to appear here at all.
“You’ll have to explain to me and the Rover later why you stood us up!”
Beep beep!
As soon as Megumi finished speaking, an electronic prompt sounded from Hyvatia.
“Oh no! Megumi! Get down!”
Whoosh!
Just as Lynae shouted the warning, Hyvatia broke free from the restraint of Megumi’s Jade Dog at extreme speed.
“So strong?!”
Seeing that the enemy could maintain high speed even within his vision enhanced by Cursed Energy, Megumi couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
The opponent was clearly a mini-boss level monster, and he hadn’t even left the starter village yet!
But despite the internal complaining, Megumi didn’t dare slow down his movements.
Lynae was too far from him, and support would take some time; during this interval, he could only rely on himself.
But what should he do?
The Jade Dog wasn’t strong enough, and if he summoned Nue again without charging up, it would just be throwing its life away.
Tsk, forget the starter village—it felt like he hadn’t even finished the tutorial…
Slash!
As Hyvatia arrived in front of Megumi and brought down a blade, nothing remained where Megumi had originally been standing.
“Megumi!”
Finally, only Lynae’s worried cry remained in this area.