"Oscar Orcus, peerless alchemist, would you like to see a world where you can live with free will? A world where you can deny single ideas, say no to absolute values, and call the irrational unreasonable... Would you like to see such a world? Will you come with me—"

——Change the world?

Oscar even forgot to breathe. Every word she said was as heavy as her magic, and it touched Oscar's heart. Looking back, the words she said that night in the backyard of the orphanage when she first met him had already touched Oscar's heart.

He knew the answer, but he still asked. He had to ask because he wanted to know no matter what.

"Who are you?"

The sun peeked out from the other side of the horizon.

Maybe he sensed Oscar's mood.

In the dazzling sunlight, Mireidi smiled a smile brighter than the sunlight, held her head high and gave her name.

"I am—"Liberator" Meredith Lessen, the one who defied God's will."

Oscar thought.

This must be what is called "being possessed by a ghost."

It will not be a smooth road, and the world cannot be easily changed by ideals alone.

To go against a supernormal being is tantamount to suicide.

No matter how many lives you have, they are not enough. What awaits you ahead is hell no matter how you think about it.

However, if he was with her, Oscar felt that he could fight even in hell.

He couldn't stop himself from thinking this.

Oscar pushed up his glasses and hid his expression with his hands. He felt like he didn't want her to see his expression, although the reason was completely different from when he rejected her before.

In contrast, Oscar answered the unprecedented girl sincerely with a serious look and tone.

"Even if it means going to hell, I will walk with you."

Go with her.

After receiving this answer, Meredith...

"Eh, no, falling into hell is a bit... too heavy. Ko-mi knows Ao-san likes Ko-mi, but yanderes aren't Ko-mi's type~ Sorry! Ao-san!"

Birds chirped as they flew past.

The rising sun is strong.

There was silence.

Ao's glasses glowed.

Ao's face turned red.

Ao's body kept shaking!

Ao pulls out the black umbrella!

“Meridi—! I’m going to kill you—!”

"Aa ...

Meredith turned and fled.

Oscar turned his shame and anger at being fooled into strength and chased after him.

The waving black umbrella launches lightning strikes, fire bombs and wind blades.

Meredith screamed and dodged.

There was no trace of crisis on her blushing face, and even a smile full of joy appeared on her face.

Prequel Zero Chapter 3 The Desert Fairy is a Muscle Man

The bright sunshine, the stinging heat, the waves of heat, the fine sand clinging to the skin, the dry air.

"...That guy, that guy wants to kill us, Aou."

"Even if you anthropomorphize it, that 'guy'—Mr. Sun—will show no mercy."

A figure walked forward on the sand.

"It's so hot~ It's so hot~ Xiao Mi is going to be dried out~"

"It would be better if you put on my coat, right?"

This is a world shrouded in a dark red of heat and dust. The vast desert region on the western side of the Northern Continent is known as the "Great Red Desert." The sand is so fine and granular that the slightest breeze blew the dust, staining the air the same color, hence the name "Great Red Desert."

Oscar walked silently in the desert, while Miledi, who was carried on his back, kept complaining.

"My face is hot~My head is hot~My hands are hot~And my appearance is hot~"

"..."

Despite being pressed against Oscar's back, Meredith still moved her limbs and grumbled like a tantrum child.

Oscar's black coat is black, and it certainly looks hot. However, it is made of woven metal wire, which can not only insulate the external heat, but also has a cooling function on the inside, so it can always maintain the most appropriate temperature.

Oscar carried Meredith on his back because she was half dead on the way, and even let her wear his black coat.

In other words, Oscar was only wearing his underwear, and despite enduring the heat wave, he was still struggling to carry Meredith on his back...

"I'm so thirsty~ My throat is so dry~"

"..."

"I'm covered in sweat, so uncomfortable~ It's so wet and sticky~"

"..."

"The sand is so annoying~ It's so rustling~"

"..."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh with glasses, no, I should say with glasses——"

“Aaaaaaaaah, this is so annoying!”

Ao was angry. He grabbed Miledi's ankle and turned her around, then performed a big spin like a wrestling move. Miledi started spinning in the middle of the desert!

“Aaaaaaaaaaa!”

Her skirt was lifted up, revealing her panties. Miredy raised her hands high, feeling dizzy from being spun around.

“Drink aaaaaaaaaa!”

Oscar swung his hand hard, throwing his companion out. Meredith let out a mournful "Ah ...

Oscar wiped the sweat from his forehead and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Ugh! Pfft! My mouth is full of sand. What are you doing, Oh! You scoundrel! You devil! You glasses!"

"Stop teasing me about my glasses, okay?"

Oscar pushed up his glasses and walked towards Meredith.

"Really? The scorching heat and the sand are already depressing enough, and you're adding to that... Besides, if you're feeling that hot, why not just use magic to create ice or water?"

"what……"

Meredith looked up at Oscar with an expression as if she had made a new discovery.

After his eyes wandered for a moment, he stared at the sweaty Oscar and said:

"Oh, that's right. You can hold up a black umbrella to block the sun and use it to create water or ice."

"what……"

The two looked at each other under the scorching sun.

There was a gust of dust, followed by complete silence.

Meredi calmly created ice cubes, used gravity magic to make them float, and created a whirlwind.

Oscar took out his black umbrella, extended its ribs, and expanded its canvas. Using the new ability he'd acquired with Meredith's help—a levitation achieved through a combination of gravity magic and the sensor stone—he made the umbrella float overhead. The wind generated by the umbrella blew outward, shielding it from the intrusion of sand and dust.

With the help of a huge parasol spread several meters above their heads and the cool breeze blowing from the floating ice, a cool and comfortable space was created for the two of them.

"That guy, the sun, really loves to show off!"

"That is, learn a little from the moon's modesty!"

"I shine brightly every day! Such a fussy guy is so annoying!"

"He's not some sleazy thug from the inner city. I really hope he can change his sharp personality!"

Mr. Sun was slandered for no reason.

The two underestimated the desert, their minds slowed by the heat, and they failed to come up with a simple solution. Although they had brought this upon themselves, they took their anger out on Mr. Sun without hesitation to hide their shame.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the temperature seems to have risen... maybe the sun is just getting angry.

After about an hour of walking and cursing the sun—

"Hmm? ...Miretti, there's a small oasis. It seems to be a relay point on the way to the town, a place like a rest stop. Do you want to go there?"

"Yes! Yes! I think it's time to rest, too."

Meredith jumped for joy, her ponytail swaying.

"But then again, you're lucky you can see it. I don't even know where the oasis is."

Meredith looked around, and Oscar smiled proudly and said:

"Do you think my glasses look good?"

"They definitely look good, don't they? They make you look smarter. Even the girls in Beruneca said you look cool when you push your glasses up. I think you're feeling pretty good inside, too, Ao, those sultry glasses."

"It seems I need to have a proper conversation with you about your impression of me."

Meredith answered seriously, and Oscar's cheeks twitched.

Oscar coughed.

"These glasses are divine artifacts, possessing many functions. The lenses can emit a powerful flash of light, negating dark magic that affects vision... and telescopic vision is one of them."

Oscar stressed that he was definitely not pretending to be an intellectual man just to be popular with girls.

However, Meredith's eyes widened in shock, an expression that showed that she had discovered something more important than Oscar wearing glasses.

"Hehe, you're surprised, right? Do you think it's meaningless for me to wear glasses?"

"Glasses glow!? Ou's glasses emit light!?"

"Eh? Is that what surprised you?"

Meredith's eyes were filled with excitement.

It seemed the glasses gave off a flash of light—it seemed to pique her curiosity, her eyes pleading, "I want to see."

"...I always feel like you're fooling me, so I won't show it to you."

"Why!? I just wanted to see the dazzling Ao."

"What's this dazzling me?! You're already fooling me."

Meredith defended herself by saying she just wanted to see the way the glasses glowed on the boys who wore them. Oscar showed a look of disgust and ignored her as he continued walking.

"Oh, make the glasses shine, oh!"

Meredith blew cold air on Oscar's face. Oscar's glasses began to fog up, and Oscar's face was given a powerful massage by the cold air from the ice.

(Don’t get angry. Getting angry will only allow her to succeed. Stay calm. I need to deal with this calmly—)

"Oh, when I was preparing to leave the capital, I went to Ayesha's shop and she hugged me and cried. Actually, the reason Ayesha wore a frilly apron was because she heard from an adventurer that Oh—"

Start! Glasses light!

"Ahh!? My eyes! Mi-chan's eyes aa ...

Exposed to the flash at such close range, Meredith covered her eyes with her hands and rolled on the ground in agony.

Incidentally, after "Aoh," Meredy was going to say, "I like women who look good in frilly aprons."

Oscar also drank with friends, and at a party with only men, the topic would naturally be women...

Aisha seemed to be getting information about Oscar from them. If Oscar knew, he'd know that even the banquet was organized at Aisha's request...

He might develop a phobia of women at this time.

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