One-way traffic

The silver-haired beauty, realizing this, immediately smiled.

"Thank you, Felt-chan~!"

"W-what? Why are you suddenly calling me so intimately..."

then.

The moment Felt opened her hand, a deep red light shone directly from the badge.

"Well--?!"

Everyone was speechless.

Accelerator and Reinhard both turned their gazes in that direction. The former looked somewhat surprised, while the latter was completely stunned.

"...Please forgive my rudeness."

He grabbed Ferut without hesitation.

"Whoa?! What, what are you doing?!"

"Hey! Kid, what do you think you're doing to Felt—"

Before Rom and Felt could struggle together, Reinhard instantly raised his hand.

The attack, which resembled a stun spell, knocked them unconscious to the ground.

"As I thought... I'm sorry, Miss Emilia."

"Eh? Reinhard Reinhard?"

"Please forgive me for not being able to protect you for the time being. Right now... I may need to deal with more important matters."

And so, in front of everyone, he picked Ferut up.

The swordsman, wielding the Dragon Sword, glanced briefly at the first-ranked opponent, Subaru Natsuki.

"I'm sorry, Accelerator, Subaru, you two protected Emilia very well, and I really wanted to thank you... but I can't today."

"It's very likely that there won't be another time like tonight when we can enjoy the moon so easily."

The words fell.

The figure standing in the very center of the field vanished like a rocket.

"Hey! What's wrong with this guy? Is everyone else using cheats and I'm the only ordinary person?!"

Natsuki Subaru shouted angrily from the spot.

but.

Compared to these, Accelerator is more concerned about other situations.

—Just now, the Soul System gave him another prompt.

The new clue lies with a girl named Emilia.

The moment she reclaimed her badge.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Roswaal Estate

Bang.

It was 10:48 PM.

There is no doubt that the late-night environment is precisely the time when a person with a normal sleep schedule should be asleep.

Even the strongest monster in Academy City is just one person.

He leaned back in the plush chair, his hands behind his head.

He closed his eyes to rest, and nearly two days passed without him even closing his eyes once.

Although such situations are common in the Dark Side, they are still mortals who need to breathe oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide to survive, and even the number one superpowered person needs to abide by the rules of biological behavior.

"Huh? Is Accelerator asleep?"

"That's probably it. He does have a very independent and self-willed personality."

Emilia and Hatsune Miku, two young girls in their prime, sat down next to the first person and started chatting.

Emilia blinked with some concern.

"Is it alright? It must be difficult to rest on the dragon carriage."

"It's okay, he has a lot of cheating abilities, he can even block out sound, so there's no need to worry."

"That sounds like an amazing ability. Is it his blessing? Or is it some kind of long-lost magic?"

"Well, how should I put it..."

This is a car that is traveling at high speed.

It wasn't a modern motorized car, but rather a horse-drawn carriage like those in the Middle Ages.

However, what was at the front of the chariot was not simply a horse, but a dragon, a creature called an earth dragon.

The earth dragon possesses a protective ability similar to the wind, which can effectively and quickly increase the movement speed of the dragon carriage. At the same time, it can also protect the carriage from the wind pressure caused by high-speed travel, making it the most suitable means of transportation for royalty and nobility.

This is the dragon carriage that Emilia summoned.

A dragon carriage of this caliber is something that ordinary citizens can no longer summon. In other words, in a sense, this already indicates Emilia's status and position.

However, the number one ability user and the world-class idol princess wouldn't care about such things.

On the other hand, it's the other side.

"Wow, that's amazing!! It's a dragon! It really exists! The fantasy story of another world is just as I imagined!"

Natsuki Subaru, a young man who can be considered a protagonist in a sense, also came along with the others.

The reason for following them is actually quite authentic.

Since it was Subaru Natsuki who first called upon Puck to protect Emilia when she was in danger, he can indeed be considered Emilia's savior.

Originally, he encountered Reinhard, the Dragon Sword Saint, on the road.

But like someone unaware of the situation, he had no way of knowing the true extent of the sword saint's strength.

As for why Hatsune Miku and Accelerator came along together, there's no need to explain that at all.

The greatest enemy, Elsa the Bowel Hunter, has been completely defeated by Accelerator. Naturally, the greatest credit should go to this strongest monster in Academy City.

And this is the kind of repayment Emilia wanted to give them.

"Miss Hatsune, you said before that you were actually from other cities, right?"

"That's true... May I ask what's wrong?"

"In that case, the three of you must come with me to my residence! This way, I can repay your kindness!"

This was Emilia's idea.

Since these three people came from other cities, they certainly won't be able to find suitable accommodation in a short time. We can't just leave them to stay in the wilderness like this, can we?

For the first person, it doesn't matter where they live.

So, the kind-hearted silver-haired elf-like beauty took them all back to her place.

Hatsune Miku looked at the silver-haired girl beside her with some curiosity.

"What will the place where Miss Emilia lives be like?"

"Well... actually, I'm just staying there temporarily. The house belongs to a court magician, but the residence there is quite large."

"Is that so?! I can't wait!"

"I always feel that Hatsune Miku has a very friendly personality, which is really nice..."

The two girls chatted happily like that.

So, Natsuki Subaru, left out, could only stare helplessly.

"Damn it, I should be the protagonist of this fantasy tale set in another world, and I even have amazing special abilities like time reversal, so why am I being treated like this...!"

The young man muttered to himself, as if grumbling.

He sighed and glanced at the person sitting upright next to him, who was completely oblivious to everything around him.

How did this guy even fall asleep? Could he really block out all sound?

What a monstrously powerful being...

Having witnessed everything Accelerator had shown, Subaru Natsuki no longer dared to underestimate this Level 5 esper from Academy City.

That realm of thought is no longer even the realm of normal human thought.

Squeak——!!

The dragon carriage came to an instant.

"Looks like we've arrived."

As soon as Emilia said that, the person sitting to the side woke up as if an alarm clock had been set.

Although it reflected the sound, it did not reflect the power of the dragon chariot itself, thus achieving an effect similar to an alarm clock.

The number one ability user can indeed reflect all the forces in the world, but he usually only reflects them according to his own needs. Otherwise, if he reflected all the forces, Accelerator would lose the support of Earth's gravity and leave the atmosphere, shooting straight into space.

He followed the others as they stepped off the dragon carriage.

Under the black night sky, the moonlight reflected off the first ability user's pure white hair, just like Emilia's hair beside her, but with a unique meaning.

Emilia's hair was pure silver, giving a clean feeling and making her shine like a goddess.

But the first ability user's hair was an ominous white, so white it was appalling, so white it was like a skeleton. Putting aside everything else, it would be good enough if it didn't scare children to tears.

The two are completely opposite styles.

"What kind of weird place is this?"

Accelerator rubbed his neck with his hand, then opened his eyes and looked ahead.

This is a forest path, and at the end of the path, where the moonlight shines, an unimaginably enormous building comes into view.

It was an estate, much like the villas where wealthy people lived.

Even in the private villa districts of Academy City that are under the jurisdiction of the council, there wouldn't be villas of such a large scale.

The first monster narrowed its eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

"In that case, the guy living here can't really be considered a nobody, right?"

He caught up with the group of people in front of him again.

Hatsune Miku continued to follow him around as usual, which was annoying, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Emilia and Subaru walked directly ahead.

However, apart from that.

A figure landed from the driver's seat of the dragon carriage.

"Lady Emilia."

She is a maid.

She had pink hair, deep red eyes, and wore a black and white maid outfit, with a black and white floral wreath also encircling her head.

However, she seems to be shorter than Hatsune Miku, who is 158 centimeters tall.

She blinked and stood calmly in front of the group.

"Everything is ready. Please come with me, guests and Lady Emilia."

"Okay, please, Ram."

That is the other person's name.

Ram, it sounds like a twin's name, that was Accelerator's first impression of the name.

He also sensed something else.

"What's wrong, Yifang?"

Everyone had already moved forward, but Accelerator remained standing in place, staring intently at Ram in the distance.

Hatsune Miku, standing to the side, asked with some confusion.