Let's play cards! In a different world of swords and magic

No one could understand how such a petite girl could eat so much food.

Where does the food we eat go? To another dimension?

According to Irena's calculations, after six hours of fighting, Licia alone might have paid for the plane tickets of the four people on her side.

"Eat, eat more on the plane. Food won't be free once you get off the plane."

In order to save as much as possible on the limited living expenses of this trip, Irena also strongly supported Lisia's behavior.

Etiquette? Elegance? Cool off! Saving money is the way to go.

The airship landed, and Licia was almost blasted out amidst the tears in the eyes of the crew members.

"Is this Axet? So cool!"

He turned 360 degrees like a countryman entering the city. Even though Aisha had been to a big city like the capital of Livolden, he was still shocked by the environment of Akset.

Completely different from Sword and Sorcery's Levolden.

Aksai is a technological powerhouse, and the streets and alleys are filled with the atmosphere of advanced science.

From the magic workshops that can be seen everywhere to the magic cars driving on the streets, and the legendary one that Aisha is most interested in...

"It's a vending machine, Mr. Yu Ling!"

"Isn't it just... a vending machine?"

For You Ling, although the technological principles are different, whether it is cars or vending machines, they are things he was familiar with before traveling through time.

But for Aisha Carlos, a native of the Elf Continent, it was like opening the door to a new world.

The automatic beverage vending machine created by magic and guiding stones can automatically vend beverages by simply inserting coins.

The most amazing thing is that the drinks that pop out of the vending machine are actually iced.

This made Aisha as excited as a little kid.

"Rin-chan, you must be thirsty. I'll go get you some."

"No, I'm not thirsty."

"(￣ー￣) No, you're thirsty!"

Anyway, no matter what reason she finds, Aisha must try out advanced technology.

"Strange?" Irena, who was in charge of the team, also looked around.

But Irena is definitely not as unworldly as Aisha.

For the witch Irena, who has traveled all over the continent at a young age, this is not her first time to come to Aksette.

Irena was just looking for the students from Xingke Academy who were responsible for the reception task among the crowd.

Logically speaking, the school uniform of Xingke Academy should be very eye-catching. The trendy red and white style should be easily visible in this not-so-dense crowd.

"Has it not arrived yet? But the agreed time has passed?"

Irena had a question mark over her head.

"Automatic?~Vending?~Advanced?~High-tech?~"

Humming a strange song she composed, Aisha dragged her suitcase and stood in front of the vending machine.

"ah?!"

However, before she could try out the high-tech that she had been longing for, Aisha was frightened by the strange scene before her.

There was a person stuck between two vending machines.

A normal person would never be able to squeeze into such a tiny gap.

But the petite and slim girl in front of him just fits into this gap, and it feels as if it was tailor-made for her.

"Well, may I ask?"

After calming down from her surprise, Aisha felt that the sweet and lovely blue-haired girl in front of her should not be a bad person.

She might just need a little help.

"Do you need me to pull you out?"

"..."

The girl didn't answer and hid her cheek in the gap.

"So you don't need help?"

"please……"

The voice was as soft as a mosquito's hum. If Aixia didn't listen carefully, she wouldn't be able to tell what the girl was saying.

"Please pull me out."

It's stuck indeed.

After grabbing the blue-haired girl's wrist, Aisha kicked her legs hard and successfully rescued the mysterious girl who fell into the vending machine.

"Thank you." Her head drooped to her chest shyly. It was obvious that the girl was even more introverted than the original Lishia. The volume of every word she spoke sounded as if she had forgotten her vocal cords at home.

"It's just a piece of cake. But how did you get stuck in this place?"

"Because..." The girl said shyly, "I prefer quiet and narrow places."

"?(。ヘ°) Because you like quiet and narrow places, you squeeze yourself into the gap of the vending machine and can't get out?"

Carlos Aisha, who went abroad for the first time, deeply understood that the world is so big and there are so many strange people.

“It wasn’t going to get stuck.”

Indeed, with the girl's petite and slender figure, Aisha had noticed when she was pulling the person just now that her body was not stuck.

"The knife is stuck."

After saying this, the girl took off the samurai sword from her waist as if to prove something.

The gorgeous scabbard is covered with dark blue flame patterns, giving it a restrained and gloomy beauty, exactly the same as the girl's temperament.

"A samurai sword... can you just take something like that out on the street? This is truly a free country."

The Republic of Aksate, where there is no racial disparity, no class distinctions between families, and which accepts all foreign customs, is indeed very free in a sense.

After explaining her situation, the blue-haired girl seemed to notice the suitcase in Aisha's hand and the Fu Sheng Academy uniform on her body.

"Um, are you a student of Fu Sheng College?" the girl asked timidly.

"0v0, yes."

"Very good……"

The girl, who looked relieved, first grasped the handle of Aisha's suitcase.

Then he suddenly turned around and ran away, taking Aisha's suitcase with him.

Only Aisha Carlos was left alone, disheveled in the wind.

“(゜-゜) What?”

She stood there in a daze for a few seconds. Everything happened so suddenly that Aisha didn't have time to react to what happened.

You Ling: "Idiot! It's a thief! Chase him!"

It was not until You Ling's roar sounded in her mind that Aixia finally realized that she seemed to have been ambushed by a despicable stranger.

"That girl, is she actually a thief?!"

In order to repay kindness with evil, he rescued the girl, but the girl took his suitcase.

"Rin-chan, Licia, Irena-senpai! Catch the thief!"

"Thief?!" ×3

The three people who were traveling with her understood the situation instantly after seeing the back of the girl dragging Aisha's suitcase away.

"Stop! That little thieving cat over there!"

The people who were happy about arriving in Akseth one minute, witnessed the cruelty of a foreign country the next minute.

The scene of four women chasing one woman was played out on the streets of Akset.

The blue-haired girl, who was obviously petite and dragging Aisha's suitcase, ran incredibly fast, with the pace of a warrior.

"Strange, that outfit?" Irena noticed something wrong during the chase. "Isn't that girl wearing the Xingke Academy uniform?"

"Senior, if you have time to gossip, why not use your invincible magic to think of a solution!" Lisia reminded.

"No, Licia-san. According to Article 6 of Chapter 3 of the Akset Residents' Law, people without qualifications are not allowed to use magic in public, nor are they allowed to summon monsters outside of duels. Violators will be detained for disturbing public order."

As for why Irena knew this, it was because the young Gray Witch was detained for half a day for using magic on the street when she first arrived in Axet.

"Where is the free country you promised me?"

"Freedom is also based on the premise of perfect laws. Anyway, chase them!"

Although the other party was running very fast, he didn't seem to want to distance himself from the others.

At the same time, standing near the Xingke Academy's pick-up vehicle, a tall girl with waist-length golden hair, wearing an open white windbreaker over her school uniform, was looking at a familiar figure in the distance.

"Oh, you're really quick! You've completed the reception task very well. You've worked very hard, Xiao Qingyao~"

However, the girl only realized something was wrong when the familiar figure got closer.

I'm just responsible for guiding the students from Fusheng Academy. Is it necessary for me to run so wildly?

"Qiaodou Madai, Xiaoqingyao, what are you doing!"

When the girl saw the four people from Fu Sheng Academy who were also running wildly and chasing behind, she realized that this was probably a mess.

"Justice. Execution--!"

Yilin, who was dragging his suitcase but couldn't close the distance, simply changed his tactics. He handed his suitcase to Aixia and then activated his extraordinary motor nerves.

With a running start, acceleration, and a huge leap, Yilin directly hugged the blue-haired girl who took Aisha's suitcase.

"Where can you run to, you little thieving cat?"

“>_<>

The girl called Qingyao moved differently after being hugged by Yilin, stammering and looking painful.

"Damn it! Don't bully my little Qingyao!"

The girl with long golden hair immediately rushed forward upon seeing this.

"Stop for a moment!"

Irena, who had chased here, had completely understood the situation and stopped the increasingly chaotic scene in front of her.

……

"The person in charge of reception at Xingke Academy?" Several people from Fusheng Academy looked at each other.

It is unheard of that people would receive guests by snatching their luggage and then run to guide them to their destination.

"Is this how you entertain guests at Xingke Academy?" Yilin said unhappily.

"That's because you don't know how autistic Xiao Qingyao was before."

The long-haired girl rubbed Qingyao's head who was hiding behind her windbreaker and explained on her behalf.

"But I still screwed up, Lost... I'm sorry."

"It's not all messed up, Qingyao. Everyone has arrived safely~"

With her arrogant blond hair, a white windbreaker that almost drags on the ground, and the three words "Red Dragon" written in exaggerated fonts on the back of the windbreaker, this girl named Lost looks like a school delinquent girl who is not easy to mess with.

But it is this seemingly bad girl who dotes on the timid little girl behind her.

"Xiao Qingyao, who originally had a hard time talking to strangers, resolutely challenged himself to complete the impossible task in order to catch up with his brother. This determination alone is already admirable. Don't worry, just take your time."

"Yes, yes, I understand the complicated situation between you two." Aixia interrupted, "Then, can I take my suitcase back?"

Turning his eyes, Lost looked at Aisha. The look in his eyes was not as kind as when he spoke to Qingyao. Instead, it was a little scary.

"Short white hair, green pupils, and a silly look, haha, Aisha Carlos, that's you."

"Hey, am I famous enough that other schools know me? Why is that so silly?"

"You are indeed famous. After all, you defeated Willy Barrett."