
Two days had passed since Miko left her home, and left to stay in the city.
He was currently walking on the narrow path alone. This road is located in the lower class part of the city, or better known as the slums.
He had a bag of fruits in his hand.
(Hey, when are you going to find a place to sleep?)
Tiamat spoke in his mind. In order not to look like a madman, he did the same.
'I have no problem sleeping outside. In fact, it has its benefits.'
(A six-year-old shouldn't live like that. Especially someone who wants to be king.)
'Why do you care? You went back to Summit as we left the house.'
(That's because the Higher Being can't be far from here for too long. I've spent a week outside the Peak, therefore I won't be able to go down for a few years. As you become stronger, the time you can spend outside will increase; and the time I need to return to your side, will also decrease.)
'Is that so? Well, I might soon find some shelter.'
Miko took an apple from the bag, and carried it to her mouth to be bitten.
"I'll take it."
But before the apple reached his mouth, someone picked it up.
When Miko saw who did it, she saw a rather large and scary-faced man eating the apples he bought.
“It's pretty good. Thank you for stepping aside to buy it for me.”
The man smiled and looked at Miko.
"Oh? You have a bag full of them! You don't mind if I take some, son? ”
The man did not wait for Miko's reply, and took the bag from her.
He then turned to leave and said
“Thank you for the food, son!”
And start laughing.
Miko watched as the man left, smiled and said
“Thank you for your protection.”
He held out a large sack in front of him. When he opened it, it was filled with all kinds of coins.
'seen? Benefit.'
(……..)
Of course, the money was not his. He took it from the guy.
Miko put the sack in her pocket and turned to leave.
“Hm?”
But then he saw a girl looking at him with a smile on her face.
"What?"
Miko spoke to the girl, but she just quietly walked up to her and looked at her.
He looked at her with curious eyes. He looked like a child who saw a magic trick for the first time.
It bothers Miko, so she walks past it.
“It was amazing. The way you took that guy's money, at the same time he grabbed your fruit.”
The girl spoke behind him. He stopped looking at her.
"Thank you."
"Oh? You won't deny it?”
"Why? It was a simple business transaction. He took my fruit, so I took his money.”
"Ha ha ha! You said some interesting things. ”
"Thank you."
Miko started walking again, but then the girl suddenly appeared in front of him out of nowhere.
Seeing that, he quickly jumped back to distance himself.
"Wow! Good reflexes!”
The girl smiled and started clapping, like seeing something comforting.
"….What do you want?"
Miko glared at him. For him to be able to move that fast, he concluded that he was abnormal.
"Ah sorry. I didn't mean to surprise you. I just want to watch you longer.”
"Why?"
“Because you pulled.”
Miko closely watched the girl's "plain" smile. There was no ill will in her smile, so she let her guard down a bit.
Seeing that, the girl smiled and said
“My name is Hinami. You can call me Hina.”
He introduced himself with a big smile on his face.
Miko looked at him once more.
He's about 10 years old. She has shoulder-length brown hair, which has a skull hairpin in it. She is very cute, which makes Miko want to see her adult version.
However, he was dressed strangely.
She wore a brown blouse and loose-sleeved green with a matching skirt. Both the skirt and the blouse have many frills.
It remains a Lolita fashion trend.
“…..My name is Gamiko.”
“Oh, funny name! It suits you!”
Miko did not know if it was because she told her name, but she looked very excited for a reason.
"But I have to say, you're really cute, Mikky."
Hinami said, while looking at Miko from head to toe. He then began to walk around her, and looked at her from various angles.
"I'll have to look at you for a long time, before I can figure out your gender."
"So, that's why you're staring .......Wait, who's Mikky?"
"What are you talking about? You of course. Your name is Gamiko, so in short Mikky.”
(Hahaahahaha! Mikkiy! I like! Ahhaha!)
'Shut up, Lizard!'
(Li-Lizard?!)
Miko silenced the laughing Tiamat, and looked back at Hina.
“Typically, wouldn't Miko be the shorter version?”
"Thul? You just look like Mikky. ”
“What's Mikky like?!”
Miko was obviously upset at being called something that reminded her of a talking mouse with pants and gloves.
“You don't like it? It's funny.”
"…huh. Call me whatever you like.”
Miko felt it was a waste of energy to argue, so she gave up. He is also interested in other things.
“Do not care about the name. Your eyes, is it special?”
"Why are you asking?"
“When I stole the money, I made sure to do it in a corner that no one around could see. Not to mention, I did so after strengthening my body with magic, plus it was a little more than a foot away. Which means my hand should be moving faster than the average eye can see. But, you still see it….How about besides eye or special technique?”
Hina looked at Miko with wide eyes.
“You are really smart to know. That could be a bluff. I can only see when you have the sack in your hand, and guess that you stole it.”
He's really impressed.
"really. But, you praised how I was able to take the money as the man grabbed my fruit. Which means you have to see everything. ”
“Ah, so I gave myself up from the beginning. Hehe."
He laughed happily and said
"You're right. My eyes are a little special.”
"Will you explain to me how?"
"If you buy me lunch with the money you stole."
Miko immediately began to consider the pros and cons of fulfilling her request. If he left now, he could continue as usual. But it also means missing out on opportunities to learn new techniques. Fighting Leon made him realize that his weaponry was too small. So if his eyes were the result of a technique, he needed to take the opportunity to learn it regardless of the risk.
After she made her decision, Miko's detached aura disappeared and was replaced with a more amiable aura.
"Good."
“Yes! I'm starving!"
Hina was obviously happy, but Miko was still a little annoyed.
Seeing that, he wrapped his hand on his shoulder.
“Don't be too grim! Think of it as an exercise for the future! You have to take your wife out at all times, or she'll cheat on you! ”
Hina laughed as she said something inappropriate from a little girl.
“Come go, Honey!”
"If you keep calling me that, I'll ask for something that only a husband can ask his wife for."
Miko said in a joking manner.
[×—×]
About 20 minutes later, Miko and Hina were already inside a fast food restaurant in the commercial district.
The restaurant looks very similar to the one in the Logan world. Well, if you ignore the fact that the food was made with alchemy, and that they are a lot of people wearing medieval clothing, that is.
"Why did we come all the way here, where the food is so expensive?"
moo Miko.
“Because the food here is delicious. Didn't you enjoy your food with a sweet smile on your face.”
"Forget over. Tell me about your eyes.”
“How impatient. You wouldn't be popular with women if you kept it that way, you know. ”
"With a face like this, I will become popular whether I like it or not."
"Wow, such vanity ~."
hina said seductively.
He then closed his eyes for a while, before reopening them.
Hina's purple eyes had turned into a shining golden color.
"I was born with 3 gifts."
He held three fingers in front of him.
“Two kinds of unusual magic, and eyes that see every little detail in this world, no matter what it is.”
"Are you separated from the clan?"
"No. And I'm also not [Injured] if you're wondering. Even though my parents might. ”
'[Injured]?'
Miko hears a foreign term, but decides to ignore it for now.
"i believe that I inherited them from my parents."
"really?"
“I don't know them. I was raised by my grandmother, but she died.”
Hinami paused for a moment before saying
"I killed him."
"So that's it."
“…..You don't seem worried?”
"Why should I? So, you killed someone. Congratulations, you are one of the billions of killers in the world.”
He spoke with a sarcastic tone.
Hina looked at him in surprise for a moment, before laughing.
"You're a really weird kid."
"The same can be said for you."
“I think you're right.”
He smiles and looks at her, but Miko wants to chase after him.
“So, it's not something I can learn?”
"Unfortunately no. But don't you already have extraordinary abilities? You know, being a Proxy and everything? ”
“…?!”
Shock covered Miko's face upon hearing Hina's words. He immediately raised his vigilance, and prepared to kill at any time.
"How do you know?"
He spoke in a calm but merciless tone.
"Huh? I'm right?”
“…..Eh?”
But all the tension is gone with one question.
"Looky! I just realized that the magic particles around you, are much denser than around other people. I just said it as a joke but I was right! I'm amazing!"
Hina said with spirit.
(I can't believe you, who is over 20 years old mentally, were cheated by a 10 year old girl ..).
“……….”
“Hm? What's wrong? Your face is red?”
"No, I'm just so embarrassed that I wish I hadn't reincarnated."
This was the shame he felt the most since being reborn.
However, he was completely confused. According to her heartbeat, Hina did not lie when she said that she guessed it, but she also did not lie when she said that she was a Proxy for sure. This is very confusing for Miko.
"So, Proxy who are you?"
But, Hina intended to learn as much as she could. However, Miko had no intention of revealing any further information about her.
“…..Just a random lizard.”
(Hi!)
“Already, you said that you were born with 2 unusual magic abilities. Show me them.”
"And if I choose not to?"
"I'll kill you here."
“….Kind of extreme, don't you think?”
"This may be a tongue mistake, but the fact that you know who I am is enough to kill you."
Hina looked at the expression on Miko's face, which was not suitable for small children and also wore the same expression.
"Oh? Do you think you can?”
The atmosphere instantly became tense between them. It doesn't look like a meeting between two kids. But it's more like a confrontation between two assassins.
"Incitrate. Let's stop."
But that tension was quickly removed by Hina's tired tone.
“You're smart, so you won't risk attacking me without knowing what I'm capable of. So, this look was useless. ”
Hinami reached into his pocket and picked up the notebook.
“I like you, Mikky. I want to be friends with you. As proof, I will show you one of my abilities.”
Hinami then uses a pen and draws something on a notepad. He rips the page and shows it to Miko.
It was a knife picture.
Miko was confused as to why she pulled the knife and showed it to her.
Hinami smiled and said
"[Looks!]"
The courtyard began to shine, and Hinami placed her hand on the courtyard.
That's when Miko saw him.
Hinami's hand went into the courtyard.
He did not use his hands to tear or make the paper.
Miko watched as ripples appeared on the surface of the courtyard, as her hands actually entered the courtyard like a bucket of water.
Hinami then quickly pulled her hand from inside the courtyard, and held a knife in her hand.
It was the same knife he had pulled. Not only that, the page was empty. There was no sign that it had been withdrawn.
“Excellent, right?”
hinami said, flicking a knife between her fingers.
“Nah, it's magic ..”
Miko expressed her honest thoughts.
"I don't think I can learn it."
When Hinami uses her powers, Miko notices the magic particles around her.
They moved in a way he had never seen before. Just trying to follow them made his head hurt. He knew right away that this was something he could not learn.
“Hahaha, it is something I have since birth, so of course it is not easy to learn.”
"Can you tell me how it works?"
"certain. What I used just now, is called [Manifestation]. Simply put, I can turn fiction into reality.”
“Change fiction into reality? How's it?"
“Take this knife for example. Originally the image was on paper, but it was now as sharp as a combat knife if not sharper. It [Manifestation]. I can change 2D to 3D.”
“It sounds useful.”
"He. But pictures aren't the only thing I can make happen. Pictures, comics, and even things described in the book. I can manifest everything. ”
"How does the book work?"
"I just need to know what it looks like, and then I'll be able to make it happen."
“... Sounds like cheating ability.”
If you have the ability to turn 2D into 3D, you will be able to rule the world if you use it the right way.
However, Hina laughed and said
“There is a limit. I cannot manifest living beings. So, I can't read a book and manifest a dragon in it.”
"So that's it."
"But I have a way to work around it."
"….How's it?"
Hina smiled and placed her index finger on her lips and said
"It's a secret."
Normally, Miko would be upset to respond to him, but she did not want to get on her bad side yet, so let it be.
Miko will ask him to show more of his strength, but before he can, he is pulled closer.
"Go away."
With that sentence alone, Hinami quickly stood up and left the restaurant.
Miko thought for a while before getting up and following him.
(There's no need for you to follow him, you know.)
'There's. The power of this girl is attractive, so I want to observe her for a moment.'
(....Don't tell me, you've fallen in love with her.)
'Don't be stupid. He's attractive. That's it's it's'
Miko ends her conversation with Tiamat, and follows Hinami. But when he does-
“I'm sorry, Mikky. Looks like I've dragged you into my troubles.”
The first thing Hinami does is apologize to Miko.
Immediately after, threw a knife into the chest of a man behind them.
"…….Huh uh?"
Miko stared confusedly at the dead man. He quickly realized that they were surrounded by a large group of men glaring at them. Since he had focused most of his attention on Hina, he had not been able to sense her until now.
“…..I don't know what's going on, but.”
He directed a fearless smile at the people glaring.
“But, exercise after meals is always welcomed.”