Chapter 9: Chapter 9: This Goes Terribly Wrong!!!!

Sio, Higita and I follow the stepmother closely to find the nearest shelter. Seeing the wave of people inside the mall makes Higita's stepmother decide to take us to the nearest store and make us hide there first. We eventually find a door that leads to the storage in the back of the store.

When we successfully enter the storage, Higita's stepmother immediately closes the door and summons her grimoire.

"Ice spirit heeds my call~ Please freeze this door!"

After Higita's stepmother successfully casts the magic, a gigantic ice chunk appears and blocks the door.

The spell's strength of other grimoire types categorizes the same as the summoning's grimoire. Depending on the destructive and utility of the magic, we can divide them into 12 different ranks.

The magic Higita's mother just used can barely be put into the second rank because of its small scale and lack of utility.

When I pay attention to my surrounding, I find other has already turned off the light inside the room. Higita's stepmother uses the phone as the only light source, so we can see other conditions.

However, we can't use the phone to contact outside since it loses the signal. The terrorist might be the culprit that blocks the signal.

"Boss, what are you doing? Go over here with me. Hurry!"

Sio pulls my shirt's sleeve and points to the corner of the room where Higita and his stepmother hide. They are hiding behind numerous boxes.

"Come here! Fast!"

I nod at the Higita's stepmother screaming and run toward their place along with Sio. We can only let out our breath and relive after we have settled behind those boxes.

"We will be fine here...In the worst situation, I will protect three of you."

Higita is strangely docile and replies to his stepmother.

"Uhm..."

"Good boy! You look like a man now!"

"Hummm! I am always one!"

Higita's stepmother turns her attention to us after talking with Higita briefly.

"You two are also so brave. To be able to stay calm in this situation."

"No, it's not true at all."

I immediately deny it since I know myself best. I shook like crazy when I first heard the screaming through the speaker.

The stepmother brightens our mood and distracts us from the fear by changing various topics.

"Since this situation happened abruptly, I forgot to ask for your names."

Sio enthusiastically replies to Higita's stepmother with a smile on him...No, her face.

"Sio...please call me, Sio!"

"Then you can call me..."

Sio interrupts Higita's stepmother in the middle of her sentence.

"Can I call you mom?"

"Yes...?"

Higita's stepmother looks a little confused at first. Then she comes to understand the situation and hugs Sio tightly.

"You can call me mom."

"Thanks...mom."

Higita looks annoyed at the situation unfolding in front of him. He jumps between the two and pushes them away.

"Ara~Ara."

Meanwhile, Sio clicks her tongue loudly and glares at Higita with hatred.

"Why are you getting in my way?"

"Do I need a reason? She is mine!"

Sio grabs her hand and forms it into a fist.

"She is not your possession. And you don't deserve to be next to her side at all!"

Sio raises her fist and attempts to hit Higita.

"Come! I am not scared of you at all..."

I grab the hand that Sio tries using to hit Higita.

"Boss, release me!"

Since I exercise a lot after I reincarnated, it's pretty easy for me to stop her fist with my current strength.

"Boss! Release me!"

"Calm down, Sio! You should think about our current situation first."

Out of nowhere, the noise outside stops abruptly and replaces with a lot of screaming.

"..."

"..."

Sio stops her action and returns to the seat next to me. We all sit silently and pray those people outside won't find us.

For us now...Even a minute is like an eternity. Then, the screaming outside gradually dies down and replaces with a scary silence.

Sometimes, I could hear some loud noise on the other side of the door. But it would disappear after a while.

But this time it's different...! A male's voice echoes from the other side of the door.

"Why can't I open this door?"

What comes after that is a loud bang noise in the door's direction. I can feel the person on the other side becomes irritated at the current situation.

"Damn, why the hell can't I open this door?"

My heart keeps beating like crazy as I hear the man's voice. I close my eyes and pray the man will go away.

"Hah! Fine! Come out, Salamander!"

High heat gradually radiates throughout the room. This mad man! He wants to burn the room along with us.

"Hehehe, maybe the target is hiding inside. I will be rewarded generously!"

Higita's stepmother stands up and summons her grimoire.

"You two! Take care of Higita for me..."

Higita stands up and screams out loud.

"No...!"

He jumps up and hugs his stepmother's leg.

"Don't..."

"Higita..."

Higita looks up with teary eyes and says in a trembling voice.

"Please don't go anywhere...I beg you!"

The stepmother falls on her knee, so she can watch over Higita at the same height.

"Silly boy. I will come back right away..."

Higita shakes his head and mutters in a small voice.

"I..."

Higita's stepmother points at herself and says confidently.

"Those villainesses won't be able to do anything to me."

Sio also runs up to the stepmother and hugs the other leg.

"Mom...Don't go?"

I bite my lips since I know all of this is just her acting. Because I see the stepmother tremble while grasping her own hands. I can even see the veins appear though out her arms. She just wants to look strong in front of us.

Hah...I use my hands to clap my face.

"Boss?"

"What are you doing so suddenly? Auntie is going to... "

What are you scared of, Airi? You have already died one...! A man's duty is to save beauty from danger. Well, even though I am not a man now...

I form a mischievous smile and look at the three of them.

"I'm sorry for this~ Miao!"

The pink grimoire appears beside me and lets Miao come out of it.

"Please make the adult sleep for a little while. Playing trick!"

"Nyaaa!"

Higita's mother is unprepared for my unexpected attack and faints. At the same time, I can feel something draining out of my body.

"Two more times is my limit..."

I never thought that Miao's skill would be powerful like this at first. This skill barely made the target have a headache when I first tried.

However, after mother Haine took Miao to secret training. Miao can now inflict some status aliment like sleeping aside from dizziness. It can only be effective for rank 2 or lower mage, familiar.

But it is still incredible since it can bypass and be effective against the opponent one rank above you. That's not possible in the game inside the Magical Academy, though.

"Mother is Haine is so awesome."

Higita and Sio are enraged because of the fainted stepmother.

"Boss! Even if you are my boss, I won't forgive you if you try to do anything to her."

"Why do you make her faint? Do you want to die? Idiot!"

I sigh and tell them in a tired voice.

"Can you two shut up for a moment?"

"Punk..."

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Sio calms her breath and looks me in the eyes.

"There must be a reason you do that, boss."

"Yup, you two don't want to lose, right?"

"Of course."

Sio answers me in a calm voice as if a natural thing to do.

"For me, she is the most important person in the world."

I feel a little jealous when she speaks directly to me like this.

"Of course, you are the second most important in the world for me, boss."

"You don't have to comfort me."

"It's true, boss."

Hey! If that's true, then speak with more emotion. How can I trust you if you say that to me in a monotone?

"Anyway, I will be a decoy instead of her."

"Alright, I understand."

Sio nods and turns to the stepmother.

Hey, Sio! Please put more effort if you genuinely care about me!

"Are you crazy? What can you do?"

"Do you have a grimoire?"

"No...?"

"Then sit down and watch the show, little princess."

"Little what! You!"

"Ahahaha! Finally, I can get inside!"

I give the two signals to be quiet. I peek out from the corner and find a man with an enormous lizard standing at the entrance.

"My gold mine! Where are you hiding?"

While the man is looking around with his familiar, I seize this chance to jump out and make a surprise attack with Miao.

"Miao, playing trick!"

"Nyaaaa."

"Arghhh."

The man holds his head and backs away from us. His salamander is not much better since its eyes are rolling because of Miao's skill.

"Damn, brat!"

Miao jumps on my shoulder as we head toward the man together. While Miao's skill affects him, he opens his arm and tries to catch us.

"Take this."

I unleash the secret move I often see in manga and novels.

"Egg crushing!"

I aim at his cross and kick as strong as possible.

"Guarghhh! It hurtsssss!"

It will stall the man for a while. With that move, I can pass over him and his familiar safely. On the other side of the door, I find many people lying on the ground as if a big battle had just happened here.

The man soon recovers, and he will chase after me for sure. Because I crushed his man's pride with all my might after all!

"Brattttt."

Yup, here he is! And for some reason, I have run for a while, but I don't find anyone else besides me.

I turn around and find the man chasing after me while riding the salamander.

I immediately turn left and run into the supermarket. This mad man doesn't give up and crashes through the counter with his salamander.

"Catch that brat!!!"

He will soon catch up with me soon at the current speed.

"Miao! One more time, please!"

"Nyaaaa!"

Miao on my shoulder activates the skill again. It makes the man and the salamander lose their sense of direction and crash into the nearby wall.

"Good job."

Miao makes a smug face while clinging to my shoulder.

"Nyaaa~"

"Fine! Fine! I will reward you later!"

I make up a plan to deal with the man in my mind. Since his IQ is not that high, I can probably use that. I head to the grocery section with a smile on my face.

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"Brattttttt."

After a dozen minutes of running, the man eventually catches up with me.

"You have nowhere to run now..."

His face is now red as a tomato because of the anger.

"I miss my generous reward just because of you..."

I step back while showing fear on my face.

"Ahahaha! I will play with you a little before I get rid of you."

The man heads toward me slowly with his familiar.

"Nooo..."

"Hummm, where is the cat on your shoulder?"

At this moment, the man feels something wrong and tries to retreat.

"It's now! Miao"

"Nyaaaaa!"

Miao immediately pushes down several yellow cans that are neatly arranged beside the man.

"Garghhhh!"

The man and the salamander lie helplessly on the floor because of the cans on top of them.

"Youuuuu!!!"

I put out my tongue to taunt the man in front of me.

"Blehhhh! You can't even catch a kid."

"Salamander burns that brat downnnnn!"

"Hey!"

"Shut up! I am going to turn you into charcoal!"

"Well, you don't seem to know about those cans' identities."

"What?"

"They are flammable oil."

It's too late now...His action will cause him to burn.

"Miao, let's go..."

I don't want to witness that scene and evacuate from the supermarket with Miao.

"Hah, we are safe now..."

"Nyaaa..."

At the supermarket's entrance, I sight a man wearing a dark vest.

"Hah...?"

All the instinct inside my body screams and tells me to run away. But what makes me standstill is the gigantic dragon wrapping around him.

"There is a rat over here."

At this moment...I know my death will come soon...No...I don't want to die here.

An unbelievable sight somehow happens in front of me. A white rabbit appears and jumps at a man wearing the vest.

"Rabbit?"

A small and childish voice echoes throughout the supermarket and breaks me from man intimidation.

"F*cking Bang!"

The rabbit suddenly explodes and creates a terrible explosion blasts away the man wearing the vest. At the same time, a little girl wearing winter clothes appears in front of me and protects me from the explosion.

"Muhahaha, how can a mere dragon stand a chance against my art of explosion?"

"Who are youuu...?"

"Ohoho! You took care of the trial that I gave you pretty well! From now on, you will formally become my disciple."

Ehhhh? Ehhhhh? What is this situation?