It has been three days since we discovered why Silka-chan and the Second prince weren’t getting along.
Nothing new happened since then, and there has been no contact from the second prince.
The situation is extremely peaceful, or rather, nothing’s happening.
Not that I’m expecting anything to happen, but the lack of action is a problem.
But that doesn’t mean, we can’t initiate the action, so it’s difficult.
We haven’t made progress, but we figured out one thing.
It’s the first prince.
Euphy gathered information on the school and found out that the first prince was currently fighting an illness, and it was an incurable disease.
His life isn’t in danger yet, but the likelihood of him coming to the front stage is extremely low.
That’s why the second prince has that attitude.
He’s the closest to being the next head of the family, so he’s getting carried away.
Knowing that I’m starting to feel that he’s really nasty.
Today, after I sent off Euphy to school, I went back to my apartment in Japan to check the mail and others, then went online to buy items at a 100-yen store.
I buy wholesale without thinking if they would sell or not.
I mean, if I sell one, I already make 20 times the profit.
I don’t feel like I have to be careful.
The order will probably be in ten or more cardboard boxes, but that’s not an issue because the delivery address is the hideout.
If it was here, the room would be filled, but that place has enough space to fill hundreds, I’ll ask Ryo to receive them.
He’d be happy to get them for some pay.
The next few hours flew by as we sorted through the paperwork, we had lunch delivered on the way, and we gathered information for our future activities.
The next thing I knew it was already past dusk, if I don’t cut out soon I’ll miss my appointment.
I’m not in a hurry, but I have to head over there because Mirai, who contacted me as soon as I checked on my app, says she’s coming to the hideout to have dinner with me.
A cute JK who smells good just from sitting next to me says she wants to talk, so I have no reason to turn her down.
You know what, I’m taking a liking to her now.
I don’t want to show it to her but deep down, I’m grinning.
Once prepared, I went to the hideout on foot.
I thought it would be fine to walk since my body won’t get fatigued at all even if it’s two stations away, but the summer in Japan is hard on the body even if the sun has already gone down.
I went to the convenience store to buy some drinks and ice cream, and after a 20-minute walk, the hideout was already in front.
Hmm?
The usually closed shutters are left halfway open.
Oh, Mirai’s trying to change the air inside.
I said that I’d be here in thirty minutes, but what a cute one, rushing just to see me.
I went inside, grinning and imagining that I might try touching her a bit to get a little closer to Mirai today, then I saw the minivan parked there as usual.
But something’s weird.
The car door is left wide open.
I approached the car wondering what was going on.
Then, I saw a man collapsed at the door.
「 Huh, what’s going on? 」
I let go of my convenience store bag and ran up to the man, finding Ryo with his eyes closed.
「 Hey, you good? 」
I thought that he might’ve suffered from heat stroke, but when I got closer, I found Ryo bleeding from his forehead, and looking closer, he seemed like he had been hit by something.
「 Hey, was there an attack? Are you dead? 」
I ran up to Ryo and checked his body. I found that he was still at normal temperature, and he had a pulse.
Seems like he just lost consciousness.
Relieved, I looked around.
「 Nobody’s here, right? 」
I look around the hideout but I don’t sense anyone.
The only noise I hear is from the car outside.
Wait, if Ryo’s here, Mirai has to be here too, right?
Where is she?
「 Mirai? Are you hiding? 」
The best place to hide in this warehouse would be the living space.
She would’ve noticed me otherwise and come out already.
I rushed to the living space and checked inside, but I couldn’t find Mirai.
「 She’s not here? Tsk, I have to wake Ryo up 」
It wasn’t about Ryo, I just clicked my tongue out of frustration.
I hurried back to the collapsed Ryo.
「 Hey, Ryo! Get up! 」
I shouted at Ryo, but he was not reacting.
I have no first-aid knowledge, but this might be bad.
No choice, I’ll have to use recovery magic.
Fortunately, I’m the only one here, so I have my methods.
At first, I thought about using some restoration medicine, but I have other ways so I’ll use it.
I bring my hand close to Ryo’s forehead, concentrate on my thoughts, and release my mana.
「 Greater Heal 」
It’s recovery magic, the major of light magic skills.
Greater healing is available at level three, so I can heal this level of injury with no problem.
It’s enough to heal broken bones if you give it time.
When you train with a bunch of knights, you’re bound to get hurt, so I trained.
A faint light came out of my palm, and within seconds, Ryo’s red forehead returned to normal and the wound closed.
I shake Ryo’s body while calling out to him, then his eyelids start twitching.
「 Hmm, Bro? 」
「 Get up. What happened? 」
「 What? Haa!! Ojou! Where is she? 」
「 Not here. Was there an attack? 」
「 Aaaaah! Shit! Shit! W-What do we do? 」
Ryo’s shaking violently as he recovered his consciousness.
I grabbed his collar and shouted.
「 Ryo, calm down! 」
Looking at him with real anger, Ryo swallowed his saliva.
「 B-Bro, I-I… 」
「 Listen and answer my questions. Was there an attack here? 」
「 T-That’s right. They stuck their car on us. I opened the shutters, got in the car, got out, and all of a sudden, they intruded 」
「 What happened to Mirai? Do you remember? 」
「 They took her…Dammit, Ojou… 」
Finally recalling his memories, he remembered Mirai getting taken away.
He slams the ground with his fist, gritting his teeth.
「 So, the people who took Mirai. Was it the Naito clan? 」
「 They hit me as soon as they got in the car so I don’t remember much, but I think they are. I saw a brawler among those guys 」
「 I see 」
I haven’t been paying much attention to them since they’ve been fighting out of sight, but not only they stormed into my hideout, but they also kidnapped Mirai…That’s a different story now.
They may not know who I am, but I don’t forgive those who are hostile against me.