I Got Reincarnated as a Minor Character and I Won’t Give Up on TS – Chapter 546: The Most Magnificent Magician in This World 1-11

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“Ugh, uhh…”

Groaning, Kei slowly opened her eyes.

The instant she did, Toa’s face, leaning in close to peer at her, filled her entire field of vision, and Kei froze in surprise.

“Ah, you’re awake! Kei-chan, thank goodness~!”

“Huh? What in the world was I doing…?”

As if complaining of a headache, Kei sat up while pressing a hand to her head.

Looking around, she saw Lusciera and the others sleeping just like she had been.

“What’s going on?”

“It was the angel’s doing.”

“An angel… you mean the Second Angel?”

Doctor nodded.

“Yes. It seems the First Angel’s true power was in its cry. And it appears we walked right into its trap.”

“But, but! Conductor-san fixed it for us!”

“The Conductor… a member of Silver Twilight.”

Looking over, there was an exquisitely beautiful girl seated in a chair, elegantly lifting a cup to her lips. Her outfit was nothing short of exhibitionist, yet her beauty made even that appear beautiful.

As Sorciera’s just-awakened, still-drowsy mind registered her appearance, the word “Beautiful…” slipped from her lips unconsciously.

“It seems we showed her something unsightly. We should thank her.”

“Ah, um, the Conductor is—”

Before Toa could convey the most important thing, Kei walked over to the Conductor.

Conductor noticed and snapped her fingers. In response, another chair appeared.

“Please, have a seat if you like. I’ve been wanting to speak with you, hero from another world.”

“Oh my, how thoughtful. Thank you.”

The moment Kei sat, a cup appeared before her.

Apparently, she was a beautiful girl with a personality much like the Professor.

“I am the Conductor. I hold the lowest seat in Silver Twilight, and I am that Professor’s younger sister.”

“Younger sister…? I see, so they had a little sister.”

“Eh, no, that’s not—”

The instant she tried to correct her, Toa and the Doctor’s positions grew distant.

“Ah, that—!”

“This is the Insignia of Harmony too!?”

With no warning at all, the distance between them stretched to about a kilometer.

Her words of correction couldn’t possibly reach them now.

“Toa-chan!? What in the world are you doing?”

“I’m sorry if I caused a misunderstanding. I simply wanted to speak with the hero from another world without anyone interrupting. You see, when my elder sister was the leader of Silver Twilight, I couldn’t help but admire heroes… I enjoy hearing stories like that. As thanks for waking you from the angel’s dream, won’t you talk with me for just a little while?”

She leaned forward slightly, looking up at Kei with round, dewy eyes.

Seeing that, Kei sighed, closed her eyes, and nodded.

“I suppose I have no choice. Think of it as thanks for saving me.”

“Thank you very much. Hehe, please help yourself to the tea as well, if you’d like.”

“Thanks. Since you went to the trouble, I’ll have some.”

Faced with the Conductor’s gentle demeanor—unusual for Silver Twilight—Kei relaxed her guard.

It seemed there were decent people in Silver Twilight after all.

Or so she thought as she took the cup and slowly brought it to her lips, then noticed.

“……Hm?”

There was an unusual aroma.

Was that alcohol, reverberating deep in her nose?

At the same time, a cloyingly sweet scent seeped into her brain.

“Conductor, what is this?”

“It’s a famous tea from my elder sister’s and my homeland. This tea is quite interesting. Depending on how long the leaves are fermented, it changes from tea into alcohol. This amber-colored state in particular is called shusencha, and it has the deep aroma of alcohol while still letting you enjoy the sweetness of the tea leaves.”

“……Does it contain alcohol?”

“No. In this state, not yet. I have a certification for judging such things. I’m the finest appraiser in all of Atlastia.”

Conductor looked at Kei with expectant eyes.

Those eyes seemed to be asking for her impression of the tea.

She likely genuinely wanted Kei to enjoy the tea from her homeland from the bottom of her heart.

“……Thank you, I’ll drink it.”

“Yes, please do. I know it’s not something I should say myself, but shusencha is quite hard to come by. When I was little, I often snuck into the storehouse to try and drink shusencha, only to end up drinking some that had accidentally turned into alcohol.”

Conductor smiled a beautiful, painting-like smile as she reminisced about the past.

“I’m usually not very honest with my elder sister, but when I drank that, I’d end up wanting to be spoiled. I even begged her for a lap pillow and such.”

“—Gehoh!?”

“Oh my, are you all right? The aroma is quite unique, so at first it might be best to take small sips and let it play with the air in your mouth.”

“R-right…… thank you.”

It looked as if she’d reacted to something else entirely, but Kei took another sip of the shusencha.

When she rolled it around in her mouth, the mellow aroma truly pierced through her nose—it was rather refined.

“So, continuing what I was saying before—apparently I even asked my elder sister to pat my head. Hehe, I was already quite grown up by then, but still, I suppose deep down I still had the desire to be spoiled by her.”

“Cough…… r-right.”

Kei choked a little, but quickly composed herself.

The Conductor watched her with a cheerful expression.

“When a close friend saw me like that, I didn’t know what to do. I mean, it’s embarrassing, isn’t it? The younger sister of that hero, wanting to be spoiled by someone at her age.”

“……”

“Oh my, you look pale. Is something the matter?”

“It’s nothing. Anyway, shouldn’t we get going soon? Thanks for the tea, it was delicious, let’s continue this story another time, Toa is waiting (fast-talking).”

In contrast to Kei’s sudden haste, the Conductor calmly took a sip of shusencha.

Then, after thoroughly savoring its aroma, she said:

“Indeed, if you kept drinking and then actually did the sugary little-sister meow-meow act in reality, I’d be—"

"Starreader awakens here."

"—oops.”

A scythe closed in on the Conductor’s neck.

But in the next instant, Conductor had moved a full scythe’s length away.

“What’s the matter? Your face is terrifying.”

“……You… don’t tell me…”

“What’s wrong, Kei-san? Well, take a look at this and calm down. It’s really quite funny.”

So saying, the Conductor pulled a tablet device from thin air and showed it to Kei.

『Miroku-oneechan, laaap pillow. Mizuhi-oneechan, hold my hand tiiight』

“(A face despairing of the world)”

“(A brilliant smile heralding dawn)”

Kei slowly looked at the Conductor.

Her face had become as grim as when she had once faced the Will of Heaven.

“I’ll kill you.”

“It’s no use. Besides, I saw your precious friend as well. You were saved precisely because I saw it, so I’d like a little more gratitude. Or perhaps you still haven’t been spoiled enough? (lol)”

“……Heh. Hehehehehehe. I see, so you have a death wish! I never imagined Silver Twilight had someone this suicidal!”

Kei’s eyes were spiraling.

“For now, I’ll kill you here, erase Toa-chan’s memories, and then I’ll die too. Yes, let’s do that.”

“Oh dear, this is a problem. I just wanted to get along with the cute little sister—"

"Code 999: Collapse—Bang"

"mgh—!”

Conductor, who had been laughing cheerfully until a moment ago, vanished from Kei’s sight in the next instant.

Looking over, she was wedged neatly into the wall, still holding a teacup in one hand. Even that sight was strangely beautiful.

“I truly am sorry, Kei.”

“……Doctor, what is the meaning of this?”

“It’s exactly as you imagine.”

“……I see.”

Still gripping the scythe, Kei looked up at the ceiling.

Then, as if hoping to be denied, she forced out the words.

“You all…… saw my dream, didn’t you……”

“Yes.”

“Toa-chan too……?”

“She saw it.”

“Do you have an invention that erases memories?”

“It’s currently under development. And regarding the Conductor, I promise to take responsibility and keep her quiet. Once Lecturer wakes, that one will calm down considerably.”

“I see……”

“Yeah.”

Silence fell between the two of them.

During that silence, a breathless Toa caught up with them.

“K-Kei-chan, are you okay!?”

“……Toa-chan.”

Kei, just calling her name, looked frailer than usual.

Seeing her like that, Toa froze in surprise.

“Wh-what’s wrong?”

“Don’t say anything. Just forget everything you just saw.”

“Ah……”

A request unimaginable from the usual her—the mysterious S-rank who moved through the shadows of Academy City.

『Aye, comin’ right up—Shame-Shiverin’ Sorciera! Careful, the bowl’s hot!』

『It’s here! This is it, this is it!』

『You’re the liar, aren’t you? What do you gain from doing this……?』

『Is my order of plump-plump Sorciera Bowl ready yet?』

『That one’s sold out.』

『I am sad……』

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