NOVEL SIMPLE 7. Resolution.
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Not long after having breakfast together, Riser entered the dining room followed by the rest of his peerage. Kaito quickly notices that some of them walking awkwardly, which means prior to coming here, they should be doing the deed.
'As expected of a shitty first mob boss, he is scumbag before redemption.' Kaito thought.
"Onii-sama! Good morning!" Ravel greets her older brother.
""Good morning, Riser-sama."" All other peerage members also followed, including Kaito himself.
Riser who looked at Kaito, fold his hand and said, "Very good. As the part of my peerage member, you seem to get along pretty well with the others."
"Riser-sama." Kaito immediately bowed his head down.
"Hmmph. I see you know your place but I hope you have more confidence. Raise your head, male pawn." Riser commanded.
Kaito raised his head as he was instructed, but he still keep a humble expression while looking at his 'master'.
"Don't worry, You certainly got my respect by trying to protect my sister back then... Enough for me to revive you as the reward. But as my peerage members, I haven't approved you yet." Riser snorted.
"Onii-sama, aren't you a bit too harsh?" Ravel commented from the side.
Riser snorted again and said, "No, sister. Honestly, the reason why I would bother to revive him is that I want him to be your guard while I am playing in the human world. But for that, this male pawn needs to prove himself able to do that."
Riser stare at Kaito and asked, "Don't you agree, my new pawn?"
"Yes. I swear to protect Ravel-sama from now if that was Riser-sama want me to do!"
Honest to earth, Kaito would definitely protect Ravel from now on as he feels gratitude toward Ravel for asking her brother for reviving him. Besides according to Kaito's plan, he needs to get a good impression from the rest of his peerage member so he needs to be "trusted" and able to convince others.
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"K-Kaito?!" Ravel was shocked at what Kaito just said.
Everyone else on Riser's peerage was also commended positively on what Kaito just declared.
Kaito ignored Ravel and other scrutiny stares, instead of looking at Riser's eyes to show his determination.
Riser who could feel his determination smiled widely and answered, "Great!! Now follow me to the training ground, I hear from the servant you are able to play with Siris and Karlamine even though you are just a new pawn. Let's test it, shall we?"
"Yes, Riser-sama."
After that, Kaito followed Riser back to the training ground which was also followed by other peerage members.
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At the training ground, Riser immediately tells Siris to fight with Kaito as part of his test. Siris who listened to her master's request quickly complied as she unsheathed her sword.
"Siris, Fight seriously with our new pawn. Do not hesitate to kill him if he is too weak." Riser instructed.
"Yes, Riser-sama." Siris bowed her head, and then looked at Kaito seriously.
"Prepare yourself, boy. Although I have full respect for you as your act protecting Ravel-hime, My master command is more important." Siris said while pointing her sword, Zweihander toward Kaito.
"Please don't hold back... Senior." Kaito 'seriously' nodded.
"Don't worry. I am already aware of your capability, so I definitely will do my best to try to kill you." Siris replied.
Kaito still nodded and smiled 'Optimistically' toward Siris, but his mind was currently in mess. He never thought that his plan to have a good impression on others actually stabs him in the back right now. What he did actually make his quest progress even harder!
Unlike what happened in the original work with the Rating game in the fight against Kiba, She doesn't seem to underestimate Kaito at all right now.
He is clearly aware that Siris is a 'Knight', which means she is much faster and also got more experience of fighting than himself.
Kaito estimated with chat group judgment, that she should 1 stars power higher than himself. At this moment, Kaito is clearly in a disadvantageous situation.
Kaito knows well that he wouldn't be able to get out of this battle unscathed but it doesn't mean he would lose.
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*Inhale*
He take a deep breath, look at Siris with determination as he put a fighting posture, and answered, "I am ready."
"Start!" Riser loudly said with dignity as their master.
*Slash*
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"Shit!!"
The moment it started, Siris immediately attack Kaito upfront with a slash. Thankfully, he was able to react and barely avoided it by jumping back before getting hacked.
*Slash*
*Slash*
Knowing her first attack failed, Siris didn't even give Kaito a break and kept attacking him, but Kaito is no pushover either. While Siris attacks were really fast, it was pretty straightforward so Kaito pretty much was able to predict and react to them instinctively.
*Slash*
*Slash*
"Don't keep running away, boy!" Siris shouted.
"No way, senior! You got a sword in your hand!" Kaito refused while doing his best to avoid the attacks.
"Hmmph!" Siris who hear that seems undisturbed and keep attacking Kaito.
*Slash*
*Slash*
Kaito was aware that he can't keep avoiding Siris attack, so his current plan while keep avoiding Siris attack... he also had to wait for a moment when there is an opening for him to counterattack her.
All he needs is to land a decisive attack on Siris, and he should win easily. Kaito believes that even though Knight is really fast, they usually have a bad defense which means they are like a glass cannon. Another problem is that he doesn't have such kind of attack, except using that cursed chainsaw.
'Damn it! What I should do?' Kaito thought.,
At that moment, because Kaito was distracted by his thought on the fight,
Siris managed to get very close to him and does a clean hit on Kaito's left arm as he reflexively puts on instinct to protect himself.
*Slash*
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"Aaargh!"
A shallow cut appeared on Kaito's left arm and made him groan in pain while holding her left arm. Still, Siris didn't give Kaito mercy at all and even increase her attack intensity furthermore.
*Slash*
*Slash*
*Slash*
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"Ugghh!!" Kaito groaned once again.
Another slash landed on Kaito's guts, but thankfully it's just a shallow cut again. Still, it restrained Kaito furthermore and inflicted more pain on him.
"Kaito!" Ravel yelled out of concern.
"Hmmph. Pathetic!" Riser said as he was disappointed at Kaito's performance.
"Onii-sama! It is not fair for Kaito, he is not familiar with his own body yet! Please stop this!" Ravel said, begging his brother.
"If he is too weak, then he just can die again. I don't need a weakling who can't protect himself, not to mention the reason he was still alive because you believe in him to protect you, Ravel." Riser answered with disdain.
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Listening to Ravel plead and Riser'smocking at him, Kaito can't help but feel guilty at the moment.
Riser might be an asshole, but what he said was right. Kaito is aware that he really needs to prove himself at the moment, and there's no moment of hesitation about it.
Even if it does mean sacrificing his dignity.
"Even if it means that I need to become a magical girl! I will protect Ravel-sama!" Kaito suddenly yelled out.
*DING*
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[Mysltetainn (* * * *) has been retrieved from the inventory]
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Kaito sudden outcry made everyone surprised and even Siris also stop her attack in confusion. However, it was quickly replaced with more surprise as Kaito summoned 'Mystletainn' from his inventory, the cursed pink chainsaw... And everyone thought it was his sacred gear.
"He... awakened a sacred gear?!" Riser exclaimed.
"Pink chainsaw!!" Both Ile and Nei excitedly followed. Both these twins are also using a chainsaw as their weapon, and they can't help but get attracted to Kaito's chainsaw.
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Kaito who knows there is no time to hesitate quickly takes a deep breath, holding the pink chainsaw in front of him, and then Kaito slowly recites the transforming words.
"Nobobuyo, Yoshi, Hashitawa, Dokeda, Gunmicha, De, Ribura!"
(A/N: Video reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej22p00ec-c )
*Sparkle*
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As Kaito recite the triggering words, a bright pink light slowly enveloped him, transforming Kaito into a magical girl (?) with a classic transforming sequence that was witnessed by everyone in the training ground.
*Shine*
"It's coming... It's coming...!!" Kaito softly moaned, which made some of Riser's peerage members who looked at him feel a bit disgusted.
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What appeared when the magical transformation is done is Kaito wearing a pink-white magical girl outfit while holding a pink chainsaw.
The situation suddenly becomes awkward, as no one here ever expected this could have happened in this battle.
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"Did my junior actually just a pervert?" Siris commented while also getting dumbfounded.
"Really? Magical Girl?" Mira muttered in disbelief.
"Magical girl... Trap?" Riser also followed, but there was a hint of excitement in his voice.
"K-Kaito, are you a pervert?!" Ravel asked.
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Aware that everyone's attention is on him, Kaito feels really ashamed right now. Besides, he feels cold below... He didn't expect that the skirt is too high, exposing his thigh to everyone's eyes.
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"Ugh... If I said I don't know what happened, would someone believe me?" Kaito said while raising both of his arms to the air, pretending to be ignorant.
"No No No, you have yelled 'magical girl' before this happened." Siris instantly rebuked him while crossing her hand.
"Ah." Kaito quickly facepalmed. There's his chance to save a bit of his dignity... not possible anymore.
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"Hahahahaha...!!" Riser loudly laughed followed by others.
The others who looked at Kaito's funny reaction and costume can't help but want to laugh at him. Even Ravel did her best to hold her laugh and just give up as Kaito's current situation is too funny to be ignored.
The only saving grace is that all of Kaito's physical wounds disappeared after transformation but right now he suffered from mental wounds after getting laughed at by the rest of the peerage members.
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