Chapter 123 – The Location of Incinerate Anthem

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I poured the sake inside the bottle into the cup before I raised the cup and drank it in one gulp.

"It's a bit sensitive, care if I put on a soundproof barrier?"

When I raised my right index finger and was about to put up a barrier, a translucent barrier appeared around us, shrouding over the five of us and cutting off the sound outside of the barrier.

In a surprise, I looked at Reni and saw her smiling while her index finger was raised.

"I thought that you need it, so I prepared it in advance!"

Maybe I should say as expected from a magician? They worked fast if Magic was involved.

"That's amazing nya!" Kuroka that was also well versed in Magic let out her amazement.

She hugged me from behind and her face was put on my shoulder.

"You are even faster than me nya!" She was smiling from ear to ear as her arms were wrapped around my neck.

"My, thank you." Reni was smiling with her hand covering her mouth. Her eyes were closed and she tilted her head happily.

"I am flattered by what you said."

"No, nya. You are really amazing in magic!"

Kuroka released her hug and then sat normally. She was still looking at Reni with a smile on her face though.

"Let's put that aside, Kuroka. We know that she's good in magic. For now, I wanted to ask her about something rather serious. Maybe it will hurt your feeling, so I will apologize in advance."

I said seriously and Reni opened her eyes. She was looking at me with her right hand still covering her mouth, but her eyes turned serious.

"Ri-kun, although I said you can ask anything, you are too straightforward. But, fine, I will answer it to the best of my ability. Think of it as thanks for bringing Va-kun to play."

"Ahahaha, then I won't hold back my question. Do you know the location of the Incinerate Anthem's wielder, Walburga is?"

In an instant, Tobio and Reni frowned. I glanced back and saw Minagawa frowned too.

Ah, I knew that they had some ties. But, it seemed that I had underestimated it.

"Why are you searching for her?"

Reni's voice had gone cold and the ground around her had been turned into ice.

"Riku-sama." Kuroka said in a low voice behind me, indicating that she was ready to fight anytime.

I raised both of my hands and looked at Reni seriously.

"Personal reason, and the matter from yesterday. I met magicians that I guessed from the Wizard of Oz attacking Kyoto yesterday."

After I said that, I narrowed my eyes and my mouth was curved downward.

"There is no way I will let the enemy of Youkai run around freely after attacking Youkai in our territory."

To show them that I was serious, I turned into my youkai form and a black cloud began to seep out from my body before disappearing into thin air.

At first, I was thinking of getting Incinerate Anthem without killing those magicians.

But they dare to attack Kyoto by forcing Leonardo's Sacred Gear to go berserk. Not only that, they brought a young dragon to rampage in Kyoto.

"Kyoto was attacked by Magicians? How did that happen? There is not even news about that." Asked Reni in surprise.

The ice melted at a fast rate and the atmosphere turned normal again. I lowered my hands and poured another sake into the cup before drinking it slowly.

"Well, I put a big barrier and killed them all as soon as they attacked. It's normal if there is no news because the barrier that I used yesterday was a bit special."

"Haa- those guys are searching for trouble. Did they not hear that Youkai is now strong?"

Tobio sighed and held his head as he took a cloth and began wiping a glass again.

"Reni, I will leave it to your decision. She was your former friend, so I will leave the decision to you."

Walburga, was her former friend? Ah, that was right, they were in the same group, the Wizard of Oz before someone called Augusta took over Reni's body to fight Tobio and Vali.

"I must ask." Reni lowered her hand that covered her mouth and looked at me seriously.

"What do you want to do with Incinerate Anthem?"

So she was worried about that. The cup in my hand was now empty, so I put it down and said.

"I want to use it to protect youkai. I am too weak right now."

"But, didn't you have the Longinus already? Is that not enough?"

When Reni said that, I looked at her and smiled slightly.

"Having too much strength is better than being weak. You will not be able to do anything, someone stronger will take something from you and you can't do anything because you are too weak. Even if I have a Longinus Sacred Gear, my attack power right now is too weak. I can only run and dodge, I can't save someone by dodging and running."

"To protect youkai, huh. Fine, I will tell you the location of Walburga. But, are you confident that you can take her Sacred Gear?"

I grinned at Reni and poured another sake into my cup before raising it to Reni.

"There is nothing that I can't do with probability. Even if there is only a 1% chance that I will be able to control Incinerate Anthem, then I will be able to control it."

"Hahaha, I see. I forgot that the Longinus that you have is that one. Azazel told me about it, and I think that you are a cheater. Fine, we are allies although we didn't have any fancy parchment." Tobio laughed and then put the cloth and the glass that he had in his hand on the counter.

"If Tobi said so, then I will trust Ri-kun too. Seeing her personality, I guess Walburga now is in the Dimensional Gap, at Wizard of Oz's former base."

I stroked my chin after I heard Reni's answer.

"Dimensional Gap, huh."

'It's troublesome, I have no way to go there right now.'

When I was thinking about that, Reni then continued.

"If you want to, I can take you there."

"Really?" I asked Reni for confirmation and she nodded her head.

"Sure, but I will just take you there and won't help you with anything else."

I took Reni's hands and clenched them between my hands and said.

"Thank you! You are a lifesaver!"

Usually, a girl's face would turn red if I did this, but Reni's face was still normal. She smiled at me and said.

"You're welcome."