NOVPUB“Un~…… High Priestess…… Goddess… ungi… Older brother……”
No matter how energetic she had been, she had finally played herself to exhaustion.
As I stroked Amae’s head, who was talking in her sleep but still sound asleep, my heart tightened.
“I’m sorry…… Amae ……”
I wanted to take care of this lonely child…… I had intended to do so.
But I would make this child, who had become so attached to me, sad again.
“We will definitely play together again.”
Yes, I had to leave this Cacretale where I was staying.
All because of Nii-san’s report.
Although exchanges with the Empire have recently begun, newspapers and other media still do not reach Cacretale, and the country is cut off from information and the state of affairs around the world.
Even though Imperial ships have docked here to help with reconstruction, information inevitably arrives late.
As a result, I had no idea what was happening in Japone, my birthplace.
Not until Nii-san’s message arrived just hours ago……
―― Mikado-sama and Koujiro-sama have been dismissed and stripped of all authority. According to the information I have received, the King is now accusing Otou-san of plotting treason, and seeks his head. Currently, Koujiro-sama, who sensed the crisis early, is on the run, along with Otou-san, Okaa-san, and their followers.
Originally, ninja warriors came to be treated poorly as the times changed, and furthermore, our loyalty to our country waned during the reign of King Umashika. As a result, Nii-san and I gave up on Japone and set off on a journey around the world, knowing that we would cause trouble for Otou-san and Okaa-san.
However, the situation has changed.
―― I cannot abandon Otou-san and Okaa-san. I will return to Japone…… to stand with Otou-san and Okaa-san. Iga and Kouga have agreed to join me…… But…… if you are also planning to return home… and if you have yet to cross over to the continent, then hear this: Do not come back. The main ports of the continent are already under surveillance, and naturally, our faces, as the children of Otou-san and Okaa-san, are known to them. If we are found, we will be executed immediately. Who knows what would have happened if we had been just one step too late in “coming back”……
Yes, the fact that the king has ordered Otou-san’s execution means that the Kingdom of Japone itself is now after my parents’ lives.
And naturally, Nii-san and I are targets as well.
However, it seems that Nii-san managed to land just in time.
But me ……
―― You… declared that you would live for love…… If you’re happy, then I have no complaints. But if you were unaware of the danger…… I needed to speak with you now, this might be my last chance to.
It would be nice if they could escape, but there’s a good chance that they won’t be able to.
That’s why Nii-san thinks this may be the last time……
So, what to do?
“Sadiz-san is here too…… while not ideal, I’ve finished my letter to Phianse-hime…… so please, look after Amae’s heart in my stead.”
My answer was obvious, I’m going home.
“I thought I would at least pay my respects to Shishou…… but he’s always scattered and flying at night…… well, as I’m going to gain some real combat experience, I can just beg for his forgiveness.”
But this won’t be goodbye. I’m going home, but I’ve vowed to myself that I will survive.
“I’ll have to tame a flying monster along the way…… there are none in Cacretale, and I can’t ask Shishou for help, or the Seraphs…… but I don’t want Phianse-hime and the others to find out.”
And even if I’m going home, I plan to go home alone.
I don’t want Phianse-hime and the others to be bothered, and as citizens of the Empire, they can’t interfere in Japone’s internal affairs, either.
“Well then, I’d better slip away before anyone notices. Other than my personal belongings…… I don’t have anything in particular I’m taking with me… Ah…”
I do one last check of my belongings. All my weapons and travel gear were in order.
And……
“Now that I think about it…… we only had a few exchanges in the beginning, but we hadn’t kept it up at all…”
I found the exchange diary I shared with Honey, which still had many blank pages.
I was the one who initiated it, in response to Honey’s shy request to begin our male-female relationship with an exchange diary.
Just holding it makes my heart warm.
“That’s right…… my promise is not only to Amae…… but …… Honey as well.”
I refuse to die and let Kron-san win by default.
I won’t let Sadiz-san have a lucky win.
Or Phianse-hime……
While I was thinking this, I remembered something important.
“That’s right…… I’ve been so busy lately and… I secretly marked Honey with a space-time transfer mark……”
Using it, I can teleport to Honey in an instant.
However, the mark can only anchor to one location at a time, so I can’t, for example, make a mark at this place, meet up with Otou-san and Okaa-san in Japone, and then send us all here together by space-time transfer.
To do so, I have to erase the mark that I put on Honey first.
Ideally I would like to keep it on him forever.
However, considering my future escape plans, it might be best to remove the mark on Honey for now…… But that would mean……
“After I give this exchange diary to Honey…. I will meet Honey just one more time and make a vow that I will surely live to see him again…… I will meet Honey just once…. then erase the mark… “
To meet Honey. I can’t believe that the mark that I originally placed just to sneak away with him will be used here.
I really want him to see how I’ve grown a little and be all lovey-dovey, but that’s not the situation.
“If I don’t vanish the moment we meet, I’m sure I’ll want to be pampered by Honey, and I might end up asking for his help.”
But I can’t burden him like that. I refuse to let him see me so weak.
Otherwise, what was the point of all my training?
So, at the very least, a peck on the cheek… no, just a light hug… I’ll have to settle for that.
“Space-Time Ninja Art, 【Dimensional Warp】!!!”
And I activated the jutsu in exchange for releasing a huge amount of qi. I left Cacretale without a word to the people taking care of me.
Then, as I had decided earlier, I will meet Honey, but won’t stay too long and leave immediately. Just long enough to press the diary into his hands.
The next time I see Honey, Okaa-san and Otou-san will be with me. I would like to introduce them to Honey. I’m sure they’ll adore him.
I was swallowed by a dark world that stretched beyond the rift in time and space, and then I jumped out, aiming for a hole of light that I could see beyond.
“―――your daughter…… could her name be…”
I can hear Honey’s voice. Ah, no, I have to stay strong.
Otherwise, I’d want to touch him. I’d want to hug him. I’d want to give everything I have and make him a promise.
“Whoa, wh, what the hell?!”
“Hey, Big brother!?”
“Brother, something is distorting space……!?”
Oh? Honey is not alone? Is he with someone? Big brother?
“Is this space-time ninjutsu?!”
“How ridiculous! Earth-kun, you have a mark on your body?! Who in the world could use this advanced ninjutsu technique right now…… Huh!?”
Hmm? Oh? Oh? Huh? Something… huh? That voice sounds awfully familiar… an auditory hallucination?
However, without understanding why, I jumped out of the void in space.
And……
“””””Eh……?!”””””
There was a ceiling. A room? A house? Where?
No, more importantly……
“…… Shi…Shinobu?! Wh, why are you…?”
“Ah…….”
And there’s Honey…… eh!? Huh!? What? Honey seemed to have a much more intimidating aura around him than the last time I saw him.
Huh? Are you getting stronger?
You’re kidding, right? You’ve become even cooler…… ah, I love you, I love you enough already, but I really should just disappear, so why have you become such a wonderful boy that I want to hold you tightly and passionately, Honey! That’s unfair!
But……
“Fufufu…… I’m sorry for surprising you, Honey. There was a bit of a…….”
I stand firm……
“Shi, Shinobu!? What are you doing?”
“Shinobu, wh, what are you doing here?! What is going on?!”
Hmm? At that moment, what I heard from behind me was not an auditory hallucination…… I turned around and…..
“O, Otou-san!? Okaa-san?! Eh?! Wh, why?!”
For some reason, Okaa-san and Otou-san were there with my dear Honey.
Looking around, there were others……
“Oh, I met you in Cacretale…… Shinobu dear, right!?”
“What? So, Espie…… that’s…… one of Brother’s potential brides.”
“Shinobu~, isn’t this a surprise~ !”
“Wha, what manner of… who is this? Young man, what’s the meaning of this spectacle?”
“Who is she!? She appeared as though from the aether itself, unbidden—and did, she call Sir Earth ‘Honey’…!”
“Kon kon?”
Huh!? What in the world is going on here!?
Author’s Note
Shinobu Joins the Party
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