Chapter 20: Master A Wants to Save the Villainous Witch No Matter What (6)

Another nameless city.

Previously, due to Berserker Lot's attack, everyone had evacuated, so there were no shops to get dessert. Bunyan and Melusine, who came along this time, wanted to eat dessert, and we look for a shop that seems good.

"Hey Master~? They say there's a fire show over there, are we going nya?"

"...A fire show. Am I the only one who finds that ominous?"

"That ominous feeling is the correct answer, Master."

Shiki answered with a slight smile. Uh... thanks for the reply.

"If it's a fire show, it's definitely... let's not go there."

We decide to head in the opposite direction of the place where the fire show is happening.

"What's wrong with a fire show?"

"Ritsuka... In this world, there are things where ignorance is bliss. So it's better to ignore it."

Probably, the two dragon girls will be there. Ignoring it is better for mental health.

"Hmm?"

But, it feels somewhat hotter for some reason.

"The house is on fire!"

"It's a monster!"

"..."

What a mess. What are those two fighting about so fiercely... Ah, so that's why the comic adaptation changed it to them just coincidentally joining up. That's better, actually.

Clang! Boom!

The sounds of fighting are getting closer. I can see two girls getting close enough for my naked eye to see. The two fighting while running are Báthory and Kiyohime. Oh damn, bombs are incoming.

"Master Big Brother, those two are fighting again."

"Indeed..."

[These reactions are Servants and also Dragon-kind. Friend or foe? Seeing them fight each other, are they enemies?]

Probably not... or are they?

"Those aren't Servants I know?"

Jeanne Alter naturally didn't know them, and Saber Alter stays quiet since she's currently weak. Mash stands in front of Ritsuka, ready to block any fire that might fly.

"Sigh... So what should we do..."

"I know!"

Bunyan shouted confidently, raising her hand.

"What do you know?"

"Teacher Bunny-enma said it! People fight because they're hungry!"

"Aha..."

"So, if we fill their bellies, it'll be fine! [Popcorn Blizzard]~!"

What did she say? As Bunyan raises her hand and shouts, something like a small grain falls on my head. This is... popcorn?

Munch munch... It's salty popcorn. But...

Pitter-patter-patter-patter~!!!!

"It's popcorn rain!"

"It's snow~"

[What is that!?]

"If food falls from the sky!!! Real popcorn is falling, Humpty!"

This is crazy... Let me check the Material for a second. Here it is, Popcorn Blizzard B. Originates from the anecdote where animals froze to death, mistaking the popcorn shells Bunyan ate falling from the sky for a blizzard.

"What kind of description is this...?"

<Since it wasn't real snow falling, the freezing death might be due to mental interference from Bunyan's skill, or perhaps an ability that warps reality.>

I don't particularly feel cold. So is that it? That... placebo effect. I remember reading an article about two people trapped in a freezer that wasn't actually on, feeling extreme cold, with one freezing to death.

Indeed, is it that kind of skill? Mental interference, granting the illusion that they can freeze to death in a real blizzard.

"That enemy skill truly makes one cold. Usually it was a skill to eat canned food, you know."

"Really?"

Reality Marble...? Indeed, the pioneer of fantasy...!

"Eek...!? C-cold! What is this!"

"Ugh... More fire...!?"

Báthory shivers, and just as Kiyohime tries to make her fire bigger, she gets buried under the popcorn falling like hail. This is...

"Kiyohime!? What is──"

Thudthudthudthudthud!!!!

Báthory also collapses, buried under popcorn that falls like a waterfall. What is this...

"Heheh~ They won't fight now!"

"They don't look full, they look like they're going to suffocate and die... This isn't going away?"

"? It's popcorn, so it won't disappear?"

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Is it like Tota's Unlimited Popcorn Works... Unlimited Popcorn Works...

The street is covered in popcorn. Well, only where those two are...

"Wow... Shall we have this for dessert?"

"Ehh~ I eat popcorn often, I want pancakes..."

"Alright alright, let's have pancakes... Doctor, want to pass on sweets with popcorn?"

[...]

"Yeah yeah~ I get it."

I wave my hand at the stern-faced Doctor... First, let's try clearing some popcorn. And beneath it, buried and showing the whites of their eyes, two unconscious people. Báthory and Kiyohime's mouths are full of popcorn. They were screaming and got filled with popcorn.

Won't this block their airways and kill them?

Using Kebab's magecraft to remove the popcorn, we leave the collapsed two there for now. That's enough, honestly saving them because letting them die from popcorn is a bit much, but I don't want to take them with us.

So we abandon the two and arrive at a dessert shop. We pack a few medieval French snacks to send to Chaldea too, so with this we're even, Romani...

"Sip..."

Me, separately drinking coffee, which shouldn't exist in this era, requested from Shiki. After all, this goes well with sweet snacks. I drink this specifically for this contrast of joy and sorrow.

"I want to drink too."

"? Sure."

No one else wanted to drink the black coffee I was having, and even Shiki looks at Melusine like she's strange. And I hand over my cup as is, and Melusine takes a sip of the coffee.

"Does it suit your taste?"

Black coffee should be eaten with sweet snacks. In my opinion, that is. Since Shiki doesn't like bitter things either, even that Shiki doesn't crave black coffee just because I was drinking it.

Though I did see her retrieve the leftover cup and put it into a pocket space. How will I summon that kid with Bond 10 later, like Kebab... And, she's there too. The future looks dark. Kebab, well, she suffered so much in the Fairy Kingdom and listens well, so she's the quiet type.

If left alone, she might awaken as a yandere. In a way, Kebab is also the member I worry about the most.

We also enjoy a leisurely dessert time and leave the city.

"Hmm, the sun is setting soon. What did we do for time to pass like this?"

"Fufu, well, when you're with Master, you lose track of time, right?"

"Ah, yes."

Melusine speaks with a princely smile. I feel like turning into a squid...

"Hmmu... The smell is gone."

"What smell?"

"The two dragon scents are gone."

Dragon scent, what a delicious-sounding name. By the way, what does dragon tail steak taste like? I've always wondered whenever I see a maid dragon. Maybe that's also isekai material? Since the protagonist sometimes goes to other worlds.

Anyway, gone, she says. Did they regain consciousness and go somewhere?

"Let's not worry about it. More importantly, there seems to be a forest outside the city, how about camping today?"

"Camping, that sounds good. Chaldea will send camping equipment."

"Camping... I did want to try that. Time to check off the bucket list!"

Mash and Ritsuka are also positive, so let's camp tonight.

"Then I should sleep next to Master."

"I'll use a bounded field to expand the interior, so don't worry Melusine. There's no way you'll sleep next to Master."

"Heeh..."

What's with this tension. I can feel the tension between Melusine and Kebab. Don't do this over me, I'm a nobody...!

For now, we enter the forest where we'll camp. The forest is Taiga's domain. Taiga looks around and finds a good clearing. It would be good to camp here. But, the sound of water is heard from nearby. Not the sound of wind rustling, but the sound of someone entering water and splashing.

"That is...?"

A spring was visible nearby, like during the previous French meatball incident. And there...

"Kyaaaaah! Pervert!!!"

"Aah, to show my naked body to an unrelated man first, I'm sorry, Anchin-sama...!"

"..."

What a mess. Is this kind of coincidence possible? I guess it is. Isekai reincarnators, no, any decent male protagonist ends up at the women's bath unintentionally, right?

Báthory is so lacking it doesn't provoke thoughts, but Kiyohime's body for a 12-year-old is...

Why is that Anchin guy a homosexual who fell for a kid like that.

"Let me burn you to ashes right now..."

Hmm, a life-threatening crisis.

"They called Master Big Brother a pervert... They're trying to kill him. I won't forgive them~!"

Bunyan is... angry...

Bunyan then sticks her finger into the spring. And a miracle occurs.

"[Bean Soup Lake]!"

Instantly, the entire lake transforms into bubbling bean soup.

"Kyaaaaaah! Hot! I'm cooking, I'm turning into dragon steak!"

"Aaaaaah! It, it's hotter than my fire! It's like, Teacher Bunny-enma's hot soup!!!"

Hmm, let's see...

Bean Soup Lake A. Originates from the anecdote where the Bunyan camp turned an entire lake into bean soup to secure food for a season.

<Bunyan has the capacity and talent to feed tens of thousands of troops. You won't go hungry when with Bunyan.>

Hmm, so Bunyan is more of a big deal than I thought.

The two try to hastily exit the soup lake. Then Kebab swings her staff and smacks Báthory's head, dunking her into the lake. In Kiyohime's case, Shiki smiles, grabs her head, and smashes it into the lake.

"Bitchyaaaah! Save me, save me!"

"No, go back."

Splash!

As Báthory tries to spread her wings and fly up, Melusine quickly flies, grabs her tail, and throws her back into the lake.

Bubble bubble...

The soup boiling hot in real-time... Did they do something wrong?

"Um... They didn't really pose a threat to us, right? I think I got insulted because I deserved to be insulted."

"Master, that's not important. Even if Master was wrong, isn't the side that insulted you the bad one?"

"That's a bit..."

As Shiki says while smiling, I shake my head. This is, dragon soup, huh.

"Hmm, tonight's dinner is human soup with dragon flavor. It's been a while nyaa~"

"...You've eaten it before?"

"Why, Master? Isn't it common on our side?"

Human sacrifice myths... Scary.

Since the two aren't really at fault, I intervene and pull them out. And...

""We apologize...""

"........."

Under the threats of Shiki and Taiga, the two kneel in a dogeza position, naked. They're naked, but their skin is bright red as if about to be cooked, so it's not erotic.

The stares are piercing. I'm trash receiving a naked dogeza from girls several years younger than me... I can feel Ritsuka and Mash's piercing stares. Saber Alter turns her head away, and Jeanne Alter looks at me with a gaze as if seeing a real demon, a mix of admiration and awe.

Life...