The Absolute Godspeed of Infinite Worlds

Chapter 577 - 577

"After all, these past few days I've been busy chatting with my sister during the day and searching for divine artifacts at night. When would I have time to pay attention to you?"But the words that came out made Airi Yasaka choke, then completely fly into a rage.

In other words, this guy hadn't even kept her in mind at all!

This was ten times worse than secretly laughing at her!

"Alright, alright, don't be angry."

Seeing her furious expression that looked ready to swear, Eiji tried to placate her a little.

"As compensation, I'll tell you my real name."

Airi Yasaka continued glaring at him.

"My real name is Bell Cranel."

"...Are you messing with me?"

Airi Yasaka trembled all over, clearly unable to hold back from exploding.

All reincarnators so far had names with certain commonalities, but this name definitely didn't follow the shared naming conventions of reincarnators!

"Sorry, wrong script."

Eiji snapped back to reality and smiled sheepishly.

"You know how it is—when you're out and about, you need a few aliases. It's for safety's sake, nothing wrong with that. My real name is Eiji. Remember it well."

He openly stated his name.

At this point, he wasn't really afraid of curses anymore. The people in this world had limited power—curses weren't scary at all. At worst, he could just cut them down. Before his "nothing cannot be cut," curses were no different from ordinary magic.

And all this was predicated on Airi Yasaka leaking his real name.

"Eiji..."

Airi Yasaka fell silent for a moment.

A short name, slightly awkward to pronounce, but not hard to remember.

If she wanted to, the next time her ancestor appeared in her dreams, she could pass on this information.

But she merely pondered the name silently, not even a hint of the thought to betray him surfacing in her heart.

"Alright, this is your reward for siding with me."

Eiji released her left fist, then formed his hand into a sword-finger gesture.

He placed his finger on her chest, then slowly moved it downward, stopping at her abdomen.

"But the reason Asuk knows my three names can only be because you leaked them before, right? For that, there must be punishment!"

Hearing this, Airi Yasaka froze.

Come to think of it, she had indeed told her ancestor about the names Emiya Shirou and Nangou Eiji in her dreams back then—she hadn't felt any sense of danger and couldn't keep her mouth shut.

In that case, she could only accept the punishment. But what kind of punishment would this guy inflict on her?

Since she'd already sided with him, it probably wouldn't be too harsh, right?

She felt a little anticipation.

Maybe he'd give her some sweetness under the guise of punishment?

To be honest, given that it was this guy—who was indeed very handsome—it wasn't like she hadn't fantasized a little.

The next moment.

Eiji pressed his finger against her abdomen.

Her face flushed crimson as she glared at him with a mix of shame and anger.

"I told you—if you cause trouble again, I'd make you XX in public. This time, since you've shown some remorse, we'll skip the public part."

After leaving those words, Eiji got out of bed and leaped from the balcony back into his own room next door.

"Bastard!"

It took a while before Airi Yasaka sat up, glaring at the damp sheets beneath her, and unleashed a furious roar toward the neighboring room.

At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.

So this guy really had something like that up his sleeve?

Her past wariness had been justified after all!

...

Eiji had originally planned to stay in the royal capital for a few more days, searching for powerful monsters in the wild to level up.

But after visiting the guild, he was surprised to find that there were no strong monsters in the royal capital's outskirts—only ordinary ones. At his current level of over 30, accumulating enough skill points to learn Teleport by killing weak monsters would take months!

Moreover, he had already gathered a fair number of divine artifacts. Including the replicated Excalibur, the cursed sword Muramasa, and the Transformation Necklace, he had acquired three divine artifacts on this trip—quite a bountiful haul.

Given that, there was no longer any need to linger in the royal capital.

When he mentioned this to Iris, she was reluctant to see him go. Fortunately, this world had magic.

"Rein, could you please go with Eiji and register Axel as a destination for Teleport?"

Iris looked at Rein with hopeful eyes.

"Fine."

Rein had no choice but to agree.

In this world, Teleport only cost 20 skill points to learn, so many nobles raised adventurers with mage professions, having them learn nothing else until they reached level 20 and immediately acquired Teleport—effectively creating a convenient mode of transportation.

The reason Rein, despite her modest background, had become Iris's personal guard was precisely because she was the royal family's designated Teleport mage for the princess.

After bidding farewell to Iris, Eiji returned to the inn with Rein.

"Let's head back to Axel."

Airi Yasaka remained indifferent, merely sneering at him.

"Mr. Nangou, let's hurry up and go!"

Rein, however, looked at Eiji with urgency—she still had to return to take care of the princess. With Claire away visiting her hometown, many responsibilities had fallen on her alone.

Eiji suddenly fell into thought.

Now that he considered it, the witch was the cleric, while he was the archmage, right?

So in this situation, shouldn't he be the one casting Teleport?

"What's wrong, Mr. Nangou? Don't tell me you don't know Teleport?"

Seeing his prolonged hesitation, Rein grew suspicious.

"Of course I do! Just wait, I'll recite the incantation!"

Eiji raised his staff with a solemn expression, muttering the spell while shooting the witch a meaningful glance.

"Um… Mr. Nangou, are you sure that's the Teleport incantation?"

Rein gulped, her face full of unease.

"If you mess up the incantation, the spell might malfunction… You could end up fused with some strange creature… Maybe I should just go back alone?"

"No problem, I've got it. Here we go—Teleport!"

Nothing happened.

The atmosphere grew increasingly awkward.

"Sigh—Whack!"

Eiji took a deep breath, then smacked the witch on the head with his staff.

"Why did you hit me?!"

The witch stared at him in disbelief.

"Nothing. I just suddenly remembered I got the incantation wrong."

Eiji coldly withdrew his hand, casting her a suggestive look in the process.

Rein: "...Can I leave now?"

Airi suddenly shuddered as the events of last night involuntarily flashed through her mind, sending chills down her spine.

Would this guy actually use that move on her in front of others?

With someone like him, it was hard not to worry!

"Once more...Teleport!"

Eiji first muttered the incantation, then shouted it aloud.

Immediately, a radiant light enveloped the three of them.

When the light faded, their figures had vanished from the hall.

[Author's note: Two chapters today. Need to wake up early tomorrow. There's been a COVID outbreak here, requiring daily testing. Rural folks have to bike to town for it, but tomorrow should be the last one. By the way, we're almost done with Volume 1 of Konosuba.]