The Seirei Gensouki Spirit Chronicles
Chapter 5: Misunderstanding

Sara and the other spirit people brought the unconscious Rio and Latifa back to their village

with them. Rio was being held with a magic artifact and escorted to a prison cell that was rarely used in the hall

the village town, while Sara's group takes Latifa to the living room in the same building.

A Wefox elder was waiting for them in the room to receive their report of the incident. As the representative of their group, Sara explained the situation to the elder especially

erst.

“... Hmm. Don't you think you're a little too rude, dear Uzuma?” The elder looked at Uzuma coldly after hearing the report.

“T-But it is an emergency situation ..”

“Yes, that may be true .. However, this child ... I've never seen him here before. And I must remember this cute kid. ”

“Iya. In connection with that, we found supplies in their camp that we believe to be

travel equipment belongs to this girl. It's possible that she wasn't one of the villagers .. ” Sara explained

from the side with a slightly pale face.

“Orphia. Alma. Bring the captured boy here immediately.”

The expression on the elder's face changed instantly, and he gave the order in a somewhat cold tone. Orphia and

Alma both gallantly carried out the elder's orders and rushed out of the room. Latifa immediately opened her eyes.

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Latifa opened her eyes to find herself in an unfamiliar room. She was in a soft and comfortable bed, under a warm and comfortable blanket. Compared to camping outside, it is much, much more comfortable and fun to sleep with. And again –

“...Onii Chan?” Latifa muttered, glancing around the room wildly.

His precious person was not here, where he should be. Instead, he is surrounded by strangers: silver werewolf Sara, winged werebeast Uzuma, and elders like the

frightful. The three of them sat in chairs facing each other, conversing with expressions that were mutual

the contradiction on their faces was immediately stalled when they realized that Latifa was already awake.

“Hmm, looks like you're awake now. Good morning, brother. How are you feeling?” The Werefox elder smiled, speaking in the tongues of the people. However, Latifa could not understand a single word.

“...What do you say? Onii-chan ... Where is Oniichan?” He tilted his head and spoke a common language in the Strahl region. A sad look fell on the faces of Sara and the elder.

“ Human language. Elder Ursula, this girl really ... ”

“It looks like so. This child is not from the village,” Sara and the elder said to each other convincingly.

Latifa, on the other hand, could not understand what the two of them were saying, and carefully looked around the room. He twitched his nose, silently sniffing the scent of Rio to find him. Suddenly, Latifa's nose caught her faint scent. Not wrong anymore. That Onii-chan – can't take it anymore, Latifa jumped out of bed and ran.

“Ah, hey! Stop right there!” The sudden turn of events delays Sara's reaction, allowing Latifa to give her a slip and into the hallway.

“ Augendae Corporis! ”

After making it to the passageway, he chanted the only magic spell he could use. His body instantly became lighter, strength coursing through him as he dashed towards Rio's scent. Sara and Uzuma are after him.

“Humm. It seemed like this was getting worse,” Ursula muttered to herself, her expression getting darker.

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Moments before, before Latifa opened her eyes. With his head blurred, he wondered where he was; his body felt heavy, as if he had caught a cold.

In an attempt to assess the situation, he moved to sit on the bed, when a sharp pain suddenly pierced his abdominal area. Accepting his defeat, he gave up and fell back. He moved his hand to his stomach to treat himself with magic, when he realized there was a shackle holding his hand.

This is the enchanted ..Senchable Sealing Handcuffs, right. They were even careful enough to tie my neck and legs as well.

Rio gritted his teeth. Enchanted Sealing Cuffs were artifacts that could contain the magic essence of the wearer. Usually, it is enough to install only one, but they can be damaged depending on the ability of the wearer. Because of this, high-class magicians would be made to wear some handcuffs.

Even managing my essence is too difficult, let alone healing myself. Damnit…

her equipment and clothes; rio was only wearing a thin underlayer. The temperature of the room was less than ten degrees .. He was almost guaranteed to catch a cold like this.

He would rather move a little and warm himself up as much as possible, but now was not the time for that. Rio experienced a stabbing pain in his stomach and focused on recovering naturally. Then, a moment later .. The coldness in his skin had already crossed his limit, making an unpleasant feeling pass him by.

Finally, his mind began to fall asleep in the darkness. He knew it was bad to sleep, but he could not find the strength to open his eyes. Then, a few minutes after Rio completely lost consciousness, he found himself in a pure white space. He didn't know where he was, or what happened.

“Haruto ..” A clear and beautiful voice sounded. Rio looked around in surprise. Before he knew it, an unknown girl was standing in front of him.

Her golden long hair fluttered behind her as she stared at Rio face with pomegranate-like eyes. There was no emotion in his expression, but his face was extremely delicate.

“You ..” muttered Rio. He felt like he had seen his face somewhere, but would he really forget the face of someone so beautiful, a face that exuded such a divine aura?

“Who are you?”

“I? Who am I .. I want to know.” The girl tilted her head to the side.

“You don't know?” Rio asked.

“Ya ..” the girl nodded sadly.

“But you know who I am, right?”

“Haruto? Haruto .. Haruto is .. only Haruto. ”

“That's not a good answer. Okay, then why do you know me? ” The answer is rather philosophical

but overdoing it made Rio smile tensely and changed the line of his question.

He reached out to gently touch Rio cheek and, after beating, squeezed out his hand. It felt very natural for him to do that .. Rio just stood there and extended his hand as he wished. His hand feels very unreal, almost out of life power – but at the same time, it feels warm.

“I ... connect with Haruto.”

“Connect with me?” Rio did not quite understand what he was saying.

“Yes. But now is not the time .. Haruto, I am only yours, and I will always be by your side. Your weakness, your strength, everything in you – I accept everything. So don't give up. Don'tbeafraid. And trust yourself a little.”

“K ... Why ...?” A dumbfounded expression overcame Rio's face; he could barely find his voice. The girl smiled as if she had regained some of her lost emotions.

“Because you're the only one left for me ... for ... for what?” he said, blinking with a somewhat confused and confused expression. Then, the girl widened her eyes with a gasp as her figure suddenly began to fade.

“...Sorry. Looks like ... time's up. ”

“Time?” Rio asked the girl, but she did not answer him.

“Sorry. I can only ... do this much .. for you. Sweet dreams..”

She hugged Rio gently. His eyes were sluggishly trying to stay open, as if his consciousness was fading. Rio also followed her into that darkness soon after. Then, not long after, another sound –

“Haru-kun.”

He thought he heard a familiar voice. A gal. Rio knew the voice of this girl .. No, Amakawa Haruto knew the voice of this girl. The memories he had been trying to hide for a long time came quickly back to him, as if they had just happened yesterday.

“Build, Haru-kun!”  Childhood friend Haruto – Ayase Miharu – shakes her shoulders.

“...I wake up.”

“Ah! Haru-kun is awake! ”

Haruto blinked his eyes open at the blinding light to see Miharu smiling at him. Miharu's smile .. Just seeing him made Haruto happy, filling his heart with warmth.

“What's up…? I slept well too. ” He glanced at the clock. It's still early in the morning.

“Don't give me that! Today is a day of travel! You have to wake up in the morning! ”

The outing? Why do we travel at this age? Wait, that's right! Today was the first trip of first class – Haruto widened his eyes with gasps as he remembered it. But after a moment of hesitation …

“Hmm. Good night, Mii-chan,” said Haruto, hiding behind his blanket, despite being more than awake now.

He is really looking forward to the – trip which is why he couldn't sleep the night before.

But for some reason, she really wanted to spend the day with only Miharu. However, he was really looking forward to the trip, so he whined like a child that valuables were taken from him.

“K-You can't do that! We agreed to sit next to each other on the bus and go together! ”

Seriate..