Somehow managing to be forgiven, I was now acting together with His Highness the Holy Empress and Yukina.
"I understand about Commander Yagami. I know she's very reliable as a commander, but she's also got a very mischievous side when she's off duty. The fact that she was deliberately teasing you, Senpai, just for us to see..."
"I believed in you, you know? Sho is a gentleman. He wouldn't engage in such unseemly behavior in a public place."
"...Whether he's a gentleman or not is beside the point, but yes, you're right."
"I'm glad you both understand."
With the misunderstanding cleared up and some time having passed, the matter of the Holy Empress's school swimsuit seemed to have settled down quite a bit.
Thanks to that, we were able to act together like this.
"Well then, since we're here, let's have some fun. What were you two doing when you were together?"
Honestly, I couldn't imagine how these two would have fun.
"Well, um..."
"I haven't really been to a place like this before..."
"Oh, I see..."
So they didn't know how to have fun.
"So, is it more like there's nothing you want to do?"
"No, that's not it."
"You don't have to be so reserved."
"Then..."
The Holy Empress pointed. At the end of her finger was...
"Would you slide down that with me?"
A water slide stood tall in the center of the pool.
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This attraction, the main feature of the pool, naturally had a long line. It was an hour's wait for one ride. This wasn't an amusement park attraction. Or, in a way, maybe it was?
A water slide 50 meters high and 400 meters long. It's no wonder they wanted to ride it.
"Yes. It was in the middle and was so prominent, I wanted to try it, but..."
"Yukina wouldn't agree?"
"W-well, we're going up to a high place, right? I thought it would be a problem if something happened and I couldn't fly."
Yukina, with her arms crossed and her face turned away, was saying something plausible, but...
"Come to think of it, Yukina is afraid of heights..."
"Is that so? You should have just said so."
"N-no, that's not it! I'm a sword... I'm a Butei! I'm not afraid of heights at all! It's really, truly for the safety of the Holy Empress!"
Yukina-san, denying it so desperately just makes it sound more like it's true, doesn't it? Even the Holy Empress is smiling happily.
We were currently in line for the stairs leading to the water slide's entrance, and of course, the stairs went up.
With each step up the stairs, the view on the other side of the railing got higher.
Yukina stayed as far away from the railing as she could, trying not to look down.
"Hey, Yukina. If you're scared, you can wait down below, you know?"
"I'm fine, I said I'm fine!"
The stubborn Yukina pouted.
As we talked, we finally reached the top.
That was good, but...
"Huh, we can't?"
"No, sir. It's the rules~"
We were stopped by a male staff member who said that only two people could slide at once.
Looking at it now, this water slide is amazing. The entire slide part is transparent. It's like the transparent floor on the observation deck of the Tokyo Skytree; you can see everything below.
If you slide, it would feel as if you were flying through the air.
"This is..."
"Ugh..."
"...Going to be impossible."
Yukina's legs were completely buckling.
She clung to my arm, stretching her neck to look down.
"Yozuki-san, what should we do...?"
The Holy Empress lightly touched my other arm, looking up at me anxiously.
"Tsk! Just explode...!"
"Hey, I can hear you."
What is this staff member thinking, clicking his tongue?!
"Ahaha? What are you talking about? Please decide quickly~"
"Damn it..."
But it was true that we were holding up the people behind us.
"Hmm."
First of all, letting the Holy Empress slide alone was absolutely not an option. What kind of bodyguard duty would that be?
So, either I or Yukina had to slide with her, but it looked like Yukina couldn't do it.
"I-I'm fine! I can slide with the Holy Empress!"
"You don't have to push yourself so hard..."
Besides, if you can slide, it wouldn't matter if I wasn't here. If Yukina could slide, she could have done it earlier.
"Sho, can't you split?"
"Split...?"
"You were split into two people before, so I thought you could."
She's talking about Double Action Gamer. The Holy Empress can be quite a character.
"I can if I transform, but..."
Huh? I'm going to slide as Ex-Aid?
"What are you going to do~?"
The staff member asked.
"Oh, what the heck! Transform!"
"Huh, what?!"
I transform into Double Action Gamer Level XX. The male staff member was shocked to see me split into two. I was also surprised that I was going to slide in this form.
"Well, I'll go with this one."
"And I'll go with this one."
"Ah, yes... there's no problem with that, but..."
"Good. Now, let's go, you two."
I was starting to feel embarrassed by the stares of the other customers.
"Which one of you wants to go first?"
"Ah, um..."
Yukina didn't seem to have made up her mind yet.
"Then I will."
Sensing this, the Holy Empress stepped forward and sat down at the entrance. Then I did too.
"Ah..."
I sat down behind the Holy Empress. Perhaps because of the close contact, the Holy Empress's body stiffened slightly.
When I held her with my legs, the power to hold her perfectly aligned white legs strengthened. Her hips, wrapped in her navy school swimsuit, also tightened.
"If I lean on you too much, it'll hit the belt..."
"R-right."
"Tsk!! Once you get to the bottom, please follow the staff's instructions~. It's dangerous to separate halfway through, so please stay close~"
"You just clicked your tongue again, didn't you?"
The male staff member laughed, "Ahaha~."
"We're running out of time, so please go quickly~"
"...Yes, yes, I get it."
"Let's go...!"
I pushed off into the transparent water slide.
"Alright, it's our turn now."
"Y-yes!"
Yukina, who is afraid of heights, couldn't sit in the front. She clung to me from behind.
Yukina's expression was still tense.
"...Hey, Yukina. If you're afraid, you really don't have to force yourself, you know? If you can't have fun, then really..."
"It's fine! I can have fun, with you, Senpai...!"
"I-is that so?"
"Tsk!! When the light above turns blue, please depart~"
"I'm done..."
I decided to stop retorting the male staff member.
There was a traffic light-like lamp above the slide's entrance. It was currently red. Next to it was a lamp that was not lit. When I, who went ahead, reached the bottom, that one would probably turn blue.
About a minute later, the blue lamp lit up.
"Alright, here we go!"
"Yes...!"
Yukina wrapped her arms around my stomach and nodded slightly.
We started to slide.
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At a considerable speed, Sho and the Holy Empress were sliding down. They moved through the transparent tube, left and right, without stopping for a single moment.
"Whoa!"
"—-!"
Sho had become completely used to this kind of speed from the battles he had faced since coming to this world, but fun is different from battle. A voice escaped him without him even realizing it.
For the Holy Empress, it was an unknown sensation. Carried by the flowing water, the feeling of cutting through the wind with her own body left her speechless, yet she felt a tingling sensation deep in her core.
"Oh!"
"Hyaa!"
The angle of the slide changed slightly. It used the length to vary the pace. As it became steeper, the speed increased.
"Hyu..."
A strange sound escaped the Holy Empress's mouth.
However, it wasn't because the speed had increased. It was because the posture of the two of them, who were embracing each other, shifted slightly as the angle changed.
"(Sho-san's arm...!)"
The arm that was supposed to be wrapped around her stomach had shifted, supporting and lifting her chest from below. When she looked down, she could see a cleavage that seemed to have increased in volume (or so it appeared).
Sho seemed to be just having fun and was completely unaware of this incident.
"(He doesn't realize it, right? Even if he's touching me, it's lightly. And we're in the middle of sliding...!)"
Of course, when it comes to being touched on the chest, there is no such thing as "lightly" or "heavily." Whether it's light or heavy, it's equally a sin.
The fact that Sho was transformed and his expression was completely unreadable was another reason why the Holy Empress couldn't make a judgment.
"(Anyway, I-I have to... change my posture) AAAAAAH!"
The slide was now on its final straightaway. It accelerated even more for the final burst of speed.
It was no longer a matter of being able to move her body. They slid down, closer than ever, in the same posture. The Holy Empress's chest, which had only been lightly touched, was now compressed enough for its shape to change slightly.
A few moments later, the two of them shot out of the slide, cutting through the water.
"Wow, that was fun, Your Highness! It really is the main attraction!"
As they were guided by the staff, Sho spoke to her excitedly, but...
"...That wasn't on purpose, was it?"
"What wasn't?"
Sho just tilted his head in response to the Holy Empress's question as she held her chest.
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"Hyaaaaaaaaah!"
"Yukina, hey, Yukina!"
"Senpai! Don't let go!"
Sho's thought before they slid, that this water slide felt like flying through the air, was not wrong at all.
Yukina's determination, which she had mustered to slide, crumbled in five seconds, and she let out a scream like she was on a roller coaster.
Yukina's voice, clinging to me from behind, echoed in my ears.
Throwing away all sense of shame and dignity, Yukina clung to me desperately, with no room left for enjoying herself.
After a long scream, she clung tightly to me and started muttering something to herself.
"It's okay, it's okay. This slide is made of the island's special reinforced acrylic, and with a slide thickness of 5mm, the load capacity is approximately 500 kilograms. It will absolutely not break, not break, not break..."
Is she really that worried?
"It's okay! I'm with you!"
"I feel safe with you, Senpai, but at the same time I'm worried!"
"Huh?!"
"I have a premonition that I'll get caught up in some kind of incident when I'm with you, Senpai! A sturdy stone bridge might fall! A building might collapse!"
"What is that?!"
As we were carried by the slide, we argued.
"Because you, Senpai! You often get caught up in incidents!"
"I don't think I get caught up in them as much as you say! I just stick my nose in!"
"Right!! Yes, that's right! You always do things on your own without telling us anything!"
"No, that's...! I have my own reasons for doing things!"
The next moment,
"!"
We were thrown into the water together.
My heated head was cooled by the pool water.
When I surfaced, I saw...
"Hey, are you two okay?"
The other me, who had slid down first, was waving.
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After we slid down the water slide, the two of them went off somewhere, saying they needed a little time.
I want to think I didn't make them angry this time. Their faces were red, though. I think they were embarrassed, not angry.
I get it with Yukina, but the Holy Empress... Well, it's natural for her to feel that way after sliding so close to a man. I'll just wait patiently for them to come back.
"You're quite popular, Yozuki Sho. As usual."
"Yami."
Yami, wearing the same swimsuit as the last trip, appeared out of nowhere. Her beauty and presence were attracting the attention of those around her, but she didn't seem to mind.
But still,
"Is something wrong?"
"No."
Her eyes were certainly cold, but they seemed softer than before...
I won't say anything clumsy, though.
"Is Vivio-chan okay?"
"Commander Yagami is with her now."
"She is?"
So? That's not a reason to come here, is it?
"Hayate Yagami is a little too familiar."
"I see."
So Commander Yagami's demeanor is a bit much for Yami. But I'm surprised she was able to leave them. I'm sure everyone would have complained. Commander Yagami, for one, would probably never let her go.
"I told them I was going to talk to Yozuki Sho. She let me go easily."
"Then she probably sent you off with a smug smile."
"Yes."
So I guess I should talk about something, then.
"Something safe. Let's see... How are things with Dr. Tie? Lately?"
"It's safe, but I haven't spoken to her since then."
I thought so.
"What a waste. You finally got to reunite."
"I have my own thoughts. It was a good thing to confirm her survival."
As for Dr. Tie coming to see Yami... it might happen, but it would be hard for her to be too forceful. Yami would probably keep running away, so we'd have to do something about it.
I should get Vivio-chan involved. That way, Yami won't be able to refuse...
"Are you planning something?"
"Not yet."
"You're thinking of getting Takamachi Vivio involved."
She saw right through me.
"Of course. Until now, we didn't have the luxury because of the tournament, but it's not like that anymore, is it? Even if I don't do anything, they'll do something."
"That may be so, but..."
"Then it's okay for me to do something, right?"
"Really, don't do anything unnecessary."
Since she's so stubborn, I'll have to force them to meet. I'll think about it later. For now, this is enough.
"But I invited Dr. Tie today, too, you know?"
"Don't tell me another lie like that."
"It's true, it's true. Look, she's right behind you."
Yami looked suspiciously in the direction I was pointing. Of course, Dr. Tie wasn't there. I hadn't called her. Unless Vivio-chan secretly called her, she absolutely wouldn't be—
And yet, in the direction I was pointing, there was a beautiful blonde woman with a nice body.
"What?!"
"!!?!"
Yami and I both jumped.
"Dr-Dr-Dr. Tie?! W-what are you doing here?"
"Huh, what?"
"Yozuki Sho...! What have you done...!"
"I-it wasn't me?! It was probably Vivio-chan...!"
Vivio-chan, you're so mean! To keep it a secret not only from Yami but from me too!
Now even I, who didn't need to be flustered, am feeling flustered!
"N-no, that's not it? I, I!"
Huh? Oh, that voice is...
"Is that you, Fate-san?"
"Y-yeah. It is."
If I look closely, her eye color is red. Dr. Tie's should have been green.
Our tension immediately subsided.
"I-I'm sorry. It seems like I surprised you."
"No, no. It was just me making a joke. Wow, that was a surprise..."
"T H A T ' S W H A T I ' M S A Y I N G!"
The angry Yami walked away.
"Hey, hey, what are you going to tell everyone?"
"I'll say you said something rude to me."
Well, that would probably just make everyone smirk. Yami was gone.
The only ones left were me and Fate-san.
This was the first time we'd met since that incident. It was a chance encounter, but it was a good opportunity. Fate-san didn't run away and stayed put.
"Um, Sho...?"
"Yes."
"I'm sorry about earlier. I shouldn't have run away, even though it wasn't your fault."
"No, not at all. I should have been a little more quick-witted."
"No, that's not true. I was the one who got flustered... ugh."
Remembering what had happened earlier, Fate-san's face turned red and she looked away at the ground.
"Sigh... I'm going to be working with you from September. I can't believe I showed you a side like this..."
"Oh, that's right."
I had forgotten about it with everything that had happened, but I was going to be part of the Mobile Division Six starting next month. The environment would change completely, and there would be new encounters (both with people and with incidents).
Fate-san is one of the members of that mobile division. So, we'll probably end up fighting together sometime.
I'm sure she doesn't want the new recruit to think she's unreliable.
But,
"No, you don't have to be so tense, do you? I have no doubt that Fate-san is reliable."
"Huh, is that so?"
As a commander, she might have some clumsy moments. But there's no doubt about her strength. In fact, if she's too tense, she might end up making a blunder.
"Right, a blunder like today... No, I'm not worried about today at all, and it won't change my opinion of you. Of course, that's on the condition that Fate-san didn't have a bad time."
"(When he says he's not worried at all, it's a little...) Yes! Let's do our best together from September!"
As Fate-san made a cute guts pose,
"Senpai..."
"Sho-san..."
Yukina and the Holy Empress returned. Wait, did you two hear our conversation?
"..."
"...Is it a problem?"
"...No, not at all. I don't mind."
"Yukina-san, have these things... happened with Sho-san?"
"Yes. Quite a number of times."
"...I see."
There were some parts that bothered me, but from there on, Fate-san joined us.
We went to see the kids, and we went to protest to Commander Yagami together. We had a fulfilling time until it was time to leave.
And so, the fun time passed. All that was left was tomorrow. The final day of the conference. And the welcome party, which was being held after a long time.
I don't want anything to happen, but at this timing, it's probably pointless to hope. I'll have to brace myself for it.
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