The mansion fired more arrows at me. It flies straight at me without deviation.
I knock it all down.
I tried to enter the house, but Miu held on to me and wouldn’t let go.
Miu?」
She buried her face into me, refusing to let go.
She must be really scared.
「Then come with me.」
「……!」
She shuddered.
She looks up and looks at me. She’ s getting more and more teary-eyed.
An arrow of ice flew at me. I swat it away with a back fist.
When Miu saw this, she was greatly surprised.
Maybe she was too surprised, but the tears have stopped.
「Don’t worry, I’m here for you. I’ll protect Miu.」
Miu stared at my face for a while, then turned her head and said, “I’m not going to let go.”
「You’re not going to run away from …… without me, are you?」
「Hmm? Are you asking me if I’m going to run off by myself? If it gets dangerous.」
「…… Yes.」
「Well, that is not going to be the case. If it gets dangerous, I’ll carry Miu and run away.」
「Are you sure ……?」
Miu is still suspicious. Why does she worry so much about that?
「It’s true. I haven’t fluffied you enough yet.」
「Are you still going to do that?!」
Miu is astonished.
But somehow, the surprise was different from before.
Well, the subject is different, and it’s natural that it’s different if it was me rather than with a ghost.
Miu stared at me some more (knocking down two ice arrows in the process) and then nodded cautiously.
She releases her clinging arm and stands beside me.
She picks at the hem of her dress.
「Okay, here we go.」
「Yes.」
We walked into the house together.
As soon as I opened the door and walked in, the cold air hit me.
「Mmm, that’s…」
「What is it?」
「There, just a second ago, there was a figure on that corner.」
「Eeeeeeeeehh?!」
「Let’s go.」
「Yes. ……」
It was Miu who ended up getting teary-eyed.
With her in tow, I turned down the hallway.
This time I could see the shadow of a person more clearly.
「Maid, huh?」
「Eh?」
「Did you see that? ”Didn’t you see that person dressed up like some kind of maid?」
「I didn’t see it, did you?」
「……」
I’m going to chase it further. This one was faster, and I could see it for a longer time when I turned the next corner.
Our eyes met. She is indeed a maid and looks like a young girl.
「Miu, what was that?」
「I couldn’t see it…….」
She grabbed at her clothes and became increasingly frightened.
I can’t overlook this now. There must have been a few seconds between the time she made eye contact with me and the time she disappeared around the next corner.
「Then I am the only one who can see it.」
Muttering, I took Miu with me and chased after her.
I ran around the mansion. It’s a fairly large mansion, with stairs going up and down. I went out into the garden and back in again.
I repeated it.
Eventually, I cornered the ghost.
In the back of the first floor. A damp place with relatively little sunshine.
It was a small place with bedrooms, probably used by the maids and servants.
I cornered the ghost there.
I see it again. I knew it was a young girl in a maid’s uniform.
But she was so transparent that I could see the wall through her body, and her expression was very grim.
She felt like a ghost – and an evil one at that.
「──！」
The ghost jumped at me, making a strange noise that was hard to describe. I had been chasing it, and now it attacked me all at once.
「Just hold on!」
While lightly pulling Miu in towards me, I counter punched the ghost that jumped at me.
I don’t know how well it will work. So I got pretty serious.
I hit her with enough force to blow even a mountain ox several dozen meters.
But.
「What the hell? Damn, that’s what expected!」
The punch slipped through the ghost’s body. I guess it means that physical attacks don’t work on her because she’s a ghost.
The ghost slipped away and flew backwards, but then stopped suddenly and jumped at me again.
This time, she sent out ice arrows around her body like satellites, and they flew together.
「Master!」
「It’s all right!」
I avoided the ghost’s charge while making sure to knock away the ice arrows. Now that I know it’s an astral body that punches can slip through, I don’t want to touch it carelessly.
What should I do?
Suddenly, I remembered something.
At the same time, the ghosts flew again.
Perhaps realizing that the arrows were ineffective, she now charged in alone.
That’s convenient. I can avoid the unnecessary elements.
I held up my hand and used fire magic.
The flames swirled around the tip of my palm and turned into a large ball.
「──」
That strange voice again. At the same time, the ghost’s complexion changed.
We passed each other and slammed our magic into each other.
We crossed paths and then turned around.
The ghost’s right shoulder was on fire.
「If it turns out to work.」
A smile crept onto my mouth.
「The rest is easy.」
I thrust my hand out in front of me and let loose with my magic.
「……」
The ghost disappeared. At the same time, the cold air that had filled the mansion disappeared as quickly as it had appeared.
「It’s all over now.」
Just before she disappeared, I noticed that the ghost girl seemed to want to say something, but since there was no way to find out what it was, I decided to forget about it.
「Everything okay?」
I saw Miu still clutching the hem of her dress.
Miu looked up at me, her eyes glittering.
「…… Miu?」
「Master…… is amazing.」
「Yes?」
「I’m no longer afraid. …… Master is amazing.」
「Oh, well.」
I decided to dignify it for now. It felt good to see Miu’s sparkling eyes, her longing gaze, and I wouldn’t dare betray her.
「If anything happens, I’ll take care of it. I’ll get rid of them all.」
「Yes! 」
When I clarified, Miu’s longing gaze became even stronger.
Okay, okay, this is all good.
「Yes! Work.」
「Yes?」
「I was in the middle of cleaning up…….」
「Oh, you were interrupted by a ghost. Then go do your job. I’m counting on you.」
「Yes!」
Miu nodded broadly, bowed, and scuttled away.
At the end of it, she felt a lingering sense of trust that I had left behind. I stayed there for a while, savoring it.
Just as I was about to leave the place after tasting it for a while, I thought.
I saw a piece of paper fall in the area where the ghost had fizzled out.
「Have I ever seen anything like that before?」
Wondering, I walk up to it and pick it up.
I looked at it closely. It’s something I’ve seen before.
「Lottery ticket…….?」
Yes, a lottery ticket. Something that you often get after shopping. And the thing that led me to come to this other world.
The more I looked at it, the more I realized it was a lottery ticket.
Why is there a lottery ticket in this place?
A lottery ticket – a lottery.
I had certain expectations.