Click clack...
Before I knew it, the day had grown dark as we walked.
We set up a simple tent for camping, and I poked at the firewood in the campfire with a stick, as if tending to the flames.
"Camping after so long."
"This has its own charm, you know."
Ritsuka smiled, stretched, and then lay down on the ground. This is what adventure is all about, after all. It's romantic, they say.
Of course, for a Korean man, camping just means the military, but still.
"Is it okay to sleep in the tent?"
"It's fine, Eresh. I'm used to sleeping in tents, you know?"
Much better than a military tent, after all.
"..."
Tap tap tap tap tap!
Eresh immediately took out her phone and started tapping furiously. Was she sending a message? I lay back and looked up at the gradually rising stars and moon. Ah, the cool breeze felt nice. I thought we'd meet up with Sakura today, but America is just too damn vast.
Grumble grumble...
"Hmm?"
Then, a huge shadow loomed over us...
"...Eresh. What did you summon?"
"A house."
[You should sleep here instead of in a tent.]
A two-story house appeared along with a giant robot. Damn, that looks cozy.
So much for romance... This is supposed to be romantic and dreamy, but what's the point of pulling out a house here... It's all the same anyway. But since it's here, it's a waste to send it back...
"Now it just comes even when I don't call it?"
"NFF Service is a good thing."
Dumpty sighed.
Too competent for her own good, Koyanskaya.
Kiyohime grumbled, "I want to be Master's nest too..."
"What are you talking about, Kiyohime?"
Come to think of it, Tlaloc's character is something else. Beyond wife (self-proclaimed), mother (self-proclaimed), sister (self-proclaimed), now a house? Truly beyond comprehension...
Fate is really something for coming up with this...
Dumpty sighed. "Let's go in, let's go in."
"Now you're even summoning houses?"
"It wasn't my intention, Ritsuka."
And so we went inside the house. The interior was cleaner than expected.
Click.
"?"
Tlaloc appeared behind me. She locked the door and smiled as she looked at me.
"Now, it's just the two of us...?"
"Ah, yes. That's right. You locked the door, huh. Well... yes, right."
Well, whatever.
I just destroyed the house to rescue them.
A manly way to handle it.
I came out with Tlaloc, covered in soot from the explosion.
"You, don't cause trouble. You'll start a war."
"...I wanted to see Tlaloc too, in my own way."
"That's exactly what causes a great war."
The wife war, huh. Well, it would surpass Ragnarok.
"He's like some modern-day delinquent..."
"Dumpty, that's rude..."
"But, somehow, he feels dangerous..."
Honest, Ritsuka. By the way, I'm getting hungry.
"Tesla, got any good stuff this time?"
"Hmm? Ah, I got some good organs this time. Need some? But I'll charge even the Master."
"Yeah, Koyanskaya will pay."
"What kind of dangerous conversation is this!? Organ trafficking!?"
"What are you talking about, Ritsuka? It's just a normal conversation about getting meat."
"Right, it's just chicken skewers."
Ritsuka groaned.
That's just how Tesla talks; he refers to meat or hearts as organs. The chicken Tesla brought out was indeed delicious.
"The fire-grilled taste is good too."
"That's because the flames are filled with love for Master~♡"
"I grilled it too, you know..."
Black Jeanne and Nobunaga had also used flames and looked dissatisfied. Nobu chuckled and looked at her other pouting self before handing a skewer to Kama.
"If you mind it, you lose. Here, don't be picky."
"I don't like green onions..."
"Oh? Master is Korean, so he loves garlic and green onions, right? What if his mouth smells of garlic or onions when kissing?"
"Using facts to win, Nobu? It's true, though."
"...Well."
Kama eventually ate the skewer reluctantly. Well... there are fewer foods without green onions, right? On our side.
Tlaloc came over to me and leaned against me. She looked at me with an expression wanting to be spoiled.
"Tlaloc, why did you only call me now?"
"Strictly speaking, Eresh called you."
"That's also a complaint, Tlaloc...!"
Tlaloc switching between formal and informal speech. Really, she's pouting and sulking. Why are gods all like this? I should give her some service.
I brought my mouth close to her ear and whispered.
By now, I'm used to it, and the kids are too easy.
"Wow... isn't that too easy?"
"It's possible because it's Master. On the contrary, wouldn't it be abnormal not to fall for Master when he does that?"
"No, no, I don't think it's to that extent..."
Boudica looked incredulous at how easily Tlaloc was won over, and she denied Kiyohime's words as if it were obvious. That's the normal reaction.
"Well, Master is like that~ It might seem amazing to others, you know."
"At that level, isn't it like using a hypnotism app? Be careful, Eresh. He might brainwash us all someday..."
"That's a bit hurtful, you know..."
Hokusai laughed heartily as she spoke, and X whispered to X Alter, but it was loud enough to hear. Immediately, Tlaloc pulled the gun from Tesla's waist and pointed it at X's forehead, Kiyohime drew her naginata and pressed it against her neck, and Nobu also aimed a gun at X's eye.
X gasped.
"Everyone, calm down, please hold back the trigger-happiness...?"
"...Count yourself lucky. If Master weren't here, it would have been instant decapitation."
"Remember, human, insulting Tlaloc is insulting me, her priest."
"Even if you're from space, have some manners and tact. If you don't want to die..."
"Eeek.... I'm scared, Master! No, originally, I'm a contract worker with that person, but this treatment is too much!"
"This is X's fault..."
"I agree."
"Even Master and Eresh!"
X actually deserved it, but... well, same as usual. What are Sakura and the Director up to?
"Master~ I made a meal for Master!"
"Let's see..."
Hmm, it's a clay dish from the underworld...
"I even made the bowl!"
"...Yeah."
Well, it tastes like dirt... but the texture is uniquely clay-like.
=======================
"Hey... is this right?"
In the dark night wilderness. There was a city with walls built. It was the United States' base, and we were right in front of it. But...
"No problem."
"No..."
Nightingale took out a switch... and pressed the button.
KABOOM!!!!!!!!!!!
Following that, with an earth-shattering explosion, the wall was blown to pieces...
An explosion large enough to blow away an entire village occurred, with大量 gunpowder and explosives set up.
"No, is this right...!"
"No problem. It's the commander's way."
"Yes! I learned it too! The best means of negotiation is violence!"
"That's clearly wrong, isn't it!?"
"No problem. Because, this is physical therapy."
Dumpty... come quickly and stop them...!!!