"Ah!"
Another scream broke the morning silence; it wasn't the first time, anyway.
Lying on the sofa, Ryusei touched his body in disbelief, while muttering something: "Am I dead? Or not?"
"You're dead."
Hearing a somewhat familiar voice, Ryusei looked up and saw Asagami Fujino with a half-smile. His pupils shrank, and his whole body curled into the corner of the sofa, using a pillow to protect himself while shouting, "Why are you here! I'm already dead! You still won't let me go!"
"You're not dead yet."
Asagami Fujino rolled her eyes, took her coffee, and sat on the other sofa.
"Not dead?" Ryusei was stunned. Looking at her, he asked, "Then what happened just now?"
"You mean that? I did indeed fire a shot," Asagami Fujino smiled.
"Fired a shot? Then am I dead or not!" Ryusei was a bit confused.
"Isn't that simple? I'll help you test if you're dead or not." Asagami Fujino smiled as she stood up from the sofa. In an instant, she appeared in front of Ryusei and threw a punch at his stomach.
"Boom!"
A loud noise. September and April, who were preparing a meal in the kitchen, heard it and ran out. At this moment, April was no longer wearing that suggestive maid outfit from before. After all, there was a man in the villa now, so Asagami Fujino naturally couldn't let April wear that set and had changed her into a normal maid outfit.
"What's wrong with him?"
September looked blankly at Ryusei, who was embedded in the wall, and couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing. He just wanted to know if he was dead or alive, so I just gave him a hand," Asagami Fujino laughed.
"Is that so..."
September glanced at Asagami Fujino and sighed softly. "Help me get that guy down from the wall, and by the way, help me fix the wall. That shouldn't be hard for you."
"OK." Asagami Fujino waved her hand toward the wall. Ryusei flew right out of it, and the damaged wall was instantly restored to its original state.
"If you went into repairs, you'd definitely make a lot of money," September quipped, pulling April back into the kitchen.
Ryusei kept his eyes open, his eyes filled with both joy and sorrow. The joy was that he wasn't dead, but the sorrow was that almost all the bones in his body felt like they were falling apart, making him unable to move at all. Why did a girl have so much strength!
The sadness in Ryusei's heart was about to overflow. Now he was lying here unable to move, and even eating was a problem. How could someone like him still capture September Days, then pay off his debt and gain his freedom?
On the other side, at the dining table, Asagami Fujino and September were both feeding Cthulhu. However, the relationship between Asagami Fujino and September wasn't very good. September was still brooding over her anger from the morning, always feeling that the pervert Asagami Fujino was behind it. But in front of a cute child like Cthulhu, September didn't plan to argue with her.
"By the way, what exactly is the deal with those bullets of yours?" September asked curiously, and April also looked over. September and April had been thinking about it in the kitchen. When they checked Ryusei's body earlier, they both thought he was really dead. After all, when the two checked Ryusei, they clearly couldn't feel his pulse, and the same was true for his heart. After all, the wound from the gunshot was right over his heart. But in such a situation, Ryusei actually came back to life, and that gunshot wound mysteriously disappeared. One can imagine how shocked September and April were at that time; a dead person had actually come back to life.
"Those are Frigg Bullets," Asagami Fujino explained while feeding Cthulhu. "Frigg Bullets are a product of Alchemy and Magic. Hitting someone won't cause them any harm."
"Frigga is the wife of the chief god Odin in Norse mythology. To protect her son, Balder, the God of Light, she made all things in the world swear not to harm him. Everything swore, so even if a spear were thrown at the God of Light, it would avoid him on its own. And since Frigga is the wife of the chief god Odin in Norse mythology, who, to protect her son Balder, made all things swear not to harm him, and everything swore so that even spears would avoid him—this has a similar effect, and so it was named after her."
Asagami Fujino continued: "Frigg Bulletss are warheads with alchemical biological activity. Upon hitting a target, they quickly shatter and vaporize without harming the person, leaving only a blood-like mark. However, they contain a trace amount of a special anesthetic. This anesthetic causes the body to enter a state similar to a corpse, which can be understood as suspended animation, though it is extremely realistic. One falls unconscious immediately upon being hit, looking just like they've died. The wound you saw is a magical effect, which can be understood as an illusion. The moment it hits, the Frigg Bullets anesthetizes the target while the Magic inside is activated, creating a gunshot wound at the point of impact."
Frigg Bulletss were not created by Asagami Fujino; they are a product from another world. Originally simple alchemical items, Asagami Fujino bought one from the system shop to study and then added magical effects to them.
"Do Magic and Alchemy really exist?" April couldn't help but ask.
"Of course." Asagami Fujino nodded and placed a hand on the table. Activating Alchemy, the entire wooden table instantly turned into pure gold.
Seeing the table turn into pure gold, both September and April's eyes widened slightly. With their experience, it wasn't hard to see that this was real, high-purity gold, rarely seen on the market.
Then, a small Magic circle appeared in Asagami Fujino's hand. A huge fireball emerged from the Magic circle and vanished in an instant.
"Can I learn?!" September's eyes sparkled as she tightly gripped Asagami Fujino's arm, completely forgetting her previous antagonism.
Seeing September like this, the smile on Asagami Fujino's face grew wider. She parted her lips and said leisurely, "No~"
"Eh?!" September was stunned, then she puffed out her cheeks and turned her head away in annoyance.
"You pervert! If you won't teach me, then don't! This young lady doesn't care anyway!"
"Hehe," Asagami Fujino smiled faintly. "In that case, I'll just go teach April."
"Ah?" April was a bit surprised. She could actually learn?
"You!!!" September glared fiercely at Asagami Fujino and angrily hugged Cthulhu, seeking comfort.
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