Black Iron Magician

――――100th day of training.

Today, Haru and the others will return to their original world. I’ve designated the location to place the 『Skyscraper』. It will be in the mountain where my house was located before. There are no people there, and we can get there in about the same distance as Haru’s running course. Also, well… considering that this place is the starting point for daily training, I thought it would be a suitable place to pause this master-disciple life.

「I won’t be able to walk through this road for the time being, huh…. Hmm, it’s kind of lonely…」

On the way to our destination, Haru muttered so. By the way, since she’s going to return to Japan, she changed into the clothes she wore when she was summoned.

「In your case, it was running instead of walking. Well, if you feel lonely, then defeat your mother quickly and come back. Hmm? In this case, I guess it’s going to be a contest between me completing the trials of the Great Eight Demons first or you accomplishing your goal first, huh?」

「You’re right! Shishō, I wont lose!」

「Haha, I’m looking forward to it.」

I don’t know Haru’s mother, so I don’t know how difficult it actually is. Normally, it would be more troublesome to break through all the unreasonable trials of the Great Eight Demons, but…. according to Chinatsu, who knows both, she can’t judge which is more difficult.

「I wonder how monstrous is she.」

「What?」

「No, nothing, Just talking to myself.」

「?」

The image of Haru’s mother in my mind has already become that of the strongest human in the world. In that case, yeah, it makes sense that Haru grew up so healthy, bold, and always do everything with her all. I’m sure that the whole family must have been training together on a regular basis. I can’t even imagine it with my level of imagination.

In the meantime, we arrived at our destination, the former site of my house. I see Nell and Chinatsu, who had left the mansion earlier. I also see Therese and Weerel, some of the Great Eight Demons and related people, who came to see the girls off, and young people who look like Haru’s classmates over there. Including those who decided to stay in this world, I guessed almost everyone is here.

The only people from Haru’s hometown who are not here are the delinquents and Itou-kun, who did bad things in this world, and Akira’s group. They are no longer in this world for some reason. With the information manipulation, we made it that they died in accident over there. The first group was being targeted by a dangerous organization of thugs and was sunk in a bay somewhere. As for the latter, the leader went crazy with drugs, killed his friends, and committed suicide later. Well, if it was handled like that, it would be close to the truth. But since it would become a big deal, I rejected it. Well, Vakala said that he would do something about it so that their existence would be reduced to the utmost limit. That bastard, I’m sure that he’s still hiding some magic that I don’t even know about. Ah, it looks like the trials are going to be troublesome.

By the way, won’t the God who manages the other world get mad at me for letting people from another world do whatever I want?” “I think there is also a question.” To put it bluntly, he doesn’t get involved no matter what he does. The god over there seems to be super laissez-faire, and even if all living things in the world die out, or if a dangerous organization that worships a cult is born, or if a huge meteorite falls to the point of death, he’s been completely untouched for hundreds of millions of years. It’s sputum. How’s that for an administrator? I think so, but I’m surprised that the world is still managed better than others. The world will run better if God doesn’t get involved. I find that kind of ironic.

By the way, I’m sure some people are wondering if the god over there will be angry when the people of this world are doing as they please in that world. To put it bluntly, they are not going to get involved no matter what we do. It seems that the god over there has an extreme non-inference policy and has been completely uninvolved for hundreds of millions of years, no matter if all the creatures in the world die, if a dangerous organization that practices paganism is born, or if a huge meteorite falls on the earth. You might be wondering if the god is managing the world properly, but surprisingly, the world is being managed better than other places. It’s ironic that the world runs better when the god is not involved.

「Ah, Deris-san and Haruna are here.」

「Sorry for the wait~」

「Nell, has everyone gathered?」

「Well, I think you guys are the last ones. Agalia, check the number of people who want to return.」

「One~, two~ , three~―― yes, it’s exactly the same as the number of people I was told beforehand. Well then, I will take out the door, which is my biggest highlight. It’s dangerous, so step back~. Hey~, it’s dangerous over there~」

Agalia made everyone move back to make space. Well, this is my first time to see Agalia’s power. I’m going to observe it carefully for future reference.

「Suu, haa――――!」

Agalia closes his eyes and kneads out his magic power with his hands spread wide open. He doesn’t show the slightest hint of his usual cheerful mood and seems to be concentrating only on creating the skyscraper. The amount of magic power concentrated in the empty space is also tremendous. This is going to be quite a spectacle.

「Suttorapappinpuppenpon! Pemehebe no kuso megami! Anpontaaaaan!」

(TLn: anpontan means idiot, kuso means shit, and megami means goddess. Pemehebe is the name of the goddess.)

「………」

I was dumbfounded when I heard such silly words. Is that the chant to create a door to another world? No, no, it can’t be. There is no way such a stupid chant could let out the great power that can connect worlds.

――――*Rumble*!

「Phew, the construction of the skyscraper is complete. Oh my, I really did a good job, yep!」

「………」

A huge tower that seemed to reach the clouds appeared in the vacant lot where nothing existed until a moment ago. It really appeared. N-Not yet, I’m not ready to give up hope yet.

「A-Agalia, the chant just now was just your usual prank, right? Don’t joke around too much.」

「Eh? Oh, you mean the thing I chanted when I bring out the skyscraper? That’s not a joke, that’s the official chanting spell, you know?」

「…… I’m begging you, please tell me that you’re joking.」

「D-Don’t be unreasonable…. I told you my story before, didn’t I? The chanting was set by the goddess at that time and I can’t change it. The spell is too advanced for me to decipher, but I remember that she said something about expressing her feelings to a goddess of another world she had a bad relationship with. Well, it was a long time ago, so there’s no need to worry about it, right?」

No, no, no, no, that’s just bad-mouthing, you know!? Moreover, that’s quite low-leveled. It’s an elementary school level. I hate to say this, but I felt a little sympathy for Agalia, who had the cursing used as a spell as is. It was terrible.

「W-Well…. I guess you betraying the god was, in a way, a proper decision….」

「Wow, Deris thinks so too!? Oh my~, I’m so happy to have an unexpected comrade~. But, why did you suddenly say so?」

「Well, you don’t have to worry about it.」

「?」

Let’s pull myself together and take a look at the tower. Agalia’s skyscraper is almost pure white, with gold decorations here and there. It’s as of a mythical temple was remodeled into a tower. And then, there are many doors on the outer wall of the skyscraper. They are all over the place, from the ground to the top.

「Are they all connected to different worlds?」

「That’s a trade secret. Well, I’ll leave it to your imagination.」

「Then, I won’t think too much about it. So, which door leads to Haru and the others’ world?」

「You can use whichever door you like. No matter which door you open, you will be sent to a convenient place in the same world. Ah, there are things to note. The flow of time there is exactly the same as ours, so it’s been a few months since you guys disappeared. Old man Vakala made adjustment so that you can blend it without feeling out of place, but just in case, you should act accordingly when you get there. As long as you don’t screw things up very strangely, the others won’t suspect anything.」

「It’s as he said, so don’t mess around just because it’s funny. The demon king might get annoyed and go to your world to purge you~」

「「「Y-Yes….」」」

The faces of the classmates stiffened. I was joking, but it seems that they took it seriously.