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"If I didn't remind you, you would have been in danger just now."

Kamijou Touma said the hedgehog-headed boy.

"And I'm also a capable person anyway, at least see if I can help."

"Helping depends on the occasion and the person... eh? Wait, why aren't you injured!"

"Why should I be hurt?"

Seeing a guy wearing a mask, like a Kamen Rider, 'looking' at himself in doubt (because there is no hole in the mask, Kamijou can't tell whether he is looking at himself).

Kamijou also realized this.

Although the man had deliberately shifted the range of damage to a farther place, Kamijou, who was near the center of the first impact, let alone the wound, his clothes were not messed up.Moreover, except for a large hole in front of him, Kamijou did not encounter any impact behind him.

Could it be that the unlucky Mr. Kamijou suddenly became lucky!Kamijou himself didn't believe it.

However, now is not the time to think about these questions, because the dragon on the other side of the street is ready to charge.

"It doesn't matter, you hide in a safe place! Huh—"

The man took a ring from his waist and put it on his hand. Kamijou could clearly feel the terrifying power concentrated on the man's right leg.In order to kill with one blow, the man has already used all his strength in his current state.

The dragon obviously had a similar plan, when his life was in danger and he found no way to escape.All it can do is explode with all its strength.

Kamijou was not a fool, he would not stay where he was and make trouble, but before he ran, he said to the man.

"That guy's weakness is in the heart, don't kick the head this time."

"Well, can you feel its weakness?"

"Yeah, because the energy near its heart feels stronger—ah, it's coming! Hurry up!"

Kamijou patted the man on the shoulder hard, then turned around and started running towards the nearest house.

Because on the opposite side, the huge dragon had already flapped its almost healed wings and rushed over with terrifying wind pressure.The destructive power of a huge monster over ten meters high just by moving quickly is comparable to that of the man's previous kick.

However, Kamijou believed that the strange masked man would not lose this time.

Similarly, men also have such self-confidence.

(It's just a B-level monster.)

——'Choine! Kick Strike! Saiko! '

"Drink!"

The noisy mechanical sound sounded again, and this time the unscrupulous flying kick also carried greater kinetic energy and strength, and after injecting all the strength and will, it collided fiercely with the oncoming dragon.

This time, the flames gouged through the dragon.

Chapter 6. The friendship between men is very strange

"So, why did Mr. Kamijou come to help you move together!"

On the way to Academy City Seventh School District, Muye Street.Two men, a tall dark-haired young man towing a flatbed cart as high as a hill.Another ordinary-looking boy with a hedgehog head exuding misfortune from the inside out was carrying a huge package that was higher than his upper body.

"Do you want to listen to lies or the truth?"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Well, the lie is because I am your savior. So you won't refuse to ask you to help, right? As for the truth, I want to go to the management office to receive the bonus!"

"Go to hell!"

Kamijou raised his middle finger at the man, but just as he let go, he was thrown to the ground by the huge weight behind him.

"It hurts, it hurts, I hit my wrist—you bastard, how heavy is this backpack!"

"I don't know, maybe more than 200kg."

What did you put in it!

"I'm sorry, boy. Actually, this guy is a poor man and doesn't want to find a moving company, so he asked you for help."

"That's right, that's right, we will treat you to snacks when we arrive at our new home."

Kamijou was startled by a sudden voice coming from the backpack.

"Alas, in your backpack—!"

"Don't panic, young man. Those are my companions."

man, partner?

Kamijou didn't know if he should be surprised or not.

By the way, forgot to explain.

The man's name is Haruto Furutekawa, and he claims to be a magician who 'uses magic with a ring'.But no matter how Kamijou looked at him, he felt more like a Kamen Rider!

Especially the signature belt and conspicuous knight kick!Although because of being too poor, there is no locomotive.But isn't it really Kamen Rider? ?

"I've said it many times, I'm not a knight. I'm a noble magician. Although I occasionally fight in close quarters, I'm not like the guys in Britain and South America who rely on their bodies to survive!"

"England, by flesh?"

Kamijou showed a puzzled expression.

"Don't you know the English Cavaliers?"

Kamijou shook his head. Although he was curious, he read a lot of historical records inside the Administration Bureau like a story.But it was the first time he had heard of the British Cavaliers.

"Is it similar to the Garter Knights and the Teutonic Knights?"

"Well... let me ask you, how long have you been with the Authority?"

"Why do you ask this question suddenly, about seven months?"

"No wonder......"

Haruto nodded, it's normal for a boy like Kamijou who has been living in the world of ordinary people not to know these things.And outside of Western Europe, very few people understand the political structure of Britain.

"...First of all, the Garter Knights you mentioned are no longer there, and the Teutonic Knights are from Germany. Then, although knights also use magic, they are not magicians in essence."

Magician is not so much an identity as a general title.

To put it bluntly, magic is just a tool to achieve the goal, just like many people can make coffee, but not all of them are necessarily baristas.

Just like Caucasian, it's just a collective term.

A magician just refers to a group of people who can use magic.

"Generally speaking, knights are not so much a profession of ability users as a kind of spirit and identity. They are basically loyal to the royal family or some people in the church. For example, the British Knights, the Thirteen Knights of the Roman Orthodox Church, etc. .”

In other words, knights are basically people who abide by the spirit of chivalry.The magicians do not have such a spirit, they basically live for themselves.

"Of course, it's not just the difference in identity. There are also differences in attack methods. Let's put it this way, use me as an example. When I usually fight, I first try out, and then rely on the information I have investigated to choose the appropriate magic (ring ). There is no limit to the method, but basically it is to find a weak point to attack."

"But the knights are different. They are perverts who have exercised their bodies to the extreme! Not only have they learned the methods of exercising their bodies from India and the East, but they have also used magic or other methods to transform their already terrifying bodies. Strengthened to a frenzied state. They don't care about weaknesses and analysis, they just gather in groups of barbarians who rely on their bodies to crush the enemy!"

Qingren gritted his teeth and said as if he remembered something.

"So, I'm a magician! I'm not a knight!"

"Hoohoo, I'm so tsundere again, I don't know who will send gifts to others every Christmas."

"It's so noisy!"

Haruto and the 'partner' in Kamijou's backpack quarreled again, but this made Kamijou decide one more thing - this guy is not only a stingy poor man, but also a tired man.

It didn't take too long, almost an hour later, under the guidance of Furutogawa Haruto.Kamijou finally came to an apartment rarely seen in the Academy City area.

Because most of Academy City is related to students, facilities such as apartments and buildings are basically out of reach of students.

But why use 'basic'?

the reason is simple!Because, there are still some "rich" students who will go out to rent apartments for various reasons-yes, Mr. Kamijou belongs to that group of people!

But why does this guy even live here?

"Aren't you poor?"

Kamijou elbowed Haruto Furutekawa's body, and was then pushed open by the other party in frustration.

"I'm not poor! I just have no money for the time being!"

Isn't that poor? ?

Men are like this, as long as they complain about each other for more than an hour, they can become good friends.

"Okay, come upstairs with me, er... the key, where is the key?"

Haruto groped around the corners of the clothes with his hands, accompanied by various voices of 'no here' and 'don't touch me'.

This made Kamijou even more puzzled: 'Isn't this guy really stuffed with a zoo? '

But soon, with the help of those strange voices, Qingren found a key in a remote corner of his body without any ornaments, only a metal ring.And it looks like two of them are connected together.Apparently, this is the kind of shiny, sweat-free key you get in a new house.

"Okay, let's go up together!"

Instead of treating Kamijou as a tool, Haruto looked at the key and smiled and waved to Kamijou.

Chapter 7, Friends of Haruto Furudegawa

I followed Haruto Furutogawa into the building, and took the elevator without any floating feeling to the 22nd floor.Furutokawa Haruto looked at the information recorded on the phone, while looking at the house numbers one by one.

Finally, he found his room at the end of the corridor.

"Please come in."

Haruto opened the entrance door and let Kamijou in first.And he began to carry his luggage from the flatbed truck one by one - thanks to Academy City's technology, Kamijou and Haruto, plus the luggage with a total weight of more than three tons.The elevator did not call the police.

After entering, Kamijou found that although this guy said he was poor, he actually lived in a 1LDK room that was almost furnished (1=one room, L=living room, D=dining room, K=kitchen) .

In addition to large electrical appliances, such as TVs and refrigerators, other items such as sofas and dining tables are already complete.The wooden floors are also well polished.

It doesn't look like it's a room you just moved into.

"Sure enough, only rich people call themselves poor ghosts."

Feeling cheated, Kamijou muttered under his breath.

You know, the place where Kamijou lives is only a 1K room!The single room with a total area of ​​no more than 20 square meters had to be decorated at its own expense!

But look here?

"I should have taken a taxi if I knew it earlier!"

"what are you saying?"

Haruto Furutekawa, who piled Koyamataka's luggage in the kitchen, came in, holding two bottles of the cheapest mineral water in Academy City.

However, Kamijou's attention was drawn to the animal on his shoulder.

The reason why he uses animals instead of accurate nouns like 'cat' and 'dog' is because Kamijou really doesn't know what the 'cute' creature should be called.

"what--!?"

"Hello, boy~"

Theoretically, it should be a cat, but the color is indeed sea blue, and there are wings of the same color on the back.Around his neck was a blue gemstone ring instead of a cat bell.

Now she was speaking with a voice like the girl next door, raising her paw to greet Kamijou.

"Let me introduce you, this is one of my partners, Luna. Luna, this is Kamijou Touma."

"Hello...partner, one?"

Kamijou keenly caught this word, and just as he understood it, the huge bag on his back suddenly shook, and something climbed up along the backpack.

Immediately afterwards, he felt something extra on each of his shoulders.

Turning his head, he found a red bird the size of a palm on the left.She wears a ruby ​​ring on her back, and has a small flame on her tail and on top of her head.

"Hi, I'm Phoenix."

The little red bird turned its head, looked at Kamijou with red eyes, and greeted Kamijou with a mature female voice.

"I'm the Rock Snake. You can call me Onix."

Kamijou turned his head stiffly, a khaki creature that looked like a miniature rock snake coiled around his right shoulder, and a khaki gemstone ring was worn on his body, spitting out a scarlet core.Said in a mature man's voice.

"Hi, hello, I'm Kamijou Touma."