Halt, do you read me?

　Elmia speaks to the bracelet on her right hand.

'Elmia. I can hear you, what's wrong?'

　Hurt's voice could be heard from the bracelet.

　The bracelets that Hurt had given out to the entire family had been given a calling function.

　In this world, if you wanted to talk to someone at a distance, you would need a huge communication device.

　The device was extremely expensive, so only royalty, some nobles, and the top-ranked adventurers' guilds possessed it.

　Halt had been shown a real long-distance communication device once by the Elf King in Alheim.

　It was so huge that an entire room was filled with communication devices.

　It also requires a huge amount of magic power to use, so it could only be used to contact the allies in an emergency.

　Hurt has developed such a device independently as a magic tool.

　With the added bonus of miniaturizing it to the size of a bracelet - a bracelet that a woman might wear as a fashionable accessory.

　In order to make calls through the application of Halt's transfer magic, a large amount of magic power is required to use it.

　However, since Hult regularly replenished his magic power to the bracelet, Elmia and the other wives of Hult were able to contact Hult and the other wives without any disadvantages.


''I'm here in Sanctum with Seira, can you come and pick me up since I've finished my errands?''

　Elmia and Seira had come to Sanctum, the holy city, on the back of a chalk.

　Their purpose was to investigate the literature on alter ego magic.

　They had successfully found a powerful clue and were about to return to Hurt's mansion.

　The original plan was to contact Hakua and ask her to pick him up, but for some reason he couldn't get in touch with her and asked Hurt to pick him up.

　Elmia and Seira left the mansion this morning without saying anything to Hurt.

　As expected when most of Hurt's wives are going out, Hurt has his doubts.

　When he asked them what they wanted to do, some of them were not confident that they could mislead him about their reasons and left the mansion without seeing Hurt.

　They left the mansion without telling Hurt about it.
　And yet, they are trying to ask him to pick them up.

　For these two reasons, Seira felt uncomfortable about contacting Harto.

　She tried to contact Hurt many times and stopped her from doing so.

　It's a good thing that you're not the only one who has been doing this, because it's a good thing that you're not the only one.


''I'm sorry. I'm just in the middle of taking in............just give me ten more minutes!

All right. That sound ... are we in a battle?

　A series of sounds came from the bracelet, as if something was exploding.

'Well, sort of.'

''Is it okay?!''

　Seira asks, looking worried, as she turns to Elmia's bracelet.

'I'm fine, Seira. Don't worry, just wait a little while.''

　As Hurt said that, the communication was cut off.

''Master Halt are you okay?''

I'll be fine. You worry too much about Seela. What do you think of Hurt? He's the kind of guy who kills demons.　He can beat even the gods.

God, that's a no-brainer, isn't it?

Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, that's just an example of being that strong!

　As expected, even Elmia didn't really believe that Hurt could beat God.



　About three minutes later.

''Here you go!''

Oh, you're early. Are you ready?
Mr. Hurt, you are safe, aren't you?

"Yeah. I'm not hurt or anything.

　The sound of the explosion was no longer audible from behind the bracelet.

　At the sound of Hurt's voice, who seemed to be in good spirits, Seira patted her chest.

''Well then, I'm going to pick you up now. Hermia, please kiss your transportation expenses.''

For this?

'Yes!　Transpositional magic is an amazing magical power. I'm going to pick you up with it, so you'll need to pay for transportation. I'll charge you a kiss as transportation expenses.''

What-why, what-why would I do that?
Oh, Mr. Hurt, I can kiss him!

　Elmia complains to Hurt, turning red in the face.

　Seira, on the other hand, is just as red in the face as Elmia, but she insists that she's going to kiss Hurt.

''Because Hermia, you won't kiss me yourself. Seira seems to be giving me money for transportation, so I'm going to pick you up now.''

　The next moment after the communication was lost, a magic circle unfolded from the bracelet and Hurt appeared from it.

''Here you are.''

Thank you for coming out of the woodwork, Mr. Hurt. Well here's some money for your transportation.

　As she said this, Seira kissed Hurt.

'Yes, indeed,'

　She squinted pleasantly as Hurt stroked Seira's head as she kissed him.

'Seira gave me money for transportation, okay?

Do I have to?

'It's fine but Elmia, it's quite a long way to my mansion, isn't it?

'Hey, you're not going to take me with you!

Because everyone but Hermia kissed me when I was transitioning her. Elmia isn't the only one who gets special treatment.

　Of course, Hurt had no intention of really leaving Hermia behind just because he didn't kiss her.

　Hurt had heard from Seira about how to handle(──) Hermia, so he was practicing it.

Umm, yeah, I guess I have no choice.''

　Elmia approached Hurt and kissed him, placing a trembling hand on his shoulder.

　In an instant, Elmia pulled away from Hurt.

'This is it!

'Hmm, I really wish it was a bit more. Everyone is waiting for us, let's go home.

Wait, wait!　And if it's not enough, well I'll... do it.

　Then Elmia put her own lips on Hurt's again.

　It was a faltering kiss, not unlike that of an adult woman more than ten years older than Hurt.

　But Hurt thought that this was the right thing to do.

How do you like it?　Well, are you satisfied?

'Thank you, Hermia. It felt good. You gave me money for transportation and let's go home.

　Halt touched Seira and Elmia's hands, and then deployed a shifting magic circle and transferred to his mansion.


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What's this?
Master Hurt, were you fighting with your co-workers?

　The first thing Elmia and Seira saw when they returned to his mansion after transitioning with Hurt...


　It was the figure of a huge dragon, burnt to black.