136 – Shiny Golden Hour #1

136 – The Shining Golden Hour #1

“Ezebet!”

“Naru!”

Returning to the science preparation room, Naru called for Elizabeth. Elizabeth was helping Tywin, who couldn’t even walk, and was very happy to see Naru.

In fact, Elizabeth wanted anyone to help her by her side. Because Tywin was struggling as if he would run out of breath at any moment.

The current situation was too big and heavy for Elizabeth, who was barely in the first year of elementary school, to handle alone.

“Tywin can’t move! Wouldn’t it be better to call the adults!”

Even as she said that, Elizabeth continued to check Tywin’s condition. I wondered if Tywin would be alive until the adults were summoned—but I wasn’t sure.

‘Dad said he had time to save a patient! golden time! They said that if you take appropriate measures at that time, the survival rate will go up!’

Tywin had to do something.

Naru, who was watching this, agreed.

“Let’s get some water first!”

After grabbing a beaker seen around, Naru turned on the faucet and filled it with water. As he brought it to Tywin’s mouth, Tywin struggled to get some water and drank.

“mind… right… more.”

He said something in a cracked voice, but I couldn’t hear him well.

Elizabeth put her ear to Tywin’s softly spoken mouth and asked.

“what? What did you say?”

“Mana Powder… . If there is… . Things will get better… .”

“okay! Naruya, help me!”

Elizabeth looked around.

Then, with Naru, he brought a lot of ingredients to make mana powder, poured them into the sink, and stirred them vigorously to make a white powder.

When I put it in a beaker and put it in Tywin’s mouth, Tywin’s condition, which was struggling as if he was out of breath, improved a little.

“… … .”

Breathing became easier, but the comfort was like a person preparing to die in a warm bed by the window.

Elizabeth often went to the hospital with her father, who worked as a pharmacist, and often watched old people die, and she looked exactly like Tywin now.

“Tywin! Don’t lose your mind! Naruto, what are you doing? If it stays like this, Tywin might die! Naruya, is there any way!”

In Elizabeth’s opinion, Naru always caused problems, but at the same time, she was a friend who knew how to solve them.

If you ask Naru, she will know something——I asked hopefully, but this time Naru also shook her head.

“Naru and Molu… .”

“… Then Tywin… .”

“But I know someone who knows how! We’re doing the same thing Tywin did! Do you have any leftovers from the powder you just made?”

Naru sprinkled powder on the floor. Then he raised the candle he had knocked over in his panic and lit it.

Elizabeth was able to notice that Naru was making a ‘magic circle’. It was the same magic circle that Tywin had just made.

The shape and form were very similar.

‘I heard that drawing a magic circle is very difficult.’

Elizabeth didn’t know much about magic, but she vaguely knew that it was a very difficult job.

However, Naru was copying exactly what he had just seen.

‘Come to think of it, Naru was good at drawing!’

It was a moment that came to mind that Naru had drawn the same face of Elizabeth in art class. At that time, it also occurred to me that the picture Naru drew was well kept in a frame at Elizabeth’s house.

“done!”

Finally, the magic circle made with candles and powder was completed. However, the situation did not change.

There must be something missing.

“What did Tywin do… . Tywin… .”

Naru is deep in thought.

Soon after, Elizabeth, who was shining second in the grade ranking of the entrance exam, shouted.

“Tywin cast a spell! What kind of order was it—”

Elizabeth had a good memory. I often memorized the names of hundreds of medicines and chemicals to help my dad with his work.

But perhaps because of the embarrassing situation, I couldn’t remember what had just happened.

‘What did Tywin say after making the magic circle?’

I didn’t think of it.

It was a crazy day in many ways.

“Ezebet is smart! You can think of it!”

Warak-.

After Naru raised her hand, she cheered for Elizabeth. Perhaps because she heard Naru’s support, Elizabeth was able to regain her calm mind.

Elizabeth was a smart child.

To the extent that he was a child who was predicted to be a rival to Tywin, who was called a prodigy.

Considering that Tywin’s birth and identity were very mysterious, Elizabeth’s cleverness, which was comparable to Tywin’s, was very outstanding.

‘I don’t know anything else, but I’m confident in my memorization skills. I’m slowly retracing time. What Tywin said… .’

flash-.

Then something shone on Elizabeth’s head like the morning star.

“The end of the gloomy evening. Shining star of dawn I, Elizabeth, want to hear your voice. I beg you, Efar, give your servant strength!”

It was this order.

however… Nothing really happened.

The color of the candles changed when Tywin recited the spell earlier.

“What? Does accent matter?”

It was an embarrassing moment in many ways.

Then Naru said.

“The end of the gloomy evening. Shining star of dawn I, Naru Baryuda, want to hear your voice. I beg you, Efar, give your servant strength!”

aaah-!

The window slammed open spontaneously.

Whoo oh oh-.

All the candles were extinguished by the strong wind, as if from a storm.

Elizabeth felt as if she would be blown away by the sudden gust of wind.

pat-.

Fortunately, the wind stopped.

Thinking that her lifespan had been shortened by five years due to the recent wind, Elizabeth raised her head and found a person tall enough to reach the ceiling between the candle and the magic circle.

It was a woman with a veil like the Milky Way all over her face and body.

Elizabeth was terrified just by looking at that figure, so she closed her eyes and bowed her head to the floor.

But Naruto was good.

“I want to help Tywin!”

“There is not much time left for the child. If you want to gain time, you have to give it something precious. Nar Barjuda, daughter of Brigitte. Will you be my new errand boy?”

“errand… . Annoying but… .”

『Time flows from top to bottom like a waterfall. . However, starting with sending you to the past, the currents got mixed up. There must be a lot of people who get lost.”

Eyes like the dawn sky of Efar shimmered.

“Can you be a guide to the lost? It’s never going to be easy. The pain of rising entropy… .』

“Naru, you don’t know that! But I want to help Tywin!”

“good. Naru Baryuda, I will take your time. And, as a bonus, you will never be able to taste strawberries. Will you still be okay?』

“… Even winter berries?”

『Winter Strawberries, Summer Strawberries, Raspberries, Forest Strawberries, Cave Strawberries, Space Strawberries, etc. You won’t taste all the strawberries. It means losing something precious.”

It was a shocking story.

There was nothing Naru could do except tremble.

“A space strawberry! I didn’t even know there was such a thing! You won’t be able to taste the strawberry flavor in the future… , huh… . Tywin… . Strawberry… , huh… .”

Naruto thought for a long time.

And finally nodded.

“great! Naru, next strawberry… . You can’t eat… ! I’m going to eat peaches from now on… !”

Giving up strawberries and eating peaches?

Efar has lived a very, very long time… , seemed a little dizzy.

Of course, that doesn’t matter now.

“good. If so, you will become my servant as much as Tywin’s grace period. Then you can save Tywin with this. Get it.”

Pallappalak-.

As Efar waved his hand, the paper fell.

It was thin paper.

And it was also a servant in Naru’s memory.

Because it was the same paper that Brigitte gave Naru as a school entrance gift.

“It’s a workhorse contract! Naruto knows this too! We can become friends if we apply each other’s blood drop by drop! So, does that mean you can make Tywin a friend of Naru like Morumoru?”

“That… stop… .”

Tywin was startled.

Tywin is the body that bonded with El Cladeco.

It seemed that Naru was trying to extort the contract, taking advantage of the loosening of his relationship with El due to the wear of his lifespan.

Yes.

To steal contracts like a thief!

To become the Naru’s familiar!

I wanted to stop screaming because that would be worse than being killed by Tywin.

“That, stop… .”

“it’s okay! Naru, good at stabbing! If you get stabbed wrong, it will hurt a little, if you get stabbed well, it will hurt a lot!”

sereung-.

Naru spun the butterfly knife out of her pocket and pulled it out.

And with that, he cut Tywin’s palm!

“Wow!”

“done! From now on, Tywin is the new Morumoru of the Naaru!”

Naru smeared Tywin’s blood on the contract. And Naru’s own blood was well stamped into the contract.

Woo woo woo-.

shining contract.

Seeing that, Efar laughed.

“Confirmed the contract. Naru Barjuda, you are now my servant. It feels good to feel the Sabah air. It has been a long time since it has manifested to this extent. Any other questions?』

Efar asked.

Naru seemed to be thinking for a moment, then parted her lips.

“Do you know where Morumoru is?”

“That is out of my scope to say. Then I’m done.”

* * *

pong-.

Efar disappeared with the explosion of a small dust cloud.

Now, the only ones left are Elizabeth, Naru, and Tywin.

Tywin’s blood color had returned as if it were a lie that he had just passed away, but his hair was dyed a little black beyond gray.

pat-.

Tywin grabs Naru by the collar.

“idiot! Do you know what you just did? To become a servant of the goddess Efar! You will be God’s errand boy until you die! You will become a slave!”

Demiurge.

They were neither good nor evil.

So, its essence is chaos.

Being their servant was like launching a boat in a raging storm.

Of course, that’s what Naru was like.

“Tywin, I’m glad you’re alive!”

Warak-.

Naru hugged Tywin.

Of course, Tywin hated it and pushed Naru with the palm of his hand.

“go away!”

pat-.

Naru fell in the same direction Tywin pushed him.

And then it didn’t happen.

Seeing this, Elizabeth was greatly taken aback.

“Tywin! What are you doing to Naru who helped you! You naughty girl!”

“… No, I didn’t push that hard. But it seems to be running out of power. I talked to the goddess and even signed a contract with my familiar. On the contrary, my body is now overflowing with strength.”

Tywin was receiving magic from Naru.

Magical power is sometimes the same as life force.

Naru was now consuming the life force of two people.

In other words, Naru’s time passed by 2 seconds per second.

Tywin couldn’t understand at all because he was literally giving away the naru’s time and lifespan to Tywin.

“Why are you even doing this? Because you’re stupid?”

About that, Elizabeth said.

“I always said naru is good That’s why.”

“… … .”

Tywin couldn’t understand.

So, instead of understanding, I just carried Naru lying face down on the cold floor on my back.

“Naru, don’t be mistaken. It’s not about becoming your familiar and taking care of you. If you get hurt or fall sick, I carry you because my condition deteriorates.”

Of course, Naru didn’t answer because he was sleeping snoring.

Tywin didn’t even talk to Naru anymore.

Instead, he spoke to Elizabeth.

“You were pretty too. On the second seat subject.”

“Hmph, I’m the first in this final exam.”

“So where did the butterfly go? Did Cecily and Hina go after butterflies?”

At Tywin’s question, Elizabeth shook her head saying, “I don’t know.”

drooling-.

The door to the science prep room opened and Isaac, the science professor, entered.

He said, adjusting his glasses with a serious look.

“You guys, what the hell happened to this mess? How can you use drugs without permission? Follow me to the teachers’ office!”

It seemed like it would take a while for Hina and Cecily to join them.