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Spreading out below thereat labyrinth That was the scene they were now looking at froe

The walls overhead formed a vault The maze could easily be confused with an athletic park if not for its sheer size Based only on what they could see, thefarther because of the snowfall, but since the width of the uessed that the depth wouldn’t be any less

Fro, there were stairs leading down to the maze At the end of the stairs stood an arch-shaped entrance to theto the exit would be the second trial of the great labyrinth

"What, do we have to pass through such an insanely huge !"

"Ryuutaro, it can’t be helped This is part of the trials"

"But still!"

Ryuutaro hated trivialness While looking at the maze below, his expression distorted into one of co to calm him down, only to receive a dissatisfied look in return

Then at that tiht of soood Now that we’re in an open space, let’s just fly over it!"

Without a word, but a with a face which seeot it!", Ryuutaro used "Aerodynamic" and jumped into the air

"Ba, Baka! Come back!"

"Ryu, Ryuutaro-kun!"

Shizuku and Suzu impatiently tried to restrain Ryuutaro whose imprudence knew no bounds

Kouki also promptly reached out to stop hiot a little excited at the seely easy way out of the trial The muscle-headed Ryuutaro who always rushed in see always positive and active could be considered one of Ryuutaro’s strong points, but since he often went too far, it was more of weak point in the end And this kind of weakness is fatal in a great labyrinth

Hajily at Ryuutaro’s recklessness, who finally reached the overhead boundary line of the great labyrinth

At that moment,

Voonn!!

"Nuwaa!?"

A sound that see Ryuutaro virtually shook Immediately after, Ryuutaro’s shape disappeared

"Ryuutaro!?"

"Ah umo-kun, Ryuutaro-kun has disappeared!"

Kouki and his party frantically asked With a face on the verge of tears, Suzu desperately asked for Haji on the information provided by his de any attention to Suzu’s plea for help She had been conored

The moment the air bent, Hajiical power At the saical response froaze toward its direction At the end of his line of sight, before they knew it, a hexagonal pris At that very location, a si which the ice prisure of Ryuutaro inside the prisht there"

"Ehh?"

"What?"

"Where!"

They all reacted to Hajiaze Then they became speechless That was because they saw their childhood friend, who had disappeared, in the ice pris like a speci inside the block of ice, Ryuutaro’s expression had turned frantic, as though he had still retained his consciousness

However, thinking things had suddenly taken a turn for the worse would be an overstatement Indeed, Ryuutaro was not inside stone, but ice It looked like he had activated "Vajra" and was trying his best to free himself However, he seemed unable to move, and he was in pain with every breath he took

Moreover, as if to make sure the trespasser was properly dealt with, countless icicles with sharp edges had grown fro

"This, This is bad…"

"This pattern, it’s unht now"

Naturally, they were instantly able to guess who the icicles which had appeared were pointing at, and their faces turned pale

A panicked Suzu was trying to deploy a barrier to protect hi was 500 ht coordinates i a barrier on her current position and launching it towards Ryuutaro o about it However, would it make it in time?

"U~n, even with a barrier it seems he would die from suffocation sooner or later… Why would there be a need for drilling icicles to begin with?"

"Can’t you lend a hand without analyzing things so cale of tears while Haji that the icicles were soed to escape, and that they wouldn’t attack immediately if left alone He planned to share his conjecture with the others, but it see really uneasy about their coed his shoulders in response to Shizuku and turned his gaze toward Yue and Kaori They both gave a s they had understood Haji into account the speed hich the spell was cast, it looked like Yue had guessed Hajiaze to her

"Field Pierce"

"Mou, it can’t be helped, because Ryuutaro-kun’s bad habit never changes no matter how much time passes…"

The space before Kaori’s eyes opened and a transfer gate appeared The opposite gate’s light shone from the side of the ice prism which entrapped Ryuutaro

With a wry se nu the gate and fluttering around Ryuutaro’s surroundings, the silver feathers clung to the ice pris the prey escaping, as if ment of their own, the countless icicles which had sprouted fro towards Ryuutaro

Nevertheless, the prism which was covered with feathers like a cocoon was in itself a protective wall due to the decoroup of icicles which was fired froun turned intonot even the trace of a single ice shard, and was carried aith the wind

"Kaori, while you’re at it, you carry out his punishroin"

While Kouki and the others were breathing a sigh of relief after seeing Ryuutaro saved by the silver feathers of a Kaori whose body was suited for both offense and defense, Haji open and closed with a face saying "what a scary punish! Ha, Hajime-kun, no ecchi!"

To a Kaori who had been thrown into panic due to her misinterpretation of Hajime’s words, Yue added more fuel to the fire with a cold look

"… What exactly is ecchi in decoroin? Kaori, you react too roin decomposition sadisroin withas indirectly telling roin! That’s ecchi!"

"No e the fact that you overreacted to the word ‘Groin’ and your face turned red You pervert"

"Yue just wants to ht!? I, I aroins!"

"Ho… Does that stateroin?"

"!? Th, That’s, how to say it…, I just, I just a little, Uroin master"

"How mean! No matter how you look at it that title is just too cruel! Hajiroins! I swear!"

"Aa~ Nn I got it It’s in with Now, you two, stop repeatedly talking about groins Look, Auchi looks about to breathe fire Yaegashi looks like atold so by an amazed Hajime, Kaori turned towards Kouki and the others Indeed, they seemed to be exactly in the state Haji "Where did that pure and innocent Kaori I know go?", had turned his head away to escape fro in circles Suzu, while"Adult, Adult …"

And then Shizuku, while looking a little lonely so at Kaori with an affectionate face, like the face of a hter

Kaori shivered At this rate, she was going to be thought of as a pervert excessively interested in groins by her childhood friends

She panicked and took a step forward to explain herself At that moment,

"Kyaaaaaaaaaaa!! It hurrrrrts!!"

A shriek came from above It was Ryuutaro’s voice Startled, they all looked above There was no longer the sweeping fire of icicles Instead, all they caught sight of was the shining silver cocoon Then they could guess why Ryuutaro was screa "Idiot"

"Ehh? Ah! Ryu, Ryutaro-kun, I’m sorry!!"

Kaori hurriedly undid the cocoon of silver feathers

Inside, Ryuurato’s worn-out face appeared, his eyes rolling back in his head

The pris to cootten to cancel the spell As a result, Ryuutaro as inside had started deco as well

Ryuutaro, devoid of any power, started free falling to the ground Suzu created a light web to receive hiht him to their current location

No one wanted to look at Ryuutaro whose clothes had been tattered When Ryuutaro’s nude muscular half was exposed, everyone averted their eyes in a different direction

Hajiaze to Kouki and the others who had averted their eyes iuys are supposed to be close friends right……" but Kouki kept his gaze away fros unnaturally as if looking out for any sign of danger

Ryuutaro’s nether region seeone Close friends or not, it couldn’t be helped that they had all averted their eyes

His eyes were rolled back in his head and he was in a tattered state This day would be known as the day the 17-year-old’s groin was exposed publicly This day would undoubtedly remain a part of Ryuutaro’s dark past forever

With all her strength, Kaori closed her eyes while keeping her gaze away, using reproduction ic to lend the forsaken Ryuutaro a hand

"… Kaori, you’re a cruel person Ripping his clothes at that place"

"That was the result of your beingthe responsibility to someone else is bad Now take responsibility and heal hi to see! I don’t want to see anything besides Hajis that way Now, look properly And burn it into your roin of another person than Haji me! Don’t force me into a sexual relationship I don’t want!"

While Kaori was forcefully helping Ryuutaro, Yue used just the right a the exact location of her eyes, in addition to possessing a good a harmless to Kaori This was truly a feat only possible for Yue who deserved nothing less than the title of genius

"Yue-san and Kaori-san, soet the feeling Yue likes teasing Kaori but… yeah they seem rather playful don’t they?"

"Isn’t thisand so on…"

(TN: For better or worse, this is where Tingle’s translation ends, and ht of the childish fight between Yue and Kaori It was different from the relationship Yue and Shia shared Hajime was extremely pleased that Yue exhibited such a happythe part of an older sister as she would with Shia, she talked to Kaori ap in childish behavior from Yue caused Hajime to hold back s were fine because of Yue

Ryuutaro’s darkest ame for his childhood friend by none other than the woht…

"… It’s becoh punishment"

"It is terrible…"

"Ryuutaro… I’m sorry, I aave a syaze