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Arifureta After IIin World of Sky

The wind howled roaringly Wind pressure was striking everything If one looked up there would be the vibrant azure sky The light of sun was showering down brilliantly The sea of clouds was shining silver froht

Surrounded by all those, there were two silhouettes freefalling with their arms folded

「I wonder if it's my fate to enter a cave then freefall in the sky?」

「Who knows But, at the very least this art a refreshing fall coht?」

「This is really a pleasant weather~」

Just to make sure, let's specify it onewithout parachute or lifeline

「For now, should we try going under the sea of clouds?」

「Right It looks like the weather art bad, but perhaps there wouldth be so that couldst make us understand what kind of world this place art After all there art nothing above the sky」

Hajied into the sea of clouds even while they were talking like that

At that moment, they received the baptis It seemed that this sea of clouds wasn'tthat rese how there wasn't any sign of vortex it wasn't any kind of typhoon It was a store that silently covered the world as far as the eye could see

The lightning flying wildly about along with thunderous sounds attacked Hajih to remove the intruder

Haji that should strike Haji off the body It then fleay to the direction of the beyond

As for Tio, she seeon scale hardening She used regeneration ic to repair the hole opened on her clothes with an unruffled air

Only a few seconds past

bobat Both of them came out at the botto behind them

Without delay, fierce wind and rain attacked the two mercilessly

「Uwaa, this is just terrible」

「What to say……art this world, ended up already?」

Gravity control type ht of them to put up a cube shaped barrier around him and Tio They looked fro the barrier's surface and they unconsciously leaked out their voice

Their reaction was understandable Nodoard the world like waterfall looked like muddy water The rain water that hit their skin dyed the spot pitch black

Tio used wind ic to shake off the black rain and while she was at it she coic to war out their clothes in high speed She was doing that while expressing her impression toward this another world with a really astonished voice

Her gaze was looking at her own arm that ith the black rain just now Countless red specks were coot touched by the black rain was getting inflammation

It was a world with obviously har down

Of course, perhaps this was a characteristic phenoion, but at the very least it was obvious that the dark color of the ocean spreading beloasn't caused just because the sunlight didn't reach This black rain was pouring down so much that it colored the sea black

And then, if the sea that was polluted to this degree followed the sea current and flowed through the world……they naturally could iine the hopelessness of this world

Hajime took out his smartphone and ht away, a ripple spread on the display A loading screen appeared for a few seconds

「Unknown co from the data of Tortus or earth Its effect to human body is……oou, looks like Tio's impression is seriously bull's eye Look here, this rain has the effect to cause necrosis to the cell」

「……Oh dear However, nothing wouldst find a way to adapt in the end and survive There art still possibility of organises to adapt in this place Besides, perhaps even this black rain art liht Anyway, for now let's return above This rain doesn't has ht away, even so this kind of 」

「No doubt about that」

Haji black world before charging into the sea of clouds once h the sea of clouds and returned once more to the clear azure sky

「If soet thrown off to a world that is really hard to survive huh」

「It looks like it What wouldst we do Goshujin-sa home?」

Tio asked without even any doubt that they would be unable to return to earth With "Co" and "Crystal Key", it was possible to return home to earth no matter what kind of world they were in That was the reason that the teren't flustered at all even when they were going to be sed by the white aze to Tio's question He showed a thinking gesture「Hm~」and asked back in return

「What do you want to do Tio?」

「……We should return This adventure is not in the level of going toaround for a bit if this is a good world though…… Also thinking about the ti to adventure, we should return once to take Yue and others together too」

Tio made a wry smile just for a h they could return anyti to be a little fun that was done while their family wasn't at home, the state of this world was too turbulent

It was really an opinion with prudence that was just like Tio

Hajime narrowed his eyes to such Tio before he showed a bit of thinking gesture onceTio's opinion because he suess」, and then he activated his "Treasure Warehouse II" to take out the "Coht after that,

「Hm? Hmm? ……Damn it Now I've really done it, Tio」

「Mu? What art thehis head aardly which caused Tio to tilt her head in puzzlement Her expression froze with a snap at Haji it with 「I' 'tahahahaha', with Tio staring open mouthed in a daze and amaze of Hajied and she began to press questions in fluster

「Wha, hat do thy et!? It was inside the Treasure Warehouse wasn't it!?」

「Haha~ I just recalled it only now, just before this I lent it to Yue but she hadn't returned it to me That's really careless ofto be forgotten!」

「Oo, I got scolded by Tio……this is really a fresh experience」

「Art this the tio ho with irresponsibility caused Tio's shoulders to drop dejectedly She was in a state that she didn't even realize that for the first tirily at Hajime

「Well, don't be that upset」

「What? Goshujin-saoing ho fro the coet flustered isn't it? I a the compass then it's possible to search in reverse」

「……I see Now that thy said that, indeed there art no reason to lose composure If Yue use the compass to find us who didn't return home, ouldst be able to return hoies Goshujin-sa able to understand that their situation wasn't particularly serious after getting told so, Tio casted down he eyes from shame of her disordered state

Tio who averted her eyes didn't notice, but the expression of Hajientle Different fro with Tio in full Sa definite affection

Everything was because he understood the reason why Tio unusually lost her co uneasy at the possibility that they couldn't return home itself In front of her there was a man who had obtained the mean to cross over worlds with only his deter at all Doubting that they couldn't return ho more than an insult to Hajime

Therefore, the reason why Tio was flustered was so else That reason was in the fact that she separated Haji that was caused by theested She had no doubt that they would be able to go ho Hajime would be separated from Yue and others

In short, her lost of coo home was the h her sturdiness was her strong point, she was someone ouldn't hesitate to turn her own body into a shield for her co composure was really like herself

「Well, under the cloud feels like the end of the century, but the sky is really not bad Until it's ti to see if this sea of clouds will end soht Yes, yes- Let's do just that!」

The e that order to resume their adventure There wasn't even any need toface that would charm anyone that would h if she can be always like that, there won't be anyone doubting her if she is really the princess of dragon race or not」

A while after they began their sky journey, currently Tio had transfor on her

At first Haji her wings froic to fly in human form, but Haji on a dragon's back to fly at the sky faraway――that yearning of every ot tired of it and if there was chance he would ask to ride Tio like this

『It also hast been a while since I fly with Goshujin-sama on mine back There wasn't that much chance since we returned to earth』

「Yeah What's ht whether in Tortus or earth It's really has been a long time since we last flew in the sky this clear」

『If thy wish it then we couldst fly anytime correct? The sky of earth art constrained, but if it's now the we couldst do anything using Goshuujin-saht?』

「Yeah I can just e Just spare ht with the ASDF」(TN: Air Self-Defense Force)

Tio caught the wind and flew aant curve The ly superb view

The sea of clouds weren't only shaped flatly, at soantic ht now There was also cloud that was arch-shaped and also a cloud that was shaped like a surging tidal wave It was a nificent view that should be described as a continent that wasstill on Tio's back using gravity control so there wasn't any concern that he would fall The wind pressure and air were also controlled within oneartifact And so Tio was flying to her heart content without needing to give any consideration or restraint

She broke out froap between clouds floating lazily hile barrel rolling

She passed under arching cloud and swiveled around a h a steep cli her body to swoop down in a free fall And then, she unfolded her wings with a force that bloay the clouds at the surrounding and flew inside the tidal wave cloud like a surfer

「Having fun?」

『Yes, this art really fun!』

In contrast with the fiercewith a cal voice was an excited voice just as expected And then a single roar as though she was giving a service While it was a powerful roar, but the reverberation felt pleasant soh at that

But, it was at that tih in respond to Tio's howl, there was a faint sound reaching the two

「O? Tio, just now……」

『It seeer――not, the first living thing here It's truly auspicious that not every living thing here art exterminated』

Even in this world where a black rain that caused necrosis on living cell was pouring down, it seeht now the sound vibrating in their eardru fro――in addition, it seeanism

Hajime tapped on the black scaled back and Tio took a steep turn in coh several cloud mountains and at the end they circled around a conspicuously large spiraling cloud Then, there they were able to catch sight of black spots in the sky that looked like dribbling ink

『Hou……so there art mine fellow race even in this world』

「As expected, this is a fantasy world huh Well, we don't know yet whether they are like your race that can turn into "huon", or if they are just a variety of radually growing bigger The tho possessed eyesight that was incoe people could clearly see the true foron of the east, but the western dragon Their nurey colored and their body length was around two until three meter Their body build looked bad Compared to Tio's build, they looked really frail Their howl that they so voice instead after the t their figures

First thing first, Tio tried talking to the sons that approached nearby in the blink of eye in order to investigate their intelligence level

『All of thee, art thee able to understandyao, a crying voice of beast They were flying in circles around Tio as hoveringat her――

「「「「「……」」」」」

They took a second look at Haji a second look

Seeing the grey dragons stopped crying and instead were staring fixedly at hiht after that,

「「「「「Gyuwa!?」」」」」

The grey dragons showed a reaction that looked like「We have seen so away in full speed There was even a dragon a them that was too panicked it lost speed and almost fell

Their state was exactly like an unfortunate victier A who suddenly bu out of nowhere

Like before they only cried out like a beast without showing any state of using language or even advanced intelligence But, seeing how they were running aith terrible desperation while looking behind them several times,