Chapter 11 : The Mysterious Girl Named Miyamizu Rin

For a moment, Arisugawa Yuu thought he was going to die.

At that moment, the giant, bird-like monster’s claws were only 0.01 centimeters from his throat… just kidding.
He didn’t actually know the exact distance.

But one thing was certain: if someone hadn’t stopped the bird-like monster in time, Arisugawa Yuu would have undoubtedly met his end on the spot.

The one who saved him at the last second was a mysterious girl.

Dressed in red and white miko attire, she had a delicate, oval face that was cold and distant.
Her shoulder-length hair was a rare ice-blue, and her equally ice-blue, beautiful pupils were incredibly deep, reminding Arisugawa Yuu of the sea and sky.

It was worth noting that her figure was very graceful.
Her chest was slightly smaller than Kanzuki Kanon’s, but still breathtaking, and her legs were even longer.

Beneath the miko attire, her astonishingly long, smooth, and snow-white legs exuded a breathtaking charm.

Even more breathtaking was the ice-blue longsword she held in her delicate hands.

At this moment, the ice-blue longsword was radiating an unparalleled sharpness.

“Swift.”

With a cold, melodious cry from the girl, a sword aura radiating an icy chill chased after the circling bird-like monster at a speed difficult for the naked eye to capture, scattering a flurry of feathers.

After a few miserable cries, the bird-like monster disappeared.

Arisugawa Yuu took a few steps forward and picked up one of the feathers—no, he should say, he lifted it.

The feather’s weight was shockingly heavy.
Under the dim passing streetlights, Arisugawa Yuu noticed that this astonishingly heavy feather had a cold, hard metallic luster.

Placing the feather on the ground, Arisugawa Yuu looked up at the mysterious girl.
“What kind of monster was that?”

Though the mysterious girl’s appearance seemed to keep people at a distance, she was surprisingly not cold.

Her beautiful eyes looked at Arisugawa Yuu as she said in a cold, melodious voice, “An S-rank monster, the Golden Feather Demon Hawk.”

‘What kind of monster was that again?’

Arisugawa Yuu felt even more confused.

Seemingly unsurprised by Arisugawa Yuu’s reaction, the mysterious girl continued, “The organization classifies these monsters by their danger level, from the lowest D-rank to the current highest SSS-rank.”

“So, that means there are many more monsters like this, right?” After saying this, Arisugawa Yuu suddenly thought of something.
“Wait, why are you telling me all this?”

The mysterious girl didn’t answer his question.
Instead, she smiled slightly and introduced herself, “You can call me Miyamizu Rin.”

After speaking, she extended her hand to Arisugawa Yuu.
“Welcome to the team. From now on, you’ll be my subordinate.”

Arisugawa Yuu: “I haven’t even agreed to join whatever organization you’re talking about, right? No, you haven’t even invited me.”

Miyamizu Rin brushed back her shoulder-length, ice-blue hair, her smile taking on a cryptic quality.
“You don’t actually think you can return to the world of ordinary people after an encounter like this, do you?”

Alright, he finally understood why this girl was telling him all this.

This was probably another form of silencing him.

If news of monsters from fantasy worlds being real in the real world leaked out, it would definitely cause panic among the general public.

But normally, shouldn’t they just lock him up in some isolated place, preventing him from having any contact with the outside world, or perhaps use some other more effective method—like using special means to make him lose his memory?

Why say ‘welcome to the team’ and that he’d be her subordinate?

Seemingly noticing Arisugawa Yuu’s confusion, the girl continued, “Based on my observation just now, you have great potential. It wasn’t a coincidence that the Golden Feather Demon Hawk chose to attack you; it wanted to nip you in the bud. The organization is in dire need of talent, especially talent like yours.”

Arisugawa Yuu pointed to his nose, a bit at a loss for whether to laugh or cry.
“So, I’m actually a genius?”

The girl smiled, not denying it.
“You can think of it that way.”

“What if I choose to refuse to join you?”

“If you choose to refuse, you won’t want to know the consequences.”

The girl’s tone was extremely flat, but it had an air of finality.

It made sense.
According to her, if he didn’t join, even if she didn’t do anything to him, other monsters would continue to attack him.

This time, a mysterious girl had saved him.
What about next time?

He didn’t think he would be so lucky next time.

Besides, as a transmigrator, he was actually quite interested in these things.

From his understanding, after transmigrating for so long, the essential cheat for transmigrators hadn’t arrived yet.
It must be because he hadn’t unlocked the new map yet.

Of course, even without a cheat, if his talent was as good as the girl said, he would choose to cultivate diligently, striving to reach the peak that transmigrators were supposed to reach even without any external help.

Arisugawa Yuu wasn’t someone who dithered.
Once he made up his mind, he wouldn’t hesitate.

He took the girl’s hand and introduced himself, “Arisugawa Yuu, currently 17 years old.”

The girl’s hand was soft and smooth, incredibly comfortable to touch, yet it felt a bit cool.

A very new experience.

Arisugawa Yuu guessed that this mysterious girl named Miyamizu Rin was most likely some kind of ice-elemental ability user.
Of course, he couldn’t rule out the possibility of her being an ice-elemental cultivator.

Speaking of which, was this world an ability world or a cultivation world?

Arisugawa Yuu’s guess leaned more towards the former.

Miyamizu Rin, whose hand had been held by Arisugawa Yuu and not released, stared at him with her clear, beautiful eyes, a hint of impatience in her tone.
“Arisugawa-san, how long are you going to hold my hand?”

Ah, this—

Arisugawa Yuu swore he didn’t do it on purpose; he just got a bit distracted.

He quickly let go of her hand and said, “Sorry, sorry, I didn’t mean to… Wait, ‘-san’? Does that mean you’re from our school?”

No, he hadn’t mentioned which school he was from.

Miyamizu Rin explained, “All talented individuals who join us are transferred to an ability user school for centralized teaching. By the way, I’m currently 18, so I’ll be your senpai.”

Arisugawa Yuu wasn’t surprised by this.
In fact, he had already suspected it.

But he didn’t expect the girl in front of him to be older than him and would become his senpai.

What surprised Arisugawa Yuu was that his transfer procedures were completed very quickly—it was all settled with just a single phone call from the girl.

What surprised him even more was that this mysterious girl named Miyamizu Rin actually knew his sister, Kanzuki Kanon.

She called Kanzuki Kanon right in front of him, her tone cold.
“Kanzuki-san, your brother will be transferring to my school. I believe you’ve already anticipated this, right?”

Kanzuki Kanon’s voice on the other end of the phone sounded somewhat unfamiliar to Arisugawa Yuu.
“So, my brother has agreed?”

Miyamizu Rin smiled.
“Did he have any room to refuse?”

Kanzuki Kanon sighed.
“True. Remember to take good care of my brother. If anything happens to him, I won’t let you off.” After saying this, she emphasized again, “And don’t have any improper thoughts about my brother.”

Miyamizu Rin sighed as if bored, rubbing her temples.
“Put away your boring possessiveness, Kanzuki-san. Don’t worry, I’m not interested in your brother.”

“Hmph, I hope so.”

The call was hung up.

Miyamizu Rin looked at Arisugawa Yuu with her beautiful eyes, a faint smile on her lips.
“Arisugawa-san, you have a good sister.”

Arisugawa Yuu protested in dissatisfaction, “Hey, hey, is it really okay to mock me like this when we’ve just met?”

Miyamizu Rin noncommittally brushed back her ice-blue hair and said in a low voice, “You have one more day as an ordinary person. Cherish it. After this, you’ll never experience it again.”

What felt strange to Arisugawa Yuu was that at this moment, the girl’s beautiful face looked somewhat sad, as if she had lost something important forever, or perhaps someone.

It seemed that even as an ability user, there were things that couldn’t be achieved in a lifetime and… a distant place that could never be reached?