Adopting Disaster

There were things she wanted.

There were so many that it was hard to even say them out loud.

At this moment, like Reed embracing her, Phoebe wanted to hold him tightly as well.

She wanted to hug him so tightly that he couldn't move, just like the dolls she always made.

"......there's nothing."

Love was always a one-sided feeling, so when trying to express affection to oneself, it was very awkward.

Phoebe knows how strong she is and how different she is from others.

What if she fails to control her strength and hurts Reed? Such a fearful feeling came first.

"Just like this, let me stay a little longer... just a little more."

So she wanted Reed to hold her as much as she couldn't embrace herself.

***

The name of the second disaster was Peon.

The name of the third disaster was Adonis.

And skipping to the seventh is Larksper.

The first disaster had no name.

As if they made a vow of silence like Rachel, they had no intention of leaking their information through multiple plays.

Its existence was almost like a MacGuffin, making it one of the strangest villains after Reed. [T/N: MacGuffin is a plot device that is necessary to the motivation of the characters, but insignificant, unimportant, or irrelevant in itself.]

The strange reason was only known after coming to this world.

'Hero.'

The existence of the disaster that darkened the world, a figure who defeated the Demon King and went into hiding.

It was because that person became a disaster.

'If he declared himself to be a disaster... it means he knows what originally happened.'

The tragedy that should have occurred did not happen, and the experiment using Rosaria did not occur.

So, he tried to forcibly cause something that would not happen.

'...Is he hopeless?'

To be honest, that thought came first.

The absence of judgment.

Having lived for over 300 years, it wouldn't be strange if he had dementia at any time.

'Even if he's a senile old man, his swordsmanship is at the Swordmaster level.'

His body is strong enough to withstand explosions, and his swordsmanship is sharp.

If he hadn't been lucky enough to dodge the first blow, Reed would have already been destroyed.

'He's an excellent swordsman, but his ability is a problem.'

The first disaster deals with something completely different from the other six.

It's not about his own power or empowering someone else, it's about time.

He has a sword that can turn back time within a certain space, or his own time.

People called it a sword that could even turn the sky upside down, the Heaven-Reversing Sword.

'He was an absolutely impossible character to fight alone.'

In a one-on-one fight, the first disaster is invincible.

So, at least two people, and the safest way to fight was to have four people attack together.

Would a party be necessary to face the first disaster?

He ran a simulation in his head based on his current power.

One thing was certain: he was not among those four.

'It's too overwhelming.'

In game terms, there were 1st tier characters, so there was no reason to put a 2nd tier in.

Since Reed had limitations, he tried to cheat his way into a 1st tier spot.

'If I have that... won't I rise to the 1st tier level?'

He thought of the item he was currently creating.

At that moment, Kaitlyn's voice came through the communication.

-I've finished it.

"That thing?"

-Yes, that thing.

Reed jumped up from his seat and moved to Kaitlyn's lab.

Untidy magnesium plate fragments were scattered everywhere, and the place was messy but didn’t catch his eye.

In Reed's eyes, a thin and beautiful gauntlet was floating in the zero-gravity field.

Rune letters engraved in a nice spot.

And in the center, a yellow and beautiful magic crystal.

It was an item that had been inside the head of the guardian giant protecting the temple.

To be precise, it was a crystal engraved with a teleportation spell that could nullify large-scale magic.

"Can I try wearing it?"

"Go ahead."

Reed inserted his hand into the gauntlet floating in the zero-gravity field.

Click! Click!

The gauntlet gently wrapped around Reed's hand with a clicking sound.

The feeling of wearing it was just as comfortable as before.

What are the conditions for using the teleportation spell?

As he thought about it while wearing the gauntlet, Reed's body disappeared frighteningly fast.

Kaitlyn, who turned her head for a moment, continued to speak calmly without realizing she was late.

"Oh, be careful. If you mess up with it, you might not know where you'll end up, so be a little—."

Only when she turned her head did she realize what Reed had done.

***

Escolleia, Assistant Office of Anton's Principal.

Dolores was having a hard time.

She had successfully defended against the assailant's attack and defeated him, but when the truth came out that the opponent was a former principal, her worries began to grow.

The opponent turns back time and controls the person during their prime.

'Although other Escolleia principals and professors won't appear and attack...'.

There were also many wizards who lived for the positions and honors they could receive through their achievements.

Dolores was doubtful whether she could beat those wizards.

Preparing for the next lecture was already stressful enough, but the fact that an unknown enemy had appeared only added to the stress.

'I miss oppa.'

She didn't want much.

She just wanted to have a cup of coffee and look at him, to put down her worries for a while and find comfort.

That's when it happened.

Something touched Dolores' sharp senses.

'Distortion of space?'

A very brief warning signal that can be felt when using teleportation magic.

Having been trained in what to watch out for in teleportation magic as much as she was favored by the Tower Master of the Sky Chamber, Helios, she immediately noticed it.

The incident occurred right in front of her assistant's office.

Dolores got up from her seat and picked up her ice staff.

She had been on edge ever since her encounter with the former principal who attacked her.

She prepared to insert hundreds of ice spikes into the place where the teleportation would occur.

Finally, the assailant's figure appeared, and just as Dolores' magical chant was about to continue, she hurriedly covered her mouth.

Dolores doubted her own eyes.

There, Reed was crouching down.

She thought she might have seen it wrong, so she called him.

"...... Oppa?"

"Uh, yeah?"

Not knowing what had happened, Reed replied stupidly.

"Is it really you? How did you get here? How did you use the teleportation magic...?"

"Uh, well..."

How do you use teleportation magic?

When Reed thought about that question, he instinctively thought of the person who was closest yet furthest away.

Naturally, the opposite sex came to mind, and among them, he thought of the most distant woman.

The result was Dolores.

However, Reed never expressed his intention to go there.

At most, he was familiar with the scenery of Dolores' assistant's office and thought it would be nice to visit.

In other words, it was magic that happened due to poor control and a mistake.

But he couldn't simply answer the truth.

Since the fierce ice spikes contrasted with her twinkling blue eyes were aimed at him.

In a situation where his body would become a beehive as soon as her command was given, Reed decided to throw an answer as close to the truth as possible.

"I missed you... so?"

Upon hearing that answer, Dolores' rational questions about how Reed used magic and through what route vanished from her mind.

What more questions are needed when a lover rushes to see you while you're struggling?