FVN Book 17: Chapter 1: Part 3
Book 17: Chapter 1: Part 3
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Part 3
As I felt more and more cornered and continued nervously, Marin-san stopped in front of a door.
“We’ll do the examination here.”
When I entered the room, I saw many huge capsules lined up like something out of a science fiction movie.
“Now, please go into this capsule.”
“O-okay.”
Just as I was about to enter the capsule, Marin-san stopped me.
“Whoa, are you just going to get in there?”
“Huh? Isn’t that what you said?”
“Of course not! Now, take off your clothes.”
“.....Eh?”
When I asked her back without thinking, Marin-san looked at me with a confused expression.
“What’s wrong?”
“No, I mean, just the shirt, right?”
When I asked her that just to be sure, Marin-san smiled very pleasantly.
“What are you talking about? Everything, take everything off!”
“E-eehhhh!”
D-do I have to take off all my clothes? In front of everyone?
Besides, it’s not just Marin-san and Kazuya, but a lot of onlookers as well.
Even if it’s just for an inspection, it’s too embarrassing to be completely naked here...!
When I panicked, Kazuya came to my rescue with a tired look on his face.
“Yuuya-san, you don’t have to take off all your clothes.”
“Huh?”
“Marin-san is just having fun watching your reaction.”
“Hey, Kazuya? That makes me sound like a really mean person, doesn’t it?”
“Cause it does, doesn’t it?”
“What are you talking about! There’s no one as beautiful and pure as me!”
I was stunned by the sudden exchange between Kazuya and Marin-san.
At least it looks like I don’t have to take off all my clothes.
As I was relieved for the time being, Marin-san told me casually.
“Well, you can keep your underwear on.”
“Isn’t that almost naked?”
I replied, but it seems that the clothes got in the way during the actual inspection, so it looks like I won’t be wearing anything other than underwear.
However, it seems that there were also swimsuit-like pants for the examination, and I was finally able to undergo the examination after changing into them.
When she saw my body, Marin-san opened her mouth in excitement.
“Oh, how ideal... This really is the perfect body! This will provide even more research material...”
“Marin-san, let’s just start the examination!”
Thanks to Kazuya’s intervention, Marin-san’s outburst was somehow contained.
“I’m already tired before I even start the test...”
“Hahaha... Anyway, once you’re inside the capsule, liquid will flow into it. But don’t worry, it’s a special liquid that will allow you to breathe even if it gets into your lungs. And once you’re in the liquid, the test will be over in no time.”
“I-I understand.”
Even though I can’t imagine what kind of liquid it is that allows you to breathe in it, I go into the capsule.
“Well then, shall we begin?”
And so, in front of a large crowd, the examination began.
As Kazuya had explained, the liquid gradually rose from my feet and quickly filled the entire capsule.
At first, I couldn’t help but hold my breath, but then I inhaled through my mouth and confirmed that there was no problem.
After that, I was able to breathe through my nose as well, and I soon got used to it.
Amazing... is there really such a mysterious fluid in the future?
More importantly, could one really have an examination just by soaking in it?
Even as I was thinking this, I was really just sitting still in the mysterious liquid, and there was no other kind of thing like light shining inside the capsule or anything like that.
As I calmly waited for the examination to end, the liquid that had filled the capsule suddenly began to flow out from under my feet.
“Well done, the examination is over.”
“Ah, yes.”
As Kazuya said, it was really only a matter of being immersed in the liquid.
“.....”
...Well, if it turns out that the savior they were expecting is powerless, that would be the case.
I can use magic and various other things, but it seems that those things didn’t show up in the test results.
Also, I’ve never fought a mechanical knight before... there’s a possibility that, like the divine soldiers, the only way to deal damage is with superpowers.
If that’s the case, then I’m even more useless than before.
The more I think about it, the worse it gets!
I have to pull myself together; I’ll just do my best with what I can do.
While trying to convince myself of this, I followed Marin-san and Kazuya, and we came out into a large room that looked like an athletics stadium.
“This is the training ground!”
There, armed people like Kazuya were training in various ways, such as sparring with each other or wielding weapons against dolls shaped like knights.
“I see, so most of the facility is this training ground...”
Even from the outside, it looked more like a stadium than a research facility, but my perception seemed correct.
Then Marin-san explained.
“As you can see, this is where the Awakened trains for the battle against the mechanical knights. They often try out the equipment developed at the research facility here, and it’s also used to test their superpowers.”
“──
While I was listening to Marin-san’s explanation, a woman’s voice rang out.
I turned my eyes in that direction and saw a woman about the same age as Kazuya and me, with beautiful hair in a gradient of red and orange.
“Akane!”
As Kazuya ran over to the woman named Akane, she turned her eyes to me.
“That person over there...”
“Ah, I’ll introduce you. This is my ancestor, Yuuya-san. Yuuya-san, this is the person I’m teaming up with...”
“I’m Akane Kazan.”
“H-hello...”
When I replied nervously, Akane-san gave me a look as if she was observing me.
“...You look a bit like Kazuya.”
“R-really? I’m not as cool as Yuuya-san, but...”
“From my point of view, you’re both the same.”
Akane-san’s tone was somewhat annoyed by Kazuya’s reaction.
“But more importantly, the fact that you’ve managed to bring back your ancestor, the savior, means that we can finally fight back. So... what kind of superpower did Yuuya-san have? I thought you’d already finished the examination?”
“Ah... Um, that is...”
Apparently, Akane-san still didn’t know that I didn’t have any superpowers.
That’s why when I or Kazuya showed an unconvincing attitude, Akane-san tilted her head.
“What’s with that reaction? Hasn’t he been tested yet?”
“No, it’s not that...”
“...It’s hard to say, isn’t it? That the savior was incompetent!”
Suddenly, a male voice with a somewhat overbearing impression sounded.
Kazuya frowned at the voice, and Akane raised her eyebrows as she turned her gaze to the owner of the voice.
“What? The savior is incompetent? What do you mean, Rikuto?”
I followed Akane’s gaze and saw a group of people approaching, led by a man about our age.
Then the man in front, who was called Rikuto, continued with a mocking look on his face.
“It means exactly what I said. The savior Kazuya brought here was a powerless person who hadn’t manifested any superpowers.”
“What? Kazuya, is that true?”
“.....”
Rikuto and his cronies sneered at Kazuya, who looked frustrated and had closed his mouth.
“See? I told you, didn’t I?”
“First of all, it’s a crazy story. How could an old human like him, who hasn’t even been awakened yet, become a savior?”
“In the first place, it was just something Kazuya started because he wanted to stand out, right? Besides, I bet the divination results were a lie, too, right?”
“You...!”
“...That’s something I can’t just let pass.”
As Kazuya was about to get angry, the girl next to him, Marin-san, opened her mouth with a cold voice.
“She risked her life to divine the future in order to change the fate of this world. What you’re saying now is an insult to her.”
“Then why is that man an incompetent?”
“
Rikuto smiles triumphantly at Marin-san, who cannot respond.
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