I Was a Small Fish When I Reincarnated, but It Seems That I Can Become a Dragon, so I Will Do My Best - Extra Chapter 224
7-44. Side -Sreiz- Soul Collection
Reizen arrived at the church, their destination, and stopped the cart, wiping his forehead. He wasn’t sweating, but he felt like doing it after all that movement.
Meanwhile, Sreiz, who had been jostled around in the cart for a while, felt nauseous and lay down on the ground. It had been a long time since he last experienced motion sickness. He sometimes felt this way even in the large carriage he often used, but since he hadn’t used it recently, the feeling of discomfort was unfamiliar. However, it wasn’t too severe, so after lying on the ground for a few seconds, he quickly stood up.
“Could you at least give me a heads-up before transporting me like that…?”
“Well, we fight with time right now.”
“That may be true, but still…”
It wouldn’t have hurt to say something, he grumbled internally before refocusing on the church.
It was a typical church. He had indeed heard that children were taken around this area. While he hadn’t been able to investigate what was happening inside, he was somewhat pleased to finally see it for himself. He was determined to expose the truth.
With that resolve, Sreiz stepped forward to enter the church grounds, but Reizen grabbed his clothes and stopped him.
“Ugh…! Wh-What is it…?”
“Actually, there’s a barrier here. You can pass through it, but it likely informs the angels about who enters. Probably.”
“Then what should we do?”
“Well, we can just make our own path.”
With a solid thud, Reizen formed a tunnel that led underground, wide enough for the cart to pass through. The slope made it easy to traverse.
Sreiz was astonished that such a path could be made in an instant. However, he quickly shook his head to maintain his composure, reminding himself that he couldn’t afford to be surprised by these skills.
“…Alright, I’m calm. Let’s go.”
“Understood.”
Finally, they stepped into the church grounds. After passing through the tunnel Reizen had created, they found themselves right in front of the church’s main entrance. Sreiz felt a bit uneasy seeing how boldly Reizen and Karna walked in without any caution.
Why were they so defenseless? The angels could be nearby.
“Oh, it’s fine. There are no angels here at the moment.”
“H-How do you know?”
“I just know.”
The two continued walking confidently. Though doubtful, Sreiz reluctantly followed them.
As they walked further inside, they eventually found the jars they were looking for. White orbs floated inside the jars, occasionally drifting and causing others to move in a chain reaction. The moment he saw them, Sreiz was convinced they were souls. Perhaps because these souls were originally part of a body, they seemed to call out to him.
Fortunately, it seemed that his earlier fears hadn’t come to pass. The souls showed no signs of disappearing and remained in place. While the situation still required urgent attention due to the remaining magic power sustaining their existence, there was no need to panic at this exact moment.
Reizen and Karna quickly began loading the jars containing the souls onto the cart. Since each jar was relatively small, it looked like they could fit all of them on the cart. After carefully loading everything, Reizen immediately started moving the cart.
“Hey.”
“What is it?”
“Aren’t you a bit too experienced at this??”
“You’re imagining things.”
When Sreiz looked at Karna, she simply gave him a wry smile. He wondered if all the assassins and informants Reizen knew were like this.
“Ah.”
“W-What is it…?”
“‘Pneumatic Barrier: Sturdy’!”
Crash!
The wall in the direction where Reizen had set up the barrier was shattered, and debris slammed into it repeatedly. As the church’s structure crumbled with a loud crash, the barrier remained unscathed.
He had expected this might happen soon. After all, the angels were bound to react after one of their own had been killed. The delay had been longer than expected, but perhaps they hadn’t anticipated that they would be retrieving these souls.
“Karna~. Can you handle this?”
“Who else but me?”
“Alright, it’s all yours. Sreiz-san, get ready to fight.”
“…? …Huh!?”
Crash! Crash!
Two powerful impacts struck the barrier. The force of the blows cleared away the dust and debris, revealing their opponent’s form.
But it wasn’t the being that Reizen and Sreiz had expected.
“A devil?”
“…! You’re the one who banished Yuuzen!!”
“…Huh?”
The angel, disguised as a devil, was someone Karna had never forgotten. Reizen had also heard the story, and he instinctively tensed up.
The devil-like angel, Kyurii, was utterly shocked as she aimed her hand at them. The plan had been to simply destroy the jars and be done with it. Judging by her reaction, it seemed that the jars containing the souls were indeed worth protecting. Sreiz’s intuition had been correct.
“It seems you’ve been taking care of my son, you filthy angel…!”
“W-Why is the Spirit Turtle here…!”
“‘Vacuum Fist Explosion’…!!!!”