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Unfortunately, La Folia's little request ultimately went unfulfilled.
Not for any particular reason—simply because Sayaka Kirasaka, who'd gone to prepare the speedboat, returned less than two minutes after leaving.
"Bokue, your barrier is blocking the boat launch. Hurry up and... uh..."
Her voice carried from outside the dining room, growing closer. When the War Dancer stepped into the dining room, she saw the two at the table sitting together with their heads close, discussing something.
Sayaka, who'd been walking briskly, stopped dead in her tracks. Her mouth twitched slightly, small fists silently clenching beneath her sleeves.
"Bokue, you... Princess La Folia, what are you doing?"
"Oh?"
Not expecting Sayaka to return so quickly, La Folia also paused momentarily before tilting her head with a smile.
"Well, nothing much. Just chatting with Bokue-kun about this morning's misunderstanding."
"This morning's misunderstanding?"
Sayaka hadn't quite caught on yet.
But La Folia had already continued on her own.
"About when Miss Sayaka pulled off Bokue-kun's covers when we woke up this morning..."
"Ahhh, please don't say any more!"
The hellish memory instantly flooded back. The red-faced War Dancer girl rushed forward to cover the silver-haired princess's mouth.
After all, she'd been thoroughly shocked at the time, leaving an exceptionally deep impression.
Common sense dictated that twelve centimeters was already pretty decent for Asian males. Reality wasn't like the internet where everyone claimed to start at eighteen centimeters.
But Bokue's was clearly over twenty centimeters—nearly thirty!
Perhaps when it had been stuffed inside her, ramming away, the pleasure and lubrication meant it hadn't been particularly painful. But seeing that massive weapon with her own eyes while fully conscious was still terrifying.
Especially remembering how just half an hour ago she'd been speared by that thing, rammed wildly back and forth... Too frightening.
If it happened again, someone would definitely die!
"A-anyway, since you've both finished eating, let's hurry and leave!"
Forcefully steering the topic away with a rather stiff excuse, Sayaka released her hand, stood straight, and cleared her throat seriously.
"But currently the speedboat's launch path is blocked by your barrier, Bokue, so hurry up and remove it, then help push the boat into the water."
Huh? Why was she suddenly dumping all the work on him?
Bokue mentally raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
The speedboat didn't absolutely need to be driven anyway. At worst, they'd board on the beach, then teleport the whole thing—people and boat—back to Itogami Island's harbor. Done.
"Got it. Let's go then."
Shrugging to show he understood, Bokue rose from the table.
So when the three left the villa and reached the beach outside, the blazing sun had already risen high. The rather harsh sunlight beat down, making the beach that had been quiet all night sparkle as if it might melt into rich, thick toffee any second.
The speedboat rented from Itogami Island's harbor sat at the boundary between beach and sea. Layers of cool seawater passed through the golden barrier membrane, gently washing up the beach to wet the stern's propeller. The towering waves from last night had completely calmed.
Snap.
Bokue lightly snapped his fingers.
With the snap's echo, the golden membrane covering the entire island immediately began contracting upward until it completely vanished.
"There, that should do it."
Bokue spoke as he led the way toward the speedboat.
"How convenient..."
La Folia tilted her head slightly, touching her lip as she murmured softly, then followed along with Sayaka.
But just then, a ship's horn suddenly sounded from the sea.
Hoooonk—
Hmm?
Bokue turned toward the sound, stopping and raising an eyebrow again.
On the distant sea surface reflecting the dazzling golden sunlight, an armored transport ship identical to last night's was slowly approaching.
"Could that be..."
Sayaka noticed too, her Bow already off her back and in hand as she looked over.
As if ready to draw and fire an arrow any second.
"Looks like it."
Bokue's tone remained as indifferent as ever, though with a hint of confusion.
"But compared to yesterday's ship, doesn't this one have fewer people?"
"It seems so..."
As the armored transport approached gradually, La Folia also saw the situation aboard clearly.
Last night's transport had its deck packed with fully armed magical mechanical soldiers. But the armored transport now approaching had only a single lonely person on deck.
Not even a soldier—just a thin middle-aged man in a white lab coat, wearing round glasses with a serious expression, like some director from a secret research facility.
Was he coming to surrender? Planning to take off his lab coat when they got close to shore and wave it on a bamboo pole as a white flag?
Bokue's mind filled with random thoughts.
But meanwhile, the silver-haired princess beside him changed expression, her eyes narrowing as her smile quickly vanished.
She recognized that middle-aged man in the lab coat.
"It's actually him..."
"Who?"
This phrasing clearly indicated there was a story. Bokue turned curiously to ask.
"La Folia, you know him?"
"It's a bit of a long story..."
La Folia hesitated, seeming to consider how to explain.
But Bokue had already taken action.
"I see. Then let's speed things up a bit. If we don't return the speedboat soon, they'll charge extra—"
As his words fell, the youth raised his hand and made a pulling gesture. The armored transport ship, still hundreds of meters from shore a second ago, suddenly accelerated as if pulled by some inexplicable force.
Its speed instantly multiplied a hundredfold, breaking the sound barrier. The shattered sonic boom raised waves over ten meters high behind the ship with a violent roar. In the blink of an eye, it had been dragged to the beach and stopped steadily.
The middle-aged man in the lab coat on deck only now reacted, blinking as he looked at the suddenly magnified island scenery before him with an expression of disbelief.
But before he could figure out what had happened, the silver-haired princess's cold voice from the beach ahead interrupted his thoughts.
"Long time no see, Former Royal Court Magical Technician of the Aldegyr Kingdom, Kensei Kanase."
"...It's been seven years, I believe, Princess La Folia."
After a moment's silence, as if finally recognizing the girl from his memories, Kensei Kanase nodded expressionlessly.
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