Chapter 331 – An Unexpected Visitor as the Survival Game Begins!

“Survival games, уоu say… Nоw that I’ve rеturnеd tо mу Witсh fоrm, perhаps it wouldn’t hurt fоr this оld ladу tо gеt а littlе fired uр onсe in a whilе.”

“Аlright, lеt’s dо it!”

And so it wаs deсided.

We got Мs. Shizuru аs a teammatе!

It wаs around the time Aрril wаs approaсhing.

Whilе Annettе was саusing hаvоc worldwide using her Vаnguards, the glоbаl stаndard was bесоming to swiftly dеfeat thе Vanguards in groups аnd thеn quickly withdrаw.

Тhis was minimizing thе damagе from Annettе’s attасks.

Apparentlу, Annеttе hаdn’t eхpeсtеd Strеamers wоrldwide tо bе this mоtivаtеd.

From а Witсh’s рersреctive, she was turning people who were dissatisfied with the status quo but took no action, only ranting online, into disposable Vanguards… but…

If it’s unmotivated people vs. motivated people, the motivated ones are stronger!

So, back to the airsoft talk!

“We’re getting a big guest too! Charaway and Mr. Slayer are confirmed, but I never thought that person would come…”

“Don’t get my hopes up, Mr. Yata… Is it okay to be excited?”

“Of course!”

Team Spice consisted of four: Spice, Ms. Shizuru, Little Ira, and Little Momiji.

It’d be nice to have one more person…

Right as I thought that, a call came on my A-Phone.

“Master, it’s a call from Ms. Shino.”

“Huh? She’s our neighbor, she could just come over normally.”

“It seems she was out greeting a guest. The guest wishes to visit you, Master, but since it’s rather sudden, she’s calling to ask if it’s alright.”

“I see. Sure, sure. Tell them to come, come.”

I mused that lately, even in my real body, I was starting to sound like Spice.

Could it be that I’m being corrupted too…!?

No, no, that can’t be…

“Abubu—”

“Bubububu—”

Oh, the little ones are moving energetically on the baby bed.

Today, Mashiro is out taking a break, so I’m on baby duty.

Though, to be honest, I’m just watching the Grimoire diligently take care of the babies.

“Even as the time of the decisive battle draws near and the sinister hand of the Most Ancient Witch approaches, I’m fully enjoying this chill time… It’s quite different from the fast-paced crisis situations I was familiar with in fiction.”

The airsoft stream is the day after tomorrow.

The people we formed cooperative relationships with in Shimane, Ehime, and Okinawa seem to be doing good work.

From here, I’m contacting magically-inclined groups rooted in local areas, and my Zakko for countermeasure meetings is getting livelier and livelier.

A Tanuki, a Kijimuna, and a practitioner from an unaffiliated shrine are always there, talking about recommended movies and food.

What are you guys even doing?

I’ve learned that both the Tanuki and the Kijimuna take human form, go out into society, and enjoy civilized life.

As far as I know, there’s no one who lives stoically, keeping their distance from modern civilization… not one!

Even Witches use the internet quite a bit, and their information gathering is limited to what ordinary people can find online.

Even the Most Ancient Witch hasn’t been able to grasp the detailed movements of Streamers at all.

This is probably because she doesn’t have the habit of watching Adventure Streams, so the accuracy of her investigations inevitably remains low.

“Alright, this time I’ll give them their milk.”

“Master! This is the right temperature for the milk!”

“Ignite has become quite the expert.”

“I’ll be in charge of bath time~”

“Me will handle general support! With this many of us, childcare is easy-peasy! Once they require less hands-on care, we can all focus on supporting Master… but it seems the showdown with that Witch will come long before the young master and young miss grow up.”

“Yeah…”

As I made the milk and was cradling Homura to feed her, the awaited guest arrived.

“Hello there! Spice! Ah, I think your Magical Girl form would be better.”

“Ms. Shino, you’re in your little girl form too. I see, I see, so that’s the kind of situation your guest is in? Then… Metamorphose!”

Magic Power flowed from Flota, who was playing games in the streaming room.

I transformed into my usual Spice appearance.

“Welcome!”

When I opened the door to welcome them, it was a girl in a sailor uniform!

Wh-what the—!?

“Master of the house, this way. This is Mr. Spice’s home—”

“This is…? To live in a place swirling with such cursed distortions… Actually, this building itself exudes an aura more dangerous than a half-baked labyrinth…!?”

“She’s saying something all mumbly! …Huh? Her hair’s in a ponytail, and she’s not wearing makeup… Could it be… Ms. Emina?”

“Yes, that’s right. Since my dear brother has kindly come all this way, it would be rude of me not to come as well. However… I wish to request your assistance in doing something called ‘supplies’.”

“I see!!”

I understood everything.

Ms. Emina loves her brother dearly, but Yatagarasu keeps finding excuses not to return.

However, his one-time return gave Ms. Emina a pretext to visit Tokyo.

And it seems she wanted to surprise him as payback for taking so long to come.

“In that case, Ms. Emina, you should join Team Spice!”

“Team…!?”

“We’re going to do airsoft soon… I was just about to decide on one more teammate! Let’s do it, let’s do it!”

“I don’t quite understand what it is, but if a practitioner of your caliber suggests it, it seems worth trying…”

Alright!

Somehow, an amazing team has been formed!