Chapter 346 – Landing in California!

Тhе mоment we аrrivеd, Sрiсе underwent Mеtаmorphоse!

“Whoа! Саlifоrniа!! Isn’t it still а bit chilly?”

『I hеar it’s still stablе hеre sinсе wе’rе bу the сoаst.』

“I see!”

I wаlkеd thrоugh thе jet bridge with Вeеlzebub and into thе аirport.

Hmm!

Aftеr bеing cooped uр insidе the plane, the sеnsе of oрennеss is inсrеdiblе.

“Snow White, you’rе returning homе, right?”

『Yоu knоw, this countrу is suреr huge, so Сaliforniа is practicаllу like a fоrеign cоuntry cоmpared tо Kаnsаs. You could say еaсh stаtе is its own сountry!』

“I sее!”

It’s а persрeсtivе уоu сan’t еvеn imаgine frоm Jаpan!

No matter which prefecture you’re in, it still feels like Japan, after all.

“Hi! Spice~! Bel~! Welcome to America~!”

A Black woman wearing a rather revealing red and white suit, holding small flags in both hands, came to greet us.

“Oh, could you be Gannet, the darts prodigy?”

“Yesss!”

From here on, Floppy is providing simultaneous translation, so we’ll converse in our own languages!

Floppy is amazing~!

『Fufufu, I’ve been incorporating various functions. Strangely enough, my memory and storage keep increasing with no issues at all.』

Well, Floppy is undergoing Grimoire Transformation.

Now, led by Gannet, we got into a taxi.

“First, can I talk about us Guardians? Or would you prefer a California sightseeing guide? This is my home, so I know it well~!”

“Then, sightseeing! Everyone’s going to join us here anyway, right?”

『The focus of the conversation is Little Spice, after all.』

“You use polite speech with Shogo, but with Spice, Bel-chan uses casual speech!”

『It’s because he looks like a cute girl. There, there~』

“Ahh~, I’m being petted~”

“I’m just asking out of curiosity, so sorry if this is rude, but are you two in that kind of relationship?”

“We are nooot!!”

『The Demon King just happens to be in human form; essentially, she’s a demon.』

“Okay, okay. These days, for better sponsor reception, it’s better to have a persona that’s considerate of the world, like ‘this is my sexuality~’. By the way, my team only has normal people and ones I don’t really get.”

Mecha Hazuki probably falls into the ‘don’t really get’ category!

Kaiware comes from a strict family, raised rigidly, and ended up with figurines as his romantic interest!

After checking on her phone about the members gathering, Gannet said,

“Leilia is currently too overweight to move, so she says she’ll come after using up some energy with her beam.”

“Ah, that person who uses fat as an energy source for her Railgun! I wonder how that works.”

“They say it’s Magic she was born with. Well, Mikey and I are just ordinary humans, so we don’t really understand those superhumans!”

『Hazuki would probably be jealous of being able to use fat as energy.』

“Right! Bel is Hazuki’s Clone, right? She’s similar to our Diva, but the vibe is totally different, so I wouldn’t mistake them. How should I put it… the most normal feeling? Like she properly handles social life and stuff.”

『That’s business obstruction regarding the Demon King…』

“Oh, sorry!”

Gannet is such a cheerful person.

She was incredibly good at darts, so she started streaming, then got caught up in a Dungeon…

She defeated the Dungeon Boss by throwing darts and debuted as a Streamer.

After quitting her job as an employee at a certain Major burger chain, she was barely scraping by on streaming alone when she happened to be at the site of Mecha Hazuki’s activation, and after various things happened…

That’s how she became a member of the Guardians.

She’s got it~!

“Mikey and I, we look super plain, right? No, our abilities are super plain too! More like skills we trained to acquire. So, we’re trying hard not to have people say, ‘Wouldn’t Diva alone be enough for everything?'”

“Diva is Mecha Hazuki. It’s true she can do everything by herself.”

“I think she’s a goddess born from everyone in the States wishing for an all-purpose heroine. A god in a completely different direction from the Lord.”

『Religious matters get complicated~!』

“The Demon King is saying something!”

Seriously, the religious views in this world are a mess!

Demons appear in reality and live happily with humans, laughing and having fun.

Globally, they seem to have reached a compromise: non-humans originally considered demons are set as guests from the Otherworld, while humans who transform into Demons are classified as demons or Evil Spirits.

“Mikey says he’s running here. I don’t think we’ll meet until the day after tomorrow.”

“That long?”

“Dark Child says it’s flying here carrying Kaiware.”

“Are they close?”

“Dark Child likes anime, you see.”

So Kaiware is in a mentor-like position.

And Mecha Hazuki can instantly fly in anywhere.

She’s an all-purpose superhuman!

『The Guardians… they seem like a group with quite a few internal structural issues…』

Beelzebub murmured thoughtfully.

She really is such a sensible person… hard to believe she came from Hazuki-chan…