The Old Man Who Saved Another World 15 Years Ago is Now Getting Caught Up In A Modern Fantasy - Episode 2

“For now, should I help?”

It’s a situation I don’t quite understand, but there’s clearly someone in front of me who’s in trouble… a person?

Anyway, if there’s someone in trouble, we have to help them.

Fortunately, I have a lot to say about monster hunting.

“It’s been 15 years, but――”

Circulating magic throughout the body, enhancing physical abilities.

One step, two steps. With a running start, I kick off the ground. Thanks to my explosive leg strength, I leap forward in a single bound, right in front of the monstrous giant octopus.

I kick that face with bulging eyes hard with my heel!

“At this level, even with a blank period, it’s still manageable.”

The giant octopus, slammed to the ground, let out a scream-like cry.

At the same time, the girl with dog ears who had been restrained is released.

In midair.

As the tentacles thrashed in pain, the girl who had been thrown with great force soared high into the sky.

“W-What the heeeell!?”

A dog-eared girl falling while screaming.

If I get slammed into the ground like this, it won’t end well, so I kicked off the ground again, jumped up, and caught the dog-eared girl in mid-air.

It feels slippery.

Could it be octopus slime? It felt terrible to hold.

“Wh-what?”

A dog-eared girl looking confused in my arms.

From her perspective, she had just been suspended in mid-air by a giant octopus, and suddenly found herself soaring through the sky, only to realize she was being carried by a stranger.

It’s no wonder you’re confused.

I made an effort to put on a cheerful smile and spoke to the girl to reassure her.

“Are you hurt?”

“Uh, yeah… Wait, I’m being held by a man right now, ah, ahhhhhh!”

I thought I was relieved, but…

This time, the dog-eared girl, feeling embarrassed by the situation, starts blushing and panicking. She’s quite the lively one.

Shall I hurry up and let you down?

“Th-this kind of treatment, making me feel like such a fragile girl… But, if I look closely, this person might actually be quite handsome… Their muscles are impressive, and they give off a sense of security… I-I can hardly breathe. My head is spinning and I can’t think straight… Could this be what they call love at first sight? N-no, the smell, sniff sniff…!?”

The dog-eared girl, who had been muttering something, suddenly shuddered violently.

“Stinky! Stinky! Stinky! This guy is super stinky! He smells like vomit, it’s so strong!!!”

The dog-eared girl struggles and thrashes in my arms.

“Hey, hey! Stop squirming, you’ll fall! Ugh, damn it! It’s already slippery as it is…”

“Stinky, stinky!! This guy is so stinky!!!”

“That’s why I said stop thrashing around! Whose fault do you think it is that it smells so bad… whose vomit do you think it is…!!”

“Noooooo!! The stink will get on meeeee!!!”

“Enough already, over there… ah”

“Huh?”

Crap, my hand slipped and I let go.

“Oh, I’m fallingggggggggg!!!!!!!”

That’s why I told you not to act out.

However, there’s nothing I can do anymore. Even though I saved another world in the past, I can’t move freely in the air.

It’s impossible to catch the dog-eared girl who started falling after slipping from my hand in mid-air again.

Because humans cannot fly.

In other words, her life ends here. It’s checkmate. It’s a situation of imminent death.

Due to my experiences in another world, I’m used to death, but seeing someone die right in front of me makes me feel uneasy no matter how many times I witness it.

“I told you not to act out, didn’t I…?”

“Eh, you’re alive…?”

I was astonished.

The unfortunate dog-eared girl who fell headfirst into the ground, her head completely embedded.

It was driven hard into the ground.

There are parts where you think, “That can’t be right!”

But, as it stands, it’s a situation where all I can say is, “It makes sense!”

By the way, the ground is asphalt. Strange.

What’s even more bizarre is that, for some reason, the dog-eared girl seems to be alive.

Struggling energetically to break free from the ground.

No, being alive is a wonderful thing. That’s for sure. But normally, if you fall from that height and hit your head on the ground, you die. Unless you’re a special case like me.

“What the heck is this? Everything since a while ago… everything is so weird. This is Japan, right? My pants are completely exposed.”

A girl with dog ears who doesn’t die even if she falls.

Since I’m wearing a slightly oversized T-shirt as if it were a dress, and I’m currently lying face down on the ground, my underwear is fully exposed.

Also, it had a properly fluffy, dog-like tail.

And nearby, the giant octopus that I had slammed to the ground with a heel drop is sprawled out.

Based on my experience in another world, I judged it to be a fairly strong monster, so I hit it with a decent amount of force.

Since he seems to be unconscious, he probably won’t be getting up for a while.

Both are far too detached from reality.

I can’t help but wonder if I’ve been summoned to another world again without realizing it, but the scenery around me insists that this is Japan.

“First of all…”

Let’s think about it later.

In other words, if this dog-eared girl is alive, we should just ask her directly about the situation or whatever.

I grabbed the girl’s struggling foot and pulled her out of the ground.

“Puh!? I-I thought I was going to die!!”

“I thought so too.”

“Stinky human!”

“……I guess I’ll just bury it as it is.”

“St-stop it! I don’t want to be buried alive!!”

“I’m just kidding.”

I pull the dog-eared girl out of the ground and set her down.

In a position where we faced each other directly, I finally got to see their true form.

The light brown hair with a fluffy texture is just short of reaching the shoulders. At the top of the head, there are distinctive dog ears.

Her features could be described as those of a cute, beautiful girl without any hesitation.

The height is probably around the mid-140s.

Overall, the impression is that he looks like a short middle school student. Sadly, he has no curves at all.

By the way, it’s covered in giant octopus’ slime.

I throw up and get all slimy. I’m a beautiful girl, but this ruins everything.

“Stinky human. It seems you helped me out.”

“I’m Sano Yukimura. Don’t call me a stinky person.”

“Ah, yeah. Sorry. …Ahem, anyway, thank you. I let my guard down and made a mistake.”

Somehow, she’s a girl who speaks in an old-fashioned way.

I don’t know which dialect it is, but referring to oneself as “warawa” makes me feel like a princess from a period drama.

So, apparently, she was caught off guard and ended up being completely at the mercy of that giant octopus.

From her tone, which somehow suggests confidence, it seems like there wouldn’t have been any problem if she hadn’t been caught off guard. In fact, there isn’t a single injury on her.

The reason I threw up so violently was just because my inner ear was messed up and I got dizzy. I fell from a great height and yet came out unscathed.

Moreover, I understand it now that we are facing each other like this.

This kid is quite strong even by otherworldly standards. I can feel that their strength is on par with or slightly above the giant octopus stretching out next to them.

“Those dog ears and that incredible toughness that leaves you unscathed even when you fall and hit the ground. Who are you?”

“Oh, by the way, I haven’t introduced myself yet!”

The girl smirks, then crosses her arms and stands confidently in the spot like a guardian deity.

And then, he delivered his speech with an air of pretentiousness.

“In the Heian period, born in Kyoto. Recognized by the great leader, I was bestowed with the power of the demons. This body, connected to one of the hundred demons that shook Kyoto! I am the great demon of the dog, Inuki, the great evil spirit, Sayohime, that is who I am!!”

Somehow, there’s a lot of information.

“Um, Sayohime?”

“Indeed! Since Yukimura is a benefactor, you may call me by my name casually!”

“Ah, yeah. Thank you. So…”

There are various things I want to ask, but for now, there’s one thing I need to ask.

“……Is Sayohime a bad person?”

“That’s right, isn’t it? I am a truly, truly amazing demon who has been granted the honor of joining the ranks of the hundred demons led by the great leader, Daishukai!”

“I see.”

Suddenly, I have a special ability.

The name of the power acquired during the process of the soul being reinforced when crossing into another world is called Gougan.

The naming is mine.

This is one of the so-called “magic eyes,” a type of power, and it resides in my left eye. It has the ability to visually discern the karma of others—whether it is good or evil.

Those with goodness are surrounded by a white aura, while those with malice are enveloped in a black aura. Those who are neither are cloaked in a gray aura.

In that way, my eyes see through karma.

The more these colors lean towards good or evil, the more they become whiter or blacker, respectively.

The powers I acquired in another world are basically useless in this world, but this Karma Eye is quite useful and has been handy as a criterion for judging whether or not I can trust others.

By the way, when you use this, the left eye glows with a translucent blue.

Cool.

“Hehehe, are you scared? There’s nothing to be ashamed of. Standing before Yukimura is the greatest of all demons, the ultimate villain, the kind that even the most fearsome spirits would flee from! Hehehehe. Hehehehe.”

“Wow, that’s scary.”

“Ah! Hehehe! Hehehehehehehe!”

Sayo-hime, who calls herself a great villain, can’t hide her joy and grins widely, standing proudly with a smug expression.

Peaceful times and demons, and so on.

I don’t know how much of it is true, but considering her uniqueness, it must be true.

………except for one point.

Because no matter what Sayohime calls herself, she can’t deceive my left eye.

After all, she is――

“Too white. Too white, I can no longer see anything.”

Among all the people I’ve seen so far, she was a girl so pure, even more than the saintliest person with karma tilted towards good.

“It’s that age where you want to act rebellious, huh? Yeah, it happens.”

“Hmm? Yukimura, did you say something?”

“Yeah, it’s scary.”

“Yes, yes! I am a super scary demon!”

Cut off the ability of the left eye.

The Princess Sayohime, who was too pale to see, still had a smug look on her face and was puffing out her chest when viewed with normal vision.

I would just watch over her with a warm heart.