CH 46

(…I can’t just do something like this on a whim.)

Lisa was in the basement of her home with her family, as the information provided indicated.

Her cheeks were swollen, as if she got slapped, but didn’t seem to be in pain or sad.

“Haishin-sama ♪.”

“…”

On the contrary, she had a big smile and sparkling eyes.

She seemed to be just like a small child seeing their hero. She was like this during dinner too, and from what he heard before coming here, it appears that she was completely engrossed in the existence known as ‘Haishin’.

“You… you are Haishin!!”

It was probably Lisa’s father who screamed that.

He was quite plump and seemed to have a luxurious diet, with the body shape of a stereotypical noble villain.

After he shouted “Haishin,” a killing intent emerged, making them feel as if they were under intense pressure.

“You… are you Haishin? The person who made me like this… “

“Hmm, I see. So you’re Lisa’s sister.”

It was only because he was wearing a mask that Kanata could become Haishin.

The girl sitting in the wheelchair, who he thought to be Lisa’s sister, spoke in agony.

“It’s because of what you did that I had to go through such a miserable experience! If you weren’t there, I would be happy now!!”

Anna, Lisa’s sister, shouted.

Those words did not convey any sense of guilt for trying to harm Lisa. It was clear that she only saw herself as a tragic heroine.

The family gathered around Anna, who had a frail body and consoled her.

(… Well, whatever happened, my intervention made them miserable. Though I didn’t mean to do anything wrong.)

The power to change something with just one word. 

That’s what he got blessed with.

Because of Kanata, Lisa was saved, but on the other hand, those who thought Lisa was unimportant felt the waves of misfortune.

Kanata thought what he did was right, but from their point of view, it was him who they should curse for their misfortune.

“Is that all you have to say? You caused all of this, be ready to accept your punishment.”

And, of course, not only Kanata but also Maria and Athena were there.

It was understandable that the presence of a princess and a duke’s daughter in such a place might be questionable. However, they could step into such a place because their presence was overwhelmingly more reliable than the guards around.

“What do you want me to do, Haishin-sama?”

It was Mira who asked Kanata this question.

… For now, let’s put aside why she was here and focus on solving the problem at hand.

However, they understood that the situation took a turn for worse when Maria and Athena showed up.

“Why, Athena-sama! We just… It’s for our daughter’s sake—”

“That’s right! Father and mother did it for me—”

And in the end, they showed no concern for Lisa at all.

Although she got completely abandoned by her family, Lisa’s feelings waver. 

She simply kept staring at Kanata with all her heart.

“… Well, there’s a lot going on, but for now, Mira.”

“Yes.”

Mira disappeared quickly, as if she had teleported, landed next to Lisa, supporting her body and jumped back.

“Ha!”

“Give her back! Give her back!”

‘Give back’ … If only she meant them with kindness to prevent taking her sister away, it would have made one feel the love between sisters, but Anna was probably angry because she could not dispose of Lisa.

And that seems to be the same for the other family members.

“Maria.”

“Yes. Come here, Lisa-san.”

They achieved their goal, but they were now fully hostile toward us.

It was clear that they no longer intended to be reserved, even when Maria and Athena were here.

“… To tell you the truth, I’ve got a lot on my mind, too.”

Kanata looked forward and began to speak. 

Although his expression was hidden behind a mask, his voice conveyed a sense of anguish, like he was thinking deeply about something.

“I brought her up during the stream because I wanted to help her, and I don’t think I did anything wrong doing so. But certainly, I’m saddened that she had to lose her eyes.”

“What’s the point now, ha?”

Anna’s punishment was to have her eyes removed. In comparison, it wouldn’t be strange for the punishment of the crime of trying to execute her sister by turning other nobles into puppets with the evil eyes to be the death penalty. 

Looking at it this way, being alive was already a plus.

“The elder sister should sacrifice herself for her younger sister, right!? All for her sister’s happiness! That’s normal, isn’t it?”

“That’s right! As this child says!!”

“Yes!!”

“…”

Frankly, it was a scene of ‘what the heck were they talking about?’

Anna and her family members were clearly not normal, and if one suspects this was unique to this other world, I assure you it is surely not.

Maria, Athena, and even Mira, who basically had poker faces, changed their expression to disgust.

(Maybe they are the biggest victims of the evil eye after all.)

The full extent of the evil eyes’ power was unknown, but it was possible that Anna went insane due to its influence.

And it was also possible that her family also became abnormal due to some side effects caused by the evil eyes.

“Nevertheless, that’s the way it is.”

Still, Kanata got convinced that what they were saying was wrong.

“To sacrifice one for someone else is not how a family should be. What you are saying is wrong.”

Strangely, the words he said carried power from before.

They probably wouldn’t listen to anything Kanata says here and say that he, Kanata, was, in fact, wrong.

In other words, no matter how he talked to them, he could only draw a parallel with them.

“Athena, you take care of the rest.”

“I understand.”

Then, as originally planned, Athena used the men she had brought with her to capture them all and save the day.

Mira, despite her small size, was considerably strong, and she was the one who brought him here in time while jumping from building to building.

“Anyway, I won’t ask why Mira is here.”

“Eh? It’s alright, really.”

“… because I’m scared.”

Kanata took his eyes off her tilted head and looked at Lisa again.

“Haishin-sama… I… I!”

“… Ah~”

Her eyes were shining even more than before.

Even though there was a future where she would have gotten killed, as if the events of being kidnapped never happened, she was smiling.

“I’m glad you’re safe.”

“Ahh…”

Lisa’s face was as if she had smoked a drug, for lack of a better word, just by hearing his one word.

When Kanata wondered how he should treat Lisa, Mira sensed it and smacked Lisa’s nape with her hand.

“I…”

“Oops…”

Lisa almost fell down as she had lost consciousness, but Kanata, who was in front of her, caught her.

“Because you seemed troubled.”

“Thank you.”

He didn’t know what to tell her any more than that, so it was helpful for Kanata.

Soon after, Maria and Athena returned, and the case got solved… 

As for Kanata, he did not expect to see such a commotion when he was moving out of the country, and letting out a big sigh revealed his fatigue.

“Thank you for your hard work, Kanata-kun.”

“Yeah…”

Incidentally, he heard that the maximum penalty won’t be imposed on them even though they committed such a thing.

Instead, they will be judged quite heavily and treated under the care of professionals who can heal them with regard to the magic that corrupted their minds.

“But still, I should have been more careful. I can’t blame Lisa. The blame is on me for being so complacent.”

“Don’t say that. Families come in all shapes and sizes, and I also thought the same thing, that ‘this can’t be a real family.’”

Regretting won’t change anything, but since the situation got resolved, there’s nothing to worry about.

Kanata left Lisa in Athena’s care and wanted to take it easy and talk with Mira for a while in the room where she was staying.

And then—

“… Huh?”

The next morning, he woke up in the same bed as Maria.