Leading the young lady I picked up astray, making her the happiest girl in the world!-Chapter 132 - Natalia Evans 1

Seeing Charlotte's expression change, Harvey let out another deep sigh.

"Allen, Charlotte-san. I called you here for one reason: to solve Natalia's problems...and save this academy."

“...That escalated fast. Don’t tell me Charlotte’s little sister is caught up in those conflicts?”

"It would be easier to just let you see for yourself. Eruca, if you would.”

“Okay~.”

Eruca replied lightly, removing the cloth from the object she'd brought with her.

A large, gold-framed mirror appeared.

However, the mirror only reflected a white mist, and Allen and the others were nowhere to be seen.

"This is called the Mirror of Nostalgia, a magical device that reflects other places..."

Harvey snapped his fingers.

The mist on the mirror cleared in an instant, revealing the view outside.

Charlotte gasped at the sight.

"Natalia...!"

The mirror showed a section of a spacious garden.

A gentle breeze rustled the trees, and flowers bloomed everywhere. It seemed a comfortable place, but there was only one person there.

"..."

Perched on the edge of a fountain, swinging her legs in boredom, was a small girl.

Her shoulder-length hair was blonde.

Crimson eyes peered out from her sharply narrowed eyes.

Clad in the Athena Academy uniform and a black robe, she was the very same Natalia Allen had seen before when he entered Charlotte’s dream. She was seven years old, if he remembered right.

Charlotte, seeing her little sister again after so long, was left speechless, staring blankly.

Silence reigned in the room for a moment, until Allen was suddenly taken aback.

"W, wait a moment... who exactly are these people?"

An image was projected in the mirror.

Several students began to appear from the edge.

Rockfolk, dragonkin, beastkin, elves—yet not a single human among them. All of them carried themselves with the weight of training, their physiques and movements speaking to strength.

There were about thirty of them.

Every one of them kept their heads slightly lowered as they slowly closed in on Natalia.

Even Allen felt a chill down his spine.

Even Allen was petrified by this.

Charlotte was also pale-faced and flustered.

“N-Natalia…! Will she be all right…!?”

"No, no, this is bad! We have to go and help her quickly...!"

In moments, the intimidating crowd had surrounded Natalia.

One dragonkin stepped forward. Though humanoid, he was far larger than a man, his body covered in scales, armed with sharp claws and fangs.

He reached out his right hand slowly toward the small girl.

The tension was palpable.

But while Allen and Charlotte panicked, Harvey flapped his hand nonchalantly. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel⚑fire.net

“There’s no need to worry. She’s a kind child who always shows restraint. If we interfered, we’d only earn her followers’ resentment… best to remain spectators.”

"What are you talking about?! That's enough! This is around the Third Research Building, right? I'll go now――"

Just as he was about to run out of the room, saying he'd go stop them, an astonishing scene unfolded in the mirror.

BOOOOM!!!

“...Huh?”

A thunderous blast echoed, and when they looked, the dragonkin who had approached Natalia was soaring through the air.

The sight of his massive body, no less than two meters tall, being blown away with ease and slammed into the ground was quite surreal.

The others murmured in shock, instinctively parting to open a path.

Out from the gap stepped Natalia.

Her expression was nothing short of that of a wrathful god, her body radiating killing intent sharp enough to burn the skin.

"Stop messing around with me..."

She clutched the bun in her hand and yelled at the top of her lungs.

Her furious words rang out

"What I ordered you to buy...was a yakisoba bun, not a croquette bun!!"

The room watching through the mirror fell into silence once more.

“...Huh?”

“...Eh?”