Protection Magic

Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/51/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA

After a few emails back and forth with Hashimoto, the designated place is the same hotel as last time. This time I know the place too, so I teleport straight there at the meeting time.

“Welcome, Lady Rita. Would you like a snack?”
“Mm. I’ll take it.”

The person waiting is the one who showed me this far last time. All kinds of sweets are set out on the table. There’s chocolate, and gummies and jelly too. Lots.

“The stream?”
“As long as you do not leave the room, it is fine.”

Then I’ll start streaming too.
The light orb and the comment blackboard appear right away, and comments start flowing.

‘wacotsu’
‘koncha—’
‘is wacotsu okay…?’

What’s wacotsu. Some kind of greeting, maybe?

“Hello. I’m in a hotel room right now. The snacks are delicious.”

‘She’s eating something right off the bat lol’
‘A hotel? So it’s government-related?’
‘They found Master’s family home or something!’

“Mm. They found candidates, apparently.”

‘For real’
‘That’s fast, seriously’

Honestly I’m surprised too. I thought it would take a month or a year. It hasn’t even been half a month yet.

‘They must have rushed pretty hard’
‘Means Rita-chan is being taken that seriously, right’

I’m happy, but it’s a little inconvenient. Just a little.
While I’m talking with the viewers eating sweets like that, Hashimoto arrives. He knocks, then comes in. He looks at me chewing and smiles faintly.

“Hello, Rita. Is it delicious?”
“Mm. Delicious.”
“Hahaha. That’s good.”

Hashimoto sits across from me. It’s probably a serious talk, so I should stop eating sweets too. But just this last one… This purple jelly looks really delicious…

“Munch… Mm, I’m satisfied.”

‘She says satisfied but she looks super reluctant to part’
‘Her eyes are glued to the sweets lol’
‘Rita-chan lololol’

Because today’s snacks were really delicious too. The last jelly had a rich taste and was good.

“Want to take them with you? I’ll put in a word from our side.”
“Mm!”

‘She looks super happy lol’

Because I am super happy!

“Now then, sorry, but I don’t have much time today either. I’d like to get to the point right away, is that okay?”
“Mm. There are several candidates, right?”
“That’s right. No, honestly, there are quite a lot. Ah, it includes personal information, so could you keep it off the stream?”
“Mm.”

I nod and change the direction of the light orb. I’ll film the sweets for now.

‘I get that it can’t be helped, but why the sweets lol’
‘They look delicious and I can’t eat them…! Makes me hungry…!’
‘They’re expensive sweets, but you can order these’
‘How can you tell from just the individual wrappers…’

Hashimoto hands me a thick envelope. I open it and look inside, and there are lots of somewhat large papers. Are all of these candidates, maybe.

“Kouta is a fairly common name. If we at least knew the age or the kanji of the name, we could apparently handle it a little more, but…”
“Mm. I thought I didn’t have much information either, so it can’t be helped.”

If anything I think they did well looking when they only roughly knew the time and the name.
But there really are a lot. I think there are fifty sheets. I try pulling one out, and a detailed name, date of birth, family makeup, even the address, it’s mostly all there.

“It’s late to ask, but is this okay? I got a lot of them, but…”
“Of course it’s not okay. I don’t think we can avoid criticism, and plenty of people will surely make it a problem.”

But, Hashimoto continues,

“Even so, I’ll prioritize continuing the relationship with you. It’s surely more important than my political life.”
“Mm… I see.”

Honestly I think that’s overestimating. I get that an alien is something they can’t ignore, but that’s all it is for now.
I come to Japan on a whim, eat on a whim, and go home when I’m satisfied. Even though that’s all, I really don’t get why they’re doing this much.
Hmm… Yeah. This really is too much to take.

“I’ll check these with Spirit-sama and return the ones we don’t need.”
“Ah. That would help a lot.”
“Also… Do you have something like a charm? An accessory is fine too.”
“An accessory? Then…”

What Hashimoto takes out is a keychain. One with a yellow stone attached, that his daughter bought him as a souvenir when she was little, he says. He always carries it except when he’s at home.
Yeah. Then that might be just right.

“Can I have it a little?”

When I ask that, Hashimoto hesitates a little but still hands it over. I won’t break it, so I want him to relax.
I wrap it in both hands and send mana through. Once the mana soaks into the keychain, I carve a formula into the mana. Hmm… This is good.

“Here.”
“Eh? Already done?”
“Mm.”

Hashimoto takes the keychain and looks at it puzzled. I only put magic in so the look doesn’t change, so someone who can’t use magic wouldn’t get anything, I think.
I put the envelope with the documents in the Item Box and turn the light orb back. Hashimoto notices right away and puts the keychain away.

“I put magic in the keychain. Magic that will block a malicious attack once.”
“Wha…!”

Hashimoto’s eyes go wide. Comments start flowing a lot too. Everyone seems surprised.

‘For real what’s that that’s amazing!’
‘Is that a magic tool!?’
‘Lucky I’m so jealous!’
‘With this accidents are fine too?’

Ah, right. I have to warn about that too.

“It only reacts to attacks with malice. If it’s an accident caused with malice it will protect even the whole vehicle, but it can’t stop accidents that aren’t like that. Also, it only blocks attacks where a major injury is expected.”

Even getting punched in a fight would pass through. According to Master, it’s a pretty leaky magic. But important people probably have all kinds of danger, so it might help.