Chapter 4: Tour Guide Cheating

After the balloon castle, we board the bus and headed for the next site, a science center!

This should be more exciting than the damn balloon castle! After all, I don’t have a grasp on this time’s technology so this is a good opportunity for me.

However, what I am confused about is Mica’s attitude…

The bus had six columns, three to the right, then the aisle, then two to the left. We always sat on the farthest end with six seats. Even though there’s only five of us, we occupied every seat in the last row since we also had our bags placed on the seat.

I had Livia sit on the farthest right hand side by the window before I sat. Geo, who was supposed to seat next to me was pushed away by Mica. Zoe seemed to have found it amusing and also pushed Geo, sitting next to Mica. Now, our arrangement is Bags/Geo/Zoe/Mica/Me/Livia.

Because of the kiss, Livia is more clingy to me than before. While waiting to reach the next site, she had already hugged my left arm and leaned to my shoulder as she tries to sleep.

Mica, for some reason, did the same...why!?

When I asked her, she replied vaguely that she didn’t want to lean on Zoe so she had no choice but to lean on me...do you hate Zoe or something!?

Hearing this, Zoe pouted and jumped to my lap while saying ‘nyaaa~’...are you a cat or a dog!? Make up your mind!

I didn’t even got to retort when I saw her curled up on my lap, sleeping…

Geo on the other hand, seems tired from jumping around and was already sleeping while hugging his bag...poor guy, but since you have a pretty face, you deserve it!

Back to Mica, I don’t remember her having any reason for liking me. I mean, I know she’s a tsundere and all but still…

Come to think of it, she was looking at me when she introduced herself before...why? Did I somehow already made myself her love interest back then? But I don’t remember raising any flags…

Which means...it should’ve happened when I introduced myself? Back then, I introduced myself as a reincarnated person from a different world…

Another world...hero...tsundere………….wait...was it because it’s like that? It’s template?

This girl...did she grow up watching animes or something?

Hmm...let’s try asking her some anime titles with that kind of plot...more like, I can only remember one…can’t be helped, it’s been a while after all. And this one’s old...but let’s still ask.

“Mica, do you know Zero no Tsukaima?” (Max)

“Wha-!? M-Max also knows!?” (Mica)

...Jackpot!?

No way, to think that she does know an anime that old…

“My elder sis let me watch all the episodes when I was little!” (Mica)

...So the elder sis really is the culprit! And what do you mean when your still little!? Aren’t you still little oi!?

“...Then, why not color your hair pink too?” (Max)

“Uuu, I want to dye my hair like elder sis pink too, but mama said it’s too weird for a kid to color her hair...but since I also like blonde, I didn’t mind it too much!” (Mica)

No, I bet you really mind it. Look, there are tears at the corners of your eyes!

Sigh...it seems she idolizes tsunderes that much huh? Let’s hope she won’t grow as flat as a board in the future…

“Right, I also want to contract with Max like Livia!” (Mica)

Contract?...Wait, does she mean a kiss? She saw!?

But how? I should’ve properly hidden us...or was she looking at us from the start?

Fumu, it seems I’ve been rather careless huh? Can’t be helped since in my mind, I know that I’m the only being with magic in this world and time.

“You want to...kiss? Right here?” (Max)

“Kiss?” (Livia)

Ah, she woke up upon hearing that word huh?

However, it seems she’s still half-asleep. She thought I was asking her, not Mica, so she came close to my face and our lips touched...this girl...has really gotten addicted to kissing huh?

“Wa wa wa wa~ Me too~” (Mica)

Not even waiting for my consent, Mica pulled my face away from Livia and clumsily kissed me.

Hmm...I could get used to this…

I looked towards Livia to see her reaction, expecting to be jealous but it seems she’s quiet and even looked like she’s waiting for her turn...umm...why do I get a feeling that I’m being treated as a toy?

“Fuah~with this, you are my familiar! Call me master!” (Mica)

“Familiar? Then, Max is also my familiar?” (Livia)

“Uhm, no. It’s the other way around. It’s because you guys didn’t chant in your mind, while I did.” (Max)

Well, that’s also not true, but they don’t need to know that.

“Eh? But but...” (Mica)

“Now, call me master!” (Max)

“Uuu...master.” (Mica)

“Master~” (Livia)

...Eh? No, wait...girls? I’m just joking you know!?

“Masta~?” (Zoe)

Huh? Why did you suddenly wake up? And even call me master!? I haven’t even kissed you yet!

“...Sorry, I’m just joking. Please stop calling me master.” (Max)

After all, it would be too weird if kids call me master…

“Then call me master!” (Mica)

“No.” (Max)

“Uuu...” (Mica)

Eh? Wait, are you seriously going to cry because of that!?

“Look, there’s no mark on my hand right? That means you didn’t do the contract properly!” (Max)

“Uu...you’re right...then, again!” (Mica)

Suddenly, I was kissed again...after a while, she checks my hand again, then kiss me again...Livia also joined in, seemingly thinking we’re doing some sort of play. As for Zoe...she’s licking my mouth like a dog...it wasn’t a kiss, just licking…

Like that, I spent my time in the bus being kissed on both sides and licked on the front...of course, I made sure no one’s looking at us.

Since we’re on the back row, and with our kiddy height, the people in front can’t see us clearly.

As for Geo, he’s sleeping soundly like a log...Take that pretty boy!

By the time we reached our next destination, my face is covered with saliva because of Zoe so I wiped myself clean with a towel while secretly washing my face with water mist magic.

Livia looked satisfied, Mica was disappointed from not being able to make a real contract, and Zoe is still energetic as if nothing happened.

Fuu, I think I should warn Zoe because I have a feeling she’ll lick other people’s faces like nothing.

“Zoe, you can’t lick other people ok? It’s bad.” (Max)

“Bad~?” (Zoe)

“Yes, but since Zoe will be my pet in the future, I’m fine.” (Max)

“Yay~!” (Zoe)

Doing a banzai pose, Zoe suddenly licked my face again...I just cleaned my face you know!?

Upon licking my face, Zoe’s ponytail started to swing like crazy...is that a tail or what!? How can she move that without shaking her head!?

Sigh...the girls around me sure are weird...not like I have the right to say that…

Still, with this, is it considered that I have completed the Livia, Mica, and Zoe route? Well whatever, let’s just enjoy this life~

Moving in the science center building, we lined up and followed Jenny who kept looking in our direction.

Geez, don’t look at me like that. I’m not doing anything suspicious you know?

With Mica to my left, Livia to my right, Zoe in front, and Geo at the back carrying my bag. I’m definitely not suspicious.

I had Geo carry my bag saying it’s training for his strength and he readily agreed. Hehe, this is why kids can only be kids.

Jenny seemed to want to reprimand me but since she’s busy keeping the other kids from running out of the group, she can’t distract herself.

Upon entering the science center, we were greeted with a huge dome interior filled with the holographic image of the outer space as background.

Waaa~

All the students exclaimed with glittering eyes as they watched the planets turn, spin, and meteors move.

Our tour guide, a middle aged man, started his explanation.

He explained that what we’re seeing is a live feed of the actual space at the moment. Hearing this, several kids raised and shake their hands...oi, are you guys attempting to see the live feed of yourselves!?

Jenny and the middle aged tour guide laughed. Then, seeing as they both laughed, they looked at each other before getting flustered and looked away…

Seeing this, I got irritated.

Damn guy! There’s a ring on your ring finger! You’re clearly married already oi!

As if on cue, the guy also noticed it and immediately removed his ring while Jenny wasn’t looking...so you actually want to cheat on your wife!?

Ah! He’s getting close to Jenny!

Hmph hmph, see how I take care of you!

I made a small part of the floor rise up with earth magic near his feet to trip him!

The whole class laughed, me included, but Jenny scolded us as she helped the bastard tour guide up while blushing...oi, what’s with that lovey dovey atmosphere!? My attack actually backfired!!!???

Tch, since it came to this, I should deal a heavier blow before this develops to the point of no return!

I conjured up a gust of wind in his pocket to push out the ring and make it look like it fell from his trip earlier.

Now!

“Mister, you dropped this. Arere? Weren’t you wearing this before? How come it’s in your pocket now? Oh, it has a date written inside like my mom and dad’s!” (Max)

“Eh...umm...that...” (Cheating Tour Guide)

“Oh, so you were married. Hmph, you should wear your ring at all times. Alright Max, go back to your classmates.” (Jenny)

As expected, even someone like Jenny understood!

“...Why do I get a feeling you were badmouthing me just now?” (Jenny)

“It’s Jenny after all~” (Max)

“Oi, what does that mean!?” (Jenny)

Ignoring Jenny, I went back to Livia and the rest and enjoyed the tour. All this time, the bastard tour guide has lost his motivation and kept giving hateful glances at me.

Since I was irritated, I used a sneezing gas magic that I made when I was a hero in order to give the bastard tour guide a sneezing fit.

Why did I make such a useless magic? Hmph, don’t look down on it, when in battle, if you can’t control your own sneeze, you can only dream about winning!

This is especially made for those battle junkies I have to fight. It’s really too troublesome to deal with them without killing them. If they were thieves, it’s fine, but most of them are knights of the human army so I can’t just go and kill them.

A co-worker noticed him and called their superior. As a result, he was switched out with a new one.

I nodded as I looked at the new tour guide.

Hmm, that hourglass figure, red hair, white silky skin! If I weren't stuck in this kid form, I would’ve hit on her immediately!

Looking at the nametag on her chest, and I say this because I was looking at her chest particularly, her name appears to be Rosalline.

After nodding a couple of times, I marked her on my map.

Yes, map. I have a magic map! It’s a cheat magic where a mini-map appears on my lower right vision. Focusing in it will make it larger and it also has a marking feature.

I can make the marks colored differently depending on categories I made.

For now, I set them into blue for friends, green for acquaintances, red for enemies, yellow for families, black for special people, white for normal ones, and pink for my girls.

Like that, I shamelessly marked Rosalline with pink. Oh, Jenny is also pink too, hehe?

I also marked that bastard tour guide as enemy, red, so that if I come across him again in the future, I will now, and I will still bully him, kukukuku…

I also placed a warning, surveillance, and teleport target spell on the friends, families, and the girls so that I will instantly know if they are in danger and I can instantly go to their side.

Well, surveillance might be too much, but I don’t wanna embarrass myself when the warning spell only triggered when they saw a cockroach or something...besides, at my mental age, do I have to mind when I saw them naked?...No, actually, I don’t wanna see it if it was a man...well, I won’t look all the time anyway, only when the warning spell triggers.

While touring, I made small talks to Rosalline that sometimes made her laugh. Jenny is glaring at me for some reason...eh? She wouldn’t have fallen for me right? Even though I categorized her as my girl, I actually haven’t made any moves besides annoy her. After all, I’m still a kid, no matter what, the age gap is too big. Later, when I have enough mana, I would use a transformation spell to turn myself into her age, only then will I make a move...well, even with that, I can’t be her permanent lover since the spell will eventually wore off.

Well whatever, let’s worry about those stuff in the future~

As we toured, we saw various technology from ancient times, to my precious era, to the technology of today.

The flying cars are explained to be the work of electromagnetic pulses or something...I wasn’t really a science person…

After a while, we bumped into another school that seemed to also be holding a field trip here. From the looks of the students, they seem to be a grade higher than us so they should be 1st graders.

The teacher in charge introduced themselves to be from [Golden Maple School]. If I’m right, that should be a school with primary, middle, and high school? I think it’s also near our [Sunny Bright School] which is only a kindergarten school. Jenny mentioned before that most of the students go to their school after kindergarten.

Which means, I have a high chance of also attending this school. Hmm, so these are my future seniors huh?

The teacher in charge also seemed to be acquainted to Jenny. It’s good that the teacher is a woman, otherwise I might just make another sneezing gas!

“Right, Max. My parents said I will also go to that school, how about you?” (Geo)

Oh? So Geo has already decided huh? I looked towards Livia and the girls to see if they will also go to that school.

However, it seems that they are also looking at me…

“Well, I think I’ll also enroll there. How about you girls?” (Max)

“Un! Me too!” (Livia)

As expected of Livia, so cute~

“H-hmph! Since I haven’t finished our contract, I have no choice but to also attend the same school! Don’t understand!” (Mica)

Umm...you mean misunderstand not understand...right?

“Me too! It’s more fun to go with someone I know!” (Zoe)

This girl only wants to have fun…

“That’s great! I was worried I won’t be able to see Max again...” (Geo)

Oioioioioi, what’s with that BL line!? Are you really gay!? No, Geo’s still a kid, I can still fix this before he becomes full-on gay on me!

While I was convincing myself, I caught sight of a person in the other school’s group.

I think I saw her before...ah! She’s one of the daughters of my parent’s friends that visited me on my birthday before! I didn’t notice her that much since I was bust playing with the high-tech toys they gave me but now...I noticed she’s actually quite beautiful.

Though she’s still a kid, but that expressionless face, that calm aura, long jet black hair, and that piercing gaze!

A wild ice queen has appeared!

Author's Mumblings

Max is getting more and more girls...and also getting more and more indifferent about it. Well, this is the kind of guy he is anyway I guess?

Well, uh...not much to say...

P.S.: Oh, also, I made a cover photo for World Gate Online~