Daybreaker

17-18

17

Fuu-chan has returned to her original small body.

She was back on top of Shifle's head, where she had been before, and she didn't move a muscle.

"Fuu-chan, you were a great summoned beast, weren't you?"

"S-class summoned beast Frezberk..., you made Garuda look so trivial..."

"Fufufu, you can praise me more."

Shifle puffed out her chest with pride as they both exclaimed in surprise.

The blue jewel on the end of her trekking pole was not glowing at the moment.

"I'm sorry, Fuu-chan, I thought I wouldn't be able to rely on you for help."

"Did you really think that, Rei-onee-san?"

Rei apologized while stroking Fuu-chan's entire body.

Shifle seemed to be shocked in her own way as Fuu-chan remained unfazed and let her do as she pleased.

"Shifle, why does this one usually look like this?"

Rinna wondered.

Shifle smiled and looked at Rei and Rinna in turn before answering.

"Because I always want to be with her, that's why."

"Always, together..."

Nodding in agreement, Shifle continued to speak.

"Shifle wants to be with Fuu-chan all the time, and Fuu-chan thinks so too. But they can't be together in its original form."

She gave Fuu-chan a stroke on the top of her head.

Fuu-chan narrows its eyes pleasantly.

A strong bond with her partner of many years.

Rei and Rinna could clearly feel it as well, even if they couldn't see it.

"That's why I usually summon my partner in an imperfect form on purpose."

"So that's the reason..."

"Summon imperfectly?"

While Rinna was convinced, Rei's question was not solved yet.

To her question, Rinna now answers.

"Oh, didn't you know Rei, if the summoner's strength is greatly inferior to the summoned beast's strength, the summoned beast will be summoned in an incomplete form or not listen to orders."

"I see, so a strong summoned beast also has risks..."

"By the way, this form is a Frezberk chick."

Rei finally had all her questions answered, and she looked refreshed.

However, a thought suddenly occurs to her.

"Huh... So I could have been summoned as a baby?"

"That's... not likely, I don't know what level of summoned beast Rei is, but she's human."

Rei shuddered at the horrible thought, but it was unlikely to happen.

It would only happen if the summoner's rank was lower against a powerful being.

A case like that could not happen to Reii, a mere human girl.

However....

Thinking to that point, Rinna came up with a possibility.

"An incomplete SUMMON.... An entity without substance..."

The Sword of Light.

That mysterious power that hides powerful strength.