The Beast and the Sword Book 2: The Changes

Page 44: Under Pressure

(Fourth Opening Theme: That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime OP2-Meguru Mono Performed by Takuma Terashima)

-Seventeen Hours Left-

    The rain continued to pour down onto the kingdom as it seemed to have come down even harder as the sound of lighting could be heard overhead. The streets had been empty as most of the citizens had been asleep for the night after the Market Day. The Borrower Family along with the group managed to pull themselves out of the grate as they were all in rain gear.

    "Phew--" Feodora said, "--I am SO glad to be out of there."

    "I don't think I'll be smelling anything for days." Karasu said.

    "Yup, that was definitely a number 3." Theodore said as his eyes were blue, though he had on a cute little coat which made him look like a little plush toy. Immediately Saorise, Prisms and even Asta's eyes sparkled.

    "Aww!" Saorise exclaimed, "Theo you're so cute!" Her body couldn't help but wiggle, "I wanna take you home~!"

    "Me too~!" Prism added as she hugged him.

    "Guys, guys--" Brenin said, "--Not now!"

    "I know he's adorable, but we need to focus right now!" Asta added.

    "But look at this boy!" Saorise said as she held him, "He looks like a cute whittle baby!"

    "Not even, he's a teddy bear!" Prism said.

    "Gawrsh!" Theodore said as his eyes were pink as he looked to be blushing as his tail wagged.

    "Focus you two, focus!" Liam said as he snapped his fingers snapping the girls out of it.

    "Huh---Old habits die hard." Carver said.

    Pluck couldn't help but say as he rolled his eyes, "You can say that again."

    "The Magic Knight Headquarters is on the other side of the road--" Oswalt said as he pointed to the building, "--We should be able to find the Captains in there."

    "I'm still not all for this idea." Dewdrop admitted as she looked nervous.

    "Uh--Pa--" Lake said as she had been on the sidewalk where the sewer grate had been located, "--You might want to come and see this."

    The group looked confused as they stepped up towards the sidewalk; their they had a look of shock as they saw the whole road had been practically flooded--At least to the size that had been currently in now.

    "You have gotta be kidding me!" Robin said.

    "Holy truffles, that's a huge ravine!" Saorise said.

    "Is--Is that supposed to be the road?!" Liam said.

    "Yeah, yeah I know it's long." Carver said.

    "H-huh, I never realized how big everything is from this perspective." Pluck said as he couldn't help but shiver.

    "It looks like the whole road is flooded." Jestson said, "We'll have to find a boat to--"

    The group had been shocked when Feodora suddenly stepped forward and towards the water. They were taken back when she stepped into the water,  as it had reached up to her knees.

    "It's not deep!" Feodora told the group, "We can walk across!"

    "Of course you would go and do something like this." Yuno said.