Date A Quest

Date A Quest
Short stories from an appendix of Dragon Magazine 2013/09.

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At Tenguu Kingdom, the country where its peace is blessed by protection from spirits.
All its citizen believed that their state of peace would continued forever.
However — that pipe dream was easily crumbled.
The demon king that was sealed in the northern land awoken and released the monsters to rampaged through the kingdom.
Of course, the king don't just stayed still. He raised an army and stood up against those monsters that rampaged through the kingdom.
That time, the demon king appeared at the king's castle as if it is laughing at the king's effort, and snatched away his beloved princess.
The demon king said. The world's most beautiful woman. The princess deserved to become my wife.
Nobody knew the true intention behind demon king's motives. However, since the princess has been snatched away, the king can no longer attack the demon king's castle.
But, just when the Tenguu Kingdom is in such a dilemma, a young person appeared.
The young person claimed to be a Yuusha who was sent by the spirits and declared to the king to defeat the demon king.
The king then gave the young person a mission to defeat the demon king in desperate.

—And now.
At the farthest of the northern land filled with darkness, the group of Yuusha and the demon king are opposing each other.
"I finally caught you, demon king! Now, release the princess!"
The Yuusha – Tohka made a sharp looks and pointed the tip of the Sacred Sword <Sandalphon> toward the demon king. Yuusha Tohka is a beautiful girl in white armor and a dark purple mantle with a night-colored hair and crystal-like eyes.
"Please be careful! Such a terrific magic power!"
Tohka heard those voices in her ear. When she took a glance at that direction, a lump of light could be seen floating in the air.
The fairy of light, the first person to follow Tohka in her journey.
"Umu. I understood. But I won't lose! Now that I have such a dependable comrade!"
Tohka shouted and fluttered her mantle. Behind Tohka's back, there are her comrades whose she met in the middle of her journey.
A summoner in a vivid green robe – Yoshino. And a warrior in red armor wielding a Hulbert <Camael> — Kotori.
Even though these two are just a weak girl on outside, they are a strong warrior who defeated several hundreds of monsters on their way to the demon king's castle.
"R-Resign yourself. Please stop doing bad things…!"
"Hmp, seems like the only monster left in this castle is you. If you don't want to see some pain, just quickly surrender."
Kotori provoked the demon king, but the demon's king's right and left hands who are standing beside the throne giggled.
"Kuku, these insects are crying something, Yuzuru."
"Laughter. How happy go lucky of you, not knowing your place."
Said that, the twin monsters in a showy uniform of an evil woman leader — Kaguya and Yuzuru bend their back to laugh at the Yuusha group. Incidentally, even though the twins has the same face, their breast sizes are worlds apart. Tohka didn't pointed that out because she is a Yuusha.
"Kuku, what should we do, your majesty. If you wish, we could slaughter such a weak insect in an instant."
"Agreement. They are not worth the hassle of the master."
When the two said, the figure that was sitting on the throne rose up.
The demon king slowly walked forward while her hair keep tickling her shoulder. The demon king then opened her lips.
"—No, I will also fight. If I completely defeated the Yuusha before the princess' eyes, any hopes she had will be lost."
The demon king – Origami said with a quiet voice.
The detached behavior of her is as if she didn't even thought of losing. Tohka grind her teeth in irritation.
"If you think you could do that, then try it! Princess! Please watch! I will defeat the demon king and return the princess to the king!"
She shouted and casted a glance at the lefthand side of the throne.
At the corner of the room — a girl is inside the cell equipped with a steel chair.
She is a tall girl in a gorgeous dress. The golden tiara that decorated her long hair indicated that she inherited the noble bloodline of Tenguu royal family.
However, the cute face of the girl is all gloomy. It's not strange since she has been captured by the demon king — or so Tohka thought, but she looked weird. Her expression is not that of a terror, it is distorted as if she is facing the absurdity.
"This is odd… this is definitely odd."
"Nu? What is odd? Princess Shido."
"That one!"
When Tohka called her name, Tenguu Kingdom' Princess Shidou stuck her finger toward Tohka.
"Why is Tohka a Yuusha and I'm a princess! It's normally the other way around isn't it!?"
And she said such nonsense. Kotori who is waiting behind Tohka's then breath out in irritation.
"This one is a special anyway so don't complain. It don't have anything to do with the main plot anyway."
"No way!!!! And you said a special just now, didn't you!?"
"Kotori, what happened to princess Shidou?"
"She seems to be in panic. I can't blame her. Such a weak girl getting captured in the demon king's castle alone."
"Don't say I'm a weak girl!!! And you even wrote 'girl' and 'she' elsewhere! If this is a first-person narrative then it might be okay, but for the third-person narrative then there's no way to overturn that! Before that, a princess named Shidou is weird in itself! In this world settings shouldn't that be a god of destruction!? I'm going to Behoma dammit!"
Princess Shidou continued in confusion. Tohka and Kotori looked at her with an eye as if they are looking at something painful. They then knitted their eyebrows with "Ku…".
"Damn you demon king! How dare you cornered the princess's mental that far!"
"I… won't forgive… you…!"
The demon king then narrowed her eyes.
"She is mine. I won't give her to anyone. The Yuusha group. You will have to die here."
"Kuku, just as the demon king said. Die while regretting your incompetent."
"Pity. The least I could do is to put your pathetic humans to rest."
"Better watch your mouth! Demon king!"
"We… won't… lose!"
"Hmp, enough useless talk. Let's begin."
"Listen to meeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!"
Princess Shidou shouted at Yuusha group who are getting warmed up without taking a glance at her.
"Okay, let's say I accept that Tohka is Yuusha, and I was snatched away. But then I should be a prince, shouldn't it!? Why  I'm wearing this frilly and loosey dress!? And why I have to wear this erotic panty I have never seen before under my skirt!?"
"…Erotic panty you have never seen before?"
Origami twitched her brows when Shidou shouted with a face as if she is going to cry.
"Eek…!?"
Shidou shook her shoulders at an alarming atmosphere. However, Origami was then stopped by her left and right hands.
"Your majesty, we should be defeating Yuusha first."
"Agreement. You can enjoy the erotic panty of the princess to your heart's content later."
"……"
After the two said so, Origami then faced toward Tohka once again.
A light of magic power starting to flushed within both of her hands.
"After I defeated all of you, nobody will no longer get in the way of me and Shidou. You all must die here."
"That is my words! I'm going to defeat you for real this time!"
Tohka shouted and raise up her sword.
And that was the signal for the start of the battle. Yuusha Tohka and the demon king Origami kicked the floor at the same timing and started exchanging blades and magic powers. The floor and the wall started to tear apart at the shock of their battle.
To support that, summoner Yoshino then summoned a large rabbit <Zadkiel> while warrior Kotori keep swinging her <Camael>.
However, the right and left hand of the demon king don't stood still. Kaguya summoned a spear and Yuzuru summoned a pendulum out of nothing and started attacking Yoshino and Kotori.
Everywhere inside the throne hall, the betting battle to decide the future of the princess, as well as the mankind, between Yuusha group and the demon king and her familiar — has started.
The number of people and their skills are closely matched — But as the battle went on, the demon king group started to have an advantage over the Yuusha group.
"Do you think you could take Shidou away from me with this power? You sure are in a serious misunderstanding."
"Ku… don't underestimate me!!!!"
"——!"
Tohka shouted with all her guts and swing her <Sandalphon>. — However, Origami didn't evaded. Before the blade could touched Origami's body, the ominous aura that is covering her protected her body from it.
"What—"
Tohka's panicked voice leaked out. Origami didn't let that opening escaped and thrusted the magic power in both of her hands into Tohka's belly. Tohka's body is easily blown away.
"Gu…!"

"Tohka…!"
Shidou shouted while looking at the battle of Yuusha and demon king from her cell. If Yuusha lost here, that means the demon king will be able to enjoy Shidou's erotic underwear to her heart's content. Shidou must make Yuusha win no matter what.
"—This is bad. They will lost if this continue."
Shidou heard a voice in her ear. When she took a glance at that direction, a lump of faint light is floating over there without her noticing.
"W-what is this…"
"Ah, I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier. I'm the one who is supporting Yuusha-sama, I'm a fairy of light – Kannaduki."
"……"
When Shidou looked closely at the light, she could see a small human figure with a wing in it. A man with a long hair and a refined features.
However, those features of him are not point of interest to Shidou. The reason is simple. The fairy didn't wear anything on his body.
Furthermore, when looking closely, the light is not something that is covering his body, but the light is shining dazzlingly from his crotch.
"…Why are you not wearing anything?"
"? Fairy of light are all like this."
"…Is that so."
Shidou shook her head to change her mood and continued.
"B-before that, what is that thing from the demon king?"
"My guess is it is a dense magic power that she used to protect her body. It is like she put up a barrier for a limited area. There is no way Yuusha-sama could attack her. She will only be teased by the demon king."
"How come! What can I do…"
"This is not related, but don't you think the word 'tease' is quite erotic?"
"What can I do!"
Shidou raise up her tone and repeated. Kannaduki shrugged lift up his chin thinking of a plan.
"I don't know if it will succeed — but there is a way. But Princess Shidou, you have to lend me a hand."
"W-what should I do!?"
"The source of demon king's power is her evil mind. A corrupted desire. If we do something to that, her barrier should dissolved away. — However, there is no way to disperse those corrupted desire of the demon king easily. But if we could turn that desire toward something else other than the barrier, then she will have an opening for a moment."
"Toward something else…?"
"Yes. To be specific—"
Kannaduki said that and flown under Shidou's legs.
He then flown inside Shidou's skirt and quickly rose up — and rolled up her skirt.
"……!"
That moment, demon king Origami who is still fighting with Tohka widen her eyes.
Next moment, Origami left Tohka and slide the floor while started bursting her camera's shutter she took out from somewhere.
"Wa…!?"
Shidou turned red and put down her skirt. Origami snorted and lifted up her finger.
"One more time. One more time."
"D-Don't joke with me! Before that Origami, don't just take out a camera that ignored this world settings like that!"
"It is okay. This is a magical item created by turning a special magic crystal into a lens-shaped and use light magic to do this and that to print the image onto magic parchment."
"You skipped the important part!"
"That is not important. More importantly, can you change the angle this time and—"
"Tou!"
Tohka then hit Origami who is coming near to Shidou at the top of her head with the Sacred Sword <Sandalphon>.
"Your majesty!?"
"Horror. Don't tell me—"
The demon king's left and right hands spited out those words in disturbance. Of course — Yoshino and Kotori don't let that opening escaped.

And then the demon king is defeated, and Tenguu Kingdom is saved.
After that, the princess Shidou who is back at Tenguu Palace safely became Yuusha Tohka's wife and they lived happily ever after.
"Umu. Please get along with me from now on, my wife Shidou. Let's make Tenguu Kingdom an even better country."
"No, as I said, that's weird. Especially the wife part."

[Ended]