The smartest person? That would be me~? - 27

Misono Mika. Even she, who is called the princess of Trinity, had one flaw...

She hates Gehenna. Especially the devils of Gehenna.

What does it mean to dislike a particular race in Kivotos, where humans, beast people, angels, devils, and various other beings live together?

She was a racist, in common terms. A very extreme one at that.

"Why try to stop the Eden Treaty? Ahaha☆ Isn't it obvious? Because I hate Gehenna! There's no way I can trust those liars, right? They'll definitely stab us in the back?"

That's what she would say, so it's self-explanatory.

Then, what is Mika, who went as far as becoming a host to stop the Eden Treaty, doing now?

"N-Nagisa-chan. How about you put down that menacing weapon?"

"No."

"Why!"

"Because the paperwork Mika-san handled yesterday was a mess. There's hardly any proper content, and most of it was just things she let slip by thinking, 'This should be fine, right?' It's hardly written properly."

"..."

She's buried under a mountain of paperwork.

Mika never did paperwork properly even after becoming a host, and because of that, most of the work was handled by Nagisa and Seia...

Perhaps feeling a bit displeased that Seia's host position was taken away, Nagisa isn't helping Mika at all.

"Every time Mika-san makes a mistake in the paperwork, I'm going to stuff roll cake in your mouth-"

"Ah! Isn't this not how you do it?"

"..."

Crash!-

"Where are you going!? Stop right there, Mika-san!"

"Eek!- Not roll cake again!!"

"Then you should just do the paperwork properly from the start!"

In the end, Mika, having made another mistake in her paperwork, is running away from Nagisa.

Rattle- Click!-

"...?"

'What's going on when I'm sound asleep...'

But, just at that moment, Seia, who was sleeping, woke up and came outside.

"W-Whoa! Seia-chan?!"

"...?!!"

'E-Eek?! Mika-chan?!'

A collision was imminent. And Seia is physically weak.

If they collided, regardless of the roll cake, the cute Seia might get hurt.

In less than a second, Mika's brain spun at high speed.

'What's the wisest course of action? If I stop here, I can't avoid bumping into Seia-chan. Changing direction is obviously impossible. Then...'

Thwack!-

In an instant, Mika pushed off the ground and soared into the air as if flying.

"...?!"

Tap!-

She did a full rotation in the air and landed neatly. If there were judges, they would have shouted a perfect 100.

Unfortunately, instead of judges, there was Nagisa.

"Seia-san! Catch Mika!"

"...!"

Squeeze!-

"Eek?! Seia-chan?!"

"Have a taste of roll cake!-"

Stuff!-

"...Mmpph?!!"

It seems the game of tag ended in Mika's defeat.

Now, what's left for Mika is a lot of roll cake and paperwork.

"..."

'...Mika-chan. Take this at least.'

"Mmpph...! Mmmpphh...!"

'S-Seia-chan...!'

Still, Mika got Seia's tail as compensation, so maybe it's not a bad deal.

* * *

'...When will I be able to speak?'

It's been a month since I fell here and lost my voice.

It's frustrating. It's painful.

At first, such thoughts flashed through my mind, but humans are creatures of adaptation after all...

"..."

'It feels like I've gotten used to communicating with expressions and actions...'

While eating lunch quietly and pondering, I thought that I shouldn't be so helpless.

If I stay still and do nothing, nothing will change!

I know this better than anyone, so why did I forget?

Yawn-

With a face that seemed like it would make such a cute sound, I swallowed my side dish and immediately got up from the table.

'I'll get my voice back too!'

It reminds me a bit of the Little Mermaid, but searching for a voice happens in many other stories, so it's probably not plagiarism. Probably.

What's the first thing I need to do to find my voice?

"...!"

'Find a knowledgeable person!'

At least someone with relevant knowledge could help, so I headed straight to Nagisa to find a smart person.

If it's information about Trinity, Nagisa would know best!

Rattle- Click!-

"Seia-san? What is it?"

"...!"

Nagisa expressed her confusion as soon as she saw me. There's no particular reason for me to come looking for her.

I quickly ran to Nagisa and pulled out a pre-prepared sign.

-Nagisa-chan! Do you know who the smartest person in Kivotos is?

"The smartest person? That would be me~?"

"...?"

'Huh...?'

Whoa, Nagisa became strange.

"It's a joke... Please don't look at me like that."

"..."

'She's still strange.'

"I said it's not!"