Chapter 118: The Time It Takes for Masaharu to Don the Nanomaterial Suit Is Only 0.05 Seconds

I left the castle gate and moved to the opposite side of the magistrate’s tower, with the city wall in between.

Excluding exceptions like Lucia and Dura-san, A is probably the strongest in this city.

Purely in terms of status, I might be higher, but when you factor in experience, knowledge, and combat technique, A is probably stronger.

A strong person should naturally have strong detection abilities. If I release my ki or magic power, she should definitely notice.

I lightly bent my knees, raised both hands to chest height, and clenched my fists.

"Haaaaaaa..."

Whether it was ki or magic power, I didn’t know, but I focused my strength anyway.

"Haaaaaaaa..."

Gogogogogogogo...

A dull rumbling sound like an earthquake came from somewhere.

Fwuu...

Even though there was no wind, my long robe started rolling up from around my navel.

Naturally, my dick was fully exposed. Good thing I was outside the city...

But it wasn’t over yet. My power continued to rise. Surely my nipples would be exposed soon too.

"Haaaaaaaaaa..."

Fwuu...

My long robe became horizontal with the ground. From the side, I probably looked like a T-pose.

I didn’t know exactly what kind of power it was, but something was definitely increasing.

Clack... Clack clack...

Several small pebbles at my feet slowly began to rise. Some kind of torrent was ascending into the sky.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Vshuuuuun!

Flash!

Uwah?!

What the—? Both of my fists turned silver.

My wrists were silver too.

My legs were silver too.

My entire body was probably covered in a silver suit.

This suit looks familiar.

『The time it takes for Sahal Hyper Mode to don the nanomaterial suit is only 0.05 seconds.』

Hm?

The voice came directly into my brain from the suit’s helmet? It was Dura-san’s voice.

『I will now explain the donning process.

By Masharu Ooi clenching his fists and raising his power, the interstellar planet federation space military flagship Durangurdasil, located 10 million meters above the planet, sends a donning permission signal. This transforms the nanomachines inside Masharu’s body into a battle suit.

The nanomachines are the silver suit Masharu wore inside Durangurdasil the other day for combat in space. These microscopic nanomachines do not affect the human body and normally dissolve into Masharu’s cells.』

『Why did the suit suddenly...』

『I detected a slight earthquake and an increase in Masharu-san’s bio-energy. I thought some kind of danger was approaching you.』

『Ah. I see. Sorry for worrying you. It’s not a crisis or anything.』

『Understood. I will keep the suit ready for use at Masharu-san’s will. If anything happens, please use it. Strike a pose and shout "Donning!"』

『Thank you very much.』

I see. So I can transform like a tokusatsu hero now.

Is a shiny silver full-body suit okay in a medieval fantasy world?

Actually, it doesn’t feel out of place at all, does it?

It’s basically a slimmed-down version of full plate armor that normal knights wear. It works!

Right now it appeared over my long robe, or maybe the robe itself disappeared into some subspace. Either way, if I put the long robe on over the shiny silver suit, it should look like a normal knight.

Alright. I’ll use it when I need formal attire.

Pyuuuuun...

When I willed it, the suit disappeared and I returned to normal.

Dan!

A red-glowing figure leaped in front of me. It was A, former gatekeeper of Montvant and current captain of the Montvant defense force. Her red armor shone brilliantly — so cool. I should be able to look just as cool!

Anyway, the plan worked. The cosmic tech suit was unexpected, but calling A went exactly as planned.

If a mysterious powerful presence suddenly appeared nearby, A would have no choice but to come deal with it.

A relaxed her tense expression and let out a sigh of relief.

"I suddenly sensed a strong power... I wondered what was happening..."

"Ah. Sorry. I wanted to call you, A-san."

"If you need something, just come visit normally. I thought the Demon Lord’s army was invading."

"I’m really sorry. Visiting the house of someone I’ve never met feels awkward..."

"Is that so? Well, magistrates dispatched from the capital often abuse their authority, so I can understand the feeling. But the magistrate here moved with the citizens when the city was founded, so he’s familiar with many people and is quite approachable."

"I see."

That may be true, but someone like me who’s grown up with email and SNS and even hesitates to make phone calls still finds it difficult to visit a stranger’s tower.

"By the way, can I ask something weird?"

"Sure."

"What did you sense that made you come here?"

"Eh?"

"I mean, just now I raised some kind of power, but I don’t know if it was magic power or fighting spirit... So I wanted to know what you felt."

"Eh? Now that you ask... It was definitely some kind of presence, but it was quite unique. It wasn’t magic power or killing intent. If I had to say, it felt like Sahal’s presence."

"I see."

"Just like it’s hard to describe the difference between pork and beef in words, it’s difficult to put Sahal’s unique presence into words. But there’s no doubt it was a presence I’ve rarely felt before."

"Understood."

"So, was that the matter you wanted to discuss? Or should I return the wine bottle right away?"

"Ah, no. The bottle isn’t urgent. Today I wanted to ask you something."

"Yeah. Ask me anything I might know."

"I’m thinking of going to Marglant."

"Hoh."

"So, if there are any dangerous monsters, dangerous terrain, or things to watch out for along the way, I’d like to know."

"Danger on the road, huh. With your strength as Sahal, I don’t think there’s any real danger... The most troublesome are the higher species of earth dragons that occasionally appear, but as long as you don’t approach them, there’s no problem. Even if you end up fighting, I think you could handle two or three of them. But earth dragons rarely gather in groups. Oh, now that I think about it..."

A suddenly fell silent. She opened her eyes slightly wider and stared into mine.

What’s wrong?

"Sahal has strength comparable to a knight commander, so why were you completely naked when you first arrived in the city..."

Ah, that. So that’s it.

It all started because I reincarnated naked. After that, I got cloth from Iria, but I lost it when riding Iferaski... A had assumed I was attacked by bandits and stripped.

"Um... It’s really hard to explain..."

"I see. You were tricked by a woman, huh."

"That’s right!"

A grinned, so I played along and gave a sheepish smile.

"Are you going to Marglant in that outfit?"

"Yes."

"No no, it’ll be cold. What will you do at night?"

"Ah..."

Crap. I hadn’t thought of that. Good thing I came to consult with A.

I always sleep in the warm kitchen/dining hut with the two macho guys. If I have to camp outdoors on the journey, I might not be able to sleep from the cold.

"Can’t be helped. Come with me for a bit."

"Yes."

I followed her, hoping she’d give me something useful, and my guess was mostly right.