Transferred to the other world of Auralel

Chapter 9 - Encounter on the Road

Immediately I started freaking out, but I couldn't do too much for risk of waking up Sana, and trying to explain the predicament...I mean c'mon....wait....I share a bed with Sana. Plus if you think about it logically, then it makes sense that Noroi's humanoid form would be in bed with me, considering that's where I had put her last night when she was still a sword.

But that doesn't explain why she's no longer a sword...it has to be connected to that place she dragged my consciousness to before. For now before I start making up any crazy theories as to why she isn't a sword anymore, I should first wake her up and try to get some answers directly.

"Hey....Noroi" I whispered whilst poking her face, "Wake up you useless sword." As the words left my mouth she woke up a little mumbling something along the lines of...repentance? Then before I knew it she was using her hands to sleepily hit my chest. Although I don't feel anything while she's doing this....and it feels like a nice massage, perhaps I should have her do this to my back after the Orc Mission today......wait, I still need my questions answered.

After lightly smacking her cheek, she finally woke up. Stretching and yawning she casually said to me while rubbing her eyes, "Morning~~"

While Noroi was stretching, I felt Sana stirring around on my right. When I looked over I saw her eyes start opening, and the first thing she noticed was the new person in the bed. Then she looked over to me with a smile, and although her mouth was smiling, her eyes weren't...in fact she seemed pretty terrifying at this moment.

After experiencing a terrifying morning, I was made to sit in dogeza, and explain the situation as best I could about who the girl was, and where she came from. 

"So this girl.....is actually the cursed sword, you named Noroi, that you got from Elise?" Sana asked for confirmation, which is understandable. I mean, it is kind of confusing and difficult to understand at first. I'm still curious about how Elise had come into possession of Noroi, before selling her to me. Perhaps, since Noroi must've been a demon lord at some point in history, Elise was probably hoping to one day bring her back to the 'World of the Living' but if that's the case, then why did she sell her to me? Was she hoping I would get possessed by Noroi, as well as making a quick profit? That's a bit evil, but it was a good idea.

After the situation was fully explained to Sana, we chose to move on and take care of our subjugation mission. Before leaving though, I asked Noroi, "Hey are you able to switch between this form and your sword form?" Although I could still take care of the Orcs without a weapon, it would look odd if, all of a sudden, I wasn't carrying the sword I just had. 

While thinking this, she responded, "I should be able to, yes. As long as you can supply the Mana for the transformation, then it should be quite easy. However, with your vast Mana Pool, is there really a reason to carry around a sword?" She asked, tilting her head.

I almost laughed at that moment, cause I could just imagine the question mark appearing above her head. Taking a second to think her question over, I answered her, "Well, it is just as a precaution to not let information on my abilities to be leaked....at least not completely anyway." Yes, by not leaking information on my abilities yet, I won't have to deal with people keeping an eye on me, or worse, assassination attempts.

Holding Noroi's hand, and channeling my mana into her a black smoke, clad in dark electricity, rose around her until her form was hidden from my eyes, I couldn't see her but I felt her hand change from being just a hand, to the steel-ribbed handle I was becoming familiar with. Honestly it was odd, feeling her skin change to metal and then feel it change its form.

When the smoke dissipated, I was holding a sheathed Noroi. I'm curious...does the sheath act as her clothing while in sword form? This question floated through my head, while I strapped Noroi to my waist.