When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace: Volume 7 [Parts 1 to 8] by Kota Nozomi

Author:Kota Nozomi
Language: eng
Format: epub

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...I got heatstroke.

It goes without saying how I ended up that way: our beachside game of tag—which I’d suggested—was to blame. I’d been running away from Juu as fast as I could under the blazing hot sun, on the poor footing of a sandy beach, so of course it had done me in.

Looking back on it, I couldn’t even remember why I’d decided to take running away from him so seriously. Did I think him catching me would mean the game was over...? But, wait— Huh? Would the game being over even have been a bad thing? Why is it such a thing for couples to play tag on the beach in the first place, anyway? What’s the goal? What signals that the game’s over? Hmm... I don’t get this at all.

I sighed deeply as I sat on the shore, looking out over the evening waves. The beach had been jam-packed with people in the afternoon, but now that night had fallen, barely anyone was around anymore. There tended to be a bunch of people playing with fireworks here at night in the past, but enough of them had failed to dispose of their trash properly that the beach had banned fireworks altogether last year.

I glanced up into the sky and was dazzled by the spread of stars above me. I picked out the Summer Triangle, made up of Deneb, Altair, and Vega. Then I found Scorpius, and right above it was...

Umm...wait, which was that one again? Ophi-something or other, I think?

“Was it...Ophisaurus?”

“It’s Ophiuchus.”

Just like that, without warning, a voice cut in and interrupted my muttered musing.

“The constellation Ophiuchus, made in the image of Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine. Asclepius was the son of Apollo, the god of the sun, and was known for being a prodigious practitioner of the healing arts. Too prodigious, in fact, for in his pursuit of his art, he became capable of even bringing the dead back to life—and in so doing, trod into the realm of unspeakable taboo. Resurrecting the dead, you see, brought the wrath of Hades, the god of the underworld, upon him. Hades sought counsel with Zeus, the king of all gods, who in turn struck down Asclepius with a bolt of lightning, ending his life. Indeed...the story of Asclepius is the story of talent so great it turned to tragedy. If he had only been born with the talents of a common man, he would have likely been spared the lightning’s judgment. Mankind is wont to bemoan our lack of talent, but the tale of Asclepius begs the question: could not an excess of talent prove just as miserable?”

His speech ended with a raised tone, as if he were asking a question. As if I would ever have an answer for something like that. “Juu,” I said.

“Hey,” said Juu as he sat down beside me. “You doing okay? I’ve been looking everywhere for you. Thought you’d be in your room at first, but nope.”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” I said. I’d

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