The person who emerged from the fireplace looked exactly like the image of Santa, with a chubby belly, white beard, and red costume.
The only difference is that the beard around his mouth is dyed red and black.
「Yui didn’t invited this guy, right?」
「Yeah, that’s certainly an uninvited guest.」
Yui nodded and activated her divine object.
Her magical power was concentrated in the black tights that stretched out from the white nightgown.
「Santa was a Variant…?」
Futaba immediately deployed her divine domain.
Only this hall was isolated from the normal space.
Nice decision.
「I’m lured in by a delicious smell…but to think I’ll find that there are humans here who seem to be quite troublesome.」
Santa smiles kindly, but his mouth is full of sharp fangs.
The smell of blood wafts from her mouth.
「Isn’t it your job to hand out presents to children?」
「It used to be that way. Now that I think about it, I wonder why I was imitating leaving a present in front of such a feast.」
Although his tone was gentle, his murderous intent was palpable.
He may have been a good Santa when he was alive, but now he’s just a Variant.
I’m sure there was an official Santa in Scandinavia, but he was a human.
This is probably Santa Claus, who has inhuman abilities that are the basis of legend.
「If there is a variant of Santa, then there really was a Santa Claus…」
Yui looks a little happy.
「What’s in front of you is a reasonably strong Variant. Be careful.」
「I know.」
Since Futaba’s role is to maintain the domain, I had her back down and brought out my black-edged sword.
「There must have been a strong barrier set up around this site, but how did they get through?」
A Variant once breached the barrier I made but she did it with a big commotion.
It would be impossible for anyone to enter without me noticing at all.
「Tonight is a special night for me. I have to make the children’s dream come true after all.」
Is it a time limited ability?
Perhaps chimneys are also included in the conditions for teleportation.
Normally, that would be something very difficult to use.
「That’s nothing but whitewashing. You’re just trying to eat children.」
「That’s right. Children like you!」
Santa, brandishing a white bag, rushed towards us.
「You’re a very old man to treat high school students like children!」
I jumped left and right to avoid the bag that was thrown between me and Yui.
The blow from the bag made an unusually heavy sound and shattered the stone floor.
「Hou! You’re fast!」
Next, the bag swung horizontally approaches me.
I can avoid it by just taking a half step back, but I slide under the bag.
The bag, which had grown three times as long, arrived at the place where I was standing and scraped the wall.
I had a feeling something would happen but to think it was that flexible!
I stood up and attacked Santa.
He was able to avoid the blow with a speed that belied his old age.
However, that is also within my calculation.
Yui’s full force kick was already waiting for the side where Santa evaded.
Santa’s neck bent in a scary way and was kicked into the fireplace.
Furthermore, I burn up that body with magic.
There must be purple smoke rising from the chimney.
「That firewood that looks bad for the environment.」
「Its color looks good though.」
I don’t think so.
When Futaba released the divine domain, a muscular humanoid reindeer with a pipe in its mouth was sitting on a sled outside the window.
What the heck was that?
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