“We’ll probably be stopped in midair.”
I stopped rubbing my ears, still muffled from the change in air pressure, and snapped my head toward her.
“What?”
“There will obviously be a barrier in place, will there not?”
Why are you only telling me that now, after we’ve already launched?
I stared at her without even trying to hide my dumbfounded expression. Commandment’s long, straight eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings.
“Hero, once this vessel strikes the barrier and breaks apart, create footholds with Divine Power. I heard you have done so before, so it should not be difficult.”
“Uh, y-yes!”
“And you will disable the barrier as planned.”
Uh.
So she had a solution.
But wouldn’t it have been better to tell us before we got on?
Even if time was precious, this was the kind of detail that made your heart drop into your stomach.
“…Understood.”
I reluctantly accepted the explanation, covered my ears, and swallowed.
The pressure from the launch and the change in air pressure while climbing had left my ears so blocked that they showed no sign of clearing.
They hurt like hell.
“Urgh…….”
“Ah, what the hell. My ears hurt like shit.”
Wait, hadn’t they said they put magic on this thing specifically to prevent this…?
Was the production time the problem after all?
They said they hadn’t even managed to properly…