Unlimited Fafnir 06 - Emerald Tempest

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Copyright Notice

Copyrigh 2015

First Edition

Some righs reserved; all wrongs reserved. Tis unauhorized English digi-al publicaion o volume 6 o he novel series Unlimied Fanir may bereproduced or modified wihou atribuion, bu may no be used commer-

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Introduction

is a ligh novel series writen by sukasa and illusra-ed by Korie Riko. Te series is serialized in Kodansha Bunko. Nine vol-umes have been released so ar, as o Augus 2015. Produced by Diomedia,an anime adapaion aired during he Winer 2015 anime season, coveringhe firs hree volumes o he ligh novel.

Tis is volume 6, Emerald empes, volume 6 was released on 01 Oc

2014 by Kodansha Bunko (ISBN: 4063814068 / 978-4063814064).

Story Synopsis

Green Yggdrasils inererence power on Yuu was increasing. o prevenurher invasion, Yuu and he girls headed o Asgards Firs Laboraory.

And hen, Rens aherMiyazawa Kenyaproposed an atackingplan ha used he power Yuu inheried rom HraesvelgrEher Wind.

In order o execue i, Yuu and Ren needed o cooperae, bu he com-municaion beween hem wasn good a all. Tus, he whole class decidedo go o an amusemen park ogeher.

Having given up speakingTe single answer she waned o receive

Wha exacly is he key o open he genius girls hear?Onii-chan Tank you.Te sixh par o Unlimied School Batle Acion sared!!

(Back cover o volume 6)


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Table of Contents

Prologue ..................................................................................... 12

Chaper 1: Silen Genius ....................................................... 15

Chaper 2: Hear o Hear a a Park .................................. 113

Chaper 3: Invading empes o Green ........................... 185

Chaper 4: Eher Wind o Gold ......................................... 275

Epilogue ................................................................................... 334

Aferwords ............................................................................... 347


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Prologue

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A he age when mos people were learning arihmeic,

he young girl was playing wih complicaed equaions haeven aduls had rouble solving.

Te girls iny head was filled wih all sors oknowledge unknown o children o he same age.

Unold numbers o mahemaical heorems, knowledge

gained rom academic exs or illusraed reerence books,

languages or communicaing wih machinesi was im-

possible o coun hem all.However, he soluion o he one problem, which he

girl ruly hoped o solve, eluded her no mater how muchime wen by.

And again, oday, he girl was looking up a he whie

image o someones broad back.Te girls aher was wearing a lab coa, ocused on car-

rying ou some kind o research he whole ime.

He always had his back o he girl.Hence, he girl waned a mehod o make him urn his

head back.


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Te girl cried: Faher.

Bu he did no look back, simply siting in his chair,

saring silenly a he compuer screen.Even so, he girl sill did no give up, calling him relen-

lessly.Fa

Shu up and give me some peace and quie.

However, wha he girl received were his cold words.He scolded he girl angrily wihou even looking back

a her.

Te girl rembled in righ. Te words reaching her

hroa were swallowed.Inside he quie room, all ha could be heard was his

apping on he keyboard.Te girl bi her lower lip hard and held her ears back.

Tus as usual, he girl picked up academic exs and be-

gan o read in a corner o he laboraory.Excep ha her ears were dripping on he open pages.

Te girl did no undersand.

Why her aher reused o look back a her.Days like hese kep repeaing. A some poin, he girl

no longer spoke.


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Because speaking would only incur her ahers irria-

ion.

Despie being ogeher clearly every day, she el lonely.Bu one day, he girl suddenly gained an older siser.

Giving off a omboyish impression, she smiled cheer-ully and greeed he girl.

Im Ariella Lu. Nice o mee you, Ren.


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Chapter 1: Silent Genius

Part 1

in he souhern seas

where Ds, people capable o generaing and using darkmater, were gahered.

Teir powers would awaken wih he onse o second-ary sex characerisics hen disappear when hey reachedmauriy. Hence, he majoriy o Ds were school-age chil-

dren. Tereore, an academywas esablished a Midgard or

he Ds.

Te Academys campus conained all kinds o aciliies.Tere was also a medical building ully equipped wih

cuting-edge echnology.A week earlier, I was severely injured in he batle

agains Yggdrasil and admited o his medical building or

reamen, buPrincipal Im geting sleepy. Can we end his here?

IMononobe Yuuspoke hesianly o he blue-eyed

blonde who was siting on he bed, ace o ace wih me.She looked like a peie girl in her eens bu was acually

Midgards chie adminisraorCharlote B. Lord.


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Dressed in a loose-fiting lab coa, she looked like she

was merely playing docor bu she acually had a medical

license. She was currenly my principal physician o con-duc reamen or me.

Bu afer arriving a my room under he preex o diag-nosis, she had already sayed or as long as hree hours.

Wai, be quie, Im currenly hinking.

Te principal urrowed her elegan brow, pursing herpink lips, concenraing on her houghs. Meanwhile, her

gaze was ocused on he game o Japanese chess on he

board beween us.

Im basically a hospialized paien, righ? I don hinkpulling all-nighers is good or my healh.

Ive already healed your wound. Since your body isback in ull healh, keep me company or a while longer.

Okay, ry his move!

Smack, he principal moved her chess piece and lookedproudly a me.

Yes, my wound originally required a long ime o recov-

er compleely, bu i was all healed now. I was scheduled ogo back o school omorrow.

Tis was only possible hanks o a power possessedby he principal.


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She was he Gray Vampirehe dragon ha con-

rolled oher people by using bodily fluids as a medium.

I heard ha she had managed human sociey rom heshadows he whole ime, prevening humaniy rom de-

sroying isel. My lef arm, conrolled by Yggdrasil, wascurrenly a peace only hanks o he principals power.

Bu in exchange, my lef arm was no longer under my

own conrol eiher.Unorunaely, is over. Here, checkmae.

I sighed and used my mobile righ hand o place my

piece in ron o he king.

Wha!? I can believe you used a capured piece. Tasway oo underhanded! Youre under my dominance righ

now, so don orge I can read your houghs i I waned o,okay? Bu I aced you air and square wihou doing ha!

Te principal ranically spoke and poined a he piece

I had moved.I can help i even i you call me underhanded, because

has wha rules are like or Japanese chess. And I basically

explained in he beginning, righ?Hmmmm Looks like I wasn lisening careully be-

cause I was ocused on memorizing how he pieces moved.


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I never expeced hese acors absen rom inernaional

chess Tis game is more complicaed han I imagined.

Arms crossed beore her ches, he principal sared ahe ended game in chagrin.

I migh be a bi hard playing he firs ime when youneed o memorize los o hings, bu Im acually no ha

good a chess. Once you ge he rules down, Principal,

youll probably play beter han me. Besides, I go oallyhrashed in inernaional chess jus now Yawn Ten

Im going o bed. I cleared up and prepared o pu hechessboard away while yawning, bu he principal showed

displeasure on her ace.Hold on, one more game. Is oo much o a wase o

end hings here when I wen ou o my way o order a Japa-nese chess se jus o play wih you.

Can we jus play again nex ime? Ill be your oppo-

nen any ime Im ree.Rubbing my sleepy eyes, I ried o convince he princi-

pal, bu she made a sulking look and sared o place he

pieces.How could I sleep wihou avenging my deea?

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Given no choice, I arranged he pieces in heir saring

posiions.

Inside he quie sickroom lae a nigh, he principaland I began a second game o chess.

Bu by he way, i really is so similar.Afer capuring my pawn, he principal placed he piece

in her hand and murmured.

Similar o wha?No jus deeaing he enemy bu also bringing hem

over o your own acion o become par o your srengh

don you find his very similar o our relaionship wih

dragons?Promped by he principals quesion, I hough briefly

abou i.Yeah, we gain he powers o dragons by deeaing

hem. Conversely, i we lose, dragons would urn Ds ino

heir maes I really is quie similar o chess now ha youpoin i ou.

I know, righ? As a resul, a single vicory in our war

would grealy affec he overall developmen o he siua-ion. Misuki Mononobe deeaed he Purple Kraken

while you deeaed Whie Leviahan. Replicaing heirpowers was conducive o laer vicories, bu


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Ten he principal showed a gloomy expression.

Undersanding wha roubled her, I lowered my voice

and asked:Youre hinking abou Iris?

My classmae, a lively

and sraighorward girlIris Freyja.During he batle agains Yggdrasil, Iris had used Caas-

rophe wihou going hrough he sep o dark mater. Tere

was a undamenal difference beween Iris generaing Ca-asrophe direcly, versus how Misuki and I replicaed

dragons powers hrough ransmuaion. Tis difference

was so grea ha i migh ranscend he boundaries o wha

i mean o be a DYes, I was wondering his. Suppose Iris Freyja were o

change ino a dragon, whose side would she ake?Looking a he opposing chess pieces on he board, he

principal spoke wih worry.

While moving my piece orward, I looked ino heprincipals eyes.

Iris is human. Shes no a monser like Basilisk.

Falling unconscious rom my severe injury, during myfirs conversaion wih he principal afer I woke up, I heard

ha Iris migh urn ino a dragon, bu I could no accepsuch a suggesion.


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Don make such a scary ace, is jus speculaion. Al-

hough Ive conduced horough physiological exams on

her, I haven ound any anomalous changes in her body. Asa resul, Ive no inenion o reaing her as a dragon.

Te principal smiled wryly and shrugged.Good o hear ha.

I breahed a sigh o relie bu he principal made a seri-

ous ace in response.Compared o wha you are, how you live is more im-

poran. Blunly saed, wheher someone is a dragon or no

is oally irrelevan. On he oher hand, you should pay

more atenion o her and don le her eel roubled by herown exisence.

I undersand.Afer I nodded and answered solemnly, he principal re-

laxed her expression conenedly.

Ive inheried his ile o a dragon oo Bu I chooseo sand on your side, o live his kind o lie. Ive also

gained a riend like you, so Im very saisfied wih my cur-

ren liesyle.Te principals smile conveyed her candid joy. Feeling

embarrassed, I avoided eye conac.T-Te pleasure is all mine


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Perhaps offended by my reacion, he principal poued

unhappily.

However, could you qui speaking so ormally o me?Im playing games wih you as a riend righ now, so heres

no need o care abou hierarchy, okay?Huh? Bu even i you say ha, I

Having spen a long ime a , a place wih a clear

sysem o hierarchical relaionships, I could no help buspeak in a reserved manner o superiors. Tis had become a

kind o habi.

Hmph, youre aking ha respecul atiude again. Fine,

Ive decided! I I bea you a Japanese chess, youre orbid-den o use polie speech wih me again. Also, youll use my

nickname o Charl.H-Hold on. Principal, youre Midgards chie adminis-

raor. I I call you ha, wha would oher people hink?

No problem, jus address me ha way when werealone. OkayIm going o ge serious now.

Te principal pu her smile away and moved her chess

piece wih a smack.Sure, and i I win, youll give up, righ?

I sighed and advanced my piece as well.


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Wha are you alking abou? I inend o play unil I

win.

Te principal smiled proudly.I was rendered speechless and realized ha I was prob-

ably no geting any sleep unil he principal won onigh.

Feeling brigh ligh huring my eyes behind my eyelids,I opened my eyes.

By he ime I knew i, i was already morning. Whie

rays o dawn were sreaming in hrough he window, illu-

minaing he sickrooms inerior brighly.I remember playing Japanese chess wih he principal

las nighracing back my memories, I recalled he previous

nighs evens.

Te principal really reused o give up unless she wasvicorious. aking advanage o my drowsy consciousness,

she won agains me in he hird game. I could no remem-

ber anyhing afer ha, so ha was probably when I ellasleep.

rying o move my body, I el somehing weird. Myrigh arm seemed inexplicably heavy.


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I urned my head righ o see he principals prety ace.

She was lying on my righ arm, using i as a pillow, and was

saring a me wih her gemsone-like eyes.Wha a wonderul morning. Sleeping nex o someone

elses body warmh is kind o nice, acually.Te principal rubbed her cheek agains my arm wih a

comorable look on her ace, greeing me in a genle one

o voice.Wha Wh-Why are you sleeping here, Principal?

Despie a momen o speechlessness, I sill asked.

Because you ell asleep las nigh he momen I won. o

make sure you keep he promise, I decided o wai unil youwoke up. Come, were alone righ now. Don be shy, call me

Charl.Te principal leaned hersel agains me on he bed,

rocking me. A ragran scen was ickling my nose. Making

body conac wih a supple body, I el blood rush o myace and ears.

Y-Youre oo close. Please move away a bi.

I reuse. I won release you unil I ge my reward orlas nighs vicory, because I won olerae you cheaing me

ou o my reward.


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Te principal grabbed me even more subbornly.

Tings were no going o end a his rae.

Go i. Ill keep my promise.I prepared mysel and ook a deep breah.

Good, ready any ime.Te principal waied exciedly or me o speak.

Meeing he principals gaze, I spoke like a riend:

Good morning, Charl.Insanly, a smile bloomed all over he principals ace.

Wow, you did i! Excellen, has more like my riend!

Te principal rubbed my head happily.

While her delicae fingers combed hrough my hair, Iel boh embarrassed and exremely comorable. Wih

hese indescribable eelings, I exhaled.Is his enough?

Yes, Im happy now. Since you lisened o my unreason-

able demand, I mus do everyhing I can or you in reurn.Te principal sraighened her relaxed expression and

coninued seriously:

Ever since he gian ree, osensibly Yggdrasil, appearedin Japan, he inererence power affecing you has been in-

creasing. Even I canno ell how long I can suppress i, so


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we mus find a way o ake down Yggdrasil as soon as possi-

ble.

Bu didn you say beore ha deeaing Yggdrasil re-quires wiping ou all plan lie rom he Earh? Or maybe I

should pu i his way I such drasic measures are re-quired o deea i, wha exacly is Yggdrasil?

I posed a quesion I had no asked beore. I was a bi

awkward o speak because I had o inenionally avoid usingpolie language.

When I conrolled you, I sensed Yggdrasils rue na-

ure Bu I don have proo. Currenly, I am asking As-

gards laboraory o perorm verificaion and I believe herewill be response soon. Ill ell you he deails laer.

Asgard So is a research aciliy o he higher-ups.Asgard was an inernaional organizaion in charge o

dragon-relaed policies, he superior agency ruling over

Midgard and . Mos likely including he principals rueideniy, hey were privy o many secres. Oherwise, As-

gard would eel suspicious abou how he principal was able

o obain inormaion regarding he ruh o Yggdrasil.Gahered here are he worlds mos prominen re-

searchers on dragons, counable on one hand. Believe in meand hem; res properly and wai or he ime o ac.


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Go i. Ill believe in you, Charl, and bide my ime.

Seeing me nod, he principal smiled conenedly.

Bu a ha momen, he sickrooms door opened.Mononobe, is morning already! Have you woken up?

Enering he sickroom was he girl whom he principaland I had discussed las nighIris Freyja.

Eh?

Iris was originally smiling cheerully, bu he momenshe saw us, her expression roze insanly.

My classmaes rom Brynhildr Class were also showing

up behind her.

Nii-san, I heard you were coming back o class saringoday, so I came o pick

My litle siser o no blood relaionsMononobeMisuki. Upon seeing he principal lying in bed wih me,

her enire person roze.

Te price or downloading pre-civilizaion weapons da-a rom Yggdrasil was ha I had los virually all my memo-

ries beyond hree years ago. Hence, I did no have my

memories rom when Misuki and I were sill amily, andmore ofen han no, I did no know wha she was hink-

ingBu now was an excepion.


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Her ace was red, eyebrows raised and eyes saring in

anger. Anyone could ell wha Misukis curren emoions

were.N-Nii-san Wha on earh are you doing?

Poining a me, Misuki cried ou in a rembling voice.Enering he room afer Misuki, he ohers also ques-

ioned me wih heir aces red.

Mononobe Yuu! Wha is he meaning o his!?Lisa Highwalker glared a me, her long blonde hair al-

mos abou o rise verically.

Mononobe-kun and he principal Wha did you wo

do?Always reading, never showing much change in expres-

sion, Firill Cres was showing a erriying smile.No air ha only he principal ges o do his! ia wans

o sleep wih Yuu oo!

Te young girl wih wo red horns on her headiaLighning. Only her reason or being angry was differen

rom he ohers.


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D-Don do ha, ia. Is no allowed.

Ariella Lu ried o dissuade ia. Her ribbon-ied pony-

ail also jumped.Mm!

Ren Miyazawa also kep nodding, her red hair swaying.Wai, h-his is a misundersanding! Lisen o me, all o

you!

I ranically ried o find an excuse, bu he principalspoke up as hough inerruping me:

Hmm, i looks like he Academys sudens have

caugh sigh o my unseemliness. Acually, I was locked in

an inense batle unil lae las nigh. Uterly exhaused, I ellasleep wih him like his.

Te principal go off he bed nimbly and explained hereason o he group.

Bu afer lisening o her, all he girls aces wen even

redder.A-An inense batle unil lae las nigh?

Repeaing he principals words in shock, Misuki

looked like she was geting some kind o weird misunder-sanding again.


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Im a bi sleep-deprived Bu since heres business

maters o handle oday, I need o ge back o he principals

office firs. Work hard on your sudies, everyone.Ignoring he girls reacions, he principal walked o he

door.Te jus beore exiing he room, she looked back and

smiled proudly a me.

Ill pracice seriously rom now on and overwhelm younex ime. Ill make you scream. Prepare yoursel.

Leaving behind words ha could easily cause misun-

dersandings, he principal lef he sickroom.

Lef behind, I looked in repidaion a he people gah-ered.

ia was saring wide-eyed while he ohers were red inhe ace, glaring sharply a me.

Nii-san Even hough I said ha impure relaions be-

ween sudens were orbidden, I never expeced you omake a move on he principal

Seeing Misukis clenched fis shaking nonsop, I shook

my head and denied in ull orce.I-Is no like ha! Las nigh, we were only playing

Bu Firill inerrogaed me in a fierce one o voice aferhearing my explanaion.


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You were only playing wih he principal? A de-

praved adul relaionship?

Sop hinking in wrong direcions! My conscience is o-ally clear!

Alhough I explained as much as I could, hanks odeep misundersandings, i ook me a very long ime beore

I could ge he girls o accep my explanaions.


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Part 2

, -Why did you no say so earlier i allyou were doing was playing Japanese chess?

Along he way rom he medical building o BrynhildrClass, Misuki remarked wih displeasure.

No, I already said i who knows how many imes, bu

you won believe meI sighed in exhausion.

B-Because i sounded oo much like an excuse Oh,

puting ha aside, how are your injuries, Nii-san?

Misuki changed he subjec in embarrassmen andshifed her gaze o my lef arm and abdomen.

I had changed ino my uniorm wih my lef arm in acas. Alhough i was covered by clohing, my abdomen was

also wrapped in bandages.

Don worry. Alhough my lef arm migh ake a whileo heal up, I hink he abdomen bandages can be aken off

soon.

Alhough o ohers, i migh look like I had sufferedgrievous injuries, hanks o he principals abiliy, my

wounds had long recovered.


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Te cas was a disguise o mask he immobiliy o my

lef arm while my abdomen did no acually need bandag-

ing. For hose who knew neiher abou my relaionshipwih Yggdrasil nor abou he principals power, he cover

sory was ha I had suffered a racure.Ta is a relie, bu please do no overexer yoursel.

Please observe insead o paricipaing in and pracical

classes.Go i. Tanks or worrying abou me.

Eh Oh, yes.

Hearing me hank her, Misuki nodded somewha in

surprise, her cheeks urning red ainly.Maybe he way I was alking did no sound like mysel.

I occurred o mei I saw Misuki asamily, I mighno be hanking so solemnly in his kind o siuaion. Bu

having los my memories, o course I could no possibly

know he righ answer.Misuki-san, you worry oo much. Tis level o injury is

compleely nohing seeing as i is Mononobe Yuu.

Lisa ouched my cas rom he side.Due o knowing he whole sory, she was also clearly

aware ha my lef arm was uninjured.


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Lisa So Mononobe-kun is acually ha reliable in

your view?

However, Firill inerpreed Lisas words differenly andinerjeced in a playul one o voice.

Wha, I never Uh, afer all, since he is he one whorescued my parens rom Yggdrasils evil grasp, I won re-

gard him as unreliable, bu Umm

Blushing, Lisa seemed especially flusered.Seeing her reacion, Firill smiled.

And you wo have preended o be a couple beore. Im

a bi jealous ha your relaionship wih Mononobe-kun

has goten so close all a once.Saying ha, Firill leaned in. I could no help bu eel

flusered rom he conac beween her volupuous busand my elbow.

H-Hey, Firill?

Lisen, Mononobe-kun, even or jus a momen, playhe par o my boyriendor raher, play he par o my

prince.

Looking a me wih a pleading and endearing expres-sion, Firill made such a suggesion.


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Wai, Firill-san! I simply asked him o play he par o

my boyriend ou o necessiy, bu righ now, here is no

need or him o play a prince.Beore I could answer, Lisa pulled me away rom Firill.

Eh Tas so unair, Lisa, hogging everyhing.I-Is no unair! I am simply mainaining public morals

on Misuki-sans behal.

Lisa looked away rom Firills glare o dissaisacion.Her answer sounded like an excuse.

Y-Yuu! ia wans Yuu o play husband characer oo!

Bu his ime, ia pounced on me rom behind wrap-

ping her arms around my neck, choking me.-ia, I-I can breahe

Don do ha, ia, Mononobe-kun is sill injured.Seeing he siuaion, Ariella cauioned ia.

Oh, sorry! Does i hur?

ia ranically jumped down and apologized o me inworry.

No, Im fine. I was jus hard o breahe. Jus as Lisa

said, his level o injury is nohing.Tank goodness, bu ia is unfi o be a wie, ailing

o consider husbands injury.ia breahed a sigh o relie bu go depressed.


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I-Is no like ha. Ill eel cheerul as long as I can see

you lively and energeic, ia. No one will say youre unfi o

be a wie.I ried my bes o console her. Immediaely, ia looked

up a me and said as hough examining my ace:Really? Ten You hink so oo?

Eh, well, o course, bu Im jus giving an objecive

opinionGiven wha I had already said, I could no reue my

own words, so I had o nod ambiguously.

Objecive opinion? ia doesn ge wha ha means,

bu Yuu approves o ia as wie! Ten Yuu, les ge mar-ried!

However, my ambiguous answer did no work on ia.She raised her arms and cheered wih a joyul expression.

W-Wai, hose are oally separae hings

No marrying a wie whos no unfi, ha would beweird!

Maybe you have a poin, bu

Cornered by ias logic, I could no help bu ake a ewseps back.

However, jus as I was abou o be rapped, someoneexended a helping hand.


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ia-chan, please don make hings difficul or

Mononobe.

Iris had inervened in ias conversaion wih me. Armsakimbo, she spoke o ia.

MuuuIris is always geting in ias way. So Iris wanso marry Yuu oo, righ?

Ehhh!? I-I

Iris insanly blushed o her ears. She secrely glanced ame rom he side.

Bu as hough suddenly realizing somehing in alarm,

she looked in Misukis direcion hen shook her head hasi-

ly. N-No, is no like ha. ia-chan, wha I mean is you

can ge married a your age. I you make a uss, youll be anuisance o Mononobe

Iris answered wih a suffering look on her ace. Seeing

her expression, I el a sabbing pain in my hear.Iris knew ha he me beore I had los my memories

used o have an engagemen promise wih Misuki. Because

I had old Iris ha he real Mononobe Yuu probably lovedMisuki he mos.


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Ever since, Iris always worried abou Misukis eelings.

Surely, she was considering wha would happen afer I re-

covered my memories.CurrenlyIris and I were deeply in love wih each

oher.However, Iris seemed o have prepared hersel or he

presentsae o affairs o be los evenually in he uure.

Hence, I was no confiden a all wheher hese curreneelings were legiimae, because I could no be cerain

wheher hese eelings migh waver.

Tus, in he roughly wo monhs ha had passed since

Iris and I conessed our eelings o each oher afer he Basi-lisk batle, our relaionship had no advanced a single sep.

Neiher advancing nor regressing, i simply remained sa-ionary while ime coninued o flow by.

Feels like Iris never speaks he ruh.

Perhaps sensiively noicing Iriss eelings, ia grum-bled wih dissaisacion.

N-No! Im no lying! Righ, Ariella?

Huh? Wellias age definiely canno marry. I donhink heres a need o rush o ge married. You should en-

joy he curren lie more. Teres so many hings o do be-ore marriage.


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Suddenly called ou, Ariella answered in a bi o a di-

lemma.

Really!? Ten wha kinds o hings need o be done be-ore marriage?

W-WellI did no know wha Ariella was hinking o, bu she

wen red and sammered ambiguously.

Hey Ariella, ell ia!ia ugged Ariellas arm and begged her o answer.

I el bad or Ariella bu breahed a sigh o relie ha he

subjec o conversaion had moved on rom me.

Perhaps o escape ias quesioning, Iris also lef us in ahurry, going off on her own. Insanly losing someone o

alk o, I looked around me wih nohing else o do.We happened o have reached a connecing corridor

beween buildings, overlooking he schools couryard and

spors ground.A pile o abandoned scrap, probably rom he school

esival, could be seen in a corner o he school.

My classmaes and I had prepared and opened a Japa-nese eahouse or he school esival.

ragically orced o cross-dress, preending o be a cou-ple in ron o Lisas parens, fighing Yggdrasils clone


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Now ha I hough abou i, hose were wo exremely busy

days.

And only a week o ime had elapsed since hen.While I was immersed in reminiscence, I noiced ha

jus like me, Ren was saring ou a he school esival scrap.She looked especially orlorn rom he side o her ace.

Hesianly, I ried o ask her:

Ren, whas wrong?

She hrew a glance a me bu did no say a word.

Bu ha was how she always behaved. Ren always an-

swered briefly wih an mm, yped on a erminal, or re-sponded wih silence.

I had never had normal dialoguewih Ren so ar.Bu somehow, I had already grown accusomed o in-

eracing wih her wihou he use o words and language.

We were naurally able o achieve communicaion.I she responded wih silence, i was a signal ha she

did no wish o broach his subjec.

Hence, I did no pry and swiched o anoher opic.Bu anyway, so much happened during he school esi-

val. Ren, did you enjoy yoursel?Mm.


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Tis ime, she nodded in response.

Wha did you find he mos un, Ren?

Ren hough or a while afer hearing my quesion henyped on her porable erminal and urned he screen

owards me.Rossweisse Classs hauned house eh. Yeah, ha

definiely was a blas.

I read ou he words shown on he screen and smiledwryly.

Rossweisse Class was where he younges Ds in Mid-

gard were gahered. Teir hauned house consised o cos-

umed girls rying o scare visiors, bu since all hey didwas scream and play around, i was no scary a all.

However, simply waching young girls playing aroundin exciemen would bring a smile o ones acealhough

i was iring, I ound i o be a un aciviy or sure.

Due o Yggdrasil, he aferpary had o be suspended,bu i heres anoher chance, Id really like o enjoy hing

rom sar o end compleely.

Mm.Ren answered in agreemen. A bonfire pary was origi-

nally planned or evening esiviies. Wihou seeing hebonfire, i el like a proper conclusion was lacking.


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Oh Now ha I hink back, heres so many hings o

do apar rom he aferpary. I didn ge o visi all he

homerooms, and despie his rare visi rom my parens, Ididn even gree hem once

I sighed heavily.While I was unconscious afer he inciden wih Major

Loki, my parens already lef Midgard. Since meeing hem

direcly migh expose he ac o my memory loss, in a cer-ain sense, i was quie orunae.

Even hough i was unavoidable, I sill could no avoid

geting ormened by guil or eeling hank goodness in-

side.

Tis ime, Ren responded wih silence. However, I gohe sense ha raher han reusing o answer, she was ex-

pressing her empahy or wha I el. Te same orlorn ex-

pression rom earlier suraced on he side o Rens aceagain.

Is here someone you wan o mee during he

school esival, Ren?Feeling his inexplicably, I ried o ask her.

Rens shoulders immediaely shook. She looked downas hough hesiaing on how o answer.


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However, i looked like I was no oo ar off he mark.

I knew nohing abou Rens origins and amily back-

ground, so I had no idea who she waned o mee a heschool esival, bu

I you wan o see he oher person, youll see hemevenually. Don worry.

I placed my hand on her red hair and encouraged her.

Tere was no proo bu I had a preceden. Misuki and Iwere only able o reunie a Midgard because o he effor

she had dedicaed owards waning o see me.

However, Ren kep shaking her head under my palm.

Oh, sorry.I hough she haed being ouched on he head, so I

hasily wihdrew my hand.Ren shook her head again as hough saying has no

wha I mean. She yped on her porable erminal hen

showed me he words.I don wan o see him. I hae ha kind o person he

mos?

I read ou he words on he screen. Ren immediaelynodded in confirmaion.

By ha kind o person Wha kind o person do youmean?


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I asked Ren whom she was reerring o.

However, Ren kep her lips shu ighly wihou an-swering he quesion and looked away.

Evidenly, she was no going o say more.Alhough Rens relaionship wih me had become

slighly more harmonious compared o he very beginning,

here was sill a all barrier beween us.One day, will I be able o become beter riends wih

her, even o he poin o having a dialoguewih her?

While hinking his, I glanced sideways a he young

red-haired prodigy.


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Part 3

our days afer I resumedatending classes.

weny-five years ago when he firs dragon disaserook place, Japan suffered he mos severely as he locaion

where Vrira made is appearance. Alhough he Greaer

okyo Area was devasaed, reconsrucion afer he acproceeded quie rapidly because he Japanese delayed re-

sisance and rerained rom conducing useless atacks. No

signs o he ragedy remain visible anymore. However, oh-

er counries chose o figh o he very end. Te polluioncaused by chemical and nuclear weapons has hampered re-

consrucion effors.During second period, Shinomiya Haruka-sensei was

lecuring on modern hisory.

Her long black ponyail swayed every ime she walkedback and orh a he lecern.

She was boh Midgards commander and he home-

room eacher o our Brynhildr Class.As you all know, Japan is also he counry wih he

highes incidence o Ds. Hence, during reconsrucion,many Asgard aciliies were buil on reclaimed land along


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okyo Bays shore. Furhermore, here is a large-scale

base. An imporan sronghold agains dragons, rom o-

kyos perspecive. Te people who promoed he consruc-ion o hese aciliies are Asgards firs leader and Japans

prime miniser a he ime. Tis will all be on he exam, soplease pay atenion. Iris Freyja, given your grades, you

don have he luxury o napping in class, do you?

Hwah!? Y-Yes!Frequenly nodding off o sleep, my neighbor Iris re-

plied ranically a he call o her name.

A his momen, he classrooms door suddenly opened.

Sorry or inerruping he lesson, bu I have an exreme-ly urgen announcemen.

Principal Charlote and her secreary, Mica Suar-san,showed up. Dressed in a maid uniorm as usual, Mica-san

was holding a sack o paper.

Principal, wha exacly is he mater?Shinomiya-sensei asked wih concern.

Asgards Firs Laboraory in he eas has proposed a

possibilityha migh be able o deea Yggdrasil. o veriyhe plans easibiliy, hey have asked us o send Mononobe

Yuu o assis hem.Why does Nii-san have o go


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Misuki asked. All eyes gahered upon me.

Seeing everyones reacions, he principal added o her

explanaion.Tere is somehing you have no been inormed ye

Afer deeaing Hraesvelgr, Mononobe Yuu gained he abil-iy o replicae Eher Wind using dark mater. When

fighing Yggdrasil, ha Eher Wind migh come in handy.

Wha!? When exaclyMisuki glared a me. Her ace seemed o be saying:

Why did you no ell me?

Don blame him, because during he process o verifi-

caion experimens, I warned him he mus neiher disclosehe ac nor carelessly generae Eher Wind.

Te principal smiled wryly and appeased Misuki.In ha case, Principal, do you inend o accep heir

reques?

Shinomiya-sensei wen back o he main opic andasked he principal.

Yes. And no jus Mononobe Yuu, I inend o send all

members o Brynhildr Class o head orh as he DragonSubjugaion Squad. Once i is known ha he plan is easi-

ble, you will go direcly o srike Yggdrasil. O course, I willsend addiional personnel when he ime comes.


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Afer he principal replied, Mica-san, who had been

sanding on he side, walked up insanly.

Tese are leters o insrucions issued o all o you.Please accompany hem as he commanding officer, Ha-

ruka-san.Mica-san disribued he papers in her hand o us.

Writen on hem were orders dispaching us o he Asgard

laboraory in Japan, auhorizing us o leave Midgard empo-rarily.

Insan deparure? Isn his oo rushed?

Afer reading he leter o insrucions, Shinomiya-

sensei rowned.I a means o deea Yggdrasil exiss, hen i mus be car-

ried ou as quickly as possible. Te Yggdrasil ha has ap-peared on Aokigahara is growing bigger day by day. Te

range o mechanical anomaly is also expanding gradually. I

ear ha he longer we delay, he more disadvanageous iwill be o us.

Fair enough, bu somehow, I eel ha you seem quie

anxiousShinomiya-senseis words conveyed sligh worry.

Nohing o ha sor. Anyway, you will sar preparingo head or Japan immediaely.


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Alhough he principal denied wha Shinomiya-sensei

said, I knew she was lying.

She was anxious or my sake. Along wih weapons daa,Yggdrasil had ransmited somethingakin o a compuer vi-

rus o my brain. Once he invasive sae increased dramai-cally, even he principal would be unable o sop Yggdrasil

rom conrolling me.

Hence, Yggdrasil mus be deeaed as soon as possible.Undersood. Everyone, we will reurn o he dormi-

ories o prepare.

Lisa nodded and called or everyone o move.

Yes! We mus ge o Japan earlier!Iris concurred wih a solemn expression.

Since Lisa and Iris knew abou my relaionship wihYggdrasil, hey probably undersood he principals anxiey.

I agree Besides, I canno allow Nii-san o go alone. I

have no objecions.Misuki agreed wih a serious expression. Firill and ia

also nodded.

Te Firs Laboraory o he Far Eas Branch Donell me is

Bu or some reason, Ariella showed a grave expressionand mutered o hersel.


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Mm

Beside her, Ren also made a complicaed expression.

Ariella and Ren, whas wrong?I asked ou o curiosiy, bu Ariella smiled wryly and

dodged he quesion.Eh? Oh, nohing much. Tis has nohing o do wih

you, Mononobe-kun, so don mind us.

Ariella replied while puting her hand on Rens shoul-der.

Don worry, Ren, Ill be a your side.

Mm

Hearing her say ha, Ren nodded lighly in response.Alhough seeing hem like ha worried me, since Ariel-

la said i had nohing o do wih me, I could no pry any ur-her.

Nii-san, le us reurn o he dorm oo.

Oh, sure.Urged by Misuki, I lef Ariella and Ren.

Japan was he counry where Misuki and I were born

and raised.Bu o Ariella and Ren, perhaps i was a place o com-

plicaed backsories.


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Part 4

locaed souh o Japan.Compared o Firills homeland ha we visied beore

he Principaliy o Erlia in Europei was no ha ar awayrom Japan.

Hence, we ook a long-disance ranspor helicoper di-

recly rom Midgard o Japan, buOoh I have had enough o his.

Lisa remarked irriably inside he cramped helicoper

cabin. Te propellers were noisy and even siting nex o Li-

sa, I could barely hear her voice.Wih our o us siting agains each side o he wall, we

waied quiely o reach our desinaion.Siting on he opposie row o seas, Misuki and he

ohers showed weariness on heir aces.

Wihou large windows inside he cabin o offer a viewo he ouside scenery, here was a srong sense o isolaion.

Te requen vibraions caused our arms o shake, making i

impossible o kill ime hrough reading.Even so, Firill sill ried o read a book in he beginning,

bu since ha would definiely resul in airsickness, I confis-


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caed her book or he ime being. My decision was proba-

bly correc since she had quickly goten seasick on a ship.

Las imes helicoper ride was clearly much more com-orable

Siting on my lef, Iris said in boredom.Because his is a miliary ranspor used by as well.

Unlike civilian ranspors, comor is no a consideraion,

bu well probably ge here soon. Iris, Lisa, jus hang inhere a bi longer.

Checking he ime on my porable erminal, I encour-

aged he wo girls.

We should be almos here. I was sill a par o nooo long ago, so I was already used o his kind o uncom-

orable ranspor. However, i mus be quie a harsh expe-rience or Iris and he oher girls.

Mos likely, he principal prioriized speedabove all else

despie knowing his. ime migh be more pressing han Iimagined.

I sighed a he sigh o my lef arm in he cas.

I mus no repea ha misake ever again.Looking a Lisas delicae neck while she was siting on

my righ, I warned mysel.


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Conrolled by Yggdrasil, I had srangled Lisas neck, ry-

ing o suffocae her. Had he principal no arrived o he

rescue, hings migh have developed pas he poin o no re-urn.

Wha is i?Noicing my gaze, Lisa asked in puzzlemen.

Oh, nohing much Umm, your neckI was worried

wheher any marks were lef behind.Despie eeling embarrassed, I sill answered Lisa.

You sill eel guily abou wha happened? Im fine al-

ready. Alhough he finger marks sayed or a while, heyre

all gone by now.Lisa replied in exasperaion. Her reply was drowned

ou by he propeller noise. Apar rom me, no one heardher.

I see, has good o hear.

I could finally breahe a sigh o relie.By he way, jus o be clear Even i marks were lef

behind, I would no resen you, okay?

I know, because youre so nice, Lisa.I nodded and smiled wryly bu Lisa blushed in embar-

rassmen.


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Wha!? Wh-Wha do you mean by nice? Is no like

ha, i was simply my own carelessness Youre he one

who is nice.Huh? Me?

I was surprised o hear his unexpeced response.For my sake, you acceped his job o play he par o a

couple and even worried his much abou me You are oo

nice; is so unair.For some reason, Lisas one o voice sounded a bi an-

gry.

No, bu playing a couple was par o he deal when you

agreed o lisen o my roubles, righ?Indeed ha is rue, bu even wihou any erms o ex-

change, upon seeing me in rouble, you would have agreedo my reques eiher way, righ?

Well I guess I wouldve agreed.

I Lisa really was in rouble, I could no leave her wih-ou assisance.

Ta is why Im calling you nice, and because you are

such a nice person, ILisa gazed a me wih moisened eyes. Due o he pro-

peller noise, I could no hear wha she said a he end.


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Ten jus like ha, Lisa resed her head agains my

shoulder.

Li-Lisa?Feeling my hear rae rise, I called her name.

I eel a bi sleepy. Lend me your shoulder.You can sleep in his kind o noise?

Indeed, as long as I have my lovers body warmh.

Lisa smiled genly and closed her eyes.Wha

Jus kidding.

Wih her eyes closed, Lisa replied wih laugher in her

words.Ten she really slep peaceully or real.

Nex, someone ugged my clohing rom he lef side.I looked over o mee gazes wih he pouing Iris.

Wha are you and Lisa-chan alking abou?

U-Umm Nohing imporan.Discussing wheher I was nice or nohis sounded

oo embarrassing, I could no say i ou.

Hmph Mononobe, you really seem like a real couplewih Lisa-chan.


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Iris made a jealous look. Ten looking a Lisa who was

sleeping on my shoulder, she leaned agains my oher

shoulder oo.Hey, Iris?

Im sleeping oo, Mononobe, so don move.Saying ha, Iris closed her eyes.

Wih Iris and Lisa leaning agains me on boh sides, I

could no move. Giving up, I served obedienly as heir pil-low.

Bu suddenly eeling gazes rom he ron, I looked up.

Seaed opposie o us were Misuki, ia and Firill, glar-

ing coldly in my direcion.Alhough hey were showing scary expressions on heir

aces and seemed o be saying somehing, I could no hearhem due o he propeller noise.

T-Tis can be helped

I knew my voice could no reach hem bu sill deend-ed mysel and siffly avoided heir gazes.

Ignoring us, Ren and Ariella simply sared ino space

wih rozen expressions.I was roughly hal an hour laer when an inernal line

announced ha we had reached he desinaion.


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Te helicoper landed on a helipad on he roo o a

high-rise building somewhere.

Ending he long journey, we dragged our weary oo-seps and go off he helicoper. I was currenly 10pm a

nigh. Since he longiude here was similar o Midgards,here was virually no ime difference.

Tis was probably he Asgard laboraory locaed in he

okyo Bay area. Rows o undecoraed pure whie buildingssurrounded his building, reminiscen o a hospial.

Te helicoper insanly flew away afer we disem-

barked. According o Shinomiya-sensei, i was apparenly

flying o a nearby base o reuel.Kyah!

A srong gus o wind blew, causing Iris o hold downher hair. Compared o Midgard, he air emperaure was

much lower, bu no o he poin o chilliness. My sense o

seasons had numbed due o being on a ropical island, bunow ha i was Sepember, Japan was enering auumn.

Te sun had already se in he wes. Illuminaed by

brigh sreelighs he sky showed a murky purple-red hue.Wih almos no sars visible, here was only he moon hang-

ing high in nigh sky wih he occasional aircraf lighs


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crossing back and orh. Te scenery on he shore was hid-

den behind deep darkness.

Bu jus by urning my gaze inland, I was insanlygreeed by a magnificen scenery o he nigh. Red lighs

flashed on he roos o high-rise buildings. Counless doso ligh leaked ou rom windows, decoraing he brighness

o urban areas. Rows o conneced lighs were surely head-

lighs rom cars driving on highways.Tis is okyo.

My homeown was arher inland. Besides, I had al-

ready los all memories prior o hree years ago, so I had no

recollecion o his scenery, bu or some reason, a hin oemoion resembling nosalgia flashed across my hear.

I only visied okyo a ew imes when I was young, bueven so, here is his eeling like reurning o my home-

own.

Misuki seemed o be eeling similar emoions whileshe remarked wih a wry smile.

Well, is because weve already lef Japan or hree

years. Well sill eel his way even i is no a ciy where welived.

While looking ou a he sars winkling on he ground,powered by elecriciy, I concurred wih Misuki.


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In conras o he ciy ceners dazzling brighness, he

reclaimed land on shore was only sparsely illuminaed.

Many aciliies were probably desered during he nigh.ia is so happy o come o he counry where Yuu was

born!ia was originally eeble when she firs go off he heli-

coper, bu had recovered her vialiy now, bouncing

around energeically.Bu by he way No one came ou o receive us.

Lisa looked around. Her long blonde hair was flutering

in he srong gus o evening breeze.

On his roo equipped wih a helipad, he only peoplevisible were Shinomiya-sensei and he sudens o Bryn-

hildr Class.Do we have o ener on our own?

Firill poined a he sairwell leading o he buildings

inerior.However, Shinomiya-sensei shook her head.

No, hey said someone will lead he way when I con-

aced hem rom he helicoper. Les wai a while longer.Who will i be?

Ariella commened quiely.


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Ren cluched Ariellas clohing ighly, showing an even

more nervous expression han on he helicoper.

Ten he sairwells door finally opened and a man in alab coa jogged over o us.

Oh my, sorry abou ha. Im lae because here was abi o work I had o finish.

Te man scrached his messy hair apologeically, his

subble-covered ace smiling.Rens expression became siff he momen he appeared.

I did no miss his change.

I knew i

Ariella gnashed her eeh and glared a him sharply. Shewas giving off aggressive emoions akin o killing inen,

causing he mood o ense up.Was his someone hey knew?

I was inrigued by Ren and Ariellas reacions.

No, hank you or aking ime ou o your busy sched-ule o receive us. I am Shinomiya Haruka, Midgards com-

mander and heir homeroom eacher. As he leader o he

group his ime, I am accompanying hese sudens,Mononobe Yuu mos o all.

Shinomiya-sensei greeed and exended her hand o heman.


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I am Miyazawa Kenya, he direcor o his laboraory.

Nice o mee you.

Ten man inroduced himsel and shook hands wihShinomiya-sensei.

Miyazawa, he same amily name as Ren. Since i wasno a rare name, i could be coincidence, bu Ren and Ariel-

las reacions did no seem o be direced owards someone

hey were meeing or he firs ime.Also, I seemed o have heard he name Miyazawa Ken-

ya somewhere beore

Miyazawa Kenya Is ha no he auhor o he paper

on Eher Wind? I ha is he caseMisuki asked in surprise hen glanced in Rens direc-

ion.Her words promped me o remember.

In he iniial batle agains Yellow Hraesvelgr, no

atacks worked. In order o find a sraegy o break hroughhe impasse, Misuki had ound a paper on Eher Wind

writen by someone named Miyazawa Kenya.

Yes, I am. And you are?Forgive me or he lae inroducion. I am Mononobe

Misuki, capain o he Dragon Subjugaion Squad.Misuki lowered her head and bowed, greeing him.


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Mononobe Misuki I see, you are he one wih ani-

mater I remember you called me during he batle

agains Hraesvelgr, bu I only heard abou i afer he ac.Unorunaely, due o he iming, I could no answer your

call. My umos apologies.No, no a all Te paper alone was enough o inspire

me grealy.

I am very happy o hear ha. Since you are here, hameans Te girl who can use Caasrophe is presen

oo?

Miyazawa Kenya swep his gaze over us afer saying

ha.Oh, ha would be me.

Iris imidly raised her hand.Wow, wha unexpeced orune. I possible, may I col-

lec some daa?

Eh Well, i heres ime.Miyazawa Kenyas eyes shone wih exciemen. Inimi-

daed by him, Iris answered vaguely.

Ten you have my hanks. NexMononobe Yuu andia Lighning, I presume?

Tis ime, Miyazawa Kenya urned his gaze o ia andme and confirmed wih us.


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You know abou us?

Seeing subly differen emoions in his eyes compared

o earlier, I asked wih concern.Alhough I don know your aces, I could ell a a

glance. Ive always waned o see you, he only male D andhe one who successully replicaed Anigraviy and Eher

Wind, as well as he girl who was given horns hrough bio-

genic ransmuaion.He leaned owards us in exciemen.

Tis man eels so scary.

Frighened by his orceulness, ia hid behind my back.

Oh sorry, Im a bi overexcied. Bu I srongly hope youcould assis in my research. Especially your Eher Wind,

which migh urn ou o be a rump card or opposing Ygg-drasil.

He sared a me and said.

Well, has wha we came here or, bu why EherWind

Ill explain ha in deail laer. Firs hings firs, all o you

mus recover rom he aigue o long-disance ravel. Illake you o your rooms and he dining hall firs.


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Saying ha, Miyazawa Kenya walked o he sairwell.

We were jus abou o ollow when a sharp voice pierced

he nigh breeze.Wai.

I looked closer o see Ariella glaring a him in ury.Wha is i?

Tas all?

Ariella quesioned him in a low voice. Ren sood by Ar-iellas side wih her head down.

Hmm? Aren you Ariella? And Ren ooSo you

wo came as well.

Rens shoulders shook.In oher words, you didn noice unil now? How unin-

eresed in us you mus be.Ariella spoke wih a srong one o sarcasm and hosili-

y.

No knowing he backsory, Iris and he res o us couldonly look a one anoher awkwardly, bu Misuki and Shi-

nomiya-senseis aces showed worry insead o a roubled

expression. Perhaps he wo o hem knew somehing abouMiyazawa Kenyas relaionship wih Ariella and Ren.


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No, is no like ha. I am very happy or a reunion afer

so long. Bu why did you come here? You wo are no need-

ed his ime.While we wached, he posed his quesion wih an ex-

pression on his ace as hough he ound i unbelievablerom he botom o his hear.

Lisening wih her head bowed, Ren clenched her iny

fis.!

In ha insan, Ariella kicked he ground.

Closing in wih merely one sep, she swung her fis

sharply in a powerul sride.Misuki and he res o he girls could no reac because

Ariellas movemens were oo as.Only I made i in ime.

Beore Ariellas atack aimed a Miyazawa Kenyas ace

could land, I caugh her fis rom he side.A monoonous hud. I el a wave o numbness on my

righ palm.

I was a heavy and acue punch. Ariella had exhibiedexper marial ars beore. She mus have rained some-

where beore.


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Calm down, Ariella. I don know he sory bu violence

is no good behavior.

Ariella gnashed her eeh and wihdrew her fis, bu she

sill glared a him.Saring blankly a Ariella, Miyazawa Kenya asked wih-

ou any visible surprise:

Are we done? Ten le me ake you all inside.He urned around and walked o he sairwell.

Wihou a doub, Ariella seriously waned o punch

him, bu he was compleely unazed.

He could dodge even i I did no inerveneha didno seem o be he case. Judging rom he way he walked,

he did no seem versed in marial ars.Sill he same as always I doesn mean anyhing o

him. Wheher geting beaen by meor anyhing o do

wih Ren.Ariella mutered in chagrin. Ren approached her and

gripped her sleeve ighly.

Wha he heck is going on?I kep opening and closing my sill-numbed righ hand

while asking Ariella and Ren.


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OhSorry, Mononobe-kun. Tank you or sopping

me. I did somehing poinless and almos caused rouble o

everyone.Ariella smiled wryly and apologized o me.

No, is fineI shook my head o ell her I did no mind. Glaring a

Miyazawa Kenyas back as he receded ino he disance, Ar-

iella spoke:Legally speaking, I am his adoped daugher.

Huh?

Tis sudden conession made me speechless.

And Ren is his daugher by blood, bu we are no amilywih him. Because he has never ried o be a aher o Ren.

Ariella coninued o glare a his back, speaking in afierce one o voice.

Led by Miyazawa Kenya, we enered he lab hrough

he sairwell hen ook an elevaor o he gues rooms onhe eigheenh floor

Based on he elevaor display, his building seemed o

have weny floors.Afer we setled ino our assigned rooms wih our lug-

gage, we were aken o he saff dining hall in he lab.


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Te dining hall seemed o be sel-service. Everyone

picked heir preerred menu iems, picked up heir ood

hen ook a sea, bu he amosphere was very heavy. Tisamosphere had hung around ever since Ariellas reveal.

However, only Miyazawa Kenya seemed unazed. Onhis own, he coninued o explain he inerior o he aciliy.

Tis is an card or guess, which also serves as a

room keycard, so please ake he card ha corresponds oyour own room. Tis card gives access o he eigheenh

floor where he gues rooms are, he enh floor where his

dining hall is locaed, as well as he ground floors enrance

lobby. You can come and go as you like. I basically won in-erere in your movemens, because I wouldn have graned

access o anywhere I don wan you o go in he firs place.Afer saying ha, he placed numbered cards on he

able. Te cards were oherwise unadorned.

Once we had picked up our respecive cards, he soodup.

So, Im leaving firs because Ive already eaen. De-

spie appearances, Im very busy. Ill come pick you up onceyoure done wih he meal. Te batle plan agains Yggdrasil

will be explained in he conerence room afer ha.


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Ten wihou waiing or our answer, he quickly lef he

dining hall.

Since he was no longer around, he mood eased upsomewha.

Originally glaring a him, Ariella ook a deep breah,rying o calm hersel.

Due o Ren looking downwards, I could no see her

ace.Ten le us begin.

Siting nex o me, Misuki announced and we began

our meal.

So you already knew ha Miyazawa Kenya is Rensaher?

While eaing my pork enderloin cule se meal, I qui-ely asked Misuki.

I already knew beorehand ha Rens aher is named

Miyazawa Kenya, he scholar who wroe he Eher Windpaper. However, I did no know ha he is he direcor o

his lab or abou his relaionship wih Ariella-san and heir

complicaed pas.Misuki ook a sip o miso soup and answered.

Wha happened beween him and Ren and Ariella?


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I whispered while glancing sideways a hose wo while

hey were eaing.

You would have o ask hem direcly.I guess youre righ Bu les no ask ha or he ime

being.I smiled wryly o Misuki and shook my head.

Ariella had no said a word since wha happened earlier.

I could ell ha she reused o le us pry urher. AlhoughRen was silen as usual, she looked quie unsetled inside.

Given he curren mood, rying o ge o he botom o

he mater now would ruly give one pause.

Hey Misuki-chan, he said we could come and go as welike. Can we go sighseeing?

As hough rying o dispel he heavy amosphere, Irisasked Misuki in a cheerul voice.

Shinomiya-sensei, wha do you hink?

Afer hinking briefly, Misuki sough Shinomiya-senseis judgmen.

Please be aware ha we are no here or un. We are

currenly here o carry ou a comba operaion agains Ygg-drasil.

Y-Yes Im sorry.


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Hearing Shinomiya-senseis harsh words, Iris apolo-

gized imidly.

Bu plans are no ye se. Wheher here are days orree ime will depend on he schedule. I will consider i

based on he siuaion a he meeing afer dinner.OhTas wonderul! Tank you, Shinomiya-sensei!

Ill say his upron. Don ge your hopes up. Is beter

i you hink o i as a bonus i you do ge i.Alhough Shinomiya-sensei issued a reminder o he

overjoyed Iris, she was also showing signs o a smile on he

corners o her lips.

Nii-san, perhaps we migh be able o visi home.Misuki said happily o me.

YeahI smiled siffly and nodded in response.

I I had o be hones, I waned o avoid i as much as

possible due o he risk o my memory loss coming o lighi I came ino conac wih our parens. Bu I already el

guily abou missing he chance o gree hem during he

school esival, so I could no reuse.


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A his momen, here was a sudden explosion, shaking

he enire building. Te windows in he dining hall kep vi-

braing.Eh Wha happened?

An explosion?Firill looked around in puzzlemen while Lisa rowned,

no knowing wha was going on.

Yuu, look! Ouside he window!ia poined a a window in he dining hall.

Alhough i was hard o ell rom he darkness, here

was a plume o dense smoke rising.

Te alarm began o sound and he surroundings sud-denly go noisy. Armed securiy guards rushed pas in he

hallway ouside he dining hall.I sood up rom my sea and approached he window.

Te ohers ollowed.

Looks like is no simple fire.Looking hrough he window, a he dense smoke rising

rom he botom par o he building, I commened.

I his were a fire, hey would announce direcions andprioriize evacuaion. Bu since hey had mobilized armed

guards raher han make an announcemen, chances werehigh ha his was an exernal atack, or raher, an invasion.


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Everyone, please remain here on sandby beore he

siuaion is clarified. Bu as a precauion agains all kinds o

siuaions, maerialize your ficional armamens firs.Shinomiya-sensei issued orders o us who were panick-

ing.UndersoodBrionac!

Misuki insanly responded and creaed her ficional

armamen o a bow.Caduceus!

Iris summoned her ficional armamen afer Misuki.

Ficional armamenSiegried.

I also generaed my ficion armamen wih he appear-ance o an ornamenal gun.

Wih baed breah, everyone looked ou he window.Nex, somehing suddenly flew ou o he dense smoke

I was a shadow rising owards he sky wih a ail o red

flameJus now Wha was ha?

Ariella asked in amazemen bu no one could answer

he quesion.Since i happened or such a brie insan, I could no

capure he objecs appearance clearly eiher.


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Bu when I looked a he gradually receding red flame, I

noiced he objec was urning around high in he sky and

coming owards us.Mo-Mononobe! Is heading here!

Iris shook my shoulders in a panic.Ge away rom he window, everyone!

A Misukis orders, we all kep our disance rom he

window. Jus a ha momen, he descending flame soppedouside he window.

Only hen did we realize he shadows rue ideniy.

Wrapped in burning red flames, using hem as a means

o propulsion o hover in he air was a girl wih long fluter-ing black hair. In addiion, here was a blond young man

hugging her wais.I knew heir names.

Kili and John?

Overcome wih surprise, I called heir names.Te black-haired girl was Kili Surr Muspelheim, he

leader o he dragon cul, he Sons o Muspell. A he same

ime, she was also a D who was deemed a disaser.Te young man was named John Horensia. Back when

I was par o and he capain o he special orces eamnamed Sleipnir, he was he sniper under my command.


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I had heard rom my ormer commanding officer, Ma-

jor Loki, ha John had been abduced in he Principaliy o

Erlia. I urned ou ha hey really were ogeher.Kili smiled proudly on he oher side o he window as

soon as she made eye conac wih me.Immediaely, he window glass glowed red rom hea

and meled like candy. Kilis specialy was using dark mater

o generae heat. Mos likely, she had used high emperaureo mel he window glass.

Carrying hea and a burn smell, he wind blew in

hrough he hole in he meled window glass.

Yuu really is here. Your eyesare amazing indeed.Kili landed on he window rame and said o John.

Like I said, I canno possibly miss he capains figure.Despie answering proudly, John looked somewha un-

impressive because he was sill clinging o Kilis wais. Bu

since he was sill suspended in midair, he could no jus lego.

Why are you wo here?

I asked his quesion in surprise. Kili urned her gaze ome and smiled.

We are searching or somehing. Currenly, we aresearching every Asgard lab and base in Japan.


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Wha Ten you caused he explosion jus now?

Yes, we made an emergency escape because we were

discovered. We were planning o escape jus like ha, bubecause Jeanne-chan said she saw you

Hey Kili!John cried ou ranically.

Jeanne-chan?

Hearing Kili, I rowned in puzzlemen.Oh sorry, I made a misake. Speaking o which, your

name is John.

Kili spoke suggesively while John gnashed his eeh,

looking like he was holding his anger back.Ill make you pay laer

Fuu, how scary. I won ge i wrong again, so pleaseorgive meJohn.

Kili replied gleeully.

Waching heir ineracions, I el roubled.You wo seem o be geting along quie well. I heard

rom Major Loki you were abduced by Kili Don ell

me ha youre working wih Kili volunarily, John?T-Tas a misundersanding! Capain! Tis bich ook

me away by orce Alhough is rue Im currenly assis-ing her, Im no geting along wih her a all


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Sutering, John ried o explain he sory.

Bu many ooseps approached rom he hallway hen

securiy guards rushed ino he dining hall.Freeze! Surrender now!

Te guards poined guns a hem and issued a warning.Judging rom heir equipmen, hey migh be soldiers

sen rom . As an inernaional organizaion, Asgards

premises were no bound by Japanese laws. I necessary,hey could shoo wihou hesiaion.

However, even i ha was he case, heir opponens

were no o be underesimaed his ime.

Shu up.Kili glared a hem. Insanly, he guns in heir hands

glowed red-ho and meled like he window jus now.Uwah!?

Te guards hasily le go and he guns ell o he

ground. Ten he gunpowder inside exploded.Tis was Kilis Muspelheim. By spreading dark mater,

oo small o be seen by he naked eye, hroughou space,

his mehod o fighing allowed her o generae high em-peraures a will wihou any preparaory moion.

Wih people in he way, well alk nex ime. Sinceyoure in Japan, here will be oher opporuniies.


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Saying ha, Kili sepped on he window rame and

jumped ino he air.

H-Hey!Seeya.

Giggling, Kili waved goodbye and flew high in he air,aking John wih her.

Even Kili and John had come o Japan

Waching he rail o red flames, I el a premoniionha an even bigger sorm was brewing.


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Part 5

no sooner han you arrived. Buo hink he inruder was Kili, he leader o he Sons o

Muspell Is such a shame I didn ge o see her.Saying ha, Miyazawa Kenya honesly looked like he

ound i quie a shame.

We were locaed a a conerence room locaed on hesame floor as he dining hall.

He had arrived immediaely afer Kili and John had lef,

hen aken us here while we were perplexed by he sudden

siuaion.You wan o see Kili? Bu shes a dangerous characer

deemed a disaser, you know?Surprised by wha he said, I asked him.

I heard she is currenly he only D capable o biogenic

ransmuaion. As a research subjec, is very ineresing.He insised wih added emphasis in one. Ariella glared

a him coldly and said o me:

Mononobe-kun, his guy isn ineresed in anyhingouside o research.

Looks like i.I sighed and decided he and I had differen values.


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Back o him, Ren was silenly looking ou he window.

Is unorunae ha daa on Kili could no be obained,

bu les have a chance o pace. Come, please lisen o heplan Ive conceived o deea Yggdrasil.

Miyazawa Kenya enered he main opic seriously.When he operaed he lapop by his side, he lighs

dimmed in he room dimmed and a whie screen was low-

ered rom he ceiling.Shown on i was he image o a gian ree.

Tis is an image o he Yggdrasil ha has appeared in

Aokigahara. Compared o when i was making he Germa-

ny-Denmark border is erriory, is size is roughly en imeslarger. Currenly a a heigh o 5000 meers, i coninues o

grow.5000 meers

I could no help bu gasp because i was oo enormous.

Alhough I have my opinions on Yggdrasils choice olocaion and he reason or is rapid growh Les pu ha

aside or now. Te issue here is wha kind o exisence Ygg-

drasil is.Afer saying ha, he swiched he image on he screen.

Te screen showed he appearance o Yggdrasil ha wehad ough recenly a Midgard. Alhough is massive body


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exceeded fifeen meers in heigh, i was dwared by he im-

age we saw earlier. Te mass o vines produced rom my

dark mater had expanded o his sae afer absorbing heficional armamens o Iris and he oher girls.

o you all, i mus have been a huge disaser or Yggdra-sil o suddenly appear a Midgard. Bu hanks o ha, we

were able o obain pleny o valuable daa. Te ac ha

Yggdrasil relies on he applicaion o elecrical inererenceo amper wih dark mater, his is a new discovery. In addi-

ion, he renowned dragon researcherPrincipal Charlote

B. Lordalso proposed an exremely ineresing hypohe-

sis.He spoke quie suggesively.

Tis so-called hypohesis proposed by he principalwas probably wha she sensed regarding Yggdrasils rue

naure hrough her power o dominance.

Miyazawa Kenya was probably one o he ew peopleprivy o he principals rue ideniy. Unless one knew he

principal possessed special powers, her hypohesis would

become compleely baseless.We esed ha hypohesis and conduced verificaion.

Finally, he ull picure o his being known as Yggdrasil has


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suraced. I is he core consciousness o all plans on

Earh.

Core consciousness?Hearing his unamiliar erm, I could no help bu

rown.Bu all plans reminded me o wha I had heard rom

he principal.

Te principal had said: Deeaing Yggdrasil requireswiping all plan lie off he enire plane.

For example, Yggdrasil migh be considered an opera-

ing sysem o a biological compuer buil rom a nework

o all plan lie. We have observed ha Yggdrasil will rans-mi weak elecrical signals o nearby plans.

We exchanged glances wih one anoher afer hearingwha he said. Iris and ia only sared wide-eyed, evidenly

no undersanding, iling heir heads in puzzlemen.

Te ohers seemed o grasp he rough principles, buShinomiya-sensei seemed o disagree and asked a quesion:

A compuer o plans Ta would mean ha plan lie

isel is a dragon. Bu Midgard has plans o begin wih. IYggdrasil was hosile o us, i should be able o ake acion

earlier, righ?


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Immediaely, Miyazawa Kenya explained proudly as

hough praising her quesion or being a good one.

Tings are no ha simple. According o he resuls oobservaions, he surrounding plans show no signs o high-

level inormaion processing. From his, i can be seen hahe gian ree known as Yggdrasil is he only par possessing

inormaion processing abiliy. Ta rue is boh he

and Yggdrasils main body. All oher plans are like exernalmemory. Hence, one could deduce ha only he main body

is sel-aware and capable o acion.

Afer lisening o him, Lisa leaned orward emoionally

and spoke:Ten all we need o do is deea ha main body!?

She was probably his anxious because she knew aboumy siuaion.

However, Miyazawa Kenya shook his head.

No, Yggdrasil disappeared ogeher wih Hekaonkheiron he Germany-Denmark border, bu afer ha, jus as you

all know, i appeared in Midgard. Ten afer is deea, i ap-

peared in Japan like his. Simply desroying he main bodydoes no solve he problem.

Indeed ha is rueLisas one weakened while she bi her lip anxiously.


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Yggdrasils consciousness mos likely exiss on he ne-

work ormed by all plans. Even i he , is main body, is

desroyed, anoher plan will simply become he new .Alhough desroying a maurewould definiely weaken

Yggdrasils abiliies Te effecs migh only las or a lim-ied ime.

I-Isn ha he same as saying Yggdrasil canno be de-

eaed unless all plan lie is exerminaed!?Lisa wen pale and exclaimed hoarsely.

Only now did I undersand wha he principal mean.

Indeed, he mehod you described is he only way o

eliminae Yggdrasil rom he roo. Bu ha mehod is closeo impossible. Even i i could be done, humans canno sur-

vive in a world where plans have been eradicaed.Wihou changing his one, Miyazawa Kenya calmly

old o despairing speculaion.

However, you have an idea, righ?Calmly lisening o his explanaions, Firill asked

Miyazawa Kenya in a serious one o voice.

Yes, o course. Tas precisely why I requesed orMononobe Yuu o be sen here.

He urned his gaze owards me and smiled.Is here somehing I can do?


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Afer lisening o all he explanaions so ar, I did no

eel ha here was anyhing I could help.

Yes, you are currenly he only one who can replicaeHraesvelgrs abiliyEher Wind. I believe i will be he

key o deeaing Yggdrasil.Why Eher Wind?

Hearing my quesion o incomprehension, he changed

he screen.Dimming briefly, he screen hen showed an image o

he Hraesvelgr batle. Te picure showed Hraesvelgr en-

veloped in golden paricles as well as us, abou o srike i

down wih ani-dragon armamens Someone had evi-denly recorded he batle in deail.

Mind and bodyliving organisms canno uncionnormally unless boh are mainained in healhy saes. Since

Yggdrasils physical body canno be eliminaed, jus desroy

is mind. I is possible as long as we have your Eher Windand he weapon ha peneraed he soul coaing surround-

ing Hraesvelgr.

Miyazawa Kenya poined a my ani-dragon armamenon he image and assered clearly.


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Shinomiya-senseis eyebrow moved as hough she had

noiced somehing. She urged Miyazawa Kenya o conin-

ue.Direcor Miyazawa, could you explain in greaer de-

ail?Is acually no ha hard o undersand. Te plan isel

is very simple. Firs, oblierae he majoriy o Yggdrasils

main body, hen spread Eher Wind. Afer ha, i Yggdrasilsmindhe soulmaerializes, use he weapon ha deea-

ed Hraesvelgr o physically desroy Yggdrasils soul. Tas

all.

Afer lisening o his explanaion, everyone gasped.I he main body could be swiched endlessly, jus de-

sroy Yggdrasils inangible consciousness iselI believedha his approach was correc in heory, bu

Ta mehod Will i really work ha smoohly? Giv-

en Nii-sans dark mater generaing capaciy, will here beenough Eher Wind o spread around?

Misuki urned her gaze a me. I smiled wryly a her in

reurn.Definielymy generaing capaciy is oo litle.

Convered ino mass afer ransmuaion, he amouno dark mater I could generae a a ime was roughly en


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kilograms. Compared o an average Ds capaciy o en ons

a leas, he pauciy o my generaing capaciy sood in even

greaer conras.Even afer hearing such a quesion, Miyazawa Kenya

remained unazed. Smiling, he said:Your worries are very normal. Hence, in order o review

wheher his plan is easible or no, I mus firs collec more

deailed daa. I possible, i would be bes o sar immedi-aely.

He looked a me wih eyes filled wih anicipaion. I

sensed ha his moivaion semmed more srongly rom

curiosiy and his ineress as a researcher han or he sakeo he batle plan. However, I had no objecions o geting

sared as soon as possible, because based on wha he prin-cipal had said, ime was running ou.

I undersand.

Wow, hank you. I possible, I would also like o haveia-kun, Misuki-kun and Iris-kuns assisance. Alhough

here is no direc relaion o he batle plan, he uniqueness

you possess migh provide breakhroughs o problems.He hanked me and sough he cooperaion o ia and

he ohers.ia will go along wih Yuu!


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Me oo, i Mononobe is going, Im coming along oo

ia and Iris agreed, bu Misuki looked a Shinomiya-

sensei and asked:Shinomiya-sensei, wha do you hink?

I will permi i so long as he examinaions do no bur-den he sudens bodies or mind. I you inend o conduc

suspicious experimens, I will sop you immediaely.

Shinomiya-sensei declared o him in a fierce one ovoice.

I undersand. I only need o examine he mater hey

creae and carry ou oral inerviews. I promise no o use

any drugs or ouch a single hair o heirs.He answered in a relaxed one o voice hen sood up.

Ten please ollow me. I will ake you o he examina-ion room in he research area.

Bu jus as he was abou o exi he room, Lisa called o

him.Excuse me Wha abou us?

Lisa, Firill, Ariella and Ren were no named by him jus

now.He swep his gaze across hem hen said in apparen

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Oh, I don paricularly need daa rom you, so you may

reurn o your rooms.

!Hearing his reply, Ariella gnashed her eeh in anger.

Ren kep her head down and did no reac. Alhough I didno know wha had happened beween him, and Ariella and

Ren, I could undersand ha his words had hur hem. In-

cluding me, everyone was glaring a him as hough con-demning him.

? Whas he mater?

However, he was no azed he leas. He probably was

no even aware ha his words had hur Ariella and Ren.Ten well be on our way. Les go, everyone.

Firill spoke o smooh hings ou. As hough o appeaseAriella, Lisa placed a hand on her shoulder.

Ariella-san, Ren-san, le us depar.

Hearing Lisa, Ren nodded lighly.Tus, Lisa, Firill, Ariella and Ren quiely lef he con-

erence room. Afer ha, he res o us ollowed Miyazawa

Kenya o he research area.


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Part 6

, Miyazawa Kenyaswiped his own card on he panel. Immediaely, all he

floor butons li up.Access o differen floors by elevaor was probably re-

sriced based on each cards auhoriy.

He pressed he buton or he hird floor underground.From wha I could see, his building seemed o have five

levels underground a mos.

Afer reaching he hird floor underground, we walked

ou o he elevaor and looked around. A dark corridor ex-ended ino he disance. Apar rom ain air condiioning

noises, here was no sound a all. I was especially quie.Tis way please.

He walked in he lead wih Shinomiya-sensei, Misuki,

ia, Iris and I ollowing in ha order.I eels a bi scary

Feeling an amosphere differen rom he dining hall

floor, ia commened uneasily.I does eel slighly creepy Or raher, I would de-

scribe his amosphere as like a hospial a nigh.


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Misuki looked down he desered corridor and re-

marked.

So many crossroads. Ill definiely ge los i I camealone.

Iris looked lef and righ a a se o crossroads, squin-ing.

Don run around randomly, okay? I you end up

somewhere weird and he alarm sounds, he guards mighcome rushing sraigh away.

Yeah, in ha caseIll hold on o you, Mononobe.

Iris nodded hen paying atenion o Misuki and he

ohers in ron, she hugged my arm.Feeling my elbow agains Iriss sof bosom, my hear

rae began o quicken.H-Hey.

I anyone looks back, Ill le go, so please, I wan o ac

like a couple wih you, Mononobe.Iris whispered quiely so ha only I could hear, hen

hugged my arm even more ighly. Feeling my arm sand-

wiched beween hose beauiully shaped breass, my bloodrushed o my ace. Iris was apparenly sill bohered by wha

happened on he helicoper ride.Go i.


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I smiled wryly and agreed. Iris hen happily leaned her

orehead agains my shoulder.

Since I mus pay atenion in ron while walking alonghe corridor, I el especially nervous.

Tis eels so exciing, Mononobe.Perhaps eeling he same as me, Iris smiled mischie-

vously and whispered sofly.

Seeing her like ha, I suddenly houghSpeaking owhich, i Iris were o be examined as she was now, wouldn

ha be bad?

Iris, afer he batle agains Yggdrasil, did you ever ry

using Caasrophe?No, no even once. Te principal said i was very dan-

gerous and asked me no o use i on my own.Iris shook her head so I asked her:

Iris, do you sill remember how you used Caasro-

phe?Le me ell you Honesly, I can remember a all, be-

cause I was in a rance a he ime.

Iris drew near my ace and answered quiely.As expeced, Iris did no seem o have realized hersel

ha she had used Caasrophe wihou going hrough hesep o dark mater.


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In ha case, i he ollowing examinaions brough his

o ligh, Iris migh eel quie roubled. Moreover, i Asgard

were o learn o his ruh, i migh be very bad.Te principal had said ha Iris migh become a dragon.

I Miyazawa Kenya or Asgard were o see her in he sameway, Iris migh be in a dangerous posiion.

Iris, i has he case, could you no use Caasrophe

during he ess? Because we should obey he principal,Midgards chie adminisraor, above all else.

Oh I guess has rue. I you didn remind me,

Mononobe, I probably wouldve waned o use i. Tank

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