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Chapter 1 Traitor
Part 1
Guuu! !
It was five oclock in the morning, the sun had yet
to fully rise. In the courtyard of the apartment
over which fog hung.
oy wearing a reddish"rown #ersey was
vigorously e$ercising with a tree ranch in his
hand.
%e moved at a speed that could e called the
limit of humans rain. &he oy freely danced in
the courtyard.
&hat oy, 'usanagi &akeru scattered sweat while
chasing the shadow of an imaginary enemy.
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&he enemy were five people. &he %ero whom he
fought efore, the 'ing rthurs movements were
reproduced in his head.
(nemys movement speed, speed of his attacks,
pressure of his slashes, he avoided and repelled
enemys attacks.
%e was made of flesh and lood. %e couldnt
allow his opponent to land a single low on him.
gain and again, he endlessly returned the
lows to the enemy.
)f course, he released the techni*ue allowing
him to control the rain limits, the +agic"
weeping wordoumatou.
%e had dropped the effect to minimum, ut the
e$haustion and load on the ody was
tremendous. It was a discipline he had repeated
many times efore ut neglected ever since the
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eginning of high school. %e resumed the
training after confirming its necessity.
-epeating it ever since young age until middle
school, he tried hard enough to cough lood.
ut, it wasnt enough. It was nowhere near
enough.
///!!
winging down the sword with his entire odys
force, he made a crack on %eros head.Intending to forge himself, &akerus ody was
gradually motivated y anger.
%is anger was leeding from the edge of his
sword, %eros lims disappeared ecause of his
distured spirit, they were no longer there.
%owever, another shadow appeared in front of
him.
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It was flickering, it held a small sword, it grinned,
it laughed.
0oure too shallow//!
It appeared aruptly, took everything from +ari.
&ook his comrade, 'youya, and killed 0oshimi1u,
he was in front of him.
omething urst inside &akeru.
aaaaaaaaaaaa
!!
%e swung down with his sharpened sword,
cutting him from aove.
traight, into the child of despair, into %aunteds
rain//
//%ost.
uddenly called, &akeru returned to normal.
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2ight returned to his pitch"lack surroundings, a
landscape covered with morning mist entered his
vision.
nd, standing eneath his lade, was 2apis who
held a towel in her hand.
you started *uite harshly havent you3
2apis tilted her head like usual and asked
landly.
&akeru withdrew the wooden sword in a hurryand owed.
"sorry, my ad. I didnt notice you. I didnt hit
you did I3 re you alright3
&heres no prolem. &heres not a single wound
in the spot flesh and lood %ost has hit.
4o, thats not it. Im really sorry.
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%e placed his hands on his head and owed
down again.
2apiss eyes as usual, didnt reveal what she was
thinking. he narrowed her eyes slightly as
&akeru pat her head.
%e couldnt tell whether it felt good for her or not.
(very day, what did you start doing early in the
mornings3
he asked as he took the towel from her.
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%e wanted to retort on the matter of eing under
constant oservation, it seemed like she always
looked at &akeru from somewhere. (very time
she appeared suddenly, and suddenly
disappeared. It could e descried as phantom,
she was there efore he noticed.
&akeru has ecome accustomed to it, and
recently he was no longer surprised y it.
h this is training. 5or the time eing.
&raining3
)riginally it wasnt supposed to e done every
day, ut I skipped it ever since entering high
school. &he urden from +agic"weeping
wordoumatou is huge, if I dont move my ody
every day it might not respond as it should
afterwards.
I see. o thats a daily routine of an +3678
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&hats wrong3
0ou must e mistaken, Im not an +3 2apis told
&akeru with a straight face.
(ven without such a thing, %ost is strong
enough.
&heres no such thing. (ven efore this fight,
Ive een #ust dragging my feet. 9ntil now I #ust
relied on your performance. I fell apart every time
after releasing the witch hunter form, I need to
ecome a stronger host.
:ith a wry smile, he took his hand off 2apiss
head.
2apis silently stared at &akeru once again, she
gently closed her eyes and placed her hand on
her chest.
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I understand what is in %osts heart. &he
disorder in %osts sword is not the same as the
one in his hand. %ost is lying isnt he.
&"theres no such thing3
4o. I know it.
aying that she knows everything, she made a
step forward.
&akeru wiped sweat and awkwardly looked away.
%e still didnt know much aout -elic (aters, ut
if signing a contract ; sharing the same destiny,
the possiility of transmitting their thoughts to
each other couldnt e denied.
+aye 2apis knew &akerus every thought3
:hats &akerus nature, she might know that.
s he thought that an$ious, 2apis suddenly put
her hands in her pocket and took out something.
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It was//anpan.
0oure clearly saying what youre lacking. 0oure
hungry.
($pressionlessly, self"confidently elieving in it
with all her heart, 2apis showed him thums up.
:hile receiving the anpan from her, he dropped
oth his shoulders, and his theories.
%unger is the enemy.
0ou really dont get it and why did you get
something so ig.
%e had no choice in his meal, cursing he opened
the anpan ag and took a ite.
&he thing aout his stomach eing empty was
true.
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:hen stomach is filled, the depression also
susides, thats something I have learned from
previous host.
3 y mood, what do you mean no wait, why
do you think Im depressed//
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=ome on, the anormal noise thats coming out
of your room is enough, spare us that
0oure flirting with little girls first thing in the
morning!
It was the dwellers of other apartments.
(veryone had lood vessels visile on theirtemples. &akerus neighours werent ad, ut
for some reason he seemed to e a other to
them.
%e apologi1es profusely time after time and went
ack to the apartment dyed in morning glow to
make a tasteless reakfast for 2apis.
Part 2
&wo weeks after necromancer %aunteds assault
on the tournament.
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&he tournament was postponed, it was to e
held again once the colosseum is repaired. &his
incident followed the %ero raid, multiple
coverage regulations have emerged immediately,
and people were unsettled. >istrust has
gradually spread in the world. :hy did they need
to regulate the media. :hy does In*uisition hide
an enemy attack. In minor news and net
maga1ines, various speculations appeared.
&he hypothesis that emerged the most was, theciti1ens greatest fear,
?ossiility of second :itch %unt :ar reaking
out.
(ven though their numers decreased, tens of
thousands witches were hiding, lurking hiding
themselves from In*uisition.
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:hat if that uncertain threat, that cli*ue decides
to attack the human race.
&he sorcerer that has attacked the tournament,
the threat of a %ero, after multiple attacks they
started to dout In*uisition.
5ear has egan to gradually spread around theworld.
Part 3
+orning classes were over, when they enteredthe noon reak, the corridor in front of student
council room was suddenly crowded.
Gununu!
&he chance at ac*uiring points slipped
away, *thud*, aion#i 9sagi clenched her fist and
twisted it after hitting.
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tudents around are all in harmony, and talking
aout the points for the platoon, the atmosphere
was awkward.
&he platoons that are determined to attain @AA
points and to ecome second years have een
already more or less determined, that is to say
the BCth test platoon is
=urrently at CC points.
y the way, the second Dget the point platoon
was at 77A points.
In the last place with a doule score. It was easy
to discern at glance #ust how ad was the small
fry platoons situation.
%ey, theres still someone with doule digit.
mall 5ry ?latoon, they are still here, #ust like
usual.
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4o, no. Im surprised they have that much
points.
&hats thanks to )otori )uka.
=ompared to her, the rest of the unch is
&he students looked at one of the mall 5ry
?latoon memers, aion#i 9sagi at the same
time.
ut, after checking in what shape 9sagi was, her
ruffled hair and right red face they looked awayimmediately.
tudents went away scattering in various
directions, 9sagi stomped with increased
intensity and raised an odd voice.
I cannot stand it anymore! )ur position might e
ad ut I cant stand eing laughed for it! 0ou
guys are alive thanks to us!
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%ey, youre too loud its confidential,
confidential.
&akeru came out from the side of the classroom,
and spoke to calm 9sagi down.
lthough 9sagi glared at &akeru at first, ut she
was *uickly discouraged.
h, its 'usanagi good day to you.
Good day to you as well. :hats the condition of
your left eye3 Is it going to e healed soon3
:ith that said, 9sagi touched her left eye after
eing reminded aout it.
)n 9sagis left eye, an eye"patch was attached.
If it was @A years ago, I wouldve een linded,
ut it seems like its going to heal now.
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does it hurt3
4o, no. &heres almost no pain, you dont have
to worry aout it.
4ot to make him worry, 9sagi smiled and
laughed.
(ven the BCth platoon wasnt intact. n in#ury
said to e fatal for a sniper, an eye in#ury.
lthough it couldnt have een helped, &akeru
also felt responsile.
come on, could you stop making that kind of
face. Ive told you it will heal. I can even link
with it now.
"sorry.
-ather than that, there are other things to e
depressed aout! 2ook, please look at this!
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*bam**bam*, 9sagi hit a place on the walls with
their points on it, he looked towards the spot.
&akerus e$pression changed and he started to
link.
stale increase its refreshing to see that in
our platoon.
?lease dont go positive in a strange place
now3!
>espite 9sagis outrage, &akeru made a ittersmile.
2ooking at it in another way, among the first
years, the amount of platoons was running very
low. %aunteds assault followed the %ero attack.
&he amount of people who left the school and
the dead could no longer e ignored.
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&he 7Cth test platoon, although they still have
points remaining, the only memer that survived
is 'youya. &he appearance of 0oshimi1u kira
reaking down, and that of 'youyas elly eing
pierced flashed through his mind, &akeru felt
gloomy.
+y, my. re you still in a slump3 %ow dull. Is it
ecause I wasnt here3
%e felt pressure on his left shoulder and looked
that way, 4ikaido +ari placed a hand on his
shoulder and patted it.
?upupu. he placed a hand on her mouth and
laughed through it.
*puu*, seeing +aris mockery 9sagi inflated her
cheeks.
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0ou sure are carefree. (ven though were so
desperate what is it3 >id you come to tease
us3
0up, I came to tease.
+ari said that with an incredile smile.
9sagi started stomping and screaming again.
0ou piss me off! 0ou really piss me off! 0ou piss
me off so much I can arely stand!
*pshoo**pshoo*, steam was rising up from
9sagis head and she loudly was reathing from
through nose.
+ari had an ecstatic look #ust like Ikaruga, and
her ody shook.
9sagi"chan is really cute. I want to tease her. I
understand why uginami wants to teases her so
much.
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+ugyaaah!
+ari acted #ust like an older sister, she put her
hands on her knees and looked into 9sagis
face.
ufufu, she seemed to laugh elegantly.
&hen. %ow aout in secret from the =hairman,
this )nee"san will help you out3 0ou know, I was
living in the order so I have a lot of
information
:e dont need a small chest to lend her
strength!
//mall chest has nothing to do with it does
it!3
9sagi counter"attacked, and oth of them raised
their voices this time! &hey were screaming like
monkeys at each other.
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&his is the result when two characters that are
easy to tease mess with each other, is what
&akeru thought. %e felt as if he was looking at
two small animals trying to intimidate each other.
%e watched it for a minute, and he calmed down
with that sight.
9mm3 )h right, +ari. >ont you have a magic
endurance e$periment of a new material today3
0eah, its already over. I was told to go at full
power, so I oliterated it with a last.
&akerus face turned slightly luish.
:"what kind of magic oliterates anti"magic
material
0ou know aout my magic power, right3
omething like that is easy.
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he oasted and tensed her chest proudly, and
she winked while fi$ing hat on her head.
:hat a dreadful girl, thought &akeru.
:ell, I proaly overdid it a little.
&he lacksmith-egin unch were all shocked.
you, are you y any chance having fun3
Its more fun than I thought. 9ne$pectedly, all of
them are good people. I dont like
the %ealerseelies, ut lacksmiths-egins are*uite amusing. ecause I destroyed their newest
weapons and armours they create more and
more to counter against me.
Its really funny, said +ari.
eeing that +ari has a lot of fun like this, he felt
a lot etter.
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he is now one of the students of nti+agic
cademy. (ver since that incident, although he
proposed that she doesnt reveal herself as a
witch, ut +ari refused it.
4ow she went to school with her identity of a
genuine witch.
he mainly studies anti"magic science, and is
involved in e$periments. lthough it was
re*uested y the school, I want to use magic
to save people. I will do anything for that., it
ecame her hope.
9nfortunately, she wasnt authori1ed to take part
in platoon activities, she couldnt get involvedwith &akeru and the others activities, ut
whenever she had spare time she came over to
play at their place.
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t the standpoint of a witch, people around
harshly glare at her, and the mall 5ry ?latoon
memers aside none of the students talks to her.
It was as if she was air, definitely she must have
felt lonely.
4o matter what material they ring its alluseless. :hen I get my hands on it, even the
lue =rystal a certain someone was using would
e easily destroyed. 4oo, if that woman is my
enemy//
he raised oth of her hands saying good grief
and sighed,
uddenly her muffler was wound around her
neck, and tightened after eing pulled on oth
ends.
%ohoo, so youre aiming at my life even during
peaceful days like this, you damn vi$en.
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ehind +ari was a girl with sunset"coloured,
ruffled hair, the =rimson 2otus ?rincess=alamity,
it was )otori )uka.
%ahyuu3! )otori )uka release me right now,
s"suffocating.
)f course you are. Its called pre"emptive attack,kill efore youre killed.
0"youuu, you insensitive woman who cant read
the atmosphere!
4o, its #ust that this muffler is really good for
choking.
%yuu!
:hile still strangling +ari with the muffler )uka
tied it into a knot and looked at the oard
displaying points. he stared at the points the
same way as &akeru did.
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+mm. Its still no good
>isgraceful
:hy does 'usanagi apologi1e3
>uring the %ero attack, I have refused the
=hairmans fishy offer in rage I should have at
least asked for points
)h, that. If it was me I would have done the
same. &hat man cant e trusted, in the first
place the promotion is #ust a ait. :erestudents, we should steadily earn points//
0oure one to talk.
aid oth 9sagi and +ari.
:hat is this woman, who skipped grades thanks
to familial connections saying.
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(ven though she preached me, acting all high
and mighty. omething aout me having special
treatment, or something like that
I ecame a :itch %unter>ullahan ecause my
aility and efforts were recogni1ed! I didnt use
any underhanded methods, they are false
accusations!
0es yes, sure. &he two of them looked at )uka
with contempt, and tears appeared in her eyes.
&akeru thought she was pitiful and decided to
step in.
:ell, if she says that then its fine. &here was a
lot of fuss recently we couldnt hold any platoon
activities, I think thats pretty ad. :eve een
involved with a few things recently.
Ive decided to get involved on my own. &he fact
that were not earning points is also partially
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ecause of me. &o appeal to pulic
recently, :itch %unters>ullahansare also
performing investigations on ="rank magical
heritages, its going to get harder to get the
points.
)uka followed up to &akeru tearfully.
ut after glancing at &akerus comple$ion, she
asked worried.
'usanagi, is your ody alright3
3 :hy3 If its my in#uries, theyve already
healed.
4ot in#uries. &here is a sort of compensation
when you use a -elic (ater. In the case of Elads
its lood what is it for +istilteinn3
)uka asked causing &akeru to stand
dumfounded.
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I wasnt re*uested anything in particular
although it certainly consumes *uite a it of
physical strength, theres nothing else.
is that so. ut e careful. -elic (aters are
+agical %eritages. &heyre our enemies, never
our comrades.
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peaking of which, I havent seen her ever since
this morning.
9sagi thought for a moment and took out her
moile phone to contact her.
&hats when,
'usanagi.
5rom the other side of the corridor a weak voice
called him.
fter he looked towards it, he saw Ikaruga in a
white coat, chewing on a mint candy and playing
with her hair.
0"youre late. :hat were you doing3
&akeru asked, and Ikaruga,
tared e$pressionlessly at &akerus face.
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uginami3 :hat is it3
eeing her poor reaction &akeru took a step
closer to her.
It seems his worries were unnecessary.
Ikaruga narrowed her eyes and flashed a se$y
smile.
re you curious3 >o you want to know what Ive
een up to until now3 >o you want to know
everything aout Ikaruga"oneesan3
4o, I didnt mean that//
0ou pervert.
9nreasonale. Its the usual pattern.
ecause he was always eing teased, &akeru
sometimes thought aout taking revenge on her.
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5or &akeru, eing teased wasnt that interesting.
:ell, its proaly something like sleeping on
the roof anyway, right3
ecause youve een leading unhealthy life, you
easily get sleepy. 0ou should follow my e$ample
and move your ody around a little.
&akeru preached with his inde$ finger raised,
Ikaruga stared in his face dumfounded.
eh3
:eird. %er reaction was worse than usual. he
was more serious than usual, it was as if she
was e$pecting something
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:hat was I doing Im fine with telling you, ut
are you prepared for it3
he leered at him, and then glared at him with
full force.
isnt your character kinda weird3
:eirder than you think//reality isnt that
sweet.
why are you spouting words making it seem
like an important scene3
ecause youre good at carrying, ecause
youre the only one prepared to carry my
urden!
:hat are you talking aout3!
(ven if you declare that you will carry half of my
urden, dont think Ill fall as easily as the two
over there!
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*bishin*, Ikaruga pointed at )uka and +ari.
)ukas and +aris faces turned red instantly.
:w"who, w"what do you mean y fall3! I"I dont
get it ut that sounds annoying!
"are you an idiot3 &heres no such thing!
eeing them make e$cuses in a hurry, ufufu,
she made a nasty smile.
Ikaruga poked &akerus elly.
0aa, how enviale, +r. 2ady"killer.
s she said that, Ikaruga looked at point oard.
he looked at the mall 5ry ?latoon at the
ottom, narrowed her eyes and laughed.
you guys never change, do you.
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>ont talk like its someone elses prolem.
0oure one of our memers, have some sense of
crisis.
&akeru said and grimaced, Ikaruga glanced at
him, her hair swung.
%er look was strangely serious causing &akeru toflinch a it.
w"what, youre kind of weird today arent you3
>o you have a fever3
4nn, its nothing.
he said it, turned at the oard with points and
laughed.
&akeru had a sense of discomfort, for a while
now she seemed strange. %e couldnt tell what
was strange, it was very vague.
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Its #ust as 'usanagi said. you should work on
something other than making him into a
perverted weapon.
9sagi stood etween them and drew closer to
Ikaruga.
Ikaruga seemed weaker than usual.
&heres no helping it fine then, Ill hack
into :itch %unters>ullahans dataase and pull
up some dangerous cases.
i"its really scary that you might actually do it.
ig mountain is necessary right3 &hen we
should aim at the largest one.
:e will turn into the ones eing hunted! lso,
why are you sparkling3!
:ell then, lets start hacking or rather,
cracking immediately//
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?lease stooop!
In order to stop Ikaruga who started operating a
watch"type device, 9sagi pounced at her.
fterwards, it turned into the usual scene.
fter finishing lunch, it was the usual platoon
activities.
&oday as well mall 5ry ?latoon was in a
stalemate, as a last resort they decided to hear
the information on +agical %eritage +ari had.
+ari was from the order, it seemed like she was
gathering information after entering 5antasy
=ultEalhalla, she seemed to e very familiar with
the underground.
he seemed. %er stories.
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9mm, umm a ig mountain right3 5irst this,
there were sightings of a giant serpent sleeping
in an ancient sewer. 2ook, underground around
here, it ecame a spider nest3 &heres +ossie
here!6@8lso, sightings around here end with
//
well then this. -ed and green clay pipe came
out of the sewers ecause of a plumer. out
this, silings ate too much mushrooms//
It has nothing to do with magic. Its a hoa$.
then this3 silver haired oy with
wings who saved many parallel worlds//
Its #ust some kind of pitiful cosplayer with a
screw loose in his head! (verything you said is
either a hoa$ or a misunderstanding, are you a
shady 9+ maga1ine3!
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It cant e helped! lmost all the information Ive
had, I revealed it during the interrogation!
&he memers e$changed the arren information
while eating tea cakes in platoon room. +ari and
)uka seemed to e completely familiar with the
atmosphere and feel at ease in the room.
&hats all information we have collected isnt it
other test platoons and professionals sei1ed
most of the cases in the city as e$pected, we
can only find some at the order.
9sagi proposed with a meek look, +ari cut in
saying 4ononono.
0ou should stop there. 0oure underestimating
slums. In there, thirty seconds after leaving
checkpoints you encounter andits, you will e
kidnapped and forced to work in a rothel.
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ecause that way of life has een hammered
into me from young age y the =hairman. o I
know which places are safe, ut its still
dangerous. 0ou guys are dressed too neatly and
will e immediately recogni1es as strangers. If
you wear nti+agic cademys uniforms you will
e surrounded in no time.
%earing that, 9sagis face turned lue.
%ori1ontally from her, )uka crossed her arms
and made a deep nod.
I dont recommend it either. (ven officers of
In*uisition inside the order proceed with great
caution when investigating. &he test platoonscan earn points in order ut they need to apply
for a permit.
%ee, did something happen there in the past3
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It happens every year going inside without
any knowledge of it prior to that, stupid freshmen
enter the order and get wiped out.
:hat happens to them3
4early all of them go missing. 4o platoon was
left intact.
%earing )ukas response, +ari said ee3 while
looking at 9sagi. gununu, 9sagi started to
shake an$iously and *bam*, she hits the desk.
&hen what do we do3! &heres not even five
months until the promotion deadline3!
+ari has laid out a duious weekly maga1ine,
9sagi posed and furrowed her eyerows.
&hats why I said, lets go and look for +ossie!
Go do that y yourself.
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I"Ill tell you now, what if +ossie really e$ists3
&heres ten illion yen reward if you find it!
re you a kid3 If youre saying that seriously you
should go to a hospital, Ill introduce you to a
good %ealereelie.
>ont talk like Im cra1y! &here were sightings!=ome on, look at this photo!
hocking, champion of underground sewers!
5antastical unidentified organism +ossie! 5our
hundred metres long!
re you an idiot. 0oure an idiot.
aid )uka and 9sagi in unison.
:hat3! It might e a dragon!
+ari protested with a tearful face.
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4o matter what, its too ig to e real, that
+ossie/
)nly a fool like you can elieve after eing
showed such a half"assedly made up picture. It
says its in a sewer, so why is there forest and
mountains reflected in the ackground. Isnt that
a fishing oat3
ah, thats true.
haa.
0"you guys didnt gather together to make a fool
of me did you3!
)h, you finally noticed3
>amn itt/!!
+ari started stomping #ust like 9sagi did.
2ooking at it from outside, it would seem more
like high school girls having fun in a family
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restaurant rather than the meeting of a test
platoon.
&akeru who was in charge of preparing tea,
placed a cup in front of everyone and made a
forced smile.
%e placed it in front of the three, and noticed thatthe fourth person isnt there.
:hen he looked around the platoon room, he
noticed the last person sitting on a chair y the
wall.
&akeru carried tea to the person y the wall.
re you not going to #oin3
nn3! Im not in the mood today.
Ikaruga took the cup of tea from him, set a leg on
the chair and nestling comfortaly she looked at
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platoon memers. :ithout mingling, she
watched them from a distance.
It wasnt really uncommon sight, it happened
occasionally.
Ikaruga sometimes looked this way at her
comrades. (ven when there were only threememers, she looked at the futile strategy
meetings &akeru and 9sagi held.
&akeru stood ne$t to Ikaruga and sipped his tea
while leaning ack on the wall. Ikaruga also
sipped her tea, and oth of them made a itter
e$pression at the same time.
its horrile.
0ou dont improve do you.
Ikaruga looked apologetically at &akeru who was
aout to cry and she giggled.
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-eally, nothing changes 'usanagi, 9sagi, nor
our mall 5ry ?latoons state.
4o, something changed didnt it3 Its ecome
somewhat dangerous recently.
&hats not what I mean. I mean this silly feeling,
the atmosphere.
:ith that said, aah, &akeru looked at )uka and
the others.
)uka came, +ari is staying over, I think itsecome *uite usy.
ut fundamentally nothing has changed. :e
havent matured at all.
It sounded like an accusation, ut Ikarugas
e$pression was rela$ed.
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&heyve known each other long, thats why he
noticed. he didnt want it to change, thats what
Ikaruga mustve thought.
&akeru put on a itter smile and thought aout
the past.
(ven if you say that, when there were only twoof us and 9sagi came, it was kind of awkward
too.
nn3
fter &akeru said that, Ikaruga curled up and
narrowed her eyes.
&hat gesture was strangely se$y.
:hat aout the time when it was #ust you and
me3
%a3 ecause it was #ust the two of usah.
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BCth platoon started in the high school didnt
it3 I met 'usanagi in middle school.
&he platoon, ecause their sense of camaraderie
was strong efore that, he felt like it was
continuing from middle school.
Ikaruga tilted her head towards where &akeruwas standing, it felt like she wanted to snuggle
up to him.
Is that how I am seen y 'usanagi3
I"I didnt mean it in a ad way. Its a
misunderstanding ecause of our long
relationship. t the eginning it was #ust me and
you for some time.
%e got emarrassed a it and averted his face.
eeing that reaction, Ikaruga came closer and
pressed her lustrous reasts against him.
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It sounded like something a married couple
would talk aout3
%a3!
9sagi would e our real daughter maye3
4ikaido our stepdaughter3
:hy does it turn out like that
)h, ut your legal wife would e )otori, I would
e the mistress with an e$"wife feel to it3
>ont talk like we had a divorce! )otori has
nothing to do with it does she3!
ah, its a harem so )otori aside everyone is a
mistress.
It #ust turned out that way ecause everyone
aside from me is a woman right3! "also aout
you and the others, I havent looked at you that
way even once.
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-eally, is it really that fun to constantly tease
me3
>ispleased, he folded his arms, closed his eyes
and grimaced.
(ven after saying the word Dtease like usual
nothing happened, ecause the silence
continued, &akeru opened one eye and looked at
Ikaruga.
Ikaruga was looking a it lonely, ga1ing at her
comrades.
really, unchanging.
%er e$pression, was one he never saw efore.
&akeru couldnt utter a single word, he could only
stare at her profile.
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:ell then, its aout time. &heres something I
want to tell you guys.
It was evening. &he futile platoon activities were
nearing their end, as usual. Ikaruga suddenly
raised her hips from the chair.
(veryones line of sight gathered at Ikaruga.
I will e taking a reak from school for a while.
ee you.
he said such a thing.
hee3 :hy3
&akeru raised his face and asked.
Im fine with telling you//if youre prepared for
it.
I already told you.
no, in fact I.
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Ikaruga moved the hands from her waist and
#oined them in front of her large reasts, giving
them a meek look.
//&heres a >ragoon race eing held
tomorrow, Gaia is whispering to me.
I know the risks. &he >ragoons race is a
dangerous game, sometimes the audience is
involved in accidents. till, I cant suppress it, my
heart is throing//
Isnt that #ust cutting classes!
&akeru couldnt stop himself from retorting.
%e tried to land a karate chop on her, ut she
distanced herself from him slightly.
&hats how it is, so continue the platoon
activities without me.
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%ey, as captain I cant recogni1e such a
reason!
:ell then, you guys, do it properly when
Ikaruga"oneesan isnt here
he went pass &akeru with a la coat on, and
walked away with loud footsteps.
)f course, &akeru tried to chase and stop her.
ut, Ikaruga stopped halfway as she was
opening the door and une$pectedly turned herface around.
tay healthy, ye ye.
ye ye.
s she waved to them, he stopped his feet.
)uka and +ari had a *uestioning look on their
faces, it seemed outrageous.
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eriously, what was that. I, it seems like I dont
know uginami that well yet.
0eah I thought we get along well, ut it seems
like uginami puts up a wall etween us. I
wonder if its ecause shes from another field, a
technician 'usanagi, why didnt you stop
uginami3 s captain, you should whack her.
&he familiar preaching voice of )uka didnt reach
&akeru.
omething, a strange uneasiness lodged itself
deep inside him.
Part 4
It was several minutes after Ikaruga left platoon
room.
3 :hat is it, &akeru3 0ouve een silent and
have had a difficult e$pression for a while now.
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'usanagi, youre the captain so give us a proper
riefing. :e will really have to repeat a year at
this rate.
%earing the voices of the two, &akeru looked up
reminded of them.
orry, sorry. :hat did you say3
are you really all right3 :hat are you spacing
out for3
+ari leaned over and stared at his face.
Im a little uneasy, I think uginami was acting
pretty weird.
3 he seemed the same as usual to me.
)uka tilted her neck while crossing her arms.
&akeru recalled it while staring at the ceiling, and
scratched his cheek.
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I dont really get it ut, it seemed really peculiar
when I spoke with her3 It was a little weird. )r
rather, the tension was pretty unstale.
%earing what &akeru said, +ari and )uka didnt
really get it and #ust tilted their necks.
lso she whenever shes going, she usuallysays Dsee you or see ya later, or something like
that.
3 o what3
nd today she, she said Dye ye right3 Its the
first time, for her to say goodye properly.
isnt that normal3 0oure rooding over
something like that3
(ven though +ari said that, &akeru still felt
uncomfortale.
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&akeru didnt have a rational asis for it, ut its
een four year ever since he first met Ikaruga.
It was something he could sense ecause of
their long relationship.
nd &akeru wasnt the only one who felt that.
=ertainly, it was strange.
9sagi seemed to think the same as &akeru, she
was silent up until now.
ecause she//didnt grope my chest even
once today.
he said it with a straight face, +ari and )uka
showed a trouled reaction.
i"isnt that good for you, that she
stopped.
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It isnt aout whether its good or ad. t times
like this uginami is plotting something.
9sagi said that, put a hand on the desk and
leaned over.
&akeru nodded strongly, agreeing with 9sagi.
Indeed. It was definitely strange.
0eah, theres definitely something.
&he two veterans agreed.
+ari and )uka had no idea, neither of them
could pinpoint it.
I wonder if its ecause you know each other for
a long time. ecause youve een fooling around
together for a long time, you notice something
we cant tell.
4"no no, now that I think aout it, I also think it
was a it strange3 0up, yup.
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why are you changing your opinion. >ont try
to mingle with them! >ont leave me alone!
"ecause you cant read the atmosphere. Im
one of those who can do that!
Its not aout eing ale to read the
atmosphere!
Is that so3! )uka had a shocked e$pression on
her face. %e wondered if the two of them really
got along adly, and he started to think aout
Ikaruga.
It might have een like +ari said, the four year
long relationship etween them might have made
a sutle difference. Ikaruga is someone who
could e called &akerus first friend. %e didnt
have many people he knew from childhood. %e
had e$tremely ad relations with other people
ever since he was young, even after coming to
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city he was isolated ecause he was always
carrying a sword.
9nder such circumstances, the only one who
spoke to him was Ikaruga.
0oure really interesting. I like you. I like sharp
people.
fter telling him that, Ikaruga started to involve
herself with &akeru. :hat led &akeru to how he
was now was )uka, ut the one who taught him
common sense was Ikaruga.
&o learn common sense from the most insane
person in the platoon might sound strange, ut
&akeru had een causing prolems for other
students, and if not for Ikaruga, he would have
een e$pelled.
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lthough &akeru wasnt aware of it, ut looking at
it from the side, Ikaruga was like an older sister
to him. It was the same for 9sagi as well.
itll e fine if it doesnt ecome
strange.
s &akeru worried aout her, suddenly, someoneknocked on the platoons door.
9sagi who was eating iscuits reacted *uickly,
stood up and trotted towards the door.
5uii3
nd when she opened the door.
(h3
9sagi3 :hat is it3
certainly, someone knocked on the
door, right3 I cant see anyone.
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9sagi made a *uestioning look.
&akeru also headed towards the door, and asked
in the hallway.
=ertainly, there was no one there. %e heard
voices from other platoons, ut he couldnt see
anyone.
:hat is it3 prank3
I dont think theres anyone in school who would
think of doing that, and eh3
:hen &akeru tried to close the door, he heard a
weird sound coming from elow.
fter he looked down, he saw an envelope eing
put there.
%e picked it up and looked at the address, D&o
'usanagi &akeru"sama, thats all that was
written.
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letter3
%e was concerned with, ut he didnt know
anyone who would leave him a letter.
:hat what3 love letter/3!
2"love letter you say3!
(ven so its *uite simple a rown envelope.
+ari and )uka came over towards the door, and
the entrance turned noisy.
4o, no matter how you look at it, theres no way
its a love letter
:hile saying that, he opened the envelope
carefully and took out the letter from inside.
&he contents inside were simple, a folded piece
of C paper. ll platoon memers looked at the
content of the letter.
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&hey were really a unch with no delicacy.
9nworried, he looked at the letter.
In there it said,
uginami Ikaruga has etrayed the cademy.