Vol 1 Chapter 3 (2/2)

“Eh? What? You want to express gratitude to Arma?”

If she were to explain her words to Mio, then she would definitely be continuously bothered about this htly, Kluele decided to ignore the question

[Little girl—]

At that ht-colored lizard had jumped onto her shoulder

“It’s rare for you to come on me”

[That’s because I want to confir]

In a voice soo, the lizard raised his head to look at her and said in an emotionless voice

[Do you understand the reason why I asked you what catalyst you were going to use?]

“……Eh?”

[Really, were you not aware of it?]

He seemed surprised, but also relieved Whichever one it reseh that seemed different from either

[After seeing the Recitation you just conducted, I finally realized it It seeirl’s Red Color Recitation appears very pro]

“Are you co my Recitation? That was because I used an exceptional catalyst, the gem”

But—

[No Rather, it’s the complete opposite]

It was the opposite of what she had expected Not only that, but he also shook his head

[When you were conducting the Recitation, if the catalyst you had used was not a ge else’ instead, you should still be able to call out so]

She totally didn’t understand…… A different catalyst? So?

However, even before he had brought up this topic, the Night-colored lizard had already quickly returned to Mio’s shoulder

[You should think about this point yourself Especially about Red Color Recitations, you have the saht’stoo complacent, you should look for the answer for yourself]

“Well…… To be honest, I don’t really understand However…… I will try my best”

After answering vaguely, Kluele ran her fingers through her hair This lizard’s words were really too abstract No, although the conversation itself was concrete, the contents may have been too sudden

“Anyway, don’t worry about it now We should go watch Neight’s performance”

[There seems to be no need to do that]

The one on Mio’s shoulder, who had talked, turned the tip of his nose in the direction of the campus

……I see

After glancing in the direction, Kluele closed her eyes and began to count the seconds On the campus, at a distance of several

“……Seems like it was a failure”

Mio roup’s performance was apparently finished, and a boy walked unsteadily towards the Because of his sagging shoulders, that robe seeh he knew that the chance of failure was high, he still felt upset This kind of mood was easily understandable

“I failed……”

There were no tears on his face, and instead he tried hard to show a s, but he desperately tried to deceive them so that nobody would find out

[Neight—]

Before the Night-colored creature opened his mouth……

“Neight, you worked hard”

Kluele uncrossed her arripped the boy’s hand

“Okay, try your best starting tomorrow!”

“……Kluele-san?”

The confused boy showed an expression even e

“Your goal is to fulfill your ht? If that’s the case, then you shouldn’t be feeling discouraged at this stage”

The one who had given her the opportunity to advance her Recitation one step further was this boy Because of that, she wanted to do so Reciter

“If a failure is sha with you Therefore, do your best to accept the challenge”

The boy’s hand treaze directly

“……Thank you very much However, I don’t wish for Kluele-san to be ridiculed because of my failure”

He felt tith But even so, those hands still returned her grip

“Therefore, next time I will try my best to have it succeed”

He hoped that nobody would find out

Xins Airwincle pressed his incessantly tre arms on the table The black smoke residue that he had seen in the laboratory— He had continued to feel skeptical about it, but he didn’t expect his suspicions to be true

The black smoke hadn’t been caused by a fire Even a Rainbow Color Reciter like hi other colors with a jet-black Song of Praise was the only thing impossible for a Rainbow Reciter

Although the Recitation itself had failed, he was not mistaken In other words—

……That was a Night Color Recitation?

Involuntarily, an inhuman sound came from his dry lips But, as there a thirteen or fourteen year old boy who had conducted that kind of Recitation?

“Evhemary, you……”

Although it was the middle of su from the depths of his heart made the Rainbow Reciter pull his coat closer to his body

Part 4

In theto an ashen black color, the recital contest in which more than one thousand five hundred students participated in was finally co to an end

“Well then First, I want to thank each and every student for their hard work”

The voice of Trees’ seats, was broadcasted throughout the whole campus by loudspeakers

“I had originally wanted to comment on every person’s performance, but if that were to happen, it would already be dawn to Therefore, I won’t discuss it here, but detailed comments will be passed on by your teachers to the student with theachievement—”

The heade clock on the school building, he opened his mouth

“Right now, it is six-thirty…… Ah, the students ht? Just like last year, a party has been prepared in the large hall beside the third-year building All students and teachers, please go there to reue”

Just when the elderly , all of the other students, except for the first-year students ere participating in the recital contest for the first ti a rumble to resound in the earth, the crowd of a thousand boys and girls ran forward

“A party…… What does that mean?”

Not understanding the situation, Ada tilted her head and thought about it The hoful smile, turned and replied to the student heat-colored skin

“In short, the entirehall Everyone, you should all hurry and go there Because the tradition is a buffet, if you don’t hurry, the food will be eaten up”

“Eh? You should tell us about this kind of thing earlier, sensei!”

The her-grade students A few of them even sprinted forward to overtake the crowd After not even ten seconds, the students in the lead as well as the students falling behind entered the multipurpose hall like a tsunami

“How should I put it…… What a vitality!”

Mio, who had not been quick enough to become part of the tsunami, said in a dumbfounded voice Now, other than teachers, there were only a few other people left on the campus

“Hey Hurry, hurry! Kululu, let’s go!”

“Yeah, yeah”

After shrugging her shoulders at Kate, who stood behind her with a wry smile, she followed after the tide of people

“……Is it these?”

The ggs> The five colored gemstones were placed on the table just like that

After ru for the past two days, he didn’t expect for theht that they would be carefully hidden, but it was the opposite

“They look really beautiful”

He didn’t think that they would be dangerous catalysts, so it wouldn’t hurt to borrow them

If they really were powerful catalysts, then they should be able to make even the Rainbow Color Reciter afraid If he was able to overwhelendary Rainbow Reciter, he would definitely be viewed differently around the world

“I should really thank him for what he did yesterday”

Thus, Vendrell reached out his hand towards the gg>

Part 5

“Kluele, have you tried this cake? It’s very delicious!”

Ada walked towards her, carrying a plate with three identical slices of cake on it I know it’s really good, but aren’t you taking too much? With a faint smile, Kluele shook her head

“I’h for me”

Kluele shook her glass of orange juice in reply

“Kululu, have you seen Xins-sama?”

Pushi+ng through a crowd of people, Mio asked loudly She held a cup of what seerape juice that was about to spill out It would be best to stay away fro her head once again This great hall was originally designed to hold parties, but after more than one thousand five hundred people were crowded inside, it was hard to find where anybody was

“However, if he’s in here, it wouldn’t be strange for hie disturbance”

Even though laughter could be heard everywhere in the room, she didn’t hear any loud cheers

“Could he be secretly scouting someone?”

She turned her line of sight to the direction of Ada’s gaze In one corner of the great hall, a higher-grade student was currently sitting in the judge’s section and talking with the guest Reciter The two of the, but were instead surrounded by a tense at Kluele could feel To us lower-grade students, the recital contest is siraduate, it decided their future path

“Speaking of which, Kululu also received applause Has anyone come to scout you?”

Mio asked while looking at her reflection in the glass cup

“There’s no way that could happen Only Kate-sensei praised me a bit, that’s all”

The cheers that she had received were si of Recitation skill points Based on the difficulty of the Recitation, her rank in the recital contest was slightly lower than the average

Because of this, there were certainly quite a nurade students had performed exceptionally

In Yellow Recitations, there was a fereat cheering In Blue Recitations, a student called out an ice cube which was carved into a sculpture of a knight on a horse As for White Recitations, arade students, aout a unicorn She had heard people saying that he would receive the award of being

“By the here’s Neight?”

Mio, who held a glass in one hand, shook her head

“We were together just a et sooYou don’t need to worry about him”

A fiendish catalyst— gg>

Since the school wanted to get rid of it, then it shouldn’t matter if he took it and used it

“Well then, how should I do it?”

Vendrell looked down at the gemstone and closed his eyes

Perhaps he could call out a large creature that he had never succeeded in Reciting before Not just noble AriaSecond Scale Recitation, but if it went sh noble AriaFirst Scale Recitation, the <true spirit=””>, wouldn’t be impossible to call out

The three links required for a Recitation— using a specific catalyst, singing a specific <oratoriosong of=”” praise=””>, and calling out the True Spirit’s true nah-ranked Reciter could satisfy those Recitation conditions That would be considered a High noble AriaFirst Scale Recitation If he was able to call that out when least expected, then even that Rainbow Color Reciter would have no

……Anyhoant to call out a powerful, unmatched, fierce creature

First I’ll take this back toand powerful this catalyst is Vendrell grabbed the red gg> closest to him, and placed the colored catalyst into a backpack he had prepared

At that moment—

The shell of the gg> broke, and the pitch-black of the resources building was driven away by a flash of red light

“Wha…… Oi, what is this!”

Under light as bright as looking directly into the sun, he was unable to open his eyes Is this Recitation light?

Hold on a !

This is different froht react si it?

The red radiance sealed his eyes closed Just when he wanted to put down the gg>, the object in his hand began to expand

A Recitation had auto? This is impossi—

……Impossible……

Trapped in this panicked situation, Vendrell finally lost consciousness

Part 6

“This is a Recitation created for your sake Therefore, Neight, I will only teach it to you”

With a great effort, his aze, Neight grasped that hand Because hisat it made him feel sad

“Neight…… What do you think a Recitation is?”

Mother asked hiaze There wasn’t a proper answer to that question That was so Recitations, knew about Unsure of what to say, Neight kept his ht into her eyes

But even like this, he was still able to feel the warmth of Mother’s hand

“These things called Recitations are used to call out yourself That’s what I think A true Reciter is one who gives forly difficult Even until the very end, I couldn’t do what I just spoke of”

An incantation The power contained within words It was like Mother’s words right now, a pohich aze, raise his head His gaze overlapped with his mother's and they made eye contact

Bedridden, without the strength to even hug her child—

But even so, that aze

“One hundred and seventy-two…… one hundred and seventy-three……”

Waiting like this, his boiling hot body was unable to cool down In theroasted in the heat of a crowd of people, he had wanted to escape to the outside However, even the outside wasn’t comfortable The hot wind left behind by the daytis

“One hundred and seventy-four……”

[You seeo Is there ato this?]

It was the falanced at the back of Neight, who sat on a bench There was a grassy field two hundred meters outside the multipurpose hall, and he sat on a bench in the corner of that place

—He had already been here for about half an hour

“Yeah Because by sitting like this, I don’t have to think about various things”

He pulled back a knee and placed his hands on it Iht-colored Recited creature flew from the back of the bench onto his lap

[Various things such as?]

“Just various things, that’s all”

Meaninglessly, he simply repeated the lizard’s words In the end, even he couldn’t think of sos” The reason why he gazed at the stars really wasn’t because of this Actually, before he realized it, he had already started counting stars

“……Hey, Ar really is difficult”

In the sky, a fragment of a cloud seemed to float in front of the stars and cover theaze away, he focused on the companion on his lap

[Co as always—]

Just when Arazesat each other for several seconds, or perhaps it was only a split second After taking a breath, Arma raised the corners of his mouth and he spoke

[……It doesn’t seem to be]

“Eh? You can tell?”

Facing Arht tried to change the subject

[’Reciting is difficult’ If you had truly understood thebehind those words and said the?]

“Arma, did you also see Kluele-san’s performance?”

Maintaining a sitting position on the bench, he brought his legs to his chest and hugged them with both hands It was the sao

“I saw everyone’s perfor place, but I assume that Kluele-san’s was the best?”

[What are you trying to say?]

“Just—”

When he aiting for his turn to go on stage, he had seen her Recitation That was truly—

“She Recited as if she was enjoying it from the bottom of her heart Is that what you mean?”

The one who spoke those words wasn’t Arht’s head snapped around in the direction of the voice

Several ure of a h it was summer

His dry grass colored coat diht

Neight had not forgotten him It was the Reciter who had helped hirade student had been picking a fight Also, yesterday, he heard from Mio that this person was the most famous Reciter in the world—

“It’s been two days”

The Rainbow Color Reciter in front of his eyes slowly lifted his right hand and spoke in a conversational voice

“Ah, that…… Thank you very ratitude……”

“It’s fine, that was nothing Anyways, may I sit here?”

Neight hastily nodded at the other side of the bench which theat How could he refuse?

“I wanted to have a little chat with you, so I’ve been looking for you”

“……With me?”

What’s going on? Why would the Rainbow Reciter be looking for me?

“Recently, have you attempted to conduct a Recitation in the laboratory, but failed? The one rese black smoke, I mean”

“Eh?”

Neight was left speechless at the sudden question That was certainly what had happened, but ould this person know about such a thing?

“Uht, my Recitation failed……”

“Ah, I apologize I wasn’t trying to blame you I’m not even a teacher of this school”

His expression suddenly relaxed

“Today, I saw your Recitation”

He inquired in a pro above his head

“Was that a Recitation invented by you?”

“What do you mean?”

“I believe that type of Recitation doesn’t belong to any of the five colors”

The Rainbow Reciter got straight to the point

But, how should he answer? Not knohat to do, Neight lowered his gaze The Recited creature at his side seemed to say “I’ll leave it to you” and curled up on his lap

“Eh, you could call it that That Recitation is the original creation of ht Color Recitation’”

“……I see”

Neight felt the illusion that thefor an instant

“Is that a Recited creature sleeping on your lap?”

By this less to act oblivious A lizard of this color simply did not exist Also, upon closer inspection, his body structure was different from other lizards’ Since the man was the Rainbow Reciter, he should already be used to the sight of this type of creature

“I think it was about one year ago, when my mother entrusted him to me”

“Entrusted?”

“She said, ‘When I aht Color Recitations in my place’”

“……‘When I aone’?”

Suddenly, his voice was mixed with bitterness

“I don’t have real parents They died in a fire soe She also started to teach me Recitations froo”

“……I’ painful”

His words suddenly ht realize

—Eh? Why did I even tell hi? I hadn’t intended to talk so much

Why? The person beside hi the Rainbow Reciter? No, that wasn’t it It was an indescribable feeling— A kind of feeling similar to sorrow

“Back to the original topic, you said that Reciting is really difficult?”

Although Neight didn’t understand, he felt like the man wanted to avoid the topic that had just coed the subject?

However, in order to answer his question, the conversation had to start from there

“Mother thought that I could change anything I wanted She was very strict and often scolded ht the only reason she adopted me was by chance However, if that’s so……”

Neight stopped, and got up from the bench His memories of when Mother praised hiether

“When I think about it, she was a true mother When I was sick, she took care of …… No, not only that Although she usually acted cold, actually, she always cared for me”

He unwittingly felt his cheeks starting to turn hot I can’t cry Even though that hat he thought, he wasn’t able to stop the tears which flowed out

“In the very end, Mother and I o, Mother made a promise to a certain person, to have hiht Color Recitation I proht Color Recitation”

Thinking about it now, that ht have been Mother’s first yet final ‘request’

“A…… promise?”

He forced a s

“Until now, even after I ca about it In other words, I will tryKluele-san’s Recitation today, I feel a little How should I say it, I think that I should consider it again”

Neight himself didn’t quite understand how to best explain

“I still don’t truly coht Color Recitations”

Arht felt himself bathed in it

“So I thought, if that were true, do I need to be so worried? Kluele-san was able to conduct a Recitation happily I also wish to be able to use er path, as long as I can happily study Recitations with everyone…… Even though I would be letting down the person Mother promised”

“You wouldn’t be letting him down”

The Rainbow Reciter got up and stood beside Neight

“I think, the person who your mother promised would surely understand”

“Is that so?”

The ly at him, as if extremely sure of his answer

“The day when you ht Color Recitations, I hope you inform me I would also like to see it”

“Eh? But I still don’t knohen that will be”

Neight smiled as if to escape the pressure

“I’, for example……”

He took out a watch from his pocket and pointed at the school’s multipurpose hall

What’s going on? Neight gazed in that direction for one second, two seconds—

The lights suddenly turned on and scorched his eyelids

“Ah!”

As if he had already predicted this alarmed reaction, a mischievous look showed on his face

The brilliant radiance of the fluorescent lights at night gave the school an illusionary atmosphere It wasn’t just the , outdoor paths, fountain, and flower garden Tre

“This recital contest event is actually a tradition left behind by the predecessor of Trehts of the recital contest and the graduation ceremony would the whole school be illuminated like this”

“In other words, Xins-san also used to go to this school?”

“That’s right”

After briefly nodding his head, he wordlessly let his gaze focus on the lights illu the school

As if having received an invitation, Neight also stared at the lit up school buildings

“It’s already been ht together, but it seeed”

—Eh? Aht was very familiar with

“Y-You said Evhemary……?”

“Evhemary Yehlemihas Is that the same name as your mother?”

With a sht

Suddenly, it was like so else gradually appeared

The person who Mother had pro before his eyes who knew Mother It couldn’t be…… Is it possible that this person is…… The person regarded as the top Reciter, the legendary Rainbow Color Reciter was……

[I see Then, you’re the one who Evhe spoke of……]

Even Aret involved and remained silent, fixed his crescent-moon pupils on this man

“Well, who knows? It ht be a completely different person”

Even though Neight spoke those words, he was si to act oblivious

Ah……

Deja vu

I…… Perhaps I understand this man’s personality

I see, this person— In front of other people, the one who doesn’t blame anyone and receives the admiration of tens of thousands of people isn’t the true him That kind of naïve expression was only shown for the people who sincerely believed in hi a mischievous expression, that was his true personality

……The same expression as Mother

The same expression as when Mother smiles at me

“When you have thoroughly studied Night Color Recitations, I will tell you the answer as a bargain—”

However

His voice suddenly paused in thethose words

No, it was covered

A ruround shook the whole campus

And then, resounding even , was a creature’s immensely loud roar

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