Vol 1 Chapter 4 (2/2)

Neight bit his lip If there was no catalyst, it was impossible for him to complete a Recitation with his oer

“Neight With that Recitation, what can you do?”

“……I don’t know”

Face to face with Kluele, who had been continuously staring at hily spoke the truth

—But, I want to believe

The last Recitation that Mother taughtmy promise with the Rainbow Reciter

Those two are surely the sa

“Th-That……”

“……It doesn’t — I understand what you mean”

Still sirl slowly continued to speak

“Thatto you”

Even though he hadn’t said it out loud, the girl before him already completely accepted it

[Neight, I really admire your resolve But in reality, without a catalyst, you cannot expect any results]

“Night-colored fla—”

Kluele turned around to ask the silent girl

For a few seconds, Mio wordlessly closed her eyes—

“Night-colored flame…… Ah…… Aaah……”

Suddenly, her voice echoed throughout the hall

“I got it! I have a clue about the Night-colored flame!”

……She has a clue?

[Really?]

“Yeah, it’s probably not wrong But, soet it— Ah……”

Mio hesitated She threw an anxious look at her friend

“Mio, go ahead”

She slowly shook her head

“……Kululu?”

“I’ht……”

Still resting on the floor, the girl looked at him with moist eyes

“—I won’t do anything unreasonable, I promise”

No words were needed Neight nodded his head once in assent

“Mio-san, after you’re ready, please coo first”

“I understand I’ll be right there ……Kululu, please, you have to stay safe!”

“Don’t say such ominous words I won’t die”

Wiping away her hesitation, the girl wearing the pearl-colored dress headed towards the eo quickly as well— Without a reason, Kluele’s gaze followed Neight’s back as he headed towards the front gate of the hall

……This is fine, right?

Kluele closed her eyes and let out a breath Actually, she didn’t even have the strength to breathe The feeling of wanting to voht shoulder couldn’t be felt Her whole body was engulfed by an intense sleepiness She hadn’t expected to hang on for so long

……Really, I didn’t expect

Without irl fell unconscious

Part 3

“Heade in the first-year building!”

“I understand! Leave a few people in that building, and everyone else should come here!”

At the sa sound that could nearly rupture eardrus of the tyverns that he had called out had been bitten into tatters

……How could there be such a monster!

Zea Lordfill wiped away the beads of shich had appeared on his forehead It wasn’t caused by the thick ss or by the heat, but rather by the overwhel pressure emitted by the monster before his eyes that made his body scream

Although the hydraThe Green High noble AriaFirst Scale Recitation’s wyverns were si its advances was the li for even a little, the five heads would summon chimeras one after the other

Even having reinforce was an optimistic estimate Could they last until then? This wasn’t an outcome to look forward to

“Not just quality…… Even quantity, our side has a disadvantage……”

Glancing overhead, he cursed theblood

The nue snake wasn’t ordinary Because they spread out in the sky and landed everywhere around the school, our fighting forces have been scattered Because he hadn’tback the chimera attacks

If there was one more powerful Reciter…… If there was a technique-user who could rival the Rainbow Reciter……

But, he iht that had risen to his mind like a blister

Ugh, I’ve become weak No, I can’t think about such dreams I can’t let my concentration be disrupted

—The school has to be protected by the headmaster

“Enne, go check if there are any students who haven’t escaped yet We will be doing so here”

The tall teacher with the sleeve of his scarlet robe pulled up to his elbow gave this instruction to the fe a white robe

“But coo, the number of chimeras here is even more……”

“If it’s only for a while, we can still withstand it The safety of students has the priority”

“But……”

Just when the feue back, someone put a hand on her shoulder

“—It’s already been more than ten years since Elfand, hasn’t it?”

A teacher wearing a water-colored robe pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose while showing a bitter smile

“We’ve all known each other for so long You should have a little confidence in your students, all right?”

That arrogant tone of voice ghead was the saed at all

—But that’s true So ether for such a long time

If so, at this time…… No, because it’s this time, I should believe them

“……Be careful”

She slass shattered aftera sharp noise, and white ss

——[White SongArzus]——

Froed white horses appeared after letting out a neighing sound that echoed throughout the school It was White’s noble AriaSecond Scale Recitation, Pegasus It was the Recitation she had dreamed of ever since she was a student

She got onto one of them, and issued an order to the two people behind her

“Zessel, Mirror! You two support theht back!”

“—Isa Yer she riena xeoi pel”

Let’s ring the bell of twilight (beginning)

[—sheon lef dimi-l-cori riec-c-wavir]

A boy wearing a deep blue robe sang the <oratoriosong of=”” praise=””>

He stood in the center of the school’s central campus

It was a strange scene Except for the center circle— Other than the dia one hundred ulfed in flame Inside that was only one person, the boy with his eyes closed to the dazzling scene

The flame was needed to be used as a catalyst This inexperienced Reciter could only use the catalyst to coe amount of flames

Gradually, the heat could be felt even in the central space, the red tendrils of fla closer There was nowhere to escape to At this rate, it wouldn’t be long before he would undoubtedly be engulfed by the sea of flames

Even so—

The boy didn’t have a distressed expression It wasn’t that he couldn’t feel the heat His small cheeks were covered with beads of sweat, and the tips of his wet hair shone with the sa himself with flames But, he certainly felt an e

I love (desire) only you

I love (desire) you

—elma Ies neckt evoia twispeli kei

For this reason, do you quietly cry alone?

For this reason, no o to welcome you before anyone else

—zette Yer cana arcasha Loo ifex LoR zarabearc sm ferme

Not existing anywhere, Until evening (the small you)

You are here, Until the beautiful one (person with large desires)

—Loiris leya mihhya lef hid, ravience Stalwari

Standing alone without anybody knowing, was the dusk-colored song user The <oratoriosong of=”” praise=””> of twilight which nobody had heard before

Then, in the place of the one who should originally be here, I shall at least watch over this shttime traveler

[……Evheed Reciter]

Directly above the school, even higher in the sky than the group of chimera Arma lifted the tip of his nose up towards the ChannelRecital Gate that was opening slowly but surely

The girl had once been ridiculed by the people at her side, but with the passing of time—

[As I thought, Neight is your son]

As if washi+ng away the disgrace in histhat his ure, even Arentle

After that, all he needed to do ait

Wait for thethe world are dyed in the color of night

He wasn’t standing on the boy’s shoulder, but rather on the situation descending to the ground Arazed up steadily at that boy

Even so, it was still tiresome……

Xins used the sleeve of his coat to wipe away the sweat flowing into his eyes The will-o’-wisp by his side was already the third one Even though it was a Recited creature of the second scale, its poasn’t unliree, it would disappear without a warning

He was also like that Fatigue wore down his attention, and the success rate of his Recitations was inevitably dropping

Right now, the head the hydra But to that ood opponent Except for the one head dealing with the situation here, the re four heads continued to spit out chimeras

Although he wanted to go and assist the head down the chi that, the hydra would call out even more chiht against the could this balance last?

He took out a small flask from inside his coat Ripples wavered and rose to the yelloater’s surface Although it was a catalyst usually used only in e

“……It’s beco recital contest”

Without even a bitter smile, Xins pulled open the lid of the flask

The building two hundredwas, in other words, the second year school building Inside it should be the ht-colored flames

Holding her breath, Mio walked down the lane leading to the building It wasn’t to escape the gaze of others, but so that she wouldn’t be spotted by theoverhead

The lights of the school occasionally illuures of the chimeras The teachers should have already taken care of theed much from the first tie like turning from a hundred to ninety

……It would be bad if I were to be seen this time

Green Recitation isn’t suited for battle There was nothing in her repertoire to drive away the three-headed beasts, let alone defeat them At any rate, she could only pray to not be discovered

Appearing as if she was connected to the shadow of the school building, after she left the first-year building, sheon the shadows of plants

“This here is…… The final obstacle……”

She spoke out loud to reht path fro There were no places to hide, nor any trees or grass This section of the asphalt path was about fifty

How fast istime?

The painful heartbeats in her chest becah there were nearly a hundredthis distance shouldn’t take more than ten seconds I definitely won’t be noticed I shouldn’t be noticed Even if I happen to be noticed, I can escape as long as I enter the building Anyhow, I can’t just stay here and let time pass I can’t let Kluele be alone

—She ran

Not looking overhead or behind her, she stared fixedly in front of her

The nighttime road nearly caused her to trip It was clearly a short distance, but her head hurt froen As she seized the crucial moment, that heavy pressure seemed like it would crush her

However The girl ran the whole distance

Just when her hand touched the building, she collapsed exhaustedly

“I still……haven’t done anything yet…… I have to find that and deliver it to Neight-kun……”

Staggering, Mio began advancing towards the inside of the second-year school building

Her destination was the chemical preparation room

At the same time

——[Red SongKeinez]——

A teacher wearing a scarlet robe called out a cri where the students were taking refuge, were completely surrounded by the deep crimson whirlpool Backfire— A ulf the teacher himself……

——[Blue SongRuguz]——

In front of thethe scarlet robe appeared a thin filh it looked like a thin wall that would be penetrated at a touch, it blocked the raging blaze

“Zessel, don’t be too excessive”

“Hm? Did I make eye contact? Did I ask for your protection?”

Zessel gave a low laugh at the colleague standing beside him

“Either way, it can’t be helped if I don’t get burned a little”

“……You’re ument”

While constantly h

“How many have you stopped?”

“Five It’s rather annoying that they don’t attack at the same time”

……da alert for anything overhead, Zessel confir in his breast pocket The attack was too sudden, and he was in a pained situation with nearly no equipment

Although he wanted to finish it quickly with so of the First or Second scale, he orried that an attack could co him unable to focus his attention Also, the creatures he could call out with a Priainst the chimera Therefore, bit by bit, he had retreated to just in front of the school building

“…Enne, why so slow?”

“I had to rescue some students, so I took some time”

She immediately said the answer she had prepared beforehand She understood the feelings of Mirror, whothe sa

Even so, right now, he had no choice but to believe it

“I’ to end it with a Second scale Recitation Until then, please cover me”

Zessel gripped a ruby in his right hand, and before his companion could reply, he had already closed his eyes Beside hi sound of Mirror’s deep blue robe reached his eardrums

At that instant, the bushes that were only a few meters away from him rustled In the illumination of the embers, appeared a shadoith three heads

“Zessel!”

Mirror uttered a shout that was close to a shriek

……So it was hiding there!

Without even the tiraded his Recitation from the Second scale to the Fourth scale If it were a flaood!

Zessel felt regretful The chimera was too close In the short distance, even Mirror wouldn’t have time to make a film of water If he were to use a flaht up in the whirlpool of flaht up a few methods to withstand the attack, none of them were sufficient to reverse the situation What could he do?

“Zessel! What are you doing?!”

The monster didn’t miss that instant of hesitation By the time he ca before his eyes

“Oh no—”

He was unable to move his body or close his eyes He felt prepared for those teeth to impale his body

At that instant—

——[ReturnNussis] ——

Without warning, a quiet, solemn voice resounded

Before Zessel had understood the word ‘return’—

The chied into its shadow

At that mo thrown into the water’s surface

“Wha-!”

How could such a thing have happened? Looking around, he couldn’t feel the presence of any person or thing

“Are you alright?!”

Mirror ran over Because of what had just happened, Zessel was unable to make a sound The fact that a Recited creature was sent back means, that was also a Recitation just now? But—

“What happened just now……”

Zessel forced a voice out of his throat Mirror was also standing still with a dumbfounded expression On his face see beside me doesn’t know, then how am I supposed to know?’

Co’, it was a technique to send back a creature that had been called out But a type of Reverse Song where it had been pulled into its shadow? Even he himself, who had the position of a Recitation teacher, couldn’t tell what color the Recitation had been Could it be a Recitation that he had never even heard of, let alone see for the first time?

“Mirror, did you hear it?”

“Hear what?”

He questioned back Could it be that it was just a hallucination?

—Sheesh, you’re even a teacher, so pull yourself together—

Immediately after the chimera had been sent back, the wind that had blown past his ear seemed to have carried that sound fro tio

[Bird without feathers Chick who broke out of its shell You are—]

From some faraway place, sounded an unclear voice like an echo Whether it was uished A sound that didn’t belong to this world, with a mysterious tone

[Kluele]

Finally, she realized that the voice was speaking to her

It was a word she reht, it’s my name

[Call out to me Give me a name]

Who are you?

[I as Come, wake up]

I don’t really understand ……Even though I don’t knoho you are, I’m sorry I’m already very tired

[Even so, you ht]

Night That word caused so to respond somewhere in her heart The threads of her consciousness that should have been severed gradually connected back together Night……night……night color…… Sohtened in her chest

Why? Even though she was already exhausted, she felt the feeling that she o

But, she didn’t know for what She didn’t know for whom

‘Night’, who is it talking about? Hey, tell me

[Come, wake up]

The voice didn’t answer Wake up Those words disappeared, and the world becaain

“Take these children into that building!”

The nu flames and students who had frantically escaped when the beasts attacked, was asus could only carry two students at a ti three at first, she needed more than twice that number

Under the scorching heat of the flames, she wiped aeat from her forehead

—There probably aren’t any more people there

“Is anyone still there? If so, answer me!”

The surrounding fla trans, the third-year building, and arrived at the four-way intersection near the schoolyard The bushes shook with a rustling sound, and she reflexively turned around

“……Is someone over there?”

It could be a student as injured and unable to move, and couldn’t cry for help even if he wanted to This preh her mind

“Enne, get away from there!”

She heard someone’s voice At that moment, she didn’t realize that those words were directed at her Ignoring the warning, she took a step forward—

……Eh……

She ht within the bush It couldn’t be!

Before she had time to feel afraid, sorass colored coat filled her view

Roaring, the chimera fleards them The Reciter used his left hand to block its claws Even from her position, Enne could hear the terrible sound of claws ripping through flesh

[ReturnNussis]

Using his right hand to touch the beast’s body, the ure of the beast gradually beca that it had co out a deep sigh

“Although you’re always cal, you won’t be able to see soed since the times back in Elfand, Enne”

“X-Xins?”

The person before her eyes was a classmate from Elfand

“Long time no see Because we’ve both been busy with the recital contest, I haven’t had time to come say hi What about Zessel and Mirror? They should also be teachers here, right?”

While surveying his surroundings, he mentioned the nao

“They should be over by the first-year building”

Before she finished speaking, Enne realized that thehis left arm protectively

“Xins, you can’t possibly be……”

“—Is it that bad?”

He averted his gaze Sure enough…… He had a broken bone

Using his physical body to block the chimera’s claasn’t si else he could have done to save her In a situation where his friend and ene a Recitation would cause both sides to get hurt In order to protect her, he could only a technique that involved touching the ene to send it away

“……I’m sorry I…… What can I say?”

Considering in terms of power, compared to her, one of the Rainbow Reciter’s arms was clearly more power

“You don’t need to feel sorry It could have been a student collapsed there But I’ve already searched this area, so I knew that couldn’t possibly have been a student”

While wrapping his left hand in his coat, her classs

“However, it was bad ti Just when it had started to move……”

In a position to surround the two of thean to descend simultaneously

No It wasn’t bad ti, waiting for an opportunity Waiting for a ot injured

Looking behind her, she saw that there were more than ten chimeras If they attacked all at once, even the Rainbow Reciter would have a hard ti catalyst she had left was an opal ring she wore on her finger

Failure is not allowed— In this case, she should call out a Pegasus The failure rate for two of thereater than for one

……I’et him out of here Not just the chi everything behind the scenes, only this

“Xins…… I will be calling out a Pegasus, so please get on right after it’s out”

In a low voice, she instructed him, who stood behind her

After hearing her words, his back shook

“Enne— You haven’t changed”

His voice sent shi+vers up Enne’s spine It wasn’t a low, overpowering sound Instead, it was the reverse, a calm tone of voice

However, why did his calmness make her feel afraid?

“Because it was so difficult for you to say, you talked more quickly…… I won’t escape by myself”

This time, his words left Enne speechless

As she had expected She had already somewhat sensed it back in Elfand I really hate that about you Why are you able to notice even this type of thing?

“No! I beg of you, escap—”

Before she had finished speaking, Enne’s voice suddenly stopped

Because the man before her eyes showed a calm smile

“I don’t want to lose any more of my acquaintances”

It was an extreh everything, and felt despair towards so

Out of the roup that fleard directly ahead of her

——[Red SongKeinez]——

The wave of heat fro No, it should have burned everything In the moment when pain burst across his hand, Xins’s concentration was broken The resulting flame was far from the small flame that the Rainbow Reciter had expected

A chiap in the flame This unexpected situation made him freeze This was bad There wasn’t even time for Enne’s own Recitation!

“Xins!”

This time, his coat would certainly be pierced by the claws of the beast That kind of scene was on the verge of turning from illusion to reality……

Frohth key, Berith

—orbie clar, dremre : Goetia : Berith—

Directly underneath the attacking chiht driving a crimson horse

It was a knight wearing pitch-black ar a lance the same color as his armor Due to this sudden intruder, the chi of the lance, the chimeras that were about to attack were also swatted away

—It’s strong

The fact that the chimera, which were equal to a Third scale Recitation, was so easily defeated ht is a noble AriaSecond Scale Recitation? But, she had never seen this kind of Recitation before Just who did this?

The way that the knight disregarded their doubt and faded aithout a trace made it seeht had knocked doere scattered around the two of them

“……Enne, was that your Recitation?”

Still in shock, Enne shook her head That’swas certain The Reciter who saved us just noants us to survive

“Xins, let’s keep working hard”

As if protecting his back, she pressed closer to him

“Because it’s a life that ent through the trouble of taking back, even until the very last ive up”

“—Enne, I take back what I said earlier”

Standing back to back with her, he spoke in a serious voice

“You’ve changed ……You’ve beco”

“……Neight”

He re on the bed, eaten away by her illness

In her dying moments, what she wanted to pass on weren’t words of farewell or words of love, but Night Color Recitation’s High noble AriaFirst Scale Recitation— the <oratoriosong of=”” praise=””> for calling out Night Color’s True Spirit

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

With a great effort, Mother extended her right hand froripped her hand in return Mother’s hand had beco at it aze away

“Do you think Reciting is difficult?”

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