Vol 1 Chapter 6 (1/2)
A STORM, THE MAGIC BLADE, AND TORTOISEShell – PART 1
February 13, 2016Tgurneu
Half-eaten bread had been laid in front of Colio He picked it up and ate it It was already dry and hard
His life had noaboutwith a full stomach or not, Colio smiled a little
Children ran on the road, and Colio looked at them It wasn’t because they interested thes that came near his eyes
“There, it went there!”
“No, it’s not here”
“Where did it go?”
“I dunno”
“Let’s go back already…”
“The wind is getting really strong”
“It’s probably going to rain”
The children were cheerfully playing around Colio stared apathetically at them
“Call it one more time”
“Ok, let’s do it”
It see about it, they always see for it
The children gathered together and shouted in unison,
“TOORTOOISESHEELL!”
Colio i
He remembered That was one of shi+ron’s aliases that she told him of
“That cat!”
The children were startled by Colio suddenly speaking
“Who is that cat’s owner? Where is it?”
It h to consider it
“Huh? We don’t know”
One child answered
Another child raised her hand
“I knoho that cat’s owner is”
“Hmm?”
“It’s mister Carthello!”
It was a fa that it was unbelievable
“Cartohelo Mashea?”
The girl nodded
“Ia Mira’s boyfriend?”
She nodded again
Hae her location
She was at an abandoned storehouse far fro too important to break It wasn’t bad for a battlefield
Haal here
She had no way other than fighting and defeating him
Although
“…”
She took slow breaths and tried to concentrate
She understood he was co
After all, his preparations were complete
Colio headed towards Ia’s residence while asking people for directions
The wind gradually grew stronger Raindrops that fell like rocks began wetting his face By the ti wet, he found Ia’s place It was an attic room of a small apartment It was residence for two people atop the narrow stairs
“Cartohelo MasheaIa Mira”
Their naether
Colio hesitated while standing in front of the door Maybe he shouldn’t meet her
But, even if his life had no , he wanted to know s of his didn’t waver
Even so, it was a nostalgic nao, but it already felt like the distant past Colio wondered how ed
“…Hey, don’t go there!”
As he was thinking about this, a voice resounded from the bottom of the stairs He turned around and saw a hbors
“You can’t go near that apartment”
The man said
“…Why?”
“I don’t know The Armed Librarian Hamyuts Meseta came here and said this Anyway, you can’t enter”
“I see”
Colio pretended turning back, and when he saw the man wasn’t there anymore, he returned to the door and knocked
There was no reply
After hesitating a bit, Colio opened the door and entered
“…Hamyuts-san?”
The moment he opened the door, he could hear Ia’s voice Colio was surprised to hear her mention Hamyuts
Then, there was the voice of a violent cough
The place was filled with the stagnant smell of body odor characteristic of a place with sick people in it
“Ia Mira?”
Colio called
“…Who is it?”
It seemed like Ia didn’t remember his voice Colio went further inside When Ia saw his face, she raised an eyebrow She seenize him, but she couldn’t understand the reason for his visit
“…You’re…”
“…Umm…”
Colio was stuh he suddenly stormed inside, he didn’t think about what to say He was flustered
“Why’re you…?”
“…A lot has happened”
Thinking a bit, Colio said only this Ia was perplexed
Colio looked around It was a narrow room
There were only one bed and a closet Next to a single table were two chairs There was barely enough furniture for one person, and it was apparent that two people have lived here
Ia was lying in a someide bed Her complexion didn’t look bad, but she had dark circles under her eyes and her expression seemed vacant
At that tis and rubbed against his shi+n
“Oh, Tortoiseshell”
“This cat…”
“It’s my… no, Cartohelo’s cat”
Ia stretched a hand from the bed and stroked the back of the cat
“Well then, get out now I don’t knohy you’re here, but I’m sick Those were the instructions of the Library Director Hamyuts-san”
“No”
“You have to”
Ia coughed
“…I’ to die”
Hearing her talking about death, Colio felt some response in his heart
“What happened?”
Colio asked
“Dragon Pneumonia It’s hard to believe, but it’s true”
“Dragon Pneumonia…”
“Please don’t tell other people about this It’ll cause panic She told me to stay here and let no one come near”
After saying this, she coughed again
Colio recalled shi+ron’s Book She said it – that another breakout of Dragon Pneumonia will happen in the distant future
But, he didn’t think that it would happen right now
“So just leave You’ll die”
“…No, I won’t go”
Ia looked troubled
“You really are a strange person”
Colio also felt troubled hearing that He certainly was a strange person
But more importantly, he wanted to breach the main topic
He came here to ask about the cat It seeht about how to breach the subject, Ia started talking with him instead
“Hey, is it true you had a bomb in your chest?”
“…”
Colio nodded He was surprised, but it was probably Hamyuts that told her of this when she came over
“Was it made by bad people?”
Colio wondered how he should answer that
“But you don’t have it anymore That’s what Hamyuts-san said”
Colio nodded
“So, everything’s good”
Ia said while sers, she seemed to be really happy for him
But Colio couldn’t feel honestly happy about her feelings Since he thought he would rather be killed by Ha
“I don’t know if that’s really good”
Ia was surprised
“Why?”
“I don’t knohat I’ to know from now on”
“Why?”
“…”
Ia’s question didn’t hold any ill will against him But it was a question Colio couldn’t answer
He couldn’t even describe hoas living thus far
“Sorry, it was a weird question”
“…Yeah”
“It’ll be fine”
“…I don’t know”
It was a vague answer, but it was the only thing he could answer
Colio noticed that talking with Ia strangely calmed his heart Perhaps Ia felt the same hen she wanted hi He couldn’t really understand
“So, why did you come here?”
Colio thought back He didn’t come here for small talk with the sick
“That cat…”
When he wanted to point at it, it had already gone off to somewhere else
“Where is it?”
“Ever since Cartohelo was gone, Tortoiseshell doesn’t stay here a lot What’s the matter with it?”
“…Why did you name the cat like that?”
“Why do you ask?”
Colio faltered But he didn’t really need to be secretive Did he have a reason to hesitate?
“A person I knoas called by the name”
“…You’re talking about Tortoiseshell? That girl with the striped hair?”
Ia was surprised, and so was Colio
“…How do you know about her? That Book was Cartohelo’s”
Haentleman
In his hand he held a small crystal ball
He appeared to be unarmed
One person
The storious suit et by the rain and the hair on his back disturbed by the wind Hamyuts was also similarly wet
The distance between thee, but Hamyuts didn’t attack
Hamyuts couldn’t hit anyway because of this wind Also, she wanted to see the face of the ed to corner her like this
“hello”
The one to begin talking was Hamyuts The man showed his face from behind the storehouse
“Hey, Hamyuts Meseta”
Despite the two entle, and nor
As the two faced each other, Hamyuts talked
“So you’re Cigal Crukessa”
Cigal s
“I wonder if I should say “nice to meet you” Your Sensory Threads already touched my body countless of times It was actually very unpleasant”
It was as he said He was one of the people she suspected of being Cigal Crukessa However, she didn’t e to find any concrete evidence of that until now
Haht that if she had some more time, she would be able to ascertain it soon
But she didn’t have any reason to be thinking about that right now
“Do you have shi+ron’s Book?”
“Yes, right here”
The ht hand There was indeed the fragment of a Book sealed inside With that, he was able to evade Hamyuts’s Sensory Threads
“I wonder if the cure for Dragon Pneumonia is written inside”
“That’s obvious”
Cigal s into account the current situation, it looked like a char people
“Hey, can I ask you so?”
An exceptionally strong wind swept in the space between the two Their clothes fluttered A nearby pile of timber collapsed and leaves danced in the wind as if they were knives Cigal seemed to be a bit unsteady, but Hamyuts stood unperturbed as if it was a mere breeze
“What is it? This rain is horrible I’d like to wrap this up as quickly as possible”
“What are you going to do from now on?”
Hamyuts’ question could be interpreted in many different ways
“Hahaha You can’t even understand that?”
“It can’t be that you’re only going to kill me”
“If you knehy did you ask? You sure are foolish as expected”
The blood rose to Hamyuts’s head a little But she didn’t lose her coer Rather, she was the type of person to clear her ry
“So, you just wanted to kill me?”
“Exactly”
Cigal spread his arms
“Do you understand? At least the fact that you’re a hindrance to us
The only thing dangerous toability So I wanted to quickly eliminate you”
“I see, that way of thinking isn’t too bad That’s why you lured me here”
“Right Since I sealed your sniping and got within this distance, I don’t have anything to fear”
“So the bombs were simply used to buy time?”
“Bos But they don’t really mean much”
“Aah…”
Hamyuts sneezed and rubbed her wet nose
She lifted her dripping hair and rubbed her face
“I changedyou live if you were to beg for your life while crying and wetting your pants”
Ha The spray of water droplets became a fine mist
“How vulgar You’re really disgusting”
“Die”
Several pebbles flew in the air The string of Ha spun around in speeds that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye She threw the pebbles iht theal in a straight line
“How useless”
Cigal said A split second before he was turned into h-speed pebbles were shattered to dust
“Wha-”
Haal’s hand now held another thing inside a crystal
He held an iron sculpture shaped like a spider
From its rear a silky blade swiftly extended
Cigal said,
“Defile, Ever-Laughing Magic Blade Shlamuffen”
The crystal was broken The spider hilt fell into his hand
As expected from as seen inside the Book, and as expected frohing
An invisible line was engraved in the air
Hamyuts flew to the side
The space she had been occupying a second ago was ripped to shreds
“Haha”
Looking at her, Cigal laughed
Hamyuts didn’t immediately counterattack She turned her back and ran While running, she shot at him
Pebbles were throith a powerful rotation The air resistance ale of bullets rotate
The line of fire drew a seal’s hand from the side
However, it was once again scattered into fine sand
The figure of Haht
Water sprayed around with the sound of her speeding up and running along puddles
Ha
Cigal couldn’t follow her with his eyes
He turned around as he felt a presence from directly behind him and an attack came from the opposite side
Despite Cigal not being able to react, the pebbles became dust and scattered in the air
“Tch, over there?”
At the ic Blade, Hamyuts had already switched her location The attack only served to turn the raw material around them to scraps A mountain of piled timber became wood splinters
Hauarded enemy
But once again, it disappeared without any sound
Haues at the same time
The fight kept going relentlessly
While fighting, Haal’s abilities-