Vol 3 Chapter 2 (2/2)

She spun looking wide-eyed at Fii

”A? I mean”

Fii glanced around the room

Jibril's Steph's Then lastly, her own chest

Lastly, Kurami'schest Her eyes were full of compassion

”It's alright Kurami A woman's worth is not in her breasts~”

”--A, ahf-fine! I'll do it!”

Kurami then pointed at shi+ro

”E-even though that shorty's over there, how could you think ofsuch a

thing!?”

shi+ro looked up fro, and tilted her head

Fii's affectionate smile only deepened however, and spoke as a mother to her

child

”Kura a bit too self-depreciating you

know~”

Sla her hands on the table, Kuramistood She was almost in tears

”Fiiiiii you idiooooottt! F, fine, which way is the bath!?”

”Alriight, let uide everyone~”

As if waiting for this

goods

”Does this o as well, ah, whatever”

And so, they watched Jibril lead Kurami and Steph off

Sora stood while carrying shi+ro, and followed after Fii as also on her

way out

”----So, why did you go along with our lies?”

”Eh~ that was all a lie~? You're terrible~”

Stillse

But as Sora and shi+ro continued walking alongside in silence, she answered

”When you get naked, I can analyse your personality from the Elemental

particles you e us in the back, it

with it easier too~”

Of course, Sora thought as he laughed wryly

”So you actually want to do a naked socialising just as Jibril described it huh”

Her s indeed--there was a point, Fii continued

”From the memories Kurami has obtained from you, she has decided to trust

you unconditionally Sora-san I don't know the contents of what she's seen,

and I'rateful you didn't risk her life--however”

Although her smile remained, her eyes narrowed

”Even though Kurami trusts you, it'd be best if you didn't think the same of

me~”

Her pupils said--if this were to be a 'fraud'

She would do everything in her power to utterly erase Elchea, Sora, and

everyone

Looking unflinchingly into that gaze, Sora laughed

”That's a good answer If you were stupid enough to accept a 'trust me' from

a bunch of cheaters like us, it would trouble us as well”

S in silence Sora and shi+ro continued to walk, as did Fii Sora suddenly

popped a question

”May as well ask--are all the elves as sharp as you Fii?”

Fufu, Fiireplied

”If I knew that, then I'd also know just how much my treason has been

leaked 'up'~”

--So she had also considered the possibility that she was being monitored

”Haha, guess we'll leave Elven Gard for last after all”

”As long as Kuraot~?”

--As long as Kura even Elven

Gard itself

That hat Fii was i

”The~n, before we start off, I' over to Kuramifor a bit~”

Fii lightly sped up to catch Kurami

Sora muttered

”--Jibril”

”Here”

At his utterance, Jibril instantly appeared behind him

”Did she use soic?”

”No, I' any reactions”

At that answer, shi+ro's eyebrows rose slightly

--That iht that she had been able to read three

or foureven she couldn't Sora, also

slightly chagrined, scratched his head with a wry smile

”So that rasp my true intentions?

I' to lose confidence if that's the case”

If they lost to soical

warfare, it would be checkmate

Fii had anticipated even the 'last resort' they had prepared

”Well, we'll be facing Elven Gard sooner or later, so let's go have a good

look at their skills”

Part 3

----Inevitably, for the sake of the rating, they ith a woodfire bath

Within the excessive steam was most likely a paradise on earth

Within that bath, dissatisfied, was shi+ro Although the [Elemental water

infused] shas somewhat, she still didn't

like baths

Kura shi+ro's hair

”Kuraood?”

”Yeah, it's the clothes which make me look thinner”

Despite having been made fun of earlier, Kurami's body was actually like a

model's; Steph was shocked

Both Fii and Jibrilshould also be in here somewhere

Should

Since they were in the bath--naturally, they were completely naked

A fully clothed Sora, sitting with his back towards them, could not be seen

(I beg you guysmy two mobile cameras and tablet camera I believe in

you!)

Ca shi+ro--the naked minor,

and all the ban flags that would come with it

Praying he would be able to pull off the best shot this tiled

against the constant urge to turn around

”Master, are you i that?”

At Jibril's speaking from behind, Sora reacted

”Of course”

He was unable to look back, so for the ti--he called out behind him

”Fiiah, no, Fiel-sama?”

”Ye~s? What is it~”

From Fii's answer it seemed she was close by, so Sora continued

”TheKurami's breasts, is it illusionary? Or

transformation?”

”It's transforic~ Well”

S, Fii called out

”Sorry Kurauises

during naked socialising isn't very polite after all~”

With a pop like the cork coinal--unmodified

figure came into view

”If you're just going to admit to it so easily Fii, you really may as well not have

bothered in the first place”

So harassed Steph felt a certain sympathy

”Don't worry, if you live strong, good things will come your way as well!”

”Don't look at row!!”

As Steph looked on Kurami's breasts with presumptious sympathy, Fii

continued

”So what kind of ic would you prefer?~”

”Mot it so quickly”

Sora gave an approving nod to Fii who had deduced his intentions accurately,

and spoke

”--Are you able to 'feminise' me!?”

The heartfelt cry of that th of the room

As if invoking a divine wind, the dense steam seemed to quiver

”If you do so, I can finally gaze upon the paradise that spreads behind me!

Looking upon someone of the same sex is perfectly wholesome, if you call

that 18+ then that's like calling public baths and onsens 18+ too! It's the

perfect plan!!”

”If the carnal desire overflowing froe, I don't think

the essence of the h?~”

”There is no physical way to prove the mind!”

”As expected ofable to say

such absurd things without hesitation!”

Fiireplied

”It's possible you know?~”

”Seriously!?”

Forcibly restraining his reflexive urge to turn seemed to cause a painful injury

A Goddess was before him--rather, behind him!

”It's just that you won't be able to turn back, are you ok with that?~”

----Eh?

”Two ender If they're the same it's female, if

they're different ically make these elements the same,

but it's a one way trip~”

Why is a lecture on XY chroiven in this fantasy world

Having her head washed by Steph, shi+ro spoke

”Re, jected”

Sora turned his gaze to the ceiling------rather, towards an unseen heaven and

wept manly tears

”I beg of youthis is a world of fantasy, Oaths,

like sex reversal i so slack world, put some effort into

it!!”

As Sora cried, he was probably no longer si to the paradise

behind him

In the end he was forced to believe in the power of mankind--or rather the

science that was three cameras

Part 4

Elchea Royal Palace--Library

After the bath Sora and shi+ro proceeded straight here

With her wet hair still wrapped in a towel, shi+ro intently scribbled away on a

blackboard

Beside her Sora gripped a tablet PC with one hand, and wrote countless lines

on endless sheets of paper

The day was drawing to a close, and the only illumination in the room was the

flickering of the candles along with Sora's tablet

Compared to the frivolous air of earlier--not a trace remained on the serious

faces of the two

”----”

Before returning, Kuramistopped by

Stacks of paper cluttered the room, and littered around were leafs crushed or

with large X's drawn through them

Both the sy

Even having received Sora's memories, she was unable to understand it all

But--she could guess Taking a deep breath, Kurami entered

”Is this--a [strategy to defeat the Eastern Union]?”

”Yeah Sorry, but please don't talk to shi+ro--actually, she probably wouldn't

notice even if you did”

She didn't even seee

Without blinking, shi+ro si out formulas like a machine

”Well, to be honest 'this' is really shi+ro's domain; allI can do is help a little”

Despite that, what Sora riting out in Kurami's eyes was definitely a

strategic diagram

What was displayed on the tablet PC in his other hand however was--

”Do you want to look over the bath videos too?”

”If you're looking for a reaction like Stephanie Dora froive up”

”You say that even though you're going allred and covering your chest”

--No good, trying to talk seriously with this guy was a mistake

Thinking that Kurami turned around to leave, when Sora's voice stopped her

”You came to ask if it 'really is possible for us to win', didn't you?”

--I can't handle this person after all, Kurami admitted

Breaking people's pace was a habit of his already

It was so she already knew from the memories she had received--

because of that

There was one thing she was intrigued about

”----Yes, that's right”

”You know the answer already right? You have my memories after all”

”Even so, there's so I don't understand”

So inexplicable

Sora and shi+ro, the stratagems the two of them came up with, were

ad

However--no matter how one looked at it, there was one flaw

Yet Sora, knowing that flaw--had concluded that it was 'no problem'

The grounds for that self-confidence, was not to be found in Sora's memories

at all

”Theoretically there's certainly a possibility But a theory is in the end still just

theory--”

That went for their chess match, as well as their Othello match--no

For as long as Sora'sin common with every

single game they had played was--victory

”If you ht into the abyss How can

you say this will be a [certain win]?”

--Indeed, the aames in Sora's memories which had been carried

through victorious ithout number

Yet all of them had been balanced upon a precarious precipice

How could these be called, [certain wins]--

Sora spoke to Kuraenuinely puzzled look

”If we le misstep it won't be a certain win So we simply

have to ht?”

--This was it The reason for the surety hich Sora could say this, was

what could not be found in his memories

”Are you declaring right here that you definitely won't make even one

mistake?”

Kurah

”Hahaha, that's impossible, there's absolutely no way I could do that by

myselfbut”

Sora swept his glance around--to the white genius

The pure white 11 year old girl, stillfiercely blazing formulae onto the

blackboard

”--It's a whole different story for 『』 Even if I should fail, shi+ro will be there”

Sora's words sent up a surge of memories

----『』 did not know defeat

Standing here, Kuramifinally realised what she had overlooked

In the Othello game when they had bet their existence

The three stones she had been unable to capture--the three things he valued

more than himself

She felt she could understand what they represented now

(I see I have only Sora's memories, which is why I can't envision the

final victoryis that it)

His sister, whose existence he treasured more than himself--shi+ro

They were, the two gamers in one

Their tactics were like walking a rope ofstring stretched between mountains,

yet they could be certain of victory

For her as unable to possess that 'trust', there was no way--she could

fathom Sora's confidence

But the countless words he had spoken with shi+ro

And the countless words he had declared to himself

”--You'vefound your [wings] I see”

”Nn?”

Now i Sora's voice, Kuramispoke with a smirk

”--”Hey shi+ro, I wonder if it's true that people can be changed”was it”

”Wha--!?”

--This was it She had alanted to see this expression on this man

Laughing with satisfaction at Sora's beet red face, Kurami left