Vol 5 Chapter 1 (1/2)
into such a deep sleep
Chapter 1: Try
Part 1
“Waaaaaahhhhhh!!”
- The capital of the Elchean Federation, Elchea
The last fortress of the I the
「Sixteen Races」
Until a mere few months earlier, it was a country on the brink
of extinction, being forced down to its last city
However now it had annexed the large maritime country, the
「Eastern Union」, and was expanding its territory at a speed
never-before-seen
A sharp, loud screaony came from the capital of a
nation that was slowly turning from a 「Nation」 to a
「Federation」
- In an instant
The workers within the city that were extremely busy froze for
a h time had stopped completely, but it was
only for an instant, and they soon resumed their work,
see had ever happened
Yep – it was a normal occurrence, and everyone there was used
to it
Everyone knew that 「That person」 was probably yelling
again
And the reason why that person was causing a commotion was
probably due to a reason as noret
Sometimes a sympathetic atmosphere would billow over the
entire city, although everyone still had to return to their own
workstations afterward
“Argh!! Are you an idiot? You’re an idiot! You are an idiot,
right!?”
The red-haired girl skilfully reconstructed her sentence thrice,
and yelled again
- Stephanie Dora, commonly known as Steph
She was the head of the Dora fa the title of a
duchess, and she was the granddaughter of the late king as
well, being a blue blood princess
She would definitely be a ladylike woman with incredible
potential in the future – however those features weren’t present
at all at that moment, and she had absolutely no way to explain
away the situation she was in
She sat on a chair, scratching her head furiously, looked up and
roared loudly
“…Who’s an idiot, des?”
This query was raised by the Werebeast that was sitting crosslegged
on the floor beside Steph – Hatsuse Izuna
Her age appeared to be in the single-digit range, being a young
yukata-wearing girl with huge fox-like ears and a bushy tail
The book in her hand was upside-down, however Steph didn’t
bother correcting her
“I mean Sora and shi+ro, no, it’s me!! What did I say – leave it
to h!! Am I an idiot? I’m an idiot!!”
She continued yelling with her arms spread wide
“Find the real reason why the Seirens E
fro!! Leave it to me!! Isn’t this
what an idiot would say!? How many books do you think there
are here!? And, what I want to say is!”
She stopped for a count, and surveyed the bookshelves that
covered all the surrounding walls
“Why and hoould I accept a task like searching for a book
which existence is unclear so easily!!”
They were in the secret roo – his secret
library
The late king had played the role of a foolish king in order to
research and find out the contents of the games of other nations
which involve ic or supernatural abilities, as well as how
the Imanity themselves could triumph over them
The records that he had spent his life on – the inheritance of
this greatthe
walls around them
His great as compiled in over a thousand books,
co up the library
Even though they were already arranged according to the date
written – there was yet to be any hint of when the late king had
approached the Seirens, so they could only inspect them one by
one Steph let out an anguished cry upon realizing that was the
task they had to undergo, which was – what had happened
earlier
And the worst part was –
Steph pointed towards Izuna with a pained expression on her
face but no tears to fully express it – the Werebeast as
holding a book upside-down
“What the heck does Sora think Izuna can do? She can’t even
understand Imanity!!”
“Steph-kou, you’re really loud, des Doesn’t it look like I’m
learning now, des” [1] - What?
“C-could you please wait? What did you call me just now?”
“…? Grandpa said that Steph is a duchess before, des”
“Why did you have to shorten it!? It makes me feel extremely
insulted!” [2]
“…Why, des? Steph-kou”
Izuna looked over at Steph with her head tilted
“Ah, aaaaahhhhh, don’t insult norant
eyes!? If I open the door to a neorld by accident while
sleep deprived, how are you going to make it up to me!?”
Steph banged her head against the corner of a table in
frustration, however Izuna replied coldly:
“Steph-kou, stop it, let’s get to work, des Grandpa is still
waiting for us, des”
“…Guh…y-you’re right, there’s no use la like this”
Yes, her grandfather – Hatsuse Ino was being held hostage by
the Seirens
Izuna was tired as well, but even she was trying her best to
learn the Iht to complain –
Steph took a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself down
After which she corrected Izuna
“Speaking of which, Izuna…that book’s upside down”
“…! I-I knew that, des I-it was on purpose, of course Des!?”
Izuna hurriedly flipped her book right side up, while Steph
continued to correct her
“Also, even if you really didn’t mess up it’s fine, but the
Ie, it’s
read horizontally!”
“-? There’s a difference between reading horizontally and
vertically, des?”
Izuna widened her eyes with a curious expression on her face
“…Izuna, I’ve never asked you before, but how old are you?”
Izuna began counting off nuers slowly after
hearing the question
She replied with an unconfident question:
“I…I’ht?”
- Steph instantly understood
It was completely reasonable that Izuna would be so close to
Sora and shi+ro, because they were essentially the same kind of
people
They were geniuses at video games, however they knew
nothing else other than that
Steph sighed and passed her another book
“…Izuna, you should start from this one”
“What kind of book is this, des?”
“It’s a book that I used while I was still studying to learn the
Werebeast language, it’s in a game format between the two
countries –“
“Oh, I understand, des”
Upon hearing the word game, Izuna immediately snatched the
book froh it at a furious pace
Steph approved of her newfound motivation, and knew she was
actually trying her best
But if she read that fast she probably wouldn’t understand
anything – Steph looked up at the ceiling and let out a long
sigh
“A…anyway I need to search one by one –“
Just as Steph was undergoing her solemn revelation…
Grumble~~~~
She heard a noise and voice that made her revelation instantly
dissipate
“-Steph-kou, I’ food, des”
As though a switch within her had been flicked, Izuna spoke
suddenly to Steph and closed her book with a loud smack
She was randpa
But despite that, she actually said – bring food
Izuna requested that with her huge round eyes that didn’t carry
any malicious intent
The young fee ears with her
feet while continuously waving her bushy tail froht
Steph was forced toher
unbelievably cute appearance
One, forget everything and just collapse
Two, make food for this inexplicably cute creature
After struggling with herself for some time – her sleepiness
finally succumbed to Izuna’s cuteness
“A-alright… you can’t do anything with an empty stomach
anyway… I’ll justsimple to eat with the
ingredients I have at hand”
“Mm, I really want to eat fish, but I’ll restrain myself, you are
forgiven, des”
Just like that, Steph dragged herself slowly out of the library
…Co back to the main topic, you all still remember that
this is Elchea, right?
At that time Steph could have just collapsed without a care in
the world and leave Izuna’s meals to the chefs in the kitchen,
however she had coot about this selection Steph
lifelessly trudged out of the library, while Izuna followed her
with her tail still waggling, and no-one bothered to remind
them about it
Part 2
Let’s switch the scene – to twenty thousand meters in the air
Sora began thinking at an altitude alh up
as the Himalayas
How should he describe the scenery in front of him?
- First, please iine a Rubik’s cube
Then hand this Rubik’s cube that requires a certain level of
intelligence over to someone that is pretty far off from that
certain level of intelligence
After being forcibly taken apart by a pair of pliers, the splinters
of the Rubik’s cube would then be splattered all about the
floor
Now resist the urge to complain, and repeat those previous
actions about a thousand more times
So? Do you get it now?
The scenery was arranged in such a fashi+on – which was the
scenery around Sora
“Welcome to my hometown located on the back of the
Phantas city – Avant Heim”
With her back facing the small mountain of splinters of
Rubik’s cubes
Jibril introduced her 「City」 with a sweet smile on her face,
while Sora responded dumbly:
“Um, I’m pretty sure that all the cities I know of at least have
roads in them”
The scenery around them was knitted and woven with
countless gigantic cubes stacked upon each other
In the eyes of a renowned artist, there would probably be some
ful theme to it
However, regretfully, the eighteen-year-old in Sora
could only describe it with one word
Which was – chaotic
“Anyway, Jibril – let el”
“…「Unobstructed spaces」…are important…”
- Sora and others began working at the same time as Steph and
Izuna
To discover the true conditions to awaken the Empress of the
Seirens – so, in order to carry out comparison and evaluation
with people that had underwent the saame, they had went
to the one place in the world that stored the most information
Which el, Avant Heim
“Ah, Master, don’t stray too far away from me, as the air here
is somewhat thin”
Sora and shi+ro nodded co Jibril’s
words
Also Sora had absolutely no idea of how they should proceed
from there
“…Right, if only the Flügel stay here, there isn’t a need for
public transport services at all…”
In the 「City」 below them, there weren’t any doors,
s, nor roads To be honest, beings that could move
about without any form of restriction didn’t need those
things Although they could understand that, the fact that the
entire place was constructed with huge, countless cubes denied
people any sense of perspective, and since they had nothing to
co it
was
“…It’s not like a city…it’s saw puzzle…”
shi+ro expressed her easily understandable thoughts, after which
sheup:
“…The sky is…blue?”
At twenty thousand meters up the place should be at the doors
of outer space, so they shouldn’t be able to see blue skies at
all…
“Avant Hei the
「Sixteen Races」 This race is ranked even higher than the
race that is the source of the Elemental Galleries in this world –
the Eleanisms completely independent
from all normal forms of reproduction To put it simply…
Avant Heim is another world entirely, that’s all you need to
know”
Even though the air in the atmosphere didn’t seem to be
enough for her Masters – Jibril still continued to explain
“”Het it””
Sora and shi+ro nodded as one with the same focused
expression
“No el or the Phantasma, you lot completely
refuse to work along terms comprehensible by others, and that
for some reason makes us feel relaxed”
After a line of sarcasm, Sora looked towards the horizon, and
saw so under a particularly tall tree – could it be that
his eyes were deceiving him… probably not, there was
soon skull, and it
was decorated lavishly and carefully as well, then left there in
the open just like that –
“…Jibril, I don’t understand the art direction of this city at
all”
“What!? This place will eventually be the throne of the
Masters, to think that you’d actually dislike it, it really makes
me disappointed…”
Hearing Sora’s gru, Jibril replied somewhat dispiritedly
“Speaking of which, you should probably save this girl
right?”
Sora spoke while pointing towards –
“Aaaaahhhh, the sun! The sun! I’
to melt, burn and evaporate!”
Plu doith her body scrunched up into a
ball and her hood covering her face while crying continuously
“Ah, I’ot about you, are you still
alive?”
“I’ll be dead in a few seconds! My power is decreasing
drastically!!”
For a Dhaht was fatal to them; and
she appeared to be barely fending off the sunlight with her
off even
y
“That’s it, Jibril, it’s not good to keep Izuna and Steph
waiting, so just fly us over to the place where all the
information is concentrated Also, for Plum, it would be best if
it’s indoors –“
“OK, so please grasp my arms, and then –“
She appeared somewhat nervous – but yet her expression was
sirasped onto Sora
and shi+ro’s arms and spoke:
“…Masters, I understand that it’s extremely rude for me to
raise such requests – but could you please agree to two requests
of mine?”
“…What is it, it’s rare that you’re this serious”
“- Please don’t be disappointed, and please believe”
…Sora didn’t understand her at all
And Jibril merely spoke this one sentence, then shouted: “That
thing over there”
“Y-yes!?”
Plu over there”, replied
with only her eyes showing themselves from beneath her hood
“I don’tyou behind here – so could you please
hurry up?”
“Ah, I’ll be there right this instant, don’t leave me –“
Plum hurriedly stood up and dashed over, and in the instant she
grabbed onto Jibril – the scenery changed as well
Part 3
There – it was probably within one of the cubes they had saw
from a distance earlier
The place they were in was even more solemn and immense
than the Elchean National Library Jibril had hogged for herself
– it was a huous library
The high-perched ceilings appeared to stretch up to ten stories
high, and the interior was designed like an ancient ruin, with
stone- corridors and curved
ith intertwining vines growing all over them
And – those things that looked like 「Pillars」 were actually
bookshelves
On the other hand, there was random memorabilia scattered
around the entire place as well, and stairs and ays
arranged in impossible fashi+ons like a surrealist M C Escher
painting were all over the place – and what lit them up was,
gigantic fixtures of painted glass that were definitely not on
any walls, as well as infinite a lanterns
It was a dreaant place – but it was a
blasphemous library completely incomprehensible to the likes
of the Imanity
But leaving that aside for now, Sora spoke while pointing up at
so:
“…Jibril, that was probably your doing, right?”
It was probably the effect of the large amount of air that Jibril
had transported for the sake of Sora and the others
The library (of sorts) appeared to be ravaged by strong winds,
and large a about in mid-air in
spiral patterns
However Jibril looked over at that with a smile on her face and
spoke:
“Don’t worry about it, Masters, the owner of this place is
the creator of the 《Book Equality Law》”
Sora looked up at the dancing books, and remembered why
Jibril had took over the Elchean National Library – or rather,
the reason why she had left Avant Heim
Due to the fact that they had collected too many books, the
books were overwhel Avant Heim – and they chose to
deal with it by passing the 《Book Equality Law》 in the name
of eli unnecessary books
“Her books are the Flügel’s books, I ael, so her
books are my books”
Her triple conjugations proved her Takeshi+ idealism, and she
continued with a smile on her face: [3]
“Even if this small accident here was caused by me – or was
it on purpose? I believe that she has to consider all these factors
before she can 「Decide」, but of course she is extremely kind
and tolerant, being able to forgive my mistakes, of course
Even if there are books within the stash there that cannot be
copied, reproduced and are the only re copies in this
world, that’s how it is ♥”
So she could only dae those books because she owned
them as well
- Speaking of which, regarding the 《Book Equality Law》
froive its existence
After which –
“Aaaaaahhh~! The books! All the books I haven’t
finished~~~~!!”
Everyone looked towards the source of this outcry
While the one standing there was –
“…Whoa…”
Even shi+ro couldn’t help but cry out in awe, and the person
standing there was – an extraordinarily beautiful young girl
The halo spinning around on her head, and the wings stretching
out froel just like
Jibril
However the pattern drawn in the air by her spinning halo was
even more complicated than Jibril’s
The largest difference between thele
horn protruding froreen hair
Her wings that appeared to be woven froht
flapped in the air, and her appearance as she did so appeared
unbelievably sacred
But her appearance as she was flying about and struggling to
collect all the books that were flapping about in the air, as well
as her expression that hinted she was about to cry, was
completely different from Jibril’s icy cold demeanour when
they had first met – instead she was extremely cute
- Phew, phew…
She panted intentionally, then landed beside Jibril and spoke:
“Ugh~ Jii-chan you’re mean-nyan~”
A saddened expression appeared on her face which
ielic smile
“Is this what I think it is-nyan? Is it those pranks that people
play on their loved ones-nyan? A~ Jii-chan I haven’t seen
you in so long~~ nyaaaaa!?”
Jibril brilliantly teleported away in order to dodge her flying
lunge towards her
Upon seeing her crash into a pile of books, Jibril spoke blandly
from behind Sora:
“- Masters, I’ll introduce her to you, she’s the one that
approved the dastardly 《Book Equality Law》, the head of
the 「Council of the Eighteen Wings」 of Avant Heim, the
「Full Representative of the Winged」 that has the right to
the country’s affairs –“
She sighed and continued –
“Azrael-senpai”
- She introduced the irl with half her body buried
in books to Sora
…
“…How should I put this”
“The Flügel…are interesting…”
That girl was the full representative of the race that was ranked
in sixth place, brought death with them wherever they went in
the past, and used to be God-killing weapons?
Sora and shi+rohad their
expectations completely crushed
- At this tiirl that was buried in the pile of
books earlier, maybe because she had teleported, she had
already hugged Jibril tightly while rubbing her violently with
her cheeks over a span of time so short that no-one present had
noticed
“Nyan~ Jii-chan is so ,
but you’re still as cold as ever~~~~ but! That’s fine too!!”
“Azrael-senpai is as annoying as ever as well”
Jibril spoke with a s her cheeks
violently jerked about
- Although Jibril would usually reply sarcastically, this time
she outright insulted her, which was rare
“Nyan~ I’ve said I’m not your senpai, call me nee-san,
neeeeee-saaaaaannnn~~!!”
Azrael flew about in the air, drawing a figure-eight around
Jibril
“Jibril isn’t a particularly good case but is it really ok for the
full representative of the Flügel to be someone like this?”
“…Nii…you have the right…to say that?”
shi+ro looked coldly at Sora, however everyone present ignored
that line
On the other hand, Jibril spoke coldly while being pestered,
harassed, and having her cheeks rubbed:
“Azrael-senpai, I gave a request for today, please allow the
Masters to browse the library –“
“I refuse-nyan~ unless you call me Nee-san, I’ll deny all
your requests~ ♪”
Jibril replied in frustration:
“If you explain why you’re rubbing my cheeks, and allow the
Masters to browse the library, I’ll consider it”
“Because Jii-chan is cute! Explanation over, and I’ve allowed
theht, now call me Nee-san ♥ -“
She spoke while lunging towards her, while Jibril teleported
away from her outstretched hand
“So Masters, I’ve already acquired her permission, please
browse this place freely This is the personal library of the
「Representative of the Winged」, a which countless
books have been acquired through the cursed law by taking the
books of others, so there’s not a single place with more
information than here”
“Y-you’re mean!! Jii-chan went back on Nee-san’s promise
with you-nyan~!?”
Azrael appeared devastated, and her voice was layered with
immense shock
Jibril replied with a flawless sain
“I said that I’d consider it, and after some consideration, I’
to ♪”
“Waaaah~ Jii-chan never used to cheat others like this-nyan~
- and whose fault is this-nyan?”
- Glare~~~~
Her tear-filled eyes shot over to Sora
The power in those eyes appeared as if that gaze alone could
kill
“Nice to meet you, I’m Sora, this is my sister shi+ro, please
take care of us”
“…Take care…”
Those two coaze as they were used to it
from Jibril
Upon seeing their reaction, Azrael let out an interested “Oh?”,
while Sora pointed at Azrael
“What does she mean by Nee-san? Jibril, you’re the sister of
the full representative of the Flügel?”
“Yes-nyan ♥”
“Nope ♪”
Both of them replied without hesitation – and with truly sisterslike
smiles – they replied with completely opposite answers
Jibril sighed and continued:
“The Flügel cannot reproduce, we have no sisters, no brothers
and no parents, there is only the order in which ere
created”
“…Ah, so that’s why you call her Senpai”
Whichcreated even earlier than Jibril
“Also, Azrael is the 「Representative of the Winged」, not
the 「Representative of the Flügel」”
“…Is there a difference?”
“She’s merely the 「Senator」 of the 「Council of
Eighteen Wings」 with nine members, herself included”
At this mention, Sora recalled what she had said earlier
He reed to Sora’s posse,
she was a s」
“Basically she has the first say only when eencies occur,
and another 「Right」 -“
Which meant – Jibril shook her head and smiled bitterly
“She’s not great nor brilliant, so you don’t need to respect her
in any way”
“…You’re really mean even to your own kind, huh, you
really haven’t changed at all…”
Probably because she was unhappy with her response, Azrael
puffed up her cheeks in rebuttal
“That’s not how it is-nyan!! All of us were created by Artosh,
so our father is Artosh, and the earliest to be created was me,
Nee-san! The last one to be created, Jii-chan, is my imouto!
Isn’t this an unspoken fact-nyan!?” [4]
Upon hearing her words, Jibril’s bitter smile turned into one of
mockery, and she continued:
“- She raised a suggestion like that during one of the
s, which was completely rejected by all of the members
of the council, that’s how pitiful her intelligence is”
“Be~cause~ if I don’t do that, Jii-chan won’t ever call me
Nee-san~ nyan~!”
“Everyone knows that, which hy they turned it down,
unless you’re tellingof
this?”
Jibril’s tone was as cold as ever, while Azrael hugged her once
again and began showing off her little sister with a smile on her
face
“Jii-chan she is~ a the children created in the Great War
she is the 「Final Unit」-nyan ♪”
She laughed cheerily, while Jibril on the other hand sighed
deeply in frustration
“The children created in the later stages, since they were
created when Artosh-sama was at full power, have a power that
is co
the
children were all fighting on the front lines – so everyone died
in the 「Final battle」…”
Azrael’s spirits momentarily dipped, and if the person she was
hugging happened to be an Imanity, that person would
definitely burst like a balloon She continued while hugging her
only surviving sister
“Jii-chan is the only final-stage unit that survived after the
「Battle」, and she’s the 「Final Unit」 as well-nyan!
She’s everybody’s imouto, and what a cute imouto she isnyan!
It should be made a law to call her that, so why doesn’t
everyone understand?”
She once again began flying about in figure-eight shapes
cheerily
Jibril squinting her eyes in disgust was a rare sight as well, but
–
“…Jibril…to deal with her…disturbing…precious
recordings…”
shi+ro spoke while lifting up her s
a video of the angels
On the other hand, Sora was pondering another question
He closely observed Azrael’s innocent and cheerful smile –
“…This is a pain, at this rate I’ll need to change the plan…”
He mumbled to himself disappointedly
- Glare
Hearing his softly spoken words, Azrael kept s – but
then looked towards Sora with a powerful gaze
“- So, are you the one that snatched my beloved Jii-chan away
from us-nyan?”
“Huh, to say a virgin snatched a lover from someone, your
question is pretty hard to answer”
Sora replied indignantly, with his head lifted and chest
protruding, at the saic and
powerful
Azrael stepped closer
“Oh -…”
“…Huh?”
It was inored
all boundaries of distance
The step itself took multiple instants before Sora and shi+ro
realized as happening, and they cried out in surprise
- In that instant
A silent shock emanated from Jibril’s body that caused the
library to quake