Vol 5 Chapter 4 (1/2)

Chapter 4: Retry

Part 1

”So it'slike that, huh”

”W-well there aren't any contradictions with Grandpa's

workwait, huh, is that it?!”

”My assuht after all, hehah, love is such a

co”

”Wenearly went extinct for a stupid reason like thatI'm

gonna cry, you know?”

”Phew ☆ This is a great opportunity, Plu

really energetic ♥”

”S-Sora, Izuna doesn't understand at all, des”

”Sorry Izuna, but I'hteen-year-old piece of

hikiko Kuuhaku『 』

down, so I don't understand as well But Izuna's smart, so you'll

understand it in the future Now please excuse me so I can

e dump”

”Sora is getting throay, des? Can Izuna go and pick him

up, des?”

”Absolutely notNii belongs to shi+ro Let's change the

subjectNii go get ready”

”R-ready? O-other than getting in the way, is there really

so else I can do?”

”This gameshi+ro can't beat itonly Niican do it”

”Alright then, let's go, shi+ro!! If shi+ro and I both can't do it,

who can?!”

Part 2

”- How boring”

I sighed unconsciously

Oceande is the birthplace of all the Seirenes

Located at the very bottom of the ocean's depths, its endless

foothills that were connected with triple seamounts and so forth

were lit up by half-ht [1]

Away froround, the calm seawaters

were like castle walls, having no direct passage towards

Oceande

Aside from countless unnamed fish and whales, there was only

an extremely small amount of people that were able to reach

the place

The treasures located within the city were piled up in glittering,

dazzling mountains, and the protections placed over them by

the water elementals added a beautiful layer of oceanic blue

over it

It was a stunningly colorful paradise created froic of

the Dhampirs

But, it was also a prison

“Oh co else more fun

to do!?”

I pursedme

annoyed

I', not to mention that

I've gotten bored of eating all those delicacies

Oceande, the eternal paradise, beauty, wealth, love; everything

was present there

Fros were all

mine

And it's exactly because of that – that I'll never be satisfied

That's because I myself am the prettiest, most valuable piece of

treasure and not others

Even the s in this world cannot reach my

standard

If there's so that this place doesn't have but yet

so I truly wish for

That islove! Pure love!

A partner just as perfect and unchangeable as I am! An

impeccable treasure that even the Gods would desire

I won't let anyone invade my pure soul – I'll wait for「Him」

in this dreamy city

The one that can give everything he has to me – an eternal

lover

The prince that can satisfy all my inner desires

I fell asleep while waiting for「Hio

was that?

“Never mind, it's not important”

If「He」doesn't cos like time don't matter at

all

If my desires aren't satisfied, my entire existence would be like

an empty shell -

-「Aschente」-

Suddenly I heard a voice, and I gradually regained

consciousness

It seems someone has arrived, a shallow man that has come in

search of my love

With one little smile from me they would immediately fall

before my irresistible charm, such cute idiots

Thisforward to as well

「True Love」doesn't come easily anyway

But, after waiting so long, even I' impatient

“Fine, since I'm bored anyway, I'll play with you for a

while”

Nothis man may be, he can at least pass

some time

Right – I'll be gentler to him this time

I'll smile sweetly, flatter him a bit, then watch him fall head

over heels for me

After that, at the very last moment, I'll dump him as brutally as

I can and toss him to the side like a soulless corpse

This way, even an idiotof「True

Love」-

“Do you - ?”

“Huh?”

A young man's voice drifted to me from the sky

“- Do you want love -?”

You're asking me if I want love? Of course

“Yes, I do, but can you give it to me?”

“So – I'll give it to you!!”

“You~ are~ shock~!!” [2]

A shock that shook the oceans resounded, and I looked up – to

see that the sky had shattered

There's no other way for me to describe it; I could see it even

froradually cracked

and crulass,

crashi+ng into the ocean – dying the seas and skies blood-red

After which the owner of the voice fell into the ocean along

with the splinters of the glass sky

“- The sky~ it fell because~ of love~~you know?”

He was aa

shi+rt with the words「I ♥ Humans」emblazoned on the front

And beside him, almost in contrast to him, a white-haired, redeyed

young Iirl

The two had draped on them a jet-black cape that instantly

would remind people of the kind villains would wear, and they

spoke with evil smiles:

“Greetings, Sleeping Beauty Sorry for disturbing you every

single tio to rest We're Sora and shi+ro”

“hello”

H a different tactic this time

Many men have attempted to seek my love in various sorts of

ways, but this would be a first

No, wrong – what I want is「True Love」- not just so

flashy and original like this

“Greetings, visitors of my dream I welcome your arrival”

It would be over after this sentence, my voice – no man can

resist its charm -

“Ah, we apologize The real versions of us aren't here right

now”

“Useless, useless, useless”

“So we can't hear your voice, forgive us for that, and now~ -”

The :

“You are shock – s~ fell from the

sky”

- A shock rang out once again, at the same time the seas parted,

and in the red skies

“- Eek!”

I cried out unconsciously

It was a sky covered in hateful, fear-inducing, giant – monster

babies

A girl flew above that sky, with a halo on her head and lightwoven

wings stretching from her waist

“You're an idiot, and you look cute while you're sleeping, but

to think that idiots that can cause trouble even when they're

asleep exist – the world really is a huge place”

- Behind her were hundreds of – personifications of killers, the

syel」!?”

“Nii, sense of despairdoesn’t seeh”

“H B

of「That game that scarred me the most emotionally

(Drakengard) 」, so I should have brought the real Flügel

along, but - Azrael’s power has been sealed so the council’s

definitely in a huge ht now, as other than Jibril the rest

are all just figureheads” [3]

“Please take it easy, Master It’ll be just fine as long as I

command about hundreds of manpower ♪”

That

conversation

“Alright, let’s begin the game - 「Make me fall in love with

you」”

Huh?

The hest tower

of Oceande - the hall of the Empress

“We’ll be right there, and as soon as you do, if you e to

ame will be over”

- The skies were twitching, and countless gigantic babies

( from its blood-red void

The Flügel flew about with their wings spread wide

Y-you want me to move under these conditions!?

“Speaking of which, Masteris it really fine for me to destroy

the city just like that?”

I froze as I heard that Flügel ask expectantly

“Yeah, no proble the Empress as well, since this

is all in a drea will return to normal in a matter of

seconds anyway Jibril, no matter how much power you use -

the source is「Infinite」, so just release as much as you

want”

“Hehe, hehee, heheheheh~ Jibril’s full of energy ♥”

- After which, the two Imanity turned around to face me once

more

“Also, e created this setting -”

“We brought yourfriends, best friendsrelatives as well”

As I heard this I looked around desperately - when did they

appear?

Mum, Grandma, my servants and sisters that I can’t even

re

“Which is what you’re looking at”

He smiled bitterly, scratched his head briefly and said:

“You along with the babies that your relatives would have

given birth to being cut to pieces, exterminated, eliminated by

Jibril, and you have to proceed while experiencing many other

hardshi+pslooking back at it, this setting really is pretty

gruesome”

“That gaame

and let shi+ro play it, NiiI can’t forgive you” [4]

“I’m so sorry, because it’s just too unbearable for me alone to

carry that much emotional burden - so I just had to”

The two finished blabbering, and they who called themselves

Sora and shi+ro spoke as one -

「Now you will

Not receive any help

You will only face death

So let us see

How far you can struggle」

After which - they spoke with smiles on their faces:

「Go to hell」

The Flügel then continued as she heard this:

“So, I’ll start First Unit, Jibril”

The halo on her head began shi+fting and twisting into various

coer, multi-layered, just like

a ic formation

Her wings appeared to eht, and they lost their shape - a

spear-like thing began for in her hands -

“To iven me the opportunity to do

this, I dedicate ratitude -”

“- Concentrated, full powered, 100 - 「Airstrike」- it’s

co for you ♥”

She said this, and the entire world was engulfed in light

Part 3

On the other hand - in the hall of the Empress in Oceande -

“YEAH ☆ Jii-chan’s so cool~ ♥”

Amira cheered at the underwater projector which was

displaying the state of the Empress’ dream

While beside her were countless other Seirenes ere

cheering and dancing maniacally as well

Sora, shi+ro and Jibril’s bodies lay on the floor almost lifelessly

along with Plum and the other Dhampirs who had used all their

strength transporting them into the dream world

Beside the her eyes, as well as an

elderly Werebeast - Hatsuse Ino, as well as Izuna as

hugging onto him

Looking at the three unconscious bodies on the floor, Ino

asked:

“U on here?”

“We’re here to save Grandpa, des You have to kneel and

express gratitude, des”

Izuna said this while rubbing her face against her grandfather’s

- Ino’s stomach, while Steph continued:

“A lot of things happened while Ino-san was here in

Oceandea lot of things”

- But he couldn’t possibly understand anything from an

explanation like that

Ino fondled Izuna gently while expressing his confusion

“I would appreciate it if you could explain more

thoroughly”

“Don’t worry about itsince I don’t actually get it eitherbut

Sora has a e for you”

Mm-mm, Steph cleared her throat

“- 「We found the way to awaken the Empress, so we told

the Seirenes who in exchange gladly gave you up in exchange

for it, which is exactly e’re doing now」that’s

it”

“Now I’m even more confused”

“Let me continue「Don’t worry, we’ll awaken the

Eo

extinct, which is agered on in the beginning of the

ga on, you’ll have to wait until the

game’s over before you find out」- and”

Steph sain:

“「Lastly, Izuna seemed really lonely so we left her here

with you You have a really good granddaughter,

Gramps」that’s all”

“II see”

Ino sly,

but he thought to himself:

- Now I don’t understand Sora even more

Sounds of cheering erupted once again as Jibril’s second

「Airstrike」 was fired

The Seirenes were feastingthe events

unfolding within the dream, while Plum instead advised them

fearfully

“A, Amira-samaI completely~ understand how you feel, but

could you please at least be more self-conscious -”

“Huh? Come on Plum ♪ You don’t need to be so formal all

the time so just say what’s on your mind, it’s fine ☆”

Amira smiled a saintly smile and continued:

“It feels so great watching that idiotic woman suffer~!

Hahahah~ ☆”

- Her s

“A pain~ so

I would say I’ rather self-conscious here~

hehe~ ☆”

- It’s true, it was a dreaet hurt

Also, when Sora and shi+ro had entered the Empress’ dream,

they had requested Plum to repress the pain sensors of the

Empress

It was a dream anyway, so there wouldn’t be any pain, but

despite this he had eain - which

behind his series of actions -

“We really shouldn’t have brought Izuna there, huh”

“Yeah, Sora-san ment that this isn’t a

scene a suess

I’m rather in awe of his morals”

“? Is so on, des?”

Izuna had her head buried in Ino’s chest the entire time so she

couldn’t see the projection, but then she asked curiously

Regarding the events unfolding in front of her - Plum replied:

“To put it bluntlythat’s hellno, that’s a true nightmare”

Undoubtedly, it was a scene that seemed to defy all laws

governing the natural world

- Steph had heard about it as well, the strongest attack of the

Flügel - 「Airstrike」

That spear of light could evaporate oceans in a single shot, and

turn Oceande within the dream into a mere crater

But - since it was a drea would return to normal

in a matter of seconds

The babies cruurines,

while Jibril relentlessly continued her onslaught with renewed

vigor

The endlessly disintegrating and repairing scenery along with

Jibril’s smile - or rather her murderous sneer, as she coldly,

her arms

With each swing, mountains were leveled, seas were spliced,

and the ocean floors buckled and caved from the shock

- That alone was sufficiently trau to be considered a

nightmare

And it wasn’t only Jibril as well, as the fake Flügel were

destroying everything in sight along with her

The baby-like monsters were simply characters that incited

natural hatred and fear from onlookers, and they feasted on the

various other people within the dream

While the Seirenes were actually watching those events

cheerfully, in an al was in

a chaotic mess

“A-about that, since they know the reason why all this is

happening, it’s hard to blame them for their reactionbut”

“D-did they go a bit overboard? although I don’t really

understand what’s going on”

Steph, who knew the cause of the events up to this point yet

didn’t understand Sora’s intentions, couldn’t help but agree

with Ino

“Although, not a day passes where I don’t hate that Tetsama

who created the 「Ten Pledges」”

Plu to faint anytime soon, and she

said this with her face ally pale

Because what she saw ht actually be - no, it must be

It was soes」- a scene

that seemed directly ripped out of the 「Great War」

“My ancestors actually survived through things like theseI

respect them even more now”

“More precisely, how exactly did the Imanity survive

through conditions like these?”

“Before all this, were there any differences between the

I to

look through that bit of history again”

The three of thehts, but deep

down they were all thinking of the sa

- The One True God (Tet), thank you for creating the 「Ten

Pledges」

Part 4

- The seawater had completely evaporated just after the first

strike, and Leila could only crawl on the cracked, dried ground

She couldn’t breathe, and the sunlight corroded every pore of

her body on the naked sea floor

She couldn’t feel pain, but her energy was being endlessly

sapped from her

The continuous assault of the Flügel didn’t even give the

seawater tirow back

The seawater evaporated, returned, and evaporated yet again,

re Leila of her marine

protection

After which, the baby-like monsters that descended from the

blood-red skies crept towards her, threatening to feast on her

She had no water, she couldn’t swied

to a race loved and protected by the ocean - if she didn’t have

seawater she couldn’t even disguise herself -

“Pphewa-am Ifinally there?”

- How many days had it been? Or how many minutes?

Leila dragged her body to the front of the tower

Behind her she could hear countless explosions, and the fires of

hell were burning passionately there as well

Above her were broken skies and cries of laughter, while on

the ground were countless screaony

Leila fearfully opened the doors of the toith all her

ed into it - at the same time

She felt a shock that once again leveled the city behind her and

yet another explosion - but Leila merely sat down in relief

Because within the tower - there ater

Probably because Sora and shi+ro were there, it was the only

place that even the attacks of the Flügel couldn’t destroy

As long as she had water, she could breathe and seduce

Finally -

“Ha, hahahaheheheheheyou’ve got souts - to dare

to do so like this to me!”

Leila gasped for air, and froed torrents of

red-hot anger

- 「Make me fall in love with you」?

“Fine, since you actually dared to play a fool with me this

far, I’ll make you pay”

- With a swish of her tailfin, Leila surged up the water-filled

tower at a stunningly fast speed

- I a, no one will

resist my rule

They actually dared to show such disrespect towards me -

although I don’t knohat he wants -

“Don’t think kneeling down and begging for forgiveness will

save you!!”

Just one sentence, I just need for hihtest bit of

my voice, and it will be all over

- I’ll sing a song, capture his heart, and make him kneel before

me and lick the floor

After which I’ll reject him as coldly and heartlessly as I can,

then push him into a bottomless canyon of despair

I’ll seduce him then push him aside, so when he leaves the

dreahtmare, and

he won’t be able to live with himself

With these thoughts in her head, she smiled evilly, and swam

through the waters - not long after

She reached the topmost floor - the hall of the Empress - and

stood before the gates to her own room

“Open”

- The doors i with the water

current, almost as if they were forced open by her voice

There was no doubt that Leila was the absolute ruler over the

oceans, as all beings in the sea could only bow before her

power through the 「Water Elementals」 within her It was

siainst, it

was a ic that surpassed even the boundaries of her species

Because even if her opponent was an Elf, the spirits used

within their ics would obey Leila

In this world - there was nothing she could not tame

Carrying an immense amount of self-confidence - no, with

absolute belief, Leila - finally arrived

Sora and shi+ro - the two had dressed up like des

Sora see himself to

receive her with a cocky smile

“- You’ve finally et here

Your stupidity really is entertaining

But things see exactly as planned

How enjoyable -”

“Nii, you can stop that now”

“Coh my

lines, I spent a lot of ti them you know”

Leila could only look at the fury in her eyes as

the two quarreled

Although their actions were unbelievably foolish - it was about

time for them to pay the price

And then, the Empress - Leila - wove her words with a voice

even the Gods would be smitten with

“Alright, are you done playing? Now kneel down and ko

to me”

- I’ll make him kneel first

After that, I’ll be sure to drag him so far in his brain will melt -

- However, as she heard his reply

Leila couldn’t believe her ears

“Hey, didn’t you hear what I said about the rules at all? Make

me fall in love with you - can’t you even flatter me or

so?”

- Leila was speechless

The young

even after she had used her voice that could hypnotize both

genders regardless, and even ly

- They’re fighting against it Leila thought to herself in panic

Because as long as she was in the water, they would definitely

fall in love with her without exceptions, and their brains would

be immobilized

So let’s try it out - let’s see how long they can keep up their

facade

“Yes, sorry, I was too excited, so I apologize for being so

rude earlier”

Leila looked at them passionately with teary eyes, and

continued ally:

“I hope you can hear s - I want you, please

reciprocate my love”

Not just her voice, but her every action - had a hypnotizing

power that even brainwashi+ng could not beat

Behind her pleading words, it was al

commands - orders that were impossible to deny

When faced with her irresistible charm, Sora merely - shi+vered

slightly - and replied

“Ugh~ I’oosebumps, nope, can’t do

that”

- Huh?

“And to be honest, you’re not even my type”

Huh?

“Also the rules clearly said that you need to make me fall in

love with you, but you went and told me to kneel in your first

sentence, apologized in your second, then finally said that your

previous words weren’t actually what you meant? Are you one

of those tripirls people see on the internet? I’d never

thought that people like you actually exist, that’s quite a

surprise”

Leila could only stand there speechlessly

They weren’t fighting back, it was just that her ic wasn’t

working

Why - was her drea tampered with? No, even the Elven

ics couldn't touch it

She couldn’t figure it out, but only one thing was truly

confirmed -

This man came here with the firm belief that he wouldn’t fall in

love with me

- Just then, the irl beside him for

some sort of confirmation - and she nodded

“Ah~ I can finally say it now, since previously everyone

thought this was soame, this is probably

the first ti like this to you

right? So including that Gra to take

everyone’s frustration out on you!”

After that - Sora inhaled deeply, and released a rapid-fire

torrent of words:

“You’re a groooodness sake, and here you are

daydrea? Who do

you think you are? An idiot? Do you really think that everyone

has to treat you well? Even the kindergartners nowadays are

s you’ve

been sleeping? Eight hundred years! Eight, hundred, years!

Don’t tellbeauty

waiting for her prince? You’re over eight hundred years old!

You Godda! I said you were pretty old earlier, but

you’ve got to have a limit somewhere! I confess, I do prefer

older women, but they at least need to have some brains you

know!? Also, the thing that I hate the most about you is your

「All men will definitely fall in love with me」 attitude!

Women should know their place! sexiness must come with

so!

Unless you’re thinking so like this? That when

people ask you to take off your clothes you just strip off

everything without a doubt Do you really think of yourself as a

woet

starring roles in AV's but when the actual shooting comes, you

just take off your clothes and everything, one of those idiots

with romantic stats of beloenty!? If you think all that

o be a

nudist! You bloody halfwit! Also, why do I have to suck up to

a woman I don’t like? With any semblance of common sense,

one would immediately realize it’s just a waste of time and

effort! Are you genuinely an idiot!? If so, I o

chase soirls, which would probably be more

, and

probably won’t dae my wallet and break my heart!

Further - I don’t know

whether you call those things water elementals or whatever but,

you only have the ability to seduce and hypnotize when those

things are around - so to be honest your looks are only at a

to be a third wheel in my

crehich you should have realized long ago if you would

just look in the Goddae-brained idiot!!”

---

Phew~~

Not allowing his opponent to reply at all, Sora blabbered on

and on - finally appearing somewhat pleased with himself

“Ah~ that feels betterright, so I’ve said everything I

wanted to say I’ame now,

bye ♪”

Huh?

“- W-wait -!”

“I’ame,

people run around for no particular reason? Thanks for

having us over, idiot, goodbye~!!”

Sora and shi+ro immediately disappeared after that, so maybe

the game ended after all

After that - the explosions she heard up until then stopped -

Different noises began quietly resounding within Leila’s heart

Part 5

“Hahaha, to think ould go that far She’s probably

furious - is that enough? shi+ro?”

“Mood job”

The brother nodded in satisfaction, while the sister raised her

thumb at him

- Meanwhile, within the hall of the Empress, a thunder-like

torrent of clapping began to resound from the Seirenes who

atching the show

Almost in comparison, their friends, ere led by Steph,

merely rolled their eyes in silence

Sora and shi+ro had h a horrible

nightame behind without even any

words of comfort

In that situation where no one seemed to knohat they were

trying to do - only one person

“Phew~ that was entertainingif I tell this to them (the

Flügel), they would definitely be so jealous”

Jibril, who had caused extreme havoc within the Empress’

dream and returned to reality, spoke

Her skin appeared to be radiating a faint glohich probably

wasn’t their iination

But - with Steph at the head, everyone else who didn’t seem to

understand what they were doing had the same questions in

their eyes

- So ere they intending to do? - Sora laughed heartily at