Vol 3 Chapter 86 (1/2)
Chapter 86: Those Waiting on the Path Ahead
What is the difference
Between your heart’s point of compromise
And its destination?
Point Allocation (Focus on the Future)
The Musashi+ was preparing to “blast off” frodeburg docked on it At alh the sky and the clouds dispersed
On the transport shi+p, Asas of her divine transmission connection to the Musashi+
…A lot has happened
She started by trying to keep a positive outlook
“Right”
Countless feelings welled up in her heart She decided not become a prisoner to them but also not to stop them
She ell aware she could not say a word as she walked toward the lighter that would take the the
…Let’s see…
She wanted to pull along the others on the transport shi+p She did not have an official position, but that meant she had more freedom here
“Um…”
Just as everyone turned toward her, she noticed soe of the transport shi+p’s deck
“Toori-kun?”
She realized he was staring up into the night sky
Kiht he would be fine He also had Mitotsudaira behind him, but some worry remained in her heart
However…
“Asa up to the moon, he spoke to her
“I wonder if she had fun”
She answered him on reflex
“No”
Asama felt everyone focus on her in response to her answer
…But I have to say no
Saying Anne had had fun would have been best
It was a way of showing her thoughts for the deceased
But if she answered one way or the other, it would accept her passing And that it had happened in a way closely related to them
…And that would definitely make him sad
She could not allow that Toori of course understood that as well, but he probably did not kno to stop hi hat he saw happen before his eyes
That hy he had asked her about Anne He had asked soe of shi+nto, of its funereal ceremonies, of spirits, of life, and of the afterlife
He had asked if Anne had had fun
…I’m sorry
He had the ability to think about anyone without any kind of favoritism or discrimination, so she wanted to let him do that But…
“No”
She answered while re herself that he had asked her because this was her duty
“Anne-san protected everyone like she always did”
So…
“Did she protect you too, Toori-kun?”
Asama saw Kimi squeeze his hand and that may have been why he was able to say what he did
“Oh,” he said “I guess I should be thanking her then”
He quickly looked down from the moon
“I’ll repay you for that so to the future instead of into the past He turned toward Asaave his usual s that, Asaathered on Tama’s port and deck: Horizon, shi+rojiro, Heidi, Noriki, Ohiroshi+ki, Hassan, Itoken, Nenji, and Persona-kun After seeing them all, Asama turned back toward Toori and the others there
“Hurry up, everyone!”
Sheas a shrineover each other
“Hey”
The idiot descended toward the Musashi+ first
Up ahead, they could see the fa for them And…
“Welcoure took a step forward froroup
It was Horizon
As Asaestured toward Toori
“Toori-saht Asaed over
He stopped in front of Horizon, tilted his head, and asked as going on Horizon began by raising her right hand
When the crossdresser realized she was preparing a slap, he leaned back and held his hands out to stop her
“Hollllld it, Horizon! I was just hit by my sis earlier!”
“Oh?” asked Horizon “Then you have two options”
She stuck a hand into the space behind her and the idiot realized what thatbut that!”
“Judge That would be the lighter option Here”
She pulled so out of thin air
“This is a bowl full of seaweed …Now, make a joke”
“Eh? I-isn’t this a bad ti!”
…She sure is strict
Asaree with him, but…
…Our shrine worshi+ps an entertain about this kind of thing
But as she watched, Horizon glared up at him
“Oh? And you call yourself an entertainer? My e me this entertainer is afraid”
“W-wait, wait, wait, Horizon” The idiot held the bowl in his ars they can tell you later, but… Hey, Neshi+nbara! You have so important to tell Horizon, don’t you? Explain that”
“Judge”
Neshi+nbara stepped forward
“You leave h PA Oda territory to -Takeda for the history recreation of the Battle of Mikatagahara That’s hoe’ll travel froami on the way to Edo”
“How is that iet it?” asked Toori “In the actual historical battle, the head of Matsudaira was so scared he crapped his pants while running away”
Asama heard the idiot tell Horizon to listen carefully
“I’ll take your place for that, okay!? Yeah, you can leave it all to me, Horizon! …I’ll help you with your history recreation!”
…This is getting weird again
As Mitotsudaira thought to herself, she saw Horizon tilt her head beyond the idiot
“No, I don’t need you to do that”
“C’mon, Horizon! Don’t be eht… I’ll crap myself so hard for you! Yeah, that’s what this means”
“Um, chancellor, where did this sense of duty conore that co her head beyond him She then stuck a hand into the empty space behind her
“If that is the issue, then I believe this will suffice”
She pulled out a white wooden box labelled “2 Collection Box”
“This is the stool test for the school trip, but I believe it will suffice as an interpretation”
“Eh?”
The idiot and everyone froroup froze in place
Horizon then spoke to all of the homeroom the other day, she has set the deadline at nine o’clock …Oh, that is only two minutes from now All of the samples are to be collected by then, but do you have yours?”
…U transport shi+p was proving useful after all They had the results with them, but…
“W-wait, Horizon Over here, over here U-um… Please look the other way, everyone! W-we need to do this soirls of the transport shi+p group frantically pulled Horizon down below the transport shi+p’s lighter
They all quickly placed the ss in the box
“Now then, everyone Shall I shake the box toone out like a lottery! No saying ‘Oh? The winner of our special prize is Asama-sama’!”
“Why would you use h her hair
“Uh, oh I forgot to write my naot to write my name, too!”
Nao’s, did you?”
“Oh, yeah…” groaned the others
They all nodded and Asaave the deepest nod of all
“Adele, didn’t you do that in elementary school and ended up in the hospital for a week because of all the crazy things they found in it? There were even sos they shouldn’t have found in a human, so they just about sterilized the entire school”
“Yeah, that was a valuable lesson …T-to be clear, I didn’t do it this tiirls shrieked and backed away, but he looked
“U-um, I don’t have a set, so does anyone have a spare!?”
“Judge” Horizon nodded, pulled a rice bowl and chopsticks from empty air, and handed them to him “Please place it in here and deliver it to our teacher Don’t ask h”
“Nwohhhh! Talk about difficult material! And wait Did you submit a sample too, sis?”
“Heh heh heh Foolish brother, a perfect sister would never do that! Sisters are given a free pass!”
“But Kiht there has your name on it”
Kimi instantly erased her own name and wrote “Asa two!? I’m not that hard a worker!”
What kind of person would do that? wondered Mitotsudaira, but she held her tongue for fear of beco another victim
Kimi then nodded twice and placed her hands on Asama’s shoulders
“This is your duty, Asama A shrine maiden is meant to help out her shrine’s supporters”
“Not like this!”
“Oh, c’s What are you, my mom? Oh, but you are! You’re my Asamom! …Oh, look”
A small commotion broke out when Kimi stuck her hand inside the chest of Asaued about a nus, Adele and Naomasa quickly wrote their names on their samples and returned them to the box
Meanwhile, the idiot scratched his head and spoke to Horizon
“By the way…”
Everyone tilted their heads and he asked her a question
“Are you giving a sa!”
Everyone was shocked by that question and Mitotsudaira stepped forward
“I can’t believe you! You can’t ask that,the realm of perversion!”
“But kids love poop jokes …Is that really not hoorks?”