Voluue (1/2)
Math is born from humanity’s love of accuracy
1 and 2 are separated and one of them has
twice the value of the other 1 is 1 and it only becomes 2 when its value
doubles This simple difference is the entire purpose behind math’s existence
But look at it frole and
nothing traps people’s minds in inaccuracy quite like math
101 and 102 are clearly different according
toa difference between them in reality is difficult Even
if you prepared two rulers, you could not be certain there was not a 0001mm
difference between them
So Miss A had long since stopped seeking
accuracy
Math had been her worst subject in school
During her witch training, a few potions had blown up in her face because she
refused to redients She was fine with “about 3” as a definition
of pi
Science always usedunits and it strived to be as accurate as possible
Miss A stood at the top of that field, but
it was not well kno careless she was about accuracy
“Nn, there”
Once again, the girl was in the verdant holy
ground in the depths of FeTUS headquarters She sat in a rocking chair that
could not keep an accurate center of gravity
She had a teacup on the white wooden table
A Springloaded modeled after a wild rabbit watched on as she wound a pocket
watch decorated with a bear-print ribbon
That was her favorite watch It
unfortunately needed to be wound quite frequently, but an atomic clock would no
longer be accurate after 100,000 years It was little difference
“I wonder what time it is now”
Once she finished winding it, she smiled
bitterly toward the rabbit
She had to set the watch’s hands, but she
did not know the current time
The wild rabbit machine blinked its red
eyes as if to say it did not know either
“Exactly 11, then”
She set the watch to 11 when she saw a girl walk into the room
Machina had been ordered to be here at
11:00, so she sat down in the seat across from Miss A at precisely that time
She was not even a second late or any other unit that a human could sense
And a few seconds later…
“Did I keep you waiting?”
The grassy field displayed in the roo else
When the projected ie vanished, it revealed
e every surface
The projector picked up an outside signal
and displayed 12cards
Specifically, the jacks, queens, and kings of all four suits
Twelve people surrounded the table
“Is it only Miss A and Miss E today?”
“We have little to discuss,” answered Miss
A “I will inform the other witches later”
“Understood Now, if you don’tright to the topic at hand…”
All 12 voices co from the monoliths
were clearly excited
Miss A set down the watch and reached for
her cup instead
“As I told you in e, the Holy
Grail is complete”
“Splendid!!”
“Splendid!!”
“Splendid!!”
Thewith
exciterew fainter as if they had moved away from the
microphone to dance with joy
“Then ill you be executing the plan?
This will be a turning point in human history, so please allow my company to
support you in every way possible”
“No, wait I would like to provide the two
of thee a visit to my office”
“A boy doesn’t want all that formal
nonsense What matters is the honeymoon The best way for two youths to
celebrate is to take a relaxing vacation”
“Don’t be ridiculous We must research the True
Ancestor This is no ti around!”
The excited ued on and on
Miss A had predicted this, but it was even
ed and looked to the rabbit
sitting on the table
It blinked its red eyes and the 12
monoliths vanished
The room rapped in silence Machina
was as taciturn as ever, so the only sound was the clink of Miss A placing her
cup on its saucer
After another blink of red eyes, the 12
monoliths reappeared
“My apologies We got carried away”
Miss A had not said a word, but the cards
acted like she had yelled at them
Those men and women ran the world’s most
powerful congloether
possessed more than a third of the world’s assets But here, they were no more
than Miss A’s sponsors
“As for our plans…we are only just
beginning to investigate the egg cell extracted from the Holy Grail It appears
implantation would be possible, but it is unclear if this would produce a True
Ancestor Thus, I believe we should still wait and see what happens”
“That again?”
The cards ceased their celebrations and
instead sighed in disappointment
“We can only watch and wait for so long,
Miss A You have been late to act every single time since the discovery of the
Serpent’s Eye holder And as a result, the angels stole the boy, a troublesome
demon intervened, and your frontline facility there was nearly destroyed”
“You need to give it a rest already
Reconstructing the holy ground there cost us enough to bankrupt a few small
nations”
Now they started griping
The rabbit looked up to ask if she wanted
to cut off the transain, but Miss A shook her head
The monoliths must have remembered there
was so to
“How about you, Miss E? The completion of
the Holy Grail is your problem, isn’t it? Shouldn’t you seek the cooperation of
the Adaht away?”
“You have all the research equipment you
need!”
“Heh If you want a honeymoon, I
can get one set up for you right away”
“Don’t you think watching and waiting is
foolish?”
They talked on and on toward Machina
The girl had been silently observing the
conversation, but now she raised her head
“This is only my personal opinion, but…”
She callanced at Miss A who jerked her
chin, telling her to speak
“I agree we should seek Fujita-kun’s
assistance And I think we should hurry toward the birth of the True Ancestor”
“See!?”