Volume 1 Chapter 6 (1/2)
Birds were singing beyond the open floral curtains
The curtains were shi+zuka's Along with the futon, she had prepared various things before Koutarou had moved in
”Uwa, It's already , Koutarou”
Sanae, who had gotten up first, had pulled the curtains back, and outside of the as a clear blue sky Sunshi+ne strea up the residential area
Upon a pillar a couple of s
It was a co
”It's already past 7 AM”
Koutarou rubbed his tired eyes and looked through the , the blue sky and white light entering his eyes
The sunlight passed through Sanae and lit up the tatami mats behind her
It looked to Koutarou as if Sanae had a solid body, but it was at tihost
”Another all-nighter”
The date was Wednesday, the 8th of April Koutarou had now pulled three all-nighters in a row
”Sorry, Koutarou; with this I'm out”
”Uwa, Really!?”
Kiriha pulled a card from Koutarou's hand and placed two cards on the tea table, e her hand
The gaht noas Sanae's specialty, Old Maid
”Ouch~ Koutarou, just don't end up in last place okay?”
”I got it”
As he replied to Sanae, Koutarou extended his hand towards Yurika's cards
”A, Auuu”
Yurika, who had a terrible poker face, closed her eyes If she didn't, Koutarou would just see right through her
If it wasn't for Kiriha, Yurika would've run out of points long ago
”Urya!”
”Uhm”
Hearing Koutarou's voice and feeling the sensation of a card being pulled from her hand, Yurika opened her eyes
”Hauuuuuuu!”
Despite her efforts, the card re in her face
”Alright! I'm out!”
Koutarou completed his hand and threw his cards onto the table
”I lost!”
A cheerful Koutarou and a depressed Yurika; their appearances contrasted
”Which means I'm first, Kiriha is second, Koutarou is third, and Yurika is dead last”
”Indeed With this, the points are back to where they started”
As she said that, Kiriha updated the score sheet hanging up on the wall As she had said, each person's points added up to 20
According to their rules, first place received three points from someone and second place one point
In third place you lost one point, and in fourth you lost three points
Which meant there was a two points' difference between each position
And everyone started with 20 points
Those who lost their points would be declared losers and forced to leave the room
”We weren't able to get a point lead”
”It seems we are quite even”
Beside the yawning Koutarou, Kiriha's shoulders slumped
The card gaht, but there was still no conclusion anywhere in sight
They were able to stop each other's victory, and as a result no one ended up with 0 points
At one point, Yurika had been close to losing all of her points, but she had been able to mount a comeback thanks to a lot of luck
After that, the points had just gone back and forth
”What are you going to do, Koutarou? It's tio to school”
Sanae pointed at the clock hanging up on the wall
The hands were indicating 7:30 AM,Kenji would arrive any moment now
”Everyone, do you et back?”
Koutarou pulled out his bag while yawning
”In reality there's no tier during the day”
”I don'tfor a while”
As Kiriha and Yurika agreed, the doorbell rang out
”Hey, Kou, are you up!?”
Kenji had arrived
”Yeah, I'!”
Koutarou shouted towards the front door and then whispered to the others
”Everyone, make sure Mackenzie doesn't see you when I leave, please”
”Because it'll be a pain? I already know”
Sanae turned off the lights in the roo
This was so nobody would notice that there were people left inside the room
”Yurika, come over here a little bit more The front door is in plain view over there”
”Ah, ye-yes, Kiriha-san”
And the three made sure they couldn't be seen from the entrance
Koutarou had a feeling so bad would happen if they were found
The day before yesterday it had been Sanae, yesterday it had been Sanae and Yurika, and today it was Sanae, Yurika and Kiriha
Surely There won't be four tomorroill there?
”No way”
Koutarou shook his head lightly and gave a wry s a yawn
He couldn't take it too easy with Kenji waiting on the other side of the door
”Didn't sleep much, Koutarou?”
”So like that I'll sleep at school”
”That'll do you good It'll be bad for your body if you force yourself”
”Goodbye, Koutarou-san”
”See you, Koutarou Co for you”
”Yeah I'm off”
”I wish I could go to school Being ho”
E's calm atmosphere and the warm sunshi+ne, time drifted in the clubroom after school
Right now, the only time Koutarou could feel at ease was at school
At ho to take over his room Compared to that, the time spent in the clubroom was like heaven
”I wish it was always like this Fuaaaaa”
As he relaxed, Koutarou let out a yawn
Having endured several all-nighters, Koutarou was exhausted
Although he had slept during class, he was far fro his stamina
”Not good, gotta keep knitting”
”Are you okay, Satomi-kun?”
Haru next to him, didn't let the yawn slip by unnoticed
She gazed at Koutarou with a concerned look on her face
”I'm fine, Sakuraba-senpai”
”But, you don't look Have you been sleeping properly?”
Koutarou tried to play it off, but it didn't work Instead, the concerned look on Haruhtly
Because of her weak constitution, she took her and others' health seriously
”Hahaha, I just otten used to it yet I'll be back to normal soon, Sakuraba-senpai”
”I hope so”
”That aside, Senpai, showtechnique one more time”
Using the knitting un to work on an actual project, with Haru the way
”I got it I'll do it again slowly, so make sure you watch”
”Yes, please”
Harumi was still worried, but she moved her hands at Koutarou's request
Satomi-kun, it's fine to be enthusiastic, but are you really okay?
Still worried about Koutarou, Haru
And after showing him the technique, she came up with an idea
That's right, maybe if I leave him alone
Harumi immediately put her plan into action
”And like this Did you understand, Satomi-kun?”
”Yes You're a big help; I'll try it out right away”
Koutarou beganneedles
Although aard, he displayed his intent and motivation
It's because you're working so hard
Haru needles and yarn on the desk and stood up
”Satoht if I leave you to keep an eye on the clubroom for a while?”
”Y-Yes I don't mind, but what now, all of a sudden?”
Koutarou stoppedhis hands and looked up at Harumi
”I forgot that the co for me I'll be back soon”
”Okay, I got it I'll keep watch while you're away”
”Sorry, please do”
Haruhtly and headed towards the exit
”Satomi-kun, I hope you'll be able to sleep a little with this”
”Senpai, did you say so?”
”Not at all I'll be back”
”Okay, see you soon”
Harumi left a small smile behind as she exited the room
Hm? That's
When Koutarou ca sun
”Oh crap, I fell asleep”
The knitting needle in his hand had been placed on the desk, and the coat froirl's uniform had been draped over his body
”Were you able to sleep well?”
Koutarou raised his head, and in front of hi Harumi
Having taken off her coat, she was knitting in her blouse
”Senpai, I”
”I was about to wake you up It's almost 6 PM”
Haru and showed him the time
The time was now 5:45 PM, almost time for the school to close for the day
”I' asleep in the middle of club activities, Senpai!”
For Koutarou, who had been taught to strictly respect his elders, this was a big problem
He apologized and bowed deeply
”It's fine, Satomi-kun It's Um O-our society, after all”
As she said that, her cheeks turned red with e, did not see her
”That's why, Senpai!”
”No, that's wrong It's our society, so as long as we agree, it's alright if we do ant”
”Sakuraba-senpai”
”Satomi-kun, look after your body, please”
Oh I see, Senpai
Looking at Harumi's serious face Koutarou finally remembered her weak constitution
That's why she was so worried
Koutarou was both grateful and sorry to have made her feel anxious
”Understood, I'll look out for myself more”
”Yes Thank you, Satomi-kun”
Hearing Koutarou's answer, Harumi responded cheerfully
I should be the one worried about her I gotta snap out of it
The past three days had been nonstop trouble due to three strange people, but thanks to Haruain some spirit
”I'm back”
When Koutarou opened the door, it was still dark inside, and Sanae, who had welcomed him back yesterday, was nowhere to be found
”Hm?”
While Koutarou was thinking, Sanae poked her face out from the inner room
”Koutarou, this way, come fast!”
”What is it?”
”It'll be faster for you to see it yourself Come on, Koutarou!”
”So!”
After Sanae both Kiriha and Yurika called out to him
The three voices sounded surprisingly serious, so he hurriedly left his shoes by the entrance and entered the room
”What's up with you three, you still haven't even turned on the Ehhhh!?”
Bounding into the room, Koutarou opened his eyes wide in surprise
”Wh-What's that!?”
An abnormality had occurred in the inner room
In the dark space, the wall furthest aas glowing dimly
The glowing abnorht and one meter in width
”This was just a wall, right!? What happened!?”
”That's ant to know”
Kiriha turned the lights on in the roohtly less noticeable
”Sanae, did you cause this?”
”That's rude! It wasn'tlow!?”
”You have a point”
Koutarou suspected Sanae after having seen countless paranoru to do with it
Like she said, she had nothing to gain frolow
”Don't just blaeez!”
Dissatisfied, Sanae puffed up her cheeks and floated in midair
”It can't be helped You're a ghost after all”
”Hmph! Who cares what you think anyways!”
And Sanae looked away from Koutarou
”Come on, don't sulk just because I doubted you for a moment”
As Koutarou was trying to calm Sanae down, somebody pulled the sleeve of his uniform
”Excuse me, Satomi-san”
”Hm? What is it, Yurika?”
The one pulling his sleeve was Yurika She let go of his sleeve and curled her mouth into a coy smile
”The wall: it's glowing, isn't it?”
”Yes, it is”
”So, isn't it?”
”Yes, it is”
”Haven't you considered that it ic?”
”I ht have”
As Koutarou nodded for the third time he turned to Kiriha
”Kiriha-san, how long has the wall been like this?”
Koutarou had already lost interest in Yurika
”Why!? You could at least doubt me a little bit!! It's a supernatural phenoic!”
”Just a while ago, roughly 10 ot home”
”10 minutes”
”It's not fair! It's unfair to believe in ghosts but not y!”
”Karama, Korama, please tell Koutarou the results of the measurements as well”
”Yes-ho!”
”Leave it to us, Ane-san-ho!”
The two haniwas flew up to Koutarou
”There are no readings for radiation, electroy-ho The only data we're receiving is fro photons-ho!”
”But we can't low-ho It's almost as if there's an invisible wall-ho! It's not even certain where the photons are co from-ho”
The haniwas explained everything in detail with gestures, but it made no sense to Koutarou
”I don't get it; what does this mean?”
”It low, it's a coy I don't know of is involved, that ht not be the case”
”In other words, it's just a gloe know nothing about”
Koutarou slowly approached the wall
”Aaaaa, if you could just give me a portion of that doubt”
Yurika started sobbing behind Koutarou
”If you could just believe there are girls withto so hard to make you believe me too!”
However, Koutarou was focused on the wall, so Yurika's complaints fell on deaf ears
”Koutarou, don't just carelessly touch it, okay?”
”It sounds so persuasive when you say it”
What reached Koutarou's ears instead was Sanae's voice
Sanae floated up next to Koutarou as they approached the gloall together
”Don't treat er!”
”That's exactly what you are!”
”What's that supposed toyou if sos! You're just terrible!”
Sanae began sulking and returned to where Kiriha and Yurika were standing
”You won't die a pretty death, Koutarou, I'm sure of it!”
”He won't even believe in ic either!”
”This is a coood wo like this”
”I'm just a kid I don't care!”
They're not feeling any tension whatsoever
That's what Koutarou thought while listening to the girls
Stopping 30 centi wall
”Apart fro, it looks just like a normal wall”
The gloeak and you could see the wall behind it Even the recently changed wallpaper could be seen clearly
”What's up with this”
Koutarou brought his hand closer to the light, but it was not hot, just as Kiriha had said
However, it was not clear if touching the ould be safe
”Now then, what to do”
While Koutarou was considering whether to touch the wall or not, a change took place
”Oh?”
At the center of the gloall, roughly one round, a blue disk about 30 centimeters in diameter appeared
Froan to form a picture
It looked like a e reptile
”A knight and a dragon Is it some kind of crest?”
Koutarou brought his face closer to exae
He noticed that it wasn't just a picture, but a three-dithened his impression that it was indeed a crest
”But why is there a crest on a gloall?”
Koutarou brought his face closer to the crest, but all of a sudden his vieas blocked
”Eh? What!?
His field of vision suddenly went dark, and his face was pressed against so soft and warm
Caught by surprise, Koutarou's body stiffened
”Hanya!?”
A girl's voice could be heard right next to Koutarou
Everyone in the room was surprised, but the most surprised of all was the one who had surprised Koutarou and the others
”Ho-How rude!! You don't just bury your face in a princess's chest! This is unforgivable, even for a clueless Neanderthal!”
”Eh? What!? What's going on!?”
Having soht next to his ears caused Koutarou to atteainst by placing his hands against it and gently thrusting away from his face
”Waaa!? You touched a princess's chest!? Grabbed it!? Fondled it!?”
”Ehhh!?”
Standing before the staggering Koutarou was a girl silhouetted by the problematic wall
She was short, but still slightly taller than Sanae
With her blonde hair and blue eyes, she was ner
She earing a beautiful dress of radiant white The ends of the spread skirt covered up a large part of the room
And resting upon her golden hair was a silver diadem decorated with jewels
”Who?”
”It's not who! Get your hands off me this instant, Neanderthal!”
”Hands?”
When his hands were ertips
”Waaaa, do-don't fondle them, you fool!!”
”Wa, Waaaaa!?”
Koutarou finally noticed that his hands were planted firirl's chest
”So-sorry!”
”A 'sorry' won't cut it! You buried your face in roped them repeatedly!”
The girl's face was dyed red with rage and hu her chest with her arms
”This noble chest that you played around with so, filled with desire, is not so the likes of you can touch! You should consider yourself lucky you are not slain on the spot!”
”Desire!? No, that wasn't ! It was just an accident!”
Koutarou shook his head, panicking
”All cri!”
”That's not true! Who would want to fondle that flat chest!? Even I have the right to chose which breasts I fondle!”
”Fl-flat?”
The girl's expression froze
”Do you think I'd take such a risk for that washi+ng board chest!? Don't h!”
”Washi+ng board?”
The girl was stunned and looked up at Koutarou Her eyes ide open and her face itching
”That's right~ Koutarou spent all of yesterday fondling Kiriha's breasts, so he has no need to fondle those”
Sanae chiainst Koutarou from before
”Don't talk about me like I'm some sort of pervert!”
”There's no need to deny it You know you want to fondle them, you pervert~”
”Koutarou, do you want to fondle my breasts?”
Kiriha lightly thrust her chest towards Koutarou, and her large breasts bounced
”I don't! I won't fondle anyone's breeeeasts!”
”There's no need to hold back, you know?”
”I won't leave this room in return!”
Yurika, who had been silently watching, pu her fist up towards the heavens
”You got a high rank! Good job Yurika! Fight!”
Ranking the chest sizes of the girls in the rooest to sirl Yurika was glad she was second
”Either way, you don't want to fondle those”
Yurika gave the lowest ranking chest a pitying look
”I'o out of their way to touch those!?”
”Th-those You called the board those”
The girl looked down
”You don't need to say it like that She is still young, so she has plenty of tirow”
”Uwa~ That's ait, Kiriha~ The elite have it easy”
”I didn't mean it like that!”
”But, she's even losing to Sanae-chan They're not going to grow that much”
As Yurika said that with deep pity in her voice, the girl's shoulders began to tremble
Koutarou interpreted it as if she was about to cry, but her voice was far fro voice
”Fu, fufufu, fufufufu, ahahahaha”
It was an alh
”You pity me I see, you pity me, a princess!”
At that tiirl's restraint snapping
”I'll kill you! I'll kill you all right now! I'llyour mouths!”
The girl screaround with her foot
The girl had completely lost it
”It looks you ht away”
”That's right, Koutarou You should do it while the wounds are still shallow”
”It's because you're bullying her, Sato bullied as well as me”
”Don't try to blame this all on me! You're the ones who finished her off! Besides, just look at her, she's well past the point of persuasion!”
”Fuhahahaha, you Neanderthals! You won't even have time to realize your sins! Once your bodies have vaporized, you'll regret ever going up against me!”
The girl who had lost it laughed loudly at Koutarou and the rest
It was iry
”Blue Knight! Activate the anti-personnel weapons system!”
While the girl kept laughing loudly, she shouted at the bracelet on her right hand
”AS YOU WISH, MY PRINCESS”
And the bracelet on her hand lit up and responded to the girl
”What's that girl doing?”
”Who knows She's so angry that she's talking to her bracelet; she's a bit scary”
Two black disks about 20 centiht and left shoulders
Strangely enough, they had no thickness
”SELECT THE WEAPONRY”
”Anti-personnel Pulse Laser, Sonic Impact Cannon! Fill them with holes, pulverize them, and blow them away!”
”AS YOU WISH, MY PRINCESS”
Ifrom the black disks
Although the disks had no thickness, the metal was oddly three-dimensional
It was almost as if the black disks were some kind of
”What the heck is that?”
The metal resembled a muzzle as it turned and pointed at Koutarou
And froan to shi+ne
At the sa the rooht
”I' about this”
Koutarou, as feeling danger from the disks, was not sure what to do, so he lowered his body and took a stance for the ti
”Es you can see from the black holes appear to be weapons-ho!”
”Energy reaction-ho! The current presuht side is a shock wave cannon-ho! They will be ready to attack within a few seconds-ho!!”
”Get down, Koutarou!! She's shooting!”
Kiriha's desperate voice entered Koutarou's ears, telling him what to do
”What!?”
”It's already too late! Wipe theht!”
”AS YOU WISH, MY PRINCESS”
The panicked Koutarou leered at the girl shouting orders at her bracelet
”Koutarou!!”
”Owaaa!?”
In that moment Koutarou fell down onto the tatami mat Sanae had tackled him and forcibly pulled him down
At the sah the spot where Koutarou had stood
Right afterwards white bullets passed by, as if chasing the blue beams
”Kyaaaa!?”
The blue beaht by Yurika's ear and burned a couple strands of her hair, and as she bent over in surprise the white bullets arrived
The white bullets hit Yurika's broo a loud sound
Right afterwards, a strong shock as generated, knocking Yurika off of her feet
”Why is it always meeee!!”
Yurika, who had lost her balance, was sent rolling on top of the tatami mats
”Gyafu!”
Yurika rolled into the wall and stopped She was no longer ; she had lost consciousness
”That was close! That's a weapon!?”
Looking at Yurika, Koutarou finally understood the danger he was in, and a chill ran down his spine
Koutarou didn't knohat kind of weapons the girl was using, but one look at Yurika told hiot hit
”Are you alright, Koutarou!? Get up! The next one's co!!”
”Ah, yeah!”
”Tsk, looks like one of them is perceptive”
The girl spat out those bitter words as she glared at Koutarou
And the irl's shoulders pointed towards Koutarou
”But in this narrow roo in synchronous mode!”
”AS YOU WISH, MY PRINCESS”
”Don't be like that, shorty!”
”You don't just insult ht as well, Neanderthal!?”
”You stupid idiot!”
”Argh, you're even calling me stupid!?”
”I am! You self-conscious inverted chest!”
As Koutarou was saying that, signs of the girl attacking appeared again
The bluish-white light and loud sound
”Koutarou, don't bicker with her! Just get up, hurry!”
”Waaaaaaa!! Oh crap!!”
Koutarou was still in theup, and even with Sanae's help it didn't look like they would make it in time before the next attack
”Ahahaha! You're too slow! It's already over! You can regret the cri a fool of me once you've been reduced to ashes!”
”Karay Field to maximum output!”
”Understood-ho!”
Along with the sharp voice, the two haniwas stepped between Koutarou and the girl
”But we'll lose in terainst physical attacks-ho!”
”I just need you to endure one attack! You need to block it no matter what!”
”Got it-ho!”
The blue beam and white bullets shot out
But at that ht enveloped Koutarou and the rest
It was a shi+eld the two haniwas had made
As the shi+eld of light was assailed by the blue bealass and was bloay
The haniwas' shi+eld was only barely able to block the blue beams - the Pulse Laser attack
So the slightly delayed white bullet - the Shock Wave Cannonball - passed by with ease and headed for Koutarou and the rest
”Waaaa, This time it's all over!!”
”Hissatsu![1] Sanae-chan Bomber!”
However, before the bullet could hit Koutarou, Sanae prevented it by throwing a cushi+on with her Poltergeist
The bullet and cushi+on collided in the air, and an explosion was heard, along with cotton being scattered all over the room
”Tsk!”
”Ho~”
”Hoho~”
Apart from Sanae, everyone was throards the walls by the shock wave
That was enough for Corona House to start shaking and screa
”Is everyone okay!? You haven't been done in, have you!?”
”I'm neither! Even if I'm okay for noon't be sooner or later!”
Koutarou stood up, shaking his head, and grabbed the bat that was leaning against the wall next to him
”What are you going to do!?”
”The only way to survive is to attack before she recovers!”
The girl in question had lost her balance from the shock wave
Because the cushi+on had struck the bullet near her, the shock wave had reached her as well
”Tsk, by soe to Sonic Impact Cannon and Ion Blaster! This room is too small!”
Noticing Koutarou approaching, she ordered the bracelet to change weapons
”AS YOU WISH, MY PRINCESS”
”You're too slow!”
But before her weapons were able to change, Koutarou swung his bat down
He was ai out of the hole above her right shoulder
”It's no use, Neanderthal!”
However, the bat did not reach the pulse laser
Im translucent and bounced off
”What!?”
”You thought you were the only ones with a barrier!? How careless!”
The girl stood up, a grin bri with confidence on her face
She was surrounded by white hexagons
Like the haniwas' shi+eld of light, it was a barrier against attacks
”This is bad-ho! The barrier's power is on a different level-ho!”
”It's a repulsion barrier-ho! It's far superior than ours against anything but spiritual energy-ho!”
”Just who is that girl!?”
Kiriha was aghast at the overwhel difference in power
Kiriha and the others' attacks barely had any effect, but they couldn't block their opponent's attacks
”Da about that, we're not getting anywhere!”
”Stop, Koutarou! We have no way of breaking it!”
”What? Really!?”
”It's true, Neanderthal! The difference between our powers is like that of heaven and earth! You won't be able to so er on me!”
The girl stopped her attack and boasted triumphantly