Vol 2 Chapter 1 (1/2)

—A sharp pain

A sharp pain ran across the back ofmy consciousness from the abyss of deep sleep

Opening h the , shi+ningme to squint

I checked out my left hand's state, which felt like I had been bitten by a bug

On the back of on mark was present so dark matter—commonly known as Ds Its size was directly proportional to one's dark on mark was extremely small

That tiny dragon onhad appeared

I probably bruised it accidentally while I was sleeping

The wound was itching but I used that hand to search next to e to scratch it

Touching the alarht it before my eyes to check the time

6:10am

Because I normally set htly earlier than usual

But the lingering drowsiness was not enough to make me want to lie in bed

”It's good to get up early once in a while”

I got off the bed and walked to the washroom, only to see my familiar face reflected in the mirror

Perhaps due to just waking up, my eyes seemed more vicious than usual

On the other side of theat e, ranked 2nd Lieutenant

Arrested at the age of thirteen due to his identity as a D, he was assigned to a anization—NIFL

For three years, he had fought in various lands as a o, he was reassigned to Midgard

No—More accurately, he was transferred

This Midgard was a school, converted frooverned educational institute of the Ds Mononobe Yuu was currently living here as a student of Midgard Academy

After washi+ng my face with cold water, I felt my expression tense up

I returned to ed into the school's uniform

—THUD!

Just as I was tighteningfrom above

”What?”

I looked up at the ceiling and er sister Mitsuki used

Beginning to worry, I swiftly finished changing and exited h the entrance hall to reach the second floor, arriving in front of Mitsuki's room

”Hey Mitsuki! Did so happen?”

”Eh? N-Nii-san? I-I am fine, so—kyah!?”

While hearing a scream from the other side of the door, I heard another massive crash

”Mitsuki!?”

I instantly opened the door

Perhaps because the entire dorrown a bit careless Mitsuki frequently did not lock her door

I rushed into the rooht

Underwear of all colors were scattered inside the rooer sister was naked, buried in a pile of underwear A drawer from a set of draas overturned completely

Mitsuki had her hand pressed against her head and looked like she was in pain Discovering I had entered the room, she looked up

”W-What—”

Her snohite skin, visible between gaps in her gorgeous long black hair and the large amount of underwear, turned scarlet from embarrassment

Mitsuki grabbed nearby underwear to cover up her petite yet beautifully shaped breasts and glared at me But due to the pair of s striped panties on her head, she did not look inti at all

I crossed my arms and reconfirmed the situation in the room

”Uh It feels like you were trying to get underwear from the top drawer, but lost balance and overturned it? And it even happened twice?”

”W-What are you cal the situation for!? The second ti the drawer back, Nii-san, you suddenly appeared! No, I should ask you leave now!!”

Mitsuki, the student council president, harshly commanded me to leave, but I did not follow her orders Instead, I approached her while she was buried in the pile of underwear

”Sorry, Mitsuki, before I leave, let me have a look first”

”Eh? N-Nii-san? What are you looking at—”

Mitsuki looked up at me in her naked state I knelt down before her and lifted up her long black hair with my hand

”Ah Nii-san, no So like that—”

With her face bright red, Mitsuki shook her head slightly in refusal, but did not resist in any other way

I brought her head closer as though about to hug her head Usingblack hair away, I searched the beneath her hair

”Nn We still have not The promise—Hold on, Nii-san”

Mitsuki squirmed and exhaled hot breath

Asfor, Mitsuki instantly shook

”—Does it hurt? Although there's no bleeding It's a bit swollen Hold on, I'll get some ice”

Saying that, I separated from Mitsuki

”Eh? What is theof this, Nii-san?”

Mitsuki looked up at me in surprise

”What do youyour injury You buht?”

”Right Ah, ahhh, I see as going on now, and I even thought—”

Mitsuki lowered her head in embarrassment

”Thought what?”

Hearing me ask that, Mitsuki blushed so much that even her ears went red She shook her head

”N-Nothing at all!”

Sulking, Mitsuki turned her head away

Despite her incomprehensible reaction, I still went to the kitchen to fetch an ice pack

Twenty-five years ago, a giant creature suddenly appeared in the sky above japan

Si a supernatural power capable of conjuring matter out of thin air, the monster was able to neutralize every kind of attack the humans threw at it

Then as thoughthe humans who resisted in desperation, the monster leisurely traveled once around the world and vanished into thin air without warning

Thereafter, children possessing the sa the humans They were known as producers and users of dark on

There was an extreh economic value in their ability to create any type of matter arbitrarily Reportedly, wars even broke out in the past in struggles to obtain Ds

And during the saanisms appeared in the world

These ons by the world An international organization, Asgard, was established specifically to deal with dragons

Asgard reorganized the United Nations troops into NIFL, a military force that could operate outside of conventional laws, trying to use military intervention to resolve various probleons

Due to the fact that the Ds were designated as one of the probleons, an isolation facility was constructed on an uninhabited island near the equator, naard in its infancy

When it was first established, Midgard's purpose leaned closer to detainrew up and increased in nuth and they finally won huhts and autonomy

Hence, Midgard became the current state But for some unknown reason, all huard inevitably becairls school

However, I was enrolled in that kind of secret garden

That was because I, too, possessed the power to generate dark matter

Currently the only male D in the world, that was me—Mononobe Yuu

Or perhaps because I was an exception, back when I was arrested three years ago, they did not send ard Instead, I was cultivated as a soldier in NIFL

But one ard

That was arranged by er sister Mitsuki who had aard

Ever since, I lived a school life under Mitsuki's supervision

As I was the onlybecause of me, Mitsuki made me live in her dorm, separate from ordinary dorms

—Hence, walking to school like this with Mitsuki together had gradually beco

”You have been acting a bit weird lately, Nii-san”

After breakfast, the two of us left the dorether On the way to school, Mitsuki remarked unhappily

Because there was a long way to go before the path converged with that of ordinary dors

The road followed the breakwater on the shore, tracing out a gentle curve The other side of the breakwater was a vast stretch of blue sea and white sands

The only sounds were that of the waves, the coconut trees swaying in the wind, and the footsteps from Mitsuki and me

”How am I weird?”

Since I had no clue, I asked her honestly

Mitsuki kept switching hands to carry her schoolbag as though she could not settle down, then she looked up at me

”How should I put this? Recently, Nii-san, you have been acting without delicacy, such as enteringa bit too unreserved”

”? Siblings aren't supposed to act reserved to each other, right? Are you asking me to act more distant towards you, Mitsuki?”

Unable to understand Mitsuki's allegations, I frowned and asked

”That is not what I mean”

Mitsuki frantically lowered her head She seemed unable to explain clearly

—Was there so with my behavior?

But even after thinking back to scrutinize

But There was only one reason that could explain why Mitsuki had this feeling

Teeks ago, during the battle against the white dragon—”White” Leviathan—that was invading Midgard, I took a slight risk

In order to break out of the crisis, I accepted knowledge of power that eroded my personality and memories

But thethat had happened after arriving at Midgard—I should not have forgotten any of it I also knew clearly about my little sister Mitsuki My memories at NIFL also remained vivid

However, it was also possible that I was sied in nature in fact

Three years ago, apart from memories related to Mitsuki, all my other memories were eroded to oblivion My emotion of fear had also become extremely diluted Perhaps just like that time, the personality named Mononobe Yuu had become even more distant from me

”Nii-san, what is the matter with you?”

Seeing me silent, Mitsuki made a worried expression and peered at my face from below

—No good I can't let Mitsuki worry Mitsuki was the one person I absolutely must not allow to find out

Because if she knehat I had lost as the price, Mitsuki would surely blame herself

Hence, I switched ed the subject cheerfully

”H I wanted to say that you've grown quite a bit over the past three years, Mitsuki”

Immediately, Mitsuki went red in the face

”P-Please do not reminisce about that! I-If you were to repeat the same words in school, Nii-san, I shall have to punish you for sexual harassment! You will be punished to write ten repentance essays!”

”Man I don't ever want to write another repentance essay again Give me a break”

Due to insubordination in the previous battle, I was punished to write almost a hundred repentance essays To be honest, it

”Then please think very carefully before you speak”

”Affirmative, student council president But what happened thisreally doesn't seem like a blunder you'd make, Mitsuki Shouldn't daily necessities like underwear be kept somewhere easier to reach?”

The drawer Mitsuki had dropped on the ground was the top drawer—It was at a height that she could barely reach on tiptoe Hence it came as no surprise that she overturned it

”That is a drawer I norhtly special underwear”

”Special? So it's what people call victory underwear?”

Hearing me ask that, Mitsuki frowned

”Another stateh, as much as I hate to ad Because in a certain sense, it is underwear used for battle”

”Battle, you say? Against what?”

Hearing htly solemn expression

”Although ordinary students have not been informed yet, an impromptu health examination will actually be held today In order to nity after undressing, I must exercise extra caution on the matter of underwear”

Finding out about Mitsuki's secret efforts, I sighed

”Lifethe student council president But these randoard?”

I still had yet to get a grasp on Midgard's coe, so I asked Mitsuki this question

”No, this is the first time”

”Is there a reason for doing this?”

I asked immediately, only to see Mitsuki nod in admission

”—Indeed there is a reason, but I cannot reveal it yet”

Seeing her put on her student council president's face, refusing firmly to reveal the truth, it was very hard for me to pry further

Hence, I gave up asking the reason and turned aze forward

On the other side of the flourishi+ng jungle, I could catch a glimpse of the tip of the clock tower, the school's symbol

Feeling like so with Mitsuki side by side, Ithe path to the school for Ds—

Part 2

As soon as we reached the ca to do at the faculty office and went in the clock tower's direction alone The clock toas Midgard's core location In addition to the faculty office, the command center and other important facilities were also concentrated there

She probably had to discussthe impromptu health examination

Hence, I walked over to the school building where my classroom was

Ds in Midgard were assigned to one of nine hoe Since I was assigned to Mitsuki's Brynhildr Class, even during classes, I was constantly under Mitsuki's watchful supervision

Brynhildr Class was located on the same floor as storerooms and unused classrooms, so there were very few people Still, this school had pitifully few students to begin with, relative to the school's size Despite having fewer than seventy students, the school contained as s, each three stories tall

Although it was probably an intentional decision during construction to accommodate a continued increase in Ds Given the current situation, even if only one classroo unused

Hence, although there were school girls all over the place on the way to school, a lively sight, as soon as one entered the school building, the surroundings became very silent

Walking in a silent at back and forth in front of Brynhildr Class For so aardly, hesitating and not daring to enter the classroom

Bathed in the rays of dawn strea silver hair and clear, flawless snohite skin When standing still, she was as beautiful as a work of art She was someone I knew quite well

—Iris Freyja

She was the classmate who sat on my left inside the classroom

She was originally treated as a poorly perforood use of her powers I, on the other hand, was like a novice in Midgard in terether in preparation for a test and also joined forces to fight the invading Leviathan

Apart from my sister Mitsuki, she was the one closest to me in school, but—

I nervously gulped

—No good, don't be nervous, I have to stay calm

I first took a deep breath then say greeted Iris who looked like she had not noticed me yet

”Good , Iris”

”Hawah!?”

”Woah!?”

Because Iris juht

Her dazzling thighs were exposed under the lightly fluttering skirt Realizing this in alarht red

”M-Mononobe Did you see it?”

Iris asked in a tre voice

”I-I didn't see it, no, I should say that I saw nothing in the first place”

Under the pressure of Iris' gaze, I answered truthfully

”Really? Did you really really see nothing at all?”

But Iris persisted in her questioning relentlessly There were tears welling up in the corners of her eyes Her snohite co flush red

Urgh

Iris, with her full range of emotions on display like this, was extremely attractive It made me unable to look her in the eye directly, so I could not help but shi+ft aze away This made Iris move closer to me

”Ah, that reaction looks like you're lying! You really did see it!”

”N-No, that's not what I mean! I really didn't see it!”

I explainedaway and soon hit the corridor's wall behind lared atme completely

I could feel Iris's breathing and her soft bosohtly

At this h my mind

—Thank you, Mononobe

Accompanied by words of thanks, what touched me were Iris' cherry lips

Under the starry sky, a first kiss on the beach

Probably literally what she meant, Iris only meant to thank me Because the moment before the kiss, she also said she wanted to be friends with me, so I suppose that was an act of affection It rew up in

However, no matter how much I used this kind of reason to persuadeconscious of her at all times

Because Iris herself treated me the same way as before, I mobilized all the self-control I had developed back in NIFL, trying to behave in a natural manner

But with her so close right now, it was hard not to slip up

”Mononobe, you should speak honestly, otherwise I'll feel very troubled”

With her whispering alet hot

”Like I said, I'! I didn't see any panties!”

I answered frantically like this but for some reason, Iris panicked even more

”What You did see it after all!”

”Huh? What are you talking about?”

I inquired of Iris because I could not understand her reaction, but tearfully, she shook her head

”Boo-hoo O-Of all people, I can't believe Mononobe saw it I-I am not a pervert, okay? I am absolutely not a pervert, okay?”

”Pervert?”

Completely lost by this non sequitur, I felt baffled

But after seeing how Iris clahs, the way she absolutely refused to let her skirt lift up, a shocking possibility surfaced in my mind

”—Iris, by any chance, are you not wearing any?”

Iris' shoulders trembled

”Eh, ah, n-no! I'm normally not like this, okay? It's just today that I happened to forget to wear them, okay?”

”So you really aren't wearing any”

Seeing her still so careless, I could not help but sigh

”Eh? Based on how you worded that, you really didn't see just now?”

”Yeah, like I repeated soat all”

If I had seen it, I probably would have failed to remain calm

”Thank goodness No wait, this is still no good! Now you know I' them, Mononobe!?”

Covering her face, Iris crouched down Showing joy one moment and depression the next, she seemed quite busy

”No, umm, this happens to everyone at least once”

With an embarrassment in my heart, I comforted Iris

”This is already who kno many times”

So it was hopeless

”How did you get through this previously?”

”Wearing gyh the day But there's neither a practical lesson on powers nor PE class today I didn't bringwhether I should make a trip back to the dorm or not”

Now I finally understood why Iris was loitering in front of the classroom

If she went back now, she ht end up late, that hy she hesitated: should she risk tardiness? Or should she spend a whole day without wearing panties, worried the whole time that she would be exposed?

But I remember that today—

”Iris, even if you will end up being late, I think it's best that you make a trip back”

I placed my hand on Iris' shoulder and said solemnly

”W-Why?”

”I heard from Mitsuki that there's an impromptu health examination today, apparently”

Iris' face instantly turned pale

”Mononobe! I' back to put on my panties!”

Iris yelled loudly, so loud that her voice echoed in the corridor Then she suddenly stood up

Next, holding her skirt he the corridor and left

””

Speechlessly, I watched her depart

Iris had forgotten one iht in front of the classroom's door

I opened the door and entered the classroo coldly at me

My classhwalker

She was a girl with a fierce personality Clashi+ng with inning, she refused to respond even when I greeted her But right now, she finally agreed to treat me as a ”probationary classmate”

”Lisa, that yell just now Did you hear everything?”

I asked her with a wry s sharply

”I can't believe you raceful This is a failure in supervision, Mononobe Yuu!”

”Eh? That was my fault just now?”

Not expecting the finger to be pointed at rew frantic

”Naturally, keeping the clumsy Iris-san under control is your responsibility In order to prevent her froht!”

”When did I become Iris' nanny?”

I sighed and protested in a snored my complaint and called out to the other classmates Apart from Mitsuki and Iris, all others were present

”That is precisely why Everyone, please pretend you never heard those disgraceful words just now In a show of gratitude for our willingness to keep the secret, he has offered to treat us for lunch today”

Hearing her call out, the classmates reacted in their respective ways

”Got it”

Someone answered quietly She was the bibliophile who spent every freebooks Firill Crest

”Mm”

Only nodding and replying with a single syllable, it was the petite and red-haired girl, Ren Miyazawa

”Mononobe-kun's treat? I' forward to it”

Sirl was Ariella Lu

”H-Hey, how could decide on your own—”

I was frantically about to interrupt when Lisa cut me off

”Oh my? Is there any problem?”

”Eh? Oh”

Thinking over it cal ard received an ample sum ofexpenses Treating the to make my life hard

As long as I accepted this condition, Iris would not get embarrassed and I could also have lunch with everyone For someone like me who still had not shared a et acquainted with my classmates

—So actually, she went through a convoluted process to invite me to join them for lunch?

On further thought, Lisa and the others did not lack cash either, so getting treated by others would offer virtually no benefit to them

”Got it, today's lunch will be on raceful yell in front of her”

Deciding to accept Lisa's kind intentions, I nodded and agreed to her condition

”Understood You are fast on the uptake”

Lisa smiled with satisfaction I leaned my face close to her ear and whispered thanks to her

”—Thank you, Lisa”

”I-I have no idea what you mean by that Besides, your face is too close!”

Blushi+ng, Lisa pushed me away

Inside this classroo her classhwalker

Despite a personality that was slightly too fierce, she was probably more kindhearted than anyone She turned her face away unhappily

I could only walk to my seat with a wry smile

—How I look forward to the lunch break I wonder if Iris will get back before class starts?

The second advanced on the clock installed over the blackboard Mitsuki and shi+nomiya-sensei, the homeroom teacher, entered the classroom three minutes before the lesson

Then the bell rang for the start of class I sighed Iris did notended, the classroom's door was opened violently

”I-I made it”

Panting heavily, Iris sat down unsteadily on the seat neighboring me

As soon as she spotted aze, Iris made a thumbs-up and said:

”I did it! Mononobe!”

”Yeah, good work”

Intentionally pretending not to notice the pitying gazes from Lisa and the others, I praised Iris for her hard work

Part 3

”—Today, first and second period will be altered to conduct an impromptu health examination The exa for this homeroom's turn, please re”

There was a health exa this during homeroom, shi+nomiya-sensei quickly left the classroom She seemed quite rushed

Lisa and the other class what had happened On the other hand, I turned er sister who seenorance and started to study on her own She looked like she did not intend to explain

Soon after, shi+nomiya-sensei returned to the classroom to announce ”your turn, please head over to the infirmary”

Hence, we stood up from our seats and exited the classroom I was just about to follow Mitsuki and the others when shi+norabbed me by the collar

”Ack Cough, cough!”

shi+no

”Mononobe Yuu, do you intend to be exao this way”

Dragged by shi+nomiya-sensei, I alone was taken to another place

Passing through a connecting corridor then taking the elevator at the clock tower, shi+no the nu lightly

Ding—

The elevator stopped and the doors opened Then I saw a grand and luxurious wooden door towering before me

”Uh This place is?”

”Just read the door plate and you'll know, right?”

shi+nomiya-sensei pointed at the door plate beside the door It read ”Principal's Office”

”Principal? Does Midgard have that kind of position? I thought you were the highest authority in Midgard, shi+nomiya-sensei”

Even during the full-school assembly held when I transferred in, I had not seen anyone rese present So before this, I did not even know that such a person existed

”I aard's chief administrator is the lady inside this room”

Saying that, shi+no door The so-called principal was apparently a woman

”So Why was I taken here? Aren't we doing a health examination?”

”Yes, of course the purpose is for a health examination The principal will personally conduct your examination”

shi+nomiya-sensei answered with a nonchalant expression

”The principal will personally conduct my examination? Why exactly?”

”Who knows Probably on a whim of hers She does not work seriouslyout Soht make unreasonable demands like this one, but she says she is licensed as a doctor, so you probably won't die”

Hearing shi+noan to panic

”Is this principal that dangerous a person?”

”This is so to her is very tiring, I shall excuse myself here After the examination, please return directly to the classroom”

After saying that, shi+noave my back a push then she walked towards the elevator to leave

”Eh? You want o inside alone?”

”Yes, good luck”

shi+nomiya-sensei saluted me with a serious face then she took the elevator down for real