Vol 2 Epilogue (2/2)
”Yes”
”Got it”
Iris and Tia answered listlessly then obediently exited the sickroom With only the two of us left, Mitsuki sat down on Iris' original seat and stared at my face
”Although I also respect Lisa-san's character, I still consider what you said just now to be sexual harassment”
With her index finger pressing my forehead, Mitsuki spoke
”Urgh I'll apologize to Lisa later, so could you let me off on the reflection essay?”
”—What a to do with you? Since you are a patient, Nii-san, I shall turn a blind eye for today Were you in good health, Nii-san, I would have subjected you to the punishment of a forehead flick”
Tapping lared at htly
”Thank you for your kindness Then what's this important matter? And you said it involves classified military information”
”Basically an afterht be infor classified, so I asked them to leave”
Saying that, Mitsuki glanced at the sickroom's door
”No one is eavesdropping”
I searched for presences then told Mitsuki
”Is that so? Then let us begin with the aftermath report The casualties in this incident number twelve injured, of which two of the ten are clock tower staff Fortunately, all ten of them were in the lower levels of the clock tower, hence there were no deaths”
”Thank goodness It's fortunate that the principal and Mica-san weren't in the principal's office”
”Yes Regarding the teardsormr, it has resumed operation once control was passed to the second command center As for Hekatonkheir, we have confirard, it had also vanished suddenly fro track of its location”
Mitsuki explained fluently to me I asked her:
”So that means that it warped over here from Siberia?”
”No idea because there were no previous reports of it having such a power Also, Hekatonkheir's resurrection is still unconfiration However, the issue is—about you, Nii-san”
”About me?”
”Yes—Cancelling gravity temporarily What was that Leviathan-esque power? Froravitational matter”
What Mitsuki wanted to ask about was how I used gravitational interference to stop Hekatonkheir's attack But to be honest, I had no idea either why I could do that kind of thing I had sidrasil
”No, for no particular reason I thought Iit for real”
Hence, all I could do was answer auously
”I cannot believe you are saying that you were able to do it with no particular reason, that is truly troubling! Regarding the anti-dragon weapons, it has occurred to iven my position, it would probably be best that I do not find out But no s, aren't you?”
It see all the displeasure she had accureat intensity in tone
We were already so close together that our noses were al in bed, I could not back away
”Sorry, Mitsuki, I's froravitational matter”
”I see Nii-san, so you insist on refusing to tell me?”
Mitsuki angrily glared at me from up close
”No, like I said, I really—”
”In that case, you absolutely must answer the next question!”
”Huh?”
Mitsuki spoke up with a gaze even more serious than previous
”Nii-san Is it true that you and Iris-san kissed?”
”What, y-you heard that too?”
My voice went involuntarily hoarse
”You were probably not searching for presences then I was outside the door the whole time”
”U-Umm Don't tell me that Lisa and the others also?”
”No, by the time Lisa-san and the others arrived, I had already been standing there a while because I missed the opportunity to enter the room Hence, only I heard the part about the kiss”
Hearing her answer, I was slightly relieved, but Mitsuki overhearing it was still a terrible situation
—Huh? Why was I so shaken?
Aversion to writing repentance essays was admittedly one of the reasons, but that could not explain why I was panicking so much
”No, that's uainst Leviathan? Probably so like that”
”In other words, you two really kissed?”
”Urgh Y-Yeah”
I gave up resisting and nodded in ad Mitsuki to exhale deeply
”I see”
Without being angry, Mitsuki withdrew her face froainst the chair, Mitsuki looked much more petite than usual
”Mitsuki?”
Worried about her, I called her naly forced smile and said:
”You have apparently received Tia-san's kiss on engagement on your cheek too, but that was done by a child, so I shall not pursue the matter However, please handle Iris-san's kiss with upfront honesty, okay? Otherwise, I shall regard your motives as impure and punish you to write repentance essays”
Despite her cheerful tone, her voice was trehtly
”Okay I understand”
Despite feeling troubled, I still nodded
”Nevertheless, I ether with you, Nii-san”
Hearing Mitsuki speak in a tone of self-deprecation, I instantly frowned
”Why?”
”Because For Iris-san, it must have been her first kiss, but Nii-san, your first kiss ith me”
”Eh—”
Hearing that, my mind went blank because that kind ofthe deal with Yggdrasil, it had vanished due to the download of weapon data I felt pain in ly aware of the emptiness left in my heart due to the loss of the promise
”As in Tia-san's case, it was so done by a child after all Whether the kiss from back then or the promise in the past, please pretend they never happened Please forget them”
Even though she was speaking to er existed, yet—
I subconsciously reached out with ripped Mitsuki's arm firmly
”Nii-san?”
”I won't forget”
I pulled the troubled Mitsuki in front of my chest and tried hard to squeeze a voice out from my throat
””
”I won't forget”
Although it was already a lost et this fact I won't forget the the fact that I had forgotten
To prevent Mitsuki fro
Even if so did not exist, I will still insist it did
”Clearly when it already does not matter”
Despite saying that, Mitsuki still clutched ainst my chest
”How could it not , you're not allowed to tell me to pretend that memories never happened”
I hugged Mitsuki tightly withtone of voice Precisely because memories had disappeared from my mind, I wanted Mitsuki to remember them more I did not want her to think they were redundant memories
”But Nii-san I do not want to obstruct you and Iris-san”
”Come on, you, no matter what happens here on, I can never think of you as an obstruction, Mitsuki”
I said with exasperation from the bottom of my heart
”Seriously? I will not be a burden for you, Nii-san?”
”No, it's the opposite I' you It's all thanks to you that I was able to transfer to Midgard, I 've worried the whole time whether I caused you trouble”
”No way I do not find it troublesome at all To be able to see your face every day, to be able to hear your voice every day To be able to touch you whenever I wish to touch you This is already enough to satisfy me”
Mitsuki touched htly
”What do you mean, you're satisfied? Feel free to doas it's infor you”
But after hearing what I said, Mitsuki shook her head
”No, I cannot be so reliant on you, Nii-san I aard's student council president and captain of the Dragon Subjugation Squad”
After saying that, Mitsuki looked up Although her eyes were ether at a distance where we could feel each other's breathing, we gazed at each other
”I know there are responsibilities you iven your position, but—”
”That is not all Due to esture e me”
”What are you referring to?”
I did not quite understand what she meant, so I asked Mitsuki smiled wryly
”Three years ago You clai alone, so as to protect my town and daily life But what I truly wanted to protect was every day I spend together with you, Nii-san Watching that peaceful town All it did was increase my loneliness”
”Mitsuki”
”That hy I could not bear your absence I wanted to see you, Nii-san, to hear your voice again no matter what That hy I followed”
Mitsuki looked away and confessed shyly
”Mitsuki You outed yourself as a D?”
”Yes because I caard only to see you, Nii-san, but you were not here Honestly, I a mistakes”
Unable to bear Mitsuki's self-deprecating smile, I spoke up
”Mitsuki, didn't you get ard? It's all thanks to you that we can be reunited like this”
”But your three years will not co an irredee to be proud of”
Irredeeonified best friend in the Kraken battle two years ago
”Mitsuki, you are completely correct I won't force you to be proud of it, but you don't have to regret it either”
”At all tie myself like that”
Mitsuki pushed htly and separated herself
”To atone for ht relentlessly Satisfaction is an extravagant wish that I dare not hope for The childhood wish can remain unactualized It does not matter”
Mitsuki finished in a tone of suppressed e sorrowfully
Seeing that kind of se from the bottom of my heart
”—How could it not matter?”
”Huh?”
Mitsuki widened her eyes in surprise Following that impulse, I had sat up forcibly Despite the sharp pain centered on ritted my teeth and did not scream
”N-Nii-san!? You cannot get out of bed yet!”
Mitsuki frantically tried to stop s to her
”Mitsuki, if you can only forgive yourself by devoting yourself to battles Then I will put everything on the line to terminate those kinds of battles”
”Nii-san?”
”Listen carefully, Mitsuki I will never—abandon your happiness”
Looking Mitsuki in the eye, I asserted strongly Mitsuki gasped lightly with tears in her eyes, but before the tears could fall from her eyes, she wiped them with her hand
”Seriously Nii-san is seriously”
While gru, Mitsuki leaned her face towards ether
Then sentle voice:
”—Nii-san, you are so hardheaded”
Afterword
This is Tsukasa, I a Unlimited Fafnir II, Scarlet Innocent
Roughly three months after the previous installment, Volume 2 came out successfully, this is all thanks to everyone's support
New characters have been added this ti for quite a lively volume Transfer students, the principal, and a new enemy, it's quite a lot of content
I didn't hold back with foreshadowing that I refrained fro in Volume 1 It feels like the plot will start to accelerate all at once from this point onwards Since the finish line is still very far away, I won't slon until I get there I'll sprint my hardest to the very end
Then putting that aside—apart fro have been ladies, but actually, in terender ratio actually isn't that biased The main reason for that is the presence of Sleipnir Sleipnir is coether With those eight and Yuu's friends and acquaintances froender ratio is al in search of mates are also male, you know?
If I write a prequel about the NIFL days, things would probably be the exact reverse, turning into ”a story filled with men” Since there's no demand, I think I probably won't have a chance to do that
Of course, the next volume will still be a story about Iris, Mitsuki, Tia and the rest It won't suddenly become ”a world of men” so please rest assured Characters have increased and the plot is getting a bit rushed, but conversely, next volume is expected to be quite an easy read Whether combat or romance, I will further intensify theainst that dragon in Volume 3
Oh, one a adaptation for this series has been approved! I heard that the details will be gradually announced on the official website and various places, so please check it out if you have a chance
Then next up are acknowledgements
Korie Riko-sensei, I sincerely thank you for your lovely illustrations again It's a kind of bliss to be able to see so irls With Tia on the cover first of all, the swi, every illustration is so cute and perfect!
Editor in charge, Shouji-saestions Whenever you point things out to me, I always discover what I overlooked and it's very helpful to enerous with your advice
Then I would like to thank everyone involved in this book's production
Okay, see you all next time