Vol 1 Chapter 10 (2/2)

Sergeant Aroha slowly approached Admiral Luise and checked her pulse

“Hmm… Lezirth”

“What?”

I hid my face withNo, it would definitely be shaeant to see

But right noas… I couldn’t… keep my composure…

Why did she risk her life? Did she risk her life because I was about to fight the enemy without any information?

Just to increasefor ?!

I’m not worth it!

Like she said, I betrayed her

I failed to save her from that research centre! I abandoned her and stepped onto the battlefield!

But now I finally realized so, and my partner! She was born only days apart from me and lived for the same period of time, and even now, 120 years in the future!

She was so precious to me… I can’t lose her like this

Suddenly, Sergeant Aroha raised her hand and slapped my cheek

“Hey, listen carefully to what I’m about to say It’s very important, so listen carefully!”

“Huh?”

“Luise Maynard is…”

“Huh?”

“Just sleeping”

“Eh?”

“Look”

When I looked, Admiral Luise was indeed asleep But what about the life support system?

“The life support system probably accidently switched itself on after her biorhythm fell so low, and also because of the sudden rise in temperature Aside from that, she’s fine”

Sergeant Aroha said that and flashed a smile at me

“Sorry for hitting you Oh, look, she’s just entered into REM sleep Isn’t she sleeping well?”

“……”

“Look, she’s breathing and everything”

Indeed, Ad softly

“Mm, Lezirth Heh heh, you’re mine”

I didn’t knohat she was drea around

The way she rolled around was so lovely; I couldn’t help but to laugh Sergeant Aroha snickered

“You two are so weird What did you get all emotional about anyway?”

“N-No… that’s… heez, heh heh”

Tsk H-How eeant Aroha who couldn’t understand, because she wasn’t a psychic user She doesn’t know the great risks involved in the use of psychic abilities Hmph!

“Fufu”

Sergeant Aroha kneeled on the floor and rested Admiral Luise’s head on her lap

“Then I’ll be looking after her”

“Huh?”

“You have so”

“Ah, that’s right I should go”

“But don’t teleport The Ursa Major Brigade is with us after all Didn’t you say you had to hide your identity?”

“… That’s right”

“And come here”

She er When I approached her without thinking too deeply into it, she told me to come a bit closer

She pointed at Ad went in there

As soon as I bowed ed my neck

“Urpp What do you want? Sergeant Aroha?”

“Well, you know I just wanted to hug the legendary war hero Maybe I have what it takes to be a groupie”

Wasn’t a groupie one of those people who chased after rock bands or faotten into her to say that?

“I’ to think you are actually the real Lezirth Dawnbringer”

“Ha, and who’s the one ouldn’t believe uys”

I seant Aroha

“Then Sergeant, just be waiting for me with a joyful heart I will show you exactly why Lezirth Dawnbringer is a legendary war hero”

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I inspected the situation via the ade were still active, so I was able to see the Diablo ra

But there certainly was so, energetic attacks were noaround like a drunkard

It seeer piece sleeping inside the Diablo to aid me

However, the Ursa Major Brigade was the problem My Teleportation ability alone was ranked SSS If they happen to witness ht be revealed to the ones who put me in cold sleep

Well, even if the ones who put one, and only the empty Federation remained, I didn’t want to show off my abilities

‘But I hope we could stay together in the same platoon’

That hat Ensign Meihowa said With Adeant Aroha… and Pencolt too, I suppose? Anyhow, I really liked this platoon

If my abilities are revealed, then Admiral Luise and the platoon and I would be torn apart I had to hide my abilities to prevent that

Then that means I either have to walk, or use a vehicle like a car or a bike…

While I was having those thoughts, so a bike stopped in front of me The bike was a theeled bike, with carbon nanotube frames and a battery holder for the power

The Thoriuh to drive this bike for 120 years without stopping The light and trustworthy Thorium batteries were compatible with all Federation equipment

It was fairly clear that these were long lasting, because only the appearance has changed since 120 years ago

“Where are you going, Lezirth?”

Riding the bike was a silver-haired half-Elcro girl Ensign Meihowa looked at me from the bike

“I’ to borrow your Alter-Armour”

“Then I will go with you as well I locked it with my authority when I hid it in the sea, so you wouldn’t be able to unlock it without me You won’t be able to turn it on either Unless you can hack into the military computers like Luise”

“It’ll be dangerous”

“It won’t be the first tier”

Ensign Meihowa took out an instructor’s baton and tapped the seat behind her

Hmm… wouldn’t it be better for a man, such as me, to drive?

The thought crossedthat I could easily say

I sat behind her without a corabbed the rear seat’s frame with my hands

“You can put your hands around o faster like that”

W-Will that be okay?

I shyly scratched the tip of my nose

“I’ll be hugging you from the back, you know?”

“Ah! I-It’s not like I like it But it’s an urgent situation right now, isn’t it?”

“It… is an urgent situation”

“Then why don’t you ride without holding onto anything and fly off and bu If you don’t like that, then you must put your hands around me It’s okay! I am your senior and Lezirth, you’re just my subordinate!”

“I suppose Now isn’t the ti embarrassed”

I breathed in deeply and slowly put my hands around her waist She felt soft and tender I would be touching her breasts if I move my hands up a bit further, wouldn’t I? I need to be careful so I don’t do that

But it really is eht that my chest, stomach and my private parts were stuck closely to her back and butt

My heart was beating unbelievably fast even though I was only hugging her without saying a thing The fast heartbeat made my neck and ears itch

The sound ofthunder I could hearthe bike at full speed

The electric bike was far too quiet I should strike up a conversation to get s

And the first thing I thought of to break that ice was… so rather ridiculous

“Um… Meihowa, your abs must be clearly visible I can tell by the feel of them”

da I said

“Th-That’s because I am a soldier I-It’s only obvious B-But it doesn’t have the distinct lines like males’ six-packs… Hnyaa”

My face instantly turned red I could feel Meihowa being slightly surprised

When I faced straight ahead without turning s fluttered in the wind and they felt slightly weird when they touched my face

Hmm… how should I say this? They felt boneless and y sees

Without thinking too deeply into it, I rested s just out of curiosity

Hmm, there were no bones, but they felt soft and tender when I pressed against theainst the chairs or laying on beds

The mystery has been solved!

But while I was happy abouthappened

“Hnyaaa…”

Hmm? Didn’t I just hear a weird sound? I swear I heard that strange noise even against the rushi+ng winds

“D-Don’t do that! At least not while I’! I know I said I would allow you to touch them, but now is not the time!”

“Hmm? Are you ticklish?”

I loosened htly When I did, she yelled again

“Stop it! I’m not ticklish!+”

“Then what?”

“No, the thing is… it’s not ticklish It doesn’t hurt and it’s not supposed to feel anything, but…”

She was going nowhere with her explanations Seeing her like that was so interesting that I had to touch her wings again

She certainly didn’t appear to be ticklish or in pain Then what about if I lightly brush her ith ers?

“Hiing… Sniff G-Geez, I’erous!”

“Ah… S-Sorry”

I suppose ain Maybe it was just ination, but she felt hotter than before

“Haa…”

My breathing also becahter No I actually wanted to

Wait, no, I can’t do that!

I desperately dispelled n Meihoas giving me a ride, and I cannot show those physical reactions in return I’d rather force myself to teleport instead

“Ensign Meihowa! I’d rather…”

But since I was tightly hugging her back, her wing ca to as I opened it to talk

Then she screa soround

“damn! This wasn’t what I planned!”

I used my psychic powers to catch her and the bike fron Meihoas…

I’ll be skipping the details to protect her privacy

I jogged to a slow stop while keeping up that weight with le and hit me

“I told you not to do that! Lezirth! You idiot! You Greenie!”

“No, that was a mistake… I’m sorry”

Her punches were powerful considering she was a female, but that was to be expected because she was a soldier I put up a barrier with my powers to defend myself and I put her down

“Well, at least we’re nearly there”

“Geez!”

She straightened up her helmet and started to operate the military computer

The Alter-Ar under the sea reacted to her actions and rose up It h ties before, because it was plastered with seaweed all over its body

Despite the ordinary arauntlets, it resembled an insect or a crustacean

But it also reseht with a set of arer line I suppose one could say that it shared some features that were unique to hand-to-hand combat types

However, the problem was that this Alter-Arer, or the Kishi+n Diablo—the enemy it must face

“It’s really small now that I see it”

The Minion-class Alter-Armour was really small compared to the Kishi+n-class Diablo This Alter-Arle Diablo’s limb, and their weapons were beyond comparison

“Are you really going to try… with this?”

“Ader inside Diablo If I can crack Diablo’s outer arap This is an opportunity that Ad her own life I cannot let that go to waste”

“Dawnbringer? Are you saying that the Dawnbringer is inside Diablo right now?”

“Yes That’s why the Diablo raed like that”

“How do you know that? That’s…”

“I’ve told you before, right? I’er”

After replying, I jule leap Ensign Meihowa cli down from the cockpit

“It’s a you could cover this distance with a jump”

She opened the cockpit door The door was placed on the machine’s lower abdomen and into the chest of the n Meihowa and I

“I can’t pass on the register key to you Because you have to be at least a Sergeant to be an Alter-Armour pilot”

“Then we’ll go tandem mode”

Ensign Meihowa fiddled with the military computer and set the machine on tandem mode at my request

I sat on the pilot’s seat first and looked at her Ensign Meihowa’s face quickly became red

“D-Do I… have to sit on you?”

“This is the only way to go tandem in a Minion-class… it can’t be helped, can it?”

And it was even worse in a small cockpit like this

“M-My wings”

“Huh?”

“Pros! Lezirth!”

She glared at me suspiciously

“O-Of course That just noas an accident I did it out of my will at first, but the last one was an accident!”

“I-If you say so! Fine I’ll believe you! Aroha said that I should never trust a ht babe’ but Lezirth! I can trust you because you didn’t say ‘you trust ht?!”

She grudgingly sat on h her hair I was ht that I subconsciously muttered out

“How pretty”

“Huh?”

Ensign Meihowa suddenly lowered her head Her neck and her ears began to get rosy

“What d-did you say?”

“I-I just said it’s pretty nice to be riding in an Alter-Ar time”

I feigned innocence and she sighed in relief

“A-Anyhow, just don’t touch s Got it?”

“Yes, I got it”

I nodded ainst s to concentrate on for now

“It’s been so long since I rode an Alter-Armour”

“But I wonder if the Alter-Ar machine reset itself continuously the other day”

Ensign Meihowa seemed to be worried, but when I concentrated, the Minion-class Alter-Armour awoke

—Whirrrl!

The Alter-Arn Meihoas a

“Oh ure? I can’t believe it!”

“Now then, shall we fetch e need?”

“You have so that you need? Ah, equipment? Ammunition?”

“That too… but I need soel, atropine and adrenaline”

“Huh? Is it because you’re hungry? I’ve got soel… but atropine and adrenaline?”

Ensign Meihowa tilted her head, puzzled She was so lovely, turning around to look at me while seated on my lap damn it, I can’t lose myself here

“Hmm, well you’ll see why”

I le near the el, atropine and adrenaline that we left there e fled in a hurry I can supply myself there

And that here Diablo would be waiting for us