Vol 8 Chapter 7 (1/2)
Chapter 7 – Noisy Night
Chapter 7 – Noisy Night
“I see, the bottom of the ballast area, huh…… No wonder I wasn’t able to find it”
Sylvia, while leaning on the wall in the shade of the corridor, laughed in a low voice
『I’ll say this just in case, aside fro a problem, it looks like you won’t be able to coot a special ID, so be careful』
Ayato’s voice was heard from Sylvia’s headphones
She did not open a space , but rather sent the portable terminal’s sound communication directly to the headphones
“Hahaha But, is it all alright? Telling me all this”
『What would Sylvie do if ere in the reverse position?』
Though Ayato’s voice had a teasing tone, so like half-conviction could be heard there
“……Yes Thank you, that’s a big help”
Sylvia closed her eyes and tightly clenched her hand on her chest
『Oh, and though late, I thank you for the box lunch It was delicious』
“Hlad to hear it Actually, I said that I had confidence in , but the truth is that I was a little worried about whether or not it’d suit your taste”
『……But, considering the situation I was in, it’s a shame I wasn’t able to taste it calmly』
“Eh? Ah, it was just before your uess you wouldn’t be able to”
『Hahaha……』
Then, for soue voice as if troubled was heard
“Ah, by the way, tomorrow is finally the fifth round, isn’t it? Do your best; I’ll be cheering for you”
『Considering your position, won’t it be bad if you don’t cheer for Rusalka, Sylvie?』
“Of course, I’ll be cheering for both sides Those girls are my cute juniors after all”
Sylvia’s words were fros
Precisely because Sylvia adequately guessed things ── though in her oay to the bitter end ── and could thus adopt a clear-cut attitude, she was honestly able to cheer for both sides That was Sylvia Lyynehey
But, even Sylvia was not like a saint who attained enlightens on which she could not adopt a clear-cut attitude; therefore she also had times when she was troubled and suffered
And Sylvia did not dislike this weak side of hers
“──Oops, sorry Ayato-kun Looks like it’s already time”
『Got it Then, later』
As Sylvia cut the coan to walk down the thoroughly cleaned corridor
This place was Queen Veil Girl’s Acade
There was a huge double door at the end of the corridor When Sylvia lightly knocked on it, she soundlessly opened it and went inside the room
“……Ara?”
Except the side where the door was, the other three walls were fitted with glass In that wide space that would let one feel bleakness, there was nothing other than an office desk and a chair by the backMultiple space s floated around the office desk and a wo on the chair
It was a faures of preceding visitors today
“Thank you for your hard work, everyone”
“! Sylvia, san……!”
The group of five standing at attention in front of the desk was Rusalka, who had just won their ticket to the quarterfinals today
“What’s the ?”
As Sylvia s so, the woman ── Queen Veil Girl’s Academy board chairman Petra Kivilehto ── loosened her mouth
Petra herself was also a <strega>, who had participated actively in the <festa> as a student of Queen Veil once; she was now an executive of the Integrated Enterprise Foundation W&W, which was Queen Veil’s anization, and she was also the producer of Sylvia and Rusalka Anyway, she was an able woman in various ways
“Half of it is that, but the other half is to praise theood battle Well, I also ended with that just now”
The black visor glasses covering her eyes behind theuess her real intention
“I see Then, is the scolding about the matter of the day before yesterday?”
“Uguh……”
To Sylvia’s words, Miluše and coed their expressions
Sylvia has already heard about the circumstances, and she also heard about the details from Ayato just now
“During the period of the <festa>, not only did they invent a pretext and pick a fight with a hting with another tea afterwards Well, it can’t be helped even if you’re scolded, right?”
“……Yes”
Said Rusalka, who looked doith docile faces
“──But apart froive you my thanks”
“Eh?”
Miluše looked back at Sylvia with a puzzled face
“After all, the reason that you flared up at Ayato-kun was because you orried about ht? I’ve heard it”
“N-No, that’s, um……”
To Miluše andered her eyes as she was eed her shoulders and asked a question
“So, what do you think? The Airls met, was he the kind of person to deceive people?”
“……No”
Unexpectedly, the one who answered first was the one with a personality of being quick to pick a fight, Tuulia
The other members shook their heads as to follow her
“Hreat”
As Sylvia smiled sweetly, Miluše opened her mouth as to snarl at her
“B-But, this and that are different! We won’t hold back in tomorrow’s match! I’ll also beat him into a pulp!”
“Of course You girls are Queen Veil’s representatives, so you , you know? Will you be all right?”
Though Sylvia said so jokingly, Miluše answered irritatedly
“Of course! Wefor the championshi+p after all! And then, one day ── we’ll surpass you and become the world’s best artists!”
After Miluše thrust a finger at Sylvia, she squared her shoulders and left the board chairman room
“……That’s right”
“Yes, yes!”
“Well said, Miluše!”
The other Rusalkae at her teammates, Sylvia and then Petra in turns, left the roo “sorry, sorry” several times
“Please, don’t tease them too much, Sylvie”
After waiting for the door to be closed, Petra coh
“They are already unstable due to <lyre poros=””>’s price after all”
The ogre lux <lyre poros=””>, that Rusalka used, had a strong Ulm mana dite as its core to the extent that its control had finally beco it into five Its price is “ divided into five was an ogre lux with a story saying that most of its wielders suffered from a mind undermined by insanity
Even after being settled to the current forher his/her compatibility rate was and then he/she loses control of his/her emotions Therefore, Mahulena, who had the lowest coirls, could──But
“But, those girls were already like that even before having been chosen as wielders though”
“……”
To Sylvia’s words, Petra cleared her throat and changed the topic
“By the way, it looks like they first tried to use your relationshi+p with Airi Ayato to make you fall, you know?”
“Hahaha, should I say it’s as usual again……”
Sylvia could not help but smile wryly
She found it very lovely for the deceived and they ended up going for a completely opposite action
“So, how is it actually? You aren’t possibly serious, are you?”
“And what if I am?”
When Sylvia returned a question, Petra sighed again and held her forehead
“Sigh…… Really, be it you, those girls, or Chloe, why do all the girls, whom I set my eyes on, act like this……?”
“Oh, I thought that you’ll get angrier”
“I’d have been, if I could do so you”
As Petra said so and stood up, she curved her ht smile
“Well whatever About this matter, I’ll overlook it to some extent I trust you after all”
(Though it’s a lie)
Sylvia inwardly stuck out her tongue
Petra Kivilehto was originally a coldhearted and calculating person But at the sa that she loved the academy’s students as board chair others at all
“But, please be a little prudent regarding the other matter”
“Which means?”
By otherfor Ursula’s whereabouts
“Have you already heard about the organization called Golden Bough Alliance?”
“Hmm, no, I haven’t”
“Me, too”
“……Huh?”
When Sylvia turned a blahtly bent herself forward
“Don’t you get it? I, an executive of the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, a that I’ve never heard of it, you know?”
“……”
“Recently, though very rarely, that naence network This coincided with the time when your action deepened”
It was the tire luxes
“The details are co happened directly But…… this organization is probably extreerous”
“In other words, it’s just your intuition?”
“Are you dissatisfied?”
Petra was excellent Her judgment this time was probably correct, too
But even so, Sylvia was not ree with it
In the first place, Sylvia’s and Petra’s positions were equal, so there was no reason why she must one-sidedly obey Petra’s orders Sylvia used Petra, and Petra used Sylvia That has not changed since the tined a contract to becostress
“I understand I’ll reduce the frequency And I’ll do it more carefully than before”
This was the best compromise she could offer
“……Fine by me”
After being silent for a little while, Petra shortly said so＊“──!”
When Claudia returned to her roo on the sofa in the dimly lit room