Chapter 8 (1/2)

Chapter 8 – Hour of Awakening＊

[‘When she awoke’]

Beyond the clear irl without a breath, possessing an al face, so beautiful that she didn’t seem real

She had silver hair, almost transparent white skin, and fine and slender limbs

Her age see enough that you could say it was cherubic

However, none of that mattered

To Luru, as important was that she her features conformed with the characteristics of the race now called the ancient demon race

The extreme mana conductivity of the ancient demon race dyed their hair silver

That was the most important feature of the ancient demon race

Humans didn’t possess this kind of hair

It seemed that modern people didn’t know about this fact, but of course Luru did

He knew that this appearance was that of the ancient demon race

That’s why he knew that the girl before him was of the ancient demon race

And, as even irl was

There was no way he could forget

It was the girl he orried about during his fight with the hero

The face that appeared in hiseternally unable to celebrate her birthday

The daughter of Bacchus Taesnola who had long ago been the De Luruslia Nord’s trusted friend

“…Iris…”

Muttered Luru

Gran peered into the Capsule as well fro there was a girl, he raised his voice in shock

“…Oi, why the hell is there a person in there!? Are they alive?”

With those words, Luru confirmed a second time that as expected, the characteristics of the ancient demon race weren’t passed on to the people of this era

To gran, she was nothing but a human

In fact, excluding her hair, the girl’s – Iris’ appearance wasn’t different to a human’s whatsoever

You could feel that she had a little bit more mana, but even so, the reason it felt like she was still a hu for so long

The long ter syste the sleep was one of the side effects of its use

When Luru was the deh that it couldn’t be ignored; enough that if one slept for 100 years, all of their mana would be used up As a result, it wasn’t able to be put to practical use

Since then, technology had probably progressed, and it had been reformed so you could sleep for even thousands of years without issue

If it was using just a little bit of the mana within the body, then the ancient demon race could do so without problem at all

Once their woke up and beganof the ancient demon race once feared by the humans, after all

There were no major problems with thecase, it

That’s why Luru replied,

“I don’t knohy but… she’s alive, isn’t she? There’s no way to check except by opening it up”

“Even if you talk about opening it up… how are we supposed to open this thing, anyway? I’ve never seen so like this before There’s someone inside, so I can’t bloody well chop it open either”

Gran spoke with a troubled expression

The transparent Capsule that covered Iris was also y, and not only had it survived thousands of years without a probleine that even if you cut at it, it would be fine just like the doors froo

That being the case, they had no choice but to open it the way they were meant to

In the doors’ case, what seeement system’s artificial voice had spoken when Luru touched it

What if he touched it as well, this time…?

Thinking this, Luru slowly and quietly brought his hand to the Capsule

It was ato sleep without dying for many, many years

Because he was afraid of breaking it by handling it roughly, he had ended up touching it the way he did

Though he co so brittle, this was a matter of the heart

And then, Luru’s hand made contact with the Capsule

And when it did,

『……suspend……long……ing equipment……number……?』

resounded the blurred artificial voice, once more Thus, Luru replied,

“Please suspend it! With the life of the person using the equipment as priority!”

It would be trouble if all that happened was that the system shut down

They had to wake make sure she woke up safely

That’s why Luru said what he did

The artificial intelligence created long ago via y[/arts] had been created with the ability to obey these kinds of vague instructions inas there wasn’t some kind of flaw that developed as a result of the few millennia that had passed, it would do as he intended

And truly, the artificial voice said

『……Understood……』

and began preparing to suspend the long ter equipment

So sprayed inside the Capsule before their eyes

What happened after was that the blood gradually began to return to Iris’ pale face

Her chest that had been coan to slowly rise and fall, and you could tell that she had begun to breath

It was probably to wake her up

“…Seems she’s alive, huh”

Muttered Gran, as he watched over these events

From his point of view, he probably couldn’t understand what on earth this Capsule was

Even Luru couldn’t understand the details of this, even if he knew that Iris was being woken up

It was unreasonable to expect the people of this era to understand

How long passed by after that?

It didn’t feel like too long had passed, and it also felt like it was just an instant When that time had passed, a line suddenly appeared down the middle of the capsule, and after that, the Capsule opened, and the two halves of the transparent Capsule were stored in each side

At last, Iris had awoken

Thinking this, Luru approached the sleeping Iris with resolve

Looking at her face up close, Luru felt a profound feeling of nostalgia[/longing]

He recalled the joyful face of his friend who had just had a child

The many times he had celebrated her birthday

Iris’ s face as she ran up to him to be spoiled

And the happy expressions of her parents atched this

All of those revived in him when he saw her face

Aaah, she was finally waking up

Even though he had expected her to have died after his fight, she ed to survive safe and sound, and even reunited with he who should have died

He felt deeply moved by this

In the past, in the height of the ith the humans, when they resolved themselves to die, soldiers would say to their sweethearts before heading to battle,

『Even if I fall in battle, let’s ain in the next life The cycle of rebirth will definitely allow us to ain』

They ords of faith, of temporary comfort, and of consolation

They believed in this in the depths of their hearts, but that didn’t ain

Despite all of this, Luru was now seeing such a miracle

It was just a little, but he felt that he couldn’t believe it

However, it was reality

He who had becohter of his old friend, separated by thousands of years, met each other

This was reality

Like that, Luru gazed at her face as he stopped his e prematurely

And then, the girl opened her eyes

Slowly, and majestically

Both Luru and Gran were for an instant entranced by that beautiful sight

However, it was only for an instant

The one who noticed first was Gran

“…!? Luru! That kid is dangerous!! …Guah-!!”

Together with his screaain the wall

The shocked Luru returned to his senses, and with eyes wide, he saw that the noakened and upwards facing Iris had the pal from it

Luru understood that Iris was the one who had sent Gran flying

“…What are you…!?”

Shouted Luru in panic, but the rising Iris suddenly slared at Luru

Her glittering red eyes burned with hatred and anger

“…Human Die”

It was a dark voice, colder than a glacier

A voice smothered in all despair