Vol 3 Chapter 1 (1/2)
Chapter 1: Second Transfer Student
Licking her lips, she tasted sweat
The Personal Territory that surrounds her body is able to control gravity, huinable
Therefore, if one wants to know the reason for perspiration, one must consider external factors For example, excessive exercise, serious illnesses—
Or, overwhel panic
””
Tobi+chi Origaulate her breathing, tightly held the handle of the high efficiency laser blade <no pain=””> in her hand
Currently wrapping Origami's slender body, is not the school unifor device and a Realizer unit made for combat equipped
Modern ic, mechanized armor
Wearing this, the icians that expands their Personal Territory, could very well be called superhumans
However—Right now Origami who is currently a superhuman, has been totally driven into a corner
”—Uwaaaaaaaa!?”
”Tch”
In response to the cry that cah
A faaed to, an AST member's voice
That ami have already been defeated
”Ku”
While Origaave an order inside her head
At once, the light within Origa the scene that Origami's normal vision could not
Near Tenguu Base where the JGSDF was located, the special training grounds
It here Origami and the AST members used when they had the CR-Unit equipped, special areas that have been applied with ic
And in the center of the desolate forest of rubble, a girl whose hair was tied in a bunch calmly stood
—Takamiya Mana
As Origairl's name, she observed Mana's body posture once more
Her age is about 14 to 15 years old Under the left eye of that adorable face is a tear
However, encasing that petite figure is an unadorable irl at all——CR-Unit
It was slightly different froami and the AST members normally use, the shoulders are outfitted withshi+elds It is said to be the newer prototype from the AST team's equipment
”—Hey, the last person Wherever you are hiding, please hurry up and come out now”
Mana si the AST members that lay at her feet
Although it cannot be seen froht members of the AST should have collapsed in the shadows of the surrounding obstacles
It was an absolute one sided power It was just like having a Spirit as an opponent
—It was the end of last uu base
It was said, that she was the JGSDF's trump card
It was said, her ability to control the Realizer unit is one of the top in the world
It was said—that she killed a Spirit by herself
Just based on those rumors, she would indeed be an abnormal monster
However, on her firstshe said sentences on the lines of ”Is there anyone who can beat me here? Even one is okay” Of course, for the AST who prided the down
Thus, as an excuse to find out Mana's combat ability, a special mock battle of one versus ten was held
Although truthfully speaking, Origami had no interest in this
””
Without saying anything, Origami remembered the conversation that she had with Mana the day before
The day that Mana had been posted to Tenguu base, Origaes from the other day
Mana looked at the ie showed on the screen—Itsuka shi+dou, and said
”—Nii-sama”
Origa such a sister before After Origami raised this issue to her, Mana spoke with a shocked expression
(!! Master Sergeant Tobi+chi knows Nii-sama!? UmuNn, okay, I can tell you the details—But, this mock battle, you must participate, this is the only condition)
After that conversation, there were no other choices left
In the end, Origami had to participate in the exercise—
The result was the same as what she currently sees now
Nine ami has also lost all other equipment aside from her laser blade for close combat
On the contrary, Mana was still untouched
”Hey, at this rate ti to run out you know?”
Mana let out a sigh, letting out such a stateo
It was not a solution to keep hiding like this Origa in front of Mana
”—Oh Finally determined aren't you?”
””
Origa the thrusters on her back
Origami's inventory is only left with one <no pain=””> There is no other available option aside from close combat
Leaning her body forward, she flew into the sky at an intense speed
”How straightforward I don't dislike that you now”
As the corner of Mana's e, equipping itself onto her two arms
”<murakumo>—Twin Blade Mode”
The next instant, huge blades of light eed from the tip of the shi+elds
However, Origa
Bringing <no pain=””> above her head, she accelerated even more
But Origami knows that she will lose if she rushed in like this
”—Now's the time”
So, the instant that Mana's and their Personal Territories touched, she rapidly shrank the size of her Personal Territory
The Territory that is usually expanded to a radius of three and a half meters has been reduced to that of one-tenth
Instantly, the parts of the thrusters that are outside of the Personal Territory regained their original weight
At the sa suit, grabbed the deactivated <no pain=””> tightly and curled up,under Mana's elbow
”Wha?”
Because of the sudden action, Mana widened her eyes
The thrusters that lost its controller followed the law of inertia, bearing doards Mana like a gigantic bullet
”Tch! Too naive!”
However Mana swiftly regained co the laser blade to cut the thrusters in half
Sparks scattered everywhere, the two halves of the thrusters fell to the ground with s out
But- this was the opportunity that Origa for
”—Tch!”
The blade of <no pain=””> reappeared oncetowards Mana's back
Ai the thrusters, an unblockable hit
As Origaht scratch on Mana's CR-Unit
—However
”Wha”
Origami was left speechless
The instant the sharp edge of the laser blade made contact with Mana's equip constantly stroked by a palami's movements stopped
”—Fuu, that was dangerous”
Mana turned her head towards Origami to make eye contact
Origa It's unami's movements, with just her Personal Territory alone
Truly, it wasn't a result that had not been predicted
It had been considered that with just Mana's reaction tiami immediately after she had intercepted the thrusters Whatever the reason, she was right next to Mana, right inside her Personal territory
But disregarding the above, if it was Origami's Personal Territory that has been shrunk to thirty centimeters, such an action is not impossible, at least that was calculated to be
Butit was not calculated to be that easy
”Too bad, it's checkmate”
Mana slowly turned her body, the blade of light touching Origami's shoulder
At the same time, the alarm above their heads sounded Afterwards, voices came from the battle suits
”Battle practice has ended The winner is Second Lieutenant Takamiya Mana”
After the battle practice
Origa her thoughts while staring at the ground
As though wanting to recall that feeling she felt several ht hand
””
Due to deactivation of the Personal Territory, the body feels extre the fist brings about the abnor in an extremely viscous mud
But it was also due to this phenoahtly held fist
”Takamiya——Mana”
As though she were showing off, that ability to make use of her Personal Territory and special suit to that extent Truly, she ithout doubt a legendary genius
This should be so, she has the saaicians that are just like her, the success rate for coreatly increase
But, even though this fact had been understood, an unexplainable sense of frustration grew stronger and stronger within Origami's heart
”She's strong”
Origami stared at her clenched fist and said At the same time, a voice came from overhead
”—You're aeant Tobi+chi”
Hastily raising her head, not knohen she ca suit is standing there with sports drinks in both hands
”Don't mention it”
After saying it, she offered the sports drink in her left hand
””
Even though she had just deactivated her personal territory, Mana's ish at all
Origami looked at Mana in confusion, at the same time raised her heavy arm and took the bottle
Mana gave a satisfactory nod, continuing her conversation after taking a mouthful of the drink
”To tell you the truth, that was really scary Even though it was just a few millimeters of the tip of the blade, but I haven't had anyone that can touchtime ”
No sense of sarcasami's ability
”Whatas you?”
Origah she was troubled with her brows knitting together,
”I've heard you have killed a Spirit before I'd like to hear the details”
Regarding Origaed her shoulders
”Killeda Spirit, you say? Well, what you've said isn't wrong—”
Faced with that uncertain reply, Origahtly slanted her head
”What's the matter?”
”M is, [that], is a little different from the rest of the Spirits—even so do you still want to listen?”
”Whatever it is, no matter how little is the information Please tell me”
”Hh this can't be widely said in public, but I think in the near future you will have the chance to see it for yourself—I was posted here for this reason after all”
Towards that declaration that did not reveal ami tilted her head
”? I've heard that you had been posted here to boost our combat ability”
”What you said isn't totally wrong But to be accurate, I was posted here to confirns of [a certain Spirit]”
”A certain Spirit?”
”Yes All this ti after the most brutal Spirit Its codename is—”
As Mana was about to continue
Bang! Bang!
The heads of the two had been hit
”Sss”
”It hurts”
Origaht at the same time
Standing there was, the AST's tea the JGSDF's military uniform• Kusakabe Ryoko, in her hand was some rolled up book
”You Two”
The blood vessels on her forehead bulged, and at the same tirounds with a Shwa!—
It was the thrusters that had been cleanly split into two
”Didn't I say it was a mock battle!? Why did you have to destroy such expensive equipment!?”
The two of theer, replied
”I used half-assed methods to try and ambush Second Lieutenant Takamiya but failed”
”Although we say it is a ht for real—, then won't we obtain inaccurate data? That's what I deduced”
As such, the heads of the tere hit once more
”What an insight Tellthe cost of the parts to build those realizer units! Our budget isn't unlimited you know!”
”Understood”
”Got it”
”Really now”
After leaving behind a ”Beher shoulders
Once the figure of her back disappeared, Mana unhappily pouted her lips
”I say, Captain-dono really is a headache It is because of that thatlike those Spirits”
”I agree”
Origarinned
”I feel that we can get along with each other very well, Master Sergeant Tobi+chi We are people who treat Spirits and the like as enemies, if ere to be so materialistic, on't be able to win even if we could”
After saying that, she exaggeratedly shrugged her shoulders
Origami wordlessly reassessed Mana's face once more
As expectedNot just the looks, or the atmosphere, they were both very similar to shi+dou's
But, shi+dou should only have one sister
Even if no words were exchanged, but she did see her a few times before Itsuka Kotori Needless to say, she was a different individual from Mana
However—according to Origami's data, shi+dou was adopted The possibility that Mana was shi+dou's real sister cannot be totally denied
”Second Lieutenant Takamiya”
Origami naturally asked
”As promised Tell me about the relationshi+p between you and shi+dou”
”shi+dou? Who's that?”
Mana tilted her headThat's unusual Origami continued while stunned
”A few days before while atching the battle with the [Hermit]—that's the name of the youth inside the video You, who called that person nii-sama You promised to tell me if I participated in the practice”
”Sss, Nii—sama?”
Mana lightly frowned
”Is so?”
”No, it's just a light headache”
Saying that, she pressed the side of her head with her hand
Origami felt that at this moment Mana looked familiar—Just last month, like shi+dou inside the video
”Sss, Sorry about that It's all right now Ah, that issue about Nii-sama”
Mana shook her head lightly as though trying to shake off the pain, retrieved a very small pendant from the chest area of her battle uniform
And, opened it Inside was a photograph of a sirl
”—shi+dou”
Origami softly spoke That was undoubtedly, Itsuka shi+dou when he was young And at his side, was a girl with a tear mole as her feature—that was Mana no matter how you looked at it
”This is?”
”A photo of the past—My only clue, between me and Nii-sama”
”Please tell me the details”
Although Origah she was troubled
”Even so Iat all”
”? How come?”
”NoTo tell you the truth, I don't have memories of the past?”
”Amnesia?”
”It can be sie, I recalled so I have called that person Nii-sama before in the past”
”Then why, ive me that condition?”
Origaetically bowed her head
”No—I wanted to see Master Sergeant Tobi+chi's ability In this platoon you est To be honest, you've exceeded my expectations”
””
Origah it was a one sided win she said that her expectations were exceeded, her heart felt a little complicated
Mana looked up at Origami and continued
”ThatMaster Sergeant Tobi+chi I'm sorry, but I have another request to ask of you”
”What is it?”
”Even though it may be selfish, thatInfor as it is within your limits, can you please tell me?”
””
Not knowing since when the situation seehtly nodded her head and agreed
”—Nae—sixteen years old”
”Right”
”His family consists of his father, mother and sister Currently his parents have left the country for overseas work He is adept at household chores”
”Umu”
”Blood type is AO RH+ Height is 1700cht is 902 cm, upper arm 302 cm, forearm 302 cm Bust 822 cm, waist 703 cm, hip 876cm”
”Okay?”
”Eyesight for the right eye is 06, left eye 08, grip strength for right hand 435 kilo, left hand 412 kilo Blood pressure 128/75 Blood sugar level 88/dl”
”S, Stop stop! I don't want to know those things”
”Is that so?”
Origahtly in response to Mana's frantic shouts
”That saying, haa, those really were detailed information Was that a joke?”
”Not a joke Those were correct measurements”
””
Origaht face, Mana knitted her broith perspiration for on her face
”Sorry, what exactly is the relationshi+p, between Master Sergeant Tobi+chi and Nii-sama?”
Regarding Mana's question, Origami replied with no hesitation, confusion or stutter
”Lovers”
”Hold it What are you doing shi+dou?”
”Hehh?”
In the living room at home, Itsuka shi+dou as asked this question all of a sudden incoherently responded
Turning his head, with black ribbons tying her hair into two bunches, a uniforirl stood with hands on her hips
shi+dou's sister• Itsuka Kotori— Commander Mode
Round, cute eyes seemed to slant unhappily, with the Chupa Chups lollipop stick in her h it were the tail of an ani its enemies
”What ao to school”
shi+dou gave his appearance a glance once over Wearing a high school uniforht hand, a bento in his left, no matter how you look at it, it is of a person that was about to go to school
But Kotori shrugged her shoulders and shook her head, as though it were an American sitcom
”Okay, let me rephrase myself shi+dou, what's that in your left hand?”
”Just a bento”
”For yourself?”
”NoIt's for Tohka”
That's right shi+dou's own bento has already been kept inside his bag The bento in his left hand was for the girl living in the condominium nearby—Tohka
”Then how do you wish to give it to Tohka?”
”I' to put in inside her mailbox”
As I can't hand it to her personally at school, so by using the
Saying this, shi+dou gave a short ”Ah!”
”Aaa, you're worried about that It’s that season where the weather gets really wariene aren't you? Relax; I've put cold packs as well as anti-bacterial sheets Well it'd be perfect if I'd put dried plums inside, but Tohka seems to hate dried plums—Ah!?”
Halfway through his sentence, his shi+n was kicked by Kotori shi+dou fell towards the front while curling his body The bag fell to the floor, but at least he had saved Tohka's bento
”Wha, What are you!”
”Because I wanted you to die once Why are you still putting it in her mailbox?”
”Th, That's because if I don't I can't give it to her After all we go to school at different times—”
”That's the reason”
Kotori took out the lollipop in her mouth and faced shi+dou
”It has been teeks since Tohka moved next door shi+dou—have you and Tohka ever went to school together before?”
”Eh? That is”
Moving his line of sight to the front, he counted the number of times in his head
”Now that you've mentioned it, no Not even once”
shi+dou said while using his now bag-free right hand to scratch his cheek
shi+dou and Tohka had once been living together for a short period, but at that ti between classo to school at different times
That being said, they are currently neighbors and not living together, they have no need to be so paranoid anyether
But not knowing if it has becooes to school slightly earlier
Well, it is also because Tohka was more of a late riser than shi+dou
Kotori used her hand to support her forehead with an expression of disbelief
”Afterclass to school right?—After all if other Spirits appear again in the future, they won't pay any attention towards Tohka, so you must take this opportunity to be with her”
”Mu, Muuuu”
shi+dou squeezed out a sound fro
—This world is sometimes prone to sudden disasters known as spacequakes
Just as it is coined, [Spatial Earthquakes], using the epicenter as the core of the spatial area in a designated peri inside to disappear
Even though spacequake predicting methods and ways to rapidly rebuild structures have been developed in this e, it is still a serious natural disaster
Although it is not usually publicly revealed—but the real reason for these spacequakes, is due to the existences of [Spirits]
Spirits that are usually non-existent in this world, whenever they materialize, the spatial boundaries would cause a violent quake This has been believed to be the cause for the spacequakes
Of course, huht of ainst such a threat
Aroups
One, using ht to destroy the Spirits
While the other plan is—
”You got that shi+dou? The next time a Spirit appears, you must make her fall in love with you”
”I, I got it”
Looking as though he gave up, shi+dou replied with a sigh
That's right, that is the other method
To e in conversation with them, after her emotions reach a peak—kiss
Although not knohy, shi+dou has the power to seal the power of the Spirits
And targeting that power, is the organization that Kotori belongs to, <ratatoskr>
”Very well So, go to school with Tohka for today Okay?”
”Mn Understood”
There is no otherand headed towards the door
”Slon shi+dou You forgot so”
Midway, Kotori's voice sounded, shi+dou looked at his hands
”Ah? Is there anything else?”
”This one, this”
Kotori extended her hand, showing the equipment in her palm,
She then extending her right index finger and pointed towards her ear
As though she wanted shi+dou to put on the equipment immediately
”That? Why must I?”
”Because the tiht, noear it already”
As such, Kotori half forced shi+dou to put it on his right ear while s
”Tra, TrainingWhat exactly is this for anyway”
”Is that so—Today's topic is, to chase away Tohka's jealousy”
”Hahaa? Let jealousydisappear? What's that all about?”
”Nn Do you still remember last month's incident when Yoshi+no appeared?”
”A,aa”
shi+dou softly muttered
Yoshi+no is a small female Spirit that appeared after TohkaBut, when she appeared, Tohka started to throw tantrums for no apparent reason
”That's the key point, if shi+dou becoirls, Tohka will become unhappy”
”Eh? Wha, What?”
At the same time shi+dou started to protest, Kotori looked like she chanced upon an idiot, let out a sigh
”Anyway, If shi+dou's relationshi+p with other girls is good, Tohka's mental state will slowly become unstable—In the end, that will cause a backflow of the Spirit's power If that is going to happen every ti to be troublesome”—”Therefore,
(Kotori pointed her finger towards shi+dou)
today when you go to school, staffto do various stuff to fan Tohka's flames of jealousy shi+dou, your job is to deal with it when it happens”
”Deal with it, butThat, what exactly should I do?”
”It's going to be fine, come on now”
Although shi+dou had an expression of total confusion, Kotori see shi+dou by his back through the door
”It's almost time for Tohka to leave her house For further details, just listen to the instructions through the transmitter”
”No, ait a second”
Despite shi+dou not totally understanding his situation, it was no use trying to oppose Kotori in this mode; this fact has been deeply understood over the past twono other option, he started to wear his shoes
At this point, Kotori's voice sounded from behind shi+dou once more
”Aaa, right, right, there's one uest today as well Well, it’s fine if it’s just a si to her for a while”
”A guest?”
Regarding shi+dou's question, Kotori did not respond, but went upstairs Since she said she would give instructions through theto <fraxinus> via the balcony on the second floor
Not understanding as going on But, it was not a solution to continue like this shi+dou opened the door and stepped outside
All of a sudden, the sunlight dazzled shi+dou's corneas
”Nn”
Today was 5th June By now it should already be the rainy season, but for some reason the skies were clear recently—As if the heavens have already used up the rain on last month
Different fro rays of sunlight directly shone onto the earth, causing the temperature to rise
Unable to bear with the sued into his summer uniform
At that moment
”Aare?”
Looking at the silhouette standing under the sunlight outside the Itsuka residence, shi+dou can't help widening his eyes
Standing right there is, a girl that looks the sae
Wearing a cool one piece dress, a white su to hide her eyes, under the sunhat revealed blue green hair just like the ocean, and those sapphire eyes are constantly glancing towards shi+dou's direction
Also—as evenwas that in her left hand, for so rabbit on it
”Yoshi+no!?”
There's no way one would forget the nairl with such personality shi+dou walked up to Yoshi+no's side
”Yahooo—, shi+dou-kun It's been a while hasn't it—”
At this moment, the rabbit puppet in Yoshi+no's left hand, started to talk by opening and closing its mouth
”Oh, oh, It's been a while—That, um, Yoshi+non”
While slightly nodding his head, he replied to the puppet This puppet was called [Yoshi+non] Yoshi+no's friend
This puppet was originally just an ordinary puppet, its voice undoubtedly originating from ventriloquism—but when Yoshi+no puts it on, it is said that the second personality known as [Yoshi+non] would ee from within her
The key thing was, the puppet's movements and speech, was totally not of Yoshi+no's will
”Is anything the matter? Has today's checks been completed?”
”Nn—, physical examinations has been perfectly finished—, but there is still a need for practice—”
[Yoshi+non] said while waving its short limbs
”Practice?”
At the same time shi+dou said that, [Yoshi+non] suddenly raised the edge of Yoshi+no's sunhat
”Sss”
Yoshi+no seemed to be very afraid, her shoulders jolted for a second
But after sing hard, she opened her shaking lips and said
”Good, good , shi+dou-san!”
Yoshi+no used a voice that was reet him
”Woah!?”
shi+dou widened his eyes, and took a step backwards
Yoshi+no as shy in nature and fearful of humans, fully relies on [Yoshi+non] to deal with outside issues, who doesn't speak much at all This was the first time that shi+dou heard Yoshi+no speak at this volume
At this point, soht ear—It's Kotori She must have reached <fraxinus> already
”What? She can already talk to me and Reine you know?”
”Really? Isn't that a Yoshi+no?”
After shi+dou said that, Yoshi+no seee of her hat, but the edges of her ns of a smile
Then, acco moved around in the mouth, Kotori continued to speak
”Even though it is still early, but I wish to let Yoshi+no live outside of the warshi+p—Having Yoshi+no as a conversation partner, thein Tohka should be lesser, this shouldn't be a problemSince in <ratatoskr>, it’s better to let Spirits have a better understanding of society and live happy lives”
”Ureat?”
”Nn So that's why today we let her introduce herself”
”Is that so?”
”Yoshi+no's home outside of the warshi+p, is the first choice that place?”
Following Kotori's voice, shi+dou looked up to face the high class condominium next to the Itsuka residence
The building where Tohka is currently staying, it is said that <ratatoskr> specially designed it for Spirits to live in Even if so unexpected happens, it seems that it won't be easily destroyed
”SoI see”
”But—whether a proper conversation can be held is still questionable”