Vol 10 Chapter 5 (1/2)

Chapter 5: The Descending Of The Devil King To Darkness

Part 1

The tiirls were in a hospital room in the city

After the previous events, the space quake alarm was turned off and people returned back to the city and school shi+dou and the group ere locked in a grapple, got scolded by the school nurse on why they did not evacuate before getting transported to the hospital

Even though they were in a sealed state, the Spirits had a tougher body than hu wounds, they're much faster than a normal human

Although it was like that, they can’t heal like Kurumi and Kotori so they still had painful wounds on their body Having seen that, it was only noru them to the hospital, it saved the trouble for him

“ry…………”

After being re-bandaged nicely, Tohka told hied his shoulders She had dinner just a while ago but, the ah for Tohka

“………seriously, I have no choice huh But it’s already late so, it will be food easy for digestion Should I buy jelly from the convenience store for you?”

“Umu!”

Tohka nodded happily And when they were having that conversation, the other Spirits who saw that fro unsatisfied voices

“Hey shi+dou What’s the idea of giving the forbidden fruit tome aside”

“Unsatisfied shi+dou is lacking the awareness that he is Yuzuru and Kaguya’s shared property”

“Aaah, it’s always Tohka-san, that’s not fair”

Yes Luckily, it seeed to enter the same room shi+dou, Yoshi+no and Natsumi had no serious injuries but, since everyone had no hoo back to, they were specially allowed to stay there until they get the confirmation for an empty evacuation facility

In Tenguu city, there exists several te their homes from the space quake disaster but since the disaster occurred in the middle of the residential area this time, there were many people who had lost their homes and it caused support to be late

In the end, the area around the Itsuka house was concluded to be a disaster zone froami probably did it so that it would turn out this way -----since a space quake disaster was generally an explosion that occurs when a Spirit appears and when the AST and Spirits fight It has not strayed from that definition

“Alright alright………I’ll buy some for everyone so wait for me-----How about you two Yoshi+no, Natsumi?”

After saying that, he looked into the roo side by side on a chair placed at the side of the wall

No, speakingtheir eyes and while suusuu they were giving off sleeping breaths; they were snuggling by leaning on each other It seems they fell asleep from the tiredness

“Ahaha……”

After shi+dou’s mouth relaxed, he took an extra blanket and placed it on both of thes happened today, it was normal

And

“………Hn?”

shi+dou slightly brought his eyebrows closer He could hear a shaking sound from somewhere

“Mu, what’s wrong shi+dou”

“No, I thought I heard a weird sound……wait, ah”

At that moment, shi+dou noticed the identity of the sound Yes It was the vibration from a phone

“Is it froot to turn off her phone before entering the hospital………”

shi+dou scratched his cheeks before, u a nod Of course, it was strictly forbidden to use a phone in the hospital but, that’s so hard to ask froet about that

“I have no choice……I can’t leave it alone anyways”

He had no idea as the one calling her but, it will be a proble if he leaves it alone In order to turn off the power, shi+dou extended his hands to Yoshi+no’s clothes pocket

“Ah-re?”

But, the phone was not in the pocket he picked It’s probably in somewhere else shi+dou counted on the sound of the vibration and looked around Yoshi+no’s body for it

“Oh……found it”

He found the phone in the pocket in the inner side of her clothes and took it

And at that moment

“Hnn………unn……”

Yoshi+no suddenly made a ticklish voice and slowly opened her eyes

And after looking around blankly for a while, her face turned red when she saw hiht in front of her

“………! E-errr………shi+dou-hyaan……!?”

After saying that, her body froze while tears were oozing out at the corner of her eyes………so

“Wai…………, you’re wrong Yoshi+no! This is----“

And when shi+dou was about to explain hi beside Yoshi+no woke up this time

“Hnn………What is it, its so noi…s-y…”

Natsunificently launch an uppercut to shi+dou’s chin

“You, rotten fienddddd!”

“Hebuuu……!?”

After shi+dou ot bloay in a parabolic line from the momentum of Natsumi’s uppercut, he then fell face upwards on the hospital floor Kankankan! The sound of the ht he heard that

“shi+-shi+dou!?”

Since Yoshi+no and Natsu at the other side of the curtain, it was at a blind spot froirls' view, they probably saw shi+dou suddenly get bloay She opened her eyes wide and let out a surprised voice

shi+dou weakly swung his hand to tell her that he was alright before stroking his chin while slowly raising his body

“A-are you okay, Yoshi+no…! Did he do anything strange to you!?”

“E-err……Ye-yes More importantly, shi+dou-san is……”

“Forget about that useless guy! I-I never thought he would do so beside her…………!”

“Yo-you’re …I just-----“

shi+dou showed Yoshi+no’s phone he was holding to Natsumi to explain himself

But-----he raised his eyebrows and stopped his words

The reason was si screen, he saw a fa displayed on it

“………………!”

The nized that, shi+dou immediately pressed the accept button and placed the phone on his ears He ell-aware that calling in the hospital was forbidden but-----his body moved before he was conscious about that fact

When he did that, he could hear a fa from the receiver

“………hello, is this Yoshi+no?”

“------Kotori! Is it Kotori!?”

shi+dou replied back in an excited voice

Yes What he heard from the other side of the receiver was definitely shi+dou’s sister- Kotori’s voice

“Mu…!?”

“Hou, she’s safe huh”

Maybe they reacted to the nairls raised their voice shi+dou nodded to reply to the back on the phone

“shi+dou? Aah………this is good, it looks like you’re safe How about everyone else?”

“Aah, everyone’s safe------I can’t say that but, at least they are alive”

“Yes That is great”

“Rather, that’s ot worried since I couldn’t contact you”

After shi+dou said that, Kotori turned silent for a while He could only hear regretful breathing

“Kotori……?”

“-----Right noe are in the underground facility <ratatoskr> owns The crew is safe somehow But……we lost Completely too”

“Eh……!?”

shi+dou opened his eyes wide in shock when he heard the sudden announcement

“Wha-what do you mean?”

“…………Just like what I e is over 30 Running away after using all the <ygdd foliu repaired The shi+p is being barely maintained by the Territory but………for a while, please start thinking that it’s not possible to use it like we used to”

“Wha…………”

shi+dou lost his words

It’s not like he could not understand her words But, the word [Defeat] and <fraxinus> does not stick well in his head

But, thinking rationally, it was so not is like this happen too It’s shi+dou’s own fault for thinking that <fraxinus> was a place with absolute safety

“The <fraxinus> got………!? But, the <ratatoskr> realizer’s performance should be better than DEM’s…………”

“Fundaot quite filled in after the development of DEM new model-

“…………uh”

That woman The irl popped up in shi+dou’s mind She has silky pale blonde hair and eyes filled with confidence-----The face of the strongest Wizard, Ellen Mather

shi+dou probably understood the situation in the silence Kotorion

“…………Well, talking about the past won’t do anything ----More io? Everyone being alive would ami?”

“No, that’s………”

shi+dou hesitated for a h and briefly explained the events that happened a few hours ago

About the fact that he got confined by Origa hihting----he saw Origami as a Spirit

“Tobi+chi Origami turned into a Spirit…!?”

Kotori made a voice filled with shock

“What is going on? Did

appear……?”

“I don’t know But-----That is the only plausible answer”

“………………uh, oh damn Why at a time like this……!”

Kotori said it painfully However, it was only natural for her to do so To Kotori,

was someone she has deep connections with

“So, where’s Tobi+chi Origami?”

“She flew somewhere……I don’t knohere she went”

“………I see I understand We will look for her shi+dou, you should start preparing your heart too”

“Preparing my heart?”

“Well, that’s obvious right No matter who it is, a Spirit is a Spirit You have to conquer Tobi+chi Origami next you know?”

“Ah…………”

It’s true now that she mentioned it shi+dou’s job is to raise the Spirit’s affection level and to seal their Reiryoku by kissing theami was not an exception too

……but for so the opponent, the i] her popped up in hisproblem would occur once he kisses her

Maybe she noticed shi+dou’s state, Kotori Haaa sighed

“------Oh well, there is plenty more stuff I want to ask too but for now, let’s do that ein the hospital anyway”

“Eh? How did you………”

“Whose phone are you using to have a conversation with me now?”

“Ah---I see”

After hearing Kotori’s words, shi+dou understood Now that he thinks about it, he had heard before that there is a tracking device placed in the phones given to the Spirits in case any problems come up

“I sent an organizationuntil they reach there Please follow the instructions given later We will deal with the hospital so, set the tracking device”

“Aah, I get it………but, everyone is injured………”

“Don’t worry It won’t be as good as <fraxinus> but, we have medical realizers here prepared too They will heal faster here than sleeping in the hospital”

“I see Understood”

Luckily, everyone did not have injuries that would prevent the by the a soft sigh

“The member should be there already I’ll leave the details later”

The same tiine outside

He stood up from the spot and looked out theto find several cars instead of a beside the hospital Most likely, those were theabout

At thatdarker The sky was already dark and the moon could clearly be seen

“Aah, I get it Then, see you later----“

And

shi+dou finished his greetings and was about to cut the line,

---At that moment

“Good Work Ellen”

After co several ot called by that voice when she entered her hotel room

When she looked over, she found Isaac Westcott sitting on the roo for her return

“Ike”

“That was a nificent display of skill I could only say it’s as expected from you”

“No, getting hit once was my calculation'screith them”

Westcotthis shoulders when he heard Ellen’s words

“So, is the crew safe?”

“Unknown I told theot refused”

“I see, now that’s disappointing I will pray that many of the creould survive”

Westcott mumbled that without any irony et this time was <ratatoskr>’s airshi+p and not its crew members They have the power to hinder DEM’s actions, shelter the Spirits; it’s also more convenient to leave some power around Itsuka shi+dou anyway

Nonetheless, it’s not like all of <ratatoskr>’s members are packed into that shi+p Even if all the crew members were annihilated, that ap

Westcott probably understood that too In response to those words, gloominess could be seen on his face

“---More importantly, Ike”

“Aah, I know”

When Ellen said that, Westcott tilted his head forward to tell her he knew before pointing the terminal on the table to Ellen

A certain i shown on screen

---The appearance of Tobi+chi Origami in a pure white Astral dress

Yes Ellen also detected a new Reiha reading on the observation device installed in the shi+p but------she still doubted her ears when she got the report from HQ

That’s because, Tobi+chi Origa with a Spirit

“Haha, this is unexpected even for ht she would become a Spirit”

After saying that, Westcottthis from the bottom of his heart

“No, I should be grieving on the loss of an excellent Wizard here -----Aah, how could this happen She would have definitely been a great addition to our forces”

“Your , Ike”

“Oops, my mistake”

Even though he said that, Westcott did not even try to hide hisher words

“So, where is she now?”

“Aah, she was flying around Tenguu city just a while ago but, she suddenly disappeared”

“Her response disappeared? Does she have the ability to conceal her Reiha?”

“As expected, you think so too?”

“It’s obvious that ill target her now that she became a Spirit It’s only natural to hide herself”

“I wonder It’s proper to think like that but------It’s the Spirit’s way of doing things that ination ineffective to them”

While saying that, Westcott stood up from the sofa and sloalked over to the

The cloudless night sky expanded outside theand one ht in the middle

“Sheus from there”

And

Westcott said that in a joking tone and made a smile,

---At that moment

“…………Well then, I wonder if Origaoal”

Under the ’s roof, Kurumi mumbled to herself

“Ufufu, who knows?”

When she said that, a voice similar to Kurumi’s echoed out from her shadow to reply her

“It’s probably iirl will easily be grounded into pieces”

“Ah-ra, I don’t understand Did you see Origami-san? If she has that much power, it would be possible for her”

“What does [Me] think?”

Next, her talkative clones started talking Kuru her shoulders

“I can’t say anything ----Well, but personally, I wish Origami would achieve her wish”

When Kuruled

“Ufufu, those are words un-like [Me] Did you get hit by the ht?”

How rude

But, Kuru up at thein the sky

The ht, the whiot hit by the moon’s poison

“Well-----It should be alright Even I feel like doing that now and then”

And

After saying that, Kuruhtly bent her body,

---At that moment

Thein the sky---Split in half

Part 2

“Eh………?”

Having seen the sky from the hospital , shi+dou opened his eyes wide at the sudden event

The fullin the sky had a crack in it

Of course, it's impossible for the moon to really split in half He iht moon

But-----He had no clue what it is It’s not a cloud, a sort of bird nor was it an airplane The space was having cracks and thatcut up

“What, is there so?”

Kotori’s dubious voice could be heard from the phone receiver But, shi+dou could not reply back

Next, those cracks eroded the ht as if it ate the moon

No------shi+dou noticed so there

“……What is this-----“

It was not only the moon

The already night sky got covered by those cracks of darkness

He could finally understand when he focused his eyes Under the dark sky, an even darker darkness was being formed like a spider’s nest

He could not see how big the radius of it was Fro encroached by darkness Maybe a city, or a state, or ion, or maybe-----

It was spreading wider and wider until it made him think that

A different color than the night sky was spreading in the sky

---That instant

The darkness for and at the sairls were in was shaking violently

“Wha……!?”

“Guh-----!”

“E-earthquake…!?”

“Kyaa!”

Everyone panicked; so onto the curtain and some even hid under the bed

But………shi+dou picked up so by instinct This was not an earthquake

Immediately when he realized that, an unnatural phenoirls were in------condensed darkness poured down fro, and floors before going through the next floor

And a few er shake coroup’s hospital room

“Wha…! Wha-what is it!?”

For a ht DEM's Wizards appeared above the

When he looked out the , torrents of black bea down from the sky to destroy the city

“Wha-----“

He was lost for words when he saw that scene

Several black bearound fros lined up and destroyed them all instantaneously Trees werecrushed The quiet city got destroyed in an instant and turned into a chaotic scene from hell

“Wh-what’s happening, shi+dou”

Tohka jumped out of the bed in panic

As if to show the destruction of the city, a very loud alar

At the same time, an alarm could be heard frohtly different from the sounds in <fraxinus> but----there was no nifies the appearance of a Spirit

“………! Kotori, this is-----“

“It’s a Spirit! But, what is with this pheno all of a sudden without any…wa-r-ning……”

“…………?”

shi+dou raised his eyebrohen he heard Kotori’s words lose their energy half-way

“Kotori? Oi, what’s wrong”

“This readings--------This is not a normal Spirit This is…an Inverse-type……!?”

“Wha……!?”

shi+dou opened his eyes hen he heard those words

Inverse-type shi+dou has only seen one Spirit called like that

He does not know the details But, he heard that it will appear when a Spirit was filled up with deep despair and it will have a power different from its usual self

And-----it’s also the negative Spirit that the leader of shi+dou’s group's ene to create

“Why………Why would so like that appear suddenly! Is this DEM’s work…!?”

“I don’t know! Anyway, it’s dangerous there! Hurry----“

But the ht exploded froroup was in The ground collapsed and his body was thrown into mid-air The phone slipped off his hands and flew somewhere

“U-uwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!?”

His body and rubble were falling to the ground

But, someone suddenly carried hi shi+dou to get through the rain of rubble

“Cough……cough……”

“Are you okay, shi+dou!”

After coughing, he looked over to the person and found out it was Tohka It see hospital

She was in her complete Astral Dress that she et a ti for her Reiryoku

In the next moment, the other Spirits ere in their limited Astral dress descended behind Tohka It seems everyone’s safe

He let out a relieved sigh for now But, shi+dou and the girls weren’t the only ones in the hospital There are still many other patients, nurses and doctors; they should be trapped under the rubble

“Kuh…Everyone! lend et rid of this rubble----“

But, just when shi+dou said that, another beam that should be called dark rain splashed down fro scenery The rubble broke even ed out

“Guh……!”

In this situation, there was no way he could rescue them No, before even that proble destroyed; the destruction of the whole city was spreading out First off-----they had to do so down from the sky like rain

Even though she inversed, the opponent was still a Spirit Then just like that time with Tohka, it should be possible to turn her back to normal shi+dou looked up to the sky and looked at the Spirit for her appearance

And----

“Eh……?”

shi+dou saw a small shadow in the air and let out an astonished voice

Inside the black sky There was one girl, wearing an Astral dress which looks like it’s the e in the sky

She was hugging her knees and was looking doards as if she was rejecting the outside world while slowly drifting in the sky by defying gravity And as if to protect her, the several [Wing] around her werea circle around her

From the hell he could see, that place was the only one quiet and calm as if it was isolated away

Her appearance----looks like an e in the water

But, the Spirit’s weird appearance wasn't the reason why shi+dou’s eyes were stolen

Since she was squatting, he could not see her face and expression

However, shi+dou knew her in one glance

The nairl he had talked to many times

“Ori-gami…?”

Yes The Spirit floating in the darkness was shi+dou’s classami

“What……?”

Tohka uya and the others were gasping in terror

“Wha……What is [That]…!?”

“Doubt Master Origami……is that you?”

After saying that, she raised her eyebrows in horror Yoshi+no's and Miku’s reactions were similar with Natsumi’s

But, it was only natural

Even though she was just floating in the air, the overwhel off could be understood well by shi+dou too

That was exactly the ] that would bring destruction to the world

“Wh-why…did this-----“

shi+dou made a sullen face

He knew that Origah it was for a irls said that they fought with Origa an Astral Dress

But, that should still be the same Spirit transformation like Kotori and Miku

It has only been one evening since shi+dou recognized Origami

---In that short tiami experienced a despair that would ination, shi+dou gulped

“Just………what happened to you, Origami……!”

shi+dou shouted But of course, there was no way his voice would reach Origami The arrows of darkness shot fro his familiar city

If the demon world really existed then the city would be suitably called that The scenery was so weird that it ht

Origao crazy by round

A few o, the city shi+dou was familiar with, has turned into a den of chaotic despair

“Origami…!”

shi+doubody up and shouted once more

That Origa mentality but, it’s still unbelievable for hiine what had happened to her shi+dou felt an illusion as if his heart was breaking when he saw her like that

However, shi+dou can’t fall to his knees now

It’s true that the situation was hopeless But, If Origami was the inverse Spirit then-----there is still a way left

The girls probably knew that too, they nodded while looking over to shi+dou’s direction

“-----I don’t knohat happened to Tobi+chi Origaain would be you shi+dou”

“……aah, that’s right”

After he nodded, the Yaot affected by Tohka and shi+dou’s words They poured strength into their body to hold down their tre beside shi+dou on each side

“Ka…kaka, its good you know If you even spout even one cowardly line, I would forcefully drag you up to the sky”

“Contract………Yuguru and Kaguya will bring you to Master Origaami up”

As if to respond to her voice, Tohka manifested <sandalphon> and readied it with both her hands Next off, Kaguya and Yuzuru joined their hands before the nearby wind started to swirl and made shi+dou’s body float up

“Kaguya, Yuzuru………sorry foryou two join this”

“Fu-fuun, don’t worry about it”

“Consent As payami”

“…Aah!”

At thatAt the sa fro turned stronger

“Miku!”

“Ufufu It’ll be a probleet about me”

After saying that, Miku showed a smile

After she did that, Natsumi and Yoshi+no also raised their voice too next

“F-for the ground…………please leave it to me…… I think I can block some of the beams with <zadkiel>’s barrier……!”

“………Fuun, I’ll help out since I have no choice I will turn the rubble into fluffy cotton”

“Yoshi+no……Natsumi……”

After shi+dou sucked in air, he slowly exhaled it out