Vol 12 Epilogue (1/2)
Epilogue: “The Second” Who Has Been Released
Part 1
The forest that sunk into the darkness of night, is illuht of the flames
Here is far fro around, not to mention there is fire This fire is not likely to have been caused by lightning that strike a drop of dead wood
However, today's forest fire was different The dead wood burning is not caused by lightning nor is it by people who left a bonfire———it leaked froiant transport aircraft’s fuel
“———Oh my, oh my”
The darkness seeirl crawled out froround
“Originally, I was planning on a DEM's facilities, I did not expect for it to actually fall in such a place”
The girl———Kurue with one hand, and then put the other hand out in front
Then, the shadow around her feet started to un and reached out to catch Kurumi
“<zafkiel>———[YudTenth bullet]”
After Kuruun to become the bullet
YudTenth bullet, the tenth bullet penetrated the object in order to convey its past memories into the shape of Kurumi’s bullets
Kuruun at the direction of herself, and then did not hesitate to pull the trigger Concentrated shadows eh the debris directly hit Kurumi’s head
Normally, such a bullet would have shattered Kurumi’s head like the breakdown of aircraft’s debris However, within Kurumi’s mind, she saw the scene of the transport aircraft when it was still flying
Piercing alar like a fetus, [Material A] The Spirit seereat unknoave response
Then, a twinkling in the sky; a pillar of light emitted from an unknown distance from the aircraft
“………I see The the direct cause of this is shi+dou-san”
Kuruh she received reports of shi+dou’s strange behavior froht he would be involved with this
“The second Spirit-san found shi+dou-san's Spirit Wave frouess? But if shi+dou-san's poent berserk because of that, he sure must have caused Kotori-san and the others a lot of trouble”
—Kuruht it’s useless to say that to a Spirit that’s locked inside a container Whatever the outco for help
“Either way——I did not expect, shi+dou-san to be of so much help”
Kurumi dives into the shadow, and then walked toward the rear conveyor in a loud pace
In expectation for the arrival of the transport aircraft, she had placed her clones at any ht arrive Even if the plane hadn’t crashed, she would still have the Second Spirit without exception, but it would have cost her numerous clones
Kuruoal without that sacrifice
Her aiet the information about the First Spirit from her in order to defeat it The more manpower she could reserve, the better
“—Well then, Spirit-san? Please let me see your face”
Kuru into the container that dropped out of the transportation plane
However—
“Huh?”
Kurumi could not help but widen her eyes
Over there, it is an empty container that has been bursted open from the inside
Part 2
—The <ratatoskr>'s round table was in a heavy discord
But this is hardly surprising One person, Clayton, had launched <dáinsleif> beyond his authority, and in order to prevent it, even the ed
“
………?! What does this means! Why did that Spirit appeared there!”
“No, ere really lucky Whatever the reason is, we didn’t lose the Reiryoku we’ve been collecting Clayton, you were too hasty!”
“What are you saying! If I didn't start the attack, the situation would not have improved”
“However, you didn’t have that privilege to fire it This is a serious violation”
“Well, more important than that is
Woodman irritatedly hit the table
“Shut up, brats”
”………! ”
Woodman spoke in a cold voice, the three executives held their breath
“I did not tell you to follow reereement, then I also have my intentions”
“………”
Glaring at the nervous trio, Woodman continued
“Disposal aside, you will be notified of Clayton punishment later”
“At the disposal of………? You say you wantthis only for <ratatoskr> sake………!”
“It’s true Sir Woodman He did temper some impatience, but he…”
“I said shut it Almsted You really think I wouldn’t notice? In your mind do you think I’m so foolish?”
“…………”
After listening to the words of Woodman, Almsted fell completely silent
Woodht that so by himself alone The key to <dáinsleif> was probably created by Almsted and passed to Clayton It's expectable fro his hand dirty Clayton likely didn't even notice Almsted's involvement
“I' Everyone, remember to be cautious with your footsteps”
Afteron a wheelchair, Wood room
Part 3
“Nn………”
With a soft moan, shi+dou opened his eyes
This is not his own room, but similar to the infirmary at school After a few seconds, shi+dou finally perceive himself to be in the <ratatoskr>’s facility
“Oh, you woke up?”
After hearing the sound, shi+dou looked, and found Kotori
After seeing the way the Kotori was, shi+dou tried to recall what happened
“I see, after that I………”
After Tohka and shi+dou lost consciousness, Kotori took theround facilities in order to receive a thorough examination
“Uh………”
But before that, his memory is very hazy, he can’t remember how He can’t remember----those words were not very accurate Clearly, he remember what they have done, but if he want to carefully recall that incidentIt’s like as if trying to recall a dreaht; the results are different from what had actually happened
“Don’t force yourself The path has settled down, but your current state is no different fro from an illness”
“Ah………Where are the others?”
After hearing shi+dou’s question, Kotori gave a sigh and replied
“Waiting in another rooood rest, but they said that they ait for you to wake up And——”
Saying that, Kotori pointed towards the bed at the right of shi+dou Chasing her finger with his line of sight, he noticed There, with bandages and coure of Tohka who is currently sleeping
“Tohka………”
“I had allowed her to sleep here since she can't sleep if she wasn't looking at shi+dou's condition When she wakes up, remembers to thank her We were only able to save you because of Tohka’s perseverance Moving through a whirlpool of Reiryoku is not so similar once], Kotori added shi+dou had no choice but to smile
At the saue memories had suddenly become clear
shi+dou thought about it, at that tier tried to save him
“……Thank you, Tohka”
shi+dou lean his body fro a tickle, Tohka squir out her breathing
Seeing Tohka sleeping, shi+dou couldn’t help but saze towards Kotori
“Kotori too……Thank you very ht?”
“……Th, that is”
Kotori started to stutter over shi+dou’s words and---before long, while grasping the hean to shed
“Ko, Kotori? Just what had happened?”
“……I'm, sorry,………I——”
Kotori continued the words of apology haltingly
She knew the risk of shi+dou going berserk but she remained silent The fact that <ratatoskr> has a weapon prepared for killing shi+dou just in case And---the fact that the person who is in charge of the ignition key was Kotori herself
“I'm sorry……that I keep quiet the whole time It’s all started when you sealedlike that……I'm sorry”
“………”
shi+dou who had been listening to Kotori's words quietly, breathed out a sigh
“Don't cry, Kotori”
“But, I put Onii-chan……”
“Well, being watched all day isn’t really good……but there was no other way Taking into account the situation in case ofberserk, then it makes sense to prepare a countermeasure in advance——If so many people died because of ive myself”
“Onii-chan………”
And, shi+dou continues
“Even everything is returned to that of five years ago right noould still seal your Reiryoku………Having said that, ht make you say I do not included myself to the list of lives to save——but this is nowwith it For me, it's more painful to see you broke down in tears than it”
“……”
“So, please stop crying, Kotori I just ates of hell, the results of waking up to see you crying is too hard to endure”