Vol 6 Chapter 2 (1/2)

Chapter 2 – Holiday of Izgard

Part 1

Grace’s voice reverberated in the imperial castle of Zeltis

“Nee-sama, just what in the world happened!?”

Aine who failed to catch Kizuna collapsed on her bed as soon as she returned to her rooht after that when Grace rushed into the room

Aine kept lying on the bed and answered without a single movement of her body

“……What do you mean?”

“The commotion just now at the castle city! What else there is!”

In contrast with the dreadfulattitude of Grace, Aine was completely listless

“There is really nothing to it I let et away……that’s all there is to it”

Grace pursed her lip in dissatisfaction and her face went bright red in fury Zelsione showed her face from behind Grace

“However in the report, due to Ainess-sauards were disar of doing such?”

“That was because they tried to turn their hands toward my prey”

Grace half-closed her eyes toward that cold attitude of her sister She made a sadistic smile in her lips

“I greatly ad at just the result, isn’t it really deplorable? Zelsione, prepare sohts that will be a little more useful for Nee-sama”

“Understand I will strengthen the subjugation unit we organized the other day”

“As soon as you finish dealing with that, send Nee-saard Punish Kizuna and Gravel who dare to point their blade to our Vatlantis Eard under Vatlantis’s rule once more”

Snapping up from her listlessness, Aine raised her body

“Don’t decide that by yourself!”

At that ti on the door, Raure with her disheveled red hair

“What’s the ht now I told you not to enter right?”

“Bu, but, the Genesis is looking grave right now!”

“You are saying that now after all that!?”

Grace’s intimidation made Ramza trembled

“Tha, that is……”

Ra to cryunusual and she rushed to theShe opened theand exited to the balcony, there she looked up to the sky

“That is-!?”

The pitch black pillar towering high to the sky, Genesis was tilting The pillar that had stood straight all this tie crack that had never happened until now entered its surface, its outer as cru down in pieces

Aine and Grace that went out to the balcony also gulped their breath at that situation

“That……the pillar is breaking down?”

The torn off frag to the city of Zeltis Even if it was called fragth that was reached for even several dozen s and made the city fell into pandemonium

“Teros!”

Zelsione put on hers

“Ements! Notify all personnel to march out!”

“Roger!”

Panicked replies were co back in succession from the other side of the s

“We are going too!”

“Ye, yes-! [Bael]!”

Following after the flying away Zelsione, Raic armor [Bael] in panic And then she fleard Genesis

Looking at their figures, Grace leaked out an empty voice

“It become, more and more……”

“Hey, Grace Is there no method to stop this break down?”

Grace fell quiet with a face as if she was biting a bitter bug And then she lifted her right leg and stepped loudly on the floor

“Just what is Nayuta doing!”

Grace gripped the table on the balcony and overturned it with all her strength The glasses and bottles put on it were flipped up and fell to the floor where they were smashed

“It’s a mistake to leave this to her! She is a person from Lemuria after all, I’ht now, her life is――”

“Did your highness call for me?”

A calm voice that was really out of place reached the inside of the room

“……You-!”

At the center of Aine’s roo a white coat that rese

“Since when you are here?”

Without aze that felt like it could kill, Nayuta answered with a smile

“I arrived here just now I just finished the collection of data for the daions, so I come to hand over the written report”

Nayuta took the sheaf of doculy And then with a glance she took a look at the tilting Genesis

“Although, it seems that I have to immediately update the report now”

Saying that, she smiled sweetly That co way

“Nayuta! What happened with the recovery of Genesis that I entrusted to you? There is already no time to postpone it even for a second now!”

“Yes We are coping with that by expanding the ic power plant, but even that seem to have a limit”

“Then what are you going to do!? Depending on your reply, I’ll hand down a judgment to you in this place!”

Nayuta stared at Grace who lost her temper with a troubled look She was like atantrum

“Right now I’, I think I will be able to obtain the correct way to use Genesis, and also the method to recover it”

“What-!?”

Grace made a shocked expression, but she soon scowled her face suspiciously

“Who is the person that brought up such story to you?”

“There is no one It is Genesis itself who is teaching me”

Grace’s expression was dyed in rage once more

“You, how dare you ridiculing me!”

Aine knitted her eyebrows

“I don’t understand theabout Just what are you possibly sche?”

After shrugging her shoulders, Nayuta answered as if it was obvious

“The inscriptions carved on Genesis, I a it”

“What do you say!? Those are the letters of ancient civilization There is no one that can read that anywhere!”

However Nayuta was cal Grace didn’t believe Nayuta’s words, but Aine was different

‘――If it’s this person, she ht really do it’

“Are you really……is such thing possible?”

“Yes However, it will take some tiic power even ic power plant in Lemuria”

――Augic power plant

Hearing those words, Aine felt like her chest was gouged out

In the end, she was continuing to do inhu to everyone of the earth Just because their side was in a pinch, because the other party wasn’t listening to what they were saying, the forced the other party to yield by force to listen to what they were saying Like this, it was only natural for Kizuna to be angry

But, Grace answered instantly with a face wondering just as Nayuta talking about after this late

“I don’t mind Do as you like”

Nayuta lowered her head with a sweet smile

“Thank you veryfinished I ahnesses are afflicted orry, but please wait for a little while”

There was still so left that Grace and Aine weren’t fully satisfied about However after they finished listening to the story, there was nothing that could be done except leaving it to Nayuta, they were e anxiety, Aine and Grace could only stare at the back of the leaving Nayuta while staying quiet

When Nayuta exited the roo torn off froure appeared in a slow motion and approached Nayuta as if to nestle close to her

“Nayuta-sama”

“My, Valdy You ca with me? You really are a art”

Nayuta who began to walk along the corridor was accompanied by Valdy like a shadow

“Everyone is growing tired of waiting……the dae, and Nayuta-sa to stop that……cannot stop it, perhaps Nayuta-sama will be blamed conversely”

“So you worry about me then Thank you”

“That……is Nayuta-sama really, can read those letters?”

In order to reassure Valdy as asking anxiously, Nayuta answered brightly

“Fufufu, I think there is no proble such face?”

Nayuta narrowed her eyes toward Valdy who looked down embarrassedly

After the two of them exited the castle, they headed toward Nayuta’s research facility that was located at the base of Genesis The tilting pillar was causing fissures on the ground and pulled up protrusions, but miraculously a corner of the research facility was safe

Nayuta looked up at the pillar which was towering to the heavens and whispered to herself with a voice that even Valdy couldn’t hear

“The deciphering, is over already though”

Part 2

The inside of the room was ruled by nervousness All present held their breath and concentrated their le paper The leader of Masters, Scarlet Fairchild gulped audibly and reached her hand to that paper

When Scarlet’s fingers pinched at the edge of the paper, Henrietta raised her voice as if screa

“You, you are going to see it!?”

Surprised by that voice, Scarlet reflexively distanced her fingers back

“I, it can’t be helped isn’t it! After all this is prepared so we can see!”

“Bu, but……I’m still, my heart’s preparation……”

After co down her upped platinulasses, Henrietta was still in a state that was really not calm

Beside her, Leila was staring at her aro

“It has been five an How about I deony that is caused by this tense atmosphere? About a hundred dollar for each minute”

“Just who is it that has any responsibility to compensate you huh!?”

Even after coer Scarlet reflexively made her retort

Cle around the room with an irritated state

“How long we are going to be like this Geez, let’s see it quickly! Either way the result had come out already We can only pray to God now”

The re her usual goth-loli clothes, she earing her stage outfit She didn’t really say anything and only watched fixedly at the situation development

“I, I got it already Fine then, I’ to look!”

Scarlet restrainer her hard beating heart and slowly flipped the paper

“……-!?”

All ot their faces close to that paper

“GYAAAAAAAAAAA-!”

“damn ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!”

“Aa―nn, how unfortunateeeee-“

“EEEEEE-, it’s like we are fined!”

“……disappointed”

Scarlet was tre’s quick announcement]

“Second place……Masters is in second place, and then the first place is……”

Henrietta put her hands on her cheeks and sighed deeply

“This week too it’s Aain……”

“Shhit―, those girls is immovable from the first place”

The place was Vatlantis Empire’s theater that was in the iht noas in their exclusive waiting roo At that roo was reported to them For the recent while, Aed the first and second rank No, more correctly Amaterasu was at the top while Masters was at the second place Of course, there were also the local artists and idols of Vatlantis, but these two groups which cath

“How―ever! I cannot accept being the second place forever like this To keep eating Yurishi+a’s trailing dust even as an idol……at this rate I’irl!”

“But……what to do?”

Sharon asked with a voice without any modulation

“There is no other choice! Strategy ht ill have a joint live with A to ht there!”

Scarlet thrust up her fist and everyone else followed her while raising warcries “OOO―!”

“Anyhat do we do so we can win against theood, and cool idea!”

“More country-style, like cowgirl! Also gunfight!”

“Let’s buy the media with bribe!”

“Goth-loli costuoth-loli”

“Double our training and lesson……”

“You girls, are you all idiots!?”

Scarlet snapped

“Eee!? Even my idea too!?”

Henrietta who gave out a serious idea let out a voice that almost sobbed

“……All of you, what are you doing?”

Yurishi+a was peeking in fro of the door with knitted eyebrows

“Aa―! This eternal first place!”

“Scarlet, is that a praise? Or are you speaking ill of me?”

“Both!”

Yurishi+a pressed her hand on her forehead as if having a headache

“So, what are you all cla about I can hear you until the next room you know?”

In this Vatlantis E roohbor to each other Because they were together the top idols so they were using the best floor, also considering about the possibility of the they were put close to each other to make it easy to monitor them, such intention was also there

“We are in a ht now!”

“What a really excitingdoesn’t matter at all?”

“Even if the three of you are fine, we are not fine at all with that-!”

“I don’t know about saying thisidol activity? What are you thinking……I don’t think that you are thinking though”

“Even you Yurishi+a are doing this aren’t you Even if we also do this idol business, it’s not strange right?”

“I don’t particularly mind but, Scarlet and all of you look as if you all are seriously doing this idol business I have the feeling that you all are coht now”

Scarlet wasa face of someone who didn’t understand what Yurishi+a meant

“Of course we are seriously being idol you know? Because our objective is to becoht of anything though”

Yurishi+a’s opened ain

“……Err……everyone also fine with that?”

Yurishi+a was looking around at the faces of the Masters worriedly

“That is……”

All members hesitated to talk There was no reply from anyone

“Wait, you all! Answer that it’s fine here-!”

Scarlet yelled angrily while swinging up and down both her hands Yurishi+a put her hands at Scarlet shoulders in a ‘good grief’ state

“See here, we are prisoner you know? The original objective that you lost sight of is――”

“But, there is nothing else that we can do so it can’t be helped isn’t it? If we don’t do this idol business, we are only going to get locked at that prison right? Like that there will be no one that will be happy isn’t it?”

Scarlet answered with a nonchalant face

“This idol business, we are enjoying it, the coht? Even if we get locked inside the prison, there is no one that will be happy, but if we sing and dance, there is ive happiness to Then, isn’t that way better?”

“Scarlet……”

“Yurishi+a was taken aback Henrietta also couldn’t close her gaping wide

“Certainly that is so We are fighting the eneainst Vatlantis’s ar the people of Vatlantis”

At once, a congenial athed and smiled helplessly

“Well, that’s really like you Scarlet Whether it’s you yourself, and also the current Masters”

Scarlet sniffed her nose and puffed her chest proudly

“Obviously-! After all I’m the leader of Masters!”

“I guess It’s exactly as you say”

Yurishi+a sht before the door closed she turned back and said

“But, I don’t have the intention to hand over the seat of the first rank Bye bye, forever second-san♥”

“Wha-……!!”

The faces of Masters stiffened in astonishment And then Yurishi+a winked snappily and closed the door

Right after that, a screa room of Masters

Part 3

When Kizuna woke up, he didn’t understand where he was

“This place?”

White ceiling and white wall, a rattan chair and wooden table were put inside the roo from the left open ayed by the wind, the lace curtain elegantly fluttered

After Kizuna raised his body from the comfortable white bed, he put his feet on the floor and stood up The wooden floor felt pleasantly cool There was a ure

A sleeping as provided here Its shape was similar with japan’s jinbei or sa clothes worn at relaxation time (TN: Samue is informal summer clothes for men (short jacket and trousers), while jinbei is monk’s non-spiritual clothes)

“Right……here is Gravel’s country, Izgards’s capital city If I reht, it’s Aljiento……I think”

When he opened the curtain that was fluttering froht poured into the room

“Uwa……”

Beautiful sea was spreading outside theThe blue color with depth in it was really pretty, it was a sea thatwhite line, washi+ng onto the sandy beach quietly Even the fading blue sky and the pure white clouds floating in it had not a single stain The light of strong sun was exposing everything clear without hiding anything There was no secret or opposite side here Only nature as it was and its beauty existed here The scenery was such that it made him felt like that

As if invited by that scenery, Kizuna came out to the balcony There his field of vision widened and he could see well the situation of a coastal city Trees that really rese on the beach The pal in this beach were giant tree that ht even reach a hundred meter Under the trees other short trees but ide spreading branches were creating cool shadow underneath Colorful flowers that were like pendant la from those trees It was clearly a plant that didn’t exist in earth

The chirping of s toward the railing of the balcony

“Wh, what the? This thing is……”

It was so from it On the round body there were eyes in the shape of perfect circle and er beak attached

“Is this……bird?”

The round body slanted, it was a cute gesture as if it was tilting its head Kizuna unconsciously extended his hand trying to pet it, but that living thing fleay suddenly and escaped from Kizuna’s hand And then it went distant froreen trees Ahead there was stone paving path following the coastlands Town started froe roof that rese Mediterranean Sea were lining up The irees reversed froentle that suited the coastlands

A knocking sound came from behind Kizuna

“Oh……you woke up already”

The door opened and Gravel entered

“Aah, goodGra……”

She was not in her usuala holter neck one piece Her shoulder and back, together with the valley of her breast were largely opened, tanned legs were peeking out froe A southern floas put on her hair, engendering about a gorgeous feminine atmosphere

“What’s the matter?”

“It’s just, this is the first time I see Gravel in that kind of appearance, so I’m a little startled”

“Eh, is……is it, strange?”

Kizuna waved his hand in fluster at Gravel whose face clouded in anxiety

“No, it really suited you You look girlish, it’s cute”

“Cu-……!? Wha, what are you saying right since the ”

Gravel looked aside as if to hide her blushi+ng face

“S, so, how do you feel?”

“I slept well, I feel refreshed now This is thanks to Gravel, thank you”

Gravel showed a delighted s his answer

“Yes……that’s great then”

Gravel pointed her thumb at the door’s direction in fluster

“A breakfast is prepared Let’s eat together”

“My bad, tolike this”

Kizuna followed behind Gravel and left the rooe s and went out to a garden Green laith tall trees lining up at the other side, blue sea was peeking out between the gaps of the trees Now that he alking in the middle of the scenery that he watched fro with only a roof that was like a gazebo

“Ah! Boss Kizuna Good mor――”

Gertrude aving her hand froazebo However the instant she saw Gravel alking beside hi stopped still And then with a look that even now she would snap out, she glared at Gravel It felt like he could hear buzzing voice ‘gururu’

“Oi, Gertrude We had talked about this last night but, right now……”

Kizuna spoke as if to chide her

“I understand already Right now is not the tiically, but just logic cannot really make me come to an end with that”

Previously Gravel had once attacked Ataraxia At that time Gertrude battled Gravel and bore serious injuries Due to that, she had the past where she was forced to stay for long in hospital and live on a wheelchair It was not unreasonable for her to harbor grudge toward Gravel

“Well, with the assistance she gave yesterday, I’uess I’ve been paid back for at least a little”

Gertrude averted her face with a ‘hmph’ and sunk her body on the sofa

Gravel made a troubled face and honestly lowered her head

“Forgive me, Gertrude From now on I’ll endeavor to repay all my debt as much as possible”

Gertrude stared hard at Gravel who lowered her face with a startled face It felt like she was just getting pushed down all of a sudden

“We, well……that’s fine if that’s the case then”

She once again turned her face away in embarrassment

Kizuna for the reeted the green-haired beautiful wo Gertrude

“GoodAldea”

“Mm”

Aldea only gave hiuid stare Aldea was also wearing similar clothes with Gravel He didn’t understand if it was the national dress here, or else the resort fashi+on, but the clothes really suited the two of them

And then Gertrude too earing a jinbei-style clothes similar with him, he felt that it bizarrely suited her

Gravel and also Kizuna entered under the roof and sat on the table

Even if he called this a gazebo, but the built was splendid Plant relief was applied on a large pillar, the fabric dangling down from the roof was also smooth and pretty like silk A table was put at theit was soft, and yet it superbly supported their body weight when they sat with co wind blowing inside, uard down

Before long, a waitress brought their breakfast

The appearance of the breakfast was co, then bacon and vegetables However when he tried a bite of it, he understood that the ingredients were different The inside of the bread gave the i, while the sweetness of the egg was strong He didn’t understand if the taste caetable were also giving off particular aroma

“The taste is different but, it’s tasty”

“It really is Soet used to the taste of the world over here”

Aldea stared at the two of them in amazement

“What high adaptability you two have As for ht my own cook there”

After putting down all the food in the blink of eye, beverage that looked like coffee but with ht out Gravel’s mouth drank it enjoyably

“I don’t hate Le Even when I was stationed at Okinawa, I was enjoying the local cuisine”

Gravel’s words made Aldea showed an obviously unpleasant face

Kizuna recalled the sea of Okinawa

“Okinawa huh……certainly, this place seems quite like Okinawa”

When he said that, a dinosaur jumped like a dolphin from between the waves

“Wha-!?”

He didn’t know if that was really dinosaur However its appearance that was huge like a whale, long neck, limbs that looked like fins, was exactly like the sea reptilian plesiosaur

“Aah, that animal is called preshi+a, it’s a docile ani kindly to human and sometimes it even approached if you play at the sea”

“As expected froht of”

“Now that you mentioned it, there is no animal that is like preshi+a at Okinawa huh……”

Gravel had a distant look that stared at the sea far away

“I want to visit there again……the first time I met Kizuna was also when I was stationed at Okinawa”

Aldea sullenly glared at Gravel who had a dreamy face However the person in question wasn’t concerned at all and spoke to Kizuna

“Kizuna……does Izgard suited you?”

“Yeah, it’s really a good place I’ve never seen a sea this beautiful, I want to try swi here”

Gravel floated an enthusiastic s flower

“I, I see Then how about trying to swiether”

Being showed a sht, it made him completely unable to refuse Kizuna nodded and stood up Aldea as uously also followed out of the gazebo and headed to the beach

It was a beautiful beach There was not a single trash at the sea and at the beach Kizuna was barefooted, but the sensation of his feet sinking into the sand was actually pleasant Regardless of the strong sunlight, the temperature of the sand wasn’t really hot, it felt like the sand was gentlyhis feet

“Nevertheless, there is no one else here other than us”

Even until he ca wave, he couldn’t see any human presence

“That’s how it is This place is Gravel’s private beach”

“So you are a celebrity! As I thought I cannot forgive you! You are enemy!”

Gertrude was as always burning with hostility toward rich person She raised growling voice like a dog, but Kizuna dared to ignore it

“What, that’s not really a big deal Rather than that let’s swim……ah”

As if noticing for the first time, Gravel became lost

“There is no swimsuit……”