Vol 7 Chapter 2 (1/2)
Chapter 2 – For the Sake of the Thing You Believed In
Part 1
When Ataraxia entered battle situation with Vatlantis army, A for their turn at the waiting room of their exclusive floor, but they weren’t called nothey waited
“Just what in the world is going on?”
Hi her head with her hands on her cheeks The curtain rising tie costume
Sylvia put on her stage costume’s skirt and pulled up the waist fastener
“I guess desu It’s also strange that there is no contact at all desu”
Nor too helpful in this and that But, just for today there was no one who showed their face Hierator
“The performance today is cancelled isn’t it?”
Yurishi+a as in her underwearoutside the
“Eh! What do you mean?”
Himekaas shocked and rushed toward Yurishi+a with a bottle in one hand
“Just look at that”
The as created from transparent material without any joint at its surface froic power flowing in the material, the transparency of thefor the people looking froht noas set so no one could see fro beside the , they wouldn’t be noticed by the fans below
Himekawa and Sylvia also stood near theand looked outside There, they could see a great nu out fro to be ahead of each other as if escaping fro
“Certainly the situation is strange isn’t it?”
“Ah! So shi+ned in the sky just now desu!”
When Yurishi+a focused her eyes, there were several lights blinking at further ahead of the third castle wall
“This is……I wonder if there is even war starting right now”
Sylvia was looking up with anxious face
“But, which country is the opponent desu? Is it Izgard desu?”
“That’s half correct”
The door of the waiting room opened and Marisu entered inside
“Marisu! Where were you until……no, rather than that what is happening?”
Yurishi+a’s question was answered by Marisu dispassionately without her expression changing
“Izgard and Leh the Entrance and invaded this Zeltis you see”
“What did you say!?”
Hied from idol to a soldier all of a sudden
“We cannot be like this! We too need to be there”
“That’s right desu! At this rate, Zeltis will become a battlefield desu!”
“……I guess Marisu, we too will go there”
However Marisu answered coldly
“My, that is no good you know”
Fro roohts in red and white uniform lined up in front of the three of them
“Iuard!?”
Himekawa’s expression stiffened in surprise
The iunswords It was a rifle type with length around 15sword, it was a weapon unique for the iunswords were aimed at Amaterasu However Yurishi+a didn’t lose her nerve and walked toward the iuards with a smile
“I wonder what business the i at national idols like us――”
An iun muzzle at Yurishi+a’s chest, as if to stop her
“――, you are serious?”
Cold sweat oozed out at Yurishi+a’s forehead
“Marisu-san!”
Marisu only brushed off her hair as if to ignore Himekawa’s sorrowful yell
“Please be obedient I don’t want to hurt all of you”
After gritting her teeth vexedly, Yurishi+a spoke as if to spit out
“……Ibut our observer fro aren’t you? Then, ill escape even if it’s with brute force”
Marisu’s shoulders dropped and she sighed
“Haa……even though I thought that Yurishi+a-chan is a little wiser than that, this is unfortunate”
The gunsword pressed at Yurishi+a’s chest fell on the floor with a clatter
“Eh?”
Yurishi+a was taken aback of what happened in front of her eyes
Marisu’s right leg that extended straight sunk into the neck of the iuard
“That’s whyyy……I told you to wait a little until the hindrances are getting taken care of”
“――Wha,”
The iunsword in panic at Marisu
However Marisu’s sword hand chopped at her throat before that
“Ga……-!”
Anguished voice leaked out and the iuard collapsed with the white of her eyes exposed
However as expected fro two iuard members recovered their calm and pincer attacked Marisu from back and front
In order to avoid hitting friendly fire, the changed their hold with the gun at the opposite direction and slashed at Marisu with sword Marisu splendidly evaded the simultaneous attack from back and front It was like she also had eye in the back of her head
The ionally from above, the attack that would bisect the body into tung at Marisu
In the eye of the iure of Marisu disappeared in an instant Marisu spread her legs and her posture lowered as if she was crawling on the floor
“Kuh!”
The i down her sithout a moment’s delay However Marisu’s super low kick that slid on the floor scooped out her feet below
“Ah!”
The iuard behind completely had her balance broken and collapsed on the floor However during that tiun muzzle at Marisu
“――!!”
She would be shot
Just when Marisu resolved herself for that, the iuard at the front slumped down on her knees
In the eyes of the surprised Marisu, there was the figure of Yurishi+a standing behind the iuard member reflected
“The finishi+ng is too soft there♪”
The reuard member leaped far behind from the unexpected combat skill of Marisu
“This traitor……”
Light of uard member
Marisu and Yurishi+a’s coed
‘――Magic armor!?’
As expected if they let her equip ic armor, they would be helpless
The iuard member opened her mouth to yell the Core’s name
“Gi――”
A water bottle stabbed into that mouth
“!? ……!!”
Himekawa that was near thethrew the bottle in her hand with a splendid throwing form
The iuard member spit out the bottle in panic
“Gehoh! Gahah!”
She was glaring at Hie
Snapped into action, Yurishi+a and Marisu rushed to the i over the two, Sylvia’s body danced in the air
“HAAAA!”
Sylvia’s sal force turned the s into a brutal weapon The kick that possessed destructive force several tiuard member
“Gah……!?”
Her consciousness was reaped with the attack, the iuard member crumbled down and collapsed
Sylvia who landed beautifully sighed in relieve and pressed on her chest to calm her violent heartbeat
“As expected of Amaterasu isn’t it! Everyone, nice support there-!”
Yurishi+a was irritated at Marisu as n with a smile
“Nice support there-……that’s not it! You, just what do you want to do?”
Himekawa questioned Marisu with a dubious face
“Rather Marisu-san, just who are you?”
That question was ht
Previously when Himekawa and others tried to escape, Marisu couldn’t oppose the three In the end at that ti away due to Marisu’s persuasion, but Marisu’s strength eak and it was absurd for her to be skilled in hand to hand However looking at her skill just now, they had the feeling that previously she th Marisu puffed her chest and answered the doubting gazes of the three
“I am the producer of the three of you of Amaterasu”
“But, that is not a skill of just a mere producer isn’t it?”
Marisu s the question
“No I’ation arh”
The subjugation aruard that was mainly composed by nobles, it was a troop that was composed from the common people and the people of the countries absorbed by Vatlantis
“I lost a lot of friends there……wait, this is not the ti like my life story! Noe have to hurry! Follow me!”
She threw the stage costume at Yurishi+a as only in her underwear and Marisu then rushed out to the corridor
“Wai……Marisu? You……”
“Don’t grus! Run, run!”
They didn’t understand as going on at all However drawn in by the momentum of Marisu, Yurishi+a rushed out to the corridor She was holding her stage costu Marisu’s behind And then after her, Himekawa and Sylvia ran after her
“E, err, Marisu-san What are Sylvia and the others going to do desu?”
Marisu answered the question thrown at her back without stopping her legs
“This war is less By the ti”
While getting down the small stair, Himekawa spoke as if to appeal
“We understand that But, to stop the fighting, we have to coht in the battlefield too”
“What stupid thing are you saying! The three of you have even ht!”
“……Eh?”
When they caht suddenly opened
A large stage A lot of lights Gigantic speaker Inside the spacious auditorium were fully packed with seats
“This place is……a stage?”
Marisu turned to look at the Amaterasu and spread both her hands widely
“There is only one thing to do for the three of you! It’s to entertain the audiences in the stage!”
However there was no one in the audience seats The whole theater was deserted
“Audiences you say……wasn’t everyone went home just now?”
Marisu glared at the three with a bold smile
“The audience is the all the citizens of Zeltis! Also all the idiots that right now are killing each other outside!”
The three Amaterasu stared at Marisu’s face for a while from too much shock
“Are you listening? Right now, the citizens of Zeltis are falling into panic The horde of people that are taken by terror doesn’t understand what they are doing Also the fighters that have their blood rushi+ng to their head are also the sa without thinking of anything, they don’t even understand why they are fighting Make that kind of bunch to recover back their cal of all of you!”
Marisu clicked her fingers and the lighting of the stage lit up all at once
In front of the three, the stage illuly It was a large scale stage that was designed as a beautiful castle It had steps where the highest step had the height around a three floor building
The three were looking up at this stage with deep emotion This was the battlefield the three of the their strength There was the fact that this was for the people of the eneht until now That was for the sake of escaping fro freedom and influence in this country It was also for the sake of their self-interest that their ht be a chance to escape or leaked out inforanda
Even though what they were doing should be only for that
Nohen they thought that death and danger were approaching the people of this Zeltis, their hearts hurt
Even if they didn’t say it out loud, the three of them felt the same pain in their hearts
“……But, can we, Sylvia and the other do it desu?
Marisu s up at her anxiously
“Who can do this other than the three of you? The three of you, are the superstars produced by this me!”
Yurishi+a showed a provocative smile
“Isn’t that interesting Whether it will be our entertainic weapons and bullets that win Let’s have a match”
Himekawa also nodded
“That’s so What we can do right now……the thing that only we can do Let’s do that With all our ht!”
“Sylvia is……”
At that tirus who she was reunited with at the hospital was resurrected in Sylvia’s rus lost her previous life and memory
Her brilliant s and dance floated in Sylvia’s eyes Sylvia clenched her fist
“Sylvia will also do her best desu! We will absolutely protect desu!”
“OK! Then, hurry and prepare! It looks like your co already!”
“Comrades? Don’t tell me……”
Yurishi+a frowned and a loud voice cae
“Slow! What are you guys doing!”
Masters were looking down at thee At the center was Scarlet with her arms crossed and her chest puffed out proudly
“Our side has already getting ready since a while ago! Amaterasu will be the second, this Masters is the first to arrive here!”
Scarlet faced Yurishi+a and pointed her finger with a snap
The three Amaterasu looked at each other and unintentionally snorted
“Wai……just what is funny here! Oy-, don’t laugh!”
Hihing too much
“My apologize Exactly as Scarlet-san said, this time Masters is the first”
“Yes desu!”
“I guess In a certain est”
Scarlet made a complicated face and turned back at her Masters comrade
“Hey, what do you thing that means?”
“That’s praising us right?”
“Is that so? It also feels sarcastic somewhere……”
While Masters was having their tea with the staffs
The dean to flow from the speaker When they looked carefully, there were the staffs for lighting and sound effect even though they were few Most likely they were people with the sa like Marisu
“Is the broadcast preparation ok?”
Marisu was confir a loud voice
“We can go anytime!”
“Then, you girls go with the same set list like the previous joint live!”
“Roger! Leave it to us!”
Masters aving their hands froe’s step
“We also have no problem here”
Marisu cae costume and answered full of confidence
“Then, how about I release the nuisance collar before we start?”
Saying that, Marisu extended her hand to Yurishi+a’s neck
“……huh?”
Marisu whispered so from inside her mouth and the collar fixed on Yurishi+a’s neck for the sake of suppressing ic power raised a dry sound and split
“……”
Yurishi+a’sat the collar that fell on the floor
The collar that she couldn’t break no et taken off Noas disconnected really easily Yurishi+a’s body was tre all over
“Ma……Marisu, you……”
Himekawa and Sylvia who had their collars disconnected si still in astonishment Their opened mouths couldn’t close
“Thi……this is, taken off desu!?”
“How…af, after all, Marisu-san shouldn’t be able to take it……”
Marisu scratched her face while sticking out her tongues
“Sorry That’s, a lie”
“ “ “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!?” “ “
The three screamed in unison
“God damn! YOUUUUU, YOU CAN’T JUST SAY SORRYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!”
“WE WERE TRICKEDDDDDDDDDDDDD!”
“SYLVIA CANNOT BELIEVE YOU ANYMORE DESUUUUUUUU-!”
Like a scolded child, Marisu looked away and pouted her mouth
“Be―cause, if I didn’t do that, all of you will do reckless thing and will get captured or killed It can’t be helped right?”
“……I cannot accept that-!”
Marisu tried to change the topic by clapping her hand and pulled the attention of the staff
“Now! Don’t be sulky, we are starting! Let’s surprise the idiots doing war out there! Starting on air-!!”
Part 2
The mediu Ataraxia was raising black smoke
“Aruz! Evacuate all the crews!”
Explosion occurred on Aruz at the saht piled up and spread, the shi+p’s fragether with the smoke of the explosion scattered in the sky It was just like a large fireworks bloo it couldn’t be charmed or happy about it
A new floatingstarted up in front of Reiri
{This is Aruz’s captain All crews had escaped!}
A tawny haired fe a frustrated expression Behind her there was the explosion fro Aruz reflected
“Good work Move as the defense of Ataraxia after this”
{Roger!}
At that tireatly shook
“What happened!?”
Kei immediately typed the situation on her keyboard
{The shi+eld at the right side is at its liets hit ten more times}
“Turn Ataraxia’s direction for 180 degree! The cannon crews, don’t take any rest there!”
Cold sweat trickled down Reiri’s cheek
‘――We are outnumbered even more than before The Vatlantis take pride in their overwhelth, perhaps we are just a ten to Vatlantis’s hundred’
Even so it saved theotten rid of the majority of the enemy’s capital shi+p Without that, this wouldn’t be even a fight
“Still, it doesn’t change how difficult this is huh……”
Perhaps the eneotten used to the situation too, in addition of the wavelike attacks of the ic weapons, the bo theree that the eneic weapon with their bombardment
“So the Vatlantis army is also desperate……”
Reiri slid her hand on the console and opened a new communication line
“Gertrude, how is the situation over there?”
{There is nothing I can do here!}
Gertrude was flying around all over Ataraxia She didn’t even have any leeway to direct here gaze at Reiri that was projected in the floatingShe was desperately shooting down
“Anyway the ene is fine, please can you send me a little help here!”
{Right now the crews of Aruz will couard Ataraxia Do your best a little bit more}
“Roger!”
Gertrude reloaded the cartridge of her pistol and readied it once more
“A little bit more……is it?”
And then she ai to board the deck of Ataraxia and pulled her trigger
“Has boss Kizuna, reached the castle already right now……”
Part 3
At that tiround path that was like a labyrinth
It was an underground path that was dug through rock The as bare rock surface, but the floor was forrowing on the wall gave out faint luminescence and illuminated the path
“Aine, is this path not mistaken?”
“Yes”
Aine wasforward full of confidence, but Kizuna didn’t understand where was she running toward and how Kizuna was anxious if they were really heading to the castle
“You can see it you know? This is the correct path”
“Eh?”
Aine slowed her running pace and faced Kizuna
“The chant I recited e entered the entrance of the secret path At the same time when that door opened, it also becauidance toward the destination is constantly displayed in my eyes”
“I see……so that’s how it is”
Kizuna raised his running pace in relieve
“However, it’s irritating that the path is this s our thruster like this Even though we are in a battle against time here”
Kizuna abruptly thought about Ataraxia that was deploying in the fleet battle and Gravel and Aldea that was re behind to hold back the enemy
‘――Stay safe you all……we are going to stop the battle soon!’
Part 4
Aldea evaded the flying arrow of light just before it could hit her However the passing arro a large arc and changed direction to attack at Aldea
“Your arrow is troublesome!”
The iris squad captain, Mercuria readied her bow and fired arrows one after another
“Fufufu In front of this [Arc Drive], you won’t be able to even enter the range for your spear”
The arroith auto at Aldea in succession
“Really……surely the owner of this arrow has an underhanded personality”
“I don’t want to be told anything about personality by you! Aldea!”
New arroas fired from Arc Drive
The arrow that flew straight suddenly burst open in the air
“!?”
The arrow that split into several dozen arrows surrounded Aldea and attacked
Mercuria grinned widely
‘――No matter how solid your shi+elds are, there is no way to defend against this number!’
Six shi+elds were floating at Aldea’s surrounding One of it was transformed into the shape of spear and settled inside Aldea’s hand Without athat spear
“Wha-!?”
That moment, the space in front of Aldea distorted The arrows ai at Aldea were pulled by an unseen power and distanced away from her
“Ku……so that’s the space bending ability of Zeel”
“Haa!”
Aldea swung her spear once more and this tio
‘――Wha-!?’
Aldea appeared before her eyes instantly The spear that shrunk the space attacked Mercuria this time
“Ugh!”
The swung spear was barely blocked by the blade of the bow
She wasted no time to rotate the bow and slashed at Aldea The bow that was made from blade that looked like katana tore Aldea’s arm and scattered blood
However at the sah With the effect of bending space, the leg felt like it was pulled and her body was bloay The blood spurted out froh dyed Aldea’s body red
“You-!”
Controlling her bloay body with her thruster, Mercuria braced herself in the air
Aldea puffed up her chest elatedly while chuckling ‘fufu’ delightedly
“This dress is turning lovely from my blood and your blood spurt isn’t it……fufufu”