Vol 4 Chapter 1 (2/2)
“Be careful They’re soure out your true identity if you act carelessly”
“Eh?”
Sheltis opened his eyes wide at Leon’s abrupt words
“You also know the person who’s the Cadre Guard right now You’ll understand if I say it’s ‘Jelshuvessa’ whoestions for her name (ジェルシュヴェッサー / jerushuvessa-)! Just leave them in the comments]
“Jelshuvessa……no way, it can’t be”
“It’s her”
“Uaa……ait a second! That’s no joke!”
He yelled out while holding his head
“I’ with that person I really can’t tell what they’re thinking”
The opponent he had competed with countless tio
‘She’ stood out frost the Elite Guards It was such that it was strange that she hadn’t become a Sennenshi+ up until three years later
“Even I’ with her Anyway, I’ve warned you”
“Yeah……well, it can’t be helped If it’s her, then there’s noher skill”
“Aren’t you honest?”
“It’s because it’sso Y her”
He had no right to escort a Priestess, being a Cadet Guard There was still a need for somebody to defend Ymy
“……To be honest, it’s a little frustrating but there’s no point in bluffing”
“That’s some admirable attitude At any rate, that Cadre Guard should te to the Governmental Sector as the escort of the other VIPs”
“I see, understood”
He cal
……I wonder why,
……Even thougha Sennenshi+ hasn’t been fulfilled yet It’s been a while since I’ve felt this tension
If he was chosen for this ether with Ymy
It wouldn’t be hireat step in that direction
“The first thing is to win that ether with a Priestess are rare so the corresponding h You should keep infor it”
“I’ll dois to win the mission”
“You do that Well then, I should be going, I’”
“Ah, Leon Hold up”
Flapping his coat, he turned towards his back
“What is it?”
“……Tell Yether”
“If I don’t forget”
Replying with a bluntman left towards the elevator
Part 4
“Well? Was it there?”
“I’ ……Ah, this is it, isn’t it”
Kagura’s fingers which were typing at high speeds on the computer’s keys halted
‘ Mission number 16 ‘Governmental Sector Dispatch’
Subject ‘VIP Escort’, Destination ‘Governmental Sector’, Duration ‘4 days’, Recruits ‘First Unit’ ‘
—This is undoubtedly what Leon was talking about
Confir the inforhtened his fists
“The date of posting is yesterday……it’s a freshly updated request”
Beside him, Monica had her arms crossed with a meek face
With it being a rare deploy travelling together with a Priestess, the other units ating it, there were already seventeen units registered as their rivals
“The recruiting period is until noon toets to the deadline”
“……It’ll be difficult, Sheltis”
Monica, as staring at the screen, knit her brows
“I know In exchange, the h”
“That’s not what I mean”
“H-huh? That rong?”
He blinked and looked at the screen and Kagura pointed at the bottom left of the screen
“Please look at this warning carefully, Sheltis”
“……Four people?”
“Yes This mission’s recruited units have ‘four people’ We don’t have enough with just us”
The unit leader, Monica, and the ura They were one person short
“They even have limits on the number of people……”
“No They exist as provisions, but in reality, they’re rare The difficulty and importance influence it, but an exact limit like four is uncommon”
……Was it the Governmental Sector?
It was possible that a liers from Tenketsu Palace <sophia>
“So we need another person if we’re going to participate, huh After that is”
“Yes, ye—s, Shel-nii! Yuto’s here! Yuto will go too!”
“Then Yuto will; what’s this, it’s perfect …………Or, wait!?”
There was a sensation of so He timidly peeked down
“Yuto!?”
The young girl was tightly clinging to his right leg
Her black eyes were shi+ning with avid curiosity Her apparent age was five or six Her shi+ny black hair was tied into two locks behind her and her azure ently around her neck
“Shel-nii, I wanted to see you—!”
“U-u able to see each other too but how did you get in here?”
This was theThose not related to Tenketsu Palace <sophia> shouldn’t be able to open the door
……Ah, no, wait I have a hint of whose specialty this falls under
“Tada—, I’ve kept you waiting The incompetent Ilis makes her return to the front lines!”
“……It’s Ilis, as I expected”
“How cold! You’re terrible, Sheltis, how can you have that reaction to the return of the one as your partner just a few days ago!?”
Machine crystal <ilis> flickered bright red
“……Two people and one thing have joined three people Suddenly the room has become more packed”
Kagura was looking not at Yuto and not at the irl in overalls who hadfrom her neck as a necklace
“Hey there Sorry for just barging in suddenly”
She had unkempt frizzy hair and oil-stained overalls, and her appearance was lacking in irl best
Eyriey Leccento — similar to Yuto as at his feet, she was an acquaintance of his fro district They had also been felloorkers at the outdoor cafe ‘The Tans
“What is it We’re in thehere”
“No Here, Sheltis, Ilis’ maintenance is done, you know?”
“Wa-wait, Eyriey! When handing ent—”
“Whoa”
He received thesome complaint, with both his hands
“Hey, gotten better?”
“Of course If there was so probleht?”
—I’lad, it’s the same Ilis as always
Her strong self-assertion in various areas despite being a ht have been better if that self-assertion had been fixed
“Yeah, it’s the same Ilis as always Thank you, Eyriey”
“Yes, yes, I also enjoyed the luxurious lifestyle in Tenketsu Palace <sophia>’s VIP room Well then, we’ll excuse ourselves here Come on, Yuto”
“Eh—……Yuto wants to go with Shel-nii”
The young girl clung to his leg while saying “Dun wanna, dun wanna” ……What a predicament It would feel pitiful if they were to forcefully separate here
“Umm, shall I look after her for just a little?”
“Ah—, it’s fine if you don’t ignore it We’re looking for somebody”
“Is there a lost child? In that case, why don’t you try announcing a lost child on the first floor of the tower?”
“That’s not it That’s right, I’ll also introduce her to you this ti on Ilis’ irl named Sasa!”
Eyriey winked after lifting Yuto into her arms
“Sasa?……That’s a strange name”
The way the nae and it was spelled in a way that wasn’t often seen on the floating continent He had never heard of it in Tenketsu Palace <sophia>, not todistrict
“Is she fro district?”
“Nope She see a General Affairs staffable to use shi+nryoku”
“She can use shi+nryoku?”
The one who knit their brows at that was Monica It was unmistakably a word that stirred up the interest of Monica who had been an apprentice Priestess
“That’s right So after coo have fun with her But when I did a search in the na popped up”
“……Was the na?”
“Mm~, truthfully, it didn’t feel like that That’s why I decided to go around searching on foot Well then, let’s get going, Yuto”
“Oka—y See you, Shel-nii”
The two boisterous girls dashed down the path
“Those two are full of energy”
“It was the say Good grief, that supervisor < friendly with Eyriey”
“Hmm?”
Supervisor and uncommon word just now
“Ah, it’s nothing, justto myself”
“……Well, that’s fine So what should we do, Monica?”
Eyriey’s group having set off on searching the tower and they had a h people for the Governmental Sector mission
“First, I’d like to have a solid plan”
Monica operated the terura With experienced ht up the screen to display the list of defense missions
There were currently fourteen ht of those allowed for a team of three members
“There are other o on We should decide if we’ll narron the o on with our current team or if we’ll supplement a fourth member”
They could aiular Guards even with just the current members They had to decide if they would continue with the current minimum members or search for more comrades
“Sheltis, you want to take on that ht?”
“That’s right Theexperience with VIP escorting”
Going to the Governmental Sector with Ymy — even without those personal circu for The opportunities to escort would increase when they becaain experience ahead of time as a Cadet Guard
“VIP escorting and patrolling the nature district, it would be best if ere to experience both of those at least once”
“……I see, what do you think, Kagura?”
“Sooner or later we’re going to need a fourthfor this mission”
Kagura rested her elbows on the table while holding her head up with her hands
“That’s unexpected What’s your reason for thinking that?”
“There is a big difference in the tactics for a three-person team and a four-person team ……For example, let’s say we’re currently split into the ‘Control Tower’, ‘Vanguard’ and ‘Rear Guard’”
Kagura’s eyeshi+eld slowly turned towards him
“Here’s a problem for you, Sheltis How many different ways can we split three people into these three roles for our tactics? The time limit is ten seconds Ten……nine……one Okay, stop”
“Didn’t you count only three seconds just now!?”
“3 x 2 x 1 = 6 patterns The first person to choose gets three choices The next person can’t choose the saets two choices The last person has the final role, so he or she doesn’t get to choose” [T/N: I’m sure many of you know this is just factorials For those who don’t knohat she’s using, look up permutations and combinations]
Even Ilis’ voice sounded like one of so pitiful
“……Are you possiblya fool out of me?”
“Well, keep listening Like was said just noe can only form 6 patterns with three people However, with four people, that beco one person, it increases by four ti difference”
The limit of a three person unit with the three roles of ‘Control Tower’, ‘Vanguard’ and ‘Rear Guard’
However, adding a fourth person would allow, for exa her shi+nryoku techniques that she learned as an apprentice Priestess
“The battle strength of one ht, but the problem is who to invite”
Monica sighed with her arms folded
“Unfortunately, I have no clue How about you, Sheltis?”
“Same here”
“For the ti”
Machine crystal <ilis> said that with a sigh and murmured
“In times like this, why not consult with that instructor?”
Part 5
Floor 287 of Tenketsu Palace <sophia>
There were only four rooms established on this vast floor They were the rooms of the fourth and fifth Priestesses as well as the Sennenshi+ that guard those two
Out of those, at the rooned to the fifth Priestess
“Ah— jeez, it’s busy, so busy! Why did it come to this!?”
Holding a large luggage bag with both arolden hair whined
Yreen eyes and was clad in pure white vestments
She was valued at an absolute rank in Tenketsu Palace <sophia>
She was a guardian deity of the floating continent but in contrast to that holy ie,
“I-I’m done with this—!”
Her shout spread throughout the living room
“What do I do, what do I do……I have to get ready, discuss the plans andschedule as a Priestess is also jam packed”
She stared intensely at her notebook’s calendar while constantly sitting and standing from a chair
In comparison to Ymy as flustered like that,
“I understand that you’re busy but you’re wasting toolike that, you know?”
Leon said while sitting directly on the carpet
“B-but, but, suddenly participating in theabout this!?”
“You’ll likely only have to say one thing until you reach the Governmental Sector The small discussions will be handled by the Chief of the General Affairs Bureau”
“That one thing is difficult……”
—But yeah, there’s no point in yelling
She reverted her ballooned cheeks and sat down in a chair
“But, you know, haven’t there been a lot of events lately? Even though I greeted everyone not too long ago, I only have teeks until thewith the Governmental Sector”
“There are no other substitutes from the Priestesses, after all”
“It’s not that, ……The true duty of a Priestess is to pray together with the Queen <salah>-sa in aare completely different”
Those are of a totally different iood that a Priestess is intruding into that Just like this ti with the Governmental Sector would be unthinkable normally
“I am……still inexperienced but if the Priestesses didn’t do their best, the barrier around the Garden of Corrupted Song den> would dissolve As I thought, I really want to do my best to prevent that instead”
“Was this a hint from Meimel?”
“No, it’s just soe?”
“No”
Leon said that with a face that was serious about so
“I just thought it was a very Priestess-like way of thinking In a good sense, it means that I’ve heard that you understand the necessity and importance of Priestesses”
“I-is that so?”
……He is praising ht?
It couldn’t be helped that having Leon who rarely co ticklish
“Did so happen?”
“Eh……”
“Did so about Priestesses?”
“I-it’s not anything as major as that……probably”
I just — want to purify the Mateki residing within Sheltis
For he who is doing his best and ai to become a Sennenshi+, I would just like to be able to respond to him
“Just like you, Leon……I just thought that I had to study more”
While being recognized as the strongest great sword user on the floating continent, even now he continued to train and moderate hi no one should emulate
“If so, all theof this degree”
“Th-that’s because……well……umm”
After being hard-pressed for a reply, while twirling the napkin upon the table
“What is it?”
“No……ell……”
……It’s hard to tell Leon, isn’t it
……That I’d like to spend ti along
“What, so it’s about Sheltis?”
“—Y-you’re wro!? I-I-I, I-I didn’t ha-have that kind of intention?”
“You’re not speaking clearly”
Oh boy, I thought she’d beco like he wanted to say that, Leon stared at her with a deeply ful look
“I don’tyou, don’t show that flirtatious attitude when you have to act like a Priestess It’ll set a bad example for your subordinates”
“Uu……kuu? But! You don’t have the right to say that!”
“Ohh?”
Leon’s eyes flashed aggressively
“Saying that I’ I’d like you to tell me just how I’m flirtatious”
“There’s no need to tell you”
Gently shaking aside the hair in front of her eyes, she pointed in his direction
“……What’s that on your lap?”
“Hrm?”
The lap of Leon as sitting cross-legged directly on the carpet
A girl wearing ki soundly
“It’s Syun-rei”
“It’s Syun-rei, right?”
It was the early afternoon The girl as sleeping happily with shallow breaths and the one supporting her, the silver-haired young man
The degree of warh just fro and inspire a painter to paint a picture just fro by
“Wait, Ymy”
He called for her to ith an ever-serious face
“Whaaat is it?”
“Don’tSyun-rei did this on her own”
“…………Welcome back, Leon”
“…………I’m sleepy”
Syun-rei approached Leon as sitting on the carpet Facing that lap, she suddenly lay down and while he was thinking about what to do, she fell asleep
“But she won’t wake up even though we’ve talked this much Was she that sleepy?”
The young man tilted his head with a look of admiration
“She was lonely while you were traveling, Leon Isn’t it that she’s relieved?”
She rested her chin on her hands above the table and gazed at the two
……Ah, but
……Syun-rei looks like she’s really enjoying her sleep
Syun-rei rolled over as she watched Softupon Leon’s lap with a relieved expression
……Somebody……it seems really nice
……Being that relieved and supported……it’s against the rules
Courtesy to Neil Paulo Oca up the picture
I don’t knohat to say but, like this, they really suit each other
Syun-rei had a sood physique even ast men
Because it was those two, they beca and the happiness from them reached others; it was already at an unfair level, that truly wonderful scene
In comparison with that, her and Sheltis were—
Mateki and shi+nryoku, it was the law of the world that they would reject each other
He and I……can’t touch even a single fingertip
That’s why it ell-known to her that the relationshi+p of the two before her eyes was her ideal
Wishi+ng and wishi+ng and it was still further on, a relationshi+p that was much too far from her
“Th-that’s against the rules! There’s too much power in that!”
“What are you talking about?”
“Ju-just talking to myself!”
Yeah, there’s no way……I’m jealous I’ll absolutely one day also have a relationshi+p like that I’ve decided to dream of that and do my best, after all
“…………”
“What’s wrong, Leon? You suddenly went quiet”
“Thewill be soon”
Leon alternated fro at the clock on the wall of the room to the Priestess on his lap
“……When will Syun-rei wake up?”
“I think it’ll probably be a while longer”
“…………”
“…………”
A second silence
“Ymy”
“What?”
“……Help me I can’t move”
“Isn’t it fine, just indulge a Priestess’ selfishness for a day”
S — Ymy watched over the two before her eyes
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