Vol 6 Chapter 2 (2/2)
Physical strength that was trained to the point that she could handle those massive machine pistols with one hand easily Then there were her elbows and shoulders which were pliable to handle the strong recoil frouns
Above all, there was her supernatural firing accuracy which never let her et even with both eyes covered
A blinder over her eyes In other words, Horn didn’t see the target Without regard for that, the bullets she fired seeet machines It was a scene that would cause normal people to doubt their eyes
“I……If I practice, will I be able to become like the Captain──”
“Discard pointless thoughts”
The odd jobs boy spoke some words and Horn fired off words of rejection
“Whether it’s talent, environ fits The mechanically areneralists that can handle any heavy firepower gun to suit the circumstances What can you do when you don’t have any of the required factors?”
“…………Ah……ahh……”
Horn’s gunfire didn’t stop even as the boy was at a loss for words and downcast
“Is that all?”
“───Yes”
The boy turned his back to her while still downcast after putting the report under his arm He walked towards the elevator wordlessly like that
“Catria”
Without having walked several steps, Horn’s voice called the boy’s name
Silence
The twooff white sh up into the air
“Take these with you”
“Waa, a!”
“Do the regular ht hours later”
The boy threw aside the report and caught the machine pistols With her back still turned to hi pistol from the holder at her waist
“I don’t need unskilled people into subject yourself to techniques unsuited for your height, leave my unit before the end of today”
“…………”
──Bang!
The gunfire in front of the silent boy shot doo target machines
They were rando for two at the saht, it was a technique impossible unless one could see the future
“But I acknowledge your skill in maintenance”
“……I see”
“I’ll say it again: thirty eight hours later Finish the maintenance within that time”
The boy nodded wordlessly
This ti around and went straight down to the ground floor
──Ding
Passing by the elevator headed for the ground floor, another elevator stopped at this floor
“Yoo─, Horn, you here─”
A boyish girl with her skin tanned brown With light for of a short-sleeved shi+rt and short pants, shi+nryoku formal carved seals could be seen on her exposed limbs
“Ran”
“Ohh, you’re here If you’re co back, say so─ By the way”
“I refuse”
“……I haven’t said anything yet”
“I can see the future”
“Liar”
Ran raised one eyebrow fully
“You can only see future ies but can’t hear future sounds; you said that yourself”
Celestial
It was a territorial type shi+nryoku spell that Horn Nova carried from birth like her older sister, Priestess Viola Nova With this power that allowed one to view the future an instant prior, it was possible to tell where a target would er
“Then I’ll just ask for your business What is it?”
Storing the gun in her holder, Horn sighed
“All right, then let’s have a match now It’s been a whi──”
“I refuse”
“…………Eh─, what’s with that Did Leonafter Leon”
She pulled on the edges of her coat with a childish expression
“Time is precious and I have some business after this”
“Is that soo? But sparring with me will definitely be fun and come in handy? It’s a coht?”
“Unfortunately, business that takes precedence over everything else is awaiting me”
Glancing at Ran as puffing her cheeks with a mu─, Horn turned towards the elevator used for the upper floors
Part 5
The floor was filled to the briht
In this place that was close to two thousand h the s glass’ could be seen without obstruction
Tenketsu Palace <sophia>, floor 276 It was a floor
“……The floor is shi+ning blue?”
Standing in the floor Y at, Sheltis stared down at the view under him
A pattern spread far out on the floor’s surface The blue pattern’s contrast with the white floor was beautiful but it was also a little eerie because he didn’t knohat it was for
“All of this is a formal carved seal”
“……That’s a”
He had heard it was a facility that could also purify people corrupted withfrom mateki would also directly enter and exit so measures to prevent the spread of mateki within the toere necessary
“Sheltis, are you okay?”
“I have my boots in-between”
The rejection between thewithin hi feeling at his toes but it wasn’t unbearable
“Come to think of it, she didn’t specify as far as the place”
“That’s right I wonder which room it is”
The far end of the passage was blurry At any rate, it had the expansiveness of an entire floor of the tower so even if Ymy had arrived, he had no idea where she was
“Over here”
To his right, a room’s mechanical door slowly opened
“……I’lad You came”
Her off-gold hair swayed with relief Her expression looked more relieved than happy
“I thought it wouldn’t be possible because it was such a sudden request ……Did you skip training to come here?”
“Nope, today’s a full day of rest Training starts tomorrow”
“Ah, so that’s it My plans for today start in the evening so now that you mention it, that should be how it is The Governmental Sector mission exhausted everyone ── well, let’s put that aside Come over here and enter the room”
……This is a Priestess’ training room?
……Well, this is
It was covered fro in pure white tiles and a formal carved seal was carved in atop that as expected It was just the floor for the corridor but this roohly, in every nook and cranny
“It’s a roo room, you know?”
Ymy turned towards him at the center of the room and pointed at the formal carved seal overhead
A shadow fell over her eyes
She had remembered a painful past event ── it was that kind of expression
“It’s not for training but for actual use ……It’s a place for Priestesses to heal those with heavy corruption that apprentice Priestesses can’t purify”
“……Ymy, do you not like this place?”
“I like it”
Just that ansas clear and without doubt
“In the little under a year since I became a Priestess, there have been four Four times that a person has been carried to this room Those people who had a request st the apprentice Priestesses who could handle it It’s a roo from mateki…………so I couldn’t hate it”
She bit down on her lip
The Priestess, his childhood friend, continued staring up at the ceiling
“But……it was harsh We would forcefully lie the person afflicted with mateki mind control over on that bed and purify the theony despite that That dark red stain is from a person whose body underwent necrosis and tore froreen stain on the other side is also someone’s blood The iron within their body was reen”
“…………So what happened to those people?”
“They were cured All of those IThere are also those that have been discharged so I’in with, it’d be better if there was nobody who needed to be healed It’d be the best if we could live in a world where we didn’t have to fear the Yuugenshu……”
The mere fact that so that shouldn’t happen
If the Priestesses’ Hyouketsu Kyoukai coenshu wouldn’t be able to co continent <orbie clar=””> People afflicted with the Yuugenshu’s mateki would also cease to exist
A perfect barrier
A perfect Hyouketsu Kyoukai
It was the ideal that the Priestesses had as their goal
“So! That’s not good, that’s not good I went off on a tangent again”
Ymy slapped her cheeks with an adorable sound She shook her head two, three times side to side and took a deep breath
“All right! Then I’ll dowith you!”
“E-Err……?”
“I said it yesterday, didn’t I? You also caht?”
His childhood friend beckoned him over from the center of the room
“……About my mateki?”
“Yeah, I don’t have any confidence yet that it can be cured but I want to try it ──Come on, come over to this bed”
A large bed was situated just in front of where Y
The bed hite sheets spread over it was not a rectangular shape, but the shape of the 十 character The patient would lie with their ar a ra patient
“Hey, hey, Ymy, let’s bind Sheltis?”
“It’s a pity but I won’t rae”
He took off the pendant that machine crystal <ilis> was attached to and placed it on the tray beside the bed He looked down at the bed once more
“…………”
“What’s wrong?”
“Ah, nothing ……I’ on this bed”
It was also his first ti the mateki purification technique and it was a request to his childhood friend, which etting an examination at a hospital so he couldn’t settle down
“Sheltis has been bad with hospitals since a long tio after all Ymy, ill you do?”
“Eh……h-hr─m, what to do After all, those carried to this room couldn’t stand on their own I was never asked a question like that”
Y
“……I think it’ll be fine if you just sit on the bed”
“Ah, that’s a relief That should be pretty easy”
He sat down lightly on the bed
“Then please”
“R-Right! I’ll do my best!”
Ymy nodded, then──
The air shook
A coentleness that even seeed to a tension that see the skin
…………This
……ht be…………the first time I’ve seen this
The childhood friend before his eyes ── no, with the forulped
Priestess Ymy Ele Soufflenictole
Her jade green eyes stared unblinking at hiht suddenly rose up from her entire body
…………Three years ago……the ti continent <orbie clar=””>……Ymy wasn’t a Priestess yet
Ymy who had been an apprentice Priestess at the time had tried time after time to purify his mateki……and had cried herself dry when it ended in failure
And now
This was the first ti the purification of his mateki as a Priestess
“──I’”
[Unto me, all the wishes that of which I am able……]
[ele So Phi-a-s Arma-Riris]
A release precedentfro crimson particles wrapped around her body
……My throat’s dry
His lips, tongue and throat had dried up from nervousness and he couldn’t speak
“Don’t move”
Yht out neared the center of his chest
……Can she actually purify it?
……Maybe it’s possible for even my mateki if it’s Ymy’s spell
Theden> Would the cursed power that no Priestess could purify three years ago become undone?
The fingertip neared his chest
The tip of the nail touched the center of his chest and touched his skin through the clothes──
──Bzz……zzt!……──
“……!”
“Ow…………uu!”
Sparks like lightning instantly expanded into so the touch of Yertips
Elbert Resonance
……No……way!
It used to be just sparks That grew into this aurora-like barrier!?
“The Elbert Resonance is ood, you must stop the ritual──”
“Kuu……uuu……!”
But Yiven off by the Elbert Resonance barrier stopped her breathes but she stood her ground and reached her fingers out even further──
Deja vu
In that instant, the future i froht arm surfaced clearly within the back of his mind
“Get back!”
“!?”
Her shoulders contracted at the sudden shout and Ymy pulled back reflexively At the same time, the mist cleared up and the Elbert Resonance sparks also disappeared
“……Ah………………haa……a……”
Yed breathing Her fingertips were dyed with a crimson different from that of the baptism type arts
“Ymy──”
He jumped off the bed
He tried to run over to his childhood friend as crouching and hugging her legs
“Don’t!”
It was at the same time
When Sheltis took one step, Yhout the room
……Don’t?
What am I not supposed to do in this situation?
“……Shel, ti…………s……you……sit there!”
The girl spoke with her head still down, in a voice like a sob
“……Once……mo……re……”
Once more
Sheltis doubted his ears when he heard as conveyed to him from Ymy’s lips
……Once more?
……It can’t be that having seen that Elbert Resonance just now, she wants to try once more?
“Ha, ah……hahaa …………Sorry, I failed Next…………”
The Preistess of Baptism stood up unsteadily
She was trying hard to hide the intense pain with a pale face
“For the next one……I’ll do my best……”
“Ymy!”
In order to stop the girl obbly drawing nearer, he stood before her with arms held out to the sides
“I’m really……happy that you feel that way But let’s stop here for today”
“…………”
“Anybody would understand that you’re doing your absolute best frolance That’s why I have faith that you will be able to purify my mateki in the near future”
……Really?
His oords sounded like exactly like somebody else’s sophistry
……If Ymy trains beyond this, will she really be able to purify my mateki?
Y shi+nryoku spells
But as those spells grew in strength, Elbert Resonance would also grow stronger To get rid of that repulsion, Ymy would try even harder but the Elbert Resonance barrier will get even stronger?
An endless vicious cycle It would undoubtedly turn into that prediction
“Th-That’s why……for today…………”
It was clear when he saw Y back and used all her power With the result being the Elbert Resonance just now, it would be difficult for her to purify his mateki in her current state
“……………………”
Ymy didn’t speak as she drew deep breaths
“……You’re right”
A dry smile
Different fro silence just now, she spoke intermittently
“So it wasn’t possible again ……How bad it is, even though I’m supposed to be the Baptism Priestess I’ll be scolded by Horn-san like this too”
“Horn?”
There was only one Guard in Tenketsu Palace <sophia> who identified with that name
The third Sennenshi+, Horn Nova Born with a unique shi+nryoku spell, she was the Ex Machina as versed in every kind of gun
“That Sennenshi+? Did so happen?”
“……Just a little so”
Y smile and moved her hand away from the bed
“Hey, Sheltis, I want to get soo to the floor above?”
Come with me
With her delicate back telling him that, Ymy’s vestments fluttered
“……I’ll remember more than necessary if we talk in this room, after all”
Part 6
Tenketsu Palace <sophia>, floor 22, the hospital in the tower
“Okay, that’s enough”
“Thank you very much”
──Fuu
Taking a quiet deep breath, Monica let down the edge of her shi+rt that she’d been holding up
“The swelling fro”
“It looks like the hot compress I received from you worked out well”
In front of the doctor as scribbling away at her chart, she held her flank
The battle at the Governmental Sector
The wound she had sustained when fighting the clones that Golden <maha> had suh to stop her breathing and even knock her unconscious but it looked like the first-aid she’d received at the Governood
“……At first, I ondering how many ribs had broken”
“That’s because theto protect the bone so there are ti broken”
The old bespectacled doctor shrugged
“So, how is it? Do you still feel pain?”
“……We took a break for the entirety of last evening so it’s pretty one”
“That is great news Then you wish to participate in training i from tomorrow?”
That’s right It had been three days since returning fro to the hospital like this every day was all for the sake of returning to training tomorrow
“Hr─ for the first day”
“What about practicing with a weapon?”
“I’ll peretssomebody else Well, I can tell that you will exercise discretion”
The old doctor s cup in hand
“I’ll say this again, but only practice swings, okay?”
“……Understood”
She was relieved Practice swings and running……she originally wanted toresolved first that training was out of the question, she couldn’t voice such luxuries
“Thank you very much”
Leaving that place, she continued down the hallway towards the elevator
“……What should I do?”
Waiting for the elevator to arrive, Monica gazed absentmindedly at the corridor’s
The weather was good so she’d finished off the laundry before coly empty so there was no need to clean it
Like this, there was nothing to do when she returned to the residences
It seeo on strolls in the tower However, for she who had been living here since her ti on a walk noas……
“……No, isn’t that an excuse?”
Walking through every floor of the tower Let’s start frooal will be the Priestesses’ floors Entry is restricted froular visitors but Guards who are affiliated with the tower can access the elevator leading to the Priestesses’ floors so there’s no problem
“I just thought of this while walking but that child also has faith”
It couldn’t be helped that she’d be interested in Ymy’s situation since yesterday She hadn’t appeared when it ca with Cadres Guard Ishtar and she didn’t appear when theended either
……The reason for that is that her training ran late?
……Would she fail in training after going as far as beco a Priestess?
“Though really……it’s not so I should speak about”
I wonder if I can advise her? She’s my precious kouhai from when I was an apprentice Priestess Ymy also cherishes me as her senpai even now
“That’s decided then”
Monica nodded persuasively and walked to the elevator
Part 7
Floor 287 of the tower Having followed Ymy, what awaited Sheltis outside the elevator was the Priestess floor belonging to Ymy
“Sheltis……since I became a Priestess, there were four people that required purification and were carried over Do you remember that?”
“Since I just heard it not too long ago”
It was so to others like him ere afflicted with et
“Then do you also remember their symptoms?”
“Eh? Ahh, umm, they were people that were under mind control and unconscious, and”
There was a patient that had necrosis occur due to the decaying effect of mateki There was also a patient who had his or her blood color change because of the deadly poisonous effects of mateki Both had left behind a bloodstain in the purification room
“Ah, but……that doesn’t match the number”
There were four altogether that had been brought before Ymy One of them had mind control, one had necrosis and one had deadly poison That was a total of three people Then what about the last one?
“There’s still one more person……there’s a child whose mateki I couldn’t purify”
At the sill of the giant stained glass
Placing her delicate hand upon the silverframe, the Priestess turned towards him
“He is in a co That child on’t wake noin the hospital within this tower My shi+nryoku is probably……no, it should definitely be strong However, that ation speed is fast……for exa parts will replace it in that time”
“Think of it as an extre as the roots reht? It’s the same as that”
“……That kind of mateki”
He had faced countless Yuugenshu during his time as an Elite Guard but he had never seen mateki like that
“Then that’s even more reason Even if you say you failed the purification, it’s the first time I’ve heard of mateki like that too so even for Priestesses, there’s no way they would be able to immediately respond to it”
“But Sheltis, it’s because they understand that that there are people who can’t forgive Ymy For example, friends of the one in a coma because of that mateki”
“Friends?”
“……Priestess Viola and her younger sister, Horn, were raised together withDistrict”
Y from beside the
That was the direction of the Third Living District which was the furthest from the tower
“They left the orphanage and became a Priestess and Sennenshi+ and I’ve heard froe that raised theive the entirety of their wages to the orphanage”
“……That Horn is?”
When he was an Elite Guard and before that, Sheltis had never been in a unit with Horn
However he had heard about her outstanding ability and ruthless disposition that forsook others To think, she could do that for somebody she didn’t know?
“It seee, those that receive the same treatment are the same as family to them There’s no way they could stay calenshu’s er turned towards Ymy who couldn’t purify that mateki”
“Horn-san is already disgusted that it’s ih”
Y smile
“‘That’s enough, I’ll do it I’ll find that Yuugenshu and defeat it When it’s defeated, Tessha’s mateki should be dispelled and this will all be resolved‘ That’s why Horn-san goes out to patrol of her own accord……even though policing the Biotope is a job nobody really wants to do”
───Ahh, I see
He finally understood why Y his mateki
“It sounds like Horn has returned Eyriey said she saw her at the Living Districts”
“……Yeah”
The child named Tessha as stuck in an endless coma
She had been re because Horn, as equivalent to family for that child, had returned to the tower She had been re den> which resided within her childhood friend’s body and could not be purified by the Priestesses, just like that child
……That child and I are overlapping within Ymy
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