REBISS (2)

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“Thank you for your assistance!”

“Only this time, we’ll still be enemies the next time we meet somewhere else.”

The “earth” elf messenger, who looked like an old and scared man in his middle age, was talking with his beer belly sticking out. Although the “Relief Sect” and the “Denial Sect” held different doctrines, they had the same approach to preventing crime by using elves.

In contrast to Kazuma, who was looking on with a smile on his face, and the small children who were crying and running away, Nanoha crouched down on the ground, which had already been turned into a charred black spot, and quietly prayed with her hands folded together.

“How gentle…”

Hearing Hidaka’s derisive words, Nanoha replied with her hands still folded.

“Because… he’s dead…”

“He’s a bad guy!”

“It is, but he’s dead.”

“Is there such a thing?”

“Yes.”

Nodding, he took a breath.

“I think encounters are like curry.”

“Curry?”

Quite abruptly, Hidaka couldn’t help but feel overwhelmed by the appearance of such an inappropriate moniker on such an occasion.

“You know what? Curry… doesn’t taste as good when it’s freshly made as it does when it’s been allowed to settle for a while.”

Nanoha looked at Hidaka.

That look was no longer the same sense of fear that he had felt when he was first sniped.

“After settling down for a while, you can taste the deliciousness of various essences. It’s the same with people, if they can get along for a longer period of time…”

“┅”

Nanoha’s words suddenly made Hidaka feel an inexplicable sense of guilt. All along, he had thought that the behavior of his group was “right” but yet…

That thought has been lingering in the back of my mind.

:: Lost parents

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Eye-catching and cozy Sunday.

A perfect day for a walk.

The Kobayakawa family was strolling along the walking path. Nanoha was sandwiched in the middle, holding her father in her right hand and her mother in her left.

How could you go out for a walk with your family when you were already in high school?… Maybe that’s what other people thought, but that’s what the Kobayakawa family did. Perhaps it was the poverty that made the family feel closer to each other. There were no electric musical instruments or TVs, just gloves and softballs, which girls didn’t like to play with.

But Nanoha’s favorite thing is to play catch with her father on Sundays.

“Look, Nanoha, raise you up high oh!”

Father and Mother grabbed both of Nanoha’s wrists and lifted them easily.

“Hahaha… Dad, Mom, let go of me!”

I wasn’t ashamed of walking together, but I felt a little shy about being treated like a child.

However, both parents were oblivious to Nanoha’s shyness, and still laughed as they continued to fling Nanoha around.

The Kobayakawa family is very close, and even though both parents are often away from home, the family can still feel the warmth of family.

…but Nanoha was hiding one or two secrets.

Especially with the events of the last few days.

They are called “elves”.

Something about fighting the people known as elfin messengers.

Although it was a very big deal, a problem that Nanoha couldn’t solve in any way, Nanoha still didn’t discuss it with both of her parents.

This kind of thing won’t help even if you discuss it with both parents.

Although my father and mother were very dependable, I guess they couldn’t cope with the killing world of killing and being killed!

Suddenly there are flashbacks to seeing the burning man in the telescope and the man in front of you being penetrated by the gun of earth. The footage of Takasu being raped becomes more human in comparison to the scene of the man dying.

Death…

Nanoha’s body couldn’t help but tremble at the thought.

“What’s wrong? Nanoha? Is it going to be cold?”

“Ah! No, it’s nothing!”

Nanoha replied to her worried father with a smile, thinking that she couldn’t let her parents worry about this kind of thing… “Speaking of which…”

“What’s wrong?”

For all the things that have happened in the last few days, it seems like they all started happening after seeing that thing.

“Dad, Mom.”

“What’s wrong?”

“What happened?”

While flinging Nanoha around, both parents looked at Nanoha’s face.

“Is there a shrine around here?”

“Shrine?”

“Well, there’s this… this old, tiny, little, just down the road…”

“There’s no such shrine on this road!”

“Uh…”

Nanoha nodded with little confidence.

“I’ve only seen it once, but I really saw it… somehow it was very old… and there was a girl with a ponytail who said, ‘Did you see that? It’s tough, but go for it. Wait a minute… it hurts!”

Only halfway through her sentence, Nanoha fell out of her parents’ loose wrists and landed on her butt!

As he rubbed his ass he saw that his parents had a nervous look on their faces for some reason.

“What’s wrong? Dad, Mom?”

“Ah, it’s nothing, is it going to be okay? Nanoha?”

“Does it hurt anywhere?”

Both parents looked at Nanoha in panic.

“I’m fine… you know, right? The shrine thing.”

“Eh, don’t really know much about it.”

“Yeah! It’s an incredible story… although not very clear…”

Nanoha looked at her parents, who were speaking indistinctly as if they were hiding something, and was puzzled.

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“Yogiya, you’re…” the man whispered.

He was not a human, but an elf in the same vein as Yugia.

Moreover, her whole body emitted a kind of fluctuation that was completely incomparable to that of Yugiya, and she looked like an ominous character no matter where she was.

He is…

The elves are called “horrors”.

At Shinjuku Station late at night.

Keio New Line – Platform 5.

Bounded by Sezuka Station, the underground platforms of the Keio Shinkansen Line are transferred from the underground line to the subway.

The time was a little after three o’clock in the late evening, the mains power on the platform had been switched off, and only the emergency lights were surrounded by a thin layer of darkness.

The “earth” elf, Yugiya, who confronted Rushitano, and her elf messenger, Shibuya G. Katsuraichiro.

The “earth” spirit and the “terror” spirit.

They are also powerful beings with the name of “middle” elves.

The Terror Elf─Rushitano glared at Yugia and Shibuya with cold eyes.

“Ruhitano… how did you come to the earthly realm?”

Eugenia’s voice was a little pained.

“Is it a tough guy?” Shibuya asked.

But the sight still looked at Ruhitano. Protecting Yugia behind her back, Cobalt in front of the horrible elf.

“Difficult… that’s right, a guy who is difficult no matter what, in terms of ability and personality.”

“Hahahahaha! How dare you, little Yogia!!!”

Then there was another series of laughs, which, if such laughter could make the air vibrate, would have caused the station staff and the police to arrive at once!

But that was just loud laughter that could vibrate the senses. The elf’s voice wasn’t sound in principle, it should be considered a so-called spirit wave.

And as for the elfin messenger Shibuya, this elf’s stupid laughter was only depressing.

“If it comes to character, you’re the same, aren’t you! What’s so good about that kind of old uncle that you might as well come here!?”

“I won’t allow anyone to speak ill of Katsuraichiro!”

Hearing Rushitano’s words, Yuugia showed an angry expression.

“Oh, want to fight? Yogia?”

Rushitano playfully provoked.

“You…”

Sensing danger at this provocation Shibuya took off his shirt and assumed a fighting stance.

“How delightful…”

Ruhitano excitedly ran his tongue around it.

A touch of atmosphere.

Tensions between the two opposing sides were rising…

“Hey, Ruhitano! What are you doing!!!”

The young girl’s voice rang out from the underground platform.

The young girl came down by the stairs.

Wearing uniforms I haven’t seen before.

Oddly shaped gauntlets were placed over his hands.

A young girl with pitch-black eyes.

The hair color that was as dark as the eyes seemed to suck in all the surrounding light… “Rohitano… who told you to go and argue with someone!?”

Contrasting with the hue of the eyes was a voice that was good and very spirited.

“No, not… because…”

Because of the appearance of the young girl, Ruhitano’s expression became rather soft.

“You were released because you said you were a friend in the elven realm.”

“No, no… I was trying to chat peacefully…”

“Where did you guys just sound peaceful in your conversation!!!”

Teenager punches a cowering Rushitano in the face.

“Pfft!”

Rushitano couldn’t suppress the moan that spilled from his nose, and Shibuya and Yugia could only stare at the two of them in disbelief.

The young girl coughed lightly and turned to Shibuya.

“First time, Mr. Shibuya G. Katsuraichiro, I’m Iwanami Makoto. I can also be considered a ‘Dominionist’

of representation.”

A very spirited greeting.

“Dominionist?”

Shibuya asked rhetorically, a power he had never heard of.

“It’s only right that I don’t know… because it was only yesterday that the army was formed.”

Makoto spat out her tongue, it really was impossible to know.

“I see, so… what kind of power are you?”

Shibuya asked while keeping a watchful eye on Rushitano. Although he couldn’t take Rushitano lightly, there was something he had to ask Makoto.

“Well, we are an organization that has to unite the human race in order to prepare for the upcoming ‘Day of Integration’. Yesterday, we received an urgent message from the Queen of Mercury… If the situation continues as it is now, Earth will be wiped out before it can join the Solar System Alliance. Also, the ‘Secret Treasure’ has appeared on Earth and so on… This is an undeveloped area for the other planetary dynasties… Ah, I don’t mean to look down on Earth, but in general, there is a treaty between the planetary dynasties not to interfere in undeveloped areas…”

For Makoto, who spoke so eloquently with a strong will and sparkling eyes, Shibuya couldn’t help but reverse the opinion he had just had of her.

(Oh no… a girl with delusions of grandeur.)

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“Awwww!”

Mio dropped to the ground.

When he fights the “Abandonment” elf emissary, who does bad things, he is defeated.

“With Naha Mio… there are many rumors, but your strength is not very good!”

The “renunciation” elf emissary… a woman, quietly looked down at Misao.

“Woo…”

Mio’s eyes showed a timid look.

It was really rare for Mio, who never showed a cowering look in front of people and had a strangely high and proud self-esteem, to have this kind of expression.

“Ugh… what’s wrong?”

Maje stood in front of Mio.

“You…”

An agonizing squeeze of sound.

She wasn’t a big deal per se, just an extremely common elven messenger.

But the problem is with the elves that are controlled behind her back.

That sprite locked Misao’s eyes for a long time-

“How in the world did you make a contract with a guy like that!?”

Mio pointed at the guy.

In front of the finger… was a very large dog, wagging its tail behind the woman’s back.

Looks like a dog on the outside but is that woman’s elf and is considered one of the lower seven elves.

“How to do it…”

Ignoring the implication that Mio felt horrible, Maya’s face reddened as she looked at her Earth Spirit… abracadabra…

The method of making a “contract” between an elf and an elf messenger is almost always the same. The exchange of flesh by “sexual intercourse”. In Misao’s mind, the image of Meyer having intercourse with a dog genie kept popping up.

And, if… that woman wants to take the power from Misao… “No… no, I don’t want to, I don’t want to! Pervert!

Mio screamed in shame, and then fled in a panic with both hands and feet like an explosive cartoon.

“Wh… what, that?”

“Doing what?”

The passersby walking on the road looked at the high school girl who was rolling and crawling, while Uri was flying with her arms around Misu’s waist. Misu’s moving speed was actually about the same as standing up and running… but since the elves were invisible to the general public, they only saw Misu herself running at that speed.

“Recent high school girls… are really energetic…”

One of the commuters who witnessed this scene with Misu, couldn’t help but exclaim.

“What?”

On the other hand, for the escaping Mio that woman had no intention of chasing out.

“The ‘Relief Faction’s’ with Naha Mio… I had wanted to have a nice chat with her because she has the title of ‘Perverted Gay Woman’.”

Misao seemed to have a very loud nickname among the elven messengers.

Hearing this, Misao’s colleague─Hidaka also said in a shocked voice.

“Because of this… did you give up there?”

“Ooo… but, but that’s bestiality! Bestiality! She did it with a monster!?”

“You’re not even a lesbian yourself!”

Just as Hidaka used the vocabulary cautiously, he didn’t know whether he was nervous or angry, and Misao felt ashamed to bury her face.

“We… there is no turning back!”

Hidaka’s voice was visibly upset.

The activities of the “Relief Faction” have tended to decline sharply in the past few days.

Members of Shibuya’s and other people’s “denialists”, who have been obstructing their activities so far, are actively cooperating with the “reliefists”.

The “abandonment faction”, which has been fighting for the enemy and has been broken up by the evil deeds they’ve been doing so far.

It’s not like it was before when only one side was being hunted! Anyway, it’s no longer the case that only one side is “hunted” as it was before!

Pause…

In the past few days, I don’t know when the power called “domination faction” was established, pulling away the human resources of the “relief faction” one by one. To put it more plainly, even if the current “Relief Faction” is destroyed, it will not be strange.

“And…”

Hidaka was a little concerned.

It is easy to understand why the “renunciationists” and the “denialists” are fighting, because they have different ideas, so they are simply attacking each other with their war power.

What’s hard to understand is the “Dominionists”! How could the members of the “Relief Faction”, who were motivated by the idea of saving the world, change so easily?

Hidaka could not understand this in the least.

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Then a few more days passed.

“Ooohhhhhhhhhh-!”

Nanoha let out a miserable shriek.

On the way back from school, a man fell from the sky.

Dunkin’ sand!

The man who dashed headlong into the trash cans on the walkway and whose feet wouldn’t stop cramping.

Anyway, seems like it’s still alive is all.

Anyway, this person should be an elf messenger as well! As she thought this, she cautiously approached the trash can.

“Is that… okay?”

Of course it can’t be good.

The man who had rushed headlong into the garbage can heard Nanoha’s words and just kept his feet cramping.

“Hahahahahahahahahaha!”

The sound of laughter traveled in all directions, a clear… and crisp sound. The owner of this voice, who must have been trained in vocalization –

AKA professional laughter.

“Ahhhh…”

Nanoha looked above the streetlight in confusion.

Installations are on streetlights on both sides of the walking path.

The owner of that laugh was standing right there.

A young man, very handsome, wearing a straight suit and dress, would definitely be a very dignified male if he were standing on the stage of the opera house.

But it’s neither a theater nor a stage, and it doesn’t look grand at all.

After the man finished laughing to himself, he swished! … said, pointing to the man who was in the trash can.

“Humans are responsible for their own world! Using the power of the elves to judge humans without authorization is unforgivable!!!”

Nanoha could only stare blankly at the man in the tuxedo, and rather than being dumbfounded, it would be better to say that she was at her wits’ end!

“Sopra! The maiden of the ‘wind’ who uses her voice, yo! Let them hear my song!!!”

Around the man, you can see a half-naked female figure. The being dancing gently in the air is one of the lower spirits, the spirits of the winds.

The wind spirit known as Sopra danced around the man like a ballet.

“┅It’s beautiful! …”

Nanoha couldn’t help but feel for Sopra’s beauty. Without thinking, she let out an exclamation.

That reaction made the man startled as well.

(Crap!)

Nanoha thought when it was too late.

“Hmph! Are you an elf messenger too!?”

Loudly pointing at her.

“No… no no no!”

Shaking his head from side to side in panic, a crowd began to gather around him… If he was categorized as being in cahoots with the man in the gown, he thought it would be quite humiliating.

The man hoo… flew down from the streetlight and slowly landed next to Nanoha.

There was a clamor from the audience!

–Of course it is! Because it’s only through the power of the elf Soprano that you can do such things.

“What kind of elf messenger are you? It’s our companion… but it’s a face we haven’t seen before… Could it be, you’re a companion of the ‘Relief Faction’…”

“No, no no no no!”

Nanoha shook her head vigorously.

(What… what do I have to say for him to accept it?)

Kazuma had heard that anyone who could see spirits other than his own must have made a “contract” with a spirit.

In other words, if you can see other people’s genies, you are also a genie messenger! (If you can see them anyway… then you can’t understand them anyway!) Even the Elf Messengers (who were almost perverts) that he had met so far were quite incomprehensible, and Nanoha couldn’t help but feel sad at that thought!

While Nanoha was thinking about these things… a tall man in the audience approached the man in the dress.

The tuxedo man seemed to recognize the man, and the tuxedo man flashed a smile.

“Shibuya-san, eliminating one more person would have crushed the entirety of the ‘Relief Faction’s’ elf emissaries!”

While reporting this, the man known as Shibuya grabbed the man’s right wrist… “So, didn’t I tell you not to fight in such a conspicuous manner!!!”

The man in the dress flew away.

That’s–

Nanoha meets Shibuya.

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“Ah… don’t…”

Harumi Yoshiwara said twisting her body.

In the women’s dormitory at Fushigi Gakuen.

The so-called dormitory… is not as old as it used to be.

Almost every room in the dormitory is more than seven pyeongs in size, and bathrooms and toilets are standard equipment for each room, with even air-conditioning and air purifiers in the rooms of the higher grades being fully equipped.

A dormitory would be more in line with a personal apartment with meals. Of course, it is possible to live out of the dormitory as long as you have permission, and it is possible for someone to live in the dormitory. However, the rule of staying overnight was that it was only allowed for students who were also students of Fushigi Gakuen. Taking advantage of this rule, Harumi Yoshiwara stayed overnight at Hajime Yakko, who was also a publicity committee member.

She is Nanoha’s immediate superior and Yoshihara’s classmate.

It was a continuation of Yoshiwara’s misfortunes from the time the elven messengers began to gather in the center of the city.

Not only were they taken by delinquents and gang-raped, they were raped by enigmatic men in the park… Even yesterday, they were gang-raped by enigmatic men who broke into the apartment where they lived alone.

The men were saying, “I’ll do it!” “No, I’ll do it first!” The men, together, grabbed and violated Yoshiwara’s body… and then the local police force broke into the apartment, causing chaos and confusion. As a result, Yoshihara could no longer stay in the apartment and had to move to Hajime’s place…

But I didn’t expect to be coerced by Hajime.

“Oo… Hajime, stop…”

“Oh, yes, but…”

At the sensitive area of the writhing Yoshiwara, Hajime chided with his tongue.

“You have such a lewd smell, and you come to me with a deep frown… how can you say that I’m mistaken?”

Saying that, he buried his fingers between Yoshiwara’s thighs, and from that gap, the white cloudy liquid left over from yesterday’s gang rape overflowed.

Indeed… maybe there was a whiff of sluttiness. Yoshiwara came here after she was gang-raped, so of course she still had that smell…

However, resisting verbally but not at all deep down, made Hajime even more convinced.

While scolding Yoshihara, who had changed from a friend to a lover, Hajime thought… (It seems that almost all of the attackers of this boy were members of the Abandonment Faction, so if he becomes one of my men, I’ll have to warn them not to do it again…)

Think deeper…

(Recently, there have been some people called “dominationists” or something in the name of a new force… did they know about the Day of Integration and yet they…)6

“Wahahahahaha! What a weak, weak thing!”

Ruhitano’s loud laugh echoed.

On the fallen man’s head, applying enough force to crush the skull to stomp hard.

“Oo… ah…”

The man couldn’t help but wail sadly.

“Lord… Master…”

Misha, who had long since fallen, grabbed Rushitano’s foot.

“Don’t… stop… bullying the master…”

“Huh?”

A cruel smile appeared on Rohitano’s face as he looked at the Elf of Light that grabbed his ankle.

“That’s so nice, trying to protect your master with your body for the sake of your dear master? How touching!”

Ka!

Rushitano kicks Mischa out.

“┅Micha!!!”

Looking at the elf who was kicked out of the room, the man… Ri Ko Shinichi screamed in grief.

“Quickly… run away… lord… master… person” Rushitano gazed at Misha, who was still trying to protect Ritaka, with a dangerous gaze.

“Do you want to die first so badly? Then I will fulfill your wish and you will start…”

“What do you mean you’ll start it!!!”

Dunka!

The sudden impact caused Rushitano to fly out without having time to react – in front of Rushitano, who had fallen into a large shape, stood a rigid young girl with her arms crossed.

“┅Really, I just left my sight for a moment and it immediately turned into this!!!”

The young woman,… Jinkin, looked extremely angry.

“Hey… hey, Makoto, why are you angry? These guys are the enemy. If they’re enemies, they must be defeated…”

Ruhitano was busy explaining.

But Makoto wouldn’t listen to a word he said.

“So what… Didn’t I say this a long time ago! I will join the ‘Dominion Faction’ solely to prevent the ‘Day of Fusion’! It’s not to defeat the enemy! Didn’t I say long ago that I hate violence the most!!!”

Stomp stomp stomp!

Makoto was yelling and kicking Rushitano at the same time, and it was clear that there was something slightly contradictory about what she was saying and doing, but no one in the room seemed to notice it.

“It hurts, it hurts… but, Makoto! What’s wrong with me killing my enemies!”

Hearing Rushitano’s still non-stop explanation, Makoto’s attack abruptly stopped.

“Rohitano…”

“Have you… have you figured it out? Makoto?”

Rushitano, who spoke in a grateful tone, stood up, while Makoto spoke in a cold tone that she had never seen before with her back turned.

“If you really don’t understand what I’m saying just go back to the elven realm! We’re out of the contract!”

“How so? What about that burning passion on the day of our engagement?”

“That’s your illusion, isn’t it?”

Facing Makoto, who had an extremely cold attitude, Rushitano gave in.

“I’m sorry, Makoto, I’ll reflect on this.”

Really… Makoto sighed. Rohitano’s so-called introspection was the third time this week alone, including this one!

(Can we really save the world with this guy’s power?)

“Does it matter?”

Regaining his senses he walked towards Hidaka. He was holding his injured micha cell to his chest and looking in Makoto’s direction without looking away.

“Is it true what is being said now?”

Wounded but still sharp-eyed.

“Is the ‘Day of Fusion’ something that can be prevented?”

“Huh?”

“Really? Is ‘Day of Fusion’ something that can be prevented? No… Do you know the true form of the ‘Day of Fusion’?”

Meeting Hidaka’s gaze head on.

Makoto nodded considerably.

“I’ll tell you. What exactly is the ‘Day of Fusion’…”

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Shoo-dong–

The fighter jet carrying humanity’s last hope was immediately destroyed and crashed less than eight seconds after striking.

“Nanoha, you’re so stupid!”

Kiyonashi, who had been watching from the side, looked at Nanoha with contempt.

At that moment, Shibuya cursed angrily.

“Guess Pear! Didn’t I tell you not to look at people like that? And how can you call elders by their first names!”

When dealing with children, you have to be like an animal and scold them as soon as they do something wrong, so that they can easily remember the lesson.

That’s why Shibuya scolded Kiyonashi as soon as he realized that she was looking at Nanoha with “contempt”.

“Yes, I’m sorry… Dad.”

“You’ve got the wrong person to apologize to, don’t you?”

“I’m sorry, Nanoha-san.”

This moment, he apologized obediently again! It did seem that Shibuya and Yugiya taught the little children well, at least in front of their loved ones.

“Ahahaha, it’s okay it’s okay!”

Nanoha is no worse than a nice and considerate person, forgiving her opponent as soon as she apologizes.

┅Nanoha, in particular, had just been called by her first name, so she was a little bit upset, but that immediately disappeared!

Before–

Shibuya, who punched the man in the tuxedo, brought back Nanoha, who could see the elf, by saying to the crowd that he was “an entertainer who was called in for a company celebration”.

Shibuya also wondered about the strange phenomenon of being able to see other people’s sprites without making a contract.

However, Nanoha herself did not know why she could see it, and it was more important to teach these little children a lesson before pursuing the reason….

On the screen, the Cosmic Fighter, carrying humanity’s last hope, is battling a giant octopus in a cave somewhere in the planet Bewilderment. The fighter skillfully dodges the strange rays of light spat out by the octopus and attacks its weaknesses, and in no time at all, it defeats the octopus.

“Someone’s so good~”

Nanoha admired someone’s maneuvering skills! That’s when Yogia spoke to Nanoha in a gentle voice.

“I’m so sorry, and for making you play with the kids! You can stay for dinner, right?”

“Oh, no… that would be too embarrassing…”

–Gollum.

The stomach growled.

Her face reddening like it was on fire, Yuugia couldn’t help but smile happily as she looked at Nanoha.

“Still the body is more honest oh! Beef stew today!”

“Beef stew, stew?”

I swallowed unconsciously at the color of the dish that I had only eaten in the school’s nutritious lunch since I was born.

“Despite that… that, Nanoha… when did you first become involved with the ‘Elfin Messenger’?”

“Uh… this…”

Nanoha thought back.

“┅It seems to have started when I saw a strange ‘shrine’ on the promenade at the beginning of this month…”

“Shrine!?”

Ukiah let out a surprised yelp.

“The shrines… you’re talking about… they’re not old and small, are they?”

The unexpected reaction left Nanoha a bit overwhelmed.

This kind of reaction… seems to be similar to the reaction of both parents. Nanoha nodded her head with a great deal of skepticism.

“That’s right, and when I went looking for it again it was gone.”

“You know what?”

In response to Shibuya’s question, Yugiya nodded slowly.

“Presumably, that’s the ‘gate’ to the spirit world… So… what that girl from the ‘Dominion Faction’ said is true…”

“What!?”

Shibuya stood up in surprise.

On his forehead… a great deal of sweat instantly broke out.

:: The week before the Day of Integration.

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CUBA, CUBA, CUBA…

The alarm clock was ringing strangely.

The time was exactly seven in the morning.

Gobble, grab, gobble, gobble, gobble…

A frog-shaped alarm clock that is sitting with its mouth open to make a loud chirping sound and its tongue wagging out.

“mmm… mmm… ahoo…”

Seeking the sound, he slowly crawled out from the quilt, and was considered to be of the type that slept well.

CUBA, CUBA, CUBA…

“Where on earth did… Dad get this strange thing from?”

Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble…

–Poof.

Finally found the switch to stop that screeching. The regular alarm clock that was there until yesterday is now nowhere to be seen.

But Nanoha was not at all surprised because both of Nanoha’s parents used to take items from their own homes to their workplaces.

Then they’d put another item of unknown provenance in its place, and they’d certainly do the same thing if they were traveling for a long period of time.

“Hmm… in that case, it’s going to be another temporary absence from home, isn’t it?”

After washing his face, he headed for the kitchen.

Since ten days ago, both parents have looked a little off.

Ten days before the encounter with the “door” mentioned by Mr. Elf Messenger, who had “common sense”,… A letter was placed on the table as usual, and Nanoha picked it up and opened it.

“What… This is ‘For my dear daughter Nanoha, my father and mother have gone to the other side of the world in order to protect the earth from bad people, and will be back in about a week, so I’m enclosing my living expenses for the meantime. Don’t cry because you’re lonely～Daddy Pen. You can use your money freely, but don’t waste it! Also, the red bean buns in the fridge are good until tomorrow~ Mom’s pen.” What’s with this!”

Nanoha picked up the envelope with a puzzled smile.

Fathers and mothers are always like that.

Before that, it was “to protect the treasures of the moon”, and before that, it was “to stop the undersea people who are trying to invade the surface”.

It’s okay to want to coax a child, but for a daughter who has become a high school student, she should at least know what both parents actually do for a living!

“Three thousand dollars.”

Opening the envelope, Nanoha couldn’t help but hang her head.

“Only four hundred and twenty-eight dollars a day…”

At least it seemed to last, but what if the school had to buy something in the middle of the week?

“Although there is still rice left… still, a meal should not exceed one hundred and fifty dollars.”

Can’t even afford ready-made side dishes.

“Talking about protecting the planet, I wish I could even protect my daughter’s three meals!”

When she thought of her two parents who were always affectionate at home, Nanoha couldn’t help but murmur.

“Is it… has Rohitano gotten here?”

Happening to hear the report Yakko Hajime nodded softly with a melancholic voice.

In the student cafeteria of Fushigi Academy, the general students had already gone home, so they were the only ones here.

The elfin messengers known as civilization’s “renunciationists”.

Almost all of them, led by Kazuma Takasu, are current students at this school. All except Hajime” “

of the elf’s companion.

The assembled members seemed to be a bit mercenary and lazy, each stretching from time to time.

“Is that Rushitano really that hard of a guy to handle?”

A man asked when he heard Hajime’s whisper.

“Strength and character both, on top of that, his fighting ability is among the top of all the ‘Medium’ elves. If he belongs to the ‘Dominance Faction’… things are serious.”

“Things are serious? Is it for us?”

Kazuma, who was sitting back in his original position, asked.

“That’s right, because their ‘Dominion Faction’ very strictly forbids such things as summoning elves out of selfish desire! In short, ignoring the organization and acting at will individually is a nuisance.”

“I see, we renunciationists are almost always of the individualistic variety.”

The other men laughed.

Thoroughly individualistic, referring to the scattered group of people sitting in the room.

“If there’s a chance… how can I put it! I’d like to violate Kobayakawa Nanoha from the senior high school!”

At the man’s statement, Hajime looked up in confusion.

“Nanoha? That would bother me a lot!”

“Yes, it would bother me too.”

Kazuma nodded back.

“What? I didn’t treat that girl in particular… Haha, you guys treated that girl too…”

“Heck no, it’s not!”

“This is a big misunderstanding!”

As if in tune, Hajime shook his hand in the same way as Kazuma.

“That girl could be considered our ace in the hole!”

“The sight of that girl is delightful!”

Both men were extremely defensive at the same time.

Then, after a short silence.

Hajime met Kazuma’s eyes.

“Kazuma, aren’t you with her for that reason…?”

“What’s the reason?”

Kazuma asked rhetorically.

“┅Mistake?”

Hajime was silent for a moment before making a sound.

２

“Ah, don’t…”

The man invaded the girl, who resisted a little, but didn’t look too nasty about it.

Doing a bit of intense lovemaking like an extremely normal couple.

“Oh…”

Rushitano can’t help but poke his body out.

Ordinary human couples can’t see Rushitano.

The man whimpered and invaded deeper.

“ah… ah…”

Shinjuku Gyoen at night.

In a park that is supposed to be closed at night, many couples and weirdos sneak into the park. Although it’s not the famous couples’ mecca, Yokohama’s Yamashita Park, many people still come here.

“ha… ha, ha…”

Accompanied by annoying gasps, a man and a woman worked hard at it.

“Oh… this guy…”

Nodding his head with a “hmm, hmm”, Rohitano watched intently.

The man applies force to change the position. As if quite accustomed to the feeling, the woman who had been in the normal position is adjusted to the position of the back position.

Seeing such marvelous skill in the man, Ruhitano clenched his fists in excitement.

“Uh-huh, so that’s how it’s going to turn!”

“What’s going to turn like that!”

Dunka!

Ruscitano takes a vicious punch to the back of the head from a teenage girl.

“Really, again while I’m out of sight for a bit just like that!”

The one who beat him up was of course Rushitano’s partner─Iwami Makoto. He is the leader of the Dominion Faction.

“What are you doing in a place like this!”

“What… what is it! I’m just working on how to make my love with Jinkin deeper…”

At Rushitano, who was rubbing his head in severe pain, Makoto fought to swing another punch.

“Idiot! The ‘Day of Fusion’ is in a week’s time! It’s not the time for this kind of thing…”

Of course–

Rushitano’s figure was visible only to the elven messenger, and the couple began to ask Makoto after a brief moment of bewilderment.

“Who are you…? What the hell do you want?”

Indeed, it is only natural that there would be such doubts.

“You’re the reason I’m so embarrassed!”

“But Makoto hasn’t done it with me even once since the contract was finalized! I just thought it was because I was too clumsy…”

“It’s not that!”

Kaboom!

Makoto clenched his fist and struck Rushitano.

“It’s not… that!”

With crimson swollen cheeks, Ruhitano raised his head slightly.

“Anyway–“

Makoto raised her voice in an attempt to vaguely change the subject.

“While it should be fine to hand it over to that guy, if there’s any eventuality, we, we’ll have to do it ourselves!”

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“What are you!”

Luo Feiyu and the spirit messenger of ” “who messed up the shop─Kasukabe oppose each other.

The store has long been in a semi-destroyed state.

Even the office workers who came back from work and wanted to have a beer, and the whole family who lived nearby and couldn’t cook and ate out, all lay in a sea of blood.

And standing in the center was Kasukabe.

It’s true that he didn’t do anything at first.

It’s just standing there.

Just like that, menus cracked on the walls and kitchen knives flew through the air and people fell to the floor in spurts of blood.

But the man did do something!

Luo Feiyu intuited so. Inside the hell-like store, that man alone showed a light smile.

Luo Feiyu stood in front of the man, leaning slightly to study his opponent.

“Are you a monster incarnate?”

The man didn’t answer.

“Run away…”

A sound came from beside Luo Feiyu’s feet. There was the “water” spirit messenger. Of course, Luo Feiyu did not know.

When Kasukabe enters the store, he, who is only an elf messenger, realizes that the person who enters is accompanied by the presence of the ” ” elf.

But it’s not good to strike in a crowded place –

This was also an unwritten rule, so the Water Spirit Messenger thought that the other party had come only to eat, so he was about to have a drink…

Suddenly, the Kasuga division attacked!

It wasn’t that he wasn’t prepared, it was just that the man couldn’t react for a moment to Kasukabe’s swift attack.

After the man was knocked down, Kasukabe began to strike out at the people who were in the store.

“Run away… there’s no way you can fight him!”

“Why!?”

Luo Feiyu asked.

Though he also felt a little self-conscious about the fact that he was going to be a rival to someone who could manipulate an unknown power.

But there was no turning back now, this was not only his store but also his home.

“！！”

Luo Feiyu scrambled to avoid the body.

I just felt “something” pass near my head.

“Heh, I can’t believe I managed to dodge Mahimani’s attack!”

Kasukabe’s smile deepened.

“What… just now?”

Luo Feiyu is impossible to know and dodge the elf’s attack, just had done in the darkness of the battle and tied the eyes and so on practice and make the body natural reaction, so that possesses the supernormal senses of Luo Feiyu body can not help but move.

…it was only through this feeling that I was able to avoid the three consecutive attacks of the genie.

But a state similar to blindness is unlikely to last long.

“Ah!”

Taking a powerful blow to the abdomen, Lo Fei Yu collapsed to the floor.

Breathing stopped, no way to move your body.

Kasukabe looked down at Luo Feiyu with an admiring face.

“This doesn’t kill you… what a strong body!”

“┅”

Luo Feiyu couldn’t move a muscle in pain.

“But it’s at the end of the line! Go to hell!”

Kasukabe gave orders to Mahimani.

“To kill?”

Luo Feiyu suddenly felt a sensation of breath hit his self, but he still couldn’t move.

“！？”

That scent collided with a new one. Kasukabe quickly turned back to where a young man Rofeiyu recognized stood.

“I’m going to be very disturbed by this! The food here is delicious…”

Hearing Kazuma say that, Kasukabe replied as well.

“What does it matter, this deliciousness will only last another week!”

“That would be enough!”

４

In the slightly darkened room, the sound of sobbing echoed.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry, Uri.”

“Mio, don’t cry…”

She was sitting on the bed holding Uli, the spirit of fire.

The two hugged each other tightly.

But Uli seemed to look different.

It’s what it looks like after the power has been sucked out of it.

It is also known as SDization into a weakened state.

Holding Uri, who had almost turned into a small doll, to her chest, Misao kept crying.

“It’s all because I’m not powerful enough.”

“It’s not! It’s not Mio’s fault.”

Uri, who was on Mio’s chest, comforted.

The “renunciationists”, who were already hostile to the “denialists” and whose activities have been increasing rapidly, are now on the move.

Then there was the onslaught of the “dominionists”, who had only recently become an army, making the Relief Sect virtually obsolete!

The only stronghold along the residential streets was also taken under control, while other areas of power were seized by other elven emissaries.

In any case, the fact that Shinichi Hidaka, the emissary of the Spirit of Light, had joined the Dominion was perhaps the most serious fatal wound of all!

Hidaka is considered a “big brother” among the lower elf emissaries and has a very good reputation, so many elf emissaries have followed to join the domination faction.

Mio herself, still wants to rely on Hidaka when it comes to many problems.

“What should we do in the future? Uli.”

“Miyu…”

As Eisu hugged Uri, her mood sank into a deep depression.

“It’s your business to want to grieve, but I think it’s better to put some clothes on!”

A voice came out of nowhere.

“┅ Huh?”

Picking up his head, he saw a familiar face, Hidaka Shinichi and his spirit─Micha!

“A… Huh? Woo, woo, woo, woo woo woo-!”

Mio panicked and wrapped the sheet around her body.

“You… you saw it, pervert!”

He glared at Nikko, but Nikko and Misha remained calm…

“You won’t get aroused even if you see a lesbian naked, don’t worry!”

“That’s right, because the master isn’t a pervert!”

“Where am I a pervert!”

Mio yelled back without thinking, but the argument for protesting didn’t seem to be the point.

“Never mind, let’s put aside the fact that you’re a pervert!”

Completely ignoring Mio’s protests, Hidaka took an arrow step forward.

As if suppressed by that aura, Misao kept retreating towards the back of the bed.

Holding on tightly as if to protect Uri.

“Is it possible, Hidaka, that you’re trying to rape us…”

“Put that kind of joke aside too!”

Hidaka was still completely oblivious to her presence in general.

Being at this point and still being left out of the picture like this, Mio as a woman would be disgraced!

“So, what the hell are you doing?”

Finally exasperated, he yelled.

“Master, Misu-sama seems to be angry, oh?”

“Must be a calcium deficiency.”

“Hmph!”

After Hidaka succinctly answered Mischa’s question, he told Misao the reason for his visit.

“Mio, want to join the Dominion Faction?”

“Who’s the one who doesn’t have enough calcium… Huh? What did you say?”

“I said to join the Dominion Faction because the Relief Faction is almost disintegrating! That… even if it’s perverted, Misao has a certain reputation, and to be honest, you should be in need of battle power now that you’re in the midst of weakening!”

“Yeah, Misao-san and Uri are coming over! It doesn’t matter if they’re perverts!”

“┅Don’t keep calling me a pervert!”

After giving Hidaka a hard look, Mio said with an exhale of….

“But I’m not going to give up yet! Even if it’s just me and Uri, we’re still going to keep hunting bad guys…”

“What if that doesn’t work anymore?”

“What’s not working, even one will minimize the bad guys!”

Hidaka said with a hopeless shake of his head.

“That’s right… although that’s what we said in the first place, but what if that was just a mistake in our thinking?”

“Wrong idea… what?”

“We have always believed that we can protect the world by eradicating evil, but this is simply unfounded reasoning, isn’t it? What if this reasoning is wrong… if the elves think that we are what humans call ‘evil’?”

“What? Hinan, what the hell are you talking about?”

Still confused, Mio shook her head.

５

It’s difficult to use 3,000 dollars for a week. Although some men who live alone pride themselves on the fact that “I can live on 500 dollars a week,” this is basically a way of living without regard for their health…

Like “eating only watery rice” or “living on salted cabbage” or “eating nothing for the last three days.”

Equal degrees of horror approach.

But this is still not enough, in order to develop and grow, we must maintain good health, we must eat three meals properly, and we must take into account the balance of nutrition, this is the right way to live in poverty, to maintain a healthy body in order to have the capital of poverty!

When I think about it, I feel really sad about $3,000 a week.

“Uncle, are there any leftovers of this dish?”

“Oooooh, there’s a lot left over oh, Nanoha’s always this good, isn’t she!”

“Ahaha, no such thing, then, thank you so much!”

First of all, I thanked the uncle of the vegetable seller and took the leaves of white radish. Took this to make a cold mixture is also very delicious.

“The… fish store owner…”

“Oh, Nanoha, did Daddy and Mommy go out again?”

“Yes… this time it will take about a week.”

“That’s great! Should we take these fish scraps?”

Fish scraps left over from cooking fish can be used to make hot pot, and the scraps can be used to make croquettes and soup!

Shopping malls are really a treasure trove of cheap and tasty food. Even if you only have a budget of 100 yen for a meal, you can still achieve the same result in this way. Nanoha took a stroll around the shopping street to ensure her nutrition.

-Thud

It seems to have hit someone.

Looking upwards, it was a burly man with long hair. That man also didn’t expect to bump into Nanoha, and showed a slightly surprised expression.

“Ah, I’m sorry, because I was looking at the side…”

Nanoha apologized hastily.

The man looked straight at Nanoha with a puzzled gaze.

…is really – horrible!

“Can you see me?”

“Huh?”

Nanoha was confused. It seems like I’ve heard this phrase somewhere before, and looking around, the pedestrians walking on the road looked at Nanoha with slightly incredulous expressions.

Everyone can’t see the man.

“Tsk! Junction!”

The man… Rohitano snapped his fingers and the pedestrians on the road immediately walked away as if they had lost interest in Nanoha.

Nanoha suddenly felt a little bad.

“Where are you an elven messenger?”

“No, no. That… I was…”

Nanoha kept shaking her head, feeling the oppressive feeling from the man, her whole body kept sweating.

“Rushitano!”

Ruhitano couldn’t help but shrink at the sound.

Turning around…

Sure enough, I saw Makoto’s angry face.

“I can’t believe you’re even that kind of kid…”

“Wait, wait, this is a misunderstanding! This guy can see me…”

Fall to the ground–

Rushitano couldn’t explain it in the end!

Makoto Toward Nanoha…

“I apologize for him! I’m Iwami Makoto, does it matter?”

Seeing the apologizing Makoto, Nanoha also hastily lowered her head.

“No, it’s nothing, I’m the one who has to apologize! My name is Kobayakawa Nanoha.”

“¡Kobayakawa… Nanoha?”

Makoto couldn’t help but freeze.

“Could it be that you are the daughter of… that person… the ‘Falcon of the Universe’?”

“Huh?”

“It’s the captain─Kobayakawa’s daughter, right?”

“That… my father is called Kobayakawa Goro…”

Nanoha couldn’t help but cock her head.

And like an epiphany, Makoto’s eyes radiated light.

“Sure enough… it’s that man’s daughter.”

“Ah…”

Seeing Makoto, whose eyes were radiating light, Nanoha couldn’t help but exclaim in her mind.

(Captain Kobayakawa? What the hell is Dad doing!)

６

“Uh… ah…”

Painful and sweet sounds. Two naked bodies floated in the slightly darkened room. Round, plump flesh, and it was obvious that both were women.

“Well? Happy?”

While inquiring, Hajime’s fingers kept moving.

“ah… ee…”

The unvoiced voice, no, it was even a question of whether or not it understood what Hajime was saying or not.

Harumi Yoshiwara, who was on Hajime’s bed, had only the word happy floating in her eyes.

“So degraded… you like it, don’t you? This look.”

Hajime still kept talking as if he was speaking to someone other than Yoshiwara.

Of course, there was no one else in the room.

“Let’s make you happier…”

Fingers dug deep into Yoshiwara’s strands.

Four entered in one breath, yet almost all of them were inhaled deeply into Yoshiwara.

“HaOh…!!!”

Yoshiwara who gasped greatly from the shock.

In the next moment…

Hajime immediately raised his other hand high into the air.

Meanwhile, there was a blowback impact there.

It was as if someone had attacked Hajime out of the cold.

Hajime then kept his position as if nothing was wrong, spreading his buried fingers wide… and at the same time gently pressing his remaining big finger against Yoshiwara’s sensitive area.

Send in a weak mental shock there.

“┅”

Yoshiwara, who had long since lost his voice, trembled from the shock she gave and recoiled his body back, losing consciousness just like that.

Gently touching her lips to the unconscious Yoshiwara’s sleeping face, Hajime said, “Now then…” as she stood up.

“No matter how individualistic a group people say the ‘renunciationists’ are, it’s too much of a violation to attack one of your own, isn’t it?”

Before that line of sight, a man with a pale face appeared. Next to that also emerged a young girl who looked to be still young.

The man approached Hajime without hesitation.

The man seemed to be in pain…

Like trying to squeeze out some sound.

“You’re… ah… wrong. From now on… but, stop the ‘Day of Fusion’…”

“I’ve known about that sort of thing for a long time!”

Smiling.

Hajime had a knife in his hand at some point, and it was being raised towards the man, but the man wasn’t dodging either just looking straight ahead.

It wasn’t that the man couldn’t move; his pressing eyes were telling.

“Stop…”

Psst…

There was a slight sound as the blade was thrust into the man’s abdomen.

“┅”

The knife also stabbed at the same time at the throat of the young girl who tried to call it, and then immediately and beautifully fell apart.

The man fell in a pool of blood and the young girl dissolved in the air and disappeared.

As if losing interest in those two, Hajime called out to the door of the room.

“Wagamama… it’s too bad, isn’t it?”

A short silence.

“What? Did you find out?”

Soon, Kazuma entered Hajime’s room.

“When a girl is in danger, a boy should come to her aid!”

“It’s not dangerous at all!”

Kazuma who doesn’t feel guilty at all.

“And I’ve discovered a surprising side of Octagon because of it!”

Hajime paused for a moment to think about that remark and then… shortly afterward, smiled sweetly at Kazuma.

“Then I’ll show you a more unexpected side.”

With that, Hajime stripped off his clothes at Kazuma.

“Look carefully, this is me.”

In the next instant, a slight timidity surfaced on the face of Blade Eyebrows, who was beside Kazuma.

“Lord Hidaka, people want to go with you.”

Hidaka, who was transferred to the “Dominion Faction”, was entangled in the “Heart” spirit messenger, Shin Megami Tensei.

Hidaka seems to be more popular with women than he thought, especially in the Dominion Faction, where all the “hostile” forces have been assembled so far, and although Hidaka has rejected all of his confessions one by one, only Madoka has been persistent.

At first, Hidaka seemed a bit overwhelmed by the sudden confession of the seventeen year old girl… but later on, he began to feel a bit bored.

Because, Madoka is pursuing Hidaka without any regard for the eyes of the onlookers, Hidaka’s depression outweighs his joy when he is urgently entrusted by Makoto to protect Nanoha together with Hidaka.

For the time being, Hidaka suppressed his emotions… and today he continued to protect Nanoha like a shadow.

There are two days to go before the Day of Integration.

“What an early day to be out!”

Today Nanoha left the house forty minutes earlier than her usual school time.

“Is it a club activity?”

With suspicion, Hidaka quietly trailed behind.

Because he didn’t know when some force would appear to attack Nanoha, he had to keep his movements secretive.

“Here, Hidaka-sama, today’s bento.”

Madoka brought Hidaka the bento she had made herself.

“No way! Here, master, here’s today’s bento.”

Misha rushes out to get in the way and hands the bento to Hidaka.

“What for! I’m the one who wants to give it to Lord Hidaka!”

“Master’s bento is made by me!”

“What the heck, you brainless inferior elf!”

“What? You’re… this… that…”

“┅All of you be quiet!”

Making a noise that he could hardly stand, Hidaka glared at the two of them.

It’s been happening a lot lately, with Mad being hostile to Mischa, and Mischa being impatient that she can’t make love to Hidaka because Mad is getting in the way of it.

The two men turned against each other as a result.

“But… but…”

Misha, who normally would never dare to talk back to Hidaka, would gradually spit out her dissatisfaction to him.

“You know, our mission is…”

“Hidaka-sama you’re so annoying! I can’t believe you’re talking about us!”

Mad’s cheeks reddened with shyness.

Seeing such a madness, Misha was ready to freak out again!

“Come on you two, be more like it, I’m going to get really pissed off!”

Both of them were startled by Ritaka’s voice, especially the frightened Misha, whose eyes immediately filled with tears… “Ah… no… I’m the one who wants to cry! We have to protect the girl like a shadow… oh, oh, oh!”

Hidaka, who was pointing his finger in the direction of “that girl”, couldn’t help but look at it with wide eyes.

Nanoha, who was supposed to be under constant surveillance, had disappeared from sight at some point….

“How? It’s only been a short time where would it have gone!?”

Hidaka was flustered! It couldn’t have been more miserable to lose Nanoha because of a fight!

“Master, over here.”

“What… wow!”

Hidaka, who turned his head back at the sound of Misha’s voice, couldn’t help but scream out in fear.

Nanoha, who had realized Hidaka’s people because she heard Mischa and Madoka’s voices, made a point of running over to Hidaka’s side to say hello to them.

“Did something scary happen to that…?”

Nanoha asked timidly at the sight of the frightened Hidaka.

“Ah! Nothing… By the way, why are you holding the flowers?”

As if trying to hide something, Hidaka hastily changed the subject. Nanoha’s hand held a few bunches of small flowers that she had picked in the neighborhood.

“┅Ah, this?”

Nanoha gave Hidaka a gentle look…

“This is to be worshiped!”

A small voice answered.

“Right, that’s why today…”

Leaving the house earlier than usual, Hidaka swallowed what he was going to say.

“Can we go too?”

It’s amazing that things have turned out this way, so why don’t we just protect it openly and honestly… Hidaka thought so, and Nanoha hesitated a little and nodded her head.

“Yes… it might be better to go together.”

“Then it is decided, so who is it to be worshipped?”

Hearing Hidaka’s question, Nanoha hesitated again…

“Name… I don’t know.”

With a slightly despondent reply.

“This is…”

Nanoha walked to the park on Nakano-dori.

About fifteen minutes from the walking trail.

The location is directly across the street from the China Hotel “Sea Dragon”.

There are not too many pedestrians on the road at this time of day.

Nanoha walked to a corner of the park, and in that corner stood tiny rocks.

That’s the stone that replaces the headstone.

Nanoha gently placed the flower she held in her hand in front of that.

“What kind of tomb is this?” Hidaka asked.

Hearing that question, Nanoha just quietly looked back at Hidaka.

The sight seemed to be trying to wildly avoid that question, and an indescribable despondency radiated from his gaze.

“Don’t remember?”

“┅Remember what?”

Hidaka couldn’t help but be confused.

“Can’t you remember ever killing this man?”

“Ah…”

It was only when he heard this that Hidaka suddenly recalled it.

“Today… exactly two weeks ago.”

This is where the elf emissary of the Abandonment Faction was killed two weeks ago when he took a child hostage.

And that elf messenger, it was already unknown how many elf messengers Hidaka and Misao had been killed from the beginning.

Was burned whole without even a bone left.

“Is that guy…’s grave?”

Nanoha nodded.

That look carried a slight message of reproach for himself, and Hidaka couldn’t help but feel a little anxious.

“But at that time it was a last resort…”

“I know.” Nanoha said.

“I also saw that if I could be a little bigger, have the same strength as everyone else, and have a better mind… It’s not that I haven’t thought about these things, but it’s all just talk!”

Hidaka listened to what Nanoha said in silence.

“In reality, everyone worked hard to help that child… This person, too, should have felt that he did it to himself as well, but to dismiss all of this person’s entire being because of that, I didn’t insist on it to that extent.”

Nanoha smiled in confusion.

What you want to say in your heart may not be able to be expressed in words, so from the very beginning you kept certain words in your heart… and smiled in a way that was a little confusing even to yourself.

“Are you saying this guy is pathetic?”

“I don’t know.”

Nanoha shook her head from side to side.

“As far as I can see, for bad people who hold children hostage… this is what will definitely happen.”

Hidaka felt an oily sense of anxiety.

“So, again, why? Because of that curry theory?”

Nanoha nodded.

“I don’t think 100 percent bad people exist.”

Nanoha closed her hands in front of the grave.

“Everyone should have a gentle heart. Even a person who is usually rude may be very filial to his parents, or very gentle with dogs and cats, or very honest with the recipients of favors, etc… No matter what kind of person they are, they must have some kind of gentle heart.”

“Yes…”

To Hidaka, he didn’t understand exactly what Nanoha was trying to say, and at the same time, her kind of too naive theory wouldn’t hold up in actual combat.

Similar things had been said to the Japanese and others before.

But those people are very self-righteous thinkers.

But the young girl in front of me seemed a little different.

There’s not a lot of confidence in your ideas.

┅Because of this, it is possible to honestly express the true feelings of the heart.

From Hidaka’s standpoint, too much naivety is often impractical, and in an actual combat situation, if you think of the other side in everything, you’ll get yourself into a crisis.

The idea of not being recognized.

Perhaps noticing Hidaka’s silence.

Nanoha looked at Hidaka with an expression of no confidence.

“I’m sorry… for speaking so grandly.”

“No, it’s okay.”

Hidaka shook his head.

Couldn’t understand why I was feeling so agitated.

“In short, mademoiselle, is it for that mere tenderness that he is worshipped?”

“It’s… like that, I guess! I don’t really understand it myself, it’s just, it feels like I just can’t forget it.”

Hearing Nanoha’s words, Hidaka also closed his hands.

“By the way, there is also a saying in Indy that ‘a dead white man is a good white man.’ I worship because of that.”

I don’t know why I’m being so talkative, but does that mean that my mind can’t help but realize that “Fusion Day” is in two days?

Looking at Hidaka who closed his hands, Nanoha gently lowered her head.

“Thank you.”

“Why are you thanking me, miss?”

Hidaka smiled strangely, it was… a meaningful smile.

“Miss… you must have grown up in a loving environment!”

“Ahahahaha, partly because of poverty!”

Saying that, Nanoha smiled back.

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“It’s been a long time… that, you’re Hidaka.”

“That’s right, black boy.”

The two met rather by chance.

Returning home from school, Takasu meets Hidaka, who has left Nanoha’s escort to the next person.

But since Nanoha and Takasu go to the same school, it’s not surprising that they would meet, but it’s surprising that Takasu, who often appears by Nanoha’s side, hasn’t met Hidaka until now.

“You don’t seem to have been around that girl the last few days!”

“Um, because someone I know asked me to go see something really interesting.”

As Takasu spoke, the expression of his sword brows floating behind his back flickered with a hint of nervousness… Hidaka noticed this.

“It’s interesting? You really only do something for your own interest!”

“No?”

“┅No!”

A short silence.

Then Takasu spoke slowly.

“It’s about time.”

“┅Do you know?”

“Because we all exchange news. The ‘denialists’ seem to be getting ready to start their campaign, too!”

“Yes…”

Hidaka nodded. It’s time for all forces to begin their activities in response to that event.

“It’s a hostile relationship with you… but it looks like it’s all equally about protecting that girl, so let’s do it properly.”

“That’s true…”

Takasu echoed what Hidaka said.

“It’s so confusing, it might even be more fun at the Octagon!”

“What?”

Didn’t understand exactly what it meant, so asked it back again.

“I mean I’m really confused, I’ve already heard the true nature of that girl from Octagon, so now instead I’m intrigued by how Octagon is going to use that girl.”

“The real face of that girl…”

Seeing the surprised Hidaka, Takasu continued.

“You should know about the need to change the dynasty, right? That girl is arguably the ace in the hole for our humans.”

“Do you people… want to involve the girl in this?”

The anxiety couldn’t help but build.

What this feeling of anxiety really represents is something that Hidaka still can’t understand.

“It’s been swept up for a long time! It’s just that none of them have dared to make a move on the only child of these two worlds yet.”

What Hidaka envied was the innocence that he had lost long ago, which he could still see in Nanoha.

And at the same time the fear is that that innocence will disappear before your eyes.

Even if she can’t turn back anymore, she at least hopes that Nanoha will keep that innocence.

But deep down in Hidaka’s heart, he also felt that if Nanoha’s innocence was maintained in her capacity, she might be in danger and die as a result!

It’s because of that that I feel so anxious.

“That kind of thing… I won’t let it happen!”

Hidaka spoke quietly, and the words showed his seriousness.

“There is another option -“.

Hearing Hidaka’s words, Kazuma raised a finger.

“Your death!”

８

He sprinted in a hundred thousand directions.

In the midst of burning flames.

If one were to find the same light in the solar system, one would have to rush to the sun and bear the heat of that height.

Through the flames that kept erupting, the man… “Cosmic Falcon” sprinted to the world of the elves.

“Doesn’t it matter?”

Repeatedly whispering it over and over in his mind.

(No problem, dear, but even if we assimilate, we may not win…) “We’ll just have to try.”

“Cosmic Falcon” whispered.

（”But this is the realm of fire, so the master here is…”)

Speaking of which.

A part of the flame suddenly transformed into a huge hand and grabbed the Cosmic Falcon.

“You really are the one behind this!!!”

It was too late to try to dodge!

The “Cosmic Falcon”, who was holding a gun in his hand, tried to counterattack and raised the temperature to dozens of times the sun’s temperature in one gulp.

“┅Damn it!!!”

It seemed to be holding up, and although it was very bad, he, known as the hero of the solar system, was able to withstand the temperature.

However, the temperature has been rising endlessly.

One hundred, two hundred times the sun…

The temperature seemed to keep rising endlessly.

“Kha! Not in a place like this… not in a place like this…”

“The Cosmic Falcon struggles.

But the temperature was already a thousand times higher than that of the sun…

Boo!

Eventually, his body caught fire.

“Ah… ah… ah!”

“Cosmic Falcon’s” mournful scream echoed through the world of Fireflame.

The temperature of the “hand” continued to rise.

♪ And then that day finally came ♪

１

“The time has come…”

The mirror image of the upper elf floating in front of Shibuya and the others’ eyes said so.

Among the several superior elves, there are still those whose strengths are extremely different, and those elves do not use their original names, but are referred to by their second names.

“Frozen Queen”.

The upper elf who spoke now belonged to one of them.

In the room were Shibuya, Yugia & the Queen, and two small children, there were no other elven messengers. The companions who wanted Shibuya to meet with the Frozen Queen did not enter the room.

But the influence of the upper elves was still too strong, and even though it was only the mirror image of the queen in front of her eyes, it made quite an impact on the middle elf Yugia.

And that kind of effect was not only felt by Yugiya, but also by Shibuya, who was a human being, and just a little lapse of concentration would cause the consciousness to be crushed as if it was being forced to be fed into it.

That pressure made Shibuya break out in a bucket of sweat by his forehead.

On the other hand, the two children standing next to each other, ┅Chingni and Someone, on the contrary, did not seem to feel the pressure of the Queen.

I don’t know if it’s because they’re not elf messengers or for some other reason, but in the corner of the room, filled with tension, the two sisters and brother were bored playing a game of “see who can name the most moves of the pocket monsters”.

Since he doesn’t know exactly what’s going to happen yet, Shibuya takes the little kids with him, and it’s only when he reaches his destination that he senses that the occasion is wrong, but even if he tells the kids to wait in the lobby, they probably won’t behave.

Regardless of how bored the little kids were for now, the tense conversations between the adults continued.

“The time has come.”

The Queen continued.

It was just said faintly, like a statement of fact.

“The door is open. The ‘Melter’ will purify the entire world.”

“Melter!?”

Saying that, Yogia couldn’t help but open her eyes wide.

“You know what? Ukiah?”

“┅Powerful upper spirit with a second name．The spirit that stands at the very top of the Fire Spirit．”

Then, in desperation, he shouted at the Frozen Queen.

“Is he… is he the practitioner of the ‘Day of Fusion’? The Frozen Queen!?”

“Yes.”

The Queen nodded quietly.

“So, from the very beginning… did you intend to annihilate this world? You… have no choice!”

“What!?”

Shibuya was surprised to hear Yogiya’s words. And the Queen just shook her head quietly at these words… “No, it will not be destroyed, only the people called the Elf Messengers will be spared! Then, a new world will be created!”

“How can…!”

Eugenia’s eyes fell on the children.

“Then… people other than the elfin messenger…”

“It will be annihilated. And the same goes for the Elf Messenger who resisted the ‘Melting Eraser’… So what I’m saying is, don’t ever use the power of the Elves to intervene, that’s how you can maintain good relations with each other.”

“The children… at least the children…”

Yogia rushed to the Queen’s side, but the Queen’s impact was unrelenting and sent Yogia flying.

“Woo!”

The children saw the scene and although they didn’t know what they were talking about, Kiyonashi made angry noises.

“Hey, don’t bully Yogia’s mom!”

“No way, Kiyonashi!”

Yogiya panicked and tried to stop Kiyonashi, but was a step too late as an angry Kiyonashi picked up the motorized toy in her hand and threw it at the queen.

Abracadabra!

The motorized toys were frozen before they even touched the Queen, then shattered and scattered all over the place!

“Huh?”

Kiyonashi couldn’t help but break out in a sweat.

The Queen’s cold sight sent a chill down Kiyori’s spine.

“That…”

To protect the stunned child, Shibuya steps in front of Kiyonari.

２

Nanoha walked down the walkway that she normally walked on.

For first-year high school students, today is the last day of classes.

The faint aroma of miso soup comes from a private house along the walkway.

“Awww… I can’t believe I didn’t get up until the ‘Look at You’ program started today!”

The scent of miso soup stimulated Nanoha’s stomach like a violent assault. It was surprising to see a program that didn’t start until 8:30!

Certainly not even time to make breakfast.

Walking on the walking path with few pedestrians, Nanoha’s sight suddenly saw the uniform of the university department of the same school.

“Huh… that person is…”

Seeing the owner of the uniform, Nanoha said in her usual cheerful voice.

“Good morning, Octagon Hokage.”

“Good morning, you’re in high spirits today too!”

Yakko Hajime, who answered in a gentle tone of voice, had a female student who was also wearing the uniform of Fushigi Academy standing beside her.

“What’s wrong? If you don’t hurry, you’ll be too late for the closing ceremony!”

Hajime ran with one side of his mouth.

“Aiya, I won’t be late because it’s a vacation day!”

“Huh!?”

Nanoha paused.

“I haven’t heard… ah! The senior high school graduation ceremony was yesterday. Is it spring break already?”

“No, everyone is on vacation today! Not just Fushi Academy… everyone is on vacation. A vacation longer than spring break is about to begin.”

“Huh? Why?”

Nanoha was incredulous, but Hajime remained with his usual smile.

“Well… then, find a place where I can tell you slowly!”

Grumble grumble–

The sound from Nanoha’s stomach obscured what Hajime said.

“ah, ahahaha… yes, I’m sorry!”

Nanoha blushed.

“Oops, haven’t had breakfast yet… bad boy! It’s okay, let’s find a place where I can treat you to dinner!”

“Huh, ah… sorry!”

Nanoha hurriedly shook her hand, but her hungry stomach started moving again at those words.

“Awww, you’re welcome!”

“But this is too embarrassing…”

“┅Then, let it be my treat.”

Suddenly a new voice was added.

The voice seemed familiar to Nanoha, and Hajime also…

“Aiya… you’re Ritaka… right!”

Hajime frowned slightly at the other man.

“Kazuma didn’t come to your place?”

“Black boy? No, I haven’t heard.”

Hajime shook his head hopelessly at Hidaka’s reply.

“Really… I can’t do anything about him, he’s such a megalomaniac!”

Ignoring Hajime’s whining, Hidaka grabbed Nanoha’s hand and was about to leave.

“That guy’s treats are expensive!”

“Huh? Why?”

Nanoha’s question went unanswered, and Hidaka glared at Hajime silently.

At some point, Hajime had been surrounded by many elven messengers.

But Hajime didn’t pay any attention to the situation, still gazing at Hidaka with a cold gaze.

“What a bunch of fools! Do you all… really think you can do anything by yourselves alone? This girl is the last trump card you humans have, and only the life of this girl born to a human and an elf can be resolved.”

３

“Even if the earth has been deserted, it should be possible to continue life again by the power of the elves to create a new world!”

The Frozen Queen’s words made Shibuya grit his teeth.

“I see, so that’s the real purpose of the ‘denialist’ interference: it’s because they want their own kind and companions to be able to escape, that’s why they’re fighting against the Relief Faction at every turn!?”

It was very unpleasant!

The idea that it was absolutely wrong to use the power of elves in this world still hasn’t changed love.

But by not interfering, the Frozen Queen was also asking the Thawed One for forgiveness to save her life…!

“Please understand that this is the best way. For us, we can’t bear to see a world destroyed like this!”

The Queen spoke in an unchanging calm tone.

“Don’t joke! I, we… are not fighting to save ourselves to live! We are… but…”

“Papa…”

Though she still didn’t understand what was going on, Kiyonashi grabbed Shibuya’s belt, and that hand touched the heaviness in Shibuya’s heart.

(Can’t I… save the children?)

Shibuya was filled with anger, but that anger still seemed powerless in front of the Queen.

“If you want to resist…”

While uttering these words, Shibuya’s body flew out heavily… and immediately fainted after hitting the wall.

“Katsura Ichiro!”

Ukiah rushed over.

And then–

“Do… do… do what ah! This old woman!!!”

The powerless little kids couldn’t take it anymore!

“Everyone… it’s really okay, right? Even I’m not sure how strong the upper elves are!”

Hearing Makoto’s words, the assembled members of the Dominion Faction each revealed a fearless smile.

“That doesn’t matter now, does it! Makoto, the guys gathered here are all proud to be fighting alongside Makoto!”

The fellow elven messengers nodded vigorously.

“Yes… thank you!”

Makoto was touched by the trust of his companions… and in order not to let his nervousness get the better of him, he revitalized himself again.

Seeing Makoto in this state, Rushitano, who had been acting not very interested, made a sound.

“Hey, Makoto, be careful of the guys coming out by the door… If it’s an opponent of the upper guys, even I’m likely to get into a bitter fight and die, so I still have to kill that brat with each half of the bloodline here, and then use that energy…”

“Rushitano!”

Hearing those words, Makoto firmly voiced out a stop.

“Didn’t I tell you to stop saying such things? Or are you in fear of having to fight ‘horrible’ elves and melters?”

“I’m not afraid! I’m not afraid of any kind of enemy! The only thing I’m afraid of is… Jinkin, I’m afraid that you’ll be hurt! So, the only way to prevent you from getting hurt was to kill that kid…”

“Rushitano!”

Makoto spoke up again to stop it.

“Do you really… want me to hate you?”

“┅I know, I won’t say it again!”

Ruhitano nodded reluctantly.

Almost simultaneously…

Ki-Ki-Ki.

The door opened slightly.

“Coming!”

The companions yelled.

The power of the spirit world began to flow through the door…

And the elves who sensed that energy all stiffened their expressions.

“Oh no, it’s the ‘Second Name’ coming!!!”

As Rohitano shouted, a burst of energy began to surround the door….

The moment known as the “Day of Integration” has begun!

４

Bladeye’s body leaves Kazuma’s.

“What’s wrong?”

Bladeye asked in a surprised voice.

Although Kazuma was originally a cold person, lately his attitude had become more pronounced in its perfunctory…

Feeling slightly uneasy on one side, Blade Brow raised his courage and inquired.

“Is it possible, already, to hate me?”

“No!”

In response to Blade Brow’s joking-like query, Kazuma replied without hesitation… and then, as if he were talking about the topic of the meal, he added a soft comment.

“It just doesn’t seem very interesting!”

For a moment, Blade Brow could not understand the meaning of the words.

“┅ Huh?”

Bladeye leaned his head over.

“┅What?”

“Blah blah blah, that’s what I just said yah!”

“Why…?”

Facing the questioning, Kazuma just said lightly.

“Because you seem to be turning into a normal girl.”

“What do you mean…”

Bladeye looked like he couldn’t make sense of what he had just heard.

“When I met you, I was greatly intrigued by your ‘elfin’ presence, but… as I’ve been getting to know you lately, you’re really quiet and don’t flirt too much, but…”

“But? …”

“Even so, you’re nothing more than an ordinary girl! Although it’s a special existence called an elf, it turned out to be nothing more than because of love for me, you’re nothing more than love for me! It’s not like Octagon who has another inner being, or Nanoha who has a surprising personality in general, so I’m not interested in you anymore!”

With one side of his mouth, Kazuma edged into his clothes.

“If I have something bad… I will change it!”

Bladebrow’s voice revealed a rare faltering, and that voice overflowed with a slightly mournful tone.

“Uh… yes.”

Kazuma put on his pants in a bored manner.

“That kind of statement is really an ordinary girl!”

“Kazuma!”

“┅It seems to be starting!”

Ignoring Bladebrow’s yell, Kazuma looked out the window.

“Anyway, go visit and see! See the destruction of this world!”

In front of Kazuma’s sight… an explosion of light began to emanate from the perimeter of the walking path near the school!

“Huh? What?”

Suddenly glowing, and with the temperature rapidly changing, Nanoha made a puzzled sound.

“It’s on!”

Hidaka looked to the source of the light.

In the direction of where Makin was… intense light and heat began to emanate from the location of the gate!

“Lord… Master…”

Mischa suddenly burst into tears! Hidaka hugged her shoulders as her body kept trembling.

“What’s wrong, Misha?”

It was only then that he realized that the other elves were in a similar situation, looking in the same direction of the released energy with the same stiff expression.

Even Yagyu Hajime completely put away his confident expression.

“This amount of energy is ┅’second name’! The elf world is getting serious too. What should we do, Hidaka?”

Hidaka hesitated at Hajime’s questioning.

“It’s not too late, if we kill the child now, we can neutralize the power of the ‘second name’, so that the next gate will appear only after hundreds of years, and in that time the world will be fine. As long as we have that time, the Solar System can research the power to fight against the Elven Realm…”

“Huh? What… what is it exactly?”

Only Nanoha herself hadn’t been able to get into the swing of things.

“Master…”

In Hidaka’s arms, Mischa kept trembling her body.

“Make up your mind quickly, Hidaka. If you can’t kill the boy, I’ll do it! Before the ‘Second Name’, even Makoto and Rushitano couldn’t do anything, and even the ‘Cosmic Falcon’ had already…”

Hidaka’s expression was filled with a sense of anxiety.

“To, what the hell is going on!?”

Nanoha shouted.

And the temperature around us is over a hundred degrees.

５

Eugenia truly felt the bloodlessness of the face.

When Kiyonashi yelled at the queen for being an “old woman”.

To the Frozen Queen, who looks like she’s in her teens.

No, let’s not talk about appearance for a moment.

How dare you provoke the elves who have the greatest power in the elf world and have a “second name”?

Stopping her trembling knees, Yogia reluctantly blocked Kiyonashi from standing up in front of the Queen.

“Frozen Queen… the other party is just a child. Just a small child who has lived in this world for seven years… Please be merciful…”

The Frozen Queen was silent.

Without words, he put Rikako in his sights…

Yogia hit the wall after Shibuya.

“Yogiya mom!!!”

Kiyori and someone else spoke up at the same time.

The Queen looked down at Kiyonashi without words.

“Woo…”

Sweat began to break out on Kiyori’s forehead.

If you think about it in a normal way, admitting defeat and apologizing would be the best thing to do… But this was an opponent who had not only hurt his father, but also his (unrelated) important mother.

If she were to admit defeat just like that… Kiyonashi, who had inherited her father’s temperament a little bit, could not swallow her anger.

“What, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what, what? Look at me like that! I don’t know how great you are, but you can’t just hurt my dad and mom because of that! You think you’re so cool, floating in the sky like that!

What? So funny it’s bringing tears to my eyes! Talking about a great god, I think it’s just dubious people!

Don’t you feel any shame at all for giving yourself the title of greatness! And your dog-eyed attitude pisses me off! Putting on an expression that only you are the greatest! You know what? That’s called pride and arrogance! Proud and arrogant people are unpopular!

You might say you’re not human, but there’s no such thing as human or not human in character. If there was, then you’d be a monster! Don’t you find it annoying?

Obviously a woman’s body is being called a monster. If it were me, I’d immediately and pessimistically jump off the Nashab Strait and die with my head smashed in half! But just imagining it hurts so I can’t actually do it! But that’s what I’m going to say to the person who bullied Dad and Yogiya’s mom who can’t even move their arms and legs! The ones who can’t even move are just a decoration!

It’s so annoying, living a lazy life! Lazy old women are the most despised! It’s tragic that your life is over! The life of a disgusting person!

Ah! Not a human being – wanting to live as a monster! Is that so? Then, if you’re a monster, you need to look like a monster, and make your appearance a bit more scary! You have a lousy personality if you want to seduce people with your beautiful appearance! Anyway, you…”

It was such an outburst that I spat out every curse word I could think of, including some misperceptions and bad words…

But the seven year old child had learned all these bad words from somewhere, and still spewed out a steady stream of vitriol.

If Yogiya had been conscious, he might have considered suicide because he felt that “something was wrong with my education” in response to those irritating contents! However, there is a limit to the amount of bad words that can be said, and there is a limit to the amount of anger that can be sustained.

Within a full twenty minutes, Kiyonashi, who continued to curse the Frozen Queen, gradually calmed down… and soon, she herself couldn’t help but succumb to the sight of the Queen’s cold stare.

“That… so… I think I should change… that style of clothing… and… so… bullying is not good behavior… in this world, it’s still possible to communicate with each other by talking… Si, if you’re too proud… you won’t have any friends? You don’t like that either, do you? Of course I don’t like it, right? So it’s better to change that attitude and be peaceful…”

At the end of the day.

“┅So, you want to say that too, someone! It’s okay leave it to me! Sister, I’ve said it all!”

“I didn’t think that!”

The brother hurriedly shrugged off the responsibility, and even someone couldn’t help but let out a wail!

“So, the point is, I’m on top of the pornographers, the embodiment of all the bad magical girls that appear in fairy tale theory, and exist to masticate the doom and gloom that comes to this world, is that it?”

The Frozen Queen spoke slowly.

“Woo Ming, I’m sorry, someone else has to apologize to you, forgive me!”

“Woohoo! Why me!?”

The Queen surrounded the two sisters and brother who tried to escape with a powerful force.

“Then, you all… I will perform the grandest spell in response to your expectations! That’s right, the spell where everyone dies on the ‘Day of Fusion’!”

“Woah–beautiful sister don’t ah!!!”

“Why even me!?”

The Frozen Queen looked on with cold… but with a bit of kindness in her eyes at her young sister and brother, who were scurrying back and forth in her force field.

６

The trees on the walkway have been burning for a long time! Not just the walking paths, of course.

The heat spread to the houses in the Hatanoya neighborhood, which had a whole row of old-fashioned houses, and the explosions at the gas station, which was stocked with gas and could be called an explosives depot, caused the fire to burn even more fiercely! Among them, only in the vicinity of Kobayakawa Nanoha and its surrounding area, the temperature rose only slightly and then stopped.

“It looks like Makoto and the others have failed.”

In the midst of a searing hell, Yakko Hajime looked at Hidaka silently.

Mischa, who was hugged in Hidaka’s arm, had her body shaking and glowing on one side.

Protecting with all their might! Protecting their loved ones from the searing energy of the Melter. The power of the lower elves is obviously not enough! Although the lower elves feel the heavy pressure of the upper elves, they are still considered to be elves.

All the elves present were in the same state as Misha.

The person who is not guarded by a genie and is still able to take things in his stride is…

The Octagonal Hagoromo. Also, Kobayakawa Nanoha… Especially around Nanoha, because of the neutralization of the power of the “Eraser”, he was able to maintain a state of calm.

“It’s… Sister, I…”

Nanoha looked at Hajime with a puzzled look. By the previous conversation, she knew that Hajime should know everything.

“What the hell is going on here? Why is everyone suddenly burning up? Why does everyone seem to be in so much pain… and why are my sister and I the only ones who are okay?”

“It’s very simple…”

Hajime smiled bitterly at Nanoha’s questioning.

“Kobayakawa, you’ve experienced many events up to now, so you should also be aware that there are such things as elves that exist in the world…”

Nanoha nodded.

“This kind of heat is the very flame that the chief of those elves is burning this planet with! Right now, it’s only around here… Although it only burns as far as around Shinjuku, if that chief gets serious, this planet will be surrounded by flames in a split second.”

“How?”

Nanoha exclaimed, “No matter what, if the whole earth… I can’t believe… it’s the truth, isn’t it? Nanoha intuitively felt that Hajime wasn’t lying.

“There’s no way to stop it?”

Looking at Hajime as if begging for help.

“It is impossible to use power…! Moreover, even Makoto, who is the strongest human being left here, seems to have failed. There’s nothing more humans can do… except you.”

“Me?”

Nanoha pointed at herself.

“You’ve also felt it slightly! In the midst of these flames, one can actually stand here unharmed this abnormal phenomenon.”

“But… I… why…?”

“There’s no time to elaborate with you, so listen up, there are only two facts I’m going to state right now, and one of them is that you’re the only human-elf hybrid in the world. And, your life contains the power to bring the ‘Second Name’ to life.

The Power to Neutralize.”

“How can that be, my dad and mom are human!”

“On the surface… it is. But it’s true. Unfortunately, I don’t have time to explain it to you in detail right now…”

With that, a knife appeared in Hajime’s hand.

“Anyway, you can die for the world, right?”

One step closer.

“Huh… uh…”

Nanoha was unable to move. It was not because she had realized… it was because the “facts” that Hajime had said were beyond Nanoha’s comprehension, and she was paralyzed by them.

“Wait…”

At the critical moment, Hidaka spoke out in a firm tone to stop it.

“Please don’t make a move against this child…”

The sound of pain caused Hajime to stop moving.

“Really? Trade the world for this one life?”

“Yes… that’s right!”

Upon hearing this, Hajime said “Really?” and laughed out loud, immediately putting away the knife again.

“Fine, this is your own world anyway, so I’ll just respect the opinions of humans. But it’s your own fault that humans perished!”

“┅No!”

Hidaka shook his head at Hajime’s words.

“It’s not the fault of the boy or the Dominionists… I’m the one who came to this conclusion… it’s all my fault…”

“Say… say yes. So, goodbye…”

Before the words were even finished, Hajime’s figure disappeared in the flames. And the road around them had begun to boil.

“Uh… I’d rather die… if it’s only me that’s sacrificed…”

Nanoha scowled and inquired, and Hidaka wordlessly smacked her cheek.

“It hurts…”

“Don’t understand the situation at all, kids don’t just talk nonsense!”

“Yes… yes…”

Holding her beaten cheek, Nanoha said dully. Indeed, even though things had evolved like this, and Nanoha still hadn’t been able to keep up with the situation. But that was only natural.

“Doesn’t matter… really… khen…”

“Woo…”

In Rushitano’s arm, Makoto moved her body slightly. The perimeter of the door was burning. With his charred right hand, Rushitano pressed the open door hard. From the side of the slightly opened door, a hand that looked like a woman’s hand extended out, as if it was the right hand’s ┅shoulder and elbow about midway between the shoulders and the elbows.

“FUCK! This can’t be the ‘Melter’!!!”

Ruhitano roared in despair.

Even though they also possessed the attributes of an elf, there was still a limit to their ability to defend themselves. Moreover, even if it was only a figure, the oppressive feeling it gave off was the “second name”, which is particularly powerful among the upper elves… Even though it was only one hand, it was also the same as bearing the direct impact of the physical radiant energy.

The elven messengers around Makoto have long since been reduced to atomic dust!

“But I’m not giving up! Even if I gamble all my pride, I won’t let you take another step in!

！”

Ruhitano shouted as he clutched Makoto to his chest.

On the other side of the door, the face of the “melter” is faintly visible.

From that mouth came whispered words.

(So… that’s it…)

In the next instant, a powerful energy rushed out.

That energy source raised the average temperature of the planet to two hundred and eighty-four degrees in one fell swoop!

And lifeforms that can withstand such temperature differences do not exist on Earth.

Then… the human race perished.

[End of text]