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Assassin Pride Volume 12 Chapter 6
LESSON: VI ~The future is all over there~

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Over there looked like a round shape arena (Coliseum).

The outer wall drew a circle and the tower extended to the sky. But alas, the tower was half broken down. It was like a whole cake dropped to the floor…….. One part completely collapsed, the inner was exposed. The rubble scattered around on a tremendous scale.

Kufa group took advantage of this collapsed part and drove the caravan in.

The Black Sky Machine Regiment (Guild Ordyne) skillfully got off the vehicle and signaled to each of the caravan.

They surely would get in the way, wouldn’t they? Kufa and the four knight duke house daughters, furthermore Serge group and the knight connected to Shicksal house knights anticipated and left the caravan.

Melida group raised the lantern, they looked around the tower full of interest.

To be precise, at the bygone ruins──

「This is Tindaria’s ruins……」

“Howaa”, the four sisters opened their mouths as if pressured.

Kufa too took out the interstellar compass to check. No doubt about it, this was target of the trip, Tindaria’s ruins…… The distance was around half a day from the mine before.

Mostly they used the caravan to run the whole way.

Elise naturally leaked out a doubt.

「For what reason the olden people made this tower?」

Anyhow the diameter was amazing.

Wasn’t this scale could fit in a small town…..Moreover there were many layers too. Although right now it was a mere shadow of itself due to having collapsed, in the ancient time, how much pride this magnificent tower boasted? Surely its figure could be seen from far away……..

As Kufa indulged in thought, Serge walked over.

「Unfortunately there isn’t much material left. However, it seemed once there was great amount of people living here. On the upper floor, something like a rest place was also found」

When he did that, Mule merely let out her voice.

「Where is my rocket pendant?」

Serge frowned as if being troubled.

「On that upper floor. But it’s better not to go up there. Since it’s clear that some parts might collapse」

While Kufa nonchalantly got close to Mule’s back, he eye signaled to Melida.

Melida nodded and took Mule’s hand.

「Don’t do anything secret, right? Miu 」

「Well fine」

Mule inflated her cheeks and tightly grasped that hand back.

In either way, it was unclear when captain Schneisen group and the Burning Calvary Regimeeent (Guild Phoenix) would come chasing. They also knew about the same landing point. In that case, with the remaining time, Kufa group had to accomplish the objective before them.

Kufa walked to the working Black Sky Machine Regiment (Guild Ordyne).

For some reasons they lined up five caravan in a vertical line, from the outlook they were connecting some sturdy devices. It seemed the head vehicle had remarkable horse power……….this phase was as if.

「This is like, a train」

When Kufa leaked out his thought, manager Clover who was commanding them turned back.

He made a pierrot smile rich in emotion.

「ExactLY. When we link these caravans and make a train, it will be our drive for the time travel, as planNED. Although one is brokEN~OYOYOYOYO……」

He made a force crying action and secretary Caesar Tsuezari brought a handkerchief to him for comfort.

Since Kufa gradually understood him and his associates, he merely asked uninterestedly.

「We’ll be bringing these caravan to the past too?」

「YES. What kind of world《there》is, we completely have no idea. We might have no place to sit in peaCE. However at least with the caravan, for us travelers, we can use them as baSE」

「I see……」

Even so the number of caravan being connected was five. It seemed the remaining one was left for reserve. In the one on a ten thousand chances, it would be used as an escape mean for the people remained at the ruins………..it seemed.

Keenly ── he fully realized it many times, this was really careful thing.

Certainly, he had carefully planned this time travel trip. No matter how many years it took……..

While hearing the Black Sky Machine Regiment (Guild Ordyne)’s men instruction, Kufa turned his sight to the other way.

「What’s over there?」

Different than the caravan train part, another group was working.

Over there── putting the perpetual motion machine which was snatched away from Flandre at the middle, they were combining some parts and made a big《circle》. It was very big………just like an arch. The scale was big enough that the caravan could go through with space to spare.

Manager Clover puffed his chest proudly.

「THAT is what called time leap machine──Call it a time machine! I earnestly ask that you try not to carelessly get close to IT. Inside of the wormhole is very dangerous!」

As if a performer, he twisted his whole body to show the《danger》.

「That is also the reason to use the caraVAN.  If your living flesh is thrown into the wormhole, even if it’s you, you will evaporate instantLY!!」

Kufa shrugged his shoulders.

「My heart froze in fear already」

「DID IT?」

「Can I help with anything?」

When he said that, manager Clover floated a smile with his whole face.

「On top of that THIS is technical and slightly difficult work, please leave it to US. The noble-SAMA , that’s RIGHT~Why won’t you prepared the dinning parTY??」

「The dinning party?」

On top of his loud voice, manager Clover instructed with stimulated intonation.

「This will be the crucial maTCH! We have to firmly raise our strengTH. I’ll leave the luxurious to YOUu~~~?? Since this might be the last diner for the travelER~. Oo~~~hhohhohho!!」

That guide (Concierge) said an ill-omen……..

Anyway, the bored noble group started to split up. They borrowed the six caravan and made trifle cuisine, they lined up the wood tables and chairs and spread out the cloths. They counted the amount of people and prepared the cups and arranged drinking water bottle on each table.

In that midst, the people finishing their works at the caravan and time machine pulled away, they started to pleasantly chat while snacking on the food and relaxing at the tables.

Kufa too told Melida group to try to eat first, he finished carrying the remaining dishes quickly to the table. Taking off the apron after one breath, a appreciation voice came out.

It was Serge.

「This is fun. A barbecue with everyone」

「He said this might be the last dinner」

As Kufa smiled jokingly, but for some reasons Serge took it seriously and lost in thought.

「To not leave any regret, huh……」

For some reasons he nodded, and headed toward one table.

Over there, one step before him, the duke house related young girls were chatting. They were Elise and Salacha, then Freesia and Kushana.

Serge put his hand on Freesia’ shoulder from behind.

「Freesia, can I have a minute?」

「Eh. Ye, yes……what, what is it?」

「The way to return your childhood friends to human figures──right now I’ll pass over the report」

Freesia’s eyes went round「Eh!?」

Speaking about Freesia’s childhood friends, they were known as seven figures of wolf. However their real bodies were originally human boys and girls. Because of the werewolf clan’s human experiment, excluding Freesia they were transformed into Lycanthrope.

Although they kept their egos like when they were human, that was a faint relief……….

Toward the tragic Freesia, it seemed Serge made a promise.

『I’ll leave the children’s curse and bring them back to human figures』──like that.

Kushana beside gave up the seat, Serge said his thanks then sit down.

Freesia was still dumbfounded.

「You, you remember……?」

「Of course I do. If I even abandoned it, I would be a good for nothing. ──You see? It seems other than the werewolf clan there are others who did that research, unfortunately we haven’t gotten those report, however as a compelling story……」

As he started to tell about it, Freesia intensely and attentively listened.

While Kufa faintly smiled, he sat down on the table at its side.

Then, a beautiful girl who transferred to the same table was there.

「Oh Kushana-sama」

She calmly sat next to him and spoke without preface.

「This is a good chance, I have to ask you this. ──Which one, me or Salacha?」

「Yes?」

「As expected it’s Salacha! Umu, I always thought that for sure. It’s easy to understanding seeing that girl’s feeling. She always hides behind her brother’s back so I also worried though──」

「……Please wait. What are you talking about?」

It seemed she much purposely made a roundabout way. Kushana seriously raised her index finger.

「I left the matter of that revolution to you, right? The《keyword》handed down in the Shicksal house. If the Holy King district became lockdown, it will be the resistant’s assistance」

「Ye, yes. It was a splendid baton」

What she was saying must be the escape passage hidden in the Holy King district.

There was a door that could be opened with three secret passwords to escape to Bibliagort. Once on that escape route, Kufa group was helped greatly. Since it was the door for special persons, its keywords were passed down in the three great knight duke houses each.

Kufa listened to that of Shicksal house through Kushana and remembered it.

That was very important, Kushana said.

「Originally, the keyword must not be known to anyone outside the duke house’s linage. Since it would make the secret passage meaningless. You should have known that」

「Ha, haa……」

「Therefore, you just have to die, but then again, there is just one way to gently finish thing. That is to make you《Kufa Shicksal》. You got it?」

Having completely understood Kufa stood up from the seat.

He put his hand on his chest and politely bowed.

「Oops. It seems the ojou-sama is in troubled, I have to immediately go……」

「Alright alright. Well, just take your time to pick. Since we’ll stick to each other for very long time anyway. However──don’t think you can run away, you know?」

Now then, how should I cajole her, while being troubled, Kufa quick footedly left that place behind.

Even though I’m not a good match for Salacha-jou with this mysterious self……….

The place who escaped to was one of the caravan. The head vehicle was connected into a train.

Only that one had a special specification. There was a heavy machine that pressed at the driver seat which the following vehicle didn’t have. The blinking colorful lamps dazzled the eyes.

Two little girls were peeking at that device in deep interest.

「Melida-sama. Mule-sama」

The girls were surprised and turned back at Kufa.

The Black Sky Machine Regiment (Guild Ordyne) had long finished their works and started the banquet. Manager Clover and his secretary were only giving detailed instructions in front of the time machine ring.

Then, in the lone neglected caravan, it seemed the two had some kind of business with it.

That feeling was obvious. Melida called out to Kufa with excited voice.

「Please look, sensei. They said this machine would decide our destination」

Since the truth was that Kufa also had extraordinary interest, he also peeked at the same driver seat.

The seat had been removed, and they would have to stand driving. It certainly seemed like the train locomotive. And near the handle, many levers were installed.

The big dial was showing thirteen digits symbols and numbers.

It appeared that this machine decided the past travel date………

Furthermore the setting was perfectly finished. The only thing left was to start it up.

「You mustn’t touch it, ojou-sama」

Kufa wrapped Melida’s hand.

Was she dissatisfied being treated like a child, Melida inflated her cheeks.

「Bu~dda」

Then, as the master and servant were flirting, a voice came from their backs.

It was Mule who went away from the driver seat since who knows when.

「Se~n~se」

That voice seemed very happy………On the expression! It meant to tell the sloppy Kufa to mind her.

When she did such an over emphasis, she wasn’t feeling satisfied.

Kufa crossed his arms and turned at her.

「What is it? What are you scheming this time? I won’t get angry so just say it」

「Well, aren’t you cold. This is just a minor service to my beloved sense though?」

「Service?」

「……E, ei」

Although with one glance, she was doing something crazy.

Mule turned up her own skirt herself, she flaunted the inside just a little. Kufa seemed about to blow up steam. Since her underwear was visible……….not in that thing itself.

It was at the extremely little devil design.

Although it seemed Mule looked with a bright red bashful face and thought that she finally made Kufa happy……….Kufa grabbed her left and right shoulders and couldn’t help but press her for answer.

「What’s the meaning of this? Mule-jou. When did you get this outrageous underwear? I’ll be beat down by Almedia-sama……!」

「Ehehehee~……Lita-chan’s is also pretty sexy though?」

「Ojou-sama?」

(Illu)

Kufa turned around and Melida flinched 「Hiu」.

It seemed the ones had to be scolded had increased……..Kufa pressed on Melida too.

「Emy-san entrusted Ojou-sama to me. If there are any bad influences in the teaching I can’t show my face to her. Now confess. Explain to me right now. What kind of underwear──」

「Kyaーkyaーkyaー! Aーftーer~~~!」

Then as the hustling appeared inside the car, a cheer could be heard from the banquet’s place.

When they suddenly noticed, it seemed the installation of the time machine and what not had finished.

Manager Jeanne Chrom Clover was bathing in cheers.

Putting off the precocious little girls’ preaching, Kufa urged the girls’ backs while getting off the caravan. Kushana group too, everyone of the duke house assembled toward the table.

As for the surrounding tables’ wild enthusiasm──

It seemed the time travel’s preparation was completed. With the perpetual motion machine at the middle, the assembled ring’s inner was having energy converging. The pressure made the skin have goose pumps……..!

The moment those energy was all released, it ought to punch open a tunnel in the time space continuum and create a railway to the past. Intermittently, “bachi, bachi”, sparks were scattering.

While having that brilliance as the background, manager Clover spread out his left and right arms.

「Mina-SAMA!」

“Pon”, he struck his temporal region.

「I have overlooked something absURD!」

The tables around made a stir.

While Kufa group also sit down on the seats, unconsciously their faces tensed up.

No way, such ineptitude in the plan at this point……..?

Everyone’s eyes focused on manager Clover.

「I──haven’t decided this time machine naME!」

Everyone more or less became exhausted.

Kufa unconsciously let out his voice.

「Is a name necessary?」

Manager Clover carefully replied.

「It is very imporTANT!」

Then he swung back like a dancer and looked up at the mechanical ring.

「Noow then, Train……Rail……Time……Chronos……Uumu. Very well, in this case this time machine name is《Lord Chronos edition》!」

As he declared loudly, he smiled like a child.

「It’s MY dream’s fructification」

Then he turned back again and stared around the arranged tables.

「My friends, my friends! First let me say my thANKS.──To the engineer group of Leybolt foundation!」

Everybody gathered on one table raised their cups with loud cheers.

Manager Clover then pointed at another angle next.

「To the Black Sky Machine Regiment’s heroic soldiers!」

The muscle boasting men and women thrust their arms up and replied with loud, deep voices.

After that, manager Clover bowed exaggeratedly.

「Next, to the nobles SA~MA……」

It was Kufa group of nobles. The tables around whistled with their fingers to cheer. Serge and even Kushana smiled wryly seemingly awkward.

Clover took off his silk hat, once again bowed toward everyone.

「It’s all thanks to YOU. ME standing here, the Lord Chronos being completed. Especially, both the Leybolt foundation and the Black Sky Machine Regiment (Guild Ordyne)  ……How wonderful, how wonderful that you stick with me until this DAY」

He put on the silk hat again and reflected every familiar faces one by one with his artificial eyes.

His subordinates too were listening attentively to his performance with prideful attitude.

Manager Clover said as if singing.

「You all are wonderful」

To everyone’s visible smiling faces.

Manager Clover spoke while mixing his hands gestures and body gestures as always.

「Even right now, we might be misunderstood by Flandre’s great peoPLE. However, definitely the day when they will simply understand us is bound to come. Your knowledge will make people’s lives much better, speaking about『Who you want to protect』, then yours and the Burning Calvary Regiment (Guild Phoenix)’s and what not are not different. Surely, someday, the Calvary Regiment (Guild) and the Machine Regiment (Guild) will be able to join HANDS!──If possible, I wanted to be able to welcome that DAY」

A long silent ──…………

On the tables around, everybody started to look at each other face in puzzle.

Kufa also frowned.

Only manager Clover continued his speech.

「YOUR glorious day too! I wanted to see it with my own eyes」

「Manager……?」

「HOWEVER」

He didn’t answered the shout and continue to speak.

Since when, the joking attitude quiet downed.

On the contrary just like a poor stage fright, he entwined his fingertips.

「However, unfortunateLY……I」

Looking nervously, he looked at everyone’s face.

「I have to go」

There was a shriek.

Everybody turned to the direction of that voice. Then they saw an absurd scene.

Manger Clover’s secretary Caesar Tsuezari was taken hostage!

It was at the furthest table. Climbing on it with his shoes, pinioning secretary Caesar while pushing out the pistol was a small Frankenstein man.

While still having painful injuries, his white coat was tainted with dried blood.

It seemed he had escaped from Carna Navel.

It was Doctor Hoir.

「What is this……」

Kufa and Serge unconsciously stood up. However, immediately the trigger sound appeared.

「Don’t move!!」

Doctor Hoir had veins popping on his head as he pressed the muzzle on secretary Caesar’s neck.

His eyes became bloodshot, it seemed he was not in a sane mental state.

………..Was that obvious?

Because his capital was destroyed just a few days ago, perhaps his Frankenstein brethrens had died out leaving him.

While his articulation was eerie, he rattled on and on toward Kufa.

「You, you, you, you got me good heh! Damn damn, damn imposter!」

「…………」

If Kufa didn’t explain he wouldn’t feel guilty either.

The possibility of this happening was fully considered.

Rather, he was only regretting not firmly choking the life out of him.

While glaring, he asked.

「What do you want」

Hoir swung the gun for an instant then immediately returned it to Caesar’s neck.

His pointed at the connected five caravans with the muzzle.

「That, that’s the time machine, right!?」

「What if it is?」

「Start it up!」

While letting spit flew he yelled.

「Went back to the day queen Lacey departed from Carna Navel a year ago. Then stop the queen! Since that day everything started to go mad! If the queen had stayed the Frankenstein would have been at peace. I want to change that past!!」

Kufa had to somehow capture him.

The reason was that the chance to use the whole power of the perpetual motion machine to drill a tunnel in the time space continuum was only one. The chance to go to the past was no more than one! If they stuck to Hoir’s condition Kufa group wouldn’t be able to achieve their goal, having arrived here with do or die spirit would be like bubble on water.

Even so secretary Caesar Tsuezari was a mana capable one.

However she was not genuine warrior.

As expected, was it hard having a pistol pressed at her throat at zero distance………?

Even only the time to think about that made Doctor Hoir irritated.

「Quick, quickly up!!」

It seemed he would fire the pistol right about now. Secretary Caesar’s expression convulsed.

Manager Clover who couldn’t stand watching walked closer trying to not provoke him.

「Oou……Mr. Hoir. Please let my secretary──」

Hoir suddenly pointed the pistol and fire.

For a short while, no one could accept that scene.

However, the fired bullet helplessly…….

From manager Clover’s flank, blood stain was rapidly spreading out. He touched his own wound and leaked out a lone deep breath then fell to the ground.

The Machine Regiment (Guild) people became uproar, secretary Caesar shouted.

「Manager!!」

「Don’t moveee!」

Hoir strongly pulled back the hostage and carefully pressed the muzzle at her neck.

From the lying down manager Clover, blood was spreading to the ground………

「Don’t, don’t don’t, don’t call my name so friendly, you live experiment animal! 」

Once again he stared at Kufa.

「You, you, you will take the duty to start the time machine! The, quickly!」

Kufa carefully stood up, he crouched down near manager Clover.

Although he seemed conscious……….Kufa glared back at Hoir as if to urge him.

「Treat him first」

「No! Start the machine first!」

Hoir restlessly pointed the muzzle at Kufa and the secretary Caesar.

「Bring, bring, bring that man with you too! He’s the designer of the timer machine right?」

「……」

If agitating him, he would easily pull the trigger, that fact was clear.

Kufa carried manager Clover and headed over the former night caravan, Lord Chronos front vehicle. Great amount of blood was falling from the manager’s clothes hem.

Doctor Hoir was still fussy.

「I have a hostage to you!」

Saying so, he pointed the gun at the weakest looking people in this place.

In other words, the ones sitting at the same table as Kufa, the same age four knight duke house daughters.

First of all he glared at Melida and Elise.

「Who are you?」

Melida firmly answered.

「We’re the ones who attended to Queen Lacey’s death」

「……Get on!」

He jerked his chin, Melida and Elise stood up with a composed face.

Sitting next to them was Mule. Hoir asked.

「Who are you?」

Mule smiled to challenge him.

「The one shares the same sure name La Moore as Lacey great grandmother」

「Get on」

Mule too coldly stood up and headed toward Melida and Elise.

Finally there was Salacha.

The Hoir showily scowled at her close seats.

「Duke Serge Shicksal. You are also needed as the hostage」

「Doctor Hoir, that is……」

Although Serge unconsciously raised his voice, he was hesitated to object.

The assassin’s bullet will not claim anymore sacrifice…….!

Salacha quickly stood up on the seat and moved to Lord Chronos with her close friends.

Then in the front vehicle, there was Kufa and the seriously wounded manager Clover. And the four sisters of the knight duke houses. Finally, Hoir who took secretary Caesar as the hostage went on board.

The other people couldn’t do anything if they wanted to and only surrounded the train……..

After Kufa carefully place manager Clover to the floor, he stood at the driver seat.

In front of the complicated and mysterious bunch of levers……..However, he hand didn’t move.

Doctor Hoir urged with the sound of the trigger.

「Start it up quickly! To the day before the queen departed, in spring a year ago!」

Kufa carefully turned back to him.

「……I don’t know how to pilot it」


「Don’t lie!」

That was really a lie.

Kufa had already noticed that the number on the dial showed the date. He just needed to match it with Hoir’s designation and put power into Lord Chronos.

However, the moment he started it, all their hard works would go to waste.

Although saying that, human lives were not exchangeable to anything.

Just what should I do………..!

Manager Clover leaning on the wall was letting out feeble breath.

He lost too much blood. A puddle of blood was spreading around him.

He looked at Kufa.

Trying to say something.

「……ance……one……the chance is…… one…………」

Little and repeatedly, he nodded many times.

「……Don’t hesiTATE!!」

He suddenly jumped up, while pushed aside Kufa he fell to the driver seat.

Just like the serious wound was a lie, he continuously turned many levers and pushed the switch.

An ear buzzing ultrasound appeared.

A shock wave was released from the perpetual motion machine, it completely swept everyone outside off their feet.

Electric current gathered to the mechanical arch, it distorted the landscape. The space was rolled from the outside to the inside, and was snarled in the void from its center. It was a spine chilling phenomenon. The real form of the shockwave was the scream of the air. The trained up five vehicles creaked.

Resolutely, the Lord Chronos’s combust engine howled.

Slowly the ties rolled, when it advanced for only a little bit, then after a moment.

Toward the arch’s center, the five vehicles were sucked in.

The instant they broke through the ring, gravity membrane tried to crush the Lord Chronos. Fierce pressure ran from the front vehicle to its tail and shook the inside.

The passengers couldn’t bear it, everyone had fallen to the floor.

This is the inside of the wormhole……..!!

This was just like a storm in the sea. Lord Chronos was the train dashing on top of the wave. That sea was the shape of a tunnel. In other words, while it curved and connected to the ceiling, it continued to far away. The waves slammed from all direction and the Lord Chronos was suffering splashes.

The real form of the sea was not water.

It was like melted silver……..If forced to say, it was《information》?

The electrical loud chorus continued to echo annoyingly.

The one who raised their body up fastest was Doctor Hoir.

It seemed he had noticed his demand was rejected. Lord Chronos had made an emergency departure with the initial setting.

Because of the good for nothing clown (Junk Pierrot) listlessly leaning against the driver seat!

「KisamaAAAAAA──────────!!」

Hoir recklessly pulled the trigger. Although many shot went astray to the glass window, fresh blood endlessly jumped out from manager Clover’s whole body, making him dance awkwardly.

The one who went mad at that scene was his secretary.

Caesar Tsuezari shouted to the point her throat torn and jumped up later.

She caught the little Doctor Hoir.

Then she threw him with brute strength.

He pierced the driver seat window, and tumbled out of the vehicle like that. In a very repulsive way, the moment he touched the silver wave, Hoir’s flesh was smoothly shaved off. It seemed there was no time to feel pain. With an expression not knowing what happened to himself, the last Frankenstein was dragged into the surging wave in an instant and went instinct.

There was no piece of proof of his existence remained…….

Lord Chronos continued on its dash. Secretary Caesar clung to her master.

「Manager! Mangeeeer!!」

Manager Clover’s condition was mere eye averting.

Although it seemed his chest was barely spared, his head had bullet marks. Kufa also quickly crouched down.

「Manager Clover, quickly help him……!」

It was at that time.

Lord Chronos with a jerk, shook to the shock and low down its speed to naked eyes.

The ties let out rasping screams. It was also visible that the water level was gradually rising.

Kufa too, the four people of the knight duke houses too, shouldn’t be able to understand what was going on.

Manager Clover slightly trembled his lips.

「There seems to be……trouble at the back pARTS……please check, IT……!」

「But manager, your medical treatment first──」

Manager Clover stared at Kufa with heroic expression.

If he didn’t strain himself he might have passed out right now.

「If this Lord Chronos was engulfed by the wormhole like THIS……everyone here will be death at sea in the time space continuUM!! Please huRRY……!!」

「……」

After Kufa strongly bit his lip, he turned his body.

He also couldn’t be here. Leaving manager Clover to secretary Caesar, Kufa and the four sisters of the knight duke houses dashed up the stair inside the vehicle. On the roof there was crossing plank connected, they could move to the vehicles behind.

「Trouble!?」

Along the way, although they split the inner vehicle of the second one between the five people to check, they couldn’t find any abnormality. It was still as the Black Sky Machine Regiment (Guild Ordyne) had perfectly set up.

Just where was the trouble.

The third one was also normal.

The fourth vehicle had no form of unusual event…….

Then they arrived at the fifth one at the end of the line. Melida panted while rushed to the roof.

Just before then, he grabbed her neck to stop her.

He threw her backward just like that.

「Sensei!?」

Melida was next surprised.

Immediately after, the proof of the fifth vehicle was blown up, exactly at the spot where Melida tried to step on, shock waved shoot out. Melida barely escaped danger. However, instead Kufa who exited was completely engulfed by the explosion, his flank was completely gouged.

Unusual fresh blood ──

「Gah, hu……!!」

As expected even he also fell down like that. Melida group of four covered their mouths and matched their voices.

「Sensei!!」

It was just before they tried to run over.

From the inner of the fifth vehicle, someone went up the stair.

Alas, unbelievable………..that white hair.

That uncharacteristic prime of life and white skin like a young girl.

However his looks had changed.

Falling into the abyss with the《nameless ones》, he surely had tasted much amount of fear.

It was the Blood Sucking Demon (Vampire) Theodoa ──

His characteristic white hair was in disorder, his expression was constantly twitching.

His face became different from the left and right. However, it was only clear that they were full of anger.

「I won’t let you continue, to the past or anything……!」

Melida group couldn’t do anything but stumbled back at that pressure.

To the fourth vehicle ──Although Theodoa gave a glance to Kufa, he disregard him and continued walking.

「Melida Angel」

Hearing that call, Elise, Salacha, Mule all stepped in front to cover Melida. Theodoa’s expression twitched and laughed unsightly.

「If you obediently stick out your neck you’ll save your friends」

At that moment, the little girl “Ha…………” raised their faces.

Behind Theodoa, Kufa was slowly raising his body.

It seemed Theodoa also noticed it. He turned to look over his shoulder, while still unshapely he mocked.

「Stop the impossible, human. Your life is already──」

His collar was gripped up.

He was thrown away. Theodoa tumbled to the back part of the fifth vehicle and took a landing posture.

「What is this……」

Kufa’s displayed inhuman strength was not normal.

In the flank which should have been blown off, light dusts were gathering, quickly it covered the wound.

Seeing that sight in front of their eyes the little girl opened their eyes wide.

His hair suddenly extended.

It was dyed white.

And bottomless cold air (anime) burst up from his whole body ──

His eyes released blue savage glitters, they pierced Theodoa from the front.

Melida unbearably hugged her chest. Elise too, Salacha and Mule too lost their words in shock.

It was only Theodoa. He looked at Kufa’s current state and was able to laugh.

「──I forgot. You deceived those incompetent Frankenstein with it. Only a mix, disgusting《half》blood sucking demon!」

Kufa gathered anima to his right fist and swung it up.

「I’ll have you go with me」

He smashed.

The connector of the fourth vehicle and the fifth was broken with one attack. The crossing plank was blown up, the frontage vehicle suddenly accelerated. Only the fifth vehicle becoming a shackle was left behind.

The distance was quickly extended. From the edge of the fourth vehicle, Melida stretched out her hand with all her might.

「Sensei──────────!!」

On the roof of the fifth vehicle two vampires were confronting each other.

Theodoa still had room to scoff.

「With this degree of distance, it’s only one jump for the vampire, isn’t it?」

「……Therefore I remain」

Kufa stiffened his left and right fists and took fighting posture.

「If I leave you far off that you can’t follow, it’s my win」

Theodoa nodded, he took stance like kenpou with his left hand sword in front.

「Then why don’t you quickly settle it」

Violent cold air burst out from both.

There was no chink in Theodoa’s stance. In that case, he could only melee it out straightforward ── Kufa took a step as if gliding his feet, while maintaining his posture he closed in and attacked.

Because of the fist pressure, the air was burst and let out a dry sound.

Theodoa dealt with it with only his left hand. He cut his own hand blade into Kufa fist that didn’t visible to the eyes and repelled it. While Kufa was pulling back his right fist, his thrust a left hook.

It was pressed by the preceding wrist, this too was repelled.

A thunderous sound ──

If Kufa’s fist was iron, then Theodoa’s hand blade was also lead. The power was so much it could make human’s flesh become smithereens. Together with each blow, the air was hard to endure as shockwave scattered.

Kufa endlessly attacked and Theodoa completely repelled them all.

Theodoa’s trunk didn’t flinch one bit.

Regarding Kufa, each time the power put in decreased he exhausted his stamina.

An attack aimed at the face, Theodoa twisted his body with paper thin distance and dodged. Quicker than Kufa’s drawing back fist, the enemy’s arm coiled around. His joint creaked, followed by an attack on his right leg.

Theodoa’s steel like kicks continued to hit. From the ankle to the calf, then his knees were crushed, Kufa couldn’t bear it and broke his posture, then a roundhouse kick struck his spinal cord.

Kufa’s right arm was locking him and he couldn’t escape. Theodoa mercilessly damaged Kufa’s chest with his left back fist. While leaving many afterimages the repeating blows struck, the severe attacks like optical illusion thorns crushed his ribs.

Kufa spit out blood.

Theodoa sharply took a step, he made a foot sweep. He scooped up Kufa’s feet as if interesting. With that, finally the right arm released and he was thrown away.

He flew out from the fifth vehicle’s roof ──

Toward the silver raging waves. Kufa tried his best to open his eyes, he released the anima.

As he swung his hands, the cold air condensed and made a standing point on the water. It was barely foot wide. It became a thin and long rail, as if a skater he slid while going through the splash and jumped up.

While still flying he sent a kick. The barely responded enemy’s upper arm accurately stopped it.

Kufa readied his posture midair and landed.

He breathed roughly.

Theodoa lightly swung his defensive arm and let his joints rang.

「What a greenhorn」

With a distorted face, he showed a scornful expression.

「I have a rough idea about your linage.──How’s Amalia?」

Kufa opened his eyes wide.

His lips moved as if grasping.

「Why you know my mother’s name……────」

It seemed Theodoa noticed that reaction.

「Is she dead?」

He sneered.

He showed the most delight up till now, literally, he gave a broad smile.

「I see, so she died! Hahaha……Hyahahahahahahahaha!!」

Kufa bit his own arm.

He sucked in blood.

His vision was dyed in bright red. His white hair furthermore extended, his fingertips became pointed.

Together with savage feeling, it was clear that violent power was boiling.

Theodoa stopped laughing.

「I see, it’s your trump card」

「Half of the blood blowing in my veins is mother’s……is human’s」

Kufa took out fangs from his arm and licked the blood sticking to the edge of his lips.

His pupils turned deep black.

「That’s a feat you can’t do right?《Pure》Blood Sucker Demon!」

Theodoa rotated his shoulders as if to loosen up and readied his left and right blade hands.

「I wouldn’t call it a pretty clever way. For you to merge into human society is because you are half human. However if you use that technique frequently, your human part will be eaten away, and finally you’ll completely change into Vampire. Your cultivated thoughts, your precious bonds that you kept on protecting……everything will fall into the thing you should destroy」

(Illu)

With a hollow voice, he said.

「What awaits you, is solitude. Not accepted by vampire nor human, a true monster……」

Kufa gripped the black sword on his waist.

Whether he could chase after the train going ahead, the distance was barely.

His drew the scabbard with his left hand, and tightly grasp the hilt with his right.

Fastening his reason with pride, he released as much fighting spirit as possible.

「There is nothing. I’ll settle this now!」

He kicked the floor.

He drew the sword, smoothly the blade appeared. Icy mist (anima) was coiling on the blade, and mana rose up from the tip.

A slashing sound that made hair rise.

That invisible slash was repelled by Theodoa. However, from that upper arm a line of blood scattered.

His iron wall defense had been penetrated. To the extent that Theodoa also groaned sharply.

「Nuu……!?」

Kufa didn’t give time to rest. He cut again, and again, while overwriting the sword slash many times, the enemy’s body was sliced to pieces. It was at the speed he couldn’t feel his own body. Crossing over the processing power, his whole body muscles burst and crack ran across his bones.

Surpass it.

Surpass it ──!!

The reaction speed of the enemy was finally left behind. Theodoa’s defense couldn’t keep up, the tip reached his chest. He slashed the sword diagonally from the shoulder to the foot. After tearing deeply until the bone, he burst it with nine slash in one breath.

Blood spouted out from all over Theodoa’s body, he stumbled on his feet.

「You monster……!」

Beside him, Kufa instantly ran through.

He swung the sword fully.

While still bending his body, he said.

「No, I’m human」

Theodoa’s body was cut horizontally straight.

His upper half and lower half were blown off into two different directions.

They were thrown out into the raging silver wave ──

And just like that, helplessly they were engulfed inside the overwhelming《information content》.

Even pieces of meat were scraped off in the matter of seconds.

His last moment expression……..

Kufa shouldn’t have forgotten it.

The threatening bitter enemy, the vampire man perished here ──

The moment he made sure of it with his own eye, terrifying pain ran across his whole body.

While unable to bear it, he pitched forward and fell.

「Gu……uuuu……!!」

It was as Theodoa had warned. This awakening technique left too much burden on both the mind and the flesh.

Kufa beat his own chest to somehow suppress the boiling killing intents.

He groaned painfully many many times………

Finally he released the transformation, he was able to return to the human figure as before. He repeatedly breathed roughly.

However, he had no room to take a rest or the likes.

He dragged his lead like body, while tumbling down the stairs, he went inside the fifth vehicle.

If he dawdling here he would be left inside the wormhole……..!

Originally this was one of the caravan. In that case, the combust engine was equipped behind. He put his hand across the metal plate, momentarily he put mana into it.

The engine erupted.

As if being kicked flying from behind, it accelerated instantly. The back of the preceding fourth vehicle quickly approached. He couldn’t rest yet. Kufa hit his body with a whip and rushed to the roof.

The timing was important, the chance was only one.

On the edge of the fourth vehicle, Melida group of four people stretching their hands over here.

The fifth vehicle’s accelerating strength went over the summit and gradually weakened ──

Both side of the vehicle was crashing and letting out fire sparks.

Before that shock pushed up the roof, Kufa jumped. He flew into the center of Melida group of four and unapologetically he pushed them down.

Finally, this was the moment to breath out in relief………

He twisted his upper body and turned back.

The fifth vehicle lost power in a blink of an eye and went far away.

As the aftermath of the battle with Theodoa, it was damaged all over.

Finally the fifth vehicle lost its stability and tumbled to the side. The silver splash raised, the whirling wave ushered into the vehicle. While gradually melting from the edge, it was dragged into the sea.

Kufa and the four ladies felt a indescribable strong emotion while seeing it away.

Finally nothing could be seen anymore.

Tindarian’s ruins, an even the figures of their allies.

Right now they were far away in the wormhole………

The Lord Chronos that had become four vehicles in total continued to single mindedly traveled.

Someone was touching Kufa’s hair.

It was Elise

「Sensei……」

Salacha and also Mule were having eyes as if wanting to say something.

However, before explaining to them, Kufa had to stand up.

「Let’s go to manager Clover……!」

Melida group to raises their faces with a “Ha”.

The abnormality attacking the Lord Chronos had been stopped. There shouldn’t be any obstacle in this time travel. That…….had to be known by manager Clover.

Five people hurriedly ran back to the front vehicle from the fourth.

Inside the first vehicle, nothing changed since a while ago.

At the side of the driver seat manager Clover was leaning, secretary Caesar was nursing him.

Nothing had changed──

To maintain manager Clover’s breathing, and to miraculously restore his body, those were of course impossible.

He smiled while still being bloody.

「Good wORK……It seems you’ve got them GOOD」

Kufa immediately rushed to him. He undid the buttons from his riddled with bullets and painfully stained shirt with force as if tearing them to pieces.

「I’ll treat you right away……」

「Yeah, NO」

Manager Clover looked as he was done for, lightly shook his head.

「There is no more tiME……」

When Kufa opened his shirt, he knew what those words meant.

The depth of the wounds, and not only that.

Manager Clover’s flesh had been exchanged into machine more than imaginable. Furthermore, looking with armature eyes, the deterioration was too severe. They were even rusted here and there. It was almost unthinkable that he could still move……..It seemed he took gunshot at those parts repeatedly.

Blood and oil mixed with each other while spreading on the floor.

The young girls covered their mouths, Kufa swallowed his breath.

Certainly this was…….impossible to treat with half-hearted medical knowledge.

Manager Clover was like the doll right before the mainspring ran out.

「These exceed the boundary of artificial internal organs……」

As he was speaking, Kufa listened attentively.

「They have long passed their service life ……The truth is, since around the time I met YOU at the steel palace exhibition『Not even half a year leFT』……as I was tOLD. Geho, Goho……HoweVER, Goho」

Despite spitting out blood, he still smiled.

「HoweVER, because YOU are very cheerful! A little more. Just a little more, I told mySELF……Geho!」

「Manager……」

「Since the day I lost half of my body in the accident, I knew soon this day would COME……However, in the end, thanks to YOU all……my dream came truth like this」

With a triumph pierrot smile.

「THANK YOU」

Secretary Caesar hanged her head and let tears flow out.

Kufa put back manager Clover’s shirt and peeped into his eyes.

「……Then after all, you did everything for this day, for this plan?」

He couldn’t help but ask.

「Why?」

When he did that manager Clover smiled with the brightness of a child.

「It’s my DREAM. My long life dream……」

「Dream?」

「I want to see the《sky》」

Kufa too, the four ladies too found it hard to understand his meaning.

Manager Clover’s wish was very pure.

「That folk lord《blue sky》! I wanted to see that with my own EYE……Goho, every kid in Flandre wishes for it, but they forget about it as they grow up……I too didn’t reveal it to otheERS. I truly had thought it wouldn’t be realizED! However, each day, vague researches piled up, and without warning I received my deaTH……」

He raised his mechanical right arm.

That palm was already twitching little and repeatedly.

「As I know I don’t have much tiME……Somehow, I suddenly regrettED! Hohhou……Geho, Ohhoe……. By any cost, I wanted to go see the《SKY》. No matter what it takes! Spending my fortune recklessLY, shrouding the whole world in smoke, to become the most extraordinary smiling one!! Hohhoho……Geho! Gohho, Gohho! Gefu, geho……!!」

His mechanical hand powerlessly fell to the floor.

Kufa wrapped his own hand around the man’s shoulder and put in strength.

He asked

「You want to see?」

Manager Clover nodded.

「Only seeing it is fine. Just one look……」

Kufa lent his shoulder and carried him to the driver seat.

The glass window was broken.

At the end of the tunnel, there was light.

An unknown wind was blowing at them ──

Manager Clover didn’t blink and burnt that scene into his eyes.

「One look……one look……」

He repeated as if talking in delirium.

The light in front gradually spread out, without a doubt, it was clear that the Lord Chronos was absorbed to its center.

The glittering torrents.

The roar liked the resounding sea.

Manager Clover opened his eyes wide.

He said.

He said his final words.

 

「Beautiful」

 

Right after that, a light that completely covered the space itself in one breath came.

The Lord Chronos was swallowed in the vortex, Kufa group’s vision was dyed in pure light.





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