Epilogue
WL-03, a tilt rotor-type personal airplane, picked up all the members who had to sortie for the operation mobilization from Little Garden and flew away from Qin Empire.
It’s to return to Little Garden.
Although they were able to slaughter most of the Savages hanging around Mt. Kongur and Mt. Kunlun in this operation of the UN Peacekeeping Forces, they weren’t done yet.
Because the?Operation: Bird in Cage?was canceled due to the huge damage caused by the appearance of a dragonfly type which was an unidentified flying type of Savage, and because they didn’t expect the attack of the hunters.
There were 32 injured people, some of them were severely wounded.
It’s pretty much a miracle that given those numbers, nobody died.
Little Garden also ended up coming with 3 severely injured people: Fritz, Latia and Liddy.
Kisaragi Hayato who delivered the coup de grace to the dragonfly type Savage wasn’t exempted from the situation that wasn’t predicted.
He lost consciousness and is currently in a comatose state.
It was probably due to the burden that his body took by using excessively the ability of the Variant.
It’s been over half a day since that battle and even now, he hasn’t woken up yet.
What has been reaching the location of Claire who’s in the drawing room of the personal airplane is information that tells that sometimes he has been having nightmares.
– Claire-sama, I brought a cup of black tea.
When Erika opens the door of the drawing room, the stern expression of Claire who had been looking at the tablet-type computer while sorting the information, that expression became softer.
– Thank you very much masuwa.
She tastes the cup placed in front of her eyes and an aroma similar to fruity green apple flowed into her nasal cavity.
It’s chamomile tea which has the effect to calm the mood.
Taking a breather, Claire resumes sorting the situation.
– Erika, what is the condition of that boy masuno?
That boy, Krovahn, is the boy who’s a hunter. Certainly, those three hunters are not included in the number of injured people of not long ago.
– He remains in a comatose state like Kisaragi Hayato. Even though they have been injected to calm down the Variant Virus, the condition where their lives are in danger continues.
– … I see desuno. How about the other two desuka?
– They are arrested in the warehouse and handcuffs have been placed on their hands which are resistant to the attacks that use energy and were injected to destroy the balance of sense energy in their bodies. There is no place other than that.
– Understood desuwa.
Judging from the situation, the two girls want to be on the side of the bed of the boy.
But, they cannot afford to do that.
It’s fine if it’s the girl who said her name is Nakri since her Hundred was confiscated, but the other girl, Nesat, seems to have the Hundred implanted as an artificial eye, it was said that it’s difficult to remove it.
Moreover, this is the sky——she thinks that it’s pitiable because supposing she could act violently, the lives of everyone will be affected, so it can’t be helped.
– Claire-sama, is it fine if I say something?
– What is it?
– To be honest, I don’t understand the thinking of Judal-sama. I believe that we, protecting the three people, will expose Little Garden to danger.
– I think so too masuwa. However——
Claire bites her lips.
A transport helicopter appeared over the sky after Emile Crossford rescued Kisaragi Hayato who fell into the lake and finished off the dragonfly.
5 ordinary soldiers of Warslan army that were standing by at the base camp came down and scrambled from there.
Claire thought that maybe they came to rescue the collapsed Slayers, but they first began capturing the three hunters.
– What are you are planning to do nanodesu? Is this an order from the UN Peacekeeping Forces desuno?
Claire is knitting her brows as she asks so. They said that this is an action of a member of the UN Supreme Council, it’s an order of Judal, the company president of Warslan Company, he told them that they were ordered to take the three people, together with Claire and everyone back to Little Garden in a personal airplane.
– What kind of thing is Judal-sama thinking about? I think that he’s trying to lure Vitaly using the gang of three…
– … I’m not sure masenwa. However, it is certain that it is the safest to protect them in Little Garden which is a floating city nanodesu. Because it’s impossible to invade from outside easily, as well as for the three of them to escape.
– The problem is the founding festival in autumn, I guess? This year will be held at the west coast of Sentria port.
At the founding festival, and like they did when they docked in the Zwei Islands, they will invite in the residents of Liberia into Little Garden.
In order to release the three who were captured as prisoners and are inside of it, the assassins that Vitaly will send out won’t necessarily be mixed with them.
– It would be nice if we could locate the whereabouts of Vitaly till then and capture her.
– … the matter of the mysterious Savage and now this, our future is full of problems desuwane.
– I agree, why on earth was that thing there?
– It seems that further analysis will be done regarding that Savage after this desu. There is a chance that there are still Savages and Variable Stones in the area of Mt. Kongur and Mt. Kunlun, so it is possible that we have to sortie again masenwane.
???
Kisaragi Hayato, who ran out of sense energy in the battle against the dragonfly type, was transported to the hospital immediately after he returned to Little Garden in the personal airplane and it had been arranged so that he would undergo an examination by Charlotte. After that, Kisaragi Hayato was sent to the hospital where his little sister Karen was hospitalized, but he still sleeps in a single room without awakening. It has already been a day and a half since he lost consciousness.
The time of Little Garden is before 6 PM. It’s the period of time when a madder red sky can be seen from the gap of the swaying curtains.
When Charlotte Dimandius was replacing the intravenous drip at the bedside of Hayato, the door of the hospital room opened with a sudden noise.
– Charo, what’s the state of Hayato!?
Emile Crossford finished all kind of duties and inspections after she arrived in Little Garden and entered the hospital room.
– Not everything is bad, there are almost no abnormalities aside from the decline in the functions of his body due to a significant decrease of sense energy and that he activated the Variant Virus. And some minor external wounds.
– I see…
Hearing the explanation of Charlotte, Emile showed a relieved expression.
– When will Hayato wake up?
– I don’t know. If the Variant Virus stabilizes, then I guess he’ll wake up.
– … in other words, you are saying that it’s my turn?
– Well, that’s how it is. Rather than an injection to suppress the Variant Virus, he’ll surely wake up faster if that had to be done by you who’s already stabilized. So, I’ll leave it to you. It’s fine if you do as you please, if you take Kisaragi Hayato as you like.
Charlotte finished exchanging the intravenous drip and left the hospital room, saying so in order to tease her. Emile gets closer to the side of the bed and touches with her hand the sleeping face of Hayato.
– Even though you reached the point where you were able to control the ability of the Variant and sense energy, we made you do something outrageous…. I’m sorry, Hayato.
Emile moved her hands to trace the contour of his cheeks and piled her lips against the lips of Hayato while sticking out her tongue.
*Smooch*, *kiss*…. *tongues rolling*, *smooch*…. *kiss*, *kiss*…. hmm… fuu….
Sounds of rough long breaths and saliva intertwine. The sounds of a tongue that sucks up reverberate in the hospital room where only two people are.
Emile pecked at Hayato’s lips for about a minute, entangled their tongues and continued exchanging saliva.
– Hmm, fuu…
And when Emile separated her lips, the door of the hospital room opens, making a sound.
– Emile-….san…?
Oh no! ——thinking so while looking back, what is reflected in the eyes of Emile are the figures of Kisaragi Karen in a wheelchair who stares in wonder and Kirishima Sakura who’s behind her and whose corners of the mouth are hanging…
– Hey you, right now, what were you…!!
– No, this… well… it’s just that Hayato had rubbish in his eyes…
– Rubbish you say? Hayato’s sleeping, isn’t he!?
– Err, it’s not that it was in it, but an insect that came in through the window was on his eye and…
– Then where’s that insect, huh!?
Sakura spread her hands in a big way.
Like wanting to say that there’s nothing at all in this room.
– Well, it flew away and went out just now. It’s true!
– Err, to me, it looked like Emile-san and Nii-san were ki-kissing…
– I- I told you, that’s impossible. There’s no way that I’ll be kissing Hayato!
– Yes, because you are fellow men, right?
– That’s right, ahahahaha!
When Emile was unrolling an excuse while being confused, a groan sounded in the hospital room.
– Nii-san!
– Hayato!
Karen moves the wheelchair herself and approaches the side of the bed.
Following her, Sakura also approached the bed.
– Why are you guys here…?
While saying so, Hayato opened his eyelids and raised his body, blinking incessantly.
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And after he looked to his left and right, Hayato asked Emile who’s wearing her uniform.
– Is this, Little Garden?
– Yep. After defeating the Savage that was like a dragon, Hayato fell into the lake and lost consciousness.
– I see…. It seems that I did it again, huh….
– Nii-san, I’m always saying to you to not do unreasonable things…
– My bad, I really…
– No, don’t apologize, Hayato, we are the ones who have to apologize for making Hayato do the unreasonable.
Emile is apologetic while saying so.
– But, I’m really glad because Nii-san woke up like this.
Next to Karen who shows a relieved look, Sakura knits the inner part of her eyebrows. It’s there that Hayato notices that she’s showing an unconvinced look on her face and asks.
– … did something happen?
– Nope, nothing.
Although Sakura answered so, she continued pointing her line of sight mixed with doubt towards Emile.
???
In the space that exists in the forest a little away from the city, over 1,000 tombstones were lined up.
It’s the cemetery founded by Warslan Company.
The Asgard cemetery.
In the inner part of it, there was a section encircled by a white fence, where a person, a man in a suit, stood.
He’s tall and has a good physique.
He stares at the gravestone to which a rose is dedicated in front of his unmovable and lifeless eyes that are at the other side of the thin sunglasses.
Linis Harvey.
What is engraved on the gravestone is the name of the wife of Bill Harvey, the president of Little Garden.
– It’s been a long time, chichi-ue.
*TN: A respectful way of saying father.
It’s been half a year since we met, isn’t it? As usual, your appearance doesn’t change. You look young for your age.
Saying so with sarcasm, it’s Judal Harvey, his son and the company president of Little Garden, who spoke on the back of Bill.
He was wearing a red suit as always.
However, Bill doesn’t turn around, he remains silent, and keeps staring at the gravestone without moving.
Without worrying about it, Judal continued his words.
– Despite today being the death anniversary of my mother, it doesn’t seem that Claire may come. Looks like there are all sorts of problems with this year’s founding festival.
While saying that, Judal put the bouquet of roses he was holding in his hand in front of the rose that was placed in front of the gravestone.
– How is the progress of the plan?
Bill opens his mouth for the first time.
It’s a small voice, similar to a whisper.
– It’s going well. Lunaltia Base will be completed in a couple of years. The awakening of Liza should be close too.
– To opposite against God. And, rebel*. We must fight against him and win. To be able to decide the destiny.
*TN: Kanji used can mean: treason, treachery, mutiny, rebellion, insurrection.
– Exactly.
– I will come back to see you again, Linis. My beloved woman.
Murmuring, Bill starts to walk.
While staring at his back, Judal said as if spitting out with a small voice.
– … you cripple.
Changing places with Bill, a bobcat woman, his bodyguard, who wore the uniform of the Slayers of Warslan Company, comes along.
– Judal-sama, it’s almost time to head to Sentria port.
– I know, Neveah.
Answering and turning around, Judal starts walking.
(It’s not for my mother. And it’s not for my father…. I am me. I only do what I ought to do for the sake of my purpose)
Judal has taken another step forward on the path to reach the God he himself desires.
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