V5Ch1: Sister’s return and the progression of her disease……! part 8
Translator: Soafp
The place was dimly lit with a white fog.
Four cylindrical red lights illuminated the surroundings.
“The compatible rate is low. …… I guess I’m still not in the right element. It’s hard to get demon possession at all these days.”
A thin man stood in front of the cylindrical lights.
He scribbled a few words in a file and let out a sigh.
“Has the procurement unit of the element reported back yet?”
Looking closely, he saw something floating in the red light.
It was a human being.
Four human beings were floating in the light, connected to each other by what looked like thin tubes.
The tubes seemed to be expanding and contracting like a living thing, sucking something out of them. Already there was no life in the human face.
“I don’t have time …… for this …….”
He paced back and forth in front of the red light.
At that moment, he heard footsteps coming from the fog.
“Sairyu-kun. How are you doing?”
The owner of the voice stopped in the fog and said so.
The thin person called “Sairyu” hurriedly straightened it posture.
“We have secured four students from the academy who are compatible with the magic power. They are absorbing magic power smoothly, so I think the seal will be lifted at some point…….”
“At some point, huh? As I recall, we had four bodies before, correct?”
“Well, Shadow Garden got in our way. ……”
With a gulp, “Sairyu” swallowed.
“That’s what I heard.”
“That, apparently, she is one of the top cadres in the Shadow Garden.”
“Heh,…… ‘Seven shadow’ I guess?”
The unseen man seemed intrigued.
“Perhaps. It’s probably one of the ‘seven shadow’ that has never been seen before”
“If so, is it Zeta?”
“Yes. She seems to be good at running and hiding. ……”
“I haven’t heard many reports of her fighting. In fact, I thought she wasn’t good at fighting at all.”
“The fact that she killed Dark Smile suggests that she is at least as good as or better than the named children.”
“Fmmm, It’s going to be a lot of fun. Speaking of which, I heard you called in a replacement for Dark Smile.”
“To take all possible precautions, I called in the top-ranked “Dark Spider” among the Named Children. With this, our plan—“
“Dark Spider, I see. He’s dead.”
“…… eh?”
“He was skewered in front of the school.”
“That …… is…”
“It’s true.”
“R-Really? No, of course I don’t doubt it. Was he killed by Zeta, then?”
“Who knows. Although I don’t know who did it, Shadow Garden is very fast at their work. I envy him. I wish I had a subordinate like that.”
“Haha. ……”
“How are you going to make up for the delay in the project?”
“We’re going to call in more reinforcements from headquarters.”
“The recent collapse of bank credit has reduced our resources considerably, and I’m sure we can get more 2nd and 3rd officers, but I don’t know if we can handle a bunch of small fry.”
“T-that’s….”
“Shadow Garden is already aware of these ruins. There’s not much time left before the defense system is breached.”
“We’ve already found the prime body. Claire Kagenou and, with your permission, Alexia Midgar. Once we have them, we should be able to finish the project quickly.”
“Alexia Midegar huh……”
“As I thought, it is still too difficult?”
“…… No, that would be fine. Xenon would have already taken care of it. Some difficulty can be forgiven. We, the [Fenrir] faction, have been in control of the Kingdom of Midgar for a long time.”
“Then I will give instructions to my men.”
“You go, Sairyu.”
“Eh……?”
“It’s about time you miss the field. I’ve prepared a position for you at the academy, so use it.”
“Well, my arm is already …….”
At that time, wind pressure passed through the neck of “Sairyu” and left a single scar.
“With “Sairyu’s” position, you could catch the two of them off guard.”
“……Yes.”
“I’m busy coordinating the ruins. Play your cards right.”
“Yes.”
Sairyu left as if to escape.
“……Now.”
Something was projected in the fog.
Two girls were projected there. A golden-haired beastman and a pink-blonde human.
They were the two from Shadow Garden.
“So that is Zeta and the ‘saint’ huh. …… I didn’t expect Shadow Garden to pick her up. I wonder how they would react if they knew.”
Zeta and Victoria in the image proceeded through the white fog.
Behind them was another one.
That person was wearing a different robe from Shadow Garden, and it’s face was hidden by a hood.
“The defense system has been breached to the third layer. Depending on the results of [Sairyu]……”
As he muttered this, the man’s presence disappeared.
Images continue to be projected onto the empty space.
From within the image, golden eyes were looking at the camera.