「Kizuna-kun!? Did something happen to Aine-san!?」
Himekawa raised a surprised voice seeing Kizuna returning while holding Aine in his arms.
Himekawa was wearing light blue bikini that was inserted with flower pattern of red and pink, on top of it she was wearing a white parka. With its fringe fluttering, she was running on the sandy beach toward Kizuna.
Yurishia also arrived a bit behind her.
「Just when I thought that I didn’t see you two anywhere for a bit……just what in the world happened?」
「No, don’t worry. She is only sleeping for a bit. It’s not like she drowned or anything.」
Yurishia frowned.
「Sleeping you say……」
She peeked at Aine’s face with an expression that wasn’t fully convinced. However it was just as Kizuna said, Aine was releasing a peaceful sleeper breath.
Himekawa also shrugged in amazement.
「To get tired and fell asleep, she is like a child.」
Even while speaking out complaint from her mouth, Himekawa smiled like a mother gazing at her child.
「Though even Aine-san look cut when she is sleeping isn’t it……」
Kizuna stayed silent and smiled wryly. And then with Aine still in his arms he went until the spot where there were beach parasols lining up, and he called at a person under the parasol.
「Shikina-san.」
A girl wearing glasses lifted up her face. Her swimsuit was a navy blue one piece. From a glance, the design could be mistaken as a school swimsuit.
On her chest there was a swaying portable keyboard hanging from her neck. She took that keyboard in her hand and when she typed the keys with her fingertips, a floating window floated in front of Kizuna. And then it was displaying text in flowing fashion.
『What’s the matter? Something happened to Aine?』
Shikina Kei. She was short, and her body style also looked childish with meager curve, but actually she was 24 years old. She was best friend with Kizuna’s big sister Reiri since their university student period, now she was serving as the person in charge of Nayuta Lab.
In contrast with her brain and talent, her ability to take communication with other people was remarkably low. She was able to converse using her raw voice was only with Reiri.
「We did Heart Hybrid but, she lost her consciousness then……sorry to trouble you Shikina-san but, can you look after her for a bit?」
『Roger. I’ll arrange a female staff of the lab to do it. Lay her down over here.』
Kei stood up and yielded the spot where she was sitting at. Kizuna entered under the parasol and laid down Aine on the leisure sheet.
『A helicopter will arrive five minutes later. You don’t need to worry about Aine.』
「No, it’s fine even if you don’t go that far though……please take care of her.」
This looked like a forced sending home, so wouldn’t Aine get angry when she woke up? Kizuna became somewhat uneasy like that, but he thought that it couldn’t be helped.
This event was two days and one night anyway. They would return to Ataraxia tomorrow. By the time Aine woke up, perhaps they too would be on the way home. He was looking over the sea while thinking about such thing. And then, an island floating on the sea entered his eyes.
It was a populated island with a total diameter of three kilometer. That was 『Strategic Defense Academy Ataraxia』. It was the front line for battle and also research regarding magic weapons that came from AU collision and Entrance.
It was connected with megafloat Japan where Kizuna and others were currently at using a linear railroad, but it was an independent float where entrance was restricted except from related people. Over there was an academy to raise human resources and research institute, and there was a city for the sake of those people.
Kizuna and others were students that attended Ataraxia’s high school section, while Kei was the person in charge of the research institute 『Nayuta Lab』.
In Nayuta Lab, the research regarding the phenomenon of AU collision was progressing, and the weapon development to defeat magic weapon was also carried out there together with it. Currently there was no effective method except Heart Hybrid Gear, but perhaps someday a weapon that could defeat magic weapon would be developed there.
「Come to think of it, what happened with the final match of the beach volleyball?」
While Kizuna was doing Heart Hybrid with Aine in the sea, Himekawa & Yurishia pair and Sylvia & Reiri pair should be doing final match in the beach.
Hearing that Himekawa and Yurishia’s shoulders dropped in dejection.
「…….We lost.」
「Good grief, we let our guard down. I knew that commander is strong, but Sylvia-chan’s physical ability is also shocking. We were tricked with her appearance that is like a small animal. It’s like she is actually a lion cub when we thought that she is a kitten.」
「Ah! Captaiinn-!」
That lion cub was rushing their way with a wide smile.
A transfer student from Britain. Sylvia Silkcut of the middle school section. Bikini that was attached with frills. Breasts that didn’t need to be worried to be shaking even when she was running. For some reason Kizuna sighed in relief at that smoothly flat body.
Sylvia ran toward him and without pause she leaped at Kizuna.
「Captain─, Sylvia won desu~♪」
She pressed and rubbed her head on Kizuna’s abdomen. Kizuna also felt pleasant from that. He gently patted her silky blonde hair.
「Yeah, that’s really amazing Sylvia. It’s really a big deal that you won against Himekawa and Yurishia who are in Amatarasu.」
Having her head patted by Kizuna, Sylvia floated a smile of ecstasy at him. From behind Sylvia, Kizuna’s big sister and Ataraxia’s commander, Hida Reiri approached.
「It’s the prize of winning. Sylvia, say anything you like. I’ll listen to it if it’s within the capability to be granted.」
──’Anything!?’
Shock ran through Yurishia and Himekawa. Yurishia’s eyes shined fiercely.
──’Commander who is Kizuna’s big sister, is saying that she will give anything she like! Does that mean that Sylvia can receive Kizuna with his guardian’s approval!?’
Himekawa also fell into thought while furrowing her eyebrows.
──’Don’t tell me!? What commander mean by anything, for example it can be that kind of thing or this kind of thing with Kizuna-kun!?’
Sylvia put her finger on her lips and she tilted her head.
「As Sylvia thought……Sylvia want to try to experience Japan’s tradition, of striking blindfolded desu……」
「Wha-!?」
Yurishia’s face turned red and she raised her voice reflexively.
「But but, this is a rare chance desu, so Sylvia also want to look at the world of adult desu……this is hard desu.」
「Ha!?」
Himekawa doubted her ears. ‘Just what is the pure and innocent Sylvia is talking about?’ Her face color changed to express such question.
Yurishia pressed a question at Sylvia in panic.
「You must not Sylvia! That kind of play is still too early for you!」
Himekawa also followed after Yurishia.
「That’s right! Something like the world of adult……furthermore, that kind of extreme act……it’s immoral and shameless! Sylvia-chan, please stay clean and pure just like you are now!」
Sylvia answered with a puzzled look at the two who were approaching here with dreadfully menacing look.
「Sylvia don’t really understand what the two of you senpai are talking about desu. Sylvia heard that the game of hitting watermelon blindfolded is the thing to do in summer at Japan desu. Also this is a rare chance that both of you senpai the ace of Japan and America are here desu. Sylvia wants to see the demonstration of the two senpai who are fighting in adult world for study desu. Sylvia absolutely cannot see anything like that in the middle school section desu.」
‘Aa……’ Both of them pressed on their head with such face. Reiri was staring with an exasperated look at such Yurishia and Himekawa.
「Good grief……you two are completely dirty.」
Kei’s window popped up in front of the face of everyone.
『There is a way to grant both wishes.』
Kei took out a spherical machine that looked like ball from inside a piled up case. The diameter was around thirty centimeter. Seeing Kei holding it with one hand, it seemed that it was lighter than its appearance.
It had vertical stripes on its surface, and there was green light shining on black parts, it looked like a watermelon depending on how one saw it. There was a lot of this machine that looked like watermelon inside the case, which Kei took out one after another.
『This is automatic flying target for training use. Its designation is 『Watermelon』. This thing is flying with trajectory that cannot be predicted.』
Yurishia grinned widely.
「I seee☆ So it’ll be a game of smashing that thing then?」
『Exactly. A competition of who will be the fastest of shooting down this wearing Heart Hybrid Gear.』
Himekawa also showed a confident smile.
「That sounds interesting. I’ll show Sylvia-chan the strength of Japan’s ace.」
Sparks scattered between Yurishia and Himekawa. It was an unexpected confrontation of Japan and America’s aces.
When Kei threw the watermelon to the sky, small thruster that it was internally equipped with made it flew up high in one go. Continuing after that, several watermelons were also thrown up. Each watermelon flew around with tricky movement every which way using thrusters that were installed on all their sides.
「Then I’ll start first……Cross!」
Dazzling golden light gathered on Yurishia’s body. When that light burst open, a blue armor appeared from under it.
The armor shined beautifully from the pouring down sunlight. It showed a deep high class coloring that looked like several layers of deep blue color coating the surface by several layers. Resplendent golden light ran on that blue.
This was Yurishia Farandole’s Heart Hybrid’s radiance.
She wasn’t wearing pilot suit, so the armor was equipped directly above her white bikini. It was a rare look of her that normally couldn’t be seen.
「Now, I’ll display my gorgeous show for the future member of Amaterasu.」
「Fumyuh!?」
Yurishia’s lip service caused Sylvia’s cheeks to redden even while feeling surprised.
『Then, start』
At the same time with Kei’s signal, Yurishia drew out her particle guns. She tried to fix her aim at the targets, but their movement was fast and hard to aim at. The watermelons were circling around Yurishia in circle as though provoking her.
「Yurishia-san. Isn’t it difficult to shoot them down using gun?」
Yurishia showed a fearless smile at Himekawa who said that to her, and she pulled the trigger.
「Ah!」
The flying watermelon was destroyed. Voice of admiration leaked out from the mouths of the people who were watching that up. However Yurishia’s guns didn’t stop. She spread out both her hands and pulled the trigger without delay. Her face kept facing forward. However the watermelons flying left and right exploded.
Next she rotated her body and twisted her hand, taking a posture that from a glance looked impossible before pulling her trigger. The shot that looked random crushed a watermelon that was moving trickily.
It was beautiful as though she was dancing elegantly.
And then when she directed her gun above her head, she shot down the last one.
「Finish……right☆」
She faced toward Kizuna and Sylvia and winked.
「Amazing desu……so this is Yurishia-senpai’s true strength desu……」
Sylvia directed a gaze of respect at Yurishia. It seemed that Yurishia didn’t feel that bad about that, she brushed off her blonde hair and her breasts that were big even under normal circumstances bounced.
「The time is……about twenty second. Then, next is Hayuru’s turn.」
「Understood. Then……Neros!」
Bright red armor was equipped on Himekawa’s body. The redness that possessed depth shined beautifully with luster. Even while it looked pretty, it was an armor that gave off dreadfulness. Its design vaguely resembled Japanese armor.
She was wearing bikini like Yurishia, so the exposure rate was a level higher compared to her usual pilot suit. Her figure that was equipped with Heart Hybrid Gear wearing that kind of swimsuit looked somewhat obscene.
「Then here I go!」
Kei was already throwing more than ten watermelons that were flying to the direction of the open sea.
「Wai……why are they going that far!」
Himekawa hurriedly flew to the sky. Himekawa’s Neros specialized in close and medium distance attack, and it was not very good for long range attack. Himekawa engaged her thrusters and chased the watermelons. When she was hot on their heel, she yelled the name of her sure-kill technique.
「Blade!」
Swords flew freely through the sky following Himekawa’s will. Normally the swords floated behind Himekawa, but now they flew like a fired arrow. And then the Blades caught up with the watermelons and carved them into two.
「I did it! Next is──」
At that time, something strange happened to Himekawa’s body. She suddenly lost speed, and right after that she was falling toward the sea.
「Wha……thi, this is……」
Himekawa opened her floating window and checked Neros’s condition. There, the Hybrid Count that was the energy of Heart Hybrid Gear was already decreasing until 5% remaining.
「Kuh……this is Himekawa! I’ll perform emergency landing on nearby island! I’m sorry but, please send me rescue.」
「Kizuna-kun!? Did something happen to Aine-san!?」
Himekawa raised a surprised voice seeing Kizuna returning while holding Aine in his arms.
Himekawa was wearing light blue bikini that was inserted with flower pattern of red and pink, on top of it she was wearing a white parka. With its fringe fluttering, she was running on the sandy beach toward Kizuna.
Yurishia also arrived a bit behind her.
「Just when I thought that I didn’t see you two anywhere for a bit……just what in the world happened?」
「No, don’t worry. She is only sleeping for a bit. It’s not like she drowned or anything.」
Yurishia frowned.
「Sleeping you say……」
She peeked at Aine’s face with an expression that wasn’t fully convinced. However it was just as Kizuna said, Aine was releasing a peaceful sleeper breath.
Himekawa also shrugged in amazement.
「To get tired and fell asleep, she is like a child.」
Even while speaking out complaint from her mouth, Himekawa smiled like a mother gazing at her child.
「Though even Aine-san look cut when she is sleeping isn’t it……」
Kizuna stayed silent and smiled wryly. And then with Aine still in his arms he went until the spot where there were beach parasols lining up, and he called at a person under the parasol.
「Shikina-san.」
A girl wearing glasses lifted up her face. Her swimsuit was a navy blue one piece. From a glance, the design could be mistaken as a school swimsuit.
On her chest there was a swaying portable keyboard hanging from her neck. She took that keyboard in her hand and when she typed the keys with her fingertips, a floating window floated in front of Kizuna. And then it was displaying text in flowing fashion.
『What’s the matter? Something happened to Aine?』
Shikina Kei. She was short, and her body style also looked childish with meager curve, but actually she was 24 years old. She was best friend with Kizuna’s big sister Reiri since their university student period, now she was serving as the person in charge of Nayuta Lab.
In contrast with her brain and talent, her ability to take communication with other people was remarkably low. She was able to converse using her raw voice was only with Reiri.
「We did Heart Hybrid but, she lost her consciousness then……sorry to trouble you Shikina-san but, can you look after her for a bit?」
『Roger. I’ll arrange a female staff of the lab to do it. Lay her down over here.』
Kei stood up and yielded the spot where she was sitting at. Kizuna entered under the parasol and laid down Aine on the leisure sheet.
『A helicopter will arrive five minutes later. You don’t need to worry about Aine.』
「No, it’s fine even if you don’t go that far though……please take care of her.」
This looked like a forced sending home, so wouldn’t Aine get angry when she woke up? Kizuna became somewhat uneasy like that, but he thought that it couldn’t be helped.
This event was two days and one night anyway. They would return to Ataraxia tomorrow. By the time Aine woke up, perhaps they too would be on the way home. He was looking over the sea while thinking about such thing. And then, an island floating on the sea entered his eyes.
It was a populated island with a total diameter of three kilometer. That was 『Strategic Defense Academy Ataraxia』. It was the front line for battle and also research regarding magic weapons that came from AU collision and Entrance.
It was connected with megafloat Japan where Kizuna and others were currently at using a linear railroad, but it was an independent float where entrance was restricted except from related people. Over there was an academy to raise human resources and research institute, and there was a city for the sake of those people.
Kizuna and others were students that attended Ataraxia’s high school section, while Kei was the person in charge of the research institute 『Nayuta Lab』.
In Nayuta Lab, the research regarding the phenomenon of AU collision was progressing, and the weapon development to defeat magic weapon was also carried out there together with it. Currently there was no effective method except Heart Hybrid Gear, but perhaps someday a weapon that could defeat magic weapon would be developed there.
「Come to think of it, what happened with the final match of the beach volleyball?」
While Kizuna was doing Heart Hybrid with Aine in the sea, Himekawa & Yurishia pair and Sylvia & Reiri pair should be doing final match in the beach.
Hearing that Himekawa and Yurishia’s shoulders dropped in dejection.
「…….We lost.」
「Good grief, we let our guard down. I knew that commander is strong, but Sylvia-chan’s physical ability is also shocking. We were tricked with her appearance that is like a small animal. It’s like she is actually a lion cub when we thought that she is a kitten.」
「Ah! Captaiinn-!」
That lion cub was rushing their way with a wide smile.
A transfer student from Britain. Sylvia Silkcut of the middle school section. Bikini that was attached with frills. Breasts that didn’t need to be worried to be shaking even when she was running. For some reason Kizuna sighed in relief at that smoothly flat body.
Sylvia ran toward him and without pause she leaped at Kizuna.
「Captain─, Sylvia won desu~♪」
She pressed and rubbed her head on Kizuna’s abdomen. Kizuna also felt pleasant from that. He gently patted her silky blonde hair.
「Yeah, that’s really amazing Sylvia. It’s really a big deal that you won against Himekawa and Yurishia who are in Amatarasu.」
Having her head patted by Kizuna, Sylvia floated a smile of ecstasy at him. From behind Sylvia, Kizuna’s big sister and Ataraxia’s commander, Hida Reiri approached.
「It’s the prize of winning. Sylvia, say anything you like. I’ll listen to it if it’s within the capability to be granted.」
──’Anything!?’
Shock ran through Yurishia and Himekawa. Yurishia’s eyes shined fiercely.
──’Commander who is Kizuna’s big sister, is saying that she will give anything she like! Does that mean that Sylvia can receive Kizuna with his guardian’s approval!?’
Himekawa also fell into thought while furrowing her eyebrows.
──’Don’t tell me!? What commander mean by anything, for example it can be that kind of thing or this kind of thing with Kizuna-kun!?’
Sylvia put her finger on her lips and she tilted her head.
「As Sylvia thought……Sylvia want to try to experience Japan’s tradition, of striking blindfolded desu……」
「Wha-!?」
Yurishia’s face turned red and she raised her voice reflexively.
「But but, this is a rare chance desu, so Sylvia also want to look at the world of adult desu……this is hard desu.」
「Ha!?」
Himekawa doubted her ears. ‘Just what is the pure and innocent Sylvia is talking about?’ Her face color changed to express such question.
Yurishia pressed a question at Sylvia in panic.
「You must not Sylvia! That kind of play is still too early for you!」
Himekawa also followed after Yurishia.
「That’s right! Something like the world of adult……furthermore, that kind of extreme act……it’s immoral and shameless! Sylvia-chan, please stay clean and pure just like you are now!」
Sylvia answered with a puzzled look at the two who were approaching here with dreadfully menacing look.
「Sylvia don’t really understand what the two of you senpai are talking about desu. Sylvia heard that the game of hitting watermelon blindfolded is the thing to do in summer at Japan desu. Also this is a rare chance that both of you senpai the ace of Japan and America are here desu. Sylvia wants to see the demonstration of the two senpai who are fighting in adult world for study desu. Sylvia absolutely cannot see anything like that in the middle school section desu.」
‘Aa……’ Both of them pressed on their head with such face. Reiri was staring with an exasperated look at such Yurishia and Himekawa.
「Good grief……you two are completely dirty.」
Kei’s window popped up in front of the face of everyone.
『There is a way to grant both wishes.』
Kei took out a spherical machine that looked like ball from inside a piled up case. The diameter was around thirty centimeter. Seeing Kei holding it with one hand, it seemed that it was lighter than its appearance.
It had vertical stripes on its surface, and there was green light shining on black parts, it looked like a watermelon depending on how one saw it. There was a lot of this machine that looked like watermelon inside the case, which Kei took out one after another.
『This is automatic flying target for training use. Its designation is 『Watermelon』. This thing is flying with trajectory that cannot be predicted.』
Yurishia grinned widely.
「I seee☆ So it’ll be a game of smashing that thing then?」
『Exactly. A competition of who will be the fastest of shooting down this wearing Heart Hybrid Gear.』
Himekawa also showed a confident smile.
「That sounds interesting. I’ll show Sylvia-chan the strength of Japan’s ace.」
Sparks scattered between Yurishia and Himekawa. It was an unexpected confrontation of Japan and America’s aces.
When Kei threw the watermelon to the sky, small thruster that it was internally equipped with made it flew up high in one go. Continuing after that, several watermelons were also thrown up. Each watermelon flew around with tricky movement every which way using thrusters that were installed on all their sides.
「Then I’ll start first……Cross!」
Dazzling golden light gathered on Yurishia’s body. When that light burst open, a blue armor appeared from under it.
The armor shined beautifully from the pouring down sunlight. It showed a deep high class coloring that looked like several layers of deep blue color coating the surface by several layers. Resplendent golden light ran on that blue.
This was Yurishia Farandole’s Heart Hybrid’s radiance.
She wasn’t wearing pilot suit, so the armor was equipped directly above her white bikini. It was a rare look of her that normally couldn’t be seen.
「Now, I’ll display my gorgeous show for the future member of Amaterasu.」
「Fumyuh!?」
Yurishia’s lip service caused Sylvia’s cheeks to redden even while feeling surprised.
『Then, start』
At the same time with Kei’s signal, Yurishia drew out her particle guns. She tried to fix her aim at the targets, but their movement was fast and hard to aim at. The watermelons were circling around Yurishia in circle as though provoking her.
「Yurishia-san. Isn’t it difficult to shoot them down using gun?」
Yurishia showed a fearless smile at Himekawa who said that to her, and she pulled the trigger.
「Ah!」
The flying watermelon was destroyed. Voice of admiration leaked out from the mouths of the people who were watching that up. However Yurishia’s guns didn’t stop. She spread out both her hands and pulled the trigger without delay. Her face kept facing forward. However the watermelons flying left and right exploded.
Next she rotated her body and twisted her hand, taking a posture that from a glance looked impossible before pulling her trigger. The shot that looked random crushed a watermelon that was moving trickily.
It was beautiful as though she was dancing elegantly.
And then when she directed her gun above her head, she shot down the last one.
「Finish……right☆」
She faced toward Kizuna and Sylvia and winked.
「Amazing desu……so this is Yurishia-senpai’s true strength desu……」
Sylvia directed a gaze of respect at Yurishia. It seemed that Yurishia didn’t feel that bad about that, she brushed off her blonde hair and her breasts that were big even under normal circumstances bounced.
「The time is……about twenty second. Then, next is Hayuru’s turn.」
「Understood. Then……Neros!」
Bright red armor was equipped on Himekawa’s body. The redness that possessed depth shined beautifully with luster. Even while it looked pretty, it was an armor that gave off dreadfulness. Its design vaguely resembled Japanese armor.
She was wearing bikini like Yurishia, so the exposure rate was a level higher compared to her usual pilot suit. Her figure that was equipped with Heart Hybrid Gear wearing that kind of swimsuit looked somewhat obscene.
「Then here I go!」
Kei was already throwing more than ten watermelons that were flying to the direction of the open sea.
「Wai……why are they going that far!」
Himekawa hurriedly flew to the sky. Himekawa’s Neros specialized in close and medium distance attack, and it was not very good for long range attack. Himekawa engaged her thrusters and chased the watermelons. When she was hot on their heel, she yelled the name of her sure-kill technique.
「Blade!」
Swords flew freely through the sky following Himekawa’s will. Normally the swords floated behind Himekawa, but now they flew like a fired arrow. And then the Blades caught up with the watermelons and carved them into two.
「I did it! Next is──」
At that time, something strange happened to Himekawa’s body. She suddenly lost speed, and right after that she was falling toward the sea.
「Wha……thi, this is……」
Himekawa opened her floating window and checked Neros’s condition. There, the Hybrid Count that was the energy of Heart Hybrid Gear was already decreasing until 5% remaining.
「Kuh……this is Himekawa! I’ll perform emergency landing on nearby island! I’m sorry but, please send me rescue.」
