Gertrude stared stoically at Kizuna who arrived at the elementary grade’s teacher office in a rush.
「What’s with the hurry? Did you run away from a damn women’s quarrel to here?」
Kizuna emptied a glass of barley tea in a single gulp before helping himself to another glass.
「For some reason I have this strange feeling recently.」
「Feeling, is it?」
「It’s like there’s someone somewhere watching me, like someone is peeking into my head? No, like there’s someone looking from my eyes through my head.」
「…………」
Gertrude scowled heavily.
「Boss, that sounds real damn bad you know?」
「It’s bad!?」
「Yes. That’s proof that you aren’t right in the head. No doubt about it.」
「Wha……what did you say!?」
「You sound like someone claiming to receive strange signal or being controlled by someone. That’s a clichéd symptom.」
Kizuna folded his arms and groaned.
「But……I’m not feeling that stressed though.」
Compared to their battle against Vatlantis or machine gods, their livelihood recently even felt lacking in stimulation instead. Gertrude shrugged in exasperation at Kizuna’s respond.
「Boss is simply lacking awareness while feeling the pressure subconsciously. Because boss, you’ll have a child soon right?」
「That’s……certainly I’m feeling pressure.」
It would still be in several more months but, when he looked at the stomach of his big sister who was living together with him, he would surely feel it keenly soon. A part of him was happy but, certainly there was also this feeling of him getting slowly driven into a corner.
「What’s more, there’s also this damn beautiful girl corps pestering you for children too right?」
「……Uu」
Aine, Himekawa, and Yurishia surfaced in his mind. And then for some reason Sylvia’s figure towered in his mind like a last boss.
「C-certainly……it feels like, the pressure from everyone is gradually getting stronger……they also got intense at night──no」
Kizuna waved his hand left and right as though to ask Gertrude to forget what he said just now.
「Everyone has fought enough. They also had experienced many dangers……I want to make them able to walk their own life as soon as possible……that’s what I think.」
「That’s really the answer of a honor student but, you actually already aware yourself aren’t you? As expected boss, you’re simply feeling damn cornered without being aware of it.」
Kizuna made a grave expression and held his head.
「No way……so I’m actually that weak……even though I had escaped death so many times……」
Gertrude took out a file from her drawer and flipped through the pages.
「Let’s stop with the joke. There’s something that I want to discuss with you boss.」
「That was just a joke!?」
「……You think I was serious?」
Gertrude looked at the offended Kizuna with a look of exasperation.
「It might not be my place to say this but, your mental is like steel boss. There ain’t any need to worry in that respect. If you’re concerned, how about you visit Professor Shikina? She’ll happily place you on the experiment table won’t she?」
「That way of saying it is a bit……but well, she might really do that.」
Shikina Kei recently had been getting even more immersed with her research. There were also rumors that she was growing increasingly less picky with her method. There were even researchers who were whispering behind her back that transformation into a mad scientist was progressing and these days she reminded them of Professor Nayuta somewhat.
「I’ll go to lab if it feels like this feeling is getting worse. Setting that aside, what is it that you want to discuss with me?」
「Yes. Even among the students of the elementary grade, there are several children who are towering above the rest. Rather than educating them with the same curriculum like the other children, I’m thinking that it might be better to give them special treatment.」
「I see……you mean to give them specialized teaching that suit their talent more.」
「Yes. Ataraxia’s population is small, so I think it’ll be better to nurture the promising human resource with more care. Our era was when the world was in the middle of AU Collision, so the policy was simply throwing everyone into real battle and then raising those who survived……it was that kind of damn policy.」
Now that she mentioned that, certainly it made him amazed that he managed to survive.
「And, do you have a concrete suggestion?」
「This is just an example but, what about something like entrusting Setsuna-chan to Amaterasu?」
「But I’m also an amateur when it comes to nurturing someone……」
Furthermore she was his little sister. Besides, if the time she spent with the members of Amaterasu increased……,
「She might find out about boss’s indulgence with Amaterasu and enter her rebellious phase.」
「Your wording!」
Even if she was joking, Getrude’s suggestion deserved a consideration.
「Got it. I’ll try discussing it with Nee-chan later. Is that fine?」
「Yes. It’s really a damn big help to have hot line with Ataraxia’s leadership like this.」
Kizuna parted from Gertrude and left behind the school building of the elementary grade.
He got the feeling that soon he too had to take part with guiding the next generation. However, there were also still a lot of things that he had to do as someone in the active service.
Besides, Amaterasu currently still had its core members. There would be a limit to carry out a succession of generation within it right now.
「It comes to that in the end……」
Kizuna got into a commuter that was stopping at the roadside and headed to the lab.
Gertrude stared stoically at Kizuna who arrived at the elementary grade’s teacher office in a rush.
「What’s with the hurry? Did you run away from a damn women’s quarrel to here?」
Kizuna emptied a glass of barley tea in a single gulp before helping himself to another glass.
「For some reason I have this strange feeling recently.」
「Feeling, is it?」
「It’s like there’s someone somewhere watching me, like someone is peeking into my head? No, like there’s someone looking from my eyes through my head.」
「…………」
Gertrude scowled heavily.
「Boss, that sounds real damn bad you know?」
「It’s bad!?」
「Yes. That’s proof that you aren’t right in the head. No doubt about it.」
「Wha……what did you say!?」
「You sound like someone claiming to receive strange signal or being controlled by someone. That’s a clichéd symptom.」
Kizuna folded his arms and groaned.
「But……I’m not feeling that stressed though.」
Compared to their battle against Vatlantis or machine gods, their livelihood recently even felt lacking in stimulation instead. Gertrude shrugged in exasperation at Kizuna’s respond.
「Boss is simply lacking awareness while feeling the pressure subconsciously. Because boss, you’ll have a child soon right?」
「That’s……certainly I’m feeling pressure.」
It would still be in several more months but, when he looked at the stomach of his big sister who was living together with him, he would surely feel it keenly soon. A part of him was happy but, certainly there was also this feeling of him getting slowly driven into a corner.
「What’s more, there’s also this damn beautiful girl corps pestering you for children too right?」
「……Uu」
Aine, Himekawa, and Yurishia surfaced in his mind. And then for some reason Sylvia’s figure towered in his mind like a last boss.
「C-certainly……it feels like, the pressure from everyone is gradually getting stronger……they also got intense at night──no」
Kizuna waved his hand left and right as though to ask Gertrude to forget what he said just now.
「Everyone has fought enough. They also had experienced many dangers……I want to make them able to walk their own life as soon as possible……that’s what I think.」
「That’s really the answer of a honor student but, you actually already aware yourself aren’t you? As expected boss, you’re simply feeling damn cornered without being aware of it.」
Kizuna made a grave expression and held his head.
「No way……so I’m actually that weak……even though I had escaped death so many times……」
Gertrude took out a file from her drawer and flipped through the pages.
「Let’s stop with the joke. There’s something that I want to discuss with you boss.」
「That was just a joke!?」
「……You think I was serious?」
Gertrude looked at the offended Kizuna with a look of exasperation.
「It might not be my place to say this but, your mental is like steel boss. There ain’t any need to worry in that respect. If you’re concerned, how about you visit Professor Shikina? She’ll happily place you on the experiment table won’t she?」
「That way of saying it is a bit……but well, she might really do that.」
Shikina Kei recently had been getting even more immersed with her research. There were also rumors that she was growing increasingly less picky with her method. There were even researchers who were whispering behind her back that transformation into a mad scientist was progressing and these days she reminded them of Professor Nayuta somewhat.
「I’ll go to lab if it feels like this feeling is getting worse. Setting that aside, what is it that you want to discuss with me?」
「Yes. Even among the students of the elementary grade, there are several children who are towering above the rest. Rather than educating them with the same curriculum like the other children, I’m thinking that it might be better to give them special treatment.」
「I see……you mean to give them specialized teaching that suit their talent more.」
「Yes. Ataraxia’s population is small, so I think it’ll be better to nurture the promising human resource with more care. Our era was when the world was in the middle of AU Collision, so the policy was simply throwing everyone into real battle and then raising those who survived……it was that kind of damn policy.」
Now that she mentioned that, certainly it made him amazed that he managed to survive.
「And, do you have a concrete suggestion?」
「This is just an example but, what about something like entrusting Setsuna-chan to Amaterasu?」
「But I’m also an amateur when it comes to nurturing someone……」
Furthermore she was his little sister. Besides, if the time she spent with the members of Amaterasu increased……,
「She might find out about boss’s indulgence with Amaterasu and enter her rebellious phase.」
「Your wording!」
Even if she was joking, Getrude’s suggestion deserved a consideration.
「Got it. I’ll try discussing it with Nee-chan later. Is that fine?」
「Yes. It’s really a damn big help to have hot line with Ataraxia’s leadership like this.」
Kizuna parted from Gertrude and left behind the school building of the elementary grade.
He got the feeling that soon he too had to take part with guiding the next generation. However, there were also still a lot of things that he had to do as someone in the active service.
Besides, Amaterasu currently still had its core members. There would be a limit to carry out a succession of generation within it right now.
「It comes to that in the end……」
Kizuna got into a commuter that was stopping at the roadside and headed to the lab.
