[The Day’s Judgment]
Today is the day when the postponed school tournament will finally take place.
However, I don’t want to go to school just to watch the school tournament.
I want to watch only Roll’s battle, but she wasn’t fighting seriously, so I just watched that and return.
Therefore, I’ve decided to skip as planned.
Even if I say skipping, as someone without ability, being absent from this tournament wouldn’t affect my grades, so it’s really a holiday for me.
I slept at my home after a long while.
However, I don’t have enough sleep.
I had a lot to think about and couldn’t fall asleep. The same as the day before yesterday.
Perhaps, now I’m used to sleep at the sofa in Roll’s room rather than in my own room.
I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling.
Unlike before, I rarely stay in this room these days.
Since my parents didn’t spend much time at home, I started not to come back, so this house felt desolate.
Since my parents aren’t saying anything, my degradation just keeps continues on.
It is becoming commonplace for me to go late at night, going out for a few days without contacting them, and even not returning on weekends lately.
I haven’t had meal together with my family for a long time.
2 days since that, I was spending my time at home.
I thought a lot.
At that meeting, the direction of the operation has been decided, but the details were not discussed yet.
It seems that Boss will hold another executive meeting after arranging some things.
What I know is that Tsurugi will be used.
And that I will participate in the operation.
I wonder how Tsurugi will be used. And how can I be useful in the operation.
They wouldn’t just touch Tsurugi and kill only his father.
That is to say, Tsurugi will be used and killed in this operation.
“…”
And I also take part in that operation.
I’m confused.
I’m confused that I can’t swallow the situation, but at the same time I’m also calm.
Tsurugi will die.
I hate it. Not particularly.
I’m not sure.
How do I think about it? How do I want to think about? How should I think about?
There are 2 way of thinking inside me.
It is the way of thinking as Kamiya Kazato and the way of thinking as Shion.
For some reason, the way of thinking as Shion is a bit more dominant in me…
Is it because Hakunetsu-san and Kuroinu-san died?
No.
My priority is changing.
The quality of life as Kamiya Kazato is inferior to that of life as Anonymous.
Therefore, somewhere in my heart, I want to part from this annoying daily life.
No. That should not be.
Family is important.
A family who seems to have abandoned you who don’t have ability?
No.
It’s fun to be with Tsurugi and co.
Fun? What is.
I wonder what is fun about it. I wonder what was fun about it.
I was just “in” that group.
Isn’t it fine for Tsurugi to die?
It’s not like that. He’s my best friend. If he dies, both Rin and Ohashi will be sad.
Then the talk shouldn’t be limited to Tsurugi, right.
Then, Rin and Ohashi can die as well.
“…”
What am I thinking about…!
I raised my body and looked at the clock.
The time is 10:00 am.
My head hurts.
I can’t ask Boss to not kill Tsurugi.
It’s not just my own problem.
Boss took my affairs into consideration as much as possible.
That’s why here…
…I think it’s okay.
Meaningless. Nothing would change even if I think about it.
There is nothing I can change.
I’ll just have to follow the instructions.
I’m not fighting Tsurugi, I’m not fighting Midou Ryuusui.
I put my body in the bed again.
I slept all day that day.
Next morning, I wake up in my room.
Yesterday’s school tournament continues today.
When I opened my phone, there was one new email.
It was from Rin.
[Won’t you come and see the school tournament?]
[I’m not going.]
I sent the email that I wrote, put my phone at the bedside and stood up.
After changing clothes, I go downstairs to wash my face and brush my teeth.
Then I left home.
My destination is the hideout.
Today, I will take care of Renga.
Roll isn’t around, so I’m thinking of inviting Tameiki-san.
Tameiki-san has no plans.
Because right now, half of the functions of Anonymous headquarters have suspended.
Because of Midou Ryuusui’s influence, our activities became temporarily restricted.
The current situation is we can’t move thoughtlessly because we don’t know which of our sponsors has been seized.
I tried sending an email to Tameiki-san on the organization device.
[Where are you now?]
I put the phone in my pocket.
Then, the phone vibrated after a few seconds. It’s a call.
When I took out the phone again, it was a call from Tameiki-san as I expected.
“Yes.”
“What’s the matter?”
Tameiki-san’s voice came from the other side of the phone.
“Can you accompany me to the Tsuhara branch? I want to go to take care of Renga.”
“I can’t.”
“Eh? Why?”
“There’s an order to standby. With the situation as it is. Shion, you should also stay and wait.”
“I see.”
I can’t go even for something other than mission huh. Tsuhara branch is at the exact opposite if Saint Celia, so I feel it’s safe, but it seems better to do as she says.
Then, let’s not go to the hideout.
“I understand. Thank you.”
“Perhaps another conference will be held later today. Will you come to the hideout?”
“Hmm. I was thinking of going, but I changed my mind.”
So there’s a meeting again today huh. Then I should wait at the hideout…wait, there’s nothing I can do there anyway.
“…then, do you want to have a meal together?”
I look at the time. It’s still 8 am.
“For breakfast?”
“No, for lunch. I already had breakfast.”
I have nothing to do and I want to talk to Tameiki-san.
I haven’t talk much with Tameiki-san recently after all.
There are many reasons to go. Or rather I want to go.
“Okay. Let’s go.”
“Then come to my room.”
“Eh? Now?”
There’s still time until noon. Does she need me for something?
“Yes.”
Speaking of which, I have never been in Tameiki-san’s room. I know the location though.
I have no reason to decline.
“Then, can I go there now?”
“Yeah.”
一一一
I arrived in Tameiki-san’s room.
When I knocked on the room, I was silently invited inside.
Tameiki-san is in a suit as usual even though she is in her room.
I enter the room.
In the large room, the first impression that came to mind was “Arms Storage”.
“…”
All sorts of swords are leaning against the wall of the room, and various kinds of knives and whatnot are decorating the wall.
There are chains and ropes piled up at corner of the room, and there are several suits scattered on the ground.
Other than that, there were many things that make me want to ask “Why is there such a thing here?”
However, the room smells good. At first I thought the room would smell of gunpowder, but it actually gave off woman’s scent.
Tameiki-san sat deep on a plain sofa.
By seeing a blanket on the sofa and the fact that there is no bed in the room, I can tell that she’s always sleeping there.
“…I don’t usually come back to this room.”
It must be her excuse for this mess huh.
Even so, to think that she just leave these suits scattered on the floor.
Maybe there are some underwears too…
“Are you not tidying up?”
I looked at the scattered suits and said so.
“I’ll throw them away all at once. I’ll get new ones anyway.”
That’s such a waste…
It’s allowed because she is Tameiki-san. In the first place, if she send the suits to hideout’s cleaning service, they will clean it for free though.
“…”
“Well, sit down.”
Tameiki-san told me, then I sat next to her. It’s a very elastic sofa.
Tameiki-san lay down on the sofa and put her feet on my knee.
“So, what do you want?”
“Eh?”
Since I was called to her room, I thought Tameiki-san needs me for something.
“What? You asked me to go along with you to Tsuhara because you need me for something, aren’t you?”
“Roll isn’t around today, so I’m thinking of going together with you.”
“Is that so?”
Tameiki-san said with a slight drop in the tone of her voice.
“Moreover, I haven’t talk with Tameiki-san at all lately.”
“…I was busy after all.”
Tameiki-san is kind of serious.
No, I wonder if “serious” is the right way to say it.
It’s just, despite such a personality, unlike Byakurei-san or Desuko-san, she is doing a great amount of work.
When we first met, she was on vacation and I thought she was the type of person who couldn’t be tied up, but that seems not to be the case.
Of course, I don’t think she is a restrained person though.
However, she is true to the command of Boss.
“Well but, I have something to talk about with you.”
“Really? What is it?”
Tameiki-san rearranges her feet that was on top of mine.
“It’s almost winter vacation, so can you train me again? After the matter of Midou Ryuusui was over.”
My school’s winter vacation is long.
Since the school tournament takes up the time of winter vacation, it seems that the amount of processing is getting longer.
“…I think you are already at the stage where you can become stronger alone. I can help as much as you want if we have similar ability, but our abilities are different.”
I have a way of growing myself.
Especially since I’m the only one who has the ability, Sound Control (Dominant), so there is no need for Tameiki-san to help me at the application stage.
I know that.
“But, it’s not enough… I want to be stronger.
Somehow, I don’t feel like I’m getting stronger at all… I’m doing training every day, and I’ve sparred against various people. I’m satisfied with that.
However, my ability is not catching up. And the firepower if Soundshoot keep falling behind…”
Battle strength is dependent on ability.
“That’s just because your control of ability is still unstable. Don’t rush.
You still have room to grow. Rather, you are growing at a great speed. There is no need to rush.”
“Even so, it’s still slow!”
Tameiki-san put her hands behind her head and slowly closed her eyes.
Then she sigh deeply.
I have no choice but to get stronger to survive.
I want to live. If I don’t get stronger, I can’t survive.
To protect myself, I have to become stronger…
The others must have misunderstood.
Because Hakunetsu-san and Kuroinu-san died, I’m trying to get stronger.
Certainly it was the trigger.
However, the reason is “sense of danger”. It’s neither about vengeance nor is it about not letting someone else die again.
I don’t want to be killed like those two, so I want to become strong.
Perhaps it’s embarrassing to think this way.
Perhaps it’s rude to the two who died to protect me.
But, that’s the conclusion that I reached.
“…I’ll think about it. After erasing Midou Ryuusui.”
“Really…!”
“Don’t expect anything. I’ll just think about it.”
Tameiki-san said.
Tameiki-san, is it because you can’t afford it now?
No, that’s not limited to Tameiki-san.
Ah, I feel like doing some mischief.
“You!”
I tickled the sole of Tameiki-san’s feet with all my might.
“Uh…huu…!”
I was kicked off the sofa with those feet.
Then, I was mounted as it is, but I didn’t miss Tameiki-san’s strange voice.
“Tameiki-san is pretty ticklish, right?”
After that, I was tickled to death.
[The Day’s Judgment]
Today is the day when the postponed school tournament will finally take place.
However, I don’t want to go to school just to watch the school tournament.
I want to watch only Roll’s battle, but she wasn’t fighting seriously, so I just watched that and return.
Therefore, I’ve decided to skip as planned.
Even if I say skipping, as someone without ability, being absent from this tournament wouldn’t affect my grades, so it’s really a holiday for me.
I slept at my home after a long while.
However, I don’t have enough sleep.
I had a lot to think about and couldn’t fall asleep. The same as the day before yesterday.
Perhaps, now I’m used to sleep at the sofa in Roll’s room rather than in my own room.
I lay on my bed and stared at the ceiling.
Unlike before, I rarely stay in this room these days.
Since my parents didn’t spend much time at home, I started not to come back, so this house felt desolate.
Since my parents aren’t saying anything, my degradation just keeps continues on.
It is becoming commonplace for me to go late at night, going out for a few days without contacting them, and even not returning on weekends lately.
I haven’t had meal together with my family for a long time.
2 days since that, I was spending my time at home.
I thought a lot.
At that meeting, the direction of the operation has been decided, but the details were not discussed yet.
It seems that Boss will hold another executive meeting after arranging some things.
What I know is that Tsurugi will be used.
And that I will participate in the operation.
I wonder how Tsurugi will be used. And how can I be useful in the operation.
They wouldn’t just touch Tsurugi and kill only his father.
That is to say, Tsurugi will be used and killed in this operation.
“…”
And I also take part in that operation.
I’m confused.
I’m confused that I can’t swallow the situation, but at the same time I’m also calm.
Tsurugi will die.
I hate it. Not particularly.
I’m not sure.
How do I think about it? How do I want to think about? How should I think about?
There are 2 way of thinking inside me.
It is the way of thinking as Kamiya Kazato and the way of thinking as Shion.
For some reason, the way of thinking as Shion is a bit more dominant in me…
Is it because Hakunetsu-san and Kuroinu-san died?
No.
My priority is changing.
The quality of life as Kamiya Kazato is inferior to that of life as Anonymous.
Therefore, somewhere in my heart, I want to part from this annoying daily life.
No. That should not be.
Family is important.
A family who seems to have abandoned you who don’t have ability?
No.
It’s fun to be with Tsurugi and co.
Fun? What is.
I wonder what is fun about it. I wonder what was fun about it.
I was just “in” that group.
Isn’t it fine for Tsurugi to die?
It’s not like that. He’s my best friend. If he dies, both Rin and Ohashi will be sad.
Then the talk shouldn’t be limited to Tsurugi, right.
Then, Rin and Ohashi can die as well.
“…”
What am I thinking about…!
I raised my body and looked at the clock.
The time is 10:00 am.
My head hurts.
I can’t ask Boss to not kill Tsurugi.
It’s not just my own problem.
Boss took my affairs into consideration as much as possible.
That’s why here…
…I think it’s okay.
Meaningless. Nothing would change even if I think about it.
There is nothing I can change.
I’ll just have to follow the instructions.
I’m not fighting Tsurugi, I’m not fighting Midou Ryuusui.
I put my body in the bed again.
I slept all day that day.
Next morning, I wake up in my room.
Yesterday’s school tournament continues today.
When I opened my phone, there was one new email.
It was from Rin.
[Won’t you come and see the school tournament?]
[I’m not going.]
I sent the email that I wrote, put my phone at the bedside and stood up.
After changing clothes, I go downstairs to wash my face and brush my teeth.
Then I left home.
My destination is the hideout.
Today, I will take care of Renga.
Roll isn’t around, so I’m thinking of inviting Tameiki-san.
Tameiki-san has no plans.
Because right now, half of the functions of Anonymous headquarters have suspended.
Because of Midou Ryuusui’s influence, our activities became temporarily restricted.
The current situation is we can’t move thoughtlessly because we don’t know which of our sponsors has been seized.
I tried sending an email to Tameiki-san on the organization device.
[Where are you now?]
I put the phone in my pocket.
Then, the phone vibrated after a few seconds. It’s a call.
When I took out the phone again, it was a call from Tameiki-san as I expected.
“Yes.”
“What’s the matter?”
Tameiki-san’s voice came from the other side of the phone.
“Can you accompany me to the Tsuhara branch? I want to go to take care of Renga.”
“I can’t.”
“Eh? Why?”
“There’s an order to standby. With the situation as it is. Shion, you should also stay and wait.”
“I see.”
I can’t go even for something other than mission huh. Tsuhara branch is at the exact opposite if Saint Celia, so I feel it’s safe, but it seems better to do as she says.
Then, let’s not go to the hideout.
“I understand. Thank you.”
“Perhaps another conference will be held later today. Will you come to the hideout?”
“Hmm. I was thinking of going, but I changed my mind.”
So there’s a meeting again today huh. Then I should wait at the hideout…wait, there’s nothing I can do there anyway.
“…then, do you want to have a meal together?”
I look at the time. It’s still 8 am.
“For breakfast?”
“No, for lunch. I already had breakfast.”
I have nothing to do and I want to talk to Tameiki-san.
I haven’t talk much with Tameiki-san recently after all.
There are many reasons to go. Or rather I want to go.
“Okay. Let’s go.”
“Then come to my room.”
“Eh? Now?”
There’s still time until noon. Does she need me for something?
“Yes.”
Speaking of which, I have never been in Tameiki-san’s room. I know the location though.
I have no reason to decline.
“Then, can I go there now?”
“Yeah.”
一一一
I arrived in Tameiki-san’s room.
When I knocked on the room, I was silently invited inside.
Tameiki-san is in a suit as usual even though she is in her room.
I enter the room.
In the large room, the first impression that came to mind was “Arms Storage”.
“…”
All sorts of swords are leaning against the wall of the room, and various kinds of knives and whatnot are decorating the wall.
There are chains and ropes piled up at corner of the room, and there are several suits scattered on the ground.
Other than that, there were many things that make me want to ask “Why is there such a thing here?”
However, the room smells good. At first I thought the room would smell of gunpowder, but it actually gave off woman’s scent.
Tameiki-san sat deep on a plain sofa.
By seeing a blanket on the sofa and the fact that there is no bed in the room, I can tell that she’s always sleeping there.
“…I don’t usually come back to this room.”
It must be her excuse for this mess huh.
Even so, to think that she just leave these suits scattered on the floor.
Maybe there are some underwears too…
“Are you not tidying up?”
I looked at the scattered suits and said so.
“I’ll throw them away all at once. I’ll get new ones anyway.”
That’s such a waste…
It’s allowed because she is Tameiki-san. In the first place, if she send the suits to hideout’s cleaning service, they will clean it for free though.
“…”
“Well, sit down.”
Tameiki-san told me, then I sat next to her. It’s a very elastic sofa.
Tameiki-san lay down on the sofa and put her feet on my knee.
“So, what do you want?”
“Eh?”
Since I was called to her room, I thought Tameiki-san needs me for something.
“What? You asked me to go along with you to Tsuhara because you need me for something, aren’t you?”
“Roll isn’t around today, so I’m thinking of going together with you.”
“Is that so?”
Tameiki-san said with a slight drop in the tone of her voice.
“Moreover, I haven’t talk with Tameiki-san at all lately.”
“…I was busy after all.”
Tameiki-san is kind of serious.
No, I wonder if “serious” is the right way to say it.
It’s just, despite such a personality, unlike Byakurei-san or Desuko-san, she is doing a great amount of work.
When we first met, she was on vacation and I thought she was the type of person who couldn’t be tied up, but that seems not to be the case.
Of course, I don’t think she is a restrained person though.
However, she is true to the command of Boss.
“Well but, I have something to talk about with you.”
“Really? What is it?”
Tameiki-san rearranges her feet that was on top of mine.
“It’s almost winter vacation, so can you train me again? After the matter of Midou Ryuusui was over.”
My school’s winter vacation is long.
Since the school tournament takes up the time of winter vacation, it seems that the amount of processing is getting longer.
“…I think you are already at the stage where you can become stronger alone. I can help as much as you want if we have similar ability, but our abilities are different.”
I have a way of growing myself.
Especially since I’m the only one who has the ability, Sound Control (Dominant), so there is no need for Tameiki-san to help me at the application stage.
I know that.
“But, it’s not enough… I want to be stronger.
Somehow, I don’t feel like I’m getting stronger at all… I’m doing training every day, and I’ve sparred against various people. I’m satisfied with that.
However, my ability is not catching up. And the firepower if Soundshoot keep falling behind…”
Battle strength is dependent on ability.
“That’s just because your control of ability is still unstable. Don’t rush.
You still have room to grow. Rather, you are growing at a great speed. There is no need to rush.”
“Even so, it’s still slow!”
Tameiki-san put her hands behind her head and slowly closed her eyes.
Then she sigh deeply.
I have no choice but to get stronger to survive.
I want to live. If I don’t get stronger, I can’t survive.
To protect myself, I have to become stronger…
The others must have misunderstood.
Because Hakunetsu-san and Kuroinu-san died, I’m trying to get stronger.
Certainly it was the trigger.
However, the reason is “sense of danger”. It’s neither about vengeance nor is it about not letting someone else die again.
I don’t want to be killed like those two, so I want to become strong.
Perhaps it’s embarrassing to think this way.
Perhaps it’s rude to the two who died to protect me.
But, that’s the conclusion that I reached.
“…I’ll think about it. After erasing Midou Ryuusui.”
“Really…!”
“Don’t expect anything. I’ll just think about it.”
Tameiki-san said.
Tameiki-san, is it because you can’t afford it now?
No, that’s not limited to Tameiki-san.
Ah, I feel like doing some mischief.
“You!”
I tickled the sole of Tameiki-san’s feet with all my might.
“Uh…huu…!”
I was kicked off the sofa with those feet.
Then, I was mounted as it is, but I didn’t miss Tameiki-san’s strange voice.
“Tameiki-san is pretty ticklish, right?”
After that, I was tickled to death.
