Editing Masou Gakuen HxH:Volume 13 Chapter 3 (section)

===Part 10===

And then the day of the parting finally arrived.

The huge Entrance that was nearest to Zeltis, right now its size had become less than half compared to before. The two thousand meter-class battleship of Vatlantis couldn’t pass through there anymore. Kizuna and the others would be sent off using a relatively smaller five hundred meter-class battleship.

Other than the crews of Ataraxia, there were only seven other people who were on board. They were Aine, Grace, Zelcyone, and the Quartum.

The five hundred meter-class ship was floating in the air while heading toward the Entrance that was towering up in the middle of the desert.

Gravel and Aldea were watching the battleship heading towards the Entrance from the deck of Izgard’s battleship.

「……Hey Gravel. Is it really alright?」

「What is?」

「What, you said……is it okay that you aren’t accompanying Kizuna?」

「You will be troubled if I go with him right?」

Then Aldea snorted triumphantly.

「If you go, I’ll also go to Lemuria.」

Gravel made an exasperated face and her shoulders relaxed.

「A lot of people are waiting for me in Izgard. There is also the job of rebuilding the country. It’s an important job of creating everyone’s happiness.」

「What about Gravel’s happiness?」

The wind was making Aldea’s hair flutter. She brushed up the hair that was covering her face and sent a sad gaze towards Gravel.

However Gravel answered with a content smile.

「My happiness? Something like that……」

Gravel gently caressed her stomach.

「I’ve received a lifetime’s worth of it.」

And then the battleship Kizuna and the others were boarding vanished into the Entrance.

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It was pitch dark inside the Entrance. Beautiful light in various colors and shapes were flying inside it. They had experienced moving between worlds when fighting the machine gods. The scenery was really similar with that time.

Kizuna was staring at that beautiful sight from the bridge’s window.

When he turned around, there were Aine and Grace sitting side by side on magnificent chairs that were placed at the high place. Around them were Zelcyone and the Quartum surrounding them as bodyguards. The atmosphere they emitted wasn’t one where he could go talk to them.

──’Like this, we will…….’

Before long a rift of light appeared at the front.

The next instant they were enveloped by dazzling light and──

The city of London that had become ruins spread out before their eyes.

「It’s London……desu.」

Sylvia muttered while staring at the tower bridge and Big Ben.

Kizuna recalled that the whereabouts of Sylvia’s parents in London were unknown. When he was thinking whether they would be able to go search for them while they were here, a yelling voice came from behind.

「Look at that! Ataraxia is!」

When he turned around, the monitor that displayed their rear was showing the familiar huge construction.

It was there as though it was only natural, but thinking back, before they went to Vatlantis, Ataraxia should be in a state that was near destruction.

「Ataraxia is……fixed?」

After Kizuna muttered his question, Kei’s monitor was displayed in front of his face.

『This is the Ataraxia that we lived in at the other world.』

「Shikina-san?」

When he looked beside him, Shikina Kei was holding a portable keyboard with both her hands and tapped a key with her thumb.

『Professor Nayuta had completed Ataraxia’s data from before the reconstruction of this world. This is the Ataraxia where we were living before encountering the machine gods, the one that was once taken away by Thanatos.』

「I see……it’s that Ataraxia Academy.」

It was the Ataraxia where the students of Vatlantis, Izgard, and Baldin were spending their time together.

The battleship descended on Ataraxia and landed on the testing site of Nayuta Lab. And then it took around one hour until all the students of Ataraxia were able to board the battleship.

What was left for the ship was only to go home.

Kizuna was feeling bewilderment at the parting that was too simple.

Before his eyes, Aine, Grace, and then Zelcyone and the Quartum were standing.

Beside Kizuna was Reiri, and then behind them were Himekawa, Yurishia, Sylvia, and also Ragrus who decided to stay behind in Ataraxia, standing side by side.

Zelcyone asked Ragrus to ascertain her will.

「Your decision hasn’t changed right?」

「Yes.」

However her voice was trembling. Sylvia put her strength into the hand that was holding Ragrus’s hand to encourage her.

「I see. Sylvia, I’ll leave Ragrus in your care.」

「Yes desu.」

Zelcyone lowered her head respectfully towards Aine and Grace.

「Your majesty, the Entrance will start closing soon. We have to prepare to depart.」

「Right. Everyone, my thanks for everything until now. The life in Ataraxia Academy was really fun. Besides there is also the matter of Genesis’s repair. It pains my heart that we won’t be able to help with the postwar treatment on Lemuria’s side, please forgive us for that.」

Reiri replied as the representative.

「In the battle against the machine gods, our world also wouldn’t have been restored without the cooperation from Vatlantis’s side. We will consider it as sufficient compensation. Besides, it seems that it’s a fact it was our side who started the fight in the Second Another Universe Conflict……at any rate, leave the cleanup to me.」

「Right, then……」

And then Grace sent a questioning gaze at Aine.

「Everyone……」

Aine spoke while looking at everyone’s face one by one.

「Thank you very much for everything until now. I am Ainess Synclavia right now but……but, please don’t forget about Chidorigafuchi Aine.」

「Aine……」

Kizuna unintentionally muttered. Aine’s gaze that looked resigned somewhere in it caught him.

「……Kizuna.」

Tears welled up in Kizuna’s eyes. They were going to spill out anytime now.

「I also don’t want you to forget about her, the girl named Chidorigafuchi Aine.」

「I won’t forget. I am me──」

She bit her lips.

「No, I am Ainess, but I won’t forget about that girl.」

Grace who was listening from the side was making a face that distorted bitterly.

「That girl who is awkward and obstinate, unskillful in interacting with others and easy to get lonely……and also, who loves you Kizuna, more than anyone.」

「──Aine.」

Kizuna couldn’t hold it and tears trickled down his cheek.

Himekawa covered her mouth and desperately endured her sobbing.

「Aine-san……you are, really stupid……」

Yurishia also smiled sadly with tears pooling at the corners of her eyes.

「Bye, Aine.」

Tears were also flowing down Sylvia’s cheeks without stopping. Beside her Ragrus was wiping Sylvia’s cheeks using a handkerchief with a flustered look.

「Sa, sayonara……desu.」

Reiri was also staring at Aine with a sad gaze.

「Aine, take care of yourself.」

「You too, commander.」

Aine took a deep breath and forced herself to make a bright smile.

「This is good bye. Kizuna, everyone, thank you for everything.」

Aine turned around. Midway she looked back several times and waved her hand. And then she finally arrived at the boarding door of the battleship. Then a low mechanical sound resounded and a huge magic circle emerged under the battleship.

The five hundred meter-class battleship floated up with its boarding door staying open.

Aine and the others were standing there while looking down on Kizuna and the others.

And then the side that was sending them off was also waving their hands with their all with a reluctant look.

「Aine-saaan-」

「Aineee-!!」

「Take careeee-!」

Each one of them bid farewell in their own way.

And then Kizuna looked up at the leaving battleship,

「DON’T GOOOOO-!! AINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-!!」

He yelled as loud as he could.

That voice reached Aine who was staring down from the boarding door.

「Kizuna……」

Large drops of tears spilled out from Aine’s eyes.

「Kizuna, Kizuna, Kizuna, Kizuna, Kizuna, Kizuna, Kizuna, Kizuna, Kizuna……」

Tears were overflowing each time she repeated the name.

「KIZUNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!」

Aine yelled back as strong as she could in respond.

And then, she crumbled down on that spot and started crying.

「Uh, uah……UAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHN」

The figure of her big sister weeping full of grief was reflected on Grace’s eyes.

The deeply sad voice of her big sister resounded in Grace’s ears.

That pain stabbed inside Grace’s chest as though it was her own pain.

Grace nodded once as though to ascertain her own heart.

「Ane-uebig sister.」

Aine lifted her face and answered with a faltering voice.

「I-, I’m……so-, rry, I’m fine-……uu」

However Grace shook her head.

「No, you aren’t fine at all.」

「Sorry……I won’t cry anymore so──」

Aine wiped her tears while looking up at her little sister’s face.

However what she found there was a stern gaze.

「……Grace?」

Grace yelled with a dignified voice.

「How can you show that kind of pathetic appearance as the emperor of the glorious Vatlantis! I’m disgusted with Ane-ue!」

Those words caused not only Aine, but even Zelcyone and the others to stiffen with surprised expressions.

「Wha……what are you saying, Grace-sama!?」

「Grace-sama!?」

「Gra, Grace-sama……」

Aine also opened her eyes wide and stared at Grace.

「Gra, Grace? Wait──」

Grace clenched her fist and bit her lips.

Her teeth were making grinding sound.

──And then,

Grace spoke with determination.

「I’m launching a coup d’etat!!」

「Haa!?」

「Wha-!?」

「EEEEEH!?」

Everyone’s jaws dropped.

「From now on I am the emperor of Vatlantis! I hereby banish Nee-sama! Scram to wherever whether it’s Lemuria or anywhere!」

「Grace……you」

Aine’s eyes shook.

Grace leaped foward and hugged Aine’s body.

「I want Nee-sama to smile. Even if you are going to stay together with me forever, it will be painful to continue watching Nee-sama feeling sad because of me.」

「I……I’m sorry. I, don’t mean that!」

However Grace continued.

「Rather than staying nearby while harboring sadness……Nee-sama laughing happily even if you are in another world somewhere far away……I too can be happy if I can think of it like that.」

「Grace……」

Aine also hugged Grace back strongly.

「Grace……sorry, Grace.」

Grace separated herself from Aine who was apologizing while crying.

「Never mind that, just go. Nii-sama is waiting.」

「……Yes!」

Aine kissed Grace and then she stood up vigorously.

「Everyone! Thank you for everything!」

Zelcyone smiled kindly.

「Be happy……Ainess-sama.」

「Wait! Is this really okay!?」

「But isn’t this lovely?」

「Ah…..be, be happy!」

「Eh? Wha, what? What’s going on!?」

Aine smiled at the Quartum who were all shaken up. She then kicked on the floor and started running.

Without pause she leaped with all her strength from the boarding door.

Aine’s body was flying in the blue sky.

The strong wind made the emperor outfit flapped. Aine stripped away that clothes and yelled.

「Zeros!」

Aine’s body was covered with a white Heart Hybrid Gear.

And then she was falling towards her beloved.

「KIZUNAAAAAAA-!」

Kizuna came back to his senses hearing the voice that called his name.

When he looked up and found her figure in the sky, Kizuna doubted his own eyes.

He wondered whether his desire had become a hallucination.

However,

The falling Aine. That was without doubt──

Kizuna yelled.

–

「Eros!!」

–

Kizuna’s body was covered with a black magic armor.

And then he rushed to the sky right away.

He flew in a straight line in order to catch the person he loved in his arms.

「Aine!」

「Kizuna-!」

Their hands reached out,

Their fingertips touched,

The two embraced each other in Ataraxia’s sky.

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‘I won’t let go anymore.

No matter what happens.

I love you.‘

All words and emotions whirled inside their hearts.

However, the two right now didn’t need any words.

What was needed was a hug,

And then, a kiss.

Only the union of their hearts and love.

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