Editing City Series:Volume8b Chapter10 (section)

===Aoe’s Sight Mode: In DT Castle===

'''<Aoe’s Over Reload>

Aoe looked away from the window.

<That was a weirdly cheerful message. I know she’s only forcing it to mask her nerves, though.>

He took a breath and drooped his shoulders. Then he pressed the reply button on the word mail window.

A blank window opened with the cursor flashing at to top left.

He placed his right hand’s index finger on the transparent keyboard and worked at using the unfamiliar alphabetic input.

“T – O – Y – U – O.”

He grunted in satisfaction at successfully capitalizing the appropriate letters this time. He kept typing from there, speaking the words aloud as he went.

“No matter what I might learn about you…”

He added “even if you are a criminal’s daughter” under his breath, but did not finish the sentence.

He had a glum look on his face as he continued typing.

After completing a few lines, he was about to hit reply, but he read through it again.

<There’s a typo.>

Just as he was moving the cursor up to fix it, his hands stopped on the keyboard.

He operated the mail window to save the message as a draft and closed the window.

He turned around and prepared for a fight.

His eyes were on the spiral staircase leading down the tower.

Someone was climbing up through the hole on the floor that the stairs exited through.

The tall, skinny man wore his long hair tied back high on his head.

Then Aoe realized the man’s eyes were shut.

But he did not need his vision for his feet to find the stairs. The weapon he carried with that firm footing was a metal rod of more than 3 yards held under his right arm and a wakizashi worn at his hip.

The hem of his blue and white Japanese clothing fluttered a bit as he climbed the last step. He turned his lidded eyes toward Aoe and named himself in a clear voice.

“I am Daikatana Uriel.”

He continued from there.

“I presume you are Aoe Shouzou, but I would like to test something with my life.”

'''<Aoe’s Sight Mode has updated>