Editing Masou Gakuen HxH:Volume 14 Chapter 7 (section)

===Part 4===
The fleet of the multinational army had approached until a range where they could sight Ataraxia.

Furthermore a hundred kilometer behind them, the transport plane that was boarded by Europe’s Heart Hybrid Gear force Valkyrie was heading toward Ataraxia with subsonic speed.

「Noow then, we’re going to get off the slow taxi and rush off soon!」

After Christelle said that, the thirty squad members all stood up from their seat.

「Elfriede. How is the situation over there?」

Using the long range detection ability of Dagura, Elfriede checked the unmanned aircraft force that was going ahead.

「The unmanned aircraft force is ten kilometer in front of Ataraxia. They will start attacking soon.」

「No good-! We’re late. Let’s go!」

Christelle flew out before the rear hatch was fully opened. Following her the squad members threw themselves to the sky one after another.

The members of Valkyrie immediately increased their thruster output when they flew in the air and overtook the transport jet aircraft.

They avoided the cloud and lowered their altitude. There they could see the fleet on the sea.

「Hee, this is really a great view!」

Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and Aegis-class cruiser, destroyer and amphibious assault ship, etc, etc. There were dozens of them in total. It was astounding that they could gather this much force.

Thinking of the military vessels that were lost in the AU Collision War, it would make one think that perhaps all the existing battleships in the world had been gathered here.

Above them, Christelle flew past them with a condescending smile.

「Every last one of them is being greedy.」

「You’re saying that?」

Elfriede who caught up to her immediately retorted.

「Fufuh, can you say that about other?」

Christelle stared back at Elfriede with a smile as though she was seeing through her.

「What do you mean by that?」

「Nothiing?」

「……I won’t allow France to monopolize this.」

「Ahahahahaha, that’s not it! Elfriede!」

Christelle winked.

「It won’t be by France. It will be me!」

She accelerated right after she finished saying that.

「Ahahahahaaa, I’ll be the first one!! Get out of my way drones!!」

Christelle was about to overtake the unmanned aircraft’s formation, it was then──,

「!?」

The unmanned aircrafts exploded all at once.

「Wha……」

Christelle rapidly brake at the spot.

The other members also stopped rushing and stared toward the flowers of flame blooming in the sky with dumbfounded look. A belt of flame was formed in the sky, cutting through the sky in a horizontal line. That flame and aircraft fragments fell toward the sea.

「What in, the world……Elfriede!!」

Elfriede responded to Christelle’s voice and started to search for the enemy.

「From where……」

She searched for the enemy while sweating coldly.

At that time, an immense magic power reaction was detected from the sky above.

──Above!?

When she thought that, a light ran from above to the sea behind them.

It was like the god’s lightning.

Elfriede immediately turned around.

「──The fleet-!?」

There wasn’t even any time to give warning.

Even if her warning actually reached, there would be no way to defend anyway.

A terrifyingly gigantic and long sword of light cut apart the fleet. Several destroyers had their bow cut off skillfully and they were tilting due to the water flooding in.

The fleet’s movement stopped and began to rescue the sinking ships.

「Kuh!」

Christelle looked up to the sky.

Light shined down from between the clouds.

Within that light, a winged girl with a sword in her right hand swooped down.

「……Angel?」

That armor was familiar. But, the size was completely different.

──Zecros?

That was undoubtedly Hida Reiri’s Zecros.

However, no matter how she saw it, the wearer was a girl around the age of primary grade.

Christelle glared with a grim face.

──Who? This child?

She was a girl with golden hair and golden eyes with godly beauty.

Even Zecros fit that girl really well as though it was made for her. The lovely design combined with the girl’s beautiful figure made her looked exactly like an angel from heaven.

That girl opened her pink lips.

「I am Hida Setsuna. The little sister of Hida Reiri and Kizuna!」

「Little sister……you say?」

There was no information that Reiri and Kizuna had little sister. Was the information mistaken, or was it fake?

──No, that doesn’t matter.

「How surprising. To think there’s still a gaer that can move. Furthermore, that’s Zecros isn’t it?」

「So, so what about it」

──Amateur.

Christelle immediately saw through Setsuna’s discomposed appearance.

「For a young lady like you to come out, perhaps you’re the only one who can move. Am I wrong?」

Setsuna groaned ‘uu’ and lost her words. Cold sweat was trickling down her cheek.

Christelle snickered inside her heart.

Certainly the power that destroyed the unmanned aircrafts and fleet was terrific. However they were likely against an amateur with no real battle experience. In that case──,

「Disperse! B!!」

Christelle decided a formation pattern and grabbed one of the swords floating beside her. She sent the other one to rush at Setsuna.

「Kyah!」

A shield was immediately formed on Setsuna’s left hand. That shield deflected the sword.

However the attack didn’t stop there. The scattered members surrounded Setsuna and began bombarding her.

「Ku……」

Setsuna spread the wings on her back and attempted to retreat.

「Don’t let her get away!」

Two members stood on the way of Setsuna due to Christelle’s instruction.

「Ah!?」

Setsuna raised her voice in panic.

──What now!?

She recalled Kizuna’s words at that time.

『Your power is amazing. Compared to that power, your technique is low because you have only begun training. That’s why don’t think too much. Just push through with brute force.』

──Onii-chan!!

Setsuna’s wings opened and she accelerated drastically. The members of Valkyrie lost sight of her.

「Wha──」

When they noticed, one already got sent flying by Setsuna who charged at them with her shield still raised.

It was just a tackle.

However the gear of the member was smashed and she became unable to fight.

「What power!! Surround her and attack her together!」

The members surrounding Setsuna fired simultaneously while keeping distance from her.

「I have no technique and tactic.」

Setsuna’s sword shined gold.

「But, I can at least swing my sword faster than anyone-!!」

Setsuna cut the particle cannon’s bullets heading at her.

「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!」

The bullets coming at her from all directions were deflected by shield or cut by sword.

It wasn’t a technique that human was capable of doing.

A shiver ran through Christelle’s body.

──Is this child, human?

Setsuna’s eyes shined gold.

「TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!」

Golden light stretched out from the sword she swung. The trace of the sword attacked the Valkyrie members like a large caliber particle beam.

「Wha-, what!?」

「KYAAAAAAAAH!!」

Even if they dodged, their gear as destroyed just from the beam grazing near them. The golden light impacted the sea after that like god’s lightning. The sea was split into two.

Cold sweat trickled down Christelle’s forehead.

「So that was what destroyed the aircrafts and ships in one attack……」

The Valkyrie members were made unable to fight one after another and left the frontline. The force’s number was already reduced until half.

Setsuna smiled.

──I did it. I can win! I can protect everyone! I can also be useful!

The moment she thought that,

She felt a severe impact on her back.

「Gah……!?」

Her body pitched forward.

「Kuh!」

When she turned around while getting thrown forward, she sensed that there was an enemy aiming a rifle from far away at her.

──Just one person, from that far!?

「Nice job! Elfriede!!」

Christelle didn’t let go of that opening. She attacked Setsuna followed by two swords.

「I, I won’t lose!」

──Because, if I lose, everyone in Ataraxia will…!

She swung her sword in panic and drew golden lines.

However Christelle displayed a surprising maneuverability and dodged all the lines.

──No way!?

Christelle’s sword was thrust toward Setsuna’s neck.

「This is checkmate, little miss.」

「A……aa……」

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Tears spilled from Setsuna’s eyes.

「You’re really something. We almost got annihilated. Well, I have various things to ask you, but that’s for later.」

Christelle gave an order without taking off her gaze from Setsuna.

「Everyone reorganize the formation! Also restrain this child.」

「Roger!」

Two members grabbed Setsuna’s arms and twisted them up.

「O-! Ouch!」

A member who grabbed Setsuna’s arm brought her face closer to Setsuna and threatened her.

「Shut up! We can’t let our guard down against you brat. Perhaps I should dislocate your arm too!」

「Hih……」

Seeing Setsuna’s body shivering in fear, the other member showed a sadistic smile.

「Even though you’re just a brat you only have power going for you. As expected perhaps we should break your bones.」

She joyfully muttered and put more strength to the arm that she twisted.

「NOOOOOOOOOOO_!! O, ONII-CHAAAAAAAAAANNN!!」

The two who were restraining both her arms exploded in laughter hearing that scream.

「Ahahahahahahah!! Yo, you heard that?」

「O, O, Onii-chaaan she said! What a joke!!」

Those two got their shoulder tapped.

「「Hm?」」

When they turned around, a man was there.

「Take off your hands from my little sister.」

「「Ha?」」

It was a man wearing black armor.

A thought that they had seen this man before crossed their mind. The next instant they shrieked.

「Hih! HIDA KIZUNAAAAAA!?」

The two let go of Setsuna’s hands and flew back from Kizuna. Setsuna felt relieved and stared at her brother’s face right in front of her.

「O, Onii……chan?」

Kizuna hugged Setsuna.

「You really worked hard. Good job, Setsuna.」

「O, Onii-chaaaann!!」

Setsuna hugged Kizuna tearfully.

The two who threatened Setsuna just now were staring at Kizuna in incomprehension.

「Wh, why……since when……」

「That man, where the hell he appeared from……」

Steel claws stabbed the stomach of the two who were muttering with shrill voice.

「Guwaah!!」

Two arms suddenly grew from empty air.

Christelle’s face distorted seeing those hands.

「Ataraxia’s death god……」

Kizuna’s back flickered and a slender beautiful girl appeared.

「You were a big help, Valdy.」

「……I’m only following Reiri-sama and Kizuna-sama’s command.」

Kizuna gently caressed the back of Setsuna who he held on his chest.

「Valdy, it’s fine already here. Protect Nee-chan for me. Absolutely don’t let her get hurt.」

「I’ll protect her even at the cost of my life.」

Valdy left those words behind and vanished.

Kizuna let go of Setsuna and sent a sharp glare at Christelle.

Christelle received that gaze right from the front and showed a bold smile.

「I see. So the magic power abnormality already ended……uunfortunate. Even though the suppression would be over already without that child here.」

「Your strategy failed. Retreat.」

「Guess so……what to do I wonder……we’ve come this far already……」

Christelle was waiting for Elfriede’s sniping.

──German and British people can’t be trusted but……that girl’s skill can be trusted.

In fact, Elfriede was aiming at Kizuna.

Relying on her gear’s distant sensing ability, she was in the middle of calculating the revised value of the environment. However it was finished in less than several seconds.

──I can hit.

Her finger touched the trigger.

However,

The gun barrel vanished before her finger could pull the trigger.

「……Wha」

The length became half, the tip was melting and turning red.

──I was fired at!? From here!?

Elfriede searched for the enemy but she couldn’t find one anywhere. When she widened the range of her detection, she reached until Ataraxia.

──That’s,

Above Ataraxia’s protective wall, a pointlessly gorgeous woman was standing.

Her beautiful blonde hair was fluttering. She was wearing a blue Heart Hybrid Gear.

──Yurishia……Farandole.

Cold sweat formed on Elfriede’s forehead.

That person was……at the AU Collision War, at the time when they still could only barely defeat a single magic weapon in group, she was the world’s strongest that defeated 300 by herself…….

Yurishia threw a kiss as though she was aware Elfriede was peering at her.

Seeing that, Elfriede smiled wryly in spite of herself. And then she opened a communication line with Christelle.

「Sorry Christelle. Please take care of the rest on your own.」

After she cut off the communication, she suddenly tilted her head.

──What is the meaning of 『Kizuna’s Love Slave』 written on the world’s strongest’s stomach?

On the other side, the communication that suddenly came from Elfriede made Christelle grimaced.

「Aaaah geez! We’re doing this you all!!」

Christelle sent the swords at her left and right flying toward Kizuna.

However they were struck down easily midway.

「Ha!?」

It was the same flying swords like Christelle that struck hers down.

「I won’t let you lay a hand on Kizuna-kun!」

A black haired girl was standing on her way with sword in hand.

Christelle kicked on the air and ran through the sky toward that girl. She picked up the two swords that were deflected with both her hands and slashed without pause.

「Oh yeah! But there’s no way I’ll lose in sword!」

「I accept the challenge!」

The two’s swords scattered sparks.

Christelle swung her sword through. Right hand, and then left hand, the two swords continuously attacked. She rotated her body and slashed elegantly like a dance.

The opponent was toyed by that sword speed and the movement that took her by surprise.

──Strong, but!

The black haired girl blocked and parried those swords and also rotated to match the opponent. They attempted to kill each other looking like they were in a Waltz dance.

──She is still far below Hyakurath-san.

「HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!」

The black haired girl bellowed, and then connected a slash in a speed that human’s eye couldn’t follow. It wasn’t swinging around a sword single-mindedly like Setsuna, it was a technique that was built on long diligent study and training.

Christelle’s sword was deflected away. She stared at the black haired girl in red armor with disbelieving eye.

「This is a joke right……」

「Please withdraw. I dislike killing in vain.」

「What the hell are you!? JK!? Cheat!? Or sword saint!?」

The black haired girl was at a loss of words at Christelle’s desperate questions. And then──,

「Tha, that’s right! I, I’m, the sword saint──Himekawa Hayuru!!」

Her cheeks flushed bright red after she said that.

──Aah, I got carried away. I said it! I said it! It’s embarrassing!!

For some reason right now she wanted to apologize to the dear friend she missed.

Kizuna smiled seeing that situation.

──The match is decided.

However a communication came from Reiri at that time.

『Kizuna, the amphibious assault ships are still heading toward Ataraxia. Deal with them.』

「Roger.」

Kizuna replied to Reiri and immediately gave an instruction.

「Sylvia! Ragrus!」

The two large frames that were standing at the edge of Ataraxia like gatekeeper moved out.

「Roger desu! Ragrus-chan!!」

「Sylvia! First let’s start from the one at the front!!」

Ragrus replied with her face wearing a visor so that her face wouldn’t be exposed. Demon clung on the starboard without paying attention to the amphibious assault ship’s bombardment. And then Sylvia’s Taros also lined up beside her.

「「Onee two!!」

The huge fists were lifted up. Demon and Taros’s terrifyingly powerful arms slammed on the ship’s side. A loud sound like a bell resounded and a large hole was gouged open. A lot of sea water flooded inside from there. The ship that was longer than 200 meter started to tilt.

「Now, if you don’t want to drown then run away quickly!! Then let’s go to the next one!」

「Roger desu!」

Christelle sent a communication to the fleet commander.

「Wait! Just retreat already! We’re just going to bleed fighting force like this!!」

However the chain of command was in chaos and couldn’t control the situation. Christelle grimaced.

「Ah!? Idiot!!」

She spontaneously yelled seeing the information displayed on the window. A nuclear submarine was rising to the surface far away from the fleet.

When she turned around, several lines of smoke were rising toward the sky from the other side of the horizon.

──Nuclear warhead missile!!

Christelle clicked her tongue.

「You’re going to annihilate it if it won’t become yours!? Or rather, we’re going to get hit too like this!!」

Christelle immediately judged the situation.

All Amaterasu members were here. Members of Masters weren’t seen might be because they were protecting Ataraxia. Would it be possible to shot down the missiles with Masters’ bombardment without making it detonated?

──No. That’s impossible. It might be possible if it’s the past nuclear warhead, but that type will activate the detonator on the spot even if it got shot down and explode.

──Checkmate.

「To think we’ll also get sacrificed along…..」

Christelle smiled bitterly.

At that time she saw a silver haired girl heading here from Ataraxia.

「Kizuna!!」

Kizuna responded with a smile toward that voice.

「Aine! I’ve been waiting.」

The girl rushed through the sky toward the other party like a pair of reunited lovers.

Kizuna spread his arms and welcomed Aine.

「Kischarge Hybrid!!」

The two exchanged a passionate embrace and kissed.

Christelle couldn’t close her opened mouth seeing the sudden kiss.

──These two, what in the world are they doing? This isn’t the time for doing love scene……!?

The two’s body shined radiantly.

It was a sublime light as though it was blessing the two’s love.

That light burst and vanished. The two’s figures weren’t there anymore.

In exchange she could see blue and pink lights rising to the sky far away while leaving a trail of light.

「……What’s, that……」

The two lights were heading to the airborne missiles.

──Don’t tell me, they plan to strike down the missiles with their hand!?

The nuclear missiles were arcing down and almost arrived at above Ataraxia.

There was no way they would make it in time no matter how she saw it.

Even if they caught up, what would they do then?

The two flying toward the missiles received the data of its inner structure from Ataraxia. The warhead attached on the missile’s tip, the one at the forefront was shining red. The moment Kizuna saw the data, he understood the intention of that data.

「Aine! We’ll crush the warhead! The detonator can be destroyed!」

「Leave it to me!!」

Aine accelerated faster. And then she overtook the missiles.

「HAAAAAAAAAAH!!」

She rotated with a somersault roll and crushed the missile’s head with axe kick. The missile with its detonator destroyed couldn’t implode the plutonium anymore. The tip of the missile was greatly distorted and its trajectory was diverted to fall into the sea.

「UOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!!」

Kizuna also struck a missile’s tip with his fist. The warhead was greatly dented and it veered away from Ataraxia as though it lost its target.

Aine and Kizuna struck down the missiles one after another with their punch and kick. Not one of the ten odd nuclear missiles explode and all vanished from the sky.

The face of Christelle who was watching that formed a twitching smile.

「That’s too monstrous…….」

「Christelle, let’s retreat.」

Elfriede arrived holding a rifle with half its barrel melted.

「Right……」

Christelle stared fixedly on Elfriede’s face.

「What’s the matter? Give the instruction al──」

Suddenly Christelle drew near to Elfriede’s face──and stole her lips.

「……!?◯×★♀♀●×××!!」

Christelle parted away while Elfriede stiffened.

「Wha……wha, wha wha……」

Christelle tilted her head ignoring Elfriede whose face blushed red and eyes darting around.

「Hmmm, there isn’t any particular change……everyone retreat!!」

「What was that-!? Just now-!!」

Elfriede was looking deranged, as though her usual calmness was a lie.

「It doesn’t matter, we’re going. You’ll be left behind if you dawdle!」

Valkyrie members distanced themselves from Ataraxia following Christelle’s order.

After rescuing the crews from the sinking ships, the fleet also left toward the horizon.

And then peace returned to Ataraxia.

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