Editing Masou Gakuen HxH:Volume 9 Chapter 4 (section)

===Part 3===

“Hm? That’s, what light is that?”

One of the Quartum standing guard on the deck, Ramza pointed at the direction of the Necropolis. Red light that pierced the sky was stretching up from nearby the pyramid.

“Seems like, they are starting already……”

Elma made a grim face while staring at the fiercely rising red light. But Lunorlla was staring at a completely different direction while murmuring.

“Un……looks like it’s starting. At this side too.”

“Eh?”

Elma chased after Lunorlla’s gaze and there she found a sand hill that was piling up a little more compared to the surroundings. But that hill was approaching Ataraxia while gradually increasing in height.

“It’s coming here!”

Elma summoned her hammer from the air. At the same time with that, the sand exploded up largely. The sand looked like a water pillar spurting towards the sky. The jumping sand was heading to the sky without stopping before changing shape into a dragon.

A transmission came in from Clayda who was holing up in the stern of the ship.

{Oi, something’s coming from this direction too!}

The image sent from Clayda was projected in front of Elma. There a giant with height that might have reach a hundred meters was reflected as it was waking up its body from the sand.

Elma opened a new window and reported to Grace who was on the bridge.

“Grace-sama! The sand monsters are coming! They are coming from the port and the rear!”

The bridge also confirmed the appearance of the monsters. The students of the research department were running around on the bridge, carrying out the analysis by controlling the light panels floating on the desk.

“Yes. This side is also confirming it. After this I and also Zel will come out.”

After she closed the window, Grace turned to Reiri.

“You don’t mind right, headmaster?”

“Yeah, we are counting on you. You too Zelcyone.”

Zelcyone didn’t reply and followed behind Grace.

Grace was going to get out of the bridge gallantly, but her legs stopped in front of Yurishia who was standing nearby the entrance.

“What are you going to do?”

“……I’m going, that’s obvious.”

Without meeting Grace’s gaze, Yurishia kept staring at the floor, Grace heaved a sigh with a purposeful gesture.

“No. Don’t come. You can just stay here.”

Yurishia snapped up her face as though she was just hit.

“Wha……what does that mean! I have finished the Core’s reinstall, right now my battle strength is even……stronger, than Grace you know? Yet despite so……”

However, when Yurishia looked at Grace’s red eyes that were staring back fixedly at her, Yurishia’s voice was gradually losing its momentum.

“It’s a bother to let you enter the battlefield with that kind of half-hearted feeling. It will be unbearable to be shot from the back.”

Yurishia bit her lip.

“Something like that, I won’t――”

Grace removed her gaze from Yurishia and went until the entrance, before she stopped.

“I understand, the feeling of regretting the errors of the past.”

“Eh?”

“Speaking honestly, I too don’t understand what I should do. However, we have to take responsibility towards the people of Lemuria. After all I too am in the position of governing a country.”

“What……are you talking?”

“Is the current you Yurishia or Isis, I don’t know. But, if you are a princess, then you understand what I am saying right? Shouldn’t you fulfill your responsibility too?”

“……”

Grace tilted her head back and stared at Yurishia who was looking down.

“If you have the will for that, then you should go not with me but towards where Nii-sama is.”

“Eh……”

When she lifted her face, Grace already turned her back on Yurishia.

“Now that Nee-sama is not here, originally it should be me that has to help Nii-sama. But, with my magic armor I cannot win against that Osiris. I will only become a hindrance for Nii-sama.”

Leaving those words behind, Grace walked away in the corridor. Zelcyone also gave Yurishia a glance before chasing after Grace right away.

“Grace……”

Yurishia clenched her fist tightly.