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Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume12 The Seventeenth Question

2014-08-04T02:20:16Z

Forlornsoul: /* The Seventeenth Question */

==The Seventeenth Question==

'''Please fill in the answer to the following blank:'''

Light is made of waves, and ( )

'''Himeji Mizuki's answer:'''

Light is made of waves, and (particles).

'''Teacher's Comment:'''

Correct

'''Tsuchiya Kouta's answer:'''

Light is made of waves, and (I am a cat). <ref>”I am a Cat” is a book written by author Soseki Natsume. If you don't know who he is, please read volume 1 chapter 1 of Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou on Baka-Tsuki~</ref>

'''Teacher's Comment:'''

I do find it amazing that it reads so smoothly.

'''Yoshii Akihisa's answer:'''

Light is made of waves, and (a hero's armor)

'''Teacher's Comment:'''

Now that is the Yoshii-kun I know of.

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“Alright, I'm going to explain the strategy right now.”

I gather the few remaining survivors in front of the old school building to stand guard, and say to the other participants in the operation gathered in D class on the 4th level of the building,

“F class really is amazing to not give up even in this situation.”

“...I think that's class F's strength.”

“We're not strong at all!”

It just feels a little strange, but I wonder if those A class girls are praising us or looking down on us. This is our only strong point thought; some may think of us as being stubborn, and others may think of us as having strong wills.

“What's our situation now, Sakamoto? I don't know at all because I was taking the replenishment tests just now.”

“Well, you're right. Let's explain the situation before the operation begins.”

“In that case, Sakamoto-kun, please allow me to explain.”

Kubo offers to explain the current situation in my place. As I've been going around preparing for the operation, this guy and Shouko are more aware of what's going on now.

“Is that so? My bad. I'll leave it to you, Kubo.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Kubo uses a hand to hold the note containing the remaining fighting strengths, and starts to explain,

“First, our remaining forces. Our class A still has half its members left.”

Other than those protecting Shouko, our year representative, everyone else had been outside the old school building preventing the enemy from attacking. We had been keeping A class' fighting strength up till now, but seeing how even they're being worn out, I can tell that we're really being beaten quite badly.

“And then, there is a group of B class students taking part in the replenishment tests...about 20% of them survived.”

Nemoto ended up on standby at the back because of an unfortunate incident, and thanks to that, B class still managed to survive.

“Unfortunately, classes C and E were completely annihilated. D class has around 10% left.”

The representatives of C and E classes were defeated in battle, and had to be withdrawn. D class is currently about to be defeated because of the defeats from those two classes.

After explaining till this point, Kubo checks the details on his note, and nudged his glasses<ref>Just a random trivia, but Toshimitsu's seiyuu here is the same as Shiroe of Log Horizon.</ref>, saying,

“And finally, class F—has 60% of its members still alive and active.”

“6-60%!?”

“Class F was fighting on the frontlines, right? Why're they able to last so long and even come here here alive!?”

Kudou and the older Kinoshita sister are really surprised.

“There's nothing surprising about that.”

“That's our strength after all.”

Sugawa and Fukumura are gathered here for the upcoming operation, and grin haughtily as they face their shocked looks.

“But no matter what—”

The older Kinoshita sister's still in shock as she says,

“Maybe you don't understand what our F class' strength lies in!”

It's a cliché to say what it is. I won't explain things here.

However, we do have a strength others can't copy,

“““Don't underestimate our kneeling!!”””

“Why did you say it when I tried to change the topic!?”

“...Ah, they have some dirt on the foreheads.”

“Ahaha...you basically begged for them to let you go, didn't you...”

“We really can't learn from them though...”

I suppose giving up on their own prides to survive can be considered some sort of strength...right?

“An-Anyway! The current situation is as Kubo has said! I'm going to explain the strategy now.”

I shout to change the awkward atmosphere here. Shimada sensed my intents goodness gracious and seems to say this as she adds on,

“Right now, we can only attack the opposing representative if we want to win. What do you intend to do?”

“I intend to sneak amongst the enemies and attack.”

A frontal attack's impossible now, so we can only bet everything on this.

“...Sneak amongst the enemies?”

“But no matter what you say, they're standing guard right now...”

Shouko and Kudou simply thinks that we're able to break through the enemies just by sneaking it. There's no strategy for us to take such a simple plan though.

“That's why we need the guys from F class, and Hideyoshi.”

“Kinoshita...ahh, I see how it is.”

“...To think you can think of it every single time.”

“““???”””

I see that there're different reactions from the usual, and ignore them as I continue,

“The strategy this time is simple. We're going to take on the attackers and beat them. Hideyoshi will then use some make-up to turn Sugawa and the reason—”

“We'll go take on Takashiro with that 'we're back from our replenishment tests' look, right?”

“If we defeat him like this, we're be the MVP!”

“Yeah, that's right.”

These guys are used to fighting, and they won't falter even when enemies surround them.

“Hideyoshi's preparing the make-up in another classroom. Just get ready to go on further instructions.”

“Seriously, looks like we have no choice here.”

“We'll leave it to you, the shining beacons for us second years.”

““Leave it to us!””

Sugawa and the rest leave this D classroom with enthusiasm.

They do have ability and guts—and most importantly, they're stupid, which makes them easy to use.

“Then, Sakamoto, what do you intend to do after using Sugawa and the rest as pawns?”

Shimada watches them leave in amazement, and then asked me this. Pawns? Isn't that such an ugly term to use? We should call them the foundation for our futures.

But it's a fact that they'll be sacrificed.

“Do you know what Takashiro's personality is like?”

“Eh? I do know he's easily bluffed...”

“Yeah. I couldn't really tell here, maybe because he's all tense in this summoning war. This fact however won't change though, or rather, it'll be better for us if he's being wary for us.”

“...Why?”

“What should be his allies are actually enemies in disguise—if this ends up happening again, how would someone easily fooled react?”

“(Nods)...I see.”

“You really thought about a lot of things, Sakamoto.”

“I'm honored to be praised by you.”

Takashiro understands very well that he's easily bluffed. What'll happen if someone like him can't trust anyone around him?

“In that case, just leave me alone and not have anyone defend me.”

Kudou clapped her hands. She's right; there's only one objective here, to create a situation where Takashiro's not defended by anyone.

And for this say—

“It's best if we can disguise ourselves as those that can approach Takashiro easily. The Toko-Natsu pair, for example.”

We'll first disguise ourselves as those guys and attack Takashiro a few times. Once he starts to be imprisoned by his own doubt, he'll think that everyone around him are all his enemies, and in that case, Takashiro will be alone again. This works better on someone who knows that he's eaisly bluffed.

“In other words, we have to beat the ones we have to disguise.”

“Right.”

There's a need to restrain those we need to disguise and rob their freedom. The best method of doing this is to beat them in summoning battles and send them to the detention room.

The problem is that those guys are strong A class members...

“Are you fine with taking on those guys, Shimada?”

“Of course, I can't possibly let it end after having lost all this while.”

Shimada answers without hesitation even though her opponents are the 3rd years from A class. Good answer.

“Next, Muttsurini and Kudou. I'm going to make you two guard the gate using your specialty subjects. I don't plan to let anyone else stay here.”

“Eh? Erm, though I'm okay with that...”

Kudou looks a little glum.

If these two are together in a battle of health education, there's no way to break through them...as long as the enemy isn't something they can't get along with.

“Are you sure about that, Sakamoto-kun? If Aiko and Tsuchiya-kun are at such an obvious place.”

“Right, a woman, like that Kogure for example, will appear there.”

It's very important to break through us head on if they want to break through to this old school building we're defending with all our lives, and as the other sides are all very narrow, the only way to send in a large number of people is to go through the front entrance. If those two are the ones defending such a place, I'll send her in too if I were the opponent.

“But that's just what I want. If we're going to execute this plan I just mentioned, it's very important to lure away that woman, who's always with Takashiro, since she's able to see through this strategy.”

“That's not what I mean, Sakamoto-kun. What I'm saying here is that Muttusurini-kun will be deceived by her!”

“...Understood. I accept this mission.”

“Muttsurini-kun!?”

Muttsurini cuts off Kudou's words as he nod indifferently, like it's not a big deal.

“I'll leave it to you, Muttsurini.”

“...(Nods).”

“Now's not the time to nod! I think it's better for Muttsurini-kun to go somewhere else after all...”

“...I refuse.”

Muttsurini again cuts off Kudou's words.

“......Humph.”

And so, Kudou stares at Muttsurini intently.

“...Why're you giving me such a look.”

“Are you actually thinking that if you accept this mission, you'll be able to see that upperclassman in her lewd getup again, Muttsurini-kun?”

“...! (Panics)”

Muttsurini denies it with that usual action of his, and I continue to explain,

“Right. Up next is the positions of the other members. If we're going to last till the end of the replenishment tests, there's a need to block the path leading to Shouko with all our might. The details are—”

I draw a simple map on the blackboard, pick the names from the namelist Shouko and Kubo made and position them. We lost quite a lot of people, but it still took us some time explaining things to everyone.

…......

…...

…

“Understood, Sakamoto-kun. Is there anything else you need us to do?”

“Hm...what exactly?”

The older Kinoshita sister asked, and I answer with a hand on my chin. As for what else to do...

“Nothing.”

“…Huh?”

“All that's left is to waste time until the enemy comes. Just chat all you want.”

The older Kinoshita sister, who has a serious personality, doesn't seem too happy about this as she watches me wordlessly,

“I say, Sakamoto-kun...it's late given that we left everything to you, but is this really alright?”

“Yeah, it's alright. The instruction to sneak into the enemy has been given. Those people here just need to buy time for Akihisa to take the replenishment tests.”

The enemy hasn't intended to attack us seriously, and if we all go take our replenishment tests, we won't be able to handle them if they attack us. There's no choice other than to wait.

“Hm...but you want us to chit-chat in such a situation...”

“...It's troubling.”

“Ahaha, to put it, it somehow feels weird. We have nothing to do even though a great battle's about to being now.”

A class isn't used to such a situation, and while they're murmuring away, someone pushes the classroom door aside and enters.

“What's with you people? I thought you're being cornered, but you look rather relaxed here.”

“Hideyoshi, are you done with the disguises?”

“Call it make-up instead of disguise. It's basically okay.”

Hideoshi nods and walks into the classroom. What we have to do now is to immobilize the ones we're disguising, and the only thing we can do is to wait for the enemy to attack.

“Then, Yuuji, are you really able to handle this calmly?”

“Not at all.”

“Well, I guess so.”

Right now, the enemy only has to wait for us to be worn out, and what they have to do is to formally attack once we're battered and beat the representative Shouko. Once they do that, everything will be over. Our second years facilities will be degraded, and Himeji will be advised by Akihisa and her parents to go overseas. Such an outcome is easy to understand.

“Normally, we would have given up~”

“Right. If I'm in the 3rd year, I'll be thinking of what to do after this war.”

Kudou and Kinoshita said. It's as they said, Takashiro's victory and our loss is clear for all to see.

The blueprint Takashiro drew is almost a reality. That guy must be laughing away, since the plan he spent so much time, thought and effort on is about to bear fruit.

“...But I won't let him get what he wants.”

If it's almost there, it means it's still not complete.

We let that bastard do whatever he wanted for so long. He interfered in our battle against C class, got in the way of our wish of beating A class, toyed with Shimada and Himeji's hearts...and made Shouko cry. I won't be able to die a peaceful death if I let it end like this.

“““...”””

Everyone present start to ponder. Each of them has their reasons for not wanting to lose.

For their friends, love, for pride. To any bystander, fighting for such reasons may be laughable. A student's duty is just to study, and in this sort of situation, we might end up being scolded. We might even end up being scorned upon, seen as idiots.

But everyone here does not want to back down now.

“Sakamoto, the enemy's here! They're finishing attacking at full strength!”

Our whistle blower classmates raced into the classroom, along with the ones Hideyoshi did make-up on. It looks like the time to settle this has come.

Now then, how will this summoning war between school years end up? Will we win, or the 3rd years win? One has to win here, and there is no overtime.

“Listen up, you guys! This is the final battle! Grit your teeth and get ready to go with all your might!”

“““WOOOH!”””

“We're only aiming to win! It doesn't matter whether we're idiots or ordinary people or smart people! Everyone's to do whatever they can do!”

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“““WOOOH!”””

“We're definitely...going to win this battle!”

“““Alright!”””

Just watch, 3rd years...! I'm going to smash those heads of yours and show you how capable these idiots you look down on really are!

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==Notes==
<references/>

{{BakaTest Nav|prev=Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume12 The Sixteenth Question|next=Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume12 The Eighteenth Question}}

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Mondaiji-tachi ga isekai kara kuru soudesu yo:Volume 7 Prologue

2014-07-18T07:51:13Z

Forlornsoul: /* Prologue */

==Prologue==

─────2222 Outer Gate 'City of Moonlight'

Kuro Usagi ran through her home forest in tears as it was burning down. Her young, small limbs desperately pushed her forward, panting, and while she was frightened by the beasts howling in the moonlight, she frantically kept running. The main road was already full of beasts and no longer passable. What she was running through was an unpaved animal trail. Running barefoot on gravel and thorns, her young legs were painfully wounded and bleeding. But even then, Kuro Usagi kept running while she cried.

"Haah. Haah.........!"

─────Today was going to be a fun birthday festival, too. She'd wear the heiress clothes that her mother and aunt picked out for her, and after she'd performed the Hounou-Enbu that she'd practiced for so long, she was supposed to spend her day having fun until sunset like every other year. But when she turned back, her homeland was enveloped in flames and was falling into pandemonium.

"......Hi,cu.........!"

She forced her hiccups down in her throat. If she cleared her ears, she could almost hear the roars of the beasts that attacked her community. If she stopped moving her legs now, her young body would easily be ripped apart. Even the strong moon rabbits met their own end that way. They, endowed with a multitude of gifts and even being known as some of the best in the Little Garden, were easily shredded by those beasts. In spite of the barrier that should've had the providence of Sakra devanam Indra, they came commanding an army akin to a horde of gods.

"Father.........Mother.........!!"

Her parents took the rear guard to let her escape. While she was concerned for their safety, she ran, tumbling through the forest. But behind her, she had already begun hearing the panting of a beast. Limbs thicker than large trees felled the trees. Claws harder than steel tore up the ground. While fangs that could swallow mountains and rivers were bared. The beast's scurry quaked the earth as it steadily closed the gap behind Kuro Usagi. Even though it was a forest at night, the moonlight was bright tonight. It would be easy to find her figure. The more she heard the crawling tremors, the more her fear chilled her spine. When Kuro Usagi was gazed upon by a ferocious glare as she ran through the forest, she was assailed by a fierce blood-lust.

".........Ah,"

Feeling unusual intimidation, her legs tangled and she fell over. Rolling down head over heels, Kuro Usagi crashed into a conspicuously large tree's trunk which was bigger than most in the forest.

"O,Ow.........!"

She had smacked into the roots sticking out of the ground and her young body creaked as she let out a scream. Even if she looked at things objectively, it was impossible for her to keep running. She was quaking with fear as she clung to the trunk of the tree. The tremors stridulously approached. A beast's panting. A presence that felled and crushed trees. The beast that slowly appeared from the shade was-------an aberration with the body of a white snake with limbs and 2 heads.

"Uh, ah.........!?"

Its ruby devil eyes glared. That alone made her lips quiver, not even able to let out a scream. Its massive jaw could easily swallow Kuro Usagi whole. Having caught the sight of its prey, the two headed monster leapt, weighing down on Kuro Usagi. The two headed snake, having caught an excellent prey, dripped drool from its mouth like a flood while intimidating Kuro Usagi. Lightly tapping Kuro Usagi's young, soft, beautifully snow white skin with its claws, it licked the blood from her wound. Downing it like ale, the pleased two headed white snake scrambled to see which head would devour her first. The young Kuro Usagi quaked with fear, and prepared for her demise.

"─────GEEEYAAAAA!!!"

A fierce roar that shook heaven and earth. But it was not that of the two headed white snake's. It was from a golden lion with a mane that shone brilliantly like the sun.

"Eh.........!?"

Kuro Usagi thought she was hallucinating for a moment. The lion descended upon the two headed white snake which had come within ten centimeters of her nose. Its mane bustled about, looking like a meteor; all those who saw it would think that it was the sign of a king. The lion sank its teeth into one of two heads' necks and slammed it on the ground after shaking it about like a rag doll. At that moment, a fountain of blood danced in the air.

The two headed white snake took a fatal blow, but from the blood that poured out came serpents and scorpions which bound the lion's body. The white snake descended upon the now restricted lion. Its sharp, pointed claws teared at the lion's mane. The lion had already rolled over, covering its vital points, but the mane that the white snake had shredded was harder than vajra. If the lion took a direct hit from that, it wouldn't get away unscathed. The two headed white snake tried to follow up on its attack. But as if interrupting the two, another figure jumped out in verbal abuse.

"You idiot, don't let your guard down! What's the lion of the sun doing like that!"

"Grr, I don't need to hear that from the likes of you, demon child!!!"

The verbal abuse came from a female. With the moonlight at her back, she appeared, her hair gleaming brightly and vividly like gold threads, and dazzling looks. However large the Little Garden was, there was only one species with those outward features. Kuro Usagi, still not able to lift her legs, she held her breath in shock.

"A,A pure blood vampire.........and a lion of the sun......!?"

Confused by the bewilderingly changing situation, she finally let out a voice. At a glance, anyone could tell they were a strange combination. A vampire who controls the night, and of the sun-------a lion who pulls the chariot of Surya. Seeing opposing species together on the same battlefield was nothing short of a bizarre sight.

"You insignificant lizards, don't think you can keep me down forever!!!"

The golden lion let out a roar like a gust of wind. As if in response, his mane released a surge of scorching heat, turning into a fire storm and burned away the rabble.

"...............!?"

─────A pure blood vampire and a lion of the sun. Fighting these two wouldn't be favorable. Deciding that, the two headed white snake sprang back into the shade of the forest and left. The vampire and lion went to chase after it, but a voice soon called them to stop.

"You two, that's enough. There's no need to chase after it anymore.

The voice that told them to stop was also from a female. Stunned as Kuro Usagi watched the events unfolding, she looked up silently at the figure of the woman who appeared from the animal trail. She wore a white trench-coat, leather long boots, and spiral shell piercings on both her ears. Her gentle blonde hair was like confetti, and her friendly face in turn felt like it represented the depth of her benevolence as a whole. The compliant lion sidled up against the blonde woman and asked.

"But Canaria. If we leave that alone, it will continue to grow without limit. If we're to stop this at the roots, then it must be now."

"Nothing's going to change if we hunt down just one of them. Unless we take down the main body, they'll multiply infinitely."

"Even if you say that, leaving that alone is,"

"Just listen to me. You may have been strengthened with the sovereignty of the sun, but you can only blast away the sharp stuff. You're a bad match against that dragon. .........But before that."

The woman called Canaria let out a breath as her gaze met Kuro Usagi's. Lifting up Kuro Usagi off the floor in her arms, she tilted her neck and smiled.

"Nice to meet you, little miss bunny. Are you alright?"

"Y,Yes."

She gulped as she nodded. Kanaria also nodded back, smiling as her hair swayed like confetti.

"To fulfill our oath to the Alliance, we have made haste to the moon rabbits' place. What's your name?"

"K,Kuro Usagi."

Oh? Canaria said as she tilted her head. But quickly understanding the situation, she let out a bitter smile.

"I see. You haven't been given a name yet, have you."

"Y,Yes. At today's birthday festival, my mother was the one who was supposed to-------"

She was about to say, but nothing came out. Tears suddenly welled in her eyes as her sorrow surfaced. Her mother and father, her family, her tribe, all of them took up the rear to let her escape. This much, even a ten year old Kuro Usagi could understand. So even if she desperately tried to hold it in, her tears overflowed as they fell.

".........Where are your parents?"

"They said they'd go guard the gate that leads to the Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods.........my entire tribe, they stayed in the castle. Because I'm the heiress.........Take the blessing handed down to us and run, my father said.........!"

As she spilled large tear drops, she handed over a gift card to Canaria. Looking at the gift card which was colored with a black and white half-moon, she looked down as she figured out the situation.

"The authority of the moon and Chandra Mahal.........I see. So you're the rumored heiress."

Canaria delicately wiped away her tears, and gently hugged her.

─────Moon rabbits are naturally endowed a multitude of gifts from the lord of gods, but among those is one that has a special reality and ranks the highest in divine armor. They have a long history, but it is said that only three people so far have been endowed with the divine arms. But now in the current generation, those records have been completely destroyed.

Kuro Usagi was just barely ten years old, and the fourth to have inherited the divine arms.

'Vajra's Replica'
'Mahabharata Karna'
'Brahmastra's Replica'
Sovereignty of the Moon 'Chandra Mahal'

Sakra devanam Indra, accompanied by the war god masses, the twelve Adityas. Among those, four of the war gods' divine arms were left to this girl. Her unparalleled talent obviously had her tribe very agitated. To think that one of their own children, not only born with the sovereignty of the moon, but also with their old home, the Chandra Mahal. This good omen would hail further prosperity for the moon rabbits, and no one doubted this as they rested their expectations on her. Since then, Kuro Usagi was set up as the moon rabbits' heiress, and they celebrated her birthday every year. Around this time, she was supposed to be spending the night having fun with her mother and father.

"Mm......You've done great getting this far. Leave the rest to us, and sleep well tonight. When you wake up-------we'll have finished everything by then."

When Canaria said that, a breeze blew through the forest. The gust of wind that blew through scattered the clouds in the night sky, projecting the stars across the entire sky. Leisurely raising her right hand, Canaria infused her power into a brilliantly dazzling ring. Waiting behind her, Leticia's mouth twitched in surprise.

"H,Hey, Canaria."

"With the heavenly gate connecting to the Heaven of the Thirty-three Gods destroyed, the road for the twelve Adityas to come to the Little Garden has been sealed. .........Which basically means that the only ones who can stop that demon lord is us. If another heavenly army comes out, the lower and middle floors will be scorched under the pretense of purification. I'd rather not see that happen. -------So with that in mind, it's our turn, Croix Baron."

As soon as she said this, a shadow darker than the abyss draped over the night sky. Belonging to an extremely small amount of just holy spirits and devils, it was the power to control the boundaries of the world-------Astral Gate, which cuts through the heavens and unlocks the gate. The shadow that had crawled out from the cleft open night sky soon took the form of a faceless, planar human figure, and materialized, standing in front of Canaria wearing a tailcoat and bowler hat.

In front of an aberration one step above the white snake, Kuro Usagi screamed unbearably.

"A,A,A real grim reaper.........!?"

"YES! Khaha, this must be my favorite, a wild rabbit with an excellently promising future! There's no doubt that this child will grow into a fine sexy lady! Is she the tribute this time, master!? Then let's get hustling!! We'll be bunking for three days and nights without food or drink, so let's do our best!!!"

Cringing, her bunny ears drooped as Canaria held onto her. As if finding her fearful gesture interesting, the faceless tailcoat wearing grim reaper cracked open a smile in the shape of a crescent moon and rolled around on the ground laughing.

─────Grim Reaper 'Tailcoat Demon Lord'.

Portrayed in a sect currently in South America, it is known to people as a a holy spirit of life, death, and pleasure. Standing at the crossroads to the world, it is said that he lets life force pass through, becoming omniscient. Even as a wise god, he was a famous holy spirit, but his true essence was vulgar and thinks it right to interact with the opposite sex with raw passion, a god of love. In the equinoctial week, the day of the dead which is called Halloween, his spiritual status, which was symbolized by the passage of a thousand spirits in a few parts of the world, was undoubtedly very strong.

With no other choice, she handed over Kuro Usagi, was completely frightened by this grim reaper aberration, to Leticia. After letting out a small sigh, Canaria wordlessly smashed under foot the tailcoat demon lord's crotch.

"Oh f-!?"

"Calm down a bit, you worthless god. She's scared to bits."

"E,Even so, what's the big idea stepping on my golden magnum, you bitch master.........!?"

"No one cares about that, so notify the Alliance in my name. Tell them, 'Gather all the troops'."

─────The figure that was convulsing while holding his crotch became perfectly still. The planar figure of the grim reaper, questioned in return with an extremely strange voice.

".........All the troops, you said?"

"Yes, all of them. ─────I'm not letting you say that you can't, tailcoat demon lord. Around this time of early winter, your spiritual status strengthens in dominion. Summon every community that can move."

She declared fearlessly as her white coat fluttered. The gentle expression she had just before was no longer there. Canaria's face now showed only that of a seasoned warrior as a spirited shout gushed out. There, the tailcoat demon lord finally stopped playing around. He looked towards the sky, carefully observing with eyes that concealed its omniscience. After a few moments of surveying the surroundings, the figure caught onto the enemy's main body and clicked his tongue.

".........You can't be serious. That lizard is among the oldest of demon lords. Originally, that class ranks among the domain the twelve Adityas or the king of gods. Even if you bring everyone together, who knows if we'll be able to win,"

"You fool. That's why it's so interesting."

Who wouldn't have fun in this predicament, smiled Canaria mischievously. The figure widened his eyes for a moment, but as if influenced by her spirit, he humbly laughed.

".........How nostalgic, that spirit is. It reminds me of when you killed the demon lord of dystopia. It makes me want to fall for you all over again."

"Heheh, fall for me all you want. ─────You can do it, right?"

The tailcoat wearing figure received his master's honest expectations. Complying to her order, the servant gaudily laughed as he slashed the night sky in a cross.

"Khahahahah!!! Okay, I gotcha! Let's have them make a grand entrance─────!!!"

Then, the tailcoat demon lord's existence expanded enough to cover the sky. The rift in the sky became a gate that goes through this world and the spiritual world, and started summoning companions from far away. This border opened in a cross itself is one of the divine gates entrusted to the omniscient grim reaper. On the other side of the gate, opened by the passage of a thousand spirits, was─────a massive number of symbols, countable by the hundreds, streaming through.

"Banners.........all of them are.........!?"

While being held, Kuro Usagi murmured in amazement. They were all banners of veteran communities. There was the flag of the Demon of Laplace, with a million eyes. There was the flag of Salamandra, with scorching flames that illuminated the night. There was the flag of [Draco Greif], running through the heavens. There was the flag of Avalon, with the shine of a holy sword.

Setting up bases by the thousands, they were all mighty veterans. All of them were former inhabitants of the upper levels, and history's greatest floor masters. The first to answer the call, Salamandra, let his banner fly and showed himself before Canaria's eyes. As if following the fire dragon's banner, the all of the winged dragons came one after the other to stand before her. Canaria smiled at him, a bit surprised.

".........What a surprise. I didn't think the first one to come would be you. Would you like to tell me why, old man Salamandra?"

Canaria asked with a mischievous smile. The old massive dragon, thought to be the chief, sulkily snorted.

"Hmph.........I'm not going to take your scolding. You should be kind to these old bones."

"Then retire already. Sala-chan will make a good floor master."

".........What do you know."

The fire dragon snorted even harder at Canaria's words as she lightly smiled. Right behind them was the [Draco Greif] community and one of the gryphons, Draco Greif, followed. The dragon horn, complying with the gods of Greece, released lightning that could pass for a storm. Flapping his massive wings, Draco Greif landed and from his back, a young feline man popped his head up.

"Sis! It's been a minute! I see you're doin' fine!"

"Been a while, Garol. You too, Draco. .........Is that broken horn okay?"

"Hmhm, that's not something to ask after an emergency summoning. The situation is urgent, is it not?"

"Something like that. This time, to defeat this demon lord, right now we need numbers. Draco will lead his kin and support Avalon. Garol, go meet up with the Laplace's kids and play support. And Koumei─────er, wait a sec."

She furrowed her brow quizzically. Looking around, she sighed sulkily.

".........Where's Koumei? Wasn't he with you, Draco?"

"I believe he headed west a few days ago."

"Did he leave a message?"

"He didn't leave anything, nor did I hear anything."

With both hands on her hips, she let out a sigh, shocked from the bottom of her heart.

"Geez.........that unrestricted person. He doesn't know that he's my strongest arsenal, does he."

"Khahahah! There's no way that blockhead would know!"

No kidding, everyone nearby muttered. Fatigue rushed over Canaria as she dropped her shoulders, but as she collected herself, she raised her head.

"Anyway! Draco, Garol, follow your orders. Salamandra, construct a line of defense and a barrier before the enemy herd gets out."

"Understood."

"Good luck to you too, sis!"

Flapping his wings, Draco Greif and Garol Gandach flew into the air. Salamandra's dragons flew away next. Kuro Usagi, who was listening dumbfounded to the strings of conversation, she reached the conclusion to her suspicions of exactly who she was.

A pure blood vampire. The tailcoat demon lord. A lion of the sun companion. The southern floor masters, Avalon and Draco Greif. The northern floor masters, Salamandra and the Demon of Laplace. No matter how you looked at it, they all had nothing in common, it was a nonsensical group. To call out this many strong communities with no questions asked, she wondered how important that person was. Canaria, noticing Kuro Usagi's mysterious gaze, she responded with a mischievous smile.

"Come to think of it, I never introduced myself, heiress Usagi-sama. I am Canaria, tasked with being the adviser for ' '."

".........Canaria, sama."

"That's right. We can discuss your future when the sun rises. We'll keep the moon rabbit survivors safe as best we can."

"R,Really?"

"Of course. We of the '..............' Alliance don't leave anyone behind. Especially moon rabbits, who have fought alongside us. There's no way we could abandon them. So─────"

Just rest easy, she said. Saying that, she kissed her forehead. At that moment, Kuro Usagi was suddenly assailed by sleepiness.

With a gentle voice like her mother's, and a trusting hug like her father's, Kuro Usagi sank into sleep. In the middle of her descent into slumber, Canaria whispered a promise.

'When you've awoken, this nightmare will be over.'

＊＊＊

And that is how that night of nightmares came to an end. At a later date, Kuro Usagi would become Canaria's adopted child after meeting up with her again and would be accepted into '..............'. This was Kuro Usagi's and Canaria's─────their fated chance meeting which carried the future of what would come to be called the No Names.

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Mondaiji-tachi ga isekai kara kuru soudesu yo:Volume 6 Prologue

2014-05-11T01:28:11Z

Forlornsoul: /* Prologue */

==Prologue==

The grass of the Rye field moved like waves as it was hit from the wind coming from the high plane.

The young new plants that made a green carpet changed its colors along with the seasons, and now they covered the field in an impressive color of yellow gold. While other lands were experiencing an alarming lack of harvest, this field, as if blessed, was abundant with wheat and grape crops.

“Iyaa, this year is abundant, thanks to you, *******-sama<ref name=6P1">The name was originally left as a blank space, but I coudn't figure out how to do that on B-T </ref>

An elderly farmer slave said, laughing to HER while she looked at the field. SHE responded to the comment with a healthy smile. Born into the local royalty, the only thing SHE could pride herself in was this land.

Even though she was of royalty, there was no culture asking girls to be well educated, and her existence was only another asset to the family. Her future choices were to take a husband, or find a husband.

A pawn for bonding with another family to make her family even richer. To them, that was her her purpose of existence.

HER family's lands stood on the borders of the country. There were no schools or nunneries around, and people around HER only saw HER as “The girl made to carry out the new generation”.

Living her life on the land as if she were a pet off the leash, she had no royal playmate, and the friends she had were all the children of the serfs.

With the mixture of dignity and tomboyishness, SHE learned to play outside, play in the dirt, and learned the ways of raising cereal crops.

Since her grandfather was a bibliophile<ref> An individual who loves books. [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bibliophile Definition]</ref> SHE taught herself how to read and write, and read through all the books he left. Among the books that her grandfather collected before his death, there was an unopened book on a new method of farming which she tested without her father knowing. If her father ignored the trend of time and had HER study, the fate of her family may have differed greatly.

The result of her studies was this field of yellow gold that spread out in front of their eyes. An abundant harvest that has been rare of late made the farmers heart dance, and they crowded around HER, regardless of age, saying words of praise.

“ *******-Sama really is incredible! Even though there was a lack of crops recently.”

“The sunlight was losing its strength in recent years. I thought with the sick soil there wouldn’t be many crops and almost gave up.”

“According to rumors, the farmers that couldn’t pass the winter are dying off in a horrifying plague. Really, if ******-Sama wasn’t here, God knows what would have happened…..”

Kids closed to her age, bent back grannies, everyone repeatedly gave thanks for the blessing SHE gave. It showed how much the recent harvest dropped.

In recent years the winters grew more severe, and farmers with no food were dying off one after another in a plague. The drop of immunity was most likely caused by the intense labor and lack of supplies.

But this year, there was no need to worry about such a thing.

SHE watched the crowd bursting with smiles, and feeling her pride and joy swell.

———Keho. She coughed weakly.

“…………….?”

She put her hand on her forehead. It seemed she had a cold, saying so herself.

With the new crops done, was the stress she held suddenly released?

Now that she thought about it, she lately hasn’t rested properly. This one year was filled with the study of farming and helping the farmers to hoe the earth for land reform.

Let’s have a long rest to heal my body.

And when I’m healed, I’ll enriched this land with them again.

One year later, five years later, and ten years later. She promises to her heart that she will forever live on this land.

———But at the time, SHE did not know.

That promise would turn into a curse in just a few days.

She who has loved this land more then anyone, would curse it deeper than anyone.

———Let my family be cursed.

———Let my lands fall to disaster.

Die, die, everyone die.

Caught with sadness deeper then anyone else.

Sinking into a dark, bottomless loneliness.

With the dying words of a thousand hatreds, HER life ends by being killed by the ones she loved.

This will later be a maou—— representing eighty million cursed spirits.

The life of the one later known as “Black Percher”.

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“No Name” Water tree’s water holder.

From the wild forest’s new leafs, a shining droplet rolled off.

Maybe it was because of the five days of repetitive rain. When the floor master of the East changed, the heavy rain became quite normal. But, because the master changed from a Sun God to a sage dragon of thousand mountains and seas, this type of change was considered to be normal among the Eastern residents. Recently, the “No Name”s were spending more time in the headquarters, and the children group had less exercise.

With this morning being rare, cloudless day, the senior group, the maid group, and the Community leader Jin Russel were replanting the young grass of Asian rice they had bought for their paddy field.

Trading the usual maid outfit with a rice farming outfit, Percher ended her load of work and let out a large sigh.

“This is tedious. Replanting a plant that already budded. Wheat is definitely better than this.”

“Th, That isn’t true, Percher-chan”.

Lili, who had already ended her share of work, denied Percher’s statement while swinging her two tails.

Divided between European food preference and Japanese food preference, the two would butt heads simply over the direction of planting.

When Percher is in charge of meals she almost always makes bread, while Lili would complement her food with rice.

But the power balance would be tipped with the completion of the paddy field.

For this reason, while replanting the rice Percher was not in a good mood.

“Well fine. The new field will definitely be made with cereal grains as the main crop.”

“B, but our community has always used a paddy.”

“No buts. I already researched the fact that European food preference and Japanese food preference ratio is 5:5. If you insist, I’ll just take half the elder group and do a strike.”

Au, the fox ears on Lili becoming limp.

Compared to the ones in the senior group who’s main jobs were housework/ field work, the maid groups job was to support the main groups power. Put bluntly, the maid group had far more power in the community hierarchy.

Lili was talking to Percher as an equal because she was the leader of the senior group, but all the other kids would simply be afraid of her attitude.

Jin, who was overseeing the whole field, broke into the conversation after taking a sigh.

“Percher, Lili. As the two that are entrusted to making the food, stop acting like this. Please just listen to each others opinions and-”

“Oh, really. Which do you prefer, Jin?”

…….Eh? Jin suddenly stops his words.

Percher uses this chance to go behind Jin's back and forcefully grab both of his shoulders.

“Lili. Let’s let Jin, the leader, decide this fair and square. The community’s land is limited. If he’s the one deciding how it will be divided, won’t we be able to decide things without grudges?”

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“Hold that conversation!!”

The one who intruded their conversation this time, was “No Name”’s maid number three.

Shirayuki-hime, who was a snake god, leapt with such force that it made the mud in the water field fly, landed while making her voluminous chest jiggle and made an opposing argument.

“I heard the news Lili! Your fox ears do not have to listen to her words! In front of us, the Japanese preference alliance, the Western preference’s meager soldiers are no different from dust! Hold your chest high and retaliate her words proudly!”

Bishi! Shirayuki-hime pointed a finger at Percher.

Protruding veins and clicking her tongue, Pecher glares back at her.

Having listened to the Japanese Preference alliance for the first time, Lili is panicking.

Between the two who were heating up, Jin is getting a very bad feeling.

“W, wait, please calm down.“

“Yup. Calm down a little Breast Snake. Our leader wants Western food. If you still want to argue…….You should come back when you're at least able to julienne a cabbage properly.”

“Shut up! I can do a julienne with two hours! And who are you calling Breast Snake!!!”

“Shi, Shirayuki-sama please calm down! Yesterday you couldn’t manage to do it with five hours!”

Lili stops the agitated Shirayuki-hime from behind.

——Incidentally, because of a clumsy Shirayuki-hime’s wreckage of twenty four cabbages, yesterdays dinner had only consisted of a pile of cabbages.

“So, what is our leader’s opinion? Western food? Japanese food?”

“Hey! You usually don’t ask in this kind of timing right?”

“No need to consider, child! Japanese ways are the ways of the Community, and thats what you should be telling that Chopping Board Girl<ref name=6P3>In other words, her chest is flat as a board</ref>!!”

As Shirayuki-hime shouts, Percher dug her nails to the point where bones creaked.

“…….. Be quiet, Breast Snake. My body is based on a twelve year old, so having breasts would be a lot more scarier.”

“Ha, and I was thinking what you were going to say! If you eat Lili’s delicious meals every day, you would naturally be more well endowed! But since you're still a Chopping Board, you should eat more rice and beans!”

“…………..Don’t be stupid. If its Lili’s meals, I’m always having seconds…..!!”

Mishimishimishi! Jins bones made grinding noises.

Assaulted by so much pain that no words came out, Jin repeatedly tapped her hand, but Percher’s concentration was elsewhere.

With hostile intent still in her eyes, Percher stiffly moved the corner of her mouth to smile.

“Fine. If you're really not budging…… Lets decide things in Hakoniwa’s ways.”

“……. Ho you? I see, that's a brilliant idea. I was thinking that I’ll need to teach you how to speak to those above you.”

Glaring at each other, both heighten their killer intents. At this point Jin really started to panic.

Around Percher, black wind spun and leapt.

Around Shirayukihime, water flowed violently as it danced around.

If the two clashed full force, the damage could not be taken lightly. Aside from the newly made water field, even the elder group that were busily farming would be caught in the mess.

Giving off a one-touch-instant-strike feeling, the two fiercely glare at each other. At this point, Jin, taking the resolve to stopping them by using his power as the master, the two immediately —

“You two. What are you doing.”

stopped their feet, gulping. But this was inevitable.

Right at the moment they were about to clash, a blade of shadows that could cut steel sliced between them.

The two awkwardly looked in the direction of the shadow.

In the path that lead to the forest, the leader of the maid group, Head Maid Leticia, stared at the two with crimson eyes.

“Well well. I came here hearing the ruckus………And heard something very interesting. I didn’t know you two were so friendly with each other that you would skip work and play games.”

“But I ended my work and-”

“Shut it.”

Erasing the smiling on her face in a instant, she sharply glared at the two.

The order that left no room for questions made Percher become silent.

The pair of crimson eyes held a violent glint. She was obviously mad. Her showing this much obvious rage was rare for Leticia. But this was to be expected; she had just become the Head Maid only a week ago. But if they suddenly acted as if streaking mud on her face, even with her warm hearted nature, she would be mad. In this situation, she didn’t look hesitant to spill some blood.

The previous Percher would not hesitate, but the current Percher would not be a good match to her. Besides, Leticia now had the repaired gift of the dragon’s shadow. Fighting her head on was a bad idea.

Pest retracted her hand back swiftly, and Shirayuki-hime hurriedly followed that action.

“I, It's not like that Leticia-Dono! We weren’t going to compete with strength! We were trying to settle a difference using peaceful and maid-like method, which-”

“Hou, a maid-like game. ………..I see. Thats good. It might be a good reference to the eight commandments of the maid group I was making.”

Smile. Fluttering her golden hair and smiling, Leticia said;

“Then, lets return to Headquarters and start the game. The winner is the one who can act most like a maid. The loser will have twice the amount of her usual labor for a whole month.”

”Wait”

“Lets see. We’ll start by competing who is better at making and serving tea. I am going to be strict, so be ready.”

She easily caught the two that were about to make a run for it.

Grabbing the two at the nape of their neck, Leticia flew toward headquarters.

Being left out, Jin and Lili stared at the maid group with blurred expressions.

After the two kept that expression for some time, Lili perked up her fox ears and made a statement.

“…..Um, Jin-kun. I have favor, but is it ok?”

“Yes. As long it has nothing to do with favoring a single preference.”

Jin nodded with a tired expression.

Lili perked up her fox ears as if she had an ingenious idea.

“For a while……I think the meals should be concentrated on Chinese food.”

“………Un. That might be a good idea.”

Laughing strengthlessly, Jin approved Lili’s idea.

After checking to see that the other elder group members have ended planting, the two met up with them as if nothing happened.

——Under the sunny sky without a cloud in sight. Ending the replanting in the refreshing air of precipitation, they start having lunch together.

Today’s “No Name” was as peaceful as usual.

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