Editing Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden:Volume 4 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 9===

“Ymy-sama, excuse me.”

The girl saluted courteously.

With a sharp gaze and countenance, her deep blue suit suited her tall and slender body.

“He-hello, Instructor Yumelda!”

Stopping her hand that was shoving clothes into a travel bag, Ymy looked back in hurry.

A certain Priestess’ private room on the 287th floor of {{furigana|Tenketsu Palace|Sophia}}. It was unusual that the instructor who usually drilled Cadet Guards outside the tower would take the trouble to come here.

“Sorry for coming during your precious relaxation time. Is this a good time?”

“O-of course. Ah, go ahead and sit.”

“Don’t mind it. This will only take a few minutes.”

At the spot immediately after entering the room, the instructor corrected her posture. Behind her was one more person, a girl with dazzling blonde hair that was bound into two locks was on standby. Her age was……probably one above or two below her own. Her upper garment was the formal clothes of the guards and the bottom was a pleated skirt.

“Our business is regarding the matter with the Governmental Sector that will be coming up before long. The matter for which you will be traveling.”

“……That matter?”

She unconsciously fixed her posture.

“First of all, your escort has been officially decided. The Cadres Guard will be in charge of that. Her abilities as a guard are assured so please be at ease for the journey.”

“───I understand.”

It was rare for Instructor Yumelda to praise someone. The Cadres Guard was a person whose skills were such that even the instructor recognized them.

“……Perhaps”

The one standing behind the instructor on standby, that Elite Guard───

“Ahh, no, it’s misleading, but she’s not her. The introduction is late, but this is the Regular Guard I’sa. '''The blood-related younger sister of the Elite Guard that will be traveling with you.'''“

“My name is I’sa. I am pleased to make your acquaintance.”

She grabbed the ends of her skirt and respectfully curtsied.

“Y-yes. I’m also glad to meet you! I’m also counting on your for the Governmental Sector……h-huh?……But just now, you said younger sister. I’sa-san is……the younger sister?”

Not the Cadres Guard herself, the instructor had specifically brought a relative of hers with her for the greetings?

“There’s a reason for that.”

The instructor took out a cigarette from her pocket. While putting that in her mouth,

“We’re currently in the middle of choosing the Cadet Guards who will be traveling with you. We’ve whittled it down to the last two units but the last test will be proctored by I’sa here. That’s what it is.”

And the Regular Guard that saw that frowned slightly.

“That’s no good, instructor, you can’t smoke in front of a Priestess.”

“I haven’t lit it. I can’t settle down if I don’t have something in my mouth.”

She was a heavy smoker so she obstinately kept her smoking habits. <ref>[T/N: Habits is originally etiquette. I find that makes no sense though.]</ref>

Of course Ymy was also aware of that. She saw that she wasn’t going to light it so she hadn’t pointed it out.

“Nash, and Monica ─── there’s no need to memorize the unit leaders’ names but the plan is to have one of the teams they lead accompany you on the journey.”

“……Monica?”

“Oh, is there something”

“Ah, n-no, no, no, no! I-it’s nothing. It’s fine!”

Being looked at by the instructor who had her head tilted, Ymy frantically waved her hands.

……Monica……Monica is a girl’s name, right.

……Is that my……the name of the person who was my senpai?

[We might meet in an unexpected place, you know?]

[See you, Ymy, I’ll be cheering you on to becoming an outstanding Priestess.]

Is it a coincidence?

Is there such a coincidence?

“Then I shall make a quick report. We will have the final screening in two days, so the introduction of the unit’s members will wait until the day after.”
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“U-um, Instructor Yumelda? Could I ask you something strange?”

“What is it?”

“Umm, what kind of teams do you see the two teams as?”

……I wanted to know more about the person called Monica.

It couldn’t be helped that her heart was pounding since the moment she heard that name.

“Fumu. Let’s see, Monica’s unit was just formed. It’s a team that still needs looking after……I’m a little worried about their teamwork and cooperation but it’s a unit that’s achieved complete victory for the unit battles.”

She took out the scoring sheet from her chest pocket. Confirming the results which were written in elegant strokes, Instructor Yumelda gave an unusual wry smile.

“Ah, umm……so this Monica person is truly that strong?”

“Monica is an older sister character who’s good at looking after people. Her accomplishments as a guard aren’t outstanding or bad. In essence, the one pulling up the unit’s level is a single dual sword user. That boy has trained for a long time……if it’s just in his battle ability, he could blow away the entire opposing team all by himself.”

“I-is that so?”

……A dual sword wielding boy……ahh, I’m glad.

……Sheltis is also there as promised. Just one more until we can go together.

She pat her chest as she put the good news she’d heard to heart.

Leon had also said that the competition for the expeditionary mission to the Governmental Sector was harsh so she’d been worried that Sheltis might have lost in random happening.

……Hmm? But, but, wait a second?

……That basically means that Monica-senpai and Sheltis are in the same unit?

“And so saying,”

The sharpness of the instructor’s eyes multiplied.

They seemed to see into the deepest parts of her heart.

“We cannot decide the superiority of a unit based on their strength in battle. The unit that excels in control and discipline of the entire unit is Nash’s and their balance is good. Opposite that, the members of Monica’s team are too strong individually. Their cooperation is also superficial.”

“Yes. To tell the truth, I am uneasy letting them travel together with Ymy-sama.”

This was the person that she knew was like a lump of cooperation.

……So like she thought, it was a different Monica-san?

“Fumu. Then would you like to meet them?”

“Eh?”

“If you would like to, I will introduce you to the two units. Don’t worry, this is also prior inspection. We can’t choose a unit that’s rude to the Priestess, after all.”