Editing Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden:Volume 5 Chapter4 (section)

===Part 9===

{{furigana|Tenketsu Palace|Sophia}}, floor 288.

Starlight shone into the dim hall. On the completely silent Priestess’ private floor, a small girl was walking nonchalantly.

“He─y, Meimel, get up─. It’s some urgent document.”

She pressed the doorbell many times with that request. But there was no response.

……It’s three in the morning so she’s probably still sleeping snugly.

She half-resolved herself. Ran clenched her fist to try knocking this time──

“Whaat’s uup, Ran, there’s still thirty minutes until the early morning training, you knoow?”

The door opened slightly and a Priestess that was rubbing her sleepy-looking eyes slowly showed her face.

Her hair was disheveled and her voice was slower than usual and lacking in majesty.

Her clothes had frills and lace and underneath that was a somewhat see-through negligee which made for a radical appearance.

“……Never show that appearance to anyone other than me. The Priestesses’ dignity will be spoiled.”

“It’s fi─ne, it’s fi─ne. So whaat is iit? An emergency contact for me?”

She looked over the document with her sleepy eyes.

With her half-downcast gaze, she read the documents without a word──

“……Heeh.”

Her jade green eyes suddenly widened and her glossy lips cursed up into a crescent.

“So what was it?”

“It’s from Ymy. It’s long and encrypted so I’ll relay it for you……umm, ‘Help, Meimel! The conference with the Governmental Sector is going nowhere and I’m completely stressed out! At this rate, it doesn’t look like Yuugenshu is going to become a topic at all either! Also, I had my childhood friend, Sheltis, sneak into the central division of the Governmental Sector. I just received his report upon his return……and it looks like there was an unexpected outcome which is causing a great panic!?‘. It’s should be roughly like that.”

“……There’s a problem with how the encryption was decrypted.”

She should be thankful that it had been relayed so smoothly but there was another reason for why it was hard to accept.

“It’s a superlative translation, you know? So here’s the rest of it……’My childhood friend says that there’s a high chance that the Governmental Sector who we thought was our enemy isn’t actually our enemy. There’s another organization other than the Governmental Sector and we need to consider that they’re maneuvering in secret, he says. I didn’t believe it at first but Ilis is saying the same thing……but then, what should I do here!?‘. Okay, that’s the end.”

What are your thoughts on this?

Meimel looked over with those kinds of eyes, causing Ran to frown and scratch her head.

“So……as far as we’ve heard, they even snuck into the dangerous places in the Governmental Sector?”

“It appears so. Our spy should be with them so the possibility does exist.”

“But isn’t that kind of bold either way? Ymy also resolved herself well. I didn’t think she had the personality.”

“There’s no way she would.”

“……What do you mean?”

She asked without thinking.

“That’s, why. There’s no way she would issue such a reckless order. It was a suggestion I gave to the Cadres Guard. ‘If the conference comes to a halt, use your judgment to give Ymy a push. Even if it’s a little forceful, as long as the flow changes.‘”

“Ahh, so it was Ishtar who went. That innocence faker is skilled─”

The Priestess who was boring a hole in the letter with her gaze smiled.

“Ran, please send a digital document to Ymy under my name. An official document.”

An official document?

That would mean the contents would be completely transparent. Even a terminal at the Governmental Sector would be able to examine it.

“It’s fine, it’s fine like that. The goal is to clearly convey it to the Governmental Sector under the pretense of sending it to Ymy.”

Having seen through that, Meimel whispered at a lower volume.

“……Well, I thought that kind of stuff had a chance of being possible.”

It was during the conversation that morning when Ymy departed for the Governmental Sector.

 

“Ymy, try to keep this at heart? We have no idea if the place you’re about to go is dangerous or not.“

“……The Governmental Sector?“

“No, not that.“

 

“…………”

“Mm, what’s up, Meimel? You just went silent. Thinking about what to write??”

“Yes. Now what should I do about it, I wonder?”

Brushing her messy hair with her hand, Meimel suddenly wiped the smile from her lips.

“The contents will be one sentence. ‘Today ── take care for the last day of the conference.‘ Well then, I’ll be entrusting it to you?”

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