Editing Masou Gakuen HxH:Volume 10 Chapter 4 (section)

===Part 1===

Exiting the sea of clouds, at the highest peak in this world.

A shining white palace was towering high on that summit.

Different from its external appearance of Greek style, inside the palace there was no decorations. There was only pure white ceilings, walls and floor.

It was extremely simple and plain. Therefore it boasted a perfect beauty.

There was nothing inside the pure white room.

Except one.

Machine god Thanatos was standing still like a statue.

That face which boasted deep carving and perfect beauty was tinged with the shadow of melancholy, which excessively drew out the beauty of Thanatos so oppressively.

The Greek style one piece was pure white that didn’t know any blemish.

She was carrying on her back mechanical wings and a sun that were like a giant relief.

Her appearance that was like a sanctuary decorated with white, blue, and gold was truly like a sculpture that was extolled as the great god, giving an impression that she had already been there since even before history, and would continue to be there for eternity in the future.

Her long eyelashes twitched slightly. And then those eyelids were opened and blue eyes appeared.

――So they came.

The guest that Thanatos was waiting for. One of the experiment organisms.

Even while it was an experiment organism, but it defeated the creator, a puzzling mutation.

She was thinking that the experiment failed.

However, it was necessary to investigate, seeing as how this much result came out.

Even she herself who was a perfect organism that had accomplished the ultimate evolution had things which she didn’t understand.

It was about herself.

If she investigated the individual that defeated Hokuto and Osiris, perhaps there would be a new discovery. After she finished that investigation, she would return the entire created world into nothingness for the time being.

Thanatos’s wings spread to the left and right. She lifted her face that was sinking in grief and she was going to fly away. It was at that time ――.

「Please wait, Thanatos-sama.」

A little girl clad in a red garment that looked like fresh blood arrived at that pure white world that was pure without stain.

A lower body that was wearing tights and a furisode kimono. A young little girl with long black hair.

「You are――」

Thanatos directed her half-opened eyes there.

「This is the first time we meet. I am called Hida Nayuta.」

「Hida……Nayuta. To be able to enter this palace, you are also the same kind like us……a god then.」

Nayuta smiled sweetly.

「For the moment I believe I am an apprentice god. I have something to talk about with Thanatos-sama no matter what……」

Thanatos replied with an expression that didn’t change at all.

「Then wait here. I have a bit of business.」

「Aah, if you are looking for the one who defeated Hokuto-sama and Osiris-sama, that’s me.」

Thanatos’s eyelashes twitched.

「You?」

「Yes.」

「……Indeed, it seems that you are a faulty existence which resembles that experiment organism. However, I cannot sense that you have that much battle strength to achieve what you claimed.」

「Yes, because I only grant power and knowledge, and make other people fight in my place.」

Thanatos stared fixedly at Nayuta.

「Then, I’ll examine your structure first.」

Golden light was flowing from the sun on Thanatos’s back into her wings. That radiance circulated in Thanatos’s limbs and created tremendous energy inside her.

「Ah, please wait for a bit.」

Nayuta moved her small hand forward.

「I have a reason for coming here. Thanatos-sama, I wish to help you.」

「Help……me, you say?」

「Yes. I obtained some degree of information regarding you from Osiris-sama’s database, but it’s still insufficient. And there I want to ask for information directly from you.」

Thanatos slightly floated in the air, and like that she approached Nayuta.

「I’ll hear your story after I secure the organisms that arrived at that man made island.」

「――No」

Nayuta’s lips were all smiles and she looked up at Thanatos with upturned eyes.

「I cannot let you go there.」