Editing Hyouketsu Kyoukai no Eden:Volume 5 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 7===

Hotel room 303, [Aster]. <ref>[T/N: The kanji here is 紫苑 which is literally purple garden. It also refers to a certain plant called aster tataricus: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster_tataricus.%5D ]</ref>

“''Hey, hey, Sheltis─, take me along with you too to the large baths, okay─? Even though Ymy and Monica and Kagura are going, it’s lonely if I’m the only girl being left out.''“

“…………”

He closed the pamphlet he was reading.

He stared down at {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}} who was rolling around on the desk.

“Isn’t Ilis the one always saying that she’ll break down from being exposed to moisture?”

“''It’s fine; I won’t be in the bathtub but in the sauna.''“

“But it’s a pity. We’re on lookout while Monica’s not here.”

Ishtar was on standby outside the large baths entrance.

During that time, Vaiel was keeping watch in front of the empty [Asterhythm] room and he who was left in the room was taking on the escorting of the General Affairs Bureau Chief’s group of four.

“Ah─ah, right about now, Ymy’s group is playing around and having fun. ‘A-amazing, Monica-senpai, your waist has tightened even more than three years ago. Can I feel it a little?’, ‘St-stop that, it tickles! Ymy as well, more than before──’. See, it seems fun even just by imagining it.”

“……That’s hard to comment on.”

He couldn’t imagine what girls would talk about, especially in the bath.

“Do they really have those kinds of conversations?”

“''Of course, there’s no mistaking it. My previous possessor constantly said it. She had confidence to boast herself as humanity’s strongest in battle and style and when she entered the baths with her friends, they would compare and tease each other as an everyday activity.''“

“……What is that unlikeable person you described.”

Just who ─── when he had voiced that much, he tilted his head at the question that he thought of.

“Your previous body?”

“''Ah, come to think of it, I forgot. There was a girl I supported before you.''“

It was the first he’d heard of this. That {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}} had a previous possessor before him……no, if he thought about it, there was nothing strange about that. But he had never been told that by {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}} so now it drew his interest.

“''That person hated speaking about herself with others. ‘Don’t talk about me.’ was how I was forbidden to speak. It was about ten years ago so I guess it’s hit the time limit?''“

“Would that happen to have been the Queen? When I received {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}} at the time I became an Elite Guard, it was from the Queen.”

“''No, the Queen was just entrusted with me by my previous possessor. My previous possessor was a different person but well, the Queen knows her. It’ll be a long story but would you like to hear it now?''“

“……Mm, then I’ll ask later.”

Picking up the pamphlet he’d closed once again, he proceeded to read each line intensively. He was also interested in {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}}’ story but there were things he should memorize before that.

“''Is that the floor map for the Governmental Sector?''“

“Yeah, things like the emergency exit paths or barrier locations or the shelters. After that, I have to get as much of the layout of large rooms and whether there are one or two floors or such into my head.”

Of course, he had finished inputting the data into {{furigana|machine crystal|Ilis}} before this. However, in real rushes, there wouldn’t be the leniency to ask someone so he’d have to know the location himself or he wouldn’t be able to react.

“''How passionate. Is it about the case you talked about at noon?''“

Noon at the large public road.

During the time they were being guided by Yuragi and touring, he had had a bad feeling that just wouldn’t go away. It was just like something was lingering over and continuing to observe them ─── a gaze.

It was from a distant location so nobody would know but it wasn’t friendly.

……As I thought, there’s something here.

As proof of that, Ishtar also showed no signs of slackening her vigilance. It was also like that at noon; while she showed off that she was going around the food stands, she kept a set distance from Ymy.

“''It looks like stuck in the middle of the enemy’s camp〜. There are enemies in every direction?''“

“……I wonder.”

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