Editing Unlimited Fafnir:Volume 1 Chapter 1 (section)

===Part 4===

"Sigh... What rotten luck."

I groaned, sprawled on the desk.

Thanks to Iris testifying on my behalf, I was spared from weird misunderstandings, but the entire class all learned about the truth.

Seeing her naked body and pinning her under my body were true, hence the surrounding gazes remained icy cold. Although the level of coldness had improved somewhat, from a level directed towards a criminal to one directed towards a pervert, it still made me uncomfortable all over.

"Mononobe, are you okay?"

Iris peeked at me face and asked in worry.

"...Not too good, but I'll try my best to survive."

Ultimately, it was my fault so I could not blame her.

"Really? Please tell me if anything bothers you. I'll help no matter what! Oh... B-But... perverted things excluded. Because I really felt afraid when you pinned me to the ground, Mononobe."

"I get it, it was my bad that time. I won't do anything weird to you again. Besides, if I really did it... Things wouldn't have been settled so easily."

I secretly glanced at the seat on my right.

My seat was the middle one in the third row with Iris on my left and Mitsuki on my right. The two seats in front of me were empty.

Mitsuki seemed to have student council matters to attend to and was away as a result.

It was currently the lunch break. The three students in the classroom were Iris, the red-haired prodigy Ren and myself. Ren was engrossed in the computer while eating snacks.

I had taken care of lunch in the student counseling room—Mitsuki had bought me bread from the snack shop—but her lecturing continued even while I was eating, rendering the meal quite tasteless.

Due to the interrogation dragging on, I still had not attended a single lesson yet. This morning's lessons were elective liberal arts subjects and attendance was not compulsory, apparently. Real classes began in the afternoon with core courses teaching knowledge needed by Ds.

The warning bell rang. Students returned to the classroom one after another.

Lisa and Ariella threw me a cold glance. Firill took her seat while holding a different paperback from before.

FInally, Mitsuki entered the classroom and sat in my neighboring seat. My first lesson at this school was finally about to begin.

Just as I waited nervously, the classroom's door opened with a clack.

A woman in her twenties appeared. Her long hair was tied in a ponytail behind her head.

The woman stepped up to the lectern and her slender eyes instantly surveyed us.

"Rise."

At Mitsuki's command, everyone stood up together. I frantically stood up from my seat as well.

"Bow."

We sat down after bowing. The woman waited until she had everyone's eyes on her before she started to speak.

"So, let's begin the lesson. However, we have a fresh face in the class today, as well as the very first male student since the school's founding... At the same time, he is also Mononobe Mitsuki's older brother."

The woman at the lectern shot her gaze at me. I reflexively straightened my back. Those were a soldier's eyes.

"In any case, let me introduce myself. I am Shinomiya Haruka, this class' homeroom teacher and in charge of all courses related to Ds. Rank: Colonel. And Midgard's commander at the same time. Please bear that in mind."

"Affirmative, Colonel."

Seeing me salute out of habit, the woman—Shinomiya Haruka—smiled.

"Excellent response. As expected of one from NIFL, I suppose? However, please don't address me as Colonel in school but call me Shinomiya-sensei."

"Yes, Shinomiya-sensei."

"Excellent. Then allow me to verify your knowledge level first. As revision, I will call upon others to answer questions, so everyone else needs to pay attention too. Mononobe Yuu, do you know for what purpose does this Midgard exist?"

I answered this question with my basic knowledge.

"I heard that it started out as an isolation facility to house the captured Ds, those who have the ability to generate dark matter. However, due to the increase in the number of Ds, international society began to acknowledge their position. As a result, Midgard gained independence from NIFL to become a self-governing educational institute under Asgard."

The situation of the Ds had undergone drastic changes over the past twenty-five years.

There was an extremely high economic value in the ability to produce dark matter from nothing and transmuting it to any arbitrary substance. From what I heard, wars were even fought over the acquisition of Ds, back in the time before I was born.

Hence, the United Nations had decided to label the cause of wars, these Ds, as a type of dragon, to be regarded as a resource belonging to the entire world, managed by the international organization Asgard.

As Asgard's army, NIFL captured Ds from all over the world under the banner of protection, isolating them on a remote island named Midgard.

However, those Ds, originally children, grew up as time passed. They began to petition for their rights as humans, hence continuing to rule over them became difficult.

After that, a D was also born among the daughters of a wealthy and ancient royal family, hence this served as the trigger for Midgard to acquire the right to autonomy all at once.

"Yes, then what are Midgard's current activities?"

"Cultivating the Ds' powers in directions beneficial to society and educating them, devoting efforts towards the production of rare resources, as well as training them as trump cards to deploy in battles against dragons."

Ds had become essential to modern industries.

If Midgard's supply were to be lost, nearly exhausted resources would instantly jump in price, possibly causing a world war.

Furthermore, currently speaking, Ds were considered the only ones with the possibility of defeating dragons.

Merely treating them as resources in the past, the world now had to acknowledge Ds as a force to be reckoned with.

These facts were all part of common knowledge that could be learned in schools outside.

I did not think it was possible to be wrong... But Shinomiya-sensei differed.

"This answer is worth roughly forty marks. Midgard's most important responsibility lies elsewhere. It isn't publicized to the outside world, but this remodeled island is a stronghold for intercepting dragons. They will inevitably attack, sooner or later."

"Inevitably...?"

I frowned, unable to understand those words.

Seeing my reaction, Shinomiya-sensei's gaze turned.

"Lisa Highwalker, please recite the list of all confirmed dragons to date."

Suddenly called upon, Lisa stood up calmly to answer the question.

"Yes. A total of seven dragons have appeared to date. They are respectively: The black dragon—'Black' Vritra. The white dragon—'White' Leviathan. The red dragon—'Red' Basilisk. The blue dragon—'Blue' Hekatonkheir. The yellow dragon—'Yellow' Hraesvelgr. The green dragon—'Green' Yggdrasil. The purple dragon—'Purple' Kraken."

"Excellent, please take a seat. I will add one point to that. Vritra has gone missing after vanishing twenty-five years whereas Kraken was vanquished two years ago. In other words, there are currently five dragons roaming the world, doing as they please."

Shinomiya looked at me as though seeking confirmation. Because I had spent time in the army, I already knew things of this level. Seeing me nod in response, Shinomiya-sensei continued:

"Why did dragons awaken all over the world at the same time? And what purpose drives their actions? To the outside world, our official stance is that these answers are unknown. But in actual fact, we have already found a relatively believable theory. Namely, their goal is searching for a mate."

"A mate... huh?"

I tilted my head and asked. Shinomiya-sensei nodded affirmatively.

"Yes, the dragons are each looking for a suitable mate. You do know that birthmarks called dragon marks are found on Ds, right? When targeted by a dragon, a D's dragon mark would change in color, and once that D comes into contact with the dragon targeting her... She will turn into a dragon of the same type."

"No way... Ds will turn into dragons?"

I cried out in disbelief.

"This fact was confirmed during the battle against Kraken. Two years ago, we vanquished two Krakens."

No way... Meaning that they had killed one of their own who had turned into a dragon?

This left me unable to make even a sound. I was overcome with terror.

"After that, Midgard's function was changed fundamentally. For the purpose of killing male dragons that desire female dragons, Midgard has become a stronghold for interception. Students raise their combat power for self-defense in preparation for the attacks of dragons. And not only that, we are also planning to go on the offensive. Iris Freyja, which dragon are we currently planning to attack?"

Called upon, Iris shook then stood up frantically to answer.

"Y-Yes! I-It's the red dragon—'Red' Basilisk."

"Correct answer. Due to this reason, Mononobe Yuu, although it's very sudden, I must ask you to accept a test to simulate combat against Basilisk. The test will take place one week later while training is being held today in preparation. Everyone change to gym clothing and assemble at training site number three!"

"Affirmative!"

Everyone answered in unison apart from me, standing up from their seats. Still shocked from learning that Ds could turn into dragons, I was unable to respond.

While I was stunned on the spot, Mitsuki patted my shoulder.

"Please head to the unused classroom next door to get changed, Nii-san. Or perhaps, you intend to admire our naked bodies here? Just like how you watched Iris-san last time?"

Despite the smile on her face, her eyes were not smiling at all. Iris looked at me with her face all red.

"Mononobe... You're a pervert after all?"

"What do you mean, after all!? I-I'm leaving right now!"

Picking up my bag which contained the gym clothes just delivered this morning, I frantically fled the classroom.



Training site number three was a facility deep underground on campus. It was a huge rectangular space over a 100m long. Whether the ceiling, the walls or the floor, everything was covered by steel-reinforced concrete, with equipment such as cameras and screens installed all over the place.

"We took the elevator to a very deep level, right...? Why build a training site so deep underground?"

Iris was next to me, doing warm-up exercises. Hearing my question, she looked in my direction.

"Because the environment might get contaminated depending on different transmuted matter, so it's necessary to have closed space underground. After all, whether poison gas or nuclear material, we can create anything as long as we have the intent."

Iris answered while doing stretching exercises.

I found my drifting gaze uncontrollably drawn to her wobbling bosom inside her white t-shirt and her thighs extending out of her bloomers. Wait, why are they still wearing bloomers in this day and age? Maybe because they did not need to worry about male gazes originally, they prioritized ease of movement... But still, it gave me difficulty in directing my gaze.

"Poison gas and nuclear material... You girls are planning to make such dangerous things next?"

"Of course not, this is just in case. If poison gas or a nuclear bomb got made, we won't be spared either. But transmutations sometimes fail and it's possible that those things might get made by accident, right?"

"I see, transmutation failure..."

I eyed Iris suspiciously.

"W-What, Mononobe?"

"No, I was just thinking, you're probably the most dangerous, Iris. Judging from your self-detonation blunder yesterday, you're not very good at controlling transmutation, right?"

"Ugh... N-Nothing of that sort! I will definitely succeed today!"

"In other words, you've never succeeded before?"

"Uh..."

Iris pouted and glared at me. She was probably trying to look angry but she looked very cute instead. I could not help but smile wryly.

"W-What are you laughing at!? Sheesh, stop saying such malicious things. Come over and help me with warm-up exercises. Relaxing the body is very important for controlling our powers."

"Eh? Why me—"

"Because warm-ups are meant to be done in pairs, right? Mitsuki-chan normally pairs up with me, but she's talking to the teacher and looks very busy."

Indeed, Mitsuki was talking to Shinomiya-sensei in the corner the whole time. Everyone else was paired up to do stretching exercises. Lisa was with Firill while Ariella was paired with Ren.

"Well, I don't really mind... But are you seriously okay with it, Iris?"

"Why are you asking? You're helping me if you'll pair up with me. Okay okay, Mononobe, I'm going to do hamstring stretching, so help push my back."

Since Iris did not mind, it was fine, I guess? I pressed my hand on her soft back. Seeing her lovely neck in the gaps of her silver hair, I could not help but feel my heart rate rise.

"Then I'm gonna push."

"Okay... Ah, ow ow ow!"

Without even reaching her toes with her fingers, Iris was already screaming.

"You're way too stiff."

"N-No, Mononobe, you're the one doing it wrong. You're pushing too hard!"

"Then let's do it slowly this time."

"Ah... Ow... Ah, mmm... E-Enough!"

Again, Iris gave up without reaching her toes.

"See, you're too stiff like I said."

"Ugugu... H-How about we switch! This time, I'll be the one to make you cry out, Mononobe!"

"Fine fine, be my guest."

As she pushed forcefully, I allowed my body to bend down. This sort of stretching exercise was something I did many times before going to bed each night, so it was no problem at all.

"Ehhh!? Why? I-In that case, try this!!"

Seeing me so relaxed, Iris put her entire body weight on me. With her body tightly pressed against me, I could feel a soft sensation transmitted through the gym clothes.

"I-Iris, hold on! This is bad!"

"Oh, you're finally hurting? Hmph, but it's not over yet, I'm gonna make you taste the same pain I felt. Prepare yourself. Take that! Take that!"

Her highly elastic bosom was pressed on my back. At this rate, my male organ was going to react. If others were to witness that, my classmates' perception of me would probably deteriorate to an unsalvageable degree.
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"S-Stop it now—"

"Nii-san, you seem to be quite happy."

The voice entering my ears caused the blood rising in a certain body part to subside.

I looked up in trepidation, only to see Mitsuki with arms akimbo, staring down at me.

"Training is about to begin. Please finish your exercises and line up. I suppose that must sadden you, Nii-san..."

"N-Nothing like that. I'm not saddened at all! You actually helped me out big time, Mitsuki!"

I left Iris and stood up to thank her, but Mitsuki blinked in surprise.

"I had no intention of helping you. Whatever, we should hurry."

For some reason, the hint of a smile surfaced on the corners of Mitsuki's lips while she pulled my hand and walked.

"Oh, wait up, Mononobe! Mitsuki-chan!"

As we started assembling at Shinomiya-sensei's side, Iris hastily ran after us.