Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)
ISnR – V1 – C1
1
On that day, the end had come
The world was scorched, the earth shattered, the sky was stained red in midday
“Haa, haa!”
I ran desperately to escape the city which was turned into ruins
Father wasn’t longer there
Mother wasn’t longer there as well
My hoone
The school was gone
The city was gone
There was no one and nothing I could rely on, so for the ti I fled in order to survive
Of course, I was scared of dying
But, evenmy family——my little sister
“——! This way!”
I turned around and called my little sister’s name
That important name… I couldn’t recall as it
Even though I could remember the sensation of our hands that had joined, not only I couldn’t remember her name, her face reflected in my eyes appeared hazy like a worn-out photo——
That’s when I realized it was a dream
It was both a dream and a memory
A dreao
That’s why I kneill happen after this
crash!!
A building collapsed along with the sound of a tremendous collision
The rubble of the building blocked our way
“?!”
As I unconsciously stopped ht was reflected in my eyes
There was a boy whose chest was pierced with a hand and a girl who skewered him
The two stood on top of a mountain of rubble and their battle looked like it was at its settlement
The boy spit blood fro onto the rubble
“How dare you give me so much trouble”
Having blood spat over her in return, the girl sighed as if bored
Judging by her attitude, she didn’t feel any regret afterhim
“——Hm?”
The girl looked our way
“Ah, uu…”
Despite the large distance between us, I felt paralyzed as she pinned aze
I screamed to myself “run away”
I desperately yelled at myself “take your little sister and run”
But because this was an event of the past, there was no point in that act
Past couldn’t be changed anyhow
Also… even if my voice arrived in there, it wouldn’t help much
“Heyy, human”
Looking strangely casual, the girl spoke to ot off the rubble
Based on her looks, the girl was 15 or 16——but that was just her appearance, I knew that she isn’t normal
Nors
Norh a human chest with bare hand
A normal person can’t set an entire city ablaze
“Hm〜mm”
The inhuirl with human appearance stared at us as if to evaluate us
“…… ”
Meanwhile, I felt very uncomfortable
After about twenty seconds, the girl suddenly nodded
“That looks nice, give it to me”
“……!”
What the girl pointed at, was my little sister
“Hiiih…!”
A quiet scream leaked out of my little sister’s mouth
“A-ah, ”
I trembled as I held my little sister’s hand
I knew I couldn’t refuse the girl’s request
I’ve seen it by chance from my home’s
How this girl——and the boy as killed earlier—&mdash
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have appeared in the city’s sky and started battling
And how the round, the entire scenery had turned into that of ruins
Now, I knew
I knehat happened on that day in my city and all over the world
And of course, I knew the culprits behind this disaster
——The mythical Gods
Mayan-Aztec y
japanese y
Hindu y
Egyptian y
Greek y
Norse y
Celtic y
Seven ies passed down all over the world
Gods of thesefrom the world of Gods into the human world, they started a war
A war between Gods, war between ies
Ten years ago, the disaster had poured down upon the world for just three days
In just three days of war a third of Eurasian continent vanished and five billion of people died
The myth war That’s how it’s called now
“Hii, ngh…”
Of course, irl in front of me was a Goddess
Butshe was
And yet——
“U-uwaaahhhh!”
——I fought back against her
I punched the one who tried to take away my little sister
“Oh”
Probably surprised byherself… but, a six-year old child’s fist was far too powerless, pa out a feeble sound
“Uwa-aaaahh!”
Still, I continued to beat her desperately
No, I fought
Considering the difference in ability between hting”, but I resisted with all I had in order to protect my little sister
“Haha”
The girl tra
To her, itaway a fly but my body was bloay several meters and I rammed into mountain of rubble head-on
“Gyaaaahhh!”
My right eye had turned hot as if burning, I held down the blood gushi+ng out with my both hands
“——! Run away!”
I screamed loudly towards the other side of my field of vision, stained by blood and tears
“Onii…cha…”
In the end, I heard my sister call me with feeble voice
…possibly because my memory of what happened after that was hazy, the scene turned even more blurry
After the girl did soain approached me
“…——, …——”
And, said so
I couldn’t remember what she said at all
Then the girl extended her hand towards me
That’s when I lost my consciousness
When I woke up again, all that was left around me was the city’s ruin
In exchange, there were no traces of my little sister left
No blood
No body
There was nothing that indicated my little sister was killed
Maybe she was kidnapped
But there was no trace left behind
Oreven more horrific was done to her
The amount of clues: zero
But… the possibility of her being alive wasn’t zero
“…… I’ll slaughter you…”
I was filled with intent to murder
A pitch black ema
As it welled up froly that blood has come out
I’ll kill the Gods who killed my parents
I’ll kill the Gods who killed my friends
I’ll kill the Gods who had us siblings go through this
Once I have slaughtered the Gods… I’ll find the one who took et her back
On that day, my way of life was decided
2
“…-sanRaika-san”
“……!!”
I suddenly woke up having my shoulder shaken
At the same time, my chair let out a loud sound
“Ah…”
This was a classroom
I wasn’t in the middle of rubble
I wasn’t an injured child, but a high school student showered in painful gazes
“shi+nzenRaika-kun Have you woken up?”
Our hoiRyuuto, a man with an untidy beard asked with a smile
“Yes… I’m sorry”
“No, it’s fine, really Don’t mind it”
Si-sensei resu happened
The gazes which gathered onuncomfortable I sat back down on my seat
“Raika-san, are you all right? You seehtmare…”
Maria Mint as sitting on the seat next to mine asked worriedly
It seemed like she was the one to wake me up
“Yeah, I’m fine…”
I answered so, but I wasn’t fine at all
I desperately hid h
Pain ran through my head and unpleasant, cold sweat flowed down my back
And above all, my left eye throbbed horribly
I suppressed the eyeball that pulsated beneath my eyelid
That dreaain, huh…
Imy eye
Ten year ago I lost ery
That’s why ht eyes had different colors
The one throbbing was the left eye, one I had since I was born
The eyeball that had my sisters appearance burned into it on that day…
It didn’t get in the way of normal everyday life, but whenever I see that drea
I’ve seen that dream hundreds, thousands of times so far
With every time I’ve seen it, I recalled what happened back then countless times
——Ten years ago, the Myth War which lasted for three days had left a huge scar on the world
After three days since Myth War broke out, Gods have suddenly disappeared
Since then up to this day, there was no second co of Gods to this world
Therefore, htmare”
If they think of it as of a bad dreaain
However, as long as I continued to see that dreaet that day
Even now, after ten years passed
“……ngh”
When I strongly clenched my teeth——a handkerchief was offered to me from the side
“There you go”
It was Maria’s
I reflexively took the handkerchief from her
“…thank you”
“It’s fine, just don’t force yourself too much”
S notes
I was at a loss for a ratefully used the handkerchief
The gentle sensation I felt as I put it against my forehead calmed my mood only for a moment
“Yo, Raika Not enough sleep?”
That’s when a voice had called out to me from behind
KunisakiKojiro who seats behind me seemed to have spoken to me
“Yeah, a bit”
“What〜? Are you doing soht that makes you lack sleep〜?”
“…stop talking foolish and get back to listening to class”
I lightly riposted to Kunisaki as pokingattention
I calmed down considerably thanks to the two and could take class normally
The ti we approached the end of classes
“Well then, next there’s an ‘exah for my classes”
Suddenly Hakonogi-sensei said so and put down the chalk
Moh the classroom
Seeing that, the unshaven teacher shtly
“Ahh, it’s you first tiht Then let ive you a simple explanation”
Hakonogi-sensei put his hands on the desk and looked over the classroom
“Ueneral examination we found that there’s a Seventh Sense Factor in all of you and have gathered you all in this school”
General examinationSeventh Sense Factor
These two ter in everyday life had heavyfor this school’s students
——After the huone various changed
Leaving out the uniuration of Eucharistia – Sacrament Control Mechanism
Loosely speaking, Eucharistia was an organization that cleaned up after the Myth War
The past battlefields of Gods have a left behind a residual divine phenomenon beyond human wisdom
The s is part of Eucharistia’s job
The examination was carried out to see if there’s any indication of a Seventh Sense
Seventh Sense was also called Seventh Factor, speaking in a cliche irls were capable of using
This was a curse spread all over during the Gods’ battles——it’s said to be the influence of the factors, but no detailed information is known
While it was unknown, it was said to be potentially dangerous
Thats why the adults decided tochildren
The results was this school Or to be precise, this artificial island with a school
The island’s name was Laurasia Island
Laurasia Island was an island on Laurasia Sea which had foro Built in the center of it was this Laurasia Island
I have turned fifteen on this island and lived here together with other kids discovered to have a factor in them, as well as Eucharistia’s staff
Well, it was an isolation facility so to speak
Adults watch over kids as not to allow them to escape We are unable to leave the island until our factors disappear naturally, which is supposed to happen not earlier than e’re eighteen years old
The school——since there was no other educational institutions on the island, it was simply referred to as “the school”——was that kind of facility “Examination” referred to the research of a factor which happened once a month
If a factor turns positive in here, it will be judged as a serious affair
The entire world wishes to forget the Myth War entirely
If it was known that there were people who harbored Gods’ curse in their bodies, they wouldn’t be able to lead decent lives
The entire classroohed frivolously as usual
“Well, there’s plenty of rumors about Seventh Sense outside, but you don’t have to worry so much In fact, the probability of a positive is lower than 0001 You ht have heard rumors that people with superpowers killed people, but that’s a mistake as well The fact is that people who held superpowers had went out of control and killed himself And of that too, there were only five cases over last ten years The talk of the people is unfounded nonsense”
Hearing his polite explanation, several people leaked sighs of relief
It didn’t i-sensei’s words seemed to have eased the tension
Since I knew those nue at all, but I could hear Kunisaki’s sigh from behind me
That’s when, with perfect ti
“Okaaay, now everyone, we’re ”
Everyone stood up at Hakonogi-sensei’s coymnasium where the “examination” was to be carried out
3
The “examination” had safely ended
This year’s enrollment had zero positives
Upon returning, homeroom teacher announced it to all the students
“Aa-aah, and here I thought I’ll be able to use superpower starting from today〜”
Hearing that Kunisaki let out an exaggerated lament, but it was clear to everyone it was just a joke
Before the long classes ended, the students were free of anxiety for the first ti and left the classroom one after another with radiant looks
The peaceful after school time
It was a scenery worth of being called that
“Yoo, Raika What are you doing? …heck, crosswords again?”
Kunisaki sighed seeing a collection of crossword puzzle problems
“It’s my hobby, is that bad?”
“I can help you with japanese ones, but that thing you have there is in foreign language”
“To be precise it’s in French”
“Bonjour is all I know from that one”
Bored, Kunisaki sat down on his seat
Watching our exchange fro next to me
“You are really proficient in languages aren’t you, Raika-san A”
“Only reading and writing Even teacher said that my pronunciation is ‘so-so’”
“By teacher, you i-sensei?”
Kunisaki asked from the side
“No, one from the facility I was in before…”
“Raika-san was in the same church facility I was in We also studied here”
“Hee, is that so”
“Yeah, well”
Sa down Maria’s and my necks
It was the proof that both of us have come from the same facility
“But Maria-chan is British, right?”
“…a lot happened ten years ago”
“Ah, I see”
When Maria answered a any more
To everyone what happened ten years ago was a topic we didn’t want to talk about too much
Kunisaki returned back to topic
“Still, well, Raika ht?”
“Yes!”
Maria’s expression changed froious one and answered clearly
“The teacher helped bring up Raika-san as excellent student he is, they must have been very proud of him”
“Don’t talk about any more of that, Maria”
While Maria praised me to the sky, I don’t re me
Well, what I learned froe but…
There, somehow the topic came to an end, thenKunisaki started to chat with Maria
Let’s go back to solving puzzles, I thought, that’s when
“Ra-i-ka”
“Hm?”
Called out to from behind, I turned around
There, I saw a single fe her hands behind her back
She was petite, but had very slender limbs
Her hair extending up to the shoulders had very little pigment and her smile was as adorable as a puppy
Her uniform was unbuttoned slovenly, and from there, her feminine lines peeked out
“Ruirui, are you done with your errands?”
“Yup Instant kill”
Ruirui nodded with a light smile
“Instant kill, you say Wasn’t the one who called you out a guy… weren’t you confessed to?”
“Yup That’s why, instant kill”
“Ahaha-ha”
Unable to even budge, Kunisaki bitterly laughed
“He was too noisy for uys in particular are a ‘no’”
Saying so, Ruirui looked between my hands
“Hey Raika, what are you doing?”
“Crossword puzzle”
“Hee, show meee”
In order to see better Ruirui moved her face so that she nearly touched my cheeks with her own
She deposited her weight on my shoulder
…it’s hard to move
“Ruirui-san!”
Maria raised her voice slightly
“Hm?What iiis it?”
“You’re sticking to close to Raika-san! Young et away from him at once!”
“Eeeh, it’s fine Mariacchi〜 I don’t mind iiit?”
“No – it’s – not!”
Maria pulled Ruirui strongly, separating her from me
“Listen, Ruirui-san You are japanese as well so you should aim aim to become yamatonadeshi+ko who knows moderation”
And so on
For soirl lectured Ruirui as purely japanese, about being yamatonadeshi+ko
It was strangely surreal
“So, hoere they?”
“What was?”
Kunisaki whispered into my ear from behind
“Ruirui-chan’s boobs, of course Hoere they? Soft?”
“…no clue”
“Whattt?! You want to reat Maria-chan’s alluring D’s, there’s no way she’s any inferior when it comes to elasticity and youuuuu!!”
He cried out as if his soul was leaking out
I cringed seeing that threatening attitude of his
“Kunisakiii〜”
Completely pissed off, Ruirui stood behind Kunisaki
“Ah, wai-ghbhohh!”
It was his own fault so I couldn’t even comment on it
“What are those ‘alluring D’s’ you speak of?”
Maria just tilted her head, puzzled
“Ah, speaking of which, where’s Tenka? Again in the staff room?”
“It’s just related to printouts and passing information, I think she should be back already…”
Just when I responded
rattle rattle rattle
With perfect ti, the classroom’s door opened
“Yahhoo, sorry to make you wait”
The one who enter was a girl even smaller than Ruirui
The moment she turned our way, her black twintails bounced up
Her appearance was childish, but she could speak seven languages and just five days after entering this school, she was left with duties of a class committee chairman’s
“A, you see, Ryuuto-sensei’s precious printouts disappeared soether and before I realized, it was this late”
“Oh my, must have been hard”
“I was all boiling inside already! You need to properly clean up on top of your desks, right”
Tenka laughed merrily
After that she took her own bag in her hand
“Now, let’s go play I want to eat crêpe’s today”
“Aren’t there some in the south ward?”
“Ah, I saw that crêperie before!”
“Then let’s have Kunisaki-san guide us there”
Following Tenka, everyone stood up one after another
Of course, I pickedand stood up as well
Ever since adether
It was a group of few japanese and japan-enthusiasts, but it was surprisingly cosy
That too, was thanks to the Tenka’s skill who put the group together I originally thought that I won’t be able to make friends on this island, and I’m puzzled over it even now
I didn’t think that a day would coain
I was puzzled, but my mood wasn’t too bad
However——
“——Nghh”
Pretending to fiddle with s, I held down my left eye
throb…throbb
My eye behind the eyelid ached
I could feel heat on my palm
“Hm? What happened, Raika-kun?”
Suddenly, Tenka turned around and asked
“It’s nothing, some dust entered my eye”
I lied
Tenka went “hmm”, nodded and returned to her conversation with Ruirui as beside her
…throb
Again
This happens sometimes
Not always but… when I look at Tenka, my left eye starts to ache sometime
Just like after seeing that dream
I don’t know the reason for that
Nothing I can think of
Ito this island
Of course, there’s nothing that would lead o
“……”
Aching subsided in less than twenty seconds
It was no big deal, but the thought did stay in the corner of my head
This ht be the reason I don’t meld in into this circle completely
In the meantime, I entered the elevator
Everyone changed their shoes and we headed to the Southern school gate, which was the outlet to South Ward
As the tingling in htly chatted with Kunisaki as alked
pam——
A single girl had come up from the other side
She had long, platinum-silver hair and white skin
Drooping eyes and well-ordered features
It was a girl who had fleeting beauty like that of a fairy
“Ohh,ain’t that Charlotte-senpai A sight for sore eyes”
Apparently Kunisaki knew her
When I looked closely, it seemed like people she passed by all turned noisy
Is she a celebrity in this school?
“Kunisaki, do you know that person?”
When I asked him without special intention behind it, Kunisaki bit into the topic with a girn
“Ohh! You interested, Raika? Unexpectedly ain’t you a ladies man too!”
“No, that’s not the case”
“No need to be eht, as a special treat I’ll tell you soot from seniors”
It’s been just five days since we enrolled, but it see up connections
Appalled by his energy, I was forced to listen to him
Her name was Charlotte Lovepain, seventeen years old
While her personality was mild, she was bad with opposite sex, had few friends and no romantic experience
Her hobby was reading She hardly comes out of the dormitory on holidays
Rather than being lonely, she was a girl who preferred being alone
Since she was in the library very often, she was called “Bookshelves’ Silver Fairy”
While there were boys who yearned for her in secret, whenever they tried talking to her she ie more than three words with any of them
“And, her three sizes from top are…”
“I don’t need that info”
The person herself is right here, what are you blurting out
“What’s with you, it was accurately measured by a pro’s eyes y’know?”
“It’s fine, shut up”
“Hbghh!”
I usedto block his mouth
Fortunately, it seeht in our direction
“……”
She was about to pass beside us
And right in front of us, she lost her balance
“Woah!”
He i her body
Her waist was thinner than I iined
Just now, did she trip without nothing in particular on the road…?
That’s what I felt but I didn’t say it as it would be rude if I rong
“Ah!! Eeeh!!”
Eirl blushed with surprise
It see, but was quite unable to do so
That’s when, I suddenly noticed a book fell on the ground
It fell out of her back when she stumbled earlier
I bent over and picked up the book
The title was “The Star Prince and The Princess”
Judging from the cover, it was a fantastical romance story
“There you go”
I returned the book I picked up to her
“T-thank you”
She received it
Her cheeks were awfully flushed, she was red like a tomato
“…are you all right?”
She looked too strange so I decided to ask her
“I-I’ht!”
Replying she shook her head to the sides
It was hard to tell whether she was affiruess she’s okay
Still, it seelances at me