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<Same time, in the depths of a sea cave>



Kanata: ……


(? it is a little noisy Outside, hm~?)


(that’s nooo good, causing a Racket in a Sacred place will—)



(hmm~? these Voices, could they be the children from my Ryuseitai?)


(even though I told them to stay safe at Home…)


(these days, none of them are doing as they are Told at all. is this the Rumored Rebellious Phase?)


(that is, the birth of the Ego… independence, as a single Human Being.)


(somehow, it makes me remember the past. i was just like those kids, the same Age, when—


(......?)


(i… i can hear some kind of strange Noise. the sound of something breaking…)


(i wonder if someone is Playing Soldiers again somewhere?)


(that would be no good either. sometimes it is meant to be Fun, but there are other times when it goes beyond Joking around.)


(ohhh well… i have to stop this.)


(Because That Child, he will listen to Anything i have to say. unlike ryuseitai’s children, he probably has not reached his Rebellious Phase yet—)



Shinobu: I’ve already told you, it’s not allowed, Kanzaki-dono, okay?! The area from here on is off limits!


Souma: Get OUT of my way! What authority do you hold that you can obstruct my path?!


Tetora: Ugh, we don’t have any authority here! But no member of the general public is allowed past this point, it says so in the guidebook!


Souma: This is far from my concern! As Hasumi-dono says, if the law becomes a nuisance, then change it! Send me the greatest man in this land; I shall convince him to bend the law to my will!


Tetora: That’s way too dangerous of a plan, okay?! H-hey, Midori-kun, don’t just stand there and watch, help me stop Kanzaki-senpai!


Midori: I don’t wanna… I’m scared… I don’t wanna get close to someone waving around a sword like that…


Shinobu: I-it’s Kanzaki-dono, it will be fine! He would never do anything to hurt another person!


Midori: No way… Just the image of someone waving around a sword is too scary, it’s left a wound carved in my mind… If anything, I’m surprised you two can go up against him while staying pretty calm…?


Shinobu: That’s only because I’m familiar with Kanzaki-dono and his temperament!


Tetora: If I use my karate, I wouldn’t be able to beat him, but I’d at least buy us some time…!


Midori: No, I’m telling you that’s gonna be dangerous, so you shouldn’t risk getting involved, right…? We can just let him go, we don’t know what’ll happen to him anyway, so…?


Souma: Takamine is right! You two, stay back! You shall hurt yourselves!


Midori: Ah, he remembered my name…♪ 


Shinobu: Of course he did! Kanzaki-dono is a respectable upperclassman; he is friendly to those younger than him—he always looks after me with utter kindness!


Which is exactly why I simply cannot stand silent and watch as such a wonderful person strays from his good path before my very eyes!


Tetora: What Shinobu-kun said! Gahh, we won’t let you pass even if we die here!


Midori: Stooop it, don’t lump me in your “we” if you’re gonna do something so stupid, okay…? Everyone in Ryuseitai is always like this…


(Not these days, though… I mean, this is kinda like the old Ryuseitai, back when I loved it—)


Souma: Agh! That's enough; this is not the time for me to pay you any mind!


Tetora: It’s not enough! I’m not going to move an inch until you give me a good reason!


Shinobu: Hey, Midori-kun, it’s your turn to do that signature move you showed off at MDM!


Midori: Nonono, no way, the “Takamine Barricade” is powerless if the other person’s got a sword or some other kind of weapon!



Kanata: —cut it out.


Souma: ……?!


(...What a terrible blunder! I was so preoccupied with these children of Ryuseitai that I failed to even notice Shinkai-dono approaching from behind!)


(It cannot be… Have the members of Ryuseitai dared to go so far as to orchestrate this horseplay…?!)


Tetora: Wahh, you scared me?!


Shinobu: Shinkai-dono, you always, always come out of nowhere like that!


Midori: And you’re a big guy, Shinkai-senpai… but even then, there are times it seems like you’ve got no presence, like you’re a ghost—


Kanata: i am not a Ghost~. if i was, chiaki would Hate me.


Souma: Sh-Shinkai-dono—


Kanata: souma. i thought it was you. the So in Souma should stand for “Sooo Noisy.”


Souma: I-I am deeply sorry for the trouble I have caused you! However, I had heard some dreadful news from Morisawa-dono, and—


Kanata: from chiaki? what is he doing? is he just wandering around aimlessly, trying to put the task of watching the Children onto me…?


Souma: I-I do not think it is the case that he is doing anything “aimlessly.” More importantly, umm… it is terribly difficult for me to ask this, but—


Shinkai-dono, is it true that you have been enshrined as a god once more?!


Kanata: huh…?


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