Volume 5 Chapter 3

Girls in a day off / Homunculus / Plans and bad quality item

– Well, let’s go!

Karen got on the bus with Rebecca and Aoi after saying goodbye to Mihal. The destination of the route is a control point that is linked to the city of Sangria. Although the port of Sangria is currently being maintained as a military port, it is impossible for a mega fleet like Little Garden to dock completely in the port. It is for this reason that, instead of docking, Little Garden is anch.o.r.ed in a distant position about five kilometers from the Zwei Islands.

From there a large number of <warships>Ships, like aircraft carriers, are lined up in series forming very long bridges-commonly known as <ship>> Tree Ship, where they come and go.</ship></warships>

<warships><ship>Although some of the <warships>Ships are used as parking lots, after the terrorist attacks at the festival, the trips between Sangria and Little Garden have been severely restricted.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Therefore, basically the residents of Little Garden have no alternative but to come and go by bus.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– Regarding that, since she was transferred yesterday, I realized that she is not easy to approach. Even if I call her, I’m ignored … but really, there’s a big difference as far as Karen is concerned.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– Certainly she’s a mysterious person, isn't it?</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Aoi also thinks the same as Rebecca.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>She is a transferred student who joined the course in the homeroom of the previous day.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– Nakri Olfred.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Even though she was introduced by her teacher saying her name, she did not say another word. Due to this, the cla.s.smates began to lose the acc.u.mulated interest, and the cla.s.s turning in complete silence.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– This, should we look for a seat then?</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>The teacher then broke the silence.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– There’s a free seat near the window, right? Sit there.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>The available seat was behind Karen, since all other seats in the cla.s.sroom were already occupied.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– Alright guys, since there is no particular topic to talk about, the homeroom is over. As with the addition of Karen-san last week, please get along with Nakri-san.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Needless to say, the atmosphere in the cla.s.sroom is completely different than when Karen joined.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>During the homeroom, and as there was a period of rest until the first hour of cla.s.s, many cla.s.smates began to surround Karen, and although it became something serious, no person was placed around Nakri.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Perhaps, one of the reasons is that she emits a certain sensation, some kind of atmosphere that causes her to surround her whole body and that this prevents her from approaching her. Meanwhile, Rebecca, who with her cheerful way of being was not able to read the environment, tried many times to talk and greet Nakri, but in all of them, she was ignored.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>In fact, Karen seems to understand why it would be the reason she is upset. Speaking of Karen, that time, she thought Nakri was a mysterious girl.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>But last night, she knew from Kirishima Sakura that she- No, not only her, but also about the boy who was transferred to the cla.s.s next door, Krovahn, and the girl who entered the martial arts department , Nesat, who they were.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>All this was really unexpected.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Immediately after talking about Nakri during her phone call with Sakura, the tone she had suddenly changed to a somber one.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Those people are the same as me, they are artificial Variant, because we were injected into the body with Vitaly’s Variant Virus]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– … Eh?</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Karen could not believe what her ears heard, it was something she could never have imagined.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Even so, these people were the henchman of Vitaly. It was these guys who attacked us when I was with Hayato on the bus in the Zwei Island. I had heard that Little Garden had captured them, but what did they have in mind when they allowed them to attend school? I will ask Dr. Charlotte immediately. Please wait a moment, Karen]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Then, the dial tone of the call began to ring. Sakura calls Dr. Charlotte, intending to add her to this conversation and thus keep a call between three people. Soon, Charlotte joins this communication.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[This is unusual, that you want to talk to me and add me to your call. Is something wrong?]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[It’s nothing like that. Why are Vitaly’s followers in Karen’s cla.s.s?!]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Haa, it’s about that. There is nothing to worry about. They have already been released from the hands of Vitaly and their Variant Virus has been stabilized. In addition, it no longer reacts to a specific frequency. As long as you do it normally, something like getting out of control should not happen, do not you think?]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– If that’s the case…</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Are you worried?]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[That’s obvious!]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[In case something happens, we will act as quickly as possible. And Chris will be in Kisaragi Karen’s room]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Chris, is not that the guy who is always next to the president, right? He is a student member of the Student Council, but he is an a.n.a.lyst and not a Slayer. What can he do?]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[There is an exception with the members of the Student Council, where they are allowed to use weapons that are capable of stopping the movement of their target. Let’s say it is a measure of last resort. The moment a problem arises, he should be able to choose the best action to take. Of course we also have a guard who has perfectly joined the cla.s.s next door where Krovahn-kun is. As for Nesat-kun, who is in the martial arts department, all his comrades are located behind her head, therefore, practically everyone is like her vigilantes]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Saying that, Charlotte laughed in a very compulsive way.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Okay, but, preferably, and without neglecting to make friends, don't you think it’s the best thing to have them attend school so they can lead a normal lifestyle, thinking that until now they haven't had a decent life at all? Because you had the desire to do so, you also started to appear more often in Little Garden. It is for that reason that, those who were given the surname Olfred, we will allow them to attend school]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Okay okay, I understood, I understood! Certainly, it may be as you are saying, Okay!]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Hahaha, apparently, you really could understand]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[There is no alternative but to pay attention to what you have said, h.e.l.l…]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>[Oh, now that I remember. Karen-kun, I’ll ask you to please keep this information secret from your cla.s.smates.]</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>Karen now knows about the three people, which what was said in the conversation that happened recently. However, for one reason or another, she understands all the problems and bitter circ.u.mstances that they had to go through, in order to get where they are now.</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– Uhm, Rebecca…</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– What is it?</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– Nakri-san must have a lot of reasons, and that is why, it is not that she is really a cruel person, could you not pay her so much attention for a while? If Karen had not accepted wanting to talk with Rebecca, I would have been very nervous, and I would have been alone forever, that I could not have adapted to the cla.s.s at all….</warships></ship></warships>

<warships><ship><warships>– What are you saying, this is the ―The letter glowed in particles, manifesting on Karen’s back, looking like the armament of