Exiting the sea of cloud, at the highest peak in this world.

s.h.i.+ning white palace was towering high at that summit.

Different from its external appearance of Greek style, inside the palace there was no decoration. There was only pure white ceiling, wall, and floor.

It was extremely simple and plain. Therefore it boasted a perfect beauty.

There was nothing inside the pure white room.

Except one.

Machine G.o.d Thanatos was standing still like a statue.

That face which boasted deep carving and perfect beauty was tinged with shadow of melancholy, which excessively drew out the beauty of Thanatos so oppressively.

The Greek style one piece was pure white that didn't know any dirtiness.

She was carrying on her back mechanical wings and sun that were like a giant relief.

Her appearance that was like a sanctuary decorated with white, blue, and golden was truly like a sculpture that was extolled as the great G.o.d, giving an impression that she had already been there since even before history, and would continue to be there for eternity in the future.

Her long eyelashes twitched slightly. And then those eyelids were opened and blue eyes appeared.

――So they came.

The guest that Thanatos was waiting for. One of the experiment organism.

Even while it was an experiment organism, but it defeated the creator, a puzzling mutation.

She was thinking that the experiment failed.

However, it was necessary to investigate seeing how this much result came out.

Even herself who was a perfect organism that had accomplished the ultimate evolution had things she didn't understand.

It was about she herself.

If she investigated the individual that defeated Hokuto and Osiris, perhaps there would be a new discovery. After she finished that investigation, she would return the whole created world into nothing for the moment.

Thanatos's wings spread to left and right. She lifted her face that was sinking in grief and she was going to fly away. It was at that time ――.

「Please wait, Thanatos-sama.」

A little girl clad in red garment that looked like fresh blood arrived at the pure white world that was pure without stain.

Lower body that was wearing tights, and furisode kimono. A young little girl with long black hair.

「You are――」

Thanatos directed her half-opened eyes there.

「This is the first time we meet. I am called Hida Nayuta.」

「Hida……Nayuta. To be able to enter this palace, you are also the same kind like us……a G.o.d then.」

Nayuta smiled sweetly.

「For the moment I believe I am an apprentice G.o.d. I have something to talk with Thanatos-sama no matter what……」

Thanatos replied with expression that didn't change at all.

「Then wait here. I have a bit of business.」

「Aah, if you are looking for the one who defeated Hokuto-sama and Osiris-sama, that's me.」

Thanatos's eyelashes twitched.

「You?」

「Yes.」

「……Indeed, it seems that you are a faulty existence which resemble that experiment organism. However, I cannot sense that you have that much battle strength to achieve what you claimed.」

「Yes, because I only grant power and knowledge, and make other people to fight in my place.」

Thanatos stared fixedly at Nayuta.

「Then, I'll examine your structure first.」

Golden light was flowing from the sun on Thanatos's back into her wings. That radiance circulated in Thanatos's limbs and created tremendous energy inside her.

「Ah, please wait for a bit.」

Nayuta moved her small hand forward.

「I have a reason for coming here. Thanatos-sama, I wish to help you.」

「Help……me, you say?」

「Yes. I obtained some degree of information regarding you from Osiris-sama's database, but it's still insufficient. And there I want to ask from information directly from you.」

Thanatos slightly floated in the air, and like that she approached Nayuta.

「I'll hear your story after I secure the organisms that arrived at that manmade island.」

「――No」

Nayuta's lips were all smiles and she looked up at Thanatos with upturned eyes.

「I cannot let you go there.」

「In the end there is no place that is really good……there is also no time so I set it here.」

Himekawa finished the set up of the Lore Room so when he went there to look, not as he expected, it was inside the same hangar. At the opposite side of the exit to the runway, a fence of No Entry was created near the wall, and the portable Love Room was placed inside it. A lot of students were crowding around it. Everyone was staring at the new Love Room that possessed a wall that looked like mirror as though they were staring at rare thing.

「No……isn't this place fine?」

Certainly this place had enough s.p.a.ce, and they would be able to join the other right away after finis.h.i.+ng Connective Hybrid. The hatch wouldn't be opened until it was time for departure, so they didn't need to worry. It could be said that Himekawa's choice was valid. It was a fault that there was many pa.s.serby, but the Love Room had perfect soundproofing and cover from sight, so there wasn't any problem.

「Then let's enter inside.」

Kizuna opened the fastener and let Himekawa and Sylvia entered ahead. Kizuna also entered inside while enduring the gaze of the students who looked really interested.

Sweet fragrance floated in the air. This was aphrodisiac aroma that was Baldein's quality product. This fragrance should make Connective Hybrid easier.

The inside became pitch dark when the entrance was closed.

「I'm going to set the environment now……it might be a little dizzying.」

Saying that, Kizuna's hand groped around to search for the b.u.t.ton to set up the environment that would create scenery at the surrounding.

「……eh?」

However nothing happened.

「Kizuna-kun? What's the matter?」

Himekawa's worried voice could be heard from inside the darkness.

「It's strange……the scenery should appear already in front of us with this.」

He pushed all five preset b.u.t.tons, but there wasn't any reaction.

「Could it be equipment breakdown desu?」

「No way! Wha, what are we going to do? We have no more time to search for other place!」

Inside the darkness, cold sweat flowed down Kizuna's cheek.

――s.h.i.+t-! In this kind of time. Perhaps they didn't even have time to give it endurance test, but this timing is the worst. Doing Connective Hybrid inside this darkness is absolutely impossible!

『Press on this red b.u.t.ton if some kind of emergency happened. Surely it will be helpful.』

Suddenly the sentence that Kei said before came to his mind.

「That's right……if I remember right, press this red b.u.t.ton……if I'm not mistaken it's in the lowest position.」

The moment he pushed that b.u.t.ton, the world became bright.

「――uu-」

His eyes were dazzled by the excessive light.

The three were enveloped by world that was overflowing with light.

Kizuna endured the light while opening his eyes slightly.

「Just……what kind of environment data this is?」

When his eyes were gradually getting used to it, that scenery flew into his eyes.

「……Eh?」

It was inside the hangar.

Sylvia looked around by turning on the spot and murmured.

「This place……Sylvia remember seeing it before desu, or perhaps Sylvia should say……」

Himekawa also opened her eyes wide and let out a fl.u.s.tered voice.

「Ki-, Kizuna-kun? This is……what does, this mean?」

「Even if you ask me that……even I don't understand though.」

There was only one thing that was certain.

The spare function of portable Love Room that Kei entrusted to Kizuna was――,

A function to make the wall transparent.

「NO WAAaaaaaYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY-!」

Himekawa shrieked that. Around the three, the research department students busily coming and going and the students waiting to board the transport were clamoring.

One of the students stopped walking and stared fixedly at Himekawa.

「Wha……what is it? Err, this is an equipment breakdown, we are not going to do it like――」

However the expression of that student didn't change, he kept staring fixedly at Himekawa and then he began to fiddle with his front hair.

「It looks like, the outside cannot look inside desu.」

「Or rather……the outside is still like a mirror.」

Himekawa weakly sunk down on the spot.

「Good grief……why is something like this」

Kizuna also sat down with extremely bothered look.

「It seemed the environment setting broke down. Looks like it is only the transparency function that is still barely working.」

Kizuna didn't believe his own explanation while saying that. They were talking about the research staff that created the Love Room which had never malfunctioned even once until now no matter how rough the condition it was used in. This is, isn't this thing is a.s.sumed to be used like this from the start? Such doubt couldn't vanish from his mind.

「If I know this would happen, I wouldn't set it in this kind of place, yet……」

Himekawa spoke her regret mournfully.

The clamor outside couldn't be heard inside. However, the figure of many students were coming and going right nearby. The noise they made was really distracting. Furthermore, everyone was curiously looking at the direction of Himekawa, Kizuna, and Sylvia.

Looking from outside, they could only see a box with mirror on its surface behind fence of No Entry, but from the point of view of the people inside, they could only feel as though they were being observed.

Himekawa covered her face with one hand in grievance.

――Aa……even though I just confessed after much trouble, why is something like this……furthermore even though I'm already reluctant with just doing Connective Hybrid with Sylvia-chan…….

Himekawa was whispering such thing inside her heart while letting out a sigh so deep it felt like her sould would also come out with it. Sylvia was looking at such Himekawa with pity while opening her mouth with reservation.

「But, there is no more time desu……」

Sylvia untied the necktie of her uniform.

「Sylvia?」

Sylvia's uniform was falling on the floor along with the sound of rustling clothes. Sylvia in just her underwear tilted her head with pink colored cheeks.

「This is in order to help everyone desu……that's why」

Sylvia bent her body while taking off her underwear in hurry.

「That's why, fufufu……captain? Please, be affectionate with Sylvia okay?」

Kizuna's spine s.h.i.+vered.

It was a cute and innocent smile. It was supposed to be so, yet despite that, he felt some kind of terrifying bewitchment.

「Ki, Kizuna-kun? Sylvia-chan, don't you think she is a bit strange?」

「No……this is the fault of Baldein's fragrance that is inserted into Love Room. Surely it is showing its effect in Sylvia first because her body is small.」

「You mean……if a bit more time pa.s.sed, we too will?」

Himekawa made a face that loked a bit scared.

「There is no need to be that worried. This too is a trick to make the Connective Hybrid a success in a short time.」

While Kizuna was explaining to Himekawa, Sylvia was sitting down cheekily on Kizuna's lap.

「Ehehe, this spot is Sylvia's reserved seat de―su.」

She hugged Kizuna like a puppy fawning on its owner and she rubbed her cheek on his chest. Seeing that fawning act without any worry caused Himekawa's eyebrows to slightly turn grim.

「I understand. Then, I'll also……」

Saying that Himekawa stood up and began to undress her pilot suit. But suddenly the scenery outside entered her eyes and her hand stopped.

A second year student of second group was pa.s.sing through while looking at Himekawa's direction just at that timing. Himekawa's face flashed bright red.

――She, sheesh me, in this kind of place what am I…….

Even though she understood that the outside couldn't see inside and their voice also wouldn't be audible outside, even so it was just too embarra.s.sing. Himekawa could see the situation outside really clearly. Everyone was right in the middle of preparing for battle desperately while she was doing this kind of shameless act, for her it felt like that fact was thrust right onto her face.

――Wrong. Something like this, if it isn't my duty, I won't…….

She persuaded herself like that, but her flus.h.i.+ng body couldn't be deceived. She stripped off her pilot suit from her shoulder and pulled it down until her waist while hiding her breast.

――For me to look like this in a place that is only separated from outside just by a single wall this thin.

Her cheeks became hot, and her head was blank as though it was tinged with fever. She told herself that surely this was the effect of Baldein's fragrance.

――That's right. I'm not lecherous. Everything, is because of this aroma's fault. I cannot go against the effect, that's why it can't be helped.

She took off the pilot suit from her leg and exposed her white bare skin. With this she now didn't wear anything on her torso, but the glove in her arms that reached until her upper arms, and the tights that reached until her thighs, both her arms and legs were properly covered.

She thought, this was so she could sortie out immediately after they finished the Connective Hybrid, but somehow this felt strangely obscene.

――What does Kizuna-kun think about this look I wonder? Is he, more excited than usual?

「Yes, with this captain is also totally naked desu.」

It was at that time that Kizuna got his pilot suit taken off by Sylvia.

「Wha-!? What are you doing!」

Sylvia spoke triumphantly to the shocked Himekawa.

「Ehehe, Sylvia, is helping captain desu. Changing captain's clothes is also Sylvia's role desu.」

「Kizuna-kun……just what in the world you are making your junior do?」

Himekawa's fixed gaze was blaming Kizuna.

「N, no, I only let her help when she begged me that she wanted to help no matter what, bu, but! I'm changing my underwear by myself okay!」

「That's obvious!」

Even while they were making such exchange, Sylvia's rampage didn't stop. She put her lips on Kizuna's chest and her tongue crawled on there.

「Uu! Sy, Sylvia……」

「Captain, please, feel good desu.」

Her small hands reached below and she wrapped Kizuna's thing with both hands.

「Right now, Sylvia will……make it grow splendid desu.」

Sylvia's violet eyes looked melting with lewdness. Her eyes squinted, and her lips thinly opened in a smile. Such smile was unthinkable coming from a girl who wasn't even of age. It was like under the mask of a young little girl, an absurd monster was lurking there.

She wrapped Kizuna's thing inside the grip of both her hands, and then she slid her hands up and down. It was a feeling of immorality as though he was doing something that shouldn't be done. And then it purely felt good. That feeling was encroaching from Kizuna's lower body into his head.

「Aa……it became energetic now desu♡」

The face looking up and smiling sweetly at Kizuna even looked like a young succubus.

「Aaa……that pure Sylvia-chan is, doing such thing……」Himekawa was getting fl.u.s.tered while staring at that foolishness. s.p.a.cious hangar was spreading around Kizuna and Sylvia with takeoff preparation performed to the transports. Truck that was loaded with fuel and baggage was running and the students who were scattered throughout Ataraxia were arriving one after another.

Amidst all those, Sylvia was masturbating Kizuna's thing while her small tongue was licking up his chest.

――Despite so, aaa……I am doing this by myself…….

She pretended to hide her own breast and groin while her fingertips were secretly moving.

「Nnh……fu」

It was somehow wretched that she was consoling herself even though Kizuna was right in front of her eyes. And then, the unrealistic act of her standing still while consoling herself in the middle of a hangar where a lot of people were working, was making the inside of her head lolling. The current her wasn't sane, but even if she understood that, she couldn't stop.

「A……Himekawa-senpai is amazing desu!」

Himekawa stopped her hand in panic when her name was suddenly called.

「Hieh!? Wha, what is?」

「Himekawa-senpai's breast, it's big desu!」

――Ha!?

「Sylvia, her breast is small, it's not really usable desu. Sylvia want to be shown an example desu!」

「EEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!?」

It's not like my breast is particularly big! She wanted to yell that.

「N, no, I'm not that big……」

「That's not true desu. Sylvia is flat desu, so Sylvia is really jealous desu.」

「I, is……that so?」

It also wasn't a bad feeling for Himekawa when she was getting told that repeatedly. Sylvia's eyes were sparkling bright as usual, her face was s.h.i.+ning with expectation. When she was looking at that face, she even felt that it would be too pitiful to make that face turned dejected.

「U……I, I get it. But……even I is not, that skilled you know?」

Himekawa was saying that while kneeling in front of Kizuna.

She entered between the legs of Kizuna who was lying down, and then she put her breast on top of Kizuna's thing.

「Uu……」

「Ha…..an♡」

Feeling Kizuna's heat and hardness caused her breast to grow hot from where it was touching. And then she pressed her breast on each other using her hands and sandwiched Kizuna in between.

――Fi, first is holding it in between.

If it was Yuris.h.i.+a or Aine, surely they would be able to have easier time holding Kizuna's thing, but for her this was the best she could do.

「Nh……ha, aan」

When she moved up and down, something was coming and going inside her breast sc.r.a.pingly. It was as though it was being inserted inside herself, that a.s.sociation was making Himekawa even more excited. Even though that place wasn't touched, something was dripping out from inside herself.

「How……does it feel? Kizuna-kun.」

「Yeah, it feels good……Hayuru.」

She felt honestly happy hearing that. Himekawa smiled joyfully and rubbed her breast even stronger in her desire to make him happier.

She became concerned with Sylvia's reaction and she took a peek at her. There she was sitting in seiza while staring with a docile face. A feverish gaze was being sent toward her breast.

「Amazing desu……captain's thing is buried there desu.」

Saying that Sylvia touched her own breast.

「Will Sylvia get big too desu?」

Himekawa smiled gently and pulled her body away.

「Surely you will. For the sake of that day……how about we practice?」

Sylvia hesitated, but when Himekawa left the spot open she crawled on all four and approached. And then when she settled down between Kizuna's leg replacing Himekawa, she put her flat chest on top of Kizuna.

Kizuna's thing dented the slight fat.

「Heave……ho……desu」

From the outset it was impossible to sandwich it, so Sylvia rubbed her small breast with all her might. The sensation was far removed from the feeling of getting held in between of soft things, but the sensation from the slightly soft layer and the hard sensation of the rib under it sc.r.a.ping him caused Kizuna to mysteriously get immersed in a nice feeling. It was a sensation that was hard to obtain in its own way, and above all it made him felt that Sylvia was nearby him.

Kizna's thing couldn't settle just on Sylvia's breast and poked at her squishy cheek.

「Fufuh, what a rambunctious kid desu. Sylvia will……drip saliva on the tip too desu.」

「Uoh! Sy, Sylvia!」

His tip was swallowed by something hot. When he tried to look, Sylvia was opening her mouth fully and swallowed Kizuna's thing. When she noticed that Kizuna was looking, she stared back with upturned eyes, and then she smiled sweetly when she understood from Kizuna's expression that he was feeling good.

Although it was the effect of aphrodisiac aroma, he couldn't help but felt surprised by Sylvia's reaction and the speed of her growth. Kizuna felt a shudder at that unknown quality.

「E, err……Sylvia-chan?」

Himekawa drew close looking greedily.

「……nnu, yes. Let's lick it together desu.」

Furthermore she even had the composure to be considerate to Himekawa. Sylvia let out Kizuna's thing from inside her mouth and then lined up with Himekawa, their tongues were licking him up from left and right. The important things stuffed inside the sack under it were also getting gently ma.s.saged by the two of them cordially, each of their hand grasping one each.

「Ku……no, no good, this is」

Light of magic power was emitted from the body of the three.

When the two noticed that Kizuna was going to climax, they put even more strength to their tongue.

They looked at each other and exchanged signal with their eyes.

Just with that they guessed each other's intention, they attacked Kizuna in combination as though displaying the result of their combat training.

Himekawa held the tip in her mouth while Sylvia licked the sack, when Sylvia's tongue was climbing up, Himekawa's mouth let go and her tongue moved to below. When Sylvia's small hand enveloped the tip, Himekawa used her fingers to form a ring around the shaft and she moved it up and down.

That broke Kizuna's limit in the blink of eye.

「Uaaah!」

Light overflowed from the three's body, at the same time life energy was fired from Kizuna's thing. Those drops showered down on Sylvia and Himekawa's face.

「Aa……haan♡」

「Fua……it's hot desuu♡」

Both of them accepted those drops with enraptured face. And then they scooped it up with their finger and put it into their mouth with expression of ecstasy.

「Sylvia-chan……we did it♪」

「Yes. We finish off captain desu♪」

And then their tongues licked up the liquid at each other's face deliciously.

Kizuna's thing that was shown with such sight didn't decline at all. Whether the two of them knew that or not, they were continuing doing their act as though to show off and made a mischievous smile on their face. Their face was really bewitching, causing Kizuna's heart to beat really fast.

「With this……Sylvia is getting a step closer into adulthood right desu?」

Himekawa smiled gently at Sylvia who was smiling with carefree look.

「I guess. Then, how about Sylvia-chan taste one more adult sensation?」

「Fue?」

Himekawa made Sylvia stood and then made her to straddle Kizuna.

「O,oi……Hayuru.」

「Do it like pus.h.i.+ng down Kizuna-kun's thing forward and then straddled on top of it. Yes……you did well.」

「Hawaa……this feels wonderful somehow desu. It feels like Sylvia become one somewhat with captain desu.」

Kizuna's thing that was straddled pushed apart Sylvia's valley and pushed up at the sensitive part.

「Nh……it's also, really……throbbing desu」

Sylvia was starting to naturally shake her waist back and forth without getting taught.

「Hah, hah, an……ca-, captain, captain-」

Sylvia was gasping while calling Kizuna with lisping voice. That pained expression and voice granted further strength to Kizuna's thing.

「Kizuna-kun……me too……」

Himekawa was making a lewd smile and got on all four. And then she pointed her b.u.t.t toward Kizuna and shook it left and right wantonly. Himekawa looked across her shoulder to Kizuna and her eyebrows arched painfully.

「Yeah……I'll do the place where Hayuru like it the most.」

And then he caressed the valley of her bottom from above to bottom.

「Ahn! It, it's not like I like……HAaAAAAAAAAA!」

Just by caressing at that spot, both of Himekawa's arms that were supporting her body lost strength and her face touched the floor. Her upper body bent down and only her bottom was lifted up, Himekawa's body was trembling in such humiliating pose. She understood that it was an unsightly pose but she couldn't put strength into her arms. Besides, the pleasure that Kizuna's loving caress gave her was doubled by this humiliating posture. I am not feeling it or anything because of such shameless act――even though in her head she denied like that, but her body and instinct completely understood. That she was really excited and feeling it.

And then an existence that was adding at that pleasure further was approaching Himekawa.

「Hya……Hyakurath, san?」

Hyakurath whose face looked worried was bringing her face closer to Love Room trying to peek at the situation inside.

「Aah, don't, Hyakurath-san……don't look at me like this.」

At that time a pleasure that couldn't be compared with everything until now became an impact that pierced Himekawa.

「Hih……!!♡♡♡」

「Come on, Hyakurath is looking in exasperation there.」

「Wr, wrong……HAaaAAAANH! She cannot see, cannot hear……nnah!」

「She is talking with Mercuria see. How a public morals committee member is delighted with this kind of thing.」

Tears were gathering in Himekawa's eyes.

There was Hyakurath who was whispering with Mercuria before those eyes. Both of them were frowning and staring at Himekawa as though looking down on her.

「――yah, yo, you're misunderstanding. This is」

Even though she was saying that, but she also understood that she was in a pose that she couldn't make excuse for. Her figure that was lifting up her bottom toward Kizuna, her wretched begging figure. If she was seen being like this, then she wouldn't be able to make any excuse.

「Aah, forgive me. This depraved me, aah! Yah, bu, but, my body is feeling it by itself-, fuaahn♡」

Kizuna attacked Himekawa's inside further, at the same time he pushed in his thumb into her valley that was dripping honey.

「Hauh! aAAAAA♡」

Just like how Himekawa was getting excited by being seen by Hyakurath, Sylvia's eyes were also reflecting the figure of her best friend.

Ragrus was bringing her face closer to Love Room, her grim face was staring at Sylvia who was desperately shaking her waist that was holding Kizuna's thing between her legs.

「Haanh, for-, forgive, me desu. Ragrus-channnn-aaaaaan!」

Even while apologizing, she didn't try to stop rubbing her waist. She faced toward her best friend and appealed with tears on her eyes.

「Even though Sylvia, is making Ragrus-chan worrying……Sylvia is, doing something like this desu. Nnah! Aaah!」

Kizuna pushed up his waist as though thrusting up.

Sylvia's whole body shook.

「FUWAaAAAHN!」

Tears were flowing down from her eyes. The flowing out tear from between her legs was drenching wet Kizuna's thing since a while ago.

Heart shaped light was emerging in the eyes of the two that were damp with tear.

――It's here!

It was the point that would decide the match.

In Connective Hybrid, the two had to be made to reach climax simultaneously. It was really difficult to create that chance even if he was aiming for it. Training and technique, how much he knew about the partners, and then the fortune of time.

This timing where Hyakurath and Ragrus arrived at the same time, it was a moment of miracle.

「Hayuru, Sylvia! Have your close friend look! At your true form.」

He thrust up his waist that Sylvia was riding and thrust in his finger that was connected into Himekawa.

「Sy, Sylvia-, is, is an indecent child desuu! Ra, Ragrus-chan-! I'm sorry desuuuuuunnnn♡♡♡♡」

「Aaaaaaaah♡! I'm sorry-, that this kind of, haaaah♡ indecent, sha-, shameless person is-, a public morals committee member-, I'm sorryyyyy!♡♡♡」

At that time dazzling lights were released from the body of the three. The three colored lights mixed with each other and the radiance multiplied as though it was going through secondary explosion. Love Room was filled with light of magic power that even looked sublime. And then, that light was getting absorbed into the body of the three.

When the light settled down, inside the sparkling radiance that was like a lingering scent, the two girls collapsed as though they had lost consciousness. Sylvia collapsed on top of Kizuna, while Himekawa was also falling down limply on the floor.

「The Connective Hybrid is a success……you two did well Sylvia, Hayuru.」

「Funyuu……captain……」

「Unyaa……」

Both of them were completely in a trance, even Kizuna felt like he would lose consciousness if he let his guard down. It appeared that the Baldein fragrance inside Love Room was suitably effective.

「If we don't breathe in outside air……these two won't get back to normal.」

Kizuna gently laid down Sylvia on the floor and then he stood up with staggering motion.

His head was hazy, but he had the sensation of immeasurable power welling up from inside his body. That was the proof that the Connective Hybrid succeeded.

Kizuna looked at the clock hanging on the hangar's wall. It was already time for the transports to takeoff.

「Sylvia, Hayuru. The Connective Hybrid succeeded. Wear your pilot suit and then let's get out.」

He somehow made the half awake girls to stand up and then he handed over their pilot suit.

At that moment, terrible shaking that felt like earthquake a.s.saulted the three.

「Uwah!」

Their feet tripped over and the three fell on the floor on top of each other.

「Wha-……what……happened?」

Himekawa groaned and tried to raise her body.

「――Don't tell me!」

Kizuna jumped to his feet and looked around outside.

The walls of the hangar were getting dented one after another. Something was colliding into the wall from outside.

「That size……the mechanical angel!」

Fortunately it didn't seem to be Thanatos. However it didn't change that this was a dangerous situation. They couldn't hear any sound inside, but there was no doubt that there was a great commotion outside. He could see Hyakurath, Mercuria, also Ragrus and others were going outside using hatch for human use in order to intercept the enemy.

Kizuna turned around and shouted at the two lying on the floor.

「It's enemy attack! Hurry wear your pilot suit!」

「Ye, yes……but, because of the aroma, I'm still……」

Himekawa stood up somehow, but her feet were staggering.

「You will get better if you breathe the air outside. Do your best at least to wear your suit!」

Kizuna was saying that while putting his foot on his own pilot suit in panic. And then he put his arm through the suit and what was left was only sealing up the suit, but it was at that time that a large shaking attacked once more.

「KYAAAA!」

「UWAA!」

When they stumbled and their hand leaned on the wall of the Love Room, it easily came apart.

――d.a.m.n it!

Cracks were spreading through the wall all at once and the whole wall broke, the three were thrown outside rolling on the floor.

「Hayuru, Sylvia, are you two okay!?」

「Ye, yes……somehow.」

Their words and expression changed into a firm one when they got outside. The effect of the aroma was blunted by them breathing the air outside.

Himekawa raised her body while pulling up the electronic fastener of the pilot suit and sealed it up. Sylvia also finished her suiting up at that time.

「Let's go, both of you.」

「Roger!」

「Roger desu!」

Kizuna heard the reply of the two and he yelled the name of his core.

「Eros!」

Following after him, Himekawa and Sylvia yelled.

「Neros!」

「Taros!」

And then the body of the three was equipped by their respective Heart Hybrid Gear.

「Yosh, then――」

Just when all their sortie preparation was in good order, Kurumizawa was running toward them with both her hands waving at them.

「TROUBLEEE! We finished the transport's takeoff preparation, but there are magic weapons outside and we cannot get the runway out-! Do something, Eros-maou!」

The hangar of Nayuta Lab was adjoined with runway, so if they went outside it would be possible to takeoff. However with the enemy lying in wait, they would be helplessly destroyed if they went outside. Besides if the runway itself was destroyed, it would be impossible to takeoff.

A communication window opened beside Kizuna.

『This is Hyakurath! Fifteen hostile magic weapons are outside the hangar hatch! Magic armor squad is repelling them, but at this rate the transports won't be able to takeoff!』

Hyakurath's voice of desperation could be heard from the communication window.

「This is Kizuna. Amaterasu's Connective Hybrid is finished. Get out the transport to the runway from now.」

Hearing that, Hyakurath replied in panic.

『Eeh!? If we do that, the transport will be destroyed!』

「Amaterasu will protect them! Committee chairman, please give support from above!」

『Un, understood! Please take care!』

After yelling that Hyakurath's communication cut off, surely she was going back to battle.

「Hayuru, Sylvia, are your preparation okay?」

Himekawa who already readied her Corruption Armament『Gladius』answered with a composed smile.

「Of course. My weapon is itching to be used here.」

「Sylvia is also ok to go anytime desu!」

Kizuna looked up at Sylvia and smiled at her reliability.

「Kurumizawa! Open the door that and get out the transports!」

「Roger! I'll leave it to you Eros-maou!」

And then the hug door toward the runway was starting to open along with the creaking sound of metal and heavy motor sound.

White and gold colored mechanical angel quickly slipped through from the gap.

「They are coming! Hayuru!」

When Kizuna called out, Neros's figure was already pa.s.sing through the mechanical angel. Gladius was cutting through while emitting a cold light. The wreck of the bisected mechanical angel crashed on the floor of the hangar, it was sliding on the ground while giving out sparks from its falling momentum.

「Nice, Hayuru!」

「Naturally.」

Himekawa replied to Kizuna's praise as though it was only natural and then she stood in front of the hangar blocking the way.

「Blade!」

Four huge swords flew out from Himekawa's back. Each of those swords was moving automatically and struck down the mechanical angels heading toward the hangar.

「Sylvia will go too desu!」

Sylvia estimated the timing when the gate opened into a size that Taros could pa.s.s through before going in offense.

Sylvia that went outside confirmed the surrounding. On the runway, there was a magic armor that was taking on three mechanical angels simultaneously.

「Ragrus-chan! Dodge desu!」

Demon's large frame fell sideway all of a sudden without even looking back.

「Ignis!」

The light of giant particle cannon rushed through the place where Demon was standing. One mechanical angel was blown away and one other lost one of its wings.

「I GOT YOUUU!」

Demon's strong arm smashed the one winged mechanical angel. The armor of the mechanical angel was crushed and its internal machinery protruded out from the cracks.

The remaining angel attacked Demon's back using that opening.

「TAAAAAAAAAAA!」

Taros charged toward that mechanical angel. Its left arm rose up and punched the mechanical angel using its charging momentum. The blown away mechanical angel was then punched back by Demon who was waiting with a superb timing. Demon's giant fist smashed the mechanical angel's body into pieces.

「We did it desu, Ragrus-chan!」

「You are late Sylvia! Did you have that much fun with your captain?」

Sylvia's face turned bright red and she made excuse to Ragrus who looked a bit in a bad mood.

「Yo-, you're wrong desu! We, we did it because of the mission desu……but, it wasn't unpleasant, though desu.」

Blood vein was emerging on Ragrus's forehead.

「……That brute captain……I'll make him explain later, just what was he doing to you! We are going now Sylvia!」

「Sy, Sylvia doesn't want Ragrus-chan to know desuuuu」

Demon and Taros were heading at the mechanical angels descending to the runway. Kizuna saw off their figures and opened a communication window.

「Kurumizawa! The sweep of the runway is finished. Go!」

『I've been waiting for that!』

An airframe with total length more than forty meters came out from the hangar. Clementine and Leila from Masters were riding on its back.

A window from Scarlet opened in front of Kizuna.

『Kizuna! Leave guarding the transport to Masters!』

Then Clementine who was riding on top of the transport yelled in a good mood.

「The one in charge of this transport are me and Leila! Nooow let's shoot like crazy~」

「We will absolutely see to it that it arrive safely, so be generous with the success reward later!」

Kizuna gave a thumb up at the two and wished them a good fight. The jet engine raised a thunderous roar and the large airframe accelerated in one go. It lifted up to the sky when the range of the runway almost reached the limit.

『IIYAHHHOOOOOOOO!』

『Flying feel somewhat different when someone else give you a lift eh―. Free ride is the best!』

Excessively high tensioned voice came from the communication window.

Those bright voices for some reason made him thought that it would be okay with their mood like that.

「I also mustn't get leave behind huh――」

Kizuna looked up to the sky. There Hyakurath and Mercuria were fighting hard against the troop of mechanical angel.

Hyakurath readied her sword against two mechanical angels as her opponent. Her body charged forward as though to force her way through between the mechanical angels.

「Gloria!」

She cut down one angel instantly and then cut apart another with her returning slash. The mechanical angel didn't even explode, falling into the cloud below. It was a beautiful and perfect sword technique.

「Arc Drive.」

Mercuria's bow fired arrow as big as spear. That spear flew at a squad of mechanical angel lining up at far distance and caused a fierce explosion. The angels were swallowed by an explosion with diameter that reached a hundred meter and several of them were annihilated.

Leaving Himekawa, Sylvia, and Ragrus to guard the hangar and runway, Kizuna was thinking to support Hyakurath and Mercuria, so he was going to raise the output of Eros's thruster.

『Kizuna!』

A floating window materialized in front of his eyes that stopped him.

「Uah! Nee-chan. What's the matter!?」

『Is the idiot parent over there at your side!?』

The sudden question made Kizuna speechless for a moment.

「N, no……I don't know whether she come here or not though. I don't see her.」

Reiri gnawed on her thumb when he answered so.

「What's wrong, Nee-chan?」

『I cannot find that woman anywhere. I was concerned because she ran off her mouth saying strange thing at the briefing but……』

『There is no need to fret. I think that Thanatos herself won't move. Of course, I really don't have concrete proof of that.』

Certainly she said that. He wondered just what was the meaning of what she said. Besides, until now he thought that it was because they were lucky, but for Thanatos to not appear when they were rampaging this conspicuously was also――,

「Don't tell me!?」

Kizuna raised the output of his thruster.

「Corruption Armament『Nayuta』!」

Several magic circles were emerging in front of Kizuna. Eros's figure changed each time it went through a magic circle, transforming into a large magic armor that looked like a machine G.o.d.

「I'm going!」

And then he flew out of the hangar and accelerated to the speed of sound instantly.

Sylvia's eyes turned round at Kizuna who was flying out without fighting mechanical angel.

「Wha, what's the matter desu? Captain.」

Himekawa who similarly noticed Kizuna flying out also entered the communication.

『I don't know……but, there is no doubt that there is some kind of circ.u.mstance.』

「The, then, we have to go too!」

However Himekawa smiled gently.

『No. He would have told us if our a.s.sistance is necessary. Kizuna-kun didn't do that mean that we have to do our own job.』

「Himekawa-senpai……」

Sylvia nodded with a determined expression.

「Sylvia understand desu! Sylvia will absolutely protect this place so everyone can escape desu!」

『Right! Let's do our best!』

They could see reinforcement of mechanical angel coming from the sky far away right at that timing. Their number was roughly thirty.

『No matter how many come, I'll turn them into the rust of Gladius!』

Himekawa pointed the tip of her Corruption Armament at the enemy and smiled.

「Thanatos, you want to know just what are you, isn't that right?」

「Are you saying that you have the answer of that?」

「――Yes.」

Nayuta answered calmly.

「Who gave birth to you, why were you born, how were you evolved until your current point. You are looking for the answer to those questions aren't you?」

The eyes of Thanatos that were half closed slightly opened.

「That's correct. The experiment is for the sake of confirming that.」

Thanatos stared fixedly at Nayuta. That powerful gaze was so intense to the degree that could made other think, that perhaps she was even a.n.a.lyzing Nayuta's body, her inner structure, and her thought circuit.

Nayuta's calm att.i.tude didn't crumble from that, it was unknown whether that was from her composure or her bluffing.

「Each of the machine G.o.ds has different origin. For example Hokuto. She is an aggregation of a peris.h.i.+ng world. An existence of a digitalized world and people. Hokuto herself is the one in charge of the consciousness inside that, so to speak she is a girl that became G.o.d by becoming the world itself.」

Nayuta took out a fan from her chest.

「For example Osiris. The queen of the dead of the a ruined world. The scientists there made her body as the raw material for a repeated experiment that continuously prolonged her life on and on, and it resulted with an existence that reached a shocking variation. By making an infinite power of destruction obtained from another world into her source of energy, she was a wife and a mother that arrived to G.o.dhood.」

Nayuta relaxedly fanned herself.

「For example Odin. By using battle as means of evolution and simplified the direction of the evolution, the speed of the natural selection is accelerated and it raised the speed of evolution. By acquiring every kind of ability into her body, she is a warrior that reached G.o.dhood.」

Wind shook Nayuta's hair.

「Everyone has different origin, but they have a point that is in common to a certain degree. Yes, everyone of them were originally human-like organism. But there is just one machine G.o.d among them that is obviously a different existence.」

Thanatos was quietly listening to Nayuta's talk. However there was a bad premonition, as though the energy inside her body was whirling with increasing force.

「Thanatos. You were born as G.o.d right from the start. And then the evolution was carried out inside yourself. Other people is not related at all with that process. You were born as G.o.d, the ultimate person of solitude.」

「You are saying that from the start……I was a G.o.d when I was born?」

「That's right. You have no memory of your origin is because of that.」

「However I should reach this point by evolving.」

「Yes. The evolution was carried out by your own hand. The program you are composed from was improving yourself. The repet.i.tion of that was your evolution. But, right now you are losing sight of the direction of your evolution. That's why you wanted to know just what is needed in the first place. For what sake you should evolve. You wanted to know your origin, what is the meaning and the reason of your existence. That was why you started to search for your past. It's something like that isn't it?」

Thanatos's gaze that was filled with sorrow changed slightly. Her expression didn't change. However it looked like an emotion that was different somehow was rising up from underneath it.

「Then what is it that you want to say? Where can I find the answer?」

Nayuta raised her voice and laughed.

「Such thing, it doesn't exist.」

「The person who gave birth to you, their world, their sense of value, they don't exist anymore. They perished. They are extinct. The people who need you already didn't exist when you were born.」

Nayuta talked with a voice that sounded grave, and gentle.

「The path where you should evolve to, can only be decided by yourself.」

The giant wings towering behind Thanatos were starting to emit radiance.

「What I want is answer. Is that all the information that you have? Then」

Thanatos's eyes s.h.i.+ned. Golden light was spreading, as though it was rippling out from the center of her blue eyes. And then her blue eyes carried out a change into golden eyes.

「My, the color of your eyes is literally changing there.」

Cold sweat was coming out from the forehead of Nayuta who was joking.

「Purge.」

The golden eyes were gazing at Nayuta. Thanatos's arm pointed at Nayuta and that palm was enveloped in golden light. And then the light was increasing in radiance until the limit, and that light was fired toward Nayuta.

That was a light that guided everything to destruction.

It was a radiance of the end that purge existence from all world.

Nayuta was staring at that radiance with composure until the end.

And then, Nayuta was enveloped by that light――,

「KAA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN-!!」

「Kizuna!?」

A black wall stood in the way of the light of ruin.

The dreadful flood of light had pressure that washed away everything. And also vibration that shook the world.

The light of destruction that was like the rage of G.o.d was blocked by the barrier of Kizuna's Corruption Armament『Nayuta』and by the wing on his back turned into s.h.i.+eld.

「Kizuna! Why are you here!?」

「Nee-chan, said that Kaa-san isn't there. That perhaps……you are here!」

Even while answering, Kizuna was being overwhelmed by the intense power of Thanatos. His body creaked, his muscle and bone were screaming. If he stopped focusing even for an instant, the magic armor that should have obtained Nayuta's power felt like it would break into pieces anytime.

「Kuh! G.o.d d.a.m.n ITTTTTTTTTT!」

『Eros! Can you hear!?』

The extreme impact made the communication window only looked like noise.

「Kuh, Kurumizawa-! I'm, busy right now!」

『The electricity here returned! Our parting gift will be something intense coming there so run away! Escape from there!』

「Wha――」

Before he could ask what she was talking about, he felt a ma.s.s of terrific energy approaching.

――That stupid idiot!

He carried Nayuta in his arms right away and flew up. He poured all his power output into his thruster.

「UOOOOOOOOOO!」

By running away, it created an opening that he couldn't avoid. In that instant of opening, Thanatos's light blown away Eros's armor.

「UGUOOOOOH!」

The leg units were blown away from his knees.

「Taros!」

Taros's large rocket was instantly created on his back. The maximum ignition of that rocket brought him to charge to the ceiling without pause.

「Gladius!」

Neros's Corruption Armament『Gladius』was created from his arm.

「YOU'RE IN THE WAYYYYYYYY-!」

Gladius stabbed into the ceiling of the sanctuary. The sword that cut apart all existence cut apart even G.o.d's sanctuary. Gladius's power blown away the ceiling and Kizuna and Nayuta escaped from Thanatos's palace.

Below the feet of the climbing up Kizuna, just a few meter under him, an astonis.h.i.+ngly large caliber particle cannon rushed through.

――Ataraxia's main cannon!?

It was the largest artillery in existence with caliber of twenty meter and three kilometer cannon barrel, needing all the electricity in Ataraxia to be poured into it. It was a giant particle cannon that blew away even Vatlantis's fleet.

That pillar of light hit Thanatos's sanctuary. However the wall of the sanctuary repelled back even that cannon attack.

――As expected, it cannot be that easy.

Just when Kizuna thought that, the giant particle cannon blew away the mountain itself.

「WHAAATT!?」

A giant hole was gouged on the mountain slope, and the particle cannon raised its output further. That absurd destructive power couldn't destroy the sanctuary, but it blew away the mountain summit where the sanctuary was constructed. The mountain broke and snow became avalanche that rushed down the slope. The sanctuary was then rolling down the mountain slope still in its original shape.

Seeing that situation made Kizuna raised a cheer spontaneously.

「You did it you guys! Hahahaha!」

Nayuta was also staring at the crumbling mountain with an astonished face. And then she looked up at the face of her son who was carrying her as though she noticed something.

「Kizuna……」

At that time, a jet transport was approaching Kizuna's position. Kurumizawa was waving her hand in the c.o.c.kpit. A communication window opened and Sylvia's face was projected there.

『Captain! You are safe desu! Sylvia is glad desu!』

「Sylvia, I'm glad you are safe too. Where are you?」

『Behind the transport desu.』

When he turned there, he could see the figure of Taros and Demon around five hundred meters from the transport.

However a black shadow was approaching from behind them.

「What, that's?」

When Kizuna focused his eyes, Nayuta answered in his place.

「That's Thanatos's magic weapon, the mechanical angel……if it's one by one they are not a match against Taros, but that number is too many. Perhaps there is two hundred――」

『Hah! What are you saying!』

That self-important retort didn't come from Sylvia, but from a different cute voice. A new window was opened and the proud looking face of Ragrus was projected.

『Just that many isn't Sylvia's enemy!』

『Wa, wait Ragrus-chan.』

Sylvia stopped her with a panicked face.

『If it's now you can use it right! That thing!』

『Ah……right dues. It's usable desu!』

Ragrus grinned broadly.

『You have never shot that seriously before. If it's now then you can let go and fire without reservation!』

Sylvia frowned.

Taros's lowered its speed and changed direction. She hovered still midair and glared at the approaching mechanical angel army.

「……Understood desu. But, it's dangerous so everyone please go ahead desu.」

Kizuna and Ragrus also lowered their speed and stopped midair.

『Got it. We are watching from here so we'll leave it to you, Sylvia.』

『Let them have at it! Sylvia.』

「EEEEEEEE? Sy, Sylvia said, to go ahead desu!」

『You think we can leave you behind! If you don't want us to die then decide the fight right away.』

『Yeah, Sylvia! Blow them altogether with boo―m!』

「Uu……un, understood desu, so at least please take some more distance desuuu!」

Violet colored magic power rushed around Taros's whole frame and gathered into its right arm.

The seal on Talos's right arm that was like a safe box was lifted while making a sound.

「Indeed, it's a bit scary using this on the ground or Ataraxia desu……but」

And then the door of that seal was opened.

「Sylvia, is serious desu!」

A heavy ba.s.s sound was resounding from Talos's right arm, at the same time black darkness was shot out.

A jet black meteor was floating toward the army of mechanical angel.

The mechanical angels tried to shot down that black meteor and fired s.h.i.+ning beam. But, those lights were all sucked into the black darkness.

And then that black darkness flew to the middle of the mechanical angel crowd.

「t.i.tania(Ultimate Gravity Compression)!!」

Sylvia raised a yell of her soul.

As though responding to that voice, the black sphere made a low echoing sound and it instantly spread out. The surrounding scenery was distorted at the same time. The black celestial body that suddenly materialized was drawing in everything with gravitational force of a black hole that warped the light. And then the atmosphere of this world was starting to move with fierce speed. The cloud, the atmosphere, the mechanical angels, were all being sucked into that black celestial body in the blink of eye.

It was irrelevant how much the mechanical angels raised the output of their thruster. t.i.tania was mercilessly, and greedily sucking in everything.

「Thi……this thing is!」

Kizuna yelled unconsciously.

Squall was attacking Kizuna and others even with this much distance. The super gravitational force t.i.tania was producing was mercilessly sucking in everything and compressing them. The figure of nearly two hundred mechanical angels was already gone. Even so t.i.tania was swallowing in the sea of clouds without settling down.

「Yos.h.!.+ It's enough already Sylvia――」

Something was visible from the gap of the cloud that was streaming like muddy stream.

――That's?

s.h.i.+ning black object peeked out its face from under the thick cloud. It looked like land but it wasn't soil. It was made from black metal, flickering like a small s.h.i.+ning star. It even looked like a terrifyingly gigantic electronic equipment.

「That's, just what in the world……」

『Oi! Come back quickly! The last transport landed already. We are going to depart now!』

Reiri's voice that suddenly echoed shook Kizuna's eardrum.

「Ro, roger! Sylvia!」

『Roger desu!』

Taros confirmed that t.i.tania was sealed once more before Kizuna and others were flying toward battles.h.i.+p Ataraxia in full speed.

――However, just what was that thing under the cloud? Besides…….

Kizuna turned his head and looked behind.

The mountain where Thanatos's sanctuary was at couldn't be seen anymore. Perhaps it had disappeared beyond the horizon, or else perhaps the mountain had crumbled and sunk below the cloud, he couldn't immediately make the distinction.

「Thanatos hasn't perished yet.」

Nayuta spoke as though she was reading inside Kizuna's heart.

「I see……well, no matter how much destructive power Ataraxia's main cannon has, it won't be able to defeat machine G.o.d huh. As expected if it's not with Reincarnation……」

However Nayuta hung her head down with an apologetic expression.

And then she whispered with a voice that no one could hear.

「……No matter what kind of method we use, defeating Thanatos is impossible you know.」