Volume 3 - CH 1(3/3)
When Judal pressed the 『OK Button』, the security was released.
The door in the opposite direction opens automatically.
– That’s..
In the center of the dimly circular room, a capsule with a design of a flower bud filled with fluorescent color liquid shone gently.
What can be seen in the capsule is the figure of a girl with blond hair, she was completely naked, cords similar to ivies were twining around her body and something like blue roses are spreading all over.
And a wild rose tiara placed on her head can be seen.
——Imprisoned Thorn Princess.
Such words floated in his mind.
– That’s what is being referred to as 《LiZA》.
Coincident with the door closing on the back, Judal answers, relaxing his mouth and grinning.
– You are kidding, 《LiZA》was a human..
The back muscles of Hayato shivered.
Even though there were times when it responded like a person using characters, he never thought that it could be such a thing.
– I can see you are quite surprised. This is the 《Highest Decision-Making Body》LittleGarden Zenith Agency of Little Garden.?Taking the first letter of the words from there, the term《LiZA》is?formed.
– ..?formed?
– After all, 《LittleGarden Zenith Agency》means that it’s no more than a fake play on words devised by Charlotte Dimandius. Anyhow, 《LiZA》is taken from her name——Liza Harvey.
Having said that, Hayato turned his eyes once again to Liza Harvey, who is《LiZA》.
He only looked at her for a moment, but he felt that she resembles her.
She looks like Claire Harvey, the Student Council President of Little Garden.
– It’s just as you are thinking Hayato-kun, Liza Harvey is my and Claire’s little sister.
Judal told him, as if he could read the thought of Hayato.
– And she’s the first person that was born having an infected body, and also a Slayer.
At that moment, they heard footsteps.
The door opens and Hayato looks back.
– .. pre, sident?
In the hands of Claire Harvey who appeared, an anesthetic gun for anti-Slayers usage, 《N Tranquilizer》, was held.
The muzzle is directed to her older brother, Judal.
– Onii-sama, why did you bring Kisaragi Hayato here desu? Please answer.
– Yareyare, pointing such a dangerous thing towards me. It would be surprising if Liza wakes up. Claire has become quite a tomboy——hmm?
He turns both palms into the air as if he was joking.
But the facing Claire doesn’t back down.
She didn’t lower the muzzle.
– I will ask you again masuwa. Why did you bring Kisaragi Hayato to this place desu?
– He, without a doubt, will be a Slayer that represents Warslan in the near future, don’t you agree? That’s why, I think that it’s better for him to know in advance that Little Garden has things that you absolutely need to protect——the existence of this?thing?that can change the power balance of the world.
– ..!!
Claire twitched her cheeks and said with great anger.
–?Judal, please don’t treat my little sister as a thing. And, for that alone, you brought Kisaragi Hayato to this place?
– There are other reasons, of course.
– What are those reasons desuno?
– Because his body is infected, he may be able to wake up Liza.
– Wha..
Looking at the appearance of the shaking Claire, Judal shows a thin smile.
– To wake up Liza you say.. how, in what way..
– Hayato-kun, it seems the time has come to wake up the Thorn Princess who has fallen in an eternal sleep by eating the poisoned apple given by the witch. Please kiss Liza at once.
– “A kiss”? even if I was told that, such a thing is..
He looks up at Liza.
The completely naked figure of the Thorn Princess is sleeping, her eyes are closed.
Hayato once again takes his eyes away from her.
– That’s right desuwa, what in the world are you saying, Onii-sama! How can he do something like kissing Liza when she’s inside the capsule..?
– Just kidding.
– Just kidding!?
– Kiss is the last resort. Touch the capsule with your hand for now and release?energy. Please give it a try.
Being told that by Judal, Hayato points his eyes to Claire.
He’s seeking confirmation as to whether he can touch it or not.
Claire was hanging her head without moving, but eventually she raised her face and gave a nod with a worried expression, as if she was preparing herself for something.
The attitude that she revealed gave permission to Hayato, it is fine to touch it.
Nevertheless, Liza wasn’t wearing clothes.
Looking at the nakedness of the girl, he imagines the childhood of the President who’s right next to him, but then he embraces those thoughts, as if he was doing something very sinful.
So Hayato moved to the side of the capsule with his face looking down and stretched his hand.
Then, he releases?energy.
– Ah..!
Opening his mouth without thinking, Hayato looked up at Liza.
The fluorescent color liquid in the capsule gently started to cast light.
– Liza is, reacting..
Just like Claire said, the body of Liza was shining dimly.
However, Liza doesn’t wake up, there’s no change, and after taking 10 seconds or so, the light slowly fades, and the inside of the capsule returns to its original state.
– Unfortunately, it seems that she hasn’t woken up, But, we got results. Like when Kirishima Sakura was doing the?live?at the Zwei Islands, it seems that Liza showed the same kind of reaction just now, so I considered that it was worth the trying.
– Onii-sama, why you..
Claire looked quite surprised.
Obviously Hayato didn’t know, but from the flow of the conversation, it seems that Liza showed a reaction while Sakura was doing a?live?at the Zwei Islands.
At that time, what Hayato remembered is about the regenerator type Savage that he fought at the Zwei Islands.
That Savage showed a reaction to the voice of Sakura and stopped moving.
At the same time, he also remembers the story he heard from Sakura at the canyon.
(Surely, as with Sakura, the friend of Sakura who was turned into an artificial Variant, I was told that the song of Sakura calmed her down..)
.. then both are related to Liza’s reaction?
He wonders about it, but he can’t talk about that in front of Judal.
– I heard that from nobody other than Charlotte Dimandius.
– ..!!
When Judal replies, Claire suddenly clenches her teeth in vexation.
– Why do you put such a face? She’s in a fair position after all. She’s just giving me information in a fair way too. In the first place, her affiliation is Warslan HQ, and not Little Garden.
– .. I know masuwayo, Onii-sama. You have finished already what you had to do, correct? Then I wonder if you can get out of here quickly.
– Yareyare, I understand. You don’t have to kick me out of here. However, let me say one last thing.
– .. what is it desuno?
–?If she’s alive, it may be possible that she’ll be after Liza. That’s why I’m impatient. For the awakening of Liza.
– You mean Vitaly Tynyanov desuwane.
– Exactly.
Vitaly Tynyanov.
It’s the name of the doctor who turned Kirishima Sakura into an artificial Variant.
When Judal mentioned her, the name was floating in the head of Hayato.
After the incident of Sakura, the intelligence department of Little Garden investigated Vitaly and discovered that an explosion accident happened in the prison immediately after she was imprisoned.
After that, the Kingdom of Rasiya didn’t give an official announcement that Vitaly was missing.
It looks like they hid the accident of the prison.
Currently, there is no information saying that Vitaly died or not in that accident.
However, they should think that she’s indeed alive, since the gang of three gave her name.
– That’s why I think that if Vitaly is alive, I’d like her to be captured quickly. It’s possible that she resents us because I fired her. That’s why I’m looking forward to this operation. You may be able to capture the three?hunters?that are?her?hands and feet.
– You also heard that story from Charlotte desuwane..?
– Of course. She and I are like college coworkers.
Immediately after Judal answered, Claire opened her eyes in a big way.
– Don’t tell me Onii-sama that the operation of the UN peace-keeping forces is to lure Vitaly..?
Judal broadly smiled as she answered correctly.
. Everything to win the fight against God.
– Onii-sama doesn’t want the seat of the president of Liberia?
– It must be remembered that that’s not my goal. If it’s necessary for?my objective, only then I’ll do so. I won’t say anything else. Hayato-kun and my little sisters in front of me, how about if we slowly talk about this from here on?
– .. Onii-sama, what are you saying!?
– If an excellent Slayer becomes a member of the Harvey family, then I welcome him, what do you think, Hayato-kun?
– Eh?
– Please stop, Judal!
Claire shouts, her face is deep red.
She was highly strung by her emotions.
The proof of that is that she addressed him as Judal instead of Onii-sama.
– Hahaha, I intended that to be a joke, but it seems that it affected you more than I thought. Well then, I will take my leave.
Saying that, Judal left the side of Liza and goes back to the surface using the elevator.
– Err..
Hayato is bewildered about what to do,
– .. we will also return masuwayo.
Saying that, and following Claire who walks towards the elevator, Hayato also left the front of Liza.
The silence rules in the elevator.
– Why don’t you ask anything desuwane?
– .. because the President had a face meaning that she didn’t want to be asked about it.
When Hayato answered, the president smiled,
– I will talk when the time comes masuwa.
*Ding*, a sound is heard, and the door opens.
Getting off from the elevator, Claire turns on her heels and continued looking at Hayato.
– What you have seen and heard here is absolutely confidential. This is a matter of the highest priority. Are we clear desuwane?
Hayat nodded in silence.