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Without further ado, here is your awaited chapter.
Chapter 2 Part 3
Translator : PolterGlast
Proofreader : John4891
After
school, Nozomu, who finished his school lessons, came to the central park of
Arcazam.
This
park was built around the school. On weekdays, students would spin thrilling
tales of adventure. During the holidays, long lines formed for the various
stalls that would open up. It also became a place for citizens to relax.
The
reason Nozomu came to this park was simply to think.
As
he lay down on the park bench, he thought about something that he couldn’t
shake off.
About
his past and his future. His relationship with Lisa, the words left by his
master, and the power of the dragon within himself were all still undealt with.
But
no matter how much he thought about it, Nozomu still didn’t know what to do. Of
course, that was natural. He had just begun to look at the "present".
Looking
back at his escape from reality, he didn’t think it was okay to just leave it
as it was.
But...
Nozomu
remembered the giant dragon within him. An entity that could swallow, eat, and
destroy everything. Even after the battle with Shino, Tiamat still boasted an
overwhelming presence in Nozomu.
Nozomu's
face was distorted. His expression looked very painful even when viewed by
others.
When
he found out that Tiamat didn’t die but lived within him, he couldn't begin to
imagine how this would change his life.
Solminati
Academy was established and maintained with the investment of every country on
the continent. Since the students trained at the school would grow up to
influence the international situation in the future, the school attracted
attention from governments of each country, and political bargaining was always
carried out in public and in the shadows here.
If
a dragon slayer that hadn't appeared for hundreds of years appeared in such a
hotspot...
For
Nozomu, Tiamat, who was driven into his spirit, was too great of a burden
mentally as well as physically.
"What
are you doing, Nozomu-san?"
Suddenly
a voice called out to Nozomu as he thought about his troubles.
Looking
to the side, a girl about 10 years old was peeking at him with a black cat in
her arm.
"You
facial expressions tell me you’re troubled, are you okay?"
The
girl looked very worried. Nozomu hurriedly fixed his expression and smiled at
the girl.
"Un.
I'm okay, Somia-chan."
Her
name was Somiliana.
The
encounter between Nozomu and her went back to the time when Nozomu managed to
advance to the third year.
Nozomu
went out for a walk in the town on a fleeting holiday when the school was
closed for a while due to the transition of second graders to the third grade,
and third graders to the fourth. change of the year. After somehow
passing the supplementary exams of the end-of-year exam and the advancement was
decided, he stopped at a food stall in the park to buy lunch. He bought wheat
breads with vegetables and sausages sandwiched between them.
As
he was walking around and eating the bread that he bought from the food stall,
he saw a girl nervously looking up at a tree in the park.
She
had no one around, and she didn't seem to be able to do anything by herself.
There
was no other choice but for Nozomu to go to the girl's side and call her out.
"What's
wrong?"
"Eh"
The
girl noticed Nozomu's voice and looked at him. She was about 10 years old and
had shiny black hair trimmed around her shoulders, a beautiful girl with deep
jet-black eyes.
Her
facial features were still soft and cute, suitable for her age.
"Well,
I was actually playing with Kuro-chan..."
The
girl said so and looked up at the tree.
When
Nozomu looked up at the tree, there was a black cat on the branch of the tree,
and it seemed that this “Kuro-chan” was the black cat. The black cat was
playing with something on a tree branch.
"That
is my arm decoration, Kuro-chan. It doesn't suit you. Please give it back
already, Kuro-chan."
Perhaps
the black cat really liked the arm decoration. She chose to play with the arm
decoration over the girl.
"It
can't be helped"
Nozomu
put the half-eaten bread in his mouth and began climbing the tree. The black
cat raised its tail and felt cautious as it noticed him.
"Give
that back quietly."
Nozomu
climbed to the same height as the black cat and tried to catch the cat, but it
threatened him with "Fusha" and swung its claws to resist.
"Hey!
Don't struggle!"
"Fugya!"
The
cat resisted further and finally jumped at him. Unable to move on the tree,
Nozomu was scratched by the cat.
"Aw
aw aw!!!! This d*mn cat !!!"
A
great brawl between Nozomu and a cat took place on a narrow tree branch. He
couldn't move because he was on a tree, and the cat just scratched him as if
saying, "It's none of your business!"
Nozomu
gradually lost his balance. The branches squeaked, gradually unable to bear
their weight, and finally snapped. The branch broke with a sharp snap!
"Uwah!!"
"Nyanya!!!"
Pulled
down by gravity, Nozomu and the cat fell head-first toward the ground.
However,
as expected of a cat, the black cat quickly turned around in the air and fit in
the girl's arms. Compared to that, Nozomu didn’t regain his posture and crashed
into the ground awkwardly. He crouched on the ground with a miserable groaning,
"Buh!".
"...E,
ermm... are you okay?"
Nozomu
managed to get up while putting up with it and replied, "... Un...I'm
okay."
She
looked at him with anxiety, and the thought of his embarrassing behaviour
suddenly suddenly jolted in his mind, and he felt miserable.
"More
importantly, is the arm decoration okay?"
The
black cat was still attached to the arm decoration inside the girl's arm, but
the arm decoration itself seemed to be okay.
"Thank
goodness. Thank you."
The
girl seemed to be relieved from the bottom of her heart, and she smiled like a
flower. For the first time in a while, Nozomu returned a natural smile to her
innocent and pure expression. Ever since Shino died and he lost his place to
belong, Nozomu's heart had been tense without even realizing it.
"I'm
sorry. I didn't introduce myself. I'm Somiliana. My friends call me
Somia!"
"I'm
Nozomu Bountis. It's okay with Nozomu. Somia-chan ... Can I call you as
such?"
"Yes!
Please treat me well, Nozomu-san!"
"Same
here, treat me well."
Although
they introduced themselves to each other, Nozomu noticed her clothes. She wore
Ecross's uniform.
Ecross
was an affiliated school of Solminati Academy, and mainly children around 10
years old attended.
The
purpose of the school's founding was to educate children with great potential
at an early age to develop human resources with higher abilities. Children from
all over the continent and children with rare abilities were gathered and
educated here.
"Somia-chan,
you're a student of Ecross right?"
"Yes!
That's right. I'm in fifth grade this year."
Ecross
was a 6-grade school. That means she has been educated for at least five years.
Entering
Ecross was equivalent to having her talent already recognized by many
countries. Nozomu thought that there was a ten thousand year skill difference
between the two of them.
"But
Nozomu-san, you're a student at Solminati Academy right?"
She
struck him with a sunflower-like smile.
"Un.
Well, I'm an inexperienced person. I still have a long way to go. I'm at the bottom
of the 10th class."
"Is
it like that? Then it's the same for me! Still a long way to go too!"
Somia
replied shyly, sticking out her tongue. She was a very expressive girl. When he
saw her smile, Nozomu was also mysteriously energized.
(Somehow,
Somia-chan seemed to match with Anri-sensei’s personality)
Nozomu
saw the face of his class teacher in her. Anri-sensei seemed to have the same
laid-back personality and sun-like smile as Somia. Her laid-back personality
which could only be described as sunny was replicated in Somia-chan. In brief,
they were like two identical gears, only spinning together.
"By
the way, does Somia have any goals? You said ‘still a long way to go’, so I
somehow have a feeling you do."
"Ah,
Yes! My older sister is my goal!"
When
asked about "her sister," Somia became more talkative, and her smile
shone 50% more brightly.
"Ane-sama
is strong!"
"Ane-sama
is cool!"
"Ane-sama
is kind!"
The
person in question seemed to be quite capable, and Somia-chan also loved her
"Ane-sama" from the bottom of her heart. It was very clear that she
was longing for her.
At
the same time, Nozomu felt worried. Worried that she would be overwhelmed,
injured, or caught by a weird man.
As
far as he heard from the story, she seemed to be similar to her
"Ane-sama", so they really are sisters.
"By
the way, this black cat. Is it still playing with the ornament?"
When
Nozomu saw the black cat in Somia-chan's arms, the black cat was still playing
with the arm decoration. He looked closely and found that the arm ornaments
were delicately decorated and also had small bells that were similarly
decorated, and anyone, even with untrained eyes, could see its considerable
value.
"This
arm decoration seems to be quite valuable, but what is it?"
"Oh,
this arm decoration seems to be handed down from generation to generation. It
seems to be a tradition, and it is said that if you have this, you will surely
be able to meet again someday even if you are separated."
"Hee,
that tradition sure makes you very happy."
"Yes!
It used to gather dust in the warehouse, but ane-sama gave it to me! I hope our
bond will continue even if we leave the house."
She
happily talked about her arm ornaments. She cared about her family above all
else, and this little tradition of hers. She wanted to feel her family ties by
always wearing the arm-ornament of the tradition.
She
was talking about it, but then she remembered the black cat that stuck with the
arm ornament and she picked it up.
"Oh,
right. Kuro-chan that's enough."
When
she picked up her arm ornament, the black cat was fluttering its arm like a
baby whose toy was picked up as if saying, “give it back, give it back".
"Even
so, it's a very naughty male cat."
"Eh!"
"Because
he picked up the owner's belongings and played a lot with it, and he still
hasn't played enough ..."
"...
Um ........."
Somia-chan
was trying to say something.
"Um,
Nozomu-san. Kuro-chan ... is a girl ........."
"…………Eh?"
"That's
why I told you, It's a girl."
It
looked like this black cat is a female. It was so naughty, and it brawled with
Nozomu on a tree branch, so he could only think of it as a male.
(Usually,
Kuro is a name given to males)
"Um
... why name it Kuro?"
"Well,
somehow I felt it's cute, isn't it?
“...I
see.”
It
looked like her naming sense was a little off.
"Besides,
I'm not Kuro-chan's owner. I believe this child was abandoned."
It's
been told in stories that she's been seen around the Ecross school building
from time to time, and then Somia-chan started playing with her.
"Hee,
so she's a stray cat? It seems that she's very fond of Somia-chan, so I wonder
if Somia-chan is trying to keep it…” said Nozomu.
At
that moment, Nozomu reached out to Kuro.
"Shah!!!"
"Ah!!"
Suddenly
Kuro scratched Nozomu's hand.
"Ah!
Are you okay? Kuro-chan is really hard to please and it’s difficult for her to
accept people."
"Aw
aw aw. Is that so?"
"Yes,
none of the boys in my class do their work. But the girls are okay..."
(Is
it that only boys are no good ...)
For
some reason, this black cat seemed to be fond of girls only. When Nozomu looked
at Kuro while rubbing his scratched hand, she was quiet in her arms and exactly
like a stray cat.
When
Kuro noticed Nozomu looking at him, she turned away and began to relax inside
Somia's arms.
(Th-this
cat!)
Nozomu
glared at Kuro, but Kuro ignored Nozomu completely. She tried to snatch back
Somia's arm ornaments again.
"W-wait,
don't do that, Kuro-chan!"
In
a sense, it was a very cat-like behavior.
After
that, a great scuffle between Kuro, who tried to play with the arm decorations,
and Nozomu, who tried to stop it, occurred. After a while, the two got along
well when Somia mediated between the two of them.
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That
was the first encounter between Nozomu and Somia. After that, they met in this
park several times and had small talks. Sometimes there was a big decisive
battle between one person and a certain animal.
"By
the way, Somia-chan. It's almost your birthday right?"
"Yes!
I will be 11 years old soon!"
She
said so happily with the usual smile, but the next moment her happy expression
faded.
"But,
it seems like my father isn’t coming back even though it's my birthday."
According
to her story, her father was always busy and rarely came home. It seemed that
her mother had already passed away, and she only had an older sister as family.
"Bu-but
Ane-sama will hold a birthday party for me!"
Somia
smiled again, hiding the loneliness in her chest and behaving cheerfully.
(...
She is a strong child ...)
When
Nozumu thought about it now, he would have been more pampered by his parents
when he was about her age. Seeing her behaving well, Nozomu was impressed and
saddened at the same time. It was very painful to have no one to spoil her when
she wanted to.
Nozomu
remembered about himself. He was isolated at the school. He couldn't rely on
anyone. He turned his eyes away, and his mental state was so weak that it
could’ve snapped like a taut thread.
At
that time, how many times was he saved by the words "Welcome Back",
and the hug which his master gave?
He
was able to remember the love of those who had forgotten.
His
frozen heart was gently melted and was able to cry as hard as he could.
He
realized that he was not alone.
Thanks
to his master's acceptance, he was finally able to accept that person's wishes.
He
was able to talk in earnest, fought with all his might, and faced that person
seriously.
And
she taught him something important ... to move forward.
"If
it's Somia's birthday, maybe I should give presents too"
"Eh,
you’d do that for me?!!" she asked with her big smile. Originally, she
didn't expect Nozomu to prepare a present.
"Yeah,
I can't prepare a big one, but I'll prepare a good one."
"Yes!
I'm looking forward to it!!"
There
was no shadow of loneliness on her face this time, it was just like a
"sun".
(I'm
glad. Nobody wants to see such a good girl with a dark expression.)
Nozomu
saw her smile and felt relieved.
"By
the way, wasn’t there something to do today?"
Ecross
Academy had already closed and the students should’ve gone home already, so
Nozomu didn't understand why Somia was still here.
"Yes,
Ane-sama is coming to pick me up today!"
(Speaking
of her sister, the one who was praised by her when I met her, I haven’t heard
about her sister in detail.)
Seeing
her in the park beside the school after school, her sister may have a
connection with the school.
"Somia-chan,
is your sister at Solminati Academy?"
"Yes,
Ane-sama is also a student at Solminati Academy, the same as Nozomu-san!"
"Hee"
(n,
wait)
Nozomu
looked at Somia's face. She had shiny black hair, jet-black eyes, and a
well-organized face. Nozomu saw the image of a person on Somia's face.
"Hey
Somia-chan, maybe your sister is..."
"Somia,
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
When
Nozomu turned around to the sudden voice, Nozomu's body was completely
petrified.
Long
straight black hair that extended down to the waist. With deep jet-black eyes,
her appearance was too neat and unrealistic. Her face was dignified, and her
limbs, blessed by the goddess of beauty, seemed to reveal an aura worn only by
the chosen one.
She
was Irisdina Francilt, the top third-grader at Solminati Academy!
