使徒の襲撃、及び王都侵攻 薄暗く明かり一つ無い部屋の中に、格子の嵌った

使徒の襲撃、及び王都侵攻


薄暗く明かり一つ無い部屋の中に、格子の嵌った小さな窓から月明かりだけが差し込んで黒と白のコントラストを作り出していた。

部屋の中は酷く簡素な作りになっている。鋼鉄りの六畳一間、木製のベッドにイス、小さな机、そしてむき出しのトイレ。地球の刑務所の方がまだましな空間を提供してくれそうだ。

そんなどう見ても牢獄にしか思えない部屋のベッドの上で壁際に寄りながら三角座りをし、自らの膝に顔を埋めているのは畑中愛子その人だ。

愛子が、この部屋に連れて来られて三日が経とうとしている。

愛子の手首にはブレスレット型のアーティファクトが付けられており、その効果として愛子は現在、全く魔法が使えない状況に陥っていた。それでも、当初は、何とか脱出しようと試みたのだが、物理的な力では鋼鉄の扉を開けることなど出来るはずもなく、また唯一の窓にも格子が嵌っていて、せいぜい腕を出すくらいが限界であった。

もっとも、仮に格子がなくとも部屋のある場所が高い塔の天辺な上に、ここが【神山】である以上、聖教教会関係者達の目を掻い潜って地上に降りるなど不可能に近いのだが。

そんなわけで、生徒達の身を案じつつも、何も出来ることがない愛子は悄然と項垂れ、ベッドの上で唯でさえ小さい体を更に小さくしているのである。

「……私の生徒がしようとしていること……一体何が……」

僅かに顔を上げた愛子が呟いたのは、攫われる前に銀髪の修道女が口にしたことだ。愛子が、ハジメから聞いた話を光輝達に話すことで与えてしまう影響は不都合だと、彼女の言う“主”とやら思っているらしい。そして、生徒の誰かがしようとしていることの方が面白そうだとも。

愛子の胸中に言い知れぬ不安が渦巻く。思い出すのは、ウルの町で暴走し、その命を散らした生徒の一人、清水幸利のことだ。もしかしたら、また、生徒の誰かが、取り返しのつかない事をしようとしているのではないかと愛子は気が気でなかった。

こうして何もない部屋で監禁されて、出来る事と言えば考えることだけ。そうして落ち着いて振り返ってみれば、帰還後の王宮は余りに不自然で違和感だらけの場所だったと感じる。愛子の脳裏に、強硬な姿勢を崩さない、どこか危うげな雰囲気のエリヒド国王や重鎮達のことが思い出される。

きっと、あの銀髪の修道女が何かをしたのだと愛子は推測した。彼女が言っていた、“魅了”という言葉がそのままの意味なら、きっと、洗脳かそれに類する何かをされているのだ。

しかし、同時に、会議の後で話した雫やリリアーナについては、そのような違和感を覚えなかった。その事に安堵すると共に、自分が監禁されている間に何かされるのではないかと強烈な不安が込み上げる。

どうか無事でいて欲しいと祈りながら、思い出すもう一つの懸念。それは、“イレギュラーの排除”という言葉。意識を失う寸前に聞いたその言葉で、愛子は何故か一人の生徒を思い出した。

命の恩人にして、清水幸利を見殺しにした生徒。圧倒的な強さと強い意志を秘めながら、愛子の言葉に耳を傾け真剣に考えてくれた男の子。そして……色々とあって、色々と思うところがあったり、なかったり、やっぱりあったりするのだけど、ないと思うべきで、でも思ってしまう人。

封印しようと努力しているのに中々できないとある記憶を、再び脳内で再生してしまい、そんな場合ではないと分かっていながら頬が熱くなってしまう。頭をぶんぶんと振って記憶を追い出した愛子だったが、ハジメの安否を憂慮する気持ちと何故か無性に逢いたい気持ちに押されて、ポロリと零すように彼の名を呟いた。

「…………南雲君」
「おぅ？ 何だ、先生？」
「ふぇ！？」

半ば無意識に呟いた相手から、あるはずのない返事が返ってきて思わず素っ頓狂な声が上がる。部屋の中をキョロキョロと見回すが自分以外の人などいるはずもなく、愛子は「幻聴だったのかしらん？」と首を捻った。しかし、そんな愛子へ幻聴でないことを証明するように、再度、声がかけられた。

「こっちだ、先生」
「えっ？」

愛子は、体をビクッと震わせながら、やっぱり幻聴じゃない！ と声のした方、格子の嵌った小さな窓に視線を向ける。するとそこには、窓から顔を覗かせているハジメの姿があった。

「えっ？ えっ？ 南雲君ですか？ えっ？ ここ最上階で…本山で…えっ？」
「あ～、うん。取り敢えず、落ち着け先生。もうちょっとでトラップがないか確認し終わるから……」

混乱する愛子を尻目に、ハジメは魔眼石で部屋にトラップの類がないか確かめると、紅いスパークを迸らせながら“錬成”を行い、人一人通れるだけの穴を壁に開けて中に侵入を果たした。

愛子のいる部屋は地面から百メートル近くある。にもかかわらず、普通に地面を歩いて入口から入ってきました！ とでも言うように、外壁に穴を開けて登場したハジメに、愛子は目を白黒させた。

そんな愛子にハジメは小さく笑みを浮かべながら歩み寄る。

「なに、そんなに驚いているんだよ。俺が来ていることに気がついてたんだろ？ 気配は完全に遮断してたはずなんだが……ちょっと、自信無くすぞ」
「へっ？ 気づいて？ えっ？」
「いや、だって、俺の名前呼んだじゃないか。俺が窓の外にいるのを察知したんだろ？」

もちろん、愛子が、“気配遮断”を行使したハジメに気が付けるはずもなく、ただハジメを想って自然と呟いてしまっただけなのだが……愛子は、まさか、貴方の事を考えていて半ば無意識に呟いてました等と言える訳もなく、焦った表情で話題の転換を図った。

「そ、それよりも、なぜここに……」
「もちろん、助けに」
「わ、私のために？ 南雲君が？ わざわざ助けに来てくれたんですか？」

何やら赤面してあわあわし始めた愛子に、先程から妙に落ち着きが無いことも相まって、まさか既に洗脳でもされたのか？ と眉をしかめるハジメ。瞳に真剣さを宿して、愛子に魔法が掛けられている痕跡がないか魔眼石により精査する。

ベッドに腰掛ける愛子の元に歩み寄り、間近で愛子を観察し始めたハジメに、愛子は益々赤面し動悸を早めていった。なにせ、直前まで脳裏に浮かんでいた男の子が、自分の窮地に助けに来てくれた挙句、深夜にベッドの傍で、自分を真剣な表情で見つめてくるのだ。これがただの生徒と教師なら、特に何の問題もなくどうしたのか？ と尋ねるところだが……そう言い切れない愛子は、ただ硬直して間近にあるハジメの瞳を見つめ返すしかなかった。

Hasil (Inggris) 1:

Attack of the Apostles, and King City invasion Insert only the Moonlight from the dim lights one no room in the lattice of inflate, had produced a contrast of black and white. In the room is made very simple. 6 tatami mats of steel between wooden bed to chair, small desk and exposed toilets. Prison planet is yet better comfortable providing us with looks. That burying my face into his lap, and triangle sit on beds in a room that looks like the prison but it seems close enough to the wall while hatanaka Aiko is its people. Aiko brought in this room have almost three days. And artifact type bracelet on the wrist of the Aiko, Aiko had fallen into the situation now, totally can't use magic as its effect. Can it tried it even tries to escape somehow, and that open the steel door with physical force, and also limit is about lattice and veracity in Windows only, most arms. Most are at the top of the high places of the room even without lattice tower is next to impossible on over here [Kamiyama], 掻i潜tte the eyes of the Saint church officials, down to the Earth. Aiko can do anything not so, fearing for the students while the mouth is at 項垂re, on the bed but even small compact body.「…… You're going to my students. Heck what is... " It was that silver-haired nuns in the mouth before being spirited muttered Aiko looked slightly. Get influenced by bright people tell the story heard from Hajime Aiko is inconvenient, she says "the Lord" with their seems to be going. And students who are trying to be interesting and also. Victimized anxiety swirling with Aiko. Student life and a sprinkling of Shimizu Yukitoshi that's solo, and reminds me of the runaway in your town. Perhaps, also, not trying to someone of students can't irreparably Aiko care care was not. Only a thinking thing, thus being confined in a room without anything. So calm down, back in the Palace after the return was too unnatural, uncomfortable with place and feel. Aiko's mind, not taking a harder stance, somewhere is recalled Eli hid King debacle atmosphere and stalwart. Guess the Aiko and I'm sure that silver-haired nuns had to do something. It's a word said she is "fascinated" means exactly that, if I have been brainwashed or something like that. However, such discomfort didn't drop spoke after a meeting at the same time, and Lillian. And that there is something in between, along with a relief that things have been incarcerated for their intense anxiety welling up. Remember praying in safety and want another one single concern. It is the term "Elimination of irregular". The words heard on the verge of losing consciousness, Aiko is somehow reminds me of one of his students. Student life-savers, Yukitoshi Shimizu were let down. The boy was thinking seriously about the overwhelming strength and strong will hidden, while listening to the words Aiko. And... Should, I think, or it's, or so far, I think I'm not but people wonder. While I know, so if you are trying to seal it in certain memories would again play in the brain get hot cheeks. Pressed to be concerned about's buzz and shaking his head, kicked out the memories Aiko was feeling and I want to meet asexual, muttered his name like; and the nut.「………… Nagumo you."Are u? What's that, Sir? 」"Fate! 」 Shouldn't be answer came back from muttered half unconsciously and instinctively blurt something, speak up. No other people are restless and looked around the room, Aiko "was an auditory hallucination Hat? "And twisted neck. However, it was put again, voices to prove to that Aiko in the auditory hallucinations."Here, Sir."Eh? 」 Aiko is frightened and trembling body, still an auditory hallucination no! And toward the voice, look to turn small window of inflate. Then's there watching the face through the window was."Eh? EH? Nagumo is? EH? Here at the top. In the Motoyama. EH? 」"Oh-, Yes. The calm down Sir. From a little more in the trap is not checked... " With Aiko to mess, in spite that a Hajime with evil eye stones room trap of determining the Red is played during the invasion, pierced to the wall while "drilling" to 迸ra Park, just one person to pass. Aiko's room is almost 100 meters from the ground. Even though walking on common ground, came in from the entrance. With Hajime says, pierced to the wall, appeared to made black and white eyes is Aiko. Compromise that Aiko each small smile that a Hajime."I'm, I'm so surprised. Noticing that I was coming, didn't you?? I'd sign is completely cut off and was supposed to be. Hey, lose confidence. ""To cum? Noticed? EH? 」"No, I do not not call my name. Detect and I are out the window, I bet you? 」 Hajime, Aiko has exercised to"sign" to mind would not only ended up muttering just Hajime thinking nature and. Aiko, believe it or not, thinking of you, I was muttering half unconsciously, and aimed at turning buzz in face towels and bedsheets may not mean we can say."Its, more importantly, why here..."To see, of course, help."I for me? Nagumo is? I came to save all the way? 」 Aiko awaawa began, some blushing, just from the strangely restless there, coupled with the surely already brainwashed in what was? And Hajime eyebrow scowl. Review the evil eye stones traces in seriousness, Aiko is multiplied by the magic. Hajime walked up to Aiko sit on the bed, just around the corner, and began observing the Aiko, Aiko is increasingly and blush, was hastening heart palpitations. Eventually came to help their beleaguered boy after all, floated in my mind ago the late at night by the side of the bed with it's my surprise with a serious look. If this is just for students and teachers, no matter what, what? And ask where it is. Aiko so beg to disagree, but stiffened and had to close one's eyes stare back.

Hasil (Inggris) 2:

Raid of the Apostles, and the king Metropolitan invasion in the dim light one no room, only moonlight from a small window hooked lattice had created a black and white contrast insert. It has become severely and simple to make in the room. Between six tatami one of Kotetsuri, chair wooden bed, a small desk and bare of the toilet. Towards the prison of the Earth it is likely to provide us with still better space. Was triangle sit while close to the wall on top of such copper room you still do not think only in the prison look bed, it's the Hatanaka Aiko that person're buried his face in his knee. Aiko is, is in the 3rd brought to this room is going to passed since. The wrist of Aiko and artifacts bracelet type is attached, Aiko is now, had fallen into a situation that can not be used at all magic as its effect. Still, initially, but he tried to escape somehow, physical should also not possible, such as opening the door of steel in force, also have the only grid also in the window fitted, limit is much issue at best arm met. However, if on the grid is even a top location a high tower with a room without, here is [Kamiyama] a is more, but he nearly impossible to it, such as getting off the ground by Kaikugu~tsu eye Seikyo church officials who . So yeah, even while worried about the only students, anything is not that you can Aiko Shozen the score, it is to have further reduced the small body even just on the bed. "...... What the heck ...... it is my students are trying to ......" of the Aiko, which was raised slightly face muttered is that nuns of silver hair was in the mouth before being kidnapped. Aiko is, that's it would affect the disadvantages given by speaking a story that I heard from the beginning to the bright us, she says seems to think Yara and "the Lord". And, also it looks interesting is more of what you are trying to have someone of students. Anxiety which is not may say to his breast of Aiko is swirling. The recall is to runaway in Ur of the town, one of the students who scattered its life, the thing of Yukitoshi Shimizu. Maybe then, also, student of someone, and not I'm trying that it is not irreversible Aiko the gas was not a gas. In this way, it is confined in nothing room, only be considered to be speaking can do with. Then In retrospect calmly, Royal Palace after feedback feel it was too unnatural a place full of discomfort. In the mind of Aiko, it does not disturb the hard-line stance, somewhere precariously atmosphere of Erihido king and stalwart our thing is recalled. Surely, Aiko was speculated that he nuns of that silver-haired was something. She was saying, if the meaning of the word "fascination" is as it is, I'm sure, it has been something that brainwashing or similar to it. However, at the same time, for the drop and Ririana talked after the meeting, did not remember such a strange feeling. As well as relief about it, welling is intense anxiety as in or not is something while he is imprisoned. While prayer and I want you to have anabolic safely, another concern to remember. The word it, "irregular of exclusion". In the words heard on the verge of losing consciousness, Aiko was somehow reminded of one of the students. In a lifesaver, students were let down the Yukitoshi Shimizu. While hidden overwhelming strength and strong will, it was me thinking seriously listen to the words of Aiko boy. And ...... is many things there, or there is a place which I think are a wide variety, it can not, it'm to there or still, you should not think, but I would think people. A If it is stored can not be middle people and even though it has already been an effort to seal, and will to play again in the brain, cheek while I know that it is not in such a case becomes hot. It was Aiko that drove the memory waving To humming head, is pushed by the feelings and the feelings that for some reason you want Mushoni eye is concerned about the safety of the beginning, it was murmured his name so as to spill the Porori. "............ Nagumo-kun" "O~u? What, sir?" "Fe!?" from mid unconsciously muttered opponent, reply it is not supposed to have involuntarily Suttonkyo voice rises been returned. In the room and look around and look around but no supposed to have such as a person other than your own, Aiko was twisted neck as "was auditory hallucinations Kashiran?". However, to prove that it is not the auditory hallucinations to such Aiko, again, voice has been multiplied. "Here's, teacher" "What?" Aiko, while trembling wince a body, not a still auditory hallucination! And the voice of the person who directs the line of sight to the small windows fitted lattice. There is a result, there was a figure at the beginning that a glimpse of the face through the window. "What? What? Nagumo kun do? What? Here the top floor ... in Motoyama ... eh?" "Oh, yeah. For now, calm down teacher. The ...... from a finish to confirm a little longer if the trap is not in a" confused casting skeptical gazes at the Aiko, and Hajime ascertain whether there is any kind of trap in the room until the eye stone, is carried out "drilling" while Hotobashira an Akai spark, the intrusion only hole of the pass by one person and in the open on the wall play was. Room with the Aiko is near one hundred meters from the ground. Nevertheless, normally we have entered from the inlet to walk the ground! As say even with the, in the beginning it appeared to open a hole in the outer wall, Aiko was black-and-white eyes. Introduction such Aiko compromise while smiling small smile. "What, I'm so surprised. Wonder had noticed that I have come? Sign it but ...... hey I supposed was completely cut off, confidence Nakusuzo" and "heh? noticed? eh? " "No, I mean, is not it called my name. I windows outside to do wonder?" was perceive that the are of course, Aiko is, even should Kigatsukeru at the beginning that you exercise a "sign blocking" no, just a can, such of it but Aiko ...... only had muttered with nature by Thoughts Hajime, No way, etc. without any reason that it can be said that you had been unconsciously murmured mid If you are thinking of you, impatient look at the topic We tried to convert. "Su it than even, why here ......" "Of course, help" "I, whether I'm in for me? Nagumo kun? came to bother help?" was something started Awashi and Awa to blush to Aiko, that coupled with also no strangely calm from earlier, or never to have already been in brainwashing? Introduction contort eyebrows with. And harboring seriousness the pupil, to scrutiny by either the magic eye stone there is no evidence that magic has been applied to Aiko. Compromise to Aiko of the original, which sit on the bed, at the beginning I started to observe the close in Aiko, Aiko went ahead of the increasingly blush and palpitations. After all, the boy who was floating in the mind until just before is, the last line who have come to help in their predicament, in the vicinity of the bed in the middle of the night, we come staring at yourself in serious look. If this is just a student and teacher, and whether particular copper without any problem? I am going to ask but ...... is Aiko that can not say so, just had to return staring at a pupil at the beginning which is in close and stiff.

Hasil (Inggris) 3:

The apostle of the attack, and there is not a single room in the dim light stress at the invasion from the small window of only 2 light produced in the black and white contrast. In the room of a very simple to make. Six tatami room of steel small wooden bed, desk, chair, and exposed. It is earth's prison still has space to provide. How well you look on the bed in the room, could not only near the prison wall while sitting, triangleHis knee has been one of its Hatanaka Aiko. Aiko, has passed three days have come to this room. Aiko too in the wrist bracelet type of artifact, and now she and its effect in the situation is not quite magical. Nevertheless, at first, but managed to escape and the possible physical force to open the door of the steel, the only window lattice, stuckAs with arms out at best. Most, if not the lattice is also a tall tower on the top of the room, "or" this is impossible, Kamiyama, orthodoxy church officials gathered us down on the ground to close. In that way, the students anxious to learn, Aiko can do nothing but with a heavy heart, but on the bed in a small body is further reduced.

「…… What about my children... What the... " Too