May These Leaden Battlegrounds Leave No Trace: Bullet Magic and Ghost Programs, Vol. 2 by Kei Uekawa TEDDY and Naohiro Washio & Naohiro Washio

Author:Kei Uekawa, TEDDY, and Naohiro Washio & Naohiro Washio [Uekawa, Kei & Washio, Naohiro]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2020-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

4. CRIMSON EYES

“Ugh…,” Rain groaned as he opened his eyes. The prickling pain had kept his slumber light. It honestly felt like he hadn’t gotten any rest at all.

“Air…?”

He immediately noticed something was wrong. He was still in the grotto, but Air was nowhere to be found.

Where’d she go?

Rain sat up while holding his aching wound. Then he looked around for the silver-haired girl. Unfortunately, he found nothing.

“You’re finally up,” a clear voice spoke to him.

“Ah…”

“Don’t be alarmed. I won’t hurt you. And honestly, I couldn’t even if I wanted to.”

The voice lacked any intensity, but its tone left a lingering impression in Rain’s mind. It came from the western soldier with reddish-brown hair, Deadrim’s partner.

“Sad to say, but driving an Exelia’s my specialty. I’ve got no real talent as a mage, and I’m only on the battlefield thanks to Deadrim’s skills. Plus, I don’t even have a gun anymore,” he said with a chuckle.

I think his name was…

“You’re Isuna, right?”

“That’s right. Isuna Cole.”

He was the man who’d attacked the train alongside Deadrim. Isuna had damaged his leg when the car tumbled down the cliff, and while he’d gotten some form of first aid, he was still severely injured. He surely felt a great deal of pain, but his expression didn’t so much as twitch.

“My rank is second lieutenant. I never attended an officer’s academy, though. I simply worked my way up over the last ten years.”

“Ten years…”

Like Rain thought, he was a generation older. Given his maturity and leadership of the raid, though, he seemed even older than that.

However, even though he was a mage, Isuna had gotten promoted through regular channels.

Why is he…?

“Oh, I’m only here because Deadrim strung me along,” Isuna said after sensing Rain’s suspicious gaze. “I’m all right with an Exelia, but that about sums up my skills. I’ve got no other special abilities.”

The way he talks about her…

His tone was friendly and warm when he talked about Deadrim. He didn’t seem the slightest bit concerned, either.

“…You can tell me more later,” Rain said. “Sorry to change the subject, but the silver-haired girl who was with me and your partner are gone. Do you know where they went?”

“Yes, I do. The two of them went outside around five minutes ago.”

“They?”

They’d left the safety of the grotto and gone into the snow.

“You know, to the mountains. They saw some lights and decided to investigate. We’re cooperating for the time being, so they left me here to keep an eye on you.”

Isuna proposed they wait for the girls to return. However, sitting still and doing nothing made Rain feel like deadweight, which he hated.

“Sorry, but no,” Rain said as he wobbled up to his feet. The wound made all his actions sluggish. “I’m going after them. If they saw a light, that means there are soldiers around here.”

“Are you sure? I personally don’t recommend it, but I won’t stop you, either. Except…” Isuna paused at that point and lowered his voice to a whisper. “…If you chase after them, I think you may wish you hadn’t after you see what’s out there.

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