Strike the Blood, Vol. 14: Golden Days by Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako

Author:Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako [Gakuto Mikumo and Manyako]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2020-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

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Kensei Kanase’s laboratory had been located in the lowest underground stratum of Island North. The place most closely resembled a prison cut off from the outside world. As the mastermind behind the Faux-Angel incident, he was under strict watch as a sorcerous criminal to this day.

At the entrance to the lab, Sayaka flashed her Attack Mage license to the guards. As she did so, she dragged Kojou along with her while leaving the isolated district.

From there, not a word was exchanged between the pair until they returned to the surface. She’d tried to kill him. He’d seen her crying face. Both found the situation too awkward for words.

That is, until they left the underground road, and Sayaka murmured, “Ever since…”

At some point, night had apparently given way to dawn. The needlessly intense tropical belt’s early morning sun brightly illuminated the buildings of the district.

“Ever since I met Yukina for the first time, I’ve thought of her as an angel. She was cute, serious, kind, pretty… I never dreamed she’d turn into a real angel.”

Sayaka laughed in a dry voice. Perhaps that was her way of trying to make peace, but put bluntly, Kojou wasn’t laughing. It was painful to see Sayaka forcing herself to put up a strong front.

“Not like Himeragi’s much of an angel, y’know,” he retorted, sounding like a sulking child.

Over the course of the last half year, Kojou had been with Yukina on a near-daily basis, but he’d never felt anything from her that could be considered even remotely angelic.

“She broods, she does all this reckless stuff, she’s scared of planes, she likes mayonnaise way too much, and she’s obsessed with this weird cat mascot…”

“That’s what’s cute about her… Yukina really must be an angel.”

When Kojou levied his complaints without hesitation, Sayaka blatantly ignored him as she delivered that absentminded comeback. That doting behavior was just like her. Kojou genuinely admired Sayaka’s unwavering love.

“Man, nothin’ phases you when you’ve got Yukina on the brain. I kinda respect that.”

“N-not that I particularly want respect coming from you—ah, more importantly, Kojou Akatsuki, don’t you think things through at all? If Yukina stops being a Sword Shaman, you might never meet her again for all you know.”

“Wouldn’t that be convenient from your point of view…?” Kojou pointed out with an air of annoyance.

Don’t get close to my Yukina! was the sort of complaint Sayaka normally leveled to such an extent that having her suddenly act worried about him made it hard to react.

Perhaps aware of that inconsistency, Sayaka said, her voice high-pitched from a bit of nervousness, “Eh? Ah……well, that’s true, but—I mean, my Yukina’s purity mustn’t be sullied by you any further!”

“I haven’t sullied it! And don’t say easy-to-misunderstand stuff like that so loud!” Kojou shouted, conscious of nearby gazes. It was early in the morning on Island North, which had rows of corporate and university laboratories. The sidewalks for people heading to work and school did have a few pedestrians. Even so, Kojou and Sayaka stood out in the area because of their high school outfits.

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