Assassins Pride - Volume 12 - Chapter 3

Assassin Pride Volume 12 Chapter 3
LESSON: III　～The gathered children of light～

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Even the monsters’ roars, the Frankensteins’ screams, the sounds of collapsing building……everything had become far away, just how much time had passed since then?

Although Freesia continued to drive the caravan with grim expression, it seemed she spotted something ahead the advance path. She loosened the gas pedal little by little.

Melida who was hugging her knees on the floor stood up. From the windshield she could see artificial objects different from the sea of tree.

It was around as tall as a detached house── Was that, a signboard? Being buried inside the greenish it was extremely rusty. As Freesia drove the caravan out of the road and onto the bushes, she carefully went slowly to the other side of the signboard, then hit the brake.

She stopped the engine.

Right after doing that she flew out of the driver seat. Since she went out of the caravan before one could say “a”, Melida chased after her while being taken aback「Freesia-san!?」.

She went outside and turned her eyes left and right. Freesia crouched down to the rear of the vehicle.

──What made her panic like that could be understood immediately.

「The fuel tank is……」

One part of the vehicle was torn, and from there, liquid was dripping out. Even an armature to machine like Melida, she could intuitively grasp how serious it was.

「The fuel to make the caravan running is……no more……?」

「It must have been damaged when we escaped from Carna Navel. I thought it was strange the meter to suddenly decrease, but as I expected……」

Freesia bit her lips.

「This is a failure.」

Melida put her hand on the girl’s shoulder and made her stand up.

「We successfully escaped is thanks to you, Freesia-san. Please don’t be discouraged」

Although that wasn’t much of a comfort, she couldn’t stand not saying it…….

Barely, the rusted signboard and the trees that were covering it provide a camouflage to hide the caravan. While Melida supported Freesia’s shoulder, they returned inside the vehicle.

After closing the door, they spoke to the other people.

「Miu, how is the communication device?」

「It’s dead still. Not even once response.」

Taking position in front of the difficult equipment, Mule placed the headset on her ears.

With bitter color showed on her beautiful face, she turned the dial. The same communication device should be equipped on the remaining six caravans.

「If someone get on one of the other caravan they should be able to pick this up. Is the《the other side》not available right now……or perhaps the only remaining caravan is this one?」

「That can’t be……」

「……It seems we can only receive their call, let’s turn it (mike) off」

Her fingers flipped many levers click click.

Inside the vehicle was quiet as a grave…….

They didn’t even feel like turning on the light. Inside the pitch black darkness, there were four figures of familiar close friends. Elise who kept on hugging her knees moved slightly.

「……What are we going to do?」

「First of all──」

Though with a stiffed voice, the one came alive initiatively was Freesia.

She walked to the window and looked at Melida, Elise, Salacha, Mule’s faces in order.

「First of all let’s sort out the current situation. The man who appeared in Carna Navel just now was from the Vampire clan. Although Serge-sama group used his authority to take cooperation from the Frankenstein clan, but at last it has been known……」

Even though they hated that disastrous scene it still resurfaced in their minds, Melida frowned.

「But that man, he even dragged the Frankenstein clan into this……」

「『You’ll have it coming some day』, okaa-sama had told me that」

Mule rested her chin on her hands inside the ennui atmosphere.

「……and it finally happened today, you mean」

Having a graved expression, Salacha clasped her left fist with her right hand.

「Onii-san……onee-san……Kufa-sensei……!!」

「Sensei group won’t lose to that guy」

Melida stubbornly asserted.

……Although she said that, remembering the attack before, the uneasiness couldn’t help but rising.

「Ano, what is that smooth black dragon. Let alone us, it seems even sensei group’s attacks didn’t affect it much」

Although she thought no one would answer, Freesia naturally told them.

「That monster is《Jabberwocky》」

Immediately, Mule’s body jumped.

「Ja……Jabberwocky, that thing……!?」

「I’m afraid it’s that thing」

「Wha, what? What’s Jabberwocky……」

When Melida asked, Mule rattled on.

「It’s a legendary being. It’s the bitter enemy of Flandre and the mana capable ones, no, of humanity! Because Jabberwocky is told to feed upon nectar!」

「It eats, nectar……!?」

That meant, if those things were let loose, Flandre’s lifeline would be sucked dry, they’d lose even the light of a candle. Finally the inside of the lantern would be filled with darkness, and human would lose their minds and transform into savage Lycanthrope…….

It would be mankind’s final city-state’s─mankind’s society’s demise.

It seemed even inside this complete darkness, she could know that Melida’s face turned pale, Mule nodded repeatedly.

「However, Jabberwocky should be a creatures from ancient time. It seemed after confirming its dangerous existence, Flandre amassed all its power and eradicate them. After baiting, all the specimen was collected at Flandre……Right now, they are nothing but creatures of fairy-tale」

「But, the Vampire clan possessed them」

Freesia once again bit her lips as she bent her bright face.

「While still being alive, Mad Gold──Rumpelstiltskin had said. The production ground for nectar was the human world (Flandre), for nemesis was the night world, for it to perfectly divide was strange. So perhaps even in the night world, there had to be nectar veins somewhere──」

「So that means the Vampire clan has a supply of nectar to continue subduing the Jabberwocky」

At least to not just Mule, this talk seemed like pretty much a headache.

Salacha nodded strongly as if having agreed to it.

「Is that so. So mana of the same quality as nectar is its favorite, not its weak point……」

Melida crossed her arms and yelled.

「Is it ──《nullifying mana》. Certainly it’s an unthinkable trouble」

Even if the enemy was on Vampire they were beyond their power……that was their state of mind.

Theodoa, he was called like that or something ── that vampire attacker, also after he boasted 『I don’t mind if everyone die』, his objective for showing up was the obliteration of Melida group of human. He wasn’t concerned of the damage suffered by the Frankenstein clan at all.

However, there was a discomfort feeling that Melida couldn’t swallow down no matter what.

The sound of exploding sparks. The heat gushed up. Inside the ear buzzing attack ──

『Don’t let that girl escape!!』

……Certainly that man named Theodoa had said so. Why? Wasn’t he simply just angry and came to kill human?

──Then why, he aimed at me?

Unconsciously she recalled the beloved Kufa. His true character was half vampire, however he shouldn’t be involved with a trip to the night world. He said …… Lux Vanilla right. No matter how hard she thought, Melida couldn’t recall she had any direct contact with the vampire’s capital.

At that moment, a soft touching feeling and heat could be felt at her fingertips.

Elise held Melida’s hand. It was like she thought that if she let go of the hand the other party would run away, she frowned in discomfort.

The enemy’s loud voice should be heard by everyone else.

「Lita……」

And with that, to comfort her with the brightest smile possible was the duty of an《onee-sama》

「It’s alright! He must have mistaken with someone」

「…………」

Elise too, the other close friends too, had completely unsatisfied expression.

Before the silent was dragged out, Freesia continued her words with strong tone.

「No matter who the enemy is, I don’t think Serge-sama group and the other would fall behind. They should have someone escape the enemy and escape from Carna Navel」

「We also have to meet up with them」

「You’re right. However, this is a little unfortunate……」

Freesia hesitated to say.

Was it because the caravan’s fuel was empty? The remaining faces waited for her next words.

「…………We can no longer return to Carna Navel」

「That’s, right, because it’s dangerous?」

「No, that’s not it……I have no idea, where we are, right now」

Melida group of four lost their words for a few seconds.

Next, as if being drawn, all of them clung to the window.

──Outside is complete darkness.

The thing called Nemesis, the night world’s precious light source completely couldn’t be seen. The black curtain surrounded them from all sides, they could feel the feeling of oppression as if being severely crushed. Nothing could be seen…… For example if a beast was spilling its drool right in front of the caravan, they wouldn’t notice until just before their death.

Their spines suddenly had gooseflesh.

The warmth of the close friends and the trembling hands were the only certain things.

「This is completely different from the road to Carna Navel……Why, why is it so dark out there!?」

Though imprudent, Melida even thought the forest road painted in blue crystal was beautiful.

Freesia who once lived in the night world had a gloomy expression.

「Nemesis was limited precious resource. All of the Lycanthrope clan places it at the main positions to declare their territory. It serves as road sign to their own clan, and if other race trespassed, it would be seen as an act of aggression……」

Mule put her fingertips on her forehead and deeply nodded.

「In other words, for the Lycanthrope, the important territory and the unclaimed territory are like that……」

Furthermore Melida didn’t bring the map with her.

Even if she had it she wouldn’t know where they were.

And if they waited till morning, the outside would by no means become brighter…….

Salacha muttered a few words.

「There’s no place to go, right」

As she let that voice much ominously echo, it seemed she herself had noticed that. Since everyone had fallen into silent, Salacha “Ha~” returned to her senses and pinned down her cheek.

「A, auu～……! I’m, so sorry……」

「Sala-chan, get a hold of yourself! Right now you have to cheer everyone up!」

「Hey, Lita. What about《that》?」

Being called out by Elise, Melida recalled something 「Ah」

She searched her pocket.

Just as she remembered── inside was the complex mechanism compass. It was the interstellar compass. She had picked it up in the meeting and forgot to return it.

Profoundly placing that important thing on her palm, she presented it to the others.

「So we have some where to go」

On the board, the red and gold pointers were continuously pointing at one angle without swaying.

「We have no idea where the ship’s location is, where Carna Navel is and even where we are. However we know the only《land point》!」

「Tindaria’s ruins……」

Mule mysteriously looked at the faint hope of the things which resembled the hour hand and the second hand of the clock.

「Kufa-sensei, Serge-onii-sama and Kushana-onee-sama too should be expecting us to wait at that place.」

As Salacha had regained her calm, she smiled boldly.

「So we’ve decided the place to go, right」

In response to their looks, Elise also strongly nodded.

Freesia alone put her hand on her chest humbly.

「Then I’ll use this rifle to defense you all」

Somehow, there was the feeling she took her adopted mother’s order too seriously……

“It should have been fine if she just get into the circle!” Melida and some were anxious about it.

Completely ignorant of the ladies’ feeling, the older Freesia livelily started to move.

In some way, she reminded them of the matured air like Kufa or Rozetti.

「In order to head to this target ruins, whether by foot or by the caravan, we need nectar」

That goes without saying, they needed to secure the light that could clear away the night world’s miasma.

Certainly, it was reformed to be usable as the caravan’s fuel though………

Melida crossed her arms with a difficult face.

「Speak, speaking about it, there is a hole on the tank too……」

「Much of sudden grim prospects」

Mule anxiously pressed her cheek.

「Walking inside that pitch black darkness without a light is out of the question. We’ll immediately be unable to see the compass’s board!」

On the other hand, they couldn’t start the caravan like this…….

Salacha racked her brains as much as she could.

「If I’m not wrong, the vampire clan’s place should have nectar right?」

「……Shall we go there and try to get it?」

Until Lux Vanilla and around………

Just when Elise asked, everyone fell into silent. They hadn’t thought till that far.

Weren’t they suddenly hit an obstacle! However, around the ladies being loss for words, as expected the older 《girl》showed a breakthrough.

「There is also some places in the night world that have nectar」

「Freesia-san?」

「Everyone, please prepare to depart」

Having said so, Freesia got off the caravan.

As Melida group looked at each other, without understanding the reason they chased after her. Even if she said “prepare”, everyone only had the travel outfit as when they flew out of Carna Navel and didn’t have any special luggage.

Other than Freesia, they had no weapon but extremely uneasiness right now………..

Be that as it might, Freesia immediately waited outside the caravan.

She confirmed everyone’s departure by touching. After that, although it might be useless, she locked the door.

A terrible darkness──

She touched their hands to not lose sight of them as Freesia handed something.

It was the lantern. One lantern for herself, one she handed to Mule and Salacha. Then the last lantern for Melida and Elise, the total was three.

In the fuel can was a very small amount of rainbow oil (nectar)………

「This is the last nectar I collected from the caravan’s tank. Please use it carefully」

「Where will we go? With this much we cannot go to Tindaria’s ruins」

If the nectar went empty midway, they would be stuck in darkness in which even their hands were unclear, it would be the worst scenario. As long as they couldn’t get a hold of a appropriate amount of nectar, they shouldn’t leave this position (Caravan).

Freesia firmly nodded.

「Although this is a gamble──Putting this nectar as the asset, we’ll go to get much more nectar. Let’s light only one lantern and enlighten our way, shall we?」

It seemed the girl had a firm belief.

Since they couldn’t see each other’s face clearly, Melida group once again signaled themselves with hand touch, first of all, Mule would light the lantern. Light appeared again.

Dimly, the silhouette of close friends appeared. The ground surface clearly showed up. Melida secretly wanted to cheer. How precious light is!

Nonetheless it was not the place to be excited. Nectar would be rapidly depleted as it burned generously. With beckoning, Freesia guided the ladies with the lamp.

The caravan was hidden by the trees of the forest and the rusted signboard’s shadow.

As Freesia circled to the front of the signboard, suddenly she crouched.

It looked like she was wiping away the dirt on the ground. Melida’s voice naturally became small.

「What, what are you looking for? Freesia-san」

「Bring the light here」

First of all she beckoned Mule, then Freesia continued to move her hand.

She stared at the ground with the eyes of a wolf, it seemed she was confirming something.

「Do you remember what Serge-sama said in the meeting before? Since ancient time, no one knows what the night world’s landscape was. The city might be destroyed and swallowed by forest and lake……」

「──I see! So that’s it」

Mule was the quickest to shout, she herself also crouched and brought the lantern near the ground.

Melida group of three remaining people completely didn’t know what she meant 「I see」.

Finally, Mule raised her finger as if to teach her close friends.

「There is a signboard」

「There, there is」

「Why do you think there is a signboard here? To show people the way! In other words, in ancient time, this place was the highway where many people came and went, at the end of this road there was a town」

「That’s, an insight」

Once again, Freesia quickly wiped the ground with her fingertips and stood up.

She accepted the lantern from Mule, in return she entrusted the not lighted lantern from herself to the girl.

「I’ve found traces of a road. Everyone, I wish that you try not to get separated」

Declared so she held up the light and walked.

At the back which seemed like cutting up a dark tunnel, Melida group meekly followed.

While the four close friends sticking their bodies together, Melida smiled.

「Right? We’ve been taught before right?」

As if she was boasting about herself.

「Freesia-san will be a very great help」

「Why is Lita-chan so proud of it」

Just like that inside the faint light, the four people brought their faces closer and chuckled.

†　†　†

Although it was fine to follow the road’s trace, how would that connect to acquire new nectar?

Even though Melida thought about it very much, she didn’t trouble Freesia with the barrage of questions. Because she could feel that the girl was on edge from her back. Since she was like a full pledged lady, she had to patiently swallow the childish questions.

The lantern’s light clearly projected the artificial object different from the trees of the forest. Freesia immediately stood still, after signaling to Melida group she held the lantern high.

As the night world’s mist was cleared away, the thing dimly appeared was──

Buildings.

As expected they were made from rock salt. In other words, they were relics of the far olden era. The roof was of dorm shape and one part was missing, and from that hole a giant telescope tube thrust out.

It was a big telescope…….

Although it looked at the air, the lens only projected the endlessly stretched out darkness. Speaking about the closet facility to this one……… should be, the observatory post.

Melida moisten her lips with her tongue and opened her mouth first after a while.

「What the olden people saw with this thing?」

Everywhere on the building cracks were running, on the ground a lump of halite was stretching. Naturally there was no presence of living beings, it was only soaring as a gravestone inside the forest.

While being frightened about whether the roof would fall down, Melida              planned to push the front door open.

Just before that, Freesia suddenly extended her arm to stop her.

「Please hold the lantern」

Still having a look like a wolf, she didn’t let down her guard. Melida swallowed her breath.

Once again the four ladies’ spines were stiffened. Melida in return held the lantern, Freesia put her hand on the door after stepping in front of everyone.

She put strength in her fingers.

Raising a voice as if a shrill scream, the door slowly opened………

「…………」

Freesia peeked inside the building through merely opened gap.

From corner to corner, with sharp glinted eyes she pierced──

Poof, she relaxed her shoulders.

「It seems this place is safe」

Being told so, Melida group all of a sudden lost strength.

Severely, the quest in the night world scrapped away their nerves. Freesia opened the big door and stepped inside the room. Melida too lightened her back with the lantern and followed.

「Is there no one here?」

「Yes.──No one alive that is」

Melida stopped her feet with a break. She walked next to Freesia, and looked at the corner.

Certainly this place was safe──

Anyhow there was no one alive here. The speechless skeletons were lying here and there. Near the wall, bones of a number of human were piled up. It seemed there was also someone ceased to breathe while prostrating on the desk. Moreover, at the rib bones and skulls of someone, there were swords thrust straight down like gravestones.

The four ladies couldn’t help it but hugged each other. 「Hii!」

Only Freesia herself didn’t move her eyebrow, she received the lantern and walked away.

Melida group of four had no choice but to follow and slowly settle down.

「Who, who in the world are these people……?」

At that moment, Salacha suddenly swallowed her breath as if noticing something.

「Everyone, please look at that! Their clothes are……」

「Eh?──Ah!」

「The wine red military uniform……These people are the Burning Calvary Regiment (Guild Phoenix)’s knights!」

Although the corpses had decayed until the bones, they could still distinct the clothes they were wearing. It was the traditional scarlet attire the Flandre knights wore.

After Freesia led everyone to the center of the building, she turned the lantern to illuminate the surrounding.

「These people seems to be──the Burning Calvary Regiment (Guild Phoenix)’s exploration team」

Melida recalled the story she had heard before. Historically, the exploration teams were dispatched to the night world many times. However at those time, with no sea chart and place to go, even one of they didn’t come back at all……

They didn’t come back, in other words.

They died without anyone knowing. Before achieving their goals…….

Melida group of ladies naturally prayed to the lump of repose cut out into a cross. After Freesia waited for them, she set the light again and headed somewhere.

It seemed inside the room, travel luggage was put together. Perhaps it belonged to the exploration team.

Freesia put the lantern on the ground, without hesitation she started to unpack the luggage.

「What, what are you doing? Freesia-san……」

「In the night world there are traces of the former human society──that is the common sense for the human loitering in the night world.」

Melida suddenly made to realize. Freesia was the former prisoner of the werewolf, a refugee of the night world. Certainly due to many reasons, there were human abandoned in the night world. In order to hide something, wasn’t her beloved and respected teacher Kufa born in the night world too.

Freesia thrust her arm inside the luggage’s bag as she continued to stir its inside.

「Even for the exploration team, and even the wandering human, when seeking for a base they would eagerly gather to any human’s traces ……Therefore in a ruin like this we can find the corpses of those who did that. The ones ran out of food and light, the ones injured by Lycanthrope, and the ones whose legs paralyzed and couldn’t move again……. In that case, if  the cause of death was not《the light》」

There it is. Freesia shouted a plain joy.

She pulled out something from the luggage.

Turning back to Melida group, she showed the thing on her palm.

It was a nectar fuel can! And the seal wasn’t broken either.

Freesia wasn’t particularly proud or lonely.

「This is also the wanders’ wisdom. I’ll gladly accept this」

「Shall we help you too?」

With that as the result, after Melida group of four offered prayer to the deaths again, they divided the luggage and started to open it. As it was gathered in one place, though sad but convenient.

And such, they carefully tried to open the luggage──

Although they might be cursed, found it! There were so many intact nectar cans. As expected, it seemed the exploration team lost to the Lycanthropes’ attack.

After Freesia put the lantern on the desk, she also collected the remaining nectar. Waste nothing. Melida also restlessly looked around to see if there was anything useful.

Then, she found it………

She was afraid of what others might think if she told them. Anyhow some white human corpses’ bones at the wall, was pinning one backpack under. If she thought of collecting it, first of all she had to turn over the corpse with brute force.

……It was an action that even if she anger the head of the skeleton it couldn’t complain. It seemed Elise group of three also found the same thing like Melida. However they gathered each other faces and yelled with difficult face.

「As, as I thought that backpack is……」

「Shall, shall we do it gently」

Hearing that exchange, Freesia looked at them.

She went to the side of the wall without hesitation.

She put her hand on the military corpse ── and peeled the backpack with all her might. The many white human bones let out loud noise and tumbled, it was already impossible to tell which bone belonged to whom.

Melida group of four hugged each other because different reason from before 「Hii!」

「Free, freesia-san, aren’t you scared!?」

「Scared? They’re already dead though」

Freesia was just like before, without moving one eyebrow she opened the backpack.

「The death won’t come attacking you. The living ones are much scarier」

Then, it seemed she found what she was looking for. She picked up a nectar can in her fingers.

「There it is. With this much nectar it should be suffice」

While Melida group of four still hugging each other, they meekly nodded.

The sniper raised in the night world, how reliable she is──

There was no reason to get angry at the girl at all, for a moment, the four of them had a common recognition.

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Depending on the sign left at the roadway, they returned to the night caravan ──

If they finished repairing and refueling the tank, they could brilliantly illuminate the inside of the vehicle. A light inside the night world, it was Melida group’s modest secret land point.

Now then, after taking one breath what should they do?

That was of course, everyone would give praise to a special service person!

「Too Freesia-san’s courage and wisdom!」

As Melida led the toast and pushed out the tumbler, from three other direction cheers responded to her.

「「「Bottom’s up!」」」

Cla────nk! Letting out a dry sound, four tumblers pressed against each other.

The four daughters of the knight duke houses looked at one angle of the ring with hopeful gazes.

The last person, Freesia nervously held out the tumbler she was holding with both her hands.

「Much, much, much obliged……」

Timidly, “clank”, she let the tumbler touch. Wasn’t she stiffened to the tip of her fingers?

Taking the initiative Melida drank the tumbler, the sweeet drink blended at her tongue.

「It’s all thanks to Freesia-san」

She smiled cheerfully.

「To safely escaping from Carna Navel with everyone. And to reach Tindaria’s ruins too right?」

With a glance back, the nectar cans were making a small mountain in one corner of the floor.

With only this amount, it should be enough to run the caravan to the target ruins.

Freesia put her hand on her chest with modest attitude.

「Because this is my duty right now──」

Elise picked up the girl’s sleeve, “tsun”, she pulled.

「If you are the adopted daughter of Blamange-sensei, you’re sisters like us. Don’t you think?」

「Sisters, you said……」

「Or perhaps, you can call us Frideswide’s senpai」

Proudly, Elise curved her chest “Funsu”.

Melida said while assuming an elegant air.

「You can’t say that Eli. Freesia-san is older than us」

Mule put her index finger on her cheek and winked.

「Then, how about Fiz-onee-sama?」

「Onee-sama……」

And the one who had their eyes shine hearing that was Salacha.

「Thing is, when I was still in the residence, I wanted to try calling you that……」

「Be, be, being called like that by you is ve, very discourteous ……!」

Everyone pulled the leading figure who was simply being ashamed to the middle of the ring, as they were competing, Melida group in turn filled up her tumbler.

On the table, the preserved food they gathered was served.

In the middle of the night world──wasn’t this very luxurious. Melida couldn’t help but feel thankful.

「This night caravan is seriously convenient」

Anyhow the household applications such as kitchen, bathroom and bed were equipped, in the closet supplies were packed into a mountain. The Leybolt foundation’s preparedness seemed very thorough.

Even if they had to go on mission far away from Flandre, ridding in this night caravan would certainly be pleasant.

Elise spread jam on the cracker and nibbled from its edge.

「It would be nice if the Burning Calvary Regiment (Guild Phoenix) accepted it」

「Onii-san had said it couldn’t run on rough ground right」

「Also, since it’s a high class item too」

Salacha and Mule divided the ham steak and continued.

「Almedia-okaa-sama had said this too.『The Leybolt foundation’s invention is rather a rich man’s pastime than a common goods』」

This seemed like a hotel room with wheel attached to it. If they deployed such luxurious things to all the teams, the Regiment (Guild)’s wallet would go bankrupt.

But in that case……… Melida had a doubt.

If they weren’t items for sale, why manager Clover continuously created innovation inventions?  The armed armor vehicle 《Silver Mobile》, the submarine 《Model Manatee Marine》, and finally, the night bus for the knight《Night Caravan》……… all and all, they weren’t seemed to be made for the time travel plan.

Although thanks to that, Melida and Kufa could have a smooth trip.

……When I meet up with Sensei, let’s try to ask him.

As the sentiment of her beloved face appeared inside her heart, Melida gulped it down with the drink.

She said with a bluff.

「We have shower and even beds. There’s nothing to be afraid of this long trip right?」

「Although I want to change clothes……but more than this would be asking for too much」

Hearing Mule’s word, for some reasons Freesia’s shoulder jumped with a twitch.

After she gulped down the tumbler, she said enthusiastically.

「Speak, speak, speaking of changing you can……but, but the thing is……」

「Eh, whaat?」

「I, I’ve been thinking of giving you all some undergarments……I, I have them with me」

「Reallyy? That’s very gre……────」

Melida unintentionally let out an honest joy.

However, immediately she looked at her close friends’ faces and felt a doubt.

……Undergarment presents? Moreover in the night world? But why?

Once again they turned to Freesia and couldn’t help but ask a question.

「Wha, what do you mean? Freesia-san……」

「Since, since I think I can’t hand them over without the right opportunity I keep them in the caravan, they should be inside this vehicle……. Plea, please wait for a bit!」

In a flurried Freesia went to the closet.

Then she carried a big wrapped box over with both her hands.

Melida had a feeling she remembered that high class feel exterior from somewhere before……

“Ha!” she remembered.

As that happened, she clearly guessed the real images of the 《undergarment》or the likes.

「Free, Freeisa-san, don’t tell me those thing are……!!」

「It’s just as you have guessed……Please accept them」

Freesia’s finger undo the ribbon, in a timid state she opened the lid.

Elise, Salacha and Mule who completely didn’t understand the current situation, innocently peeked inside the box……….

Hawa!? All together their faces boiled red. Melida strongly pressed her cheeks.

The present themselves was certainly girl’s undergarments, in short underwear. However, they were only of bold and furthermore lascivious design which the low teen girl students would never dare to wear. Those colorful things filled up the box……….

Salacha was already letting her eyes wandering around with her own imagination 「Hauu～」. Elise shouted as if seeing something solemn 「Oo……」. Mule picked up the rose color panty and gulped at the small surface of it.

「Thou, though I know it means for someone older……」

They directed admiring gazes at Freesia and politely bowed.

「You’re more mature than I thought, Fiz-onee-sama」

「Fiz-onee-sama……」

「Fiz-onee-sama amazing」

「N, n, no! You’re wronggggg!!」

Freesia tried to put a halt on them in great fluster.

Since she seemed a little pitiful Melida cut in to explain. These many kinds of sexy lingerie were given by Mule’s mother, Almedia, in the first place.

At the time of the political war waged by Serge Shicksal and the werewolf clan, Melida met with Freesia who was standing on the enemy side. According to Almedia’s strategy, they had to restrain Freesia as long as possible……… these sexy lingerie was used as camouflage equipments.

Since stalling time was the objective, the given undergarments became a considerable amount.

Speaking of which, Melida had completely failed to notice the future though…….. It seemed Freesia had honestly accepted and safeguarded all of them.

Freesia had more or less finally calmed down her breathing and spoke frankly about the situation.

「Although I’m grateful to receive this, I ……If, if adopted mother-sama know I’m keeping such a large amount of underwear like this, it will make her think I’m a shameless girl and drive me out of the residence!」

「I think Blamange-sensei wouldn’t do such thing though……」

However, it’d make her think you were a shameless gir, Melida didn’t say that out.

Since Freesia was very much at her wits end, her face became bright red.

「There, therefore! Being able to meet you all is a golden opportunity! So please, even for a little, please accept them for me!?」

After that, as if to gloss over the heat, she gulped down the content of the tumbler.

Seeing that it was empty, she then in turn filled it, and gulped down again…..

As expected Melida also felt a little responsible.

「We, well……originally speaking these were given by me and Almedia-aunt-sama」

「If we divided these into five portion it wouldn’t be that many……right……?」

「We must not let Othello-san find these」

While Salacha and also Elise agreed, Mule let out a mischievous smile.

「I thought of something nice. In the next pajama party, let’s all wear these and seduce Kufa-sense」

「M, Miu-chan ,stop it!」

Melida’s face heated and looked for her own tumbler.

However the inside was already empty.

Although she thought about refilling it, the bottle was also empty. How unfortunate, it was so sweet and delicious………

──Despite that,  suddenly she felt something amiss.

「……Nee, where did you find this juice? Inside the closet?」

Even though Melida had went to check, but the                reserved food loaded area only had drinking water.

Elise blankly tilted her little neck and told her.

「A little while ago, Freesia-san took it from an acquaintance sign」

「Not good……!!」

The moment she realized, Melida’s vision distorted. Her cheeks became extremely hot.

She barely could put her hand on the table to not fall down.

「This……this is also something bought for the time buying strategy I said just now. Although Freesia-san didn’t know, it has wine in it! Speaking of which, some bottles are left……! Together, with the girl underwear, they were meant to be the present!」

「Wi, wine!?」

Although everyone “Pa” pressed their mouths, it was already inside their greedy stomachs.

The most severed one was Freesia. Since she was praised for her service, everyone competed to refill for her, and just now she gulped it down herself to gloss her embarrassment………Didn’t she take in more than half of the bottle?

The one in question Freesia was still facing her back at them and didn’t answer.

Did she lose consciousness once again!? Melida grabbed her back in a fluster.

「Are you all right!? Freesia-san!」

Then, she glaringly turned at her.

Thanks god you’re fineee～…….. or something like that, it was not the case to be relieved.

The eyes looking at Melida was unseen before sharp.

「──KISAMA, what is that way of talking to your superior」

「Ho, hoe?」

Melida unconsciously backed off.

Freesia turned about her all body at the four ladies and crossed her arms with an imposing air.

「Call me Fizu-onee-sama-instructor!!」

「Fizu-onee-sama-instructor!?」

「Something is mixed in……」

Melida group of four who were trembling with fear finally noticed.

Freesia was drunk……..First of all her face was red and her eyes were strange. Furthermore her words were weird. Although they didn’t know why she was drunk, the four helpless sisters had no choice but to line up beside her with their spines shaking.

If they opposed her right now, they might be vigorously thrown out from that white bone window ……!

Even though Freesia was supposed to be drunk, she walked back and forth in front of four people with ordered footwork.

「You will only answer me with YES! After your words add in SIR!」

「Y, YES SIR! Onee-sama-instructor!」

「However immediately there is a traitor among us 」

Unconsciously Melida group looked at each other not even acting.

They should be doing pretend play until she was sober………Why it developed strangely. Inside Freesia’s fluffy brain, what kind of script was being played?

The girl in question sharply ordered with her voice like a whip.

「Right now we’ll carry out the spy’s invisible in! Everyone, take off your clothes and change into these prison uniforms!」

「Pri, prison uniform……?」

「Of course they’re these shameless underwear!!」

It seemed inside her head, these sexy lingerie was the simple of《sin》……..

In either case, Melida group couldn’t do nothing but dejectedly follow. After pulling down the curtain, everyone swiftly took off the high class traveling clothes. Although in the midst of it, they were urged by the instructor for about two times「Too slow!」, they each put on their chosen lingerie.

Salacha embarrassedly hugged her bust that seemed about to spill out. Elise was in a state of not realizing her dangerous immaturity.  Although this was Melida’s second time, as usual her cheeks couldn’t stand not redden at the design which would immediately be visible with a lift.

Since who knows when Fiz-onee-sama-instructor had also wrapped the lingerie on her body, she crossed her legs on the chair.

In the same lingerie figure as them, Mule politely carried over a feather broom.

「Please hold this, onee-sama-instructor」

「Umu」

Melida and Elise protested naturally.

「Since when Miu went to that side!?」

「Sly」

The little devil Mule stuck her tongue out without caring.

Instructor Freesia swung the feather broom like a whip, she hit her own palm with it.

「Who allow you to talk!」

Melida group in underwear figures slapping straightened their backs.

Why won’t she get sober quickly………?

For now, there was no one who could rival Freesia’s strength.

「──Now then. When we took off our clothes, are you clear about who is the traitor?」

Melida looked at her right.

Elise looked at her right.

Salacha with nowhere to run hugged her sagging bust even more「Hii」.

Even if the three close friends combined it wouldn’t be a match for that voluminous fruits…….

Without hesitation Fiz instructor thrust the feather broom’s tip at Salacha.

「You’re the traitor!」

「I also think so」

「No doubt」

「I, I object!」

Merely one person, only the girl herself raised her hand to object.

Although it seemed there was no place to doubt…….Melida, Elise, Mule, the three had the same sympathy gaze. Instructor Freesia furthermore questioned in a loud voice.

「Then, I’ll ask you one question」

「What, what is it?」

「In the meeting back in Carna Navel, why you nominated yourself for the time travel?」

Melida group returned to their sense suddenly and stared at Salacha’s face.

Speaking of it……..we completely missed the timing to ask, they had that expression.

Salacha’s face stiffened.

She pulled in her pink lips.

「……I, I keep my silent」

「Capture her!!」

「「「Yes sir!」」」

Immediately the other three people swooped down, Salacha was in a posture of being pushed down on the bed. As she was letting out scream「Hyaaaaaaa!?」, Mule caught both of her hands.

She was made in to the posture of《Banzai》on her head, furthermore her right and left wrists were wrapped in ribbons.

She was similar to a treat on the plate ──Instructor Freesia held aloft the feather broom as if the fork and mounted it on Salacha’s thighs.

Lastly, she showed one piece of mercy.

「You will not confess no matter what?」

Salacha stout heartedly bit her lips and turned her face away.

「I, I can’t say it……」

「Then I’ll carry out the tickling punishment!」

「Hiuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!?」

The instructor mode Freesia was directly opposite and without mercy. She started to stimulate her bare skin with the hair tips of the feather broom. From her thigh it traced up and tortured the edge of her belly button. After going through the flank, it intensely stroked below her expose armpit.

As for Melida who was only watching, that was an itching scene.

Salacha bit her lip with all her might and kept down her leaking voice.

A touching effort……….! However, the instructor didn’t go easy on her at all.

「Feel like talking yet?」

「No, no way……Kuhyu……ne, never……Haau」

She was obstinate. As expected it also stimulated instructor Freesia’s opposition.

Immediately the seen through sexy lingerie was too thin as the last fortress ── Freesia mercilessly slipped the feather broom under the thin clothing, she decided to aim at the purposely protected bust. With that extend Salacha’s spine jumped「Hya!?」

She was only brushing the feather as if caressing. However couldn’t oppose that soft hair end anymore, her bust shook. When pressed, it bounced. Freesia moved to her carnal desire, “burun”, a dynamic swaying back and forward happened.

Melida unconsciously covered her mouth with her hands, her eyes were nailed on that scene.

It’s certainly unbearable if her sensitive bust is played like that…….! While Salacha wriggling with her right and left legs, she was in a barely holding on state.

Did she pity that attitude, the childhood friend Mule brought her face closer.

「Why won’t you just be obedient for us, Sala-chan?」

「HaaN!」

Immediately followed, Salacha let out the loudest sound up till now.

She shook her head to say “No no”, she tried to complain something.

「Right, right now, don’t blow into my ear……Miu-chan……!」

I see. It seemed her patient was on the brink of critical point.

However, hearing that, would the little devil Mule do as she said?

On the contrary, she lifted her lips and whispered into her earlobe.

「Fuuuu……」

(illu)

「──!?　～～～～～～～～!! Hii, kuu……!!」

Letting out a sound as if the bed creaked, Salacha’s back jumped. As Melida who was looking at the side, she couldn’t directly anymore since she felt pity and other strange feelings.

How, how about leave the bed for a bit? However when she thought that, someone leaned on her back.

「E, Ely?」

「I also have something to ask Lita」

Elise’s pupils were drowsy and moist.

No way! Melida didn’t notice nor doubt.  Melida group had drunk a considerable amount. In addition, she had been affected by Freesia’s tipsiness.

Elise wrapped her hands around Melida’s belly in a posture of no escaping.

「Is Melida hiding something from us?」

「Fue?」

「Something like winking……with Kufa-sensei, just the two」

Melida’s heart jumped with an alarm.

A hidden thing that even her most beloved sister couldn’t be told ── Speaking about that, it would be something concerning Kufa-sensei but no one else. How could he receive the cooperation from the Frankenstein clan? They hid that to continue the meeting, certainly, lately there had been some disorders among the four close friends.

Kufa-sensei’s real identity was a vampire ──

However that thing was not something she could readily tell the other precious sisters. Since even Melida recently was told『I have to erase your memories』 .

She had no choice but to keep shut……..

But it seemed Elise sensitively sensed Melida’s swaying tenseness through the contact skin.

For some reasons ── for some reasons she vaguely unable to wait anymore, she put her body weight on with that atmosphere.

「I’ll tickle until you confess」

「Ukyaaaaaaaa!?」

Of course she could support their bodies and the likes, Melida was pushed to the bed.

She was weighed on just like Salacha. Since there was no second feather broom, Elise used both of her right and left hands to prattling tickled her. Unconsciously her whole body twitched and trembled.

「Ahaha! Stop, stop Ely! Ahahaha」

「kitchy-koo kitchy-koo……hunka hunka」

「Ely, are you seriously drunk!?」

「I’m drunk. Right now I can’t see anything but Lita」

「Ahaha, then, don’t tickle me in weird placeees～～～!」

Right at that, someone poked their head in right above Melida’s face.

It was Mule. She licked her pink lips and erotically licked up………….this one was undoubtedly completely drunk. She stared at the close distance which both of their lips might touch.

「Sala-chan and even Lita-chan……Alas, why do you have such cute voiice?」

「Miu, wait, stop. Where are your hands……!」

「Lita-chan is a bad kid, aren’t you? Hiding something from us sisters……」

The ways Mule and Elise touched were different in vector. The drunken ones had no break and stepped on the gas in full throttle ──In short, she creep her hands inside the lingerie and wrapped the right and left bust with her ten fingers as if not letting them escape.

「Hau!?」Melida couldn’t help but let her spine jumped.

Unfortunately, since Melida’s only let out a small ripple of volume ──but when it came to Mule, she touched as if squeezing to enjoy the carnal desire. Melida was no longer able to bear it. She felt like she would become strange from the stimulation of four palms.

「Come on, come one……everybody wake up quicklyyyyyyyy～～～～～～～～!」

And just like that, the five people’s long breaths continued for a few minutes……..

The inside of the caravan finally regained its calm. Salacha who was hugging her bust put her rough breathing in order on the bed and Melida. There was also Elise who was somehow accompanied by satisfaction.

Furthermore in front of her, in one complete change, Freesia was prostrating herself.

Far from being red, her face was pale.

「I……I humbly request your forgiveness……」

Her rounded back was trembling like that of a small rabbit. Where have the demon instructor’s figure gone! It seemed she had completely sobered.

However, she didn’t leave it at that, swinging the feather broom              while smiling like of a ceremony was Mule in the lingerie.

「Now then, the table has turn, hasn’t it? Fiz-onee-sama……」

Salacha and Melida were glaring with glints emitted from their eyes. Freesia twitched up with a「Hiu」

………

No, it was the opposite, the older girl had greatly exerted herself today, she must have been very tired.

Melida group decided that she would massage the four of them in turn until she passed out sleeping ──