July 17th, Today is the day for the departure of the school trip.
Ever since meeting Kurumi, Katsu has never been able to find her again.
"Katsu, Katsu! Why are you distracted again? Stop staring, it's time to board the plane."
Suddenly Shidou patted his shoulder to remind him to interrupt his thoughts, Katsu came back to his senses, and then he realized that they are now in the waiting room, and they are preparing to take a plane to Meijima island for a two-day school trip.
"Okay."
...
After sleeping on the plane for three hours, when Katsu was woken up again by Shidou, the plane had already started to land.
Looking down from the porthole, you can have a panoramic view of the entire crescent-shaped island.
And when the plane landed, the students walked out of the airport and looked into the distance---
On the opposite side of the road and the beach is the sea and the horizontal line dividing the world is endless. The brilliant scorching sun shines through the corona and pours down on the sea and land, the blue sea, and the golden beach. Blue sky and white clouds, coconut palm trees, and seagulls singing.
"Oooohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..." Immediately, many students shouted excitedly, and Tohka was one of them.
There were still some forest trees that hadn't woken up, but when a gust of cool sea breeze hit their faces, their sleepiness was instantly swept away.
"Ahh---" Seeing Katsu stretched his waist, Shidou also yawned big as if infected by his laziness, and couldn't help rubbing his eyes while sighing: "I'm so sleepy!" By the way, Katsu, why can you fall asleep in such a noisy environment?" What Shidou said was about the environment on the plane before, after all, so many people of the same age travel by plane together, it is inevitable to chat endlessly.
Hearing Shidou's words, Katsu couldn't help but sneered: "You don't know anything about the noise, I could easily fall asleep standing up in the morning reading class."
"..." Shidou was speechless, and could only sigh in his heart.
Just when Katsu and Shidou were chatting, suddenly, Tohka, who was already walking ahead and shouting excitedly, suddenly stopped, and looked around vigilantly.
Noticing this, Shidou stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, Tohka?"
"Hmm...I always feel like someone is watching me---" Tohka said with narrowed eyes.
"Huh?" Shidou looked at Tohka suspiciously, expressing his incomprehension at what she said.
Hearing what Tohka said, Katsu couldn't help frowning and activated haki quickly finding the peeking source from the woman with a camera.
At this moment, Tohka was interrupted by a flash, and the sound of the shutter is pressed.
The three of them looked towards the source of the sound almost at the same time---it was a woman holding a camera, a young girl who looked like she was Caucasian, from her appearance, she was about the same age as Katsu and the others, and she had three-dimensional features, with golden hair, and the most conspicuous thing is that snow-white skin.
"I'm sorry. I'm Eileen Mathers, the photographer sent by Cross Travel Agency to accompany you. Within three days from today, I will be responsible for recording your travel process. I just took pictures without authorization. I'm really sorry. If I offend you, I would like to apologize to you." These are the original words of Ellen Mira Mathers, who claims to be Eileen Mathers. And when she said these words, her eyes were fixed on Katsu almost the whole time, Katsu also observing her the two like tigers looking at each other waiting for the other to make a move.
Naturally, Tohka and Shidou didn't who she really is only Katsu knows and once meet when Yoshino was kidnapped
"It's okay...but if it's possible, can we leave?" In the end, it was Shidou who went to talk to Eileen.
"Oh, please." After speaking, Eileen stepped aside.
Looking at the background where the three of them were walking away, Ailian couldn't help squinting her eyes rubbing the wound left by Katsu ice: "[Magician] and [Princess] are actually acting together... It's not easy to handle.
...
On the other side, a group of three people was walking side by side, and suddenly Tohka with a tangled expression said again: "Why do I feel that other eyes are looking at this place?" She turned her head to look at the sky as she spoke.
However, when Shidou followed Tohka's line of sight, they saw nothing but a clear blue sky without even clouds. Katsu on the other hand knows that trouble is going to come soon.
...
"This is No. 1. The target has entered the island."
"It's also confirmed here. [Princess] and [Magician] are here."
Cooperating with the sound from below the bridge, a girl's figure first appeared on the screen. That girl has exactly the same beautiful face as the AAA-level elf—the identification name [Princess]. However, everyone in the large command room did not pay attention to that. On the body of the enemy's [Princess], there is another figure on the side---the figure of the owner with yellow hair.
"Hmm..." The 500-meter-class airship [Arbatel] is manufactured by DEM. The middle-aged man sitting in the captain's seat whispered softly while stroking his bearded chin.
James A. Paddington a colonel-equivalent officer of the second executive department of DEM Industry, and the captain of this [Albald] appointed by Westcott.
"A dangerous SSS-level [Magician]... It doesn't look like a big deal... I don't think we need to test whether he is that dangerous. In fact, we can directly annihilate him?" Paddington's eyes showed said with a trace of contempt.
"Bastard! Shut up, how dangerous [Magician] is, I don't think I need to repeat it to you, even if you weren't there at the base months ago. You should also be aware that he is not something you can deal with." Ellen's voice came from the built-in loudspeaker, and as to why she could directly reprimand the colonel, there are two reasons, one: She is the second head of the executive department of the DEM society, two: she is the strongest wizard of mankind.
However, Paddington, who considers himself the captain, was obviously very displeased by Eilen's merciless reprimand. After all, the other party didn't look as old as his own daughter. Even if the other party was the strongest wizard, he couldn't change this fact.
{It's just a mistress, it's really arrogant.} Although Paddington thought so, what he said was: "I see, our strongest wizard."
"… …Um."
Although Paddington is very dissatisfied with Eilen, in the final analysis, an incompetent person who cannot see who is boss clearly cannot sit in his position but he still has the ability he should have.
So he coughed lightly and said, "So, what should we do next? Should we deal with that [Princess] who got in the way first? Even if she is a spirit, sending out the new weapon? It should be very easy to capture it."
"It's not that simple. Let's not talk about the weapon. Whether the weapon can deal with [Princess], just because [Magician] and [Princess] have been acting together is a problem itself. Be careful. Now, let's cut the radio signal first."
"Yes, activate [Ashcroft-β] Units No. 25 to No. 40 in parallel, and expand the permanent random field. Target: The entire area of the island.
Responding to Paddington's commands, the crew moved swiftly to the computers.
Immediately afterward, the holographic panels on the respective consoles or the image of Meijima were covered with a film like a semicircular glass cover.
A random domain that cannot be seen by the naked eye, let alone touched.
At this time, [Albald] was hovering at a height of 20,000 meters above sea level.
From there, use the display device mounted on the ship —— [Ashcroft-β], and expand the random domain to the entire area of the island.
Its scale is so extensive that it is a horror unmatched by AST personnel. As a result, except for the special communication machines used by Ellen and her party, the communication between the inside and outside of the island has been completely cut off. Therefore - no matter what happens on this island, AST will not, or cannot intervene.
"Speaking of which, what about the other wizard on this island?" Paddington asked Ellen below while stroking his bearded chin.
If he remembered correctly, there was an AST wizard who was in the same class as the mission target.
"It's okay...she won't pose a threat. If she can't contact AST, she can use at most one temporary display device."
"Uh---is that so, but you, Executive Minister, seem to have met her before, is that okay?"
"It's okay, I'm wearing sunglasses, and I've only seen each other for a few minutes, so I shouldn't be recognized."
At this moment, Ellen's voice suddenly stopped, and Paston also fell silent for the simple reason that they saw an abnormal scene in the sky at the same time---
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"We have a lot of watchers looking at us." Among the three walking slowly side by side, Katsu suddenly frowned and said.
"Oh! Did you feel it too?" Tohka looked at Katsu excitedly as if she had found a like-minded comrade in arms.
"Hey, this is not something to be excited about---"Katsu said a little speechlessly.
At this time, Shidou finally spoke up: "Although I don't know what you guys are talking about, we are already too far behind the main force."
"Yeah, yeah, there's nothing I can do about it, but Shidou, do you remember the route?" Katsu had no choice but to turn his head and ask Shidou because he couldn't see the shadow of the large army of his classmates in his field of vision.
"It doesn't matter if we forget, anyway, Fraxinus is right above our heads, the worst case is just to get in touch with it, we won't get lost no matter what, Do not worry."
However, at the moment when Shidou's voice fell, the wind suddenly blew up. At first, Shidou thought it was just the wind, but the next moment, when he looked at the sky, he knew that it was not that simple-- --After all, if the wind simply blows, it probably won't cause the clouds in the sky to suddenly gather together to form a whirlpool...