Shadow Farms

“Valentine Day Otherworldly Style”

Alexia who was lying on a clean bed, looked at her brother's very serious face.

“I understand.”

Said Iris from her position that was beside the bed.

“So the murder incident was not actually Shadow Garden, but some other group that used their name.”

“That's what Shadow says.”

“‘ Shadow ’... In the end, we have not made any progress about their real identity.”

Iris pondered a little while looking down.

“During the previous royal capital incident, I also met an extremely powerful swordsman who also seemed to be a member of Shadow Garden.”

“You said he named himself Alpha, right?”

Iris nodded.

“Seeing from various other reports, we know that the organization called Shadow Garden has very high fighting power. Then from your report, we also know about the man named Shadow, and the name of their organization. But that's the only fact we know. Everything else is wrapped up in a mystery, including the purpose of that organization.”

“I see that Shadow is hostile to the Order of Diabolos. Maybe their destination lies in Order?”

“So, the instructions are located on Order..”.

Iris sighed.

“Nee-sama ..?”

“I thought they were just a collection of eccentric people who adored Demon Diabolos, but their roots seemed to be much deeper than we thought.”

“You mean about the combustion case?”

“That too, but actually the budget for Crimson Order was not approved. I have to bear his expenses from my own pocket for a while.”

Alexia frowned.

“So they have infiltrated not only the existing Knight Order, but also the civil officials?”

“I don't know. Maybe the people of the Order, or maybe they are just controlled using money.The formation of this Knight Order is also somewhat forced, so I also cannot force them too hard.”.

“I can help you regarding the cost.”

“Thank you, but your intentions are enough. You know how many people we have in Crimson Order, right?”

“Eight people.”

“To be exact, we only have eight people. My personal assets will at least be enough for more than a decade.”

“But under these circumstances, we cannot expand Knight Order.”

“Currently, expanding is pointless. We still don't know who else we can trust.”

“Nee-sama, um..”

Alexia looked at her older sister, and had trouble putting out her next words.

“Who is our Crimson Order enemy... is it with – Shadow Garden or Order of Diabolos?”

Iris smiled as she replied.

“Both. As long as they're within our territory, I won't let them do what they want.”

“Nee-sama ... we cannot fight Shadow.”

Alexia gripped her bedsheet tightly.

“Alexia, you are discussing about it again..”.

“That's just because Nee-sama hasn't met Shadow yet, which is why you can say that. You also saw the attack that colored the sky of the royal capital, right?!”

“It has been confirmed that it is an artifact out of control.”

“I clearly saw Shadow unleash that attack! With my own two eyes!”

Iris came closer to the bed and looked at Alexia's red eyes.

“It is physically impossible for humans to control such a large force. Either your memory is messed up by a long period of incarceration, or you're hallucinating from being drugged. I know you didn't lie, but you were indeed very tired at that time.”

“Nee-sama!”

Iris clasped Alexia's hand with both hands.

“Even if it really was an attack unleashed by that man called Shadow, I still could not escape. If I run away, who will protect our country?”

“Nee-sama..”.

Iris stroked Alexia's head, then stood up.

“Rest and recover quickly.”

“... After I recover, I will come back to help you.”

“It is not necessary.”

“Eh?”

“I forgot to tell you, but you are under house arrest for a while.”

“EHHHH?!”

“Theft proof.”

Iris took out a red pill, causing Alexia to go silent.

“Pregnate your actions.”

Door closed with ‘patan.’

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I'm being watched.

As I stepped into the classroom, I felt gazes towards me from all directions.

Everyone looked at me whispering.

“That's it, that's it ..”

“I heard he did it there on the streets.”.

I glared at Hyoro and Jaga, whose eyes began to glance everywhere.

“H-, hey, yesterday was pretty shit yeah?”

“S-, good morning. Yesterday was a bad day, wasn't it?”

“Good morning, indeed. I wonder why I feel like today is going to be a hard ordeal.”

The smile on their faces was very stiff.

I took a long breath.

“J, so, did you guys bring chocolate yesterday?”

Hyoro said as she picked up her chocolate package.

“Iya I brought it.”

Watch Words.

“So far, me too, I guess.”

My word.

“Alright, let's try to do it on lunch break!”

“Mufufu, isn't this very interesting?”

“...Yes.”

 

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Then, on lunch break.

Hyoro confessed ‘ will show how to’, so right now Jaga and I are just coming with her.

We are currently approaching the second grade room. Hyoro gets ready in the corner.

We both watched from far away.

“A big sister. As expected of Hyoro-kun!”

“...Yes.”

After waiting for a while, a cute girl came out.

“Um, t-, please accept this.”

Hyoro handed her the chocolate. But in an instant.

“Oi, what is your business with my fiancee?”

A hand touched his shoulder.

Behind Hyoro was a macho-looking senior with bulging muscles.

“Ah, no, it ..”

“Let's talk there, won't we?”

Hyoro sent us an SOS with her eyes, but we pretended not to see it and turned around.

“Come go.”

“Ya.”

Hyoro's shout echoed behind us.

 

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The battle field of Jaga is apparently a library. Since this library was also shared with Scholar Academy, it became quite large.

And of course, the musclebrains of the Magic Swordsmen Academy almost never came here. Including myself.

“So your opponent is a Scholar Academy.” student

“Iya. I won't make the same mistake as Hyoro-kun. I've researched my target thoroughly. I know everyone he knows and his relationship with all of them, I know his favorite food, dorm room number, the toilet he frequents, the size and smell of his shoes, the color of all the underwear she has, all three sizes, and from the cup she uses I.”.

“Enough. Go.”

I pushed Jaga into the library, then immediately turned around and left.

“KYAAAAAHHHH !! THIS GUY IS A STALKER!”

A high-pitched scream echoed behind me.

I walked while swinging my chocolate pack. I rarely come to this area, so everything seems quite fresh.

Then I called the first female student I passed by.

“This is it, this is chocolate.”

“Eh?”

It turns out she is a cute girl with pink hair.

After giving her the chocolate, I quickly stepped away.

“Eh ?? Uh ??”

I heard a confused voice from behind.

I felt like I had seen his face somewhere before. But I can't remember it, so meh, who cares.

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