Jean picked up the remote control on the coffee table and turned on the TV in the living room.

The picture on TV is that AST is chasing Shiitono.

"...... this?"

Shido and Toka sat on the side, looked at each other, and looked at Kotori.

"Well, this is the picture we watched at the time, this elf is codenamed Hermit (Hermit), it seems to be the lowest strength of all the elves, and the damage caused by each space earthquake caused by the present realm is very slight-"

Jean bites the jewel, shakes her head, and dangles a pair of double ponytails.

"—then, look here."

Kotori pointed the remote control at the TV again, and his fingers crackled on it for a while.

On one side of the screen, a black vortex suddenly appeared in the sky.

The whirlpool was like a black hole, and the clouds around it were torn apart and sucked in.

Immediately afterward, the AST members who were chasing Shiito noticed something unusual and stopped the pursuit, and at the same time, Shiitono, who was fleeing in a panic, screamed and was sucked into the whirlpool.

Subsequently, a qiē restored fù as usual.

That's the end of the picture.

"Now, that's what happened at the time, we did various analyses of the remnants of the scene, including the frequencies of various electromagnetic waves at that moment, and finally came to the conclusion that the other side of the black hole is not the world that the elves went to after disappearing in the past."

"Of course not!"

Shika pouted, grabbed Shidao's arm beside him and shook it.

"Shidao, I'm hungry!"

Shidao sighed, almost forgetting that the elf girl next to him was a big foodie......

It's just that for now, it's better to listen to the results of Koto's investigation into the disappearance of the elf and the mysterious otherworld.

"So Koto, has there been any progress in the investigation of that world?"

"Shidao, I'm hungry!"

"Hmm. Judging from the study of fluctuations in various frequency bands, it is a world with a very high level of magic, and it is initially inferred that it is possible to store zài magicians who can perform magic without a manifestation device. ”

"Oh? In that case, is it possible for that elf to reappear here? ”

"Shidao, I'm hungry!"

"This is still being studied, but if the elves are capable of acting on their own in that world. Judging by the personality of Hermit, the chances of appearing here again are low. ”

"That's right......"

"Shidao !!!!!!"

"Boom!"

A sudden hurricane shattered the entire living room, and in the center of the hurricane, Toka was looking at Shido on the wall with a dark face.

"Ten, ten incense!?"

As for Kotori, she realized something was wrong at the moment of the hurricane and hid to the side.

Shika walked quickly to Shidao and raised her head.

The tears in the corners of his eyes made Shidao's heart twitch.

"Shidao is a big fool!"

"Click-"

Opening his mouth, he grabbed Shido's arm, and Shika bit down hard.

A terrible wail. Resounded throughout the Five Rivers House.

◇

The next day, in the morning.

"Oh~Gokawa - Wow, what the hell happened to you?"

As soon as he walked into the classroom with heavy footsteps, Shido heard Tonomachi say in a surprised voice.

At this time, there were a lot of band-aids on his face, hands, and everywhere he could see, and his steps were shaky. It seems like you're going to fall down at any moment.

“…… Well, don't worry about the little things. ”

Like an old man on the verge of death. Shidao sighed slightly.

Then, the town giggled as if he remembered something.

After stepping forward and grabbing Shido's neck and pulling him to the corner of the classroom, Tonomachi whispered, "Nurse, witch, and maid, which one are you more cute?" ”

"Huh?"

Shidao didn't react for a while.

The tonmachi handed the magazine in his hand to Shido.

On the page, she is a beautiful girl with long black hair.

And then. There is a row of optional clothes underneath.

"You're dressing up Yakumo again......"

"Of course, because the uniforms of the next gravure pages seem to be decided by readers' votes...... It's annoying! ”

"What's there to worry about......

Shido replied with a sigh, and the town reached for his phone as if he didn't care about it.

"So, which one are you more cute!?"

"Uh-huh...... So ...... Maid......? ”

The moment Shido, who was overwhelmed by the strange momentum, spoke, the eyebrows of the town twitched.

"Oops! Maid ink? It's exactly what I want! Dear friends! ”

Just when the two of them were eagerly discussing this topic of death. The entire Tiangong City suddenly sounded a terrible siren.

Woo woo ......

The windows of the classrooms swayed, and the streets sounded unpleasantly sirens.

Tonomachi opened the window and looked out.

The students in the classroom also stopped talking and opened their eyes together.

Then the sirens sounded, and the words were heard in a mechanical voice in order to make it easier to hear them.

[It's not, training. It's not, training. Observed, foreshock. It is expected that a space earthquake will occur. If you are a resident of the neighborhood, please evacuate to the nearest evacuation center as soon as possible. Repeat ......]

In an instant, the students, who had quieted down, held their breath and began to listen.

Space earthquake alert.

"It's a space quake!?"

"Again? It's been a lot lately......"

Sweat drooped down his forehead and made a dry sound.

"Anyway, let's evacuate first......"

There was no panic, and for those who lived here, the drill of orderly entering the shelter in the event of a space quake had already been carried out countless times.

Coupled with the fact that magical technology can completely repair the street market that was destroyed by the space earthquake overnight, the people no longer have the initial fear of the space earthquake.

Most of the students began to enter the shelter in an orderly manner under the teacher's arrangement, but the kite origami sneaked out of the school.

Shidao, who found this, was only stunned for a moment before coming back to his senses.

Origami she's a member of AST......

Speaking of which, if a space earthquake occurs, it means that a spirit has appeared. So—

Bringing the invisible headphones that Qinli gave him, Shido heard his sister's voice.

"Shido, take Toka to a place where no one is around, and I'll use a teleporter to teleport you to Fraxinus!"

"Okay!"

Shido stepped forward, took Toka's hand, and deliberately fell behind everyone. Got into a corner while no one was looking, and then ran out of the school building.

As soon as they arrived at the playground, a magic circle composed of geometric patterns appeared at the feet of Shidao and Shika, and then the two were teleported to the aerial ship Fraxinus, which was located in the sky above Tiangong City and was invisible with optical technology.

◇

Tiangong City, which was originally bustling and prosperous, completely lost its original liveliness not long after the alarm sounded.

Only the sirens of the space quake kept echoing.

Roads without cars, streets with no human figures.

Even the road, the park. Convenience stores too, not a single one.

Just before, there were still signs of someone's life, but only the figure of a human disappeared from the street. It's literally a Hollywood movie scene.

This is the street called Tiangong that has been redeveloped since the Great Air Disaster 30 years ago because it is sensitive to space earthquakes. Of course, underground facilities are available, and the number of evacuation shelters for ordinary families is said to be the highest in the country.

In addition, the recent frequency of space earthquakes also helped - evacuation was rapid.

In the sky, inside the air ship Fraxinus.

"The fluctuation is abnormal!"

Kyohei Kannatsuki, who had been monitoring the fluctuations of the space earthquake, said suddenly.

"What's going on!"

Kotori slapped his palm on the podium, leaned over and asked the people below.

"Report! The location of the space earthquake has changed! ”

"How is that possible!?"

After retesting. Everyone discovered the location of the space quake. It actually moved from the sky above the original Tiangong City to the nearby sea.

A certain moment.

In the sky, space begins to distort unnaturally.

It was as if something was about to appear.

At the time when this distortion was stretched to its limit, a dazzling light erupted.

Immediately after, a deafening explosion and a violent shock wave swept through the sea.

After the shock wave. The sea was filled with huge waves.

In the sky, invisible inside Fraxinus.

Kotori sat on the command podium on the bridge, looking at the big screen with her legs crossed.

"What's going on? Why do space earthquake blast points move? And obviously the space earthquake erupted, why didn't the spiritual power fluctuations of the elves be detected? ”

"Various instruments show zero fluctuations in spiritual power—wait! There are abnormal electromagnetic waves! ”

As if to respond to this sentence, a terrible siren suddenly sounded in the bridge.

"What's going on!"

Jean slapped his palm on the podium. Leaning over to the crowd below, he asked.

"Interpret the electromagnetic signal for me right away!"

"Parsing! The electromagnetic signal is 97% similar to the signal flow that erupted when the Hermit disappeared! Wait, that, what's that?? ”

In front of everyone's eyes, something suddenly appeared on the huge display screen.

That's—

Lily buds.

Centered on the flashpoint of the space earthquake just now, a bewitching bud appeared.

Then, countless points of light appeared in the surrounding space, and the points of light converged like lilies at a speed that the naked eye could not catch.

As countless points of light converge, the buds begin to bloom.

When the buds finally bloom completely, and the petals spread gracefully.

In the sky, there seemed to be music.

"......Shh

In Fraxinus, when everyone was already stunned, Kotori was the first to react.

"Does the appearance come with BGM? This elf really has a personality! ”

"It seems、Not the elves......

Shika on the side suddenly whispered.

"Huh?"

Kotori turned her head and looked at Toka.

"I don't know why, I just don't think it's an elf......"

Shika shook her head, her face a little distressed.

At this time, the people below shouted again: "There is a new situation!!" ”

So everyone looked at the big screen again.

After the lily is fully bloomed, countless butterflies that radiate a beautiful light appear around that flower.

Blue light butterflies, and pink light butterflies.

At the same time, countless pillars of brilliant light were emitted radially, and along with the pillars of light, the overwhelming butterflies began to flutter their wings and fly around.

Then, that lily exploded.

Like a supernova explosion, even after a long distance, everyone in Fraxinus could still feel the irresistible force.

The entire air ship began to tremble violently.

Every time the light bursts, new pillars of light and butterflies appear.

After the explosion, the lily flower turned into petals with the same number as a butterfly.

In the blink of an eye, the entire sea was overwhelmed with red and blue butterflies and white petals......

"Oh my God......"

Kotori's eyes widened.

"This kind of destructive power, if it breaks out in Tiangong City, the entire city will be finished!!"

"--Not only Tiangong City, but also the surrounding towns will be ruined, and the scope of this will be like a megaton nuclear bomb explosion......

At this moment, everyone, including Kotori, was extremely glad that the spatial earthquake explosion point just now had shifted.

After the largest burst, beams, butterflies, and petals begin to dissipate.

However, the huge waves set off by the explosion have not subsided.

Then, in the center of the flashpoint, two figures appeared.

"It's two? Zoom in on the screen to see what kind of elf it is! ”

Kotori immediately gave the order.

It's just-

When the screen zoomed in, there was an eerie silence in the bridge.

Only Toka didn't seem to notice anything abnormal, constantly carefully looking at the two figures that appeared on the screen.

Then, Shixiang suddenly grabbed the petrified Shidao beside him, and said happily: "Shidao Shidao! It's like the two characters you played in the game yesterday!! ”

Shika's words were like a spark lighting a fuse.

Violent exclamations suddenly erupted throughout the bridge.

"Why ......"

“…… Why are there Yakumo and Asukina!!! (To be continued......)