The former site of Sonosaki's house.

Sonosaki Wakana walked slowly, but she finally made it here.

Standing in front of the iron bar, looking at the houses that were burned to ruins by the fire, even though she had made mental preparations in advance, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and lose her voice, tears flowing quietly.

"Father...... Sister ......"

At this moment, a sudden wind blew, and with a "click", the iron lock locked on the gate actually broke and fell to the ground.

Seeing this, Sonosaki Ruona couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, raised her hand, and gently pushed.

Squeak –

The barred gate, which had not been maintained for a long time, opened in response to the sound, making a somewhat harsh noise.

This made Sonosaki Ruona frown.

The wind just now......

It always feels like there is something indescribable, sad and full of ominousness.

She always had the urge to turn around and run away immediately.

However, after hesitating for a moment, she lifted the hem of her skirt and stepped in.

Because, didn't you decide before you came?

This time, she won't choose to run away anymore!

……

……

Sonosaki Wakana lifted her skirt and walked slowly among the ruins of the house.

She was trying to find something familiar, but she was always helpless to find that the familiar thing had long since turned into the remnants of a building full of scorched marks.

Sighed softly.

Sonosaki narrowed her eyes and replaced the ruins in her current eyes with the complete building in her memory.

Immediately after, she identified the position of the long table in the living room every time the family ate, found her seat, cleared out a piece of wood that could still sit down, and slowly sat down.

The skirt naturally spreads out and folds, and even in the midst of this ruin, she is still beautiful like a real ......

"-You're still as naïve as before, this costume, do you think you're still the little princess of the Sonosaki family?"

An unceremonious voice suddenly sounded, pulling Sonosaki Wakana back to reality from the fond memories at once.

The entire building was once again in her eyes, in ruins.

However, Sonosaki Wakana didn't care about the disappointment, and stood up all of a sudden, looking left and right.

"Sister!"

She called out urgently.

"What, are you looking for me? Wakana. ”

Sonosaki's voice sounded again, but compared to the previous ethereal and uncertain, this time, she appeared directly behind Sonosaki Wakana.

Sonosaki Wakana suddenly turned around, a smile of surprise on her face.

"Sister! Great, you're really alive! ”

She happily and excitedly hugged Sonosaki tightly.

In this regard, Sonosaki gently stroked Sonosaki Wakana's hair, and let her hug herself tightly and said.

"yes, I'm glad I survived."

Gentle movements, gentle voices, and the corners of the mouth are curled up as if they are smiling gently, but there is no trace of gentleness.

Immediately after, Wakana Sonosaki, who buried her head tightly in the neck of Sonosaki, asked excitedly and hopefully.

"Sister, what about my father? Do you know where he is? He must have survived, right? He ......"

"He's dead."

However, in the next second, this hope was torn apart by Sonosaki's indifference.

"What...... What!? ”

Sonosaki asked in disbelief.

She couldn't help but lift her head from Sonosaki's neck and shoulders, retreated, and looked at Sonosaki with a dull expression.

In this regard, Sonosaki finally showed a real smile, but what was contained in that smile was not the warmth that Sonosaki Ruona expected, but outright malice.

"I said ......"

The palm of the hand that was originally caressing the hair of Sonosaki Wakana pressed the back of her head hard, and buckled her back to her neck and shoulders.

Sonosaki chuckled and put her lips to Sonosaki Wakana's ear, and said softly.

“…… He's dead. ”

As he spoke, the palm of his hand on the back of Sonosaki's head moved down.

And then

Bang!

Just hearing a muffled snort, Sonosaki Wakana's consciousness sank into darkness.

The arm around Sonosaki Wakana's waist was forced, and it didn't let the unconscious Sonosaki Wakana slip from her hands softly.

At the same time, Sonosaki slowly closed her eyes.

【W！ 】

Dense black lines wrapped up from her body, turning into a black and green alien knight W.

Then, a deep voice rang out from the mouth of Sonosaki.

"Wakana, why did you come back......"

……

……

Underground Research Institute.

Next to a well connected to the Earth's core.

Sonosaki Wakana's consciousness woke up from the darkness, her palm moved back, and she subconsciously wanted to hold down something to support her body, however, her backward palm didn't touch anything, her arm was hanging in the air, and her tilted body suddenly stumbled.

When he opened his eyes and turned his head to see the well that was shining with a green shimmer, he couldn't help but let out an exclamation, and moved his body away from the well again and again.

In this regard, Sonosaki, who was operating something on the workbench next to him, said coldly.

"Quiet, Wakana."

"Sister!?"

Hearing Sonosaki's voice, Sonosaki suddenly came back to her senses, and then finally remembered how she had passed out in a coma.

"Why ......?"

After asking again, without waiting for Sonosaki to answer, Sonosaki Wakana herself couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

Why, why...... What exactly was she trying to ask?

Why did my sister kill her father?

Why did my sister knock her out?

Isn't she very clear about the answer?

My father wanted to execute my sister, so my sister chose to resist.

I don't like my sister, so my sister just punished her.

In the end, she had already decided that she would not run away anymore, but after hearing the news and knowing that her father and sister had finally come to this step that she least wanted to see, she still subconsciously wanted to veto it and wanted to get a better "result" from Sonosaki.

For example, Sonosaki suddenly smiled and said to her, "I'm sorry, Wakana, it was a joke just now, forget it."

Even if it was just a deceitful word of comfort.

It was precisely because she realized that she had such a thought, so Sonosaki Ruona smiled bitterly after asking, and naturally she didn't expect any answers.

She even thought that perhaps, as her sister Sonosaki commented, after so many years, she was still as naïve as before...... Naive......

But, as she decided when she returned to the wind, she had to make a change.

In the face of all this, do not run away and mature.

Gathering her thoughts, Sonosaki Ruona tried to calm herself down, and looking at Sonosaki, who was operating something on the workbench, she finally asked a question that should have been asked a long time ago.

"What are you doing? Sister, are you going to do some more experiments on me before killing me? ”

In this regard, just after the last command was entered, and the "snap" button was pressed, Sonosaki looked up and looked at this sister who had not seen her for about ten years with a smile.

What kind of answer does Sonosaki want to get from the sentence "why", Sonosaki is very clear, too clear.

However, she did not want to give.

Why did she want to comfort this stinky girl who didn't like her?

"Heh......"

Thinking of this, Sonosaki couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Speaking of which, she used to like this sister a lot.

However, then I didn't like it.

Even she didn't know when it started, anyway, when she came back to her senses, she already hated this sister who could enjoy her father's favor and praise without doing anything.

Jealous, competitive.

There are probably many reasons for this, and there may have been many things that happened in between, but none of them mattered.

Because, the current status quo is that her love for Sonosaki Wakana's sister has long expired, so naturally she will not accommodate her.

She began to answer the last question of Sonosaki Wakana.

"Experiments? No, Wakana, I've already experimented on myself, but on the contrary, the one just now is actually setting up a protection program for you. ”

Sonosaki smiled and walked up to Sonosaki Wakana.

Then, she took out a golden Gaia memory that Sonosaki Wakana was very familiar with and pressed the start button.

[ClayDoll (Clay Doll)!] 】

Let go, and the clay doll memory immediately flew up automatically, passing through the skin on Sonosaki's chest and entering Sonosaki's body.

[ClayDoll (Clay Doll)!] 】

Sonosaki Wakana's body involuntarily transforms into a clay doll dop.

This made her look down in a little panic to confirm her body.

"Sister...... How so? No bio interface, no Gaia drive...... It'......"

"Surprise? I gave it a slight makeover just for you. ”

Interrupting Sonosaki Wakana's words, Sonosaki said this, and at the same time took out the forbidden memory to activate, transforming into a taboo dop.

【Taboo (Taboo)! 】

Then, a purple ball of energy quickly formed from the forbidden dop's hand, and she pressed it directly to Sonosaki Wakana's chest.

Rumble!

Whoop -

The dope of the clay doll exploded in response, turning into a cloud of clay fragments.

Immediately afterward, a gust of wind blew the clay fragments into the well.

Immediately, Sonosaki, who had transformed into a forbidden dop, followed those fragments without hesitation and jumped into the well that was directly connected to the core of the earth.

"Merge with me, Wakana."

Before jumping into the well, Sonosaki announced to Sonosaki Wakana, who had regrouped into a clay dope dope in the well.