"Why do you think that little girl came here?"
The bell for the first class rang.
At this time, in the office at the top of the school, there was only Eight-cloud Ink, Natsuki, and Astarut in her maid uniform.
These days, whenever something big happened, Natsuki would receive accurate information from Yakumo.
She unconsciously developed a habit of asking Eight-cloud Ink whenever she was unsure of something.
"Hah, maybe she just wanted to see what her parents looked like many years ago?"
"Hmph, you must have noticed it, right?"
"What?"
"When that little girl saw us, she said — — according to those words, you and I will no longer be on Itogami Island."
Natsuki lowered her head and sipped her black tea.
"— — Also, that little girl doesn't know Kanon, which means that Kanon was no longer on Itogami Island before she was born."
"Don't you have anything to say about this?"
"What does this have to do with me — — Well, it's normal that I wasn't on Itogami Island when that child was born."
"What do you mean?"
Natsuki's face suddenly turned ugly, there was a hint of fear in her eyes.
"You already guessed it, didn't you …?"
Eight-cloud Ink, who was sitting on her desk, turned her head and looked at Natsuki.
"I'm not from this world, so I will leave one day."
Natsuki's hand holding her black tea trembled uncontrollably.
"Leave …?"
Natsuki lowered her head, and her black hair fell in front of her face. Yakumo couldn't see her expression clearly.
"I remember you told me your purpose for coming to this world — — So, have you achieved it?"
"Well, soon …"
The office fell into silence again, only the vacuum in Astarut's hand made a buzzing sound.
After a long while, Natsuki finally raised her head, and her indifferent expression returned.
"Can you tell me …?"
"Hmm? What is it? "
"… — — Tell me about the Utopia you mentioned."
"You want to know about the Utopia? Can you recite something after me? "
A strange smile suddenly appeared on Eight-cloud Ink's face.
Natsuki was confused for a while. Even Astarut put down his vacuum cleaner and looked at Eight-cloud Ink blankly.
"Come, repeat after me."
Eight-cloud Ink jumped down from the circular table and stood in the middle of the office. He stretched out his hands, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
"— — Dongfang Dafa, return the ship to ensure your safety."
"Whatever you do, the heavens are watching. Shipgirls leave hidden dangers all over the place."
"In this life, I have no regrets about going to the east. In the next life, I wish to live in the land of fantasy …"
A folding fan flew over and hit Eight-cloud Ink on the head.
"Stop stop stop! Why do you sound like you're promoting the Evil (Divine Beast) Cult? "
Natsuki slammed the table and pointed at Eight-cloud Ink.
"Don't tell me you're teaching all this nonsense to your students in class?"
"Hmm … It was originally one of the three great Evil (Divine Beast) Sects …"
Eight-cloud Ink turned its head and muttered.
"Hmm? Did you say anything? "
"No, nothing, it's just an illusion …"
Just when Natsuki was about to say something else, a strange fluctuation suddenly appeared in the room.
"What's this?!"
Eight-cloud Ink and Natsuki both turned their heads and looked outside the window.
Through the window, they could see that in the sky outside the academy, there was a huge monster that ordinary people could not see. It was spreading its wings and flying in circles in the sky.
"Ahhh, something interesting is happening …"
Eight-cloud Ink and Natsuki opened their folding fan and disappeared from the office at the same time.
⑧
Outside the school, on the rooftop of a building.
Natsuki stood there as a purple magic formation appeared under her feet.
Waves of magic power were emitted from the seemingly young body, and the strange frequency was resonating with something in the void.
Space control magic.
In order to prevent the monster from destroying Itogami Island, Natsuki decided to temporarily separate the space it was in from the real world.
Eight-cloud Ink stood beside him and carefully observed Natsuki.
"Hmm … It's a bit similar to the space magic in Sister Muq's library …"
Eight-cloud Ink had seen a lot of space magic in Patrice's library, including the 103,000 magic books from Intica.
Therefore, even though Eight-cloud Ink's mastery of space magic wasn't as high as Natsuki's, she was still able to see some clues from Natsuki's magical fluctuation and the various nodes of the magic formation.
After Natsuki finished setting up the space control magic, the entire space became blurry.
As if shrouded in fog, the buildings in the distance began to distort.
In the sky, the magical beast that resembled a western dragon seemed to have noticed this and was constantly roaring.
"I need to maintain the stability of this space, so I'll leave it to you."
Natsuki said to Eight-cloud Ink as she stood in the center of the magic formation. Her cumbersome gothic dress fluttered due to the magical fluctuation.
"Leave it to me."
Sensing the power of the monster, Eight-cloud Ink raised her right hand and took out a parasol.
With a leap, Eight Cloud Ink flew into the air and flew towards the demonic beast.
However, before Eight-cloud Ink arrived, a girl with a silver spear was already fighting with the monster.
It was Yukina Hime.
Other than Yukina, the girl from the future and Akatsuki Kojou were also present.
"Yakumo sensei?!"
Akatsuki Kojou happily called out when he saw Eight-cloud Ink.
"Haha, you're always there when there's trouble …"
"This …"
"Yakumo sensei, come help me!!"
The monster roared and stretched out its tail. Yukina saw that she couldn't defeat it and immediately called out.
The monster's tail suddenly disappeared in the air as if it entered the water. Then, it reappeared behind Yukina on the other side of the space.
"Careful!"
Akatsuki Kojou and the girl from the future shouted in fear.
A crack appeared in the space beside Yukina and swallowed the sword witch in an instant.
Then, another crack appeared beside Eight-cloud Ink and the girl fell to the ground, still in shock.
"Roar!!"
The monster went berserk because of the sudden disappearance of its prey. Its blood-red eyes emitted a blinding light as it stared at Eight-cloud Ink.
"Umm, Yakumo sensei! This is the monster I've been tracking. It's an artificial lifeform created during an experiment. It can travel through time, distort space, and absorb spirit veins. If we leave it alone, the entire Itogami Island will be destroyed! "
The girl from the future stepped forward and said.
"I understand."
Countless pitch-black cracks suddenly appeared in the sky.
"Leave it to me, Akatsuki Kojou. Don't use familiars here."
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