The rain stopped.
The sun was finally about to fall below the horizon.
On the rooftop of a building.
A young girl wearing a black and blood-colored gothic costume with a long and short ponytail hairstyle and neat bangs covering half of her left eye, revealing a golden clock in her left eye. She was standing on the edge of the rooftop, looking at Heavenly Palace City under the afterglow of the setting sun.
The girl had lips as delicate as cherry blossom petals. Her skin was as white and smooth as a pearl. She stood there quietly with the calm temperament of a well-educated young lady.
Tokisaki Kurumi.
"How's the investigation going? Did the little sister reappear? "
With a gentle smile on her face, Kurumi stretched her body, and the breath she exhaled turned into white gas and dissolved in the air.
On the roof of a tall building built on a bustling street corner, there was no one else, but there was a large "shadow".
It wasn't night or darkness — it was the shadows of Kurumi that filled the entire roof.
It was densely packed with Kurumi, so many Kurumi, so many, so many …
Those were all Kurumi from the past.
"How's the investigation going?"
Kurumi stroked her chin and asked her doppelgangers.
Then, the Kurumi standing in a row answered one by one.
"There's no movement, and no elves have appeared recently."
"The one a few days ago seems to have been taken in by humans."
"In addition, the elf that mysteriously disappeared before has never appeared again …"
"In the place where it disappeared, there's an aura that doesn't belong to this world, nor does it belong to the original world of the elves."
"A different world."
"I'm looking forward to it, I'm looking forward to it!"
…
"Is that so …"
Kurumi narrowed her eyes and sighed.
-Generally, it was the same as what she expected.
The Kurdans gathered here were the spies that Kurdans had sent to various places to gather information.
For Kurumi who had many enemies, intelligence was her lifeline.
"Then, where is the second elf?"
Hearing Kurumi's words, all the clones looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
This was also the same as what she expected.
— — Kurumi closed her eyes in despair.
The second elf, as its name suggested, was the second elf to appear in this world. It was the only elf that had information about the Origin Elf that Kurumi was looking for.
According to the results of the doppelganger's investigation, although he knew that the main body was currently being held captive by the DEM Society … it was still unknown in which building in which country.
"Well … After all, it's the DEM's top secret. I don't expect to find it so easily. Then, I'll leave it to you to continue the investigation. "
"Yes, yes, yes!"
"As you wish, I will!"
"For our sorrowful wishes!"
The Violent Three said.
Hearing this, Kurumi nodded silently.
"Ahh … speaking of which …"
At this moment, one of the doppelgangers seemed to have thought of something.
"What's wrong, me?"
"Hey, hey, there's something I forgot to report. It's about the Otherworld! "
"Another world?"
The clone's words made Kurumi's eyebrows twitch.
According to the situation at the time and the various remnants of the scene, the elf that had mysteriously disappeared had been summoned to another world by some kind of power.
What kind of world would that be?
Would that world accept the existence of elves?
Kurumi fell into deep thought.
"What's the information about the Otherworld?"
"The human organization, which seems to be called Ratatoskr, seems to have some progress in the investigation of that world."
"Although it's difficult to figure out the specific situation, some information was leaked out."
"That world seems to be a world with a lot of powerful existences. Elves are too common there."
Kurumi's eyes suddenly lit up.
Elves are common there …
If that's the case, we shouldn't be hunted there, right?
"In that case, let's conquer that world!"
A chuunibyou voice suddenly sounded.
Kurumi was stunned.
Then, as if they wanted Kurumi to see the doppelganger raising its hand, the doppelganger that had gathered moved to the left and right.
It felt like a stage play.
"… Ahh"
After seeing the doppelganger's appearance, Kurumi's cheeks twitched.
The doppelganger standing there was indeed a "Kurumi", but the way she dressed was different from the other "Kurumi".
She didn't have her hair tied up, instead, she wore a rose hairpin instead.
Her clothes were a monotonous women's dress made of black and white.
The most important thing was that she wore a medical eye patch on her left eye to cover the clock.
Five years ago, when she felt that it was necessary to cover her left eye, she tried to wear an eye patch and accidentally became obsessed with it. This doppelganger was created by the doppelganger of Kurumi.
… At that time, she thought it was quite appropriate, but now that she thought about it, she felt ashamed.
So shameful, so shameful, so shameful …
"Conquer that world and make it the world of the elves!"
After saying that, Eye Patch Three raised his hand high.
Then, the surrounding "Kurumi" all looked at him as if he was an idiot.
"Ahh, as expected of me at that time."
"He actually said such a stupid thing …"
"It's a world where even elves would be ordinary, but he still wants to conquer it."
The "Kurumi" unceremoniously ridiculed Eye Patch Three.
Eye Patch Three suddenly showed an expression of being hit, and his entire body lost its color.
… He really lost his color, turned into a blurry shadow, and disappeared.
"Ahh, the Eye Patch Three from five years ago is ashamed to see people."
"As expected of me, even when I was in middle school, I still had a sense of shame."
"Yep, yep, yep!"
The "Kurumi" began to chatter among themselves again.
This strange scene of him bragging made the corner of Kurisu's mouth twitch.
⑧
"Lastly, why would I buy this for no reason?"
After the rain stopped, Shido stood in front of the door and looked at the game box in his hand with a slight frown.
"Forget it, since I already bought it, I might as well play …"
After inserting the key into the door lock, Shido suddenly made a sound of surprise.
The door that was locked before he went out was now opened without any hindrance.
"Kotori, that guy, finally came home?"
Shido's expression became slightly stiff.
Itsuka Kotori, Shido's sister, studied in a nearby middle school, and was a 13-year-old second-year middle school student.
At the same time, she was also the commander of Ratatoskr, an organization that advocated peaceful means to make the elves lose their power.
In order to protect Tohka and deal with the aftermath of this incident, Kotori often went out early and came back late this month. She even took a month off from school.
"Really …"
Even if he was busy dealing with Tohka, he couldn't ignore the fact that she didn't go to school for a month and always came home in the middle of the night.
As her big brother, he had to say a few words to her.
"I'm back!"
After entering the house, Shidao took off his shoes and socks that were soaked by the heavy rain and rolled up his trousers, leaving sticky footprints on the floor.
The sound of the TV came from the corner of the hallway.
[In the living room?]
After putting down his bag and game box, Shido tiptoed toward the bathroom.
… I can't talk in my soaked state. It's better to dry myself and change first, then go to the living room.
Shido opened the door of the locker room as usual.
Then …
You think there's a benefit?
No, there's no benefit …
After Shido took a shower, he returned to the living room.
There, Tohka and Kotori were sitting side by side on the sofa.
"Tohka!?"
"Shido!!"
Tohka looked like she saw a delicious dish. Her eyes lit up as she jumped into Shido's arms.
The huge force caused Shidao's entire body to roll to the ground.
"Ah, pain, pain, pain, pain …"
After Shidao finally got Shixiang off his body, he sat up and looked at Koto who was on the sofa.
"Kotori, what's going on?"
"Hmph, can't you see, idiot!"
Kotori glanced at Shido contemptuously.
The headband on her head was black. This was the commander's sister who had a vicious tongue.
"From today onwards, Tohka will live in our house."
"Huh!!??"
"Don't be surprised."
Kotori sat on the sofa with her legs crossed. Her calves wrapped in black stockings swayed as she chewed on a pearl in her mouth.
"I have something to tell you. It's about the recent investigation of Ratatoskr. It's related to the elves."
"Related to the elves? Are there new elves? "
"That's not it. It's about the elves who mysteriously disappeared a few days ago when they were being hunted by AST. I remember telling you that it was not a normal disappearance. At that moment, there was a very powerful mysterious energy fluctuation. We have preliminary results on the analysis."
Shido nodded.
He had heard his sister mention this before.
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