Chapter 7: Partner
(……If I a.s.sume, that I could fill out the Command that someone or something possess. In other words, it means that……whatever kind the other party is, I could manipulate them as I wanted……and, I could manage them……!
[……Second Lieutenant Yuuki? As I thought, you have a tired face. Leave this place to us, and rest……look, you’re this hot……]
[Uwa……!?]
>『Elin』 performed 『Appeal』. Performance……was a success.
>Acquired new Command 『Appeal』.
(S,success……However certainly this is……)
She was worried about whether I was tired, and touched my forehead to check my temperature――she did that out of good will, and had no ulterior motive, so I shouldn’t misunderstand it.
――was what, I would probably think if I didn’t have any power.
However, the me right now, a.n.a.lyzed Elin’s action as something similar to 『Appeal』. And the result of her performance was a success――her appeal with regards to me was a success.
The moment when she touched my forehead, the pet.i.te girl bent her body on one side, and my arm *funyu* touched her small chest. She was braless――no, it was something similar to sports bra. If it had raw materials which fit the body, it wasn’t weird to feel it like that.
[E,Elin……aren’t you too close?]
[Ah……I,I’m sorry! I understand that someone like me shouldn’t touch you, but……]
[Yuuki doesn’t mind that kind of thing you now. How do I say this, I’m envious of that freedom.]
Although I was bothered about the reason that Elin shouldn’t touch me, right now it was a priority to rescue my buddy.
About the data of these two people, I happen to a.n.a.lyze it by just looking, it was fine to see and confirm later. Knowing everything about a person’s background in our first meeting was a just too easy thing, and if it was towards all other people, then I probably won’t have any hardships about the lack of information in this city.
And then, it seemed I could a.n.a.lyze and learn (Memorize) the Command the other party performed. Not only that, the kinds of Controlling Command that I’ve touched, including the ones I use in Grave II, everything entered my mind.
[Okay then, I’ll freely do things which is something typical of me……]
>『Masqueradeド』 Unit 1 Currently a.n.a.lyzing the Airframe Data……Finished.
>Shield Damage 38% Slightly Damaged Parts: 5 Heavily Damaged Parts: 1 Possible to repair
>Errors occurred in the Controlling Script of the Removal and Installation Unit.
>1: Checking System Behavior…OK
>2: Decompression Process Phase…ER
>3: Armor Cancellation…OK
(So the Decompression Process has an error huh. The Command here, could I use the same one as my Grave II……oh, it looks like I could.)
The Controlling Command of the Aircross, I understood that there were common ones among their airframes. I could distinguish their compatibilities, and I won’t break the airframe by inserting an incompatible Command.
>To the Decompression Process Phase that has a defect, a stable Command was transferred.
>Interfering with the central process of 『Masquerade』 using magic power, performing Overwrite (Compulsive Superscription)……Success. Testing again.
>2: Decompression Process Phase…OK
[Good, I think I fixed it.]
[O,oi, Yuuki. What did you understand from just touching?]
[Well, please wait for a bit……okay, it seems it will work. Can you hear me, please try removing the armor again!]
[…….Okay. I understand.]
To the voice which I heard from inside, I reflexively couldn’t believe my ears.
(Don’t tell me……no, there’s no doubt. This voice is……)
――Though I don’t know the method of manipulating, you understand it right?
――It’s because, they couldn’t hit. Someone like you who could, with that kind of weapon that only fires in a straight line, aim and shoot the weak point of the armor after maneuvering is absurd.
When I realized, it was already too late. Even though she had always been not hiding and letting out signs.
The Masquerade’s silver armor disconnected. The figure that I saw from inside, was a female pilot who was wearing a suit made of black and white raw materials that was sticking close to her skin, and she got off from the Aircross, and took off the full face helmet that had a hidden horn-like protrusion.
――What stretched out, was her long silver hair. Did she untie the ribbon that was binding her twintails, even so I understood.
人間の身体で生きるか死ぬかという思いをすれば、そういうことになるらしい。
The shinigami girl, became a human girl――she was my buddy, and boarded the Masquerade. Because of tasting the experience of almost being shoot down, she was slightly perspiring. As expected of her, if she was thinking whether she’ll live or die in the flesh of a human, then let the things that will happen happen.
「……Thanks for saving me, is that what should I be saying?」
Talking without using the communication. I had always stupidly thought that she was a voice from heaven who hijacked electronic waves――but that wasn’t it. She had always been communicating from Masquerade, to talk to me. Without saying once that she was the pilot of Masquerade.
[……It’s good that you’re safe above all. Really, I’ll feel lonely if I had done things wrong huh.]
[Yeah……though it’s not like I’m worried about my life. It looks like I was called a genius pilot, I guess it doesn’t look good to lose at my first battle.]
If the shinigami dies, she will return to that place, and probably only process the procedures for reincarnating.
That was why I, for her to be staying in this place, live and meet her, made me glad. Besides that, it was unexpected for her to come along as a human.
Gai and Elin was surprised when I repaired Masquerade, and they were dumbfoundedly looking at our exchange.
Being listened in this circ.u.mstances was embarra.s.sing――Rather than using my ability to a.n.a.lyze, I wanted to hear it with her voice.
「……Because of the shock from the battle, it seems like I forgot it. Would you teach me your name?」
To that ridiculous lie of mine, the reincarnated girl who possessed unworldly beauty, answered while combing her silver hair.
[Amriel Lindenvaum. Call me whatever you like.]
The other party from whom I’ll receive a lot of favor from here on, wasn’t it a good omen for my virginity――while thinking of that kind of peaceful thing, I as a healthy man in his p.u.b.erty, couldn’t help but pay attention to the moderate swelling of the chest part of her suit.