The Meaning of SpecialIt may be presumptuous, but Nanaki chose to lead the way.
follow nanaki~
I advanced down the corridor dignifiedly. There will be no wavering in these steps on the marble. Pa.s.sing by the scenery I had seen often until a few months ago, a round table finally came into view, I went before it and bowed. I greeted the guardians of the world, the former comrades I once fought back to back with, that were seated around the table.
are they really protecting the world though
“It has been a long time.”
cusery greetings done
One sentence is enough. So, I simply said that.
no more
The Five people around the table showed various reactions. If there is a sister that smiled, there was also a leader that glared. If there is a person who showed a complicated expression and lowered her face, there is also an old solider that just closed his eyes and remained deep in thought. And a miserable semi-human that is still a candidate openly emitting hostility.
(T/N: not sure about the last one, if anyone can think of a better way to derogate leon, suggestions are welcome~そして明確な敵意を飛ばしてくる未だ候補が外れない恰好の付かない半人前。)
I felt that the five gazes that stabbed at me and pressure on my skin comfortable. Hostility, enmity and hatred, very well. Try thrusting those at Nanaki. If you wish to settle it here, then I will take you on. Heat rose from my body’s core. I responded to the strength of the four before me.
nanaki battle mode
This four people sat around the round table are not small fry.
but not final boss either
My instinct whispered. The strength of these people can kill Nanaki. They have that much strength. Then, because of that, my instinct tells Nanaki. Kill before I am kille——
but envy
“Okay okay, don’t emit killing intent. Stop it.”
no quarreling
kay.
then
I withdrew after being scolded by Envy. When I turned around, I also received a look of criticism from master. I was not humble enough for a servant, I need to reflect deeply upon this. I bowed once more as an apology.
on to business
“Hmph. That Lightning Empress Nanaki is working as a maid huh. Have you lost any sense of shame?”
there is no hsame in being a maid
And the impolite words I heard were something similar to ridicule. For someone who is kind of the first among the Five Emperors to make this kind of cheap provocation, his severed arm must have hurt a lot. Sorry, but Nanaki is not childish enough to rise up to your provocation. I would like you to refrain from such unnecessary words. If not then I will cut it off again.
and there’s nth you can do to stop nanaki~
I ignored Silver’s rash remark and drew back the chair at the round table. Unfortunately, though I am invited as Lightning Empress Nanaki, Nanaki prioritises only my master, Zean Alfred alone. As a servant I must be humble and strive to obtain the best for the master. No matter what Silver says, being his servant is Nanaki’s pride.
and Nanaki’s pride can never be shaken
“Nanaki, you sit too.”
welp she was invited
After everyone was seated, Envy’s considerate words came. Thank you, Nanaki’s sister. But your concern is unneeded, Nanaki will not recognise a servant that sits with the master as a servant. Please take a look, Fio-san, head butler Ridolf and Akiha-san have not sat down either. Treating only Nanaki specially is not good, Envy.
….nanaki deserves the treatment tho
And so shakeshake of my head, excuse nanaki.
excused
“Ah I see, you’re a maid after all.”
onee-sama understands~
Naturally, we are in tune with each other, words are unnecessary with the bond between sisters.
telapathy
“Then shall we begin?”
yep
It was a frank, but somewhat piercing voice. I don’t particularly find it a problem, the Five Emperors and Nanaki are enemies at the current point in time. That is why I looked at those jade eyes. Those eyes that has a colour like gems similar to master, the beautiful emerald of Nanaki’s sister.
I thought she would have ruby
No enmity, then what is she looking at?
imouto~
“First, let’s see…….since you probably want to know, let me talk a little first.”
intro?
Not a single person interrupted Envy’s words, I watched as the curtains silently rose.
and the show begins~
“About science.”
interval
intercal
“Humans must conquer magic necrosis.”
like our cancer
That is our countermeasure against the price.
too expensive
About a hundred years after humans began to have mana, by the time it was known that the power that was thought to be omnipotent had a fatal flow, it had been too late. The many sacrifices, those people that died even before the test subjects known as the first generation, had pa.s.sed down a power that was like a curse.
use it and die
Humanity had evolved incompletely. Or possibly, were still midway through evolution.
but can they survive the transition?
An omnipotent power that could not be explained by science. By using the power that humans named magic, humans obtained a countermeasure against G.o.ds. At the same time, they also received a curse that ate into their own body. This is all exactly as Envy taught me. But it seems there is a continuation to the story.
further evolution
“As you know, if people use magic, their cells are destroyed. Me, Silver, Salia and you, the third generation humans have some resistance, but if we use magic everyday then we will die very quickly. Even the Five Emperors are not exceptions.”
“……sorry for interrupting, but the Five Emperors are not exceptions? Envy-sama, Silver-sama and even Nanaki use power that normal people definitely cannot reach. If normal people use that much mana, then they would suffer from magic necrosis immediately.”
wait what about raicou
Meia-sama was the one that asked.
sharp as ever
“I will talk about that next.”
explanation pls~
Nodding to the question, Envy once again began talking.
what is your secret~?
“When us Five Emperors use magic, we mainly use our servient G.o.d’s mana. Although it’s not as if it doesn’t affect us at all, the burden on the body is far lighter than if we use our own mana. Well, there’s still a limit though.”
then how did you defeat the G.o.d’s in the first place?
It is defined as a phenomenon, not an illness. That’s why even G.o.ds cannot heal it. In the first place it is not something within the realms of logic. It is an unfathomable power that science cannot explain after all.
no time to research about magic
“In conclusion, even the Five Emperors suffer from magic necrosis. Presently, the second generation Raicou is already suffering the symptoms.”
when there is magic necrosis to solve
After nodding at Envy’s words, the hunk of muscle took off his top. On his armour of muscle that makes it hard to believe he is beyond fifty years old, is the colour of death. Almost everyone here averted their gazes from the painful grey colour of Raicou’s destroyed cells.
….RIP raicou
“And this is a person with a lot more resistance than the first generation humans. Well, Raicou’s own mental strength is also part of it.”
“All my old friends are already gone.”
….no one else could hang on?
There was something I suddenly understood. Second generation, that is the generation of master and Meia-sama’s parents. Could it be, their parents are no longer……no, I will stop thinking about useless things. If I want to know I can just ask. Unfounded suspicions are unnecessary. Nanaki is bad, fist of punishment. Ow.
whoops, too hard?
“That’s why you were hiding it?”
“Oh, you understand fast. Zean Alfred.”
???
No good, as I was reflecting I was left behind. Even though up to just now it was content even Nanaki could understand, I would like you to stop suddenly skipping ahead. Friend, my apologies but could I request an explanation from you? I’ve said it many times before, but Nanaki is not good at troublesome talks.
get straight to the point~
To sum up what has been said until now, magic necrosis bad. That should be it.
just about
“The human population is still declining. For humanity to survive, we must conquer magic necrosis.”
“If there is science, then no one would use magic.”
“Correct. Then evolution to conquer magic necrosis would stop. That is the decision of the world.”
“I see, the Empire’s reason is that?”
“You think fast.”
way too fast
Envy and master seem to be having fun talking. No, I don’t know if they really are having fun, but it’s not very fun for Nanaki. I sent a stare of protest at older sister. Reach, Nanaki’s thoughts, that’s Nanaki’s so Envy shouldn’t get too involved.
No stealing from nanaki
“I see, indeed the collapse of the world.”
no, you lost me
Sapphire. That beautiful blue looked at Nanaki. Do you have any need for me? Nanaki has already given up on keeping up with the conversation, please give me any orders. Standby Nanaki.
wakarananaki
“Then gathering talented people in the capital was to gather humans with resistance against magic necrosis.”
“That’s right. If people who use magic a lot have children, those children will have a strong resistance. That’s why only chosen people are can enter, are brought in.”
“It’s like Noah’s ark.”
“That’s the reason for the capital’s existence.”
…and it made an enemy of nanaki?
Seeming extremely tired, master sighed.
sick of this talk
“We were all sacrifices. For the sake of humans one day conquering magic necrosis.”
“Even though there were so many lives that could have been saved if we had science……!! Even father and Mother…….!!”
they really….?
Meia-sama displayed a strong anger with master’s words. A past that Nanaki does not know. That is why I cannot interrupt.
like how they do not know Nanaki’s past
“Sacrificing humans around the world because of a selfish decision……even though you don’t even know when it can be conquered!!”
“It is close. A child that proves that humanity’s decision was not wrong has appeared.”
after the third generation
She has probably seem a lot of anger before this. Envy did not waver before Meia-sama’s anger. Yes, they are the Five Emperors, the guardians of this world. Possessing power that exceeds humans and have even brought down G.o.ds, humanity’s final bastion. For some reason, their eyes gathered on Nanaki.
there was a prophecy about Nanaki
‘——because you are a special human’
child of prophecy
Words that I always heard when I was young suddenly went though my mind. I heard Mother’s voice.
Nanaki is speicial~
“Nanaki has conquered magic necrosis.”
end
Hecate’s completely unrelated note:
Nanaki keeps calling Envy Ane(姉)=older sister in her mind and Envy when speaking out loud. I’m still waiting for the onee-chan/onee-sama ;-;