The runaway incident with Layla’s machine, eventually it had to be treated as having been caused damaged by parts.
We obviously I know who the criminal is, but we have nothing to prove it. Even the Professor riding
with him did not see him destroy the parts, so we couldn’t attack any more strongly.
Well, if it’s at the level of scratching some parts, it’s possible to do it the moment the
Professor takes his eyes off of him, the Professor can not be blamed.
When the professor Gasoul announced his conclusion, just remembering Phallas ‘s smilling appearance upsets
my stomach.
Then, after two weeks since the accident, came again the day for the exercises with real machines.
Today’s machines, are the same as the previous machines, except a one swing sword which has been mounted onto
the hip.
“Well then, today we’re going to practice walking and sword swinging in the forest. At the same
time Layla, who was unable to train last time due to the incident, after she’s completed her
training on walking on the prairie, she’ll directly proceed to training in the forest. Okay?”
“I got it”
“Eldo, you support her. If it’s you, you can cover her on various things”
“Roger. Well, it is a good thing since I get to ride a machine for a long time”
When I answer while smiling, while having a dry laugh, the professor goes out to issue instructions
to the students.
While listening to it, Layla came closer to me.
“Please take care of me”
“Leave it to me. Even if you go out of control, I’ll stop like before”
“I’ll not do such a stupid thing again. I will not give those guys any opportunity”
Layla, secretly glared at Phallas while listening to the professor’s explanation, clenched her
fist. It seemed that the previous incident was quite humiliating.
“Indeed.From this year on there’ll be many interferences like that, so I also have to be careful”
According to the professor, there is the sense that this is also a part of the training. Not giving
your enemy any opportunity, seeing through his skills and furthermore trample on it. If you can’t
do that, you can’t survive on the battlefield. If that’s the case, are they saying it’s better for
them to drop out here?
Although it’s a severe opinion, but it might be necessary from the viewpoint of raising an elite
soldier.
The exercices proceeeds safely without any incident, it becomes ours turn.
I immediately embark on it as if it were natural, I press and test the lever, the pedals, the
seatbelt and various b.u.t.tons before start-up, I furthermore make sure that there’s no tricks with a
visual verification. In such a cracked state that it has been put in before, it cannot be noticed
by simply stepping on it.
Excellent, all parts have no abnormality.
“I’m starting up”
“Good”
Receiving permission the professor I’m riding with, I’m starting the Aluminare.
The monitor, was showing the machine next to me.
Over there, I saw Layla boarding it with a tensed face.
“She, is she alright?”
I observe Layla’s machine through the monitor. Is Layla carefully going through the machine’s
checks, she’s not readily in a position to start up.
And after about 3 minutes, finally the aluminare’s generator came alive.
“Well then, start it up”
“Roger that”
Raising the output of the generator with the usual procedure, shifting it to the start-up state.
Quickly putting into operation the magic of the microphone and the sound collection, I spoke to
Layla.
“How’s the machine over there?”
“No problem. As expected, He apparently doesn’t intend to consecutively repeat the same act”
“Well, That’s great”
“Well then, get into the walk training”
Once both of our machines were in an activated state, Professor Gasoul issues instructions.
“Layla’s machine will advance on the prairie untill she’s close to the wall, Eldo’s machine will
follow behind Layla. Well then, Professors, the rest is in your hand”
“Layla’s machine is taking-off”
Slowly, the machine that Layla is piloting starts to move. Without suddenly running like the
previous time, it proceeded forward at a constant walking pace.
I start to move my machine with a little delay in time after Layla’s machine.
Then, I hear the voice of the Professor from Layla’s machine. It seems like the microphone had
picked it up.
“Layla-kun, step on the pedal a little bit more. Raise the speed up”
“Ro…, roger”
However, there is absolutelly no sign of a speed increase.
“What’s wrong? Is there a failure?”
“No, it’s okay. I’m increasing speed”
I hear the anxious voice of the Professor and the fl.u.s.tered voice of Layla. However, the speed
doesn’t increase at all.
Whether or not there’s some anomaly, I approach Layla’s machines.
“Layla, Is there something wrong?”
“I’m fine, I’m supposed to be fine but…”
“To be fine but…?”
“My foot is not moving. It isn’t according to my own will…”
Hey hey, Is it me or has the previous incident turned into a trauma.
“Does your hands move freely? what about your left foot?”
“My hands are fine. My feet are useless. Although I normally steped on the output pedal, why!”
“Layla-kun calm down. Take one deep breath”
Following the instructions of the Professor, Leila to take a deep breath. Since the hatch remains
open, the air in the c.o.c.kpit should be fresh. Although this should more or less calm her down.
“This machine is fine. It was also examined by me. There’s nothing abnormal in this machine. So
there is no need to worry. It’s fine to do it slowly. Put some strength onto your legs little by
little.”
“Y… Yes.”
As expected of the Professor. He accurately crushed Layla’s point of anxiety in order to rea.s.sure
her.
Then, the speed of Layla’s machine rises slightly. It is rising from the speed of a normal walk to
the speed of semi-jogging, I guess from her legs that completely couldn’t move to being able to
step on it even a little bit should be enough.
“Good. That’s the way to go”
The speed of Layla’s machine is rising gradually, rising up to a speed nearly close to running
fast. However, it doesn’t increase beyond it.
It can be seen from comparing this machine’s speed, if one’s further steps on it the aluminare will
run. It looks like she cannot take that small step.
The origin of her traume is likely to make it run. Well, when it was on rampage, it has been
running the whole time. It can’t be helped.
“It is impossible… I can’t move beyong this…”
“It’s okay. You can do it! Believe in yourself! Until now, were you the one with the top grades in
all subjects? Even in real machines practices , you should be able take the top!”
“Move! Move!”
Although the Professor is desperately encouraging her, the Layla’s machine speed doesn’t rise.
“Professor, Can I go?”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’ll try to forcibly cause her to overcome the trauma using the fact that I’m a student that’s
aiming for the same position of knight causing an even stronger emotion”
“Drastic measures…”
The expectation that the Professors have of Layla is large. That’s why, I shouldn’t want it to
collapse in a place like this.
Especially we worked hard together up to here. she also occasionally accompany me for sword
training so it’s about time to repay the acc.u.mulated favour.
To put a pilot with mind problem to the point of being unable to make an aluminare run, this isn’t
such a friendly world. While Layla is unable to run, the other students would gain more and more
hands-on training. The gap standing before Layla will turn into an unrecoverable one.
“Although I’m a little anxious but we have no choice but to try it, huh? What can I do?”
“I’d like you to operate the machine. I’ll directly board over there and rile her up”
“Understood.”
Removing the seat belt, handing the piloting over to the Professor.
Traveling from the open hatch to the aluminare’s shoulder, I confirmed that Layla’s machine was
running parallel.
If it’s the speed of semi-jogging, I don’t have to take into account the wind pressure. also
because the Professor considerably reduced the distance, I should be able to jump over al long I
move with a little bit of magic.
That’s about right.
“Professor, This machine is not equiped with an inter-personal magic cancelling magic right?”
“Oh, It’s okay”
Great. If I’m defeated by that, as expected I can’t deal with it.
For now knowing that that magic is not there, I can jump over without reservation.
“AIR THRUSTER”
Launching magic, I jump over to Layla’s machine shoulder. But I break my balance a little by
landing, catching a protrusion of the face to prevent from being shaken off.
Then, opening the hatch from the open-close lever outside, and jumped into the c.o.c.kpit.
“Eldo-kun!? What are you doing!”
“Excuse me a little, okay? I got the permission the other Professor”
“Eldo!? What did you came to do…?”
Layla looked back from the c.o.c.kpit, trying to look though, although she had plenty of tears in her
eyes.
Those tears, running down, reflecting back on her cheek.
“I came to encourage your pityable self”
“I am pathetic?!”
“Looking at the current situation, what else is it called?”
Just because of just one intentional trick caused the machine to run wildly, through no fault of
your own, turning that into a trauma she became someone that’s unable to freely move the machine,
what is it other than pathetic.
“Even if I win against such a person, I won’t be happy”
My final goal is Layla’s All Perfect. I will graduate from this academy on the top seat by catching
up and overtaking her. To that end, I even endured Lune-san’s training,even studied desperately.
I’ll be troubled if she collapses of her own accord in a place like this!
“It’ll be a little drastic measure”
Sliding my body next to the seat, I close the hatch operating the b.u.t.ton.
In order to fixate my body, I grip tightly over Layla’s hands grasping the steering lever.
“Wha… What are you doing!?”
“Ya do it this way!”
And then pushing forward the right foot with all of my strength, Layla stepped on with all her
strength the pedal she couldn’t step on.
Of course, the pedal is depressed to the limit, the aluminare according to the sense board,
accelerates at once.
As an intense G is applied to the body, Although I’ll likely end up falling to the back, I solidly
kept my hands clasped on the lever.
“Ha ha ha! What’s do you think, you stepped on it right?”
“Kyaaaaah!” [TN: Ooh such a girly scream… but I wonder about the MC and professor’s eardrums]
If you look at how Layla’s is doing, Layla screamed with her eyelids tightly shut.
Hey Hey, That’ll be a waste of my effort in helping you step on it. [TN: He girl, what do you think
you’re doing not stepping on that pedal (just step on that pedal) step down on it, step down on it,
step down on it]
“Layla, open your eyes! Look ahead!”
In response to my voice, Layla is opening her eyelids little by little.
That’s right, that’s good. Firmly etch this scene into your eyes. A scene that you can see from the
c.o.c.kpit, it’s what aluminare’s all about.
“Hey, I’m going to further accelerate!”
Layla and I forcibly manipulate the lever we hold together, causing the machine to stoop forward.
To match it, the aluminare changed the way it runs.
the run up till now, if it’s the case that a posture with a straigthened back is a good thing, now
it’s a rare running style with the rounding of the body’s back bringing down the air resistance. If
you stick out the should like this, it will also turn into a shoulder tackle.
Running through the prairie in such a posture.
While making the machine run, I asked Layla.
“Anyway you, remembering the aluminare that attacked your village you became afraid right?”
“y… you’re wrong!”
“That way of being fl.u.s.tered, I guessed correctly”
Layla’s village has been atacked by an empire’s aluminare. In the previous rampage, she probably
remembered the fear of when the aluminare attacked the village.
But it is different. The emotions one should be feeling in the middle of piloting, isn’t fear.
“Is it scary? This is the speed of the weapon you handle!”
“…”
In addition I can change the direction of movement of the machine, rushing into the forest section.
Forcibly smashing into branches, and mowing down trees, proceeding to trample upon swollen roots.
“This is the power of the weapon you handle!”
“…”
As if I was douly making sure of it, unsheating the sword that has been equipped onto the waist,
with one swing I lop off the surronding big trees.
“This is the power of the weapons you handle!”
“…”
I guess displaying this much would be enough.
I, returning the machine from the forest part to the prairie section, stopping the machine keeping
its feet apart.
“How is it? Is it still scary? The power of the weapon you handle”
“…No”
“If so, what do you feel?”
“It’s very reliable.”
That’s right, that’s good.
This machine is a weapon we use. It’s not a weapon the enemy use.
If that’s the case, what you feel is not fear but it’s trustworthiness and it’s strength. Sometimes
you feel satisfaction when you realize the strength of your own weapon. A sense of security from
having that weapon in our hand.
“This is an aluminare. How is it, do you feel like stomping on the pedal??”
“Try it”
the machine started walking slowly, it gradually increased its speed.
Up to the earlier speed of semi-jogging, the increase stopped.
When Layla takes a big deep breath, in order to resolve herself to do something she sternly stare
at the monitor, looking at the approaching outer wall.
“Run!”
in order to apply the whole body weight, Layla depresses the pedal.
The sense board processing the information, convey it to the machine.
As the vibration is increasing, the top and bottom of the landscape reflected in the monitor became
intense. And, the flowing landscape became even faster.
The speedometer sensing the acceleration, raises the needle of the meter.
“I did it!”
“You can do it if you try. then go to the outer wall like this. Lets wait there for the Professor
to come”
“Understood”
The machine under Layla’s piloting proceeds in a straight line to the outer wall.
Advancing straigth through smooth prairie to rugged praire is unexpectedly difficult. Thanks to the
onboard gyroscope, its balance doesn’t break but it’s direction is shifted slightly.
Layla recognizes it it suitable, while checking the instrument, she precisely correct the direction
of movement.
As expect, she’s also well endowed with her machine piloting skill. The main problem is her
emotions regarding the machine.
With this, there is enough worth in considering her as my target.
“Which remins me, the professor is awfully quiet”
While advancing through the prairie,when I came in the Professor was awfully noisy and I noticed
that he’s quiet, I look over my shoulder. there was a figure of an ogre behind the smiling
Professor.
“Ah, How are you doing?”
Unintentionally dripping cold sweat likely from the emitted pressure. Once, I thought the
Professor’s right hand had moved, he firmly clutch my head and puts the screws on me.
“Agagagaga”
“Eldo, you did something quite unreasonable.”
“Th… This was my b… Be… Bes… Best”
“Did you say something?”
“No, I didn’t say anything.”
As my head is pressed hard, I was robbed from the energy to resist in a moment.
“I see. Well then, I have to punish you for performing these kind of unreasonnable things”
“Wh… What would you like me to do?”
“When you have finished cla.s.s, you’ll have the clean both aluminares, it can’t be helped with
scratches but you’ll have wa.s.s off the dirt and stains”
well…well!
“It’s a reward! Gi~ya~aaa ah !!!!”
My scream was picked up by the microphone, apparently it was large enough to be heard by all the
students of the pilot department, stationed in the vicinity of the school building.