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Last Embryo Volume 4 Chapter 2 Part 3

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

The entire stage of the last Exhibition Gift Game became incredibly noisy as all of the spectators gathered there began to excitedly point their fingers towards the stage’s center while exchanging high tension comments like:

「Look over there!」

「Huh? Wait, is that. . . ?」

「It has to be! There is no mistaking it!」

「It is Lady Shiroyasha!!!」

「The winner of the first War for the Sun’s Authority! 『The Demon Lord of the White Night』!」

Having his curiosity picked by this peculiar commotion, Homura focused his gaze at its source.

There was indeed a person standing in the middle of the stage that has been vacated by the Players only moments ago. It was a young, kimono-wearing girl with long, silver hair. If it was not for a pair of horns growing out from the sides of her head, Homura would have mistook her horn a human child, but she was obviously anything but that. Even so, to Homura, she looked a tad bit too innocent for someone who, according to the shouts that surrounded him, managed to emerge victorious from the previous War for the Sun’s Authority, which admittedly was a little confusing to him. All of her gestures were also ridiculously theatrical, as if she was making them like that on purpose, but they also had a certain sense of beauty to them.

「I see now. So today is finally going to be the day when we will arrive at the Lost Continent?」

「It would seem like this is indeed going to be the case. As expected of Lady Shiroyasha, always being a bit ahead of the schedule.」

「Right. . . so, now that the last Exhibition Gift Game has been concluded, my guess is that she has come here to tell us, the Players, about the rules of the next stage’ Gift Game in more detail? Oh, and by the way, Arjuna. Is that white-haired child really the winner of the first War for the Sun’s Authority? Because I find it a bit unbelievable that runt like her could have pulled something as amazing as that off.」

「It is understandable why you would think like that, but please, do not let her overly youthful appearance deceive you. The person who is standing there right now is one of the key figures in the entire Little Garden, one of the three strongest Celestial Spirits, Floor Master of the entire East Side. . . as well as a former Demon Lord. She is someone of such a great position that even Zeus, the Chief God of the Greek mythology, Indra of the Indian mythology and even the Hebrew God make sure to retain the highest amount of respect whenever they are interacting with her.」

「Uhyaaa!!!」

「*Surprised Whistle*」

Both Homura and Suzuka were unable to hide their amazement when they heard that. If it was indeed just like Arjuna said it was and even the big cheeses of every major mythology and religions of their world were talking to her all respectfully, then it means that she was someone whom they have recognized as their equal.

「W-Well that is certainly pretty amazing. Based on what you said, it looks like the gods of every major religion and mythology of the Outer World, except maybe for the Egyptian ones since you never mentioned them, recognizes and acknowledges her as someone equally as important as themselves.」

「Or at the very least, that seems to be the case when it comes to the relationship between Lady Shiroyasha and the other gods…. Miss Suzuka, forgive me if it sounds offensive to you, but you seem to know your way around various mythologies of the Outer World and which gods belong to which religion. Have you been studying them in preparation for the upcoming contest?」

「Well of course I did! I made sure to do my homework properly before we were summoned here again.」

「She might not look like it at first glance, but Suzuka is a really avid reader, and on top of that she has a pretty good memory. Between coming here for the current phase of the war and the 『Bull of Heaven』 incident a few months ago she helped me with my own studies of all the things mythology-related.」

「You bet I helped him a bunch! After all, my dream is to become a librarian in the future, so I guess you can say that this was a great opportunity for me to get some practice with that. And guess what? It only reinforced my desire to become the best librarian that was and will ever be! Ehehe~~!!」

Finishing her little declaration, Suzuka giggled happily, all proud of how it turned out. She often acts in a carefree and overly innocent manner, but it cannot be forgotten that this is the same Suzuka who managed to become the student council president in middle school and a respected honor student. All in all, she is one of the few people in this world who can be unironically described as a “talented person”, and Arjuna understood that about her when Saigo Homura first described to him exactly what kind of person Ayazato Suzuka was when he asked him about her. But the thing that he was the most surprised about, was that dream of hers that she mentioned just now.

「A librarian, you said? Since when exactly was that your dream? This is the first time that I am hearing about it.」

「Huh? Really? I never talked about it with you? Because I could swear that I have told you at least a few times that my dream for the future is to become a librarian and to land myself a spot working in the 3^rd National Diet Library that is being build right now.」

That was what she said, but even though Homura was racking his brain trying to recall if the two of them ever had such a conversation before, he was unable to remember it. Be that as it may, that was a really curious piece of information that sparked Homura’s inner knowledge-hungry flame.

Speaking of the 3^rd National Diet Library, the Japanese government advertised this project to the general public as a combination of a research facility and an information gathering bureau that was supposed to serve as Japan’s biggest intelligence gathering center. It is supposed to be a facility that will not only house within its walls all kinds and genres of literature and music, including classical books, traditional literary pieces of the past, modern books and Japanese and Western musical pieces of every famous composer that ever lived, but it is also supposed to be a place where many new and innovative things will be researched and developed with the purpose of implementing them into the populace’s daily lives, such as environmental protection technology, water quality improvement technology and the new and improved methods of steelmaking that have already been researched by the country’s top agencies. It is estimated to the largest information gathering centers in the entire Eastern Asian region. If the plan of installation of the Environmental Control Tower is going to gain international approval, then it is speculated that it is going to become the undisputable front liner among all the research facilities across the entire world, and if the situation develops favorably enough, then it might even be possible to include the research of Star Particle Bodies as one of its fields of expertise. Hell, some of the rumors surrounding the 3^rd National Diet Library that have been circulating around even suggested that Roman Catholic Church was interested in moving some of the copies of the records kept in their secret archives kept deep below the surface of the Vatican there. Being aware of all those information, as well as the rumors surrounding the entire 3^rd National Diet Library Project, Suzuka continued on with her words.

「Ideally, I would like nothing more than to help Bro with his research of Star Particle Bodies, if only so that he would not have to shoulder the burden of doing it all by himself. Unfortunately, I do not think that scenario will be possible at the current moment, so I guess I will have to be content with the next best thing, that is working for Aya in Everything Company. While it would not be exactly the same as working directly in the 3^rd National Diet Library itself, as long as the company would invest in it and had some of its research facilities delegated there, then I would still be able to support you, even though it would only be on occasion. Would it not be great, Bro?!」