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Last Embryo Volume 2 Chapter 2 Part 7

Translator: DarkHeartedAlchemist

「Hey! You can’t expect me to just let such a statement fly like it was nothing, don’t you now, senpai? I might have misheard you, but I could swear that you were indirectly accusing my father’s company of not giving you enough funds to do your research. So? Care to explain what that was about? Come on, out with it, on the double!」

Ayato demanded with an impish grin on her face. Homura knew full well that she was joking, but regretfully for him, the dynamic in their relationship was that of a master and his servant (or perhaps a pet, depended on how you wanted to look at it), so as long as Kudou Ayato was Saigo Homura’s owner, he had no choice but to obey his Milady’s wishes. But since he wasn’t a fool, he decided to turn the conversation around by following up on his previous statement.

「Don’t get the wrong idea. I am thankful to Everything Company for all they have done, for me, however, you can’t deny the fact that their financial support is meant for the things related purely to my work and research, meaning that we cannot use those money to buy things such us, well gee, I don’t know, a luxurious, 55’ plasma screen TV or go to a nice, family vacation, right? So I thought to myself that if my benefactor in this Gift Game is a queen, then she surely must have enough cash to spare for us so we could afford things like that every once in a while.」

「Ugh. I know where you’re going with this, but you know what, senpai? If you ever said that you wanted to go on a trip with all the kids from the orphanage, then you should have said so, and I can guarantee you that the company would have at least considered it.」

She said that because she probably didn’t want to come out as a cheapskate, but still Ayato avoided looking Homura in the eyes and looked away, looking a little displeased. Seeing their cute kouhai pouting like that, her two senpais looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

「Well, you heard her, Sis. Since our Lady made such a generous offer, then maybe we should come up with a plan for a vacation for everyone in the orphanage once we get back to Canaria Family Home. What do you say?」

「That you’re absolutely right, Bro. Oh, but if we are to go somewhere, then we absolutely have to take Aya together with us as well! Oh, I’m so looking forward to it now!」

「W-What? I’ll have to go with you as well?」

「But of course! If we manage to succeed here, then depending on the results it should be all right to ask for something on a pricier end, wouldn’t you agree? If we want to take everyone from the orphanage with us, then we should pick a place that everyone will be able to enjoy, like Mediterranean Sea or something along those lines! After we defeat the Minotaur and peace will be restored o the world, it would be the least that the company could do for us, plus, such a break from our usual routine of working, studying and researching will be a nice, much needed change of pace for everyone!」

Suzuka became all fired up when she heard what Homura had in mind.

「 But the Mediterranean Sea, huh? Yes, yes, that’s going to be so nice in all sorts of ways! It might be a little early to go swimming during this time of the year, but never mind that for now! If we’re getting to the sea, then swimming is a must! If we’re talking about swimming, then that means swimsuits, and we definitely need to buy ourselves some new ones, especially Aya! I don’t know how you did it, but look at how big your breasts have gotten throughout the span of last year! I’m so jealous of them!」

「H-Hey, c-cut it out, Suzuka!」

With her cheeks as red as a ripe apple, Ayato hurriedly rushed towards Suzuka and sealed her mouth with her hands before she could blurt out something even more embarrassing. But Suzuka, being Suzuka as she was, escaped her clutches rather easily and used that chance to tease her some more.

「Oh come on Aya, what are you getting so embarrassed about? You have such a nice, feminine body, so you should use every chance you get to show it of! Which is why this year you absolutely have to go for a bikini, the more revealing, the better! There’s no other option for you!」

While the two girls were engrossed in their girl talk where one kept spouting nonsense and the other tried to make her stop, the door to their room have been flung open with a loud bang, and the one who dashed inside with her cat-ears all standing up was Sharol the catgirl.

「Wakey wakey! Are you all up, dear visitors?!」

「Sis Sharol, you really should be more considerate when you barge into someone else’s room!」

All three of them looked at Sharol, wondering what this sudden visit might be about, only to shift their attention towards the other person who came inside after her with a much more reserved attitude.

Porol Gundark, one of the people responsible for the governing of the Underwood put his hand on his chest as soon as his eyes met Homura’s. For whatever reason, he didn’t look too happy. Taking the book off his face, Homura straightened his body and stood up from the bed.

「Yo. From the sour look on your face I take it that all the preparations have been completed?」

「Yes. Everything has been prepared exactly as you requested, even the latest model among all of the special goods available here. I arranged it so that you’ll be able to use it under the excuse of it being a test run, but you are absolutely forbidden from destroying it, breaking it or making any kind of irreparable damages, you hear me?!」

「Thanks for everything, and sorry for the trouble. If anything ends up happening to it, feel free to put all of the expenses on Queen Halloween’s tab.」

「Please don’t say such scary things without any hesitation at all!」

He sighed with resignation. It looked like he was scared of the Queen as if she was some kinda demon in human clothing, but considering his standpoint such a thing couldn’t be avoided. Standing up from his straw bed, Homura turned his sight towards Suzuka and Ayato, and they both nodded back at him.

(Alright. With that, the preparations for our counterattack are finally finished!)

Staring at the 『Bull of Heaven』 whose storm clouds were now covering the entirety of Underwood. Homura put on his raincoat with a determined look. In order to really get their counterattack started, he, Suzuka and Ayato made their way to the lowest level of the Great Tree – the one where the garage and a workshop of the Spirit Train were located.