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ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 475 Part 2

ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 475: Epilogue – We Step Onto That Land Once Again Part 2

「Huh? Ahh, oh yes, that’s right. I have completely forgotten about the fact that humans cannot operate for prolonged periods of time without the need for sleep, food and rest. Please wait just a moment while I check…… Umm, let’s see…… Ah! Oh yes! I do have facilities like that installed on board! And since you are the first visitor in such a long time, I will throw a special service, just for you! I shall project the path towards that place onto your retinas, so if you just kindly follow it for now, you should be able to reach it no problem……」

「I’m sorry, Alva, but I’ll go ahead without you for now? I promise that I will catch up to you later!」

「Eh? Ah? Oh? No, I mean, right now, I……」

「I’m really sorry about this! But you see, it’s just that I’m extremely sleepy at the current moment!」

Perhaps it was because he was with me at the moment of its summoning, or maybe there was some other reason behind this, but it seems that Alva would be transferred inside of this whale-like spaceship together with me. Is that what they call the “accomplice”? But anyways, after I leave Alva behind I start running at full speed ahead, following the light of the compass that was being displayed in my eyes. And surely, after a while……

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「–––––– WHAT UTTER NONSENSE…… IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY HERE. BUT IT IS ALSO A DUTY OF THE STRONG TO BE MERCIFUL FROM TIME TO TIME IN SHOW OF BENEVOLENCE. SO IF THAT IS WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU HAPPY, I’LL DO IT JUST THIS ONCE. I’M SORRY.」

It was something that at the first glance felt forced and half-assed at best, but E-Miria actually could see it in Noirlind’s eyes: it was a genuine apology, one that did not come easy for him to say. But it was genuine enough for her to be satisfied. And then Akitsu Akane remembered those words she spoke to Noirlind some time ago.

–––––– It’s important to apologize when you are in the wrong! It may be uncomfortable for you to do it, and it might not fix all the wrongs that you have done, but just the fact that you feel sorry is important enough in here!

Originally, it was Pencilgton who once told Akitsu Akane that particular line. Because Akitsu Akane would never actually be able to come up with something like that on her own, and much less be able to say it out loud like that. But right now, seeing both Noirlind and E-Miria coming, Akitsu Akane could only smile at herself. Needless to say, Noirlind looked really uncomfortable right about now. It was more than apparent that apologizing to others was not his thing……

「…… Puh.」

「Ah!」

The one who was no longer able to contain her laughter was E—Miria.

「Fuh, fuukukukukukukuk…… Okay, I understand, kukukukukuku…… Apology accepted, apology accepted.」

「S-Seriously? You’re fine with it?」

「Yeah, I don’t know why, but seeing him like that right now reminded me of the dog we used to have at my parent’s house…… Fufufu, it would be ridiculous of me if I were to keep being angry at him.」

「Oh? So, you used to have a doggy? What kind of doggy was that?」

「Hmm, let’s see, I think it was a Labrador Retriever…… Fufufufufu, when it was still a puppy, it knocked over some jars and broke them. His eyes were just the same as the ones this guy here is making right now! And it was just…… just…… 」

The way in which E—Miria was laughing right now looked pretty much as if she was mentally broken. However, it was just a show of how mentally and physically exhausted she really was after the events of this long battle. However, even though her laughing fit carried on for some more time, soon enough the smile on her lips turned gentle and genuine, and she even got closer to Noirlind and stroked the dragon’s head in a loving manner……

「You! What the hell do you think you’re doing!?」

「Ah, sorry about that. Force of habit, I guess……?」

It was only at that time that Akitsu Akane finally got to relax and the tension that was accumulating inside of her throughout the whole night finally managed to vanish.

「Here we are! Ririel=217! Please gaze upon it! A Leviathan-Class next generation human beings primitive settlement!」

「Current arrival: Mion=031. Same as above.」

「Arrival: Reconnaissance Platoon Unit “Strawberry”! Control Machine Leader Cynthia=014! To the following battalion group: Leviathan’s source pollution observation value has a specified value error of 5-15, class X armed use is not required.」

THUD! Three women landed on the beach all of a sudden, coming down from the sky and making noises that would otherwise feel impossible for someone of their posture and build to make.

Could it be that they were way heavier than they looked? And what was wrong with their clothes? They looked weird and totally out of place. But no, the cause of that loud sound was most probably that oversized box that they were carrying with them.

「Do you sense that? Is that the signature of the Elma=317? I thought that she was presumed to me Missing In Action?」

「Affirmation: What is this? Hey, Ririel=217!? It seems to me that you would much rather for Elma=317 to be Killed In Action, not just Missing In Action! What’s wrong with that bias of yours?」

「W-Whoa! They look like humans, but I guess that they are not?」

Ninja woman faces the armor-wearing trio of newly arrived women. For some reason, one of the armored girls, the one wearing the dragon-like armor, folds the armor of her head and torso…… Elma = 317 then opens her mouth with her arms crossed on her chest.

「Cynthia = 014, we can confirm the following battalion group from the shared line. Other Elma types also carry the “costume chest closet”, right? I would like to provide the damaged parts to be repaired, or be given some spare parts, if possible.」

「…… Approved, but Elma=317, your unit is being obliged to return to the Doll Base and submit a long and detailed report about everything that managed to transpire up until now, so……」

「Ooops there!」

It was at this moment that Elma=317 started to make some kind of strange moves with her hands all over the place, causing everyone present to just raise their brows at that in puzzlement. And then she just casually dropped the line that made everyone present go “Wow!” inside of their head, all the while wearing an innocent and sweet expression on her face.

「I’m sorry, but I really must refuse here: I really have to rejoin my Master, who is currently on board the Leviathan-Class ship, as soon as possible…… Yes, because unlike you two uncontracted loners, I have a contractor to call my own! So I’m sorry, but I have matters of great intelligence that require my undivided attention!」

「Wha ––––––」

「Ririel=217…… Is it just me, or is she severely lacking in terms of intelligence?」

While many shadows can be seen dancing in the morning sky, Akitsu Akane sits on the ground and can’t stop herself from thinking that they are just like that Sigma person.