Read Daily Updated Light Novel, Web Novel, Chinese Novel, Japanese And Korean Novel Online.
Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? (Light Novel) - Volume 13, Chapter 2: Harumi and Alaia
Volume 13, Chapter 2: Harumi and Alaia
This chapter is updated by NovelFree.ml
May 1, Saturday
Several days after Theia and Ruth had returned to Forthorthe, Koutarou paid a visit to Clan.
With Theia and Ruth gone, Corona House's defensive capabilities had fallen considerably. This was not just because of Theia and Ruth, but also because they no longer had the support of the spaceship, the Blue Knight. Though Maki and Harumi could fill in the lost numbers, only another spaceship could fill in for the Blue Knight. In its place, Clan had called back her own spaceship, the Hazy Moon, from Forthorthe. Hazy Moon had less offensive capabilities when compared to the Blue Knight, but since it contained technology from the Schweiger family, it had plenty of functions for stealth or search operations. Because of that, the Hazy Moon was as strong of a deterrent as the Blue Knight was. As a result, room 106 was as well defended as it always was.
And there was one more important advantage with this. Because the Hazy Moon had been built upon the achievements of the Schweiger family, it came equipped with the latest medical devices. Thanks to that, the Hazy Moon's presence was very reassuring for someone with a chronic disease.
Koutarou had come over to get more details on the physical examination for Harumi that had taken place the day before. He wanted to hear Clan's opinion on Harumi being able to control Signaltin like Alaia.
“Because this is very personal, I will omit any data regarding Harumi herself. Are you fine with that?”
“Yeah.”
Clan was sitting down by her desk and brought up the files regarding Harumi's examination. She then started explaining its contents in a way that Koutarou could understand.
“Roughly speaking, there weren't any problems that stood out. She was born with a weak constitution, but I can assist with that using Forthorthe's medical advantages.”
Forthorthe's medical advances were far greater than Earth's. Though Harumi had been born with a weak body, with Forthorthe's medical technology, it wouldn't be hard to give her a life close to that of a healthy person.
“Because she's now with us, the chances that she will be targeted by our enemies are higher, but at the same time the risks from her disease will be reduced, so overall, not much will change.”
“I see... Looking at it like that, I can feel a little less guilty about involving Harumi-senpai in our problems.”
Koutarou was worried about involving Harumi in any future fights. But since she was now able to get more advanced treatment as a result, he felt like it wasn't just all negatives.
“...There's a good and a bad side to everything.”
As Clan said that, she stopped moving her hands operating the computer and squinted with her eyes a little. Her eyes on the other side of the glasses were gentler than usual.
“Wasn't the same true for our meeting as well?”
“Now that you mention it...”
Koutarou and Clan had been enemies at first. They had intense fights where it wouldn't be strange for either of them to lose their lives. That was an obvious bad side. But now, things were different. They now treasured and supported each other. This was the good side of their meeting.
“The same is true about Theiamillis-san. She's parted ways with us, but she gets to meet her mother again, who she hasn't seen for quite some time.”
“Yeah, you're right.”
Theia had always lived separate from her family. Though she had left her friends on Earth again, she would get to meet her family. From Theia's point of view, it wasn't all negatives.
“...Now then, moving on to the main topic.”
Saying that, Clan adjusted her glasses and started operating the computer again. The displayed images changed and displayed different data instead.
“I'll start from the conclusion. The result of the psychological analysis says that Harumi is Harumi.”
“I see...”
Listening to Clan's report, Koutarou nodded his head once and exhaled. He had actually come here in the hopes of hearing that.
A while ago, Harumi had controlled Signaltin as if she was Alaia herself. As a result, this kind of suspicion popped up in Koutarou's mind. He wondered if there was some kind of connection between the two.
So he requested Clan to not just give her a physical checkup, but a mental one as well. And the results were as Clan had said.
“Harumi has Alaia-san's memories, but her personality has not been affected by it. Alaia's memories inside of Harumi's mind has perfectly overlapped with Harumi's memories about her role in the play. As a result, there is a clear line between Harumi's and Alaia's memories, meaning that their memories haven't mixed.”
“Wait a minute, where did her majesty's memories come from?”
“Magic is not my expertise, but... I believe it came from Signaltin.”
“The sword?”
“That's what I think. In order for Signaltin to manifest its true powers, it needs Alaia-san. But Alaia-san is not present in this age. And so, Signaltin sought a replacement.”
“And Sakuraba-senpai was chosen?”
“Yes. Harumi has a clear image of Alaia-san thanks to the plays, right? And for the same reason, there's a clear line between their memories. So by inserting the real Alaia's memories on top of those, Harumi became able to use Signaltin without causing her any confusion.”
“So that's how it is...”
Koutarou nodded at Clan's explanation.
Like it had with Koutarou and Maki's contract, Signaltin tended to avoid interfering with others’ minds more than it had to. It might have inherited that intention from Alaia who had undone its seal.
If that was the case, when Signaltin looked for someone to serve as Alaia's replacement, it chose the one who would be the least affected by it, and it wasn't hard to guess who that would be. With that, Harumi was a convenient existence for Signaltin. Thanks to the groundwork laid down by the plays, there was no fear of causing Harumi any confusion.
And the memories of Alaia that Signaltin had ended at the same place as the last scene in the play. Thanks to that, inserting Alaia's memories into Harumi's didn't cause any contradictions.
For these various reasons, there was no one else more suited to accept Alaia's memories than Harumi.
“Her majesty probably would have done it like that.”
“Actually, there is one more possibility... though this is more dreamlike than magic, so I don't think it could be the case.”
“What do you mean?”
“That it was just a coincidence. That Harumi, who could do the same things as Alaia could, just happened to be there. But that can't be scientifically explained.”
“That's true, it would be hard for you to accept.”
“As a scientist, that isn't something my pride would allow.”
Clan had just called it a coincidence, but she actually had a somewhat more detailed image in her mind.
Harumi is the reincarnation of Alaia-san, and by pure chance, she happened to be Bertorion's senior at school. And once Signaltin came into contact with her, it revived her memories of her past life... But that's just far too convenient of a coincidence. As if something like that could ever be the case!
As a scientist, it was hard for Clan to mention what she had just imagined. It sounded far too much like a fairy tale and her pride wouldn't allow it.
“Anyways, Harumi is Harumi. She is not Alaia-san. That is all.”
“Got it. Thank you, Clan. I feel relieved hearing that.”
Koutarou had always been worried about if Alaia was inside of Harumi in some way. Because of that, he wasn't sure how to face her. And all of his conversations with her these past few days had been awkward.
But thanks to Clan, he now knew that while Harumi had Alaia's memories, she was still herself. Knowing that, he felt a little sad he wasn't able to meet Alaia again, but he felt relieved knowing that Harumi was Harumi.
