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Seikoku no Ryuu Kishi (Light Novel) - Volume 4, Chapter 8 - Avalon's Imperial Princess, Part 1-6
Volume 4, Chapter 8 - Avalon's Imperial Princess, Part 1-6
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Part 1
In armoury of the Zepharos mothership Beowolf––under Dr. Hoffman’s command the battle is in full swing.
Eco was naked and floating amid the magic guided device–– Inside ‘Yggdrasill’s’ capsule. There are also several groups of technicians working around her. This was out of Anya’s area of understanding. She could only stand by the wall and watch silently.
But, she understood well the pain that Eco was feeling.
The cold voice was followed by its echo when it was reflected on the metal body.
“The cartridge has been filled. Prepare for launching.”
“The countdown starts now. Ten, nine, eight… Three, two, one-.”
“Launching compressed magic!”
A red beam shot out followed by a loud gun shooting sound. Anya felt that even the ship was vibrating.
“…!”
Then, there were air bubbles coming from Eco’s mouth. If not because of the liquid she was in, her scream would definitely be heard.
Anya couldn’t bear to see Eco suffering and looked away.
Eco’s body had already taken at least ten shots of the compressed magic.
Eco regained her consciousness after the start of the experiment. At the beginning, she was struggling in the water, but ‘Yggdrasill’s’ capsule was not at all affected.
After repeatedly receiving of dozens of compressed magic bolts, she lost her strength.
Right now, she is just like the living dead. Her blank eyes were now lifeless and it was terrible. It was pure torture. Even so, the group of researchers led by Dr. Hoffman were not at all shaken and continued silently.
“There is no significant change on the appearance of α. There are no abnormalities on her respiratory system. No magic fluctuation can be seen.” Without realizing, the group of researchers started to refer Eco as α.
Eco is a human, a young dragon and also a living being––But this group of human had taken everything from her. To them, Eco was just experimental material α. Who knows if they want to remove their feeling of guilt by calling her with symbols… Anya secretly thought so.
At this moment, Dr. Hoffman’s voice is heard by Anya.
“Still no changes… It seems like we don’t have any more choices. Activate all the Millennium.”
Anya turned pale when she heard that.
This means that they had decided to utilize full power on ‘Yggdrasil’.
Part 2
“*Sob*… It was all… My fault. *Sob*…”
In the maid’s bedroom on the ground floor of the palace.
Prim was lying on the bed with her pillow wet with tears.
Only Ash and Silvia beside her bed. Cosette was standing by the door outside the room.
Prim cried while she told them about the whole incident.
Prim arrived at the ancient palace when she was chasing Eco, who was emotionally distressed and running away.
She had met a few suspicious people there.
Seeing the enemy suddenly attack, Eco appeared and became the bait to let Prim escape.
When Prim regained conscious, Eco was no longer there.
After hearing, Ash felt something suspicious.
“Why did you go to the ancient palace?”
“That’s because… It was my entire fault! It was my bad to say such things!”
“Prim“ Silvia said patiently. “Please stay calm. Compared to you... Ash is the one suffering the most.”
After being advised so by Silvia, Prim rubbed off her tears which started clearing up.
“You are right. Sorry…”
“Prim-san, please tell me everything before Eco was kidnapped!”
Prim nodded.
“I had no ill intention, it was just that… Ash-sama is a human and Eco is a dragon… So I thought that Eco would feel lonely after Ash-sama married with a human girl. The moment I told her that, Eco rushed out of the room.”
“What…!”
Who would have thought of this, Ash was speechless.
“Idiot! You… Why do you have to tell her this!”
Silvia was mad.
“If I am Eco… I will definitely feel hurt if someone told that to me! Even when Eco is a dragon, her thoughts are still those of a very young girl’s. She should know very well that her situation is special. Why was she born as a human? Why was she not born as a dragon… If I am Eco, I might even never feel secure.”
“Princess…”
Ash looked on in surprise at Silvia who was able to keen Eco's thoughts.
“Recently, she had gotten used to the school life. She was also being loved by everyone as the student council’s mascot. Even so, to Eco, the only person she could trust in… Is no other than Ash.”
“And I… Have said something terrible…”
“Strictly speaking, Eco is still a young dragon who is not even a year old. Can’t you be a little more indirect in your––”
“Forget it, Princess. Right now, we could never solve the problem even after lecturing Prim-san. What’s more, if they had this planned, no matter what Prim-san said, Eco would still have been kidnapped.”
“…You are right. But how are we going to rescue Eco?” Silvia nodded.
She was in agreement with Ash.
“Prim-san… Could you describe those people who attacked?”
Ash was praying while asking. His only clue is Prim being the witness.
“Err… They pretended to be the palace servants. But, they didn’t look like citizens of the Knight Country. For their skin colour, it looked like they are the Tantalos…. Also, the person who attacked me is a short girl.”
“A Tantalos girl…!” Ash was feeling Déjà vu.
It was like he had found the last piece of puzzle in his memory.
“It was the girl who followed Milgauss!”
Ash’s fists were shaking. The world he was seeing was dyed in red. Even though he only had a feeling that Milgauss was the culprit, still, after making sure, he was still in rage.
“Since we know who the criminal is-”
Silvia immediately stopped Ash who intended to rush out from the room.
“Hold on, Ash! Where do you think you are going to?”
“The ballroom, of course! I want to settle thing with Milgauss!”
“Keep your calm! Do you think that Milgauss will admit it even after you find and confront him?”
“…Maybe not.”
Ash turned speechless.
Silvia was right, no matter how emotional he became, Eco still wouldn’t be able to return safely.”
Just as if she was trying to have Ash cooled down, Silvia made a suggestion in a calm voice:
“Don’t you think that this is a good time to save Eco when Milgauss is busy with the masquerade?”
“What do you mean?”
“Milgauss couldn’t even be bothered by an activity with long history such as this continental congress and will do anything just to capture Eco. Even when I don’t know what his intentions are, but capturing Eco alive is their priority. I am sure that their lackeys won’t do anything to harm Eco when the mastermind is absent.”
After listening to Silvia’s analysis, Ash gave a breath of relieve.
“The problem remains is, where is Eco’s location. Since Ash’s ‘Seikoku’ is not reacting, it means that Eco was being hidden in an enclosed place. For example something that could be a barrier to cut off magic… Anyway, it must be done with the proper equipment. It just can’t be a rally point that they have just constructed.”
“An enclosed place with proper equipment? That’s it, Milgauss has Klaus backing him up…”
Last evening, an airship flew past the evening sky…
The black ship that was waving the Empire’s flag proudly…
Ash remembered.
Ash and Silvia exchanged glances and shouted at the same time:
“Beowolf!”
Part 3
––W-Will… I die just like this…
Eco thought so.
The liquid in the capsule kept on rotating and Eco’s body was being swept along by it.
Every time her shoulders or waist touches the glass, her body will move slowly in the opposite direction.
It seems like the liquid was made of special materials. Luckily, it doesn’t affect her breathing. But after suffering a few shots from the magic device, her body turned numb.
This feeling is like an empty mind floating in mid air.
––If I could just… Continue sleeping… Then I won’t feel any pain…
Just when Eco thought so... A power, that surpassed all the previous ones, was released upon her.
“Noooooooooo…!”
Even though she thought that she shouted in pain, in truth they were just air bubbles coming out from her mouth.
A bright light flashes and the water churns rapidly. Just like being swallowed by a tsunami, her body kept on rotating and kept on hitting the glass around her.
––Wh… Why do I have to suffer this kind of pain.
It had passed the limit of her brain to just think of what they are going to do to her. She could only feel that her body had been injected with a vast amount of magic.
The pain she felt is just like her body being ripped open.
It felt like her organs were being messed up by someone.
-Urgh… It hurts…. It hurts…. I beg you all, please stop.
It is pointless no matter how she shouted in her mind, the magic was still being forced into the body. Eco’s body was jerking nonstop and she was struggling.
You might as well do me a favor by killing me––Eco gave up.
“…!”
At the next moment- The Necromancia’s slimy tentacles began attacking her from all directions.
Eco couldn’t understand. Where did those tentacles appear from in this enclosed environment?
The tentacles, which were wriggling like snakes, slowly snatched her freedom.
Her arms, waist, legs… were entangled by those tentacles. -Stop! This must be an illusion! It is this device that was making me hallucinate…!
Eco tried to stay conscious and opened her eyes widely.
At that moment, the tentacles disappeared.
The feelings of being entangled by those tentacles also disappeared.
However, not long after that, she lost focus and the tentacles appeared again and had her waist was surrounded.
In a blink of an eye, she was lifted by those tentacles.
-Stop!
An abnormally thick tentacle was approaching Eco’s face.
Eco kept her teeth closed with her might. If she was to be careless, the tentacle will surely wriggle into her mouth. Eco had Goosebumps just by think about it.
Eco initially wanted to ask for Ash’s help. She hoped that he could save him from this hell.
However, from the point she woke up in this device, she couldn’t even summon Ash.
Her Astral Flow with Ash had also been cut off.
The loss of her communication had put her in fear.
Eco was shocked that the loss of her connection with Ash would put her in such great fear.
––I am really an idiot. I only knew what is precious to me after I had lost it.
This experience had made her wanted to treasure Ash much more.
That’s right, without Ash, I can’t do anything… I am really a good for nothing.
-Don…
At that instant, there was something moving in her body.
Part 4
“Something is wrong! The magic indicator is showing an abnormal value!”
“We found an unknown magic source! Its power is increasing!”
“We have lost control of ‘Yggdrasill’! It ignored the emergency stop signal!”
The continuous bad news had made Dr. Hoffman turn pale.
The laboratory was as if in a fire and a tense atmosphere was spreading.
All the technicians now carried a panicked look while they were busy dealing with the buttons and controls under their hands.
“What happened…?”
Anya who was looking from aside wondered.
Basically, there presently seemed nothing abnormal with Eco, who was in the capsule.
Even though she was shot by the high power compressed magic and had struggled like she was having a nightmare, yet nothing dramatic had happened.
But the indicator was still indicating an abnormal value. Also, they were losing control of ‘Yggdrasill’.
The situation had suddenly become tense.
Even the emergency trigger had been triggered and the bell was ringing loudly.
-Dong!
At that instant, Anya heard something from the ground.
“What is that… Sound?”
As if to prove that it was not an illusion, ‘Yggdrasill's’ magic indicator exploded.
“Uwaa!”
Something groaned and then many of the surrounding devices started to explode with red flames. More of the technicians were now abandoning their posts, running away in fear.
“Don’t panic! Keep calm!”
Dr. Hoffman shouted but not even a single soul was listening.
Because in everyone’s sights was Eco.
Although she was still caged in the capsule. Eco’s body was now glowing with a dim light.
Even Anya was captivated by the sight in front.
“Dr. Hoffman! Let’s escape!” A young researcher advised Dr. Hoffman.
The rest of the researchers were agreeing with him and anxiously looked at Dr. Hoffman.
Anya left the wall and walk towards Dr. Hoffman’s back.
“Dr. Hoffman, I also think that it would be wise if we escape now.”
“No!” Dr. Hoffman yelled.
Anya was stunned by Dr. Hoffman’s aura. She had thought of him as a kind old man and was forced to act cruel as a researcher. Who would know that he would have such a stubborn side.
“What are you thinking! Even an outsider like me knows that this is dangerous! Isn’t there Millennium attached to that device too?”
What Anya was actually worried about is the existence of the Millenniums. Just in case the Millenniums explode… Anya was thinking. Let alone Beowolf, it is not even surprising if entire capital city of Fontain disappeared from the maps forever.
However, Dr. Hoffman shook his head slowly.
“…I won’t. That will not happen. The energy in the Millenniums has run dry.”
“What?”
“All the magic energy… Was fully absorbed by experimental material α.”
“-!”
Anya looked at Eco dumbstruck.
The intensity of Eco’s light was getting stronger, past the level where one couldn’t look at her directly. Those ‘Dong’ sounds had become clearer.
Even though there were no dangers of the Millennium exploding, it doesn’t mean that they were free from danger. Eco right now is seen as the bomb.
Later, there was the loud sound of something breaking.
Different from the normal explosions, that explosion sounds like it was originated from something being applied pressure on.
“α… α is escaping!”
A researcher shouted.
The capsule containing Eco was now in ruins and the liquid was flowing out like waterfall.
Eco can be seen floating with her eyes closed- in a short moment, she disappeared. What’s left is only stardust like magic particles floating in the air.
“She… Disappeared…?”
Anya dumbstruck, murmured alone.
Part 5
“Hey… Somethings wrong with Beowolf!?”
When Maestro Lancelot reached the landing space at a height of twenty meters, Silvia shouted:
“That is…!”
Ash who was riding on Lancelot behind Silvia widened his eyes.
The sacred airship Esperanza, airship Crown Solas and air ship Silvanus were lined up together.
On the other hand, the huge airship Beowolf was parked quite some distance away from the trio.
The suspicious thing was the black smoke emerging from Beowolf.
Could it be a fire?
If Eco is inside… Ash was too scared to think about it.
“Urgh…!”
At this moment, Ash felt a burning sensation from his left hand.
Although he nearly screamed in pain, he managed to tolerate with it.
It felt like suddenly putting his hand into a furnace.
“Is everything alright, Ash!?”
Silvia was worried about him and turned around and asked, but Ash couldn’t even reply because of the pain.
The ‘Seikoku’ engraved on his left arm was slowly moaning.
A while later, there was a glaring light coming out from his left arm and his sleeve up to his shoulders was burned off. Even the bandage was burned into pieces.
In a blink of an eye, Ash’s ‘Seikoku’ on his left arm was exposed.
“Wha…!”
The ‘Seikoku’ on his hand was glowing with a different light intensity from time to time.
Ash was panicking.
It will be alright if it was just glowing but the heat and the pain sensations had no intention of stopping.
It felt that his left arm is going to explode anytime.
“Hey… What is actually happening?”
Silvia was in shock while holding the reins which was probably caused by the fright she experience from seeing Ash’s ‘Seikoku’s’ reaction.
“I don’t know… But I am now sure that I am again connected to Eco!”
Just like responding to Ash’s left arm, there was an object glowing in the sky.
“Ash! Look upwards!”
Silvia who noticed the abnormality was pointing at the sky. Ash too had noticed.
There was something glowing on the sky above the landing area.
“That is…”
The mysterious light was floating in the sky as if it was decorating it.
On the other hand, the full moon didn’t look as charming as before.
By taking a closer look, it was an egg with beautiful flow lines.
There was a big emblem that was carved on the pearl like egg. At a first glance, it looked like a royal emblem.
To be more specific, that emblem looked like Ash’s ‘Seikoku’.
-Don… Don… Don…
There was a frighteningly deep beating sound from the egg.
The confusing part is, it moved with the same rhythm as the glow on Ash’s ‘Seikoku’.
Ash immediately understood.
“I couldn’t be more wrong… Eco is in that egg!”
“How is that possible? What are you talking about…?”
“Princess, I beg you. Please take me there!”
“…Alright. I believe in you. Fly Lancelot! Fly higher!”
But Lancelot ignored her orders. It stayed at the twenty meters height and looked at the egg with its head up.
“Hei… Lancelot? Anything wrong? Fly immediately!”
Even though Silvia shouted strictly, Lancelot still ignored her orders. On the other hand, it did an emergency landing at a corner of the landing space.
“What are you doing? Are you disobeying my orders, Lancelot!”
“…It is useless, Princess. It seems that Lancelot has its own reason.”
“What did you say?!”
Silvia looked at Ash with an imposing manner.
“Do you know what Lancelot was thinking?”
“…I am not sure. It was probably affected by the ‘Seikoku’. I don’t know why, but I could somehow understand what Lancelot was thinking.”
After Ash and Silvia were forced to alight from Lancelot unwillingly, Lancelot again spread its wings and shoot up into the sky.
Looking at Lancelot’s direction, Ash found out something important.
“Princess! There are more and more… Maestros gathering together!”
Groups of Maestros were gathering from all directions. It had become an amazing night view created by the light from the Maestro’s magic.
One by one the Maestros appeared and gathered at the corner of the sky.
For Maestros, whose total numbers were already small to begin with, to gather together, it was unheard of even in the old times––
Part 6
“What is actually happening…?”
Lancelot left its master and flew off on its own.
Although this had given Silvia a great blow, the view of the night sky still gave her a deep impression.
Silvia could clearly hear the ‘Pssshh’ sounds of the beating of the wings.
When she had personally realized the dream like view, all her attention had been captured by it.
That egg even had wings growing out of it and feathers with silver lights were falling off. It was like snows that beautify the night sky.
Then- there was a crack from the egg shell.
The winged egg split into two-
“Uoooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
A roar as if it was a horn announcing the end to the world could be heard all over.
Silvia who couldn’t look straight into the glaring light closed her eyes. When she reopened her eyes, the winged egg was no longer there. It was replaced by something that was not of this world.
To describe this thing with a word will be either – GOD or DEVIL.
However what Silvia said was insulting.
“What a scary monster…!”
“Stop! You are not allowed to say that!”
Ash shouted and brought Silvia back o her sense.
“That must be...Eco. I can feel it... I can feel it!”
“Sorry, Ash...”
Although Silvia was annoyed by her gaffe, she still couldn’t believe that it was Eco.
Later, Eco landed slowly while being surrounded by numerous Maestros.
Although the pink fur and the red eyes is similar to Eco, but her horns looked sharp and fierce and doesn’t at all look like Eco’s round stubs.
Also, there was a third horn in between the two horns. It was like a unicorn’s horn and stood up straight.
Her wings, which were spread out widely, were different from a normal Maestro’s. It made one think of an angel’s wings.
Followed by a loud bang, Eco landed.
Eco lifted up her gigantic hind leg up high- And The large airship that had been the pride of the Empire was squashed in a few seconds.
With the conning tower being right at the middle, Beowolf had been squashed into a V shape and it immediately exploded.
Yet, Eco was not at all affected.
Eco probably lost interest in Beowolf and tried to wriggle her long neck. She slowly lowered her center of gravity.
The target of her scarlet eyes was the window of the tall Fontaine Palace.
