8 "To Jurai"
It was the moment when the sun rose from behind Jurai that Honoka jumped out of hyper space.
Jurai had only one single giant continent covered in forest, the rest of the simply landscaped planet was only sea.
But as they descended into the atmosphere, the ground surface illuminated by the morning sun exposed a scenic landscape.
"Beautiful……"
The observation room seemed to be flying in the sky as walls and floor were made of full sized screens that reflected the scenery outside. Honoka was not just flying towards the destination but it was taking a flight route that was reserved only to special visitors being welcomed to the country like seina.
"How amazing...... I saw it before in the video, but that huge tree is even bigger in person."
The trees that they saw as they flew low through a forest area were almost a kilometer high
---for reference mt Everest is almost 9 times that high but it's still huge----
Seina could never in his wildest dreams ever imagine such a thing, Honoka suddenly changed course, and headed for a forested area in the shade of the sun.
The light from the people who lived in the trees nearby could be seen around them along with plenty of silhouettes in the huge trees floating in the darkness it looked like a huge Christmas tree.
However, Honoka raised it's altitude a little, and Seina gasped in amazement at the scenery.
"That is Tenju" he looked where Ringo pointed, the silhouette which had blocked out the light was caused by an overwhelming mass that emerged into the sky where the overwhelming dimness ended, " ………… does it go all the way into space?" It was as if a hole had been opened in the sky. the scale of the tree made it look as if it supported heavens itself, it was even larger then the massive world trees that existed in Honoka and the Mikagami.
Honoka slowly started moving along the outer periphery keeping a certain distance from Tenju. Tenju which was still cast in a silhouette because of the position of the back lighting, gradually began to emerge in the morning sun. The scenery appeared to be a divine thing as if it was coming down from God.
"………oh"
since Seina had come up into space, he had come to see a large number of huge buildings that were larger than Tenju. However, none of them were naturally created.
Seina forgot to breathe, it felt so mysterious to him. all of those who were there felt the same.
"Even though I've looked at it many times, it still makes me feel solemn." Ringo muttered as she sighed.
"can we land soon. I'm a bit worried about .... you know" seina came close to ringo to asked her in a bit of a loud voice
"Oh...Okay, that's a good idea." Ringo put her hands together and answered with a superb smile. Honoka sped up and headed to Tenju's upper level, the area of the emperor's dominion.
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When Honoka came to land on Tenju, it opened up it's petal like gate to the hangar. and the Kamidake slowly climbed out of it and started flying to a special port in the imperial area.
"our mission is finally complete" Seina said
The Kamidake slowly descended and headed to it's destination
Seina saw a huge lake when he arrived along with giant vines and a wide variety of plants. there were some trees on the tree which were buried soil..
"Wow I can't believe such a place could happen naturally ..."
"It's not natural, captain"
"what!?"
"Tenju is the founder of Royal Trees, and another body of Tsunami, it's like the world tree that supports the habitable area of the royal ships."
"so, is that what created the royal trees?"
"yes, and around Tenju, it keeps the environment under control and of course the gravity as well. such a huge object should have collapsed under it's own weight, and we're almost 10 kilometers above the sky normally water would be frozen up here."
At that time, Seina noticed how high up he was from the planets surface.
"Hey, Kiriko-san, why are there are gaps in forest.... it seems like nothing is growing in random places..." Of course there were places on the continent where trees didn't grow, such as mountain ranges, but these gaps were not growing when there was nothing to hinder their growth.
"About 700 years ago, Ryo-Ohki invaded Jurai and those are areas that were destroyed."
"Huh, Ryo-ohki did this?"
"tree's have been planted there bu it will take thousands of years before those scars disappear."
The biggest hole was over 10 kilometers in diameter.
"I can't believe a ship did that much damage."
" Ryo-Ohki and the royal trees could destroy whole planets easily if things got serious."
"Kiriko, why did ryoko do this?"
"It was only a guess until we heard it from Ryoko herself, but she was trying to capture the founding tree. Tsunami."
"Captain, we've anchored into the landing beacon" Hakuren reported . On the screen the port of Jurai was displayed. the area seemed to fuse into the landscape as well as everything else around Tenju. Mostly because most things were made entirely of wood.
"It's surprising right? Jurai is full of trees so lots of things are made from wood. I was surprised too when I saw it for the first time, so I understand your feelings."
""Jurai is truly a mysterious beauty ... it's almost impossible for me to believe that people live here ..."
"well.. it looks this way because Jurai is a settled planet" Hakuren said as she projected a video on the monitor.
" settled?"
"Yes, originally the Juraian people didn't evolve here, they were people who came from other planets. So everything here was carefully planned."
"if you go to the lower part of Tenju or out of town, you'll see its quite lively and well designed, if you have time I can show you"
"Please do Ms. Gyokuren"
"Gyokuren! wait a moment! Where are you planning to take him!"
"Captain, we will be arriving at the landing point soon" Kiriko's voice stopped the conversation
a row of strong juraian fighters and female officers in weird outfits greeted them on each side as they disembarked "No way!?" Kiriko said as she came down with Hakuren from the Kamidake with Seina, she looked nervous to see those people.
"What's wrong, Kiriko? "
"Those are the Royal Guards, and there's representatives from all four houses ......" Hakuren kept talking instead of Kiriko."some of them are Seto's people...""
"In this case the female officers are dressed like this because there no longer married, they either lost their husbands or divorced after marriage, they are experts in information gathering, and are also seto's assassination squad,"
"wow ... ... this is quite the welcome" Amane said
Hakuren nodded a little silently."there are guards from all four houses ...... That means that the baggage that Seina has is very important."
[How long are you just going to stand there its rude] airi sent a confidential communication to them from the Kamidake,
kiriko looked spooked
"sorry, let's go, captain"Seina walked out with the package elegantly
─ ─ It is an important item. I have to carry it properly.
As Seina began walking, the fighters beat the long sticks they had on the ground several times and gave ceremonial gestures.
[This is a ritual done to the royal family when they return. Kiriko, what do you think is in there? 】[...... That thing has to be a tree there's no other possibility...]
【that explains the gaurds】
Kiriko and Hakuren spoke to each other quietly as they kept up kept behind Seina.
The two in the middle walked towards Seina when Kiriko and Hakuren came up to them. Kiriko and Hakuren got down on their knees one step behind Seina, and lowered their heads graciously.
"Seina Yamada , Thank you for bringing this all this way" they bowed deeply to thank Seina.
[You're a member of the kamidake's crew go with them]
hakuren whispered to kiriko who got up to follow seina
two female officials began to walk with Seina. The other officers right and left began lowering their heads until they were passed by Seina, bowing in pairs and following a certain distance behind Seina.
Seina got into a large open bus.
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the forest of giant trees and flowers on one side, and small pond and a river flowed for about fifty meters, on the other. As the bus went through a natural park where butterflies and birds flew. seina was watching the odd scenery when a female officer came and put their hand on Seina.
"... ... It's good to see you're safe" Seina heard a voice he recognized, kiriko did too
"Aunt Tsukiko !?"
"Mom!?"
"I'm glad your safe too." Tsukiko said seina seemed relaxed. he teared up
"mom ... ... why are you here?" Kiriko asked
Tsukiko wiped away seina's tears, with one hand while holding seina's hand with the other.
"I came because I wanted to make sure you and seina were safe."
"Oh ... .... I'm sorry ... I didn't mean to make you worry about us."
Tsukiko gently stroked her head and then headed over to amane
"I'm Tsukiko Masaki, Kiriko's mother. I am indebted to you for everything you've done for Seina-chan and Kiriko." Tsukiko thanked bowed deeply at Amane
"oh no I'm indebted to them." Amane got up from her seat and thanked her the same way.
"I look forward to showing you Jurai, if there is something you need don't hesitate to tell us." Tsukiko once again bowed and covered her face in a hood and returned to her original position.
"you look embarrassed kiriko..."
"When parents say hello to friends and colleagues, it always embarrassing"
" she looks like she could be your twin"
"everyone says when my mother was a student she looked exactly like me"
seina sat back and watched the scenery go bye.
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the Kamidake had moved to Honoka's hangar
Airi stayed and didn't go with Seina, she was with Tennyo and Hakuryo, and NB on the Kamidake's bridge.
"I'm sorry but it's much too damaged, were going to have to retire it."
"Please wait to do so. I understand Seina's feelings well,I think he would like that. " Ringo reflected on the monitor gave a nice smile .
"it's his First ship, so I'm sure there is some attachment.guys tend to have a strong attachment to their ships ... ...." Tennyo turned to hakuryo
"What are you looking at me for?"
"I am not an expert in men's psychology, so I can't make a conclusion ... ... "
"I think we should hold off for a while but not too long we have to get to junking it soon."
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Seina was brought to a dark place. with buildings like those on earth. bing bong.
Seina stood in front of a door and rang the chime.
" home delivery for Seto Kamiki Jurai,""
" ~~ Yes, be there in a second"
Through the intercom, he heard a cute voice from Seto, the door opened with a lock opening sound, Seto came out in an apron."please sign here." Seina handed the package he had to Seto, he launched a monitor for her to sign.
"I don't have anything to sign with....how about a thumbprint ♡ "Seto winked and said.
suddenly the housing complex disappeared leaving only a rudimentary set of walls and a door in the large room. it had all been a hologram projection. the light turned on and he saw it was a luxurious hall, a guest house, and seto's local officers and the Kiriko were watching Seto silently.
"Why did you turn on the lights? We hadn't even gotten to the fun part yet."
"Seto ...... This is no time for a joke!" Kiriko said
"oh... sorry Kiriko-chan, I've just spent so long preparing for this that i got a bit carried away ..."
"I'd expect this sort of thing from Airi but not you"
"It makes no sense to have Airi sign for this package"
"and whats with the weird hologram house... ...."
"Would you rather it be a ginger bread house?"
"Seto-sama, i feel like your acting skills could use a bit of work" one of the officers said
"Yeah yeah! I know I'm not that great... but Minaho-chan was supposed to be the one accepting it and I had to fill in last moment." said seto said shutting the door of the house structure
"I could see this working if maybe seina was a little kid but ... i dunno he's too old it just felt weird" the other officers started chiming in
"I just came here to see Minaho act."
"I thought the story was good! I give it a 10."
"I think the actress is too old looking for the part."
In terms of appearance, Seto looked to be the same age as Airi, like she was in her late 30s but with perfect skin. her atmosphere was the only thing that gave away her age.
"Yeah, it was bad, I wonder where Minaho ran off too... well, I guess it must have been important..."
"Well, thanks to her being gone we only had watch this this play half way."
"It was a bad play!"
Behind the door Seto had been eaves dropping at the door listening to her reviews.... the walls fell over....
"...... Heh" Seto had already changed into her formal wear. seina was relived it was over.
"Seina ... ... I'm sorry for the hokey play." Seto said with a delicate tone,
"Oh no... don't say that, You did a great job... I mean it was a bit much for me ... ... but it suited you well!" Seina said.
"Oh, I'm happy to hear you say that." seto smiled
her officers sighed.
"It's too bad Airi-sama and Mikami-sama, weren't here to see it.... ahahaha! ...... anyways... now that I've received my package safely, I should take a break until lunch.... Hmmm who wants to show Seina around jurai? "
seto began looking around.... her staff all eagerly raised their hands.
"Wow! As expected ....you're a popular person ... Who should I choose?...."
"Ms. Tsukiko Masaki , please!" Kiriko shouted loudly as if to choose for Seto.
"Well, that's fine, but ... ... well at least one more ..."
"Tsukiko Masaki , please do it by yourself!" Kiriko stared at Seto who seemed dissatisfied.
"I said Tsukiko Masaki , please do it by yourself!"
All the officers lowered their hands when they saw the dangerous look in kiriko's eyes
"Fine...there's no helping it .... Tsukiko-chan, please go take seina to see jurai... Amane, Ryoko, Kiriko-chan and Hakuren come with me to give your report on what happened" Seto sighed
"I need to change clothes"
"Oh, I see I understand. well then I will see you and Ryoko later."
"Yes mam." Amane and Ryoko entered the transfer gate
-----------------this next section is weird... as seto gives a similar monologue in the next novel to kiriko... which is even weirder when you consider she does it here.... except this is the real seto.... and the one on Imuim is mirror seto which explains it....
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"I prepared quite the surprise for them where were going... It's a shame."
"Please don't give us any unnecessary thank you presents!"
"No... I must!"
"what!?"
kiriko was surprised by seto's face as she counter attacked her statement.
"Seina has been suffering from various troubles until now, from natural disasters to attacks by malicious forces .... But his power to deal with them is outstanding, he has a high tolerance for being treated poorly that has been cultivated since childhood, doesn't he? "
"well yes ... ...but that doesn't mean you have to get him into any adult situations..."
"No, the two big instincts of humans are individual preservation instincts and tribal conservation instincts,the desire for food and the desire for reproduction. Appetite is essential immediately after being born, but the desire for reproductive growth is due to maturation of the body. Both are difficult to control, but Seina's overwhelming experiencing a shortage of reproductive greed.
His bad luck has been treated as harmful all his life, and many people have tried to get away from Seina, but now that he is famous, many people are approaching him. People who come close to Seina in the past and have been favorable but what if malicious people begin coveting his affection, It's a recipe for disaster
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"are you sure about that Seto-sama?"
Gyokuren, who was watching over their conversation until then, said a bit sarcastically to Seto trying to justify her own actions.
"of course if you change your point of view, then the influence of Seina's power on this world is far more than I ever imagined ... it's dangerous."
"I can understand that Seto, but there's no need to rush things.. ...."
"are you saying that because you honestly think it's bad for him, or do you feel that it is a bad thing because of Seina?"
"do I feel that it's a bad thing because of Seina?"
Kiriko tilted her head.She didn't understand seto's question
"Maybe I should say it this way... do you think that because of Seina's bad luck?"
"Maybe it makes you think you dislike Seina sometimes?" Hakuren chimed in.
"oh."
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" Seina draws Space pirates because Seina recognizes the existence of Space pirates as a "bad thing". Naturally, if that position changed, the Galactic Federation would be bad and he would attract us. What I'm trying to say is the quality of the trouble that seina attracts might be effected by seina's beliefs and if that way of thinking changes there is a possibility things might change.... but I have to test that out to confirm it....."
"That's horrible ... you're treating him like a weapon"
"You would look at it that way, you're too pessimistic about Seina, it is better to say that for Seina it's his strength, in any case from a Space pirate point of view he is a weapon."
Seto smiled and turned to look at Kiriko in the eyes.
"Weapons are abandoned when they are no longer needed, and that's why we have to look for a technique to control Seina's bad luck from now on, to do that it is necessary to make his wishes come true."
"Ms. Seto!"Kiriko remembered the time before when she quarreled with Seina about him not returning to Earth.
─ ─ ─ I want to stay in outer space. If I miss this, I'll never get another chance ...... I want to go to places on a spaceship and see many things!
If Seina's bad luck hadn't become necessary, it was highly likely that he would have ended up isolated somewhere, like radioactive waste. But that would have deprived Seina from ever fulfilling his hopes and dreams. But if he could control his bad luck ... ....
"You seem to understand, now don't you?"
Kiriko nodded
However, it was still impossible to convince her immediately,
"Then it's not overkill now is it?" Seto said with a gritty look.
"...... Ringo-chan, would you like to do it?"
"What! I uhm uh..."
"hmmm maybe Minaho-chan should do it... I know he'd probably have the least complaints if you did it Kiriko-chan."
"I can't just do it with him like that ... ...."
"We don't know what will happen if you wait now do we? I'm sorry, but Seina's not in a situation where we can wait for such a thing.....hmmm well maybe Gyokuren chan is a bad idea.... "
Seto looked at Hakuren's group
"Why am I excluded?"
"That's a good decision."
"Oh, Why do you say that karen?" Gyokuren smiled at Karen putting her on the spot. Hakuren froze up and began thinking to herself at a high speed, Suiren turned red and hid behind Hakuren.
"uhm ... I Uh... you see ... ...."
Karen diverted her eyes and her face turned red.
"well if none of you want to do it i guess i leave it to my other officers? there good at teaching."
"What! NO!?"
"No matter how you cut it, things are going to be complicated his first time especially in the case of Kiriko and Seina,you two will have only yourselves to blame when it's bad and you can't keep the relationship going afterwords "
"Well, that is uhm ... ...."
"Hey Kiriko-chan, if you really want to be Seina's first, you should consider doing some kind of training."
"Well uhm...!"
"Seto, that's enough!" Karen quickly interrupted the conversation.
Seto didn't mean a sex between a pseudo-personal construct she meant the real thing.
"Uhuhuhuhuhu"
Seto approached Hakuren, and smashed the back of Hakuren 's head with her hand snapping her back to reality.
"It is that difficult to teach people without actual experience."
"Hey ... ... It will be Seina's first time... don't you want it to be good for him?Seto said
Kiriko started thinking to herself about it
"I do not need to think about it, I'm happy to devote my virginity to seina."
Gyokuren quickly answered with a smart glittering smile.
"……eh??"
everyone, including Seto, looked at Gyokuren with strange eyes.
"What.... I am a virgin."
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat..........................."
Everyone said all at once in astonishment.
"...... rude.... and you of all people should know...."
Gyokuren stared at Hakuren and smiled with her tongue out.
"even hand and mouth?"
"Of course ♡" Gyokuren smiled brightly
"I don't mean to derail the conversation but kiriko if you let Gyokuren-chan go first then seina will compare everyone after to her. Wouldn't you rather have that be you?"Seto nudged kiriko
"Well, that is uhmm ... ...."
"Think about it.... I'll give you thirty seconds!"
"Well uhm....!"
" ten seconds have passed"
Seto brought a watch out of her pocket and started counting.
"wait a moment!"
"20 seconds have passed, 10, 9, 8 ..."
"ahhhhhhhhh……"
Kiriko was embarrassed by seto's heartless countdown.
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Seina was brought by Tsukiko to place that looked like a Japanese garden. Water gushed from the bottom of a small pond.
"I don't mind doing it, but it's easier if you take off your own shoes..." Tsukiko said,
Seina took off his shoes and entered the room.
"Now, sit down there and relax.I'll make us some tea ... or, if you're tired,I could let you get some sleep..."
"It's all right, I've gotten some rest and I'm adjusted the time difference too heh."
"is that so……" Tsukiko looked at seina and distorted her expression and she hugged Seina
"Aunt Tsukiko! I'm sorry, You must have been very worried..."
"I was worried ... but it was more frustrating then worrying."
"frustrating?"
"If you hadn't made it back I would have just died without you."
"What?"
"Don't laugh Seina, I love you ... ...."
"... ... I also like you too Aunt Tsukiko I hmmmmf.........." Tsukiko kissed Seina to shut him up.
It wasn't a kiss one would give their child, it was a kiss one would give another adult.
"Aunt...... Tsukiko ??"
"When I heard you had gone up into space i was stunned... When Kiriko came up to space and chose to live away from you Seina, I thought I was going to take her place with you, but you just went up into space with her. After she came around, Kiriko accepted it, I was really happy, as her mother, and as your guardian ...... "
Tsukiko diverted her eyes from Seina and leaned to press her forehead against Seina's chest.
"It took this indecent for me to realize i couldn't wait around to tell you my feelings anymore." Tsukiko said.
Seina' s heart beat faster.
It was the first time in Seina's life that a woman confessed her feelings to him.
when he was a kid he had gotten to know Tsukiko's face well. but he only recognized her as the mother of Kiriko and Kai, but when he observed her now, he noticed that she had the youthful glow of a woman in her prime and looked to be little more then Kiriko's older sister.
Before he went up to space, he might not have accepted that confession. But now that he had an extended lifespan, his perception of the year difference had changed completely. Even if she was twenty years older the difference of twenty years or thirty years, meant nothing in the two thousand years he was expected to live, it was like less then a year, at most a school year.
(This is bad!)
Seina's tension was steadily rising as he begin to feel consciousness of tsukiko as a woman who had confessed her love for him. and since she had kissed him he was very aware...
Seina tried to distance himself from Tsukiko, but Tsukiko wouldn't allow him to. she noticed the change in seina and drew closer to him to get near it.
"Hey, Seina-chan ......" tsukiko said to seina with a hungry look in her eyes. seina felt weird about seeing this expression coming from her.
he thought of her like Tennyo, Kiyone and Minaho, but at the same time she was different from them. However that wasn't why he felt something was off...
"you're not Aunt Tsukiko are you?" Seina said unconsciously.
"what are you talking about Seina-chan ... ..." Tsukiko moved her face closer to Seina.
"Hey Aunt Tsukiko!"
"Please call Tsukiko," she said delicately.
"Oh, uhm... hey, Tsukiko aahhh !?"
tsukiko kissed seina again and as she held him in her grip strongly
"Seina, That's not my mother! It's a fake!"
Kiriko and Hakuren came in the room.
"fake?"
"Oh, it's been a long time hasn't it?"Tsukiko changed.
not only her face but also her body to another woman 's appearance.
"Kuisu Panta!? what are you doing! you're the Captain of the local corps!" Kiriko looked startled.
the local corps was primarily responsible intelligence gathering. Their captain Kuisu was a particularly mysterious person, even before Seto and Minaho she rarely exposed her face.
Kiriko had never seen her face in person, only in video materials.
"Amazing ...... she's the genuine article!"
"This is the first time I've ever seen it too" Hakuren reacted like she saw a ghost.
However, the figure of Kuisu was a plan woman who didn't seem to be the captain of a local battalion at first glance. she looked to be around 40 and seemed overworked.
"this is the first time I've seen you in this form, Did Seto put you up to this ... why are you here?"
"uhm well.……"
---------BTW they don't do a good job describing her and don't illustrate her till gxp 14 so here you go--------
that's her
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before all this:
When Kiriko about to miss out on Seto 's countdown when suddenly the start - up sound of a communication monitor was heard, and the monitor started up in front of Kiriko' s eyes.
"Ms. Kiriko, incoming communication from your mother on earth"
"……What!?"
"Oh, Kiriko! Your safe I'm so glad. I thought I'd give you a call once you arrived on jurai to see how you were doing! "
" Mom?!"
"Is Seina safe? "
"... ... Mother, What on earth is going on?" kiriko looked at Seto through the monitor, she quickly diverted her eyes.
"why are you acting so funny; is everything alright? Minaho-san told me that Seina-chan had arrived on jurai, so i called as soon as she let me know ... uhm hey Kiriko !? "
Kiriko ignored her mother and understood everything from how Seto was looking away she ran out after Seina.
"Wait, Kiriko!" Hakuren followed Kiriko with the other three.
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" So Why are you here?"
"damn Minaho, That woman would be the one to disturb my enjoyment, I'll have to punish her later"
"Kuisu senpai Please unhand seina!"
"Before I do ... ...." Kuisu raised her hands to pause kiriko who was approaching her.
Kiriko stopped like she had pushed a pause button. Even though her power gave off no intrusive pressure like Seto's. she managed to stop Kiriko with just a casual hand gesture.
Reading the hearts of people and manipulating them ─ ─ that was the ability of the leader of local the local corps, she was Seto's top officer.
"Hey Seina, do you know why I'm able to become Tsukiko-chan?"
"huh?"
"I have never seen her before. but working such a job, I have gotten to know everything about her and I have assessed her identity so I am able to become her ... that should be proof enough for you... "
Despite her plain appearance, Kuisu's eyes had a force in them, a strong will and presence like Seto's. And when seina noticed that in Kuisu, who was supposed to be a plain and mediocre looking older woman, he noticed she was also an irresistible and attractive woman comparable to Amane and Gyokuren.
"please, I'd like you to tell me about your life in secondary school."
"That's ... ... not easy ..." Seina tried to get away from Kuisu.
"I know it will be difficult, but please explain with concrete words as much as possible"
"Well, uhm ... ...."
Seina tried to put the words in his mind into sentences.he looked in the direction of Kiriko, and began to explain to kuisu so that Kiriko would not hear him. he whispered.
"... .... Oh, I see ... Thank you ... Thank you ...."
Kuisu smiled and once again drew her body close to Seina, then she he left from him so fast that Seina fell over.
"Thank you, I will tell you something good as a reward.When I turn it into someone, I have to know something about that person."
"Yeah, I thought you were the real aunt Tsukiko.""That's why I told you what i just told you... what I said before was not fiction ♡"
"What ?! Oh !!" Seina was surprised and caught off Gaurd, Kuisu pushed Seina into a small pond. seina disappeared
"Oops!" It was an emergency transfer gate. the one Kiriko had jumped out.
Kiriko stared at Kuisu and ran towards the gate
"Be careful Kiriko-chan! If you aren't careful, Tsukiko-chan will take your place" Kuisu said .
Kiriko jumped into the gate after bowing.
"Minaho seems to be rooting for you Kiriko-chan, but for me I'd like to support Tsukiko-chan ... ... Well, either way I have to punish Minaho for disturbing my fun." Kuisu turned away from Kiriko,
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" I confirmed the activation of the emergency gate" an officer gave a report to seto's other officials,
"I can't believe that Ms. Kuisu showed her face!"
"well i did warn kiriko that she had to act fast..."
"Seto Preparation for the public bath has been completed ...... But Seto-sama,I'm not sure how to say this ... but seina has disappeared from our tracking system..."
"Something tells me minaho is behind this....
------------OK so I'm going to level with y'all I cut a large scene here... one of seto's ladies in waiting got proposed to.... it was long and annoying and never comes up again its filler with non characters and basically just took up time long enough for her to ask if seina was still missing.---------------
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Seina felt like he was floating..... he opened his eyes and found himself suspended in the air upside down.
"aaaaaH!"
seina felt like he had bumped his head... he looked around and saw the trunk of a huge tree... a lady was climbing tenju as she held him.
"Where am ... ... I?"
seina was thrown up and flipped right side up and the woman grabbed him and smiled at him
"Welcome to Juria Seina"
"What ?! what's going on !!"
Seina remembered the face of the lady but wasn't sure where from. suddenly she began climbing up super fast.
"Seina's here!" she called Suddenly Seina was taken into a window... and was placed on a soft cushion.
"Why didn't you bring him the normal way?" a Quiet but powerful voice said.
"Are you all right? you're not hurt are you?" a worried woman squatted down over him
"... .... Funaho Masaki Jurai ......?" seina saidFunaho smiled.
she was surprised seina remembered her .
It was Misaki · Masaki · Jurai who brought Seina up tenju to see her.
he couldn't see his face but Seina was sure he knew who the man there was
(That must be the Juraian Emperor, Azusa Masaki Jurai, ...)
Seina hurried and sat up he saluted the three of them.
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Together with Hakuren, Kiriko got on a pleasure train that toured around the place it ran from the lower layer to the middle layer of the Tenju and then to the upper layer. It was a train that traveled slowly over the course of a about five days.
she got up and walked towards the back to the section reserved for royalty
"Welcome"
"Ringo-sama! Why are you here?"Ringo greeting her in the uniform of the train crew
"This line is managed by my relatives, Minaho is waiting for you."
Kiriko entered and was welcomed by Minaho with a smiling face. in the lounge car the whole sky could be seen.
"Thanks for your hard work, it was a lot of hard work, please sit down ... you too Hakuren"
"Ms. Minaho, where is Seina now?" Kiriko asked.
"Now my grandparents have taken him to their place "
"What !? It's off limits to everyone without permission even seto!"
"Is that so……" Kiriko sat down on the sofa relieved.
Ringo put some tea in front of Kiriko and smiled.
"Please enjoy, Hakuren you too." Ringo said Hakuren also sat on the sofa.
"But Minaho, long do you think you can keep seina out of seto's grip while he is here? Honestly, indefinitely would be best ... .. Seto-sama is trying to do something with him that I seriously have to think about. "
"It's no wonder that you want that... but I don't think Seto-sama is planning to do anything right away. I think she was just teasing you"
"you call that teasing!?"
"Do you know why that assassination attempt on seina happened? or what triggered Seina and you to meet Seto?"
"Yes, the number of member countries to the Galactic Federation has increased, and the pirates were overwhelmed by our forces ..."
"Yeah ... well, as you know Kiriko-chan, our finances for fighting have recently increase greatly..."
"That was hell ... ... Ringo-sama is like a demon with expenditures ..." Kiriko turned pale blue and trembled.
Ringo cleared her throat and looked away.
"since seina came into the picture there's been a sharp decline in the damage caused by Space pirate's and not only the Galactic Federation but also Jurai have seen considerable economic development.
Of course tax revenues rose with that, our anti pirate costs have also decreased, and the huge amount of prize money from capturing the pirates have kept Ringo and I very busy"
"...Yes ... and other... various things"
"Of course, not only the accounting department but also the accounting division have had their budget's cut, but that's a good thing, everything has started to move in a good direction. Ryo-Ohki even came to Jurai on a peace mission thanks his help. You saw her right? "
"Yes she was not like what i pictured from the rumors, she was pretty cute."
"Yes well thanks to seina our economy is booming and Ringo's accounting department practically worships him. so you can see why seto is eager to do some more experimentation on him right... anyways i can keep him away from her but only for a while... there is a luncheon scheduled for him in the evening, and from there he will be getting a new assignment, so it's up to you once he gets to the luncheon"
"A new mission?"
"Yes, I think you will be surprised"
"Yes, I understand, well them... please keep Seina in the Emperor's place until the luncheon ..."
"I think he's safe for the time being" Minaho said relaxing everyone.
"Well then, I better hurry"Hakuren said.
"Hakuren !?"
Hakuren changed to Kuisu · Panta, the car they were in train was cut off from the rest of the train.
"Kuisu-sempai! what are you ... ...."
"to sneak around inconspicuously is my specialty you should remember that, Kiriko-chan"
Kuisu winked at kiriko and looked at Minaho with a smiling face.
"Well, Ms. Minaho, this more then makes up for you disturbing my entertainment"
"what do you mean! ... what are you planning to do ..." Minaho said overwhelmed by Kuisu's powers.
" Oh, ringo can you please do me a favor? Kuisu glared at her.
"Ms. Seto, we've located Seina, he's on top floor of the Emperors Palace"
"Unfortunately the plan is canceled, we can't get into Emperor palace but think you for the info ... ...."
"It's too early to give up, please call Yuzaki !"
"Yuzaki-sama!? ... ... ... Well, this is his first visit to jurai... he might as well meet her. Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhu, Oh ~ ho ho ho ho! "
"Wow ~ ~, what a splendid villain's laugh..."
"As one would expect from Seto!"
like audience members watching a show seto's officers applauded Seto behind her
"uhuhuhu! that makes You guys my evil henchmen, don't waste time saying such foolish things! Send out Yuzaki!"
"OK ~ ~ ♡"
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