Infinite Stratos - Volume 8, page 12
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In the middle of the night, on the corridor of the student dormitory…
“Ah.”
“Ahh.”
Two profile met in front of the door with the name Orimura on it.
One was a twin-tailed flat-chested girl with a lively impression.
The other was a model-like girl with curly hair and a regal presence.
“Ceci—”
“Rin-san.”
Both of them nearly let out voices, and hurriedly covered each other’s mouths.
And then, they start whispering softly to each other.
“What are you doing here?
“What about you, Rin-san? Why’re you dressed in such thin clothing…”
“I-isn’t it obvious that I’ll wear something thinner while sleeping? What about you, Cecilia? It’s lewd.”
“Wh-what? This is my usual nightgown when I sleep.”
“Then hurry up and go back to sleep. Why’re you here?”
“That’s my line, Rin-san. You should hurry back to the room—”
GAK!
““Ah?””
Upon hearing something break, Rin and Cecilia charge in through the room.
“Fu, fufu…I caught IChika.”
“Wa-wait Laura. This isn’t good…”
““Ahh.””
““Ahh.””
The teams of Cecilia/Rin and Laura/Charlotte stared at each other.
“Charlotte, take Ichika and retreat.”
“Y-yes…wait, huh?”
Charlotte suddenly saw the face of the person Laura rolled up.
“Muum—umm—~”
It’s Yamada-sensei, the vice homeroom teacher, Yamada Maya.
“What’s going on? What are you doing?”
“Yamada-sensei, wh-why…?”
“I’m sleeping in this room tonight on Orimura-sensei’s request!”
“Gek!”
Rin immediately showed clear disdain on her face.
“Th-then, I’ll make my leave…”
Cecilia’s trying to sneak away.
“Let’s go back and sleep for today then.”
Laura’s trying to escape from the window.
“Th-that’s right.”
Charlotte too tried to escape at this moment.
“““So then!”””
BAKK!! Maya used her IS to catch the quartet that were exchanging looks and trying to escape.
“…I have to give you a lecture tonight!”
Wah—wah—gyah—gyah—someone heard this commotion at the corner of the corridor.
“Th-thank goodness I didn’t go…”
Houki said this.
“Yeah…”
And Kanzashi.
After that, the quartet caught by Yamada-sensei had a sleepless night…
Epilogue: The Knight who rests amidst the Forest of Sakuras
"..."
The IS Academy Underground Special Zone--
Chifuyu's there, staring at a 'statue', chained to several cables.
This 'statue' was the final fate of the IS that once brought Chifuyu to the title of the strongest in the world...the 'Kurazakura'.
Because of a personal battle with a certain IS, the knight had all its systems frozen while protecting Chifuyu, and showed no signs of awakening.
"I know what's the program that Tabane sent me. Most likely...it's the program to forcefully unfreeze you, 'Kurazakura'."
Chifuyu touched the 'Kurazakura' with her fingers.
It felt a little chilly, like a frosted rock.
But she could feel the 'will' burning deep within it.
"When you wake up, it'll definitely be the decisive battle..."
She mutters, her profile looking so forlorn, yet full of confidence.
"...What do you intend to do with me?"
The one saying this was the 'leader', who was standing at the door.
"Hm, please go back to the American Army then."
"..."
The leader, who had guessed that Chifuyu had some plans, was shocked by this.
"If I leave you tied up here, it'll cause an international problem, even for IS Academy, no?"
That's why you can leave. Chifuyu said.
However, the leader was unable to accept this for some reason, and continued asking while surprised by this herself.
"I have a value as a hostage. If the negotiation conditions call for it--"
"Hm, this certainly is rare."
Upon seeing Chifuyu say this without any sense of pretense, the leader 'fell'.
She felt that her heart, which she should have already abandoned, was shot through.
"...Ah, ahh."
"Hm?"
"Private channel, XXX0891-DA."
For some reason, the leader could not look at Chifuyu directly as she told the latter softly yet clearly.
"You can contact me with this number..."
"Is that so? I'll remember that."
Chifuyu said and patted at the leader's head.
Poof, the leader's face went red, and left the room while ostensibly escaping from this place.
"...Good grief, she didn't even say goodbye, huh?"
Fuu, Chifuyu sighs in a somewhat satisfied manner.
She put her hands on her hips, and then used her hands to stretched her back.
"I still can't lose to you here, Tabane."
Afterwords: Those are Dene-Club, Altai-Flow, Ve-painting [13]
Hello everyone, this is Izuru. How long has it been since the last time I'm able to talk with everyone in Cafe like that? Haha.
If you bite an apple, your teeth will drop out, because it's gorilla glass.
Anyway, this is the 8th volume of IS. Haa--kept you waiting.
After all sorts of hardships, this book finally gets published thanks to Overlap-san picking up this series. Thank goodness.
Also, it’s really an honor to have that CHOCO-san be the illustrator of this series. Yes, I still remember the time when I started buy his ‘Iguna Cross Zero Station’ when I was in my second Year of High School.
After that, the pretty girl leaps up from the computer, fights the demon king in the other world, and repeats her death matches against the space monsters breaking the laws of cause and effect—I managed to obtain illustrations after doing this. This is certainly the coincidence. Right, how wonderful~
I have nothing to say about volume 8 at all! Nothing at all! That’s all!
For the 9th volume, I plan to write a slapstick romcom. I want to write something free and easy, something soft. I had enough of battles! It’s really tiring. See you then!
Yumizuru Izuru.
Ah, so there’s a second page. Erm, erm…
“The mangakas certainly have it tough, to be forced to draw manga in the editorial department.”
This is what I thought, and I, who’s writing my original script in the editorial branch, appears!
Speaking of which, I finished my script in the editorial branch…and the same thing goes for this…
To put it, I’m really sorry.
I’ll try my best to finish the 9th volume script early. (※I always say this)
Anyway, this volume’s released on April 25th, so we’re having a direct faceoff against Dragon Dogma…I’ll go play Dogma! Everyone, please read IS and answer the questionnaire! I think there’s a popularity contest that has been missing for quite a while.
The first placed character will definitely have something good…definitely…definitely…
I don’t think I’ve written about this before. Ahh, I really look forward to the JoJo fighting game. I’m bad at fighting games, but I’ll definitely purchase it. “I stopped the steamroller!” “Yumizuru, you bastard!” (※Dies)
Recently, I really like Crowell[14]. My love for her increases when she adds on 4 legs, 2 blade arms, missile rockets and angelic wings (and also two shotguns!)
Can I have an IS author side radio drama—it’s such that CHOCO-san and I have to be the ones answering the senders’ requested scenes. Ah, it’s an entire page now. By Yumizuru Izuru.
Translation Notes and References
↑ Run! Ichika: reference to«Run! Melos» Here
↑ Yatsuhashi: a Japanese confectionery sold mainly as a souvenir sweet [1]
↑ Imagawayaki: a Japanese dessert often found at festivals [2]
↑ Kompeito: a Japanese candy [3]
↑ Yokan: a thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. [4]
↑ Warabimochi: a jelly-like confection made from bracken starch and covered or dipped in kinako (sweet toasted soybean flour). [5]
↑ Shachihoko: an animal in Japanese folklore with the head of a tiger and the body of a carp. [6]
↑ I know I don’t do this in my proper projects, but allow me to snark here, Char. Please don’t tell me you’ve been reading SAO…
↑ Just a gentle reminder: A perfectly safe taser was used for this scene. Do not, I repeat, do not try this at home, even if you’re a celebrity. Saving something is highly recommended, even if it’s a game.
↑ Traditionally, well-mannered and refined women are called Yamato Nadeshiko, 大和撫子. However, Japan does call its national women football (or soccer) team Nadeshiko Japan, so I guess that’s a nickname.
↑ Hokuto no Ken. She’s already dead.
↑ 黒鍵, lit. black key
↑ Representing Deneb, Altair, and Vega, the brightest stars in the three constellations, the summer triangle. Author replaced the last katakana with kanji that sounded the same, 部, 流, 画 respectively
↑ クロウエル. I don’t want to bother with research for this character, but I guess it’s a game character.
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Izuru Yumizuru, Infinite Stratos - Volume 8
