The grassy plain remained and the monolith formed a human silhouette
It was a horribly emaciated old man in a wheelchair This signal was not sent through the previous secret line so the holographic image displayed his true form
The old man saw no need to hide who he was and the wheelchair’s wheels squeaked as he approached the table
What do you want Dr Strangelove It is rude to interrupt teatime
Ho ho There is no need to worry about that given how well we know each other
Maid give me some tea as well
He smiled in a way that made it look like he had just eaten someone
The maid hesitated but finally prepared the requested tea
The old man was only a hologram and thus could not pick it up so it remained on the table
I created Miss C and you created Miss E But it seems it was your Miss E who was chosen for the Holy Grail This is a cause for celebration but that one point is a tad disappointing
Do not say we ‘created’ them They are both my daughters
Heh heh Now about Miss Cabout Elisabeth
Miss A’s eyebrows twitched
You don’t need her anymore do you Then perhaps I’ll retrieve her
The girl had been calmly listening to the old man but now a crunching sound came from her mouth She had apparently bitten through her hard candy
Fine fine I’ll leave her with you said the man You can use her however you like
Silent anger filled the 600-year-old girl’s eyes and the old man responded with a thin smile
But as I’ve said countless times before Elisabeth has quite a few flaws introduced by that creation plan It would be fairly dangerous to trust her outside of battle
Silence
You must understand All people are god’s children Attempting this using human knowledge was absurd The basic theory used was old The researchers were under a lot of pressure to achieve immediate results She was raised in an inferior environment And He pushed on the wheelchair’s tires to roll it back
The Schwarze Lab was run by the Kurosaki family
He returned to his original position
Heh heh heh Miss Alice didn’t you say you were good friends with Miss Elisa the genetic base used for Miss C
Silence
By the time the girl’s voice rang out the old man had vanished without a trace
She had carelessly grown emotional so she sighed and leaned back in the rocking chair She shook her head to tell the shocked maid not to worry about it
And she faced Machina once more
I will simplywatch and wait for a whileMiss E she said quietly I leave this with you
Adolescent Adam 7 Chapter 1 - Etcetera Beginning With a Kiss
Something was odd
Four weeks had passed since Mutsuki noticed his body’s abnormality
He had a very young sister back home so he was more sensitive than most to signs of poor health If he felt even a little ill he would take his temperature and some medicine He put in an effort to not spread anything to his family That had not changed once the angels began protecting him so he had been worried about a cold for four weeks now But this abnormality was not an issue of poor health
In fact
What is it Avalon
It was caused by this dream
Or so it seemed
He had no proof and a dream was just a dream
For the past four weeks every dream he remembered was this one It was all the same dream
The dream was probably causing the abnormality
aavaalon What is it
It’s nothing Lucya
Mutsuki smiled back at the girl who curled up her back like a kitten to peer down at his face
Technically it was a boy named Avalon who Mutsuki’s mind resided within
The scarlet of sunset dyed a grassy field The isolated location was surrounded by trees and gave a view of a distant village There he played with a girl named Lucya
They were sitting on a bed made from reaped straw so the sweet aroma of wheat hung in the air
They were a little too close together His heart pounded because he could smell the sweat of the girl whose skin was darker than the wheat
They would chat or play by chasing after each other They were always together in the dream
Look look I took this from the old man’s orchard
And sometimes they were mischievous The girl pulled out a single red apple and grinned
Took it Not again He’s going to be mad
Who cares We take him wheat so this just a little reward
Lucya narrowed her feline eyes and the boy smiled bitterly
He chopped it in two using the stone knife in his boot
Eh heh heh
Lucya did not hesitate to take the bigger half
She took a big bite and began chewing happily but she seemed to have taken too big a bite and gotten some seeds She began rudely spitting them out
The boy took a bite too
I invited Lilith but she didn’t come yet again
It must not have been ripe because a strong sour flavor spread through his mouth
Why is it always like that recently The three of us used to always be together
She gave a displeased look toward the village No toward a garden a short distance away from it
A few people could still be seen working between the trees bearing apples grapes and figs
They seemed to be collecting the past-ripe grapes probably to make wine
Among them they spotted a girl with very long blonde hair