The contact urge of the compensation umbra recedes.
Like two footprints left on the shoreline.
My resurfacing consciousness recognizes only the two of us, her and me.
Like my feet standing on the beach being dragged by the flowing seawater and sand.
The soft sensation pressed against my lips tries to drag me into the depths.
And then,
“Nnnnnnnnn!?!?!?”
I understood the situation.
No, I don’t understand it at all.
Aaaaaaahhhhh, I’m k-k-k-kissing my Oshi!?!?
Why!?!?
—I don’t know! I don’t remember…!! —Huh, I don’t remember…?
Could it be… the compensation umbra!?
D-did I give in to the [contact] urge and kiss Hinata-chan!?!?
My thoughts aren’t coming together at all.
They’re not coming together, but this is no time to be leisurely putting them together!
“Mmm… pop“
“H-Hinata-chan!”
“—…Ah”
I quickly grab her shoulders and pull her away, seeing the light of reason return to her eyes, I bow my head.
“I’m so sorryyyyyyyy!”
“…Eh?”
I apologize anyway.
I apologize profusely.
And then I’ll commit seppuku!!
“Really, it wasn’t on purpose!? It was an accident, so, for Hinata-chan it doesn’t count, or rather, your first kiss is still intact!?”
“…………”
Hinata-chan, who had been blushing as if feverish, blinked repeatedly.
Then, as if understanding the situation, she murmured “Ah”—and her lips curved into a mischievous smile.
“So you accidentally stole it? A girl’s first time.”
“——”
My breath stopped.
No, my whole body froze.
Her peach-colored eyes are moist, shining more purple than usual, mysteriously.
Her lips are glossy, and her breath is terribly hot.
It was an expression containing an incredible sensuality.
“Ah… no…”
“Fufu, you’re a bad person, aren’t you?”
“…………”
“Ah, that’s right, I was your enemy, wasn’t I?”
……..Wait, something’s not right.
Is this really the cute Hinata I know…?
Her sweet smile hits me like a hammer to the head.
The impact is stronger than a punch from Gouki…
“What the hell’s wrong with you guys? Lost your minds?”
Shut up, you crazy bastard!
That crazy bastard was just a few steps away from us.
Judging by the distance, the blackout caused by Compensation Umbra couldn’t have lasted more than ten seconds.
But the payment was already done.
Even though it was a timing that should have been impossible to make it in time.
“I’m feeling awful, so let’s finish this quickly.”
His massive arm lifted and swung down.
Instinctively, I tried to use divine gift Lux,
“────”
But faster than that, the angel of acceleration moved.
She grabbed me with both hands and retreated in an instant.
I was stunned by her superhuman speed.
“Acceleration!? Heee… you, what about Compensation Umbra!?”
I turned to look up at her, kneeling to support me.
Hinata smiled as if she could see my astonished expression hidden under my hood.
“I feel really fulfilled right now.”
She gave me a blissful smile, peering into my face, making me fall silent.
Maybe it’s all too much to handle.
For both of us.
Gouki bared his teeth in frustration.
“What the hell…? Why is Compensation Umbra gone?”
His frustration wasn’t just annoyance; it was clear it stemmed from his fear of defeat.
We stood up together.
“Divergence-san, can I ask you one more time?”
“…Sure.”
“I’ll handle the attack. This time, I’ll go all out.”
She kicked off the ground and charged forward.
“───!?”
Both Gouki and I were shocked.
Her speed was incomparable to before.
The divine gift Lux of Acceleration isn’t just about “getting faster.”
It can manipulate acceleration to reach top speed without any preparation.
If she disregards everything else and pushes it to the limit, she doesn’t hesitate.
As if she doesn’t consider the landing.
As if she entrusts her body to someone she trusts completely.
“What!?”
To Gouki, it must have seemed like she appeared out of nowhere.
But I saw it clearly.
Her right hook, encased in iron gauntlets, landed cleanly, and “Separation.”
An unavoidable blow exploded inside Gouki, sending his massive body flying.
The angel’s assault didn’t stop.
Hinata accelerated further, chasing after him.
She circled around the front of Gouki, who was bouncing like a skipping stone,
“────!”
And delivered a powerful straight punch.
Again, “Separation” at the moment of impact.
The energy affecting Gouki vanished, only to be hit by an even greater shock, sending him flying.
The angel’s acceleration kept increasing without limit.
The power increased proportionally.
At this point, Hinata’s speed was definitely surpassing a bullet.
But she kept going.
She returned to her original position in an instant and kicked Gouki upward.
Of course, that too “Separated,” and immediately after, another “Separation.”
The targets were the ground and the angel Hinata.
In the same way that I leap.
She leaped higher and faster than I ever could.
“Gah…ugh…”
“This is──”
She caught up to Gouki, who was spitting blood and flying through the air, and inverted.
“The end!!”
She delivered a stunning overhead kick.
At the moment of the final blow, “Separation.”
The greatest Compensation Umbra yet struck her.
──It was like a falling star.
Gouki, kicked away like a ball, disappeared at a speed even my eyes couldn’t follow.
He crashed into the same building as before──with a thunderous noise.
With a force that shook the ground,
“…Seriously?”
The building tilted from the middle with a dull sound,
collapsing with an unbelievable crashing noise.
“──Catch me!”
“…!”
I instinctively moved my body at the voice from above.
I caught the falling angel with “Separation”────ah.
“Oh no!? Damn it…!”
“Kyaa♪”
Leaving me overwhelmed by the Compensation Umbra payment,
a somewhat gleeful scream rose from my arms.
──And then.
“Ahhhhhh!?”
We were engulfed in the dust cloud from the collapsing building.
…Well, of course!
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“────”
My blacked-out consciousness returned.
The clear blue sky filled my vision.
I understood that I had been knocked out for some time.
And that I had been spared.
Feeling pain all over, I──Utsurugi Rui, sat up.
Even recalling the memories right before losing consciousness, I couldn’t grasp what had happened──what Setsuna did, I couldn’t understand even a fraction of it.
The phrase “I don’t understand what happened” is often heard in this divine gift Lux society.
In most cases, it’s a phrase uttered by a brain refusing to comprehend an unimaginable situation.
But this was different.
It wasn’t something that could be caught by understanding or logic.
In fact, Rui couldn’t even perceive it.
(How far does that woman’s divine gift Lux go… No way──)
Just before sinking into a sea of thoughts.
Suddenly, a thunderous sound that shook the earth echoed around.
(───, is someone fighting?)
Rui flew into the air to locate the source of the sound──and his eyes widened in disbelief.
One of the buildings that had definitely been there was now gone.
Instead, a cloud of dust was rising.
“Who did that… an enemy…?”
The guardians of the Heavenly Wings, Excia, would soon gather.
Thinking that, Rui hurried to the scene.
As the dust settled, two silhouettes became visible to Rui.
“! Hina… and, ──that guy!”
The two were close.
She saw Hinata saying something to Ibuki.
──There was no disgust on her face.
An indescribable bad feeling ran down her spine.
Before she could think, she descended at her fastest speed.
She planted her long sword vertically between the two.
“Whoa!?”
“Kyaa…!”
The two recoiled.
Landing beside Hinata, Rui asked with a frantic expression.
“Hina! Are you hurt? Did that guy──Divergence do anything to you!?”
She shielded Hinata behind her and glared at the robed Ibuki.
“I-I didn’t do anything!?”
“Alright, got it, I’ll kill you!”
Ibuki’s voice cracked as Rui pointed her sword at him.
“L-Rui-chan…”
Hinata’s troubled voice rose from behind──and in the next moment, the atmosphere changed completely.
“Hehe, Rui-chan! I missed you!”
“──What!?”
A soft sensation from behind.
Her hands wrapped around his stomach
from both sides.
Hinata was hugging her.
Even though she never does this on her own!
“W-Wait, Hina. I’m really, really happy, but, right now…!”
“Why…?”
A pure, just curious question.
But Rui felt like she was being interrogated.
“Well, because! There’s an enemy! A scumbag that can’t be left alive right in front of us!”
“Enemy… there’s no enemy anymore?”
“Wha… no way!?”
When she came to her senses, no one was there anymore.
The black-robed figure was gone.
“He… he escaped! Hina, why!?”
“Eh? Because, I was happy Rui-chan came…”
“What!?”
──Something’s… something’s off…! Hina is so sweet…!
Rui even forgot about the arch-enemy.
Or rather, her mind was too overwhelmed to handle it.
“Wha-wha… Hina, you…──”
“Hehe, I love you, Rui-chan.”
“Whaaaaaat!”
──My dear friend Hina is too precious, I’m gonna die! Someone, help me!!
Rui’s silent scream went unheard.
“……Fufu♪”
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