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finally caused the completely frozen Kojou to regain his senses.
    “Er, wait. You can’t blame me for that just now. It’s because you’re standing in a place like that—”
    “…It’s fine.”
    The girl said that in a sobered voice, gazing down icily at the flustered Kojou.
    She released her posture, sheathed the extended blade, and returned the spear to the size of a guitar once more. The girl replaced it inside the guitar case, dropping down to the ground without a sound.
    “Ah, wait a—…” As she withdrew without a word, Kojou somehow managed to call out to her.
    “Pervert.”
    The girl glanced at Kojou, leaving that word behind, and this time she was the one to turn her back on Kojou, running off.
    “…”
    Whew.
Having been left alone, Kojou thrust his hands into his parka’s pockets and leaned against a nearby wall, exhaling.
    He felt he’d been arbitrarily and severely slighted, but for some reason, he just didn’t feel angry with the girl.
    That was probably because the girl’s face had been beet red just before she’d run off.
    However calm she pretended to be, she was still just a kid, he thought.
    Having detected the magic power of a Beast Vassal, the Island Guard would surely be here in no time. They were armed Counter-Demon Agents charged with maintaining law and order on the island. Even if he felt a bit guilty, staying here any longer would bring nothing but trouble.
    “Hmm…?”
    His eyebrows rose as he belatedly noticed something that had fallen onto the street.
    It was a simple wallet, with a red border around a white background.
    It was split into two parts, one for bills and one for small change. The part for bills held several one-thousand-yen bills, and one ten-thousand-yen bill. It was a large enough amount of money to make Kojou jealous, but not enough to make anyone’s eyes dizzy.
    The card holder had a single credit card and a student ID inserted into it.
    The student ID had a photo of an awkwardly smiling girl’s face, and a name inscribed—Yukina Himeragi.
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    Finally, the sun set, and the night grew late. And morning approached.
    The bell continued to ring. The bell that he seemed to hear from far away in the past.
    The Fourth Primogenitor dreamed.
    The moon peering from the broken sky was crimson. The sky illuminated by the moon, as well. The flames of the ground that enveloped the old castle shone crimson as well. A small shadow stood against that crimson sky.
    The shadow bore hair as scarlet as the surging flames, and blazing red eyes.
    Victory is yours
, the shadow announced. White fangs drenched in blood peeked out from her lips.
    I shall fulfill my promise
, the shadow announced.
I shall grant thy wish.
    Now it is your turn
, the shadow announced. Her eyes were wet. Her shining crimson eyes were wet with tears.
    It was a nightmare seen many times over.
    Kojou Akatsuki had a dream.
    He passed the night in shallow sleep. And morning came.
    The bell continued ringing in his ears.
    The time-honored bell of an anachronistic alarm clock.
    With an anguished sigh, Kojou Akatsuki fumbled around, silencing the clock.
    And as he tossed back into bed, just about to return to tranquil sleep once more…
    “Kojou, wake up. It’s morning. You set your alarm because you have another make-up exam, right? I made breakfast, so eat it quickly! And laundry’s not done. Your futon’s all sweaty, so move already.”
    The rapid-fire babble was punctuated by the theft of his bedsheet, and Kojou, at his wits’ end, rolled right off the narrow bed. As he looked up with unfocused eyes, there stood the familiar form of his little sister.
    She was an expressive girl with impressively large eyes.
    The way she wore her hair up made it look like her long hair suddenly came to a halt, giving her what looked like a short-cut style at a glance.
    Though her looks and physique gave her a somewhat childlike impression, she surely wasn’t that far off from average for a junior high schooler.This