Yes, I did. ... Now, Minoru. As I said earlier, please tell me Minami.

  Due to an unexpected request, attention to Minoru slightly deviated from the state of mines. Because of this, Minoru noticed the dubious position he now occupies, and quickly withdrew. Realizing that this is what mine wants, he moved the necessary distance.

  — Uh, but...

  Minoru was an incomparable handsome young guy, but his experience in dealing with the opposite sex was zero. His mysterious beauty forced the girls to retreat, even without approaching him.

  Although his cause was completely the opposite of the reason "unpopular men ", but for Minoru, being one of the "popular guys ", it was still a bit difficult to "Call a pretty girl by name ". When it was such a beautiful girl as Miyuki, the feeling of resistance was denied by himself, but for Semyonov High school... No, for Minoru Minami was a "pretty cute girl ", a feeling of embarrassment.

  "Otherwise I will have no choice but to call you " Kudo-myself "...

  Minami and Minoru met the looks, and she added it, reddening even more.

  Given the status of mines and minors, she had to say, from the very beginning, Kudo.

  But mine began to call a minor "minor-herself ", that he agreed to call Tacuju and Miyuki by name, because it was difficult to distinguish them, calling them "Shiba-san ". therefore "Kudo-itself " was the right option where there is no Tatsuya and Miyuki.

  Mine might have understood that. But despite the understanding, she seemed to want to continue calling him a "minor-herself."

  I understand, Minami-san.

  Having seen the expression of the face by mines, Minoru forgot about embarrassment. And after hearing her words, he answered reflexively. It seemed that Minoru also wanted her to continue to call him by name.

  Yes, Minoru.

  — ......

  — ......

  But the feeling of embarrassment has not disappeared. And this time not only in Minoru. Feelings of shame of two people multiplied each other, and the chamber filled the atmosphere of real youth.

  — ... Uh... Did the doctor say anything about the relaxation of touch?

  "Oh, yes, it is... I was told that since neither the brain nor the nervous system is damaged, so it is a temporary anomaly...

  The face of Minoru Pomrachnelo when he heard the answer by Minami. When mine saw a change in the face of Minoru, her anxiety began to grow. Although she behaved as if nothing had happened, she was actually frightened by the anomalies in her body.

  The Jocuba family told her about the instability of the improved people. She knew that someday this fate would overtake her.

  ... It's possible that "someday " has already come.

  It's going to be a lie if you say mine didn't think about it.

  If it was just the lethargy of the body, it wouldn't really bother her.

  However, it was obvious that this is not the usual anomaly of the five senses. Mine knew this was caused by the overload of the Magic Zone. And I knew that the sudden death of the better people was also related to the excessive use of magic.

  She gave all her strength to protect Miyuki. And she didn't regret it. At that moment she was not pretending, but she was really ready to give her life, and she did not regret it now.

  But she was afraid to realize death. So she tried not to think about it. She cheated herself, pretending to be cold-blooded.

  However, now that mine saw the serious face of Minoru, she began to overfill the alarm again.

  "Minami-san, uh, can I touch your hand...?

  — ... Yes please?

  At other times, Minami could not respond so quietly. The anxiety spread in her mind and weakened the embarrassment.

  Using the help of exoskeleton, Minami stretched the right hand to the minor. The other one looked smushhjonnym. Despite the fact that it was his request, his white cheeks blushed slightly.

  Minoru carefully put his right palm from below to the stretched right palm mines. And from above, on the back of the palm of his hand he put his left hand.

  As expected, Minami was immediately flushed with these actions.

  Minor slowly stirred his left hand. His cheeks were still red, and his eyes were serious.

  The hot eyes of Minoru were chained to the sight of mines.

  Minoru several times frowned eyebrows, as if felt something that did not know the doctor and mine.

  Minoru done it almost a minute, then let go of mine hand, and took a deep breath and exhale. Perhaps he was so concentrated that he forgot to breathe.

  Mines quietly gasped at the same time, but this reaction showed tension, not relief. Minoru did not notice this action by mines.

  — ... Minami-san. It may sound cruel, but mine-san wound hasn't healed yet. The Magic Zone is still damaged. Even if the physical condition is restored, but it is not known when you can fall again unconscious.

  — ... So that's how.

  I know it's hard to believe.

  But mine believed in the words of Minoru. On the contrary, she thought it was. She only acknowledged the fact that she knew it herself. Mine thought so, when I realized that I was aware of the truth.

  "However, I would like you to believe me.

  Mine mentally, not insonifying aloud, gave out the surprised "Uh? ".

  What does he want her to believe...? The words minor were unexpected for mines. But her doubts were immediately answered.

  I will definitely find a way of treatment. That's why I don't want you to gave.

  The question that is now surfaced in mine head is "why? ". This morning, mine asked this question Tatsuo. But to ask the same question to Minoru, for some reason, she could not decide.

  — ... Ok. I rely on you, Minoru.

  The answer she gave was unexpected, both for Minoru and for her.

  When Tatsuya, who was preparing to move from the villa to Izu, was interrupted for lunch, it was already 13 hours. He did not have to pack and load things, but he could not entrust the transfer of important research data to other people.

  The kitchen and all the kitchen utensils were originally part of the villa, so Pixie, as usual, prepared a lunch. Not only kitchen utensils, but most of the equipment and clothing in this villa was organized by the main house of Jocuby, so the luggage for moving to a multi-storey house in Tjofu was not so much. Lunch was a bit late because he first decided to completely finish all the business.

  At the table in the dining room was one Tatsuya. Other workers went to the truck to eat there from the lunches taken with them in boxes. Tatsuya could understand their feelings, because of which they tried to avoid sitting with an "important person ", so he did not invite them by force at the table.

  "Tatsuya, I'm sorry to interrupt your meal.

  When Tatsuya already finished all dishes and rested for an afternoon coffee, entered Hanabisi Hyogo. Today he was not in his usual suit-three, but in the working trousers and jacket, similar to the uniform of the company-carrier. Because of his young age this appearance was very good for him. But in the current situation, the phrase "very fit " was the meaning of "not feeling uncomfortable ", and not "Well, fashionable looks ".

  Therefore, when he, as usual, politely bowed, his appearance did not arouse a sense of irrelevance.

  No, I've already finished eating. is something wrong?

  -received a report from the responsible person from the clinic Tjofu Aoba *.

  [Here Aoba (±ÌÈ~) is written not as the name Aoba (Çನ), but knowing the author, this is clearly not a coincidence.]

  Clinic Tjofu Aoba-the name of the hospital, which was laid by mines. For a moment Tatsuya felt anxious that the condition of the mines could worsen, but he quickly gave up this thought. If it were, the tone of Hyogo's voice would be more intense. In this respect, Hyogo was a man who could be anxious.

  I'm listening.

  -At about 11 o'clock in the hospital room Sakura visited the visitor.

  For Hyogo Mine was one of the maids serving the Jocuba family. As a butler, he had a higher status. So it was normal for him to call her that.

  Have you visited her? But the visit should have been limited? Tatsuya asked the question.

  "The hospital staff understands that. However, they could not just mindlessly take it out. They filed a request to the main house, and from there came permission to miss it.

  Who was it?

  According to the words that he could not be carried out, it was clear that it was not an ordinary visitor. Besides, he says that the man gave permission to the main house. Tatsuya had no idea who this visitor could be.

  -The third son of the family Kudo, Kudo minor-herself.

  Minoru was the youngest child of five brothers and sisters. By seniority He was the fifth in the sequence: sister, brother, sister, brother, he.

  Minoru...?

  The first thing Tatsuya head surfaced the natural question, why minor came on a weekday.

  He didn't need to think very much to understand how Minoru knew that mine was in the hospital.

  Fudzibajasi told him. ... Tatsuya quickly came to this conclusion. In fact, this information had to remain within the army, but Fudzibajasi to some extent was condescending to minor. If a minor is beg, there is definitely something that can leak. Moreover, for the self-defence forces themselves, this information is not the one that needs to be kept strictly confidential.

  But having learned even this, Tatsuya could not understand the reason why he came to visit, skipping school today, as if in a hurry. Minor spent less than three days with mines in total. In fact, it looked like they had good compatibility, but he didn't notice that they really made friends.

  In Kyoto, mine cared for ill minor, so the likelihood that he might have certain feelings, is not equal to zero. But even with that in mind, his vigour in this matter is too high.

  Tatsuya did not know the character of Minoru so much to say that it is not like the usual minor. However, Tatsuya felt that the passionate desire to leave the bunk in Tokyo, skipping school, is not very consistent with the image of Minoru.

  By the way, is there a minor in the hospital?

  If he is still in the clinic Tjofu Aoba, Tatsuya wanted to ask him directly what his intentions were.

  No, he's already gone. Looks like he spent about 20 minutes in the hospital room.

  However, in fact, it was not as planned Tatsuya.

  Tatsuya thought that Minoru had spent too little time there. Tatsuya could not decide 20 minutes-it is much or little compared to average time of visiting the patient. However, if you consider this passionate desire to visit a patient in the hospital, even skipping school, it seems that he simply overdid.

  "It wasn't just a visit. Did he have any other purpose? "

  There was too little data to infer the true intentions of Minoru.

  I'm clear with Minoru. Anything else?

  Nothing else.

  Tatsuya a gesture, deferentially dismissed Poklonivshegosja Hyogo.

  Left alone, Tatsuya turned to Pixie, sitting in a corner of the dining room motionless, like a decoration.

  Pixie, get the information terminal.

  Yes.

  Answering not telepathy, and through the built-in mechanical body of the speaker, Pixie quickly brought the terminal.

  Last autumn, Tatsuya exchanged contacts with Minoru. After the case of Zhou Gunczinja, they never contacted each other, but if Minoru did not change the ID, it can be contacted.

  However, here the expectations of Tatsuya were not justified. Since the speaker heard the sound of the call, it means that the ID was not invalid. The link identifier (ID) attached to a particular information terminal cannot be re-used, so if you change the ID, the old ID becomes invalid. In other words, instead of the sound of the call, an invalid ID message will be issued.

  In case the terminal is turned off, the corresponding message will be voiced. In other words, either Minoru can not take the phone now, or pretends that he is not around.

  "... But pretending to be out of place is not like him. "

  In the absence of data, it was only speculation. Tatsuya decided to temporarily postpone his suspicions to the actions of Minoru.

  When Tatsuya called Minoru, he was already driving to Nara in a long-distance train, the so-called "trailer ".

  But that wasn't the reason why he didn't answer the phone.

  A trailer is a subspecies of a road train carrying individual cabins. Passengers can enter the platform of the trailer, not to sit with the bent legs and hands in a cramped space, but can and remain in their booth machines. Minoru did that.

  A private cabin is like a closed room. If you call while you're there, you're not going to hurt anyone.

  Then why didn't minoru answer the phone? Because Minoru just didn't notice the sound of the ringtone.

  At this point in the head of Minoru was a mental conversation.

  It was not a technique of thinking in the form of a conversation with itself. He was able to hear no sound, concentrated on the conversation with "knowledge ", once the former ghost Zhou Gunczinja, preoccupied external systemic magic.

  Minoru asked about the method of treatment with mines. The answer "knowledge " was cruel.

  "It will be difficult to restore its area of calculation of magic "

  "That is, it is not cured? Why? After all, the head of the family Ichijo successfully recovered, isn't it? "

  Despite the fact that the cause of malaise Ichijo Goks tried to hide, but among the ten main clans all understood that it was overheating of the area of calculation of magic. There was an announcement from the family Ichijo that the recovery was successful, and the family Kudo came to the information that it is true.

  "The damage received by Ichijo Goks seems to be not that serious. "

  "You mean that mine-san is much serious!? "

  "I believe that it will be physically restored. The doctor didn't lie about it. "

  "Physically? "

  "If it rest for some time, the weakening of the physical body and partial failure of touch in a relatively short time should return to its original state. "

  Minoru was a little calm when I heard it. However, the anxiety quickly returned.

  "However, the cause of the ailment of the physical body is damage to the area of calculation of magic? If you don't deal with the cause, can it happen again? "

  "The probability that this is repeated naturally is rather small. Unlike "me," it does not support the constant excessive activity of Psionov at a level that a physical body cannot withstand. "

  Unflappable answer "knowledge " Only inflamed the nerves in Minoru. Usually high activity of Psionov is an indicator of an outstanding magician. But in the case of Minoru, it was shackles, leap him to bed.

  Minoru kept his wrath of despair in his mind. Now the priority should be a way to cure mines. It was not the case to be trapped by his disadvantage, with which nothing can be done.

  "Does it mean that the malaise of the physical body will recur if the activity of Psionov increases? "

  When you use magic inside the wizard, Psionovaja activity occurs. The stronger the magic, the more intense this activity. If increasing psionovoj activity will harm the physical body, it means that now mines will faint from the use of high-power magic. That is, in fact, the advanced magic is contraindicated.

  "true. In contrast to "me", its conditions are clearly visible, so it will not interfere with the daily life. However, as well as "me", her activity as a magician will be limited. "

  Minoru unwittingly squeezed his teeth. He could not lead the magician's active activity. It was the one that constantly tormented Minoru. It was absolutely unbearable for Minoru.

  But what about mine? Will she have to accept the misery when you can't use magic?

  "... Will she be able to live normally without using magic? "

  "Unfortunately, I cannot give an affirmative answer. She inherited the body of an improved man. Perhaps even both parents were of improved descent. Even if it does not try to use magic itself, there may be a situation that the magic zone will get out of control and exceed the permissible limits for the body. "

  "Just like mine? "

  "If this is the case, her situation is more serious than" me ". "My" soul is not strong enough, but it has a high regenerative ability. Therefore, even with frequent ailments, it ends, not reaching to death. However, in her case, the damage to the soul can lead to the total exhaustion of life. "

  "... But this time she was saved. "

  "Someone has restored the soul on the spot. "

  Intuition intuition Minoru that it was Tatsuya.

  Minoru did not know about all the magical abilities that Tatsuya possessed.

  But he watched on TV the code of the monolith of the rookie Division 2 years ago.

  In that match Tatsuya missed from Ichijo Masaki attack, strong enough to inflict deadly trauma, but miraculously recovered and caused an unexpected turn during the battle.

  Based on the situation, Tatsuya has an advanced self-healing ability. He can probably use it on other people.

  "Then what will happen if" fainting "happens where this" someone "at that moment will not be...? "

  "She won't be saved. This misfortune follows the heels of improved people. I assume that in the case of "Minami-san" the next time this can happen. "

  "So the method of final treatment is the same as mine...? "

  "Merge with the parasite. This seems to be the most effective. "

  Minoru completed the dialogue with the "knowledge ".

  To save mine, he must infect her with a "parasite." Minoru thought it was unthinkable.

  But he has the same situation. Thinking about it, Minoru began to think that there was something attractive about it.

  As Tatsuya promised, in the evening he and Miyuki came to visit mine. At the time of the conversation, Minami told them that she was in Minoru.

  So Minoru said he'd find a way to treat him?

  Yes, Tatsuya.

  As he thought, it was not just a visit. Hearing the response of mine, Tatsuya nodded slightly.