“Ally Kat.”
“Yes?”
“It’s about the last chapter that you gave me.”
“What about it?”
“Well, it was good, but... how come it doesn’t say hardly anything about the party? I mean, we don’t even know if anyone sang happy birthday to you.”
“What? Ally, you didn’t put in the most hilarious part?”
“I’d rather not talk about it.”
“Why? What happened?”
“Absolutely nothing!”
“The reason that part of the story is scarce is because she actually can’t remember most of it.”
“Huh?”
“Basically, Cato slipped some liquor into Ally’s drink and we all learned that Ally Kat can’t even handle one sip without getting drunk.”
“Wait, what did she do?”
“Kon, don’t you dare!”
“Right after they sang happy birthday, she turned to Cato, took his hand and in the dullest voice ever, proposed to him right there.”
“You’re kidding!”
“She sang love songs the entire time that I was carrying her upstairs to bed after everyone left. Cato was laughing so hard, he could barely ask the maid to attend to her.”
“You’re dead, Kon.”
~*F*~
“Ally, why exactly are we in
Pruina?” Konrad asked.
Ally Kat gazed seriously over the
land covered in ice and sprinkled with snow. A chilly breeze swept
their hair over their faces. “Because Cato told me that he had
heard of some disturbances here. He thinks it’s someone from the
Organization.”
“Ah, that’s right. Death told me
that one of his fellow grim reapers from Pruina was having to work
overtime lately,” Konrad responded.
“Yeah. Let’s go. Nothing’s
gonna happen if we just stand here looking at it.”
The four of them headed into the
chilly little town. All of them had been there before, and yet
somehow, it seemed colder. Even with the frost, it was still a
bustling town. However, now it appeared still and not a single person
could be found. The houses and building were all covered in ice, as
though no one had gone in or come out in a long time, and no one
bothered to knock it off the doors. Ally knocked and looked in one of
the windows, only to find that the inside was also iced over.
“What happened here? It’s like
everything is made of ice,” Ven commented worriedly.
Carumati took out her scanner and
scanned the ice on the house. After this, she pulled out a smaller
device which was round and placed it on the wall, pressing the red
button on it. Little legs shot out of the sides and dug into the
frozen water. A very thin blade protruded from the round object and
cut a circle in the wall. Carumati removed the device and kicked in
the wall, making a hole big enough to climb through. Everyone entered
the inside of the house and suddenly felt an ominous sense descend
upon all of them. The little genius scanned the inside of the
building while the others watched, breathing heavily in the cold,
white clouds dissipating in the air in front of their mouths as they
exhaled.
“This... is not natural ice,”
Carumati spoke.
“It’s not?” Ally asked, looking
up at the glistening icicles and hugging herself for warmth.
“No. It’s magical ice. This was
done by a spell-caster.”
“A spell-caster? Here? But that’s
impossible! Spell-casters aren’t allowed in Pruina. It’s a
human-only town.”
“Well, either way, if we melt it,
we may find some clues.” Carumati broke off a piece of the ice and
placed it in a small drawer in her scanner. After this, she brought
out a strange ray-gun and somehow attached it to the scanner device.
Pointing it at the wall, the little genius pulled the trigger and a
fire shot out which melted and evaporated the ice instantly, though
the wall behind it was left unscathed.
“How in the world...?” Everyone
thought as they watched Carumati melt the rest of the walls.
Carumati turned and saw everyone’s
shocked faces. “It’s my Omnia Gun,” she explained. “My
scanner analyzes whatever I put in the compartment and then I input
what I want the gun to do and it adjusts it accordingly.”
“You... invented that?” Kon asked
incredulously.
“No one else had, so I had no
choice but invent it myself,” Carumati answered simply.
“This girl... she’s either a
genius, or insane.”
“I think I get it!” Ally
exclaimed. “It must be based entirely on moonlight and the ROT
system, right? By mixing the moonlight with the components of
nothing, and then adding the components of anything else, it creates
a contra which reverses the component of the added components.”
“Yes! Exactly!”
“But I thought it was impossible to
mix nothing and moonlight.”
“Oh, but that’s because no one
realized that venificia could break down the nothing and moonlight
enough that by adding inpes, one could easily mix the two.”
“Of course! You’re a genius!”
“Two geniuses left unattended...
would be frightening,” Ven commented.
“Ah, come on, guys. Can’t you see
this is no time to be fooling around?” Konrad asked the two,
sighing.
“Ah! He’s right. Carumati, do you
think you could try to detect any humans on that thing?” Ally
requested.
“Hmm.... I could, but it only has a
very short range. Hang on! If I just attach it to this... and this...
and adjust this here.... Done!” Carumati had added what looked like
a signal tower to her scanner.
“Where does all this stuff come
from?” Ven wondered, staring off in space.
“I don’t think I’ll be
surprised by anything that comes next,” Konrad replied.
Carumati turned in a circle on the
spot, staring at the screen on her scanner. “Aha! I found some
humans!” Carumati announced pointing at Ven, Konrad and Ally.
“Of course we’re humans! What did
you think?” Konrad shouted.
“Carumati, we meant besides us. Are
there any humans besides us?” Ally asked, unsure of their little
friend.
“Ah, but the fact that you’re
here means that it’s not a magical disease. Or you would have died
already. And there are no human corpses either. Except for really old
ones under the ground,” Carumati explained.
“Really? Not even dead humans?”
Ally asked.
“No humans to report!”
“But then, where did they go?”
“I bet you the invisible giant ate
them,” Carumati spoke casually.
“Carumati, those sorts of things
only exist in fiction,” Konrad interjected.
“Well then, I suppose we must live
in fiction, because there is one.”
“We don’t have time to joke
around, come on, be serious. Ally, what do you think?”
“But I’m not joking,” Carumati
spoke.
“Huh? You mean there’s a real
invisible giant?” Ally questioned, surprised.
“Yes. And there are humans inside
of it.”
“I thought you said there were no
humans,” Ven said.
“Well, I couldn’t tell at first
because the signal for the giant’s life was too strong.”
“You should have told us there was
a giant in the first place!” Kon yelled, frustrated.
“But you didn’t ask about any
giants. Just humans.”
Ally, Kon and Ven all heaved sighs.
“Show us where the giant is, Carumati,” Konrad requested.
“Right! Follow me!” They followed
Carumati until they came upon an ice house which had been completely
broken in on itself. “There it is!”
“What? That’s just a broken
house. I don’t see any giant,” Kon spoke, sceptically.
“That’s because it’s
invisible.”
“Then how can you tell it’s
there?”
“These,” Carumati took off the
goggles she had put on earlier and handed them to Konrad who put them
on.
“Now I don’t see anything at
all,” he stated.
“Ah! Oops. That’s because they’re
on my specific eye settings. Here, I’ll adjust them to general.
It’ll be blurry, but you’ll be able to see where it is.”
“Ah! I see it now! Wow, there
really is an invisible ice giant.”
“Let me see!” Ally exclaimed.
“Me too!” Ven announced.
“Oh, wow!” both Ally and Ven
exclaimed, each holding the goggles over one eye and looking through
at the same time.
“What do you people think you’re
doing?”
Everyone turned at the sudden
stranger’s voice. There stood a young boy with sandy blond hair and
narrow, blue eyes which appeared haughty and indifferent.
“Huh? Izo, why are you here?”
Carumati asked.
“Ah?... Mati!”
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