This is not the date I wanted.

"I'm not doubting the truth of what Yakuya and Yui said. But in fact, Yamai has only been in contact with the two yin and yang spirits for one day, and half a year has passed. There is no guarantee that the other party is still the same as they said. We can't let our guard down like this."

"Well……"

Although he wanted to refute, Shidou knew that what his sister said was quite correct no matter from which angle.

"but……"

Seeing Shidou hesitant to speak, Kotori seemed to understand her brother's thoughts and said with a smile: "I know Shidou, I am just preparing for the worst. As far as my personal feelings are concerned, I hope what Yui and Yakuya said are correct. There is nothing to worry about at the moment. I will go check the information first. Shidou, go with Tohka to prepare lunch today. It would be bad if we make the princess cry."

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"What should I do?"

Shidou muttered softly.

"Shidou just needs to do what he wants to do."

At some point, Tohka turned around and spoke to Shidou in a very gentle tone.

"Tohka?"

Shidou called the other person's name with some confusion for a moment.

In the reflection of the setting sun, the peerlessly beautiful girl with long night-colored hair stared at the boy in front of her with amethyst-like clear eyes and patted her chest with confidence.

"I believe that Shidou can do anything!"

Gokawa Shido looked at Tohka in shock at first, then he scratched his hair with a wry smile and said:

"Really...what kind of a knight is it to be comforted by the princess?"

"Shidou? Are you okay?"

Looking at Tohka's innocent yet worried expression, Gokawa Shido smiled and touched Tohka's head.

"Nothing. I'm going to go all out for dinner tonight. Please look forward to it, Tohka!"

"Oh! I'm looking forward to it!"

02 Isn’t this a strange start to a date?

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"Hmm... a spirit that can control lightning. Why can't we find it?"

A few days passed. In the command room of the Ratatoskr aerial battleship, Kotori Itsuka kept looking at the data on the computer in front of her, shouting for a better lollipop, her round eyes full of trouble.

The identification code of an elf is closely related to the characteristics of the elf itself. In order to facilitate identification, the most obvious feature is generally used as a nickname.

Just like Tohka is called Princess because of the huge throne she appears with and the gorgeousness of her spiritual outfit, Yoshino is called Hermit because she doesn't like to attack and avoids people.

And I, because of the fire I caused five years ago... was registered as Efreet (Flame Demon).

"Could it be a spirit that has not been registered yet... No, the last time Yamai saw her was half a year ago. Judging from the frequency of space quakes, this spirit cannot go unnoticed by humans. That means lightning is not her first identifying feature... No, I can't find it."

But it was also true that Kotori and the others had not seen the two-element spirits that the Yamai sisters mentioned directly, so if they could not make a move on their abilities, even though there were not many spirits left, they could not be guessed blindly.

It would be more efficient to wait until the Yamai sisters have completed their physical examinations and then give the images to them for identification.

"Ah? This! This is impossible!"

At this moment, the deputy commander Kamashitsuki, who was standing next to him, suddenly uttered a very sad word.

"What's wrong, Kannazuki?" Kotori asked a little confused.

Kannozuki is the former ace of the former AST department. He is a very rare combat talent for Ratatoskr, which mainly adheres to peaceful means. Just before, in the battle with the DEM company's airship, it was thanks to his command that they won the victory.

At this moment, the handsome guy seemed to see the world collapse. A desperate expression appeared on his face, tears of sorrow flowed from his eyes, and he wailed as he looked at his mobile phone.

"Mine, mine. The folder containing the Commander's lovely photos and videos that I took great pains to capture perfectly from every angle - 'Commander favorite love', but now I can't find it."

(Meng Yue (whistling): "I don't know anything——")

But before that, he was a complete pervert.

Kotori snapped her fingers almost out of habit, and then two burly men who looked very philosophical dragged Kanbutsuki's arms and dragged him out of the command room.

"Ah! Commander, please have mercy! Labor camp! Just a labor camp or something, please let me go! Commander——————!"

Just like that, Kanbutsuki's wailing gradually moved away from the command room.

"Deserve it!"

"Pervert! How dare you secretly take photos of our beloved commander."

"The bastard who attempted to defile the commander deserves death!"

"Kannazuki, you are such an ungrateful person. You didn't even share this good thing with us."

Although the last sentence is a bit strange, from the complaints of the above team members, we can't help but see how respected Kotori is and how much our deputy commander is despised.

(Kannazuki (laughing): "The path to the pursuit of truth is often a lonely one.")

"..." Kotori looked at the mobile phone that Kanbutsuki dropped on the ground without saying a word. Then, as if she had thought of something, she suddenly sat back in her position and gave orders to her team members in a stern tone.

"Everyone, check the movements of Kannazuki's ID account in the past few days. Tell me when you find out."

"commander?"

"I have something that concerns me, hurry up!"

"well!"

With the work of all the staff, an action investigation report was soon found out. Kotori discovered that a week ago, Kannazuki's account had downloaded some information from Ratatoskr's computer, but because it was not an overly confidential file, it did not attract the attention of Ratatoskr.

At that time, Kanbutsuki had a perfect alibi, and as for what he was doing... you saw it just now.

“It’s been hacked!”

Kotori's expression was very ugly at this moment. Ratatoskr possessed technological technology that could be said to be top-notch in the world. It could even resist the invasion of DEM's artificial AI. It could steal Fraxinus's information right under her nose. The other party's hacking technology was already top-notch in the world.

Wait! It seems that the identification code of one of the elves we just saw is very similar to this one.

"Commander! We have found the identification code of the spirit that looks like Raiden."

At this moment, one of his men, Nakatsugawa, known as the "Dimension Destroyer", suddenly reported.

"what?"

In order to avoid the commander's panic that would cause his subordinates to panic, Kotori put aside the question and asked calmly.

"Danger level: S. Elf code name: Hacker. A year ago, the identification code name of this elf was Thor."

"What did you say?!!!"

Kotori regretted not reading the entire article.

“Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”

At this moment, the spacequake alarm sounded.

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"Phew~ Thank you for the treat! Today's dinner is also quite delicious!"

Tohka leaned back in her chair, stroking her belly which was not bulging at all, with a satisfied smile on her face.

"thanks for treatment."

A slightly weak voice sounded, which reminded people of a cute girl who was as delicate and small as a French doll. Yoshino spoke politely.

"Ah~! It's delicious, Shidou-san. With your cooking skills, you will definitely make an excellent bride in the future."

Unlike Yoshino’s weak attitude, the rabbit doll in Yoshino’s right hand - Yoshina - is joking in a carefree manner.

Although it looks a bit like a ventriloquist performance, in fact, Yoshina is Yoshino's second personality expressed through the puppet.

"Haha~! Just let me go with this kind of thing." With a helpless smile, Shidao continued with his work of washing the dishes.

"I'm sorry. Shionai, you talked nonsense." Shionai said apologetically.

"It's okay. I don't mind."

"That's right! That's right! Shidou should go be Yoshino's wuwuwuwuwuwuwu!"

Before Shionai could finish her words, Shionai covered Shionai's mouth with a red face...even though the vocal organs were not there.

Looking at the warm scene in front of him, Shidao smiled kindly and turned around to continue his dishwashing work.

“Wooo ...

At this moment, the window vibrated slightly, and a fierce siren sounded, followed by a mechanical alarm sound that was divided into segments for easier hearing.

(—This is not a drill. This is not a drill. Foreshock observed. Expected to be a space quake. Inform nearby residents to evacuate to the nearest shelter immediately. Repeat—)

[Shidao, the space earthquake alarm has come, get ready. 】

"Eh? Wait! I haven't finished washing the dishes yet!"

[Why are you still worrying about such trivial matters at this time? Get going quickly. ]

"I see."

Kotori's urging voice came from the headphones. Shidou quickly wiped the foam off his hands, took off his apron and walked out of the room. Before leaving, he turned back to explain to Tohka, Yoshino and Yoshina.

"I have something to go out for a while. You two should hurry and get to the shelter!"

"Really? Shidou, you better be careful."

"Mr. Shidou, be careful along the way."

"Shidou-san, come on!"

To some extent, they already have some understanding of Shidou's behavior, and both of them and the puppet are cheering him on.

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"Have real elves come to this place?"

After the space transfer of Ratatoskr, Shidao is now in a large shopping supermarket that is half destroyed. Because the previous space earthquake cut off the power lines, the surrounding scenery is now pitch black, and he can only rely on the moonlight to distinguish the route.

[It seems so. Since the spacequake came, the reaction of the spirit wave has been staying in this building without moving. The spirit is staying here now.] Kotori's voice came from the headset, [This is an opportunity. It's the same situation as Tohka. The CR-Unit (tactical display device carrying unit) is not suitable for indoor combat. When the spirit enters the building, it will be difficult for AST to break in. Take this opportunity to quickly contact the spirit.]

"It looks like this..."

The floor of the building destroyed by the space earthquake was full of rubble, and one could easily trip over it, so Shidou had no choice but to turn on the flashlight in his pocket and carefully walked up the stairs.

[Shidao, the elves are on the fifth floor, selling electronic products. Because it was dark, we didn't have time to confirm which elf it was, so be careful.]

"I see."

Shidou went up to the fifth floor through the emergency escape passage and pushed open the somewhat heavy iron door.

"squeak--!"

In this silent space, the metallic friction sound when the door was opened was unusually harsh. Shidou walked into the room, looked around, and did not see any figure that looked like an elf.

"No one, Kotori. You must be mistaken."

[How is that possible? Lingbo's detector shows it right there.]

Kotori's strong rebuttal rushed into his ears, and Shidao had no choice but to pick up the flashlight and shine it again, but still no one was seen.

“Is this game a scam?!!!!!!!!!”

Just when Shidou was wondering if he had walked into the wrong floor, a sudden and extremely angry roar was heard.

Shidou was startled by the sudden shout and almost dropped the flashlight in his hand. After calming down and taking a closer look, he found a faint fluorescent light flickering behind a counter.

"It can't be a ghost!" Shidao swallowed unconsciously.

[What are you afraid of? How could a ghost appear? Get out of here!]

"I see."

Subconsciously slowing down his footsteps, Shidao slowly approached the counter in front of him, listening to the strange "tatatat" sound. Finally, he took a deep breath and walked behind the counter.

"Ah, that..." He was trying to think of some words to communicate, but when Shidou saw the girl in front of him, he was suddenly speechless.

A girl with long, flowing, brown hair, wearing a pitch-black windbreaker covering her entire body and a girls' school uniform from an unknown school, was facing a computer used by delivery staff. She was clicking the mouse with her hand while her amber eyes were fixed on the computer screen.

"Kotori, are you sure she's really a spirit?"

Shidou whispered into the earphone with a puzzled look on his face.

[Uh... probably. ]