This is not the date I wanted.

Mengyue briefly imagined the scene of Shidao and Teacher Xiaozhu getting married.

(Well, if it is Teacher Xiaozhu, it is also acceptable.)

"——!?"

Shidao suddenly shivered as a chill rose from the soles of his feet.

At this moment, Teacher Xiaozhu (III), who was expressing her resentment about being single at the podium, seemed to have realized that things would turn into the opposite extreme, and a very refreshing smile appeared on her face.

"It's ok, everyone. I was just joking. But if a demon appeared in front of me right now and told me that I could make a wish at the cost of my life, I would probably wish for a giant meteorite to fall into Japan."

"Three! Teacher Xiaozhu, calm down. You are thinking like an elementary school student before school starts, and you don't seem to be in the mood for joking at all! Three!"

“Huff, huff, so I was just kidding… huff, huff~ Meteor, come crashing down~”

As she spoke, Teacher Xiaozhu picked up a piece of chalk, waved it a few times like a magic wand, and then threw it out of the window with force.

Then, the next moment——

"boom---------------"

A huge meteorite fell on the school playground.

05 Elves in the Universe

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"boom------------------!!"

The moment the meteorite landed, a deafening roar was heard, the earth shook violently, and the violent air waves turned into shock waves that hit the teaching building and shattered the glass into pieces.

"Has the vibration... stopped?"

Crouching in the corner of the corridor, Zaodao Xiazhu held his head and asked anxiously.

"Well, it has stopped."

After confirming that the vibration had stopped, Mengyue stood up and walked into the classroom of Class 4, Grade 2.

Fortunately, although the classroom was in a mess, the students had also suffered from earthquakes and space quakes, and the evacuation training was very thorough. At this time, they were all squatting under the table, and it seemed that no one was injured.

"Shidou, Tohka, Origami, are you okay?"

"Fortunately, no one was hurt."

"Well... I'm fine, but my ears are a little..."

"No damage. Body functions normally."

Hearing Mengyue's voice, Shidao and others stood up from under the table, covered their ears and shook their heads, as if they had a little tinnitus due to the huge roar.

What on earth had happened? With such doubts, Meng Yue walked to the window on the floor covered with broken glass and looked towards the playground.

Everything she saw made her gasp.

"I'm going to...you're not kidding."

The originally spacious playground had disappeared, along with the surrounding flower beds and part of the street, as if space had been cut away. The familiar street and campus turned into a charred pit, and in the center of the pit, a black block could be seen emitting scorching heat that distorted the air.

"Meteorite?"

It is unknown who named the object.

"No...it can't be..."

Upon hearing this, Teacher Xiaozhu, who had just jokingly said that she would summon a meteorite to fall to Japanese territory, suddenly fell to her knees in exhaustion.

"Wow! Teacher Kozue really summoned the meteorite!!"

"Did you really sign a contract with the devil without knowing it?"

“Teacher Xiaozhu!!! Don’t die!”

The students whined and ran towards Teacher Xiaozhu, who was already rolling her eyes.

"Meng Yue... this shouldn't be the one summoned by Teacher Xiaozhu through a contract with the devil, right?"

Shidou asked with an uncertain look on his face.

"Well... although the timing is so perfect that I almost took it seriously, don't worry, it's just a coincidence. It wasn't done by Teacher Kozue."

Meng Yue sighed in a helpless manner and looked at the hole formed by the meteorite falling on the playground.

Okamine Tamae is just an ordinary human being.

If you look closely, you can see that within the charred meteorite, there are a few metal fragments that look like robot supports.

"That should be Bandersnatch...DEM's drone. In other words, the fall of this meteorite is related to them."

"DEM?!"

Shidou's eyes widened in surprise.

"Shouldn't their target be the elves? There's no space quake alarm going off right now, why are they doing this?"

Origami raised her own questions.

"I have no idea……"

Shaking her head silently, Meng Yue's expression looked a little solemn.

The Eclipse. That was the omniscient demon king that Westcott had taken from Erya. This unexpected situation could only be explained as the other party taking action after they had obtained some information that they did not have.

"Anyway, let's contact Kotori first. I believe she has already started the investigation."

As soon as Meng Yue finished speaking, everyone's cell phones rang at the same time.

[Everyone, go to the temporary command room immediately. The elf has appeared! ]

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Ratatoskr underground facility, temporary command room.

As soon as he entered the command room, Shidou felt the air was extremely tense.

"Kotori, sorry for the wait."

"Shidou, you're here. How are Tohka and the others?"

Seeing Shidou, Kotori nodded and asked.

“Basically, everyone has taken refuge in other rooms.”

Shidou replied. At the security checkpoint, Tohka and Shidou separated. Although Tohka and the others were a little dissatisfied about being asked to wait in another room, Shidou had to capture the spirit once it appeared. It was better not to let the spirits see such a scene.

"Also, Mengyue said she needs to help evacuate the crowd at school, so she won't be here until later."

"That's it..."

Hearing Shidou's words, Kotori suddenly realized something.

Indeed, since the disaster was not a space earthquake and no alarm was sounded, the response of the shelters and air-raid shelters was significantly slower than usual, and the citizens' reactions were more shaken than before. With Meng Yue's ability, she could indeed help people evacuate as soon as possible.

Although she understood this, Kotori still had a slight headache.

"Shidao, please tell Sister Mengyue next time. Try to avoid acting alone at times like this. Let her inform me in advance and I will send someone to deal with it."

"okay, I get it."

Shidou smiled wryly and nodded.

"Kotori, what did you say about the new spirit appearing?"

"Hmm... it's a little hard to explain. To be precise, we don't have a complete grasp of the situation yet."

It seemed that she had trouble organizing the content to answer Shidou's question. Kotori, who was sitting in the command seat, frowned in confusion.

"Forget it, it's better to just watch it. Let's show the footage of the scene."

As she spoke, Kotori took out a braised pork flavored Jiabeijia lollipop from the snack box handed to her by Wu Yue and pointed at the big screen in the command room.

Shidou turned his gaze to the screen, and a complete world map appeared on the screen, with many places marked with red marks.

"What is this symbol?"

"These are the locations where meteorites fell all over the world, including your school. At almost the same time."

Kotori said calmly.

"These... are all of them?"

Shidou was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.

"Yes. Although it is hard to believe, it is true. There are a total of 42 meteorite falls around the world. After analyzing the locations, it was found that many of them were close to DEM facilities and bases of various countries' elf forces. According to preliminary judgment, it is very likely that they were snipers who locked onto the reaction of weak spiritual waves or magic power. Shidou, your school was affected, and this is probably the reason."

"Wait, wait a minute. There are even drops in South America! That's on the other side of the Earth! Attacking places so far away at the same time... could it be multiple spirits like Yamai?"

"No, there is undoubtedly only one elf this time. And strictly speaking, those are not just meteorites."

Kotori shook her head and replied. Seeing Shidao's confused expression, Kotori realized that her explanation was not clear enough, so she waved her finger, signaling the crew to switch the video.

Shidou couldn't help but hold his breath.

It was a fantasy-like scene. In the bottomless darkness, countless stars shone brightly. For a moment, Shidou thought it was the night sky, but soon, he found out that he was wrong.

As the camera switches, Shidao can see that a blue sphere is floating in the darkness and slowly rotating. On the surface of the sphere, there is a white-blue vortex drawn by clouds and the ocean.

There is no doubt that it is the home planet Earth where Shidao and his companions are currently living.

"……universe."

Shidou said involuntarily.

Then, before he could long indulge in this mysterious and beautiful spectacle, a figure appeared in the center of the picture.

It was a girl who looked very carefree. Her exaggerated golden long hair, like Rapunzel in the fairy tale, was the first impression she left on Shidao. She was wearing a gorgeous spiritual outfit woven with constellation patterns, and in her hand, she was holding a huge tin staff.

It didn't feel like she was in a weightless universe at all. The girl just floated quietly like that.

"This is the first time we have confirmed a spirit. There is no official name for it yet, so for the sake of convenience, we will temporarily call it Zodiac."

As she spoke, Kotori asked the crew to switch to the impact three hours ago.

In the picture, the "Zodiac", which was originally sleeping peacefully in the universe, was suddenly attacked by several airships and a large number of drones.

"It was probably the Divine Eclipse Volume that was stolen from Nia. DEM got the location of the Zodiac and sent troops to attack. We discovered it after monitoring the suspicious behavior of the DEM airship and sending drones to investigate."

Perhaps feeling unhappy about having to act one step behind the enemy, Kotori frowned and snorted.

"I see..." He nodded in realization and looked back at the screen. Shidou couldn't help but ask worriedly, "Isn't this quite bad?"

In the video, the elves have been surrounded by drones and airships that have deployed random fields, and overwhelming magic cannons are about to bombard the elves.

"It's okay, just keep reading."

As Kotori was speaking, Zodiac seemed to notice the situation around it and slowly opened its eyes.

There was no surprise, nor any uneasiness. Facing the crisis he was in, the elf raised his right hand calmly.

——Michael (The Lord of Sealing).

As the shape of the elf's mouth changed slightly, the huge key-like tin staff that Shidao had just seen appeared in her hand.

--【close】.

Slowly inserting the tip of the staff into the body of the drone, "Zodiac" gently twisted the staff to the right. The next moment, the Bandersnatch stopped moving at the same time, as if the power was cut off, and the random area surrounding the body also disappeared.

After solving the problem with the drone, the three DEM airships on standby in the distance also completed the recharging of magic power at the same time and fired at the "Ecliptic" together.

Huang Dao was seen thrusting the staff into the empty space beneath his feet and twisting it to the left.

--【open】.

A sound that could not be transmitted fell, and a "gate" like a black hole appeared around the "Ecliptic", sucking in all the incoming magic cannons.

Then at the same time, the same "gate" appeared behind the DEM airship and the other Bandersnatch, returning the incredibly powerful magic cannon.

Suddenly, a flower of light blossomed in the dark world, turning the screen white.

When the picture became clear again, only countless mecha wreckage fragments were left around the "Zodiac".

Then, perhaps to warn, or simply to express his displeasure at being woken up, Huang Dao used his staff to open the "door" again, collected the floating metal debris, and threw it towards the earth.

After witnessing the illegal power of "Zodiac", no one seemed to know what to say for a moment, and the command room fell into a brief silence.