Mana Soul

『...I messed up.』[Nova]

『...No, wait. You got one person. Chances are, if you saved them, the contract would have backlashed on them.』[Reischneid]

『Huh?! Then… the person I saved?!』[Nova]

Nova pulled the person who he grabbed up.

『Oh. Wow, okay.』[Reischneid]

Nova was quite shocked when he saw who it was.

The one who got pulled up was the young girl that was with Yudola.

『...Hi!』[Wulette]

『...Hello? What's your name?』[Nova]

She stood up and dusted herself off.

『...It's Wulette! Was that blue flame yours, mister? It was really comfortable!』[Wulette]

Nova thought that if she came with him, they would be able to find the people who went missing.

『Uh… yes. Did you want to come with me?』[Nova]

『Yes! When I was with my older sister, she always made me do uncomfy things!』[Wulette]

Nova forced a smile and nodded.

『Okay, Wulette. How old are you?』[Nova]

She counted on her hands.

『...1...2...3...4….5...6… and a half!』[Wulette]

『Alright, Nova. Let's get Mune and go. Me and Cif are about to revert forms.』[Reischneid]

『...Back to the Flowering Sun's room. We'll go there and get everything sorted.』[Lucifius]

A large man in a suit watched from afar.

『...Very interesting, Nova. Come by anytime.』[The Brown]

A dim glow of light appeared on Nova's forehead.

...

Nova laid down on the sofa, completely exhausted.

Mune had finally begun to stir again.

『Ngh… Am I… finally dead?』[Mune]

Nova looked over at him, noticing that he hadn't even opened his eyes yet.

『...No, not yet, thankfully.』[Nova]

He had left Wulette to sit on the chair next to Mune, drinking some juice he found in a minifridge that was in the corner of the room.

Nova stared up at the ceiling, listlessly thinking.

『Haah… Wulette, you… Do you have a contract with Yudola?』[Nova]

『...Contract?』[Wulette]

Reischneid spoke out loud.

『She doesn't. It seems she's the only one among them without one. You got real lucky this time.』[Reischneid]

Nova got shocked.

『Is it alright for you to speak out loud?』[Nova]

Wulette didn't react at all, staring at a blank space next to Nova.

『...She can see us.』[Reischneid]

Nova stared at her before she looked back at Nova and nodded.

『White hair man is sitting on black suit man's legs!』[Wulette]

Nova broke into laughter at this unexpected line.

『Pfft- what?!』[Nova]

『...He refuses to get off of me.』[Lucifius]

『Of course I do! It's been a while since I've seen him!』[Reischneid]

『Gngh...』[Mune]

Mune finally opened his eyes and pulled himself off of the sofa.

『...Oh, man… What the hell happened?』[Mune]

『I killed the blood giant using the power of that weird thing from my home, it's weird.』[Nova]

『...I feel like I only have more questions to be asked.』[Mune]

Mune held his head in pain.

『Too much Raiment… That entire battle felt like a fever dream...』[Mune]

『...Unfortunately it wasn't.』[Lucifius]

『Man… I think my Domain ability expanded… Did anything crazy happen with the yellow weapons, Nova?』[Mune]

Nova recalled the phantoms that materialized out of nowhere and saved him.

『Right! What was with the yellow phantoms and the people that appeared?! They shouted and attacked the blood giant!』[Nova]

『...They did what? What did they yell? What did they look like?』[Mune]

He got more curious.

『They yelled "Class of B-2" before attacking the giant! Uh… there was this one girl with a strawberry hairpin and long hair- like hair that dropped down to her waist!』[Nova]

A bittersweet smile crept onto Mune's face as he relaxed himself a bit.

『...Heh. I guess I owe you a story?』[Mune]

He looked over to Wulette, who was finishing up her glass of juice.

『...Though, I think we need to get her situation figured out first.』[Mune]

『Are you really okay with coming along with us? Wasn't that group of people kind of like a family to you?』[Nova]

Wulette held her cup out to Nova.

『More juice please!』[Wulette]

Nova laughed and took her glass to fill it up.

『...They were more like people I was forced to follow. My mom and dad were in the group of people in robes...』[Wulette]

She took the glass from Nova and drank another glass of juice.

『...Wait. Nova. That juice is infused with mana.』[Mune]

Nova's face suddenly darkened.

『Huh?!』[Nova]

He tried to get her to stop drinking the juice.

『Spit it out! That's dangerous!』[Nova]

『Ngnh! No!』[Wulette]

She continued to drink the juice in spite.

『Ah?! Mune! What do we do?!』[Nova]

Instead of Mune responding, someone with an elderly voice did.

『...She'll be okay.』

They both looked over at the owner of the voice, much to Nova's surprise.

『...Granny?!』[Nova]

『Ohoho. I heard you were up to something. Who is this young miss?』[Granny]

『Uhh… long story, Grandma. Long story short, evil cult, big giant, magical talking swords, and apparently some big dude in a suit.』[Mune]

Nova's head ached at the mention of the last one.

He suddenly remembered the appearance of The Brown.

『...Right. Also, spooky ghosts and giant flowers. Can't forget that.』[Nova]

『Ohoho. Very interesting. Don't forget about the gifted little girl.』[Granny]

『Gifted?』[Nova]

『She has something called Mana Soul. It's a special constitution, very similar to another rare one called "Mana Heart". She has an amazing amount of mana.』[Granny]

『...Wait, so that means…?』[Nova]

『She has a lot more mana than all of you. And she will continue to get more, as long as she trains her abilities. But she hasn't awakened her seed or learned how to refine her mana yet.』[Granny]

Granny walked over to Wulette, who was drinking juice.

『Honey, do you want to go with Grandma?』[Granny]

Wulette stared at her for a long moment before nodding.

『Yeah!』[Wulette]