Chapter 97 – NTO
To be honest, Natsuo was not a welcome presence to Netoru. From the moment he decided to take the coupling partner away from the boy, this was unavoidable.
But now, I have no intention of regretting my choice.
In the first place, then and now, there was no time to cover that up,
If he hadn’t coupled up with Karen, several more of his men would have died. Or maybe a lot of people died in this incident.
It may be a heartless story, but is the boy’s fresh love really as important as other people’s lives?
We were at war now.
However, if the boy grumbled, he did not deny it, but accepted it meekly. That was Netoru’s only reward for the boy.
“… After all, did you overdo it with your magical nervous system in an incomplete state?”
Late evening hours. While checking Natsuo’s sleeping mana nervous system, Netoru narrowed his brows.
He is a boy who was said to take half a year to recover. It was strange that such a guy suddenly said that he was fine.
I checked just in case, and found that several bundles of magical nerves that make up the magical nervous system were cracked, and some were even half-severed.
To compare it to a sword, it could be said that the sword body was cracked or the blade was half out. No matter how you look at it, it was not in perfect condition.
But was this guy nervous enough to have to forcefully couple with Karen with a body like this?
To be honest, Netoru didn’t know why Natsuo acted so urgently. At least in front of Natsuo, he never showed signs of stealing his coupling partner. It was after he woke up today that we met formally in the first place.
Did he feel it instinctively?
If you continue like this, you will lose your coupling partner.
If so.
Really… It’s a bitter laugh.
There, Netoru thought. If I hadn’t been there, what would have happened to the two of them later?
Will they confirm their feelings for each other and become lovers?
Or did they continue to have the same coupling partnership?
No, maybe someone died without even having a chance.
It’s good. These are now meaningless assumptions.
The important thing here. Fortunately, it was that the two were not yet in a romantic relationship that whispered love.
It’s not really fun to take a girl you like away from someone, but Netoru intended to make Karen look only at him.
Only then can Karen be trained.
In order to change her magical nervous system and constitution,
Physically, mentally, Karen’s affection and trust had to be all to himself. So that she could entrust her everything to Netoru.
What Netoru needed right now was coupling partners who could fully accept his abilities.
So when that day comes, you can do anything.
‘…That day.’
In fact, Netoru wasn’t sure exactly when Frangia would collapse.
All he remembers is the year.
─The Sun Kingdom was destroyed at the turn of the century.
Only the memory of seeing such subtitles in animation PV videos is clear in his mind. And the present was the year of the change of century, as seen in the PV video.
So when everyone is celebrating a new year and rejoicing that they survived the battle against the bugs.
Netoru couldn’t help but fear the future more than anyone else.
To know the future that others do not know.
It was suffocating and a heavy burden on my shoulders.
Maybe the kingdom will be destroyed in a week right now,
Perhaps a big event could happen right away tomorrow and the kingdom could collapse.
No one knows how much time is left.
But one thing is certain: there is not much time left. So, Netoru entered Natsuo’s hospital room.
Although this boy will resent me,
Still, it was very impressive to see him try to become a bait for centipedes to save people.
That’s why Netoru wanted at least that Natsuo’s courage and sense of justice not to disappear.
And I wish I could survive when that day comes.
‘…This must also be my selfishness.’
Netoru muttered inwardly, focusing his consciousness on the hand he had placed on Natsuo’s chest.
Magical power spreads slowly as if exploring an unknown territory that cannot be seen. Before long, he succeeded in approaching the magic nerve inside the boy’s body.
Unlike female pilots who have a magical nervous system in the cervix, most of the male pilot’s magical nervous system is near the heart.
It was because it was not a role to accept magic power, but a role to provide magic power to a partner. Therefore, there was no choice but to create a magical nervous system in the heart, an organ that processes magical power.
Netoru climbed up the mana nerve of the boy he had struggled with, and slowly began to examine the structure of the boy’s mana nerve system.
Of course, the mana nervous system of a male pilot is completely different in structure and form from that of a female pilot.
That’s why the blueprint of the magical nervous system drawn in his mind was quite unfamiliar to Netoru. In the first place, he studied the female magical nervous system, not the male one.
Still, the principle of handling the ability itself has not changed.
He probed the boy’s magical nervous system and carefully placed his hand on the broken, cracked part.
However, the speed was very slow, and some parts were not even accessible at all. It was because he did not approach by making a proper magic pass.
So, this was just an emergency measure. Don’t expect a recovery like Karen or Ceres.
Of course, forming a magic pass would be better than this, but since Natsuo was a man, that was difficult.
Sex trooper pilots didn’t just pair up and become coupling partners. Unless it was the case of the twin sisters Rin and Ran, they had to be of different genders in order to connect the magic pass.
How long had he been tampering with the boy’s magical nervous system? It was when the second hand had circled the clock several times. Netoru slowly opened his closed eyes to concentrate his consciousness.
“·······”
At that moment, the first thing that greeted Netoru was a sharp pain as if opening his chest. To be precise, it should be said that it is the resonance of the magical nervous system inside the body.
It was a body that had passed out from magical exhaustion.
So, this kind of pain was like a protest against the body not to use magic power unreasonably. But not to the extent of taking it seriously.
I am accustomed to overexerting my body.
Over the years, he has never been one who has not abused himself. This body that could not be broken no matter how much whipping was the best talent.
“…Let’s end here for now.”
Netoru gently removed his hand from Natsuo’s chest. And that was the moment.
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The moment he took his hand away, a strange chill ran across his spine, and oh-ah-. I felt like the cries of insects were tickling my ears.
Thanks to this, Netoru, who had taken his hand away from Natsuo, inadvertently narrowed his brows.
What was that just hallucinations?
As if looking for an answer, Netoru stared at Natsuo for a while, but
The thoughts didn’t last long.
Netoru felt his vision gradually blur. Even so, his heavy headache weighed down his brain. A feeling of exhaustion tormented him, as if the blood from all over his body was pouring down the floor.
······Tsk. Was it just dizziness?
Netoru, who held his forehead for a moment, shook his head lightly and turned his back.
2.
I’m tired. It was Netoru’s first thought when he left Natsuo’s hospital room. As always, using the ability forced Netoru to consume a lot of stamina.
His head is dizzy, and his vision is still blurry. Besides, the legs are also strangely heavy.
So, it was at that time that he went straight back to his hospital room, holding on to the wall to avoid falling.
“·······. Why are you coming out of Natsuo’s hospital room?”
Netoru paused at the sudden voice of Karen.
Raising his head, which had been lowered due to his dizziness, Tohru Ne saw Karen standing in front of his hospital room.
Netohru, who had been moving against the wall, tilted his head.
“Then why are you hanging around in front of my hospital room?”
“I just can’t sleep.”
Netoru smiled at Karen’s answer.
“Do women usually come to the men’s room alone at this late hour because they can’t sleep?”
“Don’t imagine anything strange. I just… It’s because I want to talk about something that happened today. If I don’t listen to that, I think I won’t be able to sleep tonight.”
I want to talk. I guess I know roughly what it is.
He probably wants to hear about Netoru’s magical nervous system.
I wanted to talk about it in detail.
But now the timing is just too bad.
“I’m sorry, but it would be nice to talk about it tomorrow. I am very tired right now.”
“Yes, that would be good.”
Karen nodded her head and slowly moved away from her. Then, naturally, she supported Netoru’s shoulders.
Karen’s body smelled good. Is it the smell of shampoo? Netoru smiled faintly.
“…I don’t need to do this. The room is right in front of you anyway.”
“I know that? You look so bad right now.”
Suddenly, Karen had a worried look on her face. Netoru, who had been glancing at her black eyes, had no choice but to leave her body as it was.
She did so. She got Karen’s help, came into her room, and laid herself on her bed.
Netoru lost consciousness.
And Karen, who saw the four toru from her side, smiled bitterly at her.
I don’t know what
Looking at her exhausted appearance, she could tell that Netoru had secretly done something for Natsuo.
So, without realizing it, I was gazing at him with soft eyes. Karen, feeling a presence somewhere, looked behind her.
“…?”
Of course, when I looked back, there was only a closed door.
Ugh, Netoru is too much of a goody two shoes!