Arafura S1 - Darker Than Black
S1 | Chapter I & Covenant And Blast III | Like A Lightning In The Darkness Of Rain

Air Gakuinia is not actually ruled by a girl named Airia as my lord Rubby thought. His former wife-to-be, after breaking away from Gakuin Academy and becoming an independent territory, has opted to shut herself out of the public. His figure is no longer visible except for the existence of a seemingly unknown system of government. Prime minister—so they call it. The office is the actual ruler, the person who holds the authority of government as the head of the osis in general. Airia is indeed the chairman of the osis like her former future husband, Tuanku Rubby, but Airia was only limited to being a symbol for her Academy without having the authority to exert influence. Airia's existence is highly respected and loved but what rules within the academy is all through the prime minister's terms.

Airia does look like a doll that is just a decoration or a beautiful symbol, but no one has to bother about it. Aio looked at the environment of the Academy as if there was no ugliness, they seemed to have risen from the slump and could return to free life with the wheels of the rules that have returned to running. People who make mistakes will be arrested, people who are lazy will be secured, everything seems to have greatly improved—at least that's how it is when viewed at a glance. However, of course there are peculiarities in politics there. Does it live up to Airia's wishes? No one thought about it, even an Aio and his comrades could argue that Airia's thinking was not at all the cornerstone of government. The progress obtained in just one day seems to be only the initial cover of the moving of various defilements of conflict hidden in the next sheets. Nobody knows and nobody cares about it either.

Their prime minister is named Lizza. A girl is short as a child. She always wears a red dress as if to instantly describe herself as a brave girl. It's like it's the truth. The girl could not hesitate to fight anyone who opposed her and destroy her in an instant as if not giving her enemy time to breathe. He did not care if he walked alone in the conflict area, but strangely no one could touch him let alone conquer him. Her eyes were so deep red like a cold-blooded assassin then her long black hair symbolized her beautiful elegance. His main weapon is a barbed iron chain. Its range was extremely far and it could subvert four enemies in just a single slash. It feels very lucky to fight it and end up just falling down, there are some people who hate it ends up shackled to the point of being tortured, if you want to return to fight it then there is no more opportunity, no more, the chain can bind and then pull the enemy's weapon so that it is completely subdued. Everyone respected him. Everyone was very submissive to him.

Four groups have been established under his authority. The groups were named Novelyn, Valentyn, Ravelyn, and Varhalla. One by one the group held the Air Gakuinia portion of the territory thus playing an important role in the Academy's existence. For Aio who had gotten all the information from his surveillance efforts, he admitted that the existence of the Gakuinia Water Academy was now different. No longer full of similarities as before. It is impossible that if there is a conflict, everything can be resolved only by negotiation.

Shin was surprised by Aio's long explanation, he actually knew in detail the mysteries about the Gakuinia Water Academy. "How could you possibly know that much detail?" Ask Shin.

"We entered their society in disguise. Yeah, well, at least wearing a dress and a wig is exhausting." The reply.

Shin surprised. "Wearing dress? No ordinary uniform?"

"The first is a regular uniform. But, at that time there happened to be a party—no, rather a gathering to discuss one or two problems."

Shin nodded. "All right, I get it. There was only one thing left behind, what was their purpose? What do they want to do?"

Aio lowered his gaze. "Lizza just wants one thing. He wants to kill my lord Rubby and take the power of the Gakuin Fire."

Both of Shin's eyes widened in surprise. "When are they gonna do it?"

"To be honest I don't know but I don't think that big plan is at least not going to go fast."

The conversation ended for a moment. The exhausted warm tea drink made the two empty glasses go silent between Shin and Aio. The box where the mochi was finished, leaving only the sweet sugar grains scattered. Shin looked around the garden while sighing as if saying that things were getting more and more troublesome. Moreover, Aio, he already understood the unhealthy dispute that existed between Mr. Rom and Mr. Gen. Maybe it will greatly inhibit and make the Gakuin Fire even more left behind.

The rain did not stop. Not a hint of light from the sky seemed to disappear. The air is getting colder than ever. It turns out that night time has come. Naturally, the existence of night and evening seemed indistinguishable when it was in a cloudy state, but a gust of cold air seemed to bring a tired aura to the body. It was like sleeping soundly like the era where the past Academy was still standing. There's no interference. There's no obstacle. Uh! Aio hated all these limitations!

Among the calmness of the thousands of sounds of rainwater lashing, there was a strange sound from behind the courtyard bush. No, it was very different from the sounds related to rain—more sounded like a branch fault accompanied by the sound of leaves. Shin's gaze began to fall silent—as if it started to get more alert, but unfortunately Aio was unaware of that, he instead glanced towards the bush where the voice came from then fell silent for a few seconds. "What sound was that?" Said Aio with a plain look.

Shin was immediately upset. "Currently, you are insensitive!"

Instantly without a second thought Shin threw a knife at the bush. An ash-haired girl jumped out while holding many knives in her hand. The knife was instantly thrown towards Shin and Aio.

"Awas Aio!!"

The knife directly hit the wooden foundation gazebo. A small ball tied to the knife lit up and exploded unexpectedly. The explosion caused the gazebo to collapse giving birth to dust and rumbling atmosphere.

"Dam. Aio!!" Annoyed Shin to Aio, "don't tell me you've always been insensitive to your surroundings?!"

Shin cut his words. "Not about the bush sounds I mean, that girl's been tailing you ever since you ran away!"

Aio's upset. The girl looked like a killing machine. His face was as flat as innocence and his eyes were blank with no thought. No one knew who the girl was, but Shin thought the girl was eyeing Aio.

"Look." Said Shin with the body position preparing to fight, "it looks like you are the target. That means the information you get is very important. I need you to get back to Mr. Rom immediately."

"What do you mean?"

"Come on! Don't make me wait! I need you to immediately pass on your information to Mr. Rom. Hurry along!"

Aio then ran towards the castle. Little balls seemed to be thrown into the territory of the castle by the girl. Undeniably large explosions left the castle shaken and the trees on fire.

"Damn it, this girl is troublesome." Shin muttered annoyedly.

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