Hanamizuki, Because Flowers Are Not Just Beautiful
Chapter 3: Iris
“Small girl, I'll give you one warning.”
“A-what?”
“What did you sacrifice? What are you sacrificing for? What did you sacrifice for? What goal do you want to achieve by sacrificing? For a seed you don't even know what it looks like?”
“C-cheret! What is clear, seeds can make everyone strong and realize whatever they want!”
Riri tilted her head slightly.
“With that, you want to make a sacrifice? On what basis did you do it?”
“Of course for the honor of my family!”
“Do not joke.”
Iris surprised. Riri's tone turned frightening.
“You yourself have no dreams? A dream you want to make with your conscience? Not by your family's will or anything?”
“A-me...”
“Does everyone fight hard to get something that doesn't know what the seed looks like? I don't think so.”
“What about sensei himself?! Doesn't sensei want it too?!”
Here's the question I've been waiting for. I still haven't found the right answer.
“I want it. But I won't let an innocent victim get hit.”
Iris just silently heard Riri say.
“But my dream is not to get that seed. I'm sure girls your age have dreams to make happen, other than getting seeds.”
“A-I ..”
“If you really want to sacrifice to get the seed, then sacrifice also to realize the dream stored in your conscience. Don't let the seed get in the way. Let's just say that your dream is a glass that has not been filled. The seed is just a tool to fill it. What do you want to fill in that glass? Those are the dreams and ideals you want to realize.”
Riri stopped the dimension. The two of them returned to the crowd of the Laurel city market. Iris' sword spirit also disappeared.
“I'll teach you guys defense magic. It's free if your attacking ability is strong but can't defend. Little miss, I'll tell you one more thing.”
Iris was speechless.
“If I was serious. I can melt your sword spirit.”
***
“You did well today yes, Riri-kun.”
“Carnation-senpai.”
“Hmm?”
“I swear..”
“What..?”
“I swear to change their whole idealism.”.
Carnation smiled. “You've started to understand what's going on in this academy, Riri-kun?”
Riri took a short breath. “Not really, I'm just sick of seeing them keep talking about this seed that seed. Do they have no dreams or aspirations? Why just keep talking about things that are uncertain of their existence?”
“It's not the same as talking about dreams?”
“You mean?”
“Yes, if we are talking about dreams, we also do not know whether the dream will exist or not. Right?”
“That's different again! It is invisible, but imaginable! While the seed, even if discussed or imagined, still never know what the exact shape!” looks like
Carnation-senpai smiled. No, it's the strange grin that always shudders me
.
“You are the same as Riri-kun, you also want to get the seeds and have not got the answer for what you are looking for. My choice was really right to take me to this academy, to make you realize how naive you are."
Riri turned her body. Clenched his left hand.
“So far I've been naive. But I won't let my students be as naive as I am.”
Riri stepped away from the principal's room. Carnation who looked at his back before being lost behind the door smiled a relief.
“You will definitely get the answer. Sure. Riri-kun.”
***
“Sensei! You're an hour late!”
“Sorry deh—you guys can't let me have lunch first—”
“INI IS PAST LUNCH HOUR!”
Riri saw the numbers on the wall clock, at 2 p.m. Lunch time is until 1 o'clock.
“Oh yes, ehehehe.
Riri just rubbed her chin while smiling innocently.
“SENSEI!!”
“Alright then, take back the Lilac defense magic I taught you yesterday.”
“We've repeated that magic dozens of times! Can't you teach me any other magic!?”
Amaryliss' protest shout was only replied by Riri's strange smile.
“Sorry ya~ that's all I can teach.”
“APA!!??”
Then all the students in the class looked back at Riri with a murderous look. Riri simply smiled as she imagined the girls would mutilate her. With the exception of Elder and.Iris.
When all the schoolgirls were still staring evilly at Riri, Iris left the classroom just like that without anyone knowing. He went somewhere.
Why sacrifice yourself for something so obscure in origin?
“His words still sucks..!”
Iris stopped her steps.
If I was serious, I could melt your sword spirit.
“He did make me aware of the true meaning of the victim. But I'll prove if the seed does exist.”
Iris went to an empty classroom that was already unused on the bottom floor. He made a magic circle on the ground and started casting spells.
“Oh my beautiful Iris flower spirit, show yourself, obey me, serve me, be my servant until my goal is reached!”
The magic circle also shone dazzlingly, until soon a human figure appeared from the light.
“So...you yes?”
“Eh?!”
Suddenly behind Iris appeared a red-haired girl shooting something at her.
THE TRANGG!!
The magic shot was successfully repelled by someone in front of Iris.
“Nona Iris! You okay?!”
That person was the sword spirit belonging to Iris, who was human-shaped.
“It turns out Iris' sword spirit is indeed interesting, will you allow me to touch you?”
The red-haired girl smirked wickedly. The sword spirit Iris who was in the form of a blue-haired silver girl looked at him sharply.
“Nona Iris! Quickly use me and fight him!”
But Iris did not answer.
“Nona Iris?”
“It looks like your master can't use his sword spirit huh? Then why did you show up in front of him?”
“Whispering!”
The sword spirit Iris and the red-haired girl fought each other. The magic shots that he continuously shot out were only on the edge with a sword without attack.
“Nona Iris! Quickly use me and fight him!”
Iris did not answer. He just looked at the fight.
“Your thoughts are still narrow, little girl.”
Why did Riri-sensei's words come up again?
“It's free if the sword spirit is beautiful but the master is not a dick! Just die you!”
“NONA IRIS!”
THE CLANGS!!
So many more magic shots from the red-haired girl almost hit Iris' forehead. Iris' sword spirit managed to fend him off with a precise slash.
“Yes...you can only fend off without attack, the fight is not exciting right?”
Behind the red-haired girl appeared something like a giant cannon in the shape of dark-colored flower petals. In the middle was a hole that was emitting light.
“While my intention is to come here for fun, I never thought it would end so soon. Well goodbye great spirit Iris~”
Iris' sword spirit would not be able to move if Iris did not order her to attack.
“Nona Iris!”
The hole that was in the middle of the gigantic cannon emitted an increasingly dazzling light.
“You would like this place to melt flat on the ground?”
Iris remained silent. Body vibrates.
“If I keep quiet I take your answer YES!”
TEK.
Suddenly the movement of light in the cannon hole stopped.
“A-what?!”
“Yesterday the Oreanda, now, who are you?”
“Ah Riri hanamizuki! I found you too!”
Iris's tremors came to a halt when she saw the figure of Riri's face not far from her.
“S-sensei?”
“You want what that weird thing is?”
“Huh, I came here to look for you, but before that I found an interesting toy.”
Riri glanced behind the red-haired girl. He saw the figure of Iris and also his sword spirit who still could not do anything.
“So that sword spirit can be human-shaped huh? I just found out.”
“A-what?! How flat are you talking?!”
The red-haired girl looked annoyedly at Riri. “What did you do to my beautiful cannon?!”
“Oh that's a cannon huh? Is that your flower spirit?”
“YOUR SPEECH IS SO ANNOYING!”
The light in the middle hole of the cannon that had stopped trying to get out again.
“Explosion is something that makes me flutter, no matter what I blow!”
“Basic of freaks.”
Riri clenched both of her hands. Actually he was holding Lilac magic towards that cannon. Riri deliberately transposed his form.
“Just you hold it! The power of this cannon has reached 1000x folding maximum!”
“Sialan..”.
Riri also realized that her mana had reached its limit because of the Lilac magic she cast. He glanced at Iris who was still silent on the spot.
“IRIS! QUICKLY USE YOUR SWORD SPIRIT AND ATTACK THIS FREAK!”
Iris lifted her head and looked at the face of Riri who was yelling at her even from afar.
“Riri-sense—”
“If you're scared then you'll never be ready!! Quickly do what you can do!!”
Iris was still silent.
“IRIS!!! YOU WANT TO MAKE SACRIFICES TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS, RIGHT!? THAT'S WHY YOUR SWORD SPIRIT WAS CREATED TO DO IT!!”
PERT SLAASHHH'S
The light from the cannon had actually burst out. Before blowing up what was around her, Riri had made as big a Bluebell magic seal as possible around the place.
“Fourished..”
“Bluebell-like magic won't be strong for long against my light blast!”
THE ZRAATTT!!
Suddenly one of the cannon petals was slashed by a sword.
“A-WHAT!?”
“Iris..”.
Iris really did. He held the sword with both hands. His eyes were no longer worried.
“What's with your eyes? Where was your fear, huh?”
Iris stood straight with the sword in front of her.
“Good work, Iris. Now dance with all your heart!”
Seeing Riri smiling at him made Iris a little nervous. But when he looked back at the red-haired girl, he came back serious.
“You said my sword spirit is a toy.Do you not know how long I struggle to defeat my fear of holding the sword?”
“So you are indeed Iris...all your races fell victim to interracial wars 5 years ago..and only you remain? What irony.”
“Shut! My whereabouts are still here.is for the sake of obtaining the seed to avenge all the sacrifices of my race!”.
Iris danced again with her sword. The movement was fast, but the red-haired girl did not want to lose. He also returned the favor with a magic shot from his hand.
“When were you scared to death, but now you're fighting me seriously?”
“Because I have also believed in my sword spirit, and also the words of Riri-sensei.”
THE TRANGG!!
THE SYUTTSS!
“The spirit of my sword is there to fight with me through that sacrifice.Then I must not worry anymore! HYAAAAAHHH!!!!!”
With full power, Iris was not aiming for the red-haired girl, but the giant cannon on her back. He slashed all his petals.
“WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO MY LOVELY FLOWERS!!!?”
“When to go, Foxglove!”
Behind him Riri casts a dimensional displacement magic, and casts Foxglove into another dimension.
“RIRI HANAMIZUKI!! I WILL DEFINITELY RETURN TO BRING BACK MY TOYS!!”
That dimension also disappeared.
“You did it, Miss Iris!”
Iris smiled before her sword. He gently rubbed his blade.
“Finally..I can really control you with my own power..my sword spirit.”.
“Good work, little miss.”
“R-Riri-sensei!?”
Iris rushed over to Riri before her body fell to the ground.
“S-sensei!? Y-you're okay?!”
“Do you understand now, Iris? About what I said earlier?”
Iris's eyes glazed over. “I-iya...I have understood it more deeply..sensei...”.
“Together next time..don't go out of class alone yes..”.
“S-sensei!?”
***
“After Oreanda, then Foxglove? What do they really want?”
“So far there has been no definitive description of their destination, Miss Carnation.
“Typha, Alstromeria, create additional troops around deserted areas. Do.”
“Understanding.”
Alstromeria and Typha left the principal's room. Carnation was left alone.
“Do they just want to get rid of anyone who gets in the way to get seeds? But why only go to this academy?”
Carnation bit his nails. Uneasily.
“The child has also run out of mana 2 times. He didn't tell me anything after 2 weeks. Aihs. He was indeed that type long ago.”
“I have no intention of becoming a teacher, but I want to guide them.”
“Riri-kun, you really are the right person.”
***
“Destroy everything that stands in the way, indiscriminately destroy to reach the goal.”
“HOOOO!!!!”
The troops swarmed between the two camps clashed against each other with various weapons that they held gallantly. Swords, arrows, bows, spears, cleaver, and various types of knives with different eyes spilling blood on each other.
“You can't win with just such an army.”
“Be quiet.”
The provocation was short but made the leader hold back the anger. His face flushed red but kept his countenance as calm as possible and let his troops advance. The leader only ensured the movement of the enemy from a certain distance with his eyes.
“I TOLD YOU YOU WOULDN'T WIN WITH AN ARMY LIKE THAT!!”
THE KLAANGG!!
The two leaders of the stronghold held each other's swords. Panicked but returned with a calm face.
“You always talk a lot.”
The two camps were made up of black and white ones, and the leaders of these two camps were still facing each other.
“You can never see where the seed is.”
“Sok know once.”
THE KLAANGG!!
“Haah!!?”
God fucking. Another strange dream. Lately I've been dreaming about war. What is that, actually?
“Riri-kun?”
“Woaa!! S-senpai!?”
I almost jumped out of my place when I saw the face of Carnation-senpai emerging from behind the curtain. He put on a different face than usual.
“Riri-kun, you are a fool.”.
“A-what?”
Suddenly Carnation-senpai hugged me tightly to the point that I was claustrophobic, moreover her big cleavage was right on my face.
“A-what's this—s-senpai asakk—”
“Why didn't you ever tell me anything? You've been here 2 weeks and I think you've been able to adjust so I think you're okay…but why didn't you tell me that you've lost so much mana even to the point of being so helpless?! Stupid fool!”
“T-please stop hugging me..”.
“Ah sorry~”
Carnation-senpai let go of her embrace and my nose was a successful nosebleed.
Rarely do these freaks worry about me to such a face.
“Tumben once you like this, senpai.”
“Of course I'm worried! Since when was Riri Hanamizuki weak like this?!”
I was a little surprised to hear his call.
So I'm this..weak?
“Weak?”
“Did you forget when you were in your home country? You are very good at all kinds of defense magic! Until now what kind of magic did you teach the magic class students? I heard it's just Lilac magic, right? What happened to you exactly?”
So Carnation-senpai already noticed it.
I can't deny it. That's absolutely true. I don't understand why I'm so weak.
“I don't think it's possible just because it casts Bluebell magic to the limit that you can run out of mana. As I recall, Bluebell's defense magic isn't that powerful. What are you—”
“I just make it stronger”
“What?”
I smiled briefly. “Because I am currently weak, only a few defensive magic can I maintain and strengthen, and again my sword spirit does not appear even though I have become a teacher here. Maybe I'll never get it out.”
“No, Riri-kun, I'm sure your sword spirit will surely rise. I believe it.”
“Thank you, I appreciate your positive words.”
“You've run out of mana 2 times. Now can you tell me in more detail what really happened?”
I'm getting out of my place. Yes, this is already the 2nd time I have been in the UKS room of this Hanatarou academy. The last time I remember was helping Iris. Right where is that kid?
“By the way where is Iris?”
“You're switching the conversation instead, quickly explain it to me first!”
I walk towards the door. “Like not only you to be too detailed so, see, I'm nothing right? After all, it's time for me to teach, until later~”
If I told you if I ran out of where I'd sleep all day, he'd be pissed.
Carnation-senpai is more than an older sister to me. She was like a sister and a mother. To me.