Chapter 20:

Different familial and appearance of the Queen

Little green apocalypse


“Before we start… I want to know why you did all of this.”

“If you’re capable of that, you were able to find us, right?”

“… I didn’t just want to find you.”

“You and my dear mother…”

“I had to appear. Presence was important. I couldn’t come in front of you like that…”

“I hade to show my proof, I had to show who I am.”

“Did you understand who I am, sister?”

“I’m Lys. The Avid of Power.”

“All I’m interested in is you.”

“I love you, my sister. Let me make my life with you.”

“It won’t be possible, I already have Hiko with me.”

“But we can reform a family, if you want to…”

“Family? No.”

“I just want to be with you.”

“You. You alone. You are the sun. Thinning. You’re the designation of the stars. You are the Lyre… You’re a goddess.

“… I refuse to let you end up with your prince.”

“Not this time!”

What is she saying?

… Something is approaching.

Below!

“… Failed.”

“You could have accepted my love, my dearest sister.”

“I’ll bite you later. For now, I’ll bring you to your sense!”

“Projection!”

I find it hard to transform my arm…

Giving it the shape of a rose stalk and sending it forward takes a lot of effort.

I tape into that energy.

I can control it for now…

“Do you already know how to do that, sister? Excellent. Excellent!”

“It’s splendid.”

“Now, it’s my turn.”

“… I’ll do it like that, yes.”

“Do you know what they say? What they call it already…”

“Oh yes, in video games!”

“Why don’t the bosses go all out from the start?”

“I’m supposed to be your last boss, right?”

“In that case…”

GREEN APOCALYPSE

Plants…! They all start to shake!

… It’s not good.

Focus.

Keep your cool.

“Hiko, hold on to me. It could be violent.”

“All right!”

“Drain all the plants you see.”

“We will pass in force!”

Extension…

They arrive.

It’s like a wave in the surf…

You have to go under and between the plants at the same time.

PROPULSION!

… It’s going so fast!

Hiko won’t have them all.

Extension of the arms.

Cut off whatever is in our way!

… It will be ok.

… A little more…

We’re almost there!

“No, no, no.”

“It can’t be that simple, my dearest sister. You have to show me more, MUCH MORE!”

…?!

A cage?!

“Get out! Hiko, drain there!”

“What are you saying? I’m there, my sister.”

…?

“How did you do it in such a short time…?”

“Go behind your back in half a thousandth of a second? Child’s play.”

“Don’t tell me you don’t know how to do that?”

“You know how to do it, can’t you?”

“Eh? Tell me.”

“My sister cannot be inferior.”

“You’re the ultimate living being. She said it.”

“I WAN TO SEE ALL OF YOU!”

MEGA GRASS CANNON

“You knew that, when a hurled at breakneck speed, grass can turn deadly, eh?”

“YOU’RE MY SISTER, SO YOU KNOW IT, EH?”

“Stop taking me for a god or whatever! I’m not what you think!”

“I’m just a little special human!”

“A little, you say…”

“You’re not a human, Lyre. All these moments that I have seen, they are not worthy of a simple human.”

“You are superior. You are above. You are the being that these poor humans can idolize.”

“I wouldn’t blame you, If you want to become their goddess, but show me what you got before…”

“… You didn’t get it, Lys.”

“Why can’t you see the world In a simpler way?”

“You’ve got to have another desire, don’t you?”

“I’m not the only obsession in your life, am i?”

“… You are the only one.”

“Why would there be anything else?”

“Something other than you? Nonsense.”

“You have the power, you could recreate a population on your own, right?”

“You can too!”

“But I’m not a goddess!”

“We need a goddess! We need one!”

“Someone has to watch over me.”

“Show me you can. PROVE ME YOUR STRENGTH AND LOVE ME!”

She’s going to do something crazy again.

“Hiko, Hold on tight.”

“We have to reach her.”

“Anybody but you have to touch her.”

“You have any idea? Any plan?”

“…”

“Hiko!”

“There’s no a lot of way to reach her.”

“And the trick is not in your options.”

“…”

“I think something might work.”

“It’s not trickery… But rage could make her lose her mind.”

“At the sight of her love for you.”

“What do you want to talk about?”

“… Can you protect me? No, more exactly, you will have to protect me and let me reach her.”

“What are you gonna do, crazy thing?”

“… Get ready.”

I don’t like it.

“LYS!”

“… What do you want, bug?”

“The bug is in a relationship with your sister!”

“You’re just a grain of sand in the ocean of my love. You will disappear soon enough.”

“…”

“What are you trying to do?”

“LYRE CARRY MY CHILD!”

Wha—

“WHAT ARE YOU ANNONCING LIKE THAT LOUD?!”

“WE’RE IN FRONT OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE! WHY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THIS?!”

“… She hadn’t heard our conversation.”

“I don’t think she understood. Like you, your mother must have left her in the dark.”

“And like you, it shouldn’t take that long for her to figure out and go wild with rage…”

“… Is that true, my dear sister?”

“… Yes.”

“…”

“…”

“…”

“How dare you install your offspring inside my dearly sister…”

“I will take care of you and then, I will take care of this child.”

“Just give me two seconds.”

… Her body is falling aprt.

It wasn’t teleportation all along.

She’s in control of her entire body!

“HIKO! IN MY ARMS!”

“I…”

“DON’T ARGUE, IDIOT!”

Extension!

Reinforcement!

“… Let me pass my sister.”

“Although, no. I don’t need it.”

“It will be so hot he will die on his own.

STELLAR FUSION

OUT OF QUESTION!

SPACIAL REGULATION

YOU SEE WHEN YOU WANT, MY SISTER!

“But that won’t stop me from…”

“…”

“Are you finally showing up, bug?!”

“Throw me, Lyre! Do your best to trap her.”

“Idiot!”

“I won’t let you go there on your own. I can do it all at the same time.”

Tie her up!

“Useless! It’s not enough!”

“I can move around as I see fit!”

“… Eh?”

“Let’s go! Projection!”

“Why…?”

“You don’t have…”

It’s hard to change the shape of your body, when something unknown is on it. This plant secretes poison.

ENERGY DRAIN

“THIS ISN’T THE END!”

“YOU WILL NO LONGER HURT ANYONE!”

SISTER IDIOT’S LOVE PUNCH!

“Ah…”

I connect to her. I’m going to put her in sleep.

Not so fast.

… What do you want?!

This isn’t how it should end.

Something’s missing…

You can kill her, right?

Let me give you a helping hand…

Let’s see what you can do, with half of my power.

Unlock 50% of your abilities.

Everything is so slow.

All this energy…

It unfolds in me.

… Although I didn’t ask for anything.

Argh…

Hiko. Go far with my sister.

It’s my sister.

I’ll bring her back… For my mother.

And for me.

I will protect her.

Harp. Don’t touch anything.

I trust you.

And don’t be afraid.

… We’re going to do a few tours of the Eart.

… See you later, Hiko.

“LYRE!”

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Reinforcement!

FULL POWER!

Everything has slowed down.

The speed gives me an impression of slowness.

… How many times did we make a turn?

How fast are we?

There’s so much energy that parts of my body are changing.

The force that propels me is so disturbed that my limbs fail to tear with each air wave.

I can feel the cuts…

The wind is as sharp as the blades of a chisel.

I must protect Harp.

I absolutely mustn’t let go at this point.

“You won’t get injured… Don’t worry.”

“Mom manages everything.”

How long has it been?

My body continues to get carried away…

... Ah!

I lose consciousness.

Argh!

How about I go to space?

… No, I have to breathe.

Otherwise, Harp may not survive it…

… I have a crazy idea.

I hope Hiko gets the message.

… That’s where I took off, right?

… Here we go to start the fall.

Please, Hiko, understand the situation…

FREEZING!

I’m going to freeze my body.

I’ll slow it down when this it’s not far from reaching you, Harp.

Don’t worry… I will strengthen my body as the same time to withstand the shock.

The amount of oxygen will be sufficient for at least thirty minutes.

For the rest… It’s up to you guys!

I trust you, my loved ones.

*BOOOOOOOOOOMM-*

At that precise moment, I didn’t remember anything.

The only thing I felt was my willpower telling me the names I cherished the most…

Harp…

Lean…

Lys…

Lisa…

… Hiko.

Ah! A final worthy of an heiress.

Although I wanted you to show me how good you are in being able to succeed me.

Succeeded me? Is that why I did this?

… Maybe my life got bored.

… But you’re not ready.

You failed to achieve your own goals.

But you can do it.

I’ll be back…

… If you’re still alive.

Mom.

… Mom.

Mom…

Hear…

Decide…

Understand…

Hiko…

Act…

….

… DRAIN!

What’s happening?

… What was I doing?

… My body is cold.

I must thaw…

… But I’m so cold.

… I don’t feel any energy anymore.

No. I can’t control it.

Something does it for me…

… Something’s warm in my chest.

… What was it again?

Why am I here?

… Who are you?

Why are you controlling my body?

Mom…

Mom?

Mom….

…Mom.

The Ice.

Lys.

The fall.

Hiko!

Hiko! Drain me!

… Harp won’t do it alone!

I see nothing.

Hiko is there?

… My senses are altered.

I can’t do anything more.

I can only wait…

… Hiko, Harp.

Protect me, please!

“…”

“…”

“…”

I had a dream.

I was alone.

It wasn’t me.

… No, that was me.

A distant self.

I was sitting on… a rocky body.

I was looking at the other planets.

I feel pain.

Where are the others?

… I’m the only survivor.

I’m the last of my kind.

Why don’t I recreate my tribe?

I don’t want.

Admire these planets, these galaxies…

It’s enough for me.

But after that…

I exploded.

“… ey!”

“..on.”

“Lyre!”

“Open your eyes!”

“… Hiko?”

“Take back control!”

“… Eh?”

Harp! Let go off Hiko!

Mom…

Mom tell you to let go!

“Harp is already rebelling. What a terrible child…”

“… Do you really think I can be the father of such a terror?!”

“…!”

“AH! SHUT UP! DON’T SPEAK BAD ABOUT MY LITTLE GIRL!”

Calm down Harp. Everything Is fine.

Give me back control, it’s over. Please.

And don’t hit your father!

Ah! You see when you want!

“Why do you have that shocked expression, Hiko?”

“… A girl.”

“Ah!”

“IT’S A GIRL!”

“IT’S A GIRL?!”

“DON’T CHANGE THE INTONATION, IT DOESN’T CHANGE THE FACT YOU’RE ALREADY SHOUTING IT!”

“What? Can’t girls’ rebel against their father?”

“O, great supreme being…”

“If you include my child in a bizarre rite, I will throw you to the bottom of the sea.”

I’ve done too much.

I’ll leave the rest of my energy for Harp….

Although I’m not sure she needs it anymore…

*Pouf*

… The sky is beautiful.

I hear the wind blow to my ears.

I changed.

It all changed me.

You taught me so much…

I regret nothing.

Hiko!

“… I heard a voice.”

“Hey! Lyre? Are you doing well?”

“Lyre? Lyre!”

It’s raining

No, the weather is nice.

“Stupid.”

“…”

“Energy… How...?”

“Did you really think I was going to let you go?”

“You’ll have to live with me until the end! And this is not the end!”

“You haven’t made your dreams come true!”

“Get it there. Recover your energy.”

“… No. Leave it to me, I’ll take care of her.”

… Hiko.

Where’s Lys?

“Everything in its time.”

“I’ll get back to you when you can talk to me normally.”

“Lyre! What has happened? What was all this?”

“I didn’t teach you to fly!”

Mom…

Sorry for that…

I didn’t find any other way…-

“… Solutions.”

“… Don’t worry. This is all over. It’s over…”

“But I think Lys…”

“… Lys Is not yet ready to join us.”

“They left with her. The pressure group behind her.”

“Lys free the people of her grip.”

“… But I still have you, I have to deal with it.”

“Lys will come back to our family someday, I’m sure Lyre…”

“… I wish it with all my hear. I will correct my mistakes.”

“Ah! But for now…”

“You’re covered in wounds, idiot…”

“… Except there, of course.”

“Idiot but with a great sense of responsibility, eh?”

“… I carry her, keep sending her energy, or whatever you’re doing!”

“We have to take her home.”

Ah! Stop shouting everywhere.

I’m fine, everything is fine…

I’m just a little tired…

I gave myself too much on this one.

But I failed...

I couldn’t get Lys back.

… This woman.

She’s the source of it all.

She won’t come back.

… Harp?

Argh…!

“Lyre?!”

“What’s happening?”

“Lyre is coughing up blood!”

“What?!”

It’s… It’s Harp, Hiko…

She want to go out…

“… She says Harp want to go out.”

“I don’t quite understand how you guess this, but I’ll believe you!”

“Regulate you breathing, sweety! Hold on for now!”

Harp… You crush me.

When did you take up so much space?

How… do I get her out?

“Lay her down in the car, and let’s go.”

“Don’t do anything, Lyre! Breathe, and control your breathing! We will find a solution once at home!”

It hurts…

Haha… Everything is fine.

I’m alright.

“Lyre?! Hey!”

I feel like things have a habit of going on the wrong side of the coin for me.

Maybe it’s not just in games that I have bad luck.

How will I do?

It’s hard being a mother, isn’t it?

I can do it?

I don’t trust it as much…

I’m not reassured…

No. You’re a grow girl, you have to be strong.

You’re not alone, there are people with you…

Hiko isn’t a very reassuring person.

This sight of him scares me more than anything else.

I’m still conscious, I can feel your gaze.

Why don’t you talk?

“I told you before, I’m here to support you.”

“So, you’re not going to let me go here, Lyre!”

… I see the lights.

It hurts all over, I can’t regenerate myself.

Harp take from me a power equal to what I will need to repair myself.

But… It can be fine other than that.

I feel my heart and my lungs constricted, compressed…

But I have to keep breathing.

It’s a happy event, isn’t it?

Stop with your panicked heads. I’ll think I’m really bad shape because of you.

I want to puke…

Cursed box of death.

… Sorry Hiko.

*Bleurgh*

“Pick her up!”

“She must not suffocate!”

It reminds me of when my heart was pierced…

Things go by as if they would never stop.

… I see a meadow.

And I see a village.

There are sheep.

The wind blows the scent of freshly watered grass…

The sheep march past me.

Everything is cut in two.

Sheep fly.

I want to ride one of them!

We must go around the universe!

All together!

“We’re going to save the universe! ~”

“Here we go folks! ~”

“Let’s go find the most powerful star in the universe! ~”

“We’ll get there! Yey! ~”

“Kiss me Hiko! ~”

“… LISA!”

“Do it! Be useful for something!”

“…AH!”

“…”

“… Ouch. It hurts, Lyre!”

“Bite me back! ~”

“WHAT DID YOU LEARN MY DAUTHER TO DO?!”

“Nothing! It was to make her understand Love!”

“I swear to you that when we arrive…”

“Mom! Everything is fine! ~”

“Rah!... Stop looking at me! I see you!”

“I love you mom! ~”

“… I ALSO LOVE YOU MY DAUTHER!”

“DON’T CRY WHILE YOU DRIVE!”

She will be born.

It’s official.

… I got used to it.

No longer be alone in all circumstances.

I’m sad and happy at the same time….

What do we call this feeling?

My ears are ringing.

She’s coming.

My hands.

You will be in my hands.

You can do that, right?

“Come on, come Harp! ~”

“… What is that? What’s going on behind? What’s this light?”

“I don’t know! Lyre is doing something weird!”

“Come on Harp? I think she said that…”

“WHAT?! I MUST SEE THIS!”

“PARK OR WATCH THE ROAD! NO, WHY YOU WANT TO WATCH! WE MUST CARE FOR HER!”

“Ah… Film everything then!”

“Eh? But I should rather…”

“DO WHAT I TELL YOU!”

“YES!”

… This is the same technique as Lys, is it?

The pseudo teleportation thing…

… It’s extremely dangerous.

Are you sure everything is fine?

Harp?

Everything is fine!

Everything is fine!

… So much the better.

Evything is fine!

… Hiko’s energy.

I will use it, you will see the light of day.

Evertyone is there to welcome you with open arms.

Hope you are happy

Aren’t you?

Mom!

It’s me.

Thank you!

It’s me who should thank you…

*Sob*

“Why are your crying?! Something is wrong?!”

“She thanked me…”

“Harp thanked me…”

I’m happy.

I fell asleep for five days.

When I woke up, something was sleeping on my legs.

I have never seen her.

It was the first time.

But my instincts were to take her in my arms…

And tighten her…

Hold her tight…

“Mom! Strong!”

“Harp!”

Thank you.