What is this?
Huh?
They're just croquettes.
Unbelievable.
He used nothing but potatoes.
Yours is good too, Kirika-chan!
Salmon croquettes, right?
Absurd.
Variations can never best the original.
No, no.
I just threw it together since I was in a rush and had no ingredients.
I helped, too!
Ah, yeah.
You did your best.
Good girl.
I... I'll curse you!
Ah!
These croquettes are full of your love!
Take my love in return!
Isn't that Konoha-kun, Yachi?
What does she want?
I have to get ready for afternoon classes.
Hey hey hey! Fear-chan!
C'mon, c'mon.
You live with 'em, don'tcha?
Tell me about Muramasa-san.
Is she nice?
What's this?
Gossiping about Konoha-san?
If so, then...
...fill me in, too!
Simply put, she's an eyesore.
Everything she eats goes straight to her breasts.
Miss Cow Tits is such an eyesore.
Co-Could this become a love triangle?!
Not on Dad's watch!
Why should they fight over a loser like Haruaki?
Love triangle?
The heck's that?
Omigosh! Omigawd!
Fear-chan has no idea what's going on!
Your cuteness is killin' me!
Her love interest has only begun blooming.
And when she finally realizes it,
she will notice the woman she has become.
Actually...
Not on Dad's watch, still!
Love?
Is that tasty?
Chapter 6
Delicate Like a Glass Ball
Chapter 6
Delicate Like a Glass Ball
My, thank you for stopping by.
Have you accustomed to school yet,
Fear-chan?
So... Somewhat.
All except for you.
You see, I've a favor to ask of you three.
Zenon-kun?
Coming.
I'm familiar with an antique shop's keeper in a nearby town.
Erm, what did he say again?
"This is a cursed doll.
"Surely my daughter's fatigue was caused by this.
"Please have it taken to the place you mentioned."
"The place you mentioned"...?
I mentioned a place that took in cursed tools.
Shouldn't you try to get more information out of him?
Well,
after giving it to me,
he passed away due to some unknown illness.
Huh?
I've admitted his daughter here,
but she's been absent for quite some time now.
At any rate,
before we hand it off,
I'd like to see it for myself, Zenon-kun.
Alas,
that's impossible.
Hm? What do you mean?
I mean,
it's empty.
Strange.
What could that mean?
Perhaps it was stolen.
That or it left on its own.
I see.
That's a possibility.
I don't think there are many tools capable of transforming into human beings.
Right.
I'll change my favor a bit, then.
Eh?
Now,
I'd like you to find the missing doll.
Figures.
Is that a no?
Don'tcha worry about it!
I can figure this out myself.
I'll find the doll, don't you worry!
'Kay?
Whoa now, Fear.
What are you up to now?
I have to help others in order to lift my curse, right?
Even so,
there's no need to do it yourself.
I am in debt to the superintendent.
Realistically,
your going alone would eliminate any chances of finding it.
What was that?
Anywho,
I don't need you to help out,
Miss Always-Complaining- and-Annoying-Cow-Tits!
Let's NyaaNyaa in Heaven and Hell today, too!
Let's NyaaNyaa in Heaven and Hell—
I have a call.
Excuse me.
That's from NyaaNyaa Paradise Hell!
That's too much of a mismatch.
It's from Ganon-oneesama—
The nurse's office.
Five or six students have fallen ill
and it's a mess over there, so she'd like my help.
Five or six?
That doesn't sound fun at all.
Do they know the cause?
Not yet, it seems.
The only thing they all shared
was being in secluded areas when found.
According to Onee-sama,
it's as if their life force has been drained.
Hey, Fear!
Where are you going?
You don't have to follow me!
I'll catch this thing myself!
Like we'd just sit back and watch!
Precisely.
Also,
where are we running to?
Whoa there, Lassie.
Don't tell me—
Y-You got a problem?
I wasn't running around aimlessly or anything!
Oh?
What did you have in mind, then?
Y-You see...
Basically, uh...
If I had to sum it up into one word,
intuition!
We call that having no plan.
Wh... What?
I'll curse you!
He said the students were found in secluded areas.
So I was just going to run into a secluded area, too.
You just thought that up, didn't you?
Well, despite it being something she just thought up,
it may very well be a good plan.
Where are you going?
I just saw something move!
Seriously! I'll be fine on my own!
Don't you dare follow me!
Ya hear?!
She's such a pain.
Hey, wait!
You, with the frills!
So, you're the doll?
Such a tedious task it is to move my own body.
As I thought, being a human is such a bother.
Are you still not used to the human form, Doll?
The perfect doll, with the sovereignty of a Queen,
Sovereignty-Perfection-Doll.
'Tis but my name,
but call me however thou pleases,
human.
Sorry, but I'm a fellow cursed tool.
A fellow cursed tool?
So... Someone fainted!
Excuse me,
but what happened to him?
My, Shiraho.
It's been a while.
Thanks to you,
I spent much of my time confined in that trunk.
Why?
Why would you do this?
I must.
You know, don't you?
Though you may want me to return,
I, alas, do not.
I will not return there.
Sovereignty...
Is that all you wanted to hear?
Not at all.
What on Earth is going on?
You're probably—
No, you must be the antique shop keeper's daughter.
Yeah.
I hate humans.
Yes, I hate them all.
Once they receive their payment for a doll performance,
they just toss you behind the curtains like the doll you are.
Wait!
You think we'll let you run?
Well,
what makes you think I can't, fellow cursed tool ?
Especially in a place like this.
"I have sovereignty for every doll.
"Like a vissal upon.
"Listen.
"Show proof to worship.
"Obey. Obey."
I am the almighty doll.
Created solely to play the role of a Queen.
Thus,
all human forms are under my rule.
Stay back,
Haruaki!
11th Mechanism.
Ripping Saw Form: The Teeth!
Curse calling!
What... is this?
It's dangerous here!
You claimed to be a fellow cursed tool like me,
but you fundamentally differ in your violence.
Your purpose in life is to harm humans,
not to ease them.
Shut up!
You're not getting away!
Why did you drain the life force of the students here?
Why didn't you run far away?
I have been wondering for a while.
Will you answer my questions?
Had you not an unavoidable reason to do this?
It doesn't seem like I'm too far off the mark.
You've a keen eye, fellow cursed tool .
You'll see, soon enough,
so I'll tell you just this much,
I'll come back here to drain the students' life force.
Isn't that better than wreaking havoc in the city?
What?
Why would you do that?
I've no reason to tell you why.
Of course not.
After all, we're going to capture you here and now!
I'll leave the rest to you, Miss Cow Tits!
If you don't want to ruin all the effort you put into protecting that boy,
you'd be better off not chasing after me.
What?
Watch out!
Over my dead body!
5th Mechanism.
Stabbing Stationary Form: A Skewer Loved by Vlad Tepes!
Duck!
She got away.
We chose a bad location.
There were too many things she could control.
I'm sorry.
This is all my fau—
I'm sorry.
I'm a klutz.
Indeed.
You truly are,
but I cannot let you stay on top of him for this long,
even if it was by accident.
Come on!
She's probably still on campus.
Mister Pervert,
you can just keep sliding underneath girls as always.
I... It wasn't on purpose!
Delicate Like a Glass Ball
"Are you looking for something?
"You've been walking around this whole time."
Yes, that was the beginning.
But my dad overheard me and found out.
After that, he took Sovereignty away.
I heard he took Sovereignty to some antique shop keeper he knew.
Nurse's Office
I figured he meant the superintendent.
So I came here for the first time to ask,
but the situation had—
Sorry.
I wasn't looking where—
I'm soaked.
That round shape...!
N-No bra?!
Way to completely kill the tension she was building!
Go look for her already!
Sorry.
I panic a lot and—
Are you okay?
You've been absent for a while.
I'm fine.
I couldn't come to school because of, well...
Issues at home, I guess.
What kind of issues?
That's not something you should ask.
Hey, Fear.
Did you find anything in the courtyard?
Not really.
The wall.
The statue—
The statue?
That's not right.
It used to be farther out!
That angle...
...is just like a platform.
That bitch!
She landed on this to escape!
Dang.
We screwed up.
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Here you go.
I'm... I'm kind of low on cash.
It's on me.
As a sign of friendship.
Hey.
What are you going to do once you catch Sovereignty?
I guess we'll keep her at my place until her curse is lifted.
You're not going to destroy her?
Of course not.
But I can't just forgive her for hurting innocent people.
That's definitely bad.
I think the problem is—
Maybe that doll doesn't know that there's a way to lift her curse?
She probably thinks that, if she's caught, she'll be locked up or destroyed.
That must be it.
So we just have to tell her?
Are you okay doing so?
It's not like I can't see her until her curse is lifted, right?
I just have to be strong and do my part.
Even though I'm not with her,
I still consider her my friend.
But Sovereignty might not feel the same anymore.
She was suddenly stuffed in a trunk and taken somewhere.
She must have felt that she was betrayed by humans.
Despair, is it?
You want to save her, right?
Not that I have any ability to,
but I still consider her my friend.
I promise that I'll find that doll.
Look at how much fun you three are having,
while I was waiting in the nurse's office.
So six people fainted yesterday?
I wonder why?
I bet it's something supernatural!
I support the chloroform monster theory.
I've heard that stuff like slippers are being stolen, too.
Ah.
That's it for class.
What about our cooking battle, Fear-chan?
You take care of it!
Where are you?!
Come on out!
Thank you for your hard work, Fear-san.
Wh-Why are you here?
Use Prohibited for Renovation Purposes
This.
We're short on staff.
How are things on your end?
We're waiting for her to come back.
What about you?
After patrolling the school,
I'll move to the front gates.
I see.
That's why you have that on your head.
Ultraviolet rays are lazier forms of death rays.
Let's NyaaNyaa in Heaven—
Excuse me.
Nurse's Office
I see.
Another victim.
Fear-chan?
Those things are huge, y'know.
Miss Cow Tit's are still bigger, though.
You're just starting to grow, Fear-chan.
Doubt it.
How will this turn into that ?
Well, ma-massaging will help them grow!
I did it, too!
Just like this!
Oh!
I'll try it, too!
They say it's better if you have someone else massage them for you.
All right.
Massage me, then.
It's a give and take sort of thing,
so I'll do yours in return.
Really?
We're really doing this?
So why were you sighing like that?
It seems she showed up again just now.
I heard.
I couldn't stop her,
even though I promised you.
So that's why you were feeling down.
I wanted to tell her the truth.
For her own sake.
For Sovereignty's sake?
Yes.
Just like me, she's an object.
That's why I need to tell her that curses can be lifted.
And yet...
I feel so worthless.
Squeeze!
There's no need to fret.
I think what you're trying to do would make Sovereignty very happy.
I am, too.
So here's a sign of my thanks.
What are they doing?
But we can't let this keep happening.
I looked everywhere for you, you pimp!
What the hell, man?
You didn't think Konoha-san and Fear-chan were enough,
so you moved on to pretty boys!
Pretty boys?
What?
He wants you to go to the water fountains near the track.
Here's your chance!
Nobody's here.
Are you still looking for me?
Sovereignty!
Is it that you see me as someone else?
If so, you should replace your eyeballs with ones of glass,
human.
Why are you—
No, you called me here.
You truly are quick to notice.
That is, for a foolish human.
Your ears may be as open as the knot of a tree,
but you'd better listen to this.
Indeed, I drain human energy.
However, it isn't life-threatening.
Think of it as something as light as the wind.
Will you not turn a blind eye to me?
I have but one answer.
You're misunderstanding.
That is all.
Misunderstanding?
Curses can be lifted.
Shiraho's father didn't send you away to be destroyed,
nor do we plan on destroying you.
Shiraho's worried about you.
Will you come with me to lift your curse?
Human,
I have but one response.
Does anyone truly wish to lift their curse?
Seriously?
Again?
Something's got to be going on.
Is it a boy or girl?
A girl with glasses and braided hair.
You know, from Class 1.
The girl with large breasts.
yawarakana tsukiakari ga terasu utakata no yukigane
The soft moonlight lights up the fleeting snow
kachikanda chiisana te wo awase sukitooru machi ni hohoemu
Holding my small, blistered hands together, I smile at the lucent town
sayagu toki wo subete tsutsumikonde tada somaru yoru ni tokihanate
It wraps around the rustling leaves of time, and releases it all into the dyed night
furisozoku shiroi hanabira kokoro wo sotto hodoiteku
The white blossoms showering down slowly undo the knots of my soul
te no hira de toketa setsuna wo miseru
I watch the moment as it melts in my palm
ao no nai sora no kanata ni yuku saki no hikari utsushite
At the far end of the blueless sky, they reflect the light of where we've yet to go
madoi mo tomoseba ii
Why not light up my doubts as well?
musunda hana yo
O knotted flower
ima ni todoke to
Please come back today
Chapter
7
"Does Not App ear in the Eyes of the Seer"
Chapter Seven.
"Does Not Appear in the Eyes of the Seer."
Watch it or I'll curse you!
If you don't tune in next time, I'll curse you!
Artist Nakajima Yuka