信じてるものを 強く引き寄せる
Shinjiteru mono wo tsuyoku hikiyoseru
I hold what I believe in close to me
凍えた眼差しも 守ってあげるから
Kogoeta manazashi mo mamotte ageru kara
Even your cold stare is safe under my care
願いは緋の螺旋に 舞い降りてく
Negai wa hi no rasen ni maioriteku
My wish dances down in a scarlet spiral
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ちっぽけなモノ 映さない空
Chippoke na mono utsusanai sora
The sky does not reflect the meek
独り走れば 怖くなかった
Hitori hashireba kowaku nakatta
But I was not afraid if I ran alone
ここで明日を裏切れば
Koko de ashita wo uragireba
If I betray my future here
もう何処にも行かれない
Mou doko ni mo ikarenai
I will have no place to go
現在 罪に 彷徨う街
Ima tsumi ni samayou machi
I wander the city, lost in my sins
ただ求めて 光を
Tada motomete hikari wo
The light is all I long for
信じてるものを 強く引き寄せる
Shinjiteru mono wo tsuyoku hikiyoseru
I hold what I believe in close to me
凍えた眼差しも 守ってあげるから
Kogoeta manazashi mo mamotte ageru kara
Even your cold stare is safe under my care
両手に握った 想いは“輝き”
Ryoute ni nigitta omoi wa kagayaki
The feelings I hold in my hands shine brilliantly
終わらない調べが 真実に届くまで
Owaranai shirabe ga hontou ni todoku made
Until this endless investigation leads to the truth
アタシという微熱で 撃ち抜いてく
Atashi to iu binetsu de uchinuiteku
I will keep firing my flames at you
You still haven't realized it?
My full name is Kanzaki Holmes Aria.
I'm Sherlock Holmes the 4th!
Sherlock Holmes?
Yeah.
There's no way she's Holmes...
Kin-chan, why haven't you been replying to my texts?!
Is it true that you're living with a girl?!
Huh?
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Hotogi Shirayuki
I'm coming in, Kin-chan.
I knew she was here!
Kanzaki H. Aria!
Shirayuki, no, let me explain...
Kin-chan didn't do anything wrong!
Kin-chan was just tricked!
You cheater! You'll pay for the sin of defiling Kin-chan with your death!
W-What the hell is this?!
Calm down, Shirayuki!
I haven't been defiled at all!
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Brace yourself, Kanzaki H. Aria!
No, wait-
Divine punishment!
Actual edge catching...
I've never seen that for real before!
W-Why me?!
Shut up, cheater!
W-What's your problem?!
Disappear from Kin-chan's sight!
And I'm saying I don't get you!
Listen to what we have to say!
S-Stop, both of you!
That's enough! I'll blow holes through you!
You're... a Choutei?
Yes, Shirayuki is a Choutei.
In other words, a Butei with super powers.
The Hotogi Shrine is on the outskirts of Aomori.
Shirayuki is a Hotogi Miko, a tradition passed down for generations.
And Hotogi Miko are...
...armed shrine maidens who use super powers that are out of this world, apparently.
I know I'm hard to believe when I talk about super power users, but they do exist.
The fact that Riko is one of them is still fresh in my memory.
Even in Butei High, Choutei are trained in a super power research division known as the SSR.
I hear Shirayuki is a top student there.
So, if Shirayuki were to fight against an S-ranked Butei...
...it's no surprise this would happen.
You've got some nerve, you cheater.
Y-You too...
Hey, isn't it about time you calmed down and-
Kin-chan!
I'm sorry, it's all because I wasn't brave enough that this woman managed to-
I wouldn't know what to do if you were any braver!
Don't get all carried away just because you and Kin-chan are lovers!
Lovers?!
D-Don't be ridiculous!
I don't care about love!
I've never been in love and don't intend to either!
So Kin-chan isn't your lover?
He isn't!
Then what is he?!
He's... my slave! My slave!
Uh oh...
S-Slave?!
S-So you've gone as far as to play naughty games...
Though I've fantasized about the same thing, except I'm the slave...
But...!
No, no, no! Kinji!
Don't just say his...
Shirayuki.
Aria and I are just fellow Butei who've temporarily joined forces.
Really?
You don't believe me?
I do.
I believe you!
So Kin-chan and Aria haven't been doing it.
Doing what?
Well...
K-Kissing and stuff.
So... you've done it?
Shirayuki, calm down!
T-That was just...
I-It's true that we've done it, b-but...
Don't worry!
I didn't get pregnant!
What?!
F-Father told me you get pregnant after you kiss!
Obviously not!
Ow...
Shirayuki...
Yo.
You know what happened yesterday...
Hey!
Is she still mad?
Girl's Changing Room
This morning's homeroom will be about the Adseard festival next week.
Adseard
During Adseard, many ordinary people can visit, not just the participating Butei from various countries.
Hey, Kinji.
You aren't participating in the Adseard events, right?
Don't ask something so obvious.
There's no way they'd ask an E-ranker to participate.
Good point.
Well then, let's work as receptionists.
Shiranui got occupied.
I'm participating in the gun shooting contest.
Because Kanzaki-san suddenly pulled out.
Well, being a receptionist isn't bad.
You aren't participating in anything, Aria?
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What are you reading this early in the morning?!
So this is it.
You damn pervert!
Adseard
At least dodge that, you Butei pervert!
No, it wasn't possible...
I could do something with this.
Hey! Aria!
Hey!
Who am I?
What did you call me out for?
You're late-
You have a long way to go, leaving your back open like that.
W-Why are you dressed like that?
Didn't I tell you?
I'll be cheerleading for Adseard.
So I'm practicing.
Cheerleading? So like Arukata?
I'll have to say no if it's just accompanying you for practice.
You have a split personality, right?
I investigated after the hijacking.
You have a split personality.
You probably suffered trauma when you were young that created another personality,
and stress from battle causes you to switch to that personality.
Wrong, Kanzaki Holmes Aria.
My Hysteria Mode isn't a mental acquired condition.
It's a nervous inherited condition.
Hey, are you listening?
So that's why I'm gonna put you under constant battle stress so you can awaken easier!
That's the training I came up with this morning at homeroom.
You know, that really hurt...
So that you can also counterattack after you awaken, you'll start by learning how to perform edge catching.
Don't be ridiculous-
Alright, now start by imaging the timing of that 500 times!
Feel free to move your hands.
You have ten minutes.
So it's basically image training.
Or would you rather have tons of bruises?
Alright, alright. I'll do it.
Kinji's great when he listens.
Do it properly!
Ow...
Looks like the training didn't have much effect.
That was too sudden!
We'll continue this tomorrow.
Huh? Don't just decide on your own-
You're my partner.
It's my responsibility to train you.
Hotogi Shirayuki of Class 2-B, Hotogi Shirayuki.
Shirayuki?
Come to my room at Masters'-
So they're calling for her.
I mean, your homeroom teacher Tsuzuri's room immediately.
Kinji, this is our chance.
You heard that? That's all.
We'll find Shirayuki's weakness.
Shirayuki tried to kill me today.
Didn't you girls also try to kill each other last night?
She got serious today.
She set up a trap in a locker in the girl's changing room.
A trap?
She knew I couldn't get my clothes without stepping into the locker,
so she set the piano wire where my neck would be.
Piano wire?
That's going a little far.
I really don't think Shirayuki would do something like-
...or maybe she would.
But no way...
I also felt like I was being watched,
had water thrown onto me from the passageway,
Cheater
and got a letter saying "Cheater" in my shoe locker...
I can't think of anyone else who'd do that.
Hotogi, what's the meaning of all this?
You actually got below 90 points.
S-Sorry, Tsuzuri-sensei.
Well, I don't really care about your grades, but you haven't been yourself recently.
Hey, Hotogi.
Don't tell me you've come into contact with him?
Him?
Didn't Lezzad report that there's a high chance you'd be targeted?
SSR also predicted something similar.
I'm talking about Durandal.
Durandal?!
But everyone says Durandal's existence is just a rumor-
And what if it isn't a rumor?
Even so, he's a mass kidnapper that targets powerful Choutei.
There's no way he'd target me-
You're the treasure of this school, you know.
I already said this before, but you should be assigned a bodyguard.
B-But if I had a bodyguard, I wouldn't be able to take care of Kin-chan...
With Adseard approaching, there'll be a lot of outsiders around.
How about having one just for that period?
It'll make us feel better. Well?
Even so...
I'll be her bodyguard!
Aria?
Kin-chan?!
I'll take on the job for free on 24-hour duty!
Oh? An S-rank Butei is offering to guard for free?
Excellent.
I-I disapprove. I'm uncomfortable with the prospect of being with Aria constantly.
I'll shoot him if you won't let me be your bodyguard.
Aria!
Butei Law, section nine! Section nine!
Kin-chan!
I see, so that's the relationship between you three...
Well, what will it be, Hotogi?
I understand. I'll have Aria be my bodyguard.
However...
Kin-chan will also be my 24-hour bodyguard!
I-I'll live with Kin-chan as well!
Why...
...did this happen?
I-I'll be in your care. I'm Hotogi Shirayuki.
I-I'm still very inexperienced, so please take care of me!
Why are you freaking out now?
I got all nervous thinking I'll get to live with Kin-chan...
Ah, I'll clean up the house before dinner.
Geez, what happened to my quiet, peaceful life?
And what could you be doing?
Ah, I'm fortifying the room.
It's the basics of basic protection, isn't it?
Do you have to go that far though?
Don't you just want to find Shirayuki's weakness?
My objective has changed.
I'll catch Durandal.
Durandal is one of the people who framed my mother.
Mama's sentence will be decreased to 635 years if I catch him.
If things go well,
I could even get the Supreme Court to withdraw the charges.
She loses herself whenever her mother comes up.
But I heard that Durandal's something like an urban legend.
Nobody's actually seen him.
That's not true!
He really does exist!
So have you seen Durandal with your own eyes?
I haven't...
There you go.
But he definitely exists!
He framed Mama and...
It could be someone else's crime.
Shut up! I already said he exists!
You know...
Whatever, you should be working too!
Start by checking the dresser on the corridor for dangerous items!
The dresser on the corridor?
I'll fortify the bedrooms.
Get moving, get moving!
This belongs to Shirayuki though.
It can't possibly have dangerous items...
It does.
Dangerous to me, that is.
What's wrong, Shirayuki?
Did you break something?
Kin-chan, I'm sorry!
Isn't this Extra Thick Pueraria Syrup what you drink when you catch a cold?
I remember it being really precious...
Yeah, you have to go all the way to Ameyoko to buy it.
I'll just go buy another one, so don't worry about it.
You really are kind, Kin-chan.
That part of you hasn't changed.
Silly. I won't get mad just because of this.
I'll clean this up, so go do your other stuff.
Okay!
Help yourself, Kin-chan!
I made all of this for you.
Thanks, it looks delicious.
A-After dinner, will you have a bath?
Or will you have... m... m... me...
Wait a sec, why don't I have anything on my side of the table?
Why?!
I'll relieve you from being a bodyguard if you have any complaints!
You know, if you play dirty...
I'll take you on!
I still have a secret move I didn't show you last time!
I've been hiding two secret moves myself!
I have three of them!
I have four!
Five!
Lots!
Anyway, that's how Aria and I started being Shirayuki's bodyguards.
Lots!
After going to school together...
Aria would guard her during class.
Here, Kin-chan. Say "ahh"...
We'd come together for lunch.
I was supposed to be in charge of guarding her after school, but...
Huh? You two fought again?
That's because Aria thinks she's so smart when she tells me I shouldn't disturb since lunch time is when you train.
It's not training. It's practice.
Aria's so noisy.
She has something to say about everything you do.
She also barges into our private world.
I didn't know such a world existed.
She won't back down even when I use my full strength.
I do think she's pretty amazing in a sense...
In a sense, indeed.
I don't want to lose you, Kin-chan.
Aria's attractive, after all.
I'm just joining forces with her, like I told you.
Unlike her, you're my childhood friend.
Childhood friend...
That's right, you've known me for a very long time.
I was forbidden to leave the Hotogi Shrine.
You were the first one to take me outside, Kin-chan.
The fireworks we saw that night...
...were really pretty.
You got scolded pretty badly afterwards though.
Even so, I was really happy that you came to play with me many times, Kin-chan.
I must've pitied Shirayuki as a child.
Kagome, Kagome.
Oh, bird in the cage.
When, oh when will you come out?
That's because I knew what the adults called Shirayuki and her sisters.
In the evening of the dawn,
the crane and turtle slipped.
"Caged bird", that is.
Who is that behind you?
Hello?
Shirayuki, it's me!
Kin-chan?!
Kin-chan, what's wrong?!
W-What is it?
You just called me and asked for help...
What? I wouldn't call your phone from the bathroom.
B-But it was definitely your voice...
K-Kin-chan, you're n... na...
Hmm? Right.
I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!
You were naked and taking a bath, so I fantasized about it!
But before I knew it, I got all excited and out of breath...
I'm such a bad girl!
It's fine, don't worry about it.
But you said you heard my voice on the phone?
It's only fair.
It's only fair that you get to see me change too!
W-Wait, I don't care about fairness! Don't undress!
I'm taking my clothes off! I am!
I don't mind you seeing it!
Hey, come on!
Kin-chan, stop it, let go!
Like I can! Calm down!
I'm back.
S... S...
Stupid Kinji!
You beast! Insect! Bacteria!
Stop, don't shoot!
Stop being such a sore loser.
What do you mean, "sore loser"?!
It was all consensual, so how about giving up?
I already said it doesn't matter!
Atchoo!
Genkai made girigiri no Distance
限界までギリギリのDistance
This distance is barely below my limit
Itsudatte hitori hashitta
いつだって一人走った
I always ran all of it alone
Ashitematoi sou omou nara
「足手纏い」そう思うなら
If you think that I am a hindrance
Ma ni au wa ima naraba hikikaeseba ii
間に合うわ 今ならば引き返せばいい
There is still time, just turn back now
Sayonara ni wa narete ita
さよならには慣れていた
I was used to saying goodbye
Ano hi deau made
あの日出会うまで
Until the day we met
Kimi wo mamoritai
「君を守りたい」
"I want to protect you"
Hajimete kiita sono kotoba wo
初めて聞いたその言葉を
I'd never heard those words before
Zutto zutto matte ita ki ga shita
ずっとずっと待っていた気がした
I feel that I've always been waiting for them
Shinjitai yo
信じたいよ
I want to believe
What will be the final
Kameria no me de
カメリアの瞳で
In these camelia eyes?
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Kinji, so you caught a cold?
And whose fault is that? Hmm?
Don't worry, I've researched some folk remedies.
First you stop breathing, then slowly take some deep breaths,
drink water bit by bit from the opposite side of a cup,
press down on the dip behind your ear as you remember what tofu is made of,
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then you boil some persimmon roots and drink it...
Whoa!
Well? Feeling better?
Aria, that's how you treat hiccups.
Next, on Hidan no Aria.
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I'll visit and blow holes through you if you don't tune in!