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Mutsuki let the demon embrace him in mock fear

Both arms and legs her back muscles her belly muscles the base of her legs her groin muscles and the front and back holes Her muscles and more were apparently aching or throbbing so

Ange was in an especially bad mood today

I’m not sure I get it Oh is this what they call ‘that time of the mo-gfh

Sakae made an unnecessary comment and was quickly purged by a backhand blow from Saya

Are you okay Ange If your stomach hurts I know a medicine that works pretty well

Thanks but leave me alone

The second day It must be pretty bad

But Saya’s unnecessary comment only irritated Ange further

She was truly in a bad mood now so she turned to look out the window Concerned Saya and

teasing Lucia both had to give up

Ange sure is unlucky if she’s feeling bad on the most exciting day of the year

Mutsuki suddenly realized that Saya Sakae and the rest of the class were cheerful

Yeah It is the closing ceremony after all

And you know what that means starts tomorrow right

Summer breeak

Yes yes yees

Sakae shouted and Saya hopped up and down

No one in the classroom seemed bothered by all the noise

Summer break began the following day so they all felt in the mood to shout

Ohh Let’s party until we drop Mutsuki We need to get together to plan it out but let’s go to the mountains Let’s go camping in the mountains Or the beach Either one’s fine I don’t care where but let’s go enjoy our summerr Y-yeah Ow ow

Shouting seemed to have filled Sakae with even more excitement because he began slapping Mutsuki’s back

Camping That sounds like fun Count me in

Saya began slapping Sakae’s back

What You’re coming I guess one of the tents will have to be extra-large

Why

Because you’re several sizes larger than the average- ow ow ow ow Don’t pinch me like that

Their exchange was par for the course and Lucia looked up while happily rubbing his face against

Mutsuki’s chest

Camping is where you sleep outside right Then I’m going too

Eh heh heh I get to sleep with

Mutsuki

Mutsuki had a feeling he meant more than just sleep And then

Oh good morning Ibekusa

At half past eight Machina arrived at the exact same time as always

What would happen between her and Ange after the latter had nearly destroyed FeTUS headquarters just two days before Mutsuki was a little nervous

But neither of them said a thing Machina walked silently past like always and took her seat in front of Ange

When she noticed Mutsuki’s gaze she glanced out the window at the partially-restored clock tower The students had been told the typhoon had destroyed just the top portion and it would soon be repaired She glanced at her headquarters where repairs were beginning She had no intention of changing their position as passive enemies

Or rather she did not want to make this worse if she did not have to

Hey hey Maki-nyan

Saya embraced Machina from behind

You come camping too okay Let’s all go together

Ever the optimist Saya did not hesitate to invite the girl who seemed out of place in the class

Machina seemed confused but she figured it out when she saw Mutsuki’s bitter smile

Agreed

Okay I’ll get you the details once we’ve worked them out

That’s one more This is looking fun

By the way what is ‘Maki-nyan’

The girl seemed confused again but Saya moved to the seat behind her

Ange you’re coming too right

Saya did not even hesitate to invite the blatantly upset girl

Ange had been listening and she hesitated a little but

Of course I’m not going on something so ridiculous I’m not interested in making friends

She glanced at Machina and glared at Lucia as she spoke

Ehh C’moon You’ve gotta do these things while you’re young

I don’t care

We’ll bring a bunch of fried chicken

Do you think I’m a dog

Ange looked away again

Saya puffed out her cheeks and sought help so Mutsuki gave her a bitter smile that said he would persuade her

Either way she was his bodyguard so she would be going if he was

And more importantly Ange was showing no sign of opening up despite everything that had happened That was just like her but he still sighed

Time for homeroom Get to your seats

Their homeroom teacher Katsue-sensei walked in so Sakae and Saya returned to their seats and Lucia took his in the back

Katsue-sensei aka Schwarze looked across them all and finally glared at Ange

That girl had destroyed their headquarters and their teacher was not as forgiving as Machina

But she made sure to do her job as teacher

Today is the closing ceremony We will move to the gym at 9 15 but I will be handing out your summer homework first Take one and pass the rest back

She calmly got to work

She started passing out enough printouts to fill the class with depressed looks But

Oh right First here’s what you asked for Fujita

What Oh yeah Thanks

She waved an object toward Mutsuki

What is it what is it

He took it and Lucia peered in from the seat behind him Mutsuki held it out so the demon boy could see

It’s a student handbook Mine was ruined in the rain the day before yesterday so I ordered a new one yesterday

On the way back from school and during Micha and Lucia’s fight his handbook had been soaked by the rain and its contents had grown illegible

While everyone passed back the homework Mutsuki quickly wrote his name class and

attendance number in the new handbook

That would normally be the end of it but he had one more thing to do

He pulled a card folder from his bag

In it was his collection of photo booth pictures of himself with his friends He liked to place those photo stickers of his good friends on the back of the handbook

He started sticking them on They ranged from nursery school to quite recently

The very top was reserved for his favorite ones That had only been one with Sakae until recently but now he had another one there too

Huh

He looked to that new sticker

His fingers stopped on that photo with Ange

They had only taken the photo two months before and he had only used one of the stickers for his previous handbook but two of the stickers were missing

He tilted his head wondering if he had dropped one somewhere

He had stored the card folder in an unlocked drawer at home so someone could have easily walked into his room and taken it But

He looked to the girl sitting diagonally behind him

Ange had been glancing over at him again and again but she blushed when their eyes met

She made the usual lopsided frown and looked out the window once more

Adolescent Adam 4 Afterword

Hello I read and researched the bible a lot for this series but I haven’t had much of a chance to use it(sob) This is Sakakikasa

The title this time was Fall of a Sanctuary How did you like it I think I had quite a few sanctuaries fall FeTUS’s sanctuary Ange’s sanctuary Machina’s sanctuary and Lucia’s sanctuarynot to mention Atomic Bunko’s sanctuary and Kill Time Communication’s sanctuary But due to that the events throughout ended up being a little more severe than usual so it might have left a different impression on you Sorry I think I’ll make up for that by making the next one a relaxed slice of life volume But what do about Saya’s sanctuary Now for my thanks Amagai-sensei thank you very much for all the wonderful designs starting with how cute Miss A is And sorry for giving you such vague & ridiculous instructions every time

I will of course be depending on you next time as well

Editor T you were a lot of help And you don’t need to be that afraid of releasing the shota

Bye We should meet again a little sooner this time

Adolescent Adam 5 Prologue

A long summer break could feel very short

That was generally how people felt when they filled their time with worthwhile activities whether that was studying fun or club activities