Hmm Well I’m not really interested in those Kurosaki people anyway said Lucia
You saved me today so I’ll let you have this oneBut make sure you report on what you find She looks just like me after all
Now that they were all in agreement they knew what to do with their enemy
Hee hee No let me thank the three of you
Despite the frozen hell she was experiencing Enju suddenly gave an eerie laugh
Now I know just what you can do The angels demons and FeTUS are all worthy of caution However she grinned You do not pose a threat to Kurosaki and their Bioroids
Then she fully froze over
The three stared in confusion unsure what had happened The unmoving demon girl turned into a literal ice sculpture covered in white frost
Lucia hesitantly touched a portion not covered in frost
She’s dead
A-a demon died
She voluntarily stopped regenerating This isn’t hibernation or a deep freeze She
ended her own life functions
So suicide
The three were shocked that an immortal being would do that so readily
But they soon learned why
Laughter identical to the ice sculpture’s reached them from the back of the cargo bay
One of the round cylinders loaded there had opened and a girl had stepped out
A girl who looked just like Ange
It was Enju
There are two
Lucia was touching the one that was undoubtedly a corpse so he panicked He found it hard to believe there had been two from the beginning
And he was half right there
Hee hee hee hee
The laughter multiplied More and more and more of them opened All 12 of the cylinders in the cargo bay were opened
All 12 of the dolls that revealed themselves had that thin smile on their face
There were 12 Kagari Enjus
Once you developed something it was human nature to attempt mass production next
There was more than one Bioroid In fact the Bioroid research had been about mass production from the beginning
You’re kidding This many
How cheap do you think my appearance is
The three prepared for a fight
They looked worried They were far too outnumbered This had been a difficult opponent when it was just one of her so with this many
Time to withdraw Miss E
Fortune reached them a moment later
Ange and Lucia could only count themselves lucky that they were standing next to Machina With a familiar voice from outside the plane a circle was cut in the cargo bay floor where Machina stood
The three of them and the frozen corpse all fell out of the transport plane
The 12 Bioroids tried to pursue but golden fire rose up to plug the hole and they could not get out
That artificial holy fire was Miss B’s anti-demon tool
The transport plane flew into the distance while taking the helicopter with it
Megutono Academy stood atop a hill and its clock tower stood even higher
From that highest point it was easy to track something in the open sky
Fwehh what if the students see
Just hurry up Miss D
Ren – aka Miss B aka Lavriel – had kept the academy’s commotion under control and then immediately made her way to the tower Once at the top she had
climbed onto the shoulders of 190cm Miss D who had come with her
Kaahh
Then every last part of Miss D’s body had rapidly expanded She grew to 5m tall and her arms and torso became thick masses of muscle to match
Lavriel climbed down from her shoulder and landed on her giant palm which was plenty big for a person to stand on
Seiyaahh
Then Miss D used her powerful arm as a catapult
She was strong enough to toy with an Indian elephant so when she threw someone of Lavriel’s weight they easily reached the speed of sound
It only took her a few seconds to catch up to the transport plane
They landed outside the residential district so there was fortunately no one around
to see
The enemy was so quick to retreat that I assumed they had an ambush planned and came to assistbut that was more than I expected
Thank you Miss B
Hmph I’m not going to thank you
No need Rescuing you was just happenstance
Lavriel and Ange got along as poorly as ever but
More importantly
Lucia had no interest in others so he glossed over the fact that he had been saved
He was only interested in one person
If you’re here too I hope Mutsuki is all right
Not to worry Miss B proudly puffed out her chest Miss C is protecting him
Adolescent Adam 7 Chapter 9 - Stay Away
When I Kurikara Saya woke up it was the evening after the cultural festival
A helicopter had apparently crashed and I was apparently directly below it so everyone said it was a miracle I only got some scrapes on my legs
But my mind was cloudy and I couldn’t remember what kind of accident it was
I kind of remembered a helicopter appearing in front of me but the picture in my mind was shaped differently from the wreckage I was shown And I also remembered hearing a really loud noise that didn’t sound like a crash It was more like gunfire Then there was the weird dream I had A blonde girl of about 5 went around to everyone who was lying on the ground and said I will only alter your memories slightly so worry not Just go to sleep
Well the doctor said that our memories can get confused after an accident so that’s probably what this was
At any rate I had miraculously escaped with no more than some slight wounds to my legs
But I’m worried about Mutsuki and the others
Mutsuki and Machi-nyan must have been near the crash Same with Ange and Lu They were apparently badly injured and hospitalized
Their injuries aren’t life threatening but they won’t be back to school for a while
And they aren’t allowed any visitors
Hmm I hope they’re okay I’m really worried
And what do I do Mutsuki and Machi-nyan were only there because of me
If only I hadn’t invited them to the café
Oh no It’s all my fault
And it was those four friends who got so badly hurt Does that mean Ange and Lu where there because of me too
Uuh please come back soon everyone
I hope they’re okay Surely they’ll be okay right We’ll be able to laugh and hang out together like before right
I hope so
While I was thinking about all that the doctor told me I was free to go and my mom came to pick me up
All the while I was praying that we could all return our normal lives soon
But just a few days later I would learn that that enjoyable time spent with those four would never return
Adolescent Adam 7 Afterword
Hello Eh It’s been 3 years and 9 months since Volume 6 This is Sakaki Kasa
Yeah sorry about the wait This one was really late but I somehow managed to get Adolescent Adam Volume 7 released
You might wonder what I’ve been doing for the past 3 years but I haven’t just been goofing off I’ve had a lot of jobs writing game scenarios lately So you might think I’ve been cheating on you with the game industry but that only happened because of an offer to turn Adam into a game But it turns out this series doesn’t work very well as a game so over the past 3 years 3 different projects (for an all-time total of 4) have fallen though The manga adaptation is going well so Volume 2 of the Adam manga (drawn by Amagi who does the novel illustrations) is going on sale at the same time as his Make sure to buy that too Now that the advertisement is out of the wayAmagai thank you for more wonderful illustrations I’m relying on you for the other jobs as well And I’ve been causing trouble for my editor T again
Now let’s hope you can see the next one faster than that I’ll do my best
Translator’s Note Volume 7 came out in early 2015 and there is still no sign of Volume 8 here at the beginning of 2018 The most recent mention of it was in the afterword of a different novel released in early 2017 where the author said he had Volume 8 halfway written so we’ll see what happens Adolescent Adam 8 Prologue - Where the Kurosaki Family Lives