[Yasanagi]

Spoiler for Material Days V:

She couldn't remember how long it had been since they had been blasted to the ground by that Luciferion Breaker. It had been quite a blur but when she checked her device's chronometer, it had only been a few minutes. As she got up, she noticed that her entire balance felt a bit off too. She looked down... and frowned when she saw a missing chunk of her torso. "And I liked this dress too..." One quick regeneration later and her body was restored, although the clothing damage remained.

"Hn," came the grunt of her partner who was behind her with a missing left arm.

"You okay there?"

"Peachy." After taking a moment to regenerate his arm, he glanced at the woman. "Shouldn't you be searching for those mages now?"

"Yeah, yeah. Initiating Wide Area Search." Her device flew out before flipping open to a specific page and sent out multiple orbs of light in all directions. After reviewing the feedback from the spell, she made her report. "There are no signs of them on this world but the mana signatures of those interesting mages are still fresh."

"A transport?"

"Looks like it. Refining search parameters......" The tome glowed once as it locked on to their targets. "Bingo... they're in a vessel orbiting this world. Coordinates 45 Mark 87."

Without wasting a moment, the young male got into position and prepared his device. "EC Divider... Super Substratospheric Altitude Mode."

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It took a while for Material-D's eyes to readjust to the light after that teleport but once she regained her sight, she couldn't help but gawk at what she saw. "... this is your ship?"

The group had transported right to the cockpit area where there were two seats, one for the pilot and one for the co-pilot. Behind them was a door which led to a room that acted as a combination of living quarters and storage space. Material-L immediately spotted an unused clean bunk and helped the tired Material-S towards it so she could rest from her last massive attack.

"It's really just a personal shuttlecraft," panted Yuuno heavily as he was gently moved into the pilot seat by Material-D. "One of the perks being Chief Librarian of the Infinity Library, I guess."

"Hm... perhaps I should enlist you as my scholar when I finally establish my kingdom," mumbled the Hayate replica. "To document the dawn of my legacy is an important task after all."

"Let's just get out of here first," said the wounded male as he began booting the systems back up and keyed in his passcodes while Material-D resumed administering the healing magic she had applied to his burn from earlier.

"Identify verified. All systems unlocked. Welcome back, Yuuno Scrya," chirped the voice of the on-board computer.

Hearing that name caused Material-S to slightly stir out of her dazed state. If it weren't for Material-L steadying her, she probably would have fallen off the bunk. "Y-Yuuno? That name...... sounds..."

Before he could respond, the computer began beeping rampantly. "Warning. Incoming attack spell."

"Raise the shields!" Just as soon as Yuuno made the order, the ship rocked violently as the alarm signals started ringing heavily. "Damage report!"

"Hold still so I can heal you!" growled Material-D as she kept at her work.

"Shields down to 55 percent..."

"We're not going to blow up, are we?" asked the Fate replica in a slightly worried tone. "I don't wanna become fireworks!!"

Another violent impact rocked the ship. "Ten percent."

"Computer, open the mage-interface port!" The console on the co-pilot's side shimmered a bit before Yuuno shuffled over to the other seat, to Material-D's annoyance, and placed his palms on the newly activated console. "Synchronize!"

"Peon, if you want me to properly treat this burn, then stop moving around so much!" Honestly, why did he have to make this so difficult?

"Synchronization complete."

"Circle Protection!!" The defense spell was cast directly through the ship's systems, allowing a barrier to immediately sprang up and surround the exterior of the ship, softening the next blow to just a small shake. "Ah, good..."

The small shake though was enough to cause Material-D to lose enough of her balance and whatever was left of her patience. "You..." She stopped administering the healing magic, causing Yuuno to pause what he was doing when he felt the flow of her magic cut off.

"What's......" He didn't have a chance to say anything else as the freshly summoned Paper Fan of Doom came upon him.

"WHEN! I! TELL! YOU! TO! HOLD! STILL! YOU! HOLD! STILL!" screeched Material-D, emphasizing her words with a heavy smack to the head from the fan before taking a moment to catch her breath.

"Ten hit combo! Yay!!" exclaimed Material-L just as they all noticed the flow of power around the ship shut off.

"Warning. Synchronization has been disrupted due to improper connection to the interface."

The trio all looked at Yuuno, who was now out sprawled out over the console and out cold thanks to his stamina giving out after taking that sudden barrage from the Paper Fan. "You knocked him out?" asked Material-S, glaring at the Hayate replica who was now sweating bullets.

"I... er..."

"Nice job breaking it, your Majesty," said Material-L in a sarcastic tone.

"SHUT UP!!"