Messina |
"Signor Conductor." |
Messina |
"I have some very bad news for you." |
Special Steel Squad Headquarters Infirmary.
The shining lights from ceiling was obscured. Messina, a medic, peered in at me, and spoke to me mysteriously. |
Messina |
"Are you alright? Can your head think? Do you know who I am?" |
Conductor |
--You're Messina, the medic. |
Messina |
"Yes. Esatto, I'm the reliable medic, Signora Messina♪" |
Messina |
"Then, do you know who this girl and this girl are?" |
Catania |
"............" |
Palermo |
"............" |
Conductor |
I can see the faces of a beautiful lady and a cute girl out of the corner of my eye.
Are they Catania and Palermo, the new SSS recruits? |
Catania |
"Molto! You're right! Clap clap clap clap☆" |
Palermo |
"Hah, of course you would get it right. Eheheh♪" |
Conductor |
So what are they doing here? While they seem to be very good friends with you, Messina, they're not medics, right? |
Messina |
"About that. Sorry, sorry, I'm not very good at explaining." |
Messina |
"You see, you had just finished a mission and collapsed as soon as you got off the Train." |
Palermo |
"We were with you on that mission. Do you remember that, Signore Conductor?" |
Palermo |
"I thought that Catania had sucked the life out of you, Conductor, and made you fall into a coma." |
Catania |
"Th-that's terrible, Dottor Palermo! I know when it's okay to suck and when it's not!" |
Catania, known as the 'Poisonous Woman' because of her ability to suck the lifeforce out of others just from contact, makes a childish fuss despite her beautiful appearance. Because she was a long-term inpatient, her mental age and language skills are immature. |
Palermo |
"Naturally, that's the first assumption that should come to mind. You often lose control and behave like an animal." |
Catania |
"Uuugh~! That's because Conduttore is delicious! Once I start sucking, I won't be able to stop!" |
Palermo |
"I'm quite the opposite. I get full if Conductor injects me with even just a little iron." |
Palermo, who looks young but mature in contrast, sighed deeply. She is an alchemist who claims to be a descendant of the Ancient Kingdom Sitiria and has recently become the head of a certain clinic. |
Palermo |
"Yes. The clinic is doing well thanks to me. Sometimes Messina and Catania help me out, so I can also alternate between my duties and the SSS duties." |
Messina |
"Palermo, if I leave you alone, you'll go off the rails for no good reason... I'm more like your chaperone, I have to be there to watch over you." |
Catania |
"I'm free! Erhem☆" |
Conductor |
Catania would normally be working in the SSS logistics factory, but as this is the off-season for farming, she is probably free. |
Catania |
"Yes♪ But if I pour my life into it, the crops will grow, so there's no need to hurry to produce food, sì?" |
Palermo |
"Why don't you at least take a break during the off-season? If you work too much, you'll collapse." |
Catania |
"However, I love working! I was completely bedridden, so everything is very fun!" |
Messina |
"...and we just ended up chatting with you. I don't have time for this." |
After Messina looked at her friends smilingly, her face turned grim. |
Messina |
"Signor Conductor. Listen to me calmly. You are now suffering from a completely unknown disease." |
Messina |
"According to the other doctors, you only have a few days to live." |