mireiarchive | frontline watchdog 7

Saegusa Ibara’s childhood, on the training grounds of the private military facility

Ibara: (Reaching the target location. Now, on standby until the target arrives…)

(I’m dead tired and starving. I wanna just get this extermination over with and go sleep for a few days…)

(….Nn, something’s nudging my foot.)

Ibara: Who—! ...Oh.

It’s just a dog… Food? You saw I was hungry and thought to bring me something?

How humiliating, being shown mercy by a dog of all things… Who in their right mind would eat that.

You’re getting in the way of my training, so get lost! Shoo, shoo!

… Why’re ya stickin’ to me like that. I told you, go away~

Ugaah!? Ughh, don’t lick my face…!

Ibara: (Agh, yuck… there’s some lukewarm stuff slobbered all over my face now…)

Ibara: ...Whether it be a dream or reality, I certainly am being licked.

Good morning, Bloody Mary. It’s good to see you perked up again.

Are you hungry, perhaps? Alright, there’s nutritional food I received from the clinic—Oh.

I must have misplaced it… Perhaps I left it behind in the common room.

Since you’re in better spirits, let’s go there together.

Ibara: Even this early in the morning and you’re scarfing it all down. Well, I suppose this is better than having no appetite at all.

...I’m glad that you’re back to your usual self. If anything had happened, I would have rather not had to lower my head to His Highness Hiyori.

*yawns* Hnn…

Yuzuru: ...Oh. How rare to see you yawning like that.

Good morning. Fufu, this truly is quite the peaceful sight.

Ibara: Yuzuru...

Yuzuru: I assume you’d like to ask me what I am doing here? After yesterday’s events, I decided to pay your dormitory a visit and see how everything played out.

I had figured you would be in the courtyard, and thus my suspicions were realized.

Ibara: ...Hmph. I bet you thought you could ridicule me for being out of sorts?

Unfortunately for you, Bloody Mary is in perfect health, as you can see.

Yuzuru: Why must you twist my words so… I am relieved to see you both in good health.

It is completely removed from any sort of malintent. As your former instructor, I simply did not want to see you in such a pitiful state, genuinely at a loss for what to do. ♪

Ibara: Ahahaha ☆ If you’d rather not see that, then perhaps I should gouge out your eyes for you?

Yuzuru: Why don’t you give it a try. I’ll gouge out your life itself before you even lay a finger on me.

Aaah, that dog is coming this way… What is the matter—did I do something, perhaps?

Ibara: Looks like she wants you to take her for a walk. Why don’t you take her around for a bit?

Oh, now she’s coming over to me… Would you like me to accompany you as well?

I must refuse. Run along with Yuzuru, now.

Yuzuru: ...It seems she would like your company as well, like it or not. What shall we do?

Ibara: Aah, fine… I understand. Just this once, especially for you.

Yuzuru: Fufu. You’ve thoroughly submitted yourself to that dog, haven’t you.

Ibara: She is His Highness Hiyori’s beloved dog, so I must be devoted to her. And by the way, Yuzuru… it’s “Bloody Mary”.

Yuzuru: Hmm…?

Ibara: Bloody Mary. It’s her name, you know. Calling her “that dog” is rude.

Isn’t that right, Bloody Mary.