Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjo, Aruiha Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen Volume 1 Prologue

Prologue

The Final Forces of Those Two Countries

"Surrender."
"Surrender."

A s.h.i.+ning white chill─

In a world where a sea of trees and earth as far as the eye can see were sealed in ice, a young man gripping his sword and a young woman wearing vivid royal garments simultaneously made that statement.

"… Swordsman of the Empire, shall I hear your name?"

"Iska."

The young man gripping his sword quickly replied. He had blackish brown hair and a body that was thoroughly tempered from the rigorous training he went through since he was a child. His features were still insufficient for him to be called an adult, but, with a pair of swords─swords with black and white steel at the ready, his gaze was filled with a sharp light just like a naked blade.

"And you?"

"Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX. You already realized have you not? The spirit user that the Empire calls the ‘Ice Witch of Calamity,’ is none other than myself."

The young woman was standing atop enormous ice crystals. Her face was concealed by her headdress inlaid with a lapis lazuli and her voice which resounded through the sea of trees was dignified. She gave an impression of a n.o.ble maiden. And then, once more─

"So you cornered Nebulis’ spirit corps all on your own?"

"So you’re saying you destroyed the Empire’s weapons’ reactor core all on your own?"

The young man and woman spoke out at the same time.

"… That’s right."

The first to nod back was the young swordsman. Behind the young man were soldiers wearing robes with bulletproof armour over top of them. Every single one of them, with a single strike─a single sword strike with transcendental precision and speed, had lost consciousness as if sleeping.

"What are you? Just how could a soldier who is not part of the ‘Holy Apostles’ unit under the direct supervision of the Emperor, let alone even being a commanding officer, overwhelm Nebulis’ spirit corps I wonder?"

"That’s what I would like to say."

So said the young woman known as the Ice Witch of Calamity, and the young swordsman who was looking up at her reciprocated her words.

"On top of getting all the way to the Empire’s base on your own, you broke through the defences and destroyed the power reactor. It is not something the average spirit user can do."

The frozen sea of trees and snow in the area let off a chill that would make one think of the ice age from ancient times. And to its rear, was an enormous weapons’ reactor core which was unable to retain its original form after being crushed while completely frozen. And the one who wielded such tremendous power that was comparable to a cataclysm, was none other than that young woman.

"Just what are you?"

"Just what are you?"

The mechanized Utopia, the Empire’s thoroughly tempered trump card─the Successor of Black Steel, Iska.

The witch’s paradise, the Nebulis Imperial Household Agency’s most prominent witch─the Ice Witch of Calamity, Alice.

The heroes of those two nations confronted each other.

And so, the meeting between those two, and the fate that entwined them, began.