Chapter 16 (1/2)

Chapter 16 Chuuni Material Armor

After school on that same day, while everyone in the cla.s.sroom returned to their dormitories while having friendly chats with each other to kill some time until dinner, Souji was going toward a certain room on the dorm’s first floor.

Anyone who was doing harsh training would visit that place at least once: the school infirmary.

「Excuse me」

Opening the door after knocking on it, Souji saw medicine racks and beds lined up when he walked inside the room.

The inside wasn’t that different to normal infirmaries, in this place when injured people were released there were plenty of patients to replace them.

But, the above ground infirmary was just for show, since the real medical facilities were inside a vast bas.e.m.e.nt there were no problems with the patients.

「Welcome」

A white robed beauty welcomed Souji as he entered the room, Hos.h.i.+na Kyoko greeted him with smile.

「Since you’re not injured, is there a chance that you came to see me?」

「Yes」

「When you say it obediently like that, you should look a little embarra.s.sed」

Even when Kyoko teased him like that, looking at Souji’s serious expression she returned to her serious mode and closed the notebook in her hand.

「Were you working?」

「Don’t worry about it since I’m not in hurry. Then, what business do you have with me?」

「Please teach me about the structure of PMA」[TL : PMA = Phantom Material Armor]

Kyoko’s eyes had a tinge of surprise to the request that was coming like a straight ball.

「Why do you want to know its structure?」

「I just think that it might be useful during combat」

After he said that, although Kyoko showed a surprised expression again, she told the truth after pondering for a while.

「You already know that Phantom Weapons 『Manifest according to the user’s imagination』, right?」

「Yes」

「Then, just like Phantom Weapons, Phantom Material Armour takes form 『Due to the influence of the energy received from the human spirit』」

「I remember that」

「If you match them together, it’s still imagination isn’t it?」

Without answering Kyoko’s question, Souji pondered that question by himself.

「PMA, the armor made due to Phantom Material power, PM receiving the influence of spirit… is a barrier forming due to the energy of one’s willpower?」

「Mmm, you’re right up to that point」

「Then, how does that energy form a barrier to protect the body?」

「That’s the problem, right?」

Phantom Weapons take form with the power of Phantom Material and gain a shape according to the person imagination.

In the case of Excalibur, the strongest holy sword, whether it’s unbreakable or able to fire beams, it’s nothing but a gathering of all of the facts, regardless of if they’re right or wrong, and turning them into reality.

Then, to give a form to the PMA, what kind of imagination is needed for that?

「Imagining a barrier?」

「That’s difficult right, thought it might be not impossible if it’s the illusion of a『s.h.i.+eld-like barrier』」

「N~~……」