The Sekirei’s Covenant

My name is Oosumi Orihiko, male, 19 years old, a student at Teito University.

As usual, walking on the way to school, looking at the same roads and scenery around, immersed in this noisy modern metropolis, a little impetuousness arose in my heart.

Every day, every day, it's like this. Like a walking corpse, mixed in with the same crowd as me.

I don't feel like a human being, but rather like a machine, a machine that constantly repeats the same actions, without thought or emotion.

Plain and dull, like a pool of stagnant water, unable to stir up a ripple.

In the past, I would ask myself why I was living and how I wanted to live.

But, I don't now.

Because, those are meaningless.

As I continue to grow up, I have also become more mature and will no longer think about those meaningless things. On the contrary, occasionally when I think about it, I will feel that this plain and muddled life is actually not bad.

As always, I, like a machine with a pre-set program, came to the intersection on the way to school and stopped, waiting for the moment when the green light would turn on.

Thinking about what to do after school, to be honest, this is the thing I hate the most but have to do every day, I always feel that it is very troublesome.

Although the surrounding environment is very noisy, I have long been accustomed to all of this and will not be disturbed by them to think.

However, this time there was a bit of an accident, a voice actually entered my mind and disrupted my thinking.

It was a girl's voice, although I am not very concerned about men and women, I also immediately judged that this should be a very beautiful girl.

Sure enough, following the voice, a tall girl's figure came into my eyes.

Very beautiful, even I, who have some defects in my aesthetic sense, think this girl is very beautiful.

Unlike the surrounding crowd, this girl is wearing a strange shrine maiden outfit. Big eyes, thin eyebrows, sweet nose, thin cherry lips, and the skin on her body is as white and translucent as snowflakes.

Her hair is very long, all the way down to her waist. Unlike those vain women who make it fancy in this way or that, she simply tied a small bow with a red ribbon and draped it behind her.

Although it is very simple and plain, there is a beautiful feeling on her body, which makes me, who is used to seeing urban women with messy things on their heads, feel refreshed.

There is also a bow tied around her waist, a large one, and the extra ribbons at both ends are fluttering in the breeze, adding a touch of beauty to the girl.

Behind the girl is a very long thing, wrapped in a cloth bag, I can't see what it is. But it doesn't matter what it is, anyway, it has nothing to do with me.

"Are you Ashikabi ? Are you Ashikabi -sama?"

The girl stood on one side of the intersection, constantly asking strange questions to the passers-by around.

The slight goodwill that had just risen towards the girl was gone. Although I don't know what the Ashikabi she was talking about is, I directly judged it as religious persuasion.

Wearing strange clothes and saying some inexplicable things, I really can't think of anything else besides those religious believers who are looking for trouble all day long.

Although the other party is a good-looking beauty, it is not very lethal to people like me. In order to avoid trouble, I wisely chose to detour and leave.

"Since last week, there have been continuous intrusions into corporate servers, and the incident of leaving a warning message and then disappearing has happened three more times…"

While detouring and leaving, listening to the news advertisements on the public television on the roadside, the corners of my mouth couldn't help but pull up an arc.

This news reminded me of my other identity besides being a student - a hacker.

In fact, I have done things like intruding into corporate servers myself. However, unlike those other novices, I intrude into the super enterprise MBI in the entire capital and even the world!

To be honest, such behavior is not something I do with any ideas, nor is it for fun, I just do it to pass the boring time.

I am very confident in my methods, anyway, I don't worry about being caught, so I have done it more than once or twice.

Anyway, I'm bored, I might as well play it again after school today.

...

"Sekirei Project?"

To be honest, looking at the confidential document on the computer screen, even my heart, which is like a pool of stagnant water, couldn't help but get a little excited. Since it can be regarded as confidential by MBI, there must be something amazing inside.

The hand holding the mouse trembled a little, and I hesitated whether to click on this confidential document. Although I am very confident in my abilities, if I intrude into this confidential document, it is still very likely to be discovered. After all, MBI is not living up to its reputation, and it is said that many of the technologies it holds have far exceeded the modern level of human beings.

"Hoo…" After exhaling a long breath, in the end, I gave up.

Although he was a little curious, he didn't want to risk his life. He knew the saying, "Better to live poorly than die well." He was just trying to pass the time, and it was already late, so he decided to go to sleep.

The next day, he went to school as usual and ran into the girl trying to recruit for her religion again.

To be honest, he admired her a little. With such good looks, she could have been a star and had a much brighter future, but he couldn't understand why she was so persistent.

"Ah, maybe it's true what they say, cults are harmful!"

This time, he didn't want to avoid her anymore. If she stood there every day, wouldn't he have to take a detour every day? He wouldn't do something so troublesome!

So, this time he walked past her with a clear conscience, figuring that even if she tried to talk to him, he would just ignore her.

Besides, there were so many people around, there was no guarantee she would even approach him!

However, that's how the world is, what you don't want to happen often does. As soon as he got close, the girl spotted him and ran over excitedly!

"I found you! I finally found you! Ashikabi -sama, please, please make me your Sekirei!"

It was still the same nonsensical words. Looking at the girl's serious and expectant expression, he suddenly thought that maybe she wasn't trying to recruit for a religion, but was just an actress.

However, those bright, watery eyes, that beautiful and adorable face, and that melodious voice like a nightingale, actually made him feel a sense of awe!

He blushed, he couldn't even believe it himself, he was blushing!

In the end, he ran away, he ran away without saying a word…

When he got home, he took a few deep breaths and finally calmed down. He found his previous behavior laughable.

Feeling shy, someone like him actually feeling shy…

When he returned to his normal self, he suddenly remembered that the girl had said something about "Sekirei," which immediately reminded him of MBI's "Sekirei Project."

Could there be a connection between the two?

With a hint of excitement, he hacked into MBI again and found the top-secret document.

This time, he didn't hesitate much, nor did he think about the consequences of being discovered. He just clicked it open.

"Sekirei Project, Sekirei, Ashikabi , Awakening, Battle…"

To be honest, after reading the contents, he felt like his worldview had been shattered.

Sekirei, there were actually such powerful beings in this world! And they were right here in the capital where he lived!

Releasing lightning, controlling hurricanes, freezing everything, combat types, support types…

He had heard rumors before that some humans with incredible powers had appeared in the capital, cutting down buildings with a single strike, releasing flames, and so on. At the time, he didn't believe it at all. Such a big deal would have been reported in the news, how could it be true!

But now, he believed it.

However, while believing, he also regretted it.

Although he had satisfied his curiosity, he knew that he had now gotten involved in something troublesome.

Sure enough, before he could exit the system, his phone rang.

The caller ID: MBI!

…

He hung up the phone and let out a long sigh of relief.

To be honest, he couldn't believe that they would let him off so easily. He had clearly hacked into their top-secret files, but they didn't seem to be pursuing the matter at all, and even said they were looking forward to his participation.

Heh, looking forward to his participation? Did they want him to become one of those Ashikabi and awaken that Sekirei on the roadside?

What a joke! Trouble was the last thing he wanted!

Once he got involved in this project, he would be facing endless battles, and with his skinny arms and legs, what could he even fight? He was too lazy to deal with something so dangerous and troublesome!

The third day, as expected, that Sekirei was still on the roadside looking for her Ashikabi .

He didn't know if he was that Ashikabi with the rare power, but even if he was, he didn't want to do it.

So, this time he wisely chose to avoid her.

However, just as he was about to sneak away, something unexpected happened…