No Game No Life Vol 5 Chapter 1

into such a deep sleep.

Part 1

- The capital of the Elchean Federation, Elchea

「Sixteen Races」

of extinction, being forced down to its last city.

「Eastern Union」, and was expanding its territory at a speed

A sharp, loud scream of agony came from the capital of a

「Federation」.

The workers within the city that were extremely busy froze for

only for an instant, and they soon resumed their work,

Yep – it was a normal occurrence, and everyone there was used

Everyone knew that 「That person」 was probably yelling

And the reason why that person was causing a commotion was

Sometimes a sympathetic atmosphere would billow over the

workstations afterward.

right!?”

and yelled again.

She was the head of the Dora family, possessing the title of a

well, being a blue blood princess.

potential in the future – however those features weren’t present

away the situation she was in.

roared loudly.

This query was raised by the Werebeast that was sitting crosslegged

Her age appeared to be in the single-digit range, being a young

The book in her hand was upside-down, however Steph didn’t

“I mean Sora and Shiro, no, it’s me!! What did I say – leave it

She continued yelling with her arms spread wide.

from the library of the late king!! Leave it to me!! Isn’t this

are here!? And, what I want to say is!”

covered all the surrounding walls.

which existence is unclear so easily!!”

library.

research and find out the contents of the games of other nations

the Imanity themselves could triumph over them.

this great man, was all displayed in this room, covering the

His great work was compiled in over a thousand books,

Even though they were already arranged according to the date

approached the Seirens, so they could only inspect them one by

task they had to undergo, which was – what had happened

And the worst part was –

face but no tears to fully express it – the Werebeast who was

“What the heck does Sora think Izuna can do? She can’t even

“Steph-kou, you’re really loud, des. Doesn’t it look like I’m

“C-could you please wait? What did you call me just now?”

“Why did you have to shorten it!? It makes me feel extremely

“…Why, des? Steph-kou.”

“Ah, aaaaahhhhh, don’t insult me with your round, ignorant

sleep deprived, how are you going to make it up to me!?”

frustration, however Izuna replied coldly:

waiting for us, des.”

Yes, her grandfather – Hatsuse Ino was being held hostage by

Izuna was tired as well, but even she was trying her best to

Steph took a deep breath in an attempt to calm herself down.

“Speaking of which, Izuna…that book’s upside down.”

Izuna hurriedly flipped her book right side up, while Steph

“Also, even if you really didn’t mess up it’s fine, but the

read horizontally!”

vertically, des?”

“…Izuna, I’ve never asked you before, but how old are you?”

hearing the question.

“I…I’m supposed to start counting from zero, right?”

It was completely reasonable that Izuna would be so close to

people.

nothing else other than that.

“…Izuna, you should start from this one.”

“It’s a book that I used while I was still studying to learn the

countries –“

Upon hearing the word game, Izuna immediately snatched the

Steph approved of her newfound motivation, and knew she was

But if she read that fast she probably wouldn’t understand

sigh.

Just as Steph was undergoing her solemn revelation…

She heard a noise and voice that made her revelation instantly

“-Steph-kou, I’m hungry, des. Bring food, des.”

suddenly to Steph and closed her book with a loud smack.

But despite that, she actually said – bring food.

any malicious intent.

feet while continuously waving her bushy tail from left to right.

unbelievably cute appearance.

Two, make food for this inexplicably cute creature.

finally succumbed to Izuna’s cuteness.

anyway… I’ll just make something simple to eat with the

“Mm, I really want to eat fish, but I’ll restrain myself, you are

Just like that, Steph dragged herself slowly out of the library.

this is Elchea, right?

the world and leave Izuna’s meals to the chefs in the kitchen,

lifelessly trudged out of the library, while Izuna followed her

them about it.

Let’s switch the scene – to twenty thousand meters in the air.

as the Himalayas.

- First, please imagine a Rubik’s cube.

intelligence over to someone that is pretty far off from that

After being forcibly taken apart by a pair of pliers, the splinters

floor.

actions about a thousand more times.

The scenery was arranged in such a fashion – which was the

“Welcome to my hometown located on the back of the

With her back facing the small mountain of splinters of

Jibril introduced her 「City」 with a sweet smile on her face,

“Um, I’m pretty sure that all the cities I know of at least have

The scenery around them was knitted and woven with

In the eyes of a renowned artist, there would probably be some

However, regretfully, the eighteen-year-old mortal virgin Sora

Which was – chaotic.

“…「Unobstructed spaces」…are important…”

Izuna.

Seirens – so, in order to carry out comparison and evaluation

to the one place in the world that stored the most information.

“Ah, Master, don’t stray too far away from me, as the air here

Sora and Shiro nodded complacently after hearing Jibril’s

Also Sora had absolutely no idea of how they should proceed

“…Right, if only the Flügel stay here, there isn’t a need for

In the 「City」 below them, there weren’t any doors,

about without any form of restriction didn’t need those

entire place was constructed with huge, countless cubes denied

compare the place to they couldn’t gauge how exactly big it

“…It’s not like a city…it’s more like a jigsaw puzzle…”

she mumbled while looking up:

At twenty thousand meters up the place should be at the doors

all…

「Sixteen Races」. This race is ranked even higher than the

the Elementals, and they are organisms completely independent

Avant Heim is another world entirely, that’s all you need to

Even though the air in the atmosphere didn’t seem to be

“”Hmm…I see – I don’t get it.””

expression.

refuse to work along terms comprehensible by others, and that

After a line of sarcasm, Sora looked towards the horizon, and

his eyes were deceiving him… probably not, there was

was decorated lavishly and carefully as well, then left there in

“…Jibril, I don’t understand the art direction of this city at

“What!? This place will eventually be the throne of the

me disappointed…”

“Speaking of which, you should probably save this girl

Sora spoke while pointing towards –

to melt, burn and evaporate!”

ball and her hood covering her face while crying continuously.

alive?”

drastically!!”

she appeared to be barely fending off the sunlight with her

more of her energy.

waiting, so just fly us over to the place where all the

it’s indoors –“

She appeared somewhat nervous – but yet her expression was

and Shiro’s arms and spoke:

raise such requests – but could you please agree to two requests

“…What is it, it’s rare that you’re this serious.”

…Sora didn’t understand her at all.

thing over there.”

Plum who was referred to as “That thing over there”, replied

“I don’t mind leaving you behind here – so could you please

“Ah, I’ll be there right this instant, don’t leave me –“

grabbed onto Jibril – the scenery changed as well.

There – it was probably within one of the cubes they had saw

The place they were in was even more solemn and immense

– it was a humongous library.

high, and the interior was designed like an ancient ruin, with

walkways with intertwining vines growing all over them.

bookshelves.

around the entire place as well, and stairs and walkways

painting were all over the place – and what lit them up was,

any walls, as well as infinite amounts of floating lanterns.

blasphemous library completely incomprehensible to the likes

But leaving that aside for now, Sora spoke while pointing up at

“…Jibril, that was probably your doing, right?”

had transported for the sake of Sora and the others.

and large amounts of books were dancing about in mid-air in

However Jibril looked over at that with a smile on her face and

“Don’t worry about it, Masters, the owner of this place is

Sora looked up at the dancing books, and remembered why

the reason why she had left Avant Heim.

books were overwhelming Avant Heim – and they chose to

of eliminating unnecessary books.

books are my books.”

continued with a smile on her face: [3]

it on purpose? I believe that she has to consider all these factors

and tolerant, being able to forgive my mistakes, of course. 

copied, reproduced and are the only remaining copies in this

So she could only damage those books because she owned

- Speaking of which, regarding the 《Book Equality Law》

After which –

finished~~~~!!”

While the one standing there was –

Even Shiro couldn’t help but cry out in awe, and the person

The halo spinning around on her head, and the wings stretching

Jibril.

even more complicated than Jibril’s.

horn protruding from her jade-green hair.

flapped in the air, and her appearance as she did so appeared

But her appearance as she was flying about and struggling to

as her expression that hinted she was about to cry, was

they had first met – instead she was extremely cute.

She panted intentionally, then landed beside Jibril and spoke:

A saddened expression appeared on her face which

“Is this what I think it is-nyan? Is it those pranks that people

you in so long~~ nyaaaaa!?”

lunge towards her.

from behind Sora:

approved the dastardly 《Book Equality Law》, the head of

「Full Representative of the Winged」 that has the right to

She sighed and continued –

- She introduced the motionless girl with half her body buried

…

“The Flügel…are interesting…”

in sixth place, brought death with them wherever they went in

Sora and Shiro mumbled to themselves, having had their

- At this time, the young girl that was buried in the pile of

already hugged Jibril tightly while rubbing her violently with

noticed.

but you’re still as cold as ever~~~~ but! That’s fine too!!”
“Azrael-senpai is as annoying as ever as well.”

Jibril spoke with a smile on her face despite having her cheeks

- Although Jibril would usually reply sarcastically, this time

“Nyan~ I’ve said I’m not your senpai, call me nee-san,

Azrael flew about in the air, drawing a figure-eight around

“Jibril isn’t a particularly good case but is it really ok for the

“…Nii…you have the right…to say that?”

that line.

harassed, and having her cheeks rubbed:

Masters to browse the library –“

your requests~ ♪”

“If you explain why you’re rubbing my cheeks, and allow the

“Because Jii-chan is cute! Explanation over, and I’ve allowed

She spoke while lunging towards her, while Jibril teleported

“So Masters, I’ve already acquired her permission, please

「Representative of the Winged」, among which countless

books of others, so there’s not a single place with more

“Y-you’re mean!! Jii-chan went back on Nee-san’s promise

Azrael appeared devastated, and her voice was layered with

Jibril replied with a flawless smile once again.

m not going to ♪”

- and whose fault is this-nyan?”

Her tear-filled eyes shot over to Sora.

kill.

take care of us.”

Those two completely ignored her gaze as they were used to it

Upon seeing their reaction, Azrael let out an interested “Oh?”,

“What does she mean by Nee-san? Jibril, you’re the sister of

“Yes-nyan ♥”

Both of them replied without hesitation – and with truly sisterslike

Jibril sighed and continued:

and no parents, there is only the order in which we were

“…Ah, so that’s why you call her Senpai.”

“Also, Azrael is the 「Representative of the Winged」, not

“…Is there a difference?”

Eighteen Wings」 with nine members, herself included.”

He remembered that before Jibril belonged to Sora’s posse,

“Basically she has the first say only when emergencies occur,

Which meant – Jibril shook her head and smiled bitterly.

in any way.”

really haven’t changed at all…”

puffed up her cheeks in rebuttal.

so our father is Artosh, and the earliest to be created was me,

Isn’t this an unspoken fact-nyan!?” [4]

mockery, and she continued:

meetings, which was completely rejected by all of the members

“Be~cause~ if I don’t do that, Jii-chan won’t ever call me

“Everyone knows that, which was why they turned it down,

this?”

again and began showing off her little sister with a smile on her

“Jii-chan she is~ among the children created in the Great War

She laughed cheerily, while Jibril on the other hand sighed

“The children created in the later stages, since they were

is completely indescribable by children like me created during

children were all fighting on the front lines – so everyone died

Azrael’s spirits momentarily dipped, and if the person she was

definitely burst like a balloon. She continued while hugging her

“Jii-chan is the only final-stage unit that survived after the

She’s everybody’s imouto, and what a cute imouto she isnyan!

everyone understand?”

cheerily.

–

recordings…”

a video of the angels.

He closely observed Azrael’s innocent and cheerful smile –

He mumbled to himself disappointedly.

Hearing his softly spoken words, Azrael kept smiling – but

“- So, are you the one that snatched my beloved Jii-chan away

“Huh, to say a virgin snatched a lover from someone, your

Sora replied indignantly, with his head lifted and chest

powerful.

“Oh -….”

It was impossible to react to that, as it was a step that ignored

The step itself took multiple instants before Sora and Shiro

- In that instant.

library to quake.

after hearing what the two said after that –

Masters’ heads – I’ll just say you might want to reconsider it.”

are the 「Ten Pledges」 anyway-nyan.”

「Malicious intent」.

circumstances –

power」, Sora and Shiro felt cold sweat running down their

And Azrael didn’t seem to mind that 「Slight malicious

With those jade-green eyes – eyes that were impossibly

“I wish to make something clear.”

- Her gaze this time, was completely incomparable to her gaze

A sudden crushing sense of malice filled the room, causing the

very universe itself was being affected.

immediately.

Jibril was awaiting their orders by the sidelines.

Azrael’s gaze gave them that impression, after which she

“As long as you command it, Jii-chan will call me 「Neechan

…

False alarm – no, Sora felt a sinking feeling that gave him the

escape him.

was clutching his hand in fear.

“E-even like she licked the feet of the E-Elves, she could like

her to do something like that!! For example you could allow

- How could she have known that? Sora felt suspicious,

replied:

“I’ll bet the Flügel’s race piece for that! Give it to me-nyan!!”

high altitude.

that. To bet the race piece, you need to consult the decision of

will be unanimously denied once again ♥”

Jibril’s tone of voice didn’t carry any sense of apprehension

however Azrael –

from my head! My brain is currently working at light-speeds,

years-nyan!”

appearing as though considering something.

having got an idea.

“Ah, yes.”

that if that happens I can shower with Jii-chan!!”

great job on that hard work, Azrael-san.”

adjective cold, as it carried hints of disappointment as well, and

However – Shiro glanced silently over at her brother.

condition – just as Jibril had said, she wasn’t the representative

wouldn’t acquire the Flügel race.

Azrael even hinted that she would 「Intentionally lose」, also

Also her brother’s intention included absorbing the Flügel as

On this train of thought, Shiro looked over at her brother as

“…?”

calmed down, after which she looked over curiously at Azrael.

smile.

meant, Shiro nodded slightly.

“…It’s rare of you to say such things, but this sort of thing

“Eh~~… Jii-chan’s naked body –“

spat.

but now I’ll have to apologize to her.”

disappointed gaze and said:

Ignoring Azrael’s squinted gaze, Sora and Shiro proceeded to

“So Jibril, we can browse the books here right?”

Sora nodded and surveyed his surroundings.

but books.

countless books, there was – writing of multiple languages he

“Since my original expectations were crushed, it looks like

“…Mm.”

two Flügel watched them go in silence.

Azrael sat cross-legged on one of the piles of books and put her

“Mm~ I wanted to use myself as bait to get Jii-chan, could it

She coldly revealed the reason why Sora’s expectations were

No doubt, Azrael’s thoughts were completely different from

To get Jibril back, all she wanted them was to fall into her trap.

“…You really haven’t changed, Azrael.”

called directly like that, and she replied calmly:

so it’s impossible that you would serve under mere

intentions or making one a puppet should be easy-nyan.

being forced to follow them, right-nyan? To be honest –“

“- Jii-chan has changed.”

“Yes, I have changed…whereas you can’t.”

“As for how I was defeated in that challenge, you have

Jibril smiled faintly in betrayal, and continued coldly:

is because – I just can’t take your personalities anymore – too

She hesitated slightly, should she say it? Or –

She knew Azrael would take offense more than anyone.

“Which is why we lost, and until now – you still won’t

Hearing these words, Azrael’s smile completely vanished.

No, it was a completely different existence with Azrael’s

“- 「Final Unit」, hast thou discovered the 「Answer」?”

spoke to it, almost spitting her words:

didn’t have concrete evidence.”

“So now I must help the Masters find what they need, so –

Jibril turned away, leaving behind the silent existence.

“…What do you think-nyan?”

“…Yes-nyan, but what if you’re wrong?”

“…That’s right-nyan…”

me, but everyone else.

I know… she told herself that repeatedly.

(Avant Heim) residing within her.

through the books –

Part 5

Standing before a gigantic pile of books, Sora realized that

“Shiro, how many languages of this world have you learnt?”

Shiro mumbled nonchalantly, and Sora caressed her head

For Sora who could barely learn the Imanity language, that

「Only」.

“Jibril, which languages are these?”

understand them…”

would be Jibril.

incomprehensible speeds, the books here alone were in the

information here would be impossible, which was obvious

“…Jibril.”

“There’s no time, if we take too long, Ino’s life will be in

genuinely running away, we’ll be in big trouble – can’t you get

They had no time to sit here and slowly gather information, as

possible.

Azrael to gather help –

didn’t have any intention of the sort.

knowledgeable Flügel – nor was it something like Jibril’s who

a trigger-happy person.

“…I can get help, but I fear it may not be what you’re

Yes, that would be Azrael’s intentions, but –

don’t have the time to just sit here – Shiro.”

- Sora made a once-in-a-blue-moon fidgety gesture – he

“- Since your original expectations were crushed, we can only

“…OK…”

“Hey, Azra…el?”

instead.

Union or the things within her knowledge into reality.

included Sora and Shiro themselves – exactly like that, she was

blanket, staring at a projector (television) that had only static

“…What is it-nyan…? What is it so important that you have

What a waste of energy – Azrael made the surroundings on her

sadness.

felt admiration, after which he spoke with a deadpan

“- Ah~ um, you know about the hibernating Empress of the

“Nyaaaaa…that idiot that was influenced by fairy tales and

the span of a single generation, leaving even the shellfish

Azrael replied under her blanket.

blanket, Sora continued while experiencing indescribable

“Y-yes, that’s her, we’re looking for the records of the

“…If that’s you want, Jii-chan knows as well-nyan! It’s

love」-nyan.”

Hearing her words, Azrael’s eyes lit up with a sharp glint as

“Oh! Is that why everyone lost-nyan? So what’s the actual

- That fellow was a Flügel after all.

records of people that have carried out games with her, and the

“Oh~….”

coldly:

certain somewhere, look for it yourself, and I’ll inform you

But – no doubt, she was different from Jibril.

where are all the related records –“

…

books out countless times, even I don’t know where they arenyan~♪”

my hometown.”

acting depressed, Azrael laughed cheerily while Jibril was

“…Since you all live to collect books, you should at least

“Hmm? That’s wrong-nyan, our aim is to collect

even think that as long as we can memorise the contents of the

who haven’t read them would be angry, we didn’t do thatnyan~”

reason why I left my hometown.”

moment as she explained to Sora once again.

「Knowledge」-

laughter, however he didn’t bother explaining it, and instead

“So, what should I do?”

locations to search for them! There are some others that are just

you should be able to get all of them-nyan~”

“I’m not in the mood-nyan~”

while burying herself under the blanket once more:

everywhere, but I have no obligation to take care of you all. I

called me an idiot, so I’m very depressed now-nyan~ I’m very

Sora slowly passed her his phone.

“----------No.”

「Nee-san」 then?”

Azrael replied while sweating furiously, as though she was

She squeezed out her words while breathing heavily, seemingly

“I-I’m very~~ hurt now-nyan – something like that… ah, no,

just that I’m too hurt, so I need something more than that – um,

Cheh – Sora grumbled silently.

devotion to Jibril was real, which was the reason why he

At this rate, his actions would be limited.

have the upper hand in a game still yet unknown to them? –

“- To be honest, I don’t care what happens to you, so if those

just let them, at the most we’ll just get a few more books

Her gaze fell upon Sora.

the blink of an eye don’t even deserve the value of a 「Fairy

- But he couldn’t let her have the upper hand, as if she did it

If Azrael insisted on playing mind games – bring it on.

useless, can’t you even detect my mockery? 「Dead

Sora replied with determination but at the same time in pride –

“A tool used by no one, a puppet with no value, I’ll assume

“-…”

like you would definitely say something like 「Please allow

along with where the wind blows. Jibril, we’ll think of a way

Sora stood up and turned to leave.

you’re running away now?”

“Argument? Hah! Only equals can argue with each other.”

you’re worthy of some commendation after all.”

get up on the wrong side of the bed today? Airhead.”

After which she raised her hand and announced.

tantamount to the decree of heaven」-nyan!”

-…Hearing her extremely crass words, Sora and Shiro halfclosed

“…What kind of words are those…?”

know it.”

“Not an argument – but we’ll play a game-nyan, it’s just that

Ignoring Sora and Jibril’s conversation, Azrael snapped her

“「All of us」 will play a game together with Jii-chan’s

help.”

Everyone present was teleported with a force that even Jibril

And what they saw after the scenery had changed was –

and Handshake Fan Meeting’ written on it.

“…We were tricked -!!”

understood instantly.

in the mind games department.

made Sora and Shiro black out.

him to stay conscious.

Although since Sora had already shut his ears and was prepared

It was probably the sound of a girl yelling for help, and the

Under the countless approaching gazes, Sora asked in a

“Hey, Jibril, what…is this? What is this-aaaaahhhhh!”

already rolling up into the whites, while Jibril clapped her

“Ah, I forgot, in order for them to deal with the Eastern

passed it to them, in order for faster transmission of

Jibril giggled and continued:

handshake vouchers, date vouchers and sleepover vouchers,

“Don’t use that sort of dirty methods!! Like that even if

increase, right!?”

copies but there seems to be an eerily small amount of people

profitable method – or rather, a more effective way of passing

Jibril’s face was full of determination, and she began furiously

“Wait a minute Jibril! You have to report to me when you’re

- No wonder Azrael knew a suspiciously large amount of

But since the reason for that was due to their own comrade,

To make it clear, the hundred Flügel present there were all Sora

Looking over at them once more, Sora almost fainted again,

“No problem, Masters, you’ve won this time.”

- Jibril spoke while looking sharply over at Azrael.

“~~~~~~~~~~~”

“~~~~~~~~”

The two of them were conversing in a language that Sora and

But for some reason –

earlier…

suffocating silence.

you guys talking about?”

Jibril turned around.

to find our information.”

Shiro.

game ♪”

defeating you alone – who can beat such a large amount of

“…Shiver.”

place…

Flügel in Materialization Shiritori, so they would definitely not

Just imagining it – made Sora and Shiro’s faces pale in fear.

the opponent’s demands aren’t that huge.”

“If you win, everyone will help you collect the books that

whether you want the autograph or handshake events. These

Damn –

more, and Sora and Shiro were at the verge of fainting.

“…Jibril…we…trusted you…”

“Please relax – the Masters won’t lose, and –“

Azrael clapped her hands once.

let’s play - 「Red light, Green light」.”

“…Tremble.”

They could fly and teleport freely, so if there was a place

That was basically hinting at 「The afterworld」.

“But the normal version of red light, green light is too boringnyan,

“In conjunction with the nature of the Flügel – we’ll use a

Jibril raised up her palm as she said this.

Forty-six characters woven from light appeared on it.

katakana.

“Hmm~? Are these the letters of your world? Are there

Azrael closely pondered the characters, then began moving her

- Although Sora couldn’t detect magic, the ground began to

underneath, so they guessed that there was a gigantic spell

“Alright, I’m done-nyan, so let’s get started-nyan?”

(a) to ン (n), on Azrael’s hand – converted to light…

themselves individually amongst the hundred Flügel females.

then said:

a certain location on each of the women present.”

the hundreds, there was no way to tell who had which

“The game is Red light, Green light, so for your convenience

game.”

“If you both get caught by these children you lose, and if you

victory.”

manage to do it while not getting caught, the characters will be

Jibril spoke with a smile on her face as if to continue Azrael’s

As she finished, she threw two characters over to Azrael.

Azrael raised her hand as an example, and the two letters -

wrist, and she said:

become reality – no matter whether it’s a concept or an

“”Oh.””
In the instant that she said that, Sora and Shiro – saw th

Chapter end