What Do Poisonous Butterflies Dream Of? ch1

p1
>Leu...? The heck is that?
>Leucochloridium.

>It's a species of snail.
>Take a look.
>Hmm?

>...Gross.
>Browse carefully.
>You tell me after showing it to me.

>...Geez, what's wrong with you?
>...Reika.

p2
>This parasite is really scary...
>It changes its host not just on the outside but from the inside out.

>Even though the snails that get taken over enjoy living in the shade,
>it ends up crawling into the light...

>and gets eaten by birds...
>And then the parasite raises eggs inside the bird.

>Those eggs then fall to the surface with its poop and get eaten by the snails all over again.
>What the heck...? It's like an endless loop. I'd hate that.

>...
>It really is like a nightmare.

p3
>Sometimes I think
>about these bugs inside our stomachs,
>what form they'll take...

>and how exactly
>they'll change us.

>Ayumi. I'm
>scared...

p4
>I'm really scared...
>of becoming a butterfly princess...

>Reika...

>...It'll be okay. We're in this together.
>From now on and forevermore.

>For real?
>Yeah.
>For real!

>You promise?
>Don't leave me behind, okay?
>The girl who said that

p5
>bit my finger so hard

>...Re...ika...

>that it almost came off.

p6-7
>New serialization

>A girl who dreamt of the vast skies outside her garden
>grew mysterious and beautiful wings
>just like a butterfly.

>This is the tale of the fate of girls surviving in a world invaded by bugs.

p8
>Ueeh

>cough
>cough
>urgh

>Hah
>Urp
>Hah
>Hah

>Fu...
>Hah
>...Hah

p9
>Hah
>Hah
>Hah...

>Faster.
>Gotta go faster.

>Faster!!

p10
>Hah
>Hah...

p11
>Hah
>Hah...

>Hah
>...Hah

>Ah...
>...Hah
>...

>Ng
>Sh

p12
>Why am I still unable...
>to become a butterfly princess...?

>I need...

>to show results.
>On the next expedition for sure...

p13
>...I want to see you,

>Reika...

p14
>Yep.
>The square sky is as bright as ever today.

p15
>Morning~

>Morning, Ayumi!
>Good morning!
>S'up, stamina nut.

Morning~
>Morns~
>Good morning.

p17
>Ayumi-chan! Good...
>morning~

p18
>Hm?
>...Ng

>Hmm?

>Kya~<3

p19
>That's my Ayumi-chan!
>Iyu... That was dangerous just now...

>I know you're a hard worker and all...

>Hm
>?

>You lose maiden points for stinking of sweat.
>Uwah~
>Have a nice smell~

>I don't need it~
>Hey<3 Don't run away~

p20
>What are you doing?

>The bell has already rung, you know?
>Sorry.

p21
>Eyes towards Professor Fukuju Megumi and...
>salute!

p22
>Good morning, cadets...

>Today, I have an important directive to give.
>...But
>first comes this.

p23
>...Whoops.

>Oh geez... Gross! What were they thinking...?
>Right, Ayumi-chan?
>Ah...
>Yeah...

>At this farm, we only have the bare minimum of what we need to survive,
>This was found in one of the stalls in the emergency toilets in building B1 this morning...
>Silence!
>so there are strict restrictions on water, air and sunlight.

>This is something cadets at the limits of their stress use "to survive".
>I'll ask you just once, cadets!

p24
>For what purpose are you all here?

>What's wrong...? Are there only scarecrows in this class?

>Megumi-sensei's really pissed...
>Yeah...
>Well then.

>Odamaki Ayumi.

p25
>...Hah!
>Yes, ma'am!

>...urk

>Ayumi and Iyu are always together, aren't they?
>Yeah. Always glued together...

>They're doing it, right?
>Oh totally!
>Huh? But...

p26
>Wasn't Ayumi supposed to be in love with Reika?

>Yeah yeah. But I hear she got dumped.
>She went and awakened first.
>Uwah, how sad.

>So she switched over to that stacked girl... Kamitsure Iyu?
>Yeah! I can't believe she's using toys to have fun!
>I'm pretty sure they both are.

>Their ill intent sticks to me like mucus.
>It's taking everything I have just to stay standing.

p27
>Even though I was more firm
>when Reika was still around.

>...Are you okay?

>...The reason
>we are here...

p28
>Ah
>Ng...
>Ayumi-chan...

>What's wrong, Odamaki Ayumi?

p29
>It's so we can live longer!!
>Yeah!!

p30
>Ah, and also to preserve the human race...? Or something like that...
>...Yeah!
>I wasn't asking you. Sit down, Kamitsure Iyu.

>Okay~

p31
>They suddenly appeared and one-sidedly trampled all over humanity.
>These giant insects mutated to the point where all of our modern weaponry was rendered useless.

>The only thing that can stand against them are the "butterfly princesses".

>We're an organization of girls who house "carabids" that have carried out various evolutions.
>We stand as humanity's last line of defense and the cornerstone of our restoration...

>We are a defense mechanism, otherwise known as "Garden".

p32
>The place we're in right now is the underground "farm".

>We "cadets", who are still mere pupa,
>have to train our bodies with all of our soul

>to take our world back
>from those vermin.

p33
>Ooh~
>As expected~
>Wah~

>You're so cool, Ayumi-chan!
>Good.
>Please be seated.

>You saved me again, Iyu.
>Please! I didn't do anything!
>Well then, onto the main topic.

p34
>In a few days, we'll be launching an attack on a vermin nest that has been constructed in the vicinity.
>And so,

>I shall be announcing who will be joining the subjugation expedition.

>Oh man... an expedition?
>Going out onto the surface!
>Who'd be stupid enough to fight bugs?
>Not me! No way!
>Don't worry. They only pick the girls with good grades.
>What's that supposed to mean?

>Those whose names I call out, please come to the briefing base after school.

p35
>Only those honored enough to be chosen by all the Garden-affiliated butterfly princesses and join the subjugation expeditions.
>It's what all cadets yearn for, while at the same time

>giving meaning to our "deaths".
>I wanna go...

>I'm certain Reika's part of the expedition crew.
>It's Reika, after all.
>Who else could fight but Reika?

p36
>If it's me...
>Yes. If it's me,
>I can fight.
>If it's to protect Reika,
>I'd give anything.
>Hah...

>Me.
>Please.
>Pick me.
>I miss you.
>Reika.
>Please.
>I
>Reika
>I miss you.
>Pick...

p37
>Odamaki Ayumi.

p38
>A-Ayumi-chan.

>I shall put my life at risk.
>Hah
>Hah...
>Hah...
>For Re-...
>For... the future of... huma...

p39
>ni...ty.
>...
>Hah...

>Ayumi-chan!

>~~
>...

p41
>Hurry up and catch me.

>I had a dream.
>A beautiful and cruel dream.

>Caterpillar-san.

p42
>Will I be able to reach you
>while staying who I am?
>On the other side of that sky.

>>The promise from that day is scorched into her body.