Chapter 1

## Chapter Chronology

**The Flying City of the Heavens** (天空の飛行都市, *Tenkū no Hikō Toshi*) is the 1st chapter of the Soukyuu no Ariadne manga series.

## Summary

Lacile and his sisters see the flying city of the Heavens, but then he wakes up and realizes it was a dream. During the day, Lacile stares at the sky instead of helping out with work, and he asks Gramps if the city exists and that he feels there is something in the sky even though he can't see it. He tells him about the rumor he heard of something falling down from the sky and Gramps comments that if he feels not doing anything, he can go and check the traps in the forest.

Lacile goes to check the traps, but in one of them, he finds a steel boot and on top of a tree, a girl tells him that's her boot and wants it back. She wants his help to get down, but in that moment a giant boar appear. Lacile decides to fight him, stating this is the day he defeats the Boar Emperor, but being on a cliff edge, the weight of the boar causes them to fall. The girl removes her other boot and holds to Lacile, making them fall slowly, while the boar dies from the fall. While she holds onto a tree, she asks Lacile to find he boots and after putting them on, she explains that she can walk normally now and that she has angel's disease that causes her to fly and which only chaste, super cute maidens can get. Lacile haven't heard of that disease, but she blames his intelligence. They introduce themselves, with she stating her name is Leana and would always be one year older than him. Leana then notices Spriggan soldiers and tells Lacile to be quiet or they will get a bad scolding. Lacile doesn't take that serious and Leane correct herself telling him they will pull him apart. He decides to run, but in that moment, they get surrounded by the soldiers. Having no choice, Lacile uses his trump card and flies away with Leana.

After they escaped, Leana asks Lacile what are those boots that made him fly. Lacile explains that his gramps too them when he left the military and they allow him to use Photon energy without charging. Leana wants to try them even though Lacile explains only he can use them. As she puts them on, she starts flying towards the sky and tells Lacile to catch her. As she puts her boots back, she is annoyed as she wanted to know what's the feeling of flying freely as just floating isn't fun. Lacile offers her to take her to his home and Leana agrees telling him he can carry one of her boot and she will just float if he holds her hand. Lacile comments she is selfish, but agrees and uses his boots to travel faster on the ground.

Meanwhile, Gramps shoots a beacon and wonders why there is one in the forest. He then gets surrounded by Spriggan soldiers who inform him they are looking for a girl and a boy that helped her. From nearby Lacile and Laena observe and Leana decides to tell him the truth. She reveals her full name and states she is the princess of the Ariadne Empire. Lacile haven't heard of the empire's name and she tells him its because people shouldn't know about it. She then goes out and reveals herself to the soldiers. Leana explains that she has a fiancee, a royal man from another country and when she turns 15, she will have to marry him and go in different country and live in his mansion. She wanted to see the world before that happens. Hearing her, Lacile decide to help her. He starts fighting the soldiers and easily destroys the Spriggan machines. Lacile then reveals he is a Photon Carrier, a human weapon developed during the war and allows him to store Photon energy in his body. Lacile then hears some noise and Leana explains there indeed was something in the sky he couldn't see, the flying city of the Heavens, the Ariadne Empire. Lacile looks up to see a giant floating city above them.

## Characters

* Pipi
* Meme
* Lacile
* Gramps
* Leana
* Ariadne Empire soldiers

## Technology

* Spriggan
* Beacon

## Locations

* Ariadne Empire
* Gramps' house
	+ Nearby forest