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The Edge Of The Clockwork Horizon: Chapter 4: Change

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I couldn't finish looking through the statues yesterday so I decided to go to it after I woke up but I was interrupted by Miori, 
「Good Morning, Kazuma-sama. We have prepared your room, please follow me」Miori barged into the guest room, telling me that they have prepared the room 
for me, 
「That was fast, thanks」I complimented as I thanked her, 
「My sister did most of the work so please, thank her not me」She bowed down to me, 
「I will, next time I meet her. Now, let's go」I went to the door and Miori lead to my room which is a few room from the guest room I stayed in. When we reached my room, Miori gave me a new key and took the guest room key back, 
「Kazuma-sama, you have been assigned to Class Marin, Room 105. The class will start tomorrow so please take your time to know this academy more by exploring the academy freely.」She bowed down and walked away from me. I watched her back slowly get smaller and started to disappear. 

Instead of exploring the academy, I went to the statues. I immediately found the statue for The God of Sound and eventually found my way back to the statues of the God of Time, 
「it's not here...」The statue was gone. The text on the plate was also changed, 
「The God of Clockworks:
Unknown
~All Gods Must Die~」After reading the text on the golden plate, I decided to check the other statues I saw yesterday. 

「The God of Elements:
2nd Generation: Shinomiya Mashiro
Unknown
3rd Generation: Shinomiya Mashiro II
Unknown
~ All Gods Must Die~」

「The God of The Golden Moon:
2nd Generation: Utashiro Haru
Unknown
3rd Generation: Princess Haruka
Unknown」

The statues changed except for Ice Heaven and Sound. After checking the statues, I went back to the God of Clockworks' statue. When I got back, I saw the same girl I saw last night, she was still carrying that over sized hammer. I decided hid behind a tree which was wide enough to hide my whole body but when I was about to comfortably place myself behind the tree, I stepped on a branch which snapped and made a loud sound causing the girl to look at my way, 
「Who's there!」She exclaimed. Of course I didn't respond to her but for some reason, she knew that I was hiding behind the tree. 
「Don't move」I could hear her footsteps slowly getting near me so I decided to take a peak. What I saw was the girl preparing her hammer, 
「Damn it!」I ran to my left to avoid her attack.

Since I didn't want to fight her, I stopped the time once again but for some reason it didn't work, 
「I'll crush you」Despite having an over sized hammer, she was incredibly fast but not as fast as Kami-nee, 
「Tch. In Kami-nee we trust!」I dashed towards the girl and tackled her. It didn't threw off her balance but it was enough for me to run away without her seeing me.

When I got back to my room, I felt a sharp pain spread through my body. The pain was enough to throw me off my balance leaving me facing down on the floor. When I tried to stand up, I suddenly threw up large amount of my blood. I could taste iron in my mouth, in front of me was my own blood, 
「He wasn't kidding about how much burden I get everytime I use that spell, I'm impress he endured all that pain....」I fell on the floor facing down once again and lost my unconscious..

To be continued in Chapter 5: