"Where do you want to go today?" Early in the morning over breakfast, I asked Rusya. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

“？ Don't you have to participate in the contest today? ”

"The team battle is over~Hehe~Our group ended early~ It's an individual competition in three days, I can take you out to play these days~" I touched her head, "Follow me until now, I've been running around - is there a place you want to go nearby?" ”

"En......"

“？”

"I, I...... Want to see ...... Go and see the sea. Rusya looked at me with her head down, "Is that okay?" ”

“……”

"If it doesn't work, forget it!" Seeing that I didn't answer, she hurriedly waved her hand.

"Well......" I sighed, adding some force to the hand touching her head, "fool, if you want to do whatever you want—what do you do with restraint?" ”

Rusya's head shook with me, "But...... I'm afraid ......"

"You, you are a god in the East~ I have never heard of such a timid god as you! Can you show some confidence? ”

"Yes."

"Helan Harbor isn't far from here, shall we take a walk along the road? Say what you like on the road~ There are a lot of bounties in the competition these days. ”

"Okay."

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Sit on a reef away from the harbor. Feeling the sea breeze and watching the ships coming and going, I don't feel like I've seen the afterglow of the sunset.

"Seeing the sea for the first time?" I asked Rusya, who had been silent in front of me.

She nodded dumbly, "It's a big ......."

"Next time we have a chance, let's go on a boat and go to the middle of the sea."

"That's all there is to it. Already...... That's good. ”

"Fool." Noticing that Rusya was a little shivering, I gently hugged her in my arms, "Cold, right?" We'll be back in a minute. ”

"Yes."

"Lacey ......"

“？”

"Thank you, I've been so happy these days......"

"Fool......" I gently tugged at her hair, which had been tossed by the sea breeze.

"Really, compared to before,......" Rusya leaned softly against me, "these days it's like in a dream - I never thought that anyone would be so nice to me, I never thought I would come to the big city, I never thought I could see the sea - when I was a child, my mother wanted to see the sea the most......"

Her voice gradually lowered, and alas, unpleasant things came to mind again.

"How many times do you want me to call you a fool to be satisfied?" I hugged her tighter.

"I really want to be called by you for the rest of my life......" Her voice was so soft that I could barely hear it if it weren't for the oncoming sea breeze.

It's getting dark.

"Let's go, it's cold, be careful of catching a cold."

"Yes," Rusya stood up and looked at me expectantly, "Tomorrow...... Can you come again tomorrow? ”

I pretended to be angry and knocked her on the head: "What do you say? First, though, I'm going to buy you some thick clothes. Pack some more supplies and we'll be camping by the sea tomorrow night! ”

Rusya rubbed her head and smiled happily.

Since Rusya was still very scared of people, I decided not to take the main road when I went back, but it felt good to hold her hand and walk on the grass.

"What do you want for dinner?" I asked.

"I don't know." Rusya shook her head and suddenly looked around in horror, "Lacey! ”

“？ What's wrong? ”

"I don't know......," she looked around in a panic, "something is watching us." ”

“？” I looked around, in the open grassland, and in the distance I could vaguely see the cars hanging on the main road.

"Nothing, huh?" I wondered, "It doesn't look like there's anything around...... Trust me! Anyway, I'm also a swordsman who has participated in a lot of battles, how can I not even find out if there is anyone around? ――！ "I didn't see anything, but I was visibly hostile, and I slowly drew my sword and pulled Rusya closer with my left hand.

"It's not human...... Rusya leaned against me, pointing to the left front, "there!" ”

"Ahhh......h It's been discovered! "In the night, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in the open grassland.

Invisibility.

"Long time no see! Bastard! The black shadow smiled and approached us, and her silhouette gradually became clearer, only to see that she was wearing a hot and bold black tight-fitting leather suit, red eyes, black hair, and a pair of black wings on her back.

Demons? It looks like Rusya in the moonlight.

"Sister......" Rusya grabbed me and looked at her timidly.

"I'm not your sister! Bastard! With hatred, the demon threw the whip in her hand at Rusya.

I reached out and grabbed the whip: "Since you're not her sister, then get out of the way!" Otherwise—"

"Yo! Where did you find such a tender little swordsman to be your bodyguard? It seems that the blood is very fragrant~" The demon clan licked his lips and smiled seductively at me, "It's better to come to me as food for that mongrel~ I'm a pure-blooded demon princess - my status is much higher than that mongrel." ”

"Demon Princess?" I frowned and understood, "Then you are also the daughter of the Demon King Sigma?" No wonder Rusya calls you sister. ”

"Not bad! Ben Justice is the direct family of the Demon King Sigma, the princess of the Demon Realm, Bisha! ”

"What are you doing here?" Although it is a suburb, after all, it is within the range of Kesir, and the demon clan shows up so openly......

"Bengong has waited for a long time, and finally waited for this bastard to leave the misty forest - Bengong wants to get back what belongs to me!" Bisha looked at Rusya, "--Hand over the ground sickle*Joka!" ”

"Joka was left by her father to her mother......" Rusya whispered.

"Isn't that slut dead?" Bisha said impatiently, "This father is the orthodox heir!" Hand it over! Otherwise, your little ** father-in-law will accept it! ”

“……”

"Hey, Sister Bisha! - Forget it, since you don't like it, just call you Bisha, right? I pushed Rusia behind me and stepped forward, "That's too ugly to call your sister like that, isn't it?" Want to take me? Why don't you give it a try? ”

With that, I grabbed my right hand from the whip and began to exert force.

Bisha pulled back as hard as I expected-

It's so easy.

"Hey! Are you really a pure-blood demon? So weak! With the power of her whip, I slid in front of her, my sword resting lightly around her neck.

"You're good, no wonder that bastard didn't stop you." Bisha looked at me fearlessly, and reached out to push the blade away, "You have a good heart—or is it because you are so confused by that bastard that you don't dare to kill our demons?" ”

"Seeing that you're Rusya's sister, I'm going to be polite to you, and then scold Rusya—" I pressed my sword back to her neck.

"Do you think you're good enough to kill me?" Bisha's tone suddenly turned cold, and at the same time, she pushed my sword away with her left hand and swung it at me with her right hand.

I hurriedly stepped back, and the clothes on my chest were swept by her right hand, taking a few pieces of cloth with me.

"I forgot to tell you," Bisha picked up the piece of cloth in her right hand, "the whip is just my interest, my real weapon is the claw!" She looked at the nail of her right hand that was gradually stretching out, and smiled seductively, "I won't kill you until I taste your fresh blood, the blood of the dead is not good - respond to my expectations~"

With that, she spread her claws and rushed forward.

"It's just a pair of broken claws," I raised my hand to break the triple horizontal slash of the Meteor Sword*, blocking the attack of her claws and getting close to her body, and smashing my left fist directly into her face, "I'm sorry." ”

Bisha didn't answer, and was smashed back slightly by me, and swept her claws again.

“…… Don't you have any more ways to attack than sweep and catch? I frowned, took it with my sword, and swung my left fist again.

This time she was a little more obedient, flashing sideways, grabbing my sword with her left paw and stabbing me in the center of my brow with her right claw.

I also dodged sideways and kicked it by the way.

She was kicked by me and somersaulted, and her wings fluttered and flew into the sky: "Fire Ball!" ”

In an instant, several fireballs fell on me, and I slashed them with my sword.

"Isn't it better to start using magic than your combat skills?" I scoffed.

"Hmph......" Dozens of fireballs gradually appeared next to Bisha, who stayed in the air, "It's going to explode~ What will the little swordsman do if he sees you this time?" - Flame Bomb! ”

I hurried forward, dozens of fireballs falling one after the other behind me.

Although I immediately rushed forward, the aftermath of the explosion shook me up.

"Lacey!" Rusya anxiously wanted to rush over.

"It's fine!" I raised my hand to stop Rusya, "The little explosion won't hurt me." ”

"Can't hurt? Then I'll put a few more to stone you! Bisha began to chant again.

I raised my sword: "Do you think I can't beat you in the air?" - Moonlight Sword * Flash! A shockwave flew straight towards the blue sand in the air.

Bisha exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly flapped her wings to avoid it.

"Now it's my turn!" I swung the sword in my hand, and the shockwaves flew towards Bisha, "The power may not be as great as yours, but it's enough to beat you crow!" ”

Bisha in the air hurriedly dodged, but in the end he was hit and fell hard.

Before she could get up, I swept over to her, and the sword rested on her neck again: "It doesn't taste good to be on the moonlight sword, isn't it?" ――Can you get out? ”

Purple blood flowed from the corner of Bisha's mouth, and he said unwillingly, "It's still ...... It's endless......"

"How else do you want to fight?" I sighed, "I'll keep you when you're Ruthya's sister - no matter how much you don't like her, you're her only relative - get out of here!" ”

"Lacey ......," Rusya looked at me gratefully.

"Bastard!" Seeing Rusya approaching, Bisha scolded again in disgust.

I pressed my sword down hard: "I said you weren't allowed to call her that!" ”

Bisha looked at me and suddenly smiled evilly, "Do you think you won?" I'm so happy with you—come and beg me, how about being my dependent? I can spare you for hurting me. ”

I frowned, puzzled, "The current state should be that you begged me, right?" ――！！ How? ”

Unexpectedly, the sword in my hand suddenly made a "pop" and shattered into powder.

"Idiot!" With this sound, Bisha jumped to her feet, her right paw into my hastily swung left arm, and the other claw grabbed my neck.

Oops!

"Don't move...... Bisha smirked, holding her grip on my throat as she slowly circled behind me.

"Lacey!" The incident happened suddenly, Rusiya was completely stunned, and it took a long time to come back to her senses, "Sister! Let go of Lacey! There was a cry in his tone.

Bisha hugged me from behind and reached out to lick the blood on her right paw: "Your blood is sweet~" She whispered in my ear, "No wonder that bastard likes it." I didn't tell you just now, my claws are poisonous~ What a pity for your sword~ You should feel severe pain all over your body now, right? Hehe, -- but don't worry, you won't be corroded like that sword~ This poison has a different effect on humans~" As she spoke, she carried me into the air with her arms.

"What do you want?" I endured the pain and tried to keep my voice as calm as I could.

"Me...... I'm just in the air to prevent my cute sister from messing with it~~ After all, Jokka can manipulate the leylines-" Bisha licked my earlobe, "Should I eat you now?" - Huh? That bastard is still very smart. ”

I saw Rusya's right hand pressed on the ground to control the green ** circle, and chanted a spell at the same time.

As she chanted, the magic array grew brighter and brighter, and finally burst into a burst of dazzling light.

When the light faded, Rusya held the scythe in her hand, the ground scythe*Joka.

"Sister, you want this, right?" Rusya picked up Joca, "Take it, please, let Lacey ...... go"

"You're stupid to me!" Bisha threw a fireball at Rusya, knocking her to the ground, "Joka already recognizes you as your master, what's the use of me using it?" ”

“？”

"There's only one way to change the owner of an artifact, you don't know it, do you?" Bisha smiled gloomily, "Only you are dead, entrust it to me wholeheartedly before you die-remember, with all your heart~ or Joka will go to the master herself!" You must be wholehearted~~ You will kill yourself wholeheartedly! ”

"What?!" I didn't care about the pain in my body, "Ruthia! Don't listen to her! ”

"Don't you want your little **'s life?" Bisha slashed in front of me with her paw, "Although his whole body hurts, but the wound on the outside makes you feel more distressed, right?" Haha - why don't you do it yet? ”

"Rusya-" I gritted my teeth, "don't listen to her, if you die, I don't want to live......"

Rusya looked at me with sadness in her eyes, "Lacey...... It's okay......" She turned to Bisha again, "Sister, you must release Lacey when you get Joka!" ”

"Don't worry, I like this kid very much."

"En......" Rusya bit her lip, her eyes becoming determined.

"Rusya! No! I shouted with all my might.

"It's okay, Lacey......" Rusya looked at me sadly, "you won't die, don't forget your agreement with Sister Ogi for me!" Even if I'm gone, you have Sakura-sama - I haven't seen it, but I'm sure you'll be happy with them. She put the scythe to her neck, "I've been really happy these days...... Les...... Thank you ......."

"No—!"

"What do you do with so much nonsense?" Bisha said impatiently, "Give Ben Gong a quick time! ”

Unexpectedly, a cloud of white light appeared in the air and hit Bisha and me, and we fell to the ground together.

How's Ruthia?

Lying on the ground, I hurriedly looked up at Rusya.

She was looking at us in amazement, too.

Fortunately, I didn't cut it down.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who is it?" Bisha looked at the white light angrily.

"Oops...... Elise, how did you do that? How do you keep bumping into people lately......"

The sound is so familiar.

Elise?

Is it?

The white light gradually faded, and a small priest with a spear appeared in the middle.

"It's really you—Luca!" I exclaimed with joy.

"Huh? Who's calling me? Luca looked at her quizzically, "Lacey...... Brother? Hey? How did you end up here? Yes! Why do you get hurt like this every time I see you? ”

"Sorry......"

"Do you know the little ghost?" Bisha was furious and opened her claws, "The only thing that interferes with this father is death!" - Let's go to hell and talk! ”

"It was you, the demon, who hurt Brother Reis?" Luca reacted quickly and immediately raised her gun to meet her, "Stay away from Brother Lacey!" ”

"Luca! Beware of her poisonous claws! I shouted, "You can damage the weapon!" ”

Luca didn't mind: "Don't worry, brother! Demons can't hurt Elise! ”

At this time, Rusya hurriedly stepped forward and stuck Joka beside me, "Lacey! I'll help you detoxify! ”

Jokka glowed me with a green healing light.

"Whew, it's much more comfortable,"

"Lacey, is she—?" Rusya asked as she helped me with my wounds.

"Sister Luca - don't look at her small, very strong." Looking at Bisha and Luca not far away, I replied.

In the fierce battle, Luca had the upper hand completely, and the spear that was far longer than the claw made Bisha unable to get close at all, and every time the spear touched the claw, purified green smoke would come out, and under the protection of divine magic, Bisha's poison would not work at all. And under the shadow of the gun, Bisha was shot down by Luca several times when she wanted to fly into the sky, and her swift spear skills also made Bisha have no time to chant incantations at all.

-- Natural predators.

It seems that victory is only a matter of time.

Luca, you couldn't have come at the right time.

It didn't take long for all ten of Bisha's claws to be cut off by Luca, and her last attempt to fly up and escape was also knocked out by Luca, who raised her gun.

"Wait! Don't kill her! I shouted at Luca.

The tip of the spear stopped in front of Bisha's heart. "Huh?" Luca looked at me strangely.

I looked at Rusya, and she didn't speak, just looked at me hesitantly.

Fool, your heart is too soft.

I sighed, looked up at Luca, and said, "Let her go." ”

“？” Luca's eyes widened in disbelief, "Brother Lacey! She's a demon! ”

"Well, I know," I nodded, "but I still hope you don't kill her, okay?" Luca? ”

"Why?" Luca was puzzled.

"Well......," I said, "she is a relative of this sister who just wanted to sacrifice her life to save her brother, and she will cry if she dies." ”

"However, she hurt you like this, Brother Reis......"

"Forget it, it's okay, I was careless - can I let her go? Luca? ”

Rusya, who was beside her, didn't speak, looked at me, and tears flowed again.

Luca bit her lip and hesitated for a moment, then reluctantly put away her gun and said to Bisha, "Brother Lacey forgive you, get out!" ”

Bisha struggled to get up, and said hatefully: "My father will not forget today's humiliation!" Then she turned to me, "Don't think I'm going to thank you, little ghost—you're just bewitched by Ruthya!" Then she laughed and pointed at Rusya, "Do you think he really loves you?" Joke! - I know by looking at the tooth marks on his neck that you sucked his blood, right? As long as the man who has been sucked by the blood of our clan and has not died, he will fall madly in love with us! That's false love! It's just a curse that our people have put on people! Hahahaha......"

With laughter, the green sand gradually faded away.

"Nope! No! …… Les...... No...... No, it won't! Rusya covered her mouth and watched me back away in horror......

End of Chapter 16