"Alright, Mr. Frank! It's time for you to answer my question, right?! "As soon as I got back to the dormitory, I asked anxiously. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, the people who came in were still unbelievable, including Frank, who had threatened us with a powerful force.

It seems that on the way, they have been thinking about the "impossible event" that has just happened.

――Was the shock you just caused to them that great?

Giggle!

When I think about it, I feel a little proud.

He's a first-class Taoist master!

Oh...... By the way, on the way back, we were met by the patrol priests who had come to investigate the cause of the explosion, but they rushed to avoid Minia and Asa in the group - it seems that the patrol priests attributed the cause of the explosion to "It's the digital priest Minia and Bishop Asa messing around again, right?" "Huh.

"Woo! Can't figure it out! The first to give up was little Luca, who took my hand and pleaded with her sapphire eyes, "Sister Sakura tell Luca quickly, why are you so good just now?!" ”

"Well," Minia nodded in agreement, "Sakura, you said that the power of the Black Ice Sword to resist that light spear is not yours, so what the hell is that?!" ”

"Shouldn't we ask Frank before we do that?!" Probably you've been with me for too long, right? Asa wasn't so surprised, "Frank! Now that Sakura is qualified, you can tell why, right? ”

"Oh......" Frank looked as if he had lost his confidence from the battle he had just had, and he looked at me pleadingly, "I'll tell, but—maybe not, but...... Can Sakura-san tell me what the hell is going on?! ”

"Don't worry!" Looking at the depressed old man in front of me, my heart softened.

He must have been confident, right? From his words, it can be heard that the last shot that was supposed to be a very powerful Judgment Light Gun just now was blocked by a young girl like me, and it was blocked head-on with a spell that I came up with on an improvised basis, so the blow to him was definitely not ordinary. What's more, in the end, my little girl actually penetrated the protective shield and hurt him-

"Mr. Frank," I tried to keep my tone as calm as I could, in order not to irritate the old man in front of me, "I'll explain it to you later, but could you please answer our question first?" ”

Frank nodded dumbly, "It's about Threstin, right?" Okay - apart from Asa, have you heard of the Non-God Society? ”

Everyone shook their heads together.

"Oh-that-I can't go into too much detail, Asa, can you please explain? ――I would also like to know how much you know about our association. ”

"Me?!" Asa scratched his head, "It's not very clear, but I heard my brother Shanan and St. Wuf's old thing say that behind the reality there have always been several mysterious organizations that are maintaining the world, called the 'Non-God Society', the 'Secret Society' or something, I always thought it was a legend-"

"- Until today, has it?" Frank smiled kindly, "Actually, Xia Nan is also our member!" ”

"Huh? My brother's bastard too?! ”

"Well, in fact, the 'Secret Society' and the 'Holy Light Society' are just another name for our 'non-divine society' - we are just a group of people who are not gods but want to maintain the world like gods."

"Why be secret? Still lurking in the church?! Minia asked as she magically helped little Luca warm up the cold broth.

"Because we are very strong - or the people who join our association are the elite of the human race, no, it should be said that the elite who far surpasses the human race - Miss Sakura, what do you think will happen if such a group of people are made public?" Frank asked me suddenly.

"Eun ......" recalled the heroic story of the past year about Lacey's "red-eyed shooting star", and I tentatively replied, "Personality cult? ”

"Actually, it will be even more terrible - those with great power will be worshiped as saviors, and those with great wisdom will be worshiped as prophets, and then the world will be over."

"Why?" Little Luca, who was scooping up the broth, didn't understand,

"Hehe, I can't say anything about this secret involving the Guild," Frank smiled and stroked her little head, "but your sister and brother should understand!" - Okay, that's all I can tell you about the Association, Sakura-san, you just need to know that we are the guardians of the world - here's about Thresten. ”

Speaking of which, we who wanted to ask questions all shut up.

"The world is moving steadily, but in recent years it has suddenly changed," Frank continued, "and the most unstable center of change is Thresten!" So we're going to get rid of him. ”

"Ahh Just because of this?! Hearing this, I couldn't help but cry out with little Luca, "It's too much! ”

"Yes!" Frank was unashamed, his words still cold, "You may not understand, but Thresteen is a dangerous person who affects the world - it must be eliminated!" ”

"Excessive! Lacey he, Lacey he just wanted to find Xiao Di...... "Listening to him, I only felt a sore feeling in my heart, "Les he, Lacey he has no strength at all, and he has never thought about what big things to do, where is he ...... Where is he...... Where will it be ......"

"But you should also know that the unthinkable has been going on all around him—his curse, his blood," Frank's words show that the Non-God Guild has been paying attention to Lacey for a long time, "just that he left the Windscar—the artifact Scythe* Joka left the forest, and the Celestial Spear* Elise appeared!" Not to mention the magic sword in Nabal's hand, the holy book of St. Vorf and the holy wind of Shanan, five of the twelve artifacts have already come into contact with him...... The Sky Spear and the Earth Scythe are even more incompatible artifacts that are impossible to be compatible, or even almost impossible to appear at the same time......" Frank's tone of voice became more and more cautious, but the words he spat out became more and more cruel, "Maybe Thresteen has no ambition now, but what if he has ambition one day?" What if he's taken advantage of?! - The power of the artifact is powerful, but no one knows what it would be like to use the power of the artifact at its fullest! Threstin's blood awakens the Spear...... So what is the connection between him and the artifact? We know from some way that the world is going to change, no, it should be said that there will be a catastrophe - for the sake of the stability of the world, as the guardians of the world, we must exclude him! ”

"Guardian of the world?" I couldn't help but glare at him angrily, "Just because of this to kill Lacey?!" None of you are sure if it's Lacey! You're not human - it's cruel! Cold-blooded! Demon! ”

"Demons? Maybe? Frank disagreed, "Compared to the world, he is simply a grain of sand." From the day we joined the association, we had this consciousness -- after all, our association has been guarding the world for hundreds of years, and as long as it is an unstable factor that threatens the world, we must eliminate it! ”

"A grain of sand, a grain of sand," very sad, thinking back to the past of living with Reis, recalling the little wish of Reis and me, tears finally couldn't help flowing, "Even a grain of sand has its own life, and it has its own life-"

"Compared to the world, what is a short life-"

"That's not right!" I finally yelled at Frank, "To you guys who are not gods or people, we are a grain of sand, but we also have our lives!" Ming Reis he, Ming Reis can only live less than thirty years old, obviously little Luca and Rusya feel happy by his side, obviously Laxis thinks that Reis is his only future, and obviously Xiao Di is still waiting for him! Obviously I ......" I said, I couldn't control my excitement anymore, and couldn't help but grab Frank's neckline, "We're all just small sand, but we also have the happiness we want, why are you so cruel...... Why do you ...... Why ......"

Why?

Why did Lacey have to die?

Why such a fate?

Why is it the Guardians of the World who decide the fate of Reis?

Why......

looked at the old man in front of him, although his face was kind, but his heart was cold.

Facing this self-proclaimed guardian of the world, and facing the cruel facts that have already happened.

No amount of anger is useless, Lacey is dead.

Lacey has been killed by this group of self-proclaimed Guardians.

Powerlessness, pain, sadness.

…… There is also helplessness.

The only thing I could do now was to collapse limply in front of Frank and weep bitterly.

"Miss Sakura......" Frank stroked my hair like an elder, "silly boy, do you think our association didn't think of it?" ”

――What?

I looked up in confusion.

"Little Luca, don't cry with me," Frank looked at little Luca who was crying at the table because of my words, and continued, "Originally, our plan was - since Thresteen may be destabilizing the world, and may bring disaster to the world, then it would be good to make him the guardian of the world. Even if he really is a disaster for the world, there will be many people in our association who can help him! ”

"But, Frank!" Asa on the side interrupted him coldly, "What if you can't help him?" What if he doesn't want to join the Non-God Society?! ”

"Then I'll have to let him die."

"What a disgusting bunch of bastards you guys!" Minia, who had been silent, spat out these words hatefully.

"Then ......," Asa pondered, "so then you're the red-eyed—"

"I said, it was 'original,'" Frank sighed helplessly, "we were going to make contact with Thresteen before deciding whether or not to keep him - and he was killed before that. ”

“！”

"As you know, it was the people you called the 'Masked Ones' who killed Threstin...... We've tried our best to find out what the origin is," Frank continued, ignoring our astonishment, "why did they kill Serrestine?!" Is it the same purpose as ours? No one knows - all we know is that the masked men used oriental swordsmanship, and they did not hesitate to commit suicide to protect the secrecy of their identity. ”

"As we know......" I muttered as I cleared up my grief a little.

"Well, but, Miss Sakura, you don't know this," Frank pulled a cloth bag from his bosom and carefully spread it out on the table, "please look at this!" ”

In the middle of the open cloth bag was a swollen, thumb-sized lump of dark flesh.

At the same time, there is a stench.

It's-

Although I don't know what it is, the moment I saw it, my heart immediately pounded nervously.

And then Frank's words shocked us even more -

"This was obtained while tracking down the Masked Man - although he immediately set himself on fire, we cut off such a small piece of his shoulder in advance!"