Asra ......

"Fett's telekinetic core has been severely damaged, but not life-threatening." Nairo stated at the post-war meeting.

"It's okay!" The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's the same as I was back then...... I've been absorbed by the Book of Darkness! Naye guessed.

"Fortunately, Asra is in the right state of activation, and the rescue will be faster than Naiya's time." Kronaud said.

"yes!" Lottie also sat on a chair in the conference room, but Arya was nowhere to be seen.

"Soon after Naraku's dispatch, the surveillance system was illegally invaded, and all of them crashed, so it was impossible to conduct command and nuclear contact, sorry...... It's all my responsibility. Emmy said reproachfully.

"Nothing, thanks to Amy's swift restoration of the system, you were able to get in touch with Asla, and the masked man's land was successfully recorded."

Hearing Lotty's answer, the corners of Naraku's mouth pulled an arc.

[It seems that this is the good thing about making demons!] As long as there is a supply of magic power, the recovery of injuries is far beyond that of humans, but even so, it is only barely able to move, and it is even disguised with transformation magic, which is really ...... Desperate enough. 】

"But...... Isn't that weird...... The equipment there is used in the same system as the Authority, how can it be illegally invaded from the outside! Lindy said confusedly.

"Yes, the firewall and alarm system were successfully breached, and the operation of the system was stopped in an instant......" Aimi said in disbelief.

"It's hard to believe!"

"I'm rewriting the program, and I have to work on a better anti-intrusion program."

"Okay."

"In other words, do you have an extremely good technician in your hands?" The simple Naye can only think so.

"Well, maybe it's a criminal organization of a certain size!" Lottie replied in accordance with Naha's words.

"From the information you provided, it's hard to tell the situation and the relationship between them." Kronor said as he looked at Naraku.

"Huh!" Naraku laughed, not the usual simple smile, but the kind of sadistic and murderous smile that rarely appears, and is only revealed in the middle of the battle.

Everyone present felt very uncomfortable after seeing Naraku's smile, which was an instinctive fear of the creatures below the food chain for the higher level of carnivores, and at the same time for the strong people who mastered the stronger realm.

Usually they can't feel it because their breath has converged, but when Naraku releases it, they still feel uncomfortable.

"Hawkers, don't look at me like this, let me think about some things for myself, Kronor, give you a wake-up call first, hurry up and find out the real murderer, next time I find out, it's not just a serious injury, I'll go see Fit, and then you can talk to yourself!" Naraku, who had risen from his seat, regained a friendly smile and walked out of the door of the conference room without saying hello.

"This guy is so rude." Krono spoke up after Naraku left.

"Maybe he knows something!" Lindy looked at Naraku, who smelled of danger, and muttered, it was another side of Naraku that she had never seen before.

"Well, forget it, Alex, Asra can sail normally, right?" Lindy stood up and asked Alex, who was sitting across from Elph.

"No problem."

"Hmm...... So, even though it's a little earlier than scheduled, from now on, I'll transfer the headquarters back to 'Asla', and I'd like to ask you all to take your places. ”

"Hey!" Everyone obeys the order and begins to assign work.

"Naye, let's go home first!"

"Ahh But...... "Naye is worried about the situation of Fit and Naraku.

"Don't worry about Fett's words, we'll take good care of her, and besides, Naraku is here too." Lindy said with a smile.

"Hey!"

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"Hmm~~" At some point, Fit's eyelids twitched and he let out a slight moan.

"Fett, Fett!!" There was a familiar and reassuring call in my ears.

I tried hard to answer the call, but I couldn't make a sound, and I reached out to the call, as if I had caught something, that reassuring warmth......

Finally......

"Nai...... Fall......? Slowly opened her eyes, although her vision was still blurry, but the pitch-black broken hair and the familiar voice still let her know who the other party was.

"Yo! Woke up? Watching Fett wake up, the anger that had piled up in Naraku's heart also decreased a lot.

"Do you feel anything wrong with your body?"

He shook his head slightly, staring at his right hand, which was clenched by his hands.

In the past, because of the impression when they met for the first time, even if Naraku helped her a lot later, her impression of Naraku was much better, but the deep impression of the first time she was close to death made her afraid to contact Naraku intimately, and it was the first time to feel the warmth of the other party quietly like this.

His gaze seemed to be noticed by him, and he smiled warmly like the big brother next door, and his hands began to slowly loosen.

I didn't want to let go like this, but I wanted to feel more of the quiet and warm feeling just now, so I unconsciously tightened the strength in my hand.

His face showed a hint of surprise, then he understood, and with a gentle smile, he clenched his hands again.

"Sorry...... Naraku, who boasted of going out of the sea without authorization, was defeated. ”

"There's no need to apologize, because you didn't lose a one-on-one fight, did you? Just try it next time, and besides, I didn't make it in time to make you like this, sorry, Fett. ”

Want to go on and say something......

"Alright, don't talk now, let's sleep a little longer! You need to rest now. ”

“……”

"Don't worry, I'll be there for you, I assure you, the first thing you see when you open your eyes next time you open your eyes will be me."

"Agreed?"

"Hmmm! It's agreed. ”

[Whoa! It looks like I'm really tired. Looking at Fit, who fell back into sleep not long after, Naraku smiled helplessly, [But, what's going on with this feeling? There will be a situation where I have been worried about others for a long time, and I will stay to take care of people, obviously the relationship should not be so good. 】

Naraku wondered about her current situation, but she didn't care.

[I just wanted to watch the play, but I didn't expect to enter the stage by myself, I'm really stupid. 】

Although he laughed at himself in his heart, Naraku finally kept his promise, not only staying by Fit's side while she was asleep, but also not leaving the hospital room for the entire day.

Thankfully, Fit's condition was only the damage to the Mind Movement Core, and the other aspects were not harmed, and the trauma was recovered after receiving treatment.

"The demon king here has become a nanny! I'm so idle! Obviously, he won't stay in this world for long, but he will still leave a bond in this world. Looking at Fett's quiet sleeping face, Naraku smiled self-deprecatingly.

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Yagami House......

"They saved me again." Signo crossed his hands and hugged his chest, and said with a serious expression, although he said that he was rescued by the other party, but there was no trace of gratitude in his words, but he showed deep vigilance, "But their purpose should also be to complete the 'Book of Darkness'." ”

"But why? What's in it for them? "The seemingly rough Weta gets to the heart of the matter.

Oh, yes! What's in it for them, and as the Guardian Knights of the Book of Darkness, they're nothing more than a bunch of dangerous criminals in the eyes of the Authority and the world, so what's in their interest in helping them?

"Do you want to wait until the 'Book of Darkness' is completed before you take it?" Zafira asks such questions.

"No, once the 'Book of Darkness' is completed, the owner of the Book of Darkness will gain supreme power, and at that time it will be impossible to brainwash or erase memories, don't we as guardian knights know best?" Shamal immediately denied it.

"I've put up a guard around the house just in case."

"By the way, don't do anything when you meet that person named Naraku in the future, and it doesn't matter if you retreat directly." Signo, who seemed to remember something, suddenly reminded.

"Why?" Vita questioned Signor's words, and in her impression, although Naraku's strength was too strong for them to resist, she wouldn't run away at the sight of it.

“…… This...... I see his true strength......" After a pause, Signo, who wanted to continue, was interrupted by a sudden voice.

There was a loud crash of a hard object falling to the ground from upstairs.

"Ahh Blast! The four men of the Guardian Knight were immediately alarmed.

When I opened the door, I found that the girl with short brown hair was clutching her chest, and she had fainted on the ground and was kicking in pain.

"Hospital! Call an ambulance! Vita shouted in panic.

"Well, don't mess with the wind, wait until the doctor arrives!"

"Ah...... Well! Vita stumbled and withdrew her hand towards the wind.

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The next day, Fett, who had not fully recovered but was able to move freely, came to school with Naye.

Thinking back to that time, Naraku thought that staying on the ship all the time was not good for physical recovery, and you needed a relaxed environment now, going to school and having fun with friends, this was the best choice, and sent her and Naye back to the ground for the reason,

"Suzuka, what's wrong? Why do you look worried? "The first person who found out that Suzuka was not in a state of doing anything, and her face was full of melancholy, it was her friend Alyssa, who was always inseparable.

"That...... I remember what I told you before, the friend I met in the library named Hurricane. ”

"Well, we all remember."

"Her family sent a call yesterday saying that the wind had been admitted to the hospital."

"Huh? Is that so? Alyssa was also slightly sad when she heard the news.

"In that case, why don't we go to the hospital together after school!"

"Huh?"

"Isn't she your friend Suzuka? And you also said that you want to introduce us to each other, isn't this just an opportunity? ”

After hearing this, Naye and Fitt felt that they had nothing to do lately anyway, so they readily agreed.