Her long blond hair, which was more than twice as long as her body, was fanned out on the bed, shimmering in the early morning sun.

Lola. Stuart had a dream.

In fact, whether it was a dream or not, she couldn't tell herself, it felt more like some kind of fragment of a long memory, some fragments were clear, some fragments were very vague.

How long has this not been the case?

The half-asleep state made her feel very uncomfortable, so Lo, who was lying flat on the bed, stretched her hands to cover her eyes to block the glare of the sunlight from the window.

However, it is a cold and moist feeling when you start it.

Is this tears?

Groping around his face blankly, he felt that there were dried tears in the corners of his eyes.

This only says one thing - I've been crying for quite some time.

But, how is that possible?

She looks like a girl on the outside, but Lola was already like this twenty years ago. Now, as the largest bishop of the "Necessary Evil Church" in the Puritan parish of Puritanism in England and the de facto leader of Puritanism in England, she is regarded as a demonic existence by countless vicious magicians.

Abandon the benchmark of good and evil, force others into a desperate situation when necessary, and control the "scale" of various "values" such as emotion, reason, interests, and ethics in the palm of your hand

Although Lola has the natural affinity to blend in with her surroundings and does not alienate herself from others because of her status as the Supreme Bishop, when she begins to think and order as the "Supreme Bishop", she will instantly transform into the most ruthless and rational leader.

In order to prevent the betrayal of the "Forbidden Book Catalog", Lola once imposed an "automatic secretary" on Intix, and configured her remote control spirit suit and "collar", and even designed a rule that "Intix's memory must be erased every year".

Although the collar has been broken by a teenager's right hand, the remote control spirit suit is still in his hand, and only then will Lola feel at ease to put the forbidden book catalog in the school city.

The list of banned books is indeed one of Lola's proudest works.

And Intix itself can become a "shackle" for other subordinates.

For example, Steele. Magnus.

For example, God Cracked Fire Weaving.

Of course, for the saint who is a huge combat power, Lola still feels the need to add other "shackles". As a result, the "Amakusa Cross Religion" was incorporated into the English Puritan Church.

Rather than being "loyal", Lola prefers to believe in the chips in her hand.

Originally, for the so-called magicians, the huge organization was nothing more than a tool to practice their magical name, and they served it when they needed it, and they did not hesitate to abandon it when it became an obstacle.

So, she didn't believe in anything but the collar that could trap her subordinates, and sometimes, she felt like a janitor with countless dog leashes in her hands—the British one, the janitor.

For the sake of Britain, any means can be employed;

No sacrifice is too great for the sake of Britain;

For the sake of Britain, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned

Lola, who adheres to this belief, has lost too much

She had long thought that she would not shed tears.

Lola began to think desperately

"On the way to chasing our dreams, we will always serve left and right"

However, as if she had been burned by touching the coals with her fingers, the fragments of the dream had only just been touched, and some emotion, nay, to be precise, a condensed mass of many feelings, had soaked her whole body and mind.

Pain, helplessness, guilt, sadness

From the corners of his eyes, transparent water droplets began to drip uncontrollably.

In the end, what's wrong

Obviously, I don't even know the body that makes me cry, but the tear glands keep gushing out fluid, why is this?

With her hands wiping the tears that kept dripping, she let herself be eroded by the unknown emotions of her body in a daze.

The de facto leader of English Puritanism, the supreme bishop of the Church of Necessary Evil, Lola. Stuart, one morning, curled up in his bed, crying like a child

What's what? What's that exaggerated-looking sword? Plastic toys? Wait a minute, what's going on here? Why am I being hunted down by a friend who just recognized that kind of thing? Wait a minute! What did Zax just say? Dead here? Why？ Why?

"Uh, why?"

"Because of your arrival, European countries have targeted the United Kingdom, and even some magical associations in Britain have listed you as a target for killing the current United Kingdom, which is worried about internal and external troubles."

Zax, who had clenched his greatsword, approached step by step, but his voice was as cold as the night air.

"The Puritan faction chose to protect you.,The royal faction also took into account the attitude of the school city and kept silent and the knight faction who should have acted the most.,But there hasn't been any action yet!"

Slowly stating to the end, Zax was already gritting his teeth:

"The three major factions have their own scruples, but for the sake of Britain, any means can be used! No sacrifice is too great for the sake of Britain! For the sake of Britain, there is nothing that cannot be abandoned! Obviously, as long as you kill you, you can improve the situation in England, the Puritans don't do it, the royal faction doesn't do it, and the knights don't do it, you know, they are all waiting for other forces to make a move, and they don't have to bear the notoriety to benefit Since they don't want to do it, it's up to us to worry about the country! ”

"Poof!! ――”

Misaka Meiling, who was originally solemn, suddenly squirted out when she heard the last sentence.

"Worried, worried, Knights? Is there a guy named Tryusinit in your council? ”

"Isn't it funny? People like you have seen a lot of them below. Pointing at those who folded their wings for their dreams, laughed loudly, speculated on the motives of others with malice, and did not show any gratitude to those who sacrificed for the country, but ridiculed them as fools who have been deceived all along, and have been confused but thanks to you, today I finally figured it out - even if it will never be understood, what we want to do will never change!! ”

Slowly raise the greatsword above his head,

"Even if you are regarded as a fool, even if no one remembers it, even if you carry the belief that you will never turn over and protect Britain, you will never waver! ――”

The huge and heavy blade of the sword fell towards Miyoshi Misaka, who was standing in place.

In fact, Miling Misaka can't dodge this kind of ordinary attack, but now that she is wearing a black gothic dress, it is too reluctant to make an emergency evasion action.

"Tsk"

Just a slight smack of her tongue, it looks like she has given up, and she looks like she is waiting to die.

But

- Choke!!

The stone arm that suddenly grew out of the stone path blocked the huge single-edged sword that swung from top to bottom.

"Wow, stone man~ If you cut it down, you'll get a blue buff."

Misaka Mirei, who was protected by a stone arm, whistled for a long time.

It was as if the demon crawling out of the lava, the gargoylum struggling out of the stone pavement, stood in front of Zax.

"It's better to say that there is no protection in place, so it's strange."

With one hand, he pulled out the huge single-edged sword embedded in the gargoyle's arm, and Zax warmed up and shook his right hand at his side a few times, as if the giant sword in his hand had no weight.

However, in front of the four-meter-tall gargoyle, the boy was as small as a child holding a plastic toyle.

"That's just right, it's too pitiful to be killed if you really don't resist without any resistance."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zax disappeared in place.

When Misaka's eyeballs caught him again, he was already directly above the gargoyle.

"No one knows the king's suffering!"

With a roar, the gargoyle was crushed from top to bottom.

Could it be that some unknown procedure was used? The gargoyle was not split by the greatsword, but was crushed into a pile of rubble as if tons of weight had been applied.

"Well, although Shirley's Kabbalah Gargoyle was defeated without any suspense, it can be regarded as buying a little time."

After the crumbling rubble, Mirei Misaka's figure reappeared in front of Zax.

It's just that it looks a little different.

The long black gothic skirt was torn off and turned into a short black skirt that just reached the knee.

"Whew, it's much more convenient now, then, next"

The girl suddenly raised her head and stared at Zax, her brown eyes shining with high fighting spirit

This guy, and a backhand?

In any case, it is also known as the existence of the "world-twisted singularity", and it is not inconceivable to have some unknown power - be careful!

Zax, who was thinking like this, cautiously clenched the giant sword in his hand.

However, the next moment, the girl who had already set up a big posture suddenly turned around, and then ran towards the street where the sunset was setting without looking back!!

――I didn't have any scruples at all, because when I ran with my skirt and skirts, my panties were exposed to a very bad degree.

“”

The autumn wind swept the leaves in front of Zax

After standing still for about two seconds, he chased after him hysterically with his greatsword:

"-Stop! You bastard who doesn't know what dignity and courage are! ”

"Miyoshi Misaka has really been attacked, and Shirley, who is closest to her, has already rushed to help."

Steele took a hard puff of the cigarette he was holding, and then spat out:

"I'm going to go too, the number and means of the enemy are unknown, and it would be bad if something really went wrong."

Looking at the red-haired priest who turned around and was about to leave, Lola, who was sitting in the bishop's seat, suddenly spoke:

"Actually, it's okay to leave it alone."

"Huh?"

"Even if she dies, at most, even if the guards are not effective, the school city will probably not break with Britain for her"

Steele stopped:

"Is this an order?"

Lola's mouth turned into a smile of unknown meaning:

"No, it's not an order, it's just to show that you have this choice and that this choice is more beneficial to Britain."

"Tsk"

Scratching his head unpleasantly, Steele, turn around and continue on his own path:

"I don't care what you're going to do, but for me, protecting that guy is protecting that kid"

"Don't worry about Intix."

"Even one in 10,000 chances, I won't risk the safety of Intix, so you'd better not get in my way."

Looking at the red-haired priest's distant back, the largest bishop sitting alone in the empty church, the corners of his mouth outlined a self-deprecating wry smile.

-- On the long road to protect Britain, I have always been alone