Buildings continue to fall in burning towns, and rising beacon smoke sets off the desolate battlefield.

The original frightened shouts had disappeared before I knew it, and it seemed that the whole world was left with the 'demon' girl with black wings.

After being 'rejected' by everyone, the pent-up negative emotions instantly took over the upper hand of reason, and the silver-gray ominous fire continued to swirl under the feet of 'Zela', and it looked like it could explode at any time.

Echoing with it, the mysterious book in the girl's hand also exuded a dark and deep light.

With an indifferent face, he raised his left hand high, presumably the moment he put it down, the burst of black magic energy would completely destroy this area.

……

- Plop.

Just when the destruction was about to envelop here, in the town where there was obviously no human connection, the sound of stones turning suddenly sounded, which was particularly obvious.

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

Struggling to get up from the dust of the rubble, the blonde girl's coughing sound as she choked successfully attracted the attention of the reversed girl.

（…… ）

Seeing that figure, 'Zela' frowned slightly, and a very strange feeling arose in his heart, but it was quickly covered up.

But now that she has someone to ask again, she doesn't mind putting off destroying this place for a little while.

And when 'Zela' looked over, the little girl looked at it too, but with a very uneasy look on her face.

“…… Zela? ”

With their eyes staggered and an uncertain tone, the little blonde girl still mustered up the courage to speak slightly.

Although the feeling of being stared at by the cold gaze made her a little frightened, there was one thing she had to prove to those who left.

She didn't know anything about the curses of the dark arts, but she had seen everything with her own eyes, and the girl there was clearly Zela.

That look was just a special kind of magic, and her friend was definitely not a demon!

“……”

"...... Zela? What's wrong? It's me! O Mebis! ”

After a while, he found that 'Zela' was just standing there and did not answer, and Mebis's voice became agitated with anxiety.

Constantly calling her friend's name, expecting her to smile and call her a little fool like she used to.

Unfortunately, her heart doesn't seem to be conveyed.

"Is that all you want to say?"

(-Huh?) ）

I didn't expect to wait for such a cold answer in the end, which made the little girl stunned in place at a loss.

"Zela? Please don't just call me by an inexplicable name, my name...... ......?! ”

（…… Alas, my name...... What's my name...... Tsk, why can't you remember...... ）

The words came to an abrupt halt, a wavering expression on Zela's face for the first time, but she soon shook her head, trying to forget the annoying obsession.

“…… Forget it, we'll talk about this kind of thing later. Hey, I ask you, what is this place? ”

Smiling haughtily, 'Zela' voiced her question in a commanding tone.

“……？！ What are you talking about, Zela! This is "Sirius Island"! It's where we've always lived!! ”

(Sirius Island...... Where do we live? Not......! ）

Hearing the other party's answer, the feeling of confusion reappeared, and something in Zela's heart struggled to break out of the 'shell'.

This feeling of anxiety makes the reversal girl's mood very bad.

"Zela!"

The call not to give up came again, only at this time, the name was like a fuse, detonating the last emotion of 'Zela'.

"So I didn't say it! You can't call me by such an inexplicable name anymore——! ”

The venting shouts dispersed with a wave of silvery ash, shattering all the surrounding buildings in a circular fashion.

Perhaps intentionally or unintentionally, this invisible attack grazed Mebis's head, allowing the little girl to survive this terrifying wave.

Somewhat suffocated, he covered his chest with his hands, and although his face was pale, Mebis still did not take a step back.

“…… Hmph, I didn't run away in fright, shouldn't I be impressed by you? ”

With a sneer, 'Zela' remembered the group of guys from before, and her expression darkened again.

“…… I'm not going to run away. ”

"Because Zela is here!"

“——！”

Hearing the other party's firm words, 'Zela' only felt that her heartbeat was getting more and more flustered, and she was almost out of control.

"Ahhh......h I understand. ”

As the words fell, a shivering sensation came to Mebis's mind.

"Just kill you, and this lingering feeling of disgust will disappear......"

“……！”

The half-hung head lifted again, and Zela's eyes had become dangerous and sharp.

“…… Disappear. ”

The gray flames at his feet began to condense in front of him, and the huge energy compressed into a dark purple sphere.

Mebis's call did not evoke the consciousness that had been reversed, and the attack with a dark arc fell in the direction of the blonde girl without hesitation.

(Zela...... ）

The desperate little girl crouched down, hugged the book at her feet, and closed her eyes and waited for death to come.

If there are no accidents, she'll disappear in no time, as 'Zela' said.

……

Yes, if there are no 'accidents'.

Perhaps even Mebis herself did not know that her words, though not reaching 'Zela', reached a deeper place.

Because by the time she opened her eyes again, she was already surrounded by a warm white aperture.

And the owner of this aperture is none other than the [Angel] who ran out of control before, and stopped moving due to the erosion of negative energy after 'Zela' reversed.

The white defensive circle rubbed violently against the black energy orb, but in the end, the attack dissolved into the white light.

"Don't get in the way——!"

Sensing that something bad was happening, 'Zela' waved his hand angrily, and several negative energy attacks reappeared, flying towards the [Angel] in the sky.

- [Looks like it's catching up, thanks to that little fool......]

An unusually familiar voice sounded in my heart.

In the next moment, a pillar of light with a strong breath of life completely engulfed 'Zela'.

“——！！！！”

……

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"It's as simple as being controlled by negative energy...... There's no one here to seal, and it's crazy to think about "me" now, but luckily that kind of energy is relatively low-level. ”

（…… ）

"Destroying your own home, killing your friends, but it almost ended up like this."

（…… Whose voice? ）

"What a 'whose voice'! Alas...... I'm really tired, can you stop messing around next time...... Well, it's probably not normal to complain to yourself about this brain. ”

"Anyway, since you're already awake, let's hurry up and 'go out'."

（…… ）

（…… It's really long-winded, I know. ）

In the dark space of consciousness, a little girl who had been sleeping slowly opened her eyes.

……

"Zela! What happened to you! Answer me! Woohoo......"

In Mebis's eyes, after Zela, who had just been large, was suddenly hit by the white light emitted by the mysterious magic channel, cracks and black points of light began to appear on her body.

This change made 'Zela''s expression very painful, thinking that it was his own cause, but he didn't know what to do, and the little one couldn't help but pounce on 'Zela' and cry sadly.

“…… Don't cry, little fool. ”

“——！”

The reversed body dissipated into gray fragments and dissipated between heaven and earth, and Mebis's familiar voice rang in his ears again.

"Zela!! Woowoo...... ...... Zela"

It was clear that Zela was awake, but Mebis's crying was getting louder and louder.

“…… Didn't you say that if you cried, you would never see a fairy again. ”

Comforting Mebis in her own way, Zela, looking at the sky, whispered.

“…… Woo...... I can't see ...... Woo...... It's okay......"

"Because...... Didn't we make an appointment...... Whining...... Do you want to go find it together......"

Rubbing her eyes with her hands, she couldn't hold back her tears, and Mebis laughed as she cried.

“……”

…… It's true......

…… He's a little fool......

Somewhat tired, he closed his eyes, but Zela had a soft smile on her face.

The breeze blew through the shattered town, and she opened the storybook beside Mebis that she didn't want to leave.

——『FairyQuest』。

……

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In X679, the "Cyan Skeleton" launched a long-planned war against the "Red Lizard", and many people lost their lives as a result.

The end result was that the "Cyan Skeleton" was greatly damaged, and the "Red Lizard" also chose to disband due to the destruction of the guild headquarters.

However, because of the appearance of the 'demon', the war did not develop to the point of no return, although the residents of the island and the members of the 'Red Lizard''s guild lost their homes, but because of some preparations for retreat in advance, many residents evacuated here by boat at the beginning of the war, and after learning about the 'demon' after the war ended, they chose to start a new life in another city.

The 'Cyan Skeleton' guild lost many elite members due to the 'demons', and the guild leader was also disfigured in the battle and put on a mask, and began a low-key development.

As a result, the "Sky Wolf Island" has become a forbidden place inhabited by 'demons', coupled with the complex and strange currents, no one wants to venture into this island again.

Until, seven years later.