If it were an ordinary person, even if the vitality was completely cut off, the corpse would not have cooled so quickly.

But since the heart was removed, all of her functions have stopped, like a magical doll that has lost its power.

"Summer, summer? Don't scare me, hurry up and recover with your abilities - open your eyes quickly! ”

Mireyer grabbed her arm, the tentacles were cold, and when she looked at her face, the pupils that had been beautiful and moving had also turned gray.

At this moment, Lori, an artifact that sensed an anomaly, flew out of the dark purple maelstrom.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Unlike restricted spiritual transmission, this sense of life and death is built in the depths of the soul; Once the owner's life is threatened, even if they are in another world, the God Fragment can feel the danger of the master.

"Huh!"

A golden light that could not be seen by others rose from Natsu's body, and her blood-stained chest became plump again, and the silver-haired girl exhaled a long breath and straightened up in Mireyer's arms.

"Oops, almost played big."

She touched her soft heart in fear, enjoying this touch full of real feelings.

"Erin, thank you."

She thanked little Lori in her mind:

"You and Stephanie don't know how many times you've saved me...... If it weren't for you, I would have died a long time ago. ”

"-Don't scare me!"

Seeing her come back from the dead, the giantess's spirit collapsed instantly.

Her tears poured out like a burst of the embankment, and she hugged the silver-haired girl's neck hard.

"My heart is going to stop."

She wept bitterly:

"As soon as I think that you will never be able to act or speak again, I'm—"

"Mireyer, I'm sorry."

Xia hugged the two little dragons and the giantess who were also surprised in his arms, and whispered:

"It's like we're apologizing all the time...... But I still have to say to you. I'm really sorry to have you so brutally frightened. ”

"It's nothing, if only you woke up...... It's good to wake up......"

The giantess lay weakly on her shoulder, repeating this sentence repeatedly, and tears could not stop falling.

"Master, I want to hug too!"

Erin, who rushed here, threw herself on Natsu's back. Then he was startled by the blood stains on his master's body.

"Wow, what's wrong with you, master?"

Little Lori walked around from behind her, rubbing her master's heart back and forth with her two small hands, and screamed in her mouth:

"That's—a lot of blood!"

"Don't mess around there."

Xia felt a tingling in her chest, and reached out and pulled her over.

"Mireyer, can my heart be sacrificed?"

The silver-haired girl asked worriedly:

"Although you didn't explain it just now, I seem to think that the heart of a sage, the heart of a divine creature...... These seem to be different levels? ”

"That's right, but it can be made up for in numbers."

The giantess wiped her tears and raised her head:

"13 sage hearts, or the hearts of divine beings. to open the altar and get the corresponding rewards. ”

"But these rewards were actually provided by me, and I lied about it and didn't tell them the truth."

"What about my heart? How many do you need? ”

Xia Xin covered his heart with palpitations.

If it could, she wouldn't want to experience that feeling a second time.

"Although your body is amazing, after all, your strength is insufficient, so one is not enough."

The giantess suddenly gritted her teeth:

"But this kind of thing is known only to me and the king. As long as I don't say it, the king doesn't say it. They won't doubt it when they see your heart. ”

"But...... Will Ortevia help us? If the sacrifice is insufficient and they are given in return, is it against the rules of the Code? ”

The silver-haired girl said hesitantly.

"Huh, rules?"

The giantess looked sad:

"To hell with it!"

The King of Giants is at stake, and the source of magic is about to be lost, symbolizing the imminent destruction of the most glorious homeland!

――If the rules laid down by the Code of Laws are absolute, why are the humans and gods who try to break the rules not punished?

On the contrary, the giants, who had been taking the words of the code as supreme oracles, suffered a catastrophe...... Same as Otvia. The Codex is just a dead thing, and who can it save at a critical moment?

"Perhaps, we can ask for a solution to the dilemma at hand."

Xia suggests:

"Although you have made an agreement with the other party, the gods do not always keep their promises, in case the other party repents. What should we do then? ”

"They don't have to go back, and they don't dare!"

The giantess snorted, lifted the necks of the two dragons, threw them into the cell on the side one by one, and locked them up with an enchantment.

"I'm going to blow myself up if you push me into a hurry, and you'...... That person has already arrived here, as long as he shows him your sword skills, you will be fine. ”

Mireille's face showed sarcasm:

"I used to laugh at that man, thinking that people were afraid of him just because he was a mad dog."

"But now...... Haven't I become a mad dog that will jump up and bite at any moment? ”

She muttered to herself.

"In my eyes, you're just a cute and charming puppy."

Natsu touched the giantess's hair and kissed her deeply on the face.

"Master, there seems to be a labyrinth under that whirlpool, and I haven't found anything."

Little Lori sucked her fingers on the side and watched the master and the giantess linger, and reported an important piece of information:

"But I saw the traces of energy that Cethea had left behind...... She seemed to go to the deepest part of the labyrinth, and the energy in the source of magic seemed to be purple-red crystals, which could be seen everywhere below, but the deeper she went, the bigger the crystals became, and the energy contained in them was purer, and she definitely wanted to gain more power by doing so. ”

"We can't save her anymore."

Xia shook her head sadly:

"It's still too risky to let you go there...... The secret of the source of magic is too deep to be known only to Otvia and the Codex, and Otvia will never tell us, and the backlash of the Codex is too strong, maybe even the light of the job transfer will not save me, and I will be crushed to smithereens. ”

"But master, I always felt that that thing had something to do with our mission."

Erin rubbed her unwillingly and insisted on her opinion.

"No, I already understand where the crux of the mission is."

Xia's expression was a little embarrassed:

"Don't waste any more time, you go to the Tower of Giants now and ask the Codex how we can get out of this world of memory!"

- That's right, ask the Codex!

It's a very conspicuous, but blind spot, answer. (To be continued.) )