"Shallot sauce, if you like it, there's also it."

"Hmm. I'm tired. Your food is delicious. The concubine has not experienced this kind of family warmth for a long time. ”

Idiot!!!! Gu Gu couldn't help but curse in his heart.

"That's an exaggeration. Didn't we eat together a few days ago when we celebrated Xia Yin's recovery? What's wrong with that, that way of speaking? Has this been trending lately? ”

"That's right." The ancient city calmly covered up for her.

"How is Natsune doing?" Nina asked quietly.

At this time, the ancient city suddenly woke up to the fact that Nina should know something about Xia Yin, who grew up in the Adilad Monastery.

"It's fine now. Lately, I've been a lot more cheerful than I used to be. Looks like I'm on good terms with Astarout."

Nagisa said as she stuffed her mouth with a creamy grilled dish. Nina, who was listening next to her, narrowed her eyes,

"Really?"

Nina muttered in a soft voice.

……

The slime-like object dripped through the duct of the vent.

It is a liquid metal lifeform with a pitch-black sheen. It rested on the concrete floor and flowed slowly, and soon became a man in a white coat. The alchemist called Tenzuka Mercury.

Residential street in the west area of the artificial island. Underground parking for superior apartments.

Countless LED lights illuminate the venue like stars in the night sky. The parking lot is full of trial cars that look very expensive and are carefully made by the "Demon Special Zone".

The apartment is surrounded by a powerful demon-attacking barrier, and there are state-of-the-art protective devices to prevent the wicked from entering. But such equipment alone can't stop Amazuka, who is an alchemist.

Once Tenzuka enters the inside of the barrier, it can be said that there is nothing left to hinder him.

The girl was on the top floor of the apartment. She forgot her identity and sins and enjoyed a peaceful and comfortable life. I can't say I'm jealous, but I can't say I don't hate it.

So he didn't have any hesitation in hurting her, hurting Haze Natsuin. This is the same even without "his" request.

Amazuka thought as he walked towards the elevator.

But before he had taken a few steps, he stopped again.

Because the golden chains that stretched out from the void bound his ** tightly.

"Did you know that this is my territory and has infiltrated it, little thief? If that's the case, then you're really daring."

Deep in the parking lot. As if melting from the void, a petite figure dressed in a gorgeous dress appeared. Smooth and long black hair. Snow-white skin. The sun had set and he was still indoors, but he still held a parasol full of lace. She looks like a delicate doll, very beautiful and a little scary.

"Huh. Are you the Nangong of the Demon Killer?"

Tenzuka melted his body as soft as liquid and broke free from the golden chains.

Even after seeing this strange sight with her own eyes, the woman in the dress was still very calm.

"How can you escape the 'Ring Lock' forged by the gods in this way? Why don't you really change careers and become magicians? Maybe you can make a lot of money, Amazuka mercury."

"People often say that——!"

Tenzuka's right hand stretched out like a long whip around Natsuka's slender ankle—and at that moment, Natsuki's figure fluttered like a mist and suddenly shifted to Amazuka's back.

"It's useless. Material restructuring doesn't work on my body, alchemist."

"It looks like this"

Amatsuka didn't show signs of wavering, and slowly turned around. Deciding that the terrain was not suitable for a good fight, his tentacles stretched out towards the pipes in the parking lot, but they were all bounced off with a screeching sound.

"Isn't it true that the barrier in the building is not to prevent invasion, but to prevent the prey from escaping? That's smart."

"Because I was asked by the black princess of Arutikiya to let me arrest you. I'd love to throw you into the 'Prison Barrier' just like that, but are you just a clone?"

Once again, chains stretched out from all directions pierced Tenzuka's body.

But the blood-spattered scene did not appear. Amazuka reverted back to his liquid metal posture and easily broke free from the chains.

"Even with this form, does it still have intelligence that can answer questions? Why are you still attacking Hase Natsune? You've already taken what you need from her adoptive father, haven't you? ”

"Because some people think she's an eyesore."

"What?"

For the first time, a shocked expression appeared on Natsuki's face.

As long as you get rid of the silver hair and blue eyes that are different from the Japanese, Haze Natsune is a very ordinary student. Usually cautious in words and deeds.,Well-behaved to the point of looking very cowardly.。 But she also has a secret. Inheriting the royal lineage of Arutikia, she was born a powerful medium.

In terms of potential ability alone, Haze Natsuin's spiritual power is also the highest level in the "Demon Special Zone". It is so high that even the heaven and earth essence qi of the high-dimensional space can be absorbed into the body.

"Isn't it unfair that only that kid survived. So, it has to be continued. This time, we must continue the tragedy of five years ago."

Amatsuka said as he put his hand on his chest.

There was a black gem buried in the middle of his chest. He slammed the gem into pieces.

"You bastard"

Amazuka's ** has completely lost its human form and has become a real monster. A metal lifeform that has no fixed shape. Countless tentacles emerged from the monster's body, attacking her in order to chop the moon to pieces

"Hahahaha, you're so carried away, 'Witch of the Void'! Even if it's a doll's body, if it's injured, the body will be somewhat damaged. Let me tear you to shreds now! ”

The chains used by that moon could not withstand the blades of liquid metal.

Although she was well aware of this, she still looked down indifferently at the monster incarnated by Amazuka and sighed.

Then the space behind the moon suddenly cracked, and a huge wrist wrapped in golden armor appeared from it.

This is the mechanical Demon Knight, the "guardian" of the witch. The huge golden wrist created a wall of shockwaves, blasting the countless blades that struck back along with Amazuka's body.

"Huh. It's okay to let the fire of hell burn you out, but hell is also a luxury for soulless shells. I also want a sample of the 'Spiritual Blood'."

With a slam swing of the golden giant, the ground around what was once a tenzuka turned into a bottomless void swamp.

The liquid metal was violently deformed, but it still couldn't break free from the dark swamp.

Also known as the "Witch of the Void", Natsuki's ability is spatial control. By changing the nature of the space itself, a trap is created that cannot be escaped.

"- Astarout, I'll leave it to you next"

In a boring tone, Natsuki gave orders to the artificial lifeform girl who had been standing behind her.

"The order is promised. Execution, 'Rose Fingertips'"

Astarut said in a flat, mechanical voice as he took a step forward.

She was dressed as a maid outfit with a large area of her shoulders exposed.

On the exposed snow-white back, a pair of huge wings that shone with colorful brilliance grew. The wings instantly turned into ominous monster arms, stabbing into the immobile liquid metal mass.

"Whoa, whoa, ——!whoa,

The monster that used to be Amazuka trembled all over and let out a scream.

The liquid metal lifeform that was supposed to be able to withstand all physical attacks was ravaged by the seemingly weak attacks of the artificial lifeforms.

Astarut is a symbiotic artificial life test subject. It is the only artificial lifeform in the world that can summon beasts. And the beasts she controls can devour the magic and life force of others.

"Self-proliferating liquid metal life. It is claimed to have an immortal **, which may be true, but I chose the wrong opponent."

Natsuki muttered as if she had completely lost interest in Tenzuka.

The metallic lifeform had lost its surface luster and cracked like a rusty piece of iron. Because the magic was completely taken away, it turned back into a normal mass of metal.

"Five years ago"

Natsuki picked up the scattered black gem fragments and sighed quietly.

Then she looked up at the starry ceiling of the underground parking lot. The top floor of the building is Na Yue's home.

And a young girl who was protected by that moon was living there.

That is the girl who was once called the "molded angel" - Haze Natsune.

……

In the corner of an abandoned warehouse where no one is around, Amazuka sits on the ground with one foot stretched out in the air.

Leaning on the container, in his hands, there are fragments of "pseudo-nuclear refining".

A trace of blood flowed from Amazuka's forehead. The resonance between the "pseudo-refining core" made his ontology also suffer a backlash.

"Ah, the pain is really bad, Nangong that month"

Amatsuka seemed to be talking about something that had nothing to do with him, and then slowly stood up.

In the moonlight, his side face was as weak as that of a patient.

The right half of Amazuka's body is made of almost the same substance as the liquid metal lifeform, the "Spirit Blood of the Sage". By splitting up some of them and giving them to the "Pseudo-Refining Core", he was able to create his own clone.

However, creating a doppelganger also means losing a part of his physical body. Although the mass lost by fusing with other metals can be replaced, if it is repeated repeatedly, the purity of the "spiritual blood" will decrease. Amazuka, who keeps repeating the split, his body is already close to its limit.

"-Ahh I'm sorry. Haze Natsuon didn't catch it."

Amazuka didn't know who he was talking to. But in this abandoned warehouse that was about to be demolished, there was no one but him.

The object of his speech was the silver cane in his hand. The grip of the cane is carved with a skull. Amazuka was talking to himself to this skeleton.

"Don't worry. I have other options for offerings."

Amazuka moved his right wrist a few times as he spoke. It was the part that was cut off by the sword witch of the Lion King a few days ago. Her spear, which can neutralize magical power, is a natural enemy to the demonic lifeform "Sage's Spiritual Blood". On the other hand, as long as she didn't have that spear, she wouldn't be Amazuka's opponent.

"The 'Pseudo-Refining Core' buried in the 'Sage's Spiritual Blood' that escaped is almost beginning to grow. Even if I don't act, he'll come to the door on his own soon."

Amazuka, who had walked out of the abandoned warehouse, glared at the carving of the skeleton in annoyance.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but the skeleton seems to let out a slight laugh—

"I know. You just don't forget to make an appointment."

With that, Amatsuka walked towards the street again.

In order to destroy the opponent he once respected as a master, in order to regain what he lost five years ago.