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The transit place is actually a huge labyrinth -

It has been continuously expanded and has a metal façade that feels like a metal fortress in itself, making it feel out of place.

Nowhere else on the continent is there such a building.

It's normal to get lost.

——

Nina comforted herself so much, in fact, she could only say that she wanted to cry without tears.

It's miserable, to get lost in a place like this.

"Hmm, turn left, turn left...... Looks like you've been there?"

"Hmm...... The one on the right, I've seen it!"

"Hey, where the hell are you going......"

......

"Help...... Nina cried as she wailed in the empty transit place, "Is there anyone who can help me...... I'm a poor little seal......"

- Alas, what a pitiful.

"Boom...... Boom...... "After thinking about it, she sighed and continued to walk forward.

“...... Enough is enough. ”

“？！”

Startled, Nina jerked two steps back, slamming into the wall with a thud—the man who slowly came out of the hallway across from her saw her, with an almost trademark sigh in front of her.

"it, Professor Herris, why are you here!" Nina was shocked, "Are you following me?!"

“...... You're thinking too much, I came looking for someone, and I just heard someone wailing. Herris lifted his forehead and said calmly, "Where are you going?" ”

"Huh? Nina was stunned for a moment, then smiled, "Although the professor dislikes me, he is still very helpful." ”

"Well, it's called helping people with disabilities. ”

"???? I'm disabled there?"

"Nothing. ”

"Hey, I care!"

Herris didn't continue, and Nina, although her face was puffing up with anger, didn't dare to continue asking.

Her guts are limited to just two sentences, and if she has more, she can't do it.

——

As he walked, Herris seemed to remember something, but hesitated for a moment before he said, "You...... How have you been?"

Nina was stunned.

Heres didn't get an answer, but she didn't rush it.

It seems that it has always been like this.,Although I care about her.,But I never force any answers.。

Is it used to it or is it ...... But, all in all, the capital.

Click.

Nina stopped, making a somewhat crisp sound as her shoes hit the ground.

Herris stopped, turned his head—a little faster—and his pupils shrank as he saw her.

"Na...... Professor Herris. Nina smiled, her voice steady, but tears kept pouring out of her eyes, "Here, it's not the way to find Teresa......

【②】

Herris looked at her, his facial expression changing slightly, but he couldn't tell what kind of expression it was.

"Professor Herris. Do you know the town at the foot of the mountain in the northern snowy mountains?" Nina asked softly, wiping away her tears, "Ah, I certainly don't know—because more than eighty percent of the towns in the north are at the foot of the mountain." ”

...... You've said everything, and I don't know what to say. Herris thought, his hand in his trouser pocket tightening slowly.

"I have a very strange constitution that makes other people lose their temper, and my luck is incredibly good—I wonder if I hadn't run to the top of the mountain in the first place, the avalanche wouldn't have come?"

Avalanche – is it because of her?

A self-reproachful, and like nonsense.

Difficult to evaluate.

"Too bad, Professor Herris...... I'm so bad, why was I so lucky to kill so many people?" Nina looked up, remembering the white snow, and the pure black city—and most importantly, the warmth in that city, "Lord Hammer, really a very good person......"

But......

"I killed her, and I used this dagger. Herris followed Nina's gaze—she had lowered her head and slowly pulled out the dagger pinned to her waist—there were some marks on the leather of the dagger, "I've always been like this, I can't tell the difference between myself and other things, and occasionally ......"

Would want to kill something.

Herris frowned and held out his hand, a golden light converging from all around.

Nina's eyes had changed—she looked like an unconscious Muppet—and they had become filled with black mist, filled with a look of disgrace and confusion.

The dagger was in her hand, and there was a black mist flowing around her wrist.

Here it comes......

The kind of situation that the goldfinch is talking about.

——

"Try to persuade her, if it doesn't work, just do it. ”

The goldfinch said so, but he ......

"I'm not in the habit of being hands-on with students. Herris sighed and looked at her, a little hesitant, "Nina—I don't know if you can hear it, but ...... That pedigree is special, but it's not absolute. Maybe those things are 'inevitable' and you are the unfortunate participant. ”

As if she hadn't heard it, Nina took a step forward and pulled her dagger out.

Herris took a step back.

"The Avalanche and the Hammer City affair have nothing to do with you...... You're just a victim and you don't need to take it all to yourself. ”

Herris worries that this mood will continue in the long run, and Nina will eventually "not wake up".

She must not know what is happening now, in other words, it is like sleepwalking, creating a memory break again and again.

It may also have been done to someone.

But there can't be any accusations at this time, otherwise the black mist that seems to be very faint may completely invade her soul-

Nina took another step forward to show that she "didn't understand", and the dagger was slowly lifted by her.

Herris took another step back.

"Perhaps...... You're much stronger than you think, at least, more than I would look forward......" Herris probably couldn't find anything to comfort in, and rambled casually.

But Nina was unmoved, and this time she took a sharp step forward, and the dagger in her hand slammed down—

yes, can't you stop it anymore -

Herris felt that he had treated the girl as a student only, and thus treated her as if nothing had happened after her confession.

And the current situation made her a little ......

——

【③】

Near the center of the transit place, there were only two people in the lounge on the side of the "deepest" library.

"You knew she was going to do this?"

Zigrin and Goldfinch, both of them looked at the huge projection screen in the lounge—it was an effect in the hallway, and in front of Herris, the girl, stabbed the dagger into her chest.

Then it fell.

"Even if she was used by a necromancer and thought she had killed a lot of people—but Wells didn't think about it......" Goldfinch replied to Zigrin in a slow voice, "she's just an ordinary girl." ”

"Ordinary...... Shouldn't you have run sooner?"

"Caught in a lot of daily life, ordinary people who are gradually polished seem to never be hysterical, easy and disgusting, but ...... Nina's choice is already obvious, isn't it. Goldfinch leaned back on the couch, "Even a little favor will be remembered in my heart, and a little kindness will be able to open up to her, whether she is living too hard, or too kind." ”