With five seconds to go, if she was given just five more seconds, Eliezer would be able to complete the calculation of the spatial transfer magic, and from here she would instantly return to her bedroom in Celia City, and to her two cherished sisters.

However, at this very moment, those five seconds seem to be so far away.

The knight with long silver hair will not give her any more chances.

As if he was watching in slow motion, he saw a neat knife in his face, but Alize didn't have the strength to unfold the physical protection barrier.

The high body temperature made her head look like it was rusty, and she couldn't perform even the simplest juxtaposition.

――Ahhh~~Why did it become like this~~~

Alize asked herself in her mind.

Everything was calculated with great precision, everything was within her expectations, and she hadn't made any mistakes since she had gained the memories of "Researcher" and "Edward".

Everything you do should be the most efficient, the perfect choice to take all the factors into account.

- But why did it end up like this?

I thought that I could predict the cause and effect of everything, but the situation continued to deviate from an unpredictable trajectory.

He nearly killed his maid who loved him the most, was disgusted and abandoned by his dearest sister, and finally exhausted in the deserted wilderness, and was finally defeated by the knight who suddenly appeared.

Next, they will take it away...... And then what? What will happen? What will be done? Will you be able to see your sister and little sister?

- Scared...... I'm scared, don't ...... Don't do that......

Whether it is "Researcher" or "Edward", this is an emotion that has never been possessed, but at this time, it is surging in Ariz's heart, constantly expanding.

"Woo......!"

Alize's jaw trembled, she closed her eyes in shock, the puppet in her arms was deformed by two small hands, and one of the rabbit ears that had been slit was completely torn off.

And then -- the sound of limbs colliding violently.

The expected pain did not appear, but in exchange for the angry voice of a loving woman.

"This knight ...... What do you want to do with my second lady?"

The woman dressed as a maid took the sword of the greatsword knight Weigu from the front with her seemingly delicate wrist, then raised her leg and kicked her opponent's body.

Wegu reacted quickly, and he used the greatsword as a shield to block the kick. But despite this, the unbelievable power still kicked him away with his sword.

"Nozomi ...... Erda...... why, why do you ...... You'll be in ......"

Ariezel timidly opened her eyes, and was greeted by the sassy figure of the maid Hilda.

"It is the duty of a maid to take care of her master. Miss Eliza, even if the lord is not at home, you can't take the opportunity to stay home at night? I'm very angry right now, anyway, please be prepared to be spanked by me when you go home. ”

"I ...... I ......"

Alize didn't know what to say, she only felt a strong warmth and indescribable sourness welling up in her heart.

"Please order the 'Valkyrie Mode' to be activated. That knight is not easy to deal with......"

"No, don't...... Don't!"

"Miss Eliza!?"

"This, if you do this, it will hurt Hilda again! It will make Sister Alice angry! I don't want it!"

Perhaps because of the high fever, Alize had gradually lost the ability to judge the situation, and she couldn't figure out what to do to escape at this time.

She was just a reflex, like an ordinary little girl, stamping her feet and making a coquettish snort, flatly rejecting Hilda's proposal.

Now, in his groggy head, there is only the pure thought of "I can't make my sister angry anymore", which is above any calculus.

Knocked away, Wegu regained his momentum in mid-air, landing smoothly after a light roll.

He is a first-class knight who will not panic even if he is attacked suddenly, and likewise, he will not be taken lightly by the fact that his opponent is a beautiful woman in a maid's suit.

Wei Gu carefully put on a stance, and the body of the giant sword condensed a formidable freezing gas, and the snow-white frost crystal turned the giant sword into frozen fangs.

Unable to use arms, Hilda was left unarmed. The strong demonized carbon steel slammed into the frosty greatsword and bounced off each other.

On the surface, the two were evenly matched, but in fact Hilda struggled to support it for long.

No matter how strong Hilda's body is, it is still metal after all, and the extremely cold and freezing gas condensed on the big sword will freeze even the demonized carbon steel will freeze brittle.

What's more, Vegunai is a knight with excellent martial arts, and if Hilda does not have the assistance of the "Valkyrie System", her soul is just an ordinary maid, and now, she only relies on high-performance body hardware and sensory equipment to barely meet the enemy.

On the other side, Mira, a blonde-haired female knight, also made a move. In the face of the black pressure of tens of thousands of demonic beasts, the beautiful face did not have the slightest anxiety.

"Asbel, help me fight for twenty seconds. ”

"No problem!"

Mira stretched out her arms and leaned back slightly, as if she were a saint praying to heaven. Her body, her silver armor, glowed with a soft white glow. And in the sky, there is a huge "object" that is gathered by the light and slowly taking shape.

The monsters, who had been killed by Eliza, seemed to instinctively fear the unknown "object", and they quickened their speeds, wailed, and strode in Mira's direction.

"It's up to me to protect my companions...... Don't even think about getting a step closer to Mira!"

The "fighting spirit" beside the knight suddenly soared, and when he reached the peak, he drew his sword and left the sheath.

Brilliant silver flashes, one, ten, hundred, thousand-

There was only one action to draw the sword, but the sword light that swept through the air could not be counted, until the slender light of the sword slash seemed to be smeared white even in the night.

"Slashing Light Instant Sword: Mystery - White Night is Dustless!"

From the mouth of the young knight, the name of the move was lightly pronounced, and at the same time, the demonic beasts in the front row were cut into pieces by countless light marks.

Immediately, Mira's "prayer" was completed, and a large bell wrapped in holy light rang in the sky.

"-[Reincarnation Bell]!" -

"I said Sophia, don't you feel a little uneasy?"

"What do you mean, Sister Alice?"

While feeling the warm body temperature coming from her back, Alice continued.

"Do you want to...... Who you are and what you want to do next...... How to put it, it's the feeling of being lost, the original common sense and habits have been disrupted, and they have been abruptly thrown into a strange environment...... I'm usually very uneasy, because I don't know the bottom of my heart. ”

She tried to express something, but Alice couldn't put her feelings into words.

In retrospect, the moment Eliezer unraveled her mental hint to herself, the reason why she attacked her as if she was mad was not so much indignant at what her sister had done, but because of the sudden, violent "sadness" and "uneasiness".

Grief that Ariezel betrayed her "love" for her.

Then, "uneasy" about who you really are and what you are about your future.

If his feelings for his sisters are all imposed illusions, then he is no longer "Alice", in this strange world, how should he claim himself, and where should he go.

Anxiety and sadness immediately turned into deep fear. And at that time, my emotions were probably crushed by this fear.

"Restless...... My situation is the opposite of my sister's, and here, I feel very relieved. As for the reason, it should have been mentioned before. ”

Alice recalls Sophia's words, and vaguely understands that the environment in which the 'man in black' lives is a cruel world that a high school student can never imagine.

"So Sister Alice...... I'll tell you the story of his childhood. ”

The 'he' in Sophia's mouth should refer to the top agent who used to be dressed in black.

Alice didn't interject, just quietly waited for her sister to slowly start talking.

"For as long as 'he' can remember, he's always been on the battlefield, and his birthplace is probably some disputed area in Southeast Asia. ”

"How old are you when you can remember, on the battlefield?"

"I don't know exactly how old I am, and I certainly don't have parents, but at least I'm younger than we are now. ”

"How could it be ......?"

In Alice's mind, when it comes to modern warfare, all that can emerge is the imagination of soldiers armed with rifles, or armored vehicles, fighter jets, missiles, etc., as if they were strategy games.

In reality, however, war is far more brutal than imagined.

There is no established norm, any tool can be a murder weapon, and as long as it can kill more enemies, then even young children will not hesitate to use it.

"In short, in 'his' hometown, young soldiers or something can be said to be commonplace. 'He' had good luck at the time...... No, I should say bad luck, 'he' didn't get a gun at a young age, but was sold to the Middle East, and some anti-regime armed group with a religious background bought him. In the course of day and night brainwashing, education and abuse, 'he' was cultivated into a 'holy warrior', which is also known internationally as the fear of dividing the country. ”

Listening to Sophia's too calm tone, as if she was explaining someone else's story, telling about the life that 'herself' has personally experienced.

Alice didn't know how to express her feelings, and she didn't know if she was qualified to do so, so she could only choose to continue listening in silence.

"At that time, 'he' couldn't think, only mechanically obeyed orders, probably 'he' as a human heart had already been broken, and all the children older than 'him' returned to the gods in the 'glorious holy war', and finally one day, it was 'him''s turn. The order is simple, sneak into a crowded train station alone, and then detonate a large amount of gunpowder tied to your body, and that's it. ”

Human bombing, a term that Alice often heard in the international news when she was a teenager, is arguably one of the most dehumanizing terrorist activities.

"But, once again, 'he' survived. Perhaps because of the infiltration of spies in the organization, the plan of the 'jihad' was exposed, and the local special forces intercepted the truck that transported 'him' to his destination, and one of the drivers and three adults in the car were sniped and killed by the snipers on the spot, and even the tires of the car were blown out. Perhaps because he was afraid that the car was loaded with a large amount of explosives, the sniper at that time was armed with a rifle, and if it was an anti-materiel rifle, I am afraid that 'he' would have been killed by the aftermath of the shooting. ”

"Then it's time to be saved! The child who is strapped with explosives should be protected anyway!"

At this point, Alice couldn't help but ask.

"This may be the case in country C, or other countries with a more legal system, but unfortunately, in some delicate areas, as long as there is a suspicion of fear, even women and children will not be spared. Especially children who have been brainwashed by religion will not be taken lightly, and shooting them on the spot is a common sense way to deal with it. ”

"There will be such a thing......

"Fortunately, 'he' was in a coma due to the concussion of the rollover, and after removing the explosives from his body, 'he' was arrested. Soon after, he was adopted by a man...... The man who adopted him was the sniper of the sniper train at the time, a mercenary who traveled to many countries and was hired by arms dealers, but this was only a superficial identity, and his real identity was that of an intelligence agent belonging to a certain large country. ”

"And then......"

"Like training his subordinates, a man trains his adopted child over decades, teaching 'him' all the skills he is proficient in. From hand-to-hand combat to helicopter maneuvering, all ......"

The man in Sophia's mouth, in Alice's opinion, is equivalent to the father of a martial arts coach.

Although the former 'teenager' couldn't say such a fleshy thing as 'I love my father' when he was killed, deep down, he still deeply respected his father, regarded him as a role model, and as a pride, but also an obstacle that must be surpassed.

"So, you ...... I mean, 'he' inherited his father's mantle? Has my father retired?"

If you consider the age of the 'man in black' in his late twenties, I am afraid that the man who raised him is already over fifty years old.

"No, it's dead. Was it 'he'...... I was killed by my own hands. ”

“！！”

The words that were as quiet as water made Alice gasp.

Sophia's tone didn't make any waves until this moment, until the moment she told about killing her father with her own hands.

"It's nothing new in our industry, a highly skilled agent was killed by a disciple who had been carefully trained by himself...... He took me lightly, which only means that he is old. Sister Alice...... I used to be the kind of person I used to be, and in order to carry out orders, even if the opponent was my dearest and dearest, I was still able to pull the trigger without hesitation. So ......"

After a few seconds of pause, Sophia's voice changed, and with a sound that trembled deep in her throat, Alice could feel the pajamas on her back being soaked with warm droplets.

"So...... So I don't understand...... Right now...... Also unsettling...... Is this uneasiness? It's been more than 10 years...... Me, I...... In my heart, the girl named 'Sophia' was complaining that she had done something wrong...... Why...... Why would I pull the trigger on that man, on my father...... Why was he shot through the head by me...... He, he ...... Still with a smiling face...... I...... Whining...... What the hell am I ...... Sister I ......"

"Sophia ......"

I'm too unproductive and naïve.

The sound of her sister's crying made Alice deeply aware of this.

Falling into sorrow at their own care, criticizing each other with their own care, and fighting with their own cold. However, did she really think about her sister?

It was only at this moment that Alice suddenly realized that her sisters, like herself, were not also carrying "the weight of other people's souls"?

And looking at the three of them, the "boy's life" that he inherited is not the most peaceful, the most relaxed, and the happiest life?

Sophia is tormented by purgatory-like conditions all the time, and she regrets, struggles, and feels guilty for what she has done. If it were me, I am afraid that I would be driven crazy by the cruel scene of the gunpowder battlefield in an instant.

And this is not the case with Alise, who is not only a former researcher, but also an evil magician named "Edward". Both of them were extremely wise people, and their thinking, their consciousness, and their experience should be far superior to that of an eight-year-old girl.

But despite this, Alize does not hesitate to use extreme mental manipulation and this tightrope-like adventure to maintain a clear self. Alice was completely deceived by her usual smile as bright as the sun, perhaps...... Perhaps Eliezer is the soul on the verge of collapse among the three sisters.

- Stinky boy, before practicing boxing, exercise your will. Although I don't ask you to be able to defend your family and country, I don't expect you to punish evil and promote good, after all, times have changed. But at least, you have to be able to protect your beloved girl!

Dad's third-rate lines, which I don't know from which TV series I learned, suddenly echoed in my ears. That's right, for myself, aren't the most important "sisters" now Alize and Sophia?

And his weak will made his sisters fall into the same uneasiness and fear as himself.

――It's not a man......

Alice's remorseful thoughts swelled, and she wanted to punch herself. Although she was emotionally high, she didn't realize that she was indeed no longer a man.

"Sophia!"

Alice turned around sharply, dragged her sister's pear blossom with her palm and dragged her face, moving her thumb to gently wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Together...... Let's get that guy back together!As the eldest sister, I am obliged to emphasize the importance of the aristocratic family rules!"

"Well...... Sister Alice......"

Sophia nodded vigorously, and smiled brightly like never before.