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Can't catch up, can't compare, with her current level, no matter how hard she tries, she can't give a little help to Chelus in that kind of battle.

However, Sekaria knew that maybe from now on, what Cheruth and they would have to face was such an enemy that made her feel extremely powerless, although the wolf girl did not explain the details to them, but from the worried eyes of Cheruth when she came back this time, the blue-haired princess could interpret that this incident, unlike the Holy City incident three years ago, was definitely not the end, but only the beginning.

But herself, with her current strength, can expect that if she encounters such an enemy again, she will not be able to do anything except hide with everyone like last night to take refuge and watch the battle, and even if she does not dodge in time, she will become a burden to Cheruth and them. In the face of an enemy with such absolute strength, even the so-called smart strategy that she was proud of and felt could help Cheruth in a roundabout way was not at all able to fight against it.

Unless......

"'Baptism of the Moon'...... ......"

Muttering to herself, Sekaria couldn't help but think back to the conversation she had with Getha Gerthalia last night, before the incident.

A lifetime of vows to protect one person, and a lifetime of power to be used for one person......

Referring to Getajieris's situation, Sekaria was sure that as long as she accepted the "Baptism of the Moon", she would at least be able to show the same strong sixth-order strength or even stronger than Gettarjelis's previous occasions.

...... But is that enough?

Sekaria was full of hesitation in her heart about whether to take the initiative to ask for the "Baptism of the Moon", not that she felt that the "Baptism of the Moon" was too costly, admittedly, in addition to fighting for Cheruth, it was indeed troublesome to not be able to do such a setting in self-defense, but the "trouble" that Sekaria felt in her heart was not the danger that this restriction brought to herself, but that this restriction was likely to make her more dragging Ruth back than she is now.

Although it is suspected that she feels too good about herself in this way, if she is in danger, Sekaria is confident that Cerus will be the first to protect herself. If after accepting the "Baptism of the Moon", she becomes a real princess who is powerless except for fighting for Cheruth, doesn't that mean that in the future, even a little trouble will probably have to rely on others or even trouble Cheruth to protect her and solve it for her......

That's it, what's more critical is that if she pays such a price, she still can't help Cheruth on a really critical occasion, it will really be worth the loss, after all, in last night's battle, even Getajielis, who had received the "Baptism of the Moon", admitted that she had no room to interfere if she could exert her absolute sixth-order peak level strength in the battle for the Night Elf Clan, if she accepted the "Baptism of the Moon" After that, she could only be promoted to the strength of the sixth-order peak at most, so she was still useless when facing those seventh-order strong enemies that would really make Cheruth find difficult.

“...... Leah?"

Just as Sekaria was struggling with her troubles, the voice of the protagonist herself, who had suddenly annoyed her, pulled her back from her thoughts.

"Uh, Cheruth?"

Sekaria turned her head and saw the wolf girl walking down the stairs looking at her strangely.

"I didn't see you when I came to your room, I didn't expect you to come here. ”

With that, Chelus jumped down the last few steps with a "hey", and then paced in front of Sekaria with her hands behind her back.

"What's wrong? I didn't sleep all night last night, why don't you go to rest today? Is there something on your mind?"

Sekaria looked at the wolf girl in front of her, her eyes were obviously worried, but her face tried to pretend that nothing happened, and she felt a little soft and funny in her heart, I really don't know whether this guy should be called gentle or clumsy...... However, that's why I want to stand by her side to protect her like that.

“...... It's okay, I'm going to get some sleep. ”

Cerus looked at the smiling Sekaria and pouted, her face was clearly disbelieving, but since Sekaria said so, she couldn't press anything more, and finally had to say a dry "oh".

"Oh...... That's right. ”

Sekaria looked at Cheruth gently, knowing that she knew about Cheruth's life experience and everything that Cheruth had done, she knew that Cheruth had the strength of a seventh-order powerhouse, knew that Cheruth had an outstanding talent for magic engineering, and knew that Cheruth had saved the living beings of the whole continent, but she had never been able to regard the wolf girl in front of her, who would always inadvertently play with children's temper in front of her, as a savior of fate with honor and power.

It's like, obviously from the perspective of the strength of the two of them in all aspects, she Sekaria wants to protect a strong person like Cerus, and if she says it, she will only be laughed at as a fool's dream, but even she knows how funny it sounds, but she just wants to protect this child.

...... Because, in this world, she likes Cheruth the most.

“...... Now, Cheruth, I want to ask you something. ”

"Huh?"

Chelus originally thought that Sekaria didn't want to tell her about her troubles and was still a little lost, but after hearing the blue-haired princess's question, Cerus raised her head again and looked at Sekaria expectantly, but saw that the blue-haired princess's expression suddenly became more serious than ever.

"I hope you can tell me if you're going to face enemies like this in the future, or will there be someone stronger than this one in the future?"

Cheruth was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously wanted to shake her head, although she had already counted Sekaria and Grey Wind Nanoha as the closest people in the world in her heart, in addition to the things about her own crossing and the substitute for the Surgeon, including some basic information about Chaos, Chelus had shared with these three people, but this did not mean that she hoped that these three people would completely step into the battle between her as the substitute of the Substitute and Tafel the Morph and the deeper Chaos, this battle that even Nien and York could not predict the outcome of。

Now, Grey Wind and Nanoha have been pulled in half of their bodies, and I'm afraid that after really fighting side by side with Cheruth against Tafel's gang this time, Cheruth will not find a reason to refuse those two to join the war next time, but fortunately, Sekaria was "protected" by Cheruth because of her lack of strength, and was excluded from the battle. Now that Sekaria was so serious about the strength of her next opponent, Cerus didn't know what Sekaria was thinking about and why she was asking such a question, but her instinct told her that she shouldn't have to let the blue-haired princess know how strong the enemy she was facing...... Even if it's an indisputable truth.

However, just as the wolf girl wanted to shake her head, Sekaria spoke as if she had seen through her thoughts.

"Please, Cheruth, I want to hear the truth. ”

Halfway to the neck froze, Cheruth bit her lip and looked at Sekaria with a serious face, her brows furrowed, and after the two looked at each other in silence for a few seconds, the wolf girl sighed as if admitting defeat and nodded slightly.

"Well, this time the mastermind is two people, and behind them, there is actually a real mastermind behind the scenes, and that person is ...... In short, it's a pretty scary guy, I don't know the strength of that guy at all, and under the hands of the mastermind behind the scenes, in addition to these two people this time, there are other ...... At least three men of equal strength. ”

Sekaria's face turned pale.

“...... In other words, the mastermind behind the scenes who doesn't even know your specific strength doesn't matter, just this time you can join forces with Gray Wind and Nanoha to suppress the kind of master who finally injured Gray Wind, and there are five or even more on the other side?"

Yes, when the Ice Demon Dragon is fully resurrected in their hands, it will be another big boss-level existence, but this stubble Cheruth still didn't say it to stimulate Sekaria after thinking about it.

"Don't worry, Leah, the person who injured Sister Gray Wind is actually not as powerful as you think, mainly this time the three of us have the task of having to stop him from raiding the three elders of the Night Elves, so we can only passively defend and can't do an effective counterattack, if we really fight freely, Nanoha and Sister Gray Wind will definitely not lose to that person when they join forces." ”

Cerus comforted Secaria, but looking at the blue-haired princess, Cerus also knew that her comfort was a little pale...... After all, the opponent is indeed too strong.

"And Leah, the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes is to destroy the entire continent, not only us, but also the dragons, night elves and white elves will not sit idly by, so I am not alone, the masters of various races will come to help, as long as you can understand the situation, I believe that Leah, your father and brother will also agree to send your domestic law powerhouses to help me, don't worry." ”

Sekaria smiled, but her expression was a little reluctant no matter how she looked at it.

"Yes...... There will be enough people to help you......"

"Leigh, Leah?"

"Fighting such a terrible enemy, sure enough, there is no way to be your help if you don't have enough strength. ”

Secaria pursed her lips and grabbed the collar with one hand, looking at such a weak and sad Sekaria, Cerus suddenly realized something.

"Leah, do you say...... No, not like that, Leah, you didn't fight alongside me like Greywind Sister Nanoha, but ...... To be honest, Leah, even if it is Sister Gray Wind and Nanoha, no matter how powerful they become, in fact, I still don't want to let them and you participate in this battle, the opponent is too dangerous, those people have strength and abilities that we can't predict, this time Sister Gray Wind only suffered some external injuries, this is already quite a lucky result, I really don't want to see you who I cherish the most become like the Night Elf Clan's Grand Elder Sumario and Mr. Digatok now...... Even, become the same as that Mr. Lannard...... So Leah, don't be cranky, even if you don't participate in a head-to-head battle, the support you give me will never lose to anyone, you know?"

Hearing Cherus say this, Sekaria only smiled faintly.

"Thank you for comforting me, Cheruth, but you have your ideas, but we also have our own wills. You don't want us to be involved in this dangerous battle, but we don't want to see you face that danger either. ”

"Leah, I'm different, I have some ...... Very special reason, by the way, you know, I am the Nolan tribe, the Nolan tribe has an unusual law, and now I am the only one left in the Nolan tribe on the mainland, the mastermind behind the scenes, but because of this, I will not give up the trouble that came to me......"

"So, you can't get out of these dangers, but you want us to leave you alone and flee to safety?"

Hearing Sekaria say this, Chelus shrunk her neck, she couldn't refute it, because she really wanted to, especially after guessing Tafel's intention to recreate the Chaos Demon Army on the continent and seeing Greywind injured by Wood. However, the wolf girl obviously knew that she wanted to think about it, but the friends around her might not agree.

"Neither Greywind nor Nanoha would agree, neither will I, and you yourself should know that, don't you, Cheruth. ”

"I, of course I do...... But, however, I don't want to see Leah you can't think about this kind of thing, and I don't want Leah to do something risky and run into danger in order to help me. ”

Sekaria smiled and took Chelus into her arms.

"Don't worry, I'm not as reckless as you say, and don't imagine everyone to be like you reckless little fool. ”

Where am I being reckless and stupid...... Cheruth was a little angry, but because of the soft touch from Sekaria's chest on her face, the wolf girl blushed and her heart beat for a while, and finally she didn't open her mouth to refute.

"Cheruth, I understand what you said, but Ah Cheruth, I really envy Greywind and Nanoha, since you can't get out of this danger, then at least I want to be able to stand by your side when you are facing a crisis, and help you defend your back, instead of being a spectator on the sidelines because of lack of strength. ”

"Leah......

Sekaria let go of Cheruth in her arms, looked at her very seriously, and spoke.

"Cheruth, have you heard of the Night Elves' 'Baptism of the Moon'?"