"Cheruth...... Sorry ......"

The sudden apology stunned Chelus, who wanted to say something more to soothe her.

"Huh?"

Zero, however, looked at Cheruth with great grievance and fear, as if he wanted to get close to her but was worried about something, like a lost little animal.

"I'm sorry Cheruth, I didn't mean to...... I'm not a monster...... I didn't want to hurt them......"

Said in fits and starts.

Chelus didn't say anything, but took a step forward, holding Zero in her arms before she could dodge.

"It's okay Nanoha, I know, Nanoha didn't hurt anyone, it's okay......"

"Uh......h Wow......"

After all, it's just a real child who is only twelve or thirteen years old.

Cheruth touched the back of Zero's head and back, just like those mothers who had seen in her memories before the time crossing when she comforted her children, whether it was the orphan otaku before the time crossing or the uncle Xin Lori after the time crossing, she had no chance and possibility to cry in front of her mother and beg for comfort, but she didn't expect that now it was her turn to comfort others in such a way.

It seems that Nanoha still retains memories of being controlled by that parchment as the center of the city's magic circuit.

Although Cheruth has not really learned the magic technology of this world, from her understanding of this world along the way and the analogy between it and the electronic technology on the earth, the magic technology of this world is far from reaching the level where it can develop a control unit that can perform complex operations and control similar to the integrated circuits on the earth. However, Butler uses the parchment to control Zero, and is able to manipulate a city-wide circuit to blast magic from a distance...... The bastard designer of this system, though I don't know what method he used, actually used Nanoha's brain and body as a tool for operational control.

The reason for retaining but isolating Nanoha's autonomy is also because of the need for a brain that is active and can be exposed to complex instructions...... But for Nanoha, I'm afraid she can only feel the instructions flowing from her body that are executed without her consent, and then through the magic signal from the loop, she "sees" the soldiers at the city gate who are killed because of these instructions, but she can't even interfere with her own body.

No, I wasn't blown up at that time, so it's probably the result of this child's self-conscious efforts, but it seems to be her limit. It's obviously his own body, but he is completely out of control, and he can only watch it like a ghost, and he can't do anything but fear...... Hell, the guy who came up with the idea of controlling the big magic circuit in this way is a damn thing.

Relying on her understanding of the computer structure on the earth, she probably guessed what Zero had experienced, and still held the crying Zero in her arms and patted the other party's back, but her little face was already cold as frost, she was the first time that she had murderous intent for someone in this other world.

Not to mention that Nanoha is her friend, she is just a twelve-year-old child, and forcing a child to endure this, even if it is called technological progress, she will not agree with it.

"Do you know that Nanoha retains her will? ”

The chestnut-haired girl in her arms trembled the moment she heard this, and subconsciously wanted to break free, but Cheruth hugged her hard, not letting her leave or turning back, but she looked coldly at Butler, who had woken up at some point and slowly stood up against the wall.

"Hehe, yes, of course I do...... When I went to buy the Zero, the one who made the Zero told me everything about the 'tool,'" Butler said, looking a little crazy, "What's the matter, now you want to show off the shameless hypocrisy of your Nolans? Don't forget, you Nolans introduced me to the master who made the Zero!"

A chill rose from the bottom of Cheruth's heart.

"You say...... What ......"

"Haha, it looks like you don't have a high status in the Nolan clan," Butler was happy to see Cheruth look so shocked for the first time since he met him, as if he had taken revenge, "I kind of believe what you said that you and Gurney are not all the way, they all know, you are cooperating with that man, you are doing everything to avenge the Cult! You are a group of demons, no, devils, homeless poor devils from the hell of revenge!"

"Shut up!"

Gray Wind, who didn't want to interject, roared angrily and opened his mouth to spew flames towards Butler, Butler barely used the magic guide short gun he secretly picked up to shatter the first few fireballs in front of him, but in the end he was hit by more fireballs and hit the wall again, this time not only lost the short gun, but even the barrier of the protective magic guide on his body was shattered by the flames of the gray wind, if it wasn't for Butler who fell to the ground because he hit the wall and avoided the next attack of the gray wind, I am afraid that this only this time the prime minister of the three dynasties of Prud would have been buried in the flames。

"Xiaobai, don't listen to what he says, you and your people don't have ...... You haven't been in touch in all these years!"

Gray Wind said anxiously, Cheruth turned her head, smiled at her wolf sister and shook her head to indicate that she was okay, but Gray Wind could see that Cheruth's smile was different from usual, and there was a little strange dazedness.

"Did you hear that?" Cheruth smiled at Grey Wind, then bowed her head slightly to Zero, who had been lying motionless in her arms since just now, "I'm sorry, Nanoha, I don't know. ”

Zero's hands on Cheruth's waist suddenly tightened, and then they loosened slightly, and suddenly straightened up, and his red and swollen eyes, which were so crying too much, looked directly at Cheruth innocently, and there was a smile on his little face, as if he was trying very hard to express his purest smile.

"Don't apologize, it's okay, I know it doesn't have anything to do with Cheruth, even if it'...... The person who made me like this has something to do with Cheruth's people, and that's not Cheruth's fault, Cheruth is mine...... Friends!"

A fluctuation flashed in her purple jewel-like eyes, and Cheruth blinked, looking away slightly, not daring to look directly at Zero's blue eyes. She didn't want to admit that it was the first time she wanted to cry so much when she came to this world.

"Cheruth?"

"Hey, hey...... Nanoha isn't afraid I'm a Nolan? Demon Descendant. ”

Zero, Nanoha's face flushed slightly.

"Don't be afraid, for Cheruth is not afraid of me either. ”

"That's because she doesn't know what's inside you!"

The annoying voice sounded again, and Cheruth just wanted to sigh that this boss was obviously not strong but tenacious enough, but found that Nanoha's expression froze on his face, and his eyes seemed to remember something terrible, and he was a little distracted.

"Why can Zero become the center of a city's magic circuit, why can Zero control the magic circuit, haha, because she can't be counted as a human anymore!"

With blood in his mouth, Butler was prostrate on the ground, holding the roll of parchment that he had taken to his hand at some unknown moment.

"Human flesh and blood can't allow so much magic to travel freely in it, not even a magician, so that one created Zero, the veins in this girl's body, her heart, have been turned into artificial magic crystals!

"Enough!"

Cheruth interrupted Butler, then squeezed Nanoha's hand tightly. As if awakened from a nightmare, Nanoha struck a thrill and subconsciously wanted to pull her hand out of Cheruth's hand, but Cheruth grabbed her hand and looked at Nanoha's eyes seriously.

"Because Nanoha is not afraid of me, I am not afraid of you either...... We're good friends, aren't we? ”

As if gaining courage from the hand she held, Nanoha bit her lip and shed tears, but nodded with a smile.

"Haha, good, good, friends, demons and 'tools' become friends, what a beautiful friendship!"

Butler laughed insolently, the old prime minister knew that he had lost, and without the support of the city's magic channel, the Wind and Sand Legion would soon defeat the unstable Guards Legion, and from the moment he promised him to betray his brother for the sake of honor and profit, the Sword of Honor was destined to be impossible to win against Marshal Wall, who was also a strong man of the law, but was an upright warrior all his life. The Blood Panther still lay there like a dead dog, and the Nolans, the little ones who saw the wind and steered the rudder, were not worth looking forward to.

I lost, I lost everything, and what made me lose was the little girl of the Nolan tribe in front of me.

Just as people who have always been rational tend to be more crazy when they break down, the old prime minister has been crying out in his heart from the moment he realizes that he has lost.

Suddenly, Butler stopped laughing, but a mouthful of blood spat on the parchment in his hand, and an ominous premonition came over Cheruth, who told her to stop Butler, but it was still too late.

Butler spread out the parchment stained with his own blood and used the bloody side to stick it to the magic circuit on the ground.

"Die, die, Prude, Sand Legion, Nolan, die! I can't change this country, at least I'm going to destroy it!"