“...... I've got a way to keep the circuit from exploding right away!"

With that, Nanoha ran to the middle of the loop in the center of the control room.

"While I can suppress the explosion, Cheruth and Sister Greywind are leaving!

The white magic light released from Nanoha's hands suddenly lit up the moment it touched the magic circuit that had completely turned red on the ground, and several rune coding arrays lit up at once on the walls of the control room.

"Hmm!"

Nanoha snorted suddenly, and a little pained look appeared on her little face.

"Nanoha!"

Cheruth screamed with some annoyance, she never thought that the bloody CG of the hero and heroine who were about to overthrow the boss and the heroine near the end would become a reality in herself...... Well, although the hero and heroine seem to be debatable, she is really a little annoyed that things came to be like this.

If he hadn't been shaken by Butler's mention of the Nolans, if he hadn't let his guard down because he hadn't won the battle, he would have stopped Butler a little earlier, and there would have been no such unfolding.

"Nanoha, don't be like this, let's go together, Sister Grey Wind and I will definitely be able to escape with the combined speed!"

"But, everyone in the city can't escape!"

I don't know if it was because of the pain or what, Nanoha shouted loudly, and faintly could hear the slightest cry.

Cheruth bit her lip, she also knew that it was a bit selfish to just run away by herself at this time, but ...... She couldn't think of any other way to stop the horrific explosion.

“...... Nanoha, will you be able to stop the City Magic Loop from blowing itself up?"

"Eh, hey, probably not......" A few tears crossed her face, Nanoha smiled hard, but it hurt to look at it, "However, because I was ...... just now The memory is still there, although I can't lift the self-destruct command without the core rune code, but it's still okay to use other ordinary control permissions to suppress the magic power output in the magic channel, so, if you can, Cheruth, you should also try to let the people in the city evacuate quickly, and I will try to suppress it for a long time......"

Cherus looked at Nanoha wordlessly, and just as Nanoha was about to speak again to persuade her to leave, Cherus suddenly jumped off Grey Wind's back.

"Eh, Cheruth, you're leaving!"

As if she hadn't heard Nanoha's anxious shouts, Cheruth walked straight to Nanoha's side and looked at her earnestly.

"Nanoha, you said you could suppress the mana output in the circuit...... In other words, as long as there is no mana output in the circuit, self-explosion will not happen, right?"

"Yes, that's right, but Cheruth ......"

"That's going to be easy," Cheruth nodded, "As long as we find a way to dispose of the large pile of magic crystals below while you stabilize the mana output of the entire circuit, won't we be able to stop the self-explosion from happening?"

"However, now the magic power in the circuit network has far exceeded the maximum limit, but I am controlling the continuous transfer of the extra magic power to prevent them from gathering together and exploding, but this can't last long, even if I remove all the magic crystals in the tower from the energy supply circuit now, wait until I ...... If you can't hold on, there will still be big explosions in various parts of the city. ”

Seeing that Cheruth seemed to want to stop the explosion, Nanoha couldn't help but explain worriedly, knowing that at the current rate of growth of the demonic power in the circuit network, she really wouldn't be able to last long.

"Let's go, Chelus, tell everyone in the city to get out of here too!"

"Nanoha, if the control ability of the circuit is doubled, is it possible to force out the excess magic power in the circuit?"

"Huh?"

Nanoha, who was anxious because of Cheruth's unexpected stubbornness, couldn't help but be stunned when she heard Cheruth say this.

Grey Wind, who was standing in the gap in the wall ready to leave, couldn't help but flick his tail a little uneasily when he heard Cerus say this.

"Xiaobai, you don't want to ...... But can you use your abilities again in your current state?"

After years of getting along with the wonderful induction brought by the contract, Gray Wind could easily see that Cheruth was only in a state of strong mental strength at the moment, and whether it was mental strength or physical strength, it was almost at the limit.

"Physical and mental strength, there will always be something if you squeeze it," Cherus turned back to Gray Wind and grinned, "Sister Gray Wind, if you don't work hard here, you will always feel that you will regret it for the rest of your life, after all, it is a whole city, if you really leave without doing anything, I am afraid that I will be despised to death by my predecessors who can save the second world after coming to a new place." ”

Ignoring the seemingly off-line words in Cheruth's mouth, Grey Wind just stared at Cheruth's eyes earnestly for a moment, then turned his head.

"Don't force it, I'll go to Sister Helo, and we'll destroy the magic crystal under the tower as soon as possible. ”

"Huh?" this time it was Cheruth's turn to be stunned, "Sister Grey Wind agrees so easily?"

Grey Wind paused as he stepped out of the tower.

"Although you look reckless, Xiaobai, you are not a scheming person. ”

And even if it really explodes, I'll be with you just as well.

The latter sentence Grey Wind didn't utter, but looking at Grey Wind's eyes, which were originally dark green but were now pale gold, such a sentence flashed coldly in Cherus's mind.

“...... Well, thank you, Grey Wind. ”

Grey Wind flicked his tail and jumped straight through the gap in the wall.

Cheruth raised her hand to wipe her eyes, then looked back at Nanoha.

"Okay, Nanoha, it's going to hurt a little, so please bear with me."

"Huh?"

Nanoha, who had no grasp of the situation at all, was rolled up her sleeves by Cheruth and then bit down on the little white arm.

"Ahh......h

Unexpectedly, Cheruth really bit her arm very hard, Nanoha took a big breath of cold air in pain, fortunately, the experience of being injured during the previous combat mission made Nanoha not react too violently, but it was a little strange why Cheruth would suddenly do this.

However, after letting go of her mouth, Cheruth softened directly to the ground, her hands covered her chest, her head lowered and her expression could not be seen clearly, but from time to time she let out a low moan, and her whole body curled up fiercely, as if it was in pain.

"Cheruth, are you alright? Cheruth!"

Nanoha said anxiously, unable to bend down and shout anxiously at Cheruth because she had to maintain control of the loop with both hands, but there was no way to help her up.

Fortunately, it seemed that the most painful thing was only for a moment, and Cheruth's body soon stopped trembling, and the whole person knelt on the ground, panting for breath "haha".

Sure enough, the heart and most of the blood vessels in the body turned into magic crystals...... It's a really painful feeling.

“...... Oh no, I think I'm thinking a little too highly of myself......"

Saying a little self-deprecatingly, Cheruth raised her head slightly, the light of the imprint of ability on her forehead had not yet fully faded, and her eyes looked at Nanoha a little hazy.

She was really at her limit, the lack of mental power caused by the continuous use of her ability, the blood loss from several injuries, and the discomfort of the reproduced human demon path circuit, so that Cheruth not only did not even have the strength to stand up, but even saw a vague scene in her eyes.

"Nanoha, I'm the Nolan clan, you know that everyone in the Nolan clan has special abilities, right?"

Nanoha couldn't help but shed tears when she saw that she was talking to herself, but the pupils of her eyes couldn't be aimed at her at all.

"Why, why...... Chelus, why are you doing this?"

As if even hearing had failed, Cherus did not answer Nanoha's question, but continued to speak to herself.

"As for my ability, it is to copy the characteristics and abilities of other living beings, so now, although I don't have much strength, the structure of my body is the same as that of Nanoha. ”

The structure of the body is the same...... Nanoha's eyes widened, didn't that mean......

"Hehe, although I don't have any strength anymore, it seems that as long as I have this body, I can still help a little. ”

With that, Cheruth reached out and hugged Nanoha's legs, as if climbing a tree, and stood up trembling with Nanoha's body little by little, hugging her from the front, no, leaning on Nanoha's body in a hugging position.

"Nanoha, if you have the same body structure, you should be able to control it, right, my body, let you control it. ”

Although Cheruth's mental state cannot support her to help Nanoha process process magic control information, it is possible to separate the huge intertwined information flow as the same circuit system.

The moment the two of them hugged each other and held their hands together, the large amount of magical energy information flow that was originally difficult for Nanoha to control instantly weakened a lot. Just like Butler used parchment to manipulate her body circuits before, because of the same relationship between the human body's magic crystal circuits, Nanoha easily took over the internal circuits of Cheruth, who let go of all mental defenses, by using the method of countering her foreheads.

The task of inducing the flow of mana on a city-scale scale was too complicated, but for now, Nanoha controlled the bodies of herself and Cheruth alone, as if one controller controlled two control centers of equal utility, and it was easier than she could have imagined to control the otherwise difficult flow of mana.

However, Nanoha also saw that as the body functions continued to function, the light of the mark on Cheruth's forehead flickered again, and she herself was still leaning on her body with her eyes closed, but blood began to slowly flow from the corners of her mouth and nostrils.

"Cheruth, you're bleeding!"

"Ah...... It's the ability to overuse...... Side effects......"

"No, don't do this," Nanoha cried sadly, and immediately tried to move her forehead away to stop Cherus, but Cherus, who had no strength, seemed to guess what she was going to do, and suddenly reached out and pressed her hand on the back of Nanoha's head, as if she had used all the remaining strength to prevent her from leaving.

"Don't be reckless with Cheruth, don't hurt yourself again...... It's my fault, it's my extravagant desire to be a 'tool' for the benefit of others, and the result is ...... It turned out to be the culprit that put everyone in danger, and if it weren't for me, the City Magic Circuit would only be used to provide lighting for everyone's convenience...... It's all me, it's all my fault...... I wasn't supposed to live like this in the first place...... It's okay to atone for your sins, I don't want to let you be hurt like this again!"

Sobbing out, Nanoha herself didn't know how long it had been since she had left the dungeon.

"Nanoha...... Concentrate on it, Sister Gray Wind has passed on the message to me...... They were already in the tower below...... Sister Harrow will soon use earth-based magic to bury those crystals...... After that, it's up to us. ”

Seeing that Cheruth didn't mean to listen to her at all, Nanoha couldn't help but be a little anxious and a little annoyed, anxious about Cheruth's physical state, annoyed with Cheruth's stubbornness.

"Have you listened to me! Don't do this again, your body won't be able to stand it!"

"Nanoha," said Cheruth slowly, but firmly, "Nanoha, I'm not here to atone for your sins...... I...... I'm here to help you make your wish come true. ”

"Huh...... Sincere... Hope?"

"Yes, the wish ......"

Cheruth coughed, seemingly uncomfortably, but spoke again before Nanoha could say a word of concern or dissuasion.

"Nanoha's ...... What is Nanoha's wish?"

"Cheruth, now is not the time to talk about this-"

"What is Nanoha's wish?"

Cheruth opened her eyes, and those purple jewel-like eyes looked at her as if they were going to see Nanoha through, not to avoid her, not to hide from her.

"Nanoha's wish...... What is it?"

"Mine, what is my wish......"

Nanoha muttered.

"My wish...... I don't have any desires...... Really ......"

Despite that, the tears in Nanoha's eyes could not be stopped when they looked closely at Cheruth's purple eyes.

"Really...... There's really nothing to wish for...... Whining...... Cheruth ...... I don't want to fulfill any wishes...... I just want to survive...... Very selfish...... I just want to live like a normal girl...... Happily alive...... Live without disgust from others......"

The staccato sentence seemed to exhaust all of Nanoha's strength, but Cheruth laughed.

"Good boy ......"

With that, Cheruth jerked her head up and kissed Nanoha gently on her tearful face.

Feeling the softness on her face, Nanoha froze.

“...... Cheruth ......"

"Wishes, along with tears, received ......"

With that, Cherus left Nanoha's cheek and put her forehead back on Nanoha's.

This time, neither of them noticed how bright Nolan's "Heaven-Sent Trace" was on Cheruth's forehead.

"I said, I'm here to make your wish come true...... Because, too, it is my wish. ”

In an instant, Nanoha, who was manipulating the body circuits of the two people, suddenly found that the magic crystal circuit in Cheruth's body was obviously exactly the same as the circuit in her body just now, but suddenly it became more sophisticated and smooth, as if not only the heart and the main blood vessels and veins had become magic crystal channels, but the whole body was composed of countless fine magic crystal circuits, and in terms of magic control ability, it was several times better than her own copy object.

And Cheruth herself, unaware, or rather in a coma other than an obsession that supported her and made her continue to speak.

“...... My wish is also very selfish...... It's to save the people I care about...... Incidentally...... If the people I care about want it...... Save the world...... too."

The soft murmur, the strange speech that was out of place, made Nanoha feel a strange power germinate in her body.

Is it courage?

“...... The Magic Shard has been isolated from the power supply circuit...... Nanoha, please......"

"Hmm. ”

Nanoha smiled, regardless of whether Cheruth, who had her head on top of her head but her eyes closed, could see it, and smiled brightly and happily.

“...... Thank you...... And rest assured, our wishes will definitely come true. ”