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The story goes back to the time when Seiya was still at Senabia Magic Academy.

About 30 minutes after Seiya retired, Jin was hiding behind the tree and holding his breath. He was watching the battle.

「I, who received protection of light, let the light shine『Wall of Light』」
「You can not win by defending. Come, Chris」
「If you want it this much, then can’t help it. The power of the light, appear『Flash』」

Beginner spell of the light attribute『Flash』wraps Kair and takes away his sight.

And as soon as he showed an opening, Chris takes out the knife from his breast pocket and tries to slash his neck.

Kair was deprived of his vision by『Flash』and was supposed to be killed by his knife and retire.

However, Kair avoided Chris’ knife as if he saw it. And at the same time, he casted『Fire Bullet』towards Chris.

「I, the one who received protection of fire, now, aid me.『Fire Bullet』」[¹]

Kair’s 『Fire Bullet』flew directly to Chris who tried to attack him with a knife.

Chris, who had not anticipated such development, was stunned and received a direct hit.

Chris who was hit by『Fire Bullet』is now lying on the ground, suffering an attack on the spirit.

「Kair, why were you able to avoid my knife?」

Chris stood up and asked Kair in front of him. Then Kair’s surprising answer came back.

「It’s simple, if your eyes are struck and you can not rely on your sight, you can use the sound and judge with your ears. Well, even if I say this, in your case you just too straightforward and easy to understand」
「Kair, you can’t do that…normally….」
「Really? It’s easy to surprise you」

Chris is stunned by his answer, but Kair doesn’t understand what is so surprising about it.

Chris recalls his secret all of the sudden.

「Because you are capable of automatic activation due to your fire affinity」
「Oh, maybe so」

Kair Dennas had more acute perception than an average magician. It is a trait of the Dennas family, rather than Kair.

The Dennas family is a family with high affinity for fire attribute, and all clan members use fire attribute magic. This can activate hidden perception power by relying on special effect of fire attribute『activation』.

Specifically, there are three things that Dennas family activates: visual and auditory perception and aura sensing.

Among them, the aura sensing aspect of the Dennas family is particularly excellent, they often take advantage of its characteristics to perform the reconnaissance.

The same thing can be done by other families who use fire attribute magic, but there are few families that can achieve the same results as the Dennas family, after all this sensing ability is their feature.

「Well then, let’s stop useless talk here. I, who received the will of the fire, call upon your power『Fire Slash』」

The flame envelops the hammer that Kair is holding and swings it towards Chris.

Then a mass of fire shot from Kair’s hammer, and when it hit Chris, his body was split in two.

In addition, fire came out from his wound and attacked his body. His body was split in two and was set aflame. Seeing his state. Chris complains to Kair.

「That was awful, Kair. Can you be a little gentler? 」
「I is often said. You can receive a desperate counterattack if you do things half-heartedly」

It was as he said. If Chris could do it, he would have definitely launched a counterattack

Chris was already prepared to exercise the counter, but Kair’s attack was more powerful than expected, so he could not respond.

「Haha, so you have seen through me」
「Of course」

Chris answered, and became the sparkling dust and retired.

The spell cast by Kair,『Fire Slash』is classified as fire attribute intermediate spell, and as its name says it slices the opponent with fire.

Furthermore, the object which was cut becomes ignited from the fire, leaking from the wound. When a magician of a high level uses this spell, he can activate the ignition the moment spell hits the target.

By the way, it was a technique that Kair still could not do.

When he went to see Chris disappearing, Kair took a combat stance facing a certain tree.

「I, who received the will of the fire, call upon your power『Fire Slash』」
「Maiden of the wind, dance and rage on this land『Wind Fang』」

Kair sensed with his hearing that his『Fire Slash』was hit and dispersed. At the same time as Kair sensed his attack failing, a blonde youth Jin revealed his appearance

「As expected of Kair. You noticed me」
「Look at yourself, you destroyed my『Fire Slash』quite easily」
「That is wrong」
「I am glad to hear that」

Kair’s face was smiling, but his eyes were closely observing Jin.

Because otherwise Kair would be killed instantaneously before noticing the wind controlled by Jin. Jin casts a new spell against Kair, with his signature aura sensing.

「Judgement of the wind god, punishment for sinners, divine protection of wind, dance of speed『Invisible Bullet』」
「Damn it, who uses that as an opening move!?」
「Because it’s a survival after all」

Transparent bullets were released from Jin towards Kair.

Kair closed his eyes and tried to avoid the『Invisible Bullet』by fully utilizing his hearing and aura sensing, but he could not avoid every one and took a hit.

The number of bullets that Kair was able to avoid was about the half of the released. Kair was hit in his shoulder and legs and fell on his knees, staring at Jin.

The spell used by Jin is called『Invisible Bullet』which is classified as wind attribute advanced spell, it is an invisible bullet that can not be seen with the naked eyes as its name suggests.

The identity of invisible bullets is a small amount of nitrogen, hardened by the special effect of the wind attribute.

Nitrogen bullets are invisible because they have no color, and 70% of the air is nitrogen, nitrogen bullets are easy to assimilate in the air, and it is hard to find them by hearing or sensing aura.

As a result, Kair’s detection abilities did not work, only half could be avoided. Although it is amazing enough to avoid even half of them.

By the way, Jin of old was making『Invisible Bullet』from carbon dioxide.

However, Kair avoided them all once. The reason for that, carbon dioxide was less susceptible in the air because its percentage in the air was less.

After an encounter with this superhuman, Jin uses invisible bullets from nitrogen.

「Sure, it’s a survival … so I will show you the big one, Jin. I, the one who received divine protection of the god of fire, the apostle of the god of fire, protection of gravity, herculean strength, the ceremony of fire … …」

Kair starts chanting some kind of powerful spell. Seeing this,  Jin quietly cast a spell with his right hand facing Kair.

「Maiden of the wind, dance and rage on this land『Wind Fang』」
「Damn……」

Jin used『Wind Fang』to interrupt Kair’s chanting and slashed at his head. Kair, who became a separate head, looks at Jin with an unbelieving face. [²]

「Hey Jin! Let me chant the last piece!」
「Impossible. You tried to use top class spell.」
「Read the atmosphere!」

As he said that, Kair finally retired.

Uoooooon

The moment Jin retires Kair, the siren rings and the training ends.

And at the next moment, all illusions in the dome disappeared. Around Jin, there were students who survived practical training as well, spread around the domed wasteland.

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On the night after the discussion with Raiga, after taking a bath, Seiya climbed the stairs to the second floor and entered his new room.

Yua’s house was wide like a castle, it took him 5 minutes to return here from the bath.

However, rather than those hardships, Seiya was looking forward to his new life, starting from now.

「Fuuuh~」

Seiya opened his room and entered inside. It was very spacious to live alone, a small number of furniture further accentuated this feeling.

This room was prepared by Raiga, and because it was a former guest room, it had little furniture inside.

Seiya was planning to arrange this room to his heart’s desire from now on

「Mn?」

The moment he closed the door, he felt something moving inside of his bed.

This room was given to Seiya; it was obvious that there shouldn’t be anyone else inside.

Servants may enter the room to clean, but they won’t climb inside the bed.

Seiya became alert, slowly approached the bed, and yanked the blanket with all his might.

And there was,

「Yua!?」[¹] 「Oh,  Seiya…..」

The was someone in his bed, and this someone was rubbing her sleepy eyes. In addition, she was wearing rather provocative “sleepwear”.

Back underwear and black knee socks. Her white hair and white skin combined with black underwear and black knee socks were enough to stimulate any man in existence.

「This is my room, Yua. Your room is the one next to mine, you know」

As Seiya said, her room was next to his.

By the way, Lily’s room was next to Yua’s too, just from the opposite side. Raiga arranged it like this, so Yua won’t be bored.

「I know…….I came to play in your room…….」

Of course, Yua who lived in this house for years couldn’t mistake her room, she came because she wanted to.

「Than why are you dressed like that?」
「Because I’m your fiancée……..?」

Facing her reasoning, Seiya scratched his head, and with great difficulty averted his eyes from Yua.

「Whatever, just wear something」
「Why?」
「Why……Because I’m troubled where to look……」
「No problem……I am your fiancée……」

She said so and embraced Seiya, who was looking away. Feeling her soft body, his head became a mess.

It was early summer, so her underwear was of course thin. Before, they shared an intimate moment at the Great Dalis Canyon.

But right now the feeling was completely different.

The softness of Yua’s body and her eyes staring into his own, produced incredible temptation, so a certain part of his body reacted fiercely.

Yua immediately felt his reaction, and her face showed an expression of happiness.

「I am your fiancée…..you can do what you want with me……….」
「Yua……」

Seiya’s reason was extinguished right this moment. [²]

He pushed her down on the bed, pressed his lips against hers and proceeded with a deep kiss.

Seiya lusted for Yua, and Yua was ******* for Seiya. Two people were intensely desiring each other.

「It’s not fair to have fun with just the two of you」
「「!?」」

Two people were startled hearing a sudden voice. Looking in the direction of the voice, there was Lily’s figure who was watching them with her arms crossed.

But Seiya was more surprised at her outfit than at her words.

Lily was wearing only the bath towel. Moreover, because it was wet, the bath towel was sticking to Lily’s body, giving off a suggestive atmosphere.

Especially her plump breasts that were about to fall down under the gravity, Seiya’s eyes were naturally attracted there.

「Ufufu~」
「Eh……」

Feeling his gaze, Lily smiled pleasantly, and Yua puffed her cheeks. Then Yua pressed her lips on Seiya’s and launched a fierce assault.

Lily swiftly separated them and hugged Seiya.

Seiya’s face immediately drowned in her enormous breasts, but she didn’t mind.

「If you are going to have fun, let’s have fun together」
「Can’t be helped……」
「Nnn………」

While keeping Seiya drowned in her chest, Lily proposes to Yua.

Apparently, Yua seemed to have no intention of making Lily an outsider and gave permission, while Seiya was suffocating inside Lily’s impressive breasts. [³]

There is no need to explain what happened after. [⁴]

In a certain hall in the Leiria Kingdom.

In that room, an elderly man entered with a knock and reported to someone inside.

「It is a message from Raiga, master」
「What is it?」

The woman called master was a beautiful woman about 30 years old.

「The message says, that the Emperor was found」
「Is that so」
「Well then, I will excuse myself」

The elderly man said what should be said and quietly left the room.

The woman stood up from the chair and said while looking at the big island floating outside the window.

「I have finally found you, Emperor of Dark and Light. I want to see you soon」

The woman’s voice echoed in the room.

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「『Lightning Rod』」
「!?」

The green magic circle appeared, meaning that the spell was that of the lightning attribute.

「『Dark Wave』」

Seiya casts the『Dark Wave』towards the magic circle and destroys it before the spell was completed.

Seeing this, Raiga said.

「『Dark Wave』, huh?」
「What are you doing?」

Raiga grinned widely, facing Seiya’s killing intent.

「Sorry, just wanted to test my daughter’s partner」
「And what about the previous spell?」
「Don’t worry, you will just get numbed for a while」

As Raiga said, this spell had no killing power behind it, it could only slightly shock the target.

Still, this only applies to an average magician, but if Raiga casts it, it’s a different story.

If Seiya allowed this spell to hit him, it would’ve done much more than just sting him. In the worst case, his life could have been in danger.

Raiga’s spell was just that powerful.

That’s why Seiya released his killing intent and asked him.

「Isn’t it a little overboard for a test?」
「Sorry, you are alive anyway」
「I see」

Seiya thought that he was spouting ********. And Raiga asked such Seiya.

「By the way, what are you going to do from now on?」
「What do you mean?」
「I mean after you leave this place」
「Ah, about that, I will probably return to Windistan」

Seiya thought about his future plans and answered after a slight delay.

Seiya was a person from Windistan in the first place, so he planned to return there.

Although it might be impossible to return to the magic academy, he can still return to Windistan

Having obtained the heretical power, Seiya probably couldn’t live as a magician in the Leiria Kingdom anymore.

From now on he had no choice but to live as a non-magician while concealing his power.

He didn’t know how his life would be from now on, but he had an option to apprentice himself to John and his bakery.

Seiya was thinking as such. However, Raiga made a proposition to dispel his anxiety.

「Just live here」
「Huh?」
「We have a free room and Yua will be happier this way. Besides, I was planning to add a bodyguard to her escort, but she was against it. And then this happened. As expected, I can’t let her be without protection. If it’s you, then it will work out」
「How convenient for you, isn’t it?」

His mouth was complaining, but he was glad on the inside. [¹]

「It  will be beneficial for you too. Are you afraid that people will know about your dark attribute? But I won’t let the church do what they want in this place. Besides, it’s fine for Undine to stay here too」

Certainly, what Raiga said was right. As long as Raiga is a special magician, if Seiya lives in this house, the church won’t be able to lay their hands on him.

「But I have an academy to attend」 [²]

If Yua’s bodyguard wasn’t able to even graduate, she would be laughed upon.

Seiya didn’t wish for that to happen.

Usually, you can’t change the academy midway, so he had to graduate from Senabia Magic Academy.

「Don’t worry about that. I will let you and Undine attend the same school as Yua. We just need to forge some documents, not a big deal」
「That would be nice, but」
「There are no merits for me?」
「Sort of」

It was certainly a good deal for them. However, for Raiga, this was but a small matter.

On the contrary, he will obtain two more sources of trouble.

「There is a merit. That is, Yua will be able to enjoy her school life. She doesn’t say anything, but most likely she doesn’t have any friends with her personality. So I thought it’s good to have you there」
「I see」

Raiga’s answer was reasonable. But there was another big reason for Raiga.

「It’s also to repay you. She might have failed to return on her own, for that I thank you」
「I see」

Seiya thought for a while a came to a decision.

「Then we will accept your proposal」
「I see. Thank you, Seiya」

When they finished talking, they reunited with everyone.

Three girls, that were previously merrily chatting with each other, called out to Raiga and Seiya.

「Ara, welcome back, dear」
「Seiya, welcome back……..」
「Seiya, welcome back!」

To the three girls, Raiga explained their previous agreement.

「I have an important thing to say to you, Yua」
「What?」
「This guy and Undine will attend your school as your escorts from now on」

For a moment, she couldn’t comprehend what was just said, but looking at Seiya’s face, she gradually understood.

「Is it true, Seiya?」
「It seems so」
「Seiya……thank you…. 」

Saying that, Yua hugged Seiya. Lily who saw it said “Lily too!” and hugged him too.

Seeing her behavior, Raiga further asked.

「If you wish, I can allow Seiya to be your fiancé」
「Ara, my dear」
「Huh?」

Seiya’s facial expression was saying something along the lines of “What the hell is this uncle spouting?”, but Yua immediately answered.

「Then he is my fiancé……」
「Hey, Yua?」
「You don’t want to…..?」
「Of course I’m not」
「Thank you…….」

Facing anxious Yua, he couldn’t possibly say no. He wasn’t against it in the first place, but his heart wasn’t prepared for an engagement yet.

While he was thinking that, Lily dropped a sudden bomb.

「Then Lily is a mistress!」
「Oi,  Lily!?」
「Best regards, Lily…….」
「Un! Best regards, sister! 」

Placed between the two of them, Seiya made a resigned expression.

Living with two beautiful girls in the house of a special magician, Seiya couldn’t have imagined such development. He thought that his happy life was finally starting.

Seiya thanked the voice that returned his heretical power from the bottom of his heart.

That was how a new life started for Seiya and his heretical power, Yua and her holy attribute, and water fairy, Lily.

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Limited express magician —- It refers to one of the twelve magicians, whose ability is equal to or greater than that of the 13 apostles of the Holy Church. [¹]

Twelve special magicians are the valuable fighting power of the Leiria Kingdom and they also exist to stop the Holy Church if it ever goes into a rampage.

And currently in front of Seiya stood one of the twelve, Raiga Arunia, also known as Raiga the Thunder God.

Affiliated with Aquaristan special forces in the past, he made a name for himself. He was famous across the Leiria Kingdom, including to Seiya.

Seiya was surprised twice. First, he didn’t expect Yua to be to be a daughter of a special class magician.

Second, the daughter of a special class magician was kidnapped by non-magicians, people wouldn’t believe that if they heard of it.

When Kana finished introducing herself, Raiga said to still shocked Seiya.

「I want to talk with this boy, sorry, but everyone except Melena should exit the room」
「As you wish, dear」
「I understand……Lily, let’s go……」
「Un!」

That said, everyone except the three people left the room.

Raiga who confirmed that the rest left the room opened his mouth while watching Seiya.

「Are you Kiritsuna Seiya?」
「Yes, I am」

As long as Raiga is still a special class magician, Seiya’s position will be lower than his.

Since he started living in Windistan, Seiya always used polite speech. Raiga was watching Seiya with a look that seemed to be saying「He’s different from what I’ve heard」

「Stop with this polite attitude, I want to see your true nature」
「All right. Although I think that assuming such attitude in front of a special class magician is normal」

Seiya managed to somehow switch to his usual tone, but the pressure Raiga was giving off was too strong, so he was still a little apprehensive.

「That’s fine too. First of all, I appreciate you for saving my daughter」
「I was just going with the flow and it somehow happened」

Then Raiga starts speaking with a nostalgic look.

「But still, she was betrayed by an attendant that was like an older sister to her in the past and was captured as the hostage. She was unable to trust people ever since. However, it seems that she trusts you now, as her parent I’m glad. That’s why I wanted to thank you.」
「So that’s what happened」

One of Seiya’s questions was now solved.

In the Great Dalis Canyon, Yua said “Seiya betrayed me too”, the “too” part was bugging him ever since. At the same time, he understood why she wanted to go through the Great Dalis Canyon.

「By the way, the blue-haired girl next to you, is she a kind of fairy?」
「Yes, she is Undine」

Even if people knew that she is Undine, it won’t be that surprising.

Raiga was a special magician, so he has probably seen a lot more in this life than Seiya. If he ever fought with spirits and fairies, he could notice them with a glance.

「Have you made a complete contract?」
「Kind of. I’m impressed you managed to tell with a glance」
「I’m a special magician after all. Have you seen Kana? Do you think that she is the goddess from the church?」
「Yeah」

True, he paid a little attention to Kana.

He thought that if she if Yua’s mother, she might be a goddess from the Holy Church.

Seiya didn’t know the appearance of the goddess, so he couldn’t tell for sure. He looked at her for just a moment, but Raiga noticed it.

「Unfortunately Kana is not a goddess. Although, I met the goddess in the past. It is true」
「I see. But you are really connected with the church. No wonder you know about existence of dark magic」

It turned out that her father was a special magician, it wasn’t surprising for Yua to know about it too.

And Seiya was also convinced that her mother is not a goddess.

「I’m not connected with the church right now, so relax. And you should never go to the church too」
「I’m relieved to hear that」

A special magician is a precious fighting force of Leiria kingdom, but they aren’t controlled by the church.

That’s why Raiga had no obligation to report Seiya to the church. Hearing that, Seiya was relieved from the bottom of his heart. But that didn’t last long.

「By the way, how far did you go with Yua?」[²] 「Pffft」

Seiya spat his tea out, hearing Raiga’s question.

「What do you mean?」
「I meant to ask how far your relationship has progressed?」

With Raiga’s sudden question, the scene of their passionate kiss appeared in his mind involuntarily.

「Well, until the kiss I guess」[³] 「I see ……That’s why she felt more feminine when she came back」

Raiga’s aura transformed right this instant.

His aura spread with a bang and applied a great pressure on Seiya. From the intensity of this aura, he understood just how powerful this man was.

「Breathing in」
「Ha!」

To oppose Raiga, Seiya entered a battle mode and manipulated his mana to shake the pressure off.

Raiga looked at Seiya with a teasing smile. And in the next moment, he suddenly fired a spell in his direction.

「『Lightning Rod』」

The green magic circle appeared in the air facing Seiya.

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「Am I seeing things…….」
「It’s big! Amazing! 」

Seiya and Lily raised a stupid voice.

Before the two people stood a real castle.

Seiya was surprised by the sheer size of the castle and Lily’s eyes shined since it was her first time seeing something like this.

From the looks of it, the castle occupied about 10 soccer fields of space. [¹]

And Yua entered this giant castle without any hesitation.

Following Yua, Seiya and Lily entered the interior of the castle.

There was a flower garden inside. Colorful flowers were blooming everywhere.

Meanwhile, those who took care of the flower garden noticed people passing through the gate, and all came running towards Yua.

「Lady!」
「Lady!」
「Lady! Welcome back」
「It is good that you came back!」

People who seemed like servants hurriedly gathered around Yua. From their expression, you can tell that Yua was greatly loved among them.

And then, a young servant appears before Yua and says.

「It’s good to have you back, miss. The master was worried about you. He really wishes to see you」
「All right……」

She was going to proceed but one of the servants asks her about Seiya and Lily.

「By the way, my lady, what about your companions?」
「They are friends….」
「Understood, then I will lead them inside」
「Yes……」

Then, Yua was escorted by other servants to her father’s place, and Seiya and Lily were led to the guest room by a young servant girl with beautiful green hair.

Upon arriving at the guest room, they were told to wait, and green-haired servant left.

While sitting on the sofa, Seiya and Lily started picking sweets from the table in front of them.

「Amazing!」

Apparently, it was the first time she tasted sweets. After that, the rest were devoured by her in a moment.

In the end, Seiya managed to eat only one piece.

After a while, the green-haired servant came back to the guest room again.

In her hands, there was a tray with a cup of tea emitting a delicious smell and a cup of orange juice.

The servant placed drinks in front of them and introduced herself.

「Sorry for the wait. My name is Melena. If you have any requests, please do not hesitate to call me」
「I want this!」

That being said, Lily lifted the bowl that should have contained candies inside.

Eyeing Lily’s behavior, Seiya smiles bitterly and drinks tea placed in front of him.

The tea was moderately sweet and warm, and its taste caused Seiya to almost tear up with joy.

「This tea is really delicious」
「Thank you very much. Also, you don’t need to use polite speech with me」

To Melena who walked to the shelf to get more sweets, Seiya voiced his impressions on the tea, but Melena was somewhat distant.

Seiya looked at Melena again. She had a green hair and a beautiful but simple face. She felt slightly older than Seiya.

And the most noticeable thing was the black collar around her neck.

The collar probably meant that she was sold. But prying too much was a taboo, so Seiya picked the other topic to start a conversation.

「All right. But in this case, you should stop using it too. I’m not used to polite speech coming from those older than me」
「I can’t just…I understand. No, I get it」[²] 「Thank you. So when will we be released? 」

The atmosphere changed around Seiya for a moment, and Melena also responded accordingly.

In that moment, Seiya understood that Melena was a magician with considerable ability.

「Now the lady is talking to the master, I would like you to remain here until they finished」
「All right」

After they waited for some time, the door of the guest room opened and Yua came inside.

Behind her was a muscular giant with dark green hair and a gentle woman with red eyes and beautiful silver hair.

Apparently, they were Yua’s parents.

Seiya looked at Yua’s mother for a moment and immediately turned his gaze towards her father.

Yua’s father also looked at Lily for a moment, and then turned towards Seiya.

Then Yua’s father stepped closer to Seiya and Lily and introduced himself.

「I am Yua’s father, Raiga Arunia. I’m grateful to you for saving my daughter. Kiritsuna Seiya, Lily」
「!?」

Following her father Raiga, Yua’s mother introduced herself as Kana…but it did not enter Seiya’s head.

Because her father was a celebrity that everyone knew about, even Seiya.

The shock of that name was too big for Seiya.

Raiga Arunia, he was one of the special magician squad, which only numbered twelve.

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As the morning sun shone, a big dragon could be seen flying above the dark territory.

The dragon gradually advanced through the beautiful cloudless sky, with its destination being Leiria Kingdom’s Aquaristan.

And there were three people on the back of the dragon. They were Seiya, Yua, and Lily.

Three of them were approaching the Leiria Kingdom by riding on the Gedo-chan’s back, that was a dragon strengthened to a limit by Lily

「Amazing」
「Great job, Lily…….」
「Right!? He might have lost to Seiya-kun, but Gedo-chan is strong! 」

The landscape spreading below Gedo-chan was not the Great Dalis Canyon anymore, the was only soil and occasional plants everywhere.

From that aspect, you can see that Aquaristan is getting closer.

「We are getting close…….」
「Really?」
「Un……」
「Then let’s go! Gedo-chan, hurry up to my sister’s hometown! 」

Oooonn!!!!!!!!

Gedo-chan responded to Lily’s words with great enthusiasm, and it’s flying speed rapidly increased.

By the way, Lily is calling Yua as her sister simply because she said to Lily to call her as such.

Lily hesitated at first, but now she got used to it, and every time Yua called her a sister, she looked happy.

Lying on Gedo-chan’s back and gazing at the sky, Seiya thought about the time they left Great Dalis Canyon.

When they mulled over the way to leave Great Dalis Canyon, Lily proposed to ride on Gedo-chan.

Although it looked like there was a ceiling above the isolated island, in fact, there was none, it was a kind of illusion produced by the lake’s reflection.

In other words, they just flew away normally.

But it was that easy only because of Lily, it is hard to tell what they would have done without her.

While Seiya was thinking about it, Leiria Kingdom appeared in their field of vision.

「That is……」
「We arrived…..」
「Finally!」

Three people rejoiced in unison. Seiya and Yua were finally going to return home after a long journey, and for Lily, it was a new world. It was impossible not to make noise.

Three people wanted to go as far as Leiria Kingdom’s borders, but that wouldn’t be wise.

If a big dragon suddenly appeared in the sky, it will cause a big commotion in the whole kingdom, so they flew to the nearby forest and got down from Gedo-chan without being discovered.

And from there on the trio proceeded on foot.

After walking for about an hour, they finally saw the walls of Leiria Kingdom. They just needed to pass through the gate and enter the kingdom.

After walking for another hour, they reached the gate. There were two soldiers with spears stationed at the gate, who seemed to be gatekeepers.

As the trio walked towards the gate, the moment gatekeepers noticed them, they took a stance with a spear and raised a loud voice.

「Stop! Who the hell are you?」
「Present the proof of your identity!」

The gatekeepers asked the trio who they were and from where they came from.

If you ask Seiya of his identity, then he is a magician of Senabia Magic Academy from Orna city in Windistan region, but he had nothing to prove his identity.

If someone is able to prove his identity, that would probably be the teachers of the academy.

「Well, I do not have anything to prove my identity at the moment, but I’m a student of a magic academy in this kingdom」
「Do you think that I will believe you? Rules are strict recently because of kidnapping incidents. In such circumstances you won’t tell me that you don’t have a proof of your identity, right? 」

What was said by the gatekeeper was reasonable.

「Anyway, raise your hands first and don’t resist. We also need to ask you why a group of kids came from a dark territory」

Young man Seiya, beautiful Yua, and pretty little girl Lily. However you look at them, they seemed like a bunch of kids to the gatekeeper

They couldn’t believe that this youth troupe came from the dark territory. The gatekeeper glared at Seiya and said.

「First of all, body check」
「Raise your hands」

Seiya felt some inconsistency in the words of the gatekeeper. Because while they were talking to Seiya, their eyes were on Yua and Lily.

At that time, Seiya noticed their aim.

「Is it really necessary?」
「What!? Are you going to defy us?」
「Do you know what will happen if you go against us? Your treatment will change according to our report」

Seiya was convinced.

The gatekeepers were trying to touch Yua and Lily’s body in the name of body checking.

The gatekeepers were also men. Seeing two pretty young girls, they couldn’t help but want to touch.

However, Seiya will not forgive such behavior, so he decided to make the first move. But just before that happened, Yua stopped him.

「Yua?」
「Leave it to me……」

Yua stepped forward and stood before the gatekeepers.

The gatekeepers misunderstood that she was obediently undergoing body check and approached Yua trying to touch her body.

「I am Yua Arunia. The eldest daughter of Arunia family…..」
「Eh, she said Arunia family……」
「Is it that Arunia family?」
「Yes…..」

When Yua affirmed the question of the gatekeepers, they stiffened for about five seconds and suddenly changed their attitudes.

「This was rude of us. I will let you in right away」
「Please wait a moment, the carriage will be prepared shortly. Forgive me for being disrespectful」

The moment she said her name, the attitude of the gatekeepers has changed by 180 degrees, Seiya and Lily looked at each other with puzzlement and simultaneously tilted their heads.

The dominating gatekeepers became Yua’s servants in a matter of a few seconds.

「Hey Lily, what just happened?」
「Dunno! Do you know, Seiya?」
「No, I have no idea」

To two sneakily conversing people, one of the gatekeepers points his spear and asks.

「And who are you guys?」
「Those two are with me…no problem…」
「I’m sorry. Both of you may go inside」

Hearing Yua, the attitude of the gatekeepers changed by 180 degrees yet again. [¹]

Who was she? Seiya and Lily really wanted to know, but right now was not the right time to ask.

After that, they waited on a bench for about 30 minutes, and a horse-drawn carriage appeared.

The carriage seemed as luxurious as it could be, definitely a carriage for the VIP passengers.

And again, who the hell is she? Thought Seiya and Lily, they still couldn’t figure that out.

By the way, while waiting for a carriage, the gatekeepers, who saw Yua and Lily peacefully embracing Seiya’s arms, sitting next to him, were burning with jealousy. [²]

Seiya was obviously aware of that, but he pretended to not care.

When they boarded the carriage, they found plenty of space for four people.

Seiya sat in the back of the carriage, Yua was next to him and Lily was in front, then the carriage started to move.

At that time, no one knew that the gatekeepers were trembling from anger, with deeply lowered heads.

A problem appeared after they were riding for a little while.

Since Yua was sitting beside Seiya, she immediately seized his hand. And Lily who saw this swiftly occupied Seiya’s lap.

「Hey, Lily?」
「Sister is sitting next to Seiya! That’s why Lily will sit on Seiya!」
「It’s dangerous so sit in the front. Also, Yua, can you relax your grip? It hurts since a while ago」
「This is expression of love……」
「Then Lily is expressing her love too!」

By herself, Lily was not heavy, so he didn’t really mind, but the pressure on the right gradually increased, Seiya was almost on the verge of crying.

He even felt the light attribute mana from her hand.

「Hey, Yua-san!?」
「It is fine…….」
「No, it’s not….」
「It is fine…….」

While he tried to pass through this ordeal, the carriage finally arrived after a very long time.

Seiya didn’t remember how much it took but from the position of the sun, he could tell that it was around noon.

And as the Seiya got out of the carriage, he saw a big castle in front of him.

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「Seiya……」

With a very sad expression on her face, Yua was looking at Lily, who straddled Seiya like a horse.

The figure of Seiya kissing a little girl was somewhat troubling in a variety of meanings.

「Yua….」

Seiya separates his lips from Lily’s and calls out to Yua, but she turns her face away without answering and runs towards a waterless lake.

「Yua!」

Seiya quickly lowered Lily on the ground and grabbed Yua’s arm.

「Let me go…..」

Yua quietly said. Since he couldn’t see her face, he did not know what kind of facial expression she had, but she was definitely sad.

「Please wait, Yua」
「You betrayed me too」
「No one betrayed anyone」
「You betrayed … … you kissed another girl ……」
「I’m surprised myself」

Yua tried running away again but he firmly grabbed her hand, refusing to let go. Yua desperately tried to shake him off, but couldn’t muster enough power.

Seiya couldn’t understand what was going on inside her head.

Still, Seiya thought that he will regret if he didn’t tell her his true feeling on this occasion, so he said.

「You are the only one for me」

This was Seiya’s true feelings.

Yua needed him, who was ostracized and useless. It might have been egoistic of him, but he was happy to be of use to someone.

When he felt that she placed her full trust in him, he was incredibly delighted.

And when he lost Yua, Seiya understood that he already fell in love with her.

That’s why he decided to reveal his feelings.

「I love you, Yua」

It was an embarrassing confession, yet he steeled himself and conveyed his feelings.

But Yua says without turning back.

「You didn’t hate it…..」
「This was….」
「As I thought……」

Yua turned back, her face was in tears.

It was the first time since they met when he saw Yua’s emotional side, her red eyes were overflowing with tears. [¹]

Yua also loved Seiya.

Although she only thought to use him at the beginning, she was gradually able to rely on him, as they braved the dangers together.

And that trust transformed into love, Yua completely fell for Seiya.

So when Yua saw him kissing Lily, her heart became a mess and she didn’t know how to react.

「I believed in Seiya … … but got betrayed … …」
「Yua!」

Seiya hugged her tightly. She thought of pushing him away, but with time, her will to resist vanished.

Being embraced by the loved person felt extremely pleasant.

And then Seiya gently whispered into her ear.

「I love you, Yua」
「Really….?」
「Yes, it’s true」

She couldn’t feel a lie in his words.

Hearing Seiya’s words, Yua touched his cheek with a right hand and slowly put her lips on Seiya’s.

Their first kiss was very light, but the next ones were far more passionate.

And then Seiya’s hand at her back started moving, the time seems to have stopped for the two of them.

「Sorry to interrupt, but can I have a moment of your time?」

The kissing duo was started at the sudden voice.

There was a certain fairy staring at them. Flustered, they quickly separated, ignoring the glistening line connecting their lips.

「You are….」
「Wait, Yua. It’s fine」

Seeing Lily, she entered a battle mode, although sluggishly, and Seiya immediately tried to stop her.

「But…..」[²] 「Don’t worry. Lily was only fighting to protect the source of her mana, and now that I contracted her, she is not an enemy anymore. Rather, she is our companion now」
「Is that true?」

Even with Seiya saying it, Yua was still wary against Lily.

It is not surprising, after all, Lily is the cause of Yua’s death and she is also the lord of this Great Dalis Canyon. It was impossible for Yua to believe her so easily.

Seiya understood this and had no choice but to explain everything.

「Lily is our comrade now. Right, Lily?」
「Yeah, right now I’m a fairy contracted with Seiya-kun. Until the contract disappears, I live to serve him」
「But you …..」
「I understand. Even though I did it to protect myself, I almost killed you, Yua-chan. For that, I apologize. Sorry」

Lily lowered her head towards Yua.

Unlike Undine boasting overwhelming strength, her figure was what of an ordinary woman. In Lily’s words, Yua didn’t feel any malice or impure desires at all. She understood that Lily wanted to serve Seiya from the bottom of her heart.

「I understand……」
「Yua」
「Thank you, Yua-chan」
「Seiya already decided, can’t help it……」

Yua muttered with a blushing face.

From that appearance, Seiya and Lily understood that she was being shy. But then Yua remembered something.

「But humans should not be able to make a complete contract……how did you do it? 」

Magicians can’t make full contracts with fairies and spirits.

It was a common sense for any magician.

The amount of mana exchanged between magicians and fairies during a complete contract is enormous, humans aren’t able to withstand such amount.

While receiving mana from fairies and spirits, humans couldn’t accept the enormous amount of mana and end up receiving a backlash. Conversely, when humans transfer their mana, an enormous amount is taken, until they are sucked dry.

In this situation, no matter how advanced you are as a magician, it doesn’t help.

In the past, some people were able to solve one of those problems, only to die from the other or cancel the contract.

Just like that, in Leiria, partial contracts are the mainstream when contracting a spirit.

However, there are very few magicians who have partial contracts with fairies and spirits, after all, they aren’t beings you can casually encounter.

In this world where it is difficult to meet a faerie or a spirit in the first place, only a few can sign a contract.

Even if they signed a contract, the power they gained doesn’t equal the power they lost. So there is a very small number of magicians with contracts.

The news that Seiya made a complete contract can cause a commotion outside.

「Seiya is amazing……」
「Oh, thanks」
「Can you stop flirting with my husband, please?」
「Ha?」
「What do you mean……?」

With Lily’s words, the atmosphere at the spot solidified in an instant.

Seiya’s eyes were saying something amongst the lines of「What the hell is this woman spouting? 」, while Lily declared without hesitation.

「But we will always stick together from now on, right? Besides, I cannot live without your body anymore. I won’t ever forget that hot and pleasant feeling. How are you going to take responsibility, Seiya-kun?」
「Hot and pleasant……」
「What nonsense are you talking about!?」
「But it’s true」

What Lily meant was the feeling of Seiya’s mana flowing through her body during the contract ceremony, it was true that she can’t live without his body anymore.

However, omitting important words and skipping complicated explanation caused a strange impression to form in Yua’s mind.

「Seiya is my husband……we even kissed……」
「If it is about the kiss, then I did it too」
「That is different……being forceful is prohibited… that’s why I am a wife……you are the mistress….」
「Ufufu, mistress sounds nice too」

Yua affirmed her own position and directed a bright smile at Lily.

「Then I’m a wife……..it’s decided……」
「Then let me introduce myself again. I’m Lily, Seiya’s mistress. Best regards, Yua-chan」
「Best regards, Lily……..」

Since a while ago, Seiya wasn’t able to keep up with the girls’ conversation.

But since they made peace in the end, he decided to let it go. He definitely wasn’t happy being surrounded by beautiful girls and making a harem. Definitely. [³]

And just like that, Lily, the water fairy, became a new addition to the group.

Their next goal was to safely reach Aquaristan. From the place they currently are, it is not that long of a road.

「Well then, we shall return to Leiria Kingdom」
「Yes…I can finally return home…」
「I’m looking forward to seeing this place. Thank you again Seiya-kun, Yua-chan. For bringing us outside」

Lily deeply lowered her head to Seiya and Yua again.

「Don’t worry」
「Yes……Lily is already a friend, it is fine to let things go……」
「Both of you」

Lily shed tears at their words.

「Thank you Seiya-kun. I love you!」
「Muu…..」

Lily thanks once more and clings to Seiya again.

Yua didn’t want to lose to Lily and also hugged Seiya.

「Oi oi…..」

In this way, the trio started their journey to Leiria Kingdom’s Aquaristan district.

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Seiya woke up feeling incredibly heavy.

「Yua?」

He said that and opened his eyes, there he saw a young girl with blue hair.

Yua is younger than Seiya, but the girl in front of him is even younger than her.

She was around ten years old or so, and this cute little girl was currently sitting on Seiya in her birth clothes.

「Seiya!」
「Whoa…..」

The blue-haired naked little girl happily hugged Seiya while calling his name.

Seiya answered reflexively, he had no idea who this little girl was.

When Seiya asked the name of a naked little girl, she answered with a sullen face.

「Ehh……Who are you?」
「Did you forget? It’s me, Lily!」
「As I said, who are you?」

Seiya couldn’t recall such a name.

In the first place, If he ever met such a beautiful little girl, he would have remembered. She looked too cute to forget about her.

「Mu…Lily is Lily the Undine. I was fighting with you just a while ago! Did you forget already?」
「Oh……」

Seiya became speechless at her answer.

Indeed, if you look closely, you could find Undine’s features. But why did she become so familiar with him all of the sudden?

Besides, Undine should have been erased by Seiya.

「I see … … you are definitely Undine. So, why are you still alive? And what do you want? We tried to kill each other just a few moments before」
「Mu~ I am not “you” or Undine! I’m Lily! Lily! 」[¹]

Apparently Lily wanted him to call her by her name. Seiya thought that at this rate the conversation won’t proceed, so he agreed.

「Oh, I got it. So, Lily, what does this mean? What is your goal?」
「Mm, you see, Lily wants to make a contract with Seiya! I promised in the beginning, that if you can defeat me, we will sign a contract!」
「Contract? Perhaps you should cover yourself first……」

Seiya lowers his sight to the ground, looking troubled.

It is troublesome in a lot of meanings, depressingly thought Seiya. At this time, he received a big shock.

「Allow me to explain about that」
「!?」

Lily’s voice suddenly changed and Seiya raised his face again.

Then there was not Lily, but the previously destroyed by Seiya, Undine.

「Why are you here?」
「It’s not “you”, Seiya-kun. Lily!」
「So you and the little girl are the same?」
「Kind of, the explanation is bothersome, so let’s finish the contract first」
「Okay, but find some clothes first, please」

Said Seiya, while avoiding her with his eyes.

She was stark naked, just like Lily before her.

Lily was a little girl, but Undine in front of him is an adult, the places that should protrude are properly protruding, Seiya couldn’t find a safe place to look.

「Oh, am I not to your liking?」
「Please wear something, or I won’t listen to you」
「Sure sure」

Undine answered in a playful tone and gestured with her finger. Then, the water gathered around her, and in a blink of an eye, the clothes were formed.

Nodding, Seiya requested for an explanation about the previously mentioned contract.

「Hey, I promised before the fight. If I lose, I will sign a contract」
「You don’t really need to sign a contract. We just want to pass through the Great Dalis Canyon」

That is what Lily said before the fight. If she loses, she will sign a contract.

But it’s not like Seiya particularly wants to do it. He would be content to just leave this place.

But it was more serious than Seiya thought.

「That’s no good」
「What do you mean?」
「If I do not sign a contract with Seiya-kun, I, no, we will disappear.

So we want to sign a contract with Seiya for the sake of survival.

I know that we just tried to kill each other. But please. Save us, Seiya-kun」
「I don’t really understand yet. Explain properly」

Seiya asked Lily, who lowered her head. He had only read books on fairies and spirits from the library and didn’t know anything about contracts.

「First of all, fairies and spirits need a source of mana to live in this world.

There are different sources of mana, but what they have in common is that we can’t live without them.

For example, in my case, the water in the lake was my source of power」
「I see, so how is that related to the contract?」

Seiya couldn’t grasp the meaning of the contract.

「That means that the magician can become a source of our mana. In return for mana, we will lend the magician our power.

There are two kinds of contracts. First is a complete contract with full mana supply, the second is a partial contract, where in return for prolonging our lives we lend a part of our power to the magician.

That’s why we would like to ask you for a complete contract」

Seiya understood that she was serious, but he couldn’t agree without fully understanding the contract.

「So what’s the catch?」
「The disadvantage is that the exchange of mana is necessary regularly. We will receive mana from Seiya-kun and Seiya-kun will receive mana from us. Manipulating enormous amount of mana is dangerous for most of the magicians, which makes complete contract impossible.

But since Seiya-kun has both『rising』of the light attribute and『annihilation』of the darkness attribute, Seiya-kun is the only person we know, who can sustain a complete contract.

If you ask for other disadvantages, it is the fact that we will have to stay close to you most of the time」

Said Lily with a passionate voice, but Seiya wasn’t moved.

「I understood everything. But please excuse me from your company」
「Seiya-kun is so heartless. Also, it’s Lily! 」

Apparently, the adult version of Lily wants to be called by her name too.

「If Seiya-kun wants something, big sister will listen to anything~」

Lily suddenly embraced Seiya and pressed her plentiful breasts against him, creating an erotic atmosphere.

Because Seiya is also a man, a certain part of his body responds without permission. Lily, who noticed that, whispered in his ears.

「If you make a contract with us, you can do what you want. Even lewd things」
「Uh…by the way, why do you want the contract so much? You can still replenish mana here, right? 」

Trying to distract himself, he switched the topic.

「Certainly, it will take time, but we can still regain our power here. But we are tired of it. We are tired of this lake, as well as this giant canyon. We want to see the outside world.

But we are fairies, we can’t leave. Staying in the same place is incredibly boring. So please, take us to the outside world」

Listening to Lily’s story, he saw a glimpse of himself somewhere.

He was the worst magician of the academy, he was without ability and family, however big was his desire to change, he didn’t have the power to achieve it, without changing, he just continued to exist in the academy environment.

That was the same for Lily. They can’t leave this lake. Even if they wish to, they have to stay here forever if they want to stay alive.

While Seiya was thinking, Lily continued.

「Besides, if you make a contract with me, you will be the biggest winner」
「What do you mean?」
「You still can’t control that dark power, right?」
「How do you……」

She was talking about the power that defeated her.

At first, Seiya just wanted to help Yua, but later he found a pleasure in destruction. Although he was conscious, he wasn’t in control of his own body from the moment of defeating the sea god Neptune.

He felt like he was just an observer.

「That power was dangerous. If we are to explain, you have a second personality deep inside of your mind. Although Seiya-kun controls the body right now, you can never know when the situation will be reversed.

You are similar to us; you can’t do anything about it. But if you make a contract with us, the number of personalities will change to two vs one, like that you can restrain the other personality」

Seiya found Lily’s words reasonable but still couldn’t trust her just yet.

「But can I consider you an ally?」
「Well, if I cooperate with another personality, Seiya-kun will definitely lose control of his body. But I won’t betray you, my life was almost extinguished by your hands, so I want to use it for your sake. It’s true, believe me」

He felt from her eyes that her words were real. Probably she will never betray him. And if it is so, this contract if a great plus. [²]

Without strength, he can’t protect Yua, but his power could destroy him someday.

If he would be able to wield this power as he wishes, it will be a great help to him.

「I understand, let’s make a contract」
「Is it true? Thank you Seiya-kun, I’m sorry for what I did to the two of you」
「You did it to protect yourself, can’t help it, right?」
「But still」
「Come to think of it, how do you make a contract?」
「Ask the other girl. Apparently, I’m out of time」
「What?」

In the next moment, Lily disappeared and little Lily appeared instead.

They seem to really share one body.

「Seiya!」
「Oh, so how do you make a contract?」

Seiya was embraced by a beautiful little girl and made a troubled face. He wanted to make a contract as soon as possible.

Although he was currently safe, he was anxious that he could be deprived of his body at any moment, so he wanted to make a contract with haste.

「Un, you see～ Close your eyes and let your mana flow outside your body. Lily will do the rest!」
「All right」

As he was told, he closed his eyes and slowly released his mana outside the body. Wrapped in yellow and purple mana, Seiya thought.

（With this I will be able to protect Yua）

Seiya felt that his mana started moving without his will. Most likely, Lily is manipulating his mana.

（I won’t lose her anymore……mm? ）

Seiya felt an unusual soft sensation on his lips. It was a very comfortable and somewhat sweet feeling.

But at this time.

「Seiya…..」

Seiya hurriedly opened his eyes and saw Yua, who looked incredibly sulky for some reason.

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When Seiya regained consciousness, he was in a mysterious place.

It wasn’t a solitary island, but somewhere he didn’t know.

Even though he is in the water, he didn’t need to breathe. In this strange water, Seiya remembered.

（Yua…..）

She was the first person who needed him, but she was no longer in this world. The feeling of her cold body still remains on his hands.

He couldn’t meet her anymore, he thought about that and anger consumed him.

His anger was not against Undine but against helpless himself, he could not protect Yua.

（If only I was stronger）
（Do you want to become stronger?）

Someone replied to his voice. Seiya looked around, but didn’t find anyone. The voice asks Seiya.

（Do you want to become stronger?）
（Is it you again?）

The voice was similar to the voice he heard when he was about to be killed at the laboratory. But this time the voice was somewhat younger.

（It would be better for you if you answer. If you waste your time, that girl would be beyond  salvation）
（Can you save Yua!?）

He can still help her. Just thinking about it made Seiya happy. He lost her once, if only he had another opportunity, we wouldn’t let go of it.

What Seiya wants from the bottom of his heart now, is to bring Yua back to life and continue spending time with her like before.

（The girl can still be saved. It is up to you）
（If you save her, I will be ready to do anything）
（I see. Then I will lend you my power）

Seiya felt that mysterious voice left while laughing. In the next moment, the dark thing wrapped around Seiya, who was drifting in the water, and jumped out.

「What is this!?」

Just as Undine thought that he lost consciousness, she was surprised when he regained consciousness again.

She was also surprised at his appearance, even more startling was a change in his atmosphere than his appearance

Seiya quietly opened his eyes. The color of his eyes was not blue that he had so far, but a beautiful red and the color of his hair has changed from blond to a color between silver and white.

And the atmosphere surrounding him, was also very different from the one he had before.

Red-eyed Seiya, gently lifted Yua up from the ground, quietly laid her down and created a magic circle.

There were three magic circles, all of them were white. When he deployed each magic circle, Seiya quietly said its name.

「『Absolute Holy Barrier』,『Spell Scripture』,『Holy Time』, commence the time reversal」[¹]

In the next moment, Yua’s body was wrapped in a white barrier. The barrier was very warm and gentle, but it was very powerful.

Then white characters emerged on her body within the barrier, and started revolving around her. As white characters continued rotating, they stopped at a certain point and were sucked into Yua’s body.

Her body shined for a moment, then white characters emerged on her body again and started rotating again.

After repeating the same pattern a few times, those characters disappeared from Yua’s body completely and the barrier vanished at the same time.

Confirming that the process was complete, Seiya faces Undine. Somewhat afraid, she throws a question on him.

「Who are you? I have never seen such a thing. What did you do?」
「Who knows. I do not yet understand it myself. The only thing I can tell is what I did right now is a taboo」

The magic usable only be the church’s goddess, the miracle magic only known by the seven sages, the secret art to revive the dead.

There are other spells used to revive the dead, but they are inferior to the spell used by Seiya.

This spell is also called「Event reversal『Life』」, only a few of goddesses were able to use it.

The existence of this spell should not be known to anyone.

「So it’s a taboo, I want to know more about it. Too bad you are going to die now」

Undine looked at the new Seiya and decided to finish this as fast as possible.

If possible, Undine wanted to be as far away from him as possible. Or maybe even run away.

But there was a reason why she could not escape.

Fairies and spirits cannot live without a mana source.

On the other hand, if there is a source of mana, fairies and spirits will not die no matter what wounds they receive. However, places that can supply mana to fairies and spirits are limited and cannot be found so easily.

And for Undine, her source of mana was the water of the lake and river in the Great Dalis Canyon.

If she moves from the Great Dalis Canyon, she won’t survive and disappear unless she finds a new source of mana.

However, it is difficult to find a new source of mana. In other words, escaping out of here means death.

「Too bad, but that’s impossible. Come, Death End」

What appeared wasn’t a Hollins but a big heavy sword.

Its size exceeded one meter, its whole body was dyed purple as if it was a sword of darkness.

Great sword Death End was inscribed with white characters, the language used was unknown.

When Undine saw a great sword descending, she felt the difference between them. Seiya was completely different person right now, he was incredibly cold.

Undine summoned three Gedo-chan in a hurry and ordered them to attack Seiya.

Glancing at the Gedo-chan closing in on him, he murmured in a small voice.

「Disappear」

In the next moment, three giant bodies vanished without a trace.

Some of them roared, but, without casting any spells, one word from Seiya erased even the “calming” roar of Gedo-chan.

「What did you do? What the hell did you do? Are you kidding me?! Sea god Neptune! 」[[^2]]

Startled Undine couldn’t process what happened and proceeded with her next spell.

This spell summoned Undine’s strongest guardian, any opponent would feel weak in his knees upon seeing him.

But even with this, Undine wasn’t confident of her victory.

The giant man made of water rushed out from the lake, Gedo-chan looked somewhat cute in comparison.

Undine’s strongest guardian, sea god Neptune, arrived with a giant sword in his hands.

Sea god Neptune slashed at Seiya with his giant sword.

The sword of the sea god Neptune was moving with a gooon sound, Seiya parried with Death End in his right hand and unleashed his magic.

「Death Dimension」

White letters engraved on a great sword shined purple and Seiya poured dark attribute mana inside.

Immediately after, sea god Neptune in front of Seiya quietly disappeared without making a sound.

It looked like sea god Neptune disappeared in a dimensional hole.

At this time Undine realized.

A man in front of her shouldn’t be provoked. She made a foolish choice, she should have stayed away from him.

Seiya said to Undine, who was thinking about this.

「You only played with water since a while ago. Why don’t you fight yourself a little?」
「Heh … now you said it. I will let you witness my best and strongest technique」

Undine lifted her hands upwards and deployed a magic circle.

She gathered her resolve.

This spell required almost all water of this lake which is the source of her mana, and if she used this spell, she will be greatly weakened.

But if she didn’t use this spell here, the young man will erase her.

Even if Undine can’t be killed normally, this guy will annihilate her, completely disregarding common sense. Even if it’s her destiny to disappear, she decided to stake everything on her last hope.

In Undine’s hands, a large rotating water sphere was formed.

Because it uses most of lake’s water, it is very big and its appearance resembles a small planet.

I was an amazing technique, Seiya laughed.

「Will you live through this technique? Just by existing it calms down the opponent and he loses his fighting spirit. Furthermore, it has quite the power behind it. Even if it’s you, you won’t be able to maintain your calm appearance, right? Behold! 『Comet Bomb』」

A giant water sphere, 『Comet Bomb』, dropped towards Seiya with a loud sound, Seiya poured mana in great sword Death End in his right hand again.

White letters written on the great sword shined purple again, but their color was brighter than before. His new spell was clearly much stronger then『Death Dimension』.

Seiya casted his spell while striking the descending 『Comet Bomb』with Death End.

「Death Wave」

One big wave was emitted from the tip of the great sword, that wave swiftly expanded and collided with『Comet Bomb』.

Swallowed by the wave, 『Comet Bomb』gradually disappeared .

「It can’t be……are you a monster……」
「Who knows」

Undine lost power in her legs and slumped on the ground, she was convinced of her defeat.

Maybe if it is him……she thought. But she discarded this notion immediately.

By using the water of the lake, Undine severed her lifeline. All that was left to her is waiting for death. If she was going to die anyway, she wanted to be erased by that man.

Undine thought as such.

「Just hurry up and do it already」
「I see…..good bye then」
「Yeah……」

Seiya cuts Undine with the Death End in his right hand. Undine disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

Confirming Undine’s disappearance, he lost consciousness.

His silver hair returns to usual gold color, and the color of his eyes was also restored.

It seemed like previous Seiya returned.

Only Seiya and Yua were left in this place, lying on the ground.

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Isolated island was floating in the lake. There were four shadows on it.

First, a blue haired woman, that is looking down on the ground while floating in a chair.
Second, a big dragon, composed entirely of water, that is flying behind that woman.
Third, a boy, wearing the mana of light attribute and grasping the twin swords in both hands, while standing on the ground.
Fourth, a girl, standing on the ground like a boy, holding a white rapier.

And the four shadows existed opposing each other two vs two.

But the atmosphere here was somewhat light.

「Gedo-chan, ha-ha」
「Horrible naming sense ……」

Seiya and Yua, looked away from Undine, trying to suppress their laugh at Gedo-chan and her horrible naming sense. [¹]

Undine seemed to be angry with the duo.

「Aren’t you too relaxed? Do it, Gedo-chan」

As he was told by the Undine, Gedo-chan created a blue magic circle in front of his mouth and attacked the duo.

「『Dark Wave』」

Seiya immediately casts the『Dark Wave』against the water shot from Gedo-chan’s mouth.

Although Gedo-chan’s attack had considerable power, it was distributed in a wide area. So, Seiya’s『Dark Wave』easily dealt with it.

「Yua, which one is yours?」
「I leave the dragon to you……」
「All right. Then Undine is all yours」
「Yup……」

The two swiftly decided on their enemies and launched an attack.

In this environment, fighting solo will be more effective than cooperating. The two judged like that and split up.

Seiya grasped the twin swords and approached Gedo-chan with his raised leg power.

But, of course, Gedo-chan wasn’t staying still either. As a matter of course, he deployed a magic circle towards Seiya and unleashed an attack.

「Slow」

Gedo-chan won’t be able to hit Seiya because of its mass. Seiya thought this way, but the reality was different.

Gedo-chan’s speed was fast if you compare him to common magical beasts. With its massive body, it was even more impressive. But even if you say so, when he tried to hit Seiya, he wasn’t that fast in Seiya’s eyes.

Why so? It can be attributed to Seiya’s previous battle.

Prior to fighting Gedo-chan, Seiya fought the lightning beast at the god speed and achieved a brilliant victory. And then this fight happened.

Even his body still remembered the sensation of the speed. Besides, Gedo-chan was definitely slower that lightning beast and had a size that is hard to miss.

Even with the usual『Mantle of Light』, he had already seen through Gedo-chan’s movements.

Gedo-chan tried to shoot water again from his magic circle, but there was no one in that place already. At this point, he already moved behind Gedo-chan.

「This is the end」 [²]

Seiya pierced his neck with Hollins and poured mana of the dark attribute into him, trying to extinguish his body.

Gururu

But Gedo-chan does not seem to disappear anytime soon.

At that time, Undine said.

「It’s useless. For that child, as well as for myself, the effect of calming is a given」
「I see. But is it fine for you to tell this?」
「What do you mean?」

Undine tilted her head to Seiya’s words.

Ignoring Undine, he takes a distance from Gedo-chan and casts a new spell.

「『Dark Sphere』」
「This is!?」

The moment Seiya cast his spell, a large purple sphere appeared above Gedo-chan’s head. It swallowed him whole and disappeared.

Its power was in a different league compared to the time with the centipede.

And in a second Gedo-chan disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

「I didn’t expect you to overpower his calming power」
「Well then, what will you do now?」

Undine lost her words, seeing Seiya’s prowess.

What Seiya did was very simple.

Undine’s water had enough power to calm his power of annihilation. Then Seiya thought that it might word if he unleashed something even more powerful. Thinking like that he casted『Dark Sphere』 which is vastly more powerful than the『Dark Wave』.

Undine realized that she could be extinguished in a similar manner, and called forth a new Gedo-chan. [³]

「Gedo-chan」
「As I said, it’s useless」
「Who knows」
「what? …………this is!?」

Undine summoned Gedo-chan again, and Seiya leaked a surprised voice.

Because Gedo-chan, summoned by Undine, was larger than the previous one, and there were five of them.

「Their cooperation is quite something, you know」
「Tsk, how troublesome」

Seiya understood that Gedo-chan called by Undine was obviously different from the last one, and clicked his tongue.

It was then.

「Leave her to me ……」
「Yua? I see, she is yours」
「Yup……」

Looking at Yua, who was attacking Undine with Yuriel, Seiya reminded himself of his job again.

Seiya’s role is to defeat Gedo-chan as soon as possible and help Yua. Until then, Yua will deal with Undine.

Having understood his role, he faced Gedo-chan again.

「So my opponent is you」
「Yes……」

Undine stood up from her chair and landed on the ground for the first time, looking somewhat interested in Yua.

And the chair, that Undine was sitting on, turned into water rapier and flew into the hands of Undine

「I will play with you for a while」
「I won’t lose……」

Yua moved first.

Yua tried to penetrate the fairy with Yuriel, but Undine deflected the attack with her rapier.

She continued her attack and pushed Yua to the ground. And at the same time, she produced innumerable needles of water and released them towards Yua all at once.

「『Wall of Light』」

Yua tried to restrain Undine by creating three『Chains of Fire』while preventing water needles with『Wall of Light』, an intermediate spell of the light attribute.

However, Undine calmed the chains down and washed them away.

Undine used the water rapier and tried to attack, but Yua casted『Wind Blade』in response and aimed for the counter.

「It’s a nice attack, but it’s too weak.」

To counter Yua, Undine creates a shield of water to stop the attack.

In addition, Undine immediately changed the shield in front of herself into bullets and shot them all at once.

「Tsk……『Wall of Light』」

Somehow Yua exercised a defensive spell and prevented the rain of water bullets. At that time, Undine had already moved on to the next attack.

The blue magic circle appeared on her right hand and was facing towards Yua, it was about to release a spell.

Yua barely prevented the bullets of water, and she had no defenses besides『Wall of Light』that was about to disappear as well.

「Game over. Water laser」
「……」

The water laser, released with the voice of Undine, easily broke through the『Wall of Light』and penetrated Yua’s left shoulder.

Yua frowned in pain, but Undine was preparing her next attack without mercy.

「Water Laser」
「『Wind Clothes』」

Yua cannot prevent a water laser with a half-hearted defense magic. Yua thought so and casted『Wind Clothes』on her uniform to harden them.

This spell is a wind attribute elementary spell that can harden the object, lightning beast itself used a similar spell.

Yua thought that if she could use a simple spell to pinpoint the area of attack instead of wide defense spell, water laser could be prevented.

And the water laser, which was supposed to pierce her right flank, could not penetrate the clothes hardened by『Wind Clothes』, it only managed to scratch her.

Undine looked surprised for a moment and slowed down. Yua casted『Single Light』on her feet as soon as she saw an opening, and jumped at Undine.

「Damn it……」[⁴]

Flustered, Undine swiftly erected a water shield before Yua approached her. But as she finished, Undine realized that Yua was laughing.

However, because it was already formed, it couldn’t be helped.

Yua was aiming for the time when Undine formed a shield of water all this time. She cast a spell towards Undine behind a shield.

「『Flash』」

The next moment, dazzling light hits Undine’s eyes.

Because Undine formed a water shield, she had an illusion of safety and was preparing her next attack.

As a result, her response was delayed, and the light directly affected her eyes. Furthermore, since her shield was made of pure water, the light passed unobstructed right into her eyes.

「Kya!」

Undine fell to the ground rubbing her closed eyes. Yua aimed Yuriel at Undine’s throat a said,

「Cancel your magic right now … …」
「Will you spare me?」

This was the first and the last chance Yua gave her. Yua never killed anyone since coming into the dark territory. To be exact, she had never killed a person.

It felt totally different to take away the life of a beast that fights instinctively and someone human-like.

「I do not want to kill humans too much ….」
「Aren’t you kind」

Strictly speaking, Undine is not a human but a fairy. Nevertheless, she looked like a human and talked like a human, for Yua she was a human.

「You are naive after all」

Undine created a rapier with water and flicked Yuriel away.

Yua gazed at Undine, which had a rapier made of water.

「Tsk … … sneaky … … I will not hesitate anymore」
「Or so you say」
「『Holy Hammer』」

Yua casted『Holy Hammer』on Undine. But Undine does not seem to be under the pressure and continued her attack.

Undine’s water rapier scraped her cheeks, but Yua didn’t care and tried to penetrate Undine with Yuriel.

「Such attack won’t work on me」

Undine easily dodged the rapier. Yua tried to land an attack many times, but she doesn’t hit Undine even once.

Yua felt like it was only her, who moved like in slow motion.

「Why……」

But she figured it out right away why her attacks never reach the target.

「I have been calmed …」
「Oh, you figured that out?」

Actually, Undine took her time to calm Yua’s body. By doing so, her physical ability has been lowered and attacks were delayed.

But, once you know the cause, you can find a solution. Yua’s mind manipulates mana of the light attribute inside her body and spreads it around with her blood flow.

And a certain spell was invoked.

「『Mantle of Light』」

It was an original spell that could only be used by Seiya with his dark and light attribute.

For Yua, this spell should be a double-edged sword that can ruin her own body. However, with her current declined ability, no matter how much she raises it she won’t hit her limit.

The water played a role of the pseudo-dark attribute in this situation.

「You must be kidding……」
「This is the end ……」[⁵]

Undine couldn’t follow Yua’s accelerated movements.

Undine tried to defend herself with a water wall, but Yua’s attack arrived earlier than it was completed.

Yua pierced the area where her heart should be.

Then, using Seiya’s method, if you overwhelm her calming power she should explode from the inside.

「Why……」
「That’s why I said you are naive. Did you think that my body is the same as Gedo-chan’s? 」[⁶]

Undine said, convinced of her victory.

Seiya succeeded in destroying Gedo-chan, not Undine. Undine’s calming effect was dozen times more powerful than that of Gedo-chan.

In other words, Yua’s rising couldn’t overwhelm the calming of Undine.

「It can’t be … ….」

Yua lost her words. So she wasn’t able to notice the water gathering around her.

「Ufufu, it’s over.『Water Prison』」

When Undine uttered the name of the spell, water gathered around Yua, she was immediately entrapped inside the sphere of water.

The situation was reversed in a moment.

Yua was trapped inside『Water Prison』and couldn’t breathe.

And Undine gradually increased the water pressure of『Water Prison』that confined Yua, trying to crush her.

She didn’t hesitate to kill a human.

Inside the『Water Prison』, on the verge of losing consciousness, Seiya’s appearance was reflected in her eyes.

He was the first person, that she trusted from the bottom of her heart. She wished to be together with him forever. But now this wish was about to be unfulfilled.

If only she was stronger.

(Seiya …… sorry ……)

Yua quietly lost consciousness filled with regrets.

「Just stop already!」

A big purple magic circle appeared following the powerful voice, the five Gedo-chan were instantly annihilated.

Seiya struggled with Gedo-chan who attacked with a high degree of cooperation, but managed to succeed in the end and completely defeated them all.

And when he was about to head back to Yua, he saw her being imprisoned in a 『Water Prison』.

「Yua!」

When Seiya arrived at Yua’s side, Undine dispelled the『Water Prison』and released Yua.

But at that time her heart had already stopped and her body was rigid.

「Yua! Yua! 」

Seiya run up to Yua, who was lying on the ground motionless.

Seiya desperately called her name, but her eyes remained closed.

「Yua! Yua! Wake up. Hey! You pretended to be dead to deceive the enemy, right? I am here now so you can stop already …」

He frantically called her. Yua face looked like she was just sleeping.

But no matter how many times Seiya called, she didn’t wake up.

Her breathing was stopped by Undine’s『Water Prison』, she couldn’t bear the rising water pressure.

「Listen, Yua…」

It is said, that you understand the importance of something only after losing it. This was true for Seiya right now.

She was the first person that needed his help, the time he spent with her was very important for Seiya.

「It is a lie……」

Although Seiya wanted to deny it, he couldn’t. She wasn’t alive anymore. That was transmitted from her body even if he didn’t like it.

「Don’t screw with me」

In his heart, something very dark was born.

「Don’t screw with me」

The darkness grew in proportion to his anger.

「Don’t screw with me!!!!」

Something dark swallowed his mind, Seiya’s reason was cut off right at this moment.

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「Are you okay?」
「Yup……」

Seiya strongly hugged Yua to himself, and Yua strongly hugged his arm in return, they continued to fall as such.

Immediately after the duo defeated the lightning beast, the ground suddenly began to collapse and they fell down. But this time they could clearly see the bottom.

「Here we go」

While Seiya was falling, he gracefully turned his body in the air and landed on the ground. Then he lowered Yua on the ground from his princess carry.

Her face looked somewhat disappointed, but he didn’t notice.

「Well then, what are we going to do now」

Seiya said, after looking around.

The place where the two people landed was even more open than the previous one, they were also surrounded by water.

If you are to describe this place, then the solitary island will be appropriate.

And the most distinct characteristic of this place is water, gushing from every hole.

The water was clear enough to see through it. They couldn’t tell why water was spontaneously springing up.

「Weird」
「Yes……」

Seiya was looking around but didn’t find the exit. Yua looked around too but achieved the same.

It was at this moment. A woman’s voice echoed on an isolated island.

「I thought it was noisy, it seems some pests came uninvited」
「「!?」」

They were surprised by an alluring voice that resounded out of nowhere. Because it was the den of the powerful monsters, there should be no one other than two of them here.

Seiya looked at the one who was saying it. There was a woman sitting in a chair that was floating in the air.

She was a woman with blue eyes and sapphire pupils, she had impressive twin peaks, that seemed to defy a gravity.

The feminine atmosphere that she excluded was incredibly alluring for any adolescent boy.

But Seiya was not charmed. He was not conceited enough to say that he was popular with girls. Besides, he had no time for that right now.

「No way ….」

It was the same for Yua. There are no human beings inside the Great Dalis Canyon. As soon as she remembered that, she came up with an answer.

「Are you Undine?」[¹] 「Heh, so you know about me」

The woman confirmed Seiya’s guess. Yes, she is the water fairy Undine who lives in the Great Dalis Canyon.

Seiya never thought that he will be able to meet Undine, he felt lucky in a sense.

The magical beasts were acting based on their animal instincts, but now they have Undine in front of them.

Unlike magical beasts, you can have a conversation with her. That means that you can talk your way out.

Seiya decided to speak with her.

「I want to talk. Please listen」
「Talk? What is it?」

Seiya was glad that he managed to start a conversation. So he immediately got to the chase.

「We are not here to fight. We aim to return to the Leiria Kingdom by passing through the Great Dalis Canyon」
「I see, so what?」
「We want to get out of here. Of course, we aren’t going to harm you」

That was his proposal to Undine. There was no point to fight here. Seiya wanted to solve it peacefully and avoid the fight.

But Undine’s answer was a refusal.

「I refuse. You have to defeat me to get out of here. And I do not intend to be defeated」

Listening to the words of Undine, Seiya felt suspicious.

There is no way it is true. Unless they aren’t inside the unique barrier made by Undine, it is possible to go outside without killing her.

「Why did you lie? We ought to be able to go outside even without defeating you」

Hearing his words, Undine makes a slightly surprised expression.

「Oh, aren’t you nice. Everyone before you tried to kill me though」
「I told you. I do not want to fight you」

Seiya meant what he said. They already spent most of their mana, fighting with fairy is just stupid. The common sense tells you to run if you ever encounter one.

「But too bad. I do not want to let you out」
「Why?」
「Because everyone will know about my existence. I do not want that」

Undine says that, being weirdly irritated.

Her wish was to live quietly in this Great Dalis Canyon. If other people knew about her existence, it was her policy to dispose of them.

That is why Undine was trying to erase the existence of Seiya and Yua.

「You do not need to worry. We will not talk about your existence」
「Am I supposed to believe that?」
「Yes, that’s right」

Seiya was looking at Undine with a serious look. It was the same with Yua. She did not want to fight the fairy in this place.

However, it was not so easy to believe someone you met for the first time, even if they said to believe them. More so for an existence that refused to have a contact with humans, Undine.

「Sorry, but this is impossible」

Undine looked down on Seiya and refused, she started to deploy a magic circle towards the duo.

「I’m sorry, but you have to disappear」

Undine shoots a laser of water from the magic circle towards Seiya. The laser was much more powerful than the one used by the sea dragon. [²]

However, when Seiya cast the『Dark Wave』against the laser of water, it suddenly disappeared as if it never existed in the first place.

「Heh, you aren’t too bad」
「Well, kind of」

Undine saw Seiya’s dark attribute and realized that he is a powerful magician.

By the way, why was Seiya’s『Dark Wave』able to easily extinguish Undine’s attack rather than a relatively weak sea dragon’s attack?

The answer is, he got accustomed to the dark attribute.

When confronting the sea dragon, Seiya had just regained the dark attribute and was not used to it. So he was struggling against the sea dragon’s attack.

But now it is different.

Seiya was one step in the grave in the fight against the lightning beast. Strangely, his affinity with the dark attribute has increased more than ever, and the dark attribute became more familiar to him than ever.

As a result, he was able to easily annihilate Undine’s attack, which was more powerful than sea dragon’s attack.

「I can not let you escape after all. If you want to get out of here, defeat me and make a contract with me. Then you can get out of here」
「Ha, it can’t be helped then. Yua, let’s do it」
「Yes……」

The two grasped their weapons again and faced the Undine.

The atmosphere surrounding the Undine changed in a moment.

And the air in this place changed instantly.

Seiya with twin swords Hollins, Yua with a rapier Yuriel, they looked at the Undine who was still floating in a chair.

On the other hand, from Undine’s expression, you can understand that she is not serious yet.

Undine moved first.

「Water Cannon」[³]

Undine shoots water towards Seiya and Yua.

「『Dark Wave』」

However, when Seiya casted『Dark Wave』against her attack, her spell was extinguished without a trace.

「Yua」
「Leave it to me……」

Aiming for the moment when the water was extinguished, Yua casts『Single Light』on her feet raises leg strength and leaps.

And then she swiftly closed in on the Undine with Yuriel.

「Naive. Water Laser」[⁴]

Facing leaping Yua, Undine deploys a blue magic circle and attacks her.

It was the same attack that Undine used on Seiya earlier.

「You are the naive one.『Dark Wave』」

Seiya cast a『Dark Wave』against the water laser that was about to hit Yua and the laser disappeared in a moment.

Yua who believed that Seiya would be able to protect her stabbed Yuriel towards Undine without hesitation.

「This is the end……」

Yua who pierced Yuriel into Undine tries to pour the mana of light attribute into her body and explode her from within.

It was supposed to be their victory.

「Naive」[⁵]

Undine grinned.

In the next moment, Yuriel, who had been stuck in the abdomen of Undine, is pushed out of the body.

And the wound that should have been made in the abdomen of Undine has disappeared in no time.

「It can’t be……」

Yua lost her words to this sight. She had definitely seen it. She wondered what her body was made of.

「It is all water……」
「Correct」

Hearing Yua’s words, Undine affirmed with a smile.

As she said, her whole body was made out of water. The recoil from striking her with Yuriel felt different from other magical beasts.

The impact Yua felt when she stabbed Undine was so weak that she doubted whether she pierced her or not.

However, if the body of Undine was composed of water, this feeling could be explained.

And this was also the reason why Undine’s body didn’t explode from her mana.

Water, if the body of Undine was made out of water mixed with mana of water attribute, all excessive mana will calm down and wouldn’t make any effect.

It was probably the same even for Seiya’s dark attribute.

In other words, this kind of attack is useless against the Undine.

For a moment Yua lost her means of attack against the Undine. But she was not alone. She had a reliable partner.

「You are full of openings」

Suddenly, behind Undine sitting on the chair appeared Seiya, wearing the mana of light attribute. With Hollins in both hands, he aimed at Undine’s neck from behind.

「I noticed you」

Without sparing a glance at Seiya, Undine creates a blue magic circle behind her and shoots a water laser towards him.

But Undine’s attack already does not work against Seiya.

「It’s useless.『Dark Wave』」

Seiya cast the『Dark Wave』and extinguished the water laser again.

However, Undine also knew that Seiya was able to extinguish the water laser.

Undine’s real aim was not to shoot through Seiya, but to buy some time.

Having earned enough time, Undine proceeds to the next step.

「Gedo-chan」

The moment Undine called this name, a part of the lake’s water surrounding the isolated island gathered in front of Seiya and instantly formed a giant sphere.

「『Dark Wave』」
「I will not let you」
「What!?」

Seiya tried to extinguish the sphere quickly by casting multiple『Dark Wave』towards it, but Undine emanated the mana of water attribute towards Seiya’s『Dark Wave』and suppressed its ability to extinguish.

Because Seiya’s『Dark Wave』was sealed, the huge water sphere was finally completed.

It was a very large water sphere with cracks on its surface, its true appearance was revealed.

「Hey, are you kidding me?」
「I can’t believe it」

The duo who landed on the ground lost their words seeing the true appearance of the sphere

「This is a dragon that has been strengthened to the limit, Gedo-chan」

It was a huge dragon formed entirely of water like Undine that was named using Undine’s nonexisting naming sense as Gedo-chan. [⁶]

 

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「Seiya!?」
「Let’s talk later. Need to deal with it first」

Yua was surprised that Seiya, who she thought was dead, survived, but as he said, now it is not the right time. They need to get rid of the immediate threat.

「Yua, can you break through his defense?」

He asked whether she had a method to stop the white tiger. Unfortunately for Seiya, he didn’t have any means to pierce its skin. [¹]

So he ended up asking Yua.

Answering to his question,

「If you can stop it in one place for 5 seconds……」
「Alright, I’m counting on you」

When Seiya heard that there was a solution, he decided on his role. Seiya’s job was to keep the white tiger in the same place for five seconds then pass the baton to Yua.

It is not easy, but it is necessary to survive.

Seiya grasped Hollins in both hands and increased the amount of mana of the light attribute on its surface.

Up till now, even if he used『Mantle of Light』to catch up with the white tiger, he couldn’t overtake it. So he put on his strongest『Mantle of Light』so far.

For a moment he broke through his limit. However, since Seiya had a dark attribute, there was no anxiety. I will make it succeed. Seiya thought so and further increased the amount of mana.

「Break through the limit, Overlimit」[²]

The moment he raising the amount of mana worn, the color disappeared from his view. He was in the world of speed.

If color disappears from view, he can deploy more brainpower to keep up with the speed of the tiger.

Not only his sight changed. Hearing, olfaction, taste and so on also stopped functioning at once. This reduced the burden on the brain and enhanced only the aspects necessary for battle.

It was all for fighting in the world of godspeed.

It was the same for white tiger. The white tiger also increased the amount of lightning around him just like Seiya and erased the color from its view.

From there, the battle of godspeed started.

They moved almost at the same time. When Seiya kicked the ground with his raised leg power, the lightning beast also kicked the ground and approached Seiya.

When Hollins approached the claw of thunder and they collided, a shock wave was born with a grand explosion sound. And there was not only one shockwave, but many. Even the air vibrated from them.

「Amazing…….」

Yua could not trace the figures of Seiya and lightning beast, but she could feel just how amazing the fight was.

The moment after the massive explosion sound and tremendous shockwave, there was already no one there.

At the next moment, a huge explosion sound and shockwaves were born in other places.

Truly a fight on a different level.

But Yua couldn’t just look at this fight. Because it was her job to put an end to this battle.

Yua begins her final preparations.

Firstly, Yuriel appeared in her free left hand.

Yua who grasped two white weapons in both hands, loaded the rapier Yuriel into a bow as if it was an arrow.

That spell is the most penetrating spell she knows. On the other hand, however, it is a difficult task to hit the moving target, and once she missed it will be the end.

Truly the finishing blow.

Therefore, to cast this spell she had to trust Seiya.

「Seiya……」

While thinking about her reliable partner, Yua started pouring mana into the loaded Yuriel. From all this mana, Yuriel started to shine brightly.

Yuriel cloaked in white mana had a considerable presence on the battlefield. So, Seiya understood that she was ready.

While colliding with the lightning beast, he tried to find an opening. However, the lightning beast couldn’t afford to show a gap so easily, so Seiya failed to achieve anything.

「I have no choice」

If there is no gap, make a gap. As before, Seiya aimed for the moment the beast lands on the ground after the collision.

「『Dark Wave』」

It was not to annihilate the lightning beast, but the ground where it will land. The moment when Seiya cast his spell, a part of its landing spot became depressed, and a small hole appeared.

Gururu

But the lightning beast was not an idiot. The same thing won’t work on it two times in a row.

Lightning beast chose only the space that was not instantaneously eliminated by the『Dark Wave』, landed on it dexterily, and jumped again.

Then it tried to move to the ground which was still intact.

「As I thought」

Seiya smiled when he saw the lightning beast leap again. Seiya believed that it will leap once again without getting its legs on the ground.

Seiya casts a new spell against the lightning beast which jumped away from the depression.

「『Black Hammer』」

In the next moment, the purple magic circle appeared above the jumping lightning beast. However, it was paying attention to the ground and was too late to notice the spell.

The moment it finally noticed it was already late.

The mysterious pressure attacks the lightning beast that was still in the air and pushes it to the ground.

Gururu

The lightning beast was trying to free himself somehow, but the pressure was quite strong, it was unlikely to escape so easily. Still, it will not be detained for a long time.

However, it was enough to buy the five seconds that Yua required.

The spell used by Seiya was the dark attribute original spell『Black Hammer』, a spell that was instantly created by Seiya.

Remembering『Holy Hammer』which Yua used against the sea dragon, he wanted to incorporate a similar spell in his repertoire, its effect wasn’t much different from the『Holy Hammer』.

Seiya who succeeded in stopping the lightning beast shouted out Yua’s name.

「Yua!」
「Leave it to me……」

Yua, who was called out, readied her bow Yurial and faced the lightning beast.

Yuriel, which is loaded in Yurial, was cloaked in more white mana than before and emanated a considerable pressure.

Yua thought.

She could trust Seiya.

At first, he was just convenient, she tried to use him to return home from the dark territory without meeting people.

But his existence gradually becomes more than just useful.

Seiya trusted Yua enough to come to the Great Dalis Canyon.

Just a few moments ago, he did not care about himself and saved her.

Even now, believing that she had a power to decide the outcome, he did his best to suppress the lightning beast.

Seiya already trusted Yua. And that was the same for her.

She knew about that but didn’t admit it.

Because she was afraid to trust Seiya just to be betrayed again. That’s why she distanced herself from him. But she finally faced it.

Seiya already imprinted himself in her heart, and he became an irreplaceable existence for Yua. [³]

She was certainly scared to be betrayed by people. Even if she wanted to trust from the bottom of her heart. However, to trust people, Yua must overcome that fear.

（Seiya……）

She could only admit it.

Admit, that she trust Seiya from the bottom of her heart. And admit that she also liked him as much.

While muttering his name, Yua released the bowstring.

「Holy Law」

Pan! And Yuriel was fired with a loud sound straight towards the lightning beast.

Yuriel, cloaked in white mana, started rotating and increasing its speed, its penetrating power was also raised.

It was easy for such Yuriel to penetrate the hard skin of a lightning beast.

Gugya

The lightning beast wanted to scream from the pain. But before the scream came out, it already lost its consciousness and died.

This determined the victory for Seiya and Yua.

「It ended」
「Yup……」
「Even so, your last attack was amazing」

Seiya was deeply impressed by her last attack.

But her answer to Seiya sounded quite depressed. Besides that, her cheeks were somewhat red.

「Yes……」
「Yua?」

Perplexed, Seiya looked at Yua carefully, she apologized in a quiet voice.

「Seiya……sorry……」
「Mm? For what?」

Seiya who suddenly received an apology was bewildered. It wasn’t surprising, considering that he didn’t know what transpired in her heart.

She apologized not trusting Seiya until now, she apologized for trying to abandon him, when she thought that he died, she apologized for a lot of things.

Then the question was born in her head.

「By the way … how are you still alive?」

Yua asked why Seiya, pierced by the lightning beast, was still alive.

She thought that Seiya was certainly dead at that time. A lot of blood is scattered at the place where Seiya was penetrated. [⁴]

It was weird thinking normally.

「Ah, that was…..」

The moment Seiya tried to answer her question, the ground where they stood suddenly began to collapse.

「「!?」」

They tried to catch onto something but unfortunately, they failed and started falling with the collapsing ground.

「Yua!」
「Seiya….」

While falling, Seiya hugged Yua in a hurry. Yua’s cheeks were quickly dyed red from the hug.

Then the two of them fell together.

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Seiya and Selena appeared in a bar in the center of the second district.

The bar was spacious enough to accommodate 50 people and was crowded. As they took their seats, Seiya ordered a white carbonated drink while Selena a pink one. However, Selena’s face looked somewhat dissatisfied.

「Why are you so angry, bird woman? Does it displease you this much when people see us as lovers? 」
「Not really~. I don’t think about it at all」
「It’s suspicious otherwise」
「I know」

Selena understood that it would have been unnatural otherwise. The problem was in his inattentiveness. Due to that inattentiveness, she was in a bad mood.

「You’ll let your cute face go to waste if you keep making such an expression」
「Eh?」

Selena turned towards Seiya with a blank face.

However, she was met with Seiya’s questioning gaze. What? Thought Selena when she noticed that the nearby couple said the line, which caused her to feel even worse.

What’s wrong with Selena, Seiya made a troubled expression.

Around 10 P.M., they were still in the bar as the guest around them gradually changed.

The customers that came before them finished their business and went to look for another bar or home.

「Hey, we are drinking juice since a while ago. Shouldn’t we ask around? 」

Worried Selena. At this point, Seiya sat there for an hour and a half drinking juice and doing nothing else.

Moreover, once she tried to listen herself Seiya stopped her. She didn’t know what he was thinking about.

「Well, just wait. Did you bring your magic guns? 」
「Yeah, inside my skirt」
「Then it’s fine. Wait a little more」
「U, un」

Once he confirmed that she brought her magic guns, he once again turned silent and started drinking juice. Seeing his state, Selena too turned her attention towards her third cup of juice.

Selena kept her magic guns even with her dress appearance. She always kept her magic guns on her waist but that wasn’t possible with the dress. Thus, she wrapped the holster around her hips inside the skirt.

「It’s about time」

About half an hour later, Seiya said this and paid for the services.

「Are you going?」
「Yeah」

Although lacking understanding, she stood up and followed him out of the bar. After that, the two walked on the road leading to their hotel.

Selena walked while thinking that this atmosphere was like that of the date when Seiya suddenly grabbed her arm once they passed a corner.

「Eh?」

The moment they turned around the corner Seiya pulled Selena’s arm and started running only to suddenly stop soon after.

Selena was about to fall due to her balance being disrupted because of the sudden movements but Seiya caught her into his embrace.

Selena didn’t understand what happened at the beginning but gradually understood the situation. She was currently nestled in Seiya’s embrace.

Selena’s face turned bright red. All the way to her ears.

「Please wait, my heart is not ready……」
「Sorry. Be quiet」
「Eh, really? 」

Her face became even redder under his serious stare. While her head was filled with「You have a fiancée! 」type of thoughts, Seiya turned towards another direction.

「It seems that you intend to follow us, who are you?」

On the other side of his line of sight, there was a figure of a man in his thirties. Selena followed his line of sight and examined the man.

The man had a mustache and a hat, which made him look like a detective. Although, there are no detectives in this world.

「Chi, when did you notice?」

Since the man asked such a thing, Seiya helped Selena stand up and answered.

「A moment before we entered the bar. For a brief moment, you made a surprised expression seeing the bird woman. Adding to that, you was sitting on the opposite side while paying us a bit too much attention」

Meaning that he observed them for a long time.

「I see. I’ll just say it honestly. I was surprised how cute this lady is. I was thinking about asking her out for a tea or something like that」

Hearing the man’s words, Selena hid behind Seiya’s back. Upon seeing her reaction, the man immediately became dejected.

However, Seiya’s opinion was completely different. He didn’t think that this guy truly liked Selena.

Seiya always acted together with Lily and Yua, who could be called as unprecedented beauties. He’d seen the surprised expressions of men numerous times.

Their faces seemed to say「So such a beautiful girl exist」. However, the man’s face was more of「Why is she here? 」kind of face.

「It can’t be helped since I’m rejected~. I’m going home, my lady. Have a nice time」

Said the man as he tried to leave. From Selena’s standpoint, she was happy to see this stalker disappear as soon as possible.

However, there was someone who didn’t wish for the man to leave. It was Seiya.

「Wait a bit」

Don!!

With this sound, the gravity increased trying to stop the man from leaving. Of course, it was the work of his recently upgraded bloodlust.

Being hit by the bloodlust, the man stood in place while sweating bullets. The man was confident if the fact that no one passes in this place during the night and didn’t call for help.

Dosun!!!!

Seiya raised the intensity of his bloodlust even further.

The man could continue standing and was forced into sitting position. He tried to run but his body didn’t listen, tried to do a full mana release but even that wasn’t allowed under Seiya’s bloodlust. [¹]

「Hey, the reason you started at the bird woman wasn’t that she is cute, right?」

The trembling man used all the power he could master to shake his head. The man understood at that moment. He touched something that shouldn’t be touched,

You can’t do anything against this monster. His life was in the hands of the blonde youth behind him.

「You were surprised because you’ve seen the face that resembles the bird woman’s recently, right? And you also should know her location, correct? 」

The man somehow understood that he referred to Selena as the bird woman. However, answering his question any further would make him betray his Lord.

Rather than that, it’s better to commit suicide……he thought but didn’t even manage to bite his tongue off under the effect of the bloodlust.

Selena just silently looked at the man. There was a matter of her fear in play but more than that, she wanted to know about Moka, so she left everything to Seiya.

「If you won’t answer, I won’t let you off easily」

Pachin!!

Seiya waved his finger and the man’s left ear disappeared without a trace. [²]

「Nnnnnnnnnnnnn」

Without being able to scream, the man was forced to silently endure the disappearance of his left ear.

「What is next? A finger? Nose? Or maybe an eye? 」

The man shook his head in fear with all his might.

The blood scattered for the place where his left ear has been but he didn’t pay it any attention. Although missing these parts won’t kill the man, his life after that is going to be horrible. The man came to know fear.

Then, he imagined his life without any of the parts mentioned by Seiya.

「Are you going to answer?」

Hearing his words, the man vigorously nodded his head. He could feel a mad desire to live from the man.

Seeing his state, Selena, although didn’t lose her words, gripped Seiya’s sleeve.

Seiya weakened his bloodlust allowing the man to speak but he still won’t able to move the rest of his body.

「I get it. I’ll talk. I’ll talk so please stop」
「It depends on you」

The man started to desperately talk.

「I did see a person resembling this girl yesterday」

Seiya was surprised. Surprised by the technology that made the travel for criminals faster by one day compared to his group on the magic horses. The man didn’t care for his surprise and continued.

「That person was older that this lady and was restrained」
「Where is she?」
「This is……」

Seiya narrowed his eyes when the man was struggling to produce an answer. Seeing such Seiya, the man became flustered.

「Understood. I-I’ll tell, please have mercy. She is in the Demon King’s palace」
「Demon King’s palace? 」

Hearing the words he had no recollection of, Seiya tilted his head. The man didn’t pay this any attention and continued talking trying to stay alive.

「That’s right. Blod-sama’s palace is across the mountains. She is a valuable specimen brought by Blod-sama from outside. I don’t know the details. I just thought to receive a reward for bringing this girl to him since she resembled that woman who made him this much happy. It’s the truth! Please, believe me! 」

The man desperately said. He was desperate to live.

「Is this Blod you mentioned Blod Mamon?」
「Yeah, that’s him」
「I see. That’s enough」
「Then! 」
「Sure, I shall release you」

Saying that, Seiya used the Holy Attribute to restore the man’s ear.

Failing to hide his surprise at his ear being restored, the man looked at Seiya.

The same was true for Selena next to Seiya. Selena didn’t know what kind of magic it was but understood that it was somehow connected to Seiya’s secret. At the same time, she intuitively felt that it was something she shouldn’t touch.

「Don’t tell anyone about this. If you tell anyone, out next meeting won’t be this easy for you to survive」
「Y-Yes」

In the end, the man bowed and run off somewhere. Looking at the man with pity, Selena thought. [³]

「All right then, we know the location so let’s go back」
「Un」

Seiya began to walk intending to return to the hotel. Faced with his back view, Selena said.

「Hey, lolicon」
「What?」

Said Seiya as he turned around. What was that power? Who the hell are you? she wanted to ask. However, the words stuck in her throat before she could say them.

「Nothing」
「I see」

After that, the two returned to the hotel.

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Thank you for reading. This time I’m going to talk about Seiya and Selena’s date. As an author, I felt that it’s about time for Selena to go dere……..I can only apologize to anti-Selena faction. However, I intend to make the next episode about Seiya and Yua. I’d be glad if you read it^^ [⁴]

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