episode_0041

Space covered in a bright white light

“Where is this…?”

Viceus realized that she was in an unfamiliar space.

“Heaven? Underworld?”

Thud

As Viceus turned her head at the sound, she saw several men gathered.

“This is…!”

“It’s ridiculous.”

Dressed like a mercenary, Viceus spoke.

“Do you just stand there and expose your chest like that?”

“It was necessary.”

Agent Viceus replied with determination.

“Well, I suppose so. But it seems like you’ve forgotten that this body isn’t just yours.”

“You were born from me, and I from you.”

“Hey…”

The two Viceuses glared at each other.

Thud

“That’s enough.”

The angelic Viceus descended between them.

“It was necessary. In order to release the corroded Lobi through Diavel’s magic, some mental shock was necessary.”

“Even so…”

“If Diavel were in the same situation, wouldn’t you have acted the same way?”

The warrior Viceus interjected.

“That’s…”

“Don’t worry. The conditions for the Holy Sword’s activation are met. There won’t be anything wrong with our bodies.”

The warrior Viceus walked slowly between them.

“The essential virtue of a warrior, the condition of sacrifice, has been fulfilled. This will proceed with the engraving of the Holy Sword, and our bodies will be restored. So, there’s no need to worry.”

The warrior Viceus turned to look at Viceus.

“What remains now depends on another aspect of us.”

Flash

Viceus opened her eyes.

Countless incarnations of themselves.

It was a fantasy about them.

“Gah…”

Viceus grabbed her head as if it would split.

A vast amount of memories and emotions rushed into her mind.

Experiences of Agent Viceus who had sacrificed herself to save Alice.

And a new self.

How far does this stretch?

Now I could be sure.

That it wasn’t just a delusion from a novel.

The life on Earth that he had thought was his real past life would just be one of many past lives.

Just the memories obtained from the first past life.

Then why am I gaining memories from past lives?

Twinkle

Versed discovered something shining brightly in front of him.

Versed slowly got up and walked towards the brilliant light source.

After what seemed like a moment and an eternity, Versed realized that he was standing in front of a bright shining sword.

A sword…

The Holy Sword?

Unconsciously, Versed reached out and grabbed the Holy Sword in front of him.

Paaaah

An enormous amount of light poured out from the Holy Sword for a moment.

It must have been so bright that it was difficult to open his eyes, but Versed could take in all that light with his eyes closed.

It felt more like being in the warm embrace of something.

Within Versed’s vision, a woman’s figure appeared, enveloped in white light.

A woman with silver hair looking at him.

“Compassion?”

For some reason, Versed could sense the emotion the woman held towards him.

He wanted to know why this woman, whom he had never seen before, felt compassion towards him, but as soon as Versed took a step towards her, the world turned upside down.

Paaah

Flash

“Ah, A-Alice!”

As Versed opened his eyes, he could see Robina holding him, her face covered in tears.

“…Alice?”

“Thank goodness! I’m really relieved!”

Chin

“…!”

Unconsciously, Versed raised his hand and stroked Robina’s head.

It was the emotional overflow of the new past life within him, Agent Versed.

Robina stiffened at the touch she had missed so much.

“Long time no see, our cutie.”

“Buweeeh!”

Robina once again shed tears and buried her face in Vess’s embrace.

* * *

“I see… this time, I’m being manipulated by the Chairman’s power…”

Having been newly reincarnated but not yet having regained her memories from her past life, Robina was shocked to hear from Vess that she had been corroded by Diavel’s power and was being manipulated by it.

“I was so foolish… to think that I could be saved…”

Unable to free Robina in a normal way, Vess apologized for his actions, which were meant to give her mental shock in the same manner as before, but Robina couldn’t forgive herself.

Splat

Robina bit her lip hard, causing blood to flow.

“Stop.”

Vess grabbed Robina’s arm and pulled her into his embrace.

“Huh?”

Robina remained in Vess’s embrace.

Vess, with a flushed face, ran his finger over Robina’s lips.

“Oh, sir?”

Hmm

Sacred power manifested from Vess’s hand.

“You did nothing wrong, cutie. It’s all my fault.”

With pure sacred power, Robina’s lips gradually healed.

Robina could feel Vess’s warm aura enveloping her face.

“Above all, meeting you again allowed me to regain my past life’s memories. I am grateful to Diavel. …No, not really.”

Like a mother straightening her child’s clothes, Vess fixed Robina’s disheveled attire.

“Dare I say, should I pay the price for controlling our cutie as I pleased?”

Vess looked down at Robina and smiled broadly.

“Sir…!”

Robina nestled into Vess’s embrace.

“Actually, I should apologize. I made you go through such terrible experiences twice.”

“…Never again. Please don’t do that again.”

“Haha. Anyway, you’ll recover again because of this sword…”

Thud

Suddenly, a shadow sprang from the ground and dragged Vess’s leg.

“…Huh?”

Vysis, falling backward as he was.

However, Lobina’s hand caught him before his body hit the ground.

Lobina, wiping tears with her sleeve, looked at Vysis.

“I won’t let go of you again!”

Lobina’s gaze at Vysis was filled with unease.

‘…Huh. What is this…’

Vysis, who had experienced countless past lives, felt a shiver run down his spine even from that kind of gaze.

“Come to think of it, am I your senior?”

Lobina, looking at Vysis, gave a playful smile.

“Hehe. Am I your older sister? Mister, should I call you ‘nuna’?”

“Just a moment. Alice!”

“Not Alice. Try saying it. Nu. Na.”

Lobina’s gaze was no longer that of the little girl who longed for him.

Instead,

It was closer to the eyes of a predator twisted by wounds and longing.

* * *

“In the end, I couldn’t hear it.”

After Vysis left, Lobina felt his warmth lingering in her embrace.

Mister had never done anything wrong.

Connected to him through their past lives, she could glimpse his emotions and memories.

Having lost him in a previous life and destroyed the “government,” she knew.

She knew that mister had given up his past self simply to save himself.

And in this life, once again, he threw himself to save himself.

Recovered with a special-looking sword, but once again such a thing…

“You, as a person, really…!”

I can’t do that much for you!

Why do you keep burdening me!

…I can’t do it.

I have to manage so that you don’t engage in such risky behavior again.

With the thought that she couldn’t put mister in danger anymore, Lobina sent Vysis outside.

Though Vysis was very worried about him, she persuaded him with the promise that if they met mister again, she wouldn’t do anything dangerous.

He couldn’t take his steps, but he could barely send the man away by saying that he had to work.

Robina slowly raised her hand.

Then she clenched her hand.

Clang

A huge hand sprang from her shadow and collapsed the core of the area.

Grrrrr

Behind her, magic condensed, revealing Diavel.

“Alice. No, Robina. What are you doing right now?”

“Hmph.”

Robina, who subtly raised the corners of her mouth, turned around and met eyes with Diavel.

“What I have to say. Chairman Diavel. What did you do to me?”

With eyes that were not laughing at all.

Hmm

The shadow behind Robina took on the form of Balrog.

“Huh? Will you tell me?”