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Kuon couldn’t properly understand what was happening to her.

That man who invaded the mansion’s barrier and injured Innis.

The moment her eyes met the young man whose entire front was covered in painful burns just from looking at him, and whose one arm was replaced with a machine.

Kuon saw a vision of the entire academy burning and a giant demon howling.

Ever since the day she received Caliburn’s prophecy and awakened as a saint, the vision of an ominous future had always followed her.

But most of them were only one of the possibilities, and each was a collection of incomprehensible scenes and auditory hallucinations.

As a saint, her original mission was to assist the hero of the Holy Sword and become a guide to lead him.

Due to Albein’s corruption and Caliburn’s destruction, Kuon herself thought that she could no longer carry out that mission.

[Acknowledging the target’s adversarial objective-. Initiating Apoptosis Protocol. Releasing the output restriction of entity named `Kuon`.]

An unidentified voice echoing in her head.

Was it a coincidence that it sounded like the voice of the `Messenger of God` who gave her the revelation when she received her first prophecy?

As the pulsating divine magic flowing through her magic circuit became as hot as if it were heated in a fire.

With the pain of her whole body being branded with an iron, and the sensation of something locked inside her forcefully being opened.

Kuon’s brain began operating as an `adversary`, not as a `human`.

Before her eyes was the seed of a demon with the potential to bring about the destruction of the star.

Click, click, the overflowing divine magic that escaped from her body as the embodiment of divinity transcending cognition.

It became a halo of light and floated above Kuon’s head.

That halo of light was not just a simple decoration to make Kuon look like a messenger of God.

It was a lump of divine magic with physical force, a powerful weapon that burned everything it touched, instantly incinerating it without leaving any ash behind.

Even if they were not from the Order of the Saint’s Protection, anyone who had studied theology and read the Bible would see Kuon’s form and call her an `angel`.

Although, no one knew that the angels in this world were terminals executing the will of the star.

That is, apostles of the star.

Wings made of eight pillars of light pierced the demon before her eyes.

Damage to the subject’s body is an act that has no relation to the purge.

This human, whose soul has already rotted away, had to be burned and purified from the inside.

That was the mission of the adversary `Kuon`, who had awakened as an angel.

001

“What, that is…!”

Lyla, watching Kuon indiscriminately bombard the young man with divine magic, felt even fear that she had never felt before.

It was too merciless and mechanical to be called `battle` or `fight`.

The young man rolling on the ground was writhing in pain as the pillars of divine magic embedded in his body were simply burning him from the inside without any physical intervention.

And Innis, who had fallen to the ground.

Lyla first ran towards her to check on Innis’ condition, and then poured her magic into repairing the hole in her stomach and stabilizing her condition.

“Has she become a vessel of the star’s will…? That child.”

The next moment, as Kleon turned his head to the voice heard beside him.

He saw Sasha looking at Kuon with sharper eyes than ever before.

“Sasha- no, Reuben?”

“For the time being, as a divine spirit, I can’t just stand by and watch this happen…”

Reuben frowned but answered Kleon.

“What happened?”

“That child has become a tool to prevent the destruction of the star as an adversary against those Black Scripture bastards. An amplification of divine magic greater than a human can withstand has occurred, and the body has changed to match it.”

“…What happens if we leave her alone?”

At Lyla’s question, Reuben shrugged and answered.

“Nothing much. The adversary who has awakened as an angel will simply lose their angelic function and return to normal once they have completed their given mission. However, in the process, some aftereffects will remain…”

“Speak! What are those aftereffects!”

Kleon, without realizing it, raised his voice and rebuked him, causing Reuben to flinch and shrink his shoulders.

“D, don’t shout. I get startled when people make loud noises next to me……. To put it simply, it’s divine magic addiction. Even if it was just for a moment, a large amount of divine magic flowed through her entire body to the extent that she could execute the will of the star as it is, so she can’t easily be freed from that sense of omnipotence. Even if her mind can endure it, her body will continue to crave even greater magic. Because her capacity as a vessel has been forcibly increased, what used to be enough with 100 will no longer be filled even with 200 or 300.”

Lyla covered her mouth and made a serious expression as she listened to the story.

“That’s, magic starvation…”

“Magic starvation…?”

“Magic power is deeply related to life force, so if a certain amount of magic power is not filled in the body, it’s a type of magical disease that seeks out nearby sources of magic power to fill it.”

At that moment, what came to Kleon’s mind was her condition when he used the magic parasite on Kuon before.

Even as he was saying that, Rail was slowly withering away and dying from Kuon’s power.

“Senior! The Demiurge’s factor is not purified by divine magic! If Kuon kills Rail as she is, the factor will go to Kuon!”

As Beatrice said that, Kleon bit his lip, drew his sword, and ran forward.

Before that happened, he had to cut off Rail’s head and absorb the factor himself.

He was sorry to Aruru, but Rail’s misdeeds had already become too great to be repaid with just his life.

That’s why he had to finish it here.

Just as he was thinking that and swinging his sword.

Something like scissors appeared in the air and tore through space, and it appeared.

“I heard that a comrade aiming for the revival of the Demiurge is struggling… Is it a crisis?”

What descended as if dancing from the sky was a brown-skinned woman with red hair.

She had small horns that humans don’t have, and a husky voice.

“A demon…!”

Kleon, with a flustered voice at her who appeared as if blocking the way between him and Rail, swung his sword the moment.

That woman pulled out a black spear from the air and blocked Kleon’s red sword.

“Wow, heavy… It’s a heavy sword. Hmm… An impact that resonates in my womb…”

“What the… Are you…!”

Kleon, while trembling, looked at the demon blocking his sword and bit his lip as he spoke.

“I’d love to introduce myself, but saving my comrade comes first.”

“Senior (Kleon)! Duck!”

The next moment, divine lightning and blue burning chains flew simultaneously from behind.

Iona and Beatrice simultaneously fired magic at the demon.

Kleon hurriedly twisted his body to get out of its trajectory, trying to hit the demon with magic directly.

However, it was blocked by a black curtain, pushing even Kleon away.

It was a barrier that even blocked Kuon’s divine magic that had only been attacking Rail from behind.

“Nice timing.”

The one who created the black curtain was a black-haired, black-eyed, pale-skinned demon girl who peeked out from the brown-skinned woman.

She made eye contact with Kleon with a face that seemed to have no emotions.

“A member of the Black Magic Clan…!”

“Hehe. I wonder. If your brother doesn’t die here, we’ll meet again in the royal capital, so I’ll tell you then.”

The demon blew a kiss and then, just like when she came over, tore through the air and grabbed Rail, whom she was protecting inside the barrier, and threw him inside.

“Wait!”

The next moment, Kleon, after catching his breath, swung a flash of light that horizontally cut through the barrier of the curtain.

As the black smoke wall scattered, the demon widened her eyes slightly in surprise, but then smiled.

“Ahaha. I’m really glad that brother doesn’t have the `Demon Sword`. If he had that, it might have been a little dangerous? Don’t worry! That comrade was just moved to somewhere inside the academy!”

“…Ishtar.”

At that time, the succubus girl who was holding her hand opened her mouth.

Ishtar nodded and made a face as if she couldn’t help it.

“Sorry. I want to play more, but the time limit is up. Remote illusion magic is this child’s specialty, but it consumes a lot of magic.”

Saying that, the two people’s figures disappeared.

“What…!? That was an illusion!? It used magic and had physical force too!”

At Lyla’s words, Ishtar shrugged and waved her hand, disappearing from that spot.

“Keuk…”

Kleon tried to track down the traces of Rail’s magic that had disappeared, but it was impossible to track down his figure that had disappeared beyond space itself.

“The demon who was called Ishtar just now was someone that Rubera mentioned before. She said she was a person who was trying to do something bad in the royal capital using succubi.”

Iona approached Kleon and told him that.

He was about to get his hands on solving the case, but he ended up missing it like this.

“Hey! More than that, Kuon-”

At Lyla’s urgent voice, Kleon and Iona simultaneously turned their heads towards Kuon.

On her back, eight pillars of light, like the ones from before, were being created like wings.

Her eyes were looking somewhere far away, as if she was looking for the disappeared Rail.

“… …”

“Kuon! Snap out of it!”

Kleon approached her and put his hand on her shoulder, but she didn’t turn to Kleon as if she couldn’t hear anything.

“It’s no use. Her angelification won’t be canceled until she eliminates the target of opposition.”

“Shut up!”

At Reuben’s words, Kleon got angry and looked for a way to return her to normal.

Angelification occurred because the body couldn’t withstand the excessive amplification of divine magic.

Then, all he had to do was remove the excess magic power from her body.

Kleon, who quickly reviewed the cards they had in his head, suddenly thought of something.

He ran into the mansion.

“W, wait! You’re going into someone else’s mansion without permission!`

“Hold on to Kuon so she can’t go anywhere!”

After telling Lyla, who was calling him from behind, Kleon headed for his room.

Unlike the sealed Galatea’s room, perhaps Innis had cleaned it without others knowing.

In the room where his belongings were almost intact and clean, Kleon took out a small glass bottle.

“… …”

After confirming that the contents were still intact, Kleon took it outside the mansion.

There, he saw Lyla and Beatrice using magic to restrain Kuon’s body and preventing her from flying away.

“Y, you’ve found a solution, right!”

“S, senior~!”

At Lyla and Beatrice’s voices, Kleon took out `that` from the glass bottle he had brought and brought it to Kuon’s neck as it was.

Crack-! A black magic domain spread throughout her entire body along with that sound.

What is opposed to divine magic and the will of the star is only the `demon’s factor and its magic power`.

It does not react to the power that the creatures of this star originally have.

That is to say. This guy, who suppresses the creation of all divine magic and absorbs excess magic power.

The punishment of the adversary will not be handed down.

As Kuon’s magic gradually stabilized, the lumps of divine magic that had been floating above her head and behind her back gradually disappeared.

Then, as the light began to return to her eyes, Kuon staggered and fell into Kleon’s arms as if she was being embraced.

At that sight, everyone there sighed as if relieved.

“…What did you do?”

Only Lyla, as if curious about Kleon’s secret plan, approached him and looked at the back of his neck.

There, she saw the figure of the `magic parasite` that had finished its magical parasitism.

“…No, why do you have something like this? You?”

At Lyla’s suspicious gaze, Kleon turned his gaze away and answered.

“There were just various circumstances.”

He felt a slight sense of guilt as he recalled what had happened before.

“U, um…”

The next moment, Kuon, who had temporarily lost consciousness, regained consciousness and slowly opened her eyes.

Then, she realized that she was being held in someone’s arms and looked up, making eye contact with Kleon.

“…Kl, Kleon…”

“Kuon-san…! Memories!”

Sasha raised her voice in surprise as she looked at Kuon calling Kleon’s name.

It seemed that Reuben had run back into Sasha at Kleon’s scolding from before.

“Sorry… I, about Kleon…”

“It’s okay. Kuon, how’s your body…”

Kuon closed her eyes for a moment and then opened them, making a dark expression.

“I don’t know… My body feels empty… I mean.”

“…Keuk, as expected, magic starvation…”

Lyla clenched her fist tightly as if frustrated and looked down at Kuon.

The next moment-

Grumble… A sound rang out from Kuon’s stomach.

“… …”

“A, haha… Th, that’s embarrassing. I haven’t eaten anything since last night…”

Kuon’s answer made Lyla’s expression vacant, but Kleon still asked Kuon with a worried face.

“Is there a state where it feels like the magic power inside your body has disappeared…? Is there anything like that?”

“U, um. Not really? It seems like there’s no problem on that side.”

Kleon checked the magic parasite on the back of his neck for a moment at Kuon’s words.

The guy was working hard to unfold the black magic domain, but the regeneration amount of the amplified divine magic inside Kuon collided with the black magic domain, rather creating a situation where Kuon’s magic could maintain an appropriate amount.

`It wasn’t intentional… Did I put out the urgent fire with this for now?`

Kleon once again let out a sigh of relief and lifted Kuon up in a princess carry.

“Kl, Kleon!? I can walk!”

“Your body is in a state where you don’t know when or how it will change, so I have to handle you carefully.”

“What am I, a time bomb!?”

Kuon, her face red in Kleon’s arms, poked his chest.

Lyla was looking at that scene with a complicated expression.

“Lyla-san…”

“Huh? Ah, Sasha… It’s not that I doubted what you said… But seeing even Kuon acting like that after you. It really seems like it was.”

Perhaps she felt something about the fact that she was the only one among the people in the mansion who hadn’t regained her memories.

Perhaps in the relationship between these four people, including herself, she was originally the only one who was out of the center of them, a floating existence.

She was even feeling such anxiety.

But Sasha grabbed Lyla’s hand.

“It’s okay. Lyla-san. Surely, Lyla-san will properly remember about Kleon-san too.”

“I don’t really need to remember it now… That man named Kleon. He seems to be quite the playboy.”

“Ahaha… I can’t deny that part…”

Sasha smiled wryly and looked at Lyla’s eyes as she spoke.

“But surely Kleon-san was someone who recognized Lyla-san’s skills more than anyone else among us and relied on Lyla-san.”

“…That man, relies on me? I don’t think so.”

She sent a slightly suspicious gaze, but the fact that she was being relied on by someone wasn’t that unpleasant.

“…Haa. I’m done with that man. The case isn’t over yet unless we find the escaped Rail.”

Lyla checked her watch and turned her body towards the center of the academy, not the mansion.

“I’ll gather the top students and talk to them. I might be treated like a weird person…”

“I’ll accompany you. Adding the power of the kingdom knight’s words will be a little helpful.”

Iona went closer to Lyla’s side, and Beatrice looked at the two people for a moment.

“I-”

“Beatrice-san, please take a rest. Today was `still` the day, right?”

“Ah, th, that’s right…”

At Iona’s words, Beatrice blushed and nodded.

Looking at that sight, Lyla tilted her head, but in any case, what was important now was to find Rail as soon as possible and put a true end to this series of events.