The Witch and the Doll Swear

The atmosphere of the festival became unstable because of the earthquake.

For Yansha City, the earthquake is not an unprecedented disaster, but in the 300 years since the Thirteen-Day Jihad that almost turned the entire continent into ruins, the largest earthquake just collapsed and was not demolished at the time slums.

In comparison, the occasional typhoon caused more damage. Therefore, when the ground shook, no matter who it was, they fell into consternation.

"An earthquake... an earthquake!"

Young people who had not experienced the disaster panicked.

"Pick up everything at home!"

The older generation remembered the instructions of the older generation, that a small earthquake is often a precursor to a major earthquake, and they propped up their aging bodies and directed their families to prepare for evacuation.

Immediately afterwards, another earthquake cast a cloud of suspicion and panic over everyone who was in the ceremony, causing them to look anxiously at the sea.

"Mom, what's that? It's red on the mountain."

A child takes his mother's hand.

The immature voice made her parents turn their attention to the north of the city.

Over the street, over the meadows of the hills outside the city, to the end of the horizon.

"God is above..."

"My God, that's..."

So they saw that the top of the majestic mountain standing outside the city was emitting black smoke.

The name of that mountain is [Visuka].

Because it is another specialty of Yansha City, the source of red rock salt, the residents of Yansha City also call it Red Salt Volcano, and it is also an important source of water for Yansha City. A long-standing extinct volcano.

It has never erupted in three hundred years.

There hasn't been the slightest movement in three hundred years.

A dead mountain.

This is something that the residents of Yansha City have been familiar with since childhood and take it for granted. In this city, rumors of an approaching earthquake and a tsunami will cause some people to panic, but only the rumor that Vesuka will erupt has not been fooled since the end of the Thirteenth Jihad.

But now.

The quiet building is located in the north, and the residents of the city always think that it will always be so quiet until the sea is dry and rocky, and it is roaring.

The sunken top of the mountain was originally supposed to be a large lake formed by the accumulation of rainwater. From the center, jet-black smoke filled the air, it was darker than the night, and blazing red sparks like flowing iron were mixed in it, splashing like blooming, but it was extinguished in a moment, turning into a dark shooting star, suffocating the Thick smoke that caused people's fear trailed and smashed into the nearby mangrove forest.

Where there is smoke, there must be flame.

The rocks on the top of the mountain were burning, and molten viscous magma erupted from the top of the mountain, filling the original lake, filling it up, overflowing, and flowing along the mountain.

The entire Vesuka was burning, and the red forehead lines lit up from the rugged mountains, which could be clearly seen in every part of Salt Sand City, shining the sky brightly.

--what is that?

People are terrified.

--what happened? !

People shouted questions.

They were confused by the unknown, but they were old, they suddenly remembered the old stories told by the old people to their children and grandchildren since the city was just a small fishing village.

"Dragon... it's a dragon! The evil fire dragon... is going to be resurrected!"

They thought of the lightning storm near Vesuka some time ago, and they yelled to their families in panic, telling them to run away quickly!

The magicians, who were being asked loudly what happened by the crowd, couldn't help groaning when they saw the lines.

"Hey! What's that?"

They can't understand it either.

"Why has no one ever noticed?"

"Because nobody pays attention to an extinct volcano!"

They question each other and get into chaos.

Only the people who held the highest voice in the city were not disturbed by the growing riots.

They calmly observed that the panic burned like wildfire from the west of the city to the south of the city. They stared indifferently at the street where the festival became the source of chaos. Execute, and let magical screens light up everywhere in the city.

At this time, the second roar came from afar.

The roar like thunder, the fiery sparks blooming on the mountain pass are far more frightening than the thunderstorm that happened on the volcano some time ago. Pedestrians covered their ears and screamed. Among these mixed and indistinguishable screams, gradually, a sentence became clearer and clearer.

- red salt...

——Red Salt...had...had...

——Red Salt Volcano... erupted! ! ! !

"Run away! The Red Salt Volcano has erupted!!!!"

Such yelling people broke into this restaurant and yelled at the top of their throats, causing other guests who had already noticed the abnormality to panic and run away.

"Miss Liliana, Miss Alice, what are you talking about...?"

Ting Na just woke up from the trance because of the second roar.

——Although I'm very sorry, Alice and I.

—I'm saying goodbye here.

Only this sentence kept roaring in my mind.

But neither the witch nor the puppet answered this question.

They walked straight out of the box.

"Please wait! Miss Liliana! Miss Alice!"

Tina hurriedly chased after her.

When I came to the lobby of the restaurant, the guests here had already run away, only the owner of the restaurant was collecting something in front of the cashier with an anxious face.

Liliana didn't even look at him. She stretched out her hand and pointed to the magic screen in the center of the restaurant, which was showing a crowd fleeing from a certain street. The iridescent magic light pulled a filament of light from her fingertips, After connecting with that bright blue screen.

On the screen, it quickly changed to the peaceful face of Miss Witch.

"...Residents of Salt Sand City, please calm down."

Immediately afterwards, the witch's words made Ting Na cover her ears involuntarily.

It was so loud, it was too loud, and there was a long echo that seemed to reverberate throughout the city. That kind of sound exploded directly in the ears, making Tingna and the busy restaurant owner have to cover their ears.

"...The volcano [Visuka] erupted, but this did not surprise the Wizards Association."

However, even if the ears were covered, the calm voice penetrated the obstruction of the palm, and the witch's words penetrated the eardrums without any delay, and were sent into everyone's mind.

"...The City Hall, the Association of Magicians and the Church of Virtue have all launched emergency plans. All residents of Salt Sand City and visitors to the Seagull Festival, please leave the city nearby or go to the ports along the White Salt River and the coast. There are still days before the volcano erupts completely. For more than an hour, everyone, only bring the minimum amount of money and personal belongings, be quiet and orderly, follow the orders of the city guards, and start evacuating immediately."

And, why?

Ting Na stared blankly at the magic screen, facing the screen with a blank expression—maybe it was Miss Witch giving orders to the whole city.

That petite back, at this moment, is so... stalwart, and that unchanging calm face seems to have a kind of arrogance that makes people unable to look away, but will be in awe just because they look at it.

—Ah, why?

The current Miss Liliana seems to be more beautiful and cuter than usual, people can't help but want to crawl under her skirt, like a loyal hound while sticking up her buttocks and kissing those small and beautiful toes, Give your all -

"...You guys, hurry up and escape too."

The magic screen dissipated, and the hustle and bustle outside the street stopped almost instantly.

Liliana turned her head, looked at the blond girl and the owner of the restaurant, and nodded slightly.

It's like saying, "It's okay to run away."

Like a queen who pardons the cowardice of her subjects.

"Yes, it is!"

The middle-aged man grabbed the money bag full of silver coins, was stunned for a while, ran over and put the bag of silver and copper coins in front of Liliana, bowed deeply, and fled in a hurry, completely missing A moment ago, the aura of wanting to stuff the entire restaurant into the space storage ring was taken away.

And Tina.

At this time, he almost left the witch and the doll behind, and almost ran out.

"...Miss Tingna too, go to evacuate."

Yes, almost.

"I...can't leave yet."

Staring straight at the witch in front of her, the blond girl took a step forward.

……Eh?

However, the line of sight dropped rapidly.

Liliana, who was originally able to look down, just suddenly became the need to look up——

wrong.

From her knees, the touch of the cold marble floor of the restaurant told the girl.

"Eh... why, why..."

He fell to his knees.

The body is still there, trembling unceasingly.

"...Miss Tina, the festival is very enjoyable, but we must part."

"Miss Tina still has important family members. Mrs. Shiyeka and Mr. Byron may also be looking for Miss Tina now. Don't let them worry."

--yes.

This word almost came out of the girl's mouth.

She suddenly realized that she was afraid because she disobeyed the well-intentioned order of the girl in front of her.

She suddenly realized that it was impossible for her not to leave quickly.

Suddenly she realized.

The reason why I stay here.

"...No, I still can't go..."

It is because there are problems that have not been resolved.

So just blurt it out like that.

"Why, Miss Liliana and Miss Alice, look like they know everything!"

"Why, bid farewell to me at this time, with such a sad tone, at such a time!"

"After I go to evacuate, what are Miss Liliana and Miss Alice going to do!"

Lift your head and say it out loud.

Just because of these unanswered puzzles, the girl's rationality desperately resisted her body's urge to escape quickly and return to her parents.

"..."

Liliana's expression remained unchanged even after hearing the girl's almost roaring question.

A silver pocket watch suddenly appeared in her hand, looking at the pocket watch, Liliana and Alice on the shoulder exchanged glances.

"...There are still at least 20 minutes before that one completely breaks free from the seal."

"As for Lily flying over at full speed, it will take about ten minutes. In other words, Alice and Lily have ten minutes to convince Miss Tina."

"……Um."

Pulling up a chair, Miss Witch combed her hair and sat in front of Tingna.

The blond girl stubbornly raised her head to look at Liliana's face, clasping her arms, waiting for the confusion to be resolved.

"...I came to Salt Sands City, entrusted by the Association of Magicians. The magicians discovered a gradually weakening seal during a survey of Mount Vesuca, and after investigation, they found that it was a big problem that they could never solve. , So layer by layer, from Salt Sand City, to this territory, this kingdom, and finally, to the Magicians Association, to my hands."

Looking at those blue pupils, Liliana calmly answered the girl's question.

Originally, this was also scheduled to tell her.

"seal?"

Tina frowned.

"Miss Tingna should be more familiar with this matter than Lily and Alice. The story of the sealed fire dragon has been passed down in Salt Sand City since ancient times, and has been passed down by children's pillows since before the 13th Holy War began."

Alice, who was sitting on Liliana's right shoulder, put her little hand on her lap and recited the ancient story softly.

——The coast of the Tranquility Sea is plagued by flame dragons. Black wings cover the sun, red flames burn the city.

——Take the wealth of the kingdom, seize the castle of the duke, kidnap the noble daughter, torture and play.

——The prince of another country, the princess who loves her. The king sent sages to recommend craftsmen.

——The pulse of silver, the gold of the deep sea. Blessed by the Holy Light, cast a sword to challenge the dragon.

"……ah."

Tina suddenly remembered the book that fell from the hands of the sleeping witch in the library the first time she saw Liliana's powerless and sleepy figure in the afternoon.

"Salt Sand City Myths and Stories Collection".

The story of the fire dragon is perhaps the most well-known among them, because it was adapted into a song by bards, and it is often used as a literacy ballad.

——The winter snow is flying, and the prince is looking for the dragon. Assault on the dragon's sleep, hold the sword and cut off the tail, break the dragon's heart. The dragon's heart is hot, and its blood melts into gold.

——The dragon is immortal, but the dragon is cunning. With one wing soaring to the sky, falling into the abyss of the mountain. The lava is gurgling, and people can't get close to it. The dragon will not die, but will return eventually.

——The sage's advice, the sealing of the Yanshan Mountain, the magic power, the lava's eternal sleep, the princess's return to the city, cheers, the wedding dress, the prince's smile, the legend has come to a happy end since then.

It's not long, it's not complicated, and even Tina can sing it now.

However, if you connect this with Liliana's words, the volcano, the seal... The corners of Tina's mouth twitched, she couldn't believe it.

"...Could it be that there is really a dragon in the Red Salt Volcano?"

By God! It's just a story! A classic, bloody, clichéd fairy tale about the prince fighting the dragon and rescuing the princess everywhere in the mainland!

"... Stories are often adapted and created based on real events. In 457 of the Second Era, there was indeed a young red dragon with a bad personality on the coast of the Tranquility Sea. So to be precise, what is inside the volcano now is a dragon skeleton. The giant dragon is the first life in this world, the first step under the law. Even if it dies, the soul will not perish but return The island where the dragon was born is reborn."

"However, the skeleton of a giant dragon is also very powerful. In particular, this is the skeleton of a red dragon, and it has been soaked in volcanic lava for so many years. It will undoubtedly attract a large number of fire elements and alienate it into other monsters. , although this kind of [dragon-like monster] is rare, there are legends and traces of actual existence in various parts of the mainland, and now, the one that is about to break the seal on the volcano is also such a monster, I am afraid... it will be a lava dragon beast, except A monster with a stupid brain, as dangerous as a dragon."

The puppet nodded.

"And Alice and Lily came to Salt Sand City to deal with this matter. After the lava dragon beast broke the seal, we will deal with her, and at that time, we will bid farewell to Miss Tina...why? Is it now? Because, now, that big guy is coming out."

"How could it be...but, but! It's a dragon, right? Ms. Alice also said that it's as dangerous as a giant dragon. Even if Ms. Liliana and Ms. Alice are very powerful..."

"...Well, even if it's us."

"I dare not say that I will be safe and sound."

The witch and the puppet nodded calmly.

The giant dragon is the first species born on this continent, this world, born directly from the law, the eldest son of the world, at the racial level, no other species on the continent can compare with it.

Except that even Tingna knew, apart from the undead natural disaster that almost destroyed everything on the continent at the end of the mythical age, there was no history of dragons losing battles. Even in the first era, the dragon hero Duakin, who defeated the final dragon, relied on the help of other giant dragons when he established the first great empire of mankind.

And now.

The two people in front of them, such a petite girl and doll, are going to face a monster as dangerous as a dragon?

The girl only felt a scorching blood flow straight into her mind.

"Why... Miss Liliana and Alice? Where are the guardians of our kingdom?"

The girl stood up.

Even if this is a small kingdom, there is still a Noble Phantasm-level powerhouse as its guardian.

As a member of the strongest class on the mainland, shouldn't he do this kind of thing?

"...Because I took the commission."

Liliana tilted her head.

The situation... It seems that it is not developing according to her expectation?

"So why did Ms. Liliana accept this commission? Shouldn't a stronger Noble Phantasm-level powerhouse be responsible for such a dangerous commission that would cause her to die immediately?!"

In any case, Tina never thought that right by her side, the powerful and wise Miss Liliana would make the mistake of taking on a task that was difficult for her.

——What kind of ability do you have and what kind of things do you do? Safety comes first.

Didn't Liliana agree with this reasoning even when she was young?

"...But, I too..."

"Miss Liliana!"

The girl's hands directly grabbed the witch's shoulder.

"Let's evacuate with everyone! There is still an hour, isn't it? If everyone in the magician works together, everyone in the city can evacuate smoothly. If there is Miss Liliana! Although the fact that the city will be destroyed is very painful , but if Miss Liliana is to be sacrificed, I don’t want to!!”

The shoulders were grasped so hard that those dark pupils seemed a little confused.

However, Liliana still raised her head and faced Tina's blue eyes.

"...That is, it can't be done."

She shook her head.

"...Actually, the lava dragon beast will break out in only ten minutes. One hour means...the rest of the time is up to me."

"Let's fight for it with Alice. One hour is the limit to face a dangerous monster that can burn the earth just by walking, but if we also choose to take refuge, we will only have ten hours left. A few minutes, this is the time Alice and Lily gained by strengthening the seal when they followed Miss Tina to rescue those adventurers."

The cold reality is revealed from the mouth of the witch and the doll.

Tina felt dizzy for a while.

——If Liliana and Alice go to evacuate, it will only take ten minutes.

Although Salt Sand City is not a big city, it is impossible for people to completely evacuate in such a short period of time.

——The only way to get everyone out of this city is to let the girl in front of you stall for time.

But, let such a petite child face a dragon who doesn't know how huge and terrifying it is?

In any case, Tina couldn't do it.

It would hurt people to do it, or even send them to death, if she could do it! Basically, she will never meet her in front of her at all!

"...Because of strengthening the seal, I can just buy some time before I can come to the festival with Ms. Tingna"

Looking at the silent girl in front of her, Liliana reached out and stroked her blond hair.

"I am very happy."

——In this way, let’s take it as a good farewell.

The witch thought to herself.

Next, we have to think about how to solve that big problem...

However, that hand was caught.

"……no."

"Miss Tina?"

"...?"

Is it to sacrifice a person?

Or sacrifice so many people, even, possibly including your own family?

Tina couldn't make a choice.

Can't make a choice, but won't choose either side.

Besides, what right did she have to make a choice?

She is not a nobleman, not the Holy Mother, not anyone who has the right to speak, she is just an ordinary person who can't do magic, she can't do anything well...

ordinary people.

The girl could only hug the girl in front of her tightly, biting her lips tightly.

"I am not, Holy Mother, I just hope that the people I know and the people close to me will not be in danger. I don't want Miss Liliana... to be in danger..."

It has nothing to do with rational thinking, nothing to ask "which side is more important".

Such thinking is too capricious, and Ting Na knows it herself.

If you don’t want to lose anything, don’t want to give anything, then you can’t do anything, and you can’t get anything. Alchemy calls it the principle of [Equivalent Exchange]. The so-called human beings are like this, the so-called worldly truth That's it.

--even so.

Ting Na still hugged the petite witch vigorously, expressing her heart.

"Because I... like Miss Liliana."

When it was really revealed, the previous troubles and entanglements disappeared like clouds blown by the wind, only the warmth overflowing in the heart.

The idea of ​​​​absolutely not letting go, so I became more determined.

"I like...Miss Liliana."

If after hearing these words, the girl in her arms was shaken to some extent, even if it was only a little bit, then Ting Na planned to continue pestering her.

However.

"...Miss Tingna, it's still too late to leave now."

Liliana did not waver.

What came out of her mouth, the response to Tina's heartbeat for the first time in her life, was not acceptance.

"...Miss Tingna has already been deeply affected by the [Magic Charm]. For the sake of Miss Tingna's future, it's better to bid farewell here."

"Eh?"

But it doesn't seem to be a rejection.

Ting Na didn't realize it all at once, [Magic Charm], what is that? She let go of her hug a little, and stared blankly at the girl in front of her.

Ting Na, who confessed for the first time and received a response from the subject of the confession for the first time, felt that this sentence was like denying her original emotion with something she didn't understand.

"Miss Tingna should know that each individual in the special group of witches usually has some special abilities, some can communicate with plants, birds and beasts like fairies, some are born with the ability to use flames, and some medicines prepared by witches are obviously The formula is the same, but the effect is even stronger, such an ability, witches call it [Trait]."

On Liliana's right shoulder, Alice took Tina's hand, and the little puppet spoke to the girl in a somewhat subtle tone.

"Lily has three [characteristics], [Immortality], [Innocent], and [Magic Charm]. The last one allows witches to quickly gain the favor of other people, even actively manipulating this ability It can achieve hypnosis or brainwashing effects. Miss Tingna, the store owner just now, was bewitched by Lily's beauty, so she didn't continue to collect money and went to refuge directly. She even put the money in Lily's In front of you. Now, the order outside is also thanks to Lili, who used the magic screen to actively use this trait to mildly brainwash most of the people in the city. After Lili left, this effect gradually faded, but it will not Disappeared. Normally, Lily would find a way to suppress this ability, but Miss Tingna and Lily have been together for too long, and they have been completely eroded. I like... yes, that is not false, but the starting point of liking is not' like'."

——just very innocent, bewitched.

"No, I..."

A series of explanations hit the girl's head and she was dizzy.

However, the two facts of the bag full of silver coins on the ground and the calm noise outside after talking with Liliana on the magic screen left Tina unable to refute.

That was something she didn't understand, all she could do was.

"It's true that Miss Liliana may have this kind of power! But, what I like about Miss Liliana is—"

Use your own feelings to refute.

Liliana and Alice looked at her quietly.

Ah, Tina knows that if she continues to say this, she will just make trouble for no reason, but, but!

Now the priority of this matter is rising again and again. My liking is not fake, not because I was confused by Miss Liliana's charm, Tingna shouted loudly, wanting to tell all of this.

"...Miss Tina, kiss my toes."

But Liliana just sat on the chair and crossed her legs.

--Eh?

What are you still talking about at this time?

For a moment, Tingna couldn't understand why Liliana would say that suddenly.

Her expression remained unchanged, and she did not feel bored or irritated.

"Okay, okay!"

However, this sudden order made Ting Na kneel down without hesitation. She took off the wooden shoe for the girl with great respect and joy, held the little snow-white foot in front of her eyes, and rubbed her cheek against the slender back of her foot. Smooth soft skin, then.

- I, what am I doing -

Put your lips on those tiny toes.

Tina is confused.

what happened?

Is this magic?

It's true that I like Miss Liliana very much, but it's definitely not like this, to do such a thing! And it's at this time and this place!

"...If you like it, you can do whatever you want."

"Ah, Miss Liliana..."

——Wow, what's the matter with this sound, how can I make this sound of wild cats meowing at the moon outside the window in spring!

Stop, stop!

Even if Tina shouted like this from the bottom of her heart, her movements did not stop at all.

The girl who got the permission stuck out her tongue without hesitation, and greedily licked up this white little foot that didn't even have the slightest dust. Breathing became rough.

"...After experiencing it personally, Miss Tingna, you should be able to understand it."

Glancing at the silver pocket watch, Liliana took her left foot out of the girl's hand, and used magic to clean the saliva.

"..."

And Tina couldn't say anything.

On the one hand, the girl's rationality was shocked by what she had done.

On the other hand, the girl's body was reluctant to part because Liliana retracted her little feet.

The sudden sense of dissonance between emotion and reason makes the girl at a loss, and it seems to prove one thing.

It proved what Alice said, that her feelings for Liliana were due to the influence of [Magic Charm].

"...The time is coming soon, Ms. Tingna, I'm sorry to let you have bad memories at the end, after I leave, this effect will gradually weaken"

"No, it's not a bad memory...Phew, whether or not my liking for Miss Liliana is really a matter of whether I really like it or not, I..."

If you can't think about it, let it go.

Tingna stood up from the floor and stared firmly at the witch and the puppet in front of her.

"I won't let Miss Liliana and Miss Alice go to die, I absolutely, absolutely can't do that kind of thing!"

"..."

"Oh My God……"

Alice sighed as if stunned.

The topic went around in a circle, and after wasting a lot of time, it turned back.

And the witch with platinum-blonde long hair sighed as if giving up, gave up explaining and turned to leave——

Ting Na also quickly stood up, wanting to continue to stop in front of her, at this time.

"Um... wait a minute, Lily."

Alice seemed to suddenly think of something.

"In short, the contradiction between Alice, Lily and Miss Tina is that Miss Tina thinks that our behavior of delaying time is sending us to death and sacrificing ourselves. Creed is stopping Lily and Alice, isn't it?"

"……Yes."

"So, what if...Alice and Lily are not going to die? Not only are they not going to die, but are they sure to kill the danger at the source?"

"...Miss Alice, now this sounds like a lie to get rid of me quickly, it is not convincing."

"That's right, it's not convincing."

The little puppet gave a small, small smile.

"So, is Miss Tingna coming? Witness whether what we said was a lie."

"……Eh?"

All of a sudden, Tina couldn't react.

When she realized what an absurd invitation it was, she couldn't help but shudder.

"Take me with you...to the volcano...to fight that monster? But I don't have any combat power..."

"...No need, Miss Tingna's fighting power."

After a moment of silence, Liliana turned around.

"... Alice and I invite Miss Tina to be the witnesses of this entrustment, in order to prove to you that we are capable enough to protect Miss Tina well even with the burden of Miss Tina, no It will hurt you, and we will not die. Under this premise, it is enough to defeat the monsters that are about to break out and save Salt Sand City, and." "Going to the volcano with Alice and Lily is better than staying in this place." It might be safer in the city.”

It seems that Miss Witch also agrees with this proposal.

"..."

That's all for now.

Tina realized that this was the end of the ten-minute argument.

If Liliana and Alice want to leave, I can't stop it no matter what, a [Blink] can throw me far away.

Obviously they could do this, but they didn't.

——In order not to leave any regrets about this encounter.

Then, what about yourself?

If you want it yourself, how do you do it?

Staying in the city, sheltering with significant family members, or...

——To witness Miss Liliana, Miss Alice's battle, to witness the myths that have been familiar since childhood?

It felt like something was burning in his chest.

Unprecedented thoughts churned in my mind.

Every word that falls on the chest makes the unknown fire more vigorous.

"I see."

Maybe I will regret this decision for the rest of my life.

--But.

——If I escape here, I will definitely regret it for the rest of my life.

"I……"

The blond girl clenched her fists and took a deep breath.

——Boom! ! ! !

Her words were drowned out in the loudest roar so far.

Gorgeous and terrifying fireworks bloomed from the mountain peak, the earth shook more and more violently, and an ominous wind blew even high above the sky.

In this doomsday-like scene.

The glow of the rainbow streaked across the night sky.

………………………………………………………………………………………

Sweeping across the sky above 200 meters, the rainbow light cut through the gradually filling smoke.

This is the second time that Tina has left the embrace of the earth and placed herself in the sky that human beings yearn for and fear. What is different from the last time is that the girl was not hugged by the petite witch, but hung on Liliana. Like a backpack on his back, his hands tightly hugged Miss Witch's slender waist.

The iridescent wings of light stretched on both sides of her cheeks, and the platinum hair fluttering against the sulfur-smelling night wind covered her sight. If you lower your head and bury your face into the girl's back, you won't be able to see anything.

If you look down, you will panic because of the attack of heights, so Tingna doesn't want to look at it. Anyway, at this height, the people on the ground have turned into tiny ants of different colors. What's so interesting about ants?

But the girl still read it.

She turned her head and looked behind instead of looking down. The small seaside town that she had never left since she was a child was brightly lit, just like the biggest and most beautiful night pearl in a series of lights dotted on the edge of the tranquil sea. It was hers. My hometown, at this moment, is facing a catastrophe.

Looking forward, beyond the silent Liliana's body, what can be seen from the sulfur-smelling wind is the roaring mountain.

【Visuka】.

Since Tina could remember, it has stood there quietly, regardless of the severe cold or heat, regardless of the scorching sun and strong wind.

In the eyes of the residents of Yansha City, the towering and majestic mountain peaks are the unshakable signposts on the horizon. No matter where the wanderers return from far away, once they see the eternal lines, they will know that home is not far away. up.

But now, the mountain is roaring, the mountain is burning.

Lava erupted from the lake on the top of the mountain, and the smoke was accompanied by the whistling of lava.

After being silent for a long time, the peak of the extinct volcano, which was confirmed by countless people, finally tore up people's naive fantasies, broke free from the seal imposed by mythology, and crowned the tyrannical and scorching crown again.

A dragon recovers from the sea of ​​flames, and the dragon skeleton devours the flames, and is about to shed disaster and misery.

——Dragon and dragon beast, what is the difference between them?

When Tina asked this question, Alice answered this way.

[There are two monsters descended from giant dragons on the mainland, sub-dragons and dragon beasts. The former is a monster with thin dragon blood born from the crossing of a giant dragon and other monsters. The latter is a monster born from the remains of a dragon. Both have the same lower limit of destructive power and danger as the dragon, but the upper limit of the dragon is higher. 】

Most of the monster knowledge is learned from the popular board games in the mainland. Liliana only understands that dragon beasts are very dangerous.

【... But don't worry, we can protect Miss Tingna and destroy it at the same time, we actually have such power. 】

What Liliana said next, Tina couldn't listen.

This is just a lie told by Miss Witch in front of her to make herself not worry, in order to get rid of her entanglement, and to make herself feel at ease.

lie.

Therefore, facing the invitation of the two of them, she came here not because her head was broken, but to witness.

——Although no matter how you think about it, how you think about it, you can only affirm that it is the behavior of a broken head.

The more she thought about it, the more Tina felt that she might really be brainwashed by Liliana's [Magic Charm].

"...this is the last protection."

Before using magic to take off from the city, Liliana also told her one thing in particular.

Then.

The petite witch asked Tina to bend down, while she stood on her toes.

On Tina's lips, a kiss was imprinted.

"...In this way, some of my special magic will not affect Miss Tingna."

Today, Tina kissed Liliana for the second time.

However, just like the first kiss was to give oneself air, the second kiss was also to give oneself [magic power].

The magic power given to Liliana, who has not awakened and cannot use magic power.

Ting Na, who clearly understood this point, felt a little bit disappointed while being happy.

Immediately afterwards.

After finishing all preparations and conversations, just a few minutes later, Liliana and Alice took her through the sky with magical wings and approached Vesuka.

The glowing lines on the mountain were broken one by one, and there were very few of them that could be seen on this side of the mountain. When Ting Na stretched her head out to look tremblingly, she happened to see a broken line.

"...There is still time."

"The seal can last for a while, Lily. In that case, positional warfare..." "...the time to form a position is not enough, and we can't expect the effect."

It seems that the light and dark lines are almost crumbling, but even so, there are still several lines, and they are still bearing the invisible impact.

"Miss Liliana...Miss Liliana!"

——Is there really no problem?

Before such a question could be uttered, the girl suddenly saw countless sparks flying out from the top of the mountain amidst the billowing smoke.

She hurriedly reminded her loudly, hugging Liliana's body even tighter.

Those "sparks" flew straight towards this side, and she was terrified by the bright red light, Tina closed her eyes, and buried her face in the girl's long hair.

"It's erupted, semi-solidified lava, Lily, it's already woken up, and it may have found Alice and Lily."

"...as expected."

Apart from the whistling wind, only the conversation between the witch and the puppet can be clearly heard, has it entered the thick smoke? Although the volcanic ash and hot embers were blocked by Liliana's magic, the smell of sulfur became stronger, and every breath made my throat itchy, making me want to cough.

But Tingna didn't dare to cough, she was afraid that her arm would lose strength, and she was afraid of falling from the sky. The multiplication of fear and fear made her hold Liliana even tighter. This was the only thing she could do, no matter what A fiery feeling passed by, or Alice smiled happily and shouted, "Lily reserves some magic power, let Alice come here."

She didn't even open her eyes.

"Miss Tina, don't be afraid, look, such a magnificent sight."

A light weight fell on the girl's left shoulder.

It's Miss Alice, Tina bit her lip.

"Look, it seems that the gods poured fire from the sky. But this is the fire of the earth, the fire of the dragon, the anger of the vengeance roaring after thousands of years of sleep, even in the volcanic East In China, Alice and Lily have never seen such a magnificent sight."

Heart beating.

The eyes finally betrayed the rationality of the shout.

If Miss Liliana is a demonic charm, then Miss Alice's words are the whispers of demons.

Tina opened her eyes and thought so.

If this is the case, then this gift from Miss Devil is really not bad.

"Miss Tina, isn't it beautiful?"

"Ah, ah..."

The thick smoke seemed to turn into clouds of accumulated rain, covering the sky, the bright moon, and the stars.

Torrential rain poured down from it.

The torrential rain of fire and rocks, the raindrops of lava, roared and spewed from the top of the mountain, and the "rain" that could wipe out the entire city with a single drop dragged a long trail, shining brightly for a moment and then cooling down. Falling down from the witch's side with a roar, the residual heat evaporated the air, distorting everything in front of him into an unreal but gorgeous scene.

A deep rock passed by the witch's wings, the little puppet smiled lightly, and pulled out a toy-like sword from nowhere.

She swung the blade, the invisible pressure of the sword, and the momentary light of the blade cut open the lava that was bigger than a cow, and the magma that was not completely cooled inside burst out, and under Liliana's sudden lift, it turned into a flower. Overlooked fireworks.

Like an old holy painting.

Her skin could clearly touch the scorching heat. With Tina, Liliana, who stretched out her iridescent wings, was like a small ark that was surging and shuttling in the sea of ​​sky made up of scorching air and even hotter magma.

A thick book appeared in the hands of the witch, and the pages of the book were flipped, and the iridescent magic light depicted the magic circle that Tina could not see in its entirety.

"【Gregory's Punishment for Dividing the Sea】"

Accompanied by Liliana's crisp declaration after silently singing, the smoke that covered the sky was like a dark curtain split by a sharp long sword, tearing a clear path.

"...It's time to speed up."

Seeing this mythical scene in her eyes, Ting Na, who was so shocked that she couldn't even speak, saw Hong Guang's wings suddenly waved.

The world became blurred, and the various noises that had always filled the ears were elongated, and when everything returned to normal, the girl who had just blinked her eyes was almost suffocated by the heat wave coming from the pavement.

"Ha, it's time, the time... is just right, Lily, there is still a minute or two to rest."

"...Well, I was lucky not to be hindered by other elemental monsters."

"It's probably all swallowed up, dragons are very greedy."

The pages of the book were flipped quickly, and a spell was released in Liliana's crooning.

Feeling the drop in temperature around her, Tingna panted heavily, looking at the land scorched by lava in disbelief.

"Huh, huh... this, this is..."

"...the summit of Visuka, here we come."

He took out a bottle of light blue magic power potion from the space storage ring, and after helping the girl hanging on her wear another [Feather Fall], Liliana gulped it down.

Magic power is the life of a magician. A magician without magic power is not even as good as a spearman most of the time.

"This is the top of the volcano... It's too much, it's such a beautiful place..."

Tina looked at the land covered by lava in shock.

She remembered that this place was supposed to be a clear lake on top of a mountain, and the wetland was covered with green grass. It was a paradise for herbivorous animals. Hunters and adventurers who came here occasionally saw those rabbits and deer that were not afraid of people, and they would put down The murder weapon in his hand cannot bear to destroy this peace and beauty.

But now, in the depression that was supposed to be a lake, there is only tumbling magma stirring, continuously ejecting tall magma columns.

The molten blazing red even filled the depression on the top of the mountain, and flowed down the mountain. The trees, grasslands, animals...everything it passed disappeared, everything was submerged, and the magma that burned everything lit up the tip of the mountain.

The mountain called Visuka was burning.

Like a lighted candle, it emits highly poisonous steam.

"...I went to set up some protective magic at the water source at the foot of the mountain, don't worry."

"The question is, how to delay the time."

Liliana and Alice, who kept flipping the pages of the book and putting various spell-casting materials on it, did not respond to Tina's unbearable accusation as they prepared their magic.

"Will Yansha City become like this?"

"……Maybe."

"If you want to delay time, Alice and Lily must stop this big guy from climbing out of the lava pool no matter what. It has very huge wings. Once it leaves this mountain, Lily can't catch up."

— After all, it’s a dragon.

While saying this, Alice pulled out another sword from her waist, and crystal snowflakes fell from the blade.

"Huge wings..."

How big will it be?

Ting Na has only seen dragons in the illustrations of novels, just based on the exaggerated pictures, a rough outline appeared in the girl's mind.

That would probably be smaller than the Adventurer's Association building, right? She remembered that in the illustration of that novel, the dragon the protagonist fought was finally crushed to death by the collapsed city wall...

"Here, like that."

"...Eh?"—[That], what does it mean?

The sword that was held up by the little puppet, with snowflakes still falling, looked into the lake of lava.

"?!!!"

Still confused about what Alice was referring to, Tina's pupils suddenly shrank.

At first glance, it was just two columns of lava rising up with terrifying momentum. Although it rose higher and thicker than other gushing lavas, it was still just two raging lavas.

"Ah, ah... what a god..."

But not right.

Totally wrong.

After the heavy magma peeled off in large chunks, Tingna realized that she was too short-sighted. What emerged from the magma lake was not a magma eruption at all, but a pair of skeleton wings!

Even if soaked in the scorching lava, they are still unscathed, not only that, but the huge bones, which are bigger than any living things, still have red lines shining, and the light gathers the lava, gradually disintegrating the bones. The gaps are filled!

——Slightly smaller than the Adventurer's Association building?

"Ha ha ha ha……"

This is really a wild fantasy beyond one's own strength.

If this pair of wings that burn everything spread out, it would be enough to cover and bury Sundae Square!

"Miss Liliana! That!! Impossible!!!"

Tina wanted to say something, wanted to tell Liliana that it was impossible to fight this kind of behemoth, wanted to say that delaying time in front of this kind of opponent was simply absurd story in knight novels, wanted to escape...

"...Liberation. [Son of Primradon]."

A magical radiance lit up the silent witch.

[Cold] spewed out from more than a dozen magic circles, large and small.

Countless icy spears swept through the pure white freezing air, bringing some dampness to the burned earth. They bombarded on the wings of the two skeletons, submerged in the lava, and sublimated directly due to the instant high temperature, mixing a little whiteness into the black mist with a strong sulfur smell.

Even though the water mist didn't stay in the high temperature air for a while, it was precisely because of this that Tingna was surprised to see that the part where the skeleton's wings connected to the lava had turned into pitch-black volcanic rock. The rock was stuck to the bones, and the magma that could already see the outline of the dragon's wings seemed to be cut off, lost its shape, and fell into a scorching flame wave.

"Miss Liliana, what... have you done..."

"...The lava dragon beast has the talent to manipulate flames and lava, and their existence is attached to this skeleton and the complete lava fluid."

The witch took out another bottle of magic potion and drank it down. It seems that the magic just now, the rain of ice spears flying like a torrential rain, also consumed a lot of magic power.

"But that's just instinct. It belongs to the instinct of a red dragon. Even if it turns into a skeleton, it will remain on that dragon's body. It's just that this kind of brainless guy, even though he has a dragon's bone, doesn't use its wisdom. Turn lava into rock and it won't know what to do... oh?"

Alice, who waved the dagger contemptuously, suddenly raised the corners of her mouth playfully.

"Ah, the wings—"

Ting Na also saw that the pair of wings, which were glued with a large amount of volcanic rock, quickly retracted towards the magma.

——! ! ! ! ! !

An angry roar came from the lava lake, which was even more frightening than the previous explosions and roars. It was as if a huge and ferocious beast was roaring at itself with its bloody mouth wide open!

"—Woo——"

"It doesn't look like it's completely brainless!"

Tina's scream and Alice's chuckle were stretched to distorted by the flow of heat in the witch's ear.

In the sky where the waves of magma can't touch, Liliana saw the dragon claw that swung unexpectedly from under the magma towards the lava that she was in a moment ago but missed, and appeared in the vortex of the lava. of giants.

A fully extended keel far larger than this crater.

A large amount of magma is filled in the gap.

In the empty eye sockets, the elements and broken soul brilliance twisted into a dark red color.

But what is more puzzling is the relatively complete armor on it.

According to stories and historical records, the red dragon that fell into the mountains did not have this kind of armor dedicated to giant dragons, and the artistic style of this armor is not like that of the red dragon. Rather, so many thorns Ah, barbs, and the completely out-of-scale red and black color scheme, more like...

"Lily, this guy can't break free directly from the crater."

"……Um."

The lava dragon beast roared, and spit out a stream of sticky flames towards the only living creature besides itself.

"No, Miss Liliana, this kind of thing, this kind of thing can't fight!"

The blond girl almost fainted the moment she saw the hideous giant dragon beast emerge.

God, what a monster that is!

Such a monster is simply not something humans can contend with! That flame alone is enough to reduce Salt Sand City to ashes!

"Run away, even if you run away, no one will blame Miss Liliana, Miss Liliana!!"

"...be quiet, Miss Tingna, you are just frightened by the dragon's power remaining on that keel."

"Is Lily's [Magic Charm] followed by [Long Wei]? Miss Ting Na is really easy to be influenced, but don't worry."

Liliana didn't spend much time comforting the girl on her back who was completely in panic because of the shock of Longwei.

She stretched out her hand towards the flames, and the three rings of light woven by iridescent magic light began to rotate.

This unbelievable scene even stopped the girls from crying. The turbulent flames enveloped them, but they were blocked from the spherical space by the ring that rotated according to the wonderful law. The viscous magma seemed to be broken up. , splash, scatter.

They were engulfed by the flames, but remained unharmed.

"...Alice."

"Well, Miss Tina, Alice knows that Miss Tina is very scared now, of course, it would be strange if Tina would not be afraid. Although it is only a skeleton, a dragon is a dragon, and the remaining power of the dragon It’s not something ordinary people can resist.”

Floating from Liliana's right shoulder to the side of the girl's face, the girl who was astonished by the unprecedented scene that she didn't know how many times today turned her head in a daze.

"But don't worry, Alice and Lily, they are very strong, they are even stronger than Miss Tina imagined."

There is a small touch on the lips.

"So, Miss Tina, just watch with peace of mind, watching Lily and Alice perform for Miss Tina before saying goodbye."

Soft, a little bitter, refreshing.

Is that the smell of Alice's purple lip gloss?

Ting Na, who was kissed off guard, seemed to have been impacted by spiritual magic. Whether it was fear or shock, it all flew out of her mind. She saw a little puppet with a weeping bloody Dongguo ghost mask suddenly appearing on the side of her head. She didn't know how she should react.

"——The big drama of slaying dragons and fighting demons, let's bid farewell to this."

The viscous flame passed through the three of them, and the fragmented Mars fell dimly behind the sky not far away. The lady doll in front of her disappeared. He let out a terrible roar.

The icy light of the knife passed over the dragon's claws that were deeply dug into the rock wall.

Even if separated by a height of more than 100 meters.

Even the black hair made of silk and satin can't even see the afterimage clearly.

Tina could still see, too. The light of the knife was cold and sharp, and each flicker fell on the claws of the huge dragon beast clinging to the rock wall. Each knife froze the body made of lava, turned the lava back into black brittle rocks, and turned those rocks Chopped up, it was like peeling the flesh from a fish, until the dragon's claws, which could level a street with a single swipe, were whittled down to a pale skeleton with lines like red veins.

How did that happen?

It is obviously such a small body, as big as a human baby less than one year old, and as big as a relatively large cat, holding two toy-like swords, how can it be swung, such a terrifying sword light Woolen cloth?

Even when I was in such a trance, the dragon beast screamed and spit fire violently between its claws.

—Miss Alice—! !

Can that little figure escape? I should be so suspicious, I should be screaming like this.

But.

Alice's little kiss made Tina realize something.

I am just a useless ordinary person who doesn't know magic, half-baked pharmacy, half-baked self-defense martial arts, and I can't even graduate from the academy.

This kind of self can't understand the so-called power, can't tell who is stronger than who, so.

Don't be ashamed, keep yelling.

"...Don't worry, Miss Tina."

Holding her own, the girl who suddenly became quiet, Miss Witch just calmly comforted her.

She turned the pages of the book, put in the materials for casting spells, injected magic power into a huge magic circle in the sky, and the pale torrent poured down to precisely hit the hideous but hollow head of the dragon beast.

"...【Sylvia's Silver Dragon Breath】"

Just like the name of the magic, this is the master of ice and snow, the great magic breathed by the silver dragon, was hit directly on the head, and the huge monster didn't even have time to howl, and the fiery red color faded under the icy air.

Immediately afterwards, like a spreading vine, the sword flower bloomed on the black neck and head covered with thin ice.

Ting Na seemed to hear the demure but dark smile of the little doll.

——Devil's Blade·【Full Open】.

At the moment when the light of the knife converged, the pitch-black rock burst and scattered, together with the incompletely condensed lava deep in the rock.

The huge dragon beast lost its power just like that, and fell powerlessly backwards into the magma, stirring up flame waves tens of meters high.

"...Won, did you..."

This time, Liliana did not choose to raise the altitude. She spread her iridescent wings, avoided the flame waves, and circled the crater.

Tina looked down at the overflowing lava flowing slowly along the mountain, feeling how unreal it was.

Such a terrifying huge monster, it's as simple as that...

"... won, but the dragon beast did not die."

Liliana drank the magic potion for the third time, and this time she drank some other potions that Tina couldn't recognize. Liliana turned her head to look at the girl who was holding her.

Those eyes, which were as dark as the night, had already been made as white as the stars of the dawn by the use of magic.

"However, its head has been chopped off..."

"...The lava dragon beast is an elemental monster. Strictly speaking, it doesn't have a deadly body structure. Just like a slime, chopping off its head just makes it temporarily incapacitated. If it is soaked in lava, no matter how many times , it will be reborn."

Tingna bit her lip, and looked at the lava lake that didn't know how deep it was.

"In that case, what's the point of fighting like this..."

"...meaning? Time is the meaning we fight with."

Liliana still answered calmly.

The girl couldn't help but look back at the lights on the horizon.

Sudden.

The fiery breath suddenly weighed down Ting Na's breath.

Her throat seemed to be burning, and her clothes seemed to be burning. What Tina, who instinctively looked at the heat source, saw, time seemed to be seen in a world that slowed down.

A tentacle of lava fell from the top of his head at some unknown time!

So fast.

So fast! !

Even Liliana raised her head just now, when the fiery touch of fire, which was thicker than hundreds of years old trees, had already smashed down from the top of her head!

—Crack.

"……Eh?"

Has been smashed from the top of the head.

However, it hasn't been dropped yet.

With Tina's vocabulary, it seems that this is the only way to describe this moment.

——Everything is still, as if time is frozen here.

"...Miss Tina, let go."

"Wait, what's going on, Miss Liliana?!"

"……let go!"

The witch involuntarily untied Tina's hands from her waist, her pupils changed back to the deep and dark color for some reason, and a rainbow-colored magic light lit up on her hands, reflecting the magic circle on her body.

The next moment.

The concept of distance seemed to disappear, and Liliana's figure suddenly became much smaller.

--wrong.

It was me, who was sent to a distance all of a sudden.

Then.

The flaming tentacles fell down, smashing the small body fiercely into the lava flowing down the mountain.

"……Eh?"

Tina's mind went blank.

She had no idea what was going on.

"Liliana...Miss...?"

But she saw it.

The scene of that little figure being pushed into the magma by that flaming tentacles——

"Liliana------!!!!!!!"

The violent hot wind blew her up, and she flew around in the chaotic air current.

She was like a feather caught in a storm on the sea, the sky, the earth, the direction, everything was confused, only helpless, mournful wailing.

But even the cry of pain was indistinct.

"Miss Tina!"

Until a small hand grabbed her.

The dizzy state didn't last long, probably because of the magic power Liliana added to herself. Tingna, who was caught by Alice, looked at the little puppet in front of her, and tears suddenly flowed out.

"Miss Liliana, Miss Liliana..."

"Calm down, Ms. Tina! Alice is still active, and Alice's formal dress has not been released, so Lily is fine. Lily is an immortal witch, although this bastard used the [super speed movement] characteristic of elemental creatures to make a fool of her. , but it's all right, look, Miss Tina, Miss Tina!"

"But, but—because of my fault, because I dragged Miss Liliana—"

How can it be all right? That is magma that can melt even steel. No matter how powerful Miss Liliana is, after a human body falls into that kind of thing, it is impossible to be safe and sound!

Liliana could obviously use the magic that sent people away all at once, but it was to protect herself, to protect her cumbersome self!

"So, Miss Tingna, look carefully, why Lily and Alice dare to accept such a commission, why Lily and Alice dare to fight the dragon beast born from the remains of the giant dragon!"

Alice shouted, focusing the girl's eyes.

So Tina saw it.

On the tentacle of lava that knocked the witch down from the sky, dozens or hundreds of magic circles suddenly flashed, and the scorching red color suddenly faded in the next instant.

— Crackling! ! !

The icy thunderbolt bloomed from the magma that the witch fell into. In front of the thunderbolt, the tentacle was like glass that could break at the touch of a touch, disintegrating and shattering in the violent noise, and in the falling debris.

The iridescent light wings dragged a gorgeous aurora, and flew right above the lava lake. In the thick smoke, dark clouds gathered. In an instant, the divine punishment from the witch made the monster born from the remains of the dragon roar in pain. .

Tingna stared blankly at all this, which overturned her cognition.

"Liliana...Miss...?"

After a moment, her bewildered gaze moved to the doll's eyes.

"Lily is an immortal witch... Immortal does not mean natural death."

The doll, who knew what she was confused about, explained it lightly.

"However, it may be difficult for Miss Tingna to understand."

Nod, nod.

The blond girl nodded blankly.

Just everything.

As Alice said, never grow old and never die.

This completely surpassed the girl's cognition, she couldn't understand all of this.

She couldn't understand, so she had to move her gaze to the horizon.

The smoke didn't obstruct the direction, and Tina saw the small, brightly lit city.

When Liliana and Alice were fighting here, was the city properly evacuated? Papa, Mama, Eleph...everyone in the slums...

— Hurry up.

— Hurry up! !

The girl who can't do anything, the girl who can't do anything, can only pray desperately in her heart.

………………………………………………………………………………………

Closing the cover of the pocket watch, the middle-aged man reached for the wine glass beside the chair.

When he got it in front of him, he realized that the wine in the goblet had already been drunk, so he picked up the wine bottle by the table again.

The wine is forty years old.

In the sunny Year of the White Deer, under the fiery moon with almost no rain, the slaves of the vineyard watered the vigorous vines with springs deep in the earth, and in the brightest sunshine, those huge purple vines were watered. The delicate and beautiful fruit of crystal is picked and sealed into the top-quality black oak barrels. After forty springs, summers, autumns and winters, it finally becomes a treasure that is more expensive than gold and is coveted by any drinker. In the exquisite glass, wrapped in lamb's down, it came to him after crossing a small half of the continent.

——Qingye Yulu.

Mayor Hardit thinks the adjective Dongguo on the bottle is really appropriate.

Whenever the fragrant crimson liquid is poured into the crystal cup of Baililunge Workshop, the cold night crystal is covered with a layer of ice mist, and the cold taste passes over the neck and turns into a scorching flame. They will close their already cloudy eyes for a long time, unable to extricate themselves for a long time.

Even a catastrophe that destroys a city must stand aside in front of this cup of fine wine.

But the wine is gone.

No matter how much the hand wearing the white glove shakes, not even a single drop can flow out of the precious black glass bottle.

"Hai code, Hai code!"

He shouted in dissatisfaction, how could the little secretary with such a wink not notice that he had finished his drink at this moment?

When the catastrophe is about to come, does he, the mayor, not even have the right to drink wine?

"Hayma—ah, damn it, he has already been sent to the ship! Is there anyone else? In such a big city hall, is there anyone else!?"

Stumbling up from the recliner, Hadit walked to the edge of the balcony and shouted loudly.

In the atrium of Nuo Da Building, no one responded.

Only then did he remember that she was the only one left here.

"Is there no one? There is no one...ah."

The location of the City Hall is in the northwest of Salt Sand City.

The last time the Magicians Association used magic pigeons to send news that the evacuation of residents in the northern city had been mostly completed. As a result, the progress was too fast and the throughput of the port could not keep up. Some of them might be diverted back here temporarily.

The staff of the city hall had withdrawn a long time ago, and he was the only one left here. The precious bottle of 40-year-old Capote Blanc was given to him by Haima before he left.

Taking advantage of the alcohol, the man walked to the other side of the balcony, overlooking the square in front of the city hall.

Legend has it that the dragon hero who slaughtered the final dragon is standing there. The black marble is illuminated by the light around the square, which looks like a large piece of black crystal. He is carrying a big sword and holding a shield in his hand. In the distance, it seems that once evil dragons and demons appear, they will rush to them and smash them with the giant sword in his hand.

"...But, can you see it?"

Hadit leaned against the white marble fence, talking to himself in a trance.

"The dragon you're supposed to fight is right there where you can see it when you turn around, but you can't see anything...can't you?"

The great brave man faced the south, the direction of the sea, and the fishermen believed that in this way, the monsters in the sea would not dare to come to the port.

And diagonally behind him, on the north side of the city.

That long-standing mountain in the night, the Vesuka that has just stood there silently for hundreds of thousands of years, is burning.

Even here, one can see that the mountain peaks are burning brilliantly, and the hard rocks seem to have turned into dry firewood, rumbling and bursting out destructive sparks.

distant.

Yet close at hand.

Here you can also see the pillars of flame rising exaggeratedly at that time, the wings of fire stretching from time to time, and occasionally a huge iridescent monster standing up from the top of the mountain, almost becoming one with the lava flowing to the mountainside.

Even the author who wrote the myth would never have imagined that the evil dragon in his writing, the messenger of disaster, would one day wake up with the mournful cry of the earth, and wash the earth with the flow of destructive flames.

But only one little girl stopped it.

"Liliana Einsteins..."

The man recalled the night when he heard the news.

The first time I met that girl was some time ago, on that turbulent night when the nobles took the opportunity to eliminate dissidents.

In the infirmary of the Adventurer's Association, he and his secretary Haima saw this girl who looked not as old as his granddaughter and was holding a doll.

The conversation with her cannot be called a conversation at all, it is better to say that it is a willful and dictatorial queen who unilaterally gave orders to them.

Had he not seen how she destroyed more than a dozen noble families in one night, Hadit really wanted to treat what she said as nonsense and turn around and leave.

However, the president of the Association of Magicians and the bishop of the Church of Virtue in Salt Sand City stopped him.

then now.

Everything in front of him made him thankful that he didn't drink that day.

The witch's prophecy came true.

The earth roared, and evil dragon beasts revived in the red salt volcano.

The witch's plan worked.

A speech through the magic screen calmed the chaos and maintained the order in the city.

What she promised him has been fulfilled, so as a noble nobleman, he must now do the work that the witch left him.

Hardit took the little blue cylinder out of his pocket.

When the Wizards Guild notifies him that the retreat is complete, he will activate this to send a signal to the fighting witch.

After that, he will leave, and he cannot leave early anyway.

Even if it might destroy him forever, he must stick to it here.

He is the mayor and a nobleman. It is his unshirkable responsibility to protect the people of this city. Also, this is his honor as the mayor of Salt Sand City and as a nobleman.

In a crisis, it would be a disgrace to the nobles if they ran earlier than the civilians.

But even so, who wants to die?

"Hurry up... hurry up..."

Once again, Hardit flipped open his pocket watch.

He could do nothing but pray.

It has been almost 70 minutes since the first eruption of the volcano.

There are still 60 minutes, hurry up, hurry up!

Between his pocket watch and his field of vision, a black object suddenly appeared.

"?!"

Dull, dull, stained with a bright red liquid.

The man stared blankly at the sharp cone-like thing, and watched him disappear in front of his chest. The belated pain made him let out an "ah".

"Dear Mayor Hardit."

A voice sounded behind him.

He turned around, and several men wearing sheep's head masks stood in front of him. They were all wrapped in pitch-black robes, and dark green flames were blazing in the eye sockets of the masks.

"You are... Sheephead Cultists..."

The pupils, which were no longer as sharp as before, suddenly shrank.

Such attire is so iconic that even a three-year-old child can immediately recognize the identities of these cultists.

Hadit clutched his chest in a daze, blood flowed from his fingertips, staining the suit with an ominous color.

"first meet."

The cultist closest to him greeted him politely.

"Then, for the sake of the great Lord of Fire, Goromous, please die."

—Pfft.

The lingering aftertaste of the cold metal piercing the body was vividly felt again before it was covered by the pain.

Consciousness quickly faded away.

The bright city hall and the pair of dark green flames slowly melted into the creeping darkness.

At this moment, Hadit suddenly felt a sense of awe. He opened his mouth wide, pointed at the cultists in front of him, and muttered something, but when he finally wanted to say something.

The cultist impaled him again.

First the blow that pierces the heart.

Then there is the painful blow that pierces the kidney.

The dark green flame in the mask was burning with hatred, and he let go of Hadit's body.

"Cough... Goo!!"

The man's body backed up, about to fall from the balcony of the city hall.

"Oh, it will be troublesome if this one breaks."

Another Sheephead Cultist quickly grabbed the blue cylinder in his hand, speeding up the process.

——Puff.

An unpleasant voice sounded.

Still, no one cares.

The ecstatic sheep-headed believer holding the blue cylinder looked around at his companions:

"Okay, okay, our plan succeeded. I didn't expect this stupid Mr. Mayor to really stay in the city hall alone."

He was laughing contemptuously, causing a burst of agreement.

"The glory of the stupid nobleman, but thanks to this we have found an opportunity. If the great Lord of Fire wiped out that stupid witch who is overconfident and all the sacrifices in this city have run away, then we But I can't bear the wrath of the demon lord."

The Goathead believers were discussing in one go, looking at the volcano in the north of the city, their words were frenzied by the blooming flames.

"Now setting off this firework won't arouse suspicion."

"What I overheard was that the witch would only delay for an hour. Wait a little longer. Wait for 2 to 30 minutes. According to the number of ships in the city, most of the people should be able to evacuate."

The Sheephead Cultist who was wiping the blood casually replied, his words made the cultists even more excited.

"But in fact, there is no evacuation. Our compatriots are working hard to prevent their evacuation, and the magic used for guidance has also been completed."

"Let us welcome the arrival of the great lord, let us welcome the arrival of the blazing flame!"

With their hands raised high, they shouted frantically, surrounded by their companions holding the blue cylinder, and left towards the outside of the city hall.

Before leaving, the Goat's Head Cultist, who wiped the blood off the black spikes, spat on the balcony.

From the beginning to the end, he just echoed the fanatical shouts of others, and he has no interest in that great flame.

—Damn Harditt, vampire, now, you've got your comeuppance.

A cross of virtue was secretly drawn on his chest, and the sheep head cultist looked down at him.

Only this man, only his death.

To let my mother rest in peace.

Gaze over the railing. The man lying in the pool of blood is like a frog thrown to the ground, that high face has lost all majesty, cunning and vitality, so weird, so weird.

"...?"

smiling.

--what happened?

The sheep head believer couldn't help but shiver.

Why can he laugh?

Why, at the moment before the end of his sinful life, did this damned man have no fear, no repentance, but such a weird, as if he had expected...smiling?

Anger went straight to my head.

The sheep head cultist turned around and picked up the wine bottle from the table. Compared with before, this bottle became lighter. That's okay, that sanctimonious villain is not qualified to die under the baptism of fine wine!

He threw down the wine bottle vigorously, watching it shatter into countless pieces of glass on the head of the noble's corpse, at this moment.

——Boom! !

The roar of an explosion was heard in the distance.

Not from the north, but from the east and south, probably along the banks of the White Salt River. After the old city was razed, the few fellow Sheephead believers who were already there were preventing their evacuation.

Now the area around the port has become a mess.

"It's time to go, go build an altar with flesh and blood, and welcome the coming of the great lord."

The sheep head believer greeted him.

"I see."

Panting heavily, the man held on to the railing resentfully, and hammered it frantically until he was numb from the severe pain, before turning his head and leaving.

The pleasure of revenge made him like drinking cold ale in the scorching heat, but the nectar brewed with the life of the enemy was tasteless.

No matter what he did, that smile never went away.

The smeared glass and blood did not change, as if he had predicted everything, the creepy and weird smile——

………………………………………………………………………………………

When the blue fireworks rose from the horizon, Tina was hugging Liliana, avoiding a piece of lava that covered the sky under the witch's nimble dodge.

"Miss Liliana, that!"

Because she happened to look over there, the girl immediately saw that in the sky that had begun to be covered by volcanic ash, the blooming fireworks spread layer upon layer.

A circle within a circle.

Blue lines spread blue lines.

The fireworks did not disappear in the blink of an eye, and within a short while, the blue cosmos bloomed in the sky.

"In Yansha City, a signal has been released!"

This can't be the fireworks set off at the Seagull Festival. There is no such thing as a celebration, and the fireworks will light up and then go away. Based on Kyoko's situation, this is undoubtedly a signal!

Although Tina didn't know what kind of signal it would be, it was definitely a signal sent to the witch lady by the city that Miss Liliana was protecting with all her strength!

"..."

Because of the girl's yelling, she glanced at the blue cosmos with her blazing pupils.

A few drops of lava, which is enough to burn people to the point that there is no ashes left, brushed against the tip of the light wing's wing, and Liliana made the trajectory of the flight draw a big arc. The words were pushed back into his mouth.

"——!!!——!"

In the lava lake, the dragon beast was roaring furiously.

It waved its huge claws, trying to catch this annoying fly. Every time it roared, dozens or hundreds of pillars of flame would rise from the magma. They twisted and coiled towards Lilia like a snake. Na and Ting Na bit, tens of meters of airspace was occupied, completely blocking the escape space of the girls.

"...Liberate [Ufras Big Sky Break]"

But the witch just let it go softly, and chanted the magic spell in advance while flying.

With a light wave of the small palm, it was like an invisible storm sweeping in front of the raging flame snake. With invincible power, it tore those viscous flames to pieces, and cooled them into black broken rocks in the splash.

"...Liberation of [Siwa's Rain of Mercy]"

Immediately followed by the second.

These fine rocks turned into thick sharp cones wrapped in frozen air in the huge magic circle unfolded by the witch, and fell towards the head of the dragon beast like a meteor.

Tina can recite the next scene:

In order to defend against this attack, and to hit Liliana who was temporarily in the air, the dragon beast spewed out flames that consumed everything.

At this time, there will be a icy light passing behind it.

Like a bolt of lightning.

It was like a cold wind.

It will harden the lava neck of the dragon beast into a fragile rock, and then accompanied by the roar of the dragon beast, in the crisp knife like glass bursting.

——! ! ! ! ——! ! ! !

Fragmented.

The magnificent wave of lava hit the rock wall of the volcano. The mountain rock, which had long been as soft as cream, could not stop the huge wave, and a large amount of lava spewed out like a bank burst. Like a river of fire spraying in the night sky, it will fall on the lava tide of the mountain, splashing even bigger red sparks.

"This is already, the twentieth time..."

Even with such a spectacular scene, Tina already felt a little numb.

The bones of the dragon are extremely hard and cannot be cut, but for the lava dragon beast, it is only a shell to maintain its shape, it is his bone, but it is by no means his life. On the contrary, once the lava on the head is lost from other parts connect. This ferocious body will collapse in an instant, falling into the lava together with the skeleton of the giant dragon.

Flying volcanic ash obscured the sky. In order to fight against the fire of the lava dragon beast, Liliana constantly used the magic of the frost system, and the frost called here from the ice elemental plane was engulfed by the flames and transpired. Water vapor and volcanic ash mixed together in the higher sky, gathering dirty dark clouds, even the moonlight was blocked.

With no frame of reference, no clock, Tina has no idea how much time has passed.

It's just that she has seen this scene too many times.

The petite Alice can always accurately give it a fatal blow from a corner it can't perceive, while the lava dragon beast can't even defend - huge, it is the most primitive kind of powerful, but in the face of too small Against opponents, this has never been an advantage. Little Alice is not even as big as one of its front teeth, and she can accurately cut off the lava's neck every time without a trace in the night, making the dragon beast briefly Losing control of its huge body, it collapsed and fell into the magma.

If the dragon beast stirs up a large amount of magma to protect itself, so that the elusive little thing has nowhere to attack, at this time, Liliana will take the opportunity to increase the height of the flight, and pull the steaming magma from the hot gray cloud above. The water vapor, using the iridescent magic circle, condenses it into an ice spear that kills the dragon.

The ice creation is taller and thicker than the Mage Tower in Salt Sand City. It is not so much a spear used to penetrate as it is a pure white pillar supporting the sky and the earth.

Facing the huge pillar that fell from the sky, the dragon beast roared again and again, trying to crush it with its claws, and dispelled it with high-temperature red flames, but again and again, it was not smashed into the depths of the lava lake, It was the Frost Eagle who was turned into a giant dragon by another magic spell in the burst of water vapor.

Such scenes were repeated repeatedly, and Ting Na's expression gradually became numb.

However, Liliana and Alice also encountered danger several times.

The Lava Dragon Beast is indeed a monster conceived from the bones of a giant dragon. It is not stupid, not stupid at all. It is better to say that it is very, very smart.

The armor made of unknown metal has long since disappeared. Liliana told Tingna that it was because it realized that the armor was useless except to slow down the reconstruction of its body. It's something it has learned.

Then. Several times, it cleverly took advantage of the fact that Liliana and Alice would not allow it to spread its wings to fly, and suddenly jumped half of its body from the lava lake, spreading its wings.

When Liliana used magic to stop it and exposed the location, the volcanic rock suddenly exploded and stretched out a huge dragon claw. The speed was unbelievable. Tina's witch was still hanging on her body while casting the spell. The only way to interrupt the magic is to send Miss Liaison Officer to a safe place, but this way she has no time to dodge. The [Flash Technique] with a claw that is more than 100 meters away and has a maximum range of only 50 or 60 meters cannot dodge at all.

And if you can't avoid it, you will be caught, dragged into the lava lake, or held by the dragon's claws, smashing everywhere on the rocks of the crater-no matter which one, or just being caught by the high-temperature lava dragon's claws Enough to blow people away, however, every time.

The witch can always return to Alice and Tina safe and sound under a magic bloom.

Except for the beautiful kimono that was burned and turned into ashes early in the morning, there was not even a wisp of dust on the beautiful body that seemed to be made by God.

"The witch of [Wugou]. The witch of [Immortal and Immortal]. So Miss Tina doesn't have to worry about Alice and Lily at all."

That's how Alice explained when she came back to Tina like this for the first time, holding the stunned girl's hand.

The so-called "innocent" is not meant to describe the purity of the human heart, but to describe objective facts.

Even if they fell into the mud, fell into the ashes after the fire, and were poured down by a large pile of garbage, witches with this quality would not have a trace of filth on their bodies, and their bodies would eliminate the filth from the level of law, Their bodies are synonymous with "clean".

"However, as a side effect, Lily also lost some functions of the human body, such as excretion. The waste will disappear from Lily's stomach before it is produced. Alice doesn't know where it disappeared."

"Then, [Immortality and Immortality]—this is not a concept on the biological level, but also on the law. The laws of the world fix Lily's appearance, Lily's body, and Lily's life at the moment when she becomes a witch. No matter how time passes, no matter how you are killed, you will be reborn according to the laws of the world. When Lily became a Noble Phantasm class, this law was also integrated with Lily's [concept]. The current Lily is [No matter what. the existence of death.”

To be honest, Tina only understood the most obvious part of Alice's explanation. The girl almost cried when she saw the unscathed witch.

But I have to say, humans are really disgustingly adaptable creatures, the second, third, fourth... or fifth time?

After just a few times like this, Tina only felt slightly worried.

Even so, this was by no means an easy battle. This big guy was suppressed by Liliana and Alice entirely because the Witch and the Doll knew its weaknesses too well.

Perhaps it was due to the influence of this drag bottle, but both Liliana and Alice were hit several times, and were even dragged into the magma lake.

If it were anyone else, any treasure-level powerhouse would have been reduced to ashes.

That's right, this is a fight that even the Noble Phantasm level powerhouse of the strongest class in the mainland will be wiped out if you don't pay attention.

Such a dangerous battle has been going on for an unknown amount of time.

And now.

"Miss Liliana, how long do you have to hold on..."

will continue.

"...I'll only delay for an hour."

Liliana casually threw away the empty potion bottle in her hand and fell from the sky. The glass potion bottle sank into the lava without even making a sound.

"Will it be uncomfortable...Miss Liliana..."

Seeing that another bottle of potion was gulped down, Ting Na asked worriedly.

Not long ago, when Liliana seized the opportunity of Alice to cut off the wantonly waving dragon tail, and chanted Frost Thunder, Tina's instinct was trembling because of the furious dragon's roar, and she subconsciously made her hands harder.

As a result, Liliana's chanting was interrupted.

Miss Witch coughed violently, but the coughing sound was not clear, mixed with the sound of water, and Tingna saw some blue liquid being coughed up by Liliana in panic.

Only then did Ting Na realize that Liliana's lower abdomen was already slightly bulging.

If you put your ear on it and listen, you might be able to hear the sloshing sound of the liquid, like a balloon filled with water, chugging.

Those are all kinds of potions that Liliana drank, including [Magic Power Potion], which is as precious as life to a magician, and [Awakening Potion], which improves mental power for a short time and speeds up the recovery of magic power. [Sage Potion] that consumes mana, and there are many other potions that Tina can't understand.

Let’s talk about the magic potion that Tingna also knows. It’s a small bottle of 100ml. Liliana has already drank at least twenty or thirty bottles, which is already a lethal amount. If you look carefully, you will find that even Platinum Her hair was dyed blue light.

But in order to delay time, she needs enough magic power, enough magic power, to support her to drop the big magic again and again, and smash the lava dragon beast back into the magma with a lot of magic power!

Therefore, she can only hold on with her immortal body!

"...You can hug your waist too."

Now, the way she hugged Liliana was no longer with her arms around her waist.

The girl put her hand from the witch's armpit, around the petite and lovely chest, and hugged her shoulders vigorously. This posture is very tiring, but.

"However, Miss Liliana will be very uncomfortable! And if the potion suddenly goes against the flow during the chant!"

——I can't do anything, at least, let Liliana not feel sad because of me.

Liliana turned her head in silence, the girl on her back had blood oozing from her lips from biting tightly, and the hand holding her shoulder was trembling, even so.

In those blue pupils, there is a white reflection, but no escape and similar emotions can be seen anymore.

It was as if those had been burned away by the white flame.

"Lily, it's coming again!"

The little puppet flew over from nowhere and floated beside Liliana.

"...Alice."

The surface of the lava lake began to churn again, staged battles again and again, and will be opened again.

Casually casting a [Soothing Technique] on the girl's hands, Liliana stared at the tumbling lake.

Under the surface of the lake that repeats the cycle of solidification and melting, tens to hundreds of tons of lava are gathering, reorganizing into ferocious dragon beasts.

However, there is still a little time.

"Only the blue signal, Lily."

The little puppet floated beside the witch, and she also saw the blue cosmos.

"...That's right, and it's been several minutes, but there's only this."

"That is to say, I guessed it right, Lily, I hope the necklace for Mr. Mayor is working properly and protecting him."

"...The progress of the evacuation must have lagged behind, and it will not help if it continues like this."

"So, start planning, Lily?"

The witch and the puppet were talking in a low voice.

--plan?

Tina didn't know what else was planned.

"...Hmm." But the expressionless witch nodded at the moment.

And shrouded in the majesty of a queen.

She spread the pages of the book, and many plant leaves, crystal gemstones and spell-casting materials that Tina couldn't recognize fell on the pages, and a rainbow-colored magic circle spread out. In the sky, the witch began to chant ancient magic.

"[The winter garden is sprinkled with quiet snow, roses, daisies, and violets are flying and covered, above the frost lake, under the silver moon, the gardener whistles to call for the ancient oath.]"

The temperature began to drop.

The humid and hot air condensed in this chant, and the thick gray cloud became lower and lower, and even unclean gray rain fell from it.

"【That is the eternal sleep of God Shiva, the wings of the ancient ice phoenix, the ice sea for thousands of years, the aurora from the sky to the earth.】"

The witch's chant was beautiful like a ballad, the lava rioted, and the dragon beast that had been reborn several times looked up to the sky and screamed, waving its furious flame hand in this direction, the gray raindrops fell on it and evaporated, and the dirty ashes accompanied the explosion. The open steam is flying again.

Although the lava dragon beast is a dragon beast, it is also classified as an elemental monster in the classification of monsters.

The movement of the elements is completely different from normal creatures. In the blink of an eye, the giant claw was like a thick wall of fire, and it came to the witch. Tina was so frightened that she closed her eyes, but the blowing The enthusiasm is only for a moment.

"【Come on, the gardener calls softly.】"

becomes a terribly cold,

"【Come on, the endless nine days of whiteness.】" The interpretation sang.

Time seems to be reversed from early summer to midwinter by the naughty gods.

Opening her eyes, the blond girl stared blankly at the gray snowflakes flying all over the sky, the coldness that pierced her skin almost made her scream.

"...This great magic can probably freeze it for five or six minutes."

But Miss Witch just took her small palm off the ice wall that was bigger than her whole body—a moment ago, it was still the giant claw with the ear of a lava dragon—as if nothing had happened, and put it on her back as if nothing had happened. The girl explained the effects of magic.

"...Using this time, let's go back to Salt Sand City."

"Eh? Eh?"

Tina froze.

"...Miss Tingna, hold on tight, the next step may be a little faster."

"Miss Tina, don't open your mouth, your tongue will be bitten off."

But Liliana and Alice both ignored her sluggishness, and the little doll sitting on Tingna's left shoulder couldn't tell whether it was a warning or just a joke for relaxation. .

Hongguang's wings suddenly magnified. Seeing this scene, Ting Na gritted her teeth.

There are too many things she doesn't know about this disaster, about Liliana and Alice.

And before these doubts even flashed through her mind, the wings of light on Liliana's back suddenly became huge. The world is blurred, the wind in the ears is stretched almost forever, and even the eardrums seem to be crushed!

And when everything returned to normal, Tingna's vision gradually became clearer.

"Why……"

Unbelievable, I was stunned.

Under the blue cosmos, Yansha City, the city where she was born and raised, her hometown.

—is burning.

………………………………………………………………………………………

The square in front of the City Hall is one of the only two large squares in the small city of Salt Sands.

Every day, whether it is people who go to the city hall to deal with affairs, or people who come to the food street next to the square to enjoy delicious food, this square has nothing to do with deserted and empty.

Children especially like it here. Under the statue of Dragon Brave, there are often bards and entertainers playing there. Before spring, they will also hold beautiful kites and laugh heartily on the white stone slabs.

But now, there is no one here, of course, the staff of the city hall are responsible for the function of city operations, and they must be evacuated first anyway, but why?

Why is that white building scorching black and collapsing in the fire?

Even the statue of the dragon hero was destroyed, and the hero's body was pulled down and shattered into several pieces on the ground.

Not only that, but looking from the sky, several blocks in Yansha City have been caught in raging fire, with thick smoke rising into the sky, mixed with the drifting volcanic ash.

The entire city can no longer see the night sky.

"..."

Liliana and Alice flew down with Tina.

At this time, Tingna saw a bloody person lying there among the gravel.

The iridescent wings of light dispelled the shadow cast by the firelight of the city hall, and also illuminated the man's face. As if stimulated by the light, his closed eyelids twitched a few times, and he raised his head.

"Mayor Hardit?!"

Falling to the ground, Ting Na, who was still staggering a little, saw the man's face and almost fell to the ground.

"F-what happened, why are you here alone? Where's your guard? Such a serious injury, you need to bandage it quickly—"

The blond girl seemed at a loss because of this scene.

Who will tell her what happened?

Shouldn't Salt Sand City be evacuating in full swing? Why did the fire suddenly break out?

And it's not just the city hall, when in the sky, Tingna alone saw more than a dozen places where flames and thick smoke sprang out, and even the iconic stone statue of the brave was pulled down and destroyed?

"Huh? Is Miss Liliana here too..."

When Tina panicked, Hadit shook his blood-stained face and recognized Liliana's iconic magic light.

Now that Miss Witch is back, there is nothing to worry about...

Thinking of this, he smiled at the panicked girl to indicate that he was fine, and then turned his gaze to the witch who had retracted her rainbow wings.

"Your Excellency Liliana... Ugh! Cough, cough!"

But immediately, he turned his face away again.

"Your Excellency Liliana, your clothes..."

"--ah!"

Tina finally remembered what was the most important thing now.

Standing in the square against the raging fire, the girl bathed in the blazing fire did not put on clothes to cover her body.

The perfect body was so undisguised, Tina only felt that she saw the goddess walking out of the fire. It was not holy, but it also made people want to worship.

"Miss Liliana, clothes, clothes!!"

"Lily, at least put away your magic charm...Miss Tina is about to become Lily's fanatic."

Alice, who was supporting the blond girl, sighed in a low voice. Hadit glanced at her, and only regarded her as a prop for the witch in front of her, not paying attention.

"...It doesn't matter."

But Miss Witch didn't care at all.

She walked up to Hadit, took out several bottles of medicine from the space storage ring, unscrewed them, and handed them to the nobleman in front of her.

"...Everything is as planned?"

"Ah, ah... That's right, Your Excellency Liliana's guess is absolutely correct, there are many heretics lurking in this city, I was attacked by them, if it wasn't for Your Excellency Liliana's amulet, I would have died long ago gone."

After weighing the nobleman's etiquette and his own injury for a moment, Hardit looked at Liliana resentfully, and took the potion from her hand and drank it.

——Since I don't care about it, it would be too impolite for me to be hypocritical.

Moreover, this is not the case now.

"It can be confirmed that one of them is lurking in the high-level of the city hall. They even know that your Excellency can only delay for an hour."

Because of these potions, Hadit seemed to have regained some of his physical strength, and said with a wry smile, "This suit is very expensive." The man tore open his blood-stained skirt and pulled out a necklace.

On the thin iron chain, there were three whale bones engraved with ancient runes. Now, they all have a crack.

"Piercing the heart once, falling from the balcony once, and bleeding after the kidney stabbing once. Even this, are you within your expectations?"

He held up the necklace in both hands in fear, and handed it to the witch.

"... was killed three times?"

"Ah, that guy seems to have a deep hatred for me... Thanks to these three substitute amulets."

"... There is still a difference between the substitute talisman and the death doll. Your injuries will not disappear because of this. You are just hanging by magic. The potion can make you feel better. Don't move here, I will change to another place Implementation plan."

"Ah, by the way, the evacuation of the residents... I don't need to think about it, I know it will definitely not go well. Those cultists must be obstructing everywhere, damn it!"

The man shook his head, seeing that Liliana didn't intend to take back the necklace, he put down his hand very tiredly.

"...After the meeting with you, I went to the president of the association in private, and he also has a signal in his hand, which is red, and that is the real signal."

"Yeah……"

Hadit raised his head, and in the night sky, the blue cosmos was still blooming coquettishly.

"Those people are sheep-headed believers. They call the monster in the volcano the great flame lord Golomos. In order to offer sacrifices, they seem to be offering sacrifices somewhere in this city."

After saying this, Hadit took a deep breath, reminding the girl in front of her that her obligation had been fulfilled.

"Hey, are you bravely using yourself as a bait to lure out the lurking cultists, and destroying them with the help of His Excellency Einstein... Really good achievements."

"...That's right." Liliana nodded.

As if assured, the man closed his eyes contentedly, and snored lightly.

At this time, with Alice's help, Tina finally stood firm.

The girl still didn't understand the situation at all, and stared at the witch's incandescent pupils with puzzled eyes.

She suddenly found that the Liliana she thought she knew was just the tip of the iceberg compared to the Liliana at this moment.

Does she really understand the person in front of her? Although she would go to the Witch's Castle every day to sort out information there, what did Liliana find from those information?

And after he left, did this little witch really just conduct magic experiments that she couldn't understand again and again in that spacious laboratory?

Why did Miss Liliana use a [Wide Area Fossil to Mud] to level the old slums?

Could it be that she couldn't think of the interests of the nobles touched by this incident, and the reaction of the nobles?

impossible.

If that's the case, why does Mayor Hardit have an alchemy item that was obviously given by Liliana?

If that's the case, why is there a blue signal blooming in the sky? Now it can be definitely determined that Liliana ordered it.

For a moment, everything seemed to be connected in series.

However, Ting Na is really not good at thinking about these things. Even if inspiration flashes through her mind like an electric current, all she can grasp is an incomparably vague impression. During this period of time, in the world beyond her vision, Liliana must have done a lot.

For her, this catastrophe was unexpected no matter where, in the witch's deep eyes, was it something that had been expected?

"Miss Liliana..."

She didn't have an answer, and the girl could only stare at the witch's face with some unwillingness.

"...?"

"After it was all over, I had many, many, many questions I wanted to ask."

"……Yeah."

Liliana nodded expressionlessly.

Only this reaction was as expected.

Tingna felt that if there was a competition to guess Liliana's reaction, she would definitely win the championship again.

She even figured out the rules of the competition, the prizes, the format and venue of the competition, which should be a luxurious stage. In order for Liliana to enter the most natural state, the lighting and decoration should be the same as that of the ancient castle, with complete facilities for Liliana to read, do experiments, eat, bathe and sleep. There must be a large auditorium, and I should sit at the front of the auditorium and guess Liliana's next reaction based on her behavior.

If you guess correctly, there will be applause like a tsunami in the empty auditorium, and you can get a reward and kiss Miss Witch on the stage, and Miss Witch will give the winner that sweet breath .

If she guessed wrong, the little queen would sit on the throne of the scroll, holding platinum-blonde hair and wanting to kiss her tender white toes as punishment.

--wrong? Does this seem like a reward?

--wrong! ! !

"...Miss Liliana, temporarily eliminate the charm of the devil..."

"...?"

Liliana tilted her head slightly, and the little doll sat on Tingna's left shoulder, smiling elegantly. The blond girl grabbed her hair, this brain that had been muddled by everything that happened today was wailing helplessly.

However, when the girl's cranky thoughts, time also quietly passed.

Sudden.

——! ! ——! ! !

From the distant mountain peak, there was a roar that could not be described in human words.

It was more violent than ever before, even more ferocious than Tingna imagined, and even the ground trembled!

"Oh, it's slower than expected to break free. Such a violent volcanic movement is likely to cause a tsunami. Although it may not be such a huge tsunami, it is still very fatal at this time. I hope everyone in the Magicians Association can help Come on."

Alice, who was sitting on the girl's left shoulder, was shaking her little feet. Even Tina's uniform was already dirty by the floating volcanic ash. There was no stain on this little doll at all. The black hair on the chest was pushed back to the back of the shoulders, and he said that it had nothing to do with him.

Even though it was nearly ten kilometers away, the scorching storm seemed to be right in front of us.

Dazzling blazing colors pierced the sky from the burning mountain tops, and the messengers of natural disasters sang the song of doom and swooped down from the sky!

"so big……?"

The huge body quickly drew closer, without the obstruction of Liliana and Alice, the body of the lava was wrapped with the hideous armor of unknown material, obviously when it was in the lava lake, it was only at the beginning. Take it off after being defeated!

Tina finally understood why Liliana and Alice wanted to trap it in the crater when they knew they couldn't kill it in the crater.

It's too fast, the [super speed movement] of elemental creatures is really too fast!

Just like a real shooting star, it has already passed through the night before you have time to make a wish. The difference between the two is that this shooting star will not disappear somewhere, but will sprinkle with destructive tyranny. rain of fire!

"Liliana!!"

Even Jingshen was wiped away amidst the screams, and the giant dragon made of lava had fully stretched out and was about to rush into the city.

Tingna panicked and ran behind Liliana, lying on the girl's back.

At this time, she envied the unconscious Mayor Hardit, why couldn't she faint? If you fainted, you don't have to be overwhelmed by this dragon's power so that your heart almost stopped!

—Let's run away.

In this case, the girl almost blurted out.

"...It's okay, don't panic."

Even the remnants of Longwei are still too scary for ordinary people-this is also expected.

Knowing that even if Tinna was frightened, Liliana would not cause any trouble, so she calmly comforted Tinna without even turning her face to look at her.

In the witch's hand, a pocket watch appeared.

The pocket watch was made of silver, smaller than Miss Witch's palm, with embossed Ouroboros and crosses on the watch cover, hanging from a thin silver chain.

This pocket watch appeared suddenly, and Liliana held it, staring at the dragon beast above the sky with her incandescent eyes.

It had already flown over the city, and the magma spilled from the gaps in the red and black armor had already ignited raging fires in the hills outside the city and in the city.

— Lord of Fire.

——Gloromus, the great lord of flames!

That majestic figure covered the sky, and the Goatshead Cultists fanatically shouted the name of the god they believed in, desperately blocking the city guards and adventurers who wanted to destroy them.

The fanatical prayers echoed continuously and continuously.

——Please lower the great flame, please give us the mighty power of the flame, we will offer sacrifices and sing praises for your name!

————! ! ! ! ! !

The dragon beast roared.

"Ahh... here it comes, here it comes!"

On the side of the largest salt merchant square in Yansha City, the leader of the Sheephead Cultists trembled with joy.

After the old city was destroyed, their members were arrested one after another, and now only a small part remains. The small square occupied by the city guards and adventurers to offer a blood sacrifice to the great Lord of Fire It's already in jeopardy, and if it weren't for the magicians who were dealing with the tsunami and ships by the sea, they might have been finished long ago!

Fortunately, it's here.

The great flame lord Goromous, with his invincible flame, has come to save them!

"Quick, quick! Kill them, and offer a blood sacrifice to the great Lord of Fire, who will bless us, destroy this city with flames, and destroy these stupid people!"

He waved his hands and yelled vigorously, and the other Goatshead Cultists also yelled frantically, drew short knives from their waists, and walked towards the people bound by ropes.

These people were all civilians caught in the chaos. Although the souls of those fallen and dirty nobles were the most perfect sacrifices, they couldn't care less now.

The leader looked at everyone with satisfaction... Oh no, not everyone, the newcomer seemed to be shocked by the power of the great Lord of Fire, and stood there dumbfounded.

But it doesn't matter. For newcomers, it's normal to be shocked if you haven't seen a big scene. Who is not a newcomer here?

The leader walked to his side, patted his shoulder, grabbed the neck of the blonde girl beside him, and lifted her up.

The dark green flames were reflected in the eye sockets, and seeing the cultist in front of him raise his other hand holding the black blade, the blond girl smiled wryly.

Damn it, I shouldn't have cared about the duty of nobles to help those commoners who hold on to their wealth and don't want to let go.

Obviously, he has already been deprived of his title, isn't he?

hateful.

That's all for now...?

She resigned to her fate and closed her eyes—at this very moment.

Girls have to think that they have hallucinations.

"...?"

what is that?

Could it be...an angel?

—Crack.

Liliana pressed the button of her pocket watch.

Just after the lava dragon beast swooped down towards the largest square in the city.

Just after the girl on her back called out the name "Ai Lifu" in surprise.

Use this as the boundary point.

The world froze.

The swooping lava dragon beast is still above the sky.

The expressions of the city guards who were panicked by the huge monster falling from the sky froze on their faces.

The knives raised by the guys with sheep-headed helmets also stood still in mid-air.

In the whole world, only the witch spreads her rainbow wings and soars in the sky.

"...Alice, Miss Tina, the time is only 10 seconds."

The witch passed over the heads of those cultists and said so.

"...Eh? Eh? Wait, wait a minute, why is Ms. Elifu caught!"

"Understood, Miss Tina, come with Alice, let Alice and Miss Tina save them!"

Before the girl recovered from the shock of seeing her acquaintance and understood the current situation, the little puppet pulled Ting Na and fell from the sky.

"Hey, what the hell is going on! Why is everyone not moving—"

"This is the power of the Lily Phantasm. I don't have time to explain it now. Ms. Tingna, once you get down there, tear up these two scrolls immediately!"

Dive, dive, only the voice resounding directly in my mind is so clear.

"Even so—"

When pulling closer to the ground, Alice, who was pulling Tina, suddenly drew a large arc. At just the right time, she stuffed the two scrolls into Tina's hands, and let the girl go.

boom!

Caught off guard, Ting Na didn't even adjust her landing posture properly, and just slammed into someone's body so hard.

When she hurriedly got up with two scrolls, she found that she just hit the sheep head cultist who was grabbing Elifu by the neck and was about to kill her with a weapon she had never seen before.

Now, he was directly smashed to the ground by Tingna, and the hand holding Elif's neck was also loosened. As a result, in front of the girl, the few friends he could talk to turned into a funny look, frozen in the air.

By God, even in her craziest dream, Ting Na never thought that there would be no such superhero-like scene where a friend is in danger and goes to the rescue by herself!

"First, Mayor Hardit, and then Elif, why are you here..."

If possible, now Tingna really wants a god's perspective, to take a good look at the city since she met Liliana from the beginning to the end.

What happened where I could see it but didn't pay attention.

I can't see, let alone what happened in the place that I don't care about.

Maybe this can explain everything that happened now, Liliana's plan, the actions of the nobles and the city hall in the city, Mayor Hardit who was left alone, the cultists, and Elif.

Thinking wildly, Tina tore open the scroll in her hand.

The iridescent magic circle lit up under the girl's feet, and then disappeared. Tina didn't know what kind of magic it was, she threw the scroll casually, and tore another scroll apart, and Aurora's shield immediately wiped out everyone on this side of the square - including those cultists wearing masks and those who were tied to the rope. The tied people were all wrapped up, echoing the other side of the square.

Is this magic that protects everyone?

Tina, who had done what Alice told her, was amazed at the beautiful colors that kept changing.

But, there are more beautiful lights than that.

When the surroundings were lit up, Tingna wondered if it was her own illusion.

After all, according to Alice's explanation, it is the power of Liliana's Noble Phantasm to stop time. Apart from myself who can move for some reason, only Liliana and Alice should be able to move.

However, this is not an illusion.

"This is……"

Above the street lamps, the crystal clear seagulls lit up.

For these decorations that watch the festival every year on the top of the street lamps, the deepest impression of the residents of Yansha City is probably that when the street lamps are on and the fireworks are blooming, their crystal bodies are also reflected in the sky filled with fireworks. It looks colorful.

And tonight, they light up.

Instead of reflecting other brilliance, but oneself, shining brilliantly.

"This is also Miss Liliana's..."

Tina could hardly believe her eyes.

They flew up from the tops of the street lamps, and their pairs of crystal clear and hard wings flapped softly, allowing them to fly into the gray night sky, becoming shining stars in this stagnant world, and a bright starry sky .

And in the center of this starry sky is the lava dragon beast that was roaring and falling, but was imprisoned in midair by the power of the witch.

And above the dragon beast, the girl at the top of the starry sky.

Suddenly, the girl seemed to see the starry sky that night again.

Her undressed body was wrapped by beautiful wings of light. The light seemed to come from above the sky, from the residence where the gods lived, softly illuminating the girl's young body at the top of the dark night.

"——,———,———."

Ahh——

Like the descending of a goddess, the solemn gospel is played with a light voice.

The sculptures of seagulls are illuminated by light, and the light spots are connected to weave a hemispherical dome. Magical runes and various circles flicker among them. Glass shatters.

Lag time, resume flow.

At this moment, Aurora's spear shot out from the net woven by Liliana.

A piercing dragon beast's left wing.

One pierced into the right rib of the dragon beast.

Three tore the belly of the drake.

Nine left lava-splash wounds on its back.

Its dive was blocked, and the elemental life forms felt no pain, but these spears of light were cold and heavy, hitting and breaking through the black-red armor, making its landing a fall.

"————!!!!!!"

The stone bricks in the square melted a moment after touching the lava body, and the dragon beast screamed in the highly toxic rock vapor, spewing out red dragon flames.

And Liliana just stepped down.

She suddenly appeared at a position more than ten meters away from the dragon beast's head, and the net of the starry sky also shrank suddenly, covering the dragon beast with a body length of nearly 100 meters.

More Aurora Spears fell, dozens, hundreds... Maybe thousands of them?

Imprisoned by the constricted space, there was no room to dodge, and the lava dragon beast was submerged in the gorgeous aurora.

No matter how it roared, no matter how it hit the starlight cage with its limbs and tail, it was all useless.

The seagull statues in the entire Yansha City are gathered here at this moment, even if it can destroy ten or twenty with one claw, and a hundred with one flick of its tail, there will be more, more statues will be refilled, even if it is In Yansha City, there are also 1,000 or 2,000 street lamps.

It can't break free! Can't dodge! Can't defend!

"No, no, no—!!!"

Those who were still praying fervently just a moment ago, the sheep head believers wailed in despair.

They saw that no matter how much the great flame lord resisted, he could not break free from the shackles of despair.

The blazing lava slowly filled the pits bombarded by the guns of light amidst their wailing, slowly solidified and lost their vitality.

That is the blood of the demon lords, the life of the gods they believe in! Their newly revived gods were tortured wantonly in front of their eyes, but as believers, their bodies were imprisoned by strange forces, and they couldn't even offer a drop of blood.

"Ah, ah..."

Tina could no longer hear their wailing and roaring noises. No, it started at the moment when Liliana stepped lightly, like a god descending into the world.

She was already intoxicated.

The girl turned a deaf ear to the astonished cries of "Why can't I move" and "Tinna? Why are you here" from Ai Lifu behind her.

Because of the holy and beautiful figure of the witch.

Just like a holy believer, kneeling under the radiance of the sky, folded his hands in front of his chest to offer everything.

"———,——."

The book disappeared in front of the witch.

The chant is over.

For the last time, Liliana stepped down.

The starlight cage that the lava dragon beast couldn't break free was shattered at this moment, and the witch's petite and soft feet stepped directly on the dragon beast's skull.

There was no longer hot lava there, and the lines on the bones were dull.

Liliana stepped on the huge skeleton and walked down slowly.

Not paying any attention to the awe-inspiring gazes of the people around her, she stepped down from the dragon's skeleton and came to Tina.

The blond girl still maintained the praying posture, raised her head, and looked at her.

"...Miss Tina."

"Yes, it is!"

Just like this, the girl was ecstatic.

The only remaining common sense allowed her to suppress the urge to kiss that white toe. The girl hurriedly stood up, and only after the ecstatic joy subsided for a while, did she look at the huge skeleton in the center of the square with some lingering fear.

"Already, it's over."

Nod, nod.

"That dragon beast will no longer be resurrected, right?"

"Lily has already destroyed its soul. Even if it is soaked in the volcano again, it will not be reborn again. Of course, if it is soaked for hundreds of years, a new lava dragon may be born."

Alice floated over from the other end of the square and landed on the shoulder of the witch.

The aurora-colored shield blocked the completely solidified magma, and there were miraculously no casualties in the square.

It's almost like the happy ending of a novel.

"...So, the Association of Magicians will take care of this keel."

Once again, the witch nodded

it's all over.

"Ha, ha ha..." There is no sense of reality.

Rather, everything that happened today was like an absurd dream. Even the craziest author would not dare to write like this in the book.

But it's over.

This also allowed Ting Na to finally have the energy to think about other things.

—Father and mother, are they all right?

——I don’t know if there is something wrong with my home, has it been affected?

——And Mr. Mayor... By the way, Elif...

Suddenly, Liliana staggered two steps forward and fell on Tingna's body.

That touch made other things in Tingna's mind fly away at once.

"Miss Liliana?!"

"...This side is also approaching the limit."

"Eh?"

Tina panicked all of a sudden.

"Could it be, Miss Liliana, is there any injury, doctor—"

"Calm down, Miss Tina, Lily just consumed too much, and was temporarily poisoned by drinking too many types of potions. It will be fine after a night of sleep, but..."

The little puppet looked around.

"The handling of the follow-up situation is also very, very troublesome."

The magic shield is still not lifted, and the city guards bypassed the diffuse rock steam under the call of Ai Lifu, and came here from the other side. The cultists who were in a trance were arrested one by one.

First restrained by magic, and then suffered a major blow to their beliefs, these cultists did not have any resistance.

How many people will be hanged this time? Hold Liliana up, Tina thought so.

However, it would be best for these dangerous cultists to be hanged. If Miss Liliana and the city's rulers hadn't anticipated the actions of these people, what terrible harm they would have done to the city.

And even so, they almost gave Elif to...

"Um?"

The sight is felt.

Turning her face away, Ai Lifu was looking at herself up and down.

"...Um, Ms. Elif? Are you alright?"

"If you don't get slapped a few times when you're dragged here, you're fine."

Ai Lifu stared at Ting Na, the girl who didn't know where she was one second ago, but suddenly appeared in front of her the next second. Accompanied by her appearance appeared the wall of aurora and the rain of punishment from the sky.

She looked at Tina and felt like she didn't even know her.

"Speaking of which, why was Elif caught here by these cultists?"

"Unfortunately, I don't know. I was shopping with my friends and evacuated according to the command of the city guards. On the way, I saw a family carrying their belongings when the cart broke down and refused to leave them behind. I helped them find the city guards, and when their cart was repaired and left, I was about to go back to the street, and then my eyes went dark..."

Elif spread her hands.

"It can only be said that luck is really bad. If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't bother with those civilians."

"It's true, bad luck..."

Seeing Ai Lifu's resentful appearance, Ting Na gave a dry laugh. Thinking about it carefully, she was also involved inexplicably... No, she was involved in this incident on her own initiative. The things that will happen, in a sense, they are in the same sympathy with Ai Lifu...

at this time.

"...the enemy of the Lord of Fire...damn...the enemy of God..."

"Hey, be honest!"

"Damn...God Enemy!!!"

A sheep-headed cultist roared and broke free from two city guards. Seizing the moment when Ting Na turned around, she rushed over with a roar.

Two pitch-black sharp cones shook out from his hands, dull and dull, like the shadows under his feet when the god of death walked forward.

At this time, another Goathead believer seemed to wake up suddenly, shouted, broke free from the city guards, and ran suddenly, his speed was faster, and he was closer to the girl, almost instantly.

He stopped in front of Tina.

"you?!"

It seemed that he hadn't expected such a thing to happen at all, the sheep's head froze for a moment, and the sharp awl in his hand couldn't pierce out in time.

But the Sheephead Cultist standing in front of Ting Na didn't hesitate, and punched him in the stomach. When he bent down, he pulled out a sharp cone and pierced his throat.

Everyone was stunned.

After neatly killing his accomplice, the sheep-headed cultist quickly took off the mask of the sheep's head, revealing a face Tina also recognized.

"I'm Mayor Hardit's secretary, Hayma, Hayma Laitren! When I said goodbye to the mayor and just walked out of the city hall, I saw the mayor fell from the balcony! I quickly hid When I got to the side, I saw a sheep-headed believer coming over after a while. I killed him and wanted to escape, but immediately more sheep-headed believers came running over. God is on me, I had no way to escape, so I had to Put on his clothes and sneak into this group of cultists, and find a chance to avenge the mayor!"

He declared loudly, spread his hands, and threw the weapon in his hand on the ground to show that he would not resist, then turned his face and looked at Liliana who was curled up in Tina's arms:

"Your Excellency Liliana, I am really sorry. I failed to get the beacon fireworks from them and let their trick succeed. Fortunately, you are here. It is your wisdom and strength that saved this city. City!"

"Mr. Haima, what are you talking about..."

——The mayor is not dead yet?

Tina opened her mouth, just when she was about to say that.

"..."

Alice floated onto the girl's right shoulder, and gently pulled her hair.

Liliana looked at the man in front of her expressionlessly.

There was clearly some jokes in that gaze.

In the end, the witch said nothing.

She waved her hand to signal Hayma to leave, as the highest official on the scene to direct the arrest of the cultists, and then snapped her fingers.

In the center of the square, the Aurora Spear, which almost filled the gaps of the bony skeleton, gradually disintegrated with her footsteps, rising into a brilliant torrent of light.

The nobles who were tensely commanding the family guards and the city guards to maintain order were relieved.

The magicians who desperately suppressed the manic waves with magic let go of their staffs.

The archbishop, who was running around with the clergy to appease the hearts of the people, showed a relieved smile.

Everyone saw it.

Everyone looked up and saw it.

At the end of the festival, the beautiful fireworks that announced the final release of the crisis in Yansha City.

It was even more beautiful than the most beautiful fireworks Tina had ever seen.

It's almost as if the festival is not over yet.

"...Miss Tina."

"Um?"

Liliana, who was in her arms, suddenly whispered in the girl's ear.

"...There is something I want to tell you."

"Let's talk about it tomorrow. Miss Liliana is exhausted, isn't she? Even Miss Alice feels sick."

"That's right, if it wasn't for the fact that Lily drank so many potions that are still slowly taking effect, Alice wouldn't even be able to float."

"Tonight, just rest at my house, it's too far to go back to the castle."

"Well, that's a good idea, Lily, Alice and Lily haven't lived outside of the castle for a long time."

"...Miss Tina."

"……yes."

The witch's dim eyes reflected the afterglow of the fireworks.

"... Soon, Alice and I will bid farewell to you, Miss Tina."

That was announcing the end of the festival.

Some cruel words.

………………………………………………………………………………………

Postscript of a certain day:

"Lily, is this really okay?"

"……What?"

"Rejecting Miss Tingna's kindness, I found a random hotel nearby."

"...It's better not to disturb the family reunion."

"...Sometimes, I really don't know whether you are natural or black-bellied, Lily... Forget it, when the time comes, no matter what you do, don't complain."

"……of course."