Snipping

 

 

“Now …… is this the last of the remaining disturbing molecules in the family of Lord Vince?”

“I don’t know if he is a disturbing molecules of the community, but at least he is the last person who has clear “ill will” toward Al-sama.”

 

They were staring at a corpse. Al doesn’t know it, but it’s one of the ones who had been packing up on Vince the other day.

 

(Hunting is going well so far. So is Vince. …… I was reviewing it for a bit, but I guess I’ll have to wait to get my hands dirty. I guess I’ve lost some of my naivete, but not my integrity. Well, someday, I’ll settle it somewhere. If it’s an enemy, it’s life, if it’s an ally, it’s a profit.)

 

Vera’s “binding chain” reacts to fluctuations in the mana of malice or harmful intent. As an application of this, when it is limited to “malice against Al” and is sensitized to its surroundings, the effect is extraordinary.

 

The response was more than I expected, and the majority of them were from the south of the academy, and the response was more of a ‘that guy’s a badass’ than malice,’, which was amusing. It may or may not have done some damage to Al’s psyche.

 

Of course, the response was not limited to that level, but was clearly genuine “malice” as well.

 

Then, from among them, the two directly select those who have “actually taken action” and hunt them down.

 

There were many such people in the towns and districts of the outsiders, and Al also noticed that there were people who had run away from the Vince family.

In other words, this approach should be able to take us to Naina.

 

While he was thinking this … he caught sight of something else. Not the Vera’s “binding chain,” but Al.

“Vera. It seems that the black mana user is on the move and heading toward to town of the outsiders ……, probably to the “Guild”, so it seems that the target is me.”

 

Dimly, somehow, a mass of black mana reflected in my vision, transcending distance and space. It was not just one or two. The “binding chain” did not react to that black mana. Even Vera could not detect it. It seems to have such a nature.

 

The enemy somehow moved in before of Claire’s operation. As she described them, they were truly an intolerable lot.

“Let’s go back Al-sama…… But to move like this in broad daylight, the …… “enemy” seems to be very confident!”

 

“Or just plain stupid?”

 

Al has lost some of his senses in the Great Forest. In the capital, he was amazed at the number of people who “thoughtlessly acted” in a manner that was not possible in their home town.

In the Great Forest, the enemy …… Monsters had a meaning to their every movement. No matter how trivial their movements were. Even the minutest flicker of mana was filled with meaning to kill the enemy or to survive.

 

The meaning of such actions is often absent from the human …… And a demon tribe in the royal capital, Al has learned. In other words, it is difficult to read their intentions.

But, having said that, Al himself is rather reckless, …… But he is selfish enough, not to mention it. The quintessential Falconer.

 

(The fact that they are moving at this time means that the organization of demons deceiving the open war faction that Naina hid herself in is the same group that controls the black mana. …… It is no wonder that Claire’s reaction was not so strong. I thought there were people on the human side who handled the black mana. The things and phenomena involved are all connected behind the scenes. …… It’s just like a game event. …… hahaha …… hahaha…)

 

Black mana attack originating in Cerian. The existence of enemies.

Al thought that this was just a part of the dark struggle between noble families, and that the human race was rubbing black mana against each other. He thought it was an extension of the struggle for the “Divine Child”.

 

And he had guessed that the dark enemies on the demon side, whom Vince had told him about, were the ones who would facilitate the war between the demon and human races that would appear in the latter half of the game’s storyline. He assumed that by striking them, even if he could not stop the war itself, he would be able to harass them to some extent. In fact, this was Al’s main goal.

 

So what. When the lid is opened, both are said to be from the same organization.

Al, without knowing it, had been working hard and without preparation against the “enemy” involved in the aristocratic family’s conspiracy.

 

The result was the same because they were the same organization, but for some reason, Al felt like he had lost.

 

He recalls that it was …… A silly thing for him to have made a move without thinking about it, as opposed to making a move without knowing anything about it, including its background. It’s too late for that.

“I will shoot them as planned. Vera, if I fail to kill them, please ambush them and stop them in their tracks.”

“Understood, I’ll distract them and stop them in their tracks.”

 

Al had an unexpected encounter with an “enemy” that he had not expected. Those who control black mana, which was not depicted in the game.

Although Al does not care much about the storyline anymore, he still feels uneasy. The future is uncertain.