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We reached at the north district station 30 minutes after we left from the south dormitory .

“Raika kun!”

Leon who arrived earlier waved at me from the ticket exit that he used earlier .

I pushed aside the surrounding students and went to where he is .

“Where is that guy!?”

“As expected, that person is still within the north district . The place should not be far from here . ”

“Great, let’s hurry . ”

Without wasting the time greeting, we start to run ahead with Leon as our lead .

Seeing the three of us hurriedly running somewhere, the students on the roadside shoot us the weird look .

Up till now, I have restrained myself form taking any flashy action .

However, the current situation is an exception .

I don’t mind the eyes surrounding us and continue to keep up with Leon .

Eventually .

“Perhaps, Maria is here . ”

The place where Leon is pointing at is,

“Amus.e.m.e.nt park?”

I look up at the arch in front of me .

Beyond that, inside the large site closed by fences, various attractions can be seen .

By the way, I seem to remember someone saying that the north district is an area with a lot of huge entertainment facilities .

This amus.e.m.e.nt park is one of those facilities .

It is mainly open on Sunday, so naturally it is closed during weekdays .

Even from outside the gate, apart from the dim starry light, there is no indication of light from inside the area .

“For now, let’s get inside first . It will be troublesome if we were caught by the guard . ”

“Un . Fine by me, but will Charlotte follow us too?”

Leon asked while looking at Brünhilde .

“……”

This time is an exception, so it can’t be helped .

“She is the same as us, a person with special power . ”

“Eeh!? Is that true!?”

“Yes, that is why she will help us searching for Maria . ”

“Is that so . Understood . ”

Leon easily accepted my explanation .

He doesn’t seem to doubt people much, maybe that was due to his mental state .

“Then, nice working with you, Charlotte . ”

“You can call me Brünhilde . ”

Brünhilde said in slight displease .

However, Leon doesn’t have a clue on what she is talking about .

“?”

“Ah……she uses a different name when she is fighting . ”

I properly explain to him .

It will take a lot of time if I were to explain the relations.h.i.+p between Charlotte senpai and Brünhilde now .

“I see . It is like those hero once they transformed . I will note it down with a picture later . ”

Leon nodded while smiling .

I’m relieved that he is satisfied with this amount of explanation .

“Well then, let’s go . ”

That said, I climbed over the fence first .

Leon and Brünhilde follows suit and jumped over .

First, we moved into a shade so it’s impossible to be seen from outside and took a breath .

“Leon . Which direction is to Maria?”

“That, I’m sorry . Once we are near, I cannot grasp proper direction, anything beyond the feeling that she is just nearby . ”

Leon says he is sorry for that .

“On the other hand, that means we are already close . That’s why, I think it is better if we start searching the surrounding area by ourselves . ”

“Roger that . ”

I think for a while .

“Leon, you go look around the east area . Me and Brünhilde will search around the west side . Send me a signal if you found Maria or any suspicious person . ”

“Understood . ”

Leon quickly ran toward east direction .

I appreciate his behaviour where he does thing without hesitation . I return back to Brünhilde .

“We are going too . ”

“That is fine, but why aren’t we acting separately? That way our search will be more efficient . ”

Brünhilde asked .

She has the look of someone who is not convinced .

What a meddlesome thing to nit-pick now .

“I am worried you will have a secret deal with the enemy Divine Apotheosis behind my back . That is why I am making you move with me . ”

“Wha……you are doing this s.h.i.+t again!”

Brünhilde beautiful eyebrows raised .

Well, like usual, I don’t have time to deal with this triviality .

“Shut your mouth and follow my order . ”

“……!”

Once the G.o.ddess is silenced, we start moving to the west .

If Leon’s intuition is correct, the enemy should be nearby .

Except, the murdering demon might run away with kidnapped Maria .

This is the moment where mistake is not forgivable .

If not……

No, contrary to what I thought, Maria survival rate are likely to be higher .

If the enemy is the heretic G.o.d, the girl would not make a simple blunder……

But, no matter who the enemy is, was she not aware of the other person, hence the blunder?

“……”

Be cool .

Be cool .

Be cool .

Do not get fl.u.s.tered .

Once a person become impatient, he can trip over a small pebble on the road .

That is what my master taught me .

And I agree with her idea, hence I desperately try to regain my calmness .

But……Maria is in great danger .

I share both joys and sorrows with that girl ever since we were at the church inst.i.tute .

She volunteered herself despite it being a dangerous task and followed me .

Right now, when I imagined her neck is wounded just like the corpse that we found, I can feel my blood circulation stop .

f.u.c.k……I will never let them do such thing .

Anyway, I have to act .

Perhaps, the enemy is right in front……

Gashan!

“……!?”

I instantly stop breathing after hearing the sudden noise .

Just now……no matter how I think about it, it is the sound that come from a vending machine .

It was right

before nightfall, and inside an amus.e.m.e.nt park which is outside of it’s business hour, someone buying a juice or something——just who is it?

Leon who already headed to east side for investigation has no way to come all the way to the west side anymore .

“……”

“……”

My eyes met Brünhilde, and I walked toward the source of the sound .

Gashan! Gashan!

The sound of juice cans falling continue to make a noise .

Too careless . Sloppy .

What on Earth are they thinking?

We are closing to the sound .

From the end of the building, I slowly peer to the other side .

As expected, there is a vending machine .

Within the darkness, the vending machine displays lightly illuminates the vicinity .

The problem is the person who is standing in front of the vending machine has they back turned at me .

But .

“……”

I have seen that back before .

Hair colour .

Hair length .

The fact that they are too short to reach the top row of the vending machine .

Even how thin is their fingers are still fresh in my memory .

No doubt .

That is Emily .

『——uhihihi . What, like this you don’t need to hesitate to dominate her, no?』

Bálor let out a sick laugh .

Regardless of his ulterior motives, I agreed with his line of thought to dominate Emily .

I need to ask her what she is doing in a place like this .

I cautiously look towards Emily surrounding .

However, I can’t see Maria anywhere nearby .

“……hmm?”

She turns to her back once after the girl leak out a voice .

She does that while her hand is still trying to buy the juice .

She looks at this way .

“To the people who is stealing a glance here . Show your face and bow your head . Do that and I will allow you to present your excuse . ”

“……!”

I was found out .

How?

We should be right in her blind spot .

Not to mention, she clearly mentions people, so she knows that there is more than a single person .

I don’t know the reason .

But this way, it is impossible to take her with surprise .

Then, should I expose myself, and get her to tell me Maria’s location?

“……”

I get out from the shade while pulling out my twin gun .

Brünhilde follows from behind me .

“Hmm? You are……”

Emily reacts after taking a look at my face .

Apparently, it seems that the other side also remembers me .

“What a strange coincidence . ”

Emily murmurs .

Then she crosses her arms,

“So, we met during the day, so I don’t think you accidentally lost here . What business do you have?”

Then, she asked with an authoritative tone .

“……where is Maria?”

I asked a question while carefully looking up .

Emily tilt her little head .

“Maria……? Oh, perhaps you mean this woman?”

Right after she said that,

I see Maria silhouette leaning back next to the fountain .

“!?”

Since when was she there?

I already checked the surrounding in advance .

Without a doubt, there shouldn’t be anyone besides the water fountain .

It seems like she suddenly manifested there .

“What’s wrong with this woman called Maria?”

“Return her . ”

“? This person is just a human woman . No matter how you see it, you can always find a subst.i.tute . Not worth to trouble yourself for . Depending on your answer, I might pardon you . ”

Right now, Emily might think that I am a G.o.d who has lost his memory .

That’s why she is asking such an absurd question .

“I am a human being . My soul is not tainted by G.o.d . ”

“……!”

Emily widened her eyes after hearing my reply .

In the meantime, I check Maria current condition .

She is still breathing . There is no sign of her sustaining any injuries .

Her appearance is exactly like how I last saw her .

For now, it seems like the culprit has not done anything strange yet .

I’m relieved to know that .

The problem is how should I take Maria away from Emily .

“Then I will question you . I ask again, is this woman thing belongs to you?”

“She is not a thing . But, she is important for me . ”

“……I see . I understand your claim . ”

Emily keeps her arms folded .

Then,

“In favour of your wholesomely foolish devotion during the other day, I will make an exemption and forgive your impertinence this time . That is the final verdict . ”

She unliterary tell us,

“Now, swiftly make your leave from this spot . ”

Furthermore, she declared so without any hesitation .

What are you saying……what about her?

“……who are going back . I will take Maria back, even if that means to fight you!”

“Humph . ”

Emily laugh seeps through her nose after looking at my determination .

“I have decided to show a consideration for your past devotion, enough to give you an opportunity to live . Humans are foolish, after all . ”

“Human stupidity is not something G.o.d has a right to discuss . ”

I set the guns amidst the rising tension .

“If anything, there is only one thing that I wish from a person like you——die, swiftly . ”

“……fuu”

Emily eyebrows form a wrinkle .

That is a face full of anger .

As if she is hearing a garbage insect declared a revolution, her face is one who has tasted unilateral humiliation .

『——indeed, so nice . So exciting . 』

Ah, that way of talking is your favourite, Bálor .

『——my strike zone is wider than universe . That’s right, to put it in one way, the female type that I like most is like those dog that will never yield, the one that make me feel like shredding their pride to pieces . 』 pg . 327

I can never keep up with your fetish, but this fight,

fight, we will do it together .

I lowered my voice so that it become audible only to Brünhilde .

“Our top priority is to recapture Maria . Understood? Once we have rescued her, whatever situation I am in, your must take her away from this place at all cost . ”

“……Understood . ”

Once Brünhilde received my order, she summoned out her knight sword and armour .

Her expression is a mix of half dissatisfaction and half understanding .

She understood that rescuing Maria takes priority, so was she dissatisfied because we are fighting to escape?

We both hold a short discussion .

“The winner of this war was already decided since beginning . That’s why it is not beneficial to fight . This battle is one way for me to pa.s.s time, and you are going to make up for your crime of disrespect . ”

Emily left her arms folded and talk down to us arrogantly .

Now, the sun has settled down .

Night time——the curtain for Representative War is opened .

“Let’s go! You take the right!”

“Tch!”

Brünhilde and I split up and a.s.saulted her from both sides .

Fortunately, Emily is still keeping her arms folded, which means she is preparing for battle .

While one of us is attacking her, the other will rescue Maria .

After that, whoever retrieved Maria will withdraw while the other will keep the enemy occupied .

Emily’s ability is still unknown .

I don’t know whether I can hold her off on my own or not .

However, as long I prolong the battle, Leon who is nearby will notice and come over .

Long terms battle is possible if there are reinforcements coming for backup .

That was my intention .

However,

“Do it . ”

A person charge toward Emily in an instant .

“AAAAAH!”

I Brünhilde screams resound .

What the!?

『——h.e.l.l do I know . 』

Both Bálor and I didn’t recognize the attack from the enemy .

No, at the first place, there is nothing that remotelu look like an enemy .

But, in reality, Brünhilde has collapsed, and from the back of her armour, fumes are rising up . Pg . 329

“!?”

I pointed my guns to my back at haste, but again no one is there .

Wait .

Are there really no one there?

That is incorrect……it’s just that they are not visible……

“Fuu…tsk!?”

Suddenly I got a chill run across my spine .

Immediately afterward, a torrent of energy of some kind went through over my head .

The thunderous sound continues .

But I couldn’t see it .

“!”

A sound of bullets spreading from riffle comes diagonally to the centre of my heart .

The bullet bounced off the roller coaster pole and create sparks .

There is no response……however, from these attacks, I have finally understood .

Emily is controlling the [Invisible Enemy] .

In other words, an ability like the Queen of Valkyrie Freyja, Palace of the Dead, Fólkvangr . I must a.s.sume that she has the ability to summon out a lower tier spirit to do her bidding .

Though, although I am aware of her technique doesn’t mean I have a mean to deal with it .

Anyway, the enemies will attack from invisible position .

Moreover, based on their previous attacking method, the enemy possess a mean to attack from long distance .

Fumes are raising from Brünhilde upper part body armour, and from the amount of heat that I felt earlier, I can conclude that the enemy is firing something similar to laser weapon .

I rushed to Brünhilde who has fall down .

From what I have visually confirmed, she is still breathing, and there is no threat to her life .

It seems like the knight armour that the girl take pride with has protected her life .

“……tch!”

While guarding her body I watch out for any vulnerabilities in our position .

Based on her warning, just how bad is she implying…?

What to do now!?

I need to think of a way out at once!

『——use your Evil Eye . 』

If I can use it, I already used it!

Since Bálor has wasted it once during daytime, I only have two more use for tonight .

Our enemy does not only consist of invisible opponents .

Emily is still looking down at us, and if we wish to take back Maria, we will be disturbed by outer interference .

We need to avoid it, outwit them and straight away escape .

For that reason, it is necessary to reserve my Evil Eye .

If I used my Evil Eye ability against the invisible enemy now, Emily will take notice of my ability .

And once she has prepared a countermeasure, it is a checkmate for us .

『——RAIKA!』

Shut up . The true death threats still lie far ahead!

Even before the fight with Susanoo, I was contemplating whether to receive [Blessing] or not .

By the way, even during our fight against Freyja, we hold different opinions on whether we should use the [Petrification] before the golden magic or not .

Both Bálor and Brünhilde are good, but they don’t make a good partner when fighting together .

Not like I think that it is something to brood upon or a regrettable thing, for what matter .

I will always believe my own judgement .

It’s not like I am being obstinate .

This is just how I am from the beginning .

“————”

I remove my body limiter .

This time in particular, I remove the limit to my sensory organs to the fullest .

My sense of vision, hearing, smell and touch were all raised to the maximum sharpness .

I can feel the flow of the air .

The pattern of the paint of the strut peeled off by the previous shoot also looks fine .

I focused on listening to the footsteps as much as possible and when I heard it from the left side at my back——

“tch!”

——right at that moment, I shoot towards it .

I don’t think I can win .

Even if I can perceive the enemy location

enemy location with sound, the overwhelming advantage that the enemy has for being invisible retains .

However, it does not matter .

For now, it served as a warning shot .

It functions to earn time .

“kuu!”

This time, it is one my right!

I shoot with one gun and replace the magazine with magazine changer .

In the meantime, I make sure the other gun is ready to shoot at any time .

“Your resistance is futile . Be still and accept your judgement . ”

At that time, Emily speaks to me .

She still uses a tone full of authority, like usual .

“If so, then why did you target Brünhilde first?”

I asked her back .

“I am just removing the hindrance . ”

“Hindrance?”

“Surely, you don’t think this is the extend of your judgement?”

Emily narrows her eyes .

“An adequate judgement for the sinner among other sinners . Your whole body will be eaten alive . ”

“That……is dreadful . ”

While I replied to her frivolously, my mind start racing .

From her lines, words like [judgement] and [sinner] are common .

She sounds like a judge .

The hint is her word ‘to gather’ .

Once I get a little more information, I will finally be able to identify the G.o.d who nests inside Emily’s body .

But first, I need to escape from this predicament .

Still……

Still not……

When my heart is still muttering the same word over and over again,

That guy finally emerged .

“Raika kun!”

“Leon!”

Leon who went to investigate the eastern side of the park .

I was waiting for him here, with hope that he heard the gunshot .

He rushes over to this place, jumping and jumps over Emily head and landed at our side .

“! Brünhilde!”

Leon was shocked to see Brünhilde got injured .

He come closer to the fallen female knight and make a fist with his right hand . Pg . 336

And then, he reopened his right fist .

“A lotus flowers?”

A lotus flower is blooming on his right hand .

He didn’t hesitate to put the flower on Brünhilde neck, no, he planted it there .

Just like in fiction, the flower is rooted under Brünhilde skin .

But that bring to a question .

Then the lotus disappeared as it is absorbed by her body .

“Leon . What happened just now?”

I asked Leon while being wary of the invisible enemy .

“Umm, sorry . I don’t quite understand it myself, just that I thought it will make her feel better . ”

Leon answered somewhat lowly .

I felt uneasy with his ambiguous explanation, but when I take a closer look, I see the wound on her shoulder and arm that isn’t being protected by her armour are recovering without traces .

Brünhilde ragged breathing due to pain is gradually becoming calm .

Is this some kind of healing ability?

『——I guess that is the only possible explanation for this phenomenon . Just how versatile is he?』

Bálor said amazed .

“……”

Lotus blooms on water, and the cycle is it blooms in the morning and closes at noon . It is a flower which always symbolized in many myths as a symbol of regeneration and cleaning .

I can make an a.s.sumption to an extent, however with this much information alone it is hard to a.s.sociate Leon with which G.o.d from which mythology .

But for now, I will let it slide .

“You saved us, Leon . ”

I thanked him .

“Don’t mind it . We are friend, aren’t we?”

Leon replied with a blunt smile .

I got caught and my mouth become loose .

“Hmmhmm, it is you, again . ”

In contrast to mine own, Emily seems to dive into a bad mood after looking at Leon .

Leon replied to her in response .

“You are……no, there is no need to tell me anything! You are, for me, are the personification of ‘evil’!”

After he said it strongly, a curved sword appears on Leon’s hand .

One of his advantages is the ability to raise one battle spirit in an instant by believing oneself as the hero of justice .

Now, while Leon is facing off against Emily,

“……fuu . ”

I let out a breath .

Disappointment . Resignation .

I let out my breath with those kinds of feeling .

“No matter how many times we meet, I failed to make you realize of your problematic behaviour . I’m getting tired of repeating these interactions . ”

Emily looks down upon Leon as well .

Most probably, she and Leon are having this kind of interaction each time they met .

Therefore, she must be aware of his memory disturbance problem .

Emily looks very annoyed .

“If this is going to play out like usual, then our standoff will finish off quickly . I don’t have enough time to kill you tonight . ”

She turned to face me and then said,

“I’m busy with sentencing these insolent fools to their death . ”

“……tch . ”

She seems to hate me so much .

I hate the G.o.d too .

“……”

Our current situation is two versus two .

Leon is with me .

Emily is with her invisible henchmen .

Brünhilde wounds are healed, but her strength is not yet recovered . She is not capable of fighting right now .

I need to keep tab of both her and Maria constantly at the same time, but right now the situation has become better .

So, I thought .

“Come out, my left wing of glory . ”

After Emily murmured, something was held in her hand .

That thing……is a cane?

“Come here from the netherworld, o’ my servant . ”

She shakes the staff lightly .

At that moment,

“————!?”

An abrupt dread dominated the atmosphere around us at once .

It is not a heavy pressure .

It is not inciting nervous feeling .

Just a pure, sign of death .

It is cold, and I feel like rubbing all over my body while breathing .

And then, it appeared .

Black skin .

A vestment with

A vestment with strike contrast to its skin colour .

It appears to be quiet and give off the feeling of being polite and courteous .

But, the thing on its neck, which is its head .

A dog heads .

The thing on its body is some kind of dog breed .

A jet-black figure which engulf you into darkness . Pg . 341

Without its vestment, it is likely that the body will disappear into the darkness, leaving only its golden eyes which aim at the prey .

“————!?”

Netherworld . Dog head . Vestment .

Based on these three aspects, I quickly realize its true ident.i.ty .

“Be careful! That is Anubis! He is the Egyptian Mythology funerary G.o.d!”

“Is that, so? What?”

Leon tilted his head, failed to understand what I said .

“Simply said, he is a Death G.o.d!”

He is slightly different than that, but that expression suits him .

Immediately after, Anubis attacked Leon .

“!?”

Leon intercept Anubis fang with his curved sword .

However, it seems like the enemy was aiming for the sword from the start .

Anubis caught the curved sword with its fangs and shakes his head, sending Leon flying .

“Woah!”

“Leon!”

I called out his name and point my gun to Anubis .

Once the gun is fired, Anubis demonstrates its extreme agility of a beast and evade the bullet .

The dog headed G.o.d pursue Leon who was launched in the air .

“Despite being someone of lower birth, you know my servant’s name very well . ”

Emily said with little admiration .

——Anubis .

A dog G.o.d who originally a guard of the royal tomb, who eventually become the G.o.d of the tomb; it status was raised to the G.o.d who guards death .

Speaking of Egypt, they are famous with mummies, and Anubis is the G.o.d who govern over funeral service and mummy .

Naturally, as a G.o.d who plays an important role in ancient Egypt, depending on the city, it is wors.h.i.+pped as a guardian deity .

Anubis is a G.o.d which governs over funeral services, and at the same time, the one who declares death .

Death was always next to a man even before the civilization came .

Regardless of age and culture, there existed G.o.d who dealt with death .

G.o.d with authority usually continuously acquired huge amount of faith and it always has a mighty power commensurate with it .

I’m worried for Leon, fighting a guy like that .

However……it I unlikely for me to worry too much about other people .

Because, the person who is in front of my eyes is, a G.o.d, just like Anubis .

“……tch!”

Not only am I separated from Leon again, I still have to deal with the invisible enemy .

Unexpectedly, Emily lifted the corner of her mouth when I exerted maximum vigilance .

“Worry not . I tasked Medjed to chase after the red hair . It’s hard to take him on with Anubis alone . ”

……Medjed?

I softly replicated the name that was uttered by Emily .

“As expected, the G.o.d is Medjed . ”

“Hou, so you even know about my escort . ”

Emily has a sneering smile .

“Commoner . Entertain me and tell my name . ”

“……?”

“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me you don’t know my name, despite knowing each of my subordinates . ”

Her questioning voice is accompanied with a distinct hint of being interested .

I am sure she is just in playful mood .

That’s why, she is revealing that I am just alone here .

That girl doesn’t even think that she is in a battlefield .

Stop f.u.c.king with me……

I was reminded with the picture of the missing students in my lists .

I was reminded with the corpse of the girl who was cut .

“……tch!”

Kidnapping human .

Killing human .

Moreover, laying her hand on Maria .

This girl, doesn’t she feel the anger that is appointed towards her?

“Then let me answer you . ”

Fine .

If you are going to look down on us that much .

I will peel off that smile from your face .

This girl “Come here from the netherworld, o’ my servant . ” command call out a cane .

That cane probably one known as the shepherd stick, Heka .

The one paired with Heka is one known as Nekeku . Pg . 345

Heka is one of the Egyptian G.o.d, and Nekeku originated from the lower birth among Egyptian . When Egypt was unified in the past, the two become the symbol as kings.h.i.+p .

Since she has the sceptres, that girl must be a G.o.d who is deeply rooted with Egyptian royal family .

Besides, Anubis and Medjed also served as another huge hint .

That pretty much gave away her ident.i.ty .

“Your name is,”

Her words and actions, plus Leon testimony .

Leon said the murderer has fled many times before .

She replied to Leon on how she doesn’t have the time to kill him that night .

In other word, the murderer that Leon encountered many times before refers to Emily .

However, now that she has been reincarnated on Earth, despite being a divine apotheosis, she will still die if she is killed .

But, there is one means to reverse the providence of life and death .

Her Regalia .

Mummies were actively being made in Egypt, and it is a technique for preserving one body in preparation for their “resurrection” after death .

The person will die and resurrected .

There is also a similar legend in bible where there is a miracle that will revive Son of G.o.d .

They are the origin of all “resurrection” from every mythology .

The King of Egypt——one who is said to be the father of the Pharaoh .

The first of the nine pillars of Heliopolis .

The beginning of mummy .

Ruler of the Netherworld .

The judge of the dead soul .

The G.o.d who is nested inside Emily is——

“——the Netherworld G.o.d, Osiris . That is your true ident.i.ty . ”