Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (WN)

"... you okay? Claire."

Kosuke's voice sounded a little convulsive.

The location is off the runway of a small airport in Rome. It's an airport dedicated to Omnibs, and this is just getting off the Omnibs' plane again.

The time is dusk. The sun shining today sets to the other side of the west.

The sky is beautiful to the cedar, and the winds are cool in the evening. And the Virgin, who is holding her ass under the tarrap and tearing eyes, looks very painful.

"Hehe, hehe, as you can see, it's okay."

"No, I'm asking because it's not okay, as you can see,"

That light-hearted laugh that I felt adorable about - then, no longer. Claudia is exposed to the deluded laughter of an audience that is somewhat "hehe, parental, soothing".

Standing up while holding her butt down, yeah she stands and supports the Holy Cross, a clear outfit for a long sleeve piece with a white tone, but overall thin dirt.

Nothing, not exactly because I just stepped off the tarrap and slipped off with my butt solly. Nor have they been attacked by demons and worshippers on the road from England and fought intensely.

There is one cause.

It is Claudia's numerous suicide bombings that occurred by the time we got here.

After leaving the Sheriff's Department, Kosuke and the others were to rendezvous first with the two exorcists they were sending to England, but by then, well, Claudia blew herself up.

If you go up the stairs, the Holy Cross catches you and hits you hard (shank), and if you go down the other way, you lose your balance with the weight of the Holy Cross, and you step off your feet and slide off with your buttocks.

I thought I had fallen where there was nothing, it would be the underside of the Holy Cross, and I would find out and fall crashing against walls and pillars, and I knew it would be the underside of the Holy Cross. Even the rotary door was tightly pinched at the airport.

In the dedicated machine, when I woke up, such as when I put on an eye mask and took a hypnotic sleep, I said, "Man, it's dark! What happened!?," he cringed with jitter. And fell off the reclining sheet.

As such, after numerous suicide bombings, Claudia felt cute at first, both screaming and lightning laughter, but along the way she became more and more "higgy" and "hebu" voices that she couldn't afford, and to this day, even lightning laughter had become a real shame.

"No, Master Kosuke. Look, I'm not injured anywhere. I'm intact."

"Yeah, that's weird."

Is this Virgin, possibly similar to Bernard? The suspicion gives rise to the neck. Just as Bernard suspects he is loved at the same time by the Reaper and the Goddess of Fortune, he could be loved at the same time by the Dodgy Son God and the God who protects him from suicide bombings. She's a saint.

Hail, Lady Claudia, who appeals intact. Naturally, if you let go of your hand, Mr. Holy Cross, who has lost his support, strips his fangs primarily. Claudia's head, leaning and smiling.

"So, like on purpose!

"Ah!"

On the verge, Kosuke approached him to jump and put up the outrage of Mr. Holy Cross. Support the Holy Cross with one hand in the form of sandwiching Claudia.

Kosuke looked back and raised his voice as Claudia, almost shaped to be held in her chest, dyed her cheeks poking at Kosuke's sudden approaching of the opposite sex, which also became strangely conscious.

"I mean, you guys, give him some more attention!

To that voice, Winn, Anna, and two exorcists stop the hand they were unloading and look at Kosuke simultaneously.

And

"Lord Kosuke. To us, too."

"A lot of work"

"I do."

"If it's Claudia, it's the usual thing."

"" "" It's okay "" "

What a collaboration. What a strength of bond. Excellent line connection as shown.

I guess I would normally worry a little more or follow up, but as I do now, Kosuke has decided to leave it to me.

"Hehe, hehe"

Peer trust (?), Claudia smiled with a subtle dead eye. Kosuke attracts a little expression to the true-faced exorcists who work with Teki.

"Oh, yeah, I'm sorry about something. Good job on your job. And, Claire, let's not laugh that way, shall we? Something, because I can't watch anymore. Why don't we at least put a" hey "on your head, huh? Huh?"

"Huh?

"Yeah, yeah."

"Eh heh..."

Either way, it felt like I couldn't watch.

So, maybe the Holy Cross doesn't like Claudia? So much so that Kosuke supported Claudia, who would swing by the Holy Cross or take additional damage, while the line set off for Vatican City Country with a dedicated vehicle.

The distance from the airport was close, and just about enough we could see the Vatican City State Wall.

"Speaking of which, somewhere like that secret base, the Second Library was blown up and there was a hole in it, but that's where we're headed now? I don't suppose the repairs are done yet?

Kosuke remembers and asks.

Just when Claudia was about to have a drink, she tries to answer that.

"Oh, that's right. Actually - A!?

Gatan rocked vehicle. A popping drink. Where are we going? Of course, it is the face of the Virgin.

Anna quickly said, "Yes, Master Claudia. It's okay ~" Wynn replied instead as he roared, "Really, don't get any more and it's terrible...... mmm" while he fumbled Claudia's face with the handkerchief he took out.

"Lord Kosuke is right, the repair is still pending. Now, I use the old headquarters. You're on your way now."

"Old headquarters?

"Oh, the Omnibs underground facility isn't just there. It's a new facility built just about a decade ago with all kinds of conveniences in mind, with the power of the current Secretary."

"Heh, sure, there were a lot of sidewalks. I thought there must be a lot of underground space, but you were right."

As he dyed his white clothes into orange juice-colored spots (mara) and left Claudia with her sad eyebrows in eight letters to talk about it, the vehicle went into the underground parking lot of a building a little off the Vatican City Country.

"Yeah? You're not going directly within the Vatican?

"Oh. Our presence is, in principle, kept secret by those within the city. If you don't look too good, where the hell are those guys that you see so often? And you'd be wondering, wouldn't you? So the entry and exit of Omnibs officials will basically use a secret passage from outside the city"

"I see."

As a matter of fact, Omnibs' offices also exist in the Vatican Palace and in the Vatican Museum's hidden rooms, with the intention of the Secretary several generations ago that it is always hard for the home to be underground…. Of course, there is one building outside the Vatican City, a whole Omnibs facility.

While we were talking, the vehicle parked in a space in the corner that seemed the least convenient part of the underground parking lot.

After all, I was wondering if he was going to walk away from here, but shortly afterwards, when the machine sounded, he sank into the ground with every vehicle saying, "Ooh!?" and give a shout of surprise.

Win and the others laugh a little happy that Kosuke surprised me.

"If you used to tail Aziz and break in, you probably used a passageway managed by Ms Marie, but that's for walking only. This is a vehicle-specific aisle. I can get to the country while I'm on it."

"... it's like a world of spy movies, even though it's a secret organization that has existed since ancient times. You're in the wrong genre."

"Haha, Ho Ya. You've seen too many movies. We usually use both PCs and smartphones."

Kosuke laughs bitterly at Anna laughing. Speaking of which, I also recall that the incentive to break into the Vatican began when Aziz pulled the data out of the company's PC.

Eventually, as we entered the underground passage and proceeded with the vehicle, we reached the spacious underground parking lot. Get off, Claudia hits her head in the roof area and heads to a metal door with a cross carved in the back.

If I let the door unlock inside with biometrics, I went out into an underground space that was much older, but just as large, than the underground facility I had seen before.

And, at the same time, there was that damn compelling old man in Cassock who had already been contacted. He only tightens his wrinkly face, so when he sees it, he says, "Yawn!?" and it's a horror that's going to cry.

I can't believe I don't have a book made of that metal, so I guess it's not a combat attitude. I don't think so. And I said, "I'll kill you!" The atmosphere is going to strike me, "but I'm sure it must be a mistake.

"Claire, and the Winns, thank you for your hard work. Looks like you got your story together."

"Yes, sir. So, this is..."

Claudia joyfully heads to the Secretary for a small run and tries to introduce Hiroshi. but the secretary, who controlled it by hand, advanced a long time ago. That alone is intimidating enough to illuminate as if the area of your face had tripled.

"This is Secretary Omnibs Patrick Dime. Mr.Endo. I'm sorry about earlier. My men...... same goes for my children. So I lost my cool. Nevertheless, the fact that the child was fascinated by the devil, or that he could not keep calm, is all that my immaturity invited. What kind of punishment?"

There was no lie in his eyes staring at Ji and Kosuke. At least, that's what Kosuke thought.

So while I apologize, I said, "I'm going to kill you! He concluded that his gaze, which didn't even look like he was saying, was his fault, and shook his head with a slight pull on his face.

"I will only receive an apology. I've already been told by Mr. Wynn and Anna to forgive us for liking our lives. I'm prepared to apologize for that. Well, I'm not even willing to blame you anymore. Don't I look like a narrow man?"

Secretary Dime's gaze opened with excitement. It was a freaking Kosuke, but its "you guys, I'm gonna destroy you all together! Winn and Anna are the eye-catching spearheads.

The two of them missed their gaze with all their might. Apparently, Secretary Dime is angry at the two people who risked their lives on their own. It seems true that you value your men like children.

Just looking at my eyes, I don't think so.

"Punish sin. Naturally. It is not narrow. but let's give that heart a sense of sensitivity and gratitude."

Secretary Dime offering his hand. They're looking for a handshake for reconciliation. Naturally, Kosuke also responds. As a treat, the very firm palm is still more like a warrior of war than a priest.

"I'll crush your hand with this twist! Kosuke freaks out when he goes along with his freaking eyes.

Next door, Claudia smiling at me that she was already happy is at least the salvation. They are brilliantly neutralizing the air in the field.

Boulder, Virgin. Kosuke, who was about to put a "what the hell" on his head, said in his heart, "I knew you were a Virgin!," he applauds.

but such a Claudia smile changes the flow a bit.

Kosuke tried to get his hands off me, but for some reason, Secretary Dime's hands can't. Its strength, its omnipotence.

That? s what Secretary Dime sounds like to Kosuke, I think.

"By the way, I want to thank you for recapturing Claire over Announ. I want to respond whenever I can if I want."

"Yeah, yeah, thanks for that? But I really want to..."

Goodness, there was force in Secretary Dime's hands. The glance said, "Shut your mouth. Or I will destroy you! He seems to be saying."

"Except only as much as is possible. Not really, hopes beyond degrees would help if they were taken into account. Yeah, you want Claire, for example?

"Hey, Secretary!? What are you talking about!?

Really, what are you talking about, you jizzy? Oh, my God, hands! Too much power in my hands! Because it's ringing so tight! Because you're under so much pressure!

And Kosuke, who reads and endures the air where he wants to say it.

but with his face turned bright red, wow, Secretary Dime's eyes sharpened even sharper to Claudia, who could be wolfish tomorrow. No longer says, "Curse the world, kill it! ♪ That's the sharpness of it all! ♪

"Of, I don't want to, that's what!

"Oh, you mean?

Now I get it. Secretary Dime is not the Secretary right now. He's just a parent idiot! I'm just a pro idiot holding the heterosexuality that the Virgin's daughter was interested in for the first time with all her might!

At the edge of his sight, Kosuke exhales a cold sweat, under the piercing gaze of Claudia, who is soggy, and Wins, who holds his head, and the constituents of Omnibs who were gathered around him.

But Kosuke is a learned man. I will never again fail like I did when Emily. (laughs) The experience of not being able to say anything inside makes it a training ground and being taken care of by airport staff is enough for once!

"Oh, me! I have a lover! I know your daughter is a very attractive woman! I have a girlfriend, and I would never do anything about it!

"... Oh my God. Was I? No, this is early. I don't want to get old."

Patrick Dime, the pro idiot secretary who releases his hands softly. And I said, "I'm sending you to the hospital!" I am calm about it.

"... lover... lover... thick person?

"K, Master Claudia? Are you all right, sir?

Pooping ~ and casting her gaze into the void, Anna speaks to Claudia, who is not here in her heart, with all her guesses.

The Omnibs people also grinned bitterly at each other, exhaled relieved, and turned an indescribable gaze at Kosuke...

Nonetheless, I know perfectly well that Claudia is loved by everyone.

Perhaps Claudia waved a hot valve about Kosuke after the earlier Kosuke capture operation. And you must have been more angry than ever.

A man whose own Virgin, who had never talked about floating on a boxed daughter level, spoke for the first time with interest and uplifting cheeks. They must have paid attention to Kosuke in many ways, including the returnees.

But if you open the lid, this is it. Before romance begins, the Virgin Booms......

Of course, Claudia's feelings won't be as clear as she wants that kind of relationship yet, so in a way, it would have been good to know that her lover was found to exist here...

"Lord, punish me for my sins! My heart is invaded by dark clouds, thunderbolts are blowing, and the rain is blowing like ice! Please give me a test for losing my purifying heart! Lord!"

"K, Lady Claudia! Calm down! Calm down! Oh, here, what are you going to do by activating the Holy Cross!? Oh, no, he's just running wild? Anyway, calm down!

The place has become chaotic.

Suddenly, Anna desperately tries to restore Claudia, who has begun to confess and do something to God, and the others rush over.

"... Um, Secretary. Shouldn't it be time for Endo to guide you to the facility? Obelisk and the Saints are still on their way."

"Mm-hmm. You did, Aziz. Mr. Endo, let me show you around Omnibs, if you like. If you don't have to, I have a room for you to feed your English. Meals are also prepared, although not a big deal. I'll add Aziz, so if you need anything, tell Aziz."

"Oh, yeah, thanks for that."

I wonder if that Virgin can be left alone ~ but Kosuke slipped his gaze softly as she poked her knee and eagerly prayed.

And Aziz boy came before Kosuke as Secretary Diem scattered the members of Omnibs, who were gathered one after the other flying instructions.

"Dear Endo......, I'm Aziz Stein. At that time, thank you. About me, about my sister..."

"Oh, Aziz. It was a serious injury, but are you okay now?

"... Aziz and I don't mind a call. The injury is almost completely healed, thanks to the medicine administered by Endo."

"That's good. Well, Mr. Wynn and the others were supposed to be pretty hurt, but they seem to be healing completely, so maybe Omnibs has the magic of the healing system too - ah, is that a miracle over here? Looks like there is, and I might have taken care of it unnecessarily. Oh, and don't take it personally. Is Kosuke okay? It's hard to call."

"... excuse me, bye-bye Ho"

The faceless expression appeared to be the default Aziz, but Kosuke's words loosened his eyes slightly.

At first glance, he looks like he has a difficult personality, but the atmosphere against Kosuke is soft. After all, it must be great in Aziz that he was the benefactor of his life and that he took back Claudia in response to his wishes.

Incidentally, as Kosuke speculated, there are also exorcists on the Omnibs side who deal with the artifact of healing. It was the exorcists who healed the Winns. He may be a male exorcist called "Sister".

"... So, what do you do? Guide or can you rest in your room?"

"Right. Obelisk, sainthood, I guess I'd like to see it. Besides, there's something I'd like to ask you to leave."

Copy that.

Kosuke followed the guidance of Aziz, who nodded and took his gaze from the people of Omnibs, while Kosuke followed the old underground headquarters.

Originally, Aziz seems to have a small mouth count and doesn't talk particularly on the road. but he's interested in Kosuke, and he's looking at him with a flicker.

Kosuke opened his mouth as he rode the old elevator leading to the upper floor, turning into a lousy aziz.

"By the way, the Pope is the Commander-in-Chief, isn't he, Omnibs? I'm afraid to look at it or something, but I figured I should go through with it?

"... Now, I don't think I can. That one is the face of the table. I'm sure the Commander-in-Chief is in charge of this side of the world."

Apparently, the Pope is being pursued in response to the bombing. As far as he was concerned, he wanted to talk to the returnees, but from those around him who were unaware of the circumstances, it was an unidentified group of Japanese.

If we were to meet, inevitably, it would mean secrecy. Also, the Pope himself does not have an exorcist power, so Secretary Dime is in charge of all demon-related cases.

It will mean getting through this crisis, looking at the time of year......

"... I have more trouble with anyone but omnibs officials than using the square as a battlefield. So until tomorrow morning, when fate is decided, the Holy See is keeping the people on the table away."

"I see."

Within the city, not everyone has a Vatican official or clergy, but at least nobody gets close to the square. And if the junction by a hundred and forty statues of saints is activated, no one will notice that it will take place inside the square. Block sound and visual information and reflect the sights of a peaceful square externally.

"Is Aziz a penetration team too?

"... Yes. Claudia and I, Mr. Wynn, will be challenged for more than 80% of all the power besides Anna."

"What about the Secretary?

"The Secretary, along with a few remaining exorcists, is the strength of the demons when they appear here. Honestly, I feel like I could use one secretary..."

Something far-eyed Aziz boy.

If you ask me, Mr. Patrick, it seems that the former Exorcist is the most powerful "Holy Apostle". He's in his current position instead because the former secretary died, but unlike Claudia, the strongest in fixed turrets, he seems to be the strongest in physics. More than seventy years ago.

"Oh, wait a minute. How did that guy not have a metal book that looked like a magic book? I thought he was a backguard who wrote spells and did miracles and stuff."

"…" The Book of Holy Extinction, right? Indeed, it is a top-class artifact capable of exercising five miracles: the miracle of junction and the miracle of captivity, attack, recovery and fortification. "

"Right."

"… but the Secretary will use that as a blunt instrument"

"Hmm? Blunt weapon?

Says he punches the devil directly with that metal book so the teacher can wake up a sleeping student. Alternatively, they wrap chains around them and treat them like flails, or, they blackmail them and shield them, sometimes throwing them down and shooting them down.

So, when I was younger, the two names were "Killing Father", "Blasphemer of Books", and he didn't actually have faith at all, did he? "" The Devil Absolutely Kills Man "," The Physical Use of Miracles ", etc.

"... he's the one who made many legends. Once upon a time, four demons who also appeared on the famous Solomon 72 pillar demons were summoned at the same time, but they chased them back by themselves and took mount positions and bogged them down for the last one, which is still being told. It's in the textbook, too, to never imitate."

A fellow exorcist at the time, who rushed to the scene, saw Mr. Patrick, who continued to slap the Devil with no expression, "The Book of Holy Extinction," and for a moment, he thought it was the Devil. We have to help the demon (victim) being attacked! and.

"Seriously? Then I'd rather the Secretary storm the hell out of you..."

"... No, you must still be Claudia to ensure that Announ is destroyed. Holy Cross, which has been useless for decades. Because there's no better artifact than that."

And Aziz, who went on to say that, in this world anyway, it is certain that Secretary Dime is old, and he can't stand the "mourning wind" that spreads to hell.

"Huh? Is that countermeasure?

"... Yes. Use holy water. I was wondering if I could stand an hour on a single dose."

"An hour..."

Short, Kosuke thought. If you can go to hell and relate right away, what can you do, but it's a fight after exploring a vast hell, even though you know where you are. I have to think of it as a pretty cynical restriction.

"... In any case, we can't all get to Announce. More than half will be abandoned pawns to bring Master Claudia to Announce. Since an hour is a viable time per capita if holy water is evenly allocated"

"-"

From the beginning, no one knew we were all going to live and go back to hell. Or maybe even Claudia doesn't think about it, like the way home after defeating Announ.

"Hey, Aziz. To be clear, I don't think it's worth it. There is no such thing as an opponent who can't win because Yue is serious. Shirazaki and the others will be there, and so will I. No matter how powerful Announ is, our victory is unwavering. This isn't overconfident or optimistic, it's true"

So I told Kosuke to stop going in and stuff like that out of the blue.

Aziz looked straight back, however, with no appearance of anger, even in the face of words that could be taken as derogatory to the Exorcists, if at all.

"... Still, we're exorcists"

So you can't just watch. In case there isn't, there could be a hundred million. So, even if it's for nothing, I'll risk my life.

"... and"

"And?"

Kosuke also turned a straight eye to the younger boy exorcist who showed his will like steel.

But the continuation of what I was about to say was not spoken. If you shouldn't say so, you seem to be on the brink of it.

Aziz never opened his mouth after waiting for a while, and as he walked as he talked, he was out in one of the rooms of the Vatican Palace. From there, I went through the passages all over the wall again, what a way out on the roof of the Vatican Palace.

It overlooks Piazza San Pietro. How sad that the blast marks everywhere are tainting the beautiful square. A constituent of Omnibs is busily running around the square. There are also many around the statue of saints, offering prayers and installing some tools.

In some cases, it will be the last fortress to protect the planet. Nobody and he look desperate.

Here, the Bernards will join us in a few more hours.

Kosuke, who had been staring at the square for some time, told Aziz the story of his destiny.

"What's next, Claire?

Looks like a picture star. I wondered how you figured it out, and it appeared on Aziz's face.

"When Mr. Yue told me to leave it to you, Claire, I looked like I would put up with something. I went right back to normal... but Mr. Wynn said Claire's dodge was worse than usual. Maybe he wasn't just out of his mind after the meeting, but he was conscious about something else."

"It's..."

"Probably, but doesn't Claire want to discuss Announcing with her own hands?

"How far are you..."

"I don't know. Claire's circumstances. What does Announ have to do with the fact that he was targeted as a mother, and that he was first identified as" twelve years ago "? As much as I think about it."

Kosuke turned his gaze toward the square towards Aziz. Aziz did not think, and sassy missed his gaze.

……

Mouthwatering Aziz. I can see the patrol. I want to talk. But it's not something I should talk about. I know exactly what you think.

Kosuke said, clapping his shoulders, grinning bitterly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think I'd get you in that much trouble. With all the things I've been taught, I was to the point where I thought I'd let you hear about what happened twelve years ago to the best of my knowledge... apparently, it wasn't such an easy story to ask."

"No......"

For a while, silence filled the place. Only the noise of the people who work echoes in my ear.

Eventually, Kosuke spoke to me about time to go back, and before that, Aziz opened his mouth.

"... I don't want my sister to die"

"... yeah"

"As one exorcist, you must not spare your life before you fight the devil. But still, I want my sister alive. He's the one who saved me from that cold place. My sister gave me everything that was nice and warm."

……

Aziz Stein. A boy born under the parents of a devil worshipper and raised as a sacrifice for the Great Devil's summons.

Six years ago. He didn't even have the will to be busy until he was protected when he was eight. I was not forgiven. Naturally. Where is it necessary to give humanity to the sacrificial child?

Though general upbringing and minimal interpersonal skills were tapped in to avoid being suspicious of the surroundings, it is only a planted act. It's like programming a robot to return a reaction called "B."

It was Secretary Dime who protected the puppet-like aziz as exorcist qualities, as opposed to childish reactions and no humane emotions. And from scratch, it was Claudia who taught him how to be human.

So only Aziz is my brother, not Claudia's men or buddies.

"The truth is, if the returnees are going to end it all, I don't want to let my sister go to hell. If I have power, I want to defeat Announ."

However,

"But what my sister wants, she doesn't... I don't want my sister to die, but just as much, I want my sister to get what she wants."

"... Want, or"

Aziz turned his gaze to Kosuke as he stared. On his eyeball, there is a shizuku of tears.

"I thought it was a miracle. There's nothing more I can do, I know I'm going to die, and the reality is always ruthless, so I thought I was done. Yet you showed up. Like a miracle, it smashed cold reality. For me, you are God's master."

Kosuke also turns to Aziz, who has turned his back on each body.

"Can you help my sister?

I guess Aziz thinks it's a convenient favor. It's a face I think to myself that miracles happen so many times in my life.

Still, I can't help but grab the thread of salvation that hangs in front of me, cursing my weakness that I have to scratch...

Oh, I'm sure this is how the worshippers felt, Aziz said. I was born as their child, and I know how they feel, I'm an exorcist disqualified, disqualified servant of God, and I'm sure I won't be welcomed into heaven.

The wind blows loose and rocks Aziz's forehead. The appearance of a peek is more discerning in the near future. I don't want to let go of the family I finally got, and I look desperate.

Kosuke, staring at Aziz waiting for an answer for a moment, eventually scratched his head galloping. I whispered, "Yay, yay, me. In some cases, before you deal with the devil, isn't that a bit of a dead end..." he mutters.

but a beat. I stroked Aziz's head tilting his neck. And with a bitter laugh at the ghoulish Aziz,

"I can't believe Claire's here. I'm coming."

That's what I said, I turned my heel back. "Ah......" Kosuke adds his words as he looks back over his shoulder to Aziz, who gets a voice.

"I'll do something."

Aziz became a kyoton. And the next moment, he looked like he was going to cry and bowed his head deeply.

Until I can't see my back, which looks slightly bigger, all the time.

Behind the Cathedral. There were those who knelt before the altar and prayed. Claudia.

The bright atmosphere upon arrival at the Omnibs underground facility is dust-free and just keeps quiet. but if you see the combined hands white in front of her chest, it is obvious that they are tightly gripped, and it is also clear that her mood is never quiet.

Second, Claudia looked up. And look back.

"Oh, I knew you'd understand. I kind of hid it."

"Master Kosuke."

Claudia chuckles and smiles. Kosuke also laughs happily at being noticed after all.

"How do you know?

"Why do you think I don't understand?

Each other, leaning their little necks in a heartfelt wonder, a beat, laughing at each other strangely.

"What were you praying for?

"Safe for everyone and peace for people."

"Huh, really?

In response to Kosuke, who seemed to have something to do with it, Claudia, for a moment, piqued her eyes.

"It's a global crisis, isn't it? Isn't that natural?"

"No, I was wondering if I was praying to the Dodgy God for improvement..."

"What is a Dodger God?!? There is no such god! Or, then, isn't my God like a dodgy child!

To the boulder, he couldn't see the god joke. Anyway, "Meh!" He stretched his index finger pinned as if to stare at Kosuke. but after all, the look and atmosphere is very fluffy, so I make it very powerful.

Such a place seems to be a commonly imagined Virgin. Such as Kosuke, I wonder if Claire is a childcare professional or something.

"Bad, bad. I guess that was a joke unsuitable for the priesthood. But, well, it's also true that I didn't just see you praying for peace in the world."

"Huh?"

Kosuke lines up next to a breathtaking Claudia by accident and stares at the large cross hanging from the cathedral.

"Why go to hell?

Or it was a question that could be described as philosophical, but Claudia perceives exactly what it means.

"Of course, because that's what we exorcists do.... From Master Kosuke and the others, you don't trust him, or he may think it's pointless..."

That is not true, I cannot say.

In fact, Kosuke thinks it's pointless. Of Kosuke, Hajime and Yue are the strongest in the world without argument. It would be the devil, but it would be God, but if it did no harm, it would be annihilated. That's possible, transcendental.

Nevertheless, it is only natural that they are not that trustworthy for those exorcists who are not that connected, and therefore they are not going to deny their intention to take them on as insurance.

They will also have perseverance, and there will be no finer dust than they are literally risking their lives on their mission to protect humanity from the devil, and no reason not to take action even if it ends in vain.

The same way that Omnibs has no right to stop the returnees, the returnees have no right to stop Omnibs.

"Mission, it is. That's what I've been fighting for. Though I have some confirmation of my strength and track record, I can't do anything without throwing the fate of the world at those who don't even know the details. I can see that."

"Dear Kosuke..."

"But for Claudia, isn't that all?

"Huh... that's..."

Kosuke moved his gaze toward the cross to Claudia.

"What happened twelve years ago?

……

Claudia mumbled. Now she turns her gaze more towards the cross. It was just an act that was supposed to be "distracted."

"... that's what I said when there was the first incident in which Announ's presence was confirmed"

"Yeah. So, the case has something to do with Claudia, so, really, I don't want us crusading Announce. Am I right?

"Well, that can't be happening, soo"

Claudia roughing up her voice. That was more than proof that it was a picture star.

I guess I thought so myself. Claudia shut her mouth hah, but sighed in the way she thought she could not be deluded.

"Master Kosuke was, in fact, a terrible person. He said he was forced to reveal the maiden's secrets."

I was trying my best to contain emotions that were going to overflow. If it were the Virgin and not the exemplars of the Exorcists, she would have made her heart desperately.

Claudia scolds Kosuke resentfully, wondering if it's okay for an exorcist to move on to his mission.

Kosuke opened his mouth as he deepened his bitter laughter.

"Honestly, for me, this case isn't a serious problem at the time Yue and the others came out. I guess Claire and the others are gonna go to hell ready to die, but so is that. You're not going to die. Because I won't let you die."

"Ugh..."

Claudia dyes her cheeks a little as she stares.

Not particularly concerned, Kosuke continues.

"Ledda was an exorcist. I heard her scream."

"Reda...... I picked it up. After all, you were Master Kosuke."

"Yeah. That's him, he was crying. Please save me."

……

Claudia distorted that gentle face with sadness. Betrayal Exorcist - Leda Rocca. I've known him a long time, too. That's as much as I think of it as my brother.

How did he feel betraying you? Have you sent your heart to the devil? In its final words, Claudia perceives. Few exorcists, especially experienced exorcists, are emotions that one day will be imprisoned.

I couldn't perceive his tired heart, and I was overwhelmed with thoughts.

And he told me to save him.

"... Aziz, right?

To Kosuke, who shrugged his shoulder, Claudia became a complex expression that led her to wonder if she should be angry, happy or not, to her brother-in-law, who, as an exorcist, had the wrong wish.

Kosuke looked into her emerald eyes, facing Claudia by body and needing no delusion.

"If you didn't notice, that's still good. But if you've noticed, it's a little hard to pretend you don't know. I may have lost my mind a while ago, but apparently, I'm a hero to the people who admire me."

Claudia swelled her cheeks that she was a really bad person. As I said that and stared at myself, the head of that "admirer" was the other woman, yes, I'm sure, that cute blonde girl.

inflated cheeks, but eyes that can never be missed. I feel ashamed to see myself in Kosuke's eyes staring at me.

Without worrying about Claudia's mood, Kosuke asked with a powerful voice what he wanted to hear the most.

"We'll finish everything, so..."

- Will Claudia Barenberg be saved?

Saved. It is decided to be saved. It is not a question of who will defeat the Great Devil who will not rule this world. What matters is the peace of mind of people. If we can destroy the mighty enemies of humanity, we will gladly bow our heads, dedicate our lives and take every means more certain.

Naturally. Even as an exorcist. Even as a single person.

Personal feelings...

Personal grievances...

I don't even need to put it on the scale......

Yet, if you're aware,

"- Truth is, I took him down."

Yes, I was screaming.

"Where I don't know, I can't believe people I don't know end up on their own."

The unmistakable glance attracted a desperately pushed mind.

"What the hell, how hard do you think you worked!? I threw up blood reflexes, and I threw away my normal life. I kept risking my life. It's all about taking him down, Announ. I gave everything!!

Yes, everything,

"To fight the enemy of my father and mother!!

Whether it was regrettable or sad, tears poured out of Claudia's eyes.

Just once. What made you cry like this and exhale your mood? That day, the day I lost everything, the day I declared myself to be an exorcist in front of Secretary Dime, who became my second father.

From the day I made the vow that one day I would surely defeat Announ to today, I have never cried calling out like this.

But once the broken embankment is not so easy to repair...

Claudia grabbed onto Kosuke's clothes and pressed her forehead hard against her chest, so as to hit eight.

Kosuke slaps his back gently. Like a pong pong cares.

Thus, spoken with the potpourri and the spilling words was, indeed, a "common story" for those who fight the devil, so tragic that they could not be helped.

Twelve years ago.

When Claudia was nine. It was about my father's birthday.

The trigger is his father's long-time friend.

The father himself, not to mention his best friend, admired the man who invited him home several times a month to dine with him as Claudia was also a sweet uncle who played well.

The more embarrassing and unavailable consultation I can have with my parents, the more I rely on that "uncle of my father's best friend. For example, yes, what gift would make me most happy for my father's birthday, etc.

My uncle told me, laughing. At that time, for a moment, Claudia should have cared more about the scare that struck her spine... but it would be a harsh story for a nine-year-old girl.

My uncle divulged his voice and said, as if to reveal a secret softly, even in secret.

- Shall I show the angels how to get them to come to the house?

Claudia didn't doubt that word. Because the Barenbergs were devout Catholics from generation to generation, and my uncle was a priest.

My uncle is amazing! I can't believe you know how to meet an angel!

On your father's birthday, I can invite an angel to our house. I'm sure your father will be delighted!

Of course, this is a tragedy story.

Therefore, the summons was successful. And what showed up was:

"Announ, is that right?"

"... Yes"

Claudia's, immense magic for the Earthlings and the right summoning ritual. And using Claudia herself, the supreme sacrifice, as a medium, Announ, summoned by her uncle (...), killed Claudia's father, who was its target.

"Later, I found out, the man said he'd been putting his thoughts on my mother for a long time."

From the position of priest, he would not be married, and therefore would not share his thoughts, and eventually Claudia's mother married her father and Claudia was born.

I guess there was some big trigger and I didn't abandon my faith. I kept looking at the happiness that I might have gained for nearly a decade, and I couldn't leave even if I knew I should, and eventually I began to hate my misfortune, and God, and it stacked...

Yes, the devil gave it to me.

A little crazy man, at its end, sold his soul to the devil.

What was unexpected was that Claudia was too good as a medium, no, it would have been great.

"Coincidentally, inevitably, it was Announ who was summoned, and he realized my worth, on the verge of killing my father according to his covenant and receiving me as a sacrifice"

"Mother, right?

"Yes, more than the ex, in that man's summons ceremony, he wasn't powerful enough to restrain Announ. Announ also killed my mother in front of me, only to kill that man and despair me. Right in front of me, my mom and dad's neck."

Khosuke's hand clenches his chest tightly. Even if I lean down, I can tell. I'm sure that look is distorted by hatred. I'm not a Virgin or anything. A woman named Claudia Barenberg, the stripper, was there.

I guess the rest of the story is as I heard it at the Sheriff's Department.

As a matter of fact, for some time now, Omnibs, who had grasped the information that there were priests but who were doing well with devil-related investigations, had been investigating the man, and so the exorcists rushed for the price immediately after the summons of Announ.

but to its former more powerful power, the power of Announ, who gained the magic of Claudia and was in a semi-explicit state, was awesome, and the exorcists were toothless, but on the verge of total annihilation, Announ was dragged back by interference from hell.

Screaming to Claudia that when the time comes, she would come to pick me up as a mother.

"Since that day twelve years ago, I've been working out for this day. I understand. Because I know. Shh. He said it was best to leave it to Master Kosuke and the others! But, but what about my twelve years!? How do I clear up my, this black feeling!?

Above all,

"How can I apologize to my mom and dad!?

Yes, that's the root of Claudia.

I have vengeance. I'm even scorching myself into hatred.

But the last thought is that.

What shallow self had summoned killed my father and mother. It gave rise to an irrevocable tragedy.

I can't even apologize anymore. Even though there is no one in this world to confess to.

How can I apologize to my father and mother if I can't even end it with my own hands?

Even if not forgiven, Claudia herself, without forgiving herself for the rest of her life, was the only redemption left to Claudia to contend with her enemies.

A blood-soaking claudia scream woods the cathedral.

Sounds like a burn. It disappeared completely, and even if the silence returned to the diocese, for a while, there were no words for the two of them.

Eventually, Claudia releases herself softly.

"... this is who I am. It must be ugly, right? I can desperately tell myself my mission as an exorcist and finally fix the outside. Still, that's how I hit your feelings, that's how you are."

Dark eyes, a cramped, scrupulous smile.

Claudia, who missed her gaze when she said she no longer had to talk, asked me to be alone, or could not stand Kosuke's eyes staring straight at herself, again tried to kneel before the cross to falsify her heart.

but before that,

"If we use the Holy Cross, can we make sure we put him down?

"... Huh?

Not a word of contempt, not a word of comfort. Claudia unwittingly falls in love with just a word of confirmation.

Kosuke asked lightly through such a confused appearance of Claudia, overlapping.

"What do you think? Sure you can take him down? Or a bad bet for a minute?

"Oh, uh, yeah, I think we can take it down."

"Think?"

With a sharp eye, repeated with a blameworthy voice, Claudia hastily reworded.

"Ya, you can take it down. The Holy Cross is different from other artifacts. The strength of the opponent doesn't matter, it just works tremendously when it comes to being a demon. There are many records of the destruction of monarch demons in the past."

"I see. You can use it fully, can't you?

To the question of Kosuke, who is too serious and powerful, Claudia no longer snorts only at high speed.

Kosuke nodded, "Okay," when he saw it. Then, for some reason, with a strong look like going to a dead place, I pipped my smartphone with a relative but still cold sweat against Reaper.

Kosuke waits for the call sound of Trululu with a look like a prisoner waiting for the death penalty to count down.

And

'...... Mm. Endow. Ready?

"Not yet, Mr. Yue. We'll change the operation, so we'll get back to you."

From across the phone. "Hmm?," right next door to "To?" The voice echoes.

'... what do you mean?

"I will switch between the main and the reserve of the penetration squad. My destiny is the exorcist army led by the Virgin and me. Yue and the others are in reserve, please."

……

Silence, horrible! All I'm saying is, a powerful voice is Kosuke's hand trembling in small pieces on his back.

'... I said I would eradicate them. I bought the fight that was sold to me. You got a complaint?

"Oh, there is. I don't want to be uprooted. I bought a fight because Claire was first. Claire will wear Kelli."

Along the way, I guess I put Kosuke in speaker mode with doubts about his inexplicable request. From across the phone comes the deliberate upset of the classmates. "Yu, say to Master Yue, is!? Kosuke, are you going to die?" "Endo-kun, don't hurry up! Get back to your sanity!" "Sir, dying," "That's a novel way to commit suicide," I hear.

Gakuble and violently trembling Kosuke, but sidelined the sight of neighbor Claudia holding her mouth breathlessly, stomping on it.

"I know Yue is angry, and I know it's quicker and surer to leave it to Yue to finish things. But that doesn't work. I can't be saved. Please, Mr. Yue. First, let us do it."

'... even though the fate of the world depends?

"Ko, Master Kosuke!? The fate of the world depends on it!?

Yue says pale and Claudia says as she roars.

Kosuke looked at Claudia, but his consciousness turned to the wobbly blood-sucking princess across the phone, "Ha," he snorted.

"What is the fate of the world? This is the right arm of the man who slaughtered God for one woman. Now we can use the world and one person as a balance. The Demon King's true wife, don't give a shit."

There was a scream coming from across the phone. That's the voice of my classmates. "Kosuke! Get down on the ground now! The best one of my life!" or "Mr. Yue! That guy, he's got a little head! Forgive me!" or so I hear.

Kosuke, the voice is strong, but with a earthy face, I already raise my voice to a damned sensation.

"In the first place, this is an extension of the job I was deposited with Nagumo. So clean it up my way. Yue and the others, pull in."

I told you! I told you! I'm sorry. Forgive me! and Lord Abyss of the Heart sits down.

Equal time flowed forever. Beyond the phone, too, it's tingling. It's a silence with a feeling of tension that you're likely to hear swallowing the saliva.

"... Endo, make it a speaker"

Follow Yue's instructions quickly, Kosuke. Trembling hands are about to cut the call, but desperately in control. Now, if I cut it, I'm sure Kosuke's groin will be cut as well. I get slashed, not smashed. Seriously, give me a break.

"... Claudia Barenberg"

"Yes!

I guess I heard Claudia earlier. The person Yue turned to was Claudia.

Claudia replies nervously. Pinky spine is stretched.

Yue asked quietly after a slight silence.

'... the important thing, say it in your own words. What do you want to do?

"Huh... that's..."

Yue seems to have guessed a lot from Kosuke's words and talks at the Sheriff's Department. I asked Claudia directly about her mood.

Claudia was stuck in words. Exorcist mission echoes in my heart. I hear the voice of God reprimanding the ugly self's heart. Ask him to abandon his personal feelings.

To Claudia like that, I get a voice.

"What's wrong with vengeance?

"Master Kosuke?

"I'm sorry about your ugly heart. I'm human. 'Cause we all have our own" hearts. "

"Humans, have, minds..."

Kosuke walked over to Claudia and spoke in a way he also forgot he was in speaker mode.

"Even the exorcists are human. Leda wanted to be saved. Aziz wants help, too. I'm sure Mr. Wynn and Anna, the other Omnibs people, and the secretary, too. Self-destructive public service - Oh, that's a great word. I respect that. But if that doesn't save people, eat shit."

Claudia's eyes open wide. Kosuke grabbed Claudia's shoulder and turned to her burning eyes.

"I'm strong. I'll smash any obstacle and open the door Claire wants. So don't line up your favorites, tell me. How can Claire, Claire and the others be saved?

……

A crying face appears in Kosuke's eyes. But he's a much better face than that desperate, scrupulous smile I just had. Kosuke laughed invincibly, tearing Ni's mouth open.

Claudia stuffed her eyes with gossip. Oh, this guy, he does look good on the right arm of the Demon King. There is no such thing as the use of God. You make such a sweet temptation like a demon, so what a thought.

And with a temperamental voice, his gaze shouted at Kosuke as he poured on Yue waiting for an answer across the phone.

"I'll take him down! Since that day twelve years ago, he's been my prey! Don't get your hands on me!

Beyond the phone I was bothering to call, it quieted down again.

One beat and Yue opened his mouth.

'... yes. If you have an appointment, you have no choice. "

"What... is that okay?

"...... n"

I'm not pregnant with anger, I don't look grumpy. Instead, with a voice that even felt warm somewhere, Yue continued his words.

'... but if you're going to expose yourself to something very unusual, I'll just clean it up'

"That's, yes. Of course it is."

'...... Mm. If you fail... I won't give you this world. Never mind, good luck'

"Ah..."

Claudia was stuck in words, knowing that was Yue's encouragement. Don't worry, I just need to accomplish my thoughts according to my feelings... because I know that's what I mean.

But before actually conveying his thanks, Yue's voice returned to the inorganic, calling Kosuke.

"Yes, Mr. Yue"

'... Endo. Stay on track. Remember when you leave.'

"Eh!? Hey, Mr. Yue!? Earlier, the atmosphere somehow flushed."

"... Emilyn's eyes are also black. My thunderdragon roars. And everyone over here is nibbling. '

From across the phone,

"This way? Is that person that good!? Because you have big tits!?

"Emily, calm down. Kouske-kun. As for being my stepfather, I'd like to have a discussion later, okay?

"Kosuke. Your brother now remembers his unprecedented respect and willingness to kill."

"Come on, no, give me a break. What a bad line in front of all these people... what should I look like as my sister? '

'... you, what shall we do? If Kosuke asks, I'll have a new wife again...'

'Right, right. Next time, why don't you just turn in Hajime and just the guy? As a parent, I'd like you to discuss Kosuke's future. "

"Ha-ha-ha, of course it's OK. I'll teach you how to live a fun life full of stepdaughters!

There is no abyss lord death mercy from the classmate boys, as usual, but I respect it a little. Pretty exorcist. Introduce my daughter. A targeted voice flies.

"Ko, Master Kosuke? Are you all right, sir?

"Kosuke... it's not okay."

With rhetoric I've heard somewhere, Kosuke changes his complexion from blue to red, white to loess, and again busily with red, while becoming an eye like a dead and rotten fish. Mr. Claudia, pull a little. "To, human, did your complexion change like this?".

Whispering, Yue sends words to Kosuke, who whines that he doesn't want to go home (to Japan). Invincible, sounds a little funny.

'... Endo. You are the trustee of Hajime, whom you both acknowledge. And who will be inside Shea. I won't tolerate grand speech.'

"... I will definitely take responsibility for the words I spit out."

'...... Mm. Endo, say on behalf of Hajime'

"Yes."

"... I left the rest to you"

"Ugh. I've been entrusted.... Thank you, Yue."

Finally, I replied "n," and Yue hung up.

To Kosuke, who exhaled, Claudia approached her nappy and looked up with a biting look. Naturally, her eyes glimmering with heat and tears.

If you're a man, you look just like a man when he comes in one shot.

Claudia opens her mouth trying to say something but can't seem to find words, she has closed or opened her mouth many times. The thoughts are so strong that any words of gratitude seem stale that they don't come up with what they think they deserve.

Kosuke laughed bitterly at Claudia.

"Let's do that after it's all over. What, you don't have to feel it. Claire, you just have to beat that bastard out of your mind. I'll cut the road. The world is guaranteed by my strongest daughter-in-law ~ Z. Look, you got no problem with that, okay?

"Ha no... no. Ho Yama."

As I was impressed, Claudia buries her face in Kosuke's chest again. While I laugh bitterly, Kosuke will also pound his back on you.

and at that time,

"Mm-hmm? What are you guys. What? Not now? Don't be stupid. I guess Claire's here, huh? Yeah, come on! It's time for the operation."

Coming into the diocese was Secretary Dime, who looked frustrated. And Winn, Anna, and multiple Omnibs members who are desperately trying to cling to that foot.

Secretary Dime's gaze turned to the back of the diocese. I catch Claire and Kosuke hugging each other.

Time stopped.

Anna said, "You're running away! Mr. Kosuke, he's super running away ~!!" he shouts.

Immediately after,

"- Lord, grant protection to the devout faithful. Give the sinner the hammer of God!

Where it was removed from, a metal book popped out like a shell. Chains wrapped around like seals, huge books like flails!

"Wow!?

Fall in and avoid in a way that pushes Claudia down. Gough, with the sound of cold spines, the Book of Sacred Extinction passed over his head, destroying the altar with a tremendous sound of destruction.

"Kosuke... Suddenly, I'm in trouble. To the boulder, in front of God..."

"Huh?"

He only sees Kosuke, Mr. Claudia. Dye your cheeks pop and look away embarrassed feeling irresistible.

Jalajalaja and the sound of the chain rings. The Book of Sacred Extinction, which wandered through the air like a creature, returned to Secretary Dime. And looking at Claudia's condition, the devil-like Cardinal who destroyed the altar and the secretary of the anti-devil organization, once again, makes him stand by for the absolutely incorrect use of the book.

"Master Kosuke... you shouldn't... you have a lover... ahhh"

"I will kill you!

The Virgin below. Devil at the entrance.

"... when it's all over, let's just be alone, let's do that"

Sadness drifts from Kosuke, who has become an authentically dead eye.

In exotic lands, in my hometown, Kosuke seemed to be waiting only for distress.

Vatican City Country, outside the Wall.

Countless shadows were gathering out there. Hundreds, to thousands immediately. Their eyes are equally - red.

Tonight's moon is a full moon that oddly elevates the demon.

It was also starting to stain red.