I had a strange feeling.

It felt as if it were a peek into the depths of her heart, a feeling of being able to touch her hands to the soul, and she stopped her legs, stopped her hands, and even forgot to breathe.

Never, it's not a bad feeling.

Rather, it was something sweet.

It was sweet, sensual. I didn't even think it was a bad idea to keep being touched like this.

(To whom?

I just raised the question mark, and there's only one person I can think of. Only he should be able to peek into her heart. Only he should be able to touch her soul. There can be no forgiveness for anyone but him, and no one but him can touch this soul. Only he is her lord and ruler. He is the king of souls and the light.

So it can't be anything but him.

But that's why the question comes to mind. Why do you feel like you're getting a peek into his heart? Do you feel your soul is being touched by him? Do you think they're searching for the secrets of the spirit? I never felt like that until today. Not because he's rejecting her, not because he's making it evil. That's all but because he recognizes her as one person.

Sometimes as a girlfriend I feel that's not enough, but not love. I know it's thoughtfulness rather than love, but if you believe in the word that thoughtfulness is one scale of love, there's no problem in calling it love.

If you say that to the Lord, I'm sure he'll just smile.

"What's going on?

It was strange that Miliu had been peeking into his face. A woman armed summoner, characterized by red hair like blood, often had a spicy attitude towards Rem. No, it's not just against Lem. There is no forgiveness for those who seek to approach her Lord. Even for Miliu, it seems that her Lord is the home of her soul.

"Yes?"

"It's not like you're dropping a jar."

As such, she handed me the bamboo. Speaking of which, Rem was in the middle of cleaning. No, it's not just Rem. Both Miliu and Faria, as well as the faces of the Black Beast Squad in Ruufa, Emil and Maria, have been mobilized to sweep the Heavenly Wheel Palace. It was Lem himself who suggested this sweep. After thinking about how to stabilize the faceted mental state driven by anxiety about her Lord and Sheila, that was the conclusion she came to.

If you're moving your body, you might not have to think about anything extra.

If you're thinking about Setuna or Sheila, it's only natural that that makes you feel depressed. Hope you're safe, I don't know what it is. There is no guarantee that everything will work. Rather, it is even more likely to fail. It would also have been inevitable for the entire Heavenly Wheel Palace to be engulfed in gloomy air.

The sweep also meant getting rid of that kind of air.

Her suggestion to clean the Heavenly Wheel Palace and surprise Setuna when she returns was endorsed by the Phalia. They must have been hard, too, just waiting for Setuna to return.

"... maybe he's insatiable"

"Yes!?

"Rem, are you a little messy?

He walked over to Rem, not only to Miliu, but also to Faria. Faria is wearing glasses. The glasses were a gift from Setuna and she was in a good mood as long as she wore those silver-edged glasses. Faria wasn't the only one who got a gift from Setuna. Not only were the faces of Milyu and Ruufa's "Lion's Tail" prepared, but even the minutes of Rem. Everyone was thrilled with Setsuna's compassion, and Lem was shaken by Setsuna's love.

To Rem, it was a black necklace that suited her everyday costume.

"… just now, I feel your husband"

"Get Setuna?

"Yes, I'm sure your husband is lacking in ingredients."

That was Rem's honest sentiment. I'm sure you must be feeling this illusion because a few days without Setuna is too boring. Are you unconsciously conjecturing and comforting yourself? Otherwise, it was unexplainable.

Setsuna should be diving into Abard by now. It's been more than five days since I dropped you off. We'll be crossing the border and reaching Ceasel. Ryufu and Cesar are close, when it comes to proximity. but I didn't turn it down at a distance where I could feel the signs of Setuna.

In the first place, it's impossible, such as Setuna holding Rem's heart tight.

"It feels as if your husband is holding you..."

"... Rem, are you crazy?"

"Cleaning is fine, rest."

"I don't need a break."

Rem, to put it all out, resumed the cleaning with his blurry head. I never feel bad. I can even say it's more comfortable, but now it's visible that I can't concentrate on cleaning. or so, I felt worse to be there for nothing. I must entrust myself and my mind to this sweet feeling. If so, what the hell will happen to me? It was horrible just to imagine.

"All you need is your husband"

When Rem told him, Miliu and Faria somehow held their heads.

(That's...)

Sheila had to narrow her eyes to the appearance of the summoned object in Setuna's right hand.

It was a black mask. Sheila looked familiar with the dark mask that never reflected the light of the demonic crystal lamp. He was the head of Zibel's Reaper unit and closely resembled the mask Craig Zem-Midnas wore about Reaper Zero. I can't say it's the same just because it's similar. But the ominousness I feel from the mask is the exact same thing.

I was relieved that I didn't summon a black spear. That he is an armed summoner, he tells. Where he used armed subpoena, no one, no wonder. And he didn't just say the end of the spell.

Like no other, Sheila understood that he was casting a spell. He was chanting in such a voice that no one could hear him. I was building a surgical ceremony. The technique of armed summoning is nothing more than the chanting of a spell by a line of ancient languages. To cast a spell is a ritual of sorcery.

Most of all, I'm not sure if he was spinning an ancient language spell. He is not a biological armed summoner. He said he had learned from the armed summoner and had not been trained, but had gained such power from the hiccups. You may not even be able to cast a spell.

But Sheila is the only one who knows such facts on this occasion.

Ancient language is a language that was used long before the beginning of continental unity and the spread of the common language by the Holy King, but it must be something that is generally completely incomprehensible to a person who has been subjected to armed summoning techniques like Sheila. Even if what he was whispering was not an ancient language, there is no discernment in what is in this tavern as to whether it is wrong or right.

And I just have to decide that the whisper earlier was a spell, more than Setuna is calling summoning armed into reality. Everyone but Sheila would have thought so.

"Armed Summoning...... so!?

"No, he said he was an armed summoner."

"But you're cowardly!

"Yes, it's cowardly!

The mercenaries, who had spoiled the audience until just before, began to raise their voice of anger and condemnation when Setuna performed her armed summons. The air in the store, which had been frozen until a moment earlier, flipped and escorted. No, it was originally advantageous for Esq, but more importantly, it should be said that the air in support of Esq has become stronger. Sheila was nervous, too. Because the hand of the woman placed on her shoulder was strong.

"Dastardly? What are you talking about?

Setsuna glanced at the audience with a cool face. Red eyes like blood have awesomeness. Setuna, who has dived through many training grounds, may only feel the wrath of the mercenaries and other breezes.

"It was your general who fought to die."

"Exactly. I told you to come for real. We also know they're armed summoners. The real point of an armed summoner is not to fight with bare hands."

Esq laughed with heartfelt joy. I can see things like I like to fight and I can't wait to see it. It was definitely Sheila's kind. Sheila, too, wants to try and fight a serious Setuna for once. One day, I imagine that such an opportunity won't come, but I'm just over imagining it. It was unlikely that such an opportunity would come more than Setuna being Sheila's lord. Sekiyama is enough to bump into each other in training. I just have to be satisfied with that.

"Naturally, this happens"

"And regret it."

Setuna covered her face with a black mask. Moment after moment, Esq is arriving in Setuna. It was an early job that went unnoticed. Fast enough to illusion that I heard the stepped in sound late. Maybe I can just call it Divine Speed. It didn't look very human. but superhuman speed doesn't even lead to capturing Setuna wearing a subpoena weapon. Setuna is fleeing into the hollow. My coat flashed like a devil's wing.

There's no escape in the air.

Esq laughed furiously as he was being kicked. Instantly add a twist to your body and jump on the spot. And I started falling, Setuna. I went for it and slapped a spinning kick in the air. Direct hit. Running into the immobile air was an obvious bad hand. But to Sheila, it looked like Setuna had deliberately eaten the attack.

Setuna's body blows away as if it was lightly bounced. Esq follows. In a small store. It won't take long to catch up. Shortly after Setuna is slammed against the wall, Esq's kick is sucked into his belly. A fierce blow. But Setuna doesn't leak one bitter voice. Esq jumps away. It was an act that compelled Sheila to let go of the opportunity of pursuit, something she had difficulty understanding.

"Shit... I don't think I can handle it."

Esq exposed his dissatisfaction, staring at Setuna. What does it mean to be unresponsive? Sheila was witnessing the moment Esq's two attacks hit Setuna directly, and that should have been an undisputed pain. But it doesn't work as if for Setuna, I can tell from how he is. Setuna, when she stood up loosely, fixed her coat. That's all we can afford.

"That's what dealing with death means"

"Death?"

"I'm dead. Yours."

Now Setuna kicked the floor. Faster than an esc, it kills into an esc. Maybe that could have been called flying in. The sound of Setuna's body piercing the atmosphere was enough to split her ear. At the next moment, I heard an awesome clash when I wondered if Esq's length could have disappeared from Sheila's sight. Looking in the direction of the sound, the dust was standing around the wall. Looks like the impact of the clash destroyed the tree walls. That means so many attacks have been slapped by the esc.

Setsuna stands up where Esq stood until just now.

Esq said, crashing from his back into the wall, half of his body was implanted as it was. But that doesn't mean Setuna beat Esq. Because Esq was almost intact. The borough cloth that was wrapped around him was no longer in use, and the armor he was wearing underneath had been destroyed, but his body itself was safe.

"What a power. Hey, no kidding."

Esq raised his exclamation without distorting his face in agony as he plunged out of the wall. It was Sheila who wanted to be surprised.

(What a vitality?

The sturdiness of the esc was such that it made me want to pass by surprise. No matter how strong the armor is worn, if that armor is so shocked that it is destroyed, there is usually not a single pile. Just crashing into the wall must have caused a lot of pain. But Esq is flat. His flesh was magnificent, though neither armor nor borough cloth became useless.

I told you, I'm dead.

He's not dead yet.

"Not yet."

"Am I?"

I don't even know if Esq will look suspicious. Sheila, however, understood the meaning of Setuna's words.

"Move and you'll die."

An object like a dark doll stood behind an esc and put his hand on his neck. A doll may not necessarily be an accurate representation. But Sheila couldn't think of what to call it without calling it a doll that mimics a person's shape. There are five bodies, and a head similar to a human has a physique. The red light leaking from his eyes was more reminiscent of the Imperial Devil than of Setuna's eyes. The limbs are also very similar to humans. However, it was unreliable as if it were an extremely thin, fleshless, leatherless bone. In fact, maybe it's just bones.

But there was no doubt that the knife created by such an unreliable hand would show exactly the cleavage of a knife. Sheila once saw something very similar to that. It's Lem-Marlow's Reaper. But I don't know if Setuna's that and Rem's “Reaper” are homogeneous beings. Ten eighty-nine, I suppose not, because it was created by Setuna's ability to summon an armed man, and Lem's “Reaper” is something Sheila cannot understand.

"This is the ability of the mask."

Esq glanced at the dark doll behind her and glanced over her shoulder. He's still flat with his knife, not because he doesn't understand his ability to do it. He sees the power of it. It was the power of the Dark Doll that slammed Esq against the wall. With Setuna's power, you can't do as much as that.

"That's what I'm talking about"

"Heh. Isn't that superior? Try it."

"You want to die so bad?

Setsuna seemed heartbroken by Esq's reaction. No, I probably didn't find any point in dealing with an esc who wasn't even afraid of death. He shook his head as he unmasked what he thought. The dark doll that was standing behind Esq dissolves in the air and disappears. Esq, seeing how it was, he also shook his head. Crush like a rumble.

"I want to die...? I don't know. I wonder. No, maybe you're right."

He handed it to the woman who stood by him at some point when he took off his destroyed armor. Sheila was annoyed because that woman was the one behind Sheila. Sheila didn't realize the woman was moving, partly because she was distracted by the battle between Setuna and Esq, but the woman's high ability would also have a lot to do with it.

The woman looks after Esq's armor. The way it was, I knew perfectly well that she admired and revered Esq. And I also found out that she understood and was acting on Esq's intentions.

"There's no other way for a man who can only think about dying where he's supposed to die, drowning in booze, and being delayed in color."

"That's why you're hanging on to me."

"So come on, this is serious."

After complaining back, Esq told the woman who had handed her armor something. Looks like she gave some kind of order, and Sheila remembered the nervousness, but it ended up worrying. Because a woman ordered Doreen and other mercenaries to clean up the store. The Dorins looked like they complained about something, but they probably started cleaning up because they couldn't resist the woman, or because the man on the woman was horrible. The store was not a strange sight when it came to the state of devastation, it was miserable.

"Damn, that was a good point, but you woke up."

"You should have woken up. Didn't you want to wake up drunk?

"That's right...... well, no. It's been a long, burning battle."

Esq turned his arms roughly around Setuna's neck as he raised his blush hair. I didn't even think that Sheila was going to strangle me. The swordswallowing air has disappeared. Mercenaries spilling stupidity, in front of the esc, a clear female mercenary, a heavenly Doreen. The air in the store itself had changed.

That the battle between Setuna and Esq ended in such a way that the tension was lifted.

"All right, let's get back to drinking. It's my treat."

I thought you wanted to wake up drunk.

"Yeah. So you're gonna get drunk again, right?

Esq's words only seemed to be ruptured.

"Let's have a drink and talk. You had something you wanted to ask Doreen, didn't you?

"You..."

Setsuna changed her eyes when she saw Esq.

Sheila was also frightened. Esq only meant that he knew what Setuna and Dorin were talking about, at least.