Armed Summoners - Black Spears and the Brave Men of the Other World

Episode 255: Nine Tails of White Hair, Again (10)

"It's Setuna. You must be mistaken about something."

Jiu-tai's gaze on Setsuna had returned to calm. The sounds of restlessness that have been inconceivably restored from the emotional behavior just now are rather powerful enough to be bottom-cold. But Setuna did.

You can't push it down.

"What?

"Wrinkles don't admit they did."

Nine tails, he affirmed. The atmosphere trembled at its powerful statement, and the electric light colored the void.

"Sheila likes that. I'll admit it. Well, that's what Sheila thought. Then, knowing Sheila's favor, while understanding her affection, she just used it and trampled on it."

"I...!

"There's no excuse. I won't ask. I left it to the guardian of that capital, and since then, there hasn't been any tone out!

The anger of Nine Tails echoed in the heavens and the earth of Malwales, but Setuna, with no words to give back, merely listened to the voice. There's no way I can make excuses or anything. That's true.

"I promised Sheila I'd never forget."

"... I don't know what to forget"

"If I be-!"

Setsuna did not miss the moment when the wrath of Kyouo reached its climax. But that's why I'm not trying to escape. Nine-tailed, heart-of-beast anger is neither unreasonable nor anything. There's nothing more to it than to take it silently than the cause of that anger is yourself. As a result, Setuna herself didn't know what was going to happen.

"Then why, then, are you helping Sheila! Then why did you protect Sheila then? If so, why didn't you stay on Sheila's side the whole time!

The nine tails beckon upside down, ravaging the earth and scratching the atmosphere. A tremendous amount of heat swirled. The overwhelming force shall envelop Setuna and shall not be blown away. Setuna, however, withstood the lack of movement and diligence from the spot. Heavy pain pierces your whole body, but you can't run away. Duh.

"Wrinkles love Sheila. There's nothing more beautiful in my heart than that girl. There's nothing clearer in my soul than that girl. There is nothing weaker and more smug than that girl. Sheila has something she can't hold on to. Therefore I thought that the woes would be with Sheila. I thought I'd give you some help. I hope you're happy to help me out."

"Heart of Beast......"

"But how about reality. Sooner or later, more than two years passed without fulfilling her promise to Sheila and, on the contrary, with her snuggly figure disappearing. This horizon has been transformed, desolate, and broken. This is the end of it. I don't know, Setuna. If you abandon Sheila, this is what happens."

Setuna had no word to give it back.

It's all right, Nine Tails.

Even if it's not meant to be, there's no way we can even deny the fact that it's turning out to be.

"Sheila couldn't stand the fact that no one could protect her, and she broke. This is why we are here. If you had, but stayed on my side, I wouldn't have done this......!

"Sheila... broke? What are you talking about?

"It doesn't mean what it means."

It's a reflux phenomenon, isn't it?

"It's Setuna. Are you going to blame Sheila for the fact that she couldn't stand the blame and that she broke too much of her hopelessness? Then that's fine. Once again, I want you to live up to your responsibilities just the way you feel!

"My... responsibility"

I don't deny it. There's no way I can. It was Setuna who put Sheila and the others in the Dragon House. The construction of the Dragon House Defense Force by the Black Beast Squad led by Sheila, the Dragon Palace Guards, the Gandia Army, and the Eryl Alms Ethosea Heritage Corps has nothing to do with Setuna's will. If Setuna wanted, she could have left Sheila on her side. Sheila's position was that she was a Setuna minister. I will not obey the instructions of the Gandhian army. Setuna, however, decided to place Sheila in the Dragon House. Sometimes I believed that was for Sheila, but maybe it was an extra fault. Even though Ryufu is close to Abad, he's not in a position to move on his own to protect Abad.

"There's no way the womb would allow Sheila to get caught in the wrong eye. No matter how sorry you are, no matter how sorry you are, it's too late!

Setuna sensed the arrival of reinforcements from the Malwegian side as the forces of Kyouo began to influence the very earth that supported its immense body. The Knights and Dragon Palace Guards led by Eryl Alm, as well as the First Army Regiment on the Zalwarn side. But they couldn't hide their confusion when they saw the confrontation between Nine Tails and Setuna. Naturally. When it comes to the Nine Tails, because they are their patron saints and it shouldn't be possible to antagonize Setuna or anything else.

"Setuna!

"Eryl Alum, never get your hands on me!

"Shit!

Setuna shook her head, acknowledging a similar reaction to Eryl Alum's scream. Nine tails envelop Setuna. Nine tails with intense power. The skin burns just by touching it, causing pain as if it peels off.

"This is my problem. It's on me. I have to live up to my responsibilities. You bet, Heart of Beast"

"I'm just getting naughty, naughty! Keep apologizing to Sheila under the fountain!

"... Sheila"

Kyouo's big mouth looms in front of him. The vague darkness in the oral cavity was still the abyss of darkness itself, and Setuna was attacked by the feeling of being sucked into the depths of nothingness.

And all the senses were interrupted.

(- I'm sorry, Sheila)

It wasn't until some time after Nine Tails ate me and drank me into the darkness that my whole body felt like I would be splattered. At first, there was sensory disconnection. Every sensation disappeared and even I almost lost sight of myself, probably because of the black spear away from my hands, and the fact that the Mail of Doater must have been powerless must be huge.

(I promised. He said he'd protect you)

I just lined up the words of apology, and if that doesn't get to him or her, it doesn't make sense. No, even if it arrives, I know as much as it means nothing if the person isn't convinced. I also understand that this is not an apology story. But still nothing but an apology. Other than that, do you have any other words to say to her?

(Yet I escaped from you and from the world. You suck. You really suck garbage scumbag. Don't complain if you hate me, hate me, or kill me)

I also know that no matter how many words you spin, that's not enough. I have to meet Sheila, look her in the eye, and tell her. That's how she has nothing but to have herself judged. That's not limited to Sheila.

Rem, Faria, Miliu - so is everyone and he. It is Setuna's position now that we must apologize and beg for forgiveness.

That's a big deal, you motherfucker.

('Cause you don't...)

A natural reward.

Words like that go through the back of my brain.

"I couldn't protect you."

When he heard his voice, Setuna understood that he was not dead. And I also understand that the pain all over my body is due to being slapped to the ground. Setsuna was lying on her back on the ground.

"... here is"

The sight was spreading filled with pure white on one side. As far as I can see, white, white, white - a space where even the boundaries between heaven and earth are obscure, in a world where everything might be white and anointed. I don't even recognize him.

"In the body of Nine Tails of White Hair..."

Once Setuna had jumped into the body of nine white haired tails. And remembering that Sheila was among them, Setuna stood up largely. Pull through the black spear that was standing on the white earth and look up into the sky.

I remember how Sheila was forming a fox with nine tails of white hair.

White-haired nine-tailed foxes are not manifested by activation of the Heart of Beast's Maximum Ability Ninetail. I remember hearing from Sheila herself that she needed to squeeze that ability even further to the extreme during Ninetail activation. Sheila had worn out so much that she could not live a decent life for a while after the appearance of Nine Tails of White Hair at Abard, and even the brief manifestation was physically and mentally burdensome that she knew it was not so easy to use.

Heart of Beast activates various abilities using blood as a catalyst, making a difference in the user's flesh. He also said he has the ability to be a cat's eye, a rabbit ear whose ears were adorable, and a buffalo horn. Ninetail is also a form of such transformative ability, which, as its name suggests, changes Sheila herself to resemble a fox with nine tails.

And Nine Tails of White Hair was also a substitute for an illusion with an entity created by Sheila in that state, whose overwhelming power showed the high potential of Heart of Beast.

This means that at the center of the Nine Tails of White Hair is Sheila who creates that fantasy.

Setuna looked around at a world where nerves were sharpened and filled with white. And when the nine tails running through the white void found a place to concentrate on one point, they flew instantly. Spread the wings of the Mail of Dotor and go into the air.

Sheila just broke.

It's hard to believe what Heart of Beast has told you is a lie, borrowing the figure of Nine Tails of White Hair. But on the other hand, it was also a strange story to say that while I preferred something like killing Setuna, I actually just took it into my body intact instead of killing it. The anger of the Heart of Beast was real, and the way it was expensive was not semi-productive. I'm pretty sure he was willing to kill Setuna, and I don't blame him for intending to.

But, but.

(I'm alive. Not dead)

There's nothing but asking the Heart of Beast himself directly about what that means, but I don't see Heart of Beast anywhere.

Only a cocoon-shaped white object floating in a pure white anointed sky can be seen in Setuna's sight. From there, nine tails of great extremes stretch, infinitely disturbed vertically and horizontally to form this world. In other words, that's the nine tails created by Ninetail, which creates an entity called Nine Tails of White Hair. Its center, round in cocoon form, would also be the nine tails.

Sheila is protected by the cocoon on her tail.

Setuna confirmed that when approached the cocoon of the tail, it was the size of a human being. After all, I guess Sheila's in here.

"Sheila."

Call, touch with your hands.

The white tail forming the cocoon was blocked and warm. Feel soft and warm. Even a beat. Alive. Naturally, I am impressed and grateful. Sheila is not dead. I live here. I guess that's why Heart of Beast can continue to exist as Nine Tails, but for Setsuna, who was thinking about the worst possibility, this confirmation was nothing but joy.

"Sheila. I don't know if I can hear you..."

Setuna, while touching the cocoon on her tail, just apologized.

"I'm sorry. All this time, I've been alone, and I'm really sorry. I know it's not about apologizing."

I can imagine why Sheila let Ninetail run wild. Heart of Beast said Sheila was desperate. I couldn't protect anyone, either. Therefore he despaired and manifested the Nine Tails. It used unprecedented force and let it run wild as it wanted. For what reason?

Complete annihilation of the Black Beast Squad.

Perhaps that's the biggest factor.

For Sheila, the Black Beast squadrons were irreplaceable. Everyone was indispensable, like a family that had supported her life. That's what I've been supporting since Abard's princess days. It goes without saying that Sheila no longer had to be.

I guess that's wiped out - I can imagine that from the fact that I don't see them in the Dragon House or in Malware and have not been informed in any way about the current situation of the Black Beast Squad. If you're alive alone, Setuna must have a report. It wasn't there.

That means the Black Beasts have been wiped out.

Hence Sheila's despair.

Regardless, even Sheila really should have known. As a Black Beast squad, I should have been prepared to do more than stand on the battlefield together, that one day someone would get hurt or die in battle. But that's why, if we just lose two of them, we're still going to be wiped out, except for the story. One at a time, hurt, tormented, I might have accepted.

But if everyone died in battle, that's not how it works.

It was no surprise, even if the sense of loss and powerlessness pushed him and he was in despair.

Didn't the result lead to the manifestation and rampage of the nine tails of white hair?

Setuna even spilled tears into her thoughts of tightening her chest as she spoke to Sheila in her cocoon.

"I didn't even get to see you like this. If only I were stronger. If only I understood the situation better..."

Wasn't there anything like hurting Sheila or losing everyone in the Black Beast squad?

Of course, I know.

I understand that it's too late to regret it. Still, I couldn't help but have that bitter feeling, and I can't help but think about the possibilities.

If, at that time, Setuna had understood exactly what was going on in the world and had given up a complete fight, it was also true that no one would have lost one of the people around her.

Setuna's stupidity took the lives of all the Black Beasts.