Bell was confronted with the regenerated Raleigh. Aura surrounding Raleigh dyes the bell red. That appearance of Bell was as if he had bathed his whole body with blood.

Raleigh, overlooking the falling bell, had cold, freezing eyes. She approaches the bell silently.

…………………

Bell, whose consciousness is finally clearing up, begins to calmly analyze the situation in which he is now placed. All these incredible events went on earlier, and there were a bunch of things Bell didn't understand.

Why did Raleigh come over the wall of rotting flames then? Why is Raleigh pimping when she should have fallen into rot flames then? What was the impact of the attack on Bell just now?

In the end, the mystery continues, which Bell's brain specs cannot handle.

"... where have you been?

When Fumibel raised her gaze, there was no sign of Raleigh there. Even if I look around, I don't see her. Her signs of being serious should have been felt as soon as she was nearby. The red-purple aura overflowing from her body cannot be concealed.

But she's gone. Rescue Emilia as soon as possible is a prerequisite, rather than dealing with Raleigh, a menacing enemy you don't know how to handle.

Now that Raleigh's gone, it's your chance to go up the stairs. That's when Bell moved his body a little, that's when.

"Buhahhhhhh"

Bell opened his mouth wide and spit out red blood. At that moment when he moved, the same shock struck Bell's body as just now continued to stand.

Bell was exposed to a series of attacks powerful enough to fly consciousness in one shot. Normally, he would fall unconscious immediately, but Bell was painstakingly unconscious.

If you lose consciousness, the demon Arrosha will automatically wake up. That's what Bell sincerely doesn't want. Only that strong will, not wanting Arrosha to deprive him of his physical freedom, kept Bell conscious.

If you notice, there's Raleigh in front of you. As before, she looks down at the bell with a cold face.

Not that I could see the moment she attacked, but it was obvious that Raleigh had attacked Bell. She's got other abilities that Bell hasn't shown yet. Based on what has happened so far, there is no other way to think so.

……………………

Bell is speechless, just staring at Raleigh. Instead of uttering words, Bell turned his thoughts around in his head.

Then, he tries to remove a bottle with a starry Shizuku from the inside pocket of his jacket.

"Gu... gu"

I just tried to move one finger and a severe pain runs all over my body. Bell reached for the bottle as he endured enough severe pain to raise his voice unexpectedly. There is no winning as it is. I don't know if you have a winning eye where you recovered, but it's better than not having health.

I pulled the bottle I grabbed with difficulty in front of me at last, and Bell hung his hand on the stopper. I can get rid of this pain soon. With the thought of straw, he opened the bottle plug.

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That's when Bell noticed something. Shizuku in the starry sky is in a clear vial. Staring seriously at the vial, he realized. The pain delayed me from noticing because I couldn't turn my head, but obviously the water in the vial is decreasing.

Shizuku in the starry sky is a precious liquid that everyone wants. Bell knew that too. Because I knew it, when I use that liquid, I always drip one drop carefully. Every time I used it, I kept a good memory of the amount of Shizuku left in the starry sky.

Yet Shizuku in the starry sky is clearly less than the last time I used it.

When I used it before. That was three days ago, when I used it to wake up Raleigh, who had passed out. I shouldn't have used it since, but the watertightness of Shizuku in the starry sky had been greatly reduced.

There are many things that can be considered from this fact, but the top priority now is to drink Shizuku in the starry sky. No matter how much I think about it, no good idea comes to Bell right now. Having given up thinking, Bell draped a few drops of Shizuku in the starry sky into his mouth.

"Could you..."

The resurrected Bell compared Raleigh to Shizuku in the starry sky many times. Raleigh is the only one in this town who knows that Bell possesses the Shizukumi of the Starry Sky. Not only that, but she had an incredible resurrection. If you look closely at her face one more time after refreshing her head, even the coal that was on her face and hair seems to have disappeared beautifully and refreshingly.

Raleigh must have recovered using Shizuku in the starry sky. The problem is saying how she shrugged the vial and drank Shizuku.

"Kaha-ha-hoo."

When Bell was turning his mind around, the shock ran on his body again. Raleigh, who revealed everything, is no longer one of us. She had no reason to give Bell a break.

Raleigh is freeing up the power he was hiding and blocking Bell's whereabouts. Obviously her attacks were increasing in intensity, but for some reason it also felt like she was adding or subtracting somewhere. If she is coming to the battle to free all her powers, then Bell should be unconscious and defeated.

Over and over again, Bell was turning his mind around. Raleigh is definitely using Shizuku in the starry sky to heal. How did she steal the vial? Moreover, the vial has been returned to its original location.

Before Bell realizes it, Raleigh should have touched his chest directly at least twice. In fact, Raleigh has been in contact with Bell more than twice, but that was after she recovered.

At least to Bell's knowledge, Raleigh should never have made contact with Bell when he needed to recover.

"Call me."

Bell, with one eye on her black magic (Grimoire), goes into a certain action.

Raleigh, who saw what a changed bell looked like, solidified for a moment. Bell was imitating Raleigh. As she was dressed in a red-purple aura, Bell covered her whole body with a red flame. Appear a magic formation large enough to wrap your entire body at your feet, then raise your right hand further to expand the magic formation overhead as well. This caused Bell's entire body to be engulfed in flames.

It was a fiery shield, covering attacks from all directions. Considering the preservation of rotting flames, Bell had emerged a red flame absorbed from the house of fire.

"And it's hot."

Bell is surrounded by a blazing flame and asks how Raleigh is getting out. There was sweat seeping through Bell's forehead staring at Raleigh.

But I've never seen Raleigh attack me. Looks like she's asking about Bell's way out again, too.

"Bingo! I knew you fell into rot flames then. And the reason I'm pimping now is because I used Shizuku in the starry sky! The only reason they're not attacking me right now is because I can't recover from burns. Didn't I?"

Bell punches her out of the flames as she packs her distance from Raleigh. Bell's fist hits directly into Raleigh's abdomen, and the flame her fist was clumping together burns into her clothes.

Then, as soon as he was done, Raleigh showed himself disturbed and rushed to extinguish the flame.

"Gu......"

Bell couldn't rest his hands on the attack. Bell, who took a turn and prevailed, relentlessly continues to attack. Bell rolled out one fiery fist after another. Whenever Raleigh is attacked, he is rushing to extinguish the flame.

"For betraying my people, for beating me up, and for interrupting me..."

As Bell continued to attack, Raleigh's appearance disappeared neglectfully. The same thing happened earlier.

But not this time. Bell immediately noticed the signs behind her.

".........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Bell's anticipated, Raleigh's other ability.

It was the incredible “speed” of human separation. Invisible attack, Shizuku stolen unnoticed. Everything suggests that.

"…………………… Usually only one type of black magic (Grimoire) can be borrowed from the devil. That's because of the price. Most humans give up more than two types of black magic (Grimoire)"

Raleigh starts answering Bell's questions.

"But it's not like I can't do that. If you pay a price that's too big, you can get immense power. I made a deal with Astalotto on the condition that it was too big a price. At that time, I had misjudged the magnitude of the price. The price stayed with me as a curse."

Raleigh walks around explaining his black magic (Grimoire).

And stand in front of the point where Bell threw up blood.

"As the Blood Curse."

When Raleigh bends, with his right index finger, he wipes the blood of the bell thrown up on the floor. Then she licked it. That's when Bell saw her pointy dog teeth.

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"I gave my blood to gain“ power ”and“ speed ”superimposition (vise). Blood is what is produced from orbs. The Devil's staple is orb, but he also prefers blood. But in order to gain that power, my blood wasn't enough. Still, I offered the terms and managed to contract Astalotto. But that contract tormented me. Every time I use my powers, I lose blood. The more time passes, the less blood is in your body."

"One day, I wanted blood and I lost it. I was dying, and I killed my friend. And that's when I realized I'd been given more power."

At this time, Bell's face was already blue.

"I was becoming a vampire. A desire for blood that keeps gushing. My“ power ”and“ speed ”filled it up. I could drink blood whenever I wanted without anyone noticing."

Raleigh suddenly cummed out. She was the identity of the vampire who was terrorizing the town of Renato. I mean, to say that it was also Raleigh who killed Marquez.

"Raleigh is a vampire (vampire) …………… ⁉ …"

It took a little time for Bell to swallow this up. Vampires were always there. Even as I was protecting Emilia, there was a vampire beside her. For a moment, Bell's head turned white.

"Is that all you have to do to kill people and not feel guilty?

Bell asks those who must be in front of him. Not only was Raleigh betraying his comrades, he was a serial killer, who took countless lives as a vampire (vampire).

"I had no choice but to replenish the blood I was going to lose."

Will she even say that she has already reached an area where she does not feel guilty, having taken so many lives that she cannot remember the number? Because she's a hell of a freak.

"Don't be ridiculous. Kill people, put people all over town at the bottom of their fears, and you don't think anything about it?

……………

"..................... why did you need strength? You didn't have to pay that price because you couldn't."

From her silent answer, Bell perceived the feeling, just a little. Even if you blame Raleigh like this, nothing will change the situation. I wanted to know how she came to be a vampire of madness, Belle.

"It was all for the Pope. He picked me up when I was a little girl. He gave me a place. It was my God."

……………

Bell was remembering an event.

That's what happened in Adford. Allen, the boy who lived in the house where Bell put out the fire. He admires Bell as a god and comes about a dangerous journey. The Pope was the Messiah for Raleigh. Of course, Raleigh was far less blessed with his surroundings than Allen.

"I wanted to thank you. I wanted to get great power and fight for the Pope.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… "

Raleigh's feelings gradually went high and at the end of the day he was screaming. The eyes are filled with tears. It was such a big tear that it seemed to overflow.

One winter night, Raleigh was left out in the snowstormy outdoors. She was 10 at that time.

I was a working parent every day, but still couldn't cover enough to feed my daughter. My parents vacated the house every day at work. Raleigh lived a lonely life, long before she was dumped.

Believers living in the heart of Renato were obliged to dedicate more than a certain amount of money and food and crops to the chapel, and there were no fewer inhabitants suffering from it. Raleigh's parents, who couldn't stand that hardship of life, gave up raising her and finally threw her away.

Having lost his place, Raleigh had spent two nights in the corner of the road freezing and had already lost his temper to live. Her life, which had not been put on a decent diet, was about to meet its limits.

But Raleigh was saved. It was the Pope's use of Benjamin who saved Raleigh, who even thought he could die as he was. The story of Benjamin tells me that the Pope sent him when he found out there was a girl living alone outside. As it was, Raleigh was welcomed into the Moon Guard (Luna Guard) and gained a steady life.

Raleigh, who was supposed to be dead then, was saved in life by the Pope. There was a strong desire in her to necessarily return the favour.

In the meantime, Raleigh learns to the people that there are more people teething to the Pope. She gained, as much as possible, the power of the Pope at all costs.

And became a spy. Her behavior has had sad consequences, but Raleigh is no different than any other human being, a normal girl. It was the "blood curse” that she carried as a result of her attempts to repay grace for the Pope's replacement.

For love's sake, she has made a pact with the devil. That's also as a form of leaving yourself with too big a debt to say a curse. The motive for saying thank you is really beautiful, but it was the wrong way to do it.

".....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Bell understood Raleigh's predicament and his grieving fate. I carried it for the power I got to return the favor, an overly heavy load. It is her responsibility, of course, but the unusual environment surrounding them may have made them so.

In this town the Pope is absolute, and the Moon Guard (Luna Guard) surrounding the Pope is absolute. As Luna Guard, she wanted to contribute to Renatoism as soon as possible.

"I know that................................. so I will never waste it. Belle Quille Faust. I will never let you go first from here."

Raleigh's will was stiff. My will thrust through until I carried a heavy load. We can't change that now. She had decided that Renatoism, believing in the Pope, was in her heart.

"Don't regret it."

Bell diverted what Raleigh said a while ago. Now that everything has been revealed, there is nothing left for Bell to regret.

………………

Words are swirling in her, but Raleigh didn't put it in her mouth. Quietly the red-purple light adds momentum. She seems serious, too.

"Ugh!"

At the next moment, Bell will be under unexpected attack. Raleigh attacked us without being afraid of the fiery shield. As a matter of course, there is fire burning in her fists. There was a lot of damage to Bell as well, but Raleigh should be taking incomparable damage as well.

"No regrets!

Raleigh comes to the bell again. Having decided in her heart to help the Pope, she also seems prepared to give up her life for it. That strong will was beyond Bell's imagination.

"Damn it!

If she comes attacking without worrying about the damage caused by the flames, the meaning of the flame shield becomes weaker.

Bell stood up and put his hands on the ground.

"This way, I'll let you go with everything I can!

Bell makes a different move than before.

A large magic formation spread at his feet, from which several smaller magic formations began to emerge. Focusing on the bell, a small magic formation spreads radially in rows. He was capable of arranging magic formations.

And every one of them overlapped multiple times toward the ceiling.

Countless magic formations had appeared around the bell. A number of radially spread magic formations fill multiple overlapping spaces, like Burning Shot. Raleigh, who noticed the anomaly, once rested his hands on the attack.

"You can't escape the red rain."

Together with Bell's hanging voice, the spreading magic formation increases its radiance simultaneously. One side of the perimeter is dyed bright red. Raleigh saw the sight and unconsciously exalted. It was as if a side of the area had been stained with blood.

A red, elongated line of flashes emerges from the magic formations that overlap each other. It was so thin, it was like rain falling from heaven.

By the time Raleigh realized it, a red line had appeared elsewhere as well.

And not long after rest, a line emerges that rises red everywhere. Its constant appearance of brilliance was as if it were red rain.

Bell was studying his own black magic (Grimoire). Braided in it is Bloody Rain, which rains a flame. It is difficult to avoid this constant attack everywhere, so to speak of Raleigh, who moves at any speed that goes unnoticed.

"Ku... Ku... Ku"

No matter how fast you let it move in this situation where the flaming rain pours, the damage is inevitable. If you move poorly, Raleigh will suffer fatal injuries. We can't stop Bell from going up the stairs like this. Raleigh tries to get close to Bell by throwing herself away.

We can't launch an attack if we don't get close. That's the weakness of her “power” superimposition (vice). The “speed” superimposition (vice) should compensate for that, but in this situation, it doesn't make sense either. This red attack, which fills all directions, was killing her “speed”.

"Ugghh."

It was Raleigh trying to get close to Bell even though she was worn out, but she finally falls into the red rain. She has “power” and “speed” beyond common sense, but she has the same strength as a normal human being. Although the Shizuku of the Starry Sky can be revived, we cannot even approach Bell now.

"To?"

Immediately afterwards, the abnormality occurs in the bell.

The magic formations that had spread around them had disappeared without a trace, even the fiery shield that had surrounded the bell had disappeared. Having lost his strongest contradiction and contradiction, Bell instantly became defenseless.

The red flames I had stocked up on the magic team came to the bottom. The only way to keep attacking is to use Rotten Flame (Hmm) stock.

"Hihi.................."

Raleigh didn't miss that momentary gap. Until just now, it was the absolute realm of the bell that was spreading to this place. Temporarily speaking, the bell was now completely defenseless.

With this momentary gap, you can kill Bell and help the Pope. That's what I thought. Raleigh tries to get up.

…………………

Bell was sweating cold. If we don't create the exact same situation just now, as soon as possible, they'll kill us.

"... kahahahaha"

⁉ ︎

Shortly after that, Bell stopped spreading his magic formation. Raleigh, who tried to get up, suddenly threw out a lot of blood and fell. Falling asleep on his back, Raleigh is looking wide open and bleeding out of his mouth.

At this time, Raleigh's body was at its limits. Instead of gaining great power, the "Blood Curse" bears a great price. The more power you use, the more blood you lose proportionately.

She was wounded and bleeding, and had used more black magic (Grimoire) than usual, and her blood had been lost rapidly.

Her body, which was so beyond its limits, finally broke apart screaming. Her body, which was no longer able to withstand the load, had almost ceased to function.

Bell couldn't understand what had happened for a moment, but when Raleigh made sure he was still alive, he ran up the stairs at a glance.