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Episode 87: Reliable Back

"Are you all right now?

"... yeah"

After a while Serena sobbed and nodded small as she rubbed her eyes.

"Thank you Ut. Come and help me..."

"You deserve that. Let's hurry up, we've done a lot of flashy things by the time we get here, and it's only a matter of time before we find them."

Then I turn my back on Serena. [M]

"Get in. He won't be able to move properly in the fight against Yeg."

"... yeah. Sorry for all the inconvenience."

Serena rode on my back without hesitation. If you were Serena, you'd be like, "You're going to touch me in a weird way, you pervert!" or something, "but I guess I can't even afford that right now.

"Hold on tight, man."

I stood up, surprised that Serena was lighter than I thought. Before I left the room, I stopped and looked back once and saw the marks of Gabriel's disappearance.

When I fought Gabriel's division before, he looked at me and said, "Temei's soul will be comparable to that of tens of thousands of humans". I know that was about the soul necessary for the resurrection of the phantom beast, but Raphael said that "resurrecting the phantom beast is to destroy the king". In other words, Gabri's remarks would be a reversal of the means and purpose.

I don't think Raphae's story was a lie. So Gabri has a different purpose than the other Seven Star Angels...?

"What's wrong, Ute?

"... no, it's nothing"

I ran out of my room. Can't you think about that right now?

"Nooooo...!

Two soft things pressed against my back at the same time as I started running, and I accidentally got a voice. I can't help but be upset by this feeling more than the fact that my heart is a healthy man.

"What, give me a weird voice"

"No, Serena's breasts hit me..."

"Can't help it, can you?!? I told you to hold on tight!! You just have to indulge yourself!!"

"Whoa!?"

Serena pushes her chest harder. Was Serena a kid who does this?!? Anyway, looks like she's going to gain strength from the bottom of her body...!!

"... Speaking of which, a guy named Gabriel earlier, he seemed to know about Ute, but maybe we've met somewhere?

"What!? Oh, you've never met him!? It's totally my first time!

"Really? I saw some uto and he said 'Howe of Managed Condition' or something, and I was wondering what it meant..."

"Duh, I wonder what that means! It's perfect for me, too! Maybe you mistook me for someone else!?"

"... right"

Serena never pursued me any further, and I breathed a secret relief. Serena wouldn't have imagined that I was the king.

"There's something more I'd like to stop by before I get out of the castle, okay?

"... nothing, but where are you going?

"It's the top floor of this castle. They put a 'pot of soul' there."

"'Pot of Souls'?

"... in that pot, they gather the souls of those whom the Seven Star Angels have taken"

"!! Then also the soul of Atashi's sister...!?"

"Oh. It must be in that pot"

Then I could see multiple footsteps approaching from the front.

"There he is, there he is!

"Absolutely capture him!

I see a bunch of junior angels running towards us. Is there something like 20 or 30? Trouble springing from next to next. Even though I was once invited to this castle.

"What do you do uto...!?"

"Don't worry. I will definitely protect Serena. [M] But don't let it shake you down."

"... ugh, yeah"

I stop once and face a bunch of junior angels.

"Come on, watch it!

All the lower angels come at us like spears. Unfortunately, I'm not the kind of person to think about it to this extent.

"Make way for the adults. I won't vouch for your life...!!"

When I told him to intimidate him, all the junior angels showed a glimpse.

"What, what are the signs of this guy...!?"

"Who the hell...!?"

"Oh yeah, don't be frightened!! Him all at once!!"

The lower angels are advancing. Let's just say I compliment you on that courage.

"" Ruin flashes!! "

I swung my right arm wide diagonally and blew the lower angels together under the wind pressure that generated them.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!!"

"Ghaaaaaa!!"

He who hits the ceiling, he who is slammed against the wall, he who rolls the floor. I moved on, thinking there was no other love.

"Ute, who are you really? I was overwhelmed by the Yeg opponent of the Seven Star Angel..."

"I'm just a human being. Anyway, don't worry, Serena won't let me hurt you more than she is on my back."

"... yeah"

It conveys the feeling of Serena's cheek hitting her back.

"... there's something cool about uto"

"Really? I've never been told that before."

"Hey, hey! You're about to pretend you didn't hear that!? What are you normally giving it back! Oh, you're not ashamed of Atashi!

"Then don't say it from the beginning!?"

Sometimes with this exchange, me and Serena went for the top floor of "Seven Star's Mitsukoshi's".

Dozens of minutes to proceed while knocking down junior angels. Finally we reached the top floor of the castle. A huge gray pot is placed in the center of it.

"Is this the 'pot of souls'..."

I walk near the pot. If you look closely, countless "white glowing things" are floating in the kettle. No way is this all soul......!?

"Sister...!!"

Serena tries to come down from my back and run over to the kettle. But the bodily injury sounded, Serena soon fell on her knees.

"Your sister... your sister's soul is in that...!!"

"Easy, Serena. Don't push it."

I see "Pot of Soul" again as I forgive Serena. The souls of Serena's sister, Asta's best friend, Sasha's father, and many other people are trapped inside this pot.

"... Serena don't move from there"

I grabbed my fist and approached right next to the kettle.

"What are you going to do?

"Destroy this pot. I heard then that all souls would return to their owners' bodies."

!!

That's what Raphae did say. There is no certainty anywhere that his story is true, but I couldn't help but try.