I noticed that Atashi was there.

A dark, empty space. A world where you're alone.

There's nobody else. I'm just alone.

That's when he showed up in front of me.

"Are you awake? Beast Warrior Lily"

"... the Imperial Brave Rostam."

I've never met him before, but I've heard a lot about him.

A man with an unbelievable sense of intimidation and charisma. I could immediately understand this guy at first glance.

"It's an honor to know about me. Well then, Beast Warrior. You know what I'm gonna do to you?

"I hear your creativity is a remembrance and emotion replacement. So you're going to tamper with your memory and control it?

There were various rumors about the Emperor's hero, including good and evil.

Among them, the ability of the Emperor to control the memories and emotions of the opponent is conveyed as heterogeneity.

According to one theory, he even took his brother as a puppet to inherit the throne.

Still more followers than blaming him are those who are already dominated by him and those who are attracted to the charisma of "himself”.

Lily thought neither of them was true, but Rostam laughed at her as if she saw something strange before.

"What's wrong?

"No, what? I asked you earlier if you were going to tamper with your memory."

As soon as I tried to ask again what was wrong with it, mysterious words popped out of Rostam's mouth.

"Don't you realize the possibility that your memory has already been tampered with?”

"... eh?

What are you talking about? Who's this guy?

That's a word that's too far removed from reality to help.

"Why do people think the memories they have are true? How do you realize it's after the tampering? So what does the truth of memory mean to that person? Even if it was true before it was tampered with, if there is a present self after it was tampered with, I can no longer tell which is the truth. That's exactly what you are now."

"... what are you talking about... you...?

"For example, yes. Why did you aim for a brave man?"

It was supposed to be a question that was too abrupt and unnecessary to ask on the spot, but the moment Lily was asked that question, she would face the discomfort within herself.

"When a person tries to do something, they must have memories of the triggers, motivations, emotions, etc. So, what was your first memory of trying to be a brave man? Or do you remember being brave? I'll tell you more. What kind of memories do you remember when I realized you?

It's too unlikely. No, it was a possibility I shouldn't have admitted.

If that were true, it would lead to the denial of Lily, who is here now.

"Let me say it again.“ Beast Warrior. "Lily.

However, the word triggered and Lily “remembered."

"You were tampered with from the beginning."

It's too unlikely. No, it could have been admitted somewhere.

What was there was Lily, our companion, standing next to the Emperor's brave man and pointing a blade at us.

"... well, I was expecting such a possibility, but I didn't expect you to alter your memory lightly. I'm sad, Lily."

That said, Amaness, who once made a scattered love call and washed it away, unfortunately murmured somewhere, but Lily's response to it was too ruthless.

"No, it's just that the claws you know were fake."

"Fake? What are you talking about? Lily! He tampered with your memory! Wake up! Remember us!

Lily's response to me shouting was an incredible dialogue.

"You're making a mistake. Lily, who used to be with you, was a fake. The clams that are here now are authentic. That's enough."

You think Lily's a fake? What are you talking about, Lily?

Are you sure they tampered with our memories and think all our memories are false?

Amaness immediately intercepted Lily with a sword that was created to attack her with a beast-like disease before asking.

However, the power relationship between the two was apparent at first glance.

"Gu...!

"Amaness. Certainly, your creative abilities are unmatched among the seven brave men in the opposition. But with this tightly packed melee in such a small chamber, you no longer have a chance of winning. Your defeat will be assured when you have your balls in your pocket."

As soon as she said that, Lily's right leg instantly entered the flank of Amaness, and she collapsed. Lily's elbow was shaken down, but Amaness managed to avoid it at the expense of the weapon in her left hand instantly.

Lily was right, and the difference in power between the two in the melee battle was too stunned.

To make you think that there are brave men in the world who line up with Lily in the approaching battle.

Well, I guess it's time for me to move.

Say, Rostam, the emperor who sat on the throne, stood still.

With just that much action, I felt pressure and a sense of crisis I had never felt before.

I knew it, but what I felt from it was not only the feeling of intimidation as an emperor, but also the strength as a hegemon who kept winning battles after battles with his own hands.

"Rest assured. This is the front seat, so to speak, and there is nothing you can do here. But on the contrary, if you don't survive to the point where you can't stand it."

Rostam walks slowly here with his love sword in his hand and a faint smile.

After all, as you can imagine, his favorite prey was the type that dared to keep him alive. Thank you so much...

In fact, however, I think that this is the front seat and not the play of the Emperor's brave.

Amaness, already our most powerful fighter, has Lily at her fingertips.

The cold sweat tells the cheeks whether we can deal with him, who is the corner of the Seven Braves alone, but someone stands forward to cover us like that.

Phytis?

Fitz just turned his back to ignore my voice.

Kyo, everyone. I'll hold off here. Everyone escape in that gap. Whatever the purpose of that man is, it's me. "

"What about it?"

I was stunned for a moment by such Fitz's dialogue.

"No, what are you saying? Don't be ridiculous... you can't do that!!

And when I realized it, I shouted surprisingly emotionally at Fitz's own sacrifice.

However, even after hearing my screams, Fitness remained calm.

"He said this is the front seat. Then it will be until we get out of here. That's why they probably won't come after us. The point is, you just have to lower it here. And to do that, I'm just saying I'm qualified. Don't worry, he won't kill me. At least he doesn't kill anyone he likes."

"I'm not talking about the right material, Fitness. I'm here to get Lily back. Lily was right in front of me, and what am I doing here when he caught me?!

Theoretically, I understood what Fitz was saying.

Still, emotions don't keep up with it. I couldn't accept it.

Fittis turned around and smiled slightly at me for the first time.

"Kyo-sama, I have been with Kyo-sama for a long time and there was one question. Why does the monster raised by Kyo not attack people? Why are you so friendly to people?"

I saw Jack standing next to me and Dora on her shoulder.

"Oh no... does it matter now?"

"Yes, there is. That was influenced by Kyo-sama's nature. Kyo doesn't say it's better to help than not to help, so he doesn't abandon his friends, but Kyo takes care of his friends more than he thinks, no, his family. The thoughts were also influencing the monsters that Kyo-sensei grew."

I thought of something in Fitz's words.

But now he reaches out to stop Fitness from acting faster than that, but sees Fitness smile in a lonely smile at the end.

"Whether I was a monster with such a gentle heart or not, the Kyo-sama who had been dealing with me indiscriminately took away my heart."

The next moment I murmured, Fitz shouted at Hell, who stood next to me.

"--So I'll leave the rest to you. Herr. Kyo-san, please."

"... okay."

Hell instantly held my body like he nodded at Fitz's words.

My body, which was supposed to be tingling, held me down, and I couldn't do anything but shout at the sight in front of my sister.

"Don't get me wrong, Kyo-sama. I have not been sacrificed. I'm sure Kyo-sensei will pick me up again. That's why I asked."

"Well, that's the thing... I don't mean it, but let's keep it down here. Cultivator, beat him up and wake him up for me later."

I felt that the voice of Fitness and Amaness had reached my ears, and the next moment, the roar and explosion from where the conference room was located, and the huge vibration that followed, wrapped the castle, and I joined Herr and Jack with the rock that was waiting outside the castle to evacuate from the Albus Empire ruled by the emperor's brave men.

While I was on Hell's shoulder, I kept screaming at my helplessness.