"The end?"
Casper mutters so small.
"Claw. Dia." And... "
Casper glances at me.
He opens his mouth once every time he says something, but Casper murmurs as if he had remembered.
Raise the corner of your mouth slightly and open your trembling lips again with that relief expression.
"Thank you."
The fading voice certainly said, "Thank you."
Casper sat down to fall off his knees and stared at the ground without force.
His eyes are empty and he hardly feels alive.
"--Phew..."
I take a big breath and exhale.
My right hand is still shaking a little.
I hold that hand tightly.
It's over...
But we did defeat the mightiest vampire.
--That's right, Clo...!!
I rush to Black lying on the ground.
"Kuro, are you okay?
But Kuro doesn't respond to my voice.
When I put my ear on my heart, I still have a heartbeat.
When I put my hand to my mouth, I still breathe.
Still alive...
However, the chest wound is painful and the carved laceration is bloody.
Bright red blood soaks the ground and spreads to the ground like a bright red puddle.
Black's bloody face looks like Caspere's, and his expression looks painful.
Damn, it's deep.
Can you do something with my recovery magic?
No, it's not the level I can recover from my remaining magic powers.
What should I do?
Then the swordsman standing behind me snapped his fingers.
Ashley, cure him.
"Yes, Mr. Eledin."
Ashley?
Yes, when a man called Eledin calls out, a woman emerges from the shadow of the building. Beautiful maroon hair with intelligent glasses.
"You..."
The healing magician in the newcomer match, Mr. Ashley!
Ashley stood in front of me and drove Sissi and me away by hand.
"Come on, Gilford, we won't make it!
"Ah, ahh..."
Why is Mr. Ashley here?
More than that, the man seems to be in a better position than Ashley, but who is he?
Are you sure you can go?
Who do you think I am?
That's how Mr. Ashley gently puts his hand on the wound. A magical formation emerges and the green light lights up.
Then, the wound is blocked as if it were regenerating backwards, and the bleeding that was spilling ceaselessly stops.
The red and black blood solidifies into beautiful skin that can be seen from the gap between the torn clothes.
Kuro's face, which looked painful, gradually calmed down.
This person is still at a high level.
Then, Kuro slowly opens his eyes.
"Kuro! Are you okay?!
"Gil..."
Kuro gently touches my cheek.
Looking at Caspere, she raised her tongue.
"Fufu... if you use my nails, I'll do it."
"We won, Black."
"... I think so."
Kuro, who still seems a little spicy, doesn't try to get up.
I see Mr. Ashley.
"It's okay, don't worry. The wound has healed properly. It's going to be tough until you get your strength back."
"Oh, good. Thank you, Ashley."
"No, it's my job."
Now I'm relieved.
Casper won't move while sitting on the ground.
I'm already breathing bugs.
"Thank you, Mr. Eledin?
Obviously older than Cyrus.
The face is young for the age and young for the old.
The perfect word for me was "wild."
The body is pretty tough, and for a magician, it's a finished figure.
There is no doubt that he is a fairly skilled swordsman.
"Hmm? Oh, don't worry about it, kid."
Eledin whispers as she strokes her beard.
"I'm rather sorry I'm late. I was just looking at the timing anyway... Unfortunately, there was no room for me to intervene in that fierce battle, I'm sorry. Except for poking him in the hole, my attack didn't seem to work properly."
I was looking at the timing.
Since when?
My body gets nervous.
This may not be a good time to be relieved.
"Well, it was a better time than we could put it together, right? Will you forgive me?
"Ah, ah, well... I appreciate it."
Eledin then slowly walked around Caspere and stared at her face with interest.
"In any case, a vampire?" I've never seen it before, but it's more human than I thought. "
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"Speaking of vampires, I imagined a more beastly Bakemon, but... this is what it would look like when the battle is over. Then no one will notice them when they're with people. Maybe the threat was even closer than I thought."
"... maybe."
"... I'm sure there was a report. A woman named Diana, who died in this town the other day, was actually a vampire and lived together."
Eledin sees Giroli and us.
That eye is not laughing.
I knew you'd find out, right?
"I've been watching the battle for a long time, but that woman... she's a vampire, isn't she?
Glittering, Eledin's hip sword shines.
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I sweat cold.
What do we do?
Kuro is not ready to fight yet.
Black will catch you easily.
Ashley and Eledin.
As soon as they find out that Kuro is a vampire, he may be held captive and studied like this, or tortured until he dies. It's more than torture not to die.
"... I have a life that I can prioritize now.
Actions I should take in this situation...
Running away... it might even be possible for me to wrap them around with Kuro. But that man... a swordsman with an atmosphere similar to Siegfried's.
Honestly, his strength is unknown.
I couldn't feel the magic of the attack on that Caspere.
The power of a pure sword.
Even though he was struck by surprise as well as at the bottom of his strength, he also attacked the vampire with a thin speed and attack.
Whether or not to distribute this without thinking about it.
If I were to fight, I would be a fine antisocial force.
Protecting vampires and attacking humans are nothing but sinners.
That way, I won't be able to go back to school or engage in human society in the future.
Maybe it'll be with the Abyss.
There is nothing more evil than a sorcerer to guide the most powerful creature.
--But even so, I can't abandon Kuro.
When I stand up silently, I can look firmly at Eledin.