The battle was already over in the harbor.

Apparently Lena and Mavius showed up to us, and when Ellie took Caspere, it was already there.

An open plaza in front of the port, centered on a fountain.

There are dozens of beast carcasses rolling around.

Many knights stand beside it.

Those who are wounded and lying down, those who carry them, and those who are still holding their swords and staring at the sky.

This state of affairs tells the story of a rather intense battle.

An eye-catching swordsman among the crowd.

Knight Commander... Kensei, Eledin Blood.

A sword with blood, blood return, tells the story of how it works.

Spika and Liza line up to surround the swordsman.

Me and Kuro rush to them.

"Mr. Spika!

"Gil-kun! You're safe!

Mr. Spika looks at my face and hugs me.

"Eh... hey... it hurts."

A hard armor was pressed against it and it hurts slightly.

--But I don't feel bad.

Mr. Spika looks at me with an eight-shaped eyebrow.

"... I'm worried! It seems you've been rude to me as a child. I've heard some things from Eledin-san. How much magic power do you have? Besides, I'm sorry I couldn't get there."

"Mr. Spika..."

Did you see me and Grimm's son again?

For overprotective Spica, all children should be worried and should be protected.

I don't know what to do with my first experience of being worried about, but I'm just scared for now.

"Somehow, it just happened to be..."

"I know, but...!

And Kuro gently peels off Mr. Spica.

"Hey, my Gil's confused, isn't he? How about that?"

"Claudia... Yeah, that's right. I'm sorry... Anyway, I'm relieved."

"Oh, no, I'm sorry for worrying you."

I apologize reflectively.

What a strange feeling.

Kuro is an unexpected release from me while being a guardian.

"So... what's going on here? Are you finished?

Eledin responds instead.

"Gilford. As you can see. There are many casualties, and there are quite a few civilians who have been collateralized." If only I had rushed faster. "

Eledin grips her fist with a frustrating face.

Looks like most of it was over by the time he came here after he gave us his aids.

"Mr. Eledin..." I'm sorry, if we could figure it out a little bit more in advance... "

"What the hell happened?

Spika hesitates for a moment, but looks at my face again and speaks.

"... you know how the magic reacted, right?

I nod.

"The members of the" Abyss "rushed in in reaction to their transfer, but they left immediately. Instead, the Beast emerged from the Transfer Gate." Goblins, oaks, chimeras. "" Lots of low- to intermediate-level beasts. "We led the knights in an attempt to suppress them."

"From the Transfer Gate... the Beast?

Mr. Spika nods.

I wondered how the beast appeared in school, but did it come through the transfer gate? But how could you use such a large number of beasts...?

Then Spika looks suspicious and thinks of something.

"But... was that really a person?"

"... What is that?

"The beast is not meant to be nostalgic for its ferocity. But that was... we were suspicious. - The girl who leads the Beast was younger than Gil."

"The girl who leads the beast..."

Spika takes a breath and keeps going.

"I came out of the transfer gate and at the same time as she signaled, it was as if the Beasts had shackled me. - Honestly, I don't believe it, but I can only imagine that she attracted the Beast."

"Do you think that girl has such power?"

"That's how it is. The girl who leads the beast... honestly, I don't understand, but it was something I could only think of."

What do you mean?

The girl who attracts the beast...

Is it magic to manipulate beasts?

As far as I know, there were a lot of magicians who were good at killing beasts, but I've never heard of the existence of manipulating beasts.

I don't even know if it's magic in the first place.

"I don't care if it's true or not."

Spica nodded at Eledin's words.

"And I finally saw it..." Their leader, Abyss.

"The Masked Man"

"Ellie Dordris, Mabius Ardiola..." I wonder if the members of the "Abyss" are appearing grandly. We're both the most important magic criminals on Akaza's list. "

List of Akaza.

Was that the list of magicians Dorothy used to name?

"And the real purpose of appearing before us this time - their declaration. The resurrection of the demons, their existence, and their faith. It was a really short speech, but it certainly burned into people's minds."

"Proof of existence..."

Mr. Spika nods.

"The existence of the" Abyss "that the country has hidden has spread overnight. Calisto is also a fairly large port in this country. The beast disturbance spreads quickly. And in the rumor of the incident, their presence spreads across the country at once. The spread cannot be stopped by our power."

Mr. Spika sighs heavily.

"It's going to be tough. This declaration will undoubtedly permeate everywhere. If a demonic faith spreads, that's what matters. I'm gonna be so busy.

"Looks like it's already starting to make an impact. I heard a lot about the word demon while I was here."

I can hear that voice from behind me.

Liza responds to the voice and shouts with her eyes shining.

"Cyrus-san!!! You're safe!!

Liza rushed to Cyrus.

Around Cyrus, there were several subordinates lined up as if they were knights who had gone searching.

Did they find you safe?

That's what it's like to be a man who doesn't die when you kill him.

Hey, you're late.

Cyrus lightens Liza's head.

Eledin put his arms together and shouted to Silas.

"Cyrus. I heard they were flying me somewhere, but I wonder if I'm okay."

"Mr. Eledin. I was worried."

"Ha, it's about you. I wasn't worried about you."

"Ahahah, tough. - Was Gil too worried to sleep at night?

That's how Silas looks at Nianya and me.

"Unfortunately, I completely forgot to exist."

In fact, I was a vampire.

But Cyrus smiles as usual and puts his hand on the wind, which he doesn't care about at all.

"Wow, that hurts, even me."

"- So, where did you end up?

"Well, that's nice. - So, what's the situation?

Liza roughly shares her information with Cyrus.

Cyrus chewed the story with a nod.

And Eledin speaks.

"Now, are we done sorting things out? Speaking of which, what happened to Gilford and Lena Raymond?

"!! Lena Raymond was there!?

Mr. Spika looks at me.

Ah, yes, I was there...

I'll talk about Lena Raymond and Vampire Casper.

The fact that he is a member of the "Abyss", the fact that Casper may have suffered from ghost magic.

Mr. Spica seemed unable to hide his surprise, but he swallowed my story silently.

"Yes..." It wasn't a kidnapping, was it? Moreover, if you can freely manipulate vampires, the power of "Abyss" is more than you can imagine. --Well, after all, it's not like we're going after Abyss. "

"- I see. A review of the system will also be necessary. In the meantime, let's talk more about it at the Knights headquarters. It's an emergency meeting."

You think the Knights are going to fight the Abyss?

Zodiac alone is not the problem anymore.

I can't let it spread anymore.

That's all we can do.

The "Abyss" leader, there's plenty of chance he'll show up before me again.

And Casper... I wonder what Kuro and the others will do to them.

So we're going home, Kuro.