Feelings
Since the subtitle mentioned earlier seemed to be unintentionally misleading, we changed it from "Performance and Betrayal" to "Contract Performance".
I apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your understanding.
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The angry voice rose in the hospital room of the Holy Maiden Cordelia.
"What? What do you mean?"
The voice of the Lord came from the puppet who was sacrificed to Joseph, the light knight in the room, and turned into a puppet.
Puzzled, Joseph ignores Iris and the others who are asking about the situation, and turns their thoughts around.
After all, the connection between the Caizi sent to the cathedral and the little bird on the terminal suddenly broke off, and I did not know the cause.
"(At the same time that Ayako and the terminal are disconnected, can you disconnect at exactly the same timing even if that Sakurai boy pushes you unexpectedly? If there were any signs of an attack, Caizi would be reacting. Caizi, who even reacted to the attack of the Sword Saint, was so skilled that she couldn't handle it? No, unlikely)"
Most likely, everyone has unexpected problems.
However, the necessary information is lacking to derive the answer.
We conclude that, whether we think about it or not, we will not reach an answer as long as there is such an omission.
"---..."
Grief rose.
As a father with a beloved daughter, and as a [doll player] who created a doll called Ayako, he believes that he is responsible for managing and supervising Ayako.
Therefore, although it does not share five senses, and gives a certain degree of free will and right of action, there was a connection between Ayako and Joseph through the magical power of dolls and use-users.
I was convinced that the connection derived from the skill of "doll use" was a tie (handcuff) indicating that Caizi was under control as his own creation, and at the same time, it was a "parent-child bond" that could never be broken.
The bond is strong.
Joseph, who loved Caizi using all his senses, felt a loss that could not be contained by the fact that the fundamental connections among them were broken.
"...... Kuku, Fuhaha"
That's why Joseph laughed.
The loss of Asaga Ayako indicates her imperfection, indicating that there is room for growth and improvement.
Caizi, who believed it was the supreme dish, still had the prospect.
That fact strongly inspires Joseph as a "puppeteer (father)".
"Um! Are you listening to me!?"
"Ah? Ah, ah, I'm sorry. Apparently, there was trouble and I didn't know what was going on in the cathedral. I'm on my way to investigate. I'll leave this doll here, so if there's anything I can do for you, please call me. I'll react if I have to."
"Eh, ah, hey!"
Joseph spat quickly and moved his consciousness away from the spot.
Iris's voice was no longer heard to the point that she was pinched to the wall.
After setting a minimum of resources to spend on monitoring the cordelia in the body that lurks in another position, I transferred my consciousness from outside the barrier to some dolls that were naturally lurking inside the Knights' personnel surrounding the cathedral and hitting the information work.
The faces of the Knights were meeting again today.
At the regular meeting where various reports and future responses were examined, two puppets with similar status who had been confused continued to use the meeting to dance and waste precious time, but this time it was not the same.
“The next thing I know about the soldiers' condition, I've been watching them for the past week, and I'm feeling a little less nervous. However, in terms of acting, you must be moderately nervous."
"I'm sorry, but things have changed. Just die a little bit."
Haha?!?
"Jeremy!! What are you doing?!"
The puppet called Jeremy, who suddenly stabbed the reporter, and the knight who drew his sword in the murder were also slaughtered with his sword behind the other knight who stood next to him.
Those slaughtered are transformed into new dolls by Joseph's hand and placed under his control.
"You don't have to keep watch all the time." I'm tired of this--oh, just in time, you're dead, too. "
Eh, Gebo!?
"Hello, Kevin. If you're free, why don't we have a drink?"
"What's with the liquor? Where the hell did you steal this from, you nasty bastard?"
So you don't want it then?
"I didn't say that." I'm sorry if I had to drink one of those knobs from somewhere, but you'd have to die. "
Huh? Gah!?
"Father! Father!"
"Anthony! You're all right! Are you all right!?"
"What the hell is going on!?" Suddenly, I was attacked! Until now, it was normal, but suddenly the killing started - Gabo!? No, noo, noo...!? "
"The only person who can call me Father is Caizi." And I don't want to take too much care of it, so I'll ask you to be quiet. "
What was a colleague until just now, what was a friend, what was a family member, suddenly attacked me.
And the one that was killed also rises up and starts to target another.
It's like the one scene of an ancient zombie movie.
Terrible things could not be discovered except by the people and timing of Joseph's assault, and by those who took action in a planned way.
In this way, many knights were killed without feeling any abnormality on the surface, and a total of 127 troops were completed, including the doll that was originally included within 20 minutes.
In order to manipulate this army of Sensei Joseph, it is necessary to transfer the main body to one of them and operate as close as possible, but it is not a problem because I intended to step into the barrier to explore the cause of the trouble that occurred to Ayako in the first place.
"(I'm so excited about Nii Koki.)"
A quarter of a century and two months and 17 days since Caizi was created.
Joseph was doing technical cooperation on the "Obsidian Sword" for that period, just by loving Caizi.
Because it was a one-sided operation, I was not so strongly inspired by curiosity.
What it is like when you disconnect, and how it can help you create a new Caizi.
Joseph and the puppets (knights) under his control stepped into the cathedral with a burst of heat as they pushed through the opposite side of the perimeter and forced their way into the barrier.
Among those forces, those who were naturally involved in the operation of the barrier were put under control as puppets.
If we could break through the security applied to the barrier using them, Joseph would have no idea how to make a hole just through an army.
Disarm a part of the barrier that surrounds the cathedral, and put it back after passing through.
As well, I added some hands to the barrier so that it could not be easily disarmed by the Knights who suppressed the outside world. I didn't want to put a horizontal spear in to investigate the cause.
"Wait! What the hell are you guys doing!" Come back!! "
"Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm♪"
I heard a cry of anger coming from the back. It was the voice of the Knights' leader who stood against Joseph and his puppets.
However, he ignored it and turned to the library, singing his song with pleasure.
If he has no intention of listening, the dolls will follow suit.
On the site where most of the monsters were destroyed by the cherry blossoms that had previously progressed within the boundary, there were only vaguely existing planaria slime fractions.
There is nothing to stop Joseph from walking.
It was precisely because of this that he was gently moving forward in his intellectual curiosity.
That's why.
From the outside of the barrier, he never noticed the existence of a demon eye that captured the overflowing [heat] and explored the future of it.
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Aftermath
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