The Branded Female Fencer

"Larna, how's it going?

But the woman called Larna didn't answer a word, she just snuck ears at Fairtoose.

"Hmm. First aid was done, but not too good... I knew it was serious."

"What the hell happened to Alphilis?

Miranda's question is also particularly relevant. Fairtoose was also thinking a little, but he just shook his neck to the side.

"I don't know the details."

"Such irresponsibility!

"Even if they say so, I don't know. Just for sure, that kid is contaminated with curses to the point of awesomeness. No, I feel it's just too easy to call it a curse... but is that the closest expression? Who the hell put that curse on you?

He said, "My right arm is me, my left arm is Aldrius."

"I see, so the procedure is different? Either way, you're a genius, both. I've never seen such a complicated procedure. Is that all Miranda's asking?

"Once upon a time, when Alphilis' magic ran wild, Aldrius said he had stopped it. That seems to be the curse on his right arm, but he doesn't have any memory of Alpha Reese."

"Hum..."

Fairtoose even thought about it again. Miranda slowly waits for her reply.

"... to be honest, I can't say anything without asking the sealed person any more, but what about that Aldrius and them?

"He's dead."

"Well, that's a growing problem. That curse is an excellent thing that even repairs itself, but the magic that erupts from inside is stronger. Finally, the water that sprays out is stronger than the weight of the lid on the pan."

"... what can I do?

Miranda asks with a serious face.

"Great for Atashi. Of course, I can hit the holy magic and offset the curse that sprays, but the burden on that girl is too much. If I do that, I could kill that girl, and this Larna is the rarest user of dark recovery magic in the world, but she still says it's the best I can do to stop the progression."

"You think there's nothing I can do?

"Right here. Do you have any other clues?

"... Surely Alphilis is told by his master to head east after his death. I haven't heard what town it is."

"Hmm, east? Maybe..."

"Do you have any idea what the fair is?

But Fairtoose never answered that question of Miranda.

"Either way, it's in my hands, that girl. And I still have something to worry about."

"For example?"

"That girl, how much elemental witchcraft can you use?

"Sure... everything but Saint."

"How about that? Perhaps she can also use holy magic. I'm a white witch, I know that."

"Uh, then..."

"Yes, that kid shows affinity for all kinds of sorcery. That can't be human."

Talk as Fairtoose looks around everyone.

"There are five lines of witchcraft, each correlated, and holiness and darkness are also conflicting attributes. Normally, when affinity increases for any attribute, the magic of conflicting attributes weakens. Because that's spiritual magic. It's rational magic that the Magic Church studied to break that limit, but it usually doesn't produce a lot of output. Any of that might work out, but I know as much as the Magic Church lamented that it's impossible under current theory. So sure, it's not like there's any chance I can't use it all, but there's usually something I'm not good at. That girl can use every attribute equally with a big output."

"That's..."

"Sa 'an. At least, I've never heard of it. Well, that's why I'm not doing it, but the other question is gravity."

"One more thing?

"There are not just two curses. There's more."

Everyone, including Miranda, was surprised at that. To the point of Utility, Lisa almost slipped out of Lisa's shoulder and into the pan dangerously because of her accidental embarkation.

"Something else..."

"A curse is a common name. That's what they call all the more cursed marks. There are many ways to impose a curse, from good to bad, but that child, and his Aldrius and all he did was simply seal the curse. But the other..."

"What is it? Not a lot!

"I'm not sure."

Miranda slipped unexpectedly.

"Scattered. Put it on!?

"You have no choice, do you? I don't know what I don't know! All I know for now is that Aldrius is a genius and that there is yet another curse. I can't even read a witch's curse, and I'm putting more curses on it to antagonize it!

"Oh, that's..."

"I guess the original curse isn't a good one. Well, that's it for now from me. I'm coming out because I have a little errand to run, but never get close to that rana!?

Everyone sees Larna. Larna stayed down.

"Larna, show me just a little face and snack"

Larna snorted, shifting her hood aside just a little bit, showing everyone some of her face.

"Ugh!"

"It's..."

"Yeah, yeah."

The face was rotten. Some of them had visible bones, deformed faces and completely occluded eyes. Everyone turns away unintentionally from that so much alienation.

"It's ugly, isn't it? She was very ill when she was a little girl. I haven't looked like that since. Besides, I lost my voice. He's pitiful, at all. And yet, even in Larna like this, the swamp people persist in saying, 'If you can have children, it's fine, give it to me'. They're an extremely difficult breed to have a woman, so they have to come from the outside. I'm not motivated by them at all."

Fairtoose shakes her head sadly. Larna leaned down and shut up as she was.

"So is there a fair in this swamp all the time..."

"Well, that's not all. Well, now you know. Just take the day off now. As long as I'm here, it's safe. You guys must be tired, you look pretty bad. Lana will take care of the cleanup and care."

"Oh, thank God"

And the line finally allowed me to rest my tired body.

About that night.

"Ahhh!

Alphilis woke up with a scream.

"Ugh... me, what were you...?

I feel like I was having a very bad dream, but I can't think of it. My memory is very fragmented since I dipped my arms in the river after fighting Lifeless. But what I do remember for sure is that I hurt Miranda.

"Me, my God..."

Alphilis cried a lot with both hands on his face. They drank me while I was told my mouth was sour that the power of the curse was so dangerous. I didn't expect to scratch my own best friend in the sentence. I'm alive because I'm an immortal Miranda, but what if that was Lisa or Aerial? Alphilis imagined the sight of himself hurting his people, shaking.

"I don't know how to look at each other anymore..."

The alphilis squeaks. My consciousness is confused about whether I have fever or not, and I am very weak to think about it. I wouldn't be able to sleep in a mental state like now, just now, and I felt like someone was calling me from the outside when Alphilis was on the way to see what was going on.

"Who...?

Alphilis stays put and heads outside in a fluffy foothold. If you look closely, your clothes will come off and look like underwear, but I don't care now either. When I left the room, Miranda and the others were sleeping at my feet, but that didn't really bother Alphilis either. Were they all tired or sleeping like mud?

"Mm, Alfi...?

Miranda seemed to have detected a few signs, but on the contrary, Alphilis followed the scene so as to escape. And when I went outside, I felt like my voice calling me stronger.

"This way...?

Alphilis walks barefoot as he is. Your feet remain stubborn, but even though the surroundings are dark, you are not lost in the direction of wonder, nor are you stuck. It was as if I was being directed to something I couldn't see.

I noticed how long I would have walked like that, the road was gone and I was out like a cliff. It's actually about a little high ground, I guess, but it's too dark to know anything. No, it may not have actually been so wrapped up in darkness, but the Alphilis consciousness was also hazy, so I just thought so.

"I... what are you doing here... I don't care anymore. I want to disappear before Miranda and the others..."

Then out of the mud at your feet, a giant organism has stretched its neck. The Alphilis have not seen what it looks like, but this is the Sarpent that the swamps fear. Because of the darkness and the fog, I don't see that very well, but even just being out on the swamp, 7-8m was like a certain giant serpent.

"Are you... eating me? Fine, nothing more..."

Alphilis spreads his hands wide to show his will to keep himself. And in response, Sarpent opened his mouth wide.

"Mm-hmm... that's like Alfi just went through"

Miranda woke up in the middle of the night. I wasn't really that tired of Miranda of immortality, and I haven't slept enough to get some sleep, and sleep wasn't as deep as everyone else. I felt like Alphilis walked out of here looking sad in a dream, but...

"No way..."

But I have a bad feeling. I'm going to the next room just in case, but there was only Nia there. Soon, there's no Larna either.

"So that was... everybody, wake up!

Miranda screamed and rushed to wake the Aerials.

"Alfi, Alfi... where are you!?

"Miranda, calm down. I'm sure you haven't gotten that far."

"You know that! I'm sure that kid left with regret... and I can't leave him alone right now!

"It would be Lisa's turn at times like this. When it comes to land where sensors are hard to work, the soft ground sinks if that big woman walks, so if you follow that..."

"Lisa! I don't mind writing, come on!

"... there it is, this way"

I feel those stuck in Miranda's expression, and Lisa directs them. Aerial pulls out the pine lights and runs through the dark swamps. I'm sure there are demons around, but I wasn't in the mood to care about that now. Even Uty doesn't complain about being knocked up, and he's following me in silence.

And a short while later, the pine light lit up a little farther away, just as a giant snake-like demon put Alphilis in its mouth. As it is, the demon quickly pulls into the swamp.

"Ahhh!

"Oh, no."

"Alfie, Alfie!!

The screams of Mirandas chasing the swamps were echoing in the swamps.

Continued