The Branded Female Fencer

Time goes back to now. Alphilis and the others had left Truffon's room and were about to return to Hausen's mansion. Alphilis, who should have been relieved of the tension, still seemed to be doing some thinking.

"Alfi, what are we going to do?

Talk to Alphilis with Aerial beside him. She's worried because the look on Alphilis' face doesn't come to mind.

But don't you realize such an aerial thing? Alphilis answered facelessly, keeping his face forward.

"Well... we don't have anything to do in Grad, shall we go back to Arnelia? Even if we recruit mercenaries, it's not far from here."

"Then you ask Lakia to do it again."

"Yeah, as soon as Ekla's ready."

The Ekla was traveling east to take over his job. Even though she is still young, she has quite a bit of status and a job. She said it would take days to get ready, but...

"Alphilis!"

Rumor had it that Shadow, Ekla, appeared on horseback in front of the Alphilis.

"That, Ekla. What's the matter with you?

"Ugh, uh... I've been rushing to get the job done!

"It's early."

Apparently Ekla is much more competent than Alphilis thinks. She handled only what needed to be rushed to an end, and later gave instructions in writing. Her boss was her father, Hausen, so by then she didn't have to be ready to do anything about it.

Nevertheless, the way Ekla rushed to Alphilis was cute, and when Ekla arrived, Alphilis caressed his head unexpectedly. Ekla was suddenly very upset.

"Hey, what are you doing?

"Oh, I thought you were cute"

"Ekura the loyal dog."

"Who's a dog!

Ekla grabs her by Uty's words, but Uty flies away. She usually crosses with rigid people like Aerial and Miranda, so if she's as fast as Ekla, she can avoid it without a problem.

He ran in the direction of the day after, as Uti teased Ekla. The Alphilis look at it with a cheek.

Its moments when calm time flowed. All over the body of Alphilis, a glimmer of magic ran. A stiff alphilis speaks aerially and alerts the surroundings.

"Aerie, now..."

When Alphilis accidentally alerted his surroundings to aerial and back-to-back alignment, the anomaly had already happened. Aerial on my back, doesn't move like a rock. Alphilis accidentally grabs her shoulder, but Aerial still didn't move.

"Aerie? Aerie, what..."

"She's not moving."

When Alphilis looked back to those who spoke quietly, there stood a boy dressed in a black robe. The boy was walking slowly as he turned that gaze to Alphilis with no expression. At first glance, there's nothing strange about a boy. I have a neat face, and I don't see any aggressiveness anywhere. It was clear that Alphilis had no hostility.

To insist, he had the odd impression that he was too faceless. Plus, it's not like he's that beautiful, but his face is too neat.

Besides, if Alphilis looked around, everything would have stopped. It's not just Aerial. Ekla, Lakia, Tasha, even the flying utility. Isn't the water that is watering even stopped? Alphilis realized that this was the magic of time suspension, but he had never seen or heard anything so massive. Time manipulated magic is rarely used, but Alphilis can use preliminary objects for once. That's why I can clearly see how unusual this condition is. The magic in front of you is almost an event in the magical realm. Because at least everything in Alphilis' sight stops at that time.

The boy stood in front of Alphilis if he noticed. He was only tall to the side of Alphilis' chest, yet he stood before her to intimidate Alphilis.

"Are you..."

"Who I am is not the problem"

The boy blocked Alphilis' remarks with a quiet, but resolute voice. I won't let you say yes or no. The boy was haunted by such definite air. The minor alphilis is also going to be a step backwards in the boy's intimidation. It may be unusual for Alphilis to easily let go of the lead in the conversation.

Seeing an alphilis like that, the boy speaks to the alphilis.

"Alphilis, I need to talk to you."

"What? The one with the rookie numb?

"It's not a big deal to be able to make jokes in this situation. But this one is a waste of time and opportunity. Let's get him to hang out with us, even if it's a little forceful. Lifeless consciousness is out of line thanks to Notice. This is a rare opportunity."

When the boy who said so disappeared for a moment and grabbed that hand when he appeared in front of the next Alphilis, the two figures disappeared without a trace from Begrad. Immediately afterwards, everything came back to normal so that when it was frozen it would move, but the only difference was that there was no alphilis on the spot.

"Alfi...?"

It was only a matter of seconds before the fuss, realizing that Alphilis, which Aerial was supposed to have been next door, had neglected to disappear.

Continued