The Branded Female Fencer

I don't have any friends.

"I have only done this exploration of the Book of Life at birth, and the other creatures were only the subject of research. I haven't had trouble talking to anyone since I did my own replication, and I didn't feel the need for something else: someone else who doesn't share values or consciousness. So even if it's just a relationship to be used and used, there's no one more deeply involved than you. Oh, it wasn't human, it was evil spirits. Still think you're a friend, really. He thinks he's the only person he can talk to in line because he has too different reasons to exist. I mean it."

To Anomaly's unexpected answer, Doom looked at Osiria with difficulty and surprise. But Osiria also returns only with a bewildered face. Seeing how it was, Anomaly was laughing at the dullness.

"It's unusual for you to have serious trouble."

"Because I say weird things, not at all. Poisoned. When I heard what you were asking, I tried to kill you, and then this is hard to do."

"Then it's hard to do. Then do me another favor. As a barter, would you do me a favor?

"I need your help, how dare you? If you don't die here, you're in trouble."

"That's not what it is. Can you give me a shoulder?

Anomaly managed to regenerate only one leg and by borrowing Doom's shoulder she reached the last terminal of the workshop. When he reached the terminal that floated thinly there, Anomaly sighed loudly.

"It's my research, but are you willing to take over?

"No, it's a pain in the ass. I've got other things to do and I've got a lot to do."

"That's right. As a researcher, and to my existential significance, I don't want to give up the Book of Life alone. It's a shame, even though in the next year the construction of the theory was over and we could have moved on to practice in a few more months. Too bad."

Anomaly was crushing with sincere regret. The fingers that move the terminal are moving smoothly. Doom had already used his abilities and observed Anomaly's division at hand and so on, so he knew more or less what Anomaly was doing.

"Is that... are you going to destroy the Book of Life?

"Discard, that's a little different. I'm going to seal it deep underground. Even if the magic of a lifeless explodes, go deep enough to be okay."

"For what?

"This study will undoubtedly be discarded when it is probably found in Orangeables. I guess so if you're a person with a sense of decency. Plus they're worthless to people who don't know what this means, and they'll still be thrown out. But if time passes enough to hide this deep in the ground and dig it up - or maybe a human being is born who understands the value of my research. I'll bet on that. It is too sparing to completely eliminate the research that has cost so much here. Research of this magnitude is not something that can be done that way. That's all I'm thankful for."

"You're really only sincere about research. I wish I could turn that sincerity to humans at all. Still, it's kind of like catching a cloud to bury it in the ground and wait to discover it. It sounds like a very hopeful observation."

It's more romantic, isn't it?

"I don't care if they say it with a romantic face."

Doom and Anomaly looked at each other and laughed at each other. They may not have been friends in the world at large, but they did have something in common. Maybe that was like friendship in them.

When Anomaly finished her work as soon as possible, she magically wrote and sealed that information on something like a sphere.

"That's it."

"That sphere is the Book of Life?

"That's what it is. Well, maybe there's no one in this world who can really understand what's going on.

If there's an exception, Alphilis might be able to do it. Plus Aldrius, who was his master. The deceased, though. "

"Hmm? Alphilis has always been highly regarded."

"You guys are so underrated. She is a rare presence in this era. I knew it as soon as I talked to him for a second. As a swordsman you will eventually approach Titania and as a mage you will approach Lifeless and Orangeable. Besides, it would have been possible to serve as an assistant to my research. If she is blessed with a good fight, perhaps there will be days beyond Bradymaria as a warrior"

"No way."

"I'm talking about possibilities. That's all I can expect. Well, you're done with what needs to be done. The Alphilis and the others will be here soon. Do you want to finish me off before then?

Doom nodded after worrying a little. Something like the last patrol blurred my thoughts, and I still decided to do what I had already decided to do faithfully.

"Right. I'd rather kill them with my own hands than put them in their hands."

"What kind of sincerity are you?

"Sincerity is a totally unbridled word for me, but it could be something like that. Let me ask you one last thing. If you feel like it, you can still recover it as an evil spirit after killing you and live with me. You can do that, but you want it?

"Haha, are you going to be kind? Because of that, I'm sorry. I can't even study it. I don't care how much I live. You wouldn't be free if I were taken in by you, would you?

Plus, he unexpectedly affirmed the reincarnation. Instead of being taken in by you for the rest of your life, I'm going to reborn and resume my research. "

"... well, too bad. Let's at least kill it in one thought. Do you mind if I pierce your chest?

Doom condensed the evil spirit and shaped it like a spear. Annomarie was also slapping herself in the chest.

"Now the nucleus is in the same position as man. Please don't hesitate to do it."

"At least I'll take a breather."

"Do that. I don't have a hobby for men."

"I'm not tolerant enough to lend Osiria either."

"Heh heh. I'm not sick enough to borrow a woman. Yeah, that's it. There's nothing more untrained than I thought."

When Anomaly placed the Book of Life on a circular table, she did some final manipulation. The beads are then fixed on the table and appear to sink slowly.

"This platform will continue to sink into the ground as long as the magic it contains continues. Given the strength of the rock formations, several thousand meters would go on. That's it."

"I hope the good guy finds out"

"Bad guy's mistake, right?

"Plus if you're a crazy bastard. Good, no, bad"

"Must be."

They both spoke lightly, concentrating on the Book of Life, whose gaze slowly sank, including Osiria. Anomaly looked at the Book of Life, her eyes narrowed and she seemed to love it, and Doom slowly turned to stab him in the stomach. At least I wanted to stab him in the mood of happiness.

But it was at the same time that there was Doom, who turned to Anomaly, and a sword that pierced the Book of Life for each of Doom's breasts. And in the sight of Anomaly, who lost her life, the Book of Life was misty.

Continued