The Contractor of the New Sister Devil

"Really...Where not to choose here, it will remind people of bad things."

Takikawa has already appeared at the appointment, and is standing closer to the blade.

"——So grieving? Xiaobian, you came out specially for me, what is the matter?"

"Let's install garlic less. How can you who are in charge of monitoring Miao not know what the situation is now."

Takikawa shrugged even more to the annoyed Blade.

"Of course I know this. But ah, if you really intend to ask me what is going on, it would be too late?"

"What do you mean……?"

"That's what it meant. Three days ago, didn't you see me and Wan Liya meet? That kind of situation should be enough for you to doubt if there is any problem with everything around you?"

"Do you...know that I'm peeking around?"

"Yes. It may be that I often have to go to some troublesome places. I am a person who is actually very sensitive to sight. I thought you would ask me to ask clearly, but it didn't. I think you don't want to doubt Mary. Ya, do you believe all the reasons she made up?"

"So, Valeria is really..."

"That's it-she has always followed Zokir's orders."

Takikawa asserted even more cruelly about the blade that still had a glimmer of hope for Malia.

This made the blade bite his lip tighter, and asked with a painful right fist:

"...Tell me, Takikawa, is Maria really sent by the moderate faction to protect Mio? What are the real ones—and how many are fake?"

"She was really a guard sent by the moderate group to protect Naruse, but now she is really following Zokir's orders. By the way, regarding the previous secret meeting with Maria...that was actually I found Her. I think she followed it after coming to school for so long and found out she was sneaky; so I guessed that was a precursor to Zokir's preparations, so I came forward to contain her a bit."

"Could it be... you and Valeria met a long time ago?"

"It's okay. But she didn't know that I was actually a stable faction. At best, she only knew from Zokir or his confidant that I was sent by the current Demon Lord faction to replace Zokir to monitor Naruse. Keir’s ostensible reason for using Mariana as a subordinate was to protect Naruse in an emergency, and he also got the tacit approval of the current high-level demon king. Although he could not directly attack Naruse, it was used as a secret pile to deal with special circumstances. It really works. And I—"

Takikawa continued.

"Of course I knew the news-so I took advantage of this and said to her, "It's hard work."

"...What did Valeria answer?"

"It's nothing, it's just'thank you.' After all, Zokir was messing around with this whole thing alone and won't reveal much to Maria."

Of course it is.

"It's like she and Naruse stayed with you for so long and didn't tell you the truth."

The facts in Takigawa’s mouth made the blade even more speechless, and then—

"By the way, Little Blade-have you ever thought about what Maria wants most?"

"Why, why are you asking this...?"

The blade who is puzzled by this sudden problem is even more--

"Sure enough, you never thought... well, I think so."

Takikawa sighed and told him:

"Not anyone can have a strong belief that they would rather give up their camp, belonging, or even their life, but also protect something. Naruse was the adoptive parents who were suddenly killed and vowed revenge until now; in order to protect Kobane you, I would rather abandon the mission of the brave clan; and you, decided to protect Naruse, who cannot be protected by the brave clan, and the wild, who deserted the mission of the brave for you. In all, you are all special cases."

but--

"You can have such beliefs, so it’s not surprising that Maria has it. You should have heard Naruse say what she wants to do. Nonaka is your childhood sweetheart, so you can feel it without saying; but why are you? Have you asked about Maria about it?"

"I……"

Takikawa asked the blade even more speechlessly.I really didn't know about Wan Liya's wishes, and I didn't think about it in particular.because--

"Valiyah...different from Mio and Yuuki, who risked certain dangers, she always smiles; although she often does bad pranks, she doesn't make people worry about her, so--"

"——Hey hey, Xiao Jian, you can spare me."

Takikawa couldn't listen to it and said:

"She is Naruse's guard, and she was taught that she must abandon her personal emotions or desires and devote herself to Naruse. Also, the true emotions don’t have to be expressionless or silent to hide. In fact, a smiling face It's also a very effective mask."

"…………Yes."

"I'm not blaming you. It's Maria herself who doesn't tell the truth. You just didn't find out. You don't need to blame yourself too much."

But ah----

"If you have thought about Maria a little bit, maybe before things become like this, you have come into contact with... the reality that she bears alone."

"!... How long has it been? When did Valeria start..."

When was the seed of desperation sowed?And Takikawa’s answer is--

"She lied to you from the beginning. When you first met Naruse and Maria in the family restaurant, she was already under Zokir."

"That's not right... Since when Wanliya lied to me, it doesn't matter at all now. What I want to ask is when Wanliya became Zokir's subordinate."

Blade Geng shook his head to Takikawa who confided the truth straightforwardly and said:

"At that time, Zokir killed her adoptive parents to get Mio, but it was because Wanliya managed to take Mio to escape, right? But high-level demons like Zokir should be able to easily. Kill Maria who wants to take Mio to escape, and just take Mio back. It's not like this, it means--"

"Zokil didn't need to do that. Because Maria was originally his—"

"--No, it can't be like this. It's not just the power of Zokir, a Wilbert who wants to sleep in Mio's body, but also the current demon after Wilbert. If Zokir grabs Mio hard, he will definitely There is a problem; and in fact, if there is a problem, his surveillance task will be transferred to you, and he will be banned from approaching Mio again."

Edge is weaving words while organizing his own inferences.

Thinking from Valeria's perspective, trying to find out what is holding her heart.

"That's right... I don't think that Zokir would not take this risk into consideration. If Wan Liya was originally Zokir's subordinate, the matter should be over on the day Mio's adoptive parents were killed. It would have been done clearly. I can't get close to her anymore-no, maybe she will be punished more severely. How could she deliberately let her escape just because her own subordinates followed?"

"……not bad."

Takikawa, who was more speculative, smiled cheerfully:

"Just like the time I saw through my true identity... It's amazing to be able to reason calmly at this time."

This sentence meant that Ren was not wrong in reasoning, so he continued.

"I'm afraid--Zokil must be going to act secretly, trying to deal with Mio's adoptive parents and Malia without knowing it, and take Mio away; the reason for the failure must be that something happened without even thinking about it. That’s why the murder of the foster parents was revealed, the surveillance task was relieved, and you were allowed to do it instead.” Therefore—

"If Zokir can really make Wan Liya obey his orders, the reason should be after that. Takikawa--"