Jared's eyes captured the girl who popped up.
But I couldn't stop the hand knife I let go.
The knife captures the girl's abdomen and petrifies and crushes it. I did that in an instant, and I double-breached the girl's torso.
The girl's upper body fell to the ground after making a dull noise, and then went on to make another dull noise and her lower body fell.
Blood is not flowing because we broke both ways at the same time as petrification.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no."
The girl, who could not die instantly, exclaimed, understanding what had happened to her.
"Avril? That's a lie, Avril, why, why? Ahhhhhhhh"
Jared remembered. The brunette girl I amputated was the one who was there when Olivier's mansion was occupied. The name sounds familiar, too, Leonard's daughter.
"Oh, no, how could... Avril"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa."
"Not good. It's not good. What can I do to help you?
"Fine, fine. I'm glad I could help you."
"Please, don't close your eyes. Look at me. Look at me. Please, Avril."
Jared could only watch Leonard hold his daughter's upper body and keep calling out hard.
The exhilaration also cooled. Now, there is a bad aftertaste.
If Jared remembers correctly, Avril Gallagher is the executioner who captured Olivier. I don't even know why I'm here and I interrupted the battle, but it's hard to tell that I've got a girl in my hands who's not going to kill me.
Regardless, he's more of an unforgivable opponent than he is grabbing Olivier, but he didn't mean to be like this accident.
"Jared, please, you can lose me. So help me."
Shake your head to the side. I don't know how to solve petrification. Above all, it would be impossible even in ancient magic, such as how to connect a severed body.
"Oh no..."
"... Pa, Pa"
"It's a lie, please, open your eyes. Open your eyes, Avril. Ahhh, Riru, no, Avril, uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Hear Leonard cry and learn that his daughter has survived.
No matter how much you were someone you hated as much as you wanted to kill, you didn't want this kind of result.
I also wish I had died after suffering, but Jared's chest also hurts from inflicting such suffering. But I also deserve it.
If they hadn't taken action, Avril wouldn't have died either. At the very least, if I had made the choice not to ignore Jared or grab Olivier, there might not have been such an end.
Leonard stands up, by the way. As he held his daughter's upper body, he turned his back on Jared and walked out.
"Leonard"
"... you can lose me now. I don't know what you're fighting for anymore."
"You..."
"I believed that even my daughter could be a throwaway pawn for ideals. But it actually didn't seem the same. Pity. As it turns out, I was also a parent of people. I didn't know you'd lose your daughter..."
Quiet, Leonard walks away.
"I'm still not false about wanting to create a country for magicians. It is considered to be the property of those in power and is treated as worthless if not superior while being treated specially. The world is wrong today. Sorcerers of rare value, like you and your daughter, generally end up being taken in by the powerful. Just like you were taken in by the Duke of Alway."
"I didn't mean to be taken in."
"If you think so, I'm sure you do. But there are many sorcerers in the world today who are dissatisfied with how it works. That's why even your classmates want to change their treatment, even against the country. Whatever it is, it's true that I led it that way."
"What happened to the students?
"Students who seem to be able to use it are keeping Olivier Alway under house arrest and waiting for some mansions as a The rest was led by my father"
"Yours, father?
Leonard stops and looks back.
"My father is the mastermind of all. Interpretation, I'm just a pawn to obey my father, too. Careful, Jared. She doesn't know what she's thinking. You said I'd create an ideal nation for magicians, but I don't know if that's true."
"Then why did you obey?
To Jared's inquiry, Leonard looked like he was about to cry.
"From an early age, I've lived as my father said. Forcing the ideals of the clan, the way magicians go. I had no other way to get there. I didn't know how to live."
"... what are we going to do now?
"Come on, I can't think of anything. I lost my daughter and realized how important it was. I hope you're not like me."
Leonard leaves with his daughter.
Jared just stared at his back and couldn't do anything.
Thus the battle between Jared and Leonard was settled in unexpected ways.