The thick fog is starting to stir in the city.
We have seen who it is for the first time.
of the desert city, that unusual sight.
"... Sophia. Go back to the castle."
"I don't like it. Even if we went back here now, wouldn't Lazareth be going back?
"Well, that's true..."
"Then I won't go back. I'll come with you."
"... I'm happy for you. But now you're not only important to me, you're important to the people. So I want you to go back."
"Then Lazareth will protect you. It's the Mercures that lead the brave, isn't it?
Sophia tells that with an uncontrolled grin.
I smile bitterly at her like that, pull out my nostalgia dagger and start to be vigilant around her.
"Is Zahr not back?
"Yes, I have a message from one of the knights that I'm anticipating the timing so the enemy doesn't see me retreating"
"Oh well. Then we have to do something about this before he gets here."
Zahr is certainly much stronger than I am.
But I can't just rely on him like that.
Sophia seems to share the same opinion, and she nods to agree.
After glancing at her like that, she starts walking in a foggy town.
So I found only one different place.
No one is out there. That, and even the kids.
It's like we're the only people in this city, I even feel that way.
For that reason, the footsteps you don't normally care about, they sound clear.
And that footstep revealed itself when we noticed it coming from the front of us.
……
"Masked, human......"
It was, at some point, part of the Sage's Law, Sylvia's Golem itself.
He thinks we're enemies. No, he pulls out his sword and hits us.
A moment of delay in responding to that event, and when I stick out my sword, I try to slash my body as it is after cleaving only that sword to begin with.
But because I was leaning back the moment I was begun, the matter didn't reach me.
"... strong!
I notice the intensity of the meeting for a moment.
... No, it's not. It's harder to do than to be strong.
It's like face-to-face with a novice who's totally unstructured.
But his test wear was never a beginner, but rather looked much better than mine.
I try to flash his body with a dagger when I understand such a disturbance in my heart, and each time my sword begins to look like it is cut off.
Each time, a metal sound that rips through the fog enters my ear and my mind tightens even further.
That's when Sophia tries to grab his body at the tip of Rapier from the side, as if it were a distraction to him.
He of the boulder couldn't read what she would be covering for here either, and I played playing it, but it breaks my balance a lot.
I couldn't miss his momentary gap like that, so I flashed through his face with a dagger.
But......
"Damn, shallow!
My stepping in was another half step short, and I just got to put on his mask.
But that's when the mask came off the cut.
And it was definitely the human face that emerged from it.
But instead of just looking at a human face, eyes with no emotions and staring at this one...
As far as he looked, he looked like an honest man, with long silver hair put together behind him.
"... what is this"
Yes, you're only human in appearance.
So for a moment, my sword moves slowly.
At that moment, my dagger gets bounced off by him.
"Lazareth!"
Sophia calls my name, but it's already late.
His sword is attached to my neck and I can't move.
Even if he flies back, there's no way he misses that.
Another woman with a cool voice walked over here when she was resting.
"... well done. You're doing great."
"... Sylvia,"
"Long time no see. Should I explain why I'm here?
"Why help the wise man's law!? Is equality that important!?
Sylvia's screwed up. Like I'm weird, I get my hair up.
Every one of those tricks got in my way right now.
"Nothing. It's not even important. Up and down are ancient things."
"Then why...!?
"There is no hope for humans. of this world, to each and every one."
Sylvia sighs depressingly.
I guess that figure moves magnificently depending on who sees it, but it didn't make me angry right now.
"'Cause you do, don't you? From birth onwards, he grew greedy, and even gave himself the gift of life. How can you like being such a fool?
"Don't even know you're not all that human......!
"I know you do. But he... Bettenburg is dead."
The word comes out of her and she almost forgets me in anger for a moment.
Maybe it's because of Dahlia's technique.
Still, I couldn't forgive her just now.
"He wasn't interested in his own evaluation, he just kept serving people, he was already dead. I've never been saved."
"... ugh."
"Now that I think about it, maybe I respected him. That's why there's no hope for humanity today."
"Now that only one 'human' is dead,"
When I realized I was starting to harden my own sleeves.
Of course, this was to get the sword off my neck, but now that I'm free, I'll beat her to death with that sleeve.
That's when Sophia was wearing her neck with a sword tip and sticking it straight into the wall.
"... you who are not a person, can you say that?
"Yeah, 'cause I've seen it"
"'I've seen'? Don't make me laugh. What the hell have you seen in the pit where you don't even know people's pain?
"You don't have to understand."
"... then I don't understand you either. I will continue to deny you until this life is over."
The voice of Sophia, who speaks that way, was engulfed with an unhidden anger.
Then he grabs the arm of a man who moves out to help her like that, hits the wall as he does, picks up a dagger that was falling at his feet, and tells them off.
"Did you see that? This is who you denied. You're not human or witch. You're the power of the people who will live the rest of their lives."
"... yes. So?"
"Ha, strong strengths are different when you get there."
"... Dear. Yes, dear..."
She starts laughing like she can't get over it when she bumps and crushes my words.
And now he distorted his neat mouth and grinned as if he had won.
"You're the one who's unusual. Lasalles-Mercures"
"... what?
"My spell is not about making a golem." Giving Life to Things ". And the golem, as you can see, is human."
"... so what is it"
"I'll tell you a good thing. What's the name of that golem..."
"" Scott-Mercius ". I'm nothing but your father."
For a moment, the time seemed to have stopped with those words.
That someone named Scott is my father?
It's ridiculous. I've never heard the name of such a person.
But contrary to me, the tip of the sword is starting to shake.
And tears seemed to flow down his eyes, desperately sheltering him from hurting him.
I was so angry at myself that I was going crazy.
"... what the hell is this guy"
"Looks like you finally figured it out. Really, stupid man"
"... shit ahhhhhhhh!
I tried to flash his neck as I did to stir up my own arms, but I didn't see him anymore.
On the contrary, there's no sign of Sylvia I've been talking to you about.
There was only a crowd around and Sophia staring at me with suspicious eyes.