Take the burning streets, three girls.
Usually quiet nights, but only today, screams and yells dyed the city.
Like blocking their escape like that, a couple of men shaped shivers stand up.
"Damn...... Linne, take Karen back!
Yu, the girl who was in the lead, pulls out her sword and rips off those few men.
The men disappeared as if nothing had happened when they were cut without trying to avoid it or take it.
"Karen, are you okay!?
"Fine, sir."
"Right. Lynne can still run."
"Oh. Anything on your little one's back. But enough to run. than that......"
When Lynne throws the dagger, she pierces the face of the man standing behind Yu and disappears as he is.
After confirming that, I went on to say the words.
"What the hell are these guys? If you think it's springing up all of a sudden, you're doomed..."
"I don't know. They are all in human form, but their expressions are rare for them. I even find it creepy like a crop"
"Whatever, if you hesitate to think you're human, you can do this one. I guess that's all for sure."
When Lynne says so, she drops her eyes on the body of the person at her feet.
The whole town was flooded with it, and there was no shadow of it on the walls and passageways that were white stained.
"Karen, don't look. It's okay, we'll protect it."
"Dear Yu......"
"It's okay, it's okay..."
"Hey, Yu! Yabe!
When Lynne spoke as if she had panicked and Yu turned forward to be played by it, there were countless figures of men there.
"Karen, we're getting away!
"Master Yu, that..."
"What!?
The direction Karen pointed...... that is, there were numerous figures of men in the direction they were trying to escape too.
What it points to is tantamount to despair for them.
"Oh, shit.... I guess I'll have to use this."
Lynne glances at the men in front of her as she takes off her hood with one hand.
But it was blocked by Yu.
"Stay! You, what are you trying to do now!?
"You have no choice! Or do we all die friends here and now!?
"It's... but I don't want you to use it!
"Then what!?
Linne's voice disappears with the extra color she usually has.
That's when I heard voices coming from the alley.
"This way, all three!
In the direction of that voice, there was certainly something like a way out.
They rush to the alley in such a short time that there is no gap that even concerns that it could be a trap.
"Get in, quick!
With his voice, the door opens.
When I jumped in there, I heard the door shut and the lock hung, confirming that the three of them had entered.
"You had a hair in between. Are you okay?"
"Oh, thank God. I'm Yu, and next door is Lynne, and little is Karen."
"I'm Leonard. I'm a soldier in this country... well, now it doesn't matter if I'm a soldier or something"
"If you're a soldier, don't you know something?
"I'm sorry, I don't know anything. For now, in case of an emergency, the castle is an evacuation site. Maybe it's safer there than here."
"Castle, huh?"
The castle of Forse is in the heart of the town.
Running there meant being caught up in anxiety that there might be no escape.
"Don't worry, Karen. If you go to the castle, there's a captain, and he'll do something about it. And we're not the only ones here right now."
"Aren't we the only ones?
"Oh. It's one of the laws of the wise, because even Graham is here. If it's enough to reach the castle, I think it's an easy win, huh?
With that said, Leonard points his thumb over his back toward the shadow behind him.
The man, called Graham, who saw it, opened his mouth after revealing his heartfelt discomfort.
"... if it's true, I feel nauseous about borrowing your hand,"
"Oh, come on, you know what? We're friends, aren't we? Besides, you know what I mean when I'm not one of them right now."
"You're right... when you tell me the truth, I don't know why, but you're angry"
"Ha, more than anything if you understand"
Graham, after staring at Leonard, turns straight to Yu and Lynne.
"Are you... sure you're a comrade, aren't you? You may know, my name is Graham. of the Law of the Wise... I am a priest"
"'Vice', right?
"Shut up, Leonard. This information is of no value here and now."
"Ah... uh, to Yu, it's Lynne. And this is Karen."
"Nice to meet you, gentlemen. Even so, I don't know how long that'll last."
"... sorry, what's the point of what you're saying...?
"Oh. You haven't noticed. As a believer in the Wise Men's Law, the sun is shallow, so you cannot help it."
Graham looked at the screams he heard from outside the wall and continued his words once he exhaled.
"They were originally comrades of the Law of Our Wise Men. Even so, I don't remember that right now..."
"What do you mean?
"Excuse me. You've been around too much. In short, there's a witch running wild. I don't know why, but the quality of magic is changing dramatically.... Is it useful to explain the witch?
"No, I don't mind that...... Doesn't Graham matter?
"Yep. Even so, I can't help but figure out how they are rampant... While I'm still conscious, I thought I'd find out as much as I could about why."
"Waited."
Lynne opens her mouth as Graham talks.
His eyes were not always serious, and depending on what he saw, he felt as if he was staring at him.
"This little one is one of the witches. There's a chance this guy might get busted, isn't there?
"Probably. But I can only give you more guesses than I know why"
"Can't you undo it?
"I don't know that either. But I can only give you subjective speculation that the quality of magic may be beyond the control of the Pope."
"... well, you know what?"
Rarely, Lynne mumbles.
I felt that Yu, who had spent a long time with her, had figured out what she was going to say.
"Are you saying that if Karen runs wild... there's nothing but killing him?
"... eh"
Karen looks up.
That was very similar to the look on his frightened face the day he was first taken away by Yu and Lynne.
Lynne can't stand that gaze and unwittingly turns away.
"... Yep. You should be ready."
"... what the hell, what the hell"
"Oh, man. Lynne......?
"What is the law of the wise! I can't save one kid after all. A bunch of incompetent people! What's equal, what's free! What are they talking about, witches?
"... ha. If you're out lousy, don't get on with it. If I'm patient with your neighbor, I'll stick it up...!
"Take it easy, Mr. Lynne! Graham's not on board, either! You don't have time to break up now!
Full of anger between them, Karen, who couldn't stand the fear, squeezes in with her knees.
Yu held the girl's shoulder and told them off.
"We're going to the castle! What are you two gonna do!?
"... chip. In the meantime, let me accompany you now. You can't hurt an important comrade."
"I'm going, too. Safe chicks are our top priority now."
"Oh, I'm going, too. Karen, can you go, too?
"... I can't stand"
"Oh, my God, did I lose my back? Can you get on your brother's back?
Leonard says so and lowers his back, putting Karen on top of it.
"I'm sorry, that doesn't get me into the fight, so please, all three of you. Instead, I want you to leave it to me because I have confidence in my feet."
"... well, this guy is a soldier by the bend. I was wondering if you had more strength than us."
"I'm a soldier, not a" bend. "Anyway, let's run now. Karen's safety is our top priority, and that means a common understanding among the four of us right now, okay?
Everyone nods except Karen and Leonard.
After confirming that, everyone ran out to the castle, ahead of Graham.
"... From here on out, it's a battle about whether one of us can move first. If we can't control this Setouchi, we have no chance."
The woman next door snorts at what he says, too.
I glanced at him like that and then looked down at the flaming city from the high ground.
"We're gonna win, Lazareth."
In a word of wolf, the three split.
That's how when I was alone, I squealed invisibly.
"Leave it to me."