We Live in Dragon’s Peak

Madeline-sama, are you sure you're okay?

I don't doubt the prowess of Louiseine and Madeline, but I'm still worried that I can activate dozens of great magic tricks on a scale of just 12.

"Phew, it's okay!" My aspirations stand high with those of the Erneans. That's why I can't lose to my ancestors. "

Madeline-sama is so angry, she looks like usual after seeing her for a long time.

Well, shrine maidens who don't know Madeline very well are worried about the noble shrine maiden waking up.

I'll stroke Madeline-sama's head and praise her.

Madeline wasn't really angry either, so she calmed down immediately. In other words, I was in a good mood when I stroked my head.

"Okay, we believe in Madeline." But I'll help you with anything I can. "

“I'm very relieved to hear that.”

Then, Madeline-sama poked me in both hands, so I shook my right hand.

Then, without saying anything, my family moves naturally. [M]

Madeline held Louise's left hand. Mistral, Lila, Euphoria, Nina and Cefina. Everyone holds hands.

Nemir is ready to climb over my head.

"Come on, you guys, don't be fussy, join our circle."

Y-Yes!

On Madeline's orders, ten shrine maidens also entered the circle.

Having made a circle of people around a mossy monument, we quietly close our eyes.

As you enter a state of deep meditation, the breath of life of everyone who connected their hands flows in wonders, and it spreads to others.

"Hmph, that's a strange feeling...?"

The shrine maidens were amazed at the power of everyone flowing through their bodies.

How can you feel this power just by holding hands with people who aren't shrine maidens or even gurus?

"What the hell are you guys...?"

"The prying thought came later." Now, concentrate on the rituals ahead. I will read the congratulatory speech. You have to match me. ”

Yes!

After all, Madeline takes the lead at a time like this.

The shrine maiden's attention refocused on the flow of power that she had never experienced before, and her mind turned inward.

For us, it's a familiar feeling.

Everyone raises their awareness towards one goal and makes their feelings one. That way, our power will begin to flow naturally and become a large main stream.

Yes. It's like a dragon vein with a bunch of tributaries.

Inside of us, our wishes and forces circulate with the magic power and gradually amplify.

With the addition of the powerful magic power in Mistral's Dragon Treasure, it became a power boost that couldn't fit in the frame of the twelve Shrine Maidens.

"The goddess of creation who stays in the Tsukinomiya."

Quietly, Master Madeline begins to deliver the congratulatory speech.

Louiseine and the shrine maidens perform alongside Madeline's greeting.

A prayer rides on the main stream of power that could only flow.

Unlike Rooiseine, Madeline makes a greeting with a beautiful, stretchy voice.

Without being bogged down by the difficult blessing words, we read the words carved on the tablet with magic power.

Now, what is going to happen?

Louiseine, Madeline, and the shrine maidens wielded their magic power with all their might.

However, even after Madeline finished her long festive speech, there was no change in the powerful magic power flowing between us.

No way, we failed!?

And the shrine maidens may think so.

In fact, the shrine maidens' anxiety flowed from the point where they held hands.

But don't worry.

Madeline's culmination was coming.

I'm going to tell you again that I'm afraid of you.

Madeline began to give her congratulations again.

Overlay spells. Madeline's specialty spells.

If you can't do it once, you can do it twice. In this way, the force is amplified in duplicate or triple, and the technique is guided to the desired shape.

"Nnnnnnn. The lake is amazing."

Nimir jumped over my head.

Conscious of the flow of power, we opened our eyes and looked at the lake.

And amazing.

"Wow, the lake is shining like a full moon."

"It looks like the full moon is reflected on the ground." Ah! The stars are rising from that full moon lake? "

Isn't it more like a lump of water that shines in the color of the full moon than a star?

Mistral is right.

The shine of the stars rising from the surface of the water was the water of the lake, which glowed with the color of the full moon.

Large and small clumps of water rise into the sky, this time creating a full moon made of water overhead.

We looked up at the mysterious magic that produced the fantasy landscape.

“Focus, everyone!”

"Yes, I'm sorry."

Rooseine scolded me.

We rush our consciousness back in and help amplify the forces circulating around the circle.

Until now, the magic energy that circulated only inside us with our hands is unleashed by the congratulations of Madeline-sama and the shrine maidens.

Words of prayer melt into the lake, expressing the power of magic.

Unlike the flow of Dragon Qi and Dragon Vein, when I entrusted myself to the flow of very merciful and gentle power, I was healed mentally and physically.

Magic power is a mysterious power.

It was the very essence of the goddess's thoughts.

The full moon of the water above absorbs the glow of the stars rising from the lake and gradually increases. At the same time, the surface of the lake began to fall.

"I want you to see it." I can see the ruins under the lake. "

"I want you to see it." There's a gate on the lake wall. "

Is that the gate to hell?

Even though consciousness was directed inward, everyone's gaze was directed at the fantastic magic world.

And beyond the sight of Euphoria, Nina, and Sefina. At the bottom of the deep lake, a large ruin was seen.

A cobblestone and beautifully paved boulevard. Traces of stone buildings of various sizes. Ruins of splendid stone pillars and fountains in the square.

Then, a majestic gate carved into the carpenter's wall, standing on a steep slope towards the bottom of the lake, reveals itself from beneath the surface of the water.

Madeline finished her second congratulatory speech.

Then, the full moon of water created in the sky disappears into the sky.

In a strange sight, we looked up again in a daze.

"Shizukuishi, is this the magic of the Mizuki Palace?" When your ancestors crocheted such a great magic spell in this land, you will be moved as a descendant. "

Is that a junctional magic technique?

Madame Madeline nodded, "Yes," to my question, and there was a sweat on her forehead.

Louiseine and the witches were wiping their sweat away as they regulated their rough and disturbed breath.

"What was visible in the lake is the effect of the barrier technique." Therefore, now that the Suizuki Palace had been dismantled, the water that had appeared in the lake and the full moon above had disappeared. "

"Huh!?"

Astonished, we stare again at the deep pond that was the lake.

Certainly, the ancient ruins at the bottom of the lake are not wet, nor are the fish bouncing at the bottom of the lake.

In other words, it was really a magic lake.

Then, Madeline and the others unraveled the Suizuki Palace, revealing the hidden ruins.

That majestic gate carved into the bottom wall of the lake is definitely the "Gate of Hell".

The faces of the Imperial Venerable Mansion, including Ethnic Need, were amazed at the miraculous phenomenon that had occurred in front of them.

Thrastal and the Winged were just watching.

The Thrashers must have seen this phenomenon before. When the demons attacked me.

How many maidens were sacrificed back then?

But this time, no one was sacrificed.

Witches breathing roughly on their shoulders. However, there was no sign of being stunned, and no one was unconscious.

"Thank you, Madeline."

The shrine maidens gathered around Madeline with great emotion and mutual joy.

You know how it feels.

I mean, the shrine maidens came here ready to die. As a result, I not only encountered the descendants of the Valiae family who were connected to the Holy Fourth Family, but also succeeded without sacrificing even the Great Magic.

We also take hands and rejoice.

But the situation didn't forgive us for the long joy we had.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I'll tell you first." This technique seems to be a spontaneous revival technique. Rather, the rhythm of the present celebration seems to only temporarily neutralize the effect of Mizuki Miya. ”

"Huh!?"

"What do you mean?" Madeline told me as she dropped her gaze behind the mossy stone tablet.

"Perhaps, but I think that Yushida once activated the Great Magic" Mizuki Palace Formation "by performing large-scale rituals." That's why all we did was stroke the surface of the Mizuki Shrine. "

"Huh! This is the surface layer!?"

So, what kind of magic is the real effect of the Mizuki Palace!?

“Yes, it seems that this liturgical carving is only meant to unravel the surface of the Mizuki Palace. And from here on out, it's important. The surface layer solved in the present celebration was left behind as a way to enter the ruins in the future.”

"In other words... the main body of the Mizuki Palace formation is still sealing something horrible, so it was just a greeting to open the [Hell's Gate], the entrance?"

"That's right. That's why it seems that the entrance is automatically re-sealed over time so that the seal of the main body of the spell does not come back to life."

"Amazing magic!"

I wonder how many people Yushida performed and how big the ritual was.

And what is it that the heir to Vartier's family name sealed with such a ceremony?

A gate of hell that can be seen on the bottom wall of the lake.

What awaits you beyond the gate carved into the wall by the maker?

Thrastal-san, don't you know?

I called out to Thrastal, who was quietly watching the greeting.

Thrastal silently turned his gaze toward the gate of Hell to me and opened his heavy mouth.