Volume 2 Chapter 6 (2/2)
She hung her head and clenched her fists, but Amon opposed that idea
”D-don't be stupid!”
”I don't care if it's stupid! I' called that!”
She tilted her head
”And it isn't just me Fir, the Inspector, and everyone else don't want to see you die either! So why do you insist on finding a place to die!?”
”As long as I keep living, so to die And yet I have an infinite lifespan as a demon …So many people have died because I'm alive!”
Klausl looked up at that
She brought her hands to her chest to create a dividing line and to gather her resolve
”I am a Sein Frau, so I didn't die”
Aasped and she continued
”You've accepted that I really am alive”
”So I'lad that I'm a Sein Frau! Because I'm not a nor forever and ever!”
She did not cry, but she did hang her head to hide her expression from him
He quickly looked away from her, Closed off all of his emotions, and stared up into the sky
There was no fog this night
However, the sky was cloudy The clouds were lit by the city's lights and glohite from below
As he looked up at them, some words escaped his lips
”I can't see it”
Was he looking for the nation, he looked back down and spoke to Klausl's downturned face
”Anything you say is useless”
”Eh?”
She looked up, but he was not looking at her
His gaze had dropped to the ground
”No matter what I do, death is the only option Are you sure you want to see that?”
She took his hand in hers
”It will be okay”
Her words were not directed at anyone in particular
Aave a bitter smile
”Sorry”
She frowned at that word
”That is a bad habit of yours …So where are you headed?”
She pulled on his hand and climbed onto the cart's front seat Amon's bitter smile deepened as he answered
”Westminster Cathedral We need to hurry!”
The cart took off with the two of them onboard
Traveling to West to the vicinity of Scotland Yard
They raced down Whitehall and turned right in front of the Houses of Parlia the pavean to tilt, but it shook and tilted back
The cart shot down a long stretch of Victoria Street Continuing this ould take them to Scotland Yard in five minutes Another two minutes and they would reach Westminster Cathedral
At their pace, that would be shortened a little
They moved quickly
Klausl drove froave it her all
”You can be pretty reckless when you need to be,” shouted Amon as the hipped at his jacket and carried his voice behind them
”Sorry,” replied Klausl without looking over
Alanced at her
”I don't mind In fact, pick up the pace if you can”
”That isn't what I meant”
”What?”
”U about before…when I hit you”
Her voice greeaker toward the end and Amon rubbed his slapped cheek
”That hurt”
Even after hearing his blunt co forward
”But that was your fault, Amon”
”Why?”
”You were speaking to me, but you suddenly mentioned another woman I couldn't help myself”
She tensed her shoulders uncomfortably and Amon frowned
”That's why I was slapped?”
”S-sorry But… But it's an important issue, so…”
Watching her as she trailed off, Amon frowned and sank down in his seat
”Well, whatever At least the ar”
”Eh?”
”You don't remember which hand you slapped me with?”
”Oh, ureat Really Look”
”Don't swing the reins around!”
The headless Nightmares directly responded to the move lane, but Aot them back under control They returned to the proper lane without dropping in speed
”That was close”
He turned around to make sure they had not left any confusion behind and then handed the reins back to Klausl
”Oh, thank you very much Also, um, well…”
”There's more?”
”When you healed me…um, I'm not sure how to put this… Did you see?”
”What?”
”Well, what I mean is… Hoas I?”
”W-wait just a minute!”
At that moment, the cart hit a stone and bounced up The wooden boxes in the back clattered together as the cart landed
A, but he ue because he covered his mouth with a hand
Meanwhile, Klausl continued facing forward and ignored Aroan of pain
”That was the first time I let someone other than my father see my body”
”Y-y'know!”
”Eh?”
When Klausl turned toward Amon, her cheeks were flushed
Amon was dumbfounded and Klausl continued to blush
”Is so the matter?”
”Your face is red”
”Eh? Oh, yes I don't knohy This never happened before no ot, but it suddenly happened just now …How strange I wonder why”
A Sein Frau would grow as soon as she felt the need for that ability
So what did it mean if she blushed?
When the answer came to Amon, he placed a hand on her head
”Watch the road The heat in your face is…from a cold Yeah, a cold”
”But…”
”Shut up A cold is the beginning of all illnesses”
After that strange cohed He was on his way to a battle, but his body was not at all tense
As if to scold him for that, a blade-like presence suddenly stabbed into him
This was murderous intent
”Mh!?”
Thein the center of Victoria Street She wore a white dress, her black hair fluttered in the wind, and she stood there as if to stop the cart
”Miss Moyla!?”
”It doesn't ht into her!”
Amon jumped from the front seat to the back of the cart He snapped his suspenders as he shouted toward the rapidly approaching witch
”Come on! I'll take you on!”
His roaring voice was filled with strength
They were less than three minutes to Westminster Cathedral and it was just under ten ht when Ralf had said heaven would be brought down
Just as Amon and Klausl encountered Moyla, the Savoy Hotel had becoiant execution site
Gunman Ralf was the executioner
He had two targets: the Inspector and Fir
The Inspector pulled on Fir's hand and jumped to hide behind a marble column
”O o!”
”Don't shout, Fir!”
A loud gunshot rang out just as the Inspector shouted The marble column broke down the ments washed over the Inspector as he backed away It orththat he kept Fir safely behind his back
”There's nowhere to hide I'ht now”
Ralf's voice was cheerful He had been standing in the center of the lobby and firing his gun without even turning to face the
The Inspector actually clicked his tongue which was rare for him
”This isn't good I seeht now”
”Oh? And ill that streak end?”
”Good question” He placed a hand on his chin at the perfect angle ”When you are gone, I suppose”
A sudden gunshot rang out
This tied on the Inspector's collar The two of them collapsed toward the entrance to escape
They hid behind a sofa, but the back was bloay and white fluff scattered everywhere
The fluff floated around like powdered snow, but soe
The Inspector crawled along the ground and knocked a table on its side as a barricade
”This guy can't take a joke You'll never have a successful career like that”
”Well, I think your career's about at its end too”
”That's dark, Fir Can't you be more cheerful?”
”I'm trapped in an inescapable barrier with an unreliable boss and a powerful enemy How am I supposed to be cheerful?”
”What if we add this to the equation?”
The Inspector turned toward Fir and pulled a metal device from his coat pocket
It was a handgun
It was a six-shot revolver, but Fir did not recognize the type
”That does cheer uns”
”I picked it up at home”
Fir's expression showed she did not believe hiun
”Take it”
”You're not going to use it?”
”In the end, a dandy gentleht”
”Idiot”
Fir took the gun with a frown and Ralf's gunshot seee them
The last decorative plant was bloay as if it had exploded
”What are you doing hiding back there? This isn't any fun if you don't try to run”
Fir bared her teeth and prepared to poke her head up, but the Inspector held her down
”Fir, listen carefully”
”O ow C'mon, women only want their lover to touch their hair”
”The hair salon worker is your lover? …No, we need to take this seriously”
”Wh-what is it?”
Hearing her confused voice, he pointed behind her
”The hallway to the Savoy's first floor is a few meters behind you Run in there”
”He'll shoot me halfway there!”
”I'll move at the same time Once you slide into the hallway, close the fire shutter The one in here's electric, so you just have to hit the button and it will close”
”What about you?”
He smiled at her question
”I'll find a way to escape even if ityou here”
”U-um, y'know…”
”Shut up This is your chance Go!”
He shoved her out toward the hallway door
…I can't believe this!
She stood without turning around and ran She ignored the murderous intent on the back of her neck and Tasked herself to run Her toenails jabbed into the bottom of her shoes as she kicked off the lobby floor
The gunman's intent to kill struck her back and she alrew thicker and thicker On the third step, she could feel that thick and heavy intent to kill focusing on the very center of her back But at the same time…
”What are you doing? I'er prize”
She heard the Inspector's voice
The murderous intent vanished from her back The pressure disappeared
She ran and ran and ran as fast as she could
She saw the hallway entrance right in front of her
…I can make it!
She was certain of it She Overrode her body forward and leaped She used her feline nimbleness to leap as far as she could
She reached out her hand in ency alarm
Three things happened all at about the sa out, Fir landed, and the fire shutter started to separate the hallway from the lobby
She slid across the carpet on her back and twisted around She pressed against the hallall and looked back toward the lobby
”Inspector!”
Thepast Ralf on the other end of the lobby His eyes turned toward Fir, but he did nothing and said nothing Ralf had not moved from his spot between them
The two lared at each other as the fire shutter continued down Feeling like her field of vision was shrinking, Fir shouted again
”Inspector!!”
She received a gunshot in response
A bullettoo fast to see bleay the column the Inspector tried to hide behind and cut off his escape
Next, Ralf turned toward Fir
”I guess I'll leave you until later”
His tone of voice showed clear delight and he aimed his rifle back at the Inspector
At the same time, the lobby was cut off from her view The fire shutter had fully closed
She stood up
At that ut froainst flames and smoke
The gunshots were low and deep
Fir kneas happening, so she backed away fro beyond it
”That…can't be happening”
She held the revolver tight and backed down the hallway
She saw the dining hall to the left
”Does this connect to the kitchenbefore?”
She stopped
After a short silence, she charged into the dining hall
She was not trying to flee She was trying to find any possible way of winning
The witch's jump surpassed the realm of humanity
Moyla kicked off the road toward Amon who took a defensive stance on the back of the cart She leaped…no, fleard hiht air and picked up the city's lights It looked like a snowflake
”Amon!”
The white shado over Klausl's head and even Amon's shoulder She easily and silently landed behind Amon on the back of the cart
A at hirowing froe behind Was the scarlet decorating her nails a manicure or was it blood?
The cart maintained its speed and A his balance He then faced his opponent
There was no strength in Moyla's eyes, but her movements were sharp This time, she made a sudden karate chop Not only that, but shefroht-line movement
…This woht!?
He felt a chill on his spine and his body crouched on its own He reflexively stuck out a foot to kick Moyla in the gut This was no time to hold back
The kick would have broken some ribs with a nor a few steps back
”What!?”
He gasped at that and she folded her fingers together with tren of hesitation or dae
…Is she not human!?
The very next h the air
The light grazed his right shoulder and struck a red brick building along Victoria Street It was a school known as a Bluecoat School The spear of light blew up the sculpture on top of the building
Stone fragments scattered everywhere and poured down on Amon and Moyla like colorful rain
However, they quickly left the fragments and commotion behind
Moyla charged toward Amon and threw an open-handed jab toward his crouched body
He Overrode one of the cart's wooden boxes into his hands It was empty and he used it to block Moyla's strike
Her red nails easily broke through the wooden box and out the other side
But that was fine
As the splinters washed over him, he forcibly twisted the box
An unpleasant noise ca flesh and of a dry branch breaking
”Seyah!”
He kicked her knee from the front to knock her down
With a dull sound, the white dress fell face down and swept Amon aside with her empty hand Her face remained expressionless and her eyes weak
Amon kicked that face
He did not hold back
He heard a dull sound he would rather not have heard
Moyla's teeth scattered across the cart and her nicely-shaped nose was turned at an odd angle
”How about that!?”
As if to deny his triumphant tone, she stood unsteadily back up and prepared her unharmed hand
”You're persistent”
Just as he clicked his tongue, Klausl shouted back at him
”Amon! We're about to turn left!”
”All right!”
Moyla stepped forward as if his shout had been her cue and he picked up a neooden box
The cart began to curve left Centrifugal force tugged them to the outside Amon faced the rear of the cart, so his balance shi+fted to the left and Moyla's to her right
Perhaps due to the box hanging froht arm, Moyla swayed outward
That ht
”Seyaaahh!”
A toward He swung it free of the centrifugal force and into the side of her head
The box broke and Moyla's face caved in
There was a great shattering sound
The box had been filled with bottles
The bottles collided with her head, broke, and spilled their contents Their weight bent her neck at an unnatural angle and her bloodmixed cocktail
The cart reached the end of the curve and sped up
Moyla could not keep up with the change in speed and she swayed backwards With boxes still attached to her right arm and face, she fell off the cart and to the road
Amon turned his back on her and the wind struck hiht forward
He saw Westminster Cathedral up ahead
That was the final battlefield for them all