Chapter 16 (1/2)

This is the last chapter of this ue for the first arc and ould learn more about the truth of Zaratan

TL: clover

ED: clover

Castling had succeeded

I went to the coordinates where Ann was supposed to be, and Ann went to the coordinates where I was in

We were swapped in a blink of an eye by the ic circle deployed beneath the feet of the two of us

Before e beast

From him, shadows that looked like countless nu black flower petals, were stretching out

It was an instant death curse which was absorbed fro the power of the Philosopher's Stone

Black araps, all of which were surely ai at me

They couldn't be avoided

At the corner of my eyes, I could see Klaus and Ann, who looked at me with sorrowful expressions

The object of the resentment of Zaratan was merely the Visitor's Clan……and I was their descendant

The Harvan siblings were unrelated to the e

So—

(Please escape Please, even if it's only both of you, escape……)

There was no pain, no suffering

The hands of the long black shadows touched ently

I closed my eyes and accepted it

My body which lost its power slowly fell on my back

Onii-sa before you

Thank you for being kind to sos like me

Erica went to Okasama

The eight years I had lived as Erica was a short but fulfilling life

It was a precious experience that I could spend all my time freely

If it was my precious life, I wouldn't be able to do it at all

If I reincarnated again next tiuin

(……Huh? Maybe, I'm not dead yet?)

Unlike the Curse of Merciful Death, death by the ic of Death would be fulfilled promptly

So, it was al tio

Then why?

Besides, it was high tiround

I opened my eyes

I saw Erica Aurelia's trademark blonde vertical roll

It was not a tightly rolled vertical roll that I always used to see, but it was a bit messy due to intense exercise

Such a difference could be clearly seen

Her hair remained stationary as if it had stood in the wind

No, it wasn't just the hair

The ribbon with plain color that had tied her hair was still dancing in the air

There was also the Wand of Castling that I had let go

Dust in the air as well

The remains of the pillars where Zaratan had destroyed

And also the monster Zaratan

(Is this…hts1?)

No, it wasn't

It was not that everything stopped

Only the ones around 4 to 5

There couldn't be such lantern lights like this

Outside the space where everything stopped, there were countless tiny objects circling at high speed while shi+ning silver

(Silver? Flying object? UFO……No, are those spell cards?)

Spell cards were flying over and foric circle with a radius of 5 meters

It seemed that those spell cards formed the barrier that slowed the speed of time

But, it was strange

Like the ic of time manipulation was located at the top

Both Klaus and Ann shouldn’t be able to use such ic

Klaus as standing upside down sloalked toward this direction

He came into the barrier carelessly

Apparently, Klaus didn't seem to be affected by the time manipulation

『Br, ……brat……, yo, you……, bastard……, hat, did……』

”Shut up”

A voice full of deep hatred interrupted Zaratan's words

It was such an unfeeling and grave voice, I would never think it came from a 10-years-old boy

”……How dare you”

As Klaus swung his ar

It was a sound like a heavya thick iron plate

There was a small crack in the armor of the attacked monster

”How dare you”

Once again, Klaus swung his arm

This time I saw it

Spell cards jumped out of the Protective Circle he made and hit Zaratan very hard

The exterior of the monster that was attacked in the same place cracked, black liquid splashed from inside, and stopped still midair

Klaus raised his face

His facial expression was

Cold, severe, rigid, expressionless face

The eyes of Klaus, which looked like transparent sapphires, turned into a grayish color that see

Fro

”How dare you”

The spell cards hit the monster

Again, a little part of Zaratan's body broke

Even if the Protective Circle had a specialized effect on Zaratan, there was a limit

Just which one of them had a faster acceleration as they clashed

In this barrier to delay time, Zaratan had no technique to resist

He could neither avoid nor protect himself

Neither regeneration nor transformation took place on time

Even if he wanted to absorb the attack, he didn't see by the difference between his consciousness and his body

Even if he could absorb the attack, it was a Protective Circle

The ic was immediately destroyed by another spell

”How dare you”

Every ti his arm, the armor of Zaratan broke, and black liquid that was his main body became exposed

It was just a one-sided violence

Although the spell card was only a small piece of paper by itself, the bloould crush the e iron hammer

Swung his arm Crush

Swung his arm Crush

Swung his arm Crush

Swung his arm Crush

Just like ain a quite fury

Unexpectedly, he stopped all of the spell cards in the air

Klaus raised his staff overhead and assumed a stance

Frorey eyes, one more tear dropped

I thought indiscretely that it was very beautiful

”How dare you……, how dare you, killed……my friend……?”

With the end of his staff, he struck the stone floor

With that as a signal, countless spell cards that formed the Protective Circle leap upon Zaratan all at once

Klaus' ic looked like a silver tornado

It was very beautiful in appearance, but it was a stor it

Zaratan, who had already been disintegrated into pieces, was literally crushed until he couldn't keep his current shape

Zaratan returned to black liquid, spell cards wrapped around hiap

”I will never forgive you”

The spell cards sphere gradually became smaller

This ti Zaratan inside

Eventually, the spell cards sphere which contained Zaratan became about the size of a tennis ball

Perhaps not just tiic?

They said an inexperienced body and an unstable ic

However, they also said that a strong eh to overturn that disadvantage

Klaus took out an e

The ancient monster, which was imprisoned with the spell cards, was sucked into the small bottle

The lonely huge beast Zaratan would be sealed and fell asleep for the second time

The spell of Seal that Klaus cast see to me

”……Erica, I, ……you”

Klaus crouched doerlessly when the sealing of the monster was over

At the same time, the time that had stopped started to move

I fell on the floor on my back

Uu……, I rubbed my waist

”It huuuuurts~~~~!!”

While screa, I crawled in search of a flat floor

Klaus flinched, tre, and then slowly turned to my direction