Vol 7 Chapter 6 (2/2)
Her hateful ene on the chair and smiled
”I've been waiting, Ouka”
An unwavering smile was there
Ouka stood up and started to walk towards her slowly
The second confrontation Although the hatred that disturbed her e, Ouka asked without hesitation
”where are the prisoners”
”They're here Below your feet”
”The number of bodies doesn't match Where are they”
She ignored Laugh Maker's provocation and while glaring sharply she requested the information she wanted
Laugh Maker stared at Ouka as letting out murderous intent and slowly raised her waist from the chair
”Forcing yourself is no good Your hatred is e”
””
”But why aren't you laughing? Why are you not sht? Meeting me”
””
”You see, I was to be used and disposed off after this operation So you see? Since it'll coet killed by you That's why, you need to laugh and kill h?”
Welcoh Maker moved closer to Ouka
In front of Ouka, at a distance where she could feel her breathing there was a nauseating smile She wanted to kill her immediately She wanted to tear her apart, she wanted to make her suffer more than her dead family has
She didn't do so because her objective was saving her comrades, and she felt a certain discomfort
”I want to ask so I don't know”
”Whaat is it?”
”——You, are you really Laugh Maker?”
Having her existence being suspected, Laugh Maker blinked many times
”Did you forget the face of your enemy?”
”No You are the hateful enemy who killed my family”
”Then, what does that question mean?”
”What I' if you are the bizarre h Maker that I've heard of”
Unable to understand it, Laugh Maker tilted her head puzzled
Ouka continued indifferently
”The Laugh Maker I kneas just a madman”
”I' I just want all people to die while so to heaven I want everyone to learn that”
Although herpeople was crazy, Ouka confir
She confronted a bizarre murderer who committed heinous crimes, and confirmed that she was experienced in murder
”That's right Right now you aren't insane A madman with an objective definitely wouldn't desire her own death”
For just an instant, Laugh Maker's cheek convulsed Ouka didn't e
”You said that your objective is to kill people as they laugh right? Then why do you wish to die? Why do you provoke , suffering and despairing Don't you think it's strange for athem?”
Ouka poked a hole in Laugh Maker
Although she was originally aa wound in her Ouka pressed a letter she held in her hand to Laugh htly she took a step back and opened the letter
”It's a certain person's testa from the content of this suicide note, he was the person who sealed your memories and re-educated you to becoht?”
””
”and, despairing because of the fact he was unable to elih Maker's darkness, he cohter”
When she dropped her gaze at the characters, Ouka added salt to her wound
”However, his good intentions weren't in vain Because in fact, he was successful in teaching you properof happiness”
Laugh Maker raised her face and looked at Ouka expressionlessly
While still glaring at Laugh Maker, Ouka pointed a finger at her
”The reason you wish to die, is because you can't stand h Maker If that's the case, then that's different fro insane They aren't uilt, regret right now you're feeling these emotions That's why you desire death”
””
”You are no longer the Laugh Maker from back then You are a pitiful sinner called Mih Maker”
Ouka's lips arced and she looked down on Laugh Maker——on Mimulus
”Stop pretending to be amy motivation to kill you”
With these words she was chased to the cliff's edge, a shadow appeared on Mi her head
The suicide note she held in hand was crushed loudly Mimulus' shoulders trembled, and her lips let out a sob-like voice
However, even though there were only reh Maker
The corners of her hed loudly
”Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Stupid girl what are you saying? I'h Maker If you don't want to kill me then I'll live as you wish I'll send you to heaven s! As you say, that's my mission!”
She moved backwards away fros
The rounds shutter walls opened vigorously
What appeared were Magical Dragoons There were ten of them
And an oical power overflowed from all their bodies
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo!
The loud spine-chilling roar was too organic to be ed on the ared out abnormally and desperately tried to escape the armour
It was the proof they were reinforced with 『Radiance』 ic
Although they were na reinforced they were a serious threat
《”The strengthening ic's nucleus and the outer shell”》
Baring her fangs, Ouka manifested pile bunkers on both of her arms
With the sa, four Einherjars attacked from all directions at speed one hardly keep up ith their eyes
That speed was co SwordSoumatou
After looking away from them just for an instant, she saw the enemy approached her from the front
《”Don't falter Currently thou art the king of fantastical organisms, a vampire true ancestor”》
That's right Just as Vlad said, currently not only Ouka's body but also her brain was not human
The Dragon was also called the king of fantastical organisms the same as vampires, it wasn't just their threat evaluated but also the high fertility
However, normal apostles and true ancestors were on a completely different level
Before the Witch Hunt War, they were called a race wishi+ng for hu human blood——the existences called Einherjars had flocked to vampires like moths to a flame
Ouka parried the two machines with railblades with the piles on her elbow
While both of her hands were busy onethe sword at her, but Ouka has blown it aith just a kick
The bloay Einherjar hit the two behind it and all of them crashed into the wall behind
Fivefrom behind Not only Ouka's sense of smell, but all five senses were beyond that of hu how to stop the enemy attacks she already knehat to do next
She deflected railblades of the two machines and turned around in quick succession to the five machines she thrust the pile bunkers forward and released the piles
——gongg! The huge piles slid down from her upper arh two Einherjars and obliterated them
”——Haa!”
Ouka swung the re from her upper arm like a sword and bloay the bodies of three machines
《”Good grief, thou hasn't even penetrated the ic”》
Vlad's appalled voice sounded in her head
Even though it was as he said, Ouka didn't care
She ensured the destruction of the two machines
”The captives should be nearby, I can't afford to use wide-ranged ic”
《”As you say Crush thes”》
”That's my intention”
《”But beware, once blood runs out the Vampire form will be released You have 10 minutes left”》
”Yeah——let's end this quickly!”
She finished listening to Vlad's advice and readied the pile bunker, then started an intensive assault on the Einherjars by the wall Ouka outstretched her wings and flew, kicked off the ceiling and descended Swinging her ar down like a 》
But the Einherjars didn't remain silent
While letting out a shudder-inducing roar, they shoot ical bullets from the rubble
Their poas cos However, that only mattered if it hit
”!!”
Ouka twisted her body and changed trajectory in the air
At the saical bullets, Ouka crushed two enes
Thethe testing grounds with debris It would be bad to prolong the battle for too long Einherjars will bury this place under ground
Ouka turned her body and soared in the sky again, taking aim at the enemy below
The reuns at her
——I'll stop them!
Moan rapid fire with Wallachia's specialized physical attack
In gun form, the stake's attack speed raises up to five tiuns of all sixthe gun
While the blast swayed her hair, Ouka squinted looking at the testing grounds wrapped in smoke
When Ouka opened her eyes widely, she saw six machines let out smoke from their jets in unison and jump
They didn't have weapons, they entered close co their mechanical arms
Ouka iht back
Although she destroyed one with a fang, three machines attacked he from behind
”《bloody Enchant》!”
She focused ical enchant she delivered a roundhouse kick Although it had a narrow range because it's ed with so like a sharp laser and the cut Einherjars in half
Two left!
Doing a half turn using the roundhouse kickswith the re enemies
When she ejected , lured in with Ouka's lefrom underneath
She attempted to crush the enehtly off and she hit its shoulder Although she cut through its body, she didn't finish it off
The ene and pulled her in with treth, then atteht ar balance They crashed into the ground while still facing up
”Khh!”
The Einherjar didn't release her even after the fall and held Ouka's body as she struggled The reinforced artificialand Einherjar roared with laughter-like voice
Wary of Einherjar's
When she stopped the propulsion by the ceiling, Einherjar expanded a huge ical circle
Seeing the pattern onto do
A ic possessed in one's body and inducing an explosion
《Glorious DeathBurst》
The ene to collapse the tower on the testing grounds
”I won't let yoooouuuuuu!!”
Ouka accelerated blood flow throughout her body, her blue eyes were dyed deep red
Cracks appeared on the armour Einherjar was clad in The cracks spread instantly, and Ouka torn apart both the artificial muscles and the metal skeleton
She sla into the Einherjar that had an ar her wings wide
Ouka released the e pile bunker on her right arm
And she thrust the pile into the ene
”《Reverse CrucifixionNosferatu》!”
The stake pierced through the Einherjar's body and its body was blown to pieces, turning into debris it poured down near Laugh Maker
””
Sitting on a wooden chair, Laugh Maker watched Ouka's battle
Not paying attention to the falling debris of Einherjar, she continued to stare at Ouka
Gallantly spreading crih Maker
And, she aih Maker's forehead
”There's no point trying anything You won't be able to beat the current ic's assistance”
What Ouka said was correct No ic's performance is, in the end it's just support It's not suitable for coanism on a different level now
Mass-produced Magical Dragoons weren't a match for her
”True you're strong I admit”
””
”So? What will you do? Kill me?”
Questioned, Ouka closed her eyes, clenched her teeth and cale on her foe
She asked herself if there's anythis woman alive
”no”
Ouka discarded her emotions and choose the hich would allow her to save her coe at the same time
”Release the captives and surrender I won't kill you There's no worth in killing you”
””
”I can't call killing soe' I'll have you imprisoned in contraindicated area's deepest prison, I'll make it so you'll be barely alive”
Laugh Maker giggled at Ouka's decision
It was as if she was a child laughing at a toy
”I see so in the end you can't be honest with your feelings can you You should honestly kill h, what a waste”
She raised her face slowly and looked at Ouka with empty eyes
”I'll remind you then, about your wound”
The grih Maker's from the past——Ouka hadn't noticed the surprise attack
A sharp pain ran through her waist and she lost her voice When she looked behind over the shoulder, stunned, she saw a girl wearing a white coat in there The black-haired girl's eyes were vacant, holding a silver knife in her hand she pierced it deeply into Ouka it was Suginaa who should have been her comrade
”Suginami?”
Ikaruga turned her pale face towards Ouka
And,
” Laugh ”
At the sa
While her face was convulsing, Ikaruga smiled to Ouka
The knife ithdrawn and blood spilled from the cut
Strength left Ouka's entire body and she fell on the floor
《”Spirit silver!”》
As Vlad raised a distorted eerie voice, Laugh Maker grinned and laughed
”Indeed, the natural ene No matter what material it is, she can convert it into a different material, what an unbelievable ability”
Laugh Maker stood up from the chair and came up to Ouka as on her knees
She wrapped both of her hands around Ouka's cheeks and expanded red butterfly wings on her back
”You seeh it's true that it's support oriented, but if you investigate it properly you'll learn you can do anything with it”
”gau”
”Reinforce sthening ate more and more”
Releasing her hands froa from behind and smiled
”With ancient ic 《EnforcementEnd Order》 you can freely move someone else's body”
The 《End Order》 was born fro with an ancient war The 《Song of SlaveryMaster-Slave》 Mephistopheles attempted to use before was said to be its prototype, but strictly speaking their effects were different This rasp the ic required was very, very small
The wounded on the battlefield and unable to ic A 《Radiance》 property holder in the past was a dictator who deprived ical power required to build an entire country was very small Siic not recorded for the posterity
It doesn't exist in the Inquisition's database It wasn't attraction nor Install, it just purely enforced orders on other's bodies An atrocious power that deprived people of freedom
And that was devised by this wost despair and pain
”Right now, this girl sees you as her dead sister With a little bit of reinforcee what people see”
”!!”
”You see, this ht After all, if theto s that way”
Laugh Maker said while looking excitedly at Ikaruga's current state
”Isuka”
Holding the knife covered in ash, Ikaruga tearfully called the name of the sister she lost
Rather than see herself stabbing Ouka, she saw Isuka instead
Seeing her nes, murderous intent overflowed inside of Ouka
A wound in the waist would be an instant death for a nor One of her kidneys has turned into ash Still, she couldn't help but stand up She absolutely couldn't forgive the woman in front of her
”That looks better Still, it's not over yet?”
The leeful expression, the world Ouka saw changed completely
The scenery of the testing experimental field that she has seen until now has collapsed like rust flaking off and remade into a new scenery It turned into an ordinary house In the living room there was a table, a sofa and a TV, before she noticed Ouka already stood up
It was the sight she couldn't ever forget
Two corpses lying on the ground and a carpet stained red with blood
And——the figure of Laugh Maker e her little sister from behind
”why!”
Laugh Maker responded to the dumbfounded Ouka's question
”My ic has been already applied to you”
It a and fell to the ground, her cheek was touched then That's when Laugh Maker had applied 《End Order》
Right now, Ouka saw Ikaruga as her beloved little sister
It was like a reproduction of her trau of all happened in front of her once again Once again Ouka was at loss for words with the despair unfold in front of her, Laugh Maker floated the exactly same smile as she had back then
”stop”
Realizing what Laugh Maker has thought of, Ouka spat a tre voice
”stop it!”
”No can do”
Rejecting her request, Laugh Maker laughed as if she was troubled
And, Ouka's arun moved contrary to her oill
The gun was——aia who had her little sister's appearance
”If I do the sa ht?”
”!”
”When this girl dies, I think you will understand That allowing Laugh Maker to exist would be a tragedy for any world there is, right?”
Inside of Ouka, feelings from the past revived It was just like back then No how she refused it, her body wouldn't listen No matter how her mind refused it, she couldn't stop herself She acted accordingly to the instructions the h Maker said
” Laugh ”
Her mind seemed to be sed by darkness, she fell into despair
Will I taste that once again? Losing theto life as a haed her way of life and comrades she could call friends Just like her faave her warmth, her comrades have dissolved the ice on her heart
Will I once again, deprive myself of it with my own hands? I don't want that!
”uuAAaaa!”
Ouka bared her fangs and opposed Laugh Maker's orders Using the entirety of a vampire's power she stiffened her muscles
”I won'tlose anythingagain!!”
I definitely won't laugh I absolutely won't kill I'll show you, with my entire existence on the line Wasn't it the saive it to anyone Living or dying, killing or not, laughing or not laughing, it's all up to me to decide
”so you will oppose me that much huh”
Laugh Maker was surprised at Ouka's resistance Never before, there was anyone ent against 《End Order》 What moved bodies wasn't mind nor soul, it were the nerves
And seeing an existence that overturned that fact right in front of her, Laugh Maker couldn't believe it
Envy appeared in her eyes If she were to become such a noble person with a powerful heart, would her destiny change?
That's what Laugh Maker's eyes said S at the palm of her hand
”if you were to be born withwithin and I was born after you I wonder if our positions would be reversed”
”ghhhh!”
”I admit It's as you say I want to die My memory was sealed and I started froh Maker's and mine personalities aren't separate When rowing up as Mi”
Laugh Maker distorted her face towards Ouka, who desperately cut off the flow to her jaw
Her lips were tre smile she had until now has vanished
”That's why I can't stand it What I have doneInsect Cage I' my eyelids Every time I do that the hellish every day life and education revives Reform after all that? Repent after all that? There's no way I can do that I don't get itpeople death while they so to heaven! But it's also true that I feel it's sinful and wrong! Can you understand ?! Can you understand s thatto ive h Maker!”
Laugh Maker confessed her feelings while shedding tears like crazy
”If that tiain, there's no way you won't kill ht? Is that not so? Tell me it is so, please!”
At wit's end, Laugh Maker shook her head
She was definitely in a chaotic mental state Her just self and the murderer self The two that absolutely can't coexist in one person being there,other than hell The human called Mimulus Wallenstein ht with love to the point where it's unacceptable for her to let her Laugh Maker self live
However, Ouka didn't turn her ears deaf to her words She just cut out what she didn't need to hear
What a load of crap What do you know of being a victih That's co would e did to her and that she was educated to become a murderer I know very well that her ive her
She isn't a child, she isn't a er either
She was blanked and raised with affection by her father
Then——why did this woh Maker?
The reason was so easy to see through it's funny
While suffering an agony, Ouka lifted the corner of her mouth
Very well She wants h How about I smile then
”The possibility ofin reverse is zero normal hue to repent, hoping for death is what a coward does!”
Even though her body didn't listen to her, h Maker
”A decent person would atone for what they have done! But what about you! You didn't make up nor oppose it, and on orders from above you dirtied your hands with murder haven't you! You have lost to the h Maker!”
”uu shut up speak no more!”
”In the end you never left Insect Cage! If you thought what you have done was bad then you could have surrendered yourself! And yet, what you did was to further your e blanked, you wanted to be judged by h Maker nor have you become Mimulus——just a criminal trash!+”
Caught off guard, Laugh Maker became speechless and stepped back
She covered her face with both hands and hid the face that wouldn't smile
And,
”——Laugh! Laugh, laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laughlaughlaughlaughlaaauggghhhhhhhhhhhh!”
Froh Maker's butterfly wings tre hite light has appeared
——Bshh!
Suddenly, the scenery Ouka was seeing turned black
Her vision had turned completely dark It was as if a TV was shut down, all of her five senses stopped working Even though her soul struggled, she couldn't th
Unable to hear even her own breathing in the darkness, Ouka struggled
I can't let it end yet I can't afford to fall No No no no no no no no
I still haven't protected them I promised everyone to survive until they came back
Her memories from the past flashed back
Faces of people important to her appeared in her mind
Usagi, Ikaruga, Mari, her parents and little sister, and appearance of Takeru stretching his hand to her
She stretched her hand to the disappearing illusion and cried in the darkness No voice has come out, the freedo like herperpetrated she called his name
”Takeru!”
Even without any senses, she knew that tears are spilling from her eyes
I want to ain, I want to walk beside him
I want to be together I don't want to be alone It's lonely
Ever since he disappeared, whenever she ake it was like that No matter how she steeled herself to protect her comrades, it was like she had a hole in her chest and felt unbearably cold She didn't think she would be this lonely without him
”Takeru!”
Although she had a habit of putting on an act of being strong, only at times like this she was honest with herself Pathetic How inept she was
In the end At least in the end she wanted him to be beside her
That's why, instead of calling for help, she just called his name
”Takeru!”
Because she wanted him beside she called his name
”Takeru————!!”
”Ouka!”
——The boy responded to her wish
The moment that voice has sounded, Ouka's five senses have returned and she saw the scenery enveloped in twilight flames
And standing in the centre of shattered painful memories, was him
Gallantly, ferociously, he descended to iround with his sword
The i stroked her cheek and shook her hair
Everything was bloay in an instant No, everything has been eaten
Along with Laugh Maker's ic, the unbearably painful trauma has been eaten and exhausted by azure-coloured blade
When the arht pulled out the sword pierced into the floor, he aih Maker and spoke to Ouka
”sorry, there was a delay”
With just that short sentence, Ouka finally realized that what she's seeing isn't a dream
”Kusanagi?”
”Yeah It's me I proe”
””
”I'lad that I made it”
Takeru smiled towards Ouka
She felt like so heavy disappeared fro elled up inside of her chest Feeling such relief, she thought of leaving her body to it and tears ca a life of tension on the battlefield, the relief he brought was like a drug
Her head was numb and she couldn't think normally It was always like that Thistime, and rushed to save his coency
”you'resly”
With cheeks dyed red, she downcast her face that becahtly because of tears and muttered
”Why do you always time it perfectly for when others are weak”
Wiping her tears e happy she blamed him
And when she did, Takeru,
”Of course When you're weak, I'll rush over from anywhere”
WIth his back turned to her, he said so earnestly There was nothing Ou