Chapter 8 (1/2)

Final Chapter

Five Principal Clans/Himejima

At a certain place——the main shrine of the Hi in the outer sanctum With equally stern expressions, all members present at this time were aware of the truth behind the events that had occurred The base of the ‘Utsuseh a nuitives had escaped, the remains of one of the masterminds——those of Himejima Hanezu had been recovered Because of that, for now at least everything had been resolved

In the cori before the inner sanctum let out a whisper

“——It would be nice if our ties to the fate of Grigori were brought to an end”

With that one sentence the outer sanctuan speaking their views simultaneously

“Suzerain (TN: religious title), is that okay? We have seen that one case——the negotiations over Akeno already reach a conclusion but”

The aging h as though uninterested

“That was resolved through a secret agreement with the duke faed gang, with the foot in the territory of the Hi this country since antiquity, one of the five families, that is our own Himejima”

These were not at all hesitant words Strong unshakable will perhout the minds and bodies of everyone present——

Thetheir opinions on the information

“We should utilize this opportunity to shorten the gap with the other families Their side also has unexpected supernatural power users——and after all the sacred treasure possessor was taken away by the Grigori”

“The shi+nra side as well, I hear that they have a daughter who possessed a mirror sacred treasure that had the power to contact with devils It is clear that it is in no way a coincidence that such calamities have befallen the Five Principal Families at once”

“The ician association——‘Grau Zauberer’, have we been sounded out by theards to this matter?”

Hearing these feords, the suzerain took out a single piece of paper ——It was a docuical characters That appeared to be an appeal for cooperation the ician association known as ‘Grau Zauberer’

Re expressionless, the suzerain formed a fire phenomenon in his hand, and in an instant turned the paper the appeal had been written on into ashes

“——It is not necessary to collude with foreign practitioners We must display a separation between us and Mephisto Pheles who leads ‘Grau Zauberer’ The same for that Azazel, since he is no more than a swindler”

Indeed, that was all there was to say

For the people of the Clan, it was unanimous after all

“However, there is the matter of ‘Oz’……the world like that from the picture book”

“……Grigori, Oz, and those who rebelled against the Five Principal Clans keep popping up one after another……”

The ligible It was only natural While they were already aware of the group of fallen angels and theof the treason of the ‘Utsuseency’, it was truly unexpected that it would turn out that ‘Oz’ was involved in these events Until now, a those ere part of the Five Principal Clans, none of the those that had gathered here, there were those that were still in doubt about it

Even within this the Himejima suzerain——Himejima Suou came to a clear decision

“No matter what, if such a demonic Rasetsu (TN: Could also ) were to set foot in Hono disaster, it is our assigned role to completely eradicate it”

Everyone quietly nodded their head in accent at this

——But, letting out a sigh, Himejima Suou said this

“Truly, the ‘dog’ produced froy of my elder sister as exiled froh, what kind of strange thing had possessed this family?”

It had been soeha had been exiled from the Clan Since then, as far as contact with each one went, they had not encountered one another However, he could not have guessed that froe such an aberration would be born Was it soht into the Himejima bloodline? Or else, could it not be the result of a wish to a heathen God of mischief?

“However, it can’t be helped that so like that was produced from the Himejima bloodline ——Suzaku”

At the suzerain’s call, the forle individual appeared

“Yes”

It was a young girl with beautiful long black hair Her black hair had a glossiness as though it et She possessed a frigid atmosphere, one that was orderly without a hint of hesitation

Regarding the age of the young girl——Himejima Suzaku, she was seventeen as of this year Her appearance was fitting given that she was one of the granddaughters of Himejima Suou’s other older sister As of this year, she had been the one talented woman from all of their relatives who had inherited the sacred beast ‘Suzaku’ that was governed by the Himejima No, in recent years, the one’s who had inherited the sacred beasts of each of the respective Five Principal Clans had been re Based on this, the efforts the faood blood, they appeared to have borne fruit

However, apart fro else that Suou as the suzerain harbored towards this daughter That was, she strongly resembled the first one he had raised——Shuri, who had since left theical older sister That Shuri had also been ensnared by that black winged gang, and had lost her life as a result

The suzerain——Suou had unintentionally thought back upon that After closing his eyes, he spoke to her——Suzaku