Epilogue (1/2)

Epilogue

Part 1

When Tobio opened his eyes——he was in an unknown sickroo on the bed There was an IV drip injected into his arained consciousness, Tobio raised his upper body

……His ue, but he was able to recall to some extent what had happened in the outlook roo his head

“You have awakened, Ikuse Tobio”

Looking over, there was aon a stool a short ay The

“I will once again introduce myself I am Azazel I am the leader of those atch over the children of God——the organization called ‘Grigori’”

……This ori……

Azazel continued speaking

“Regarding anization……well, we study a variety of supernatural pheno them, and one of those is the study of Sacred Gears What we handle is extensive, from the abilities to the users”

The aze was directed towards the far side of Tobio’s bed Tobio followed his gaze as well——on the far side of the bed there was a large black dog that was curled up asleep Tobio was instantly able to understand that this was Jin

Azazelat Jin

Your other self——the true nature of <jin>, it is one of the Sacred Gears we call Longinus {God-Slaying tools} Its official na God of the Black Blade}”

“Longinus……”

“There are only thirteen varieties, those for which it has been deter God That is what you possess, so even God”

Slaughtering even God……? Tobio truly felt that this was beyond extraordinary

“Natsume’s and Samejima’s Sacred Gears……are different?”

“Aah, they may look similar but they are different However, one of the abilities of ‘Canis Lycaon’ is that it calls together Sacred Gears of the sath”

“……Then, the abilities of those two, Jin……no, I had unknowingly caused those abilities to be expressed?”

……Minagawa Natsume, Semjima Kouki, the other ‘Four Fiends’ who had not yet appeared, and even ht up in these events, it was originally all the result ofthe ‘Four Fiends’……?

Azazel infor tormented by his awareness of this sin

“It does seem that they were summoned by your ability ——However, those who abused that, that was the group froency’”

“……Since I possessed the blood of the Hih……”

To Tobio who speaking as such with his head bowed, Azazel sighed whilethe back of his head

“Your ability, it’s one of the powers capable of breaking the balance of the world Naturally, you were a subject strictIn such cases, in order to seal you and your ability, it would be a must to eliminate you That’s the extent of your ability Moreover, since you had been born that way, that ability to break the balance of the world was strengthening It would have been a natural result if you had been erased in infancy”

Azazel spoke while looking at the scenery visible through the

“……However, both of your parents and your grandmother, they chose to let you live An act of this extent can be said to be quite immense ——However, at that time, I happened to coeha it see’s power I nificent”

……Baa-chan

The randrandrandood intentions had taken root in the depths of his heart even now

Ant thus, fro of the truth behind that experience he recalled from childhood

“……As expected, you are……from that time?”

Before the eyes of Tobio who had inquired thus, the s from his back

Indeed, this was the black angel he had encountered by chance

The black angel——Azazel brushed Tobio’s head with s bitterly

“——Yeah, in actuality, it was aAs forthat was exiled froushi+ng with eels”

Tobio shook his head from side to side

“No, having seen Utsuse that there’d be angels…… It would be stranger if there weren’t”

“There are nus in this world beyond your belief”

Azazel spoke cohtforwardly

“Our organization, we study Sacred Gears and also observe their owners If we discover someone in possession of a powerful Sacred Gear, they becoet of observation The reason wechild, that was because there was a possibility that you were a Longinus possessor Supposing, if one was the kind of person to abuse the Sacred Gear, even considering a case of just ability without your special characteristic, they would often ti the balance of the world ——Since for things such as wars, I ize twice”

Tobio as well enquired of his upfront honesty

“——It would appear that I ht?”

Azazel abruptly laughed

“Originally that was the case However, for two main reasons, that decision faltered”

He raised two fingers

“One was your individual ability The case of one being naturally born with the prohibited condition to break the balance, to e, there are only a small number of such examples over the past thousand years All of them with the exception of you had perished before we had beco had been raised in tranquility for all these years in spite of such an ability Though that does seem to be due to the protection of your relatives……it certainly was very interesting”

Azazel now held up one finger having already explained one of the reasons While s bitterly——

“As for the other reason……well, Longinus possessors other than you entreated to us their desire to cease such ement One of theirl sent by an old acquaintance ofI’d regret for the rest of my life”

Azazel spoke while letting out a sigh

“At thethe situation of all of the ‘Four Fiends’ Well, for the ti to become accustomed to his power To start with, we must assemble the remainder of the ‘Four Fiends’”

Sos weren’t yet settled The ones who had earnestly requested this……apparently it was the silver haired youth and the blond young lady

He himself was still alive However——

At that an to overfloith tears

“……I……Sae……!! I wasn’t able to rescue her……!!”

Of the events that had transpired in that outlook rooht before he chanted that spell It had been seared into the back of his eyelids Sae had e froh her chest

Tobio had been unable to rescue that cherished individual——

With Tobio shedding nothing but tears, Azazel continued while scratching his cheek

“——Well, we gradually cah”

Prompted by that voice, the door to the sickroo in a wheelchair

Being at a loss for words at this incredible spectacle, Tobio was only able to le word

“…………Sae?”