108 Overwhelmingly Terrible at Explanations (1/2)

Beta pours magic into her jet-black blade as she faces off against the Queen of Blood.

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”Eh?!”

That instant, Beta's flow of magic suddenly becomes turbulent. Beta lowers the output in an attempt to bring it back under control, but the rampaging magic shows no sign of calming down.

”Kuh!”

”Beta-sama?!”

A much loathed yet familiar pain runs throughout her body.

Starting from the wounds made by the blood arrowheads, her skin is turning black.

This... is the symptom of demon possession.

Upon understanding what's going on, Beta immediately changes the way she controls her magic. The turbulence alleviates a little, but her magic still remains very difficult to control.

Then the Queen of Blood moves.

She begins gathering an even larger mass of blood above her head, imbuing it with enough magic to make the very air quake.

”That's… just...”

Beta's voice trembles before the mass of blood that is clearly much larger than the previous one. Right now, she is in no state to move.

Furthermore, a cry rises up from behind her.

”Claire?! Hold yourself together!”

Turning around, Beta sees a wound on Claire's body also turning black.

The situation is beyond salvation.

The mass of blood in midair is being compressed, threatening to explode at any moment now.

”My lord, forgive me...”

Beta murmurs while on the verge of tears —— then Claire's eyes snap open.

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Claire is dreaming.

She is floating within an endless white space.

There is only Claire in that space, with nothing else to be seen.

But she can clearly hear the sound of her own heartbeat.

”... Can you hear me?”

Hearing a voice from somewhere, Claire lifts her face.

”Can you hear my voice...?”

This time, she hears it clearly.

Looking in the direction of the voice, she sees a black-haired woman. Her violet-colored eyes are looking straight at Claire.

”You are... ?”

”I've come to help you.”

”Help... me?”

”Yes.”

Then those violet eyes shift to look at Claire's body.

”Eh? What is this?!”

Claire's white skin is gradually being stained black.

This is a symptom that Claire had experienced long ago.

”Don't tell me... demon possession?!”

”Technical, not exactly. The condition that you call 'demon possession' has already been long healed by him.”

”Healed? 'Him'...?”