"Ha-ha-ha, big brother, you're hanging in the air! Hahahaha~ 

What are you... 

Hmm?　Don't you get it?　Twins. Twins. I'm her sister and you're her brother. You can see that, can't you?　Because we're so much alike... 

　A girl smiling at me. Hearing those words, I couldn't think of any words of denial. The resemblance is not in the realm of resemblance. No, it's not a dimension of resemblance. It's the same. Exactly the same face and hair color. And we're almost the same height. Really, this guy and I are twins...but when I think about it, who the hell am I? 

　I thought this hair had turned white under stress. But the girl in front of me also has white hair. Pure white hair stretched all the way to her waist. Does that mean that this state of affairs is not abnormal, but normal?　And the size of the magic element that you can feel just by being in this vicinity. It's definitely a mage. But I'm a mage and a twin?　In other words.........I am....... 

"Claire. That's enough. Let's get started. 

Okay. Bye, brother. 

　Claudia has already finished drawing the magic circle and is walking towards us. The only people who are currently restrained are me and Princess Liane, the only ones who are conscious. But Princess Liane's only moaned and seemed unable to speak properly. I'm also far from perfect. Something must have been done to me during the transition. We were already close to having wounds all over us. 

''.........Zero [Ein], Zero Zero [Ein Soph], Zero Zero [Ein Soph Owl]' 

　Claudia starts spinning those words. Then our four bodies begin to glow and our consciousness fades away. 

'Ketel, Kokmar, Binar, Kesed, Gebler, Tipherent, Netzak, Hod, Yesod, Malkuth, and Da'at.' 

　The voice was no longer out of my consciousness. I am nowhere in this world. I am now ... the center of the world. I realize that I am in a place to call it that. And I'm looking at this world objectively........such a feeling. I look down and see everything. The pure white world. I was there. I was standing there alone. 

　I was definitely in that basement. But is it only consciousness.......I was now in an uncertain space for sure. 

"Yulia-kun. 

...What? 

　When I turned around, I saw........Ellie-san there. Why..........Ellie-san should have been killed....... 

''Why.........why are you here.......'' 

The Sacrament of Forbidden Sacrament. I used it. I made a little modification to your body, just in case. 

The Sacrament of Sacramentality? 

'One extreme of magic. In my case, it was to transcribe consciousness but we don't have much time left. I'll be blunt. Now I'm going to unleash your abilities. 

Liberation?　No way.... 

Oh, yes. You're ability is still dormant. It's not that you can only use non-attribute magic. You've put a seal on yourself to make it so. You didn't want to break yourself ... subconsciously. 

Mr. Ellie, after all, I am.... 

　I was hesitant to say anything else from there. Still, I needed to face reality. 

''........Yes. You're a human, but you're also a demon. Strictly speaking, you're half human and half demon. A perfect body with the blood of those two. 

''Well I see........that's why my Twilight Syndrome [Twilight Syndrome] is.......'' 

　At that time, I remembered the words of my senior. I remembered what my senpai said at that time. The way he came to my room, took off his clothes and showed me the way he did. And at the end, she said this. 

I'm not going to be able to get rid of it. 

"Senpai... 

...are we human? 

　I couldn't take those words head on at the time. I wouldn't go so far as to call it senior's nonsense, but I thought I was overthinking it.... So I decided to forget about it. And I dare to forget it, too. The reason is that I didn't want to face that reality. I am not a human being. It's impossible and unacceptable. But as time goes by, it becomes more and more certain... and now. That's why I was able to readily accept Ellie's words. 

　I had originally had that concern in mind. I'm still not a human being in the strict sense of the word........ 

'In your case, you're not under the influence of a disease. On the contrary, you are returning to your normal state. So the Twilight Syndrome was just a function of undoing everything in your case. Well, and. We don't have much time left. 

'Mr. Ellie..................' 

"I'm dead. Silas killed me. He's got a unique ability to mimic, called Extra. It doesn't just affect his elemental form. He can even copy his personal field. And he is ... a demon. A mimic of a human named Silas, a mage. And lastly, their goal is to free the Sefirot Tree. That's why they needed four mediums. It was all for that purpose. 

What do you mean...? 

''We don't have much time left. Julia, Princess Liane knows where to go from here. No, you will know now. All I can do is to unleash your abilities. Now, off you go. Humanity, the world, I asked for you... 

Yes.................. 

　And my consciousness fades away again. Is this a dream, an illusion or an actuality? But I didn't look back any longer. 

　I couldn't let Ellie's death, the deaths of all human beings, go to waste. 

　◇ 

.... 

　I had returned my consciousness completely to that basement. And I could feel my own abilities being released for real. The wire that already restrained me was cut through. 

　 And it also seems to have the ability to absorb the target's magic element. It's well done, but that's not something I can understand at the moment. When I release all of the captives, I lay them down on the spot. Then I cover the three of them with a ward to create a protective area. Magic is already functioning normally. It's not just unattributed magic. I can use all kinds of magic now. I understood that instinctively. 

　Furthermore, the imprint was completely gone from my body. 

　Twilight Syndrome 《Twilight Syndrome》. It wasn't a disease that made me a demon race. It was the process of making me complete. All of this was only a halfway point to this point. 

''Julia..........'' 

Princess Liane, she's unconscious. Are you okay? 

Well lastly, last thing I'm going to do is to... 

　When I understood what she had overheard me saying, I slowly stood up and confronted the three people who were stunned. 

''What... what's that...?'' 

.... 

　There are already no words to exchange. I am fully awake. I know what I mean. Why I am here, why I was created. The child born of a human and a demon. That was me...no, that was us. Not one of us here is human. 

　Shelly, my seniors, Princess Liane, and Claudia, Silas and me the twins. We are all here with a destiny. A cursed fate. We are living with the karma of combining humans and demons. Perhaps, I might have been on that side too. But now I'm standing here to protect humanity. And now I'm not so sure. I know my origins. It is indeed an abomination. A curse, if you will. Still, I have to ... fight it. The many people who died in that attack. And for the sake of Ellie, who entrusted her thoughts to me........ 

'Claudia!　It's a perfect specimen!　Get back! 

　Silas said that, but I had already flicked off his left arm with the Invisible Blade. 

　I see, so this is what the ability to surpass humans is like... I freeze the cut wound while immersed in such a feeling. They will probably use regeneration magic, but this will buy us some time. A demon's regeneration ability is tricky. In that case, it's limited to taking countermeasures from the beginning. 

''........Oh no......why.......'' 

　I ran to the ground to look at the strangely flustered Claudia. I already had a number of ideas in my brain for how to kill her. But I can't kill her here. I have to capture him alive so that he can give me information. And I activated the Invisible Sword 《Invisible Blade》 from the knife in both hands and pounced on it, but.......there was that girl between my eyes. 

''Fufufu, hahahahahaha!　I'm so glad I came!　I knew my brother was like that, too, didn't I!　We're still brother and sister!　Hahahahaha! 

It's a pain in the ass. 

　And so it is my twin sister who confronts me. There's no doubt about it. I can understand this well because I'm in this state. The form of the magic element, and the personal field, all of which match mine. What is reflected in this Twilight Sight is the fact that this girl is the same existence as me. 

''Claudia!　What about the retrieval of the Sefirot Tree? 

It's over ... somehow ... 

All right. I'm out. I'm a little tired of dealing with full individuals. Claire, can you take care of him? 

Okay. You two can leave now. I'll keep my brother company. 

I don't mind killing him. 

Yeah, I hope so. It's a bit of a stretch. 

Worst case scenario you know what I mean? 

Hmm?　Oh yes, yes, yes. I know. 

Then do it. 

　They try to run away, but I can't let them escape. I ignore her in front of me and try to cut off their legs, but the Invisible Sword 《Invisible Blade》 is caught by Claire. 

''.....You're interfering, you're going to die. 

Hmm. Good. Very nice. Oh it's great, dude! 

　The moment we exchange swords, Princess Liane, who was behind us, releases her powers. And Claudia's scream echoes through this basement. The attack and defense so far. It was all just a stall for time. All of this was for the full use of Princess Liane's abilities. 

''Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! 

　He seemed to have succeeded. Something like a scarlet line was connected between Princess Riane and Claudia through her eyes. It was ........Princess Liane's peculiar ability 《Extras》. It's an ability to expose this world, an ability that exposes this world. 

''........Don't look away! 

　Right in front of her. When she catches the two swords that come down on her, she also ducks the invisible sword 《Invisible Blade》 that originated from her feet. Perhaps because they are twins, the magic they use is very similar. 

　And when I perceive it with the Twilight Sight, I continue to duck even more with plenty of time to spare. 

 

　He attacked continuously in time. Catching it head-on, Claire was blown backwards. I see........even with this kind of power, it's still not enough....... Thinking about that, I immediately head towards Princess Liane who is behind me. 

''Yulia-san.......I succeeded.......haha........'' 

How much information do you have? 

 

　Her eyes were bleeding profusely. Perhaps she has exceeded the limits of her abilities. Her body is already screaming and beginning to destroy itself. 

I understand. Please leave the rest to me. 

Please.... 

　Princess Liane then falls to the spot. 

　I once again set up a ward in the space where Shelly, my senior, and Princess Liane are and walk towards Claire. 

''You're not going to attack me?'' 

Hmm. You wanna play fair, right? 

I don't understand but it's okay, you're not running away. They got away, okay? 

　Yes. Silas and Claudia had already left together. I want to chase after them, but I've already got the information. And now........I realize that I can't ignore this guy and chase him. Probably, his ability could be comparable to........or even exceed a special class anti-magician. There is no room for somewhat of a gap from the current Claire. Even if I'm completely freed, it's an opponent I can't let my guard down....................I decided that. 

''Hmm, hmm. Hahahahahahaha!　There's no reason not to kill each other when you have such a great big brother!　Fill me up now!　Satisfy my thirst!　Come on, with that strength! 

I don't understand it, but I have no choice. 

That's the way it should be! 

　And so I confronted my twin sister, Claire. 

　There was no way to stop now.....