The plan had to be drastically revised, but they still had the advantage of being traitors. Rather, that raid wasn't necessarily a failure, since all they had to do was use the four people who were the medium for the rest.


　But it's also true that during that raid, things could have been easily carried out. In the midst of that chaos, it would have been easy to leave.......and there was no point in doing that process. Currently, Silas and Claudia were slightly impatient as the sample they were using for the experiment was found outside. And in the midst of all this, Silas had a concern.



'About Ellie, what do you think?'
Ellie?　I'm sure he's brilliant, but no way.
Oh. I've made contact with Julia Curtis. Maybe she's found out.
Well that doesn't sound impossible, does it?


　They both thought that the most troublesome person to deal with was Ellie. That researcher was not only brilliant, but she had a keen instinct. Even though she was a researcher, she also respected her intuition. Such a nature is more troubling than anything else. It's because she tries to apply her thoughts to even the slightest discomfort.


''You're going to ... kill me?''
I'm going to have to kill him. In the circumstances, if they find out here, it's all over. It's a pretty big risk, but we have to do it here.
'If Silas is going to do it, who do you blame for it?'
Julia Curtis.
''Well you're doing something drastic again. Are you going to end it all in one fell swoop?
Yeah. We don't have much time. For our part, the situation is not the worst, but it's as close to it as possible. It's already only a matter of time before we're in the Warding City. Furthermore, Princess Liane is awakening as a complete saint. Once that happens, our identity will be discovered. The die has already been cast. We have no choice but to do it here.
"Well yes. Okay well let's kill Ellie.


　There was no hesitation. It was just a rational decision. It was time to kill him, so I'm going to kill him. The plan to kill Ellie had always existed in the first place. It was only now that the time to do it was now, that's all.


　And in anticipation of the situation after Yulia, who was traveling by Silas' hand, left the ward city where Ellie was.......they took action.



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Miss Ellie, it's Julia.
'What?　What's going on?



　It was Silas in the guise of Yulia. He had already taken control of Yulia Curtis's magical form and unique domain, the Personal Field. It was easy for the current Silas to make that form look exactly like him, or even entirely the same quality as him.


''........Huh?''


　The moment the door opens, he doesn't pause and pierces his chest with the knife at hand. It's also coated with a fast-acting poison, and death is inevitable when you touch it. And Cyrus just grins as it is, and looks at Ellie's figure as she backslides backwards. No chase. Because I was already convinced of it. Already.........Ellie is going to die.



Wow, your timing was perfect. Watch out, watch out.



　Yes. Ellie was still aware of it. The existence of Julia, and ourselves who were working in the dark behind it. The timing was just about right, but it still worked. Ellie's death was already confirmed. Without a doubt, she would be dead in a few minutes. That was an unmistakable fact.


Who........who?
Who? It's Yulia. Didn't we just meet the other day?
"That's a lie........it's true that on the outside, you're the very same Yuria-kun. But.........the inside is different........
''Heh........you understand. After all, that singular ability 《Extras》 is dangerous. It really seems to have come at just the right time.
....



　Elemental Senses, "Decoding Sense". It is a high-level singular ability 《Extras》 that perceives magic elements. Its owners include Ellie and Princess Liane, but among them, Ellie was the only one that was troublesome. When combined with her intelligence and her ability, it was easy to see through her opponent's essence.

　Silas was surprised and relieved that she could see through his essence. After all........they were lucky, he thought.



'Goodbye, Ellie,'



　His last words were as Silas. It wasn't that he didn't think anything of her. His ability to do so was commendable in the eyes of a demon. It was because he felt that way that he would pay her the utmost respect. However, there is no such thing as getting emotional at the sight of that corpse.





　After confirming Ellie's death, Silas leaves the scene in Yulia's form. He proceeds at leisure to dare to leave the evidence of it.


　The plan works. Everything is going our way. Silas smiles. Everything that is waiting for us is in our hands again. With that thought, he proceeds, but he didn't realize it. To the last magic she had invoked. At the pinnacle of magic, it still has only Ellie as its user. She also hadn't revealed it to anyone for this kind of situation.


　The Forbidden Sacrament 《Sacrament》.


　Their plans would be greatly disrupted by that magic. No one, including Silas........yet had no way of knowing that.