In the "God's Body Vault" recreated underground, I'm going to face Kanami, the one who steals the reason for the dimension.

　From now on, I'm going to challenge it to a fight.
　I have one goal in mind.
　Just like the defeated Lord Ragunet, I'm going to hit Kanami with the Distance Mute.

　--The important thing is not to be done by Kanami (...), but to initiate it (・・・・) from us.

　I don't intend to pull out the magic stone.
　Rather, if you just make a 'connection' against a dimensional magic expert, you'll be traced backwards and pulled out. Even against a corpse, Lagune was about to be taken in many ways by Kanami. If I came into contact with Kanami in the current situation with the "Distance Mute", I would definitely lose, too.

　But for a moment.
　If I had been able to strike out in the air and gain control of the Distance Mute for just a moment, I would be able to confirm it.
　Instead of defeat, I can confirm Kanami's true intentions.

　Kanami's aim against him was very easy to understand.
　Shaking my body, I stare at the traces of blood strewn across the room as I speak.

'I've always wanted to say. I'm here to save you, to everyone here .......

　As I said, I'm sure I'm here to save you.
　If they want to fight or capture me, they'll bring Maria and Dia and the others, who have been overwhelmed by me once.

　Kanami continues to speak, remaining unresisting no matter what happens.
　I can tell from her achievements so far and her gentle expression.
　The black eyes are careful not to stare too long and converse with Kanami.

'I'm here to save you ......?　Haha, that's just Kanami. You know exactly what I want. It's just that you're looking that far ahead, aren't you?　Didn't I explain to you in the beginning that I don't have to go that far, I'll disappear with the elimination of 'unfinished business'?
'Of course, I think 'unresolved' is important.' -- but I don't think that's all that matters anymore. I've been thinking about it a bit lately. The endings of the Stealers of Reason were all too ephemeral. They all got a sliver of relief in their last moments, were very happy, and then they were gone. But the truth is ......, I'm beginning to think ......, just a little bit, that they could have been rewarded even more.

　It was a strange feeling.
　Really, me and Kanami have shifted positions in a lot of ways.
　But are we still able to talk to each other like "friends" because I'm good at it?
　Or is it because Kanami is trying to get along with me?

　I'm a little skeptical.
　This situation right now might not be as we had planned, but as Kanami had planned.

　As if to dispel such fears, I look down at the Scripture and recite a poem.

'So, you're saying that you're going to save not only your 'unfinished business' but your soul as well?　Ha, it's a luxury. --Chapter XIV, verse 1: 'No one has a pure end, no one. But no one has an unholy end either. We 'stealers of reason' are all madmen who participated in the genocide. Is it really worth saving?
For what it's worth, I don't know ....... But I want to save as much as I can, as far as I can see and reach.

　Kanami smiles lightly as she speaks, but every word she says has a leaden weight to it.
　Our gazes are in sync, and our conversations are in sync. However, I feel that something important isn't right somehow.

''With that kind of mindset, can you really fulfill my 'unfinished business'?　As you know, my 'unfinished business' is 'watching Aikawa Uzumi (you) grow up to the end'. ...... Let me tell you, I'm a former theologian who is not only old and sultry, but also sultry and sultry. My 'ideals' of the 'Great Messiah (Magna Messiah)' are high, you know?　At the very least, if you can't stop this 'Blood Land', I can't leave it to you.
It's okay, I'll stop it. Now, Fania's "Fire God", "Dark God" and "Light God" are also here. There's even the power of the god you really want to see.

　Firmly, Kanami understood.
　She seems confident that she will stop the "Blood Riku" with the power I want to see.

　Stopping this 'Blood Land' is not an easy task.
　First of all, of course, you need the power of the 'one who steals the truth of blood'. However, it's not a warm enough technique to stop with that alone. The power of blood is only a supplement, and the important thing is me, the developer and sorcerer.
　Moreover, simply defeating me would only cause the Blood Land to spiral out of control.
　Just like in the past with the World Consecration Squad, I've taken that much insurance.
　In other words, not only the Demon Stone, but also the Scripture must be taken away unharmed, and I must be carefully disarmed by convincing me that I am prone to betray the Lord.

　But for Kanami, who had gone through that battle with Yotaki, it wouldn't be that difficult.
　If you include a thousand years ago, this man is also a veteran fighter.
　In order to keep my body from being overstrained, I follow the words of the 'Scripture' with my eyes and manage to decide on the conditions for this fight.

I'm not going to be able to stop them, but if they can't stop me, then I'll get all the magic stones. I'll be the one to go to the "deepest part" as well. The unstoppable Blood Land will soak the world in blood and sink it, and everything will be mine. I will be the ...... representative of the 'Lord of the World' (...)

　If it really 'sucks', it will.

　I don't think we can win, but I set my own victory conditions as a constructional matter.
　Kanami lightly accepted that and nodded.

''That's fine. ...... if that's really the 'dream' that's left for you.
It's our 'dream'. ...... Sorry, but my master is still Lagne Kaikwola, you know?　So I'm going to follow the Lord's 'dream'. Even if I'm alone.

　As a knight, I will fulfill the Lord's 'dream'.
　It's also a kind of construction.

　It's an excuse to set it up well (・・・・), but it's true that my Lord is Ragne right now. Even though the Kanami of my dreams is right in front of me - no, it's because she's there, somewhere in my heart, I've always been stuck on her posterior.

　The 'dreams' she sees are very similar to mine.
　A girl who, like me, is just a person, but who has gained the power of 'the one who steals the reason' and has gone very far. The reason I'm worried about Kanami right now is because of her influence.

''As expected, I'm not sure I can accept filling it up with 'blood land'. I think there are even more opponents than there were for Yangtaki's [Winter's Other World (Wintry Dimension)].
'I suppose. ...... Well, if you feel that way, you can stop it at all costs. Get me to acknowledge Kanami as the 'Great Saviour (Magna Messiah)' and that's all it takes. All you have to do is show me that your power is truly on par with God. At all times, I will only hang my head to God--

　I prodded him so forcefully that he was filled with wariness.

　Blood sloshed out from underneath my feet in response.
　The blood that gushed out of the slightest crack in the floor moves like an elongated leech.
　It ran down my ghostly, transparent legs and clung to my torso. It also wrapped around the Scripture from my torso to my arms and from my arms through my transparent hands.

　The blood that has been repeatedly compressed to keep the scripture from being separated from my body.
　This is a luxurious way to use the blood, which is possible only in the "God's Body Storage Room" where there is no need for it. To cut off this compressed blood with a blade, it would take enough power to cut through a single sea.

　Normally, it's an invincible armor, but it's only comforting.
　In front of me, Kanami, who seems to have split the sea just a few moments ago, is staring at me, his black cloak flickering.

　I'll have her show me her power up close and personal.
　And then, as if she read my enthusiasm to see for sure, Kanami declares.

"'From now on, you will find the God you've been looking for. And the boy of that day will be 'relieved'. Finally, you will be 'happy'. Everyone's soul will be saved."--

　There was not only the casualness of 'friends' but also the solemnity of 'savior'.
　The poems, which sounded as if they were written in some 'scripture' rather than spoken words, were the very voice I'd been hoping for all along.

　It was chilling and relieving.
　I feel that if I follow Kanami's voice, everything will be fine, everything will be easy.
　If I reach out to Kanami, I feel like my life will finally be rewarded with the safest feeling I've ever had.

　I feel like I'm going to give her the Scripture.
　I'm about to admit that Kanami is the "Lord.
　Because Kanami is the protagonist of the story, everything will surely work out in the end.
　Just when you were about to be swallowed up by the reassurance that a happy ending was promised if you let it happen...


"Oh, the stinkin' ......


　He remembered the voice of Lord Ragne Kaikwola.

'Good, Kanami!　You just said the soul of the people!　Then take this 'ordeal' first!　--Fresh blood magic, the Lost Phanerozoic Academy of Disorders, lower level (Laboratory Jail)!

　First, a small check.
　From this blood-soaked room, the example 'blood puppets' gushed out.

　The number of them easily filled the small 'God's Body Storage Room'.
　Starting with the former employees, they began to give form to the 'demons' who were victims of their research and tried to make them spit out their grudges.

''-- Magic 《Default》''

　Kanami responded to my petty examination with a petty examination, too.

　That basic magic is not even an attack magic.
　It's just a magic that shifts the distance.
　However, if Kanami used it, the meaning of that magic would change dramatically.

　The 'blood puppets' that attacked from all directions at 360 degrees, swung their altered blade arms at Kanami.
　However, their sharp cutting edges shifted the moment they tried to cut Kanami open.
　It didn't even reach the tip of Kanami's hair or skin, just barely.

　Immediately, the "blood puppets" take another step forward and this time try to cut it in half. But again, they couldn't reach it.

　The blood dolls kept coming closer and closer, but from a certain distance, they kept coming to a halt.
　The discrepancy in dimensionality creates a strange scene.
　I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to find a way to make it work.

　Probably because of the "Deforto", an infinitesimally close distance has been created between Kanami and the "blood puppets".
　And the frightening thing about this magic is the perfect control of that dimensional gap.
　The hand of the Blood Dolls will never reach the hand of the Blood Dolls, but the hand stretched out from Kanami's direction is--.

　One-sidedly, only Kanami's hands stroked the place that seemed to be the head of one of the "blood dolls".
　At the moment both cheeks were rubbed, the movement of the two stopped snappingly.
　When I felt a rush of thick magical power and realized that the "past vision" was being conducted by the "Distance Mute", the shape of the "blood doll" was crumbling. The soul that was there slipped out and returned to just blood. And immediately, Kanami reached out to her next opponent, shattering her form again. One after another, easily, easily, easily to the casual eye - but in reality, the heavy redemption is carried out unhurriedly.

'Kanami: ......'

　My heart, which shouldn't be there, is burning with phantom limb pain.
　I felt like I was looking at a painting about God.

　Without a doubt, Kanami is deliberately acting out a fighting style that makes me feel that way.
　The same fighting style as my late sister's was a good way to show me the 'power of God'.

　However, you could say that I'm cutting corners.
　In any case, Kanami still hasn't used her signature "Dimension". The magic that I didn't want her to use, she might not plan to use it until the end.

　Once I figured out the enemy's battle plan through a small check, Kanami throws small talk at me while fighting.

'There are a lot of people from that day here ....... They are the people who were subjected to the 'demonization' experiment because of my arrival. The building was an experiment, but Romis' orders were processed. They were all chopped up in the end. A little bit up from the fingers, instep, heel, calf, and thigh, in order ....... It was painful ...... because there was no anesthesia, or even minimal morality. It was very painful .......

　Because she reminisced while fighting and speaking while reminiscing, the impressions of others were mixed in.
　Along with the words and expressions that could only be possessed by a person who had fallen into the basement of the 『Magical Research Institute』, Kanami took a step forward.

　From underneath Kanami's feet, a "blood demon beast" appears from underneath the floor, hidden by the shadow of the "blood doll" and sneaking through from underneath the floor, just like a tree growing.
　The eerie shaped monster is about to attack with a roar that seems to break the eardrums.

-------- --GH!
'Combining those parts, the 'Blood Demon Beast' ...... was born. I know a little bit about it because I was also made into a yang-taki. It's really hard to have your soul played with,

　However, as if waiting for it, Kanami's hand touched its emerging head.
　The result was no different from the 'blood puppet'. No matter how outrageous the experiment is, no matter how intricately the souls are tied together, Kanami can 'see past' them individually and return them to blood.

　However, my main goal is not the 'blood demon beast' hidden in the shadow of the 'blood doll', but even more so the 'other blood' hidden in its shadow.

...... Eh?

　Kanami let out a yelp of surprise and poked his knee.
　Then she looked at what was clinging to her feet.
　From the bright red floor, a number of white hands were sprouting from the bright red floor, pulling at the hem of Kanami's clothes.

　-- I call it the 'Blood Monster (...)'.

　It's a spell that can only be used by me, the Ghost's 'demon'.
　This is the first time in history that it has been used in actual combat.
　Normally, no one would be able to find a countermeasure against that too special power and have to die - but Kanami's understanding and handling of the situation is very quick.

'How did you get to the leg--?　No, they didn't touch me. But it was reached. Like the Reaper, a special kind of magic where local oral literature is the 'price' -?

　As Kanami just mentioned, this 'Blood Monster' is very similar to the magic 《Grim Rim Reaper》 that possessed Rowen, the 'Stealer of the Earth's Reason'.

　Of course, compared to the magical lifeforms that the "Founder Kanami" took the time to create, its white hand is less perfect. However, just like the Grim Reaper, it's definitely a type of 'curse' that operates according to a special rule.

　The Shinigami in the fairy tales moved under the rules of 'possessing the person who turns around' and 'not being able to be seen while being watched', which is beyond even magic. This monstrosity I recreated has the rule of 'pulling the feet of those who step on blood'.
　That particular rule ignores both magical and physical interference.

''From here, it can't be touched even by [Distance Mute]. This is also a type of interference to reason when the conditions are met--''

　Hence, even that Kanami is slow to deal with it.
　Although Kanami has become an invincible "thief of reason", there is still one attack (thing) that is tormented by her.

　It's a curse.
　It's because I know that even Kanami couldn't avoid the world's rules of 'curse', that's why I prepared for it.

"--Fresh blood magic [Old human history]...

　He retreated to the pool of blood in the center of the room and pumped out a special blood from it.
　By clothed in the 'Scripture' in his hand, he changed, albeit temporarily, from the 'Scripture of the Inscription White Church' to another book. And I call up the numerous "blood monsters" recorded in that book into this "God's Body Vault".

　For example, it's the Black Hanged, a legendary monster that was popular on the continent a thousand years ago. Following the rumor that "the Black Hanged Man turns those who are lost in the dark places upside down", he attacks Kanami who has wandered into the "God's Body Storage Room". Using a unique rule, she crosses the wall of the "Deforto" and before she knows it, black mud sticks to Kanami's cheek.

　There are many others, such as demons from local fairy tales, or ghost stories passed down to adventurers.
　There's no straightforward logic to those things as 'magic formula'.
　The rumors, which are impossible to reproduce scientifically, are only believed to be so by the people, so they are allowed to be so by the world. My 'demon' ability amplified it and made it appear only in this room.

　It's not that heavy compared to the "curse" of the "reason stealers".
　However, this is the type of attack that Kanami has never seen before and is not good at.

　Kanami lost his equilibrium, and poked his hands as well as his feet into the ground, nearly hitting the ground with his mud-stained head.

　The fallen Kanami was attacked mercilessly by all sorts of 'blood monsters'.
　These include 'the color deprivation of those who are wet with blood', 'the ability to stop the mouths of those whose names are known', 'the inability to leave a sealed room', 'the slowing down of thoughts until they are exposed to the sun', and 'the disruption of magical power when away from the surface of the earth'...

　The monsters appeared from somewhere in Kanami's knee-deep body, covering her eyes as blue mist, twisting around her tongue as rusty chains, sewing on her clothes as transparent stakes, draping her head as a thin curtain, and clinging to her skin as shiny little flies.

　This 'Blood Monster' is probably the rarest power in the world.
　This ability arose because the ghost-mixed "demon" happened to be a scholar and also liked folklore.
　It's not all the good things that mankind believes in.
　People are afraid, frightened and believe in these bad things as well.

Spellcraft, the 100th year of the lunar calendar, the 100th anniversary of the Great Chinese War

　That's my own personal magic.
　In order to strengthen its effect, I said the name I had prepared beforehand.

　Instantly, the color of the 'blood monsters' that cling to Kanami deepens.
　The monsters, which originally exist only in people's minds, began to come alive when their names were clearly called.

　The Kanami, possessed by possession, finally become a goose chase.
　The 《Default》 that he had maintained for defense was finally lifted.

　But it wouldn't last for long.
　This is because most of these 'blood monsters' are a type of 'state disorder'.
　To put it simply, this is a visible 'state abnormality' and the skill 'Pledge of the Deepest (Di Cavernator)' is effective.

　However, the falsehood was struck.
　Even if he noticed me and activated the skill Di Kavenanter, there would be an opening for a moment.
　That's where I would hit the 《Distance Mute》.

　Within two months, I've finished preparing my magic.
　This is the only thing I've been able to use whenever and wherever 'Blood Land'

　--for this defeat (when).

　The purple magic power gathers on my right arm and its dimension begins to shift.

　When this hand reaches me, I will be defeated.
　This is because making a 'connection' with Kanami is the equivalent of surrender.

　But still, I want to know.
　I have to know.
　The role of "Hellville Shine" has always been to know on behalf of the dead "demons" (everyone). So--

　I run out of the pool of blood and approach the stationary Kanami.
　The Ghost's unique transparent arm has a 《Distance Mute》 deployed on it.
　If I touch it, I can penetrate all areas and make contact with the essence of that object.

　All that's left is to confidently shout the magic name to the world with all your might--

"-Dimensional magic (Distance, mutha--!

　I stop my hand.

　This is because Kanami's hands, which were supposed to be restrained by the Blood Monster, were moving.
　Now Kanami is in a state of 'state disorder' where she can't see or hear well, can't move her mouth, and can't use her magic power.
　However, it was definitely trying to reach out to me.

　If that Kanami's hand had some kind of countermeasure against my 《Distance Mute》, I wouldn't have stopped.
　No matter what kind of defensive magic it was, I was prepared to force my way through it for a moment's initiative.

　However, that hand was too defenseless.
　It was as if he was trying to greet my 《Distance Mute》 with his bare hands, leisurely, gaping, trying to shake (...) his hand.

''--!

　I stop, unravel the magic construction, and retreat.

　Kanami seemed to sense the movement.
　Knowing that her outstretched hand couldn't reach me, she smiled a little ruefully, and then changed her direction.

　--I plunged my hand into my mouth and grabbed the 'Blood Monster' in the form of a chain.

　'It's a non-existent monstrosity, so you can't touch it,' was the rule for only a few seconds.
　For a moment, Kanami activated a higher-dimensional magic different from the Distance Mute in her grasping hand - very easily, she shifted the dimension of the Blood Monster, which should not be able to interfere with the dimension of the Blood Monster (・・・・・・・), and dragged it out.

　Instantly, the chain-shaped Blood Monster becomes a particle of light and disappears into thin air.
　After that, for some reason, Kanami had a piece of paper in her hand that she had never seen before.

　It was similar to how the monster in the labyrinth disappeared and returned to the underground, leaving behind a magical stone.
　The piece of paper was scrawled with words, but before I could read it from a distance, Kanami spoke to me.

'-- I want to make sure (・・・・・), I know. I've heard the same thing about Seldora from a similar attack two months ago.
...... Se, Serdra, did you hear about this two months ago?

　The aim was readily apparent.
　Kanami moved his free tongue and spoke the reason for this.

'Really, Fafner is becoming more and more like Seldra. ...... so I'll give you the same words I gave back to Seldra.

　I was prepared for this to happen.
　Even if we holed up underground as a precaution against the "thread", prepared an unknown power as a countermeasure against "futuristic vision", and lived in a place where the complex magic of "blood land" swirled around us - in the end, it was Kanami's side that went according to plan.

　However, when you actually experience it, you can't help but think that it's really unreasonable.

''--A, 《Observation Appraisal (Analyze)》''

　Although not good at it, he uses one of the old spells to see the kanami.


[Status]
　State: immortality 1.00 constriction 1.00 confusion 1.00 drunkenness 5.48 darkness 2.12 paralysis 1.07　
　　　　Fear 1.09 Elevation 1.02 Sleep 1.00 Hallucination 1.01 Fascination 1.34 Runaway 1.01
　　　　Memory inhibition 1.11 Cognitive inhibition 1.01 Magic inhibition 1.78 Movement inhibition 1.34 Mental pollution 2.00


　It's working.
　It's working on everything but the silence.
　I haven't used the skill 'Pledge of the Deepest (Di Cavernator)' yet.

　Even so, Kanami speaks normally as if nothing is wrong.
　She laughs, with the same attitude as when she is living her daily life in the Confederacy.


-- I'm having fun (・・・・). I'm having a lot of fun right now.


　He told me the 'answer' I wanted to hear ahead of time.

　And just as he said, Kanami happily moved his hands.
　The white hands that clung to her body, the black mud, the blue mist, the rusty chains, the transparent stakes, the thin curtains, the shiny little flies - all of them were gently touched one by one, turning them into particles of light.

　But unlike the others, the 'blood monsters' do not return to blood.
　Each one of them became a piece of paper with a lot of words written on it.

　By the time the thirty or so bundles of paper accumulated in Kanami's hands, he was already completely out of restraints. And before you know it, you're holding a bound "book" in the opposite hand.

　-- the title of that 'book' was interspersed with the six words 'Rustyala'.

　Kanami looks at the scraps of paper one by one with amusement before tucking them into the Book.
　At that moment, she looked as if she was 'reading' a new novel. At the same time, he also looked as if he was enjoying a cup of warm tea with "someone" in his comforting room.

　I couldn't hide my upset.
　In just a few dozen seconds, I was made to understand.

'Yes, chapter one: ......, verse seven: ......'

　In the end, Kanami did not force the 'Blood Monster' to disappear.
　Just like with the 'Blood Puppets' and 'Blood Demon Beasts', she accepted it all without rejecting it.
　After that, he very carefully shifted the dimensions and preserved them in a book as a page of this continent's culture.

　When I look at that happy Kanami, I can't help but think...

　-- what I thought of as a battle was not a battle.

　Now Kanami has an expression on her face that is far removed from the bitterness and annoyance of winning or losing.
　Just like that day a thousand years ago, she's chatting with me about world cultures.
　The current longest work of "Blood Monster" is just a matter of Kanami, a good listener, coordinating the conversation well and drawing out my vast knowledge.
　While the little me excitedly shares my knowledge of history and theology, the big Kanami listens next to me, nodding happily.

　-- and this time Lastiara is with me (・・・・・・・・・) (...), so it's even more fun (・・・・・・・・・).

'Trials are the gift of hope and good fortune ......, that we have moved on to tomorrow, aka, shi--'

　Defeated, I rolled up the "Scripture" in my hand.
　I want to be as good as Kanami now, and I want to speak resolutely.

　But I can't get my mouth around it.
　It's too much of a 'real' monstrosity for the other side, even more so than the rusty chain monstrosity of the previous one.

　I'm not sure I'm going to be able to get away with it.


Do you really enjoy talking about ...... me?


　I still don't know how I feel about the 'real' 'thing that steals reason'.
　So I ask again.