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"Is this a butterfly?　...... black butterfly?　What are you going to do?"

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　The Black Death Butterflies that were around me gathered to me one after another.

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　Seeing this, the other party seems to have become alarmed.

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　I said as I watched the movement of the Black Death Butterflies, which I had never seen before.

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　But I am not at liberty to ask what they intend to do.

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　I don't really know what's going on either.

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（Hey, Norn. Are you sure about this?　Wouldn't it be bad if the Black Death Butterfly sucked your blood?)

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　I hurriedly ask Norn in my mind.

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　He remembered the time when he had fought an old man named Guido in the Purge.

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　Norn was definitely not a good match for Guido, who controlled the Black Death Butterfly, which sucked blood.

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　After all, Norn is blood itself.

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　The Black Death Butterflies are swarming around a magic sword made of blood.

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　I myself was worried that it would really be okay.

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　In fact, the Black Death Butterflies are taking away the blood I've been storing inside me one after another through the magic sword.

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(No problem. I'll take care of it, buddy.)

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　But Norn dismisses my fears with the words, "I'm not sure I'm ready for this.

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　And gradually, the Black Death Butterfly moved away from the magic sword.

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　The jet-black butterfly, the Black Death Butterfly, has absorbed the maximum amount of blood, and flies away with a somewhat reddish tinge.

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　The Black Death Butterfly, having sucked such a large amount of blood, did not head for the bodies of the shadows who were lying on the ground bleeding, as it had done earlier, but began to flutter around the area.

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"What?"

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　Who said that?

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　Was it me, or the shadowy figure facing me, or some other mercenary?

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　I watched the Black Death Butterfly floating through the air and muttered to myself.

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　As the Black Death Butterfly floated in the air around me, something fell out with each flap of its wings.

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　It was like scales.

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　The tiny particles of powder on the butterfly's wings fell from the Black Death Butterfly as if they were fluttering down.

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　But they are not scales.

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　This is not surprising, since the Black Death Butterfly is not an insect in the true sense of the word.

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　What falls from the wings of the Black Death Butterfly in midair appears to be red scales.

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　However, it looks like blood absorbed from the magic sword.

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　It seems that it is not scales but my blood in mist form.

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　My blood is spreading around me through the Black Death Butterfly, as if it were dispersed into the air.

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　...... are you alright?

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　I knew that Norn had used the Black Death Butterfly to atomize and disperse the blood from his own body, but that's what I thought.

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　There are a few mercenaries here, but I wonder if they will be adversely affected.

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　I'm a little worried that they might get some kind of strange disease later on.

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（I don't know about that. (I don't care about that...) Anyway, I'm ready, Alphonse. Now he's as good as in my belly.)

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　While I was having some misgivings about the physical condition of the mercenaries, Norn came to me as if he didn't care about that.

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　Apparently, this is what Norn wanted to do.

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　Spray my blood in the space around me.

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　A large space was covered with a red mist caused by the Black Death Butterflies flying around us.

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　And he said that space was his belly.

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　I see.

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　I see what you mean.

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　My blood is itself a norn, and it seems to be the same even in mist form.

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　The mist of blood spread around me as if it were filling the space.

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　And I could somehow understand what was going on inside the fog.

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　Within the thinly spread Norn, there are me, Ai, the mercenaries, and the man in the shadows.

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　I could see the position of each of them through the norn, even if I could not see them with my eyes.

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　...... has moved.

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　I can feel such a sense of the spread of the norn.

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　And with that sensation, I could feel them clearly this time.

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　I felt the presence of movement, even though the man I was supposed to see in front of me was still standing there.

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　Was it magic?

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　It was as if the entity was moving first, unlike the visible figure.

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　It moved and attacked us as if it were aiming at us, while its standing figure remained as an afterimage.

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　I catch it with the magical sword Norn, which is replenished with blood.

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　The man aimed a dagger at my body and slashed at me, but I parried it with the magic sword.

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　With a clang, he successfully defends himself.

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　It seems that the opponent is not that strong.

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　He seems to be using his magical power more for speed and technique than for strength.

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　I don't know for sure, but thanks to this, I was not clearly outmatched.

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"Oh. You get the attack now? Is it the effect of this red mist?　You use a very unusual power, don't you?"

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"So do you. It's like you're showing me afterimages before you attack. If I didn't know better, I'd usually get hit on the first shot."

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"I'm sure it is. This is the first time anyone has dealt with my attacks this well. It's a tricky opponent."

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　After exchanging blows with a dagger and a magic sword, they distance themselves from each other and call out to each other.

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　It seems that the other man has been finishing off his targets with the first blow.

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　This time, he seems surprised that Ai and I were able to see through his moves.

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　And he must have realized that his tricks no longer work.

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　His whole body is more energized than before.

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　Next time, he will come with all his might.

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　Perhaps it is not an afterimage, but with its magical power and well-trained body, it may really attack with blinding speed.

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　The fog of blood around us grows even thicker.

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　Feeling the presence of the Norns and the presence of those who are in the Norns' presence, I watch the man's every move with the intention of watching his every move.

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