Guzion was blown to the vicinity of the entrance of the Great Temple by the flame knight that suddenly appeared.

　That flame knight was Hurt's magic.

　In response to Seira's heart cry for help, the magic circle that Hurt had affixed to her had been activated.

　Originally, the magic circle was supposed to summon Hurt when Seira was in a pinch, but Hurt didn't respond, so the flame knight was summoned instead.

''What, what is it?''

　Seira was dismayed, not understanding the situation in front of her.
　In contrast to that Seira, there was one who immediately sprang into action.

'You!　How dare you attack your father!

　Lobelia, enraged at having her father, Gushon, beaten away, had attacked the Flame Knight.

　It didn't matter why the flame knight had appeared here. This guy who had beaten his father was an enemy - that information alone was enough for Lobelia to attack the enemy without hesitation.


　By repeatedly reincarnating as a child of the human race, Guzion was able to enter the Holy City despite being a demon.

　Her daughter, Lobelia, also has the same demonic powers. Furthermore, having trained for a long period of time as a candidate for a saint, she was also capable of exercising the holy power equivalent to a saint.

　She was able to use the God-blessed spear - the holy spear - with great skill.

　Lobelia skillfully manipulated the holy spear to attack the flame knight.

　If the flame knight is a demon, the attack of the holy spear can be fatal even if it is snatched.

　The game is won in an instant.

　It's not a good idea.

''What, why?

　Lobelia was in a hurry.

　As for the handling of the Holy Spear - no, as for the handling of all the blessed armaments, she was the best among the saint candidates present.

　If it was any armament other than a rapier, she was also confident that she could use it better than the current saint Seira.

　Despite the fact that he was the one who had gained the holy spear, which was his strongest weapon, he was unable to deliver a single blow to the flame knight.

''d*mn it, if only I could hit it, if only I could hit it!

　If she could just snatch the attack with a single blow, she would win.

　That's what makes her act so vicious.

How about this?

　She threw a holy spear at Isha, who was being crucified on the cross, and threw a holy spear at her.

　Lobelia was aware that the Knight of Fire was standing around protecting Seira.

　If he was going to protect the saint, then Isha, the next saint, would also go to protect her.


　─ That expectation was correct.

　The flame knight received the holy spear with his arm to protect her from the holy spear thrown towards Isha. She was wounded by the holy spear.

''Good!''

　That should take out the Knight of Flame.
　All we have to do now is save my father...

...What?

　Lobelia couldn't believe the situation in front of her.

　The flaming knight did not disappear even though he was wounded by the holy spear.

　On the contrary, he pulled out the holy spear stuck in his arm with his left hand and held it towards Lobelia.

　There was no way a demon could hold the blessed holy spear in its hand. If there is, is this flame knight a being so high up that it can even bypass the blessings of God──.

　Or the magic of someone else.

　But I couldn't believe that there was a magic that acted autonomously that could do as well or better than I did. I didn't want to believe it.


　A flame knight carrying two spears, a spear of fire and a holy spear, walked up to her.

''Oh, no!　Wait, it's not!''

　Lobelia backed away.
　Fear flashed across her face.


''Water Jail!''

　A large amount of water flowed in from somewhere and enveloped the flaming knight.

''Father!''

　Guzion recovered from the damage and trapped the flame knight in the water prison.

'Are you safe?'
Yeah, it's all right.

　The two of them look at the flaming knight in the water prison.
　They feel threatened by the fact that the flames are covered with water and yet they show no signs of disappearing.

　Perhaps it is filled with a magical power that surprises me as a demon.

''Father, what is this knight all about?''

...this is probably a wise man's magic...

What?　There is no way that a human could have created this kind of magic...

That guy is protecting the saint from the two demons under my command. At the very least, he is powerful enough to take on two demons and win unscathed.

　Gushon was aware from his soul connection that the demons under his command had been defeated.

　And he knew that Haruto and the others had defeated the demons by hearing about it from Seira and himself.

　I thought I knew.

　In fact, he had no way of knowing that the wise man Harto had defeated one of the demons and that his family had killed the other one.

　The demon did not know.

　It's not only the wise man Hurt that can defeat the demons.

　How extraordinary his family was.

　And that Harto's family was angry with Guzion - there was no way he could know.


''At any rate, let's kill that wise man sooner rather than later.

Let me help you with that.

'Oh, do so. Tonight, if I unleash your power to be a saint and my true power, which I have kept hidden until now, I am no enemy, even to a wise man.

It's true...　Father!

　Lobelia pushed Guzion away.

　The holy spear pierced through the place where Gusion had been until just before.

　The holy spear pierced through the abdomen of Lobelia, who had moved to the spot to replace Gushon.

''Nah, nah........''
Ooh, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

　The demon's core (core) and the human race's heart were pierced at the same time, and Lobelia died. Her demon blood was purified by the holy power and scattered as she turned her body into ashes.

''Lobelia, Lobeliaaaaaa!''

　I stared at the direction the holy spear flew from.


　There was a Knight of Flame standing there.

　The momentum of the flames that made up its body was increasing.
　In addition, it was wearing electricity around its body.

　Why?
　How?
　What's going on?

　It didn't matter.

　It didn't matter. She had broken a part of the plan that had taken a thousand years to create.

　I didn't love my daughter.
　He is a demon.

　He doesn't know love.

　He has lived as a human being for a thousand years, but he has never known love.

　The daughter (Lobelia) is just a tool to fulfill a plan.

　Still, it's a tool that took hundreds of years to prepare.

　It can't be fun to have it destroyed.


"Hart, I'll kill you, I promise.

　With that muttering, Guzion released the demon power he had sealed for a thousand years.