I knew where the demon was.

　As I was about to move to that location, I felt a sudden increase in magical power.

　It was Mai and May's magic power.

''──Oh, not good!

　I hurriedly sent my magic power into the holy ward covering the holy city to strengthen it.

　Since I activated the holy ward with my magic power through the crystal, I was able to at least strengthen it and play with its properties a bit.

　Immediately after that, a huge explosion occurs that engulfs an area of about a fifth of the Holy City.

　I managed to prevent that from happening with the Holy Warding.

　Perhaps it was Mai and May's fusion magic (Unison Ray).

　It seems that Tina and Merdi were out on the outside of the protective wall besides the girls, and they stopped the demon's advance, but...


　He's okay.
　I can feel their magic.
　Tina and Meldi are safe.

　I sensed that each of the fire knights jumped out of the bracelets I was giving them and then disappeared.

　In other words, the flame knights had protected Tina and the others, but the damage they took was too great and they disappeared.

　Two flame knights would become a mass of 20,000 magic power with two flame knights.
　Those knights defended with all their might and just barely.

　It turns out that it was a ridiculously powerful magic.

　I could read anger from the fusion magic.

　Probably, my anger towards the demon has affected Mai and May, who have a summoning contract with me, and they are unable to save their power.

　I don't think Mai and Mei used it with the aim of using magic to involve the Holy City and Tina and the others.

　The big explosion earlier was probably my fault too.


　Well that's no good.

　Let's be calm.
　Let's try to keep our resentment and anger in check.

　If I don't, the spirits under contract with me will go berserk.

　Mai and Mei aren't the only ones.

　I also have a master-slave contract with a demon named Nine-Tailed Fox. The nine-tailed fox grows into a disaster that destroys nations by capturing magical power along with the negative emotions around it.

　Yoko is now filled with the magical power of Shiro (the divine beast) and me.

　If my magic power is filled with anger and other negative emotions, it will affect her, who is connected to me by contract.

　If that happens, there's a risk that Yoko will go out of control just like Mai and Mei.

　I can't let that happen.


　Calm your mind.

　I'm sorry that I caused the deaths of the soldiers who were working on the defense because of my mistakes.

　And I hate the demon that caused it.

　But that doesn't mean it's okay for me to be messed up.
　If I get caught up in the blackness of my emotions, the world is in danger.

　I recognized that my growing negative emotions would be bad for my family and the world.


"Firelance.

　He created fifty flaming knights, one of which was made up of about ten thousand magic power.

''You guys, when Luca's magic power is reduced, become her magic power.

　They were going to use it as a magic tank to revive the fifty fallen soldiers.

　The flame knights lined up in a line in front of Luca.

''Luca, take care of them.''

Yes, sir. Leave it to me!　Take care of yourself, Mr. Hurt.

Yes.

　I transitioned to Tina.


　─ ─ ─

　Right beside Tina and Meldy, a humanized Mai and May were crying.

'Sorry, I'm late,'

Master Hurt. Welcome back.
Halt I hope you'll be able to comfort Mai and the others.

　Mai and May were crying with regret that they had used a spell that would involve Tina and Meldi in a fit of emotion.

''Halt-sama. Wa, we........

　They both realized that maybe they had hurt Tina and Meldi and were afraid of their power.

　They hugged the two of them as they shivered and cried.

'No, it's not Mai and May who are to blame. It was my mind that was disturbed and I'm sorry. But it's okay now.

　From now on, try to keep negative emotions to a minimum.

　When someone dies, you can't help but grieve it.
　And I can't stop regretting it.

　But that won't stop me from having strong feelings of anger towards someone else, which will ultimately cause Mai and the others to suffer.

　Sadness and regret make humans hesitant to act.
　If anything, it's a weak negative energy.

　On the other hand, anger, hatred and resentment are the driving force behind human's actions of revenge and revenge.

　Anger is a very strong negative energy.

　Don't get angry.
　Don't hold a grudge.

　If you take your anger out on someone, it's only when you are surrounded by enemies.


I'm sorry that you and Tina and Merdi were in danger. It's my fault that Mai and the others' magic went out of control.

I'll be fine. The magic of Lord Halt has protected me.

Me too. You scared me, but I'm not angry with Mai and May.

"Uh, I'm sorry.

Nice, nice.


At your best I am not good.

　A huge, black wolf was there.

　Its magical power was that of the demon that he had just confronted. This giant wolf must be the true form of the demon.

''You didn't escape?''

　With Mai and May's magic, the demons, as well as all the demons, had disappeared.

　Only this one demon was left.
　I thought that this guy could escape.

　Well, I won't let him escape, though.

　I'm not going to let it escape, even if it moves to another continent, because the demon's body is covered with a transfer magic circle.

　Of course, we also knew that the demon was approaching us.

　They hadn't taken us by surprise, so they must have a certain amount of confidence in their perfect demon bodies.

''Escape?　You think I'm going to escape?　Don't be silly!

　The demon's magical power increases.

'A thousand years ... a thousand years!

What?

I have been working on this project for 1,000 years, and you...

　That's where the demon's words stopped.

　I didn't feel the need to stay with the story until the end.

　The devil uses words to deceive the human mind.
　You shouldn't have a conversation with the devil.

　So I cut it down.

　He gathered all the magic power that had been released to cover the Holy City and turned half of it into a demonic robe.

　He changed the other half of the magic power into holy attributes and clothed the Highland, and used the sword technique Tina had taught him to use to cut both demons down.

　The demon's core was also completely destroyed.
　Turning into black sand, the demons scattered in a smooth manner.

　In the past, I might have thought this was the end of it. But I had decided to not let my guard down against the demon, so I was able to notice.

　The demon was trying to reincarnate.

　I could feel the demon's will in the black sand, just a little bit.

　I'm sorry, but I'm going to ask you to leave this world completely now.


''Holy Lance!''

　He poured all of the magic power he had in his demon robe and the magic power he was wearing in the High Country and shot the largest ever pillar of light into the spot.