Everything disappears in a swirl of light.
　Everything disappears and nothing is left in Izuna's hands.
　Because it can't be helped.

　Because it's fake.
　Because it's a fake.
　Because it's a deception.

　I don't need to be told.
　It's unspeakably true.

　There's nothing in Izuna's hands.
　Nothing has been there since that day.
　So it's only natural for it to disappear and be gone.
　You're going to be able to find out what's going on in the world.

　--She wishes she'd never met you.

　Because that way, I could stay out of the reality.
　I wouldn't have to remind myself that I'm all alone.

　--I wish I'd never met you.

　Because if we didn't know about our time together, we wouldn't have to know the loneliness of being alone.
　Certainty and uncertainty.
　I wouldn't have had to know the difference between certainty and uncertainty.　

　--I wish I'd never met you.

　I didn't want you to know you weren't alone.
　It made me feel like I could be unique and special.
　It made me feel like I had a chance of escaping the prison of loneliness.

　But that's enough.

　My mom and dad are alive.
　That's all right.

　You're always so kind.
　That's all that matters.

　I never had any friends.
　And it's ... it's good ...　

　Even if it's a lie, Izuna can't live without it.

　--I wish I'd never met you.

　It's as dramatic as an act in a story.
　That's why it's okay to fake it.
　She won't stand by Izuna's side.
　It's not Izuna that's important, it's her Lord.

　I hate her.

　I hate her.

　I hate you.

"I hate me so much.

Well, I love it.
　It wasn't an auditory hallucination created by the weakened Izuna........

''What........so........''

　As I followed the voice that spilled out, I turned my eyes to the twin eyes, and beyond them, I saw a girl.

　A fragile girl who seemed as if she would fly away if she were blown away.

　I burned the dress I wore until it blackened.

　I beat him, bleeding from all over his body.

　But still, I stepped on the ground with my little feet.

　He looked straight into Izuna's eyes.




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　The site of the mansion, which had been shattered so cruelly that one would suspect that a meteorite had fallen on it.
　It had been destroyed so deeply and profoundly that one suspected it had been hit by a meteorite.

　But the girl was definitely standing there.
　If you look, behind the burnt maid's uniform, a thinly shining scale was sheltering Aisha's body.

''Lie.........Aisha.......those eyes.......the magic eye......?''

　Even in the sand and smoke, a dignified, shining golden circle covered Aisha's eyes.
　An indescribable, indescribable night-colored light lit up from the palms of both hands.

''--I'm sorry, I can't control this power well... it might hurt a little bit, but please bear with me--'' --
　A step and a sound.
　It was like a gesture of praising and bringing down God.

　A skill (skill) - the commandment of the everlasting night.

　A black chain crawled up from underneath Aisha's feet.
　It was born from the path she walked and attacked Izuna without mercy.

''Hagh!　Those chains, why aren't they gone!
　It's not magic.
　To be precise, it is not a magical system skill.
　The chains that Aisha invoked were the very restraints that reportedly once contained the dragon, a skill (skill) possessed by a dragon priestess.
　The brilliance of the celestial armor and even the brilliance of the demon eyes was suppressed, and it seemed as if the dark world just crawled up.
　And then a true anomaly struck to Izuna.

''........Lie.......What is this......my eyes.......''
　Izuna's demon eyes were shaded.
　She struggled to shake her bound body, as if she didn't know right or left.

　State Abnormalities (Bad Status) - Blindness.
　The true value of the Everlasting Night's Commandment is to temporarily put the bound person into a state of blindness.
　Aisha was taught that the demon's eye is only an ability that relies on the eye, Aisha was taught.
　Then, if the eye itself was made invisible, the ability could be blocked.　

The great dragon, the king of the night, the king of samsara, the power of my body. --
　Pacing.
　Dancing and dancing, arms outstretched, circling, the distance is gone.
　Turning, turning, exposing itself, fists clenched.

A skill--a godsend.
　A dusky light enveloped her body.
　A glow like an omen of a dying world converged on Aisha's hands.

'I'm sorry, it hurts--'
　Aisha's body shuddered as she dropped her posture as she sank deeper into the ground.
　If Izuna's vision had been normal, she would have been astonished.
　Aisha, who accelerated as if she was gliding on the ground and was close to the enemy in an instant, drew a red trail from both hands.

''Huh--Kafu----''
　The shining armor cracked mercilessly.
　Izuna screamed in anguish as she was blown away.

　It's easy to forget because of Nacht's special nature, but the job title of the dragon lineage is basically an all-purpose job. It is possible to deal with state disorders, and there are other means of attack besides magic.
　That is the dragon technique.
　It is synonymous with physical attacks, and there are various martial arts that exist to suit the battlefield, but Nahat has only acquired the skills (skills) that can be acquired by increasing his level.
　Aishi is only temporarily borrowing Nacht's power, so it can be said that physical attack methods are still scarce.

''..........Aisha.......!
　Izuna grunts in hatred and stands up.
　The cracked armor glows with light, and then it shines again.
　She readies the bow in her hand and squeezes the string with the cutting edge pointed at Aisha.

(After all--not enough?)

　This wasn't enough to stop Izuna.
　Her eyes, wrapped in gold, wavered, leaving lines in their wake.
　Aisha silently looked at Izuna and circulated her magic power around her body.

　The magic power of the two parties flashed with color.
　It was like a contrast between light and darkness.
　I would have liked Aisha to be the light anyway, but I quickly thought that I didn't care about her appearance.
　On the contrary, he reminded himself that it was impious to put a mark on the power of the Lord he respected.
　It was a power that only Aisha had been given.
　It is the power that helped Aisha and also the gentle power that brought the girl out of the prison of loneliness.　　　

'---- Izuna--!
　Aisha controls the raging magic power to death.
　With the will of steel.
　With unwavering determination.
　Aisha turns the magic power that is about to go out of control into magic.
　Looking back, this was the first magic that Aisha used. I really want to start by lighting my fingertips according to the instruction manual, but I don't have time to be egoistic.
　It was a magic located in a higher dimension that Aisha alone could not possibly invoke.

(Nacht-sama--please lend me your strength--)

　A magic circle filled the ground.　
　With a snap.
　The flickering lightning that leaked out repeated itself.
　The jet-black wind was carried to the heavens, and at the same time as the dark clouds rolled in, the violence came from the sky.

''-- Dragon Magic -- Thunder Dragon (Fallen Lightning) falling from the heavens.

You don't know any magic.
　Izuna's words did not last.
　The twinkling stars were unable to block the progress of the thunder dragon descending from the heavens.

　Aisha wasn't sure that she could resist Izuna's magical eye.
　But there was a basis for it.

　Once, when he had drawn this power, the Great Spirit had said.
　You can't handle that magical power, he said.
　Even the bearers of order, who were far more skilled in handling magic power than humans, were spoon fed to them. Aisha thought that even though Izuna absorbed even spirit magic, this power had long ago exceeded the realm that humans could handle.

　It was a kind of gamble, because unlike Nacht, she didn't know the fact that the Breaker's Star Eye was effective for all kinds of magic up to the secondary position.
　But Aisha was ready to risk everything she had if it was in the Lord's power.

''Aaaaaaah!　Punch it out, so-and-so!
　A drawn-out arrow of light rises into the sky as if to kill the dragon.
　The dragon's fangs were mercilessly bitten by the impending rush of light.

　The lightning bolt runs into the sky of Estor, and only a roar fills the area.
　The faint antagonism lasted only a fraction of a second or even less.
　With a roaring sound, the dragon fell to the ground, crumbling the earth and swallowing the girl.

　The roar died away and moonlight shone through the dark clouds that disappeared like a lie.
　The surrounding area was cruelly destroyed like the ruins of a war, and it was a devastation that could hardly be considered a nobleman's residence.
　It's not only the plants and trees, but even the minerals are red-hot, and in the midst of a world that is melting away, Izuna is lying in a large figure.

　However, her body was almost unharmed.
　The fixing eyes - magic controlled by the dragon's eye had just punched through Izuna's armor, and most of its power was dissipating to the surroundings.
　Eventually, the circle disappeared from Aisha's eyes, and dragging her exhausted body, Aisha reached Izuna's place.
　Finally, she reached a place where her voice could reach her.

''-- Hey, Izuna.''
　Aisha slowly speaks her mind.

'I think I'd say some terrible things,'
　He lets his voice reach out to Izuna as she collapses.

'I say that what you think is wrong is wrong, and I don't think I'm going to agree with everything about Izuna.
　I think both the doll and that woman have been affirming Isna all along.
　You are right.
　You are right to be.
　I think that's the attitude I was taking.

　That's why the girl ran away.
　The dream is over.
　But I knew it wasn't that way.

　Aisha's significant other, despite her painful experience, has told Aisha properly.
　It's not right," she said.
　That's what he told me.

　That's why Aisha has to say it too.
　You have to tell them it's wrong.
　You have to put it into words.

'I think there are times when Aisha is wrong. So when that happens, I think we'll bicker again, and we'll be right, and we'll fight like this - that's what -
　Aisha breaks off her words and looks into the girl's eyes again.
　Beautiful as the night sky, Aisha gazes into the eyes she's fawned over.

''- that's what friends are for, Aisha thinks.

　Reluctantly.
　Scared, Izuna was about to open her mouth.
　Aisha was quiet, waiting for the words.

''.........Isha.......still my friend.......?''

Yes, Aisha is a friend of Izuna's.

"... a lot ... of ... selfishness ... and a lot of terrible things. ...?

'Come on, that's enough. I'm the older sister, so you can spoil me, okay?　I won't coddle you, though.
　Aisha now says to an anxious Izuna.

'I've done and said terrible things to Izuna too - but will you still be my friend, Izuna?

..........am I right.......?
　It was a muffled voice.
　She sounded anxious.
　As if to dispel the girl's fears.

It has to be Izuna.
　Yes, Aisha assured him.　　
　As if to bridge the distance between them--.

Why don't we make up?
　Aisha held out her hand.

''Yes........!　　Yeah...!　Yeah!
　The hand he held out was gripped back tightly and strongly.
　The drops, shimmering like jewels, spilled down her cheeks again and again.
　Aisha wiped the drops over and over again until the girl's slightly rainy eyes cleared.
　She hugged the girl who clung to Aisha, hugging her back, hoping that she would be able to hold on to her for now.
　When that happened, there was one thing that Aisha finally realized.

''.........Izuna, you're naked, aren't you?''
　Underneath the crumbling armor was, of course, naked.
　Fortunately, there were only two people here, Aisha and Izuna.
　Izuna didn't seem to be aware of it, but she didn't seem to have any intentions.
　On the contrary--

''Well I don't mind Aisha seeing me...''
　For some reason, he even seemed happy to say so.
　The chill that ran down her spine must have been because it was nighttime.
　Aisha reminded herself that, for now, it was okay, and she hugged the little girl in her arms.