What do you mean by that?

　I lie down on the bed in the room that has been assigned to me. The words I just heard from His Majesty the Emperor are going round and round in my head.

　The words I heard from His Majesty the Emperor: 'O Luciana. I will marry you off to Leiwert Lanwalker of the Kingdom of Nanor'.

　Luciana Luci was originally my betrothed. If we won the last war, Luciy and I were to be married. But the war ended in defeat. And because of that, Lucie became a tool of political strategy.

　It was my weakness, too. I won't say that it's my fault that we lost the war. But if I had been strong, we would have won the war. I heard later that the man who was fighting at the time was a lord. If I had defeated him....

　And if I had the power, I could have protected Lucie without having to listen to the Empire........

　I've been thinking about this since the day I heard about Lucy's engagement.

　I want power. The power to protect Lucey. The power to not be taken away from those around me. When I was thinking about that, at some point, I started to hear a voice in my head.

''Wha........too........ .... are...?

　At first it was choppy and unintelligible. I thought it was just a ringing in my ears. The voice became clearer as the day went on.

"You have my power. Do you want my power?

　And the voice echoes in my head. No matter how much I try to cover my ears, it echoes in my head. It rang out every day, and when this voice started to feel annoying, he finally came.

　Ravert Lanwalker. The one I couldn't get my hands on. Even if we went at him with me, Ijuin and Shido, we couldn't win.

　Just seeing that guy in the audience room made me feel like I couldn't forgive him. And I thought, if I kill him, won't Lucii come back too?

　When I thought that, I began to wonder why I had put up with it all this time. And I responded to the voice.

'Will listening to you make me stronger?'

'You have finally responded, my mighty one. It's natural. "It's easy to kill the one you hate.

　That day I started talking to a voice in my head. And the day after he arrived. The voice in my head told me that the demon tribe was coming.

　And that one of them is Japanese, and if I kill him, I'll get the power. I've been waiting for that chance. I climbed the walls of the Imperial City and watched the dragons flying around in the sky, looking for the person I wanted.

　And I found it. I came down to the city walls myself and stood in front of Ravert.

'He's the one. Kill him, and you'll have his power.'

　A voice that sounds happy in my head. To be honest, I don't trust this guy very much. But if I can get the power to kill him, I will.

　And finally, my chance to do so came. I'm not going to be able to get my hands on any of them. The black-haired man is ravaged by the technique. I walk under the man crawling on the ground. I pull out my magic sword from my waist.

You're not going to be able to get your hands on it.

　The guy reaching for me. Who's going to help you? You are to be the source of my power.

　I raise the magic sword in my hand to the sky and swing it down to the man. You can still feel the magic sword stabbing the man's body in your hand, but you don't care about that. I stab it again and again. At the same time, a laugh resounds in my head. I also start laughing in sync with it.

　I finally stop stabbing my sword when the man's outstretched hand falls to the ground, too. Everyone around me froze when they saw me.

'Are you sure this is the right thing to do?'

....

　I ask the voice in my head, but I don't get an answer. As I think about it, a pitch-black mist blows out of the man. That mist clings to my body and enters my body through my mouth and nose.

''Ugh, gahhhh!

　Fog writhes through my body. Pain runs through my body, so much so that I can't stand.

'Thank you. You made it possible for me to get out of his body. You can't get out of his body because his growth was already at its limit. You can still be strong in your body. Kukku, Astel is a fool. It's his own blessing that will take over his own Apostle. He didn't expect that his own apostle's body would be used, either.''

You're... you're... you're... you're...?

"I didn't deceive you. "I will help you. I'm just going to let you take charge of your body.

　And the laughter that echoes in my head. And the sensation of being eroded from inside my body. I am ceasing to be me. My consciousness fades away. Am I just going to disappear?　I'm.....

　◇ ◇ ◇.

　What's going on?　Just when Demon Sword-kun thought he had stabbed the man to death, something like a black mist came flooding out of the man and that mist entered Demon Sword-kun.

　Then, the Demon Sword-kun suddenly began to suffer and fell to his knees and didn't move. What in the world was going on........ The moment he thought that, an unbelievable amount of magic power blew out from inside Demon Sword-kun. A pitch-black magic power that seemed to erase all the pitch-black colors.

　That magic power gradually converges to gather on the Demon Sword-kun. And the one that appeared from inside was Demon Sword-kun in appearance, but his hair color had turned silver and his eyes were bright red like blood.

''Kuhahaha, Kuhahahahaha!　Finally!　I finally have a body!　Even though it's not my real body, I got my wish. I thank you, Kaido Takumi. It's your hatred that allowed me to land in this world!

　What the hell was that thing?　What a sickening supremacy. The soldiers around them have fainted and the heroic group seems unable to stand. Alexia is also trembling.

''Hikarin. Can you still go?

I'm a little more okay!

　He's not going to let it go. My gut tells me that's what's going on. That he is the source of everything. With that thought in mind, I held my contraption and tried to head down to Demon Sword-kun.

"Put on your black armor, Hecaton Cale!

　Seven demon generals descended from the sky. Among them, Gilgas activated his magic and swung his tomahawk at me.

''Hahaha!　It's been a while, man!　Ravert Lanwalker!

'GILGAS!　Get out of my way!

　I use my contraption to block the tomahawk attacks that come from my eight arms. There.

"This is payback for my men!

　Even the Black Dragon King came. He came at me with his huge black arm and I take it with my contraption, but I get blown away. d*mn it!

You'll have to disappear.

　And from behind me stood the seven demon generals in the armor I had blown up. With a level 10 sword in his hand. And he swings down the sword in his hand.

　I managed to catch it with my contraption, but my stance was too bad and I fell to one knee. The sword pressure is crushing me from above. I can't hold it with one arm.

　Then the seven demon generals in armor kick me in the stomach and blow me away. I managed to endure it without falling off the city wall, but the seven demon generals are all around Demon Sword-kun.

''Well done for waking up, Baron-sama.

'Oh, you've done well, Azel. And demon generals. Thanks to you guys, I finally got my body too.

But that body is just a dependency.

Yeah. Is your real body still sleeping over there?

Yes, sir.

Oh, well. I'll get my body eventually. And I am still unsteady on my feet. To fully recover, I'll have to turn the land into blood. Let's blow this place to hell first!

　When Demon Sword-kun said that, the Black Dragon King gathered magic power in his mouth again. The dragon king's roar!　Can I stop it in my condition? But I don't have time to think about it. I'm going to gather up all my magical power and activate it too.

"Light!

"Ha!

Grrrrrr!

Holy Shields of the Light God!

　I release the contraption and let Hikarin out of my body. The light then appears on my side and changes into a sphere, just like Hikarin's. The sphere changes shape as it emits light and turns into a shield that plays everything.

　A jet-black roar and a shield that shines in platinum. The two collide and the roars scatter around them. They fall into the imperial city and destroy buildings. However, we can't lose here.

''Haaah!''

　And then he endured. This is where I activate the ability of the Light God No Holy Shield. It's a power that absorbs part of the magic power of the enemy's attack. Normally it wouldn't accumulate that much, but if it's a roar, it's quite a lot.

　With that, I can turn the magic power into my own power, and I can attack with it. I'll use that ability to restore a bit of my magic power. Well, I'm using the Light God No Holy Shield, so it only adds up to a small amount. This shield has other functions, but right now it doesn't have enough magic power.

''Ho. It can prevent Irèse from roaring. But you're having wounds all over your body. Just as well. The previous owner of this body wanted you dead. I'm going to kill him myself.

　And then, Demon Sword-kun walks over with his sword. I also hold up my shield. I've already lost most of my magic power and my body doesn't move much, but I can't afford to get hit here. When I was holding up my shield with that in mind

'Ugh!　What the hell is this?

　The demon sword suddenly started to suffer. Hold his head in his hands. What the hell is going on?

'Gosh, d*mn it!　You're still here. This body is already mine. Don't you come out of it!

　Do you still have the demon sword in your mind?

Master Baron. Let's get out of here.

　Azell and the others are coming under the distressed demon sword. d*mn. I thought this would be a good time to do it.

"Well, it can't be helped. I'm just happy that I came into this world for the time being. I need to get used to it.

　Saying that, Demon Sword-kun and the seven demon generals who are about to leave. And then Azel, who turns to me as if she had remembered, turns to me.

''That's right. Ravert Lanwalker. Let me tell you one good thing.

What... what?

Because our final destination will be the land of evil.

What?

　Azel said just that and got on the back of the Black Dragon King. And before I could say anything else, he took off. You think our final destination is the demon land?　What's in there?

　I think of many things, but I can't get my head around it. The magic power was gone, and the Light God No Holy Shield was gone. Before I knew it, the dragon that was circling the sky was gone too. I couldn't stand and fell on the spot.