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Part Two, Section Two: “The International Saints Conference”
Chapter Sixty-seven (Mia’s POV)
When I regained consciousness after passing out from intense pain, Sister Philia was in the arm of Julius possessed by devil Asmodeus. For some reason, Julius’ right arm was gone…
What did that foolish prince do to Sister? I couldn’t believe that she would be unconscious.
I thought that she was perfect as a saint, that she couldn’t lose to any demon or even devils, so I couldn’t accept the sight of her being defeated…
“Mother…! How did that happen to Sister Philia…!?”
“Mia, you’ve awakened. The situation is—”
“It’s because I made a mistake. Never thought I’d be the one under protection. A lifelong blunder, indeed.”
When Mother Hilda tried to explain the situation, Elsa, the escort for Sister dispatched from Dalbhat, admitted that it was her fault. From the self-mocking expression on her face and the trembling of her clenched fist, I could clearly see that she was enduring humiliation.
“Anyway, we have to save Sister Philia…”
“Do not attack recklessly. Philia has a wound in her side. If she sustains further injury, there’s even a possibility of death.”
As I tried to gather my magic power to attack Asmodeus disguised as Julius, Mother restrained me with her hand. No way, we couldn’t just let him go like this. His goal was Sister Philia, and he had achieved that already.
“But still, I can’t just sit here idly!”
“Oh Mia, so you’re not dead. Well, whatever, I’m going home now. Don’t get in my way…!”
I tried to unleash Silver Cross Of Judgment by aiming my palm at his arm to save Sister. But at that moment, countless black arrows came flying at me, a cloud of dust rose and my sister’s figure disappeared from my sight.
Even though I had decided to be the one to protect Sister this time, at this rate, she would be taken by that guy…
“Well then, farewell—”
“Miss Philiaaaaa! Uooooooooh!”
“Wha—?!”
That was when a shout calling Sister’s name came from far behind, and a spear pierced Julius’ other arm with tremendous force.
Julius’ left arm fell from the sky along with Philia.
“Alright! Amazing, the spear Miss Philia made. It properly pierced the arm of that devil.”
Prince Oswald, riding a horse, had galloped over and securely caught the falling Philia.
No way…!? It was unbelievable. To think it could pierce that guy’s body, which didn’t even flinch from my magic. Philia said she had made weapons specialized for devil-slaying, but to think they were this powerful… Were those glasses of Prince Oswald made by Sister as well, capable of seeing low-level devils?
Anyway, it was a relief. Thanks to Prince Oswald, Sister was safe. Perhaps Prince Oswald was the only reliable man I could entrust her to after all.
With both of Julius’ arms gone, even if he could still use magic, if we all work together, we could take down someone like him…
“Don’t think I’ll be unable to regenerate forever—”
“Wha?! H-He regrew his arms!? Come to think of it, Miss Philia did say something like that. That even getting his neck severed is no big deal.”
Julius instantly regenerated both arms. As expected, with a devil possessing him, his body was completely different from that of a human.
I have to make sure Sis isn’t taken back… Huh, why are his arms stretching?
“No way! Why is his arms stretching?!”
Prince Oswald also turned pale as he spurred his horse to escape from Julius’ arms.
“I’ll be taking her back. Prince of Parnacota!”
“Guhaa?!”
Julius knocked Prince Oswald off his horse, not missing the chance the instant he let go of Philia. Grabbing her, Julius glanced at Prince Oswald who had crashed hard into the ground, and disappeared from the scene.
“Mammon! How long are you going to sleep!? Hurry, let’s go after that guy!”
“Lord Asmodeus! You’re not getting away!”
When devil Mammon drew a circle in the air with his finger, a pitch-black hole appeared… and Elsa with him went inside it.
Hey, where did you go? Take me there too.
No, hold on. If Sister was gone from this country then—
“““““Grooooooar!”””””
I could hear the roars of demons here and there.
As I thought, Philia’s powerful barrier had completely lost its effect. All the effort Sister put into creating the strongest anti-evil magic on this continent to help me… all in vain.
Alongside the devils, demons were appearing one after another in this place. I recalled that day I was confronted by a swarm of demons and faced death.
“This is the worst-case scenario. If only we were stronger…”
Panic must be spreading across the continent. We need to rescue Sister as soon as possible.
Ugh, what should I do…?
Thank you for the chapters and Happy New Years to you too!!
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