Alice smiled a little
All strategies all weapons and all science can be traced back to humans
She lifted her right leg
Ange swung her sword toward that right leg only after the attack had already been dodged
The girl was confused when her strike cut through empty air and the innocent-looking younger girl gave a smile much too vicious for her age
It was a witch’s smile
My friend Miss Y constructed this ultimate strategy against intelligent life forms This is the Grand Guignol de Iris
Khkwaahh
Jiyuuni Ange You are now my puppet
After missing the girl continued swinging her blade as she jumped toward the ceiling
The wildly swinging sword could not be dodged even if it could be predicted so Alice temporarily pulled back her purple lightning and moved back
Except
Vh
And farewell red queen
She had predicted where Ange would flee and let her go there A trap had been laid on the ceiling
As soon as Ange set foot there a giant magic circle glowed from the entire broad surface of the ceiling
Pgyaahh
She had suffered so much from the purple lightning of the small magic circles but this one was the size of the entire ceiling
The girl was helplessly engulfed by a sea of lightning
The pain was so great that Ange dropped her divine sword and writhed in midair Even so the lightning stickily tangled around her skin and refused to let go
The flames bursting from her entire body dissipated and the flames making up her body as an angel began to collapse
Amid the pain and suffering of her physical body’s annihilation Ange tried desperately to reach a hand toward Miss A Even on the verge of death she acted like a wolf trying to tear out her enemy’s windpipe Even her own death could not stop her resentment Feeling pity Miss Alice Arc gently closed her eyes Having lost a formidable rival Miss C bit her lower lip with a complicated look Unable to bear seeing a young girl suffering so thoroughly Miss D looked away Once Rapha did not seem concerned God sent this world a box filled with disaster A woman named Pandora opened that box but because she quickly closed the lid mankind was spared the final disaster He turned from Ange to Miss A
She was the one he gave the pitying look
That remaining disaster was foresight Because mankind was spared that they remained ignorant of the disasters the future held and would thus not fall into despair That allowed them to live with hope Acquiring that by your own hind is most impressive I admire the resolve it must have taken to throw out that unstable hope in order to advance your own goal
He gave another small smile It was a cold unemotional smile with no hint of evil to be found
My actual job was to search out any research materials on the Holy Grail and destroy them but I’d rather not see my cute little sister suffer any longer I suppose I can have Micha deal with that when she shows up later He shrugged and shook his head at that major job
Vv
We’ve lost We have to settle for simply destroying this place
He spoke in the kind voice of a big brother
Miss A’s eyes widened although Miss C and Miss D still did not understand
Vaah
As the purple lightning clung to and squeezed her body the girl’s clothing vanished
That meant both her uniform and the special angelic heat-resistant material known as a Suit
The nude girl brushed off the purple lightning clinging to her and gently landed on the ceiling That sight caused not Miss A and the other two Witches to pale
Joule heating
Not good She’s gonna blow
How she had broken through the purple lightning was simple Her burned clothing had turned to plasma which had strengthened its electrical resistance and cut off the magnetic lines
The problem was why the clothing had burned
An angel’s flame was a light meant to destroy its enemies That was why it did not harm an ally like Rapha no matter how hot it burned and why it did not burn her own clothing
But now it was indiscriminately burning everything around her It had returned to the Joule heating of a normal flame which meant
Vvvv Mom
The floor the ceiling and even Rapha were overwhelmed by the great heat as Ange’s expression grew distorted with rage
I hate you I hate mom I hate everyone
She was just like a crying child
The girl had transformed from an angel of heaven’s laws and into a destructive fireball
She had become Metatron
Kh Stop her Stop her this instant
Black Cat threatened Rapha with her claws against his throat In her haste the sharp tips sliced a few centimeters into the man’s throat
But the young man’s smile remained even as his throat was cut and blisters covered his skin because he was receiving Ange’s heat without a protective device like the Witches had
That is impossible Once Metatron has activated it cannot be stopped At this point we can only wait for the collapse Not even god can stop it
You’ll die too
So what I had no intention of returning after leading my little sister to her death
He almost looked delighted as he narrowed his eyes toward his sister
More importantly look Metatron uses her own resentment as fuel so if the legends are true she will burn through her hatred and release all of her nightmares in the final moment
He did not hesitate to point to the girl even as his fingertip burned
Even after receiving new life as an angel the suffering of her past life continued to burn her body but she has finally been released from it
Ange’s physical body returned to a mere shine and the boundary between the light and her body vanished
The hatred left her face and her expression became the peaceful and somewhat lonely one of a girl of four
Mutsuki
Ahgh
As he was continually burnt and regenerated in a battle of endurance Lucia’s strength finally reached its limit
The unilaterally defeated boy collapsed limply to the ground
It’s over then
Once the opposing force of will had been worn down Micha produced especially large wings of flame and approached the boy
She brought the two wings together in the form of a giant fist
When he realized she planned to finish him off Mutsuki lay on top of Lucia’s unconscious form
Out of the way Mutsuki I need to fry that demon so you’ll get burned if you’re touching him
No No Stop this Micha
Don’t make this difficult
Even if she did not burn him with her flames Mutsuki could not stand up to an angel She pulled him to his feet with her outstanding strength and tossed him aside He rolled through the mud on the ground He felt pain frustration and self-hatred as a liquid other than rainwater dripped from the corners of his eyes
Why His low voice trembled Why Didn’t you say before that we could get along with
Lucia and Ibekusa Didn’t you say we didn’t have to fight them Was that a lie
Micha ignored him and focused on Lucia
How can you hurt Lucia How can you fight Ibekusa and the others
She raised her flame hammer
How could you not stop Ange when you knew
She stopped before completing the action
Unable to remain as stoic as Machina she wrinkled her brow and glared back at Mutsuki
Not stop her
I wanted to do something you know
This was his second time seeing that look on her face
The only way to stop Metatron was to have Ange throw out her resentment of humans But nothing I said was enough to convince her after that awful death That’s why I brought her as youras Adam’s bodyguard It was the resentful look of a loving older sister who had lost her little sister
I thought she might change her mind if she learned of the human world I thought she might change if she made some friends And even if none of that worked I thought she could be forcibly changed with the Serpent’s Eye’s power to rule over all women Mutsuki’s eyes widened
Could he have saved Ange if he had used that power inside him
Micha must have realized she had said too much because she swallowed any further words and returned her focus to Lucia