Or that was Alice Arc’s understanding based on the textbooks of the human world
There was little agreement when it came to her objective or what kind of being she was but one thing was known for certain
Her presence was always felt when humanity fought over the Serpent’s Eye
So they could speculate that she was targeting Adam
I sense the ripening of the Fruit of Knowledge The blood of Avalon is strong in you girl
By pure coincidence
Her words seemed to confirm that speculation
Miss A stood as tall as she could with a small body of only 130cm
My name is Alice Arc I am a Witch born 600 years ago who inherited the elements of the Fruit of Knowledge even more strongly than Avalon the previous Adam
600 years Is that all
It has been 300 years since I met someone older than me
She bowed respectfully
It could be seen as respect for her elder but at the same time golden threads broke through the floor from the soles of her shoes and spread throughout the room
Not so fast The likes of you has no right to speak to Lady Lilith
Not only was Alice preparing for battle but Keigo had to feel some jealousy too He shouted in anger and moved between Miss A and Lilith
How did you get in here Where’s the hole
His yelling continued
He must not have noticed how Lilith grimaced at the noise Meanwhile Miss A shrugged her shoulders in exasperation
You never change boy You were quite skilled for someone from the last hundred years but your temper made it impossible to leave FeTUS in your care
She looked to the monitorand at the naked girls Miss D was rescuing
I merely drove you out because I sensed promise in your talentsbut it appears I was mistaken
Hmph You didn’t drive me out I left But as part of the family that has run this country from the shadows for a millennium I decided to spare you out of respect for your position in the group that has ruled Europe from the shadows for a millennium Keigo grabbed one of the golden threads woven through the gaps in the carpet to cover the entire room
One of the monitors responded With a warning sound other than the ceaseless alarms it displayed a simple map of the facility instead of camera footage
A red circle was flashing around one of the rooms
It was Shuntarou’s room
The hole is inShuntarou’s room It can’t be
He grabbed the phone receiver he had slammed down earlier a call was made automatically and a man’s face eventually appeared on one of the monitors
Hello Papa Do you need something
It was Shuntarou He was in a car with Riselle seated next to him
He had apparently already left the facility He had probably left 15 minutes ago
He had fled the instant the alarms sounded and the alarms had been triggered by something in his room There was only one possible conclusion to draw from that
Shuntarou What is the meaning of this Have you sided with the Witches
Oh dear You already found out
Then Shuntarou noticed the odd state of the room and the small girl of an old woman standing next to his father
Make my excuse for me Miss Arc Tell him I’m a Kurosaki man through and through so I would never invite your people there
Yes I do not recall being invited in
Shuntarou grinned and Alice finally responded with a hint of exasperation
One was enjoying the farce and the other could not stand it
But the two of them must have met in advance to prepare this farce
You sold out your own father
I know it was wrong papa but when a father invites in a woman other than the mother and eats the family out of house and home of course the kid is going to run away
The father’s temples were bulging but the son’s cruel smile remained
Do whatever you want there I’m happy as long as I have Riselle with me Bye bye papa and Miss Arc
He gave a silly wave and then reached for the camera
Just before the image cut out Alice looked to Riselle on the monitor
Farewell Riselle We will never meet againas promised
Bye bye teacher Take care of my sister
They hung up
Keigo had been betrayed and sold out by his biological son His anger and humiliation were so great he forgot all about Lilith’s presence his face twisted and his shoulders shook
Alice breathed a sigh of what may have been pity
To be clear no excuses are needed here That man really did not say a word about this place’s location He simply introduced us to one of the trainers at the center of your enterprise While doing his best to ensure we did not bring any kind of tools with us The man overlooked the dark shadow that fell over her face
Miss B opened the hole She truly gambled her life to get it in here
The look on her face seemed to say no matter what she had to sacrifice That would be in reference to the period before Lavriel found Mutsuki and used the transmitter She could likely imagine some of the experiences that would have changed that girl’s entire view of life But Keigo failed to notice The bulging veins on his temple were enough to say he found someone else’s sacrifices trivial compared to his wounded pride
Lady Lilith please wait a moment longer
He breathed in so deep his large body seemed to swell out The height difference was so great that his clenched fist hung at the girl’s face height
I will transform this noisy little girl
FeTUS Leader Alice Arc and Kurosaki Family Head Kurosaki Keigo
Two hidden leaders of the world faced each other here
into a silent bloody pulp
An enormous fist was swung
As FeTUS’s strongest Witch Miss A was well-versed in countless combat styles but she most specialized in predicting her opponent’s actions
She had known he was going to punch at her and she had predicted the timing so she moved to dodge it by a hair
But just beforehand her small body was launched from the floor
A shockwave Damn you
She placed her hand on the floor as she landed The golden threads she had set up welled up and tangled around the man’s entire body
This was the heat-eliminating Dimensional Transition that Machina had only been able to eject into space Miss A had already gained limited control of the technology within a thread As soon as the threads tangled around someone they infinitely robbed the target of heat so the man’s skin immediately grew gangrenous At the same time all the moisture within froze Impudent brat
The frozen body shattered and a humanoid dark-red blob of flesh burst from within
In the less than a second before it reached Miss A it retook the shape of Kurosaki Keigo
This time Miss A leaped almost to the ceiling to dodge his fist
But the wind pressure slammed her to the ceiling even though she had jumped nearly to it already
Tch That is impressive
The 600-year-old Witch was more horrified by what she had seen than by the damage she took
She had definitely seen the man’s arm tear itself apart only to have regenerated flesh cover it a moment later
The punch thrown from his muscular body had surpassed the limits of his muscles and entered a zone where muscles were entirely irrelevant
It far surpassed the speed of sound That was why its sonic boom had easily knocked Miss A airborne even though she had supposedly dodged it and why his arm had been destroyed And with that intense destruction this had to be more than just Mach 2 or 3
Needless to say that speed and regeneration were not human abilities
Producing Mach speeds was not that much of a threat The problem was how he broke the sound barrier with an action as simple as punching
What would happen if a creature like that started using its head
Boy why did you abandon your humanity when in a way you were the most honest of us all about your human desires
Geh heh Geh heh heh heh heh You wound me Miss Arc I have never had any intention in the slightest of abandoning my humanity
They both looked to Lilith The Witch with loathing and Keigo with adoration
I have offered her everything I have offered my entire fortune and my entire being to Lady Lilith Including my own body And she has given me something in return Lady Lilith who stands at the peak of the demons has made me the ultimate lifeform I can see why your kid ran away