ld Serivia who tried to leave the room.

– What is it?

– If I do my best in training.. will you kiss my forehead again?

– Yes, of course.

It was the first time since he lost his mother that he talked to people from his own.

The moment he was kissed on the forehead by Serivia.

Will regained his feelings as a human being, as well as what himself wanted, even if it’s a little.

.. nevertheless, his usual hasn’t changed much since then.

He doesn’t let his emotions surface and she doesn’t know what he’s thinking.

He doesn’t mingle with other people.

But, Will kept training earnestly.

In order to be stronger than anyone, he continued training in solitude.

That way, he can receive her favor.

Building up his strength rapidly, Will also awoke the ability of the Variant.

It was expected because his aptitude is superior, and he received lots of favor.

And thus, Will is one of the apostles of Pope Serivia.

He became Matthew.

『My only reason to live is to be praised by Serivia-sama. That’s why I can’t lose! In order to get her favor again, there is no way I can lose!』

She hears the voice of Matthew again.

What he wanted.

Serivia gave him the affection of a mother.

But, that’s a deception.

Still, for that love, he’s betting everything.

He felt that he wanted to be the number one of Serivia, more than anyone else.

For this reason, he’s her strength.

However, that love goes only one way.

Serivia only looks at him as a tool.

That’s why he never interacted with others.

(.. she’s really a heartless person..)

But, because of that, Nesat noticed a gap and took advantage of him.

Nesat was getting aware of his weakness.

(What I want to do, I’m sure if it’s those two people, they must understand it..!)

After she glanced at Fritz and Latia.

–?Trace On!

Nesat created two rings that resembled the?Duo Varga?of Nakri.

– Fritz, Latia.

Shouting, Nesat threw the two rings in succession.

– You who fought with us, remember the sham battle!

– !

Latia who heard those words, opened her eyes in a big way, looking at the direction of Nesat.

And then, she gathers her voice with Fritz’s.

「「Roger」」

It seems they got it.

While Nesat shows a satisfied look, Matthew brushed away with?Sacrifice?one of the approaching rings.

With this, no matter if he brushes them away or if he wards them off, either way is good.

They are no more than a diversion.

The real thing comes from here.

– Well then, let’s go!

Shouting, Fritz fires a thick beam from Shooting Star.

Matthew blocked it by deploying an E?barrier.

It’s Latia who strikes him there.

– Haaaaaaaaa!

Although it’s a surprise attack that used the fumes from the explosion, Matthew was suspecting of it.

He has?Sacrifice?at the ready and tries to repel the incoming Latia.

However, there’s another thing approaching Matthew——.

As for the attack that Nesat launched, he didn’t notice it.

– Wha!?

Chains have twined around the body of Matthew.

With that, he’s unable to move and it shouldn’t be removed by moving about.

(.. as I calculated..)

Nesat involuntarily relaxed her mouth.

In the cloud of smoke caused by the bombardment of Fritz, Nesat deployed a chain that looked like the?Everlasting?of Erika and set it free towards Matthew.

(This is what Emilia-san did to me in the sham battle)

The members at that time other than Emilia were Fritz and Latia.

Therefore, she thought that they would understand.

(This is truly a relief)

Nesat hypothesized the one and only weakness of Matthew.

That is, loneliness.

That is because he continued fighting alone.

Although he can respond to their attacks to that extent, he didn’t get used to cooperation.

Rather than that, he’s not very good at guessing the movements of others.

It doesn’t seem that he trained too much.

On the other hand, this side is accustomed to cooperation.

If it’s a partner you know well, then you can predict how your ally will move.

– Well done, Nesat! I’ll finish him with this!

– Kuh..!

Latia keeps the momentum and hits Matthew.

That fist, is of course, a direct hit——.

While the body of Matthew was in the middle of being blown away, Nesat made the chain disappear.

Because of that, Matthew was blown far away due to the punching force, then hit a wall of rock and stopped moving.

– Alright, we won!

Latia gave a voice of joy.

– Congratulations for that.

– .. wha..

What they felt together with the words of Serivia is the existence of a mass of strong?energy.

Rapidly turning around, Latia avoids the light ball with a jump.

– As one would expect, you dodged it, hmm?

Saying that, Serivia descended to the side of Latia and the others.

– I can’t believe it, I didn’t expect you to defeat Matthew.

Serivia turns her eyes towards the fallen Matthew.

On his side there was a cross made of?Variable Stone.

Serivia gave it to him in the past.

It’s a Hundred made of?Variable Stone.

Serivia once again turns her eyes to Latia and the others.

– It seems you’re better than I thought. Don’t you think so too? If It’s you three, then you may be able to defeat me——

Not Nesat, Latia nor Fritz answered those words. Of course, they don’t think that they can win.

Their opponent is the Pope.

They have already heard from Charlotte that she’s an alien.

– This is a great help for you. Further reinforcements may arrive, so I need to hurry. For that, I’m going to show my seriousness a little.

From the body of Serivia who said so, a tempestuous?energy?was released.

That becomes a dazzling light and illuminates brightly the whole area.

– Wha——

And when that light was fading.

Serivia was no longer in that place.

– What the, is that appearance..?

Latia looked up overhead and muttered spontaneously.

Serivia was floating in the air and was wearing an ominous armor.

Things like horns grow on her head and as for her back, mechanical wings are growing.

Those wings look like a double-headed dragon.

– This is the full armament of my Shaman type Hundred——《Will of God》Providence.

– What?Providence??That looks like the devil.

Fritz involuntarily cracks a joke like that.

– .. the devil.. well, certainly, that may be..

Saying so, Serivia showed a stifled laugh while she put up her index finger in the air.

– However, whichever you choose, I stand on top of you, humans. That’s not going to change.

Simultaneously with those words, a mass of?energy?falls over the heads of Nesat, Latia and Fritz.

The three of them leapt horizontally and dodged it.

It was Fritz who recovered his stance first and attacked Serivia.

He fired a bombardment from his Shooting Star.

But it was erased by the N?barrier?which is deployed around her body.

– Dammit!

Fritz instinctively spat out.

– Fufufu, you can’t deal even a single scratch with that level of bombardment.

– If so, then a direct attack will!

Latia said so and by jumping high, she threw a turning kick towards Serivia.

However, that didn’t work either.

Serivia blocked it with the barrier deployed before her eyes.

Next, Latia unleashes punches and kicks, but the result was the same.

Everything ends up being stopped by the barrier.

– This is slowly getting irritating, don’t you agree?

Serivia said so, then knocked down Latia with the wings, striking the moon’s surface.

– Latia!

Fritz shouted.

– This much is nothing to me——

Don’t worry about it, she was saying so, but when Latia straightened up, she stared in wonder, feeling a strong?energy?overhead.

– Wha——

When looking at it, Serivia was trying to bombard her from the mouths of the double-headed dragon attached to both ends of the wings.

– I’ll put an end to this.

The?energy?has already been filled in the mouth of the dragon.

Latia tried to move to dodge it.

But at that time, the eyes of Serivia emitted an intense light.

*Ba-dump*, the heart of Latia beat fast.

(What is, this..?)

Her body doesn’t move and what lies before her eyes becomes blurry in an instant.

– Ah..

Moreover, even her full armament ended up being cancelled.

(No way, this..)

The only thing that can be seen in her field of vision that is dyed white is the brilliant and shining eyes of Serivia.

(This is bad..!)

This is what is called the brainwashing of Serivia, and when she noticed it. It was too late to do anything.

At this rate, her consciousness will be taken over——.

——no.

Before that, she will take with her body the bombardment from the two-headed dragon that is accumulating?energy?in its mouths.

And when that happens, she will definitely be knocked down.

She might end up dying.

(I have to do it, in one way or another..)

She thinks so, but her body doesn’t move.

She can’t deploy an E?barrier.

(There’s really nothing that I can do? Am I going to be defeated like this?)

A feeling similar to resignation is dominating the heart of Latia.

From the mouths of the double-headed dragon, bombardments were fired together with a dazzling light.

However, her visual field was immediately covered by a shadow.

– Guaah!

Then she heard an explosion and the scream of a man.

And with “what happened?”, Latia understood.

(No way.. that’s..)

Because he stood as if covering her body with his own, she couldn’t see his face.

Even his clothes and armor weren’t clearly visible.

Still, that scream, who did it?

Who’s standing in front of her?

Latia was able to comprehend.

The warmth and the smell of that person——.

She’s completely aware of his painful-like breathing sounds.

– Fritz!

Latia raised her face, shouting the name of that man.

– Hey... I made it just in time, I’m glad..

Fritz shows a meaningful smile.

However, it was more like a painful smile that says nothing but sorrow.

– .. Fritz, your shoulder..

The gaze of Latia is turned towards his swaying and bloodstained shoulder.

– Yeah.. it seems that it was a direct hit to my right arm.. I can’t move it at all, from the shoulder to the tip of my fingers.. In that case, I can’t shoot either with Shooting Star, huh..

– Sorry. Because.. because of me, you..!

– No, my weak armor is at fault.?Stronghold?is.. listening, ama..zed..

– Fritz!

He closes the eyelids together with the words that became intermittent.

Once his eyes are completely closed, the armament of Fritz cancels, collapsing into the chest of Latia.

– *Vexing*.. because I was weak, because I was completely useless, I was protected by Fritz. I’m really.. sorry, Fritz..

After she held Fritz tightly while saying so in tears.

Latia glared at Serivia, lying down his body.

– Unforgivable. I’m not going to forgive you! Uaaaaaaaaa———!

While releasing an intense?energy?from her whole body, Latia has full armament once again then kicked the moon’s surface.

Looking at that figure, Nesat shouts.

– It’s useless, Latia! Even if you launch an attack recklessly——

It was exactly as Nesat stated.

The desperate attack of Latia who jumped out with excessive anger never hits Serivia.

Simply put, she just keeps cutting the empty space.

– Are you satisfied already?

– Kuah!

With the wings that the head of the dragon has attached, Serivia knocked down the body of Latia on the moon’s surface.

– This is the end.

Raising both hands, Serivia created a big sphere of light above her head.

Latia fainted due to the damage of the previous attack.

If Serivia gets to drop that, she won’t avoid the direct hit.

If so, her life is in danger as well.

Moreover, Fritz is also next to her.

– Kuh! Uuh!

Just before Serivia throws the sphere of light.

It was Nesat who deployed a barrier there at the last moment, standing in front of Latia and Fritz.

– You are not going to take their lives!

Releasing?energy, she strengthens the barrier, she stopped the sphere of light with that.

Still, its power is powerful.

– Kyaah!

Together with the violent explosion, the body of Nesat was also sent flying to the back.

– Haa, haa..

In the rolled-up cloud of dust, Nesat stood up, breathing repeatedly with her shoulders going up and down.

It seems that she avoided the direct hit towards Latia and Fritz in one way or another, but it might be difficult to stop the next.

She was feeling that her?energy?is at her limit.

(.. what, do I do?)

Serivia said as if provoking her, looking at the figure of the cornered Nesat.

– You’re almost at your limit too, correct?

– Kuh..

She was on the mark. It’s vexing.

Still, indomitably, Nesat stares at Serivia who’s floating in the sky.

(What do I do? What should I do?)

About fighting, it’s pointless since she’s already the only one.

The possible strategies were getting limited.

(.. what do I do? What do I copy..?)

Think.

What you want now.

That’s——strength.

Somehow or other, I want strength.

Strength to not be defeated by the Pope in front of me.

That’s irresistible, I want it, I want it.

(Should I.. copy the Hundred of the Pope?)

——No.

In that situation, it’s useless.

She doesn’t think she can master that Hundred, so she doesn’t think that she can win with that.

After all, she doesn’t know well the ability itself.

(If that’s the case——)

The day of the Gardens Festa crossed her mind.

When she copied the Savage.

She heard from Dr. Charlotte that her ability at that time was far beyond her limit.

And although she was in a rampaging condition——and that the ability of the Variant was in a completely awakened state——.

(To what extent can I draw it out?)

The unleashing of the ability of the Variant is a double-edged sword.

If it’s used poorly and you don’t control it and suppress it, then you might run wildly.

Furthermore, her remaining amount of?energy?is low.

Her maximum ability can be pulled out for a few minutes——.

No, it might be for a minute or so.

(But, it’s worth the try, so I..!)

At any rate, no other method came into her mind.

Nesat projected the shape of the Savage on the other side of the pupil.

And then, she makes her eyes shine in golden color——.

– .. Trace O..

– It’s enough, please stop.

It was when Nesat tried to wear the armor of the Savage on her whole body.

Saying so, Serivia came down to the moon’s surface.

Moreover, she cancels the armament.

– .. stop, you say? What do you mean?

– As you can see, it means I stopped fighting. There’s no benefit for both of us to keep fighting. That’s what I think.

Saying so flatly, Serivia continued.

– You’re strong. For a simply human being, nonetheless. Besides, what can you do by yourself? Even if you fight with me, you’ll die. You don’t want to die, am I correct?

– Kuh..

Nesat shows a vexing expression.

That’s certainly the case.

– Also, I don’t want to use?energy?and waste it more than this. So, let’s stop. If we fight any further, reinforcements may come. And that will only increase your losses, you know.

– But, when it comes to reach your objective, you will expose the Earth to a crisis. So, I——

– No, you’re wrong.

– I’m wrong? What do——

– Certainly, I may expose the Earth to a crisis. For this reason, you should fight and not get injured. If protecting the Earth is what you ought to do, then after I have reached my goal, you should protect the Earth. I’m sure that regarding you guys, you’ll have enough power to do that.

– But..

.. is that really okay?

Still, the danger that the Earth has doesn’t change and when Serivia reaches her goal, then won’t that girl——the little sister of Claire Harvey, end up losing her life?

What Serivia was saying, isn’t that nothing else but a joke?

While such thoughts are all jumbled together, Serivia continues speaking.

– Besides, I want a spectator. For the moment this earthling graduates from God. I will entrust you the duty to convey that.

– Don’t fool around!

– I’m not joking. I’m serious.

Serivia laughed loudly then released?energy?from her palms towards her feet.

Then, a huge hole opened on the moon, and the?time machine?makes its appearance.

– Even if the system of the laboratory itself is blocked, there’s no problem if it’s this way.

Serivia broadly grinned then called Liza who was standing by on a huge rock near there and said, putting her hand on her head.

– Now, shall we begin?

Then, the body of Liza starts to shine violently.

– Wait——

When Nesat tried to move, the eyes of Serivia shone in golden color.

Because of that, Nesat wasn’t able to move.

– I said that you will be watching from there, didn’t I?

After she said so.

Spreading her hands in a great way over her head, Serivia raised a loud and delighted voice.

– WITH THIS, I CAN RETURN! TO THAT DAY, TO PLANET NOTRE DAME!