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Magic sealing chains?

Did he?

Is someone there?

Royal blood.

Finally. I finally have royal blood at last.

How do you do? So are you my kidnapper? Royal blood.

Royal blood.

Royal blood.

Royal blood.

Royal blood.

May I ask you a question?

What will you be using my blood for?

Your blood is demon blood, blood.

Blood. Blood, blood, blood!

I'm going to resurrect the demon in the mo-mo-mo-modern day!

Oh yes, of course. Sounds lovely.

Not that I know what it means.

Nobi ruu sentakushi Zen to akuto no haguruma wa yuku Tada hitotsu dake no

ketsumasu e Nari mo ka mokuzen no choice Soshite mata tsuge no haisu

Kano wo sei no kenkai made Tsu no yuku saki wo mitsumete Only one,

koi nani wa iranai To the one, dake misuetsu tai Yusore wa shinai shinen to

ketsui kara mune ni hime

Yes,

yes

Take that!

You are the only person who could possibly have done it!

I'm gonna ask you one more time.

Where did you hide the princess?

The physical pain is something I can put up with. The bigger issue is... Why

won't you tell us anything?

Keeping your mouth shut won't solve your problem.

This interrogation is such classic minor character material!

Such a high degree of NPC-ness.

I cannot allow them to outshine me.

We're going to have to make things a little more painful for you, huh?

I don't know! I swear, I don't know anything!

Please let me live!

How'd you like that?

I'm a much better background character than them. Go on, start talking!

Please just don't kill me! Let me live!

How pathetic.

Now he's begging for his life?

I'm so tired of hearing that worn-out spiel.

That was the perfect clincher.

But still, how long is this going to go on?

Knowing my sister, they should have started looking for me ages ago.

Now then.

I'd appreciate it if you didn't take too much of my blood.

I don't believe I'm ready to die just yet.

I know. I won't. I want lots and lots.

So I'll make sure I can keep taking more.

Yes, that's probably a good idea.

It wasn't. It wasn't supposed to be like this. If it hadn't been for those

brainless idiots.

I get it. I hate brainless idiots also.

My lab. Those jerks. They destroyed my laboratory.

Then they kept... They kept... Oh,

you poor thing.

That sounds just awful.

It was, it was awful!

My, my research!

I was, I was so incredibly close!

I, I'm so close!

I have to complete it sooner! I'll be excommunicated!

Excommunicated! Oh no, how could they? Dammit, dammit, dammit! Dammit, dammit,

dammit, dammit!

Useless! You useless thing!

I thought you were going to take my blood.

That's right.

Your blood.

With your blood, I can complete it.

Well, that's a good thing. Your blood.

Blood. Blood.

Oh, I forgot!

What is that?

Your blood levels have gone down. I was forgetting to feed you. Open your mouth!

You may be excused. Your Highness.

Thank you for waiting.

Hello, Mr. Xenon. I appreciate your cooperation.

Of course, Princess Iris.

I feel that I am partially responsible as the incident most likely happened on

school grounds.

I doubt anyone would find any fault in you personally.

Right now, our highest priority is saving Alexia.

Yes, of course. We must find your sister.

I understand that there's a strong possibility she was kidnapped by a

student named Sid Coggino.

It's true. The circumstantial evidence is against him. But knowing his skill

level, even if he did attack Princess Alexia, I doubt he could have

overpowered her.

After five days of interrogation, he seems to have given us nothing.

But I think it would be a good idea to monitor him once he has been released.

As long as he remains a suspect, that is the right course of action. However, I

am inclined to believe him. I would also prefer not to suspect my sister's

schoolmates. We'll wait for the report before we make a decision.

Still, my sister has been kidnapped and I just don't have nearly enough

personnel to send after her.

Everyone knows that you are stronger than the average knight, Princess Iris.

But we must take into account that you are a princess, and that makes you a

target. I'm sure the highest-ranking officials struggle to know what to do

with me.

I know how you feel.

If there's anything I can do, I'm here.

In that case, I'd like you to assist in maintaining order at the Academy.

The students are all under lockdown.

They've all been instructed to stay in their dorms when not in class.

Whatever your reason may be, you are not allowed outside your dorm.

Although not all of them will listen.

I will continue to trust you to keep the students safe.

As you wish, Your Highness.

For a brother, we all care about our families.

Back then, Crossing swords was all it took for us to understand each other.

But now... When was the last time

we even talked to each other?

I could heal my wounds instantly, but that wouldn't be a very background

character thing to do.

Later It's been a while alpha Here

Thanks. But I thought it was Beta's turn to be on personal assistant duty this

time. So, what brings you here?

I got a call to come back, so I did.

I hear you've gotten into some trouble.

I guess so. But how are things on your end? We're making more progress on our

investigation of the cult.

We've also increased our overall influence.

We're not quite as strong as the cult yet, but we're continuing to grow

steadily. I'm sure they all live free, normal lives most of the time.

Sometimes they'll stop by like this to play along with my game. I really

appreciate it. Thanks for the meal.

You should at least change out of those clothes.

No, I can't. I beg your pardon. Do you understand the position you're in? The

way things are going, you'll be blamed for the crime. Yeah, I know.

The lackluster son of a poor, pathetic baron is the perfect patsy. We simply

cannot trust the Night Order.

You're saying the cult got to them.

Yes, beyond any doubt.

It was the cult who kidnapped the princess, you see. The royal family has

a higher concentration of hero's blood.

Which means she's still alive after all. If she dies, they can't extract more

blood. I don't know why you're cultivating a romantic relationship with

her highness.

I don't think any romance was cultivated.

I know.

I know you carry a heavy burden on your shoulders.

But I really wish you would trust us more than you do.

I know. I will.

Alright then.

Once we've solved this case, you owe me some tuna king.

That was my sandwich.

You lie low here for a while, you understand me? I will send back word

when we're ready for you, okay?

Incidentally, I want to ask about the two men who interrogated you.

Would you mind if we disposed of them first?

Dispose of them? Why?

They were only doing what they were ordered to do. As a matter of fact, I

say they deserve a reward.

A reward?

Well, tell me if you change your mind.

Oh, Delta's here, too.

Delta's here?

Yes. She's been missing you.

I did not!

Now get back to your room!

I've prepared everything for this day.

Vintage wine from Bordeaux in the southwest region of France.

900,000 zeni.

Glasses, also produced in France, 450,000 zeni.

The elusive masterpiece I happened to pick up, The Shriek by Monk.

And to create the soft light that will bring it all together in perfect

ambiance, I top it off with this antique lamp.

Yes, my heart is full.

Haunting all those bandits, crawling around to pick up whatever coins I could

find on the ground. It was all to complete my eminence and shadow

collection. And now the time has come at last. And as one final touch, I take

this letter that just arrived today and set it here.

Now I just have to wait.

The time has come.

This night is a world of shadow.

A world of shadow. A night with the moon hidden. Truly a fitting

world for us.

Everything is in place.

I see.

Under Lady Alpha's orders, we have gathered all available personnel here in

the royal capital.

They number 114.

114?

I'm terribly sorry. No one else could mobilize.

It's the best we could do. Did you hire extras or something?

What? What?

No. Never mind.

Our plan is to launch simultaneous attacks on all the Fenrir sect hideouts

of the Diablos cult scattered throughout the capital. At the same time, we will

search for traces of Princess Alexia's magic.

As soon as we find her, we will bring her into custody.

Gamma will take general command, while Lady Alpha leads the troops on site. I

will be assisting her.

Epsilon will take charge of support from behind, and Delta will lead the vanguard

and signal when to begin.

Each unit will consist of a pro- Is

this?

My apologies to Delta, but I will be playing the prelude.

Tonight, the world will finally know us.

You're telling me after all that, not one goddamn word from the surveillance

team. They must be goofing off somewhere.

Those idiots.

Do they have any idea how scary this organization can be? Hey, is he here?

lover boy what are you doing there with princess Alexia's boot in your hand oh

wow there are traces of her magic all over it aren't there I see now so that's

your game yep that's our game if you would have just talked you could have

spared yourself a lot of unnecessary pain Sid Kagano you're under arrest for

the kidnapping of the princess don't try and resist I mean not that you can huh

Wait, those were our lookouts.

You little... What do you think you're...

Don't think you can get

away with treating the Night Order like this. You have nothing to worry about.

By the time the sun is up, this will all be over.

In that instant, the Great Lord Shadow moved with superhuman speed to stand

before the Lonely Knight. No sooner had his noble voice finished speaking than

his fierce attack... And that right there would be Delta.

The situation is complicated, but we've been able to identify at least eight

locations. The destruction is being perpetrated by an organized group.

Have the security team focus their attention on the school. Yes, Your

Highness. I'm going straight to the front lines. Good luck.

What in the world is going on?

Where is Alexia?

It's hard to sleep with all this noise, huh?

But I'd rather be awake, wouldn't you?

I don't want to miss the phone. Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! It's them! They're

coming, damn it! It's over.

Total slaughter!

Everybody dies!

Damn it! The Knight Order doesn't kill unless they absolutely need to. I don't

give a damn about the Knights!

I'll kill them. I'll kill them all!

They'll be sorry!

I... I made a prototype!

Even this defect can make itself useful.

Go on. Show them! Um, you really shouldn't do that. Give them a taste of

Diablo. Show them now!

Show them our wrath! I have a bad feeling about it.

It's magnificent!

It's magnificent!

I tried to warn you.

I have the devil's own luck.

Have to say Or maybe I don't

Well, I suppose it could be worse

I

Can't have you running out on us, you know you what are you

doing here?

Well, this is my facility, of course. I was the one who funded that man's

research. That's all.

What a relief.

I always thought you had to be either a massive liar or a complete psycho.

It looks like I was right, wasn't I?

It doesn't matter, as long as I have your blood.

Is blood all anybody can talk about?

You don't understand, but with your blood and his research, I'll be

guaranteed the 12th seat in the rounds.

Then I can say goodbye to that ridiculous post as sword instructor.

The Rounds? What is that, some sort of group of lunatics?

The twelve highest-ranking knights in the Order.

Knights of the Rounds.

It comes with more money and fame than I've ever had.

Speaking truthfully, Iris would have made a more fitting offering, but...

I'll just have to settle for you, I guess.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I forgot you hate being compared to your sister.

That's better than usual.

But you will never be more than a fencer ordinary.

Then you just watch me, and I'll show you exactly how ordinary I really am!

A flashy move you copied from your sister.

I had no idea you were keeping something like that from me.

I'll show it to you again if you want. In that case, let me show you the skill

of a future Knight of the Rounds.

You will never be as good as your sister you're coming with me

A

man clad in the

purest black My

name is shadow

He who lurks in the shadows in order to hunt the shadows

Thank you.