Mana and Tohka, who were still fighting Jessica, also noticed the change inside the building.
"Ahahahahahahaha—Mana—die—Mana—!"
However, Jessica, whose back was turned to the building and whose mind had already gone mad, did not notice it.
The quiet sunlight caused no explosion, no roar.
It only slowly surrounded Jessica in that seemingly warm glow.
And then…
"Danger!"
"Guh…"
Mana and Tohka watched with their own eyes as Jessica seed to be burned into ash, scattering away inside the light.
Realizing how dangerous that light was, Mana tried to retreat.
But Tohka rushed toward the center of the light without caring about anything else.
"Shido—!"
The girl was worried about Shido, who was still inside the building.
"Stop! Tohka-san! That's too reckless!"
Mana activated her thrusters and caught up with Tohka. She wrapped both arms around the girl and stopped her.
As his younger sister, Mana was also worried about Shido. But that did not an charging straight into that light was the right choice.
"If we die in that light too, who will save Nii-sama?"
"Guh…"
Hearing Mana's words, Tohka cald down.
Mana was right. The power of that light barrier was clear to see. Rushing in without thinking would just be handing the enemy a double kill.
"Shido…"
Looking at the small sun at the top of the building, Tohka's heart filled with unease.
_____________
"Ah…"
After an unknown amount of ti, Miku's throat finally recovered a little.
But compared to that, what Miku cared about more was why she was still alive.
When she opened her eyes, what she saw was not cruel light, but gentle night.
Shido stood in front of her, with Tsukuyomi spread open, resisting the burning and destruction of the light.
"Yo, Miku. Are you okay?"
Shido turned back and looked at Miku.
"You… why…"
She could not understand it at all.
Why would this man save her?
Why would he save soone like her, who had lost her voice and had no value at all?
"Because we made a promise."
[!!!]
Miku suddenly rembered the words she had once said to Shido.
[If I ended up in the sa situation as Mikoto-san, would Shido risk his life to save too?]
[Of course!]
That was what Shido had answered back then.
Miku covered her mouth with her hand as tears slid down nonstop.
He had protected her.
Shido had truly protected the her who had lost her voice and had no value at all.
[Sorry to bother you while you're flirting, but I have to ask… is this really the ti to worry about the girl who has clearly already fallen into your harem, boy?] (TL:tsukuyomi?)
Just as Shido was about to comfort the crying Miku, an unfamiliar voice suddenly rang out.
"Who's there?"
Shido looked around, but aside from Miku, there was nothing here except the barrier of night and the barrier of light.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
Miku asked.
"I heard soone's voice. But…"
Shido grew confused.
Was it just his imagination?
[Stop looking. I'm speaking to you inside your mind.]
"Who exactly are you?"
Shido asked.
Miku widened her eyes in shock, because right now, Shido looked as if he was talking to empty air.
[Although I'd love to answer that question, shouldn't you be worrying about sothing else right now?]
"Guh…"
Shido understood. That voice was right.
The most important thing was saving Mikoto.
[Listen to . Right now, Mikoto has fallen into a deep sleep. I'll find a way to keep her consciousness near the surface. Then you have to wake her up!]
The voice spoke in a serious tone.
"But right now… I can't even get close to Senpai…"
Shido frowned.
At the mont, just maintaining the barrier was already difficult enough, never mind getting to Mikoto's side.
Even if that distance was less than ten steps.
[About that…]
In an instant, Shido felt power rising inside him.
The night began to expand, covering the light and embracing the girl within it.
"Yakumo-senpai!"
He did not need the mysterious voice to remind him.
Shido had already started running toward the girl.
Mikoto's current outfit was completely different from her usual sacred Astral Dress.
It was a short dark-blue kimono. Its hem and her black thigh high socks ford a tempting absolute territory. The collar of the kimono was loose, revealing her snow white shoulders and even part of her full chest. Behind her hung a curved moon wheel.
If Mikoto's usual Astral Dress made people think of the sun, then the girl before him now was like the moon, mysterious and slightly bewitching.
"Yakumo-senpai—!"
Shido held the girl in his arms.
Mikoto lay quietly in his embrace, her unfocused eyes staring silently at the sky. She showed no reaction at all to Shido's voice.
"What should I do? Will sealing work?"
Shido asked the mysterious voice.
[Don't even think about it. Until Mikoto's consciousness returns, that's impossible. Keep calling her! Don't give up!]
"I know!"
Holding the girl in his arms, Shido called her na again and again.
Floating, drifting, swaying.
The girl felt as if she were lying in the Boundary, with silence all around her.
Or perhaps she was at the bottom of the sea, falling endlessly into deep darkness, sinking toward a seabed with no light at all.
But at that mont, she felt sothing holding her up, pulling her toward the bright surface.
[Yaku… mo…]
She seed to hear a voice.
It was familiar. Warm.
[Yakumo… senpai…]
She was so sleepy.
She did not want to open her eyes.
She wanted to keep sleeping like this.
But that voice kept calling her.
[Yakumo-senpai… Yakumo-senpai…]
The voice was so familiar that her heart began to beat violently.
She wanted to be called by that voice.
She wanted to return to that voice's side.
And so, the girl slowly opened her eyes and raised her hand.
"Mikoto—!"
[!!!]
In that instant, she opened her eyes and saw Shido, his gaze filled with worry.
"Shi… do…"
Mikoto slowly called the boy's na.
Her mind was still hazy. Only after a while did she finally rember what had happened before.
"Thank goodness!"
The girl hugged the boy tightly as tears of relief spilled down her face.
"Shido is safe… Thank goodness."
"Guh…"
Feeling Mikoto's warmth, Shido's face quickly turned red.
Boom!
However, this was a battlefield, not a place suited for a romantic mood.
The divine realm that had been like the sun returned to night the mont Shido woke the girl. Ellen's Rhongomiant struck it, raising small ripples across the barrier.
"What a sha. I did not think she could recover even after inverting to that extent. But no matter. If we kill Itsuka Shido again, you will fall into despair once more, won't you, Miko?"
Westcott stood in the air with the help of Ellen's Territory and spoke to Mikoto.
"I won't let you hurt Shido, Westcott."
Mikoto looked at that man.
Even the usually gentle girl now carried killing intent in her eyes.
"Ellen."
"Leave it to ."
After clashing with her several tis, Ellen had already confird that Yakumo Mikoto's Angel had no attack power at all.
In that case, she would abandon defense and pour all her magic power into offense.
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