CH.26 Myriad Memories; Pisces_Sing Crier

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「 Uh... what are you two doing on so early?

「 Raid's not for another four hours innit? 」

『 We would like to try a new strategy on the boss. 』

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17:16:02 Maverick: The uh... new solo tank strat?

17:16:06 Maverick: The one [The Highlanders]'s tank discovered?

17:16:09 Sing: That's the idea.

17:16:12 Maverick: Yeah, I heard about that this morning

but don't you need to reach like...

50k health or something stupid to try that?

17:16:20 Crier: He had 50,000 HP when he wiped.

But he estimated you need around 70 to clear.

17:16:24 Maverick: Jesus.

17:16:29 Sing: They're trying to respec last we checked,

but that's going to take a few days.

17:16:34 Maverick: Right, so...

17:16:38 Sing: We wanted to try something slightly different.

17:16:40 Maverick: Right, but I can't give out mana crystals.

King's orders. We need them for the raid-

17:16:45 Crier: We don't need any.

17:16:47 Maverick: You wot.

17:16:48 Sing: But we do need you to log out for a bit.

17:16:50 Maverick: Uh... why?

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17:17:03 Sing: King's orders. [Orders.png]

17:17:10 Maverick: ...Huh. No %@*&.

17:17:23 Maverick: Alright, guess I'm getting off my #$! to

run some errands then. Good luck with uh...

whatever... your plan is.

17:17:30 Sing: Thank you, Maverick.

17:17:30 Crier: Thank you, Maverick.

17:17:33 Maverick: ...God- seriously, how the hell do you two do

that? Boggles my mind every time...

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17:19:42 Sing: This is Sing.

17:19:43 Crier: And Crier.

17:19:44 Sing: The Devil Twins.

17:19:44 Crier: The Devil Twins.

17:19:46 Sing: For those of you watching in the far future,

at this point, the existence of the "Pure-Demon"

race is completely unknown to the Myriad Worlds

community.

17:19:58 Crier: Also at this time, The Nine-Tails raid has

never been cleared before. As of right now,

everyone is stuck on Nine-Tails's 8th phase,

a.k.a. the Twin-Tailed phase.

17:20:10 Sing: [The Highlanders] currently hold the record for

the most progress, lowering the combined health

of the twin foxes to 28%.

17:20:17 Crier: Today we will be attempting to break that

by lowering the twin foxes' health to 0%.

17:20:23 Sing: To that end, we will be demonstrating

the capabilities... of the Pure-Demon.

17:20:39 Sing uses «Identify» on Princess Agehatate.

17:20:39 Sing engages Princess Agehatate.

Princess Agehatate

LV.100 | The Twin Tailed Fox

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

HP 200,000 / 200,000

17:20:39 Princess Agehatate remembers despair.

17:20:39 Princess Agehatate: Desired by many. Loved by all.

The tragedy was not my death,

but those forced to bear witness.

17:20:46 Hanakari engages Sing.

17:20:47 Sing: Take the hit so we can get an H mark...

17:20:56 Hanakari strikes Sing for 0 damage.

17:20:56 Hanakari marks Sing.

17:20:56 Sing has been spirited away.

17:20:56 Sing: Return to body...

17:20:56 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:21:00 Sing returns from the spirit world.

17:21:00 Sing: Direct the flame lance...

17:21:05 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:21:05 Hanakari is afflicted with Knockdown.

17:21:05 Hanakari loses her target.

17:21:05 Sing is freed of Hanakari's mark.

17:21:05 Sing: Ah, sorry, I needed to focus for a minute.

17:21:06 Chisakari engages Sing.

17:21:08 Sing: You may notice I'm engaging the boss solo.

The reason for that is... both H-Fox and C-Fox

become more active the more players there are.

17:21:10 Hanakari recovers from Knockdown.

17:21:18 Chisakari strikes and misses Sing.

17:21:18 Chisakari loses her target.

17:21:18 Sing: If you reduce the number of targets...

17:21:19 Hanakari engages Sing.

17:21:19 Sing: ...then the foxes only mark one at a time.

If you have two or more people, they do both

marking attacks at once, because there are two

candidates for marking.

17:21:27 Hanakari strikes Sing for 0 damage.

17:21:27 Hanakari marks Sing.

17:21:27 Sing has been spirited away.

17:21:27 Sing: This way, they instead take turns,

dramatically reducing the chaos during

the flame river phase.

17:21:27 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:21:30 Sing returns from the spirit world.

17:21:36 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:21:36 Hanakari is afflicted with Knockdown.

17:21:36 Hanakari loses her target.

17:21:36 Sing is freed of Hanakari's mark.

17:21:37 Chisakari engages Sing.

17:21:37 Sing: Here, we can't ignore the C-Fox a second time

because that causes a hard enrage. We have to

receive its mark. That still causes an enrage

but it's lighter, technically survivable.

17:21:41 Hanakari recovers from Knockdown.

17:21:47 Chisakari strikes Sing for 0 damage.

17:21:47 Chisakari marks Sing.

17:21:47 Sing has been spirited away.

17:21:47 Princess Agehatate: Jealousy. Punishment.

17:21:49 Hanakari is burning with murderous intent.

17:21:50 Sing: This, so far, is all [The Highlanders]'s

strategy.

17:21:52 Chisakari: Arara. How unfortunate.

17:21:52 Chisakari retreats.

17:21:52 Sing is imprisoned by flame lances.

17:21:54 Sing: Their next step is to have their solo

tank dodge and parry all spirit attacks.

17:21:54 Crier uses «Identify» on Hanakari.

17:21:54 Crier engages Princess Agehatate.

Hanakari

LV.100 | Phantom Fox

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HP 75,000 / 100,000

17:21:57 Hanakari is blazing.

17:21:58 Hanakari soulburns 10,000 damage.

17:21:59 Hanakari soulburns 10,000 damage.

17:22:00 Hanakari soulburns 19,999 damage.

17:22:02 Hanakari: Repent.

17:22:03 Sing is dragged back from the spirit world.

17:22:03 Sing's Soul burns Sing for 99,999 damage.

17:22:03 Sing has died.

17:22:05 Crier: That works for them because they have someone

who can handle four attacks per second.

17:22:05 Chisakari returns.

17:22:05 Hanakari is satiated.

17:22:06 Hanakari engages Crier.

17:22:09 Crier: Here we deviate with a different plan.

17:22:09 Crier self-inflicts 89 damage.

17:22:09 Crier is afflicted with Bleed.

17:22:12 Sing recovers from Death.

17:22:12 Sing regenerates 10HP.

17:22:13 Sing regenerates 10HP.

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17:22:14 Sing regenerates 10HP.

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17:22:15 Sing regenerates 10HP.

17:22:16 Sing regenerates 10HP.

17:22:16 Hanakari strikes Crier for 0 damage.

17:22:16 Hanakari marks Crier.

17:22:16 Crier has been spirited away.

17:22:16 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:22:17 Sing regenerates 10HP.

17:22:17 〖 Filter: Regeneration, Degeneration 〗

17:22:19 Crier: Yes, you saw correctly.

17:22:20 Crier returns from the spirit world.

17:22:21 Crier: Sing has recovered from Death.

17:22:25 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:22:25 Hanakari is afflicted with Knockdown.

17:22:25 Hanakari loses her target.

17:22:25 Crier is freed of Hanakari's mark.

17:22:26 Chisakari engages Crier.

17:22:26 Crier: Huff... Pure-Demon blood can cleanse Death.

As a bonus, we regen 1% max HP per second.

17:22:29 Crier recovers from Bleed.

17:22:35 Chisakari strikes and misses Crier.

17:22:35 Chisakari loses her target.

17:22:36 Hanakari engages Crier.

17:22:37 Sing: Notice how I also didn't engage the boss

automatically after being revived. That is

because we have no threat or aggro.

We've done zero damage to the boss.

17:22:36 Hanakari strikes Crier for 0 damage.

17:22:36 Hanakari marks Crier.

17:22:36 Crier has been spirited away.

17:22:36 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:22:37 Sing: This is important to avoid double-marking

because we're approaching flame river phase.

17:22:42 Crier returns from the spirit world.

17:22:46 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:22:46 Hanakari is afflicted with Knockdown.

17:22:46 Hanakari loses her target.

17:22:46 Crier is freed of Hanakari's mark.

Hanakari

LV.100 | Phantom Fox

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HP 50,000 / 100,000

17:22:47 Princess Agehatate remembers a hopeless village.

17:22:47 Princess Agehatate: Days. Weeks. Years.

We never grew up,

and time healed none.

17:22:50 A flame river shrinks the arena.

17:22:51 Hanakari recovers from Knockdown.

17:22:52 The twin foxes retreat.

17:22:52 Sing: We're going to need to focus for a bit.

17:23:00 A flame lance fulminates.

17:23:01 A flame lance fulminates.

17:23:02 Crier: ...

17:23:03 Chisakari engages Crier.

17:23:03 A flame lance strikes.

17:23:04 A flame lance strikes.

17:23:05 Chisakari strikes Crier for 0 damage.

17:23:05 Chisakari marks Crier.

17:23:05 Crier has been spirited away.

17:23:08 Chisakari retreats.

17:23:08 A wave surges from the river.

17:23:09 Crier returns from the spirit world.

17:23:11 Crier jumps.

17:23:11 Princess Agehatate: Jealousy. Punishment.

17:23:11 Hanakari is burning with murderous intent.

17:23:11 A flame lance fulminates.

17:23:12 A flame lance fulminates.

17:23:13 Sing jumps.

17:23:13 Sing uses «Identify» on Princess Agehatate.

17:23:13 Sing engages Princess Agehatate.

Princess Agehatate

LV.100 | The Twin Tailed Fox

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HP 150,000 / 200,000

17:23:14 A flame lance strikes.

17:23:14 Crier is imprisoned by flame lances.

17:23:15 A flame lance strikes Crier for 12,000 damage.

17:23:15 Crier has died.

17:23:15 A flame lance strikes.

17:23:17 Hanakari is satiated.

17:23:18 A flame lance fulminates.

17:23:19 A flame lance fulminates.

17:23:21 Hanakari engages Sing.

17:23:21 A flame lance strikes.

17:23:22 A flame lance strikes.

17:23:23 Hanakari strikes Sing for 0 damage.

17:23:23 Hanakari marks Sing.

17:23:23 Sing is spirited away.

17:23:25 Hanakari retreats.

17:23:25 A wave surges from the river.

17:23:27 Sing returns from the spirit world.

17:23:28 Sing jumps.

17:23:29 Sing self-inflicts 92 damage.

17:23:29 Sing is afflicted with Bleed.

17:23:30 The twin foxes return.

17:23:30 Princess Agehatate: We ruined each other's lives,

but even more, the suitors'.

17:23:31 Crier recovers from Death.

17:23:31 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:23:33 Sing: Okay... huff... so... normally there are eight

lances and two waves simultaneously,

but again... we're engaging one at a time,

so they take turns instead...

17:23:40 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:23:40 Hanakari is afflicted with Knockdown.

17:23:40 Sing is freed of Hanakari's mark.

17:23:41 A wave surges from the river.

17:23:41 Chisakari engages Sing.

17:23:42 Sing: Normally that phase also goes until all players

have a mark-

17:23:44 Sing jumps.

17:23:44 Sing: -but because only one of us is engaged at any

time, "all players" is just one.

17:23:45 Hanakari recovers from Knockdown.

17:23:46 Crier jumps.

17:23:51 Sing recovers from Bleed.

17:23:52 Chisakari strikes and misses Sing.

17:23:54 A wave surges from the river.

17:23:54 Sing: Now we're trying to get the H-Fox to 0%.

17:23:56 Chisakari strikes and misses Sing.

17:23:56 Chisakari loses her target.

17:23:57 Sing jumps.

17:23:57 Hanakari engages Sing.

17:23:57 Sing: It gets a bit more difficult now.

17:23:58 Crier jumps.

17:23:58 Sing: After the marking attack, they spawn

a flame wave at the river and charge again

twice as fast. The arena is also smaller!

17:24:04 Hanakari strikes Sing for 0 damage.

17:24:04 Hanakari marks Sing.

17:24:04 Sing is spirited away.

17:24:04 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:24:06 A wave surges from the river.

17:24:07 Sing returns from the spirit world.

17:24:08 Sing jumps.

17:24:08 Hanakari strikes and misses Sing.

17:24:09 Crier jumps.

17:24:09 Sing: These extra attacks don't count

towards the soft enrage.

17:24:13 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:24:13 Hanakari is afflicted with Knockdown.

17:24:13 Hanakari loses her target.

17:24:13 Sing is freed from Hanakari's mark.

17:24:14 A wave surges from the river.

17:24:14 Chisakari engages Sing.

17:24:14 Crier: One more revive.

17:24:15 Sing jumps.

17:24:17 Crier jumps.

17:24:18 Hanakari recovers from Knockdown.

17:24:21 Chisakari strikes Sing for 0 damage.

17:24:21 Chisakari marks Sing.

17:24:21 Sing is spirited away.

17:24:21 Princess Agehatate: Jealousy. Punishment.

17:24:23 Hanakari is burning with murderous intent.

17:24:26 Chisakari: Arara. How unfortunate.

17:24:26 Chisakari retreats.

17:24:26 Sing is imprisoned by flame lances.

17:24:27 Crier uses «Identify» on Hanakari.

17:24:27 Crier engages Princess Agehatate.

Hanakari

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LV.100 | Phantom Fox

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HP 25,000 / 100,000

17:24:30 Hanakari is blazing.

17:24:31 Hanakari soulburns 10,000 damage.

17:24:32 Hanakari soulburns 10,000 damage.

17:24:33 Hanakari soulburns 19,999 damage.

17:24:35 Hanakari: Repent.

17:24:36 Crier self-inflicts 90 damage.

17:24:36 Crier is afflicted with Bleed.

17:24:36 Sing is dragged back from the spirit world.

17:24:36 Sing's Soul burns Sing for 99,999 damage.

17:24:36 Sing has died.

17:24:39 Sing recovers from Death.

17:24:41 Chisakari returns.

17:24:41 Hanakari is satiated.

17:24:42 Hanakari engages Crier.

17:24:43 Sing: We are approaching burnout phase.

There won't be any time to talk so

I'm going to talk while Crier is tanking.

17:24:49 Hanakari strikes Crier for 0 damage.

17:24:49 Hanakari marks Crier.

17:24:49 Crier is spirited away.

17:24:49 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:24:51 A wave surges from the river.

17:24:51 Sing: In the normal method, both foxes are supposed

to die-

17:24:53 Crier returns from the spirit world.

17:24:53 Crier jumps.

17:24:54 Crier recovers from Bleed.

17:24:54 Hanakari strikes and misses Crier.

17:24:54 Sing jumps.

17:24:54 Sing: -within five seconds of each other.

Burnout phase is a punishment where if one

is still alive after five seconds...

17:24:58 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:24:58 Hanakari is afflicted with Knockdown.

17:24:58 Hanakari loses her target.

17:24:58 Crier is freed from Hanakari's mark.

17:24:59 A wave surges from the river.

17:24:59 Chisakari engages Crier.

17:25:02 Crier jumps.

17:25:03 Hanakari recovers from Knockdown.

17:25:03 Sing jumps.

17:25:03 Sing: ...everyone is soul separated and loses

500 maximum health every half second.

17:25:06 Chisakari strikes and misses Crier.

17:25:08 A wave surges from the river.

17:25:09 Sing: It's a race to kill the last fox

before everyone burns out.

17:25:10 Chisakari strikes and misses Crier.

17:25:10 Chisakari loses her target.

17:25:11 Crier jumps.

17:25:11 Hanakari engages Crier.

17:25:13 Sing jumps.

17:25:13 Sing: During burnout, the last fox's attacks will

damage your max health directly. Ah, and only

one person should be alive. Multiple people

cause flame lances to randomly target.

17:25:20 Hanakari strikes Crier for 0 damage.

17:25:20 Hanakari marks Crier.

17:25:20 Crier is spirited away.

17:25:20 Chisakari recognizes Hanakari's mark.

17:25:23 A wave surges from the river.

17:25:23 Crier returns from the spirit world.

17:25:23 Sing: Multiple people also spawn too many

hellfire pools.

17:25:25 Crier jumps.

17:25:25 Hanakari strikes and misses Crier.

17:25:26 Sing jumps.

17:25:26 Sing: That's why Crier's going to die here.

17:25:29 Chisakari burns Crier for 12,500 damage.

17:25:29 Crier has died.

17:25:29 Chisakari burns Hanakari for 12,500 damage.

17:25:30 Hanakari burns away.

17:25:30 Princess Agehatate: This was for the best.

17:25:34 Princess Agehatate: Should either one of us have lived,

a much worse fate awaited that

village.

17:25:39 Chisakari is awakened by the death of her enemy!

17:25:40 Chisakari marks everyone.

17:25:40 Sing is spirited away.

17:25:41 Chisakari: All those years...

I will get them back.

The world owes me this!

17:25:48 Sing: This is it.

17:25:48 Chisakari rains hellfire on all players.

17:25:48 A flame lance fulminates.

17:25:50 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:25:51 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:25:51 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:25:51 Chisakari watches the nearest players.

17:25:52 Heat Flash misses Sing.

17:25:53 Sing jumps.

17:25:55 Chisakari razes the ground to her left.

17:25:56 A flame lance fulminates.

17:25:58 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:26:59 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:26:59 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:25:59 Chisakari watches the nearest players.

17:25:60 Heat Flash misses Sing.

17:26:01 Sing jumps.

17:26:03 Chisakari razes the ground to her right.

17:26:04 The flame river grows.

17:26:04 Chisakari rains hellfire on all players.

17:26:04 A flame lance fulminates.

17:26:06 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:26:07 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:26:07 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:25:07 Chisakari watches the furthest players.

17:25:08 Heat Flash misses Sing.

17:26:09 Sing jumps.

17:26:11 Chisakari razes the ground to her right.

17:26:12 A flame lance fulminates.

17:26:14 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:26:15 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:26:15 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:26:15 Chisakari watches the nearest players.

17:26:16 Heat Flash misses Sing.

17:26:17 Sing jumps.

17:26:19 Chisakari razes the ground to her right.

17:26:20 The flame river grows.

17:26:20 Chisakari rains hellfire on all players.

17:26:20 A flame lance fulminates.

17:26:22 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:26:23 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:26:23 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:25:23 Chisakari watches the furthest players.

17:26:24 Sing jumps.

17:25:24 Heat Flash misses Sing.

17:26:27 Chisakari razes the ground to her left.

17:26:28 A flame lance fulminates.

17:26:30 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:26:31 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:26:31 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:25:31 Chisakari watches the furthest players.

17:26:32 Sing jumps.

17:25:32 Heat Flash misses Sing.

17:26:03 Chisakari razes the ground to her right.

17:26:36 The flame river grows.

17:26:36 Chisakari rains hellfire on all players.

17:26:36 A flame lance fulminates.

17:26:38 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:26:39 Sing jumps.

17:26:39 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:26:39 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:26:39 Chisakari watches the nearest players.

17:26:40 Heat Flash misses Sing.

17:26:03 Chisakari razes the ground to her left.

17:26:44 A flame lance fulminates.

17:26:46 A wave surges from Chisakari.

17:26:47 A flame lance soulburns 12,500 damage.

17:26:47 Princess Agehatate's Soul burns Princess Agehatate

for 12,500 damage.

17:26:47 Princess Agehatate: Nnh.

17:26:47 All players return from the spirit world.

Princess Agehatate

LV.100 | The Twin Tailed Fox

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HP 0 / 200,000

17:26:48 Princess Agehatate forgets.

17:26:49 Chisakari burns away.

17:26:49 Princess Agehatate's second tail burns away.

17:26:55 Princess Agehatate: ...

17:26:58 Princess Agehatate: Enough...

17:27:01 Princess Agehatate: Have your way with my devout.

I did not force them here.

They refused to leave.

17:27:13 Princess Agehatate retreats to her tower.

17:27:13 A mythical chest has appeared.

17:27:15 Princess Agehatate: Leave me be.

17:27:20 Sing: Haaaah...!

17:27:24 Sing: I did it...

17:27:31 Sing coughs.

17:27:33 Sing: You couldn't see it, but the reason why I had

to move closer near the end isn't because of

the... arena shrinking; it's the hellfire pools.

They don't disappear, and if I moved anywhere

else the flame lances would... um... miss.

17:27:49 Sing: Geeze...

17:27:52 Sing: Haa...

17:28:11 Sing self-inflicts 90 damage.

17:28:11 Sing is afflicted with Bleed.

17:28:16 Crier recovers from Death.

17:28:19 Sing: As for... how I survived for 70 seconds,

which would normally result in 70,000 max

health lost... that is, again, because of a

Pure-Demon quirk.

17:28:31 Sing recovers from Bleed.

17:28:35 Sing: In case you missed it, I died taking huge

overkill soulburn damage. Whereas Crier just

died to a flame lance early, before the

execute went off. That's not a coincidence.

Pure-Demons adapt to damage, especially

overkill.

17:29:07 Crier: What that means is, Sing became resistant to

soul damage. Which is the type of damage that

the max health reduction was.

17:29:16 Sing: ...And with that, [Nemesis] is the first to

clear Nine-Tails's eighth phase.

17:29:26 Sing: Cut.

17:29:27 Crier: That was idiotic.

17:29:28 Sing: This is the only time I'm doing this,

do you understand, Demon King?

17:29:35 Crier: I am not a celebrity puppet.

17:29:38 Sing: Do not make me one.

17:29:40 Sing: Or you can raze the world by yourself.

17:29:40 Crier: Or you can raze the world by yourself.

17:29:41 〖 Recording Ended 〗

『『 You die. 』』

Sing lets go of her game piece and leans back, propping herself up on her arms.

Despite the sun having set long ago, and the air presently carrying a light chill,

we've somehow managed to work up a bit of a sweat.

「 ... 」

Crier looks up at Agehatate

whose eyes have shut.

『 ...Stamina again? 』

「 ...No. 」

Agehatate smiles.

The moon seems to shine brighter behind her.

「 You are fine. You have won. 」

We breathe out, almost smiling too.

This is the first time we've really seen her smile.

It's... cathartic...

「 ...What is wrong? 」

『『 ... 』』

「 Children? 」

Agehatate rounds us up,

cushioning us against her tails.

「 Why are you crying? You have won! 」

『『 I... 』』

Agehatate's eyes have a flicker in their hue,

a luminescent glow, as if divine by design.

...Pure-Demons adapt to damage,

especially overkill.

『『 What does... my soul look like? 』』

「 ........ 」

Agehatate hugs us, pressing us against her cheek with her tails.

It's soft, warm, and fluffy.

A recipe for sleep...

『『 I had a dream... yesterday...

『『 You were... talking to someone far away... 』』

「 ...I was. 」

『『 ...Who was it? 』』

「 Just a wasp -- a wasp that thinks it is a bee- 」

『『 Stop that... 』』

「 ...Polimion, a travelling merchant.

「 She has travelled the world an unreasonable amount of times;

「 this sort of unreasonable girl chose to rescue you against all reason.

「 She succeeded -- and brought you to me. Yesterday, she prayed to me.

「 That is who I was talking to. 」

『『 What... what about the Demon King?

『『 You mentioned... the Demon King... 』』

「 A new Demon King is likely to appear soon.

「 It is about that time. Growing turbulence in world affairs

「 is the greatest indicator. Those favoured by fate narrow the options. 」

『『 And... and what about... 』』

「 When you gazed upon your soul... your hands... your feet...

「 what did you see? Did you see yourself? Was I, what you expected? 」

『『 I was... attached to a chain, in my chest.

『『 It wasn't there before... and it hurt to pull...

『『 but you said not to cut- 』』

「 What you see, is different from what I see.

「 Souls are formless. They were never meant to be seen.

「 What you see, is what your soul believes it is. 」

『『 Then... what... do you see? 』』

「 The... reason, why I believe Polimion is a Demon King candidate,

「 is because... praying to me yesterday, I realized she was a miracle.

「 Fate must favour her, for she gazed upon your soul,

「 and did not die the next day. 」

[END]

CH.26 Myriad Memories; Pisces

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