"Hm...?"
I open my eyes.
I'm lying on a bed.
This is a school infirmary.
A blanket covering my body.
"What happened?"
A boy is sitting near the bed.
Was he watching me sleep?
"You lost consciousness.
However, you're almost healed.
Stars have a strong enough healing factor to combat poison, apparently."
A boy around my age is wearing a student uniform.
Black hair and deep black eyes.
His hair is a mess, though.
"Who are you?"
I remember him.
The boy that was waiting for me was near the entrance of the school garden.
But something doesn't sit well with me. He is hiding something.
"Call me Fraxinus, that works."
I didn't ask for his name. I asked what he was.
What a way to dodge the question.
One thing is certain: the manticore blocked the sun.
It was his strategy that gave way to victory.
Why did I trust him in the first place?
"Then your plan succeeded, I see.
You're a good strategist."
To know so much about beasts and how the military works.
Someone who pays extra attention in class and reads a lot.
That is for sure.
"I saved your life, to be more precise."
Hmph, throwing in my face that he saved me?
Who does he think he is? I wouldn't die so easily.
"Oh, thank you, my savior."
To think that a beast would spawn inside a school.
If this many students were slaughtered...
I would never forgive myself.
"Wait a second..."
A voice comes out of my earbud.
[The Second Star is coming to send you back.]
"She is coming?!"
The second star...
"Fraxinus, get out of here.
If the military sees you, this ain't ending well."
What I'm scared of isn't the military.
But there is no time to explain.
It is not a complete lie, the military would seize and interrogate him.
And worst...
"Okay?"
He prepares to leave without any emotion on his face.
How can he be so cold and understanding?
He is definitely not a regular human.
"And... Thanks a lot, Fraxinus."
I was thinking about it.
I wonder what would have happened if he wasn't there.
If I didn't know that the beast was a manticore,.
It is better to not think about it.
A few minutes after he leaves, the door is shut.
A girl in a blue military outfit enters and walks directly to me.
She grabs me by the collar, lifting my body with ease.
"You didn't even wait for the agency to determine the beast's strength.
You rushed to fight it on your own. You could have died, it was a grand beast."
Her name is Sapphire Sirius, the Second Star.
"You got poisoned, you could have died."
If I had to explain her personality, she is the super-protective mom type.
Together, we are the Twin Stars, or just the Stars.
I am the fastest one, which means I can reach the enemy way faster than the rest of the military.
She is the strongest one, which means even grand beasts can't defeat her.
If she fought the manticore, she would be able to parry the spikes easily.
Even if the manticore used the darkness, she could fight against it using instinct alone.
"When I heard it was a school, I had to hurry. Everyone here would die.
I didn't know it was a grand beast. I thought it was a regular one.
I was able to defeat it.
So there is no problem at all. Also...
Can you let go?"
"Oh, sorry."
She puts me on the floor gently.
"Now, we need to return to the headquarters."
I grab her by the hand, but I can't move her body, no matter how much force I put behind my grab.
"You go, I stay."
Huh?
"In the end, this was all my fault, an undiscovered feather spawned a beast.
And that ended up endangering you. So I will need to triple my patrol time and get rid of every single feather."
"Fine." She will overwork herself now.
She leaves for her search for feathers after giving me a spare uniform.
One thing I hadn't noticed before was that...
When the manticore slashed me, my uniform had three big holes made by the claws.
Which is why I had a blanket in the infirmary.
And why did she bring me spare clothes?
That means:
Then he saw...
I will kill him next time I see him.
(Remember that Fraxinus only sees humans as silhouettes.)
As for Sapphire, she is so overprotective that it gets on my nerves.
I wish she cared only half as much about humanity as she cares about me.
Sometimes I think she only fights to get me out of danger.
It is true that I am the most popular of the stars.
I am the symbol of hope for everyone in this city.
But it is all propaganda by the government.
The one doing most of the fighting is Sapphire.
I am the first star.
The first one is able to fight against beasts.
But while beasts became stronger and stronger through time,.
I'm still the same.
I've fallen behind.
I can't fight on the same level as she can.
I'm just a pretty face for people to fawn over.
But I was able to defeat a grand beast without her or the rest of the military.
Even so, I had the help of a human.
That does not sit well with me.
"I need to defeat a grand beast on my own."
[I see.]
Shit, I said it out loud.
[Arstria, I have been monitoring you for the last year.
You have changed, you keep throwing yourself against stronger beings than you.
"Father..."
The leader of the government.
And the man who raised me.
But there is no problem with that. You are a star.
Your existence is based on shining as brightly as you can.
But not all stars shine forever.
...
She is the second star because she is your successor.
One day, we will find a third star, and the same will repeat.
His words are true, but they still hurt.
You don't follow orders, you only needed to discover the identity of the beast.
Not fight it. But you nearly died while fighting.
[What is worse, you needed the help of a regular human.]
I can't take this anymore.
[You should understand your position.].
[Or will you let your ego get in the way of your duty?]
"I see.
Then you don't need me anymore."
[You don't understand.]
I take my earbud and smash it into pieces.
"I will not lose my position to anyone else.
I will prove that I can become stronger on my own.
Without the help of anyone."
But the problem is how...
Stars...
Humans have always loved fiction.
Be it movies, books, or old mythologies,.
One day, these monsters that only existed in our imaginations appeared in the real world.
They were named as beasts, their only goal is to extinguish humanity.
But it is unfair.
Evil beasts that bring only sadness and destruction became a reality.
But heroes who helped people did not.
But that changed when my father found me.
I was still a baby.
And just like the beasts, I too had magical powers.
The power to create fire.
That is my magic.
Using fire, I'm able to burn enemies.
And using a sword, he was able to create slashes of fire.
I can also use it for propulsion, allowing me to fly like a rocket.
The propulsion is so useful that I can move way faster than anyone else.
Against regular beasts, that is enough to win.
But against grand beasts, they are just too strong for me to do something against them.
At least people believe in me.
Sapphire isn't half as charismatic as me, which is why people don't have nearly any faith in her.
But they do in me.
But I can't do anything by myself.
That sucks.
When a beast appears, she is the one who does most of the work.
And I get the credit.
I'm not only a failure, but a star.
But it is also completely fake.
As I walk through the city, hours pass by.
I searched for a feather, but had no luck so far.
It began happening around ten years ago.
Feathers began to fall from the sky.
If no one defeats the monster inside the feather,.
The monster spawns in the real world.
That feather that was in the school summoned a grand beast.
So it was likely there for over a month.
With no one discovering its existence.
Feathers emit mana, so using mana trackers like the one on my right eye, we're able to look for them.
Getting rid of feathers before they spawn monsters is our job.
But sometimes, we are unable to find the feathers, and it becomes too late.
We need to defeat the monsters in the real world, or else they will kill everyone.
Let's do this.
"Fire."
Using my two rapiers, I fly towards the highest skyscraper.
During my first years of training, it was hard to master flying.
But after getting the hang of it, it becomes absurdly useful.
At top speed, I can accelerate up to 150 km/h.
My body is not tough enough to use that speed during combat.
But the fire propulsion is why I'm able to flee from any battle that I find myself in.
I tried looking for any mana traces, but it was not useful.
Not even up here, peace reigns in Sirius City.
It is already nearly midnight, the city is beautiful, that is for sure.
A small flicker of light flew right in front of me.
"What!"
It was so fast, I couldn't see what it was.
I run towards it on the roof, but it is so quick I can't catch up to it.
Just a bit more!
I send mana to my legs and nearly catch it.
However, it flew away from the building.
"Not yet."
I jump after it, and the small will-o-wisp tries to get away from me.
But then why did it appear in front of me?
As I try to catch it again and again.
It always seems to escape my grasp.
I fly through many buildings, nearly get hit by a train, and fly through many cars.
It enters through a window. I go after it.
Sorry bystanders, I need to know what that is.
It flies under a door.
"Fire."
I blow the door away as I chase after it.
It escapes the apartment building through the window on the other side.
The chase continues for minutes.
Until it finally stops in front of a river.
"What are you?"
I walk to it, preparing to hold it.
But it falls down slowly.
Like a feather.
I hold it with my hands.
A feather made out of fire.
"Oh no."
The feather begins to shine before giving off a dizzying flash.
In the darkness, many eyes surround me.
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My name is Lignum Fraxinus.
I wake up at six in the morning.
I begin my training with a hundred push-ups.
I'm still around ten years old, but I need to become stronger.
Followed by a hundred squats and a hundred crunches.
After that, I eat and prepare to go to school.
I need to do everything in this house.
Because I live alone.
As I prepare my breakfast,.
A sandwich with tuna.
However, I'm unable to differentiate colors.
So everything is painted black.
At least I'm able to taste food.
I turn on the TV.
The way I can differentiate stuff is due to depth perception.
So I know the overall shape of everything.
However, televisions are two-dimensional.
I only see a black canvas.
But I can hear what the news is.
It is important to stay up to date.
"Urgent News.
Half of the city has been destroyed.
The Fabled Beast has been defeated overnight by a team of the military led by the Second Star.
The First Star, Arstria Sirius, is currently gone. Her uniform has been found with her rapiers near the river.
If you have seen her, please report to the following number:
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Are you kidding me?
A fabled beast... Didn't only one of them appear over the last decade?
Arstria is the first one to be sent to deal with them, and only her uniform and rapiers were found.
A memory comes to mind.
The time she was pierced by the spikes.
She turned into fire and vanished into the air.
Only her uniform and rapiers fell to the floor.
"I should have opened the news before my morning training."
I walk to my kitchen and grab a dozen pills.
Honestly, after the whole manticore thing, I tried looking for one of its spikes.
However, just like what happened with the body of the monster, all the spikes vanished when it died.
They would be useful.
I put all of the pills before drinking them all in one go.
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I open my eyes.
I'm currently in front of my house.
I grab my phone and check the time and date.
1:00 PM
Yesterday, after I went home from school,.
After a quick visit, I leave my house behind.
Now I need to find that girl.
When beasts appear, they always give an evacuation order where it is.
So I will just need to wait until that happens and head there.
If I don't get there in time, another reset.
However, I entered the subway.
It's easier to get anywhere from here.
I sit on a bench and open the news article.
If you're wondering, how can I see the hour on my phone?
I've asked to configure it for a blind person.
So it just says the hour out loud when I press the button.
11:00 PM
Ten hours later, there was no news at all about what happened.
Maybe I should have paid more attention to the news to know when it happened.
Or maybe the butterfly effect was enough to create a different set of events.
12:01 PM
"Everyone living near the central river, please evacuate.
A beast has spawned."
Central River...
That is around thirty minutes from here.
The idea of using the subway was terrible. Of course, they would cancel any train going there.
I run towards the river, so I can only hope that I get there on time.
Nearly there...
Hm? Why are the lights all turned out?
There is something strange near the river.
It is similar to a giant ball.
As I approach,.
"..."
Around fifteen humans...
Their bodies are somehow melted together.
All of their eyes aren't on their faces anymore.
It is a fabled beast, after all.
Beasts are categorized into three levels:
Human-Level: monsters around the same strength as a trained human.
Grand-Level: monsters from legends that are strong enough to destroy a village.
Fabled-Level: Monsters from myths where they have names are strong enough to destroy an entire city.
Eyes... A monster centered around eyes...
Could this be a display of the victims of a watcher?
However, in the middle of the corpses,.
The uniform and rapiers.
I was too late.
Considering the checkpoint goes up to tomorrow,.
I will first discover what this beast is.
If these are the victims, it should be nearby.
All of the lights being out means nothing to me.
As I can see in the dark,.
But there is nothing nearby at all.
These rapiers...
They are so thin.
It is better than not having a weapon.
It must be attacking any humans nearby, considering the number of victims.
Then, I need to go towards a heavily populated area nearby.
A building far away loses its light suddenly.
There.
I run towards the building, and I see two more balls of corpses on the way.
The smell is horrible.
I enter through the entrance, the guard is not here anymore.
"Anyone there?"
I scream, I need to get its attention.
"H-Help me..."
Deep in the building, there is a girl walking towards me.
In that form, I know her.
"Arstria?"
"Please, there is a beast in here, I need your help."
How can she have the exact same uniform?!
It could be a shape-shifting beast.
"Lignum, please help me."
I never told her my first name was Lignum.
I run towards the false Arstria and pierce its neck with her own rapier.
The silhouette bursts into flames.
Flames -
As I look around, many other people are walking around.
Illusions?
Where the monster is:
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I open my eyes.
Have I died? That fast?
Where am I?
At the subway already.
I take a look at the hour.
2:00 PM
The checkpoint changed. This is new.
The rules of my time travel are simple.
I die, and my mind is sent back to the past.
It is similar to having a premonition.
I can die more than a hundred times, so I always go back to the latest checkpoint.
Checkpoints are made randomly, but once done, they can only be overwritten by a checkpoint further in the future.
There are many more mysteries to be solved yet about it.
And everything begins with saving that star girl.
I take the subway before the lines are closed.
11:30 PM
I walk to the place in the river where the corpse ball was.
But this time, I hide somewhere nearby.
Nothing really changes until around...
12:00 PM
Something floats near the river.
And a girl walks up to it.
Arstria Sirius found you.
Still alive this time.
Should I intercept already?
She walks and holds it.
The shape changes to a feather.
A feather, just like the one who turned into the manticore!
But this one seems to be in flames.
The space-time in front of her breaks, and in front of the girl, a giant monster.
Around fifteen meters in length. A giant serpent with fire burning through its body.
There are many strange holes through its body that I can't see clearly.
Infernal Fabled Beast Boitata, the Fire Serpent
The holes must be the many eyes it has in its legend.
It only eats eyes, so it must devour many humans and then vomit without the eyes.
Making the corpse balls. The illusions that I saw were made out of fire, which is why I could see them.
It has control over Will-O-Wisps, which is why it is able to create spirits out of fire to trick its prey.
Arstria looks into its eyes.
She becomes enthralled by them.
Boitatas are said to bring blindness and insanity to those looking at them.
A mental attack.
Before the monster closes its mouth, I jump at Arstria, pushing her away from the bite.
The mental attack must be due to Boitata's fire.
However, I'm immune, as I cannot even differentiate its eyes from the rest of the body.
Arstria keeps looking at the monster.
As the serpent prepares to attack again,.
I take my shirt off and use it to blindfold her, and I hold her breath with both hands.
Then I close my eyes and hold my breath too.
We stay completely still.
The serpent looks elsewhere and leaves.
I'm so glad I read all of those books.
They even had instructions on how to survive it.
After the monster leaves,.
There is really nothing we can do now.
Many people will die.
Arstria takes a few minutes to get back to normal.
"W...What happened..."
"Hello, it is your savior."
I take her blindfold off.
"Y-You! What are you doing here?"
"I take walks near the river during the nighttime.
Then I saw a dumb girl in front of a giant monster.
Then I went to save her."
"Giant Monster? I don't remember anything.
Only finding a feather"
She is still confused about everything.
How can someone fight against such a monster?
I think the military was able to defeat it.
"A fabled beast known as Boitata appeared in front of you.
Fortunately, I was there just in time to save you."
"I-I see."
For some reason, she can't maintain eye contact with me.
Good. I hope she does the same with the snake.
"But how could you fight against a fabled beast?"
She must have misunderstood something.
"I didn't..."
I take my time to explain Boitata's legend.
She didn't know anything about it.
"Then it is still out there.
Eating people..."
"Surely, the military should be coming any time soon.
They have already detected it and should be able to defeat it.
They have defeated a fabled beast before, right?"
"Yes, Sapphire did."
"Who?"
"The Second Star."
"I see, is she that much stronger?"
"Yes..."
"So, what do you want to do now, Arstria?"
"I want to defeat the beast."
"I see, then let's do it."
"What!? Don't you know how dangerous it is?"
"I don't care. Let's defeat it."
"It is already far away from us."
"You see, I have a strategy.
I spent the last day reading about you and your powers.
I know of a way to win."
She gets up from the floor.
"But then I still needed your help."
"What do you mean?"
"I want to do it alone, on my own!"
"That is... Okay, I accept the challenge.
I will only give you the strategy, but I won't help."
"Hm? How can I, who can't even take out a grand beast, defeat a fabled beast?"
"Well, you see."
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One entire building had already been completely eaten and regurgitated.
The monster, known as Boitata, continues its hunt.
However, the Boitata is known as the protector of the forest.
She hates anyone who starts forest fires.
While beasts aren't as rational as the legends about them, the concepts still stand.
If you want to attract the Boitata, you just need to start a forest fire.
On the vegetation near the river, a girl able to produce fire put all the trees on fire.
The beast quickly noticed it and stopped its hunt.
Going towards the girl.
The girl, blindfolded, was waiting for the monster.
Boitata attacked with a bite.
However, the girl dodged perfectly.
Arstria then jumped on top of the monster and pierced its scales with its rapiers.
Before unleashing a torrent of fire inside the monster.
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It took three resets, but I was able to write down the exact moment that the monster attacked.
And the exact angle necessary for her to jump.
The plan would not work if she wasn't a prodigy at following orders.
Rapiers, thin as they are, are able to pierce the strongest of armors.
Boitata is not made out of fire, it should be similar to a snake in composition, but it can also attack with fire.
But it is also able to dive underwater, which means fire isn't part of its biology.
It is just magic it is able to use.
What is interesting about this is that fire should be able to damage the snake.
The only problem are the resistant scales, but that does not matter if she uses rapiers.
By projecting the fire on the rapiers, the fire she summons will burn the snake completely.
The beast should be totally burned now.
"Argh."
The snake struggles, throwing Arstria away.
Before breathing a torrent of fire right in Arstria's face.
Her carbonized body falls to the floor before turning into sparkles.
Why didn't she win?
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"Arstria, I have a question for you."
"What is it?"
"You said that the fabled beast was defeated by the Second Star."
"Yes..."
"But the records say that you did the finishing blow."
"The records are faked because I need to be the most famous one.
The second star is not as charismatic."
"Which fabled beast has she fought?"
"Hm, I don't remember."
I take my phone and look for the video of the battle.
A giant monster made out of wood.
A treant appeared in the city.
The video clearly shows the Second Star trying to defeat it by using her magic.
But any damage to the treant healed too fast. The same happened with any weapons employed by the military.
When the people were in danger and rising between them, the First Star stood proudly.
And created a massive torrent of fire.
By calculating the size of the tree and how quickly it turned to ashes,.
The firepower of Arstria was just so massive that it doesn't make any sense why she couldn't defeat this giant snake.
She is confused after watching the video.
"Is this video in some ways like a movie? Because I asked around and people seemed to remember it clearly as they stood there to witness it."
Fortunately, I was able to enter one of the buildings during a reset to ask this specific question.
Actually, this is the second time I have talked to Arstria about this. The first time, she was convinced it was a video made by the government.
"No way... How... I don't remember it."
"I see, the government must be removing your memories."
"Could they..."
"It is illogical that you would become the most popular one if you're the weakest.
You're only weak now, but that was not always the case.
Something is wrong in this story.
"Haha..."
"You can do it, just repeat the strategy.
But be confident, and believe in your strength."
"I'm unsure if I will be able to do it."
Before she could think, I gave her an earbud.
I bought another one, because apparently she lost hers. (Learned in another reset.)
When she looked back, the vegetation was already on fire.
Using a lighter and gasoline, I did it on my own.
"Hey, you said you wouldn't help me!"
"I needed to start the fire early before the snake could eat anyone."
That is also true.
My first strategy was to trust in Arstria's power and guide her beforehand.
But that took so long that it gave enough time for many people to die.
One thing I've learned about Arstria is that she hates people dying.
So before I even saved her from Boitata, I set a timer on the vegetation for the fire to start on its own.
I run towards the fire, and Arstria understands.
The monster will be following me.
I try to hide near the river as the snake approaches.
[You idiot!]
[Arstria, you don't need to prove yourself.
You're strong, they are the ones who are hiding this from you.
Also, if I didn't help, people would die.
What comes first, your ego or people's lives?]
[I hate you.]
We communicate using earbuds.
She puts on a blindfold.
[I will guide you, just hear me out.]
The monster approaches me and prepares to kill me.
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Before that can happen, a fire begins elsewhere in the city.
Catching the beast's attention.
[Now, attack its tail.]
Arstria runs and pierces the monster's tail.
"FIRE!"
Her fire is stronger than before, but it still is not enough to do enough damage.
The monster's tail prepares to coil around Arstria.
[Propulsion up!]
She is able to dodge using her propulsion.
The monster's head went towards her.
Boitata prepares for another flamethrower.
Regular attacks Arstria can dodge.
But its flamethrower's range is so broad that she can't escape, no matter how hard she tries.
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A fire begins elsewhere, luring the beast's attention away again.
The beast ran towards me.
I run at my maximum speed.
Every 10km I've run during my training the past few weeks.
Everything has been for this moment.
I'm able to run around here then.
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"BOOM!"
Hiding beneath the sand, five gas canisters were hidden.
Using a timer, they explode directly at its face.
The beast struggles inside the dust cloud that the explosion has kicked up.
Now Arstria just needs to
What...
The snake's head... It is not there anymore.
It lost it in the explosion.
Was just a gas explosion enough to do this amount of damage?
Arstria's able to create fire, but not explosions.
It is the difference between a flamethrower and a grenade.
Now I know how the military was able to defeat it before.
Its decapitated neck still moves around, it should take a bit for it to die.
"Hm!?"
Its head begins to grow again.
Cells mutate rapidly.
A new head remorse in its place.
However, it is different.
It is somewhat like the devil's.
No...
It is the head of a bull.
Phase 2:
Boitata, the Fire Bull
It's body begins to change as, between the scales, hooves appear.
A hybrid between a bull and a snake.
A giant monster stands in our way.
The eyes all around its body close.
And a giant eye appeared on the bull's forehead.
The eye shines before a giant fire laser comes in my direction.
Too slow, I will need to reset.
Before I know it, someone grabs my body, saving me from the laser.
Without her blindfold, the girl named Arstria carries my body easily.
"Her serious expression."
"You're speaking out loud, idiot."
Oh.
"Haven't you received a strange message on your head?
Phase 2 or something?"
What is she talking about?
"There is something wrong with this world.
And with you."
The beast keeps trying to hit her with the laser, but I hold onto her while she uses her rapiers to fly around.
Dodging everything.
"Apparently, in this form, its mental powers are deactivated."
"I see..."
That makes sense, the beast evolved.
It noticed it wouldn't be able to win and mutated itself.
The Boitata is also said to be a bull in some legends.
And it has bull in its name in the first place.
"What is the strategy now, strategist?"
Her voice is serious and full of respect.
She trusts in my plans completely.
For her, I must seen like a genius after all.
She don't care about putting her life in danger.
Like a star, she shines brightly.
As long as she lives, she will burn as brightly as possible.
"I've heard that stars use the magical energy in their bodies, mana, to fight, correctly?"
"Yes."
"Use everything.
Use all of your mana in a single attack.
Without any care about what happens next."
"You know that we die if we get out of mana, right?"
"What is the problem in that? Don't you want to win?"
"I see."
The beast takes a while to recharge.
In the bull form, it is not as fast as before.
That laser, it is absurdly strong, however, before it can be shot, the monster needs to stay still.
She puts me on the floor.
And walks towards the monster, facing it headfirst.
Copying the stance she saw in the video.
Just like the bull.
Rather than attack directly, she would first charge, and then attack.
Fire begins to form around her rapiers.
The fire accumulates more and more.
The area around begins to shine from the emitting heat.
But she don't care about the warmth, as she is a star.
In each of her rapier, pointing towards the floor.
A tornado of fire begins to form.
She will use everything in this attack.
Without a single care.
Her mouth begins to speak, without she even noticing it.
The beast prepares to shoot.
"Stars, formed by stardust.
Shall burn... No...
Shall explode.
Powerfully.
Luminously."
"Ultimate Magic:"
"Ars Nova!"
The two tornadoes meet, each spinning in a different direction.
The two torrents negate one another, exploding like a supernova.
The direction is determined by the rapiers, the fire melts the swords, but not before shooting it.
The boitata's laser meets it head-on.
The two beams try to fight for control.
Wings appear briefly around Arstria.
Like the Treant was engulfed in a fiery explosion.
The bull could not understand the amount of firepower.
The Fabled Beast burned completely.
Until only ashes remained.
"Huff..."
Arstria, after burning herself up, falls to the floor.
Without any energy.
I grab her before she hits the floor.
The silhouette of a small girl that I can carry on my own.
Could do that.
I look at the destruction caused by her ultimate.
How many resets has it been...
I lost count.
But I was able to win again.
We were able to win.
But however, I'm not becoming stronger...
"Hello."
A man approaches.
I instantly looks downwards, I don't want to pass out from looking into a void right now.
Wearing a black uniform.
"I see you have helped my daughter again.
It is a honor to meet you, Fraxinus.
I am Sirius."
Sirius... The owner of the city.
The cientist who protects humanity.
"Have you thought about joining the military before?
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"I will join the military."
"What a quick response, come with me.
And I advise in giving me her."
He holds Arstria's body, just before another girl approaches.
She is the one who brings Arstria back to the headquarters.
"Come with us, Lignum Fraxinus."
I follow them.
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"Here we are with Arstria Sirius.
The girl who single-handedly defeated a Fabled Beast.
No one got hurt, she is truly the protector of humanity."
I have changed, I'm not the weak girl who can't even defeat a grand beast on my own.
Now I am strong, he is the reason for my newfound strength.
It is not too bad in fighting with him.
What has been truly nagging at me is that I never once truly believed I was weak.
That is a lie from the military, I'm sure of it.
I will get to the bottom of it.
I won't take the credit for Sapphire's fights anymore, I will fight on my own.
I won't accept them to use my image as a symbol for humanity.
So no more lies, no more secrets.
"I did it yes, but I didn't do it alone.
A boy by the name of Lignum Fraxinus helped me in defeating the fabled beast."
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However, a boy enters school with newfound attention from everyone.
And there goes my strategy of being invisible.