Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 109 Mission: 04-4 Elegant Shout
"Well—that's enough."

A flaming phantom sword descended from the sky, landing in front of Takamatsu Touma, blocking her path. This startled her, forcing her to wake up from the joy of reunion. Riki and Aine then arrived and dragged her back.

"Miss Samuel," Xiangzi said coldly, dissatisfied, "could you please stop bothering me?"

Nero, who had stopped the lamp from falling into Xiangzi's arms, simply pressed his hat and said with a chuckle, "Oh, what a touching farewell. I didn't want to interrupt you two reminiscing about the past, but before that..."

She glanced at Gao Songdeng, who was still staring blankly at Xiangzi, and then looked at Xiangzi again: "I still want to ask the same old question - where are all the girls you kidnapped now?"

Gao Songdeng shuddered suddenly, his eyes full of disbelief.

Li Xi also raised his longbow again and asked, "What the hell are you?"

"You're still as rude as ever, Shiina Tatsuki."

The shadow under Xiangzi's feet began to boil, and after a moment a figure emerged from it. It was Hailing, whom Lixi had been chasing for some time.

On the rooftop nearby, Wakaba Mutsuya appeared riding on the shoulders of a tall doll.

The leopard-like cats had surrounded this section of railway without anyone noticing.

"Looks like everyone's here," Xiangzi said with a smile, looking around. She lifted her skirt again and saluted. "Please allow me to introduce myself again. I am... no, we are 'Ave Mujica,' the ruler under the red moon. I am the sinner who destroyed the world, and I am also a prisoner trapped within it."

"Playing tricks..." Li Xi gritted his teeth and whispered.

However, Xiangzi didn't care about her attitude. Her eyes were still focused on Gao Songdeng and Nero. "Now that things have come to this, let me answer your questions. Regarding your concerns, those girls who were invited by us to come to this world. They have not suffered any harm, but simply indulged themselves in this world and became our friends. They don't want to return to that sad, lamentable, but helpless reality.

"Are you satisfied with this answer?"

Without waiting for Nero to answer, she turned her head to look at Gao Songdeng and called softly, "Deng."

Gao Songdeng, who was called by her, shuddered again, and their eyes seemed to be trembling as they looked at each other.

"Come with me too," Xiangzi said gently, "Come to my place and fulfill our 'lifelong' promise."

"wrong……"

Deng did not approach Xiangzi, but shook his head and slowly backed away: "No..."

As Xiangzi's gaze gradually cooled, Deng raised his head and said loudly, "That's not right... a lifetime, a lifetime..."

She gasped for breath and struggled to speak: "Lifetime is a cursed word!
"Humans are insignificant and cannot fight against the accidents in life, so!"

She hadn't spoken loudly in a long time and was out of breath for a moment. After a long pause, she continued, "So... compared to this empty and illusory life..."

Finally, Xiangzi interrupted her impatiently: "Gao Songdeng, you have changed."

As soon as these words were spoken, Gao Songdeng took a deep breath and froze in place like a piece of wood.

"I actually appreciate that."

Hailing interrupted, but Xiangzi scolded her mercilessly: "Shut up, this is between me and her."

"If you're talking about changes, isn't your side more radical?"

This time it was Nero who interrupted. She twirled her cane and chuckled, "After all, you're not even human anymore."

The person who reacted most to this was not Takamatsu Deng, but Shiina Riki. She looked at Hai Ling in disbelief and asked intermittently, "Hai Ling, you?!"

"Boss?"

Hailing looked up at Xiangzi, asking if she could answer. She didn't know Gao Songdeng well enough to know if the answer would affect the invitation. Xiangzi sighed helplessly, acquiescing.

"You guessed right." Hai Ling then said to Li Xi calmly, "I am also a demon. There is no human being named 'Hachiman Hai Ling' in this world anymore."

"What did you say?"

At this moment, Shiina Tatsuki's face looked as pale as death.

Finally, Gao Songdeng recovered from this extremely shocking question and answer, and finally figured out what Nero had said before: "Xiao Xiang..."

"Ah, yes," Xiangzi replied coldly, "I am a demon... the demon that has taken over the body of the 'Xiao Xiang' you know."

As she spoke, her glowing amber eyes pointed at Nero, and her usually elegant tone finally showed hostility: "You have disrupted my plans time and time again. I think you should be prepared to face the consequences, right?"

Nero smiled, took off his hat, and pressed it to his chest, as if to say, "Please help yourself."

"You're handling it with ease. Did you forget something?"

Xiangzi waved her hand gently, and the huge demon pillar and the savior appeared behind her again. She sneered and said, "In the fight just now, the victory was on my side—

"This time, I won't give you a chance to surrender!"

The massive enemy immediately drew a cry of surprise from Aine. Honestly, she had no presence here at all. Nero had almost forgotten that an ordinary high school girl had infiltrated this battlefield of demons and demon hunters.

In the face of the terrifying enemy, Shiina Riki didn't tremble like Aine. She suppressed her chaotic thoughts and shouted to her former best partner, "Deng, please! Same tactics as before!"

As she spoke, she shot poison arrows into the sky, preparing to rain down arrows that would create a poisonous swamp.

however……

"I can not do it……"

But Deng shook his head and refused her.

Li Xi called Deng's name again anxiously: "Deng! Now is not the time to lose your temper——"

"I--"

Deng shook his head again and gave an answer that Li Xi couldn't accept: "I can no longer make the same sound as before."

Takamatsu Touma's weapon, the Parthenopole, is a magic wand that transforms sound into power.

If you want to unleash its power, you must make the most genuine cry in your heart.

Li Xi understood what Gao Songdeng said, but he couldn't accept it.

"How is it possible?!" she demanded, "If, if it was you!"

"The Prime Mover of All! Your glory permeates the entire universe—"

At that moment, a clear song rose up against the wind, pointing directly at the figure bathed in the blood-red moonlight: "So it shines a little more here, and a little less there!"

But the voice did not come from Takamatsu Deng that Li Xi was expecting, but from Nero.

After a long silence, she drew her sword and sang hymns again under the red moon.

　There are two more chapters to go, I will definitely finish them!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)