I am Gilgamesh, the King of Heroes.

For some reason, Jill sensed a familiar magic in that direction.

(Don't worry, only spatial spells can get you in there...)

The sound suddenly rang out.

This was a voice Jill had never heard before; it was gentle, and the person seemed quite young.

"Who is it?" Jill asked.

(Now, I'll take you there... but don't blame me if anything goes wrong.)

"Tch, what kind of surprise could there be? I don't believe it. If you're so capable, give me a performance..."

Immediately afterwards, a magic circle appeared beneath Jill's feet.

The next moment—the world spun around.

……

"boom!"

Jill landed on the ground.

He felt a churning sensation in his stomach.

Then he opened his mouth.

"vomit……"

Vomited.

(I told you there would be an unexpected situation, but you didn't believe me...)

"Damn it...tch, so this is the prison barrier..." After Jill waited for the nausea to subside, she burned all the filth away with a fire and began to look around.

(Indeed... there's absolutely no problem with my spatial magic.)

That voice was very confident... but it had a slightly irritating quality to it.

"Hiss... It's so dark." Jill stretched out her hand, and several runes appeared in the air, illuminating a large area of ​​space.

This is the sanctuary within the prison's perimeter.

He looked around and saw a figure in the distance.

However, Jill's pupils contracted the moment she saw the figure.

There was a chair placed there.

In the spacious hall of the sanctuary, there was a chair, a luxurious armchair covered in velvet. A woman sat there, her eyes closed as if asleep.

She was a beautiful and innocent witch, who looked like a porcelain doll.

—Nangong Nayue.

Jill activated the Omniscient and Omnipotent Star.

The feedback came back quickly.

He took a deep breath. "So that's how it is. This is the truth, isn't it—Natsuki-chan?"

And then at this time.

"Boom!"

The prison barrier has been broken—

Jill turned her head.

The first one to enter was Xiaogu City—

No, it's Sentoki Yuma.

Sendou Yuuma swapped bodies with Akatsuki Kojou using a space-time distortion technique. Was her destination...?

Jill glanced silently at the moon behind her, then sighed.

He slowly took a few steps forward, blocking Sentoki Yuma.

“I’m sorry.” Jill still held the Demon Slayer, Esther’s avatar, in her hand. “This path is blocked.”

"Teacher Jill (Jill)!?"

……

Sentoki Yuuma's face darkened.

She was well aware of just how powerful the man in front of her was.

That person, who possesses immense magical power yet manages to evade spatial turbulence every time—can't possibly be a nobody!

“That’s enough…” Jill stopped in her tracks. “Now that you’re standing in front of me, you have no other option but to defeat me.”

“I was just one step away from the key…” Sendou Yuma looked somber, and the headless blue knight stood behind her.

Enkidu then came to Gil's side.

"Is Natsuki-chan... the key to the prison barrier?" Kojo asked.

In the sanctuary hall behind Gilles and Enkidu, Nagaku Nagatsuki was still fast asleep on a chair.

The impact of Sentoki Yuma's violent breaking of the prison's barrier was also conveyed to Nazuki inside.

A drop of blood left a mark on Na Yue's cheek near her temple.

Jill frowned.

In that case, it seems unlikely that we can fight without restraint, at least not in this space.

"—Think about it carefully. Even the artificial island management commune can't recognize the prison located in another dimension. Who is it, and how did they send the prisoners in?"

Yuma stared coldly at Nagatsuki, who was sleeping behind Gil, and said.

“‘The Witch of the Gap’ Nangong Nayue is not only the guardian of the prison barrier, but also the gatekeeper, the gate, and the key. In the end, the prison barrier is the name of a magic that exists to seal away vicious magical criminals—and she is the only user of it.”

Gil stared at Sendou Yuma, "So, your goal is Nagatsuki, isn't it? Because once Nagatsuki dies, this space will naturally crumble, and the prison barrier will shatter."

“That’s right.” Sendou Yuma admitted directly.

The prison barrier is a magic maintained by Nagatsuki.

That's why she's in this sanctuary. And she probably fully experienced the impact of the barrier being destroyed.

The term "witch" is an alternative name for a woman who has made a pact with a demon. Through their role as "guardians" of demons, they can use the same abilities as demons. As humans, they can manipulate and even rival the magic of high-ranking demons, and their magical skills surpass those of the highest-ranking magicians.

However, there is a price to pay for making a pact with the devil.

The price that Sentoki Yuuma paid was to obey the absolute command to release the prison barrier. She was born to fulfill that command, and in exchange, she gained the power to control space.

So, what was the price paid that month?

Isn't the answer this prison barrier?

Alone, he sealed this vast, empty prison until his death.

This is the truth about Nangong Nayue.

Her power, the truth of everything.

Chapter 320 One strike is all it takes

“This sanctuary is Nangong Nayue’s castle. She has always lived here. She hasn’t left even once in the past ten years. She has been sleeping here all by herself,” said Xian Dumu Yuma.

She distanced herself from Jill.

"This is too strange. Natsuki-chan has always worked as a teacher at our school," Akatsuki Kojou retorted.

Nanami Nayuki is an English teacher at Ayakami Academy and the homeroom teacher of Akatsuki Kojou's class. She has a large house in the upscale residential area of ​​Itogami Island and lives there with her adopted children, Astarothie and Natsune.

She had no reason to stay overnight in this bleak sanctuary sealed in another world.

But Yuma smiled sadly and shook her head.

"The Nangong Nayue you know is just a phantom created by magic from the real her. It's just a dream that this poor girl here has."

"You mean... a phantom...?" Yuma's words made Kojo forget to breathe.

Impossible—he couldn't deny it. For a witch like Nagatsuki, creating a physical clone that could act like an ordinary human would be a piece of cake.

She was unusually young—or rather, she maintained a youthful appearance, and the reason why she didn't age became clear.

Most importantly, Kojou couldn't think of any other explanation that could convince him: who was the girl sleeping inside the prison barrier who looked exactly like Nazuki?

"Destroying the illusion is pointless. That's why the LCO hasn't made a move against her even ten years after that incident. Only when the seal on the prison barrier is broken and her true form returns to this world will you take action against her," Jill said slowly, picking up where she left off.

“Unfortunately, now there’s an obstacle in my way…” Sendou Yuma looked at Gil, “You don’t think… I have no way to get past you, do you?”

"Hmph...you're welcome to try—" Golden magic surged from Jill's fingertips, transforming into runes.

Then, Sentoki Yuma's body disappeared.

Spatial control magic... She instantly appeared in front of Nangong Nayue, the headless blue knight raising his fist.

That "Guardian's" attack should have easily killed the petite girl who was sleeping soundly without any defenses.

Sendou Yuma spoke as if squeezing something out of her throat, “The criminals in the prison barrier are imprisoned in this girl’s dream. If you destroy her, you can free the prisoners.”

"So what?" The golden figure had already arrived in front of the Blue Knight and kicked him away. "You think you can get close to her?"

"Space...control magic?" Sendou Yuuma's face showed shock.

"If it were Nangong Nayue's magic, I wouldn't find it difficult to learn. But yours is easy. Although I don't really like this kind of magic, I prefer direct combat to guerrilla warfare."

Jill wasn't lying; after all, he was better at head-on confrontations than ranged attacks.

Head-on confrontation! Archers who don't engage in head-on confrontation are not good archers!

“Hmm…” Gil looked at Sendou Yuma and a smile appeared on his face.

“Estelle, break the spell on her—you can do it, right?”

“Yes, Esther can do it if her brother wants it.”

"very good."

Jill pushed her right foot back, and then shot out like an arrow.