I'll kill you after I finish this game!

"We can decide which Sun Princess to use later. The immediate problem is that I can't lose her now."

"Is that what you mean by 'shared interests'?" Lisa Brenner also glanced at Xiang Chun silently, as if she was reluctantly agreeing to the other party's proposal, or had no choice but to agree.

"Indeed, what do you think?"

"I reject!"

Lisa refused without hesitation, directly rejecting the proposal of the Holy Communion Cup.

Does someone need to protect Ayase Kasumi? I see, the Holy Grail was indeed the right thing to do.

Even if you tell Elunere that there is another Sun Prince here, she will refuse outright as long as the legitimate one is safe and sound.

Not only that, the other party will also actively get rid of the fragrance as a burden that reduces its purity.

Looking at the Holy Communion Cup expressionlessly, he said indifferently, "I know the other person's personality better than you do!"

"Then why refuse? Don't you trust me?" Valyria of the Holy Communion asked, frowning.

Hearing this helpless reply, he really couldn't understand what the other party was so stubborn about, especially in this situation where they were being held at gunpoint.

"No, you're right."

"Lisa, do you really want to save her with your own hands? So you want to bask in this comforting sense of accomplishment? How boring."

The Holy Grail chuckled, guessing at the other's meaning. He disliked and despised Lisa's indecisive and ultimately troublesome behavior. Pointing directly to the situation outside, he said:

"Look at reality. If you act carelessly now, the magic gunner will pull the trigger and fire. At that point, I'll be the only one left. What's the point of such annihilation?"

So, you...

With a look of helplessness, disappointment, and undisguised pity in her eyes, Lisa sighed deeply.

Why doesn't the other person understand this kind of thing? Why is there such a big discrepancy? Valyria wasn't always like this.

When Lisa first met him, he was an unreliable person with no future, but he was still a human being.

To do good, to do evil, to be lost in pain—this is the spirit of a man dedicated to the divine.

Was his tragedy simply an attempt to overcome his suffering by escaping into the golden chalice?

"Because the outer shell is too solid, Father, you can no longer read people's hearts."

Looking at the Holy Communion Cup before her—Valerian, or rather, the sorrowful and humble soul within this body—Lisa's eyes were filled with helplessness and pity as she spoke in a bitter voice:

"The superpowers you used to possess... I don't know how heavy a burden they were, but being cooped up in the Holy Grail all day, the contents must have rotted, right? And because of the poor ventilation, your wounds never healed."

Upon hearing this, Valyria of the Holy Communion Cup paused for a moment, but quickly returned to its so-called "normal" state.

Yes, the priest had rotted away, but he didn't notice that the former priest Valyria had already collapsed in the darkness.

The Holy Communion chalice no longer contained Lisa's familiar friends; it contained only chaos cooked in putrid juice.

"No matter what, that's how it is. Neither you nor I are fit to protect the existence of others." Looking at the hopelessly incapacitated Valyria before her, Lisa's complex expression vanished. She looked at Ayase Kasumi in the hospital room with the tenderness of a mother looking at her child, and said:

"Protecting her is Fujii Ren's job. No one is more qualified to talk about that child's safety than her. After all, we are people who can only get things done through killing. It would be too presumptuous of us to protect others, so..."

—Pfft!

The sudden spurt of blood caused the Holy Communion chalice to widen its eyes in astonishment.

The moment blood gushed out, Lisa suddenly stabbed her right eye with her thumb and gouged out her eyeball.

This pain would be unbearable for a human, but Lisa, a demon, stared expressionlessly at the Holy Grail before her, saying indifferently:

"You'd better stay right there. I'll keep my eyes on you, and if you move, I'll have Cain attack you!"

After saying that, Lisa threw her eyeballs in front of the giant corpse.

Thus, the red jade at the core of Tuba Cain's one-eyed mask transformed into a human eyeball.

Although Lisa's right eye has begun to regenerate, the regenerated right eye lacks any vitality, which means that the eyeball's function of seeing has been severed.

This also means leaving a line of sight for surveillance, that is, leaving a surveillance camera.

after all......

"Even you can't fight and hide at the same time, can you? So, Valyria, this may be the end of our lives."

"and many more!"

As Lisa turned to leave, Valyria calmly called out to her.

Despite the restrictions on movement, there was no sign of anxiety or anger on his face.

Rather, his tone and manner were as gentle as a brother speaking to his beloved sister.

"If we were to part ways here, could you give up my former name and your name, [Babylon]? To be honest, it's really not a name I like."

This demonic name carries no honor whatsoever; it only evokes a perverse sense of humor, mocking the tragic past of the other party.

Valyria knew that Lisa's departure this time would truly be a final farewell.

Lisa and Valyria... Even though they are now at odds because of their purposes and positions, their goal is still the same: to help the children they love.

Although they did not have a formal romantic relationship or a marital relationship, they undoubtedly took on the roles of father and mother.

And they are all very biased parents.

The Grail's decision to have Lisa relinquish the title "Babylon," also known as "The Great Slut," was based on its love for Theresa and its long-standing friendship with Lisa, hoping to help the mother Lisa let go of her grief.

As for the name of the Holy Grail before, it was simply because he didn't want to go back to the so-called past, since the past represented the tragedy of the cowardly.

"It doesn't matter, whether it's my demon name or your name, it doesn't matter what you call someone like you who's being led by the nose by Lord Heydrich."

Lisa, who had taken another step, listened to the words of the Holy Grail and said with ease, without even turning her head:

"Ren Fujii is the only one here who can protect people. Helping her friends is her job, but protecting them is her mother's job."

After speaking to the Holy Grail in a joking tone, Lisa went upstairs and disappeared completely from the other person's sight.

Looks like they're preparing something? Anyway, I think the other person is really wicked...

"Hmm...but what do you think?"

Looking helplessly at the giant corpse before him, Valyria pondered a solution.

Lisa's eyeballs appeared on the giant's mask before her, serving as her eyes to continuously monitor the situation, which meant she couldn't move around freely.

However, there is something he cares about more now.

“Lisa, you said something strange just now. Is Fujii Ren the only one who can take on the responsibility of protection right now? Why aren’t you on the list, Cain?”

Calmly observing the puppet before him, the Holy Communion Cup showed a slight hint of doubt.

A puppet is just a puppet, the second-in-command of the Black Round Table, a tool without a self.

Perhaps that's why Lisa doesn't acknowledge the other person's position as an independent individual, but this cold and cruel realism is unlike Lisa Brenner.

Was it simply a case of forgetting, or saying the wrong thing, or...?

Is this the right thing to do?

Valyria looked up at the imposing giant who silently looked down at her, her face expressionless.

After a while, his shoulders began to tremble, his expression twisted into a smile, and he muttered to himself:

"You've put on such a good act, Lisa. It's fine to be a good person, but you shouldn't accidentally reveal your true feelings on the battlefield. Ah, it seems we really are saying goodbye forever. When you left, death rode on your back."

Father Valyria bid farewell to his old friend with a suppressed sigh, while the enormous, corpse-like giant before him simply looked down at him silently.

For an unknown period of time, the two alien-like beings could only stand motionless, facing each other.

------

The person she had targeted started moving again, which was naturally noticed by the magic cannon soldier Elunere.

He glanced at the hospital not far away, his indifferent eyes flickering for a moment.

"What do you mean by this, Brenner... Hmph, I told you not to touch her, but she's still the same disobedient woman. Oh well... never mind."

The woman in military uniform standing on the water tower on the roof looked at Fujii Ren with a cold smile, which made Fujii Ren's solemn eyes flicker slightly.

Was the woman the other person was referring to just now a nun?

"Stand up, little girl, I give you permission to move."

But then Elunere suddenly looked at Sakurai Hotaru, who was struggling to climb out of the pit, and gave her a contemptuous and disgusted look before coldly commanding:

"Looks like there's a female dog who has a problem with me, but I don't have time to listen to her nonsense. You'll be her opponent; you have to complete the mission!"

"......Yes."

Sakurai Hotaru, who had been thrown to the ground, struggled to her feet and glared at Fujii Ren with eyes that seemed to want to speak.

Perhaps affected by that guy's attack, the opponent's body has returned to its normal state.

Then the other person leaped up, using the streetlights and walls as stepping stones, and flew towards the roof.

He's no longer visible from here, but it doesn't matter what happens to that guy now; this isn't the time to talk about that.

Ignoring Sakurai Hotaru, who was leaving like a defeated dog, Ailunore looked down at Fujii Ren and said:

"Alright, I should have told you to bring it on, kid."

Elunere von Wittenberg, one of the captains of the Black Round Table.

In front of this red-haired woman, there was no time to think about anything else.

Just by looking at her, you can understand the immense pressure of reality.

The other party's soul, scale, and density.

Reinhardt is unusual among Fujii Ren's characters; he is so large that it's baffling, yet this guy does look enormous.

That is precisely why people feel the fear that is called reality.

Although it's not a simple matter that can be quantified, it's fair to say that it's ten or even a hundred times more than Sakurai Hotaru.

So, how big is the gap between Fujii Ren and this guy?

"What's wrong? Just standing there won't defeat me. You should know there's no way you'll survive if you keep going like this. Or are you hoping someone will come to rescue you? Or perhaps..."

Elunere's long, blood-red, fiery-swaying hair trembled like flames, sending a chill down Fujii Ren's spine. She chuckled as she looked at Fujii Ren and said:

"Would you like to see me show off a couple of skills first?"

*Crack!*—BOOM!