A cross-dressing anime, starting with Kaguya-sama: Love Is War.

Her profile appeared exceptionally beautiful in the firelight, but her slightly reddened ears betrayed the turmoil within her.

On the other side, Celty pushed up her 710 glasses, her intelligent eyes fixed intently on Frilian.

As an equally learned elf, she could sense the unique magical fluctuations emanating from Freyland.

Ancient and profound, it belongs to no elven tribe of this era.

Finally, Celty couldn't contain her curiosity any longer. She pulled the still somewhat hesitant Ryu along and walked together to Freya.

“Um… Lady Freyland.”

Selty's tone carried the politeness and respect characteristic of elves.

"May I ask, from which forest do you come? Forgive my intrusion, but I have never seen your magical system in any ancient texts."

Frillie was taking a thick grimoire out of her suitcase and flipping through it. When she heard the question, she looked up, her emerald green eyes calm and still.

"The forest? I was there a long time ago, but I've forgotten the name."

Her answer was casual, yet it stunned both Celty and Ryu.

Forgot?

The memory of a fairy's homeland is imprinted in its soul; how could it possibly forget it?

"So...how did you meet Lynn?"

236. I just can't come back.

How did you meet?

This question seemed to finally pique Frilian's interest.

She tilted her head, her emerald green eyes looking at Lynn, who was resting with her eyes closed not far away.

Then, in her usual, emotionless tone,

We met by chance.

"But he broke into my room."

"Then, they did the same thing to me as they did to that blonde elf."

Boom!

Like an invisible thunderclap, it exploded in the minds of Alexie, Kaguya, Ryu, and Celty.

Time stood still at that moment.

The expression on Alexie's face changed from curiosity to astonishment, and then to extreme anger in just one second.

"Lynn—!!"

A scream loud enough to blow the roof off startled all the adventurers who were resting nearby.

They were all startled and turned to look at each other.

Lynn opened her eyes abruptly and saw Alexandra looking like a lioness.

She rushed towards him, her face flushed, and almost poked his nose with a finger.

"You bastard! Pervert! Scumbag!"

"What did you do to Frilian?"

Kaguya's reaction was not as intense as Alexandra's.

She didn't say anything, but just glanced at Lynn with her sharp eyes.

She was a little bothered by it.

But it seems like they don't really care that much.

The most affected were Ryu and Celty.

Celty, the quiet elf girl, was completely petrified.

His glasses had slipped down to the tip of his nose, and his mouth was wide open enough to fit an egg.

Ryu's body was trembling slightly uncontrollably.

She subconsciously tugged at her collar, as if trying to wrap herself up tighter.

original……

It turns out I wasn't the only one...

That feeling of extreme shame, yet brimming with vibrant life force...

Frilian was also...

For a moment, shame, confusion, and a hint of something she herself hadn't even noticed...

A subtle sense of shared suffering lingered in her heart, leaving her mind blank.

"Calm down, everyone!"

Lynn was completely bewildered. He rubbed his forehead, feeling like he was being tortured by the women's gazes.

"Things aren't what you think!"

"If it's not what we think, then what is it?!" Alexie persisted. "Frilian said it herself! You broke into her room! You forced...forced..."

She couldn't bring herself to say the word after "forced," her face turning bright red.

"Let me explain!" Lynn raised his voice, looking at Frilian's still innocent face, and sighed helplessly.

"I will explain the specific reasons to you after this war is over."

His expression turned serious, and his gaze swept over everyone present.

“But I can tell you, if I don’t do that, I won’t be able to come back.”

These words instantly silenced the noise at the scene.

Can't come back?

All eyes turned to Frilian again, hoping to get an answer from her.

Frillie looked at Lynn, who had a headache, and then at the girls around her with their various expressions.

Her brain, which is usually slow to react to human emotions, seemed to have finally finished processing some of the information.

She nodded, confirming Lynn's statement in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Yes, that's correct."

Everyone looked at Lynn.

Lynn, observing the strange atmosphere, felt that the time was almost right.

He decided to cut the Gordian knot and change the subject.

He stood up, dusted himself off, and looked at his companions who were already fully prepared to go.

"Is everything ready?"

His voice regained its calm and steady tone, pulling everyone out of the awkward atmosphere.

"Our mission is to enter the dungeon and, on the eighteenth floor, take down the so-called 'Great Evil'."

"Leave the surface battlefield to Finn and his men."

Lynn's gaze finally landed on Freya.

"Frilian, this time we may be facing a real monster, not an opponent of Chardo's caliber."

“I know.”

Frilian simply nodded and took out the staff with a ruby ​​at the top from her suitcase.

"I'm also very interested in god-slaying monsters."

Deep within her seemingly calm and serene green eyes, there seemed to be a faint, almost imperceptible, curiosity characteristic of a mage.

"Let's go."

Lynn said no more and turned to walk toward the bottomless entrance to the Tower of Babel.

In the last darkness before dawn, a colossal tower stands, its entrance at the base resembling the maw of a predatory beast ready to devour its prey.

Alexie and Kaguya exchanged a glance, temporarily suppressing their doubts and anger, and followed closely behind.

Liu took a deep breath and gripped the "Elf Stream" tightly in her hand. The emerald green staff and the sword blade made of light calmed her chaotic mind a lot.

She also started walking.

War is about to begin.

And they will be the first sharp knife to penetrate the heart of hell.

Behind them, in the central square, Finn stood on a makeshift command platform, watching Lynn and his group disappear into the darkness of the Tower of Babel.

"Everything is proceeding according to plan."

His face showed no emotion whatsoever.

"Pass on my orders."

He gave a cold, commanding order to the guild liaison officer beside him.

"Surface interception units, all personnel, take up combat posts."

Tell everyone.

Finn's thumb lightly traced his chin, and his golden eyes gleamed with intelligence.

"The show's about to begin."

237. Target: The Eighteenth Floor

"All troops, general offensive!"

High atop the towering walls of Yulari, Valetta held her magic sword aloft.

Black magic surged into the sky, transforming into a ferocious signal.

Her scarlet lips uttered a cruel command.

"Crush them! Let this city become the tomb of the gods!"

"Roar--!!!"

Her response came from the tens of thousands of members of the dark faction and the monsters they commanded on the plains outside the city.

The earth-shattering roar it emitted.

A black wave surged towards Yulari's city walls from all directions.

Almost simultaneously, in the guild headquarters command center,

Finn's voice, amplified by the magic device, echoed throughout every corner of the city.

"Attack!"

There's no unnecessary nonsense, just one word.

But this one word ignited the last fighting spirit in the entire city.

"For Yulari!"

"Revenge!"

"Kill all those scum!"

The adventurers stationed at various defensive outposts roared in anger, gripped their weapons, and charged towards their posts.

Sunset Pavilion, Grand Casino, Amphitheater...

At this moment, every landmark building in Yulari transformed into a meat grinder-like battlefield.

The brilliance of magic and the cold glint of blades intertwined, and blood and flames became the only dominant colors in this city at this moment.

The labyrinthine city, in the final moments before dawn, was completely transformed into a war-torn hell.

But inside the Tower of Babel, at the heart of this hellish place, lies a completely different scene.

"What an amazing tremor..."