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

With Alexie and her three companions relentlessly pursuing them from the front, and Adil watching them from the flanks, their escape routes were gradually being blocked.

Ultimately, they were forced to the front of an abandoned church.

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It was an ancient stone building, covered with ivy.

The three of them exchanged glances, and without the slightest hesitation, rushed into the tightly closed doors of the church.

Alexandra and the others followed closely behind, stopping at the church entrance.

"Be careful, there might be an ambush," Adi warned.

Alexie nodded, gripped the "Crimson Order" tightly, and pushed open the heavy wooden door first.

"Squeak!"

The door hinges groaned shrilly, and the scene inside the church came into view.

Dim and quiet.

There was no sign of Victor and the others, only a woman sitting on the bench in front, her back to the door.

She had a cascade of long, silver hair, and even just her back view exuded a suffocating sense of oppression.

Alexandra's heart sank.

Who is this person?

"Where is Witt?" Alexie suppressed her unease and shouted sharply, "Whoever you are, protecting the dark faction is to be an enemy of the entire Yulari!"

The woman did not turn back.

She simply raised her hand slowly.

"Silent."

His voice was soft, even somewhat sickly weak, yet it carried an undeniable and absolute will.

There was no chanting.

There is no magic circle.

An invisible, pure, and utterly destructive force erupted in an instant!

"Boom—!!!"

Before Alexandra and the others could even react, they were struck head-on by that terrifying force.

They felt as if they had crashed into an invisible high wall.

All five people were thrown backward at the same time, crashing into the church doors and walls before falling to the ground.

A sweet taste rose in his throat, and blood uncontrollably spilled from the corner of his mouth.

LV5? No, even stronger!

Alexandra struggled to lift her head, her vision already blurring, and she could only see the silver-haired woman slowly standing up.

She turned around, her pale face expressionless.

Those eyes were empty and cold.

She then calmly walked out of the church and disappeared into the sunlight.

...

The dungeon, the tenth floor.

Lynn and Kaguya have collected enough mouthparts.

Just then, a series of hurried and frantic footsteps came from deep within the passage.

"Help! Help!"

A petite figure tumbled and crawled out from around the corner. She was wearing tattered clothes and carrying a backpack that was bigger than her body. She tripped over a rock because she was running too fast.

With a "bang," the little girl fell flat on her back, her backpack scattering its contents all over the ground with a clattering sound.

Lynn looked down and his gaze sharpened slightly.

Brown hair, petite figure...

She is Lilyluka Erde, a supporter of the Soma Familia.

Lynn's gaze became somewhat complicated.

He knew the girl's background very well: a "little mouse" who had lost trust in everyone because of her tragic past and made a living by stealing the loot of other adventurers.

Although they are hateful, they are also truly pitiful.

"What's going on?" Kaguya walked over and asked with a frown.

Lily Luca pointed in terror at the passage behind her, stammering, "Someone...someone is chasing me! They want to steal my things!"

Kaguya did not immediately believe Lily Luca's words.

Lily Luca looked up, her large eyes brimming with tears, and continued in a sob-filled voice, "I was going back to the surface from the eighteenth floor to resupply, and for some reason I was targeted by a group of adventurer hunters."

Her expression looked so innocent and pitiful.

"Returning to the surface from the eighteenth floor for supplies?" Kaguya's voice carried a hint of scrutiny. "Alone?"

Lily Luca felt a little uneasy under her gaze, shrinking back slightly and replying softly, "I... my companions are waiting for me downstairs... I'm a support person, in charge of purchasing..."

This explanation sounds reasonable; it's not uncommon for a supporter to return to the surface alone to purchase supplies in the dungeon.

At this moment, Lynn spoke up;

“Liliruka Erd, a supporter of the Soma Familia.”

Lily Luca's body stiffened abruptly, her pupils contracted instantly, and her face turned deathly pale.

How...how did he know my name and my family?

"You've been operating at the top, targeting lone new adventurers."

With each word Lynn spoke, Lily Luca's face grew paler.

"You used your identity as a supporter and your pitiful appearance to gain their trust and join their ranks. Then, when they were exhausted from fighting monsters, you stole all their loot and fali and disappeared."

Lynn's words struck Lily Luca's heart like a heavy hammer.

All her pretense and all her lies were ruthlessly torn apart at this moment.

Kaguya listened in stunned silence, staring in shock at Lynn and then at Lilyluka, whose face was ashen.

How did Lynn know all this?

"You...you're lying!" Lily Luca finally broke down, screaming in terror, her voice shrill. "I didn't! What makes you accuse me of this!"

“I didn’t slander you,” Lynn said firmly.

"You're a thief, that's right."

“But you still have a bottom line. You only steal things, you haven’t killed anyone. Most of the money you stole was handed over to your clan to buy cheap ‘divine wine’ just to get a moment of peace.”

"Stop talking! Stop talking!" Lily Luca covered her ears with her hands, shook her head frantically, and tears streamed down her face.

Who is this man...?

How does he know everything about me?

Why was he able to see through her secrets and pain, which she had buried deep in her heart, so easily?

This feeling of being completely understood is more terrifying than death.

Lynn walked up to her, squatted down, and looked her in the eye.

“Lili Luca, look at me.”

His voice carried an irresistible power.

Lily Luca trembled as she slowly lowered her hand, looking at him with teary eyes.

“What you did before was wrong, but it wasn’t beyond redemption.” Lynn’s eyes were serious.

"Stop now before things get really bad! If you keep going, you'll eventually run into an adventurer who won't show you any mercy, and then you won't even have a chance to regret it."

"If you want to convert, I can help you."

"I will help you get rid of the Soma clan, and help you get rid of that kind of life where you have to steal to survive."

These words struck Lily Luca like a thunderbolt.

Help me?

Throughout her life, everyone she encountered was either a member of her own kind who coveted her labor, an adventurer who desired her beauty, or "prey" whom she deceived and stole from.

No one has ever seen through all her ugly truths and then said "I'll help you" to her.

why?

She doesn't understand.

Looking into Lynn's clear and earnest eyes, she momentarily forgot to think, forgot to be afraid, and forgot to cry.

Kaguya watched quietly from the side, her shock no less than that of Lilyluka.

Looking at Lynn, who was squatting on the ground patiently persuading the thieving girl, a warm feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.

This guy, although sometimes infuriating and cunning, has a heart that is gentler and kinder than anyone else's.

This, perhaps, is another form of "justice" as described by the goddess Astraea.

“I…” Lily Luca opened her mouth, her throat was dry, but she couldn’t make a sound.

She wanted to refuse, to return to the familiar rules of survival she knew.

But Lynn's eyes seemed to have some kind of magic, making it impossible for her to say no.

"I......"

Lily Luca struggled to speak.

Just then,

A series of hurried footsteps approached rapidly from the passage through which Lily Luca had just run.

Four people, their entire bodies covered in black cloth and their faces obscured, ran out.

The aura emanating from them belongs to LV2 adventurers.

The leader of the black-robed men had a hoarse voice, and his gaze passed over Lynn and Kaguya, fixing on Lily Luca behind them.

"Hand over that supporter."

His tone was more like an order than a suggestion.

“As long as you hand her over to us, we will not make things difficult for you.”

The appearance of these people seemed to confirm Lily Luca's words; indeed, there were adventurer hunters chasing her.

Difficult?

Kaguya laughed, her laughter filled with disdain.

"You few LV2s dare to utter the word 'difficult'?"

She slowly drew her twin swords, "things that don't even dare to show their faces."

The leader of the men in black robes let out a cold snort.

"I know you are Kaguya Yamato Ryudou, but no matter what, you're just one person. Since you insist on meddling in other people's business, don't blame us for ganging up on you!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the four men in black robes simultaneously dispersed, subtly forming an encirclement, and gradually approached the three....

Kaguya gripped her twin swords tightly, her body slightly lowered, ready for battle.

Lynn also drew his sword, staring sharply at his opponent, ready to make a move at any moment.

The man in black robes looked at the two men who had already taken up their fighting stances, and a cruel glint flashed in the eyes of the leader.

"Let's see who dies here today!"

"Make your move!"

He roared.