I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"Oh?"

Lindy raised her eyebrows. She understood that Seele wanted to participate in the operation. She also knew that if relevant people could help, the efficiency would be greatly improved. However, this was only for the admiral. However, Nanoha's age worried this mother. Although she knew that Nanoha was very powerful, she felt uneasy about letting such a young child participate in the battle.

"Admiral Lindy, I want to help. I can follow your command. Besides, I have dealt with the Holy Stone Seed many times. I can handle the situation caused by the Holy Stone Seed."

Nanoha also understood what Seele meant. Her little head worked quickly and she climbed up according to Seele's instructions.

"But……"

Lindy couldn't help but rub her brows when she saw Nanoha's determination. This kind of shining girl was the one she could not refuse the most.

"Our fighting power is also an effective help to you, right?"

Xier went further and said, "Besides, we are familiar with Fate's fighting style. We can give you a chance to seal her when she appears. How about that?"

"Hmm...that makes sense."

Admiral Lindy thought about what Xier said, and after confirming that it was feasible, she smiled and said, "Okay, then I agree to your assistance."

"yeah!"

Nanoha jumped up with joy.

"But I have two conditions."

Lindy held up two fingers and said, "First, we will temporarily incorporate you into the Space-Time Administration, so you must abide by the regulations of the Space-Time Administration."

"can."

Seele and Nanoha said in unison.

"Second, you must strictly follow orders and not act on your own. If necessary, we may issue some orders that go against your will. At that time, I hope you will not disobey even if you don't want to obey."

"Um……"

Nanoha nodded slightly, agreeing to Lindy's request.

"So what about this Miss Xi'er?"

Lindy turned to look at Xi'er.

"Ah? Ah, I agree."

Xier was stunned for a rare moment, then said.

"Very good. Once all personnel are present, we will discuss the details of the operation together."

"Um"

Nanoha nodded in agreement.

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Just when Lindy and others agreed to Nanoha's assistance, the mark that Seele left on Fate finally captured the energy of the person behind Fate.

"Finally caught you!"

As early as when the mark was placed, Xier left part of her consciousness on it, and Lindy had to deal with the remaining consciousness and the new Pinky Box together.

This ability to separate consciousness made Seele feel very uncomfortable. She was not used to the two perspectives and often mixed them up. Fortunately, with the assistance of the new Pinchbox, there were no flaws, so Seele had enough energy to track the person behind Fate.

"Although you hid very deeply, the fluctuation of energy cannot be concealed."

While Fate was communicating with the person behind him, Seele took the opportunity to transfer the mark to that person's energy flow. Because the energy retained did not belong to this world, the other party was unaware of this method, which allowed Seele to follow the magic power recovered by the other party to the place where she was hiding.

"Is this right here..."

As the opponent's magic power was recovered, Xier came to a courtyard hidden in a different space.

"No wonder I couldn't find it. It turned out to be hidden so deep."

The mark left by Xier turned into a human form. Looking around, the dilapidated scene around it made it difficult to connect it with the location of the final boss.

"Who are you? Why are you here?!"

Suddenly, a sharp lightning struck Xier. Although he asked where Xier came from, he showed no mercy.

"Hey, I've been discovered. I thought I was hiding well..."

Xier was also shocked. She really didn't expect that she would be discovered. It seemed that she had underestimated the boss behind the scenes.

"Since you are here, don't leave."

The opponent showed no mercy and launched one attack after another towards Xier, but Xier dodged calmly. Although she had no weapon in her hands, Xier, who remembered how to use her strength, would not be hit by such an attack.

The body turned into a butterfly and escaped from the combined attack. Xier said, "Speaking of which, I am curious why the people behind Fate want to collect the Holy Stone Seeds. After hearing Yuno talk about the function of the Holy Stone Seeds, I guessed that you also want to use the Holy Stone Seeds to realize your wish."

"Humph"

The opponent ignored Xier and continued to attack.

"After gradually eliminating other possibilities, I thought of the final and only possibility. You want to resurrect someone."

Xier's words caused the man's attack to pause for a moment, but he attacked again soon, but the man also responded.

"Hmph, boring..."

"Don't worry. Fate's last name is Testrosa. From my intelligence, I found that there was a great magician with this last name in the past. That magician had a daughter, but her name was not Fate."

Xier had a smile on her face, but she was shocked in her heart. Of course, this information was not something that a traveler like her could know. These were all mentioned in Lindy's meeting, and she just borrowed them. After hearing this information, she was also quite shocked. If that was the case, then the person that Precia wanted to resurrect was her daughter, right? But in that case, who exactly was Fate?

"You are the great magician, Precia Teshat, crowdfunding group 4⑤6①27940 Rosa, right?"

"who are you!"

After her identity was guessed, Precia no longer hid it and angrily asked about Xier's identity.

"Me? I am just a traveler, but I am a person who possesses the power of the Herrscher of Death."

"The Herrer of Death? Do you think I'm a child? Who are you trying to scare with this name that I've never heard of?"

Precia laughed. Does this person think she is a fool? He just picked up a random imaginary word to say this. He really doesn't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is. Although the other party has some strength, Precia doesn't intend to let her leave. Just like she said, don't think about leaving once you come. Although her strength has declined over the years, not everyone can beat her. Although she doesn't know where this person came from, as long as she captures her, Precia is confident that there are hundreds of ways to make her speak.

But Xier's next words delayed her attack a little.

"Hershers are individuals with great power created by Houkai. Each Herrsher is the ultimate embodiment of a certain law of physics."

Xi'er dodged Precia's attack and said, "The power of the Herrscher of Death is creation and decay. In simple terms, it is the power of life and death."

"what!"

Precia was horrified, she had never heard of such a thing, but when pursuing the way to resurrection, she learned that some magical powers did exist in ancient times, otherwise she would not be pursuing the seed of the holy stone.

"It's a joke, so what do you say?"

Although she believed that what the other party said might be true, Precia did not believe it.

"I knew you wouldn't believe it, so I'll show you."

Xier had discovered a strange energy fluctuation when she came here. After a brief investigation, she found that it was a soul that had not yet dissipated. Although she didn't know why she could see souls, she thought it was the power of the stigmata. When she discovered this soul, Xier changed her original plan to use physical means to persuade Precia. She tried to use the power of the Herrscher of Death to influence the soul.

Soon Xier discovered that she could indeed control that soul, and the other party had no intention of resisting, just like a mindless puppet.

(What a strange feeling)

Xier found that when her power touched the soul, the soul actually produced some spiritual light, but because Xier was not her original body at that time, she could only do this. In this case... Xier's eyes turned, although she could not completely control it, she did have a piece of evidence that could convince Precia.

"What do you want to say!"

Precia's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason, and she vaguely felt that what the other party said was true.

"Then let you see it!"

(Don't drop the ball!)

Xier secretly mobilized all her strength and injected it into that soul. When Xier's strength was about to be exhausted, there was finally a response.

Precia, who was hiding in the dark, suddenly heard a voice she hadn't heard for a long time.

"Mother……"

"Alicia!"

Precia was stunned for a moment. Although she hadn't heard this voice for many years, she would not make a mistake. This was indeed Alicia's voice.

“How is this possible!!!”

At this moment, Precia's heart was in turmoil. She had thought that the little girl was lying to her, but illusions were always illusions, and the throbbing in her heart was not wrong.

For a moment, Precia felt as if she had returned to that bright day, and it was only because of that slight call.

"who are you!!!!"

This time the question was more urgent than the previous ones, and Precia's heart was already becoming restless because of this call.

(Hehe, the goal is achieved...)

Xier didn't expect that she could actually succeed. Her power was only a part of the Herrscher of Death. She didn't expect that she could actually succeed.

But although she was happy, she still had to pretend to be calm on the surface.

"You can call me Xier. Now you believe in my power, right?"

"So what do you want from me, Your Excellency?"

After the excitement just now, a question gradually emerged in Precia's mind: what was Xier here for? Obviously, she wanted to make a deal with her, so what was the content of the deal?

"Ah this..."

Xi'er was also stunned by this question. What did she want to get from this? Originally, she just wanted to come in to deal with the boss behind the scenes, but she didn't expect to be discovered. Then she had to go along with the performance. But if you ask her what she really wants, Xi'er can't tell you for a while.

"Why, are you here to help out of kindness?"

Precia sneered. After all these years, she no longer believed in kindness. The other party would not come here for no reason.

"What if I said I wanted Fate?"

Xier said with a stiff upper lip, although Fate was one of the reasons why she came here, it was to help her. But at the moment, this was the only excuse she could use.

"Fate?!"

Precia paused. She didn't know why she felt annoyed. But as far as she was concerned, wasn't her view of Fate just that of a tool? Now that there was a chance to revive Alicia, how could she hesitate?

(Tool... She is just a tool... Just a tool to revive Alicia...)

Suppressing the strange feeling in her heart, Precia asked, "What do you want that tool for?"

"tool?"

Xier was stunned. Precia's words made Xier suddenly angry. She had expected Precia's answer, but she didn't expect to hear such a ruthless answer from her.

"Huh...huh..."

After taking a few deep breaths and suppressing the anger in her heart, Xier spoke again: "Since it is a tool, then please transfer this tool to me, Ms. Precia..."

Although Xi'er was angry, she couldn't show it. Since the other party looked at Fate in this way, if she revealed a flaw, the other party would have a handle on her...

Both parties were silent for a moment with their own thoughts. Finally, Precia said, "It's not impossible for you to want Fate, but my business is not over yet. Although you have what I want, please understand that I can't bet everything on you. Please wait for a while until she has collected all the seeds of the Holy Stone." (That's it. As long as Alicia is resurrected, Fate doesn't have to stay with me...)

"Oh? In that case, I will be waiting for Ms. Precia's answer, but before that, I will not hand over this technology to you. Let's leave it at this point for now. I still have other things to take care of. Please allow me to take my leave first." Xier felt that her power was about to dissipate, and quickly ended the conversation.

"Of course. Then how do you want to contact me?"

"When the time comes, we will contact you naturally. Please don't be anxious, Precia. Patience is the first principle of a deal."

"Hmph! Then I will wait for your contact..."

"Farewell..."

As Xier spoke, her body turned into energy and disappeared into the air, and her consciousness naturally returned to her original body.

What Xier didn't know was that when she disappeared, Precia tried every possible means to scan the location where she disappeared, but found nothing.

"Asshole! So cautious."

Precia cursed inwardly, then looked at the incubator in front of her, where a girl who looked 90% like Fate was floating.

"Wait for me, Alicia, and Mommy will be able to reunite with you."

"As for Fate... Fate... let's leave it like this for now... Fate..."

Precia didn't realize that when she said Fate's name, a hint of tenderness appeared between her brows.

"Eh……"

A sigh echoed in the courtyard, and then silence returned.