A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

Only the stage at the end of the wind blade was forcibly split in two.

Wood chips flew everywhere, dust scattered, and the entire stage was a mess.

One by one, the lights hanging above fell to the ground, crashing down with a clattering sound.

“Ah ...

Bray's sudden sword strike caused panic among the audience.

However, it was precisely because of this sword strike that the listeners, who were immersed in the song, finally came to their senses.

If possible, Bray doesn't want to be held accountable later.

"By the way... where did Levy go?" Bray sheathed his sword and sighed.

---

The surroundings were extremely dark, with only a few remaining lamps providing barely any light.

"Eors!!" Tiggia, having regained consciousness, rushed forward without hesitation upon seeing the chaotic stage.

At this point, the stage was still swaying, and it was possible that the lights on it would fall down at any moment.

“Tygia…” Eors, who was lying on his side on the ground, struggled to sit up after seeing Tygia.

“It’s dangerous here, you should get off quickly.” Eors pushed Tiggia away, she knew very well how dangerous the place she was in was.

Just now, when the stage collapsed, Eors couldn't stand up and fell to the ground.

Incredibly, Eorz was not injured at all; he had only fallen.

"Of course I know it's dangerous here, otherwise why would I have come up here!" Tiggia picked up Eors without saying another word.

She came here specifically to get Aeolus out of this damned place.

Eors leaned against Tiggia's chest and responded softly.

"Let's go..." Just as Tiggia finished speaking, a lamp directly above them fell down, which was quite inopportune.

"Tygia, watch out!" Eors' pupils contracted sharply as he shouted.

But even if Tiggia reacted, she couldn't dodge in time.

"..." Latis flipped up from below the stage and grabbed the magic crystal in his hand.

"Bang!" The magic crystal formed a transparent barrier that sent the lamp flying, causing it to dim and lose its value.

“Be careful before doing anything like this,” Radist paused, then said to Tiggia in a strange tone.

"Th-thank you," Tigia said stiffly, seeing that Latis had saved her.

Latis didn't reply, but rushed backstage without looking back.

Backstage was Bud Bush, who was planning to run away.

The moment the song was interrupted, only two words came to Budsh’s mind—Oh no.

He didn't know what was wrong, but his instincts told him that things would get really bad if he didn't leave.

Perhaps it will be Baphomet who comes looking for him, or it could be Latis.

“Budd-Bush!” And the one who responded to Budd-Bush’s unease was Latis.

Latis rushed over and pinned Budbush to the ground, and the strong Budbush was unable to break free for a moment.

"You can't escape this time, can you?" Latis pressed his elbow against Badbush's throat, trying to suffocate him.

“What do you want to do to Father…” Tiggia called out to Latis while holding Eors.

There was no way she would allow Latis to kill Budbush in front of her.

Even this man who looked so much like her saved her and Eors's lives.

“I’m going to kill him,” Latis said coldly.

"Can't!"

"Even if you try to stop me now, it won't make a difference." Latis tried her best to keep her composure.

Budbush has gone too far; Latis doesn't know what reason he has to let him off the hook.

Admittedly, his sister would resent him for killing Bud Bush.

But if it's possible to get revenge, if it can stop this person from doing evil again...

“I am your brother, and he is the man who killed your father.”

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Tiggia didn't believe Latis at all.

"That's settled then," Latis muttered to himself.

She didn't believe me, which was to be expected.

A loud booming sound came from inside the venue.

"Waaaah!" Naruko, who was dozing outside, was awakened by a loud noise.

Since Naruko didn't enter the venue, she wasn't affected by Eors at all.

"What happened?!" Naruko staggered and barely managed to regain her balance.

“Break slashed with his sword.” Levy stood beside Naruko, her tail swaying gently.

Levy heard the sound of Bray drawing his sword; it was faint, but she definitely heard it.

"Oh, it's Levy." Naruko looked relieved after hearing Levy say that.

Their expressions screamed, "What? So it's just dead fish eyes."

"Wait a minute! Levy, what are you doing here?" After a while, Naruko finally realized what was wrong.

Shouldn't Levy have gone into the venue with Bray? Why is she standing next to me?

"I wasn't actually awake after all; I was just dreaming." Naruko slapped her left palm with her right hand, looking like she finally understood.

"My dreams these days feel so real."

“Naruko isn’t dreaming.” Levy gave a very subtle look =A=.

"Huh? What are you doing here, Levi?" Naruko looked at Levi in ​​surprise.

"I thought Naruko might be bored by herself, so I came to keep her company," Levy said, wagging her tail vigorously.

“Brey didn’t even know that!” Levy puffed out her non-existent chest, trying to take credit.

"Wow! Levy is an angel!" Naruko picked up Levy and kept rubbing her soft cheeks against her.

"Hmm~" Levy squinted her eyes and smiled cutely.

Although she really wanted to stick close to Bray, Levy also had to spend time with Naruko. If she didn't take care of Naruko, Levy would always feel sorry for her.

“But if you run out like this, Bray will be worried,” Naruko said, nuzzling against Levy.

"Ugh!!" Levy only just realized this.

"What should we do about Rebi?"

“Let’s go in and find Bray together,” Naruko said matter-of-factly.

"And there was an explosion inside just now. As a security guard at the venue, of course I have to go and find out what happened."

Naruko even believed her own words; wow, what an amazing reason!

"Xiao You, let's go inside."

"Why?" Xiao You, exuding a cold and aloof aura, asked indifferently.

At first glance, he seems aloof and won't move unless he gives an answer.

Of course, Naruko knew that this was not actually the case at all.

"You've been spacing out for so long, you should take a break."

"Let's go inside and play." This sentence revealed Naruko's purpose.

"Okay." Actually, Xiaoyou didn't particularly want to go, but since Naruko had invited her, it seemed she had no choice but to go.

---

Just as Naruko entered the venue with a police lion and a dragon, Latis was still pressing down on Bud Bush backstage.

Tiggia put Eorth down and looked at Latis with a frown.

Eors's gaze shifted somewhat doubtfully between Latis and Badbusch.

"You, you stop right now..." Seeing Budbush's face growing increasingly ashen, Tiggia began to get a little anxious.

Unfortunately, Latis pretended not to hear and continued to exert force.

"Stop! You can't kill my father!!" Tigia gritted her teeth, grabbed Latis's shoulder, and forcibly pulled him backward.

"Tsk..." Latis clicked his tongue and left Budbush.

"Cough cough..." Budsh, who had finally been freed, coughed painfully on the side.

“You bastard, do you really want to kill me?” Budbush looked at Latis in disbelief.

“Of course.” Latis, who had been pulled away, got up again.

When Badbush saw Latis stand up, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly ran behind Tiggia and Eors, looking at Latis in horror.

Tiggia opened her arms, intending to protect her "father" to the very end.

"..." After seeing this scene, Latis felt both like laughing and crying for some reason.

Budsh hid behind Tiggia like a coward, while his sister protected her father's killer.

For Tiggia, this hatred was probably not a real feeling.

After all, Tygia was just an infant at that time, and only Latis himself had engraved this hatred deep in his soul.

It was always Latis who hated Budbush.

Even if Tiggia knew that her biological father was killed by Budbush, she could hardly harbor much hatred towards her adoptive father.

“You’re really amazing, Bud Bush,” Latis said with a nervous laugh.

He glanced at Tiggia, his eyes filled with a complex mix of emotions.

---

"What kind of melodramatic dramas are these?" Naruko exclaimed.

When Naruko entered, she saw a chaotic meeting place, with Latis and Badbusch facing off.

"Dead fish eyes!" Naruko patted Bray on the shoulder.

“So Levy went to your place.” Bray glanced at Levy next to Naruko.

"Yes."

"Brave~" Levy gave Bray a cute smile.

Bray wanted to say something, but after seeing Levy's smile, he gave up.

After all, he was also at fault; he didn't believe in or ignore Levy.

"Mr. Bray, what's going on?" Virginia, who had just come to her senses, patted her cheeks; she was still a little confused.

"I was asked to do this, so I swung my sword," Bray said quietly.

Okay, actually Bray was asked to stop the performance, not to swing a sword.

"..."

"Okay, there's a conspiracy behind this performance, and I'm here to help."

"I see." After looking around at the horrific scene, Virginia calmed down considerably.

It's much more reassuring to leave her alone with Bray now than to leave her alone with him.

"Let's evacuate the crowd first. If I'm here, we should be able to evacuate them smoothly," Virginia said earnestly.

Bray nodded. He wasn't really good at handling these chaotic situations, so it would be best if Virginia could handle it.

"Blanche, start evacuating the crowd." Virginia put on a serious expression and began to prepare to calm the panicked crowd.

From decision to action, it only took a few minutes, and then the chaotic crowd began to become orderly.