One-way traffic

While it may not exude the terrifying aura of a killer, it will definitely possess the powerful, monstrous presence of an upright and righteous individual.

As mentioned before, Emilia is not human; in fact, she is an elf-like being.

Her true identity is that of a half-elf. Therefore, if half-elves, demi-humans, and elves similar to Puck exist in this world, then there must also be various other races existing here.

Rem and Ram are twin sisters, and their race is the Oni race.

The Oni race is highly sensitive to smells, and no matter how well you try to conceal your scent, you probably won't be able to hide it from them.

Not to mention someone like Accelerator, who, even if he deliberately suppresses it, will still unleash the aura of the strongest and darkest villain, exuding an aura of absolute dominance at any time.

They always believed that Accelerator was the biggest threat, like a ticking time bomb in the house.

We cannot simply sit idly by and do nothing.

only.

"That's true, but have you thought about this at all?"

As Roswaal held Ram in his arms, he also opened a book on one side with his left hand.

A book with a black and gold cover.

"...Was the reason I allowed him to freely browse my library, and was even willing to fight him, really just that simple?"

He opened the book.

Then, what appears in the book is just a few simple words.

It's like a title.

"This is…!"

Ram's eyes widened immediately.

Those were four large characters, engraved on the book.

—Osiris.

"What does this mean? Who is it referring to?"

"Well, who knows? Even I really want to figure out what those four words are trying to express."

Unfortunately.

In this other world, there are no mythical things.

They had no idea what the word truly meant.

However, this is not the most important point for Roswaal.

"If even the Gospels' assessment of him is so mysterious."

There is only one thing he needs to do.

"Then I want to use him, that mysterious and unpredictable person, no matter what."

"In order to be able to kill the being I want to kill with certainty."

Chapter Forty-Seven: The target is the village, and the maid?

"You bastard...!"

It started with a chorus of curses.

With hair so white it could reflect moonlight and eyes as red as pigeon blood, the number one esper in Academy City stood there hesitantly.

He is currently in his room.

Although a whole day has passed, there has been no progress.

He couldn't find any system-related prompts no matter what he tried.

No matter where he went or what location he reached, even after leaving Roswaal's mansion and venturing into the city of Lugnica, Accelerator still couldn't find the clues given to him by the Soul System.

Or rather, is it really possible to find the next hint?

It was for this reason that the first ability user began to become increasingly anxious.

He sank into the bed on the side, extremely annoyed.

"No, the system's conclusion is that there can't be any mission development that is doomed to death. Since such a mission was issued to me, there must be correct hints waiting for me to discover."

He just hasn't been able to find any hints about the mission yet.

Accelerator took a heavy breath; he didn't want to stay in this world forever for such a ridiculous reason.

He must return to Academy City as soon as possible, no matter what.

In order to protect that little devil in my memory again.

"Calm down a bit... Yifang."

Hatsune Miku, sitting on a chair to the side, looked at the first person with some concern.

"The system's intention is not for us to rely solely on prompts; it wants us to adapt to the current environment and gradually push forward the development of what needs to be done next."

"In other words, what we need to do is decide what we should do based on the current environment."

She was right.

Although the soul system does provide them with relevant hints, these cannot be relied upon entirely to complete the task. They still need to discover for themselves what they need to do.

Perhaps the things that need to be done are right beside them, but they simply haven't realized it.

No, or perhaps...

"I said, Hatsune Miku."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Have you ever thought about something?

Accelerator sat up from the bed again.

If you can't find the system prompt right now.

"Is it possible that the event that requires a notification hasn't happened yet?"

Right now.

The door to Accelerator's room was opened directly.

"...Guests."

The one who walked in was Rem, a blue-haired oni maid.

Her expression remained the same as it had been the day before—neither too indifferent nor too warm—just a standard professional expression.

"It's time for your meal. Please come out together when you're ready. Lord Roswaal is already waiting for you in the dining room."

"Okay, we'll be there soon."

Hatsune Miku smiled and responded to Rem.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss Rem."

"This is just what Rem should do as a maid."

The maid in front of them maintained a lukewarm attitude towards the two of them from beginning to end.

Because she could never let her guard down, especially with Accelerator.

And then, right now.

—That's how the two people in front of her were.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes widened.

What…?

Rem was a little startled and slowly took a step back.

what happened?

"Guests? What brings you here...?"

"There's nothing."

The person who responded to her was the white-haired monster sitting to the side.

Accelerator's expression instantly returned to calm, and he responded indifferently.

"We'll be there soon. Before that, you should go and call the others."

“Okay… Rem will do it.”

The blue-haired demon girl blinked in surprise, but couldn't say anything.

She had no choice but to quietly close the door and leave.

Almost the instant she left.

"Yifang! Just now, that reaction just now, could it be—?!"

Hatsune Miku shouted excitedly, though she had only said half of what she was going to say.

Accelerator had already placed his hand on her lips.

—?!

The girl's expression froze for a moment.

"—That's right, it seems the wind outside is quite strong. If I'm not mistaken, it'll be quite cold today."

He waved his hand, manipulating the direction of the wind, instantly causing the wind in the room to blow towards the window.

A creaking sound kept ringing out.

At that very moment, Hatsune Miku finally heard a faint sound of footsteps coming from outside the door.

She trembled slightly in surprise.

"What...that was just now??"

"Yes, it should be correct."

The moment the two of them spoke with Rem, a very familiar, almost telepathic feeling spread throughout their entire bodies.

That was the system notification.

Is it finally here?

Accelerator glanced at the door and pursed his lips as if in annoyed.

"That blue-haired maid seems to have her eye on us. Have we been completely put on a watchful list?"

"How could this be... Is Miss Rem still so wary?"

"Who knows?"

Accelerator glanced indifferently at the outside of the door.

However, upon closer reflection...

Whether it was the maid named Ram or Rem who had just left, Accelerator could sense a strange feeling when he was talking to or staring at them.

That's a kind of instinctual awareness that only someone like Accelerator, who has lived in the dark world for an unknown amount of time and even carved out a place for himself in the darkest of the dark factions, can truly possess.

Perhaps, it lies with those two maids.

There also exists a kind of untold story, similar to the various dark sides of Academy City.

Perhaps that's why they are so wary of others.

Subaru Natsuki must have been monitored by them as well.

If this were the past, and the kind-hearted spiky-haired man who defeated Accelerator, he might consider whether he should get involved in this tragedy and, incidentally, save the future of the two maids.

But this is not something Accelerator should be bothered with.

He is an absolute villain, albeit a top-tier one, but he would never deliberately get involved in things that only a virtuous person would do.

Just like Academy City in the past.

There are as many tragedies as there are stars in the sky. Every day, all sorts of tragedies and misfortunes happen. Everyone has their own story, but he has no time to deal with them all one by one.

Once that villain understood this, he immediately clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction.