My mother's love song

“…Jealous!?”

You Jing Zhengxue was so stunned that his eyes widened.

The feeling boiling in my chest right now... is it "jealousy"?

The girl originally thought that she was just angry because Dorothea broke the rules of the Waxing Moon Ceremony.

I originally thought that it was just because someone as a referee did not fulfill his duties and was angry because he was seduced by Dorothea's beauty.

So the reason I was angry was jealousy?

If this is true, then this is the first time that Yui Masayuki has developed selfish feelings since his birth.

Not for the world, not for the people, but because she was jealous of Dorothea.

"Rider."

Yui Masayuki called out to his followers softly.

"exist."

"You are responsible for defeating Assassin and the demon snake, and I will take care of this woman."

"no problem?"

Rider hesitated.

Although Yui Masayuki was born into a samurai family, her martial arts skills were limited to the level of self-cultivation. It would be too difficult for her to compete with Western sorcerers.

"Leave this woman to me." Yui Masayuki repeated firmly.

"……Understood."

Rider said nothing, but drew his sword and confronted the assassin who was waiting on another mast.

"Your eyes have become sharper."

Dorothea held down the witch hat on her head and jumped down from the mast about ten meters high.

"I am Dorothea Coyette, the eldest daughter of the Coyette family and the magician of the Clock Tower."

Using the glorious name of the nobles in the female magician's newspaper as the standard for starting a war, strong magical vibrations were generated around the ship.

Several snakes, more than ten times larger than before, emerged from the sea.

With the help of the spiritual veins of this sea area that once hosted the violent sea god, Koga Saburo even summoned a giant snake of the size of a divine beast.

This giant snake, with seven fierce and ferocious heads and a shaky breath coming out of its mouth, is reminiscent of a monster from the North Sea. It can be said to be a follower of Ibuki Daimyojin, the god of Mt. Ibuki.

"Let me see your resolve, Miss Martyr."

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“You should feel honored. In my position, there is no need to fight you personally. After all, Assassin’s snake swarm alone is enough to destroy you and Rider.”

Dorothea swung the whip, and the magic power gathered from the front formed a spiral of fierce wind, attacking Yui Masayuki.

"Well!"

The silver-haired girl held the Japanese sword tightly in both hands and barely blocked the opponent's magic attack.

"However, as a noble who stands above others and is born with great talents, I must respond to the requests of the weak.

I have always demanded this of myself.”

Although she is a magician, Dorothea's movements are incredibly fast.

Magic power rushed violently through her excellent magic circuits, and her strengthened limbs launched fatal attacks, forcing Yui Masahiro to retreat continuously.

"Master!"

Rider, who saw his master in distress, tried to come over to help, but more giant snakes immediately surrounded him, separating him from Yui Masayuki.

"So what about you, Ms. Yui."

Dorothea easily suppressed the girl with magic and continued.

"You don't have any extraordinary powers, so why do you want to burden yourself with such a heavy ideal?

Such a short life should be used to pursue happiness, right?

Do you think that as long as you pursue noble ideals like humans, the puppets will be able to have souls?"

"..."

Although Yui Masayuki was unilaterally suppressed, he gradually became familiar with the opponent's magic while being beaten.

Although she cannot use magic or spells, her resistance to magic is better than that of ordinary people.

She used her knife to resist the swift and elusive gale while trying to find Dorothea's weakness and thinking.

As expected...she knows my identity as a cyborg.

In fact, Yui Masayuki himself does not know his specific background.

She only knew that she was an artificial life form created by teacher Mori Zong Yixuan using Western magic, and she was not aware of the Einzbern family, where the technology came from.

But Dorothea, the top student in the Clock Tower, was different. She saw through Yui Masayuki's true colors at a glance.

Yui Masayuki clenched her teeth. She regretted that she had not spent more time practicing martial arts in the past.

Although the teacher claimed that she was a "perfect creation", the girl did not know where the "perfection" the teacher was talking about was.

I have the same power as humans, but I can't use spells, and my lifespan is much shorter than that of humans. Am I not even as good as the lowest level of demon?

the most important is

Like Dorothea said, I...maybe I don't have a soul.

They have low emotions and are unable to empathize with other people's joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness.

To correct the cruelty in this world, to eliminate distortion and rectify the world.

The lofty ideals that you pursue are nothing more than ideals borrowed from others!

"…Uh-huh!"

Yu Jing Zhengxue groaned, flew out and landed heavily on the deck.

Dorothea came up to her, looked down at the girl coldly, and put her wand to her forehead.

"That's it. Farewell, fragile and sad homunculus."

The light focused on the tip of the wand.

It's so dazzling, Yui Masayuki thought so and closed his eyes in despair.

"I heard that Yui Masayuki of Zhang Kongtang is an incredible beauty."

"That's why I took the time to come and see what's going on. The result... well, I'm so disappointed."

"Where is the legendary pure white beauty? Is this a false propaganda to attract customers?"

"Ahh~ This woman is too ordinary!"

“… You! How dare you tease Mr. Masayuki! Why don’t you apologize to the teacher now!”

"I don't mean to tease you, I'm just stating the facts. She's very ordinary."

The voice of a certain young man echoed in Yui Masayuki's ears.

Even though it was just the first time we met, for some reason I just couldn't take my eyes off that boy.

Different from the Sage [Ruler] Amakusa Shiro that Mori Sogiken Sensei portrayed himself as.

That is a completely different way of existence from my own, free and unrestrained.

He burns as brightly as the sun, but does not bring warmth to the surroundings.

Yui Masayuki originally thought that he would really hate this kind of people, but after meeting him, his thoughts completely changed.

"She's an ordinary woman, nothing special."

This is the first time I've been told this.

Although there was no basis for his claim, Yui Masayuki instinctively agreed with his statement.

Rhodes must have known something and seen it with his own eyes to say so.

Somewhere in this world, there must be many "people" like me.

They have their own will and their own ideals.

Therefore, there must be nothing wrong in me pursuing my ideals.

Therefore, Yui Masayuki is not pursuing Yingyue just to prove that he is not a puppet.

The girl opened her eyes and glared at Dorothea.

"I am also... a human."

"what?"

Dorothea frowned slightly.

When the female magician saw the will to survive in those blue eyes, she hesitated.

Even the magician of the Clock Tower is only a noble daughter in her early 20s, and she is quite reluctant to kill people.

Wait, murder?

Did I actually mistake this doll for a human?

In Dorothea's opinion, Yui Masayuki is nothing more than a discarded product of the Einzbern family.

It was just a puppet that was instilled with a false will after a commercial ship accidentally entered the island country.

However, Yui Masayuki's expression at the moment made her doubt.

This moment of hesitation became the key to a reversal on the battlefield.

“Guwa…!”

Yui Masayuki suddenly got up from the ground, knocked Dorothea over, then put some distance between him and prepared to hold the knife.

“…Haaa…Haaa…Haaa…”

The girl thought to herself: If it were me, I should be able to do something similar to her.

It's not Eastern magic, but Western magic

Rhode seemed to have mentioned before that it used something called a "magic circuit," an internal organ that only magicians possess.

I should have an organ like that!

I activated all my magic circuits and forced myself to breathe again, sending power to my heart.

It is not for breathing, but to transform one's heart into a magic furnace through a ritual called breathing.

Dorothea's slender wrists are capable of delivering a blow that can cut through steel, a power that relies on magic.

If Yui Masayuki wants to do something similar, he must go a step further.

Suddenly, I felt my body heating up.

A certain power was surging in the girl's body, and then slowly flowed out.

"……it is good!"

Yui Masayuki continued to adjust the flow of magic power while charging towards Dorothea with his sword raised.

This time, the one being suppressed is the magician from the Clock Tower.

“Goooo… How could this happen? I’m actually at a disadvantage in terms of magic output!?”

Dorothea blocked the attack with her whip and showed an expression of disbelief.

Isn't this girl a discarded product of Einzbern?

If it were just an ordinary Einzbern android, not even one in ten thousand would be able to contend with her.

However, Yui Masayuki is different. She is an artificial life form created by the genius sorcerer Morimune Yixuan who stole her technology.

Both his lifespan and magical prowess are far beyond the average of the Winter Clan.