Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

"...What did you do?"

Ziggy stared at Edwards with an icy expression.

"I didn't do anything." Edwards said, "If you must say, I just strengthened my [idea] - but, I heard that you and I are both demons, but it seems that there are some essential differences between us?"

Strengthened the idea?

"Are you serious?" Sieg wiped the cold sweat from his hands and said in a deep voice, "Just like last year, I just saw my future being chopped into pieces. That's not something you can do with imagination! What on earth did you do! "

"...I didn't lie. I really just strengthened my thoughts, or rather, emitted a slightly stronger murderous aura. It's just that in this action, I also used the characteristics of the [Demon]."

Edwards explained: "[Demons] are beings that have already surpassed the limits of their innate talents and can even distort the cause and effect of this planet and leave their footprints in the history of the planet. In other words, these [Demons] have a strong ability to dominate cause and effect and can rewrite the fate of the world with their own will."

(Rewrite your destiny with your will...)

"Take the current situation as an example. Although you want to attack me, you have already admitted that you are no match for me. Therefore, your fate of defeat has been determined long ago. I only need to release a little bit of the desire to hurt you, and the gravity of fate will swallow you up."

"This doesn't even require any process. It will only naturally lead to the final result. Fortunately, your combat instincts are good enough, otherwise you would have been killed by now."

Edwards' explanation made Zig's heart beat faster than ever.

Should I say trembling? Or excitement? In any case, it was definitely not fear. After all, even if his head fell off, as long as it was reattached in time, Sieg was confident that it would be regenerated.

But the situation that Edwards described -

"......interesting."

The corners of Sieg's mouth trembled and raised.

"Ms. Edelweiss...?"

"Just call me by my real name. There's no need for a honorific."

"Well, Edelweiss - I have no classes this afternoon, and if necessary, I will skip all subsequent classes."

Sieg put away his silver sword, his expression could be described as both serious and expectant.

"Can you please teach me what you just said? I will risk my life to learn it!"

54. Don’t think about leaving

The sudden request brought some doubts to Edwards' beautiful face.

"You want to learn how to manipulate the gravity of fate?"

"Yes."

"But you don't need me to teach you this." Edwards said, "All demons will unintentionally distort fate and cause and effect. As long as you realize that you can do this, then you can do it naturally. I don't think there is anything I can teach you."

"But I don't know how to do it, so please teach me." Sieg said seriously again, "Or you can use the most direct method - use the ability you mentioned to attack me as much as you want, and I will remember that feeling with my body."

“This is not a very good training method.”

Edwards shook his head. "In short, I don't think it's necessary to teach you. Since you are a demon, you will master this ability sooner or later. This time I just came to see you and get to know you. I don't have any other purpose. If there is a chance, I think we will see each other again soon."

After saying this, Edwards turned around and prepared to leave the reception room.

But before that, Sieg suddenly rushed towards her like a hungry tiger!

"Snapped!"

The figures of the two people crossed each other in an instant, and Zieg only felt that the world was spinning before his eyes. By the time he reacted, he had fallen heavily to the ground, and the reception room was empty.

He immediately stood up and looked at the door which was not completely closed. Sieg rushed out immediately, but he could not see Edwards outside the door.

(She ran away - Miss Brunhilde, check the surveillance!)

[Understood. Checking all nearby surveillance cameras to find the target Edwards' location.]

While instructing Brunhilde to investigate, Sieg also directly spread out the perception ability given to him by the Dragon Slayer System, and a huge amount of information suddenly poured into Sieg's head like a tide! The three-dimensional image of the entire Japanese branch was immediately projected into Sieg's brain!

And soon——

[The target person just left the branch]

(Right below! At the gate!)

Without any hesitation, under the surprised eyes of the surrounding office workers, Sieg instantly drew out the silver sword and smashed the floor-to-ceiling window on the corridor in front of him. At the same time, a gust of wind swept under his feet, and he jumped directly down from a height of dozens of floors!

“Hualalalalala——————!”

A large amount of glass fragments suddenly fell from the sky.

Edwards, who was just walking out of the gate of the Japanese branch, heard the voice from above and subconsciously looked up. When he looked up—

"oops?"

There was a hint of surprise in those silver-gray eyes.

(He was able to find me so quickly, and he jumped down from that height without hesitation - it seems like he really didn't want to let me go.)

"boom----!"

When Edwards was thinking this, wind blew up again in the hands of Sieg who was falling. The heated air and the impact on the ground formed a huge buffer zone, which suddenly stopped his falling momentum.

But even so——

"Boom!"

The moment he landed, he still stirred up a gust of wind, causing the people around him to make various resistances.

Edwards looked at Sieg who landed accurately in front of him with a natural look and said with a smile: "I heard that you caused quite a commotion here last year. Are you planning to do it again? It's not good to cause trouble to others all the time."

"Teach me."

Ziggy's answer was brief.

Edwards smiled bitterly: "But you really don't need me to teach you. This is an instinctive behavior for demons. If you are also a demon, you will learn it sooner or later."

"I'm not a demon."

"Ok?"

The abrupt answer made Edwards frown slightly - Sieg is not a demon?

But the information she learned from Yueying Moya clearly said that he was indeed a demon?

(Did he lie on purpose so that I could teach him? Or...)

The moment they met, Edwards clearly realized that Sieg was fundamentally different from herself and the demons she had met before. But having said that, he did give people the feeling of a demon, at least that was what Edwards thought.

As for the possibility that he is not a demon...

"Da da da--!"

Suddenly, a hurried sound of footsteps came from not far away, and a team wearing standard equipment quickly emerged from the Japanese branch.

The Japanese branch already had a number of official knights stationed there, and the employees here were basically all official knights with magic knight qualifications. But since what happened last year, an additional Japanese regular force was stationed here to prevent emergencies.

Now, someone jumped down from dozens of floors high, apparently just to intercept one person - this was undoubtedly an emergency situation that required their deployment.

"This is a bit troublesome."

Edelweiss sighed.

The reason why she was able to enter and exit the Japanese branch this time was mainly because she took advantage of the characteristics of the demon and her extraordinary footwork, but if she was surrounded, she would really have no way to get through. It would probably cause some problems for the country.

"I want to avoid causing a commotion, so I have to go first. Also, Sieg, I really don't think I need to teach you that. You'll know how to do it if you try to figure it out on your own."

After she finished speaking, a faint wave of magical power flashed across Edwards' body, and then she disappeared from Sieg's sight in an instant, as if she had never appeared!

(So ​​fast! But——Miss Brunhilde!)

【Three o'clock direction】

The moment the words fell, Sieg flew up into the sky on the blast! He then caused another blast in the air, causing himself to rush directly in the direction that Brunhilde pointed!

It was like a meteor streaking across the sky. All the pedestrians around were attracted by the loud noise and looked up at the sky.

In the crowd not far away, Edwards, who had just stopped walking, heard the sound that pierced the sky, and a look of helplessness and...surprise appeared on his face.

(Is it this fast this time too? I really want to get rid of him──)

The first time could be said to be a coincidence, but the second time happened so quickly... If you have to say it's an accident, it doesn't seem to be a coincidence?

(It seems like we have to play hide and seek again, but it’s best to get away from the city first.)

If Sieg landed the same way every time, Edwards felt that there would definitely be a riot no less than last year's [Flame Beast Riot].

(That's great. Let me see if you are a real demon.)

While thinking this, Edwards disappeared into the crowd again.

55. Will you come back sooner or later? No!

Pojun Academy, outside the seventh training ground.

"Ah, that's pretty fast."

Kurogane Jushizuku, who had been waiting outside early, looked at Stella who came out of the exit and said, "I thought you would be unable to fight because of the psychological trauma, but I didn't expect it to have no effect."

"Humph! Guys of that level can't even compare to the oppression Sieg brings to me!"

Stella puffed out her chest proudly.

Today was her preliminary round in the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival trials. She had been a little worried before that she might not be able to perform at her normal strength due to psychological trauma, but it turned out that she was totally overthinking it. The moment she faced her opponent, she didn't feel any pressure at all.

On the contrary, her opponent just stood there motionless after she released the Dragon's Breath, and was finally frightened to the point of giving up.

"Is your side finished too?"

"Of course, even though he's a third-year senior, his actual combat level is just that."

Kurogane Jushizuku looked indifferent, as if she didn't take this victory seriously at all.

This was only natural. The goal of both of them was to win the right to compete in the Seven Star Sword Martial Arts Festival, which meant that they could not lose a single game in the trials and had to achieve 20 consecutive wins. Today was only the first game, and there was still a long way to go.

"But, that guy Ziggy didn't come to watch our game in the end."

Stella looked around: "He said he would be back soon, but I didn't see him after the game. Could he still be at the branch?"

"About this——"

Kurogane Jushizuku took out the student handbook, opened a newly released video and held it in front of Stella.

[Ahem, this is XXX's personal channel. I'm updating it now because something really big happened in Shinjuku—Bang!—Did you hear it? It was this sound, coming from the sky, as if someone was flying in the sky—Bang!—Ah, it flew away!]

The video seemed to be shot and uploaded by someone on the spur of the moment. In the video, it can be clearly seen that from time to time a flash of light can be seen exploding in the sky, followed by a gust of wind whistling past.

"Shinjuku is where the Japanese branch is located, and at this time, although I think it is unlikely, but..."

"Zig?"

Stella immediately thought of that possibility without Kurogane Shizukuaki telling her, and immediately took out her student handbook and called Sieg.

[Beep~~~beep~~~Hello? Stella, bang————! ]

The explosion made Stella's ears and head buzz.

After quickly recovering, Stella shouted, "What are you doing? Are you the one flying in the sky over Shinjuku?"

[Bang! Huh? What did you say? I can't hear you! Speak louder!]

"I say! Is it you? Flying in the sky in Shinjuku!"

[Yes! Chasing someone! ]

Chasing someone?

"Who are you chasing? Huh?!"

【Love bang————! 】

(Love? Love what? Is it someone whose name has the word "love" in it?)

[I have to concentrate! Otherwise I won’t be able to catch up. Bang! I’m dead first!]

"Ah? Wait for me—"