This is not the date I wanted.

"Oh... You calmed down so quickly." Westcott said with a little surprise, "I thought that knowing that Shidao was dead, you would at least be blinded by anger."

“Would you put your full trust in a photo that looked like it could have been staged?”

Although there was indeed no sign of falsehood, Meng Yue knew that if she lost control of her emotions because of this, it would be just as he expected.

"Well... it's really impossible to rely on photos alone..."

In response to Meng Yue's question, Westcott nodded in understanding.

"But~ I'm angry, that's for sure. I'm so angry that I feel like I want to cut you two into pieces..." Meng Yue twisted her joints slightly, and seemed to be furious. She said with a bright smile on her face, "So, I must calm down and think about what method I can use to make you two regret being born into this world~"

"Throat... You are much weaker now than you were then..."

Moving the muzzle of the mecha to his armpit and aiming it at Mengyue, Alan's eyes showed a provocative light.

"Ah... You keep losing to me, don't you understand? For me, strength is not the key to victory... But you, don't use the injury on your chest as an excuse to lose~"

Meng Yue said with a smile as she looked at the new wound on Eren's body where Shidou had left the scar.

However, in this tense situation, Westcott, the only powerless man, was the most relaxed person. He sighed with regret.

"Ha... It seems that hackers tend to calm down the more angry they get. I was hoping to create a reversed version like Princess, but it seems that the idea I had on a whim is not going to come true."

"The reversed form... are you talking about Tohka?"

Meng Yue frowned slightly. The word "reversed body" she just heard gave her a very bad feeling.

"Oh... That's right! I suggest you go to Tohka right now. Otherwise, Gokawa Shido, who has finally escaped, might be killed by the Princess."

Tohka killed Shidou. Mengyue's eyes widened as if she heard something unbelievable.

"You're not going to tell me another lie."

"Humph~ Who knows? Anyway, whether it is true or not, with Miss Mengyue's wit, it shouldn't be difficult to judge!"

Old fox! After cursing inwardly, Meng Yue stared at Westcott for a while, and finally turned around and disappeared into the shadow of the wall.

"That is……"

When Allen saw this scene, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Nightmare, it seems that this hacker was not bluffing when he said he would teach us a lesson." Westcott sighed and said with a distressed look, "I'm so tired, it seems that I really offended a terrible... elf."

14 The End of Night

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"You actually want to tie me up. You really don't know your own limitations."

After the reversal, Tohka snorted with disdain towards Miku, and the "Tyrannical Lord" swung a deadly blade at Miku.

"..."

Looking at the dark blades of light that kept flying towards her, Yuiyomiku seemed to see herself dying in the next moment.

Although the spirit suit has not disappeared, I believe that Miku's spirit suit cannot withstand the attack of the angel.

It is said that at the moment of death, a revolving lantern of past memories will emerge. In just a short moment, Miku recalled very clearly her encounters with Yumezuki and Shidou in the past few days.

Seriously, it's pretty funny.

Although during this period of time, not only was he completely denied, but he also lost in the competition even though he was most confident in singing. He even suffered a lot of bad treatment.

But this period of time is much more precious than the past few years when I was treated like a star by everyone.

After all, unlike the people who were controlled by the "voice", these two people faced Miku with their truest wishes.

Why am I here today?

Mijiu asked herself this question for the second time, and then smiled bitterly at herself.

Because - envy.

That's right. Yui Miku envied the bond between people that she had clearly abandoned. She envied the bond that Yumezuki and Shidou described, where people helped each other and relied on each other - the bond called family.

Seriously. Miku wanted to see it, at least just once.

It is precisely because I am full of disappointment in humans that I want to see the kind of bond that lasts until death, where even in the face of despair, one will never give up on the other.

Mengyue is willing to give up everything for the important people; Shidao is willing to risk his life for the important people.

——I really want to be one of them.

The more I witnessed their actions, the more I couldn't suppress the yearning that welled up in my heart.

However, this is indeed an impossible wish.

[If you don't sing with this impure voice, but sing with your real voice, and become your fan, and listen to your songs till the end no matter what happens... I won't hate you so much.]

[At that moment, I decided to become your fan. Not the you with that 'voice'! But the you with the real singing voice.]

The two of them wanted to extend their hands to me, but I no longer had the qualifications to hold them.

I can't make any sound anymore. I'm afraid I've overused my spiritual power. Today alone, I've used "sound" and angels continuously for the first time in history. Not only that, I've also used a much higher level spirit, Tohka, as my opponent, and barely used the defensive wall of sound to restrain her. It's understandable that I've used up my spiritual power temporarily and can't make any sound.

Let alone singing with a real voice, now, at the last moment, I am just a meaningless person who can't even utter a simple syllable.

Is it really too late? Mijiu thought bitterly.

in case.

If only I could have met them earlier. If only I could have had a place in that bond.

——Perhaps, I will take a different path——

Miku made this useless sound and slowly closed her eyes.

However, the moment of death did not come as Miku had imagined. Instead, there was a "Bang!" sound of collision, and then no more movement.

……! ??

Shidou stood between Tohka and Miku and blocked the attack from "Tyrannical Lord".

——In front of the raised left hand, a barrier that could be said to be a wall of cold air opened up.

The temperature around them suddenly dropped, and something like white mist floated around. Perhaps because of the aftermath of the spiritual power, the moisture in the air condensed into tiny crystals that flew around, and melted and disappeared after touching Miku's skin.

Mijiu had seen this scene somewhere before.

That’s right——it is very similar to the power of Yoshino’s angel “Ice Puppet”.

"Hey...Miku, are you okay?"

As he said this, Shidou glanced at Miku.

"You, fuck—"

He still couldn't speak well. Then, after enduring the attack of "Tyranny Lord", Shidou let the wall of cold air dissipate and spoke.

"We—have made an agreement!"

"Eh……?"

Miku frowned at Shidou's words——and then her shoulders shook.

I remembered the conversation we had in the building before.

[——Then, if I were in danger like Tohka, would you risk your life to help me!?]

[Need I say this!]

Indeed, that is what Shidou answered.

Miku covered her mouth with her hands, her whole body trembling slightly.

His eyes were wide open and tears were streaming down his cheeks.

"Ah, ah..."

Protected. This person, Shidou.

Protected. Miku. Miku without a "voice". Miku who has become worthless.

Protected. That, a tiny promise -

A numb feeling came from deep in her throat. Miku whimpered softly, and unconsciously reached out to Shidou... Her fingers touched Shidou's hand. For some reason, although she had a constitution that would make her vomit if her fingertips touched a man's body, she didn't feel any discomfort when she touched Shidou.

At this time, Mijiu noticed something unusual.

Tohka, who had just launched the slashing blow, was pressing her left hand against her forehead, groaning in pain.

"Wu, wu... Shidou... Shidou..."

"...?"

Miku frowned when she heard Tohka's moan-like sound.

Just now, Tohka definitely said "Shidao". Could it be that her memory has been restored...?

but.

“Woo, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

Tohka yelled, stuck the "Tyranny" in her right hand into the ground, and swung her left hand towards the blade.

“Ah…!”

A deep wound appeared on her left hand, which had its spiritual clothing stripped off by Allen's attack, and blood gushed out. In this way, Tohka finally calmed down again.

No, using the word calm is wrong. Tohka glared at Shidou with bloodshot eyes and pulled out the "Tyranny Sword" stained with her own blood.

"You're using all these strange tricks...! Are you trying to confuse me, human?"

As she said that, Tohka kicked the ground and flew into the air again, with the giant sword reaching the sky.

"Very good - then I will crush you into dust with one blow!"

Then, incredible ripples appeared in the sky, and then a throne more than twice as tall as Tohka appeared in the air.

Then the throne broke into pieces in the air and gradually entangled with the sword that Tohka was holding high.

Every time it assimilated with the fragments of the throne, the black particles flew away, and finally the huge sword took on a taller and more ominous shape.

Then, when the last fragment also assimilated with the sword

——The sword pointed toward the sky as if it was cutting the bright moon.

"——With my 'Sword of the End'......!!"

When Tohka declared like a roar.

The Tyrannical Prince showed his true colors.

"That is……!"

Seeing that, Shidou opened his eyes wide.

Tohka gripped the hilt even tighter. Then, the huge blade began to gather particles of shining black light from the surrounding space.

"...!"

Miku held her breath and tried to open a sound barrier. However, she had not recovered enough to use the angel's spiritual power yet - even if she succeeded, she would not be able to block that attack.

"..."

I can't just let Shidou die here without doing anything. Miku hugged Shidou tightly to protect him, and turned her back to Tohka.

“Miku…!?”

“——,——!”

Even though Shidou yelled, Miku didn't leave.

Even I myself cannot understand my own actions.

It's just that, vaguely, I don't want this man to break his promise.

I want to save Tohka——I thought so.

Even so, it was clear at a glance how terrible the spiritual power absorbed by the sword was. I'm afraid that what will be released next is an extremely powerful destructive blow that will cut everything in sight in two. It's impossible for Miku's small body to defend against it. In a moment, Miku's body will be completely evaporated along with Shidou.

"Disappear, human...!"

Shouting, Tohka swung the sword shining with black light towards Shidou. Just this action made the surrounding space resound with a sound of being squeezed.

However, at this moment, in this space that seemed to be torn apart, a figure like lightning appeared from the shadows with lightning speed, and before even Tohka could react, he carried Shidou and Miku and dodged the slash at a very thrilling distance.