Fantasy Library.

Chapter 464 You are my possession

On the deserted beach, a major riot was nipped in the bud.

Thanks to Aize's prior warning, all LCO (Library) members, including the Maya sisters, were captured by Nangong Nayue. The remaining Sendou Yuma was also stopped by Aize while carrying out the key plan, and she failed miserably. Even the backup plan left by Sendou Aya, the "Secretary Witch," was eliminated in one fell swoop, thus preventing a major disturbance that could have swept across the entire Itogami Island.

The LCO (Library) had prepared a rescue plan for ten years, which brought endless trouble to Akatsuki Kojou and Nagaku Nagatsuki in the original work, but here it was quietly thwarted. It has to be said that life is unpredictable.

However, while Aize and Sentoki Yuma were confronting each other, the person who would bring another huge commotion to Itogami Island came to Akatsuki Nagisa's room.

"Looks like you've been having a good time lately, Number Twelfth."

The fairy-like girl, with her golden hair shimmering with iridescent light, silently appeared beside Akatsuki Nagisa's bed. Looking at Akatsuki Nagisa, who was fast asleep on the bed, her burning eyes flashed with a dangerous light.

"We had no intention of disturbing your slumber. After all, as the original Watcher compatible, you would become the final victor of the Flame Feast and the new Fourth True Ancestor. This was completely unexpected by everyone."

"You should have disappeared along with the rest of the original bodies, instead of being drawn into the vortex of this world and facing the challenge that belongs only to the Fourth Ancestor as a god-slaying weapon."

"Now that you have survived with great difficulty, we have no intention of hastening your death. We only want you to complete your mission, pass on that power to the person who should bear this fate, and let the true Fourth Ancestor reappear in this world."

The fairy girl let out a sigh.

"However... who could have imagined that such a mysterious and ancient being, even more so than ourselves, would appear in this world?"

"A Warcraft King whose power may surpass ours—what kind of impact will his appearance have on this world?"

"Let me use your power a little to get a good look at things."

As she spoke, the fairy-like girl reached out and touched Akatsuki Nagisa's brow.

"------"

At that moment, Akatsuki Nagisa opened her eyes.

Her pupils, like those of a fairy-like girl, burned with flames.

Her hair moved without wind, and seemed to reflect rainbow light, shimmering with golden luster.

His once lively and cheerful face became lifeless and expressionless, and the atmosphere surrounding him also changed completely, becoming ethereal and elusive.

"Oh!"

A surge of magical power erupted, shaking the fairy-like girl's hand away and creating a chaotic gust of wind that caused the entire room to shake.

At that moment, Akinagisa seemed to have become a human pillar possessed by an evil spirit, and she swayed as she got up.

"Are you awake, Number Twelve?"

The fairy-like girl ignored her hands, which were scorched and ulcerated by the surging magic, and gave a bright smile to the strange being that had awakened before her.

Akatsuki Nagisa, her eyes burning with flames, coldly stared at the fairy-like girl, her eyes blazing with anger.

"—Are you using that appearance to humiliate me?"

The words that came out of Akatsuki Nagisa's mouth were not words she herself would say.

Without a doubt, the person speaking through Akatsuki Nagisa's body at this moment is another soul sleeping within her—Aurora Florestina.

The true Fourth Ancestor has awakened.

Or rather, she was awakened by a fairy-like girl.

"Are you angry?" The fairy-like girl ignored the terrifying magic emanating from Aurora and laughed, "Don't be like that, it's not like I'm the only one who used this form."

"As the vessels for the twelve familiars of the Fourth Ancestor, aren't all of you base bodies like this?"

"Unfortunately, you have already recovered all eleven other bodies. As the last survivor and victor, you voluntarily sought death, abandoning your original body and causing all those who had this appearance to disappear."

"Since that's the case, why not let me use it? Wouldn't it be a pity if such a beautiful appearance just disappeared?"

The fairy-like girl's words only ignited Aurora's even more surging magical power.

"Since we have all perished, let this appearance simply dissipate into history. Why do you insist on reviving this history, or even reviving me?"

Aurora's cold words turned into a chill, causing everything around her to freeze.

"I too am destined to perish sooner or later, and then this girl will be able to live."

“If you awaken me, you will not only hasten my death, but also hasten the girl’s death.”

What exactly do you want to do?

Aurora's questioning was met with a smile from the fairy-like girl.

"I just wanted you to make the most of your resources, Number Twelfth."

The fairy-like girl uttered unexpectedly cruel words.

"The girl you are possessing, as well as yourself, are all intricately connected to that king of the monsters."

“We wish to test his capacity and find out whether he is a variable in this world.”

"To achieve this goal, I need your help."

Upon hearing this, Aurora's eyes grew even colder as she stared at the fairy-like girl.

“I refuse.” Aurora said without hesitation, “I have no reason to help you harm someone who shares the same fate as me, and I have no reason to harm the girl I am possessing for your sake.”

Aurora knew that assisting the girl with the incredibly familiar appearance would inevitably require the use of her power.

And every time she uses her power, it is a huge burden for Akatsuki Nagisa.

Each time it's used, Nagisa Akatsuki's death will be one step closer.

There is absolutely no way she would assist the person in front of her for such a nonsensical purpose.

"So, you've chosen to be my enemy?" The fairy-like girl wasn't angry at Aurora's refusal. Instead, she laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid that fighting me will also shorten the lifespan of the priestess you possess?"

“So you’d better step aside,” Aurora said expressionlessly. “Don’t force me.”

“That would be boring.” The fairy-like girl shook her head with a smile and said, “If I didn’t have other purposes and goals for this trip, fighting you here would be quite fun.”

"If it were you now, possessing the complete power of the Fourth Progenitor, you should be able to satisfy my endless boredom, right?"

"Right now, you're still confined to the body of a priestess. Even if you could unleash the full power of the Fourth Progenitor, you'd be limited by various constraints and wouldn't be able to use it effectively, would you?"

"Fighting against someone like you would probably be more boring than I expected, so let me stick to the original plan."

Upon hearing this, Aurora immediately had a bad feeling.

She immediately unleashed the maximum amount of magic she could use, and without burdening Akatsuki Nagisa's body, she made the Ice Bird's body sway behind her, about to appear.

But the fairy-like girl was faster than her.

She maintained the dreamy smile on her face, parted her lips slightly, and uttered a secret phrase that seemed to be a spell, or perhaps an activation command.

"————!" Aurora's movements froze as if she had been frozen in place.

Her eyes widened, seemingly unable to comprehend what was happening to her.

On the other hand, the fairy-like girl spoke these words as if talking to herself.

"As an artificial vampire, the Fourth Progenitor was equipped with several layers of safety devices to prevent him from harming the Creator."

“The Logic Bomb mode used to maintain secrecy, the Freeze mode which completely strips away its self to be used as a source of magic power, the Primal mode which is the virtual personality mode that controls the Fourth Progenitor’s weapon aspect… These are all safety devices installed on the Fourth Progenitor.”

"Now, the Virtual Personality Mode - Original has disappeared because of your self-sacrifice, the Mode - Logic Bomb used to maintain secrets has also lost its function because of the disappearance of your body, and the Mode - Freeze, which can completely strip away its self and be used as a source of magic power, seems to have been well inherited by your soul."

The words spoken by the fairy-like girl chilled Aurora's heart.

She roughly understood what situation she was in.

"Fortunately, as one of the three who developed the Fourth True Ancestor, a god-slaying weapon, together with the Heavenly Department, I have not forgotten how to activate the freeze mode."

The fairy-like girl walked up to Aurora, lifted her chin, and brought their two pairs of eyes, burning with flames, together.

“From now on, you are my property, number twelfth.”

"No, you should be called Aurora Florestina."

"No matter what, you are the ultimate victor of the Feast of Flames. Even if you have chosen the path of self-destruction, you deserve our respect."

Number Twelve is merely the code name for the matrix; Aurora Florestina is the name a real life form should possess.

The fairy-like girl's words were tantamount to acknowledging Aurora's legitimacy as an independent being.

She is no longer the vessel used to seal the primordial soul and the base of the twelfth familiar of the Fourth Progenitor.

"Don't worry, as long as we can achieve our goal, you may eventually be redeemed."

The fairy-like girl leaned down, almost kissing Aurora, and uttered alluring words.

"Are you ready?"

"The entanglement between the Fourth Progenitor and the King of Warcraft, which has been separated for four years, is about to begin again."

"It's up to you now, Aurora..."

As the girl's laughter filled the air, Aurora lost control and her eyes became lifeless.

Soon after, the two girls disappeared from the room without a trace.

"...Nagisa?"

Xiao Gucheng appeared at the doorway at some point, still in the posture of pushing open the door, looking completely bewildered.

In his eyes, the room, which exuded an inexplicable chill, was empty and somewhat messy, devoid of any human presence.

…………

Half an hour later, in Akinagisa's room.

When Aize returned to this place once again and saw the same scene as Xiaogucheng, he fell silent.

The air still held remnants of immense magical power, and the ground was covered with shards of ice, creating a chill that permeated the room.

The girl who was supposed to be sleeping here has vanished without a trace.

It's as if it never existed here in the first place.

"Senior..."

Himeragi Yukina also rushed over, and seeing Aize standing motionless in the room, she gently called his name.

"...What about Akatsuki Kojou?" Aize asked without turning around, "Is he alright?"

“He seemed a bit confused,” Yukina Himeragi replied truthfully. “I saw that he was having trouble calming down, so I temporarily hypnotized him.”

"What about Sentoki Yuma?" Aize still didn't turn around, and asked, "She hasn't woken up yet, has she?"

"No, I put her with Akatsuki Kojou." Himeragi Yukina answered, then asked, "Senpai, what exactly happened?"

Aize did not answer the question.

It wasn't that he didn't want to answer, but that he didn't know what had happened either.

Why did Akatsuki Nagisa suddenly disappear?
Are you in danger?

The room still contained Aurora's magic and the power of the Fourth Progenitor's twelfth familiar—[Demon Queen Azure Ice]—which was undoubtedly a sign that Aurora had awakened.

But what exactly happened that caused Aurora to awaken, use the power of her familiars, and then mysteriously disappear?

Even if they encountered external enemies and had a conflict with them, surely they would have left a trace, right?
There were only remnants of Aurora's magic and residual power in the room, and there was no sign of a second person fighting or using their power. Why was that?
Before these questions are answered, Aize simply cannot answer Himeragi Yukina's questions.

The only thing that's certain is that something big has happened.

That was a major event that shouldn't have happened, or rather, it shouldn't have happened at this time.

"They'd already resolved the LCO (Library) issue, so why this stunt?"

Aize didn't know how he felt right now.

Angry?

Maybe not.

Are you worried?
It seems not.

On the contrary, he was frighteningly calm, as if he knew that such a thing would happen around Akatsuki Nagisa sooner or later.

Unfortunately, Akatsuki Nagisa, whose body is inhabited by the soul of the Fourth Progenitor, was destined to become the target of schemes by many people with ulterior motives, including the Lion King Organization, which also had plans against her.

Now, it's just another scheme, another plan.

"Himehira."

Aize turned around and looked at Himeragi Yukina.

"Could you please take Akatsuki Kojou and Sendou Yuuma to Master Endou's place?"

Upon hearing this, Himeragi Yukina almost blurted out the question.

"And what about you, senior?"

Aize did provide the answer to this question.

"I'll go find someone."

(End of this chapter)