Machete Style Anime

"...Um."

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Maintaining a state of timelessness, the mysterious girl quietly awaits the return of Tokisaki Kurumi.

At one point, the spacetime rift reappeared, and a travel-worn Kurumi Tokisaki emerged from it.

However, compared to before, her current condition is far from good.

It's not that she hasn't beaten the Magician or Mio Takamiya, but rather that her figure is gradually becoming illusory.

"Is that true?"

Upon hearing this, Tokisaki Kurumi looked up at the person in question.

Do you know what happened?

Having experienced betrayal, the first person she suspected when problems arose was the one in front of her.

However, the power flowing through her body at that moment, which had become countless times stronger, told her that if the opponent could strengthen her to this extent with a casual wave of their hand, why would they need to use other methods if they really wanted to harm her?

So, at the last moment, she activated the "key" left behind by the other party to restart the spacetime rift.

Because her intuition told her that she could find the answers to her problems here.

Sure enough, as soon as she left the space-time rift, she heard that familiar voice.

"know."

"Can you tell me what's going on?"

"Why did my body start to become illusory after I killed those magicians, disrupted the summoning ritual, and incidentally eliminated the mixed-race descendants with magician blood?"

The mysterious girl looked directly into her eyes: "Kurumi, as a spirit who controls time, don't you understand what has happened to you?"

"Or is it that not having used the Twelfth Bullet has made you doubt your own judgment?"

Upon hearing this, Tokisaki Kurumi remained silent.

After a while, she softly uttered a few words: "Time paradox."

These words were like a key, unlocking the floodgates of the girl's words.

"I... or rather, the birth of the spirit was due to the spirit crystal given by Mio Takamiya, who was summoned by a human magician using a spell to gather the spiritual power that the earth had accumulated over thousands of years."

"I went back thirty years and wiped out everyone with magician blood, including those four pure-blooded magicians, thus preventing the birth of Mio Takamiya from the very beginning."

"Without her birth, there would be no existence of me as an elf because of her."

"Under the corrective forces of the world, everything is about to start anew, and I, as an extra-specific being, will be directly erased."

"Is that so?"

As Tokisaki Kurumi spoke more and more, the mysterious girl's expression of approval grew increasingly wider.

After she finished speaking, the latter finally stopped hiding his admiration for her: "Intelligent and wise, calm and collected, with a stunning figure and a versatile personality, no wonder that guy always calls her 'wife'."

However, while he appreciated it, what he said left the former completely bewildered.

She could understand each word individually, but when they were put together, she couldn't understand them.

Translate this for me: What does it mean to have an enviable figure?!

Translate this: What does "wife" mean?!

Are these two words definitely appropriate for evaluating girls?

Of course, she didn't ask any of these questions.

Since she's about to disappear anyway, it doesn't matter anymore.

Having made up for her regrets, Kurumi Tokisaki now exudes an extraordinary and refined aura, much like those enlightened masters.

Such an obvious change could not escape the notice of the mysterious girl.

Or rather, Kurumi Tokisaki never thought she could hide it from the other party.

Although the other party had ulterior motives in helping her, in terms of the outcome, she truly made up for her past regrets.

She appreciated the gesture.

Unfortunately, she was destined to disappear and could never repay this kindness.

"Hey, how long are you going to keep playing dead?"

Kurumi Tokisaki, who was closing her eyes and waiting to die, suddenly heard a familiar voice.

When I opened my eyes, it was still the same place, the same girl, and the same background.

"I...I'm not dead?"

The mysterious girl said bluntly, "You're already dead!"

"Once I withdraw my power and restore the flow of frozen time, even if I have helped you stabilize your form, the world will still spontaneously correct its erroneous history."

In other words, you have become an unregistered person in this world.

Upon hearing this, Tokisaki Kurumi paused for a moment and turned to look in a certain direction.

After a long while, she seemed to have let go of the burden in her heart, and a relaxed and comfortable smile appeared on her face: "You must have deliberately revealed your identity as a visitor from another world before, just to prepare for this moment, right?"

The mysterious girl replied matter-of-factly, "I came into this world specifically for you, so of course I have to tell you my origins."

"By the way, even if you weren't an unregistered resident now, I would still kidnap you."

"...It is truly an honor for me to be noticed by such a powerful being as you."

After shedding her burdens, the girl's suppressed nature was released, and a playful smile appeared on her face.

"I still have some unfinished business to do in this world, so I'll send you to the other world first."

"Oh, right, there's something I forgot to tell you."

Just as half of Tokisaki Kurumi's body had entered the newly opened spacetime rift, she heard the voice of a mysterious girl behind her.

"Having time alone always feels like something's missing, so when I was helping you stabilize your form just now, I also resurrected the Queen that you had already destroyed in the neighboring world."

"To be precise, it's the reversed consciousness."

"Also, I've also fused the spirit crystal in your body for you, so even the original owner, Chonggong Mio, can no longer extract the spirit crystal."

Goodbye to our world.

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Kurumi Tokisaki didn't hear a single word of what was said after that.

When the mysterious girl mentioned that she had resurrected the consciousness of the inverted entity, perhaps because her own existence had been exposed, another consciousness hidden within her body suddenly emerged.

—After the spirit crystal merged with her, the reversed consciousness coexisted with her, resulting in a dual-soul entity.

The newly emerged soul immediately began vying with Kurumi Tokisaki, the original body, for control of the body.

When two souls are in conflict, the body naturally loses its ability to sense the outside world, and therefore cannot hear what the mysterious girl says next.

In her mind's eye, Kurumi Tokisaki stared in surprise at the figure in front of her.

—She had the exact same appearance as her, except that she was wearing a white military uniform, had white hair, and heterochromia, which was different from her pupil color.

"Queen?!"

"Why…"

She was unable to speak at this point.

After all, she already knew the truth and understood that Queen was a special existence formed by the fusion of the reversed consciousness that she had abandoned using the Fourth Bullet and her friend, Saeko Yamada.

If it were merely a reversed form, the other person's appearance, hair color, etc., should be exactly the same as hers.

Sensing her surprise, Quenn across from her wore a cold yet captivating smile: "I think this look suits my personality better. I've used my abilities to make some slight changes to my appearance."

"Also, I really like the name Queen, so I'll be called Queen from now on!"

PS1: According to the release order of the prequels, this chapter should have been about Megumi Kaname, but the Kurumi arc is longer, so I'm posting the Kurumi chapter first, and then the Megumi chapter.

PS2: There are only two plot points left to write. Once those are finished, the book will be almost complete, which is about the same timeframe I anticipated.

PS3: During this period near the end of the book, I was experiencing terrible writer's block.

To be honest, finishing up is really troublesome.

Chapter 164 Meeting the Parents [4k]

After breakfast, Kasugano Mirai learned from her parents that these two days were preparation time and she wouldn't be involved.

Just as he was about to go upstairs to his room to catch up on some sleep, he suddenly heard his father say to him, "By the way, in the future, the diplomat Spencer mentioned that if you come back, you can visit his house."

As he spoke, he glanced at his youngest daughter: "After all, diplomat Spencer and his wife will be Xiao Qiong's half-father and half-mother in the future. It's really a bit unreasonable for you, as the older brother, not to have even met them."

Upon hearing this, Anna Kasugano and Sora Kasugano didn't see anything wrong with it.

Because their thoughts are roughly the same.

However, Kasugano Mirai's expression became very strange.

He hadn't forgotten that when he met Eriri before, she had called him "Dad" several times.

Although feudal superstition is unacceptable, his intuition told him that the diplomat Spencer's invitation to visit his home after returning home was definitely related to this matter!

But can he say he won't go now?

No!

After all, he couldn't tell his father about this, and to convince others with intuition or something similar, they had to believe him first!

"I see."

After responding, Kasugano Mirai went upstairs and returned to her room.