You think you're worthy of saving the world?

"Although it certainly caused me a lot of trouble, I still won in the end, Yuri—"

The girl was unable to finish her sentence.

Suddenly, a shadow approached from above!

“──!”

A figure jumped down from the shade of the trees above.

The reaction was a beat too slow.

Something landed directly behind the girl with long, straight black hair.

The pain came from my neck.

"what……?"

Thinking suddenly became sluggish, and the body quickly became numb.

In the end what happened?

Euryph has escaped, and Eileen and Annabelle have lost their ability to fight.

Who exactly is it?

She forced herself to stay awake and looked behind her.

The ghost's pupils trembled—

The boy who plunged the syringe into her jugular vein had black hair and golden eyes.

— Euryphus Falción.

"how come……"

An impossible scenario.

An impossible character.

The ghost looked blankly at its feet once again.

The campfire that served as the anchor point for the relocation has been extinguished.

Even without considering the cooldown time of "space jump", it would be impossible for Euryphus to get back so quickly.

Why, in the end...?

what happened?

At that moment, the girl with long, straight black hair recalled the conversation she had overheard.

Eileen: "Auntie! This is my relative's child, his name is Yuri!"

Annabelle's mother: "Oh my, what an adorable boy...they do look a bit like siblings, haha."

That sentence, what exactly is it referring to... who looks like siblings to whom?

"——Boom!"

The girl lost strength in her legs after being injected with an excessive amount of sleeping pills.

The once invincible "Ghost" crashed heavily to the ground.

In a daze, I heard a conversation I had heard somewhere in the past.

? ? ?: "Um... are you still angry? Why have you been silent?"

Euryph: "She's planning to be cool all day, let's play along."

? ? ?: "Oh, I see..."

"!!!"

The ghost's eyes widened.

There are not three people, but four people guarding this mansion tonight!

Stella! Euryphus's magic teacher has arrived too!

That's why the original "Thunderfire Sword" was so powerful—it was the firepower of two people!

Stella and Ulysses, wearing a silver wig, played siblings… She didn’t utter a single word, resolutely remaining silent to avoid my eavesdropping! This led me to assume—there were only three enemies tonight!

That night, Stella disguised herself as Euryphus to attract my attention!

"........."

The ghost felt a chill run down its spine.

All her actions tonight were grasped, anticipated, and guided by Euryphus.

He truly had me in his grasp.

Why is this happening...

"Ghost" struggled to move its increasingly out-of-control body and turned to face the black-haired boy behind it.

Yuri stood with one hand on his hip, gazing at the slender girl lying on the ground.

"It seems you've noticed it too."

Under the moonlight, the prophesied son revealed a sly smile.

"It's as if you've been eavesdropping on my every move..."

Similarly, I've also installed a listening device on you.

"...!"

Was I... being eavesdropped on?

The girl felt both despair and disbelief.

Does this mean that Euryphus knew his true identity from the very beginning?

"'Phantom'...no, let me call you that for now."

Yuri ripped off the assassin's mask.

He pinched the girl's delicate chin and stared into her emerald-green eyes, now tinged with crimson.

Good evening, Senior Amelod?

138 Things that won't fade

Being alone was already commonplace for Amelod.

Her parents' relationship had already broken down when she was very young.

Amelod was supposed to have a younger sister who was four years younger than her, but she became an only child due to a miscarriage.

This incident seemed to be the trigger for the breakdown of the parents' relationship; the two of them rarely spoke to each other, and when they did, it was always during arguments.

In countries with the Tenrikyo religion, divorce is an extremely difficult matter.

Divorce between nobles required the approval of His Holiness the Pope, so even if the relationship between husband and wife was extremely bad, they generally would not choose to divorce.

My father started coming home less often; he had a mistress.

My mother often said, "I am already very happy with Amelio."

Her subtext was that she hoped her daughter would stand by her side.

"If you're willing to stay with Mom, I'll try my best to make it happen, no matter how difficult it is. How about coming back to live with me at Grandpa's house?"

"..."

Amelod believes that family harmony is more important than anything else.

Moreover, although her father rarely came home, he still loved his daughter very much and often brought her various valuable gifts.

But for Amelod, the gift she wanted most was for her father and mother to reconcile.

In response to his mother's request, young Amelod replied, "I don't want to be separated from my dad. I want to live with my mom and dad."

The mother's face turned pale.

Her daughter's words disappointed her.

From that day on, my mother rarely came home anymore; I heard she was keeping a young man outside.

Amelod became often alone.

However, she was not very frustrated.

For some reason, Amelod has always been good at ignoring sad and unpleasant things since he was a child.

Although her parents are no longer a part of her life, she still has friendships.

Amelod decided to devote all his energy to friendship.

She has two very good friends, Ruby and Safia.

Ruby's mother and Amelio's mother were old acquaintances, while Safia's father was a friend of her father.

In the past, the three families often went to see plays together, but Amelio was still very young and had little recollection of it.

After Amelod's parents fell out, the relationship between the three families became complicated, but the children remained good friends.

Besides Ruby and Safia, she has many other friends.

Amelod was gentle and kind, and was very popular.

She never did anything wrong, and her intellect and swordsmanship were superior to most people.

She never argued with anyone, nor did she ever hate anyone.

The city of Papal States is home to many noble children, and the Church encourages nobles to send their children there for education and enrichment in exchange for military and financial support.

Amelod has many friends here, both male and female, and she gets along very well with children her own age.

"Gui'an."

It was an ordinary morning.

Amelod greeted his friends as usual, only to find that they suddenly turned their heads away.

She wondered if he hadn't heard her, so she said "Greetings" again.