A crossover anime/manga series, starting with Kaguya's fiancé.

With Alexie and her three companions relentlessly pursuing them from the front, and Adil watching them from the flanks, their retreat was being gradually cut off.

Eventually, they were forced to the front of an abandoned church.

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It was an ancient stone building, covered with ivy.

The three of them exchanged glances, and without the slightest hesitation, rushed into the tightly closed church doors.

Alexandra and the others followed closely behind, stopping at the church entrance.

"Be careful, there might be an ambush," Adi warned.

Alexie nodded, gripped the "Crimson Order" tightly, and pushed open the heavy wooden door first.

"Squeak!"

The door hinges groaned shrilly, and the scene inside the church came into view.

Dim and silent.

There was no sign of Victor and his companions; only a woman sat on a bench in front, her back to the door.

She had a cascade of long, silver hair, and even just her back view exuded a suffocating sense of oppression.

Alexie's heart sank.

Who is this person?

"Where is Vittoria?" Alexie suppressed her unease and shouted sharply, "No matter who you are, protecting the dark faction is to be an enemy of the entire Orario!"

The woman did not turn around.

She simply raised her hand slowly.

"Quiet."

The voice was not loud, and even somewhat sickly weak, but it carried an unquestionable and absolute will.

There was no chanting.

There is no magic circle.

An invisible, pure, and destructive force erupted instantly!

"boom--!!!"

Before Alexie and the others could even react, they were struck head-on by that terrifying force.

They felt as if they had bumped into an invisible wall.

All five people were thrown backwards at the same time, crashing into the church doors and walls before falling to the ground.

A sweet taste rose in his throat, and fresh blood uncontrollably spilled from the corner of his mouth.

LV5? No, even stronger!

Alexie struggled to lift her head; her vision was already blurring, and all she could see was the silver-haired woman slowly standing up.

She turned around, her pale face expressionless.

Those eyes were empty and cold.

She then calmly walked out of the church and disappeared into the sunlight.

...

The underground city, the tenth floor.

Lynn and Kaguya have collected enough mouthparts.

Just then, a series of hurried and frantic footsteps came from deep within the passage.

"Help! Help!"

A petite figure tumbled and crawled out from around the corner. She was wearing tattered clothes and carrying a backpack that was bigger than her body. She tripped over a rock because she was running too fast.

With a "bang," the little girl fell flat on her back, her backpack contents scattering and clattering all over the ground.

Lynn looked down and his gaze sharpened slightly.

Brown hair, petite figure...

She is Lilyluka Erd, a supporter of the Soma Familia.

Lynn's expression became somewhat complicated.

He knew the girl's background very well: a "little mouse" who had lost trust in everyone because of her tragic past and made a living by stealing the loot of other adventurers.

Although hateful, they are also truly pitiful.

"What's going on?" Kaguya walked over and asked with a frown.

Lily Luca pointed in terror at the passage behind her, stammering, "Someone...someone is chasing me! They want to steal my things!"

Kaguya did not immediately believe Lily Luca's words.

Lily Luca looked up, her large eyes brimming with tears, and continued in a sob, "I was going back to the surface from the eighteenth floor to resupply, and I don't know why I was targeted by a group of adventurer hunters."

Her expression looked so innocent and pitiful.

"Returning to the ground from the eighteenth floor for supplies?" Kaguya's voice carried a hint of scrutiny. "Alone?"

Lily Luca felt a little uneasy under her gaze, shrank back, and whispered, "I... my companions are waiting for me downstairs... I'm a supporter, in charge of procurement..."

This explanation sounds reasonable; it's not uncommon for a supporter to return to the surface alone to purchase supplies in the dungeon.

At this moment, Lynn spoke up;

"Liliruka Erd, supporter of the Soma Familia."

Lily Luca's body stiffened abruptly, her pupils contracted instantly, and her face turned deathly pale.

How...how could he know my name and the clan I belong to?

"You've been active in the upper levels, targeting lone new adventurers."

With each word Lynn spoke, Lily Luca's face grew paler.

"You use your identity as a supporter and your pitiful appearance to gain their trust and join their team. Then, when they are exhausted from fighting monsters, you steal all their loot and fali and disappear."

Lynn's words struck Lily Luca's heart like a heavy hammer.

All her pretense and all her lies were ruthlessly torn away at this moment.

Kaguya listened in stunned silence, staring at Lynn in shock, then at Lily Luca, whose face was ashen.

How did Lynn find out about these things?

"You...you're lying!" Lily Luca finally broke down, screaming, her voice shrill with fear, "I didn't! How dare you slander me!"

“I did not slander you,” Lynn said firmly.

"You're a thief, that's for sure."

“But you still have a bottom line. You only steal things, you haven’t killed anyone. Most of the money you steal is handed over to your clan to exchange for that cheap ‘divine wine’ just to get a moment of peace.”

"Stop talking! Stop talking!" Lily Luca covered her ears with both hands, shook her head frantically, and tears streamed down her face.

Who is this man...?

How does he know everything about me?

Why could he see through her deepest secrets and pain so easily?

This feeling of being completely exposed is more terrifying than death.

Lynn walked up to her, squatted down, and looked her in the eye.

“Lililuka, look at me.”

His voice carried an irresistible power.

Lily Luca trembled as she slowly lowered her hand, looking at him with teary eyes.

“What you did before was wrong, but it wasn’t beyond redemption.” Lynn’s eyes were serious.

"Stop now before things get really bad! If you keep going, you'll eventually encounter an adventurer who won't show you any mercy, and then you won't even have a chance to regret it."

"If you want to convert, I can help you."

"I'll help you escape the Soma Kinta, and help you escape that kind of life where you have to steal to survive."

These words struck Lily Luca like a thunderclap.

help me?

Throughout her life, everyone she encountered was either a member of her own kind who coveted her labor, an adventurer who desired her beauty, or "prey" whom she deceived and stole from.

No one has ever said "I'll help you" to her after seeing through all her ugly truths.

why?

She doesn't understand.

Looking into Lynn's clear and earnest eyes, she momentarily forgot to think, forgot to be afraid, and forgot to cry.

Kaguya watched quietly from the side, her shock no less than Lily Luca's.

Looking at Lynn, who was squatting on the ground patiently persuading the thieving girl, a warm feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.

This guy, although sometimes infuriating and cunning, has a heart that is gentler and kinder than anyone else's.

This, perhaps, is another form of "justice" as described by the goddess Astraea.

“I…” Lily Luca opened her mouth, her throat was dry, but she couldn’t make a sound.

She wanted to refuse, to return to the survival rules she was familiar with.

But Lynn's eyes seemed to possess some kind of magic, making it impossible for her to say no.

"I......"

Lily Luca spoke with difficulty.

at this time,

A series of hurried footsteps approached rapidly from the passage that Lily Luca had just run through.