Are you worthy of saving the world?

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

The girl didn't finish her words.

──Suddenly, a shadow approaches overhead!

“──!”

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

The reaction was a bit slow.

Something landed directly behind the girl with long black hair.

Pain came from the neck.

"what……?"

My thinking suddenly became slow and my body quickly became paralyzed.

In the end what happened?

Ulysses has already escaped, and Irene and Annabell have lost their ability to fight.

Who is it...?

She resisted the urge to fall asleep and looked behind her.

The pupils of the "Phantom" trembled.

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

——Ulyphis Falchion.

"how come……"

An impossible scene.

Impossible characters.

「Phantom」 once again looked at his feet blankly.

The bonfire that served as a transfer anchor had gone out.

Even if we ignore the cooldown time of "Space Jump", there is no way Ulysses could get back so quickly.

Why...

what happened?

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

Irene: "Aunt! This is my relative's child, his name is Yuli!"

Annabell's mother: "Oh, what a cute boy... they do look a bit like siblings, hehe."

What exactly does that sentence mean...who are like siblings?

"——Boom!"

After being injected with an overdose of sleeping potion, the girl's legs lost strength.

The once invincible "Phantom" fell heavily to the ground.

In a trance, a conversation that I had heard sometime in the past rang in my ears.

???: "Um...are you still angry? Why are you so silent?"

Ulysses: "She's going to be cool all day, let's go along with her."

???: "I see..."

"!!!"

The ghost's eyes widened.

There are not three but four people staying in this mansion to guard it tonight!

Stella! Ulysses' magic teacher is here too!

That’s why the “Thunder and Fire Sword” at the beginning was so powerful, it was the firepower of two people!

Stella and Ulysses, who was wearing a silver wig, played siblings... She never said a word from beginning to end, resolutely keeping silent, thus avoiding my eavesdropping! I preconceived that there were only three enemies tonight!

At night, Stella disguised herself as Ulysses to attract my attention!

"........."

The "Ghost" felt a deep chill in his heart.

All her actions tonight were controlled, predicted and guided by Ulysses.

I was literally being played around in his hands.

Why is this happening...

The "Phantom" struggled to move his body which was gradually losing control, and turned to the black-haired boy behind him.

Yuri put one hand on his waist and looked at the slender girl lying on the ground.

"It seems you've noticed it too."

Under the moonlight, the Son of Prophecy smiled slyly.

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

Likewise, I have installed a bug on you, right?"

"...!"

Am I being...eavesdropped on?

The girl felt desperate and unbelievable at the same time.

Does this mean that Ulysses knew his identity from the beginning?

"Phantom"... No, let me call you that. "

Yuri ripped off the assassin's mask.

He pinched the girl's delicate chin and looked into her crimson emerald eyes.

"Good evening, Emerod-senpai?"

138 Things That Never Fade

Being alone was a common occurrence for Emerald.

Her parents' relationship broke down when she was very young.

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

This incident seemed to be the fuse that broke down the relationship between the parents. They rarely talked to each other, and even if they did, they were quarreling.

In a Tairi-jiao country, divorce is a very difficult thing.

Divorce between nobles needs to be reviewed and approved by His Holiness the Pope himself, so even if the relationship between the couple is extremely bad, they generally will not choose divorce.

My father came home less and less frequently because he had a mistress outside.

My mother often said, "I am very happy now that I have Aimelrod."

Her subtext is that she hopes her daughter will stand on her side.

"If you are willing to stay with mom, I will try my best to make it happen no matter how difficult it is. Come back with me to live with grandpa, okay?"

"..."

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

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

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

In response to his mother's request, young Aimerod said: "I don't want to be separated from my father. I want to live with my father and mother."

The mother's face turned pale.

She was very disappointed by her daughter's words.

From that day on, my mother rarely came home. I heard that she had a young man outside.

Emerod became alone more often.

But she was not very depressed.

For some reason, Emerrod had been very good at ignoring sad and annoying things since he was a child.

Although her parents' side is no longer good, she still has friendship.

Emerold decided to focus all his energy on friendship.

She has two very good friends, Ruby and Safia.

Ruby's mother and Emerod's mother were old acquaintances, and Safiya's father was a friend of her father.

In the past, the three families often went out to watch plays together, although Emerald was still very young and had no memory of it.

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

She has many friends besides Ruby and Safia.

Emerald is gentle and kind, and is very popular with everyone.

She never does bad things, and her intelligence and swordsmanship are better than those of ordinary people.

She never quarreled with anyone and never hated anyone.

There are many aristocratic children living in the Vatican City. The church encourages the nobles to send their children to receive education and upbringing in exchange for military and financial support.

Emerrod has many friends here, both boys and girls, and she is very good friends with children of the same age.

"Gui'an."

It was an ordinary morning.

Emerrod greeted his friends as usual, but found that they suddenly turned their heads away.

She thought he didn't hear it, so she said "Greetings" again.