Whose personality mask's power comes from the heroic spirit?

At the same time, some blurry shadows began to appear beside Taiyi.

Fang Xili nervously moved the camera over.

But he was stopped by Iwanaga Kotoko.

"Don't worry, that figure is Minamoto no Yorimitsu-sama. Like Mordred, he's Taichi's guardian spirit or something."

"I am not Taichi's guardian spirit." Mordred muttered dissatisfiedly.

When the night spring water had dropped by more than half, Minamoto no Raikou's body finally stabilized completely.

"It can only exert half of its combat power in Shibuya, but it should be enough." Minamoto no Raikou turned his head and looked at Taichi, "Master, please manifest Miss Jeanne as well."

[“By the way, Aix, if I materialize Jeanne, will this cloak summoned by the calling card disappear?” Taichi asked Aix in his mental meeting.

"Of course not." Aix replied, "I borrowed the power of Jeanne d'Arc to make the phone card, and it was not borrowed in real time. Unless you pull out the phone card, or the phone card's energy is used up and shattered, the cloak will not disappear."]

Then there’s nothing to worry about!

Let's begin the first advent! Joan of Arc!

A second figure appeared next to Taichi.

Kotoko Iwanaga couldn't keep calm now.

"Wait! Aren't there only Mordred and Raikou? Why is there another one?"

"Ah? Why? Didn't Taichi tell you?" Mordred looked at Iwanaga Kotoko with a smile on his face and said, "Maybe we are not familiar with each other yet, so it's hard to say it out loud."

Seeing Iwanaga Kotoko puffing up her cheeks, Mordred's grin became even more wild.

"That's the third person. Although I don't know much about her background, but that face... ahem, anyway, Taiyi always calls her 'Joan of Arc, Joan of Arc'."

"...Joan of Arc? Joan of Arc, the savior of France?" Iwanaga Kotoko exclaimed, looking with a little panic at the third person whose figure was gradually stabilizing.

It’s not that she has any other feelings for Joan of Arc, but what Joan of Arc represents.

Rumor has it that she can hear the voice of the Lord!

"…Is this an illusion?" Iwanaga Kotoko seemed to have noticed something and looked back and forth between Mordred and Jeanne's faces. "I always feel that you two look somewhat similar."

It is obvious that one side is the ancient Britons who have long disappeared in the long river of history, and the other side is the French.

"Tsk." Mordred turned his head to the side, refusing to answer the question raised by Iwanaga Kotoko.

The night spring water in the room also completely disappeared after Jeanne d'Arc materialized.

Fang Xili and the others walked down the stairs together and followed Taiyi to the huge black box.

"Bulaifang, use a camera to record the scene you just saw." Taiyi asked the three servants to take turns. After making sure that it was difficult to open the box without violence, he looked at Bulaifang Xili and suggested.

"Yeah." Fang Xili successfully took a photo after she got the camera under the illumination of several flashlights.

The layout in the photo is the same as in reality, the only difference is that there is light falling from the canopy above the box.

"...The ceiling can be opened. The box can only be opened when sunlight shines through the square space... That's the solution, right?" After looking at the photos for a few times, Akane Shinjo pretended to be "all my guesses" and asked Iwanaga Kotoko and Taichi.

"That means we have to find a way up and find the mechanism to open the ceiling." Iwanaga Kotoko leaned forward and turned her head to look at the ceiling. "It looks really high."

"If it's just the ceiling, leave it to us." Minamoto no Raikou suddenly said.

“It’s not good to open the box violently because we’re worried about hurting the people inside. But if it’s just the ceiling… hehehe.” Mordred looked at the ceiling above the canopy with an eager expression, “I’ll poke a hole in it with just one sword!”

"You have to control the force and direction." Minamoto no Raikou saw that Mordred wanted this job, so he took the initiative to remind him, "Chop the ceiling and fly it out, don't let it fall down."

"Otherwise, the collapsed ceiling might crush the boxes and the people inside. The shattered ceiling fragments might also cut the people present." Joan of Arc also added.

"Don't worry, I'm good at this." Mordred licked his lips and replied, "When I was on the battlefield before, I was best at using my sword to knock the enemy away and then smash them on their comrades."

Chapter 42 Hinasaki Fukaha Doesn't Want to See

Violent dismantling is a science, and Mordred is the master of this science.

When the sunlight fell on the black box through the canopy, not a single piece of wood, even slightly larger, fell from it.

Cardan.

There was a sound of some mechanism being activated inside the black box.

"Let me open it." Joan of Arc took the initiative to step forward and slowly opened the black box.

The petite girl slumped in the night spring water in the black box.

The white top and the exposed fair skin were covered with black ink dots created by the night spring water.

Jeanne gently shook the girl's shoulders.

With a moan, the girl slowly opened her eyes.

"She's awake now, and seems to be fine." Jeanne turned around and told the people behind her about the girl's condition, then looked at the girl with a kind smile, "Are you okay? Can you move your limbs? Do you need me to help you get out?"

"I, I'm fine." The girl shook her head, then lifted her hands out from under the night spring water, and supported herself on the edge of the black box. With a little effort, her body struggled out of the night spring water.

He staggered slightly.

Fortunately, Joan of Arc came to her aid in time, preventing the girl's face from touching the edge of the box.

"Thank you... Were you the ones who saved me?" After thanking Joan of Arc, the girl looked around and saw the people standing behind Joan of Arc at the bottom of the stairs.

"If you say so, then that's fine." Taiyi looked the girl up and down, then asked, "What's your name? When were you locked in this black box?"

"...My name is Hinasaki Fukaha, and I can't remember when I was locked up here." Hinasaki Fukaha put her hand on her forehead and rubbed it gently before answering, "I'm an artist, and I came here to collect material for the character design of my next play...but I don't know why...what happened?"

He looks innocent, but he is very skilled at lying.

Jeanne's hand paused slightly.

She could hear the half truth and half falsehood in the girl's words, but she couldn't tell which part was true and which part was false.

“Hmm——” Iwanaga Kotoko looked at Hinasaki Fukaba with burning eyes.

She doesn't care whether it's a lie or not.

After all, no one present had lied more than her.

But what she cared more about was what cup size this slender girl in front of her had.

The dress she wore was so concealing that she could hardly see through it.

The only 'companion' she currently considers in the team is Mordred, who had revealed his true size in the lake.

The rest...are all rebels and heretics!

Especially Minamoto no Raikou and the newly appeared Jeanne d'Arc.

Perhaps it was because Iwanaga Kotoko's gaze was too hot, Hinasaki Fukaba quickly noticed the source of her gaze and looked over unconsciously.

Her breath was held for a moment, her eyes were shaking, and her facial expression showed fear and anxiety.

Iwanaga Kotoko frowned and glared at Hinasaki Fukaba with a somewhat unfriendly look.

"You were... not 'looking at' me just now, were you?" Iwanaga Kotoko spoke in a somewhat dull tone.

But Hinasaki Fukaha's hands and feet began to tremble unconsciously.

There are monsters in this world.

Hinasaki Fukaba discovered this when she was a child.

It's just that she usually avoids places where monsters gather and never has any spatial contact with them.

Otherwise, judging from her spiritual power and her attitude towards humans, the person who was abducted and turned into the god of wisdom among monsters might not have been Iwanaga Kotoko, but her.

"Do you also have the ability to 'see'?" Fang Xili looked at Hinasaki Fukaba with a bit of sadness in her eyes.

Feel the same.

Although Fang Xili has only had this ability for a short time, the time she has been able to "see" has forced her to become "another person" that she would never recognize from her former self.

Kurosawa Mika is her predecessor and also the benefactor who will accept her.

For Furuofang Xili, Kurosawa Mika is the only bond in the world that allows her to maintain a slight attachment to the present world.

But Hinasaki Fukaha seemed to have the same ability, and the addition of her 'partners' filled the void in her heart.

When Hinasaki Fukaha was avoiding Iwanaga Kotoko's gaze, she saw Yuri Furugata.

That was a soul very close to hers.

But she was luckier than me.

His abilities are slightly weaker than mine, so the things he sees aren’t as dark.

There is a senior who can communicate with each other...

"Hmph, how rude." Although she didn't get a response, Kotoko Iwanaga realized from the other party's reaction that she was really being watched, and she became furious.

She doesn't want anyone to know her past.

But Hinasaki Fukaba easily saw everything deep in her heart.

This made Iwanaga Kotoko angry and annoyed...but at the same time, she felt relaxed and comfortable.

The heavy burden made it almost impossible for her to breathe, and also made her a character who had to calculate everything.

Being watched by others, although there is the shame of having people know about it in the past, at the same time there is also a subtle feeling of "sharing this burden with others".

This also made Iwanaga Kotoko's first impression of Hinasaki Fukaba very complicated.

There are positives and negatives.

"You too..." Hinasaki Fukaha stared at Fang Xili and took a deep breath.

"Well, we are here to look for Miss Mihua who was lured into this mountain." Fang Xili nervously stated the purpose of her group's visit. "Although I don't know why I have seen Miss Mihua less and less, if possible... could you please lend me your strength?"

It was as if something hit my heart.

Hinasaki Fukaba's eyes gradually became gentle as she looked at Fang Xili.

She felt as if she was looking into a mirror.

The person on this side of the mirror is myself, but the person on the other side is not Fang Xili.

The purpose of her coming to this mountain was to look for her mother who had left her alone and disappeared more than ten years ago.

Although her adoptive mother treated her very well, she still wanted to find her mother and get an answer from her.

Why abandon yourself.

"Hey, you guys, what are you doing there?" Mordred jumped down from the canopy and looked at Fulaifang Xili and Hinasaki Fukaya, who were in a slightly weird mood, and reminded them, "Hurry up and continue exploring. I think there must be other night springs in here."

She also wanted to try to see if using the Night Spring Water could improve her to the point where she could release her Noble Phantasms at will.

"Yes, yes, yes, let's pack up and get ready to go." Taichi patted his head and looked at Hinasaki Fukaha, "Do you want to go to the main hall on the first floor and use the lanterns to warm your clothes?"

At that time, Bai Baise Chunhe had no conditions and could only let the sun dry them, but now there are lit lanterns in the house, so there are naturally conditions to bake them dry.

Chapter 43 Hinasaki Fukaha's Confession

A pile of dry wood was piled up, and a few lanterns were torn down to serve as fuel, and a fire was formed in front of the altar.

Hinasaki Fukaba and Momohime Harukawa stayed by the fire to warm themselves, while Jeanne was responsible for taking care of them, while the others continued to explore the secluded palace.

Akane Shinjo even left her coat to Hinasaki Fukaba.

After all, she was wearing little and her clothes were soaked. It would be difficult to dry them without taking them off and drying them.

With Minamoto no Raikou and Mordred as guards, and with the cloak in Taichi's hand that could forcibly purify evil spirits when hit, Iwanaga Kotoko immediately changed her previous image of a coward hiding behind Taichi, and started poking here and there with her cane from time to time, looking very arrogant.

Occasionally she would poke out a few evil spirits, but they would be slammed to the ground by Minamoto no Raikou and Mordred, and then forcibly purified by Taichi with his cloak.

However, the evil spirits here are rarely the ordinary evil spirits in the outer areas.

Most of them are female ghosts dressed as shrine maidens, or fire inheritors holding torches in their hands.

It’s hard to say what kind of people they were when they were alive, but after death they were very aggressive.

Although there were some boxes or coffins nearby, when they were opened, there was nothing inside except Night Spring Water.

I guess the priestess who was imprisoned inside before could no longer resist the pain and despair of infinite death, and had long since turned into liquid and mixed with the night spring water.