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“Then let’s agree on the rules of the battle. If Seti can touch me, he wins. Is that okay?”
“Yes, Pai. That sounds good.”
As long as we don’t kill each other, there’s no problem.
“I want you to be serious about it. That way you’ll get to know me better.”
“I understand. Okay, let’s get started.”
I said, and moved away from Pairon.
We faced each other and entered into battle stance.
Since it was a mock battle, bare hands would suffice. Well, in my case, even with my bare hands, my whole body is a deadly weapon.
Pairon, on the other hand, is standing cowering on the spot without making any particular posture.
She does not seem to have the will to attack, let alone the will to kill.
She is extremely natural and seems to be immersed in a state of nothingness.
“Pai, can I make a move on you?”
“Anytime.”
“Well, then—“
I leaned forward and moved at high speed like a wind.
Gan!
“—Ow!?”
Instantly, I felt a shock on my forehead.
It was as if I had been hit with a blunt instrument, or rather, as if I had been struck by something hard.
I backed up as if my body was sliding and kept my balance without falling over.
My forehead still hurt.
Blood started to ooze and drip down.
“W-What …… was that? What hit me?”
I wiped the blood from my forehead and stared at Pairon.
She stood there motionless, not changing expression.
At first glance, there seems to be no sign that she has planted something.
“It’s Seti, so I’ll tell you the secret. This is my skill -Prison Brand!”
Prison Brand?
When did she activate her Grace skill?
Then, a glass-like transparent wall appeared right in front of me.
I looked around and found that walls of the same quality had appeared within a 10-meter radius centered on me, forming a hexagonal pillar shape.
Upon closer inspection, I found that the ceiling was also sealed by a wall of the same quality, making the place completely airtight.
It is as if I am locked in a hexagonal box, or rather, a prison.
“What is this ……? It doesn’t seem to be the same as a magic barrier.”
“It’s a skill that completely protects or seals the subject at the coordinates. That is the Prison Brand.”
“Containment? …… Activate Enhanced Biofunction Amplification.”
I release my power.
The skin of the whole body is covered with tattoos of spell words that emit a red glow.
With red-tinted twin eyes, I stared at the transparent wall floating in front of me.
I raised my fist and punched it several times, but not a single crack appeared.
“No. …… How hard can it be?”
“The defenses inside and out are absolute. By sealing it like this, not even a speck of dust can leak through.”
I see. …… You mean it can be used as a shield as well as a confinement?
“It doesn’t seem to be an offensive skill?”
“No, it can also attack. For example, it can be turned into thorns like in The Steel Virgin, or it can be used to place explosives. I am the only one who can come and go freely, so I can use it for torture ……, but not on Seti, my husband.”
An attack in a sealed room? It is certainly difficult to evade.
It seems possible for me to dig underground and escape by activating the current Biological Function Amplification Enhancement, but since this Wall is a grace-based skill, that might be surprisingly difficult.
At any rate, I know that she has a very powerful skill.
Perhaps she would be invincible in a war against the enemy.
If so, the quickest strategy would be to pretend to be weak or dead, and the moment a careless pairon enters the room, kill it instantly in “super god speed” mode.
Of course, as long as this is a mock battle, I wouldn’t do such a tricks.
Besides, even if it is to gain my trust, Pairon is also generously showing off her trump card skills.
To be honest, I still don’t know what she is thinking, but I would like to respond to her sincerity at least.
I’m going to cancel the Biofunction Amplification Enhancement.
“…… I give up, Pai. Can I have this skill deactivated?”
“Of course.”
Pairon held out her arm and the transparent wall around me disappeared.
She immediately rushed out of the room. She opened her arms and jumped into my chest.
“Seti, I’m sorry. …… forehead, does it hurt?”
“Eh? Yeah, it’s easy to stop the bleeding at this level. It’s no problem.”
“I’m glad to hear that. …… If anything happened to my precious husband, it would be a big problem.”
Pairon shows a relieved look on her face.
I wonder what it is… Even though she wasn’t hostile from the beginning, I feel like she’s extremely doting on me even though I just met her.
I wonder if I am treated as a “husband” in Pairon’s mind as soon as I become her friend?
Well, thanks to this, Dark nine dragons has withdrawn its hand from Hina, and I think that alone is a great harvest of having Pairon as a friend.
But more than that,
“Pai. Then, why don’t you tell me about Mors?”
“Okay—”
That’s when Pairon spoke.
“Come on, Pai! Get away from Seti dono!”
Karina and the other four who had been watching the mock battle approached, exuding a sense of intimidation.
Hina and Shabazou, who understood that they were safe, followed behind them.
“Please stop hugging him! Even we are still just holding hands! ”
“Seti-kun is a beginner, so Hina-chan is the only one who can do that!”
“Pai san, we are supposed to be equal. I told you, no sneaking around, didn’t I?”
Miriel and Manisa pointed out, and finally Fiala pointed out in a tone that sounded like a good argument.
Pairon’s white cheeks puffed up when she was told.
“…… Okay, I’m leaving. You all look like my mother-in-law and it’s annoying. But if you don’t have this kind of skinship, your relationship with Seti won’t last forever, will it?”
“”””Eh, Well, yes, but ..”””””
Somehow, the four of them are being contradicted by Pairon.
They glance up and look at me.
I am somewhat embarrassed too, because I can feel everyone’s feelings.
With a casual gesture, I moved away from the pairon.
“……f-for my part, I think we should first calm down and then talk about the future. But first, let’s get down to business. Pai, can you explain?”
“Okay. The identity of the One with a Thousand Bodies is a virus with a will that has evolved since ancient times.”
“Virus? You mean a germ?”
“Yes. The virus was originally contained in the “Magic Sword Ansalar” and sealed in a magical cave on the continent of Euros. 15 years ago, a person broke the seal and became infected and became Mors, the One with a Thousand Bodies, and drifted to this Grand Line continent.”
“T-That’s …… absurd.”
I never expected that Mors’ true identity was a virus with a will…
So by infecting a human being, it was taking over that person’s entire will and body?
He and Alta were only half infected and shared a will.
If I think of it that way, everything up to now is connected.
If it’s a virus, it’s not an exorcism, so it’s not subject to sacred magic.
It is a kind of bacteria and a disease, but there may or may not be a vaccine for it.
And there could be other infected people.
That’s why.
Until now, no matter how many times I killed him, it kept coming back and appearing endlessly…
I can kill such a monster on the spot, but I can’t completely destroy it.
What should I do?
While I was puzzled, Pairon continued her story.
“For some time now, we, the dragons of the Dark Nine Dragons, have been aware of the true identity of the One with a Thousand Bodies. But we never told the former boss, the Black Dragon, about it.”
“As I recall, Black dragon said he could transfer poisons that had been mixed into his body. If that’s the case, it’s no wonder that …… Morss, who is also the target of the poison, wanted me, the traitor, to take the trouble to get rid of him.”
“That’s right. However, if that arrogant black dragon found out, he would violate the non-aggression pact without permission, enter the Grand Line continent, and challenge Hades to war. Even if we were to defeat The One with a Thousand Bodies, as long as there is no cause, it would be an all-out war with the assassins of Hades…Even Dark nine dragons doesn’t want that much.”
“But Pai, the new boss, is working like this, isn’t she? Even giving me information?”
“If you and I team up, we have a good chance of winning. Besides, as I said earlier, with Seti as my husband, Dark nine dragons and the continent of Euros will be safe, and the remnants of Hades and the Emperor of japan will be safe. No. This is a win-win happy plan.”
A happy plan. ……
“You said there was something, but is that what Pai’s skill Prison Brand is all about? Sure, it’s a powerful ward-like ability that seems to be able to block out the entire virus, but …… wouldn’t it be useless if there were other infected people or something?”
“If we can find the source of the infection, that is, the main body of the ‘one with a thousand bodies,’ and slaughter it, we can kill it.”
The main body?!
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Poor girls, they lack a lot of boldness.