Chapter 225 - The witch's next move
Shikoku, Ehime prefecture——.
Deep, deep inside a certain cave in the mountains...several people from the Magicians of Oz were entering into a room deep underground.
The underground place was a spaciously built cave. Countless mysterious fires floating in midair served as a light source.
The one before the witches was a monster releasing an intense and powerful ghostly air.
A large animal about twenty meters in size. The large eyes that stared at them shone with an ominous red brilliance, and sharp fangs grew in its mouth that could easily swallow a human whole.
Its four limbs were also extremely thick, and beyond those, their eyes were drawn to a very think and long tail.
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The witches of Oz, who wore deep hoods, greeted the large beast.
"It is a pleasure to meet you. The legendary youkai——Inugami Gyoubu-sama."
In that manner, the witches called out to the large beast——this great youkai.
Inugami Gyoubu——called the chief of the supernatural tanuki, he possessed a level of ability that wasn't inferior to that of Yasaka-hime the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the leader of the youkai overseeing Kyoto.
The enormous youkai——Inugami Gyoubu, after giving the witches a sharp glare, spoke with no apparent amus.e.m.e.nt.
'Just what business do western magic users have with me.'
Having understood the displeasure of the other party, the witches threw a straight pitch.
"——Are you familiar with 'The Dog God of the Black Blade' Canis Lycaon?"
At those words, the innumerable beasts surrounding the witches——the supernatural tanuki that were Inugami Gyoubu's followers, began making noises.
Inugami Gyoubu let out a snort and spoke.
'Yeah, it's one of the unusual powers said to have been made by the God of you Christians. Recently, it's been reported to me that a possessor of it has awoken in this country.'
Letting out a great sigh, Inugami Gyoubu turned away and replied.
'Get out of here. I dislike the scent of foreign "witches". It's irritating my nose.'
Inugami Gyoubu spoke while making forced sniffing sounds with his nose.
However, the witches continued without hesitation.
"——And if it should happen that the aforementioned 'Canis Lycaon' is residing in someone originating from the Five Principal Clans?"
At this single statement, the underling supernatural tanukis became even noisier, and even Inugami Gyoubu narrowed his eyes and gazed directly at the witches.
The witch continued to display a thin smile on her lips.
"I have been listening to rumors. They say that you hold a considerable grudge against those five clans."
In response to what was contained in what the witch said, Inugami Gyoubu made an assertion while showing bared fangs.
'You're quite indirect, you western witches! If you have something to say, say it clearly! If you're simply turning to me for the cooperation of a mighty apparition of power, then it would have been fine to hold talks with Sanmoto or Akugorou, or surely old man Nuraihyon.'
"Among those ranked as great youkai that live in this country, we've come to you precisely because we've heard that you are curious about the most interesting things. ——We judged that only you would become interested when we said we want to attack 'The Inner Sanctuary'."
The witch held out her hand pointing upwards, and from it made a small magic circle appear. While the magic circle released light, a certain thing was summoned.
——Releasing a sinister ghostly presence, it was a sphere about the size of a soccer ball.
While showing the sphere releasing the ghostly presence to Inugami Gyoubu, the witch spoke.
"We are contriving a plan to attack 'The Inner Sanctuary'. ——While you retaliate against the Five Principal Clans by all means, we'd like you to be the opponent of 'Canis Lykaon' and his guardian."
Inugami Gyoubu studied the sphere releasing the ghostly presence while squinting.
'...Oho, so that's a youkai? Even I've never seen one like that guy. Oh my, seems this comes with a slightly interesting story. Your words have changed my mind.'
...….
After finishing breakfast, everyone dispersed. The only ones who stayed were Lavinia, Valerie, and Drako.
Although Valerie usually studied with Shirone, there were days when the youngest of the Nekoshou sisters would leave with Mordred for private training. It was precisely at those times that Lavinia would help Valerie discover more about her Longinus.
Drako was really curious about Shirone's fighting style. Maybe he was going to stop by after he finished with Lavinia and Valerie. Drako felt that he had left the little nekoshou aside for a long time.
But, for the moment, Drako had to focus on Valerie and her Sacred Gear.
Leaving the dining room, Drako and the two girls took the elevator down to the first bas.e.m.e.nt. This was the floor dedicated to entertainment and training. They entered one of the special rooms, which was usually used as a training room.
Once inside, Drako took his time to get to the main subject.
"Tell me, Valerie, how is your life being here?" Drako asked.
Valerie, who had been walking a step behind Drako and Lavinia as they talked on the road, had her head down. Although she raised her head a little when Drako addressed her, she was slow to respond.
"I-I'm g-good," Valerie stuttered.
"Yes? That's great."
Despite Valerie's obvious difficulties communicating with Drako, he smiled politely. Drako knew Valerie's circ.u.mstances, and he also knew Valerie's future circ.u.mstances if Mordred hadn't rescued her. Unfortunately, it was too late when Mordred had arrived in Romania, as the experiments with Valerie had already begun.
It was true that Drako could have arrived earlier to save Valerie, but he had not done so as he did not know where he was in the timeline. It wasn't until he met Valina that he could guess more or less how many years were left before the critical year arrived.
Valerie nodded to Drako's words, but did not respond verbally. Meanwhile, Lavinia only smiled as she watched Drako's attempts to gain Valerie's trust.
Valerie's encounters with Drako had been few and far between. They consisted of small casual encounters where Drako would greet Valerie, and she would respond with a gesture most of the time, and hopefully sometimes say a few words.
Drako had not wanted to force anything on Valerie because of the previous issue. He, who knew what she would suffer, had not been able to save her before the experiments with her began. The same had happened with Kuroka, being that when he saved her, they had already experimented with her. Whereas with Shirone and Akeno, he had saved them in time.
He understood that not everyone could be saved, and he also understood that it was impossible to save either of them in time. They had already experimented with Kuroka by the time Drako came into this world, and Valerie had decided to sacrifice herself to save Gasper many years before Drako was reincarnated.
Still, Drako still had a bit of a guilty conscience. Perhaps this was one of the few human traits he still had, although he had lost most of them over time. (There isn't a single healthy-minded human who thinks of living beings as experience points, or who has the idea of eradicating a third world country just to level up). That, along with the various events that had kept him busy for a long period of time, had caused Drako not to ask Valerie about the girl's Longinus.
The training room was quite large, and was designed so that people could watch the training match. There was an indoor room, where Drako and the two girls were currently, with two tables and four chairs surrounding each of them. They were sitting around one of those tables, with Valerie and Lavinia sitting to Drako's right and left respectively.
"Well," Drako said. "First of all, tell me everything you know about the Sephiroth Graal."
Deep, deep inside a certain cave in the mountains...several people from the Magicians of Oz were entering into a room deep underground.
The underground place was a spaciously built cave. Countless mysterious fires floating in midair served as a light source.
The one before the witches was a monster releasing an intense and powerful ghostly air.
A large animal about twenty meters in size. The large eyes that stared at them shone with an ominous red brilliance, and sharp fangs grew in its mouth that could easily swallow a human whole.
Its four limbs were also extremely thick, and beyond those, their eyes were drawn to a very think and long tail.
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The witches of Oz, who wore deep hoods, greeted the large beast.
"It is a pleasure to meet you. The legendary youkai——Inugami Gyoubu-sama."
In that manner, the witches called out to the large beast——this great youkai.
Inugami Gyoubu——called the chief of the supernatural tanuki, he possessed a level of ability that wasn't inferior to that of Yasaka-hime the Kyuubi no Kitsune, the leader of the youkai overseeing Kyoto.
The enormous youkai——Inugami Gyoubu, after giving the witches a sharp glare, spoke with no apparent amus.e.m.e.nt.
'Just what business do western magic users have with me.'
Having understood the displeasure of the other party, the witches threw a straight pitch.
"——Are you familiar with 'The Dog God of the Black Blade' Canis Lycaon?"
At those words, the innumerable beasts surrounding the witches——the supernatural tanuki that were Inugami Gyoubu's followers, began making noises.
Inugami Gyoubu let out a snort and spoke.
'Yeah, it's one of the unusual powers said to have been made by the God of you Christians. Recently, it's been reported to me that a possessor of it has awoken in this country.'
Letting out a great sigh, Inugami Gyoubu turned away and replied.
'Get out of here. I dislike the scent of foreign "witches". It's irritating my nose.'
Inugami Gyoubu spoke while making forced sniffing sounds with his nose.
However, the witches continued without hesitation.
"——And if it should happen that the aforementioned 'Canis Lycaon' is residing in someone originating from the Five Principal Clans?"
At this single statement, the underling supernatural tanukis became even noisier, and even Inugami Gyoubu narrowed his eyes and gazed directly at the witches.
The witch continued to display a thin smile on her lips.
"I have been listening to rumors. They say that you hold a considerable grudge against those five clans."
In response to what was contained in what the witch said, Inugami Gyoubu made an assertion while showing bared fangs.
'You're quite indirect, you western witches! If you have something to say, say it clearly! If you're simply turning to me for the cooperation of a mighty apparition of power, then it would have been fine to hold talks with Sanmoto or Akugorou, or surely old man Nuraihyon.'
"Among those ranked as great youkai that live in this country, we've come to you precisely because we've heard that you are curious about the most interesting things. ——We judged that only you would become interested when we said we want to attack 'The Inner Sanctuary'."
The witch held out her hand pointing upwards, and from it made a small magic circle appear. While the magic circle released light, a certain thing was summoned.
——Releasing a sinister ghostly presence, it was a sphere about the size of a soccer ball.
While showing the sphere releasing the ghostly presence to Inugami Gyoubu, the witch spoke.
"We are contriving a plan to attack 'The Inner Sanctuary'. ——While you retaliate against the Five Principal Clans by all means, we'd like you to be the opponent of 'Canis Lykaon' and his guardian."
Inugami Gyoubu studied the sphere releasing the ghostly presence while squinting.
'...Oho, so that's a youkai? Even I've never seen one like that guy. Oh my, seems this comes with a slightly interesting story. Your words have changed my mind.'
...….
After finishing breakfast, everyone dispersed. The only ones who stayed were Lavinia, Valerie, and Drako.
Although Valerie usually studied with Shirone, there were days when the youngest of the Nekoshou sisters would leave with Mordred for private training. It was precisely at those times that Lavinia would help Valerie discover more about her Longinus.
Drako was really curious about Shirone's fighting style. Maybe he was going to stop by after he finished with Lavinia and Valerie. Drako felt that he had left the little nekoshou aside for a long time.
But, for the moment, Drako had to focus on Valerie and her Sacred Gear.
Leaving the dining room, Drako and the two girls took the elevator down to the first bas.e.m.e.nt. This was the floor dedicated to entertainment and training. They entered one of the special rooms, which was usually used as a training room.
Once inside, Drako took his time to get to the main subject.
"Tell me, Valerie, how is your life being here?" Drako asked.
Valerie, who had been walking a step behind Drako and Lavinia as they talked on the road, had her head down. Although she raised her head a little when Drako addressed her, she was slow to respond.
"I-I'm g-good," Valerie stuttered.
"Yes? That's great."
Despite Valerie's obvious difficulties communicating with Drako, he smiled politely. Drako knew Valerie's circ.u.mstances, and he also knew Valerie's future circ.u.mstances if Mordred hadn't rescued her. Unfortunately, it was too late when Mordred had arrived in Romania, as the experiments with Valerie had already begun.
It was true that Drako could have arrived earlier to save Valerie, but he had not done so as he did not know where he was in the timeline. It wasn't until he met Valina that he could guess more or less how many years were left before the critical year arrived.
Valerie nodded to Drako's words, but did not respond verbally. Meanwhile, Lavinia only smiled as she watched Drako's attempts to gain Valerie's trust.
Valerie's encounters with Drako had been few and far between. They consisted of small casual encounters where Drako would greet Valerie, and she would respond with a gesture most of the time, and hopefully sometimes say a few words.
Drako had not wanted to force anything on Valerie because of the previous issue. He, who knew what she would suffer, had not been able to save her before the experiments with her began. The same had happened with Kuroka, being that when he saved her, they had already experimented with her. Whereas with Shirone and Akeno, he had saved them in time.
He understood that not everyone could be saved, and he also understood that it was impossible to save either of them in time. They had already experimented with Kuroka by the time Drako came into this world, and Valerie had decided to sacrifice herself to save Gasper many years before Drako was reincarnated.
Still, Drako still had a bit of a guilty conscience. Perhaps this was one of the few human traits he still had, although he had lost most of them over time. (There isn't a single healthy-minded human who thinks of living beings as experience points, or who has the idea of eradicating a third world country just to level up). That, along with the various events that had kept him busy for a long period of time, had caused Drako not to ask Valerie about the girl's Longinus.
The training room was quite large, and was designed so that people could watch the training match. There was an indoor room, where Drako and the two girls were currently, with two tables and four chairs surrounding each of them. They were sitting around one of those tables, with Valerie and Lavinia sitting to Drako's right and left respectively.
"Well," Drako said. "First of all, tell me everything you know about the Sephiroth Graal."
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