Elsword – Time Trouble v6c2

within the intersection of x-axis of time and y-axis of space.

minutes later or 10 days before. But while there were various small discrepancies and changes, large

But to escape from D’s grasp, Add and Eun completely left the restrictions of time and space to

Ashen Land.

“There’s really not a single blade of grass here.”

“Dragons….. Big sis and Big Sister Rena faced them before right? How strong are they?”

“Got it Elsword?”

“But we have to fight them eventually.”

Elsword nodded at Raven’s words. Conversations were going back and forth but Add who was

This Aisha wasn’t the Princess of Dimensions that Add knew. He did ask her about D just in case

Add moved his gaze to look at the backs of Rena who was walking at head of the group and Ara

Ara that he knew.

El Search Party was formed in Ruben.

But this wasn’t Eve that Add knew either.

“….Different universe? What do you mean?”

a single pebble could be different.”

“For example, Demon Realm and Elrios are different dimensions. But they existed in the same

“…I heard dragons are helping the demons in here.”

decent understanding now?”

Different universe, it was unbelievable but he performed a universe travel this time. Many things

Dragon, Scar and entirely different personalities of the El Search Party members. It all makes sense

“It wasn’t a time travel and we traveled to an entirely different universe? For what purpose?”

Add wondered if Eun really didn’t know and tried asking again but she shook her head in response.

it. Why do this when I didn’t even ask….”

nodded to confirm his speculation.

his grasp with just a simple time travel.”

Add got a chill when his speculation became a certainty.

If Add could time travel, then D, his future self could do so as well. Add had solved all sorts of

Time travel was Add’s trump card, a move that could turn around a disadvantageous situation. But

He understood why they crossed over to another dimension. They wouldn’t have been able to

“Just…. How am I supposed to defeat that guy?”

Add couldn’t retort to Eun’s cold words. They couldn’t return without finding a way to get rid of D.

D. Boy has lived dissipatedly while ignoring the existence of affection points. Boy is now in for a lot

“……”

while.

“You’re ready no matter how difficult of a trial is waiting for you? Is that what you’re saying? Are

Add hesitated for a moment when Eun asked with a gleam in her eyes as if she had been waiting for

But that lasted just for a moment. He didn’t intend to stay here forever. He was filled with desire to

“Yes, I’ll do whatever it takes. If I can’t return…. you can’t return either right? I don’t know how

“Boy is clever as always. Yes, that’s correct. We are two minds but one body, ones who dream the

“It’s neither of those. We just happened to cross each other by coincidence so don’t discretely put

Eun gave a cute wink when Add drew the line with a grave tone. He had to admit she was cute

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evaluation of Eun’s small form.

“Kiss.”

I must have heard it wrong. That’s what Add thought but Eun spoke again to confirm that he hadn’t

“Kiss with a setting sun, blazing ocean in the background. That’s how to open up a way to go back.”

She must be joking right? Add stared at Eun with a frozen expression but Eun shrugged as if to tell

“Isn’t it a princess’s kiss that wakes the sleeping prince? It’s a return trigger so it must be fulfilled.”

He knew what kiss was only by an empirical sense. He also got some from his mother when he was

But that was everything. He never had any interest in it outside of that. Putting in all sorts of efforts

of time!

“Geez, boy is so cruel. You can’t continue to tease an old fox like this. Well, I can show you how it’s

“Drop the talk that doesn’t make sense.”

place in order to bring about this kind of conclusion.

some joke inside a fairy tale.”

“……”

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traveling was the El Search Party. It wasn’t a coincidence that we arrived in a universe with the El

“……But we didn’t need that kind of process when we came here.”

Does that mean Add prepared this beforehand during the time that he couldn’t remember? He

the whole thing.

kiss.”

Add suppressed his head that was starting to ache and delved into his thoughts. Eun couldn’t be

important.

“I’m going to go crazy. You want me to…. So I if I want to go back I have to kiss someone?”

figured this out already but this is to generate a time-space coordinate so candidates are restricted to

“……”

Eun smiled as if she discovered something amusing.

“……Foxes should have males and females as well.”

“No way, boy is saying he won’t kiss another man?!”

It was blatantly obvious that she was pretending to be surprised. While Add kept silent because he

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for an older sister to watch her younger brother become a bride?”

“Didn’t I say already? It feels like an older sister watching her younger sister become a groom.”

Eun slyly started counting with her fingers.

point barometer for you. Let me first tell you the current situation of your affection points!”

Again, why are you so excited? Eun shrugged then started to ramble on.

boy on of that’s what boy wishes but it won’t be an easy path.”

She was forcing stuff that he hadn’t even thought of onto him.

been a prime candidate normally but it will be a thorny path now. Of course, fruit obtained after

I’ll cheer you on!”

I don’t need this. When Add sighed with a bitter face, Eun shrugged then moved on to the next

“Next is Ara. Although her personality changed a bit, Ara is still Ara, she’s innocent and cute so she

she’s probably the top candidate, a candidate with the highest possibility of success.”

“Then next is Elly.”

couldn’t keep up with the conversation.

she’s a trustworthy companion in this universe so you could rest easy and raise her affection points.

Unlike how she is on the outside, she’s delicate and soft on the inside so you have a chance if you

“……”

for now. But Eun stopped talking as if she was finished so Add had to urge her.

“…..Ah, the girl can’t be left out after all?”

“Currently, the girl’s affection point is the lowest of all. It’s regrettable but affection points boy

you to give up on her.”

Something felt off but Add nodded then accepted. He was dropped into an unknown universe and

current situation now.

“Then whose affection point will boy raise? I’ll be able to help more actively if you choose quickly.”

“It’s not something you should be too casual about……”

then dropped a sigh.

Way to defeat D, so there is a clue about this somewhere in here? He couldn’t have come here for

“For now, I’ll think about a way to return slowly…. And measure while talking with the other

“Well, keep in mind that there isn’t a lot of free time. Affection point isn’t something that stacks up

important thing after all is managing hunger points delicately and applying good diet continuously.”

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wasn’t decided in detail.

‘……Kiss.’

hundreds of demons was much easier.

……Was it something people will let you do if you asked?

didn’t know what they were thinking as they did such things.

Asking the girls about it was an incredibly stupid thing to do, then that leaves the guys…… Maybe

when someone suddenly spoke from beside him.

Ara was beside him before he realized she was there and she was staring straightly at him. It was a

“What do you mean?”

“……”

back to my original universe but I have no idea what to do. Also, she wouldn’t even understand

“It’s nothing…..”

Ara answered calmly to Add’s disheartened voice then walked back to the front again. She did seem

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sternly.

“Yes, I’m sorry.”

Rena had completely changed as well.

for advice. She would have at least been a better person to consult this with than that mischievous

But it felt like he would only get yelled at for spouting nonsense if he asked this Rena. She totally

“……I don’t know. I don’t know at all.”

from the El Search Party. But it became more troublesome more he thought about it. He almost felt

He didn’t intend to live here forever. He had to return right away when he finds out how to defeat

He knew. But…..

stopped their march. Add hadn’t realized because he wasn’t looking around but they had arrived at

But there was no one to be seen. Rena looked around then sighed.

“Something could have happened so let’s split up and look for her.”

“Let’s search in teams of two. Teams will be Raven and Ara, Chung and Aisha, Elsword and me,

“Ah, wait.”

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changed my teammate.”

Eve glared at Add ever so coldly.

you.”

all.) so he was just trying avoid being together with her if possible. His head was so cluttered right

any more things to worry about. Add forged up any words he could in response to Eve’s furious

“But I won’t be able to help you if you’re in danger. I don’t want to endanger you in case of some

“……”

would have normally cared more about this kind of reaction from Eve, but he didn’t have any idea

Elsword stepped up when the atmosphere became strange.

Add nodded when Elsword smiled as he put his hand on top of Add’s shoulder. One who showed

Ironically, Elsword was the one most familiar to him right now. To think a day when he was most

Add was brooding over this fact when Rena raised her voice.

something wrong or if you find Elesis.”

was tired even though he hadn’t been overusing his dynamos.

“Why is Eve acting like that all of a sudden?”

“……What do you mean?”

“I didn’t do any……”

and alternate party members that he hadn’t been thinking properly. There was something that he

Judging by how the El Search Party was acting, Add was one of their members as well. But Add they

“W, wait…..”

in confusion but Add quickly pointed at the far away horizon with his finger.

“……Big Brother, you said your Dynamos were broken. What are you going to do if demons

Elsword asked worriedly but Add didn’t listen and turned around.

Add said this then quickly entered the house he saw in front of him. He heard footsteps following

grasp that Add was in turmoil and was going to wait outside the building.

and headed to the 2nd floor. He was the only one in this house, but you never knew.

Empty house, Add sat on the 2nd floor’s bed then took out Eun from inside his jacket. Eun who had

“Yawn, I’m quite tired. Why are you waking me up?”

that everything had changed.”

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Elsword, Aisha, Rena, Rave, Eve, Chung and Ara……. They had different images than the El

the same.

“So that means before I arrived….. There was a guy called Add here right? Where did he go?”

Eun dragged her words then made a strange smile.

Boy from before would have clearly said it doesn’t matter if someone like that died or not long as he

“…..Just answer my question.”

Although it wasn’t intentional, could it be that what he did to escape from D destroy the other

“I’ll explain it in a way that’s easy to understand.”

wooden table wondering what this square table with lattice lines drawn on it was when Eun put a

“Let’s say this white stone is boy, and this black stone is boy who was in this universe.”

White stone went flying to hit the black stone then the black stone went flying outside the wooden

“This is what happened.”

“Universe travel isn’t an easy feat. Boy also always time traveled but never even thought about

Add nodded quietly. His topic of research was time travel so he hadn’t been too interested in

Although he did know about them academically.

“I know about parallel universe theory at least. It’s something about an alternate world where

“Time travel of course requires appropriate cost but universe travel requires even more. Normal

where multiple same individuals can exist together…..but this isn’t the case for universe we were in

“It’s confusing so let’s call where I was universe A, and this place universe B.”

“Wasn’t this a timing where you got angry that I’m messing around and dragging the story on for

“I’m interested in the topic itself.”

fresh concept.

most important thing first.

“Theoretically, he will return back to this place if boy returns to universe A. He will return just as

property of trying to restore themselves.”

Although the story was complicated, he understood in a general sense. Add nodded then confirmed

“So D is trying to rule over time and space in the universe A that I was in, but this universe B

because I arrived here, Add B who was originally in this universe B got flown off somewhere else.

“Amount of stones one can place on the go table is limited. No matter how good of a go player one

“……”

stones. Eun gave a cold smile when Add looked down at the wooden table that was completely filled

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“I don’t know what go is, but I understand what you mean. So…..universe travel isn’t something

time so the guy who was already here had to get thrown off…….”

“Then how can D and I exist at the same time?”

According to Eun’s words, D and Add couldn’t exist at the same time. Add questioned sharply.

universe we were in. But D and I existed at the same time. How is that possible?”

smile.

the information you want. It’s almost to the point where I’m marvelled.”

D…..then answer me honestly.”

from the future.

“The principle is simple.”

table. Then she opened up her arms as if to say ‘didn’t I explain it well?’

“Ah, boy doesn’t know about go? You must have realized from my explanation just now, but

“D’s breaking the rules?”

universes. The description devil couldn’t be ever more fitting.”

gloomy but pressed his next question quickly after.

“Why go so far to that extent? Just what is D trying to do?”

space. Boy should know that the world is created from intersection of time and space right?”

“D was successful in taking control of time. But Aisha was occupying space. To be more precise,

and space.”

“Does that mean Aisha can stop D?”

her actual chances are below 30%, and her chances won’t even be 10% in the fight we last saw. She

“Then…..”

no chances in a straight up battle so she had been avoiding direct confrontation. But she was

Add started to get an understanding of what was going on behind the scenes. Eun spoke when Add

“While boy was failing countless times, she was stopping D from completely taking control over

“……”

words.

“Yes, she broke her policy and faced D directly for our sake. Although she won’t go down easily…..”

even Aisha and take control of space was well.

wished, what else would you call that but a god?

Devil was trying to become a god.

“Alright, it looks like what I have to say is roughly over. It would be better for you to hear the rest

It felt like Eun was trying to finish the conversation hastily but Add didn’t say anything.

into that, but it was something he had to confirm for himself.

Boom!!

I could have defended properly if my Dynamos were normal. Add muttered this then coughed after

no other pains, he didn’t receive any significant injuries.

“Cough, cough, what the……”

blowing from the direction where the wall had been.

“What…….”

hadn’t realized because the situation was too chaotic but there was a strange sensation pressing

“Cough, cough, hello Add.”

Red haired girl who came in breaking through the wall and made Add go flying grinned. For some

down on him.

Their position in itself was awkward…..but he didn’t know why she was wearing such an outfit to

impressionable red color. She was certainly carrying a sword in her hands, but she was wearing a

“……Just what’s with that getup?”

though.”

asked a bit hesitantly.

“I don’t think this is the time to be having an idle talk like this.”

almost forgotten.

“…..I didn’t catch you. You just came in and crushed me.”

There was a strange elegance, outgoing character and maturity coming off from this girl who was

Her red hair fit well with her cheerful attitude. Although she was a bunny girl.

……Although it was strange to give this kind of evaluation to a bunny girl.

Elesis was hitting the dust off her shoulders but turned around from having her name called.

“…..”

fought turning back time multiple times. But she must be different in this universe.

Overlapping the appearance of Elesis that Add knew on top of this one was pointless.

…..He knew that in his head, but he still couldn’t help but to be restless. Seeing that Add was

forcefully raise Add up. He didn’t even have any time to resist.

handling an accessory in her hand.

Elesis gave a light but serious apology then started to hit the dust off Add’s jacket.

hand gesture then backed out.

“Ah, that’s……”

in aiming toward Elesis got blocked by her sword.

“Hmm? So you’re not a normal bunny girl after all.”

on?”

Small girl wearing giant gauntlets stared at Elesis haughtily. Judging by the circumstances, this girl

Blue-white girl smiled as she waved her hand towards Elesis.

“Right back at you. You’re beyond my expectation as well. Although you’re still below Scar.”

Girl looked dissatisfied but acknowledged. Although two of them were fighting, there was a

Add had never seen this blue-white girl before but those were certainly horns on her head. He could

“…..A demon?”

“Address me as Lu, human. What is your name?”

that had settled rose up again violently.

a bit longer.”

Lu clenched her fists as she smiled and Elesis smiled back as she held up her sword. And Add who

The village was getting destroyed.

building. Shockwave that was caused each time two of their weapons clashed and struck each other

El Search Party all gathered from hearing this ruckus and blankly stared at this scene. Elesis and a

“Who is that?”

When Ara asked worriedly, Rena frowned and thought without answering. Raven answered instead.

“It’s almost as if they are sparring.”

“To fight evenly against Ms.Elesis. That’s amazing.”

Add who had barely escaped from the collapsing building and was panting joined in on the

“She did seem like a reasonable demon. She said her name was Lu.”

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when but there were table, chairs, drinks and cookies set up behind them. You could tell the table

Add felt dumfounded from seeing the El Search Party slowly walk towards the table to sit. He had

“Just what are you all thinking by sitting there?”

Rena who was already seated and stretching her hand towards the teacup looked back at Add with a

Add was embarrassed to call them his comrades right now. Add covered his face with his palm from

who was wearing a suit standing there and watching Elesis and Lu’s battle.

slightly nodded to greet everyone politely.

“It was great!”

Ara became confused from Ciel’s gaze and asked.

“……No, I’ll bring you some more if you want.”

Add’s eyes opened widely in shock from seeing this.

Of course, even Eve could use dimension gates and Add could use it as well if he needed to. But

them only for battle and only in a limited way.

either had enough knowledge and calculative brain to handle dimension equation freely or had a

“That’s amazing…..”

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But Ciel didn’t mind Aisha’s reaction and handed another filled teacup to Ara.

“Drink a bit slowly…..”

depressed expression, Raven asked quietly.

“Ah, so you’re Raven.”

sense of caution finally started to dwell amongst the El Search Party.

“I only researched about all of you before meeting everyone in person. You don’t have to be so

“…..You guys shouldn’t have eaten so readily if you were going to get cautious now.”

“So why are Elesis and your partner fighting like that?”

strength. I tried to stop Lu. But…..”

right magical gauntlet and was now launching a counter attack.

“But you are demons. Demons want to join the El Search Party?”

rampage and I agree with her.”

Add slightly examined the other Search Party members’ reactions then asked roughly on purpose.

multiple members from the El Search Party that Add knew who had their relatives on the demons’

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Ciel said this then sighed as he waved his hand. Then more cookies fell on top of Elsword’s empty

Eve who had been looking at Lu and Elesis’ battle spoke sharply.

“Yes, I also can’t trust them so easily.”

Search Party that Add knew.

In that moment, Chung who was listening to the conversation opened his mouth. After gathering

“You can’t always hate everything that has to with demons, people might have their circumstances.

as Big Sister Elesis is saying she’ll help us, I don’t think there’s a reason for us to refuse.”

So how about we trust Ms.Lu and Mr.Ciel as well?”

Just as the atmosphere started to change towards ‘let’s think about it for now’, Elsword opened his

“Looks like it’s almost over.”

and were staring and smiling at each other while panting heavily.

“This is great, Lu. It’s totally a skill worthy of Lord of the Demon Realm. You’ve impressed me!”

well. You’re indeed a skilled individual worthy of being called the hope of Elrios that’s on its path to

“That’s an excessive compliment.”

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this right here?”

Lu who was drunk with excitement nodded then kicked the roof. Magic circle that formed below

caught up by the force of Lu’s charge.

there was also the mighty power contained in her giant gauntlet!

Elesis smiled joyfully as she spun around with her sword despite the terrifying charge that she

Strike back against powerful enemy with even more power. That’s the principle of the red knights,

“Juggernaut……!”

back head on, it was a situation where one of them could get critically injured.

“Buster!!”

Elesis had stopped spinning and was lowering her sword, and Lu was also standing tall and panting

“……Who won?”

“The fight wasn’t settled.”

Everyone looked at Raven confusedly when he shouted while taking out his blade. Could it be that

something as well because their expressions stiffened as they got ready to fight.

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Elesis and Lu that were proudly standing beside each other on the rooftop made tired sighs then

“Why did you miss on purpose?”

Answer to their questions presented themselves right away. Space beside Elesis seemed to crack

They had read the enemies coming in through the dimension gates and had changed the target of

“That Karis is using such a boring move. Ruining my entertainment like this……”

When Elesis asked while smiling, Lu also quickly loosened her expression and nodded. Their fun

person standing beside them.

were circling all around them and threatening them.

“Then let’s clean them up.”

Strongest Red Knights captain and the demon empress now turned their weapons towards their

Demons were attacking through the dimension gates.

Add shook his head bitterly then manipulated his Dynamos to send an electric current. Number of

used, but he could fire smaller skills like shockwaves or Void Impact.

easily disposed of an Incubus jumping at him then took a look around at the battlefield.

and Ara were still in charge of the frontlines and Raven was also performing excellently at the front.

Chung was destroying the enemies by swinging his Destroyer and Aisha was summoning lightning

Add looked to see how Ciel who he had no information on was fighting. Ciel was dispatching the

“……There’s nothing for me to do.”

but each of their skills was extraordinary.

planned beforehand. There must be some meaning to it. Of course, it was to escape from D’s grasp

Just like Eun said, you had to say there was a clue to defeating D in this universe.

Was it going back to the original universe with this powerful El Search Party? But movement of a

got thrown off after all.

Party was indeed really powerful…..but they won’t be of help in defeating D. Not only will it be

fly off into some unknown universe.

Bam!

looked back. Nasod he saw before, Oberon was slowly withdrawing his tonfa. Incubus was slowly

“What are you doing meditating when everyone is fighting? You’re not only useless but also lack

“……Then how about you?”

show in a battlefield.

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that was flying in the air. Then Oberon charged forwards to initiate attack on demons in the front.

You could feel composure and majesty from how she only commanded others even in the battlefield.

Add strangely felt disheartened when this Eve snapped aggressively at him. She was Eve, but she

His conclusion was that he still didn’t know how to deal with her.

him.

It unintentionally became a sarcastic tone. Eve must have been slightly offended because she

“Express your respect towards technology of the Nasod civilization.”

“Aren’t I protecting you who is useless? You don’t have to thank me but I’d like your re-evaluation

Eve requested in a quite emotional tone. Add had experience with talking with Eve from

some pent up emotion from events that happened before.

she was treating him like this.

The person this Eve was getting angry at was Add B who was supposed to be here. It was obvious

one who offended Eve all this time was Add B.

Add B(should he say himself? Let’s not because it feels repulsive) must have done various things to

Eun’s word that Eve’s affection points were at the very bottom wasn’t an exaggeration.

“I’m sorry. It seems I must have done lots of things to offend you…. I’ll apologize. I’ll watch out

Let’s apologize first. Add apologized just like how he was taught from Ara. Eve looked quite

Eve who was frozen for a while from surprise turned her head away abruptly.

“Also, thank you for protecting me.”

Eve had known that Add was currently injured and his battle capabilities had dropped due to broken

Eve must have gotten even more startled from Add’s honest expression of gratitude that she

“…….Even though you’re useless, you’re still our comrade. Of course I’ll protect you.”

Although she was a bit sassier, she was Eve after all. She’ll accept if you apologize and thank her

Add nodded as he sighed. Ara and Rena’s images had changed quite a bit as well but they also

“You’re…..bit strange today, Add.”

Add answered appropriately then looked straightly at Eve. He had a momentary impulse of wanting

Add left behind Eve he knew to be killed by D. Recalling her last appearance as she looked back

go back right now to fight again.

He must find a clue to defeating D before going back.

“……”

But…… he was already stretching out his hand to stroke Eve’s face.

Nothing will change by doing this.

name, inside her expressionless face…… He wanted a slight moment of consolation.

“……”

lingering attachments and withdrawn his hand.

“Sorry, I’ll explain later. Although I won’t be able to tell you everything……”

this universe without D. Stretching out his hand to touch her right now was just Add’s foolish and

Although touching her wouldn’t be able to erase the guilt of leaving her behind.

disappear.

looked ever so similar they weren’t the same.

“…….I’ll dispose of him for sure.”

resolved himself then started to move his steps.

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made him happy.

Demons were like leaves before the storm from the El Search Party’s attacks. El Search Party

over 100 of Incubus and Succubus in less than 10 minutes.

“But these don’t look like Scar’s minions.”

Lu’s words gathered everyone’s eyes on her. Ara’s expression turned stiff.

“Do you know who that is Big Sister Ara?”

extremely powerful demon.”

“Ahahaha…… hecklers.”

looked similar to a dimension gate started to open then a waving dark smoke gathered in one place

She wore a seductive outfit as if to show off her voluptuous body but you could tell from a single

“This is my first time meeting you all, El Search Party.”

smile while licking her lips. In that moment, Elesis dashed in like a gale and swung her sword.

It was such a swift movement that Add felt the pressure from facing Elesis as an enemy again.

a bouncy chunk of rubber. Elesis wasn’t surprised in the slightest and was about to strike again but

“Stop, there is a mass but she hasn’t actually appeared in this place so it’s no use.”

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“Lu, stay calm.”

of emotions mixed into it.

“Hoho, it’s been a while Lord Luciela. It seems you’re actually managing to stay alive while crawling

Karis bowed to Lu while letting off a sinister smile. Although her words were polite her hostile

“Hmph, you’re the one who should be crying and begging for mercy right now. Begging me to spare

you beg.”

for old times’ sake……but it looks like you’ll need some punishment. I’ll make you beg me to kill

Karis who was boasting in front of Lu snapped in frustration with a sharp voice after seeing Elesis’

After the sword strike didn’t work, Elesis was now experimenting with various things like punching

Although Karis’ form that appeared right now had a mass, it was only a dummy. It was only

There wasn’t any damage to Karis’ actual body no matter what Elesis did. Still, here Karis was

making fun of her.

“Can’t you see that we’re talking? Get lost, human!”

Elesis ignored Karis’ protest then continued to touch various places on the dummy. It totally ruined

Not only that, but Lu was now biting down on a lollipop that Ciel gave her because the conversation

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Of course, even though Karis said t

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