Obviously Annan didn't do anything, and two people died together in the fierce battle.

By now, the sky had just gone dark for less than an hour, and three people had gone mad or died.

And......

"Elle" looked up slightly.

With her emerald green eyes, she stared silently into the dark night sky in the distance.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

After the death of those three men, the sky seemed to get darker.

The night sky, which was already pitch black, is now like ink...... The thick darkness almost drips down. The light emitted by the surrounding street lamps became faint and weak.

[Will this bring any new implications?] 】

Elle said in Annan's heart.

She was a little apprehensive.

"I don't know. You don't have to know. ”

Annan was manipulating Elle's body, bouncing down the street, responding with great lightness.

[But I'm a little worried.] No matter how you look at this, it's not ordinary......]

"Of course it's not ordinary. Either it will accelerate madness, or something supernatural will stop us, or it will weaken the group or hallucinate ......"

Annan replied leisurely.

[That——?! 】

Elle's voice suddenly rose a lot.

The possibilities Annan listed were far more terrifying than the ones Elle had come up with—she had just thought that it might make people's spirits strained.

But listen to Annan......

Doesn't that mean things get more troublesome?

"That's true, but it's none of our business. Am I distracted and worried, and it will obediently stop accidents? ”

Annan chuckled, "In that case, I will have to squat at home, worrying about the world every day, and pray for the blessing of all beings...... What a merciful man. ”

[Then you——]

"Everything I can do and do has already been arranged."

Annan looked leisurely into the distance: "Indeed, this strange situation is concerning. But until it actually works, any worries and speculations without evidence are meaningless......

"What I get out of talking to him compared to that is what I care more about."

"Elle" said, pausing in her footsteps.

The heels tapped lightly and brought them closer, and the blonde girl in the white dress folded her hands in front of her, revealing a gentle smile: "You say yes."

Arthur ...... Justice? ”

"You should call me Your Excellency, Lady Elle."

A young man with brilliant golden curly hair walked out of the shadows with his chest held up and his head up.

He wore a crisp white suit and white leather shoes, and there was not a trace of dirt; Inside, she wore an all-red shirt and a tie with silver and red diagonal stripes. This shows his fanatical love for "white and red".

And even the cross-era outfit did not stump Arthur. He didn't know how to use any means to dress himself up quite decently.

His solemn demeanor and meticulous attire at all times are the kind of self-care that comes from seeing himself as a very noble thing.

Not allowing his own imperfections - Annan read this type of character from his subtle actions.

His eyes, which shone like flowing lava, were so bright that at night they could even make his already pale skin and pure white clothes glow.

Just looking at him, or even just seeing his presence, makes you feel glaring and you have to look away.

“…… It seems that you were prepared for my arrival. ”

"Elle" smiled lightly and whispered.

"That's nature. Who do you think I am. ”

Arthur uttered a bland voice: "After I saw Lucia who went crazy...... It took me half an hour to get a rough idea of what was going on. What kind of difficulties are we facing today, what should I do, and what are the rules of this nightmare...... At this level, you don't have to go through any more words to explain it to me.

"To save time, I just asked – how many cycles is this? Have you seen the captain? How's she doing? ”

"This is the third cycle in verifiable history."

"Elle" replied calmly, "Selicia is dead—under Miss Lily's invocation spell. ”

"I see......"

Arthur thought for a moment and nodded slowly.

He stretched out his right hand and walked slowly, as if he were about to shake hands with "Elle".

But "Elle" hid her hands behind her back. She moved backwards lightly, almost dance-like, with a mysterious, faint smile on her lips, and looked at Arthur quietly.

Arthur's pace suddenly stopped.

“…… It turns out that you are this type of person. ”

Somewhat distressed, he put his outstretched right hand on his forehead.

"I thought I could kill you in an easier way."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Arthur."

"Elle" made a crisp voice: "But I have a friend who told me...... It is best not to have any physical contact with the Wizard of Destruction unless necessary. ”

"That friend of yours is redundant."

Arthur stopped where he was, and showed an incomparably standard eight-toothed business smile: "Or you'll die quietly." ”

"May I ask?"

"Elle" jumped backwards much faster, and she asked in a loud voice, "You don't seem to be crazy, do you?" Why are you attacking me all of a sudden? ”

“…… To be able to ask such a question shows that I still overestimate you. ”

Arthur shook his head silently and looked at "Elle" with an almost sympathetic gaze: "Isn't it very simple logic?

"Since you know it's the third cycle, and I don't know anything about it...... And if you don't have anything to convince me, it means that the clue to keeping the memory is on your side - and you haven't been able to convince me to join you in the last two cycles. This means that I can definitely snatch this kind of qualification.

"Any nightmare must have an outlet, and the difference is nothing more than whether this outlet can be achieved by manpower."

Arthur said, putting his left hand in his pocket and walking slowly forward again.

His confident and calm steps were as if he were not walking in a deserted alley, but on a fashion runway.

The clatter of leather shoes on the street was heard leisurely in the evening breeze.

And "Elle" has retreated to the end.

Arthur was still slowly narrating:

"You've repeated it three times, and you haven't been able to solve this nightmare......

"I guess the trigger for madness in this nightmare is probably 'start to fear and turn away from your deepest desires,' which I know very well about the captain.

"There is no way the captain will betray her wishes. If she doesn't go crazy first, then she must have been killed - that is, you are already trapped in this puzzle and cannot be answered.

"Then step aside and let me come."

Arthur said indifferently: "If so, when I rescue the captain and Lucia...... I'll do my best to try to get you out of the way. ”

As he spoke, he took his left hand out of his pocket.

At some point, his left hand was already wearing a crimson silk glove, so red that it looked like it had broken his heart—

Arthur reached out with his left hand and reached out to "Elle".

"Goodbye, Miss Elle."

He said gracefully, "Although you turned down the best [gift], I have the second best to give you......"

And squeeze it hard and hard.

"Cardiac sudden—"

"'Cardiac arrest'...... You want to say that, right? ”

"Elle" stood intact at the end, tilting her head and smiling, "Unfortunately, you don't seem to have seen that scene." ”

“…… What the? ”

Arthur was stunned for a moment.

The next moment, an uncontrollable horror instantly hit my heart.

Completely irresistible ...... The invisible hand formed by the power of the curse crushed his heart in an instant. The remaining mana ran down the veins to the rest of the organs, instantly paralyzing them.

Blood spilled out of his mouth, his pupils narrowed and then dilated—everything in front of him was instantly engulfed in darkness, and his erect body suddenly fell forward, stripped of all strength.

And the last remnant of his retina was a smiling Miss Elle.