I Do Not Know
On the other hand, Asch. Running with all his strength, he escapes tens of meters away from the Saint・Lizabeth Church. He turns around, surveys the vicinity, and notices――huh……Cis isn’t around.
“Mira……where’s Cis?”
“I do not know”
“……for a doll to abandon her duty. Are you jealous, perhaps? Because I’ve only been pampering Cis. I find my charm that goes as far as to make a doll jealous to be marvellous as well, but is that not overdoing it”
“……Asch-sama. Can you not see my current state? I came all the way here even as I’m having an exchange of magic with Lloyd and carrying Lily-sama on my back. I myself had no leeway to care for Cis-sama, so I said to you,『I am leaving Cis-sama in your hands』. Do you remember?”
“……”
Asch, who ran away with all his strength extremely desperately, he is. Asch, who’s the type that has tunnel vision and doesn’t see the surroundings when it comes to the crunch, he is. He desperately tried to get himself to safety and ran without even looking back.
“If that is what you meant, then my apologies. I had misjudged Asch-sama as an individual who pays slightly more attention to the surroundings. As one would expect, she is your precious student. I thought you would probably not do something foolish like running away, only thinking about self-preservation. If that is what you meant, then it was my incompetency”
“……I didn’t hear it. Aren’t you lying?”
Asch, who makes it Mira’s fault even after all this. Mira sighed loudly.
‘This worst Magician’
“I said it in a voice that you can hear. I cannot lie as long as I am not ordered by you. More importantly, should we not worry about Cis-sama now?”
“O, oo. That’s right. Rather than condemning your failure, it’s about Cis now”
“……”
Asch, who casually make it Mira’s fault. Mira thinks.
‘This very worst Magician’
On the other hand, Samon’s side. Lloyd was still in battle with Mira, but every single one of the Aristo believers noticed Cis’ absence.
“Oi! You bastard, where did you hide her?”
A single Aristo believer shouts. Not even in their dreams, would they have thought that Asch left Cis behind and ran away……no, something like that didn’t even cross their mind. Their heads concluded that Asch hid her somewhere with his Magic Power.
“……fuhahahaha. Where do you think?”
Asch’s bluff that comes out instinctively.
“How about you might as well honestly tell them,『I ended up leaving her behind at the Saint・Lizabeth Church. Won’t you look for her for me』? They might unexpectedly go and rescue her for you”
Mira whispers sarcastically, and Asch answers, “shut up”, whisperingly.
However, in his heart, Asch thinks it took a turn for the worse. Even if he tries to go and save her, he’ll end up exposing his vulnerability to the Aristo believers. If it comes to that, he’ll undoubtedly suffer serious injuries before he arrives by her side. However……the time for him to think is……
Donn
At that moment, a loud sound broke through Saint・Lizabeth Church. Along with that, a large object floats in the skies. It’s not visible because of the sun’s reflection, but he concluded that it’s Cerberus from that size and shape.
However, on the back of the silhouette of the Magic Beast that he was used to seeing was the silhouette of a human.
“Cer-chan, please”
“Guoooooooooooooooh”
Along with the roar, the three heads start spitting flame, ice mist, and lightning clusters at the Aristo believers.
One of the Aristo believers couldn’t dodge the flame and was engulfed in flames.
“Guaaaaaaaaah”
It was extinguished right away, but he clearly suffered a severe injury that puts him on the brink of death. Samon had no other choice and starts treating that Aristo believer with his own Healing Magic.
Cerberus flies to Asch and lands on the ground. The young girl who was riding on the backーーCis＝Klose quickly alights from the Magic Beast and rushes towards Lily.
“Everybody, are you alright?”
“A, aah. More importantly……what exactly is this……”
As Asch was showing a bewildered expression, Berzelius showed his face from Cis’ back out of nowhere.
“Cis, she was amazing. This Cerberus is completely attached to her”
Asch shows a shocked expression at those words. He’d indeed known the fact that Cis possesses the ability to be able to communicate with animals. However, the other party is a Magic Beast that’s created by breeding ferocious beasts. That instinctive part of it is also incomparable to ordinary beasts.
However, contrary to that thought of Asch’s, Cerberus licks Cis’ face and expresses its affection to her like a tamed dog.
“This is……surprising”
A commendation leaks from Asch’s mouth honestly. And then, it had simultaneously represented the fact that the prospects leaned to Asch’s side.
