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"I can handle everything else, there's just one problem, I need to locate that soul. Do you have something with her residual magic?"
Kyosuke thought about it carefully and found that he didn't have such a thing, so he shook his head. Although he spent a lot of time with Xiaoyu, he didn't see her use the spiritual power of the heroic spirit, let alone something that could retain magic power.
"That shouldn't be the case. I can clearly feel her magic in you...ah, that's it."
Merlin carefully examined Kyosuke and finally took out the amulet from Kyosuke's neck.
"Wait, isn't this the amulet made by Martha?"
Although Kyosuke only remembered that he had this amulet after Merlin took it out, wasn't this made by Marda?
After hearing what Kyosuke said, Merlin used his magic to detect the amulet and explained to Kyosuke: "Well... there is no trace of Martha's magic on it. It's only hers. She must have modified it when you weren't paying attention. But it's just right to use it."
"Really? As long as it works."
Kyosuke now has no time to think about when Xiaoyu did something to his amulet. He just wants to rescue Xiaoyu as soon as possible.
Merlin broke the chain on the amulet and tapped it with his staff. The cross-shaped amulet began to shake and emit blue light, as if something was about to come out of it. Merlin grabbed Kyousuke's hand and pressed the amulet on the back of his hand.
"hiss--"
Kyosuke felt a burning pain on the back of his hand, but it only lasted for a short while. After the pain ended, Merlin took his hand away, and Kyosuke found a blue cross emblem on the back of his hand.
"This will ensure that when you touch Tamamonomae's chest, you will be sucked into her heart."
"Then how do I get up there?"
Kyousuke didn't think he could get close to Tamamonomae on his own without being beaten into a piece of cake by her.
"Lily will take you. She will ride the East Starion and take you to Tamamonomae. Is that ok, Lily?"
Altria nodded, she helped Mashu off the horse and put her on the side, then without saying a word, she picked up Kyosuke and mounted the horse.
"One last question, how do I pull Xiaoyu out?"
Before Altria threw off the reins, Kyousuke asked his last question.
"Well... I believe you'll know what to do when the time comes. Come on, Kyousuke-chan."
Merlin didn't answer Kyosuke's question directly, but waved at him with a smile.
"Varied..."
Before Kyosuke could finish his words, Altria flicked the reins and made [Dong Stallion] fly off the ground.
"Wait a minute, Manager. This is too fast!"
Kyosuke curled up in Altria's arms and asked loudly to the person behind him. He had difficulty speaking because of the strong wind caused by the fast speed.
"No problem, leave it to me."
Altria dodged Tamamonomae's swinging arms and rode her white horse to the top of Tamamonomae's head.
"A radiance that shines at the end... It can tear apart the sky and connect the earth! Anchor of the Storm!"
As Altria swore, dazzling golden light condensed around her. At the same time, the cross emblem on the back of Kyosuke's hand began to emit blue magic fluctuations as Altria's magic power gathered. This made Altria look like she was emitting golden light while also shining with blue lines.
Altria made such a loud noise when she was preparing to release her treasure. Even though Tamamonomae didn't have much intelligence now, she knew that this thing was dangerous. She stretched out her hands and wanted to hit away the big ball of light that was shaking in front of her and making her eyes uncomfortable.
However, Altria took a step ahead of Tamamonomae to get [East Starion] away from her and planned to make a circle before rushing into Tamamonomae's chest. Unfortunately, it was not very successful. Tamamonomae's constantly waving arms seriously interfered with Altria's route. After a struggle, Tamamonomae also found that the purpose of this light ball was to approach her. Although she had almost lost her thinking ability and didn't know what would happen if this light ball approached her, she still didn't want to let the other party succeed out of instinct.
"That won't work. We can't get close to her. Can't we just knock her arms away?"
After dodging Tamamonomae's arm once again, Kyosuke shouted to Altria. He remembered clearly that his target was Tamamonomae's chest, but now he couldn't do it at all.
"No, if we do this, even if we knock her arm away, we will be off track. We only have one chance, we can't waste it."
Altria knew very well that if she deviated from the direction at such a close distance, she would not have time to adjust the angle, so she had to find a way to prevent the female fox's hand from interfering with her.
"Be careful!!"
Kyosuke noticed that Tamamonomae's whole body was leaning towards him, but Altria was distracted and didn't pay attention, so he hurriedly reminded her, but it seemed too late.
After hearing Kyosuke's reminder, Artoria hurriedly pulled the reins to let [East Starion] fly upwards, but she found that it was too late and she was about to hit Tamamonomae's scratching gate. But Tamamonomae stopped at the last moment, which gave Artoria enough space to take off without hitting her behemoth.
"Ok?"
Altria keenly felt that Tamamonomae seemed to be dragged by something. When she moved far enough away, she found that Tamamonomae's limbs and torso were entangled by chains.
"We're here to help!"
A boat of light made of gold and emeralds passed by Artoria, and she and Kyosuke immediately recognized it as Gilgamesh's Vimana. Artoria saw Enkidu and Gilgamesh on it, and the two of them used the Heaven's Chain to bind Tamamonomae tightly so that she could not move.
"Okay, let's go!"
Altria turned her horse's head and dived towards Tamamonomae.
"【Rhongomyniad (The Spear Shining Far Away)!!】"
A meteor composed of gold and blue hit Tamamonomae's chest. The powerful impact almost caused Enkidu and Gil to lose control of Tamamonomae.
When the light finally faded, Altria landed on the ground riding her white horse.
"It's up to you from now on, Kyousuke."
Altria looked at Tamamonomae, who was unable to move due to the restraints of the Heavenly Chains, and silently gave Kyosuke her blessings.
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Kyosuke felt as if he had watched a movie and he seemed to remember something, but when he tried to recall what he remembered, he felt that he remembered nothing.
"here it is?"
He gave up those seemingly correct feelings and began to observe his surroundings. He found that he was in a corridor that he was very familiar with, and his appearance had become the same as when he was a child.
"Could it be that..."
Kyosuke walked into the corridor with a familiar look. Although he hadn't been back to his hometown for a few years, he still remembered the layout of his grandfather's house. As he walked forward, Kyosuke began to gradually recall his childhood. It was like someone opened the floodgates, and Kyosuke recalled too many things at once.
"Sure enough, you are here."
Following his memory, Kyosuke opened the paper door. Just as he thought, a pink-haired girl in a dark blue yukata was kneeling in the room. She opened her eyes after hearing the sound of Kyosuke opening the door. She looked at Kyosuke standing at the door, as if she could read his inner thoughts. So Tamamonomae said to Kyosuke in a calm tone: "Have you finally remembered?"
"Yeah. Long time no see, Makoto."
PS: I swear I will never do such things again. Today I couldn’t help but click on the spoilers of Avengers 3. As a result, I felt terrible and had a lot of problems when typing. ╥﹏╥)
Chapter 76 Makoto: Foxes, cats, and dogs are all relatives, right?
Kyosuke sat down opposite the girl. He did not choose to kneel like her but sat casually against the wall. Looking at the girl in front of him who was familiar but strange to him, Kyosuke said unconfidently: "I'm here to see you, Makoto. We need your help."
The girl was not impressed by Kyosuke's words. She took a sip of tea and acted very leisurely: "How dare you say that? You obviously forgot about me. You came here only because you needed me. What do you think I am?"
"You deleted my memory yourself!" Kyosuke raised his voice, "You did it on your own initiative. I didn't ask you to do it!"
The girl's emotions became as agitated as Kyosuke's. She responded loudly, "When I came back, I tried to awaken your memory again and again, but you never remembered it! This is your own choice! If you had remembered it earlier, things wouldn't be like this! Don't make yourself sound innocent. It's your own conscious choice not to remember me, otherwise you would have recognized me a long time ago!"
Kyosuke opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything to refute the other party. During the time he was with Xiaoyu, he had always dreamed about his lost memories, but every morning when he woke up, he didn't remember it. It was only when he was in the corridor just now that he slowly recalled it.
Kyousuke didn't know whether this was the result of the girl's choice as she said or whether she did it herself. But it was meaningless to pursue this now. Because he thought that even if he still had memories, he would probably pretend not to know her.
Kyousuke lowered his head and whispered to the girl: "I...I just...I don't want to lose you again."
The girl snorted, not sure whether she agreed with Kyosuke's answer.
"And then? Why did you come to see me?"
"I...I came to ask you for help."
Kyosuke was a little hesitant in answering the girl's question. Although he had already stated his purpose before, he was not sure whether she had forgiven him.
The girl looked at Kyosuke, sighed, and said in a tone that was a bit disappointed with him: "You, you really haven't changed at all. You have been like this since the beginning. You came to me not just to ask for my help, right?"
"Because you asked me for help, I must respond to you."
This time Kyosuke did not back down. He told the girl his decision with a firm look.
"is this okay?"
"what?"
Kyosuke didn't understand what the girl wanted to ask him this time.
"I mean, is it really okay for you to come and save a monster like me? You should know that I have been using you from the beginning to the end this time."
"But this is not your own will, is it?"
“You are really too naive sometimes. After all, these are all my actions, aren’t they? This is a fact that cannot be changed no matter what excuses you make. What’s more, I have done so many terrible things. I injured Mashu and attacked you…”
The girl became more and more excited as she spoke. She stood up and stepped back with fear in her eyes.
"But it's not you after all, is it?"
Kyosuke felt that the other party was a little too harsh on him. But the girl screamed loudly: "You don't understand! I can see it! I can feel it! I saw my hand stabbing into your body! I wanted to stop it, but I couldn't! My hand even now still feels like I was inside you at that time!"
"Okay, look I'm fine. There's not even any blood." Kyosuke unbuttoned his school uniform jacket to reveal the chest area of his shirt underneath. There was indeed no wound on it except for sweat stains and dust.
But the person on the other side looked at Kyosuke and started to yell even more hysterically: "You don't understand at all! You don't know what I did to you! This is absolutely unforgivable, I really..."
"Calm down!"
Kyosuke hurried forward and supported the girl who was already staggering.
"I..."
Under Kyosuke's comfort, the girl gradually stopped crying. She looked at Kyosuke with sobs and asked in a timid voice: "You will forgive me, right?"
"Yes."
Kyousuke nodded vigorously.
"Even if I did something so outrageous?"
"I repeat, you didn't do that. So...yes. I will forgive you."
Kyousuke held the girl in his arms and whispered softly in her ear.
"Thank you, sir."
The girl closed her eyes and tears of joy flowed from the corners of her eyes.
"You can rest assured now, and quickly change back to your original form. You didn't meet me in this form back then."
The girl nodded and her body turned into sand and disappeared, leaving a little fox on the floor where the girl was originally.