“My parents caught them?” Arven stared in surprise.
He hadn’t expected August to say that.
“Isn’t it possible they were caught by one of the earlier Area Zero survey teams?” Gary suggested.
Before August could answer, Larry was already shaking his head. “If that were true, those people wouldn’t have vanished without a trace…”
He’d just witnessed the...
2025-06-23 09:37:06 +0000 UTC
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Between Iron Valiant and Roaring Moon, August didn’t hesitate—he chose to help Iron Valiant.
It wasn’t for any particular reason… Just that he’d bought the Violet version before transmigrating.
Definitely not because Iron Valiant’s prototype was Gardevoir.
Salamence: So love really does fade away, huh?
August: “Go, Iron Bundle! Use basketball attac...
2025-06-23 09:36:59 +0000 UTC
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Hm?
As Zoroark stepped inside, she paused in surprise.
The house was empty. No lights, no sound—there was no sign anyone was home.
Cogita’s out?
Zoroark guessed, feeling a flicker of disappointment.
When she reached the wooden table, she spotted the note Cogita had left for Elias:
[Elias, I have something to do tonight and won’t be...
2025-06-23 09:36:54 +0000 UTC
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A wave of dizziness washed over Elias’s mind.
He struggled to stay alert, fighting back against Zoroark’s illusion.
But after so many nights of falling asleep under her hypnosis, his body had long since lowered its guard to her illusions.
No matter how hard he tried to stay awake, his consciousness inevitably began to blur.
“Zoro… ark…”
Elias clawed wea...
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No one—not even Elias—had expected those words to come from the little Zoroark’s mouth.
Even if it really had been the clan leader’s order, shouldn’t she have tried to cover it up, at least for now?
Or… was there some other reason?
Beside Elias, Zoroark’s face darkened the instant she heard the answer.
She couldn’t understand it. She’d come here to clea...
2025-06-23 09:36:45 +0000 UTC
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While still replaying her conversation with Giratina, Zoroark made her way back to the temporary room she shared with Elias.
“Where did you go just now?”
Elias’s tone was tinged with worry as he watched her return.
Zoroark’s mood looked as stormy as ever…
“I went to check on the captured clan member,” Zoroark murmured, settling down beside him.
Elias ...
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By the wooden table.
Watching Elias sketch out plans for the three factions’ reconstruction, Zoroark couldn’t help feeling a pang inside.
“Elias, why don’t you… let me handle this?” she asked quietly, lying down beside him.
She’d originally ordered the clan to move, hoping Elias could see how much she’d grown.
But in the end… everything had gone wrong.<...
2025-06-23 09:36:35 +0000 UTC
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“We actually managed to get the Holy Lyre, just like that.” Even after they’d retrieved the Lyre, Paimon could hardly believe it.
Diluc glanced at the empty, windswept wilderness. It had taken them quite some time to get here from the city, and now it was well past lunchtime.
“In any case, let’s head to my winery. This isn’t the place for a conversation.”
“Alri...
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“I’m not doing it!”
Paimon, draped in the rag, zipped straight to the back of the group.
Expecting her, of all people—who had zero combat ability—to scout ahead? Aether was just too mean!
Aether muttered, “Come on, emergency food, do something useful for once.”
“I’m your guide! That’s extremely important work!”
Paimon stomped her feet in midai...
2025-06-23 09:36:01 +0000 UTC
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A little after seven in the morning, Jiang Bai arrived at Angel’s Share, with Klee by his side, full of energy.
Last night, Venti, Aether, and Paimon had slept in the tavern’s staff break room. It wasn’t exactly spacious, but it worked.
“There you are! Did you bring me breakfast?” Venti greeted Jiang Bai cheerfully.
Seeing three pairs of eager eyes staring at him, Ji...
2025-06-23 09:35:57 +0000 UTC
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Night had fallen over Mondstadt, and Diluc strode through the quiet city streets. Ever since Stormterror’s attack a few days prior, Mondstadt’s nights had been unusually calm—save for a few drunkards, hardly anyone ventured out.
Scattered here and there, members of the Knights of Favonius searched the city for the two who’d stolen the Holy Lyre. They carried wanted posters, but th...
2025-06-23 09:35:49 +0000 UTC
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Jiang Bai stood with Klee at the edge of the cathedral square. Nearby, Venti lounged atop the fence by the church’s entrance, swinging his legs idly as he waited for Aether and Paimon to come out.
They waited. And waited. Venti was about to flop down from boredom when, at last, Aether and Paimon burst through the doors.
They looked panicked, with pursuers right on their heels—cl...
2025-06-23 09:35:38 +0000 UTC
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If you don’t know how to start a friendship, just invite her to a meal—you can’t go wrong!
—Artoria Pendragon
It’s the most basic instinct, not just for humans, but for all living things.
No one dislikes a free lunch—not even if they’re not especially hungry.
As for whether the food might be laced with poison or some kind of t...
2025-06-23 09:35:33 +0000 UTC
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There was a wish even the witch herself hadn’t realized.
Not as someone’s shadow, not as the “saint” imagined by others.
But as herself—Jeanne d’Arc Alter, a unique existence, to truly live her own life in this world.
It was, at heart, a simple wish.
Every living thing in this world has the right to survive—even a witch born of rage and curses is no excepti...
2025-06-23 09:35:28 +0000 UTC
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[Ahoge Girl, I’ve defected.]
[Don’t contact me anymore—Jeanne Alter might misunderstand.]
When Bluey’s message reached Artoria’s mind, she was in the middle of discussing strategy with Martha.
“What’s wrong?”
Martha clearly saw the change—just moments ago, Artoria had looked perfectly composed, but suddenly her smile froze. At the same time, that ...
2025-06-23 09:35:24 +0000 UTC
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Bluey crept quietly toward Fafnir.
The plan he’d worked out with Artoria was actually quite simple—since anyone could hide beneath a knight’s armor, there was no reason this “Fafnir” couldn’t be replaced by any dragon.
He didn’t need to worry about being discovered, because Bluey possessed the power to absorb Fafnir’s mystic essence. After killing it, he would take i...
2025-06-23 09:35:20 +0000 UTC
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Kingdom of France.
Orléans.
Once, this was the city where the Holy Maiden made her name known to the world. Now, it had become a true hell on earth.
There were wyverns here—but not only wyverns. Zombies, skeletons, werewolves… The dead, enslaved by the witch’s malice, had become terrifying, pitiful monsters that wandered this infernal lan...
2025-06-23 09:35:15 +0000 UTC
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Twilight fell quickly.
No matter how much Shirou pleaded for information about the demon, the three women refused to answer him. They insisted he spend the night safely indoors, warning him not to wander the streets after dark.
But really, it was just because his own strength was far too low. If that monster could wipe out hundreds of people at a whim, there was nothing Shirou could...
2025-06-23 09:35:11 +0000 UTC
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“I’ve had enough of this! Tonight, I’m going to eat her!”
With a snap, Daki whipped the pink silk sash in her hand, tossing the figure depicted on it onto the floor.
The girl blinked in confusion, rubbing her head as she climbed to her feet.
The whole room was shrouded in darkness. If not for the sliver of moonlight, she might not have been able to see anything at all....
2025-06-23 09:35:07 +0000 UTC
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Was it just a reflex, or something more? In mid-run, Shirou suddenly turned his head toward Suma and her companions.
It was like that odd feeling you get—when you’re staring at someone and, for no reason at all, they turn around and look right back at you.
He probably hadn’t sensed their eyes on him; sometimes you just look, without knowing why. But that sharp turn was enough ...
2025-06-23 09:35:02 +0000 UTC
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“Hey, did you hear? The entire residential district in the north was leveled overnight!”
“I heard someone over there angered the gods and brought divine retribution!”
“No, no, no, rumor has it the authorities were testing a new kind of weapon up there and lost control of it—it leaked out!”
“Couldn’t it have been demons?”
The first three all shot the f...
2025-06-23 09:34:58 +0000 UTC
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A sharp yelp and the heavy, suffocating atmosphere in the room instantly broke apart.
The madam, clutching her pipe with trembling hands, hurried to the doorway.
There, sprawled out flat on the ground, was the same woman who had earlier collided with Emiya Shirou—still clutching a cleaning rag, looking for all the world as if she’d just thrown herself down.
It seemed she...
2025-06-23 09:34:44 +0000 UTC
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Naturally, Yevenko had no idea that his and Tom’s antics had broken Pela’s mind.
After all, for a gag character, crawling through pipes was perfectly normal, wasn’t it?
He and Tom twisted and turned their way forward through the pipe. Yevenko had no idea where exactly the pipe would come out—maybe the council chamber, maybe not—but his gut told him that wherever the end wa...
2025-06-23 09:34:14 +0000 UTC
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“Aha… Aha… Aha…”
March 7th’s face was flushed, breath coming in ragged gasps.
“Why… why is it turning out like this…?”
“We literally just agreed with the Supreme Guardian to deal with the Stellaron and the Swarm together. She even put us up in the nicest hotel, but now we’re wanted criminals, running for our lives!”
March 7th let out a roar like...
2025-06-23 09:34:09 +0000 UTC
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“As long as you take that horrendous-looking syringe away, I’m good with anything.”
Sampo glanced nervously at the oversized syringe in Yevenko’s hand, feeling his barely-recovered backside start to ache again.
Yevenko nodded quickly at Sampo’s words, hiding the syringe behind his back—though, honestly, it was so big that it was impossible to conceal.
Sampo’s eye...
2025-06-23 09:34:05 +0000 UTC
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Dan Heng used his spear to prod at the creature, studying it closely before finally sighing.
“Just as I thought—a True Sting.”
Hearing this, March 7th immediately scooted closer, her pink lips parting as she asked quietly,
“What’s a True Sting?”
“It doesn’t look that tough to me. Hmph! Even if it’s a bug, I’m not afraid. I’ll just shoot them down, o...
2025-06-23 09:34:00 +0000 UTC
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When Yevenko said this, March 7th, Dan Heng, and Stelle hadn’t quite processed it—then saw Yevenko fling off his blanket as if tossing aside a cape.
Unfortunately, the blanket—frozen stiff from the cold—just dropped straight down and thudded heavily into the snow.
Yevenko didn’t pull out the [Transformation Stone (Tom)] physically, but silently activated i...
2025-06-23 09:33:55 +0000 UTC
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It was almost lunchtime by the time Chiba Shuuichi and Ogawa Fumika finally emerged from the bedroom, both freshly showered, changed, and looking relaxed and refreshed.
This latest experience had only confirmed for him—sometimes, a soft, curvy body really was far better than being just skinny.
It was just a shame that Fumika was still so terribly shy. She wouldn’t bathe with him...
2025-06-23 09:33:45 +0000 UTC
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After throwing together a casual breakfast, Chiba Shuuichi didn’t have to wait long—Ogawa Fumika showed up at his door all on her own.
He’d just been about to send her a message, so her appearance caught him pleasantly off guard. Given how shy she was, he’d thought yesterday’s events might leave her too embarrassed to face him for a while. For her to take the initiative and come...
2025-06-23 09:33:36 +0000 UTC
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Chiba Shuuichi waited all the way until bedtime, but the promised “fresh snack to go with drinks” from Ogawa Sayuki never arrived. He figured she was probably still sulking and didn’t want to give in, so he washed up and went to bed early.
Most of his restlessness from the day had faded, and he slept much better than before. Still, he dreamed again—of white clouds and the Sumida R...
2025-06-23 09:33:31 +0000 UTC
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