“Mother?” Seeing no response from Tina, Krulu asked again.
Tina's dangerous aura suddenly vanished.
She could not understand this at all.
Just now, she had saved this poor girl relying solely on her instinctual power.
So why was she calling her Mother now?
She took a few steps back. At this moment, Sathya was standing right beside her, on a stone pillar that had escaped destruction by the magical beasts.
And so, she retreated to Sathya's side.
“Sister Tina, did you create a magical beast...? No, she was meant to be one, but this...?!”
Sathya was also incredibly astonished; she had never witnessed such a sight before.
“This is the power of Lord Demon King. I seem to have experienced something similar before,” Velrose said excitedly.
Spreading her green wings, she flew into the air. Just now, when the Demon King unleashed her power, Velrose had also started to feel a surge of excitement.
She still remembered that it was also Tina who had guided her to become a magical beast, though she had not received that deep blue power.
At this moment, Krulu—or rather, this newborn magical beast—did not seem intent on letting it go. She walked up to Tina with a smile, completely ignoring Sathya, a look of blissful happiness on her face.
“Mother, thank you for granting me life. Right now, you look...”
Suddenly, Krulu noticed Velrose as well.
It was the Velrose she liked.
With a speed Velrose could not possibly react to, Krulu closed the distance and wrapped her arms around her waist from behind.
“Eh...?”
Velrose's pupils shook in shock. Putting aside the fact that Krulu was stronger than her, what was she trying to do now?
Yet, she did not resist.
She had spoken up for her during the Eleven Societies Meeting, and in any case, Krulu seemed to hold some affection for her...
Krulu pulled Velrose into her embrace, a hint of slyness appearing on her face as she looked at Tina. “Mother, this magical beast is a bit weaker than me. Just leave her to me~”
But Tina had no idea how to respond.
Someone who had just woken up was suddenly calling her Mother?!
But Little Ya and I haven't had any children?
And I'm not pregnant either...
She cast a helpless glance at Sathya, silently pleading with her to help resolve this situation.
Sathya took a few steps forward, shielding Tina behind her and offering an arm for Tina to hold.
Still unsatisfied, Tina extended her tail and looped it around Sathya's waist. After letting out a soft hum, Sathya gradually accepted the fact that Tina had a tail...
With this, she finally felt secure~
“Krulu, do you still remember what happened before?”
Sathya asked.
“Of course I remember. We are apprentice Saintesses, and you were all originally magical beasts too. It truly makes me so happy. Lucky... so lucky, just like a dream. We are all of the same kind~”
Krulu was utterly intoxicated by the joy of her rebirth, wrapping her ice chains around Velrose's body.
“I can be with you forever now, Velrose. Hehehe, I love you...”
“Mmh~”
Velrose also reached out and placed her hand on Krulu's cheek. She would not reject such a pure obsession and affection.
If one were to ask why, it was probably the mutual sympathy and care shared between two patients trapped by their own obsessions.
Krulu gently toyed with her cherry lips, treating her like a toy...
Observing from the side, Sathya finally noticed what set Krulu apart from the other magical beasts.
Above Krulu's head floated a dark blue halo.
It looked like an angel's halo, but it was adorned with sharp, blade-like, and intricate decorations.
As time passed, the halo gradually faded and eventually concealed itself.
Was this the authority of the Demon King?
Sathya cast another look of disbelief at Tina in her arms, but the latter's utterly bewildered expression left her not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Just then, Isobel also leaped onto a stone pillar. Looking at this frozen castle, she was also incredibly excited.
However, this was also Isobel's first time witnessing such a situation. Just as she had been planning to hypnotize Alissa, whom she could no longer control, she saw this frozen spectacle and the red moon appearing in the sky.
She even felt an urge to fall to her knees and surrender to the Demon King, begging for mercy.
Having witnessed the growth of the Demon King with her own eyes and “recruiting” more companions, she was thrilled.
The Winter Magical Beast... This was the name she intended to give Krulu.
She clasped her hands together, the corners of her mouth curving upward as she closed her eyes as if in prayer.
“Lord Demon King, your ability is exactly as I dreamed. With this, even more innocent souls can be saved.”
“Let us continue to save the souls of those poor girls and establish a kingdom of magical beasts.”
However, Sathya responded to her coldly.
“All of this will be decided by Tina herself.”
“Lady Sathya... Ah, I understand.”
They still had other matters to resolve.
At this moment, Shetiel, who had followed them and leaped onto another adjacent stone pillar, had originally wanted to say something to celebrate. However, she raised her head and stared blankly at the breathtaking sight in the sky.
By now, the sky that had been eroded by the Demon King had returned to normal, but the ice ball showed no signs of stopping.
The path of this ice ball would likely crush the Holy Academy directly, roll across the plains, and ultimately reach the properties and mineral veins of the Sarather family.
Everything had been calculated by Krulu.
...
Meanwhile, within the Holy Academy, discussions regarding the Saintess Faction grew increasingly heated.
The Principal had originally been a supporter as well. But suddenly one day, he announced that all supporters of the Saintess Faction would be expelled, or even face disciplinary action from the Church, with the most severe offenders being thrown into prison.
Yet, many students still stood up and persisted, completely unafraid.
Consequently, Inquisitors locked many students—including Lavertis of the Leaflight society—into an abandoned academic building near the Holy Church Building, rounding them up in hopes of suppressing them this way.
Especially the Principal...
He had originally planned to hold a meeting for these students, gathering those from the Saintess Faction so that their families and close associates could threaten them.
Suddenly.
The entire city was enveloped in darkness. By the time the sky cleared again, an ice-blue sun had unexpectedly appeared in the miasma-shrouded south...
That “sun” was shrouded in white mist. They had initially thought it was a joke played by some powerful mage, a masterpiece at the absolute pinnacle of magic.
But that “sun” was actually growing larger and larger!
Wait, did that mean it was flying toward them?
Instantly, the Holy Academy fell into chaos—or rather, the entire city and the surrounding urban areas were thrown into utter turmoil.
Given the current scenario, they would probably not survive unless a Cardinal personally stepped in to stop it.
Based on initial assessments, that meteorite was actually half the size of the Holy Academy.
If it crashed down like this, the surrounding cities would likely be reduced to complete desolation.
Rate on N.U.
