![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Had a look around. Mary and Miyako are both problem nashi. Don't think the sorcery is affecting them." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Are you really sure about this? It didn't look like you were using any proper arts." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Of course not. Yoshino-chan was using very advanced arts." |
![Story Yakutsk.png](/images/b/b6/Story_Yakutsk.png) Yakutsk |
"Oh, really?" |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"I concur. I am not familiar with Nishikese sorcery, but it looked a bit like the art Yuuzen usually does." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"It was interfering with my magic itself, not just my body. Even arts that do not affect my body can be seen through. Yoshino, where did you learn that kind of sorcery?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Not able to use it before. Self firestormed with Yuuzen's arts." Original:ユウゼンの術から爆走を得た - Went on a rampage with Yuuzen's art. |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"'Brainstormed' you mean. Don't suddenly burst into flames." Original:『着想』ね。爆走しちゃダメだよ - 'Inspiration' you mean. Don't go berserk. |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I can't believe that you copy Yuuzen-san's sorcery and use the art just like that..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"By the way, also eikyo by Miyako's sorcery. Miyako received Yoshino's sorcery before, right? Tried to reverse what was felt at that time." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"It's very important to feel the sorceries of a sorceress directly. Skill up will come from that." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Come to think of it, Yoshino is somehow under the sorceries of many people. Even though she's a sorceress, She's often cursed." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"'Good at being cursed means good at curses', Yuuzen used to say that when she was younger." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"I see, I'm learning a lot..." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Vivienne, what do you think? Did you learn anything?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"I don't get it at all." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Yeah. Sorceresses are awesome." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"If Miyako and I are able to act, I guess we will continue with the operation for now. It depends on the situation with the Phantom Mist, but I would like to rescue Yuuzen if possible. Yuuzen's power is indispensable to stop that Great Curse Magic." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"Yuuzen went to the sorcery art alone to deal with the cursed spirit. But the area near the sorcery art is full of strong monsters. Even if she could successfully return the cursed spirit, who knows what might happen." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"That Great Curse Magic was a 'summoning art'. It is designed to summon terrifying demons regardless of the source of the Phantom Mist." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"So it's similar to the Gate in Abyss." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Many of the traps are so cleverly designed that they cannot be easily breached. Yuuzen-san said that she is sure it was made by a person." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"How big is that summoning art?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It is very big. All of the techniques we call Great Curse Magic are summoning arts. From the top of the mountain, it looks like it's the size of a village." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"You said there was a trap. Were there any glowing blue lanterns?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"There were... But how do you know? I haven't told you about it yet, have I?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Just kind of thought it might be. Thought that if a reversal curse was applied, the caster would be able to fool their opponent well." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yoshino-chan..." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Everyone is amazing... I'm the only one who hasn't developed at all." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"The jyoukou is a lot worse than imagined, Yuuzen's situation is worrying." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"Luckily, the Great Curse Magic isn't finished yet. But when it's finished, that place will be overrun with cursed spirits and Mist Monsters. On a low roll, there could be a swarm that swallows up all of Nishiki." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"And not just any monsters, but a horde of monsters that even Mary and Miss Yuuzen can't handle..." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"The goal is not defeating the monsters and cursed spirits. Yoshino and friends came here to stop that Great Curse Magic." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"That's right. But how do we stop that sorcery art?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Fight sorcery with sorcery. If it is a man-made sorcery art, there must be a way to break it." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Maybe Miyako knows the answer." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Me?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"H-how would I know? I didn't even notice that it's a reversal curse trap." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Miyako, remember well. When the sorcery art was discussed about, did Yuuzen say anything about it?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yuuzen-san said..." |
![Story Yuuzen.png](/images/9/9c/Story_Yuuzen.png) Yuuzen |
"Have the caster summon the thing they really desire, then break it. This is the most reliable way." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Have the caster summon the thing they really desire, then break it." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"That's right... Yuuzen did actually said that! That's the surest way." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Ooooh- Miyako, you did your handiwork." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"Miyako, did Yuuzen really say that?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yes. That's what Yuuzen said. When I asked her about how to break the sorcery art, she told that. She sounded very confident about it." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"What else did she say?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"She also said that to not kill the caster. She said that that kind of sorcery art will happily feed upon the caster's death." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"So that means if we see our suspicious person, we don't have to interfere?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"It may not even be that kind of problem." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"What do you mean?" |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It means that it is possible that the caster does not fear death. There are some sorceries that are completed in exchange for life, and there are some people who would rather die than have their art dispelled in order to achieve their goals." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"That's correct. Miyako is amazing. Unlike Yoshino, your words just keep coming out." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"What the caster really wants, hmm... It would be tricky if that cursed spirit's the one, but I doubt that's a possibility." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"The purpose of that cursed spirit was to track us. I don't think it is the final stage of the sorcery. Perhaps there is something else waiting in the wings." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"That means there might be something bigger than that." |
Conductor |
That doesn't mean we should leave the Great Curse Magic alone. As Miyako testified, if Yuuzen knew how to stop the summoning art, it would be effective to confront 'the thing the caster desires' together with Yuuzen. |
Conductor |
As Yoshino said, if the Great Curse Magic was man-made it should be possible to break it. But it would require Yuuzen's power. |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"In any case, we need to get close to the Great Curse Magic. So there we have it." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"That's all well and good, but can't we do something about this nasty magical energy? It's mixed with the Phantom Mist and it's becoming strange." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"It seems that even if we get rid of the cursed spirit, the sorcery art will not disappear. If we don't do something about it, we won't be able to get to the other side of the mountain." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"For that, Yoshino and Miyako can handle that. Miyako has a special finisher that can overcome warding sorceries." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"By special finisher, do you mean... the combination art?" |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Sou sou sore sore. Miyako's warding sorceries are combined with Yoshino's fox sorceries." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"I don't understand, does it mean we'll be safe?" |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"I think it means that Miyako's warding sorceries can be strengthened." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Something like that. We have been practicing a little bit together. We were practicing a little at a time so that we could support each other in case of emergencies." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Everyone, please stay away from me and Yoshino-chan. We may be able to dispel the evil energy of the sorcery art with our combined arts." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"If it fails, nothing bad will happen, don't worry." |
Against the evil spirits that came down from the mountaintop with the Phantom mist, the two Nishikese sorceresses formed a Combination Art curse seal to counter them. |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"The sign for the departed wandering in the dark night. Do not touch the living, do not approach them, and listen to the lullaby of quiet sleep." |
First, Miyako casted a warding sorcery, generating weak magic and a kind of black smoke that repels people's gazes. |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"The foxfire chasing fireflies. Two or three ear-piercing nights when the lullaby of sleep is heard." |
Next, Yoshino chanted a curse and creates multiple foxfires that scattered, causing the black smoke of the warding spell to burn blue. |
The blue burning warding spells spread further and further out. Tremendous magical power overflowed from Miyako's body, but there's only minimal magical power felt from Yoshino. |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"They must be synchronizing their magic through their hearts. It's a pretty advanced technique." |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"It's especially burdening for Yoshino. It must be very difficult. This isn't something that can be learnt overnight." |
![Story Queensway.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Queensway.png) Queensway |
"She must have had a lot of training. Miss Yoshino, she has been practicing magic every day since the incident at Hinayashiki." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Miyako, let's proceed. Timing must be right." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Yes, ready when you are." |
Yoshino and Miyako looked at each other and clasped their hands together. As soon as their small hands touched each other, a dazzling light filled the area. |
This is the great two-person Combination Art. |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Amazing... that nasty feeling of power is getting weaker and weaker." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"That light is from the duo's sorcery. They are combining their wavelengths to amplify the effect many times over." |
![Story Putra.png](/images/b/bc/Story_Putra.png) Putra |
"Look, a film of light is spreading towards the sky." |
![Story Vivienne.png](/images/8/89/Story_Vivienne.png) Vivienne |
"It's a beautiful technique, I didn't know there was such a beautiful technique in Nishikese sorcery." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It's done..." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"It worked. It's a success. Our combination art worked on that Great Curse Magic." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Now we can go save Yuuzen." |
![Story Miyako.png](/images/2/21/Story_Miyako.png) Miyako |
"Thank you Yoshino-chan. I couldn't have created such a strong ward by myself." |
![Story Yoshino.png](/images/b/bd/Story_Yoshino.png) Yoshino |
"Yoshino couldn't have done it alone either. Kyoudousagyou, it's great." |
Miyako and Yoshino smiled at each other. For the time being, we can avoid the influence of the evil energy coming from the Great Curse Magic. Now we have to find a way to reunite with Yuuzen... |
![Story Mary.png](/images/8/82/Story_Mary.png) Mary |
"Miyako, do not move from your spot." |
Mary unsheathed her sword and faced Miyako in perfect stance, not a moment too soon. |