Chapter 52. Lily Sisters
Near the town of Carmelo. In the middle of the plain, it was.
There is a large building in the plains, towering majestically like a castle. I don't know the material it is made of, but it emits a vague light.
Strangely, there was no entrance to the castle. The four sides are covered with minerals that resemble black steel.
It is a monument not intended to be inhabited by people. As if to praise something, it boasts a quiet dignity.
Why did it suddenly appear there? Why is there no entrance anywhere?
Who on earth is lurking there? Or does no one exist?
No one knows the answer.
Right... Other than that.
The interior of the castle. In the great hall near the top, there was a sumptuous round table, with seven chairs evenly spaced.
The Great Hall is shrouded in silence. Suddenly, the space twisted behind a chair, and a woman crawled out of the distorted hole.
The woman slumps back into the chair and mutters to herself.
"Shh... It was horrible."
A beautiful woman with black hair who eats alone. The Lily Sisters were the fourth daughter, Valentia.
She sighed and changed her mind, gracefully crossing her legs. The slender thighs shine with a dazzling charm.
However, despite her attractive limbs, her expression was now full of karmic anger.
"Those stupid girls! I'll cut her eyes later!"
"It's pretty rough, Valentia, and it's ruining your pretty face."
A voice that is not harsh in tone, but like playing pottery. Hearing this, Valentia is stunned.
"Sister Lineka... You saved me just now."
"It looks like you and I were in danger."
At the end of Valentia's gaze, a petite woman sat down.
At first glance, she looks petite like an innocent maiden, but her clear expression is calm, and she has a beauty with a faint scent of color.
She is the eldest daughter of the Lily Sisters, Lineka Lily. She is a beautiful and cold woman who binds together the pure sisters who are said to be at the top of the Ancient Blood.
There was always room in her expression and demeanor, and the way he stood still and silent was like an ice sculpture. However, once she opens her mouth, the lustrous sound of your voice resonates like a spring.
"I'm fortunate to be close enough to sense your magic. It seems you were rapidly losing your magical power, but weren't they almost defeated?"
"I'm embarrassed to say that I was in a predicament."
Valentia looks down in shame. However, she immediately looked up and looked at Lineka sharply.
"Sister, you have found a being who should be our bridegroom, but the bridegroom has been endowed with a mystical spell that can steal the power of the Ancient Blood. Because of the careless touch, Valentia was deprived of his magical powers and was in danger."
"Interesting. Tell me more about it."
Valentia recounts the events that happened after she woke up.
After hearing it all, Lineka sighed deeply.
"I see... Lorenda's summoning mystic, Lily Gloom, has finally been used. I thought that that mystic technique, which she could not use, was an empty theory... I see, in this day and age, some people are talented enough to use it. I wonder if this is also an effect of magical contamination."
As if remembering the distant past, Lineka stared at the ceiling and sighed.
Her languid figure was as graceful as a painting, yet melancholy, and Valentia remained silent for a while.
"So what do you do? If it's Sister Lineka's creation magic, I don't think there's any reason to kidnap Akira alone."
"That's right... But for now, let's throw it away."
"Is it good?"
"Yes, you and I are the only two of us sisters who have faced each other like this, so for now, let's wait for everyone to gather at this round table."
As she was told, Valentia looked around in amazement.
"Speaking of which, what about everyone else?"
"I don't know, but from what I've known of you. We woke up in sync. If that's the case, I'm sure everyone else is waking up by now and spending time as please."
"None of the other sisters and sisters are serious enough to get together here as soon as they wake up."
"That's not true, Valentia. They don't listen to me."
"Isn't that selfishness?"
"Isn't it okay to be free-spirited? But for me, it's a lot easier to have you as a big sister who listens to me obediently."
"Hmmm."
Valentia blushes her cheeks in embarrassment. Her eldest daughter, Lineka, is a person she particularly admires, but Valentia has always been particularly devoted to her.
"The other sisters will eventually notice my magic and come to this place, so I have something to worry about, so why don't I do some research while my sisters get together?"
"What are you worried about?"
"Valentia, you haven't looked into the history of the present day, have you?"
"Well. When I woke up, there was a bridegroom I wanted, I was playing with stupid girls, and so on. However, there were certainly a few things that bothered me. We are feared by humans... I felt uncomfortable. Do you mean this?"
"…"
Valentia replied, scratching her cheeks as if to show confusion, and Lineka gave her a somewhat sharp look.
But it's not directed at Valentia. It was a natural reaction for her to think of a certain incident it was concerned about.
"That's right... There is a sense of incongruity in the history that is being handed down now. However, I have just woken up. There is not enough information. How has the world changed in the last few hundred years of our sleep? How much of an impact does her magical contamination have? I think it's important to look into that first."
"I'll leave that to Sister Lineka. I'm going to do what I haven't done yet."
"What... left undone?"
Lineka tilts her head, and Valentia smirks.
"At night, I want you to fly my sister's wormhole to a certain place."
There was a hint of ulterior motive in her smile.