Lady Avalon

"Is that not allowed?"

"Aaa..."

Tiamat understood Rovey's thoughts. She hugged Rovey's head with both arms and gently rubbed it against her chest, then a radiant smile appeared on her face.

"..."

Until the very end, Rovey did not strike the massive body with his third hand, but simply stared blankly at the endless, dark ocean.

The reason why Loki and Tiamat are so close is because blood, magic, and memories have become their bond. When they accept each other's memories, they are not just bystanders but companions. Rovey has accompanied Tiamat from Genesis to the present, and Tiamat has truly accompanied Rovey through his life like a mother. They are each other's understanding and companions.

For Tiamat in particular, Rovey was more important than her own life.

Because she truly loved humanity, and deeply loved Lovi, who could accept her as she was and didn't want to hurt Rovey.

From beginning to end, no one could understand her lonely soliloquy; from beginning to end, everyone only saw her as a calamity and wanted to kill her. But the human before her, who was clearly not her child, could enter her heart, understand everything, and teach her what that stirring in her heart truly was—undoubtedly the purest form of love.

It was the love that Tiamat had been trying to give, and now she finally understood.

Therefore, she would rather die herself than let Rovey feel sad.

Although she was very reluctant to Rovey, Tiamat also understood that he did not belong here, much less to her.

This dream, existing in the Imaginary Numbers World, will eventually end.

And now, it seems that time has come.

"What's wrong? Ouch—ugh, why did you suddenly choke me? You're so strong, I'm about to suffocate!"

As Rovey continued to think of a solution, Tiamat suddenly wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and gently sniffed his body, as if trying to remember this unforgettable scent.

However, Rovey could not feel the joy and peace in Tiamat's heart at this moment. He could only feel that he had suddenly been subjected to a neck-binding assassination technique and began to struggle violently in Tiamat's arms to avoid dying in such an absurd way as suffocation.

Tiamat: "Aaa?"

"I like you, of course I like you, it's just that your way of expressing love is a bit ahead of its time."

"Aaa".

Having understood Tiamat's question, Rovey quickly gave his answer. However, the next second, he felt his face suddenly become warm and moist, as if something slippery had brushed against it.

"This feeling is...!?"

He stared wide-eyed in disbelief at Tiamat, who stuck out her tongue and gently licked her face.

"Aaaaaaa"

She was saying—"Great, it didn't sound like a lie at all."

"What exactly have you learned?"

Patting Tiamat's head, Rovey felt a little helpless about her behavior, but at the same time, he was touched by her innocence.

She's clearly a mother older than the world itself, yet she manages to maintain a childlike innocence, just like a child. That's truly...

"Aaaa?"

"Okay, I'm not blaming you, I just think this behavior is a bit strange."

This was Rovey's response: instead of confronting Tiamat's fate, he focused on thinking of other solutions and spending her final moments with her.

However, some things cannot be solved by running away.

"Aaaaa... Aaaaaa! Aaa! Aaaa!!"

Tiamat, who was playing happily like a child just a moment ago, suddenly changed, and an unusual red light flashed in her cross-shaped star-shaped eyes.

"This is...?!"

Because they were too close, Rovey didn't have time to react before Tiamat used her Monstrous Strength to push him away, sending him dozens of meters before he came to a stop.

—What's going on?!

My newly established technique should not have any abnormalities under any circumstances, so how could this happen?

He turned to look at the enormous body that had started moving again in the ocean behind him, and at the Tiamat spirit in front of him who was clutching his head in great pain.

There is only one explanation for this situation.

Without the suppression of the rational side, the bestial side began to challenge the seal, intending to return to the ground.

"Damn it, why now of all times—! Had the blood finally reached its limit?!"

Of course, Rovey understood that Tiamat, who had always been with him, was not the entirety of the Beast II. She represented the rational, maternal, and loving aspects of Tiamat's heart, manifested in the world through the Blood of the Son.

However, her madness and revenge were inevitable, as was her act of destroying the world. He just didn't expect it to happen so quickly, as he didn't yet have a solution that wouldn't harm Tiamat or humanity.

"Aaaaa——!!"

The voice was still beautiful, but now Rovey could tell that the tone was disordered. He could no longer understand what Tiamat was trying to express; to him, it was just a meaningless, aimless roar.

"Calm down! Don't let that guy get the better of you. Think about your kids, think about everything you love, think about me!!"

"Please do this for my sake, suppress her!"

A crimson third hand emerged and pressed down on Tiamat's head. Rovey grabbed her shoulders and spoke with utmost seriousness, and Tiamat stopped her rampage at that moment.

'As expected, it didn't get out of control, it was just affected to some extent; my adjustments were effective.'

"Aaa... aaa, aaa..."

Tiamat trembled with difficulty, and her originally red eyes turned red in the left eye and blue in the right, showing that she was trying to regain control.

Quickly... leave this place and go help humanity...

Finally, it was no longer singing. Tiamat gently rested her head on Rovey's forehead and briefly conveyed human speech.

"Wait a minute, what about you? What will you do if I leave? You can still suppress it, right? Aren't you the creator god? Give me a little more time, I will definitely think of a way to save them—"

I'm sorry... I left you here for so long because of my stubbornness, but it's too late. You should be helping those children, not me...

"Aaaa... aaaa!!"

Tiamat desperately tried to control herself, but the Sea of Life behind her seemed to boil, and the huge body in the ocean began to emit intense magic, and its massive body gradually became covered with complex scales.

In the final moment before that body was about to complete its Beast II transformation, Tiamat gently embraced Rovey and then gently pushed him away from there.

Pale blue light flickered on Rovey's body, which began to distort in the Imaginary Space. Rovey tried to reach out and grab it, but his hand turned into a large amount of blue quantum particles that kept dissipating.

"Transfer Magecraft? No, this is Independent Manifestation!"

Tiamat spoke in a human voice, "Let's part for now. We'll meet again. And please remember—"

"I love you."

Her final, gentle words fell softly along with a faint smile.

Then, his entire body completely dissipated, and Rovey transformed into a pale blue quantum and vanished completely into the Imaginary Space.

At this moment, the pitch-black Sea of Life returned to its initial silence once again.

The sound of the waves gradually subsided.

"Hahahaha! I, the Mount Ooe Oni King, am not one to fool children! I sensed it, I sensed that special energy!!"

"Power! Magic! Cultivation! They're all starting to surge within me. It seems I'll soon be able to conquer this Singularity and turn it into my stronghold!!"

Ibaraki-dōji held the golden Holy Grail high, frantically absorbing its magical power while fantasizing about becoming incredibly strong and capturing that white-haired black woman, making her his underling! He would then avenge his past grievances!

However, just as the magic was surging wildly, the cup in his hand suddenly became heavy without his noticing, and the once empty Holy Grail was suddenly filled with a cup of red liquid. Ibaraki-dōji, lost in his beautiful dream, was unaware of this dramatic change.

Until--

Tick-tock, tick-tock...

"What is this? Whoa—!!!"

It wasn't until the liquid overflowed and slowly trickled down his face that Ibaraki-dōji noticed something was wrong. He hurriedly dropped the Holy Grail in his hand and slammed it heavily onto the floor.

With a 'thud!', the Holy Grail fell to the floor with a crisp clang. At the same time, red liquid flowed from it, startling Ibaraki-dōji and making her alert. She quickly moved away from the Holy Grail and the puddle of liquid.

Just then, a green hat slowly emerged from the pool of red liquid, followed by a series of eerie sounds. But it wasn't over yet; not only the iconic green hat, but also the green clothes worn by the man, emerged from the liquid of the Holy Grail.

The man who had just emerged from the Holy Grail did not immediately notice Ibaraki-dōji beside him, but instead took a deep breath.

"Hiss... I can feel it, it's the king's aura."

"Huh? Who are you? Are you Servant here to steal my Holy Grail!?"

Upon seeing this guy suddenly appear, Ibaraki-dōji shouted nervously.

Hearing her words, Leif, who had just managed to escape to this Singularity Lev, sneered. He coldly addressed Ibaraki-dōji, "Servant? Who's like you, a lowly familiar? Listen up, I am Flauros, one of King Solomon's 72 Demons! Where did you come from, brat? Didn't Goetia give those three new Holy Grail to the goddess of this Singularity? Fine, it doesn't matter who they're given them to. If you want to live, you'd better behave. That way, I might not take back the Holy Grail from you and spare your life."

"Huh? What nonsense are you spouting! Compared to me, you're more like a despicable familiar! Let me tell you, I am Ibaraki -Ibaraki-dōji Mount Ooe Oni King! Even if I jump off this mountain and am cleaved in two by Minamoto no Raikō, I will never submit to a bastard like you!!"

Lev stroked his chin. "The Holy Grail you just used was a defective product that Goetia made on the spur of the moment. It was just a huge magic block and didn't have the power to grant wishes. If you're obedient, I can consider making you a real wish-granting machine."

"—Master Flauros, please give your orders!!"

Chapter 231 Lady Avalon

A cluster of pale blue, scattered spiritual particles regrouped on a cliff edge somewhere in Mesopotamia, gradually coalescing into a human-shaped outline.

When Rovey opened his eyes again, he found himself on the edge of an unfamiliar cliff.

"Damn it... It's Independent Manifestation, yet they still managed to send me back like this! And at a time like this!"

Staring blankly at his trembling hands, and confirming that he had been sent back, Rovey immediately circulated the magic power in his body without thinking, then closed his eyes and began to search for the location he had left in the Imaginary Space.

Although before him lay endless turbulent currents and complex data—data even the Jewel Magician struggled to process—touching it without protection would be extremely dangerous, potentially leading to loss of control and drifting into some obscured or forgotten world. Nevertheless, without hesitation, Rovey began using his abilities to integrate this data, converting the infinite numbers into a decimal system understandable to humans, intending to teleport himself back to his previous sealed prison.

Even though such calculations were far too extravagant—plunging headlong into the depths of the Imaginary Number Space without prior experimentation would be tantamount to suicide— Rovey showed no intention of stopping. More than himself, he couldn't forget the last smile on her face before she left, and the words that still echoed in his ears: 'I love you.'

He disappeared before he could even reply, and he couldn't even say goodbye in time, so at this moment, Rovey was more worried about Tiamat's situation than anyone else.

Unfortunately, that's a pity.

"Well..."

Clutching his head, which had been processing endless data without yielding any results, Rovey, kneeling on the ground, shook his head. Even his eyes were bleeding from the strain of the calculations. The special magic and computational energy even stirred up clouds of dust around him, but Rovey's body only suffered a shock and was not seriously injured.

Although such calculations were beginning to exceed their limits, now was not the time to worry about that. After confirming the approximate location, his thoughts followed the coordinates back to the Sea of Life, and then he quickly moved down the dark cliff, intending to find the final coordinates.

Chaos, disorder, darkness, and depth—

These are all characteristics of the Imaginary Number Space. Even as his thoughts continued to advance, and even as he entered the Imaginary Numbers World once again, he not only failed to see any remnants of the Sea of Life, but the dark coastline had also completely disappeared. All that remained before him were clusters of complex and disordered imaginary numbers, and the route that could not be found at all.

"No way..."

By manipulating his consciousness, he forcibly traversed the ocean of imaginary numbers, arriving at the end of the coordinates in his memory. As he passed through the dark cave, Rovey stood there dumbfounded, then knelt down, his eyes filled with disbelief.

At this moment, his eyes no longer held the dark ocean that had caused him so much suffering, nor that innocent, somewhat clumsy figure, nor anything at all.

What lies before me is still that most primitive and tranquil imaginary ocean.

The waves of the Imaginary Number Space have subsided, everything has vanished without a trace, and all has returned to calm. Everything that happened before was nothing but a dream.

Now, it's time to wake up from the dream.

"Did she seal herself and her beast form into an even deeper place, and because she was afraid of being found, she completely concealed all traces...?"

Rovey muttered to himself, immediately understanding the situation before him.

He knew that this was Tiamat's choice to prevent herself from harming the children of the earth.

That fool would rather return to endless darkness, rather continue his endless entanglement with his own body, than bring risk and disaster to his child and the earth for his own selfish desires.

After all, she's always been that kind of foolish mother.

Hateful!

Now, what should I do now?

Rovey frowned and began to think hard.

"Yes—just pray with the Voice of Heaven one more time."

He quickly came up with a solution and immediately used the ability that had previously caused him so much discomfort to try and communicate with Tiamat again.

However, things didn't go as he expected—