Chapter 458

Novia, having heard Erice's thoughts, couldn't help but speak up.

After all, he Lucius's efforts to ease the tension between the two, but unfortunately, it was all in vain.

Expecting any affection from Manazuru Chitose would be a huge mistake! That guy is a cold-blooded and ruthless tyrant!

Because Erice had already cursed Manazuru Chitose to the bone in her mind, her cheeks involuntarily puffed up as Chitose touched her shoulder, as if she was about to unleash a torrent of abuse at any moment.

"You know, if I ask for it, the City AI will listen to me."

"No! I absolutely won't!"

Erice in the Chitose and pressed her for answers.

"What right do you have to treat me like this—"

Immediately afterward, in Erice's eyes Manazuru Chitose deliberately put on a disappointed expression and quietly spoke, "... I--"

Chizuru seemed to notice something amiss in her surroundings and looked away.

Even Erice felt like someone was calling her. She turned around and saw a crowd gathered in front of the shopping street in front of the station. The voice that had caught the attention of the grandmother and granddaughter was coming from there.

"Ellie~!"

"Sister Elizabeth~!"

"Elili~!"

"Lord Yili!"

"Miss Elizabeth!"

The air was filled with the loud cheers of "Elise, Elise!", which was the nickname Erice was given when she received help from her New Humanity classmates at school.

"They're calling you by your nickname, right? Are those people your friends from school? Are they here to see you off?"

"Huh? No..."

Erice felt that the corners of Manazuru Chitose's mouth seemed to be slightly upturned, as if she was smiling? But the next second she would return to her cold and indifferent expression, so Erice wasn't sure.

"Probably..."

Let's go take a look.

Hearing that name being called out repeatedly as if to liven up the atmosphere, Erice Chitose take a look. It turned out to be the entrance of a clothing rental shop, which had just opened not long ago.

There were about thirty people in the group at the store entrance; the whole place was packed with them.

Surrounded by the shouting crowd were a group of beautiful young women whose aura made the surrounding atmosphere lively.

It was a female Servant with long, blood-red hair, two curved horns on her head, and a soft, reptilian tail on her waist.

"Oh, it's Elizabeth. That Eri is actually Elizabeth's 'Elizabeth'."

The pronunciation of Iri in Japanese is the same as Eri.

"I told you it wasn't me, after all, I don't have many friends..."

Elizabeth Báthory is Earl from Hungary, originally known as a wicked woman. Her current Present World as a young girl must be due to the abnormal arrangement of the Holy Grail, which allowed her to appear at her peak, achieving the perfect balance between cruelty and innocence.

"How does it look, my little squirrels and pigs? Do I look good in this style called Taisho Modern?"

"It's okay, please take as many pictures as you like."

"Hey little puppy, who are you looking at? Are you trying to take a picture of me?!"

Wearing kimonos with arrow and camellia patterns paired with dark blue culottes, this is one of the most traditional outfits for women in Shinjuku. They strike various charming poses, causing the camera flashes of Wisdom from the crowd to go off non-stop.

There were five Elizabeth present. They weren't quintuplets, but rather several Servants summoned by the same Servant. These five Elizabeth might even have different classes, and the people around them were probably their Master and enthusiastic fans.

"However, it seems like even the Spirit Origin of these clothes has been modified..."

Erice muttered, "They're toying with the Servant's pride again..."

Clothing rental shops are a new service industry that has emerged in Shinjuku, targeting tourists from other cities.

Human guests will rent authentic costumes from the early Showa or Taisho periods.

Then, for the Servant's guests, professional Magecraft would drape them in very small layers using Spiritron Dress that had a fixed duration of effect. After all, the fact that the service targets included Servant was indeed quite novel.

After all, this is a hacking technique that intrudes into Spirit Origin, which is quite advanced in terms of Magecraft. It would have been illegal in the early days of the New Era. However, the fact that this store is so openly advertising it shows that the regulations have been relaxed.

"Playing with people? But I consulted with all the citizens and Servant of the City before relaxing this restriction."

"Treating ancient heroes like performing animals, dressing them in costumes out of touch with the times..."

Erice aggressively to Chitose, "This world is absolutely terrible! It's utterly rotten!"

"Ah..."

Manazuru Chitose hesitated, then said, "But weren't you having a lot of fun in the Holy Grail Elimination Tournament?"

"... That was because that Demon King forced me!"

"But in a later interview, Karna clearly stated that you and the Demon King are the most respectable duo, and your performance is as if you are of one mind. I doubt any Servant in this world can confidently say they can defeat you... This is probably not something that can be achieved simply by forcing them."

Although Karna left with the Master of the Leidenfrost Family after the Shinjuku Elimination Tournament, he made a point of saying goodbye to Erice before leaving, showing great respect... However, what he said was indeed not wrong.

"There's one more thing."

As if ignoring the displeasure in Erice's tone, Chitose's fair fingertips gently traced the slit of the girl's left ear hidden beneath her hair—the very ear that Chitose had accidentally cut almost halfway through when she was cutting Erice years ago. "Summon the Demon King."

"Huh? Why should I!"

"... Please."

"Yes, yes, I give up."

Suppressing her discontent, Erice placed her hand on her chest and called out to the Demon King, and the next moment her hair turned completely silver.

Before the girl could react, Manazuru Chitose hugged her silver hair. To Erice, it looked more like hugging Demon King. After a few seconds, Chitose released her and placed her hands on Erice's body, looking at her with resentful eyes.

"... Take good care of Utsumi Erice, the Demon King kidnaps children."

Erice managed to suppress her rapid breathing, forced herself to sit up to calm her heaving shoulders, then grabbed her luggage and ran towards the train without looking back.

Manazuru Chitose watched the girl's retreating figure until the train departed, at which point she slowly walked away.

"You're gone."

"Um."

"Actually, there's no need for you to leave, is there?"

No... I don't know...

Erice looked out the train window at the receding figure of Manazuru Chitose. The railway stretched from the gray sea, and at its end, she could see a group of buildings that somewhat resembled the rocks in Monument Valley. "Chitose, how does she really see me? She used to cut my hair, but over the years she's become more and more indifferent to me, and she controls my whereabouts so forcefully. Sometimes I really hate her."

"However, it only happens occasionally."

"... almost."

Erice lowered her head. "If Chitose and I weren't biological grandmother and granddaughter, I wouldn't be so Wrath. If we were, I would definitely be determined to break free from the shackles imposed on me, and then retaliate by giving her a good beating. But I can't do that. The best way I can think of is to run away and not see her."

"You two really don't get along. I'm starting to worry about Lucius."

As Novia spoke, he recalled the resentful look in Manazuru Chitose's eyes back then. He always felt something was off, because her gaze didn't seem like that of a granddaughter being taken away, but rather something directed at him personally...

"Lucius is different; he is the Servant I respect most!"

Perhaps to change the subject, Erice a rather high-spirited tone, "He said he would one day recommend me to be the leader of the Roman Praetorian Guard, so that I could deal with the dark side of the Church. So I'm going to go on a killing spree, I have to kill all those bad guys, exterminate them all, leave no one alive... Of course, even though you're Demon King, I'll spare you for now, considering how hard you've worked."

"... I see."

Novia replied dismissively, "Erice makes you happy, Eri."

Meanwhile, outside Shinjuku Station, Manazuru Chizuru stared expressionlessly at Lucius, who was dressed in a white Suit but carrying numerous bags.

"Do what."

"I was just thinking that since Erice is going out, I'm buying her some local Shinjuku specialties to take with her, to avoid making her homesick..."

"It only takes two hours to get from Shinjuku to Akihabara."

Chitose glared at Lucius. "She simply didn't want to live like me, so I just went along with it."

Before providing Erice with a mission, the City AI naturally consulted Manazuru Chitose, since he was in charge.

"It's strange, I remember you two were pretty close at first, it feels like it suddenly and inexplicably turned sour."

Lucius ate the snacks he had bought, puzzled. "Weren't we supposed to have a special bond between grandparents and grandchildren? I don't see that at all in you two."

"Oh."

Manazuru Chitose sneered, raising her head to look dejectedly in the direction the train was moving. "Grandparental love? It already exists."

"Ha?"

"No, it's nothing, just take it as me talking nonsense."

After saying that, the silver-haired woman walked away from her workplace Shinjuku Garden, without looking back.

Two hours later, at the reception center of Akihabara Station, Erice, "Welcome to Akihabara, the City Tourists."

Akihabara is a seaside City known for its resorts. Unlike Shinjuku, where people generally wear clothing from the Taisho and Showa eras, people here typically wear swimwear or casual wear.

Furthermore, due to rising sea levels caused by global warming, Akihabara is surrounded by the sea and protected by a powerful Bounded Field. The Holy Grail will never allow any attempt to forcibly break through the Bounded Field and reach the shore.

Erice was in an exceptionally good mood, like a rebellious teenager with money to control at will.

"Good! Finally, we're Chitose from that damned dictator Chitose's control!"

Just as the Black-Haired Girl was walking smugly, she suddenly caught sight of a blue Robin carrying a small piece of white paper in its beak flying towards her.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the white paper had the Utsumi Erice's written on it.

Moreover, the more Erice looked at this blue Robin, the more familiar it seemed. It looked just like the one she saw when she went to register with the Demon King...

When she saw the person in front of her clearly, Erice instinctively covered her mouth.

Because it really was Aoko Aozaki as she had imagined.

"It's been a long time, Utsumi Erice, and the Demon King, Manazuru sent me to pick you up."

A wasteland in Syria.

Due to the great war, the world outside the Mosaic City in a kind of ash. The ash turns into Bronze thorns upon touching the ground, piercing through concrete and steel. Only the uncontrolled Drone remain uncorroded.

In this pitch-black darkness, a black, asphalt-like liquid gushed from the cracked earth, carrying with it the stench of decaying Bronze.

A sound rang out; it was a wail.

The rustling sound is the mournful cry of a living thing dying.

The aura of death swirled and rippled around the black liquid.

The wasteland, of unknown size, seemed to be a re-enactment of the deaths in the 2011 Great Holy Grail War, a dimensional transformation.

Then, the sea-like black liquid transformed into seven towering Door, which, though incomparably black, were remarkably transparent.

Therefore, it is possible to glimpse it.

Six bodies lay within Seven Great Gates made of black liquid, their eyes closed as if they were dead or asleep.

No one can deny that what is called a corpse possesses a terrifying and awe-inspiring power.

However, if people from the old era were to see this, they would definitely find it familiar, because all six of them are Servant who appeared in the Global Holy Grail War. The black ones are from various regions of the Death God, but they would only be familiar because their current appearance has changed too much.

The black dog, with its Egypt- style design, was now covered in Obsidian armor behind the Door, its scales transformed into a guillotine guillotine.

A cold, Norse- style woman, half of her body behind the Door was completely rotten, while the other half was a mixture of mechanical and Flesh remains.

A total of six Death God suffered varying degrees of 'rot'.

Judging from the scene, if this is a Yi-style formation, then judging from the seven Door, it's still missing a Death God.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from the darkness, and as the voice spoke, a string of Primordial Canaan letters emerged from the black liquid—

"Go and tell that human who shelters the woman of the Yomi."

Death is imminent!

Chapter 478 Death God Mot.

"In conclusion, that's the situation."