Chapter 532

At this moment, Yumina's smiling expression was less one of indifference and more one of anger.

"That does seem to be true. But, Alice, I'm on top of you right now."

I don't know how long they remained silent.

As time ticked by, Alice put down her pen.

The Witch stared at the words that had been rewritten in the book.

If it were the old her, she would have torn that page out without hesitation.

She understood, but now that Yumina had pointed it out, how could she put it...? Perhaps she was also confused by the overly hot Black Tea that hadn't been brewed properly. For some reason, this made Alice feel extremely unwilling and unable to accept it.

With such a profound feeling, the Witch obediently took another sip of Black Tea and quietly spoke again.

"This is wrong, and I am only reaping what I sowed. Servant always belong to their Master, and I am merely Erice's neighbor or friend. I have no right to do anything to her Servant, especially since the two of them are very much in love, and no one should interfere."

Aoko Aozaki knew that what she said was actually unreasonable. After all, if that were the case, she should have hated Novia and Tiamat the moment she saw them.

But the truth is that he did not. Instead, he continued to hide the truth from Erice, allowing Erice to develop a dislike for him.

"Heh, I'll take it that way then, but kind-hearted little Alice. Let's put your impeccable behavior down the corner of our memories. Let's end this cheap charade here and just get rid of all the troublemakers without a trace, isn't that enough? After all... heh, this is what you crave, isn't it? I'll help you, like in a fairy tale, mischievously and cruelly."

"I'm telling you, Yumina, you absolutely cannot use my body to do anything. That's my bottom line."

Silence again.

Aoko Aozaki showed no interest in the comfortable Sofa and walked to the window with her half-finished cup of Black Tea.

In the distance, the waves of the Akihabara beach sometimes advance and sometimes retreat, never ceasing. The bubbles rising from the white sand that seems to emit a pale blue light are like a large number of pearls washed ashore by the waves, dyeing the sea and horizon a dark blue. The crescent moon, radiating a silvery glow, hangs high in the night sky.

Aoko Aozaki rarely goes to appreciate the scenery like this, but the view before her was so inexplicably beautiful that she felt it would be a great loss in her life not to come and appreciate it properly.

One bite at a time.

As if reluctant to finish her tea, Aoko Aozaki sipped her Black Tea absentmindedly, recalling her earlier conversation with Yumina while gazing at the scenery before her.

The Witch looked out the window, and the childlike innocence she had lost over the years rekindled in her heart.

Although it only lasted a few seconds.

But she still felt happy that "Erice even after all that."

Happiness Aoko Aozaki.

I don't know how much time has passed--

"Little Alice, you really did something annoying, but wouldn't it be too easy for you to just let it go like this?"

Alice quietly raised her head to listen to Yumina's voice.

"How incredible, beautiful yet dangerous little Alice! How could such a Perfection material exist among my direct descendants? Hah, I feel like my long-dormant internal organs are being licked by a lizard's tongue, and even my long-rotten flesh seems to be leaping with joy... Is there anything strange about saying that?"

"If you have any opinions, please speak up."

"Although it's just a temporary idea, it feels quite realistic to do it. Maybe it's even a little bit interesting."

Yumina casually uttered what sounded like a threat, "Alright, since that's the Alice, I'll back down. I won't ask for anything in return, but I require that you read out your wish in front of him. That's it. How about that? Pretty good deal, right?"

"... I can't understand it. If that's really the case, then what is the reason for my feelings? Am I the kind of person who finds things that belong to others interesting and wants to take them away? Is that ugly?"

"Huh?"

Yumina seemed shocked Alice Ayumi's reaction and subconsciously retorted, "Does liking something need a reason? Is something without a reason a lie?"

After she finished speaking, Aoko Aozaki bit her lip, searching for a rebuttal, but couldn't find one for a long time.

Therefore, after a slight sigh, the Witch answered, "What will you do if I refuse?"

"In that case, I would be very grateful to you, Alice."

Yumina's voice laced with laughter as she impulsively proposed, "I will truly come into your body, little Alice, and place your kind nature and impeccable conduct into an inconspicuous corner of my memory. Then, I will use the Fairy-Tale Monster Wishing Star Box you created to fulfill your wishes. Think about it, since your wishes have been fulfilled, little Alice, in exchange, I will become you, okay? After all, the Witch you craved is me, right? So I will cruelly accept your Fate."

"... There's no need. I've already said it's not mine."

Aoko Aozaki remained stubborn, her face still expressionless, showing no change in emotion.

"I never expected that this perseverance could last so long. It's truly an experience I've never had before."

Yumina calmly said, "That's not Alice you, Alice. Unlike what you think, I, Yumina, am Witch with excellent interpersonal skills. If you really don't listen, Alice, then I'll have to forcefully proceed with the second proposal. Since you're a failed Witch, Alice, let's just pretend you don't exist."

After Yumina made that conclusion on her own, Aoko Aozaki picked up her Black Tea and began to sip it slowly again.

It's unbelievable, really. This is Black Tea brewed from tea bags whose names I don't even bother to figure out, but for some reason, it tastes just as smooth as top-quality Black Tea.

It seemed as if the Witch herself was secretly anticipating Yumina's suggestion, but--

"I won't do either of them, Yumina. I won't choose either of them."

In a long silence and struggle, Alice recalled seeing the Demon King on Erice in the past, and so she finally expressed her refusal.

No matter what, she could never agree to it— the Witch was so instinctively self-disciplined.

"... Heh, it seems I really need to Alice you a lesson, Yumina. Damn it, I was so humble and subservient to you! You're such a disobedient Witch."

Then, in the next moment, the Witch's breathing became rapid, and she subconsciously closed her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, the aura emanating from the Witch had completely changed.

"Sigh, really... what a troublesome child. How did I end up with such a stubborn descendant? Does he really have to force me to do my best before letting you go on stage? Or is it a fait accompli? Besides, we have exactly the same face, so it's fine for you to play around outside. If I wanted to devour you, I would have done it already. After all, we're not some human's partner; I could kill them all without a care."

Yumina sighed.

Because until the very end, Aoko Aozaki inexplicably believed that her decision was completely correct, which worried the matriarch Yumina greatly, but she disregarded this worry in her playful mood.

"Alright, let me go change first... I'm thinking about Akihabara, a tourist City. Since the Crowd's wearing swimsuits, I'll just wear one too! You chose this yourself, so do Alice blame me, Ayumi~"

Chapter 543 You don't want to be found out by outsiders, do you?

Outside the window, all I could see were endless waves of blue.

Across the glass, where Novia's fingers touched, the somewhat lonely sea flowed on, almost like a kind of solitude.

This is the only train in Marseille Mosaic City that runs to Tokyo.

Unlike the old days, the seating hierarchy has been abolished, and spaces are now divided according to the number of people. Novia is currently in a space for four people, separated by curtains.

"Damn it, Lucius just rambled on and on, we didn't get a single meaningful piece of information..."

Luce put the notebook into the pocket of his yellow raincoat, muttering to himself.

There were actually only four people on the huge tram: Novia, Erice, Tiamat, and Luce.

After all, Tokyo has been Underworld for so long, and reconstruction has only recently begun, so it's normal that there aren't many people coming and going. As for others like Chitose and Lucius, as the undisputed representatives of the New Era, they naturally have to stay in Tokyo and speed up the reconstruction. Since the destruction of Tokyo, Japan Marseille Mosaic City in Japan has stopped taking in disaster victims, and Chitose and Lucius also plan to take this opportunity to allow Marseille Mosaic City in Japan to take in disaster victims again.

As for Little Mher, although Novia tried to persuade her to stay, she probably couldn't let go of her Wrath, and since she herself was summoned by Dee, she chose to return.

However, the mention of the Storm Maiden that she spoke of did give Novia a small shock.

In the Middle East, near the Armenia border, this name can be associated with Lilitu, the storm-like figure of Mesopotamia, Arat, the Canaanite War God of Canaan, and Lilith in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Because Novia thought of his cheap 'mother' Shekinah, whom Yahweh had mentioned, he subconsciously thought of the name Lilith.

The early Lilith was simply a very simple Demon, and she is only described once in the Bible. It wasn't until the tenth-century "Alphabet of Ben-Sila" that the setting of her as the first woman in the world was added. In the dispute between Adam and Lilith, because she openly uttered the four-letter name of God, there is a claim that she split the four-letter name of God, Jehovah (YHWH).

This is because in that era, only the High Priest could utter this word aloud in the Temple in Jerusalem, and only once a year, on the Day of Yom Kippur.

The subsequent story of Lilith is the 13th-century "Zohar," which states that Lilith instilled strong lust into Shekinah, forcing her into exile. In "Zohar," Shekinah transforms from the Queen of Heaven of Heaven in the Old Testament into the feminine aspect of God. In short, to express her dissatisfaction with God, Lilith declares that her lewdness will continue until the day God destroys all evil.

Most of the settings to date that link Lilith with Samael or Asmodeus originated from the innovations of Zohar.

And there's another story where Lilith disguised herself as the Queen of Sheba to deceive King Solomon, who was under divine watch. However, Solomon immediately noticed that her ears weren't hairy, so he realized she was a fraud and ruthlessly drove her away.

Therefore, in Old Testament studies, if Shekinah is the mother of the Kingdom of Heaven in the Old Testament, then Lilith is the mother of treason in the Old Testament.

As for the other one, it's simple. Lilitu is a female Demon from Mesopotamia, a Mei demon, said to be a descendant of the Wind God Enlil, while the Canaan War God Aratha is the daughter of El, the biggest driving force behind Baal's rise to god-king status, and the Deity most feared by the Death God Mot... There is a theory that before the Old Testament was rewritten, Aratha was the wife of Yah.

In Latin after the 13th century, Jehovah was commonly spelled as Jehovah, while Yah was spelled Jahaveh... In short, it's a very controversial spelling.

It's worth noting here that the difference between the names Jehovah and Yahweh lies in differing opinions within religious and academic circles. Since the 13th century, Jehovah has been commonly used to refer to the God of the Church. However, academics believe that because vowels are often omitted in Jewish scriptures, the One God should be spelled Yahweh.

As for the Chinese translation of the Book of Book of Exodus the Old Testament, which says "The Jehovah is my name forever," the original text is actually "This is my name forever," and it does not contain the Jehovah."

Gathering her thoughts, Novia turned to Tiamat was staring out the window and blinking, and asked, "Speaking of which, Tiamat, what impression do you have of Lilitu?"

"Hmm? Let me think... She's a good girl."

Okay, we can rule that out, although the possibility was already slim to begin with.

Novia couldn't help but think this upon hearing it. As for Anat, the possibility was still too small. After all, his anger towards 'Jehovah' when he saw El before was obvious. It couldn't be that his daughter betrayed her father for love... Wait, that's not right. Referring to Canaan mythology, her personality was really like that. She directly led the gods to force the emperor to abdicate and incidentally crippled her own father.

Oh, right, Novia suddenly remembered that according to Yama and Anubis, the Himalayas, which they considered closest to 'heaven,' were now being transformed by Mot into his own Temple...

The Answer is actually no, and the reason is quite simple.

Because the Star Anchor located in India seems to be Shiva's Lingam.

Novia smiled and continued to Tiamat, who was still pressed against the window, "As expected, in your mouth, Tiamat, everyone is a good kid, but after all, it's you."

Waaah...

No matter how much time passed, he remained unchanged.

He had just experienced such a 'magnificent' battle, yet he suddenly and inexplicably started to care about a child who wasn't even there at the time and who hadn't been particularly noticeable back then, as if he didn't care about the atmosphere. This might make the children who were there, who wanted to hear what he had to say, grit their teeth. It's something they'll remember for decades or even centuries to come.

However, Tiamat liked that about him.

In fact, his willingness to care for the unassuming child made the Primordial Mother Goddess somewhat happy, and even made her want to do something impulsive.

"Let me think, maybe she's a Succubus."

Erice coldly.

The cold wind blowing from the tram ruffled her black hair.

"Indeed, the infertility Demon attacking a married man, hehe, it suits you quite well."

Is it suitable for me?

"Yes."

Erice reiterated, "It may sound harsh, but in my opinion, that's probably what Novia is thinking."

Oh no, Erice, stop saying that! That could cause a huge problem!

Tiamat couldn't understand why Erice disliked Novia so much. After Tokyo, Novia had grown significantly and her foundation had become more solid, so shouldn't she be trying to get closer to her? Why was she still speaking ill of her like this...? It shouldn't be like this...

"Yes, that's true."

Novia raised her index finger and placed it on the extension line of Erice's outstretched finger. "But who is my wife?"

"Snort."

If I hadn't seen it myself, I truly wouldn't have been able to imagine that such a person existed.

Erice snorted, glancing around as she thought.

There are only four people now.

She, Tiamat, Luce, and the scoundrel... except for the scoundrel, they are all very cute girls.

Even if you don't say it aloud, everyone will definitely sense it. If you just bring it up more often and let them notice, they'll definitely find out.

This man is a scumbag.

Who cares?

Erice closed her eyes and waited quietly until they arrived in Akihabara.

When Novia and the others arrived, the Akihabara River, which was just a stone's throw away, Gilgamesh in the afternoon sun.

The Tourist Street, composed of earthen walls and tree-lined streets, exudes a strong seaside atmosphere. All sorts of people Servant, holding drinks or food, chat happily with their friends or acquaintances. Even in front of the station, all the pedestrians are dressed in casual wear or swimwear that are typical of Akihabara, and many people are wiping the sweat dripping from their collars and hems.

Erice was squinting as she wiped the sweat dripping from her temples when suddenly something soft touched her back—

"You're finally back! I've been waiting for so long, Erice, and... Novia too."

At that moment, Erice opened her eyes wide and stared at the other person.

She Instinct she was hallucinating. Aoko Aozaki, that aloof girl who always wore all black and drank Black Tea, was actually dressed like this?!

Penguin coat.

If it weren't for her expression remaining unchanged, completely blank, Erice would have thought that Aoko Aozaki had become mentally impaired from sleeping.