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"Hmm!?" (?ì_í?)

Raiden Ei's gaze sharpened, her utterly cold eyes fixed firmly on La Signora's.

After confirming that this woman was not lying, Raiden Ei took out her sword—the real sword, the one that had always belonged to her.

The Grasscutter's Light.

Five hundred years ago, she had used this sword to protect her sister. It was her own sword.

But ever since Makoto's death, Ei had barely used it. After all, the person she wished to protect was gone, so this sword no longer had any meaning. From then on, she had used her sister's sword instead—the Dream of One Heart, which had yet to be sharpened even now.

And now, this sword was about to return to its owner's hand once more, and another soul would soon be added beneath its blade.

"Then you're of no use to me either." (?ì_í?)

Raiden Ei pointed her sword at La Signora, who lay sprawled on the ground. Since she did not know where that man was, there was no point in keeping La Signora alive.

Besides, since La Signora and that man belonged to the same organization, this could count as a trifling bit of interest.

"No, no, wait, you... what are you doing?"

It seemed that even the surrounding Electro Element had sensed the Electro Archon's fury, so he would arrive bearing a storm.

Ah, wrong one. I accidentally wandered into the neighboring world. Let's do that again.

It seemed that even the surrounding Electro Element had sensed the Electro Archon's fury. Though Raiden Ei had yet to swing her blade, La Signora could already feel her body going numb.

But unfortunately, she was too badly injured to even stand. She could only awkwardly use her arms to drag herself away from Raiden Ei.

"I am Snezhnaya's envoy! You...