While Nangong Natsuki was still lost in thought, the Princess of Aldegia and Himeragi Yukina made their decision.
Akatsuki Kojou drank Himeragi Yukina's blood, healing the dimensional wounds lingering on his body. Then he drank the Princess's blood as well, successfully awakening another Familiar!
The new Familiar was called "Mercury of Dragon Serpent," and it possessed the ability to devour dimensional space. Just as Akatsuki Kojou was brimming with confidence and preparing to bore through the ice to save Yōse Natsune...
Golden flames ignited out of thin air, instantly vaporizing the iceberg created by Yōse Natsune. The mist had barely formed before the flames tore into it and devoured it completely!
No matter which way they looked, all they could see were golden flames!
The golden flames carried unimaginably terrifying heat, yet just as the fire closed in... everyone suddenly realized that these strange flames were not harming them!
"Do you... feel like these golden flames look rather familiar?" Akatsuki Kojou scratched his head, occasionally reaching his hand into the golden sea of fire without feeling the slightest burn.
Just as Nangong Natsuki wanted to snap open her fan, she realized she had already thrown it away.
The sea of flames was reflected in Himeragi Yukina's eyes. Their emperor-like majesty made her vaguely recall something.
"Th-this isn't another kind of flame Mo Xiao used?"
"Hmm?" Everyone turned to look at the Sword Shaman from the Lion King Organization.
Instead, Himeragi Yukina looked at Akatsuki Kojou. "Senpai, have you forgotten? That strange man we saw at the Gate of the Foundation that day—wasn't he Mo Xiao? He even said he would teach me how to use a gun, then golden flames appeared from his hand..."
"That still isn't enough to confirm it..."
"No." Nangong Natsuki closed her eyes. "Judging from this