I, Matou Sakura, Third of the Flame-Chasers!

In the room, Matou Sakura nestled against Aozaki Akiko's chest, as though their roles had been reversed.

As Aozaki Akiko looked at the faintly bashful expression between her Girlfriend's brows, an indescribable sense of pride rose within her.

It felt like conquering a proud queen, only for that queen to shed her haughty exterior before you and reveal a cute, shy side.

Still, she had never expected the relationship between her Girlfriend and Pernor to be like this.

What she had not expected even more was that Pernor was actually so formidable.

Last night, she had clearly intended to act a little more assertive in front of her Girlfriend, yet she had ended up being toyed with by Pernor. If she had not pulled herself together at the critical moment, she would have lost far too thoroughly last night.

"Are you really fine, Akiko?"

Nestled in Akiko's arms, Matou Sakura could not shake the feeling that something was strange.

Akiko's embrace was comfortable and soft, but it gave her an inexplicable, uncanny feeling.

Wouldn't it be better to have Akiko in her arms instead?

If she had known she would find a Girlfriend, she would have learned more from Eden back then.

Although Eden had never been in love either, she understood girls very well!

But how could she have imagined back then that she would be able to find a Girlfriend?

At the time, surviving was all every Fusion Warrior had to think about. Nothing else mattered.

Even Kevin had been the same.

The strength of Honkai and Herrschers was far more terrifying than words could describe.

Every Flame-Chaser did indeed possess the strength to defeat a Herrscher alone, but defeating one and killing one completely were two entirely different things.

Perhaps because someone like her, who should never have existed, had appeared in that world, the devastation brought by Honkai had been far more horrific than what was recorded in the Elysian Realm!

"I'm fine."

Aozaki Akiko smiled sweetly. She liked how things felt now. Sakura's body was so warm and comfortable, like hugging a freshly stuffed quilt.

She suddenly changed her mind. Her grandfather had made the right choice in giving her the inheritance of the Fifth Magic.

If she had not possessed the Fifth Magic, Sakura would not have noticed her, would not have bullied her so much, and they would not have met because of it, fallen in love, and eventually become each other's Girlfriend.

Wait, wasn't something wrong there? Right—she had fallen for Sakura first!

But that did not matter. Sakura loved her now too!

"What are you doing?"

When Pernor returned to the room and saw My dear Sister in Akiko's arms, her previously pleasant mood immediately turned sour.

"I'm letting Sakura experience my embrace!"

Akiko blinked and said with feigned innocence.

"My dear Sister is mine!"

Pernor puffed out her cheeks and glared unhappily at the smiling Akiko.

"You're mine too!"

"Huh!"

Aozaki Akiko widened her eyes, seemingly a little angry.

"I belong to Sakura!"

"I don't care! My dear Sister is mine anyway!"

The conversation seemed to have returned to its original issue, but Pernor had already thrown herself into My dear Sister's arms, wrapping her arms tightly around her waist before kissing My dear Sister's cherry lips as though declaring her claim.

Aozaki Akiko's eyes immediately widened. She simply stretched out her arms and pulled both Matou Sakura and Pernor into her embrace.

She looked as though she wanted them both, as though they were both her wings!

Caught between them, Matou Sakura had completely lost her usual composure. Her face was flushed, and a thin mist shimmered in her eyes.

Her body had long since been molded by Pernor into Pernor's preferred shape.

Outside the room, Jeanne, who had happened to arrive there, heard the hushed sounds of playful banter coming from inside. Her fair cheeks immediately turned crimson.

Both Zhou Lailu Jia and Zhou Laiwei Jia had suffered because of Pernor and Matou Sakura's antics, so how could Jeanne, who lived next door, be any exception?

Previously, she had been able to recite the Bible in her heart to suppress her distracting thoughts. But at this moment, listening to those lewd whispers and catching the enticing sight through the not-quite-closed door, even Jeanne, this Saintess, found it difficult to maintain her composure.

A faint stream slowly flowed from the untouched hidden paradise, soaking the thin fabric and trailing down her plump, soft skin.

Long streaks of moisture marked the pure white stockings. As her legs instinctively pressed together, the friction of skin against skin made that uncontrollable hidden paradise grow even more restless.

The Saintess's face was as crimson as the blood that had once splashed across the battlefield when she cut down enemies with her sword—so vivid, and filled with a different kind of allure.

Targeted Strike

Aozaki Touko had never imagined that her foolish younger sister had such a capable side to her.

When she learned that her foolish younger sister had actually won over her immediate superior, her expression had been particularly spectacular—so spectacular that, while looking in the mirror at the time, she had not even recognized that the person in it was herself.

Still, their boss was rather strange. She had thought this boss of hers would never fall in love with anyone. Pernor

Its existence was merely an exception.

But she hadn't expected her sister to succeed.

She just didn't know what method she had used.

Force?

Though instinctively, she felt that was unlikely.

After all, the difference in strength was enormous.

But there was a saying: the impossible was often what turned out to be possible—the truth.

So Aoko really might have forced herself on him?

"Should we go back and take a look?"

Beowulf, who had already turned into a little loli, sat on the edge of the bed, gently swinging her calves tightly wrapped in stockings.

Although she did not particularly like how Touko dressed her up, all the clothes Touko bought for her were very comfortable.

She especially liked these things called stockings. Her favorite kind was pantyhose, but unfortunately, they had not had her size when they went shopping, while Touko's were too small for her to wear. It was somewhat regrettable.

"Sure."

Aozaki Touko agreed without much thought.

"Besides, the first batch of tasks at hand is more or less finished. We need to return to Misaki City to check on our next target anyway. I hope that guy really is in Misaki City."

Picking up the documents before her, Touko looked over the information she had obtained by spending her own money to hire someone for divination. Even that vague lead had cost her quite a lot.

But all the clues currently pointed to Misaki City, the place she had left behind.

If the target really was in Misaki City, perhaps she would not need to act personally.

Still, she had no idea what grudge those targets had with her superior for him to order her to wipe them out completely.

Although that person had said defeating them would be enough, all of those targets were formidable opponents. Not killing them would only leave trouble for herself, and quite a few of them were extremely powerful. Without the light that person had bestowed upon her, she did not know how many times she would have died already.

So she killed them all, leaving none behind.

After putting away the documents and picking up the suitcase beside her, Aozaki Touko put on a hat and headed for the door.

Seeing this, Beowulf jumped down from the edge of the bed and hurried after Aozaki Touko.

Meanwhile, beyond Earth, at the edge of the sun.

Matou Sakura stood on the sun's outskirts with her eyes closed, continuously absorbing the ever-present Solar Energy around her.

She had now advanced another step. She possessed all the abilities Clark had.

She had mastered Steel Body, Super Vision, Super Hearing, and the rest one by one. Some of her abilities were even stronger than Clark's.

To that end, she had even spent five minutes learning some magecraft from Kuzuki Alice.

Magecraft that was useful to her, and that she was capable of using.

The body that had been continuously absorbing Solar Energy suddenly slowed its pace, and Matou Sakura gradually opened her eyes.

Her body's absorption of energy had reached a peculiar saturation point.

This did not mean she could no longer absorb more energy. It was simply that her body needed to further temper the Solar Energy it had absorbed, making it purer and allowing it to more effectively enhance her body's evolution.

Both quality and quantity were indispensable.

And with the King of Wrath talent, she did not need to care much about the amount. Quality was her greatest problem now.

Today's Solar Energy absorption task could be considered complete. Her gaze slowly swept across her surroundings and the distant celestial bodies, even farther-off existences—the so-called Wandering Star Vanguard.

She ignored them. Those beings held no value for her and posed no threat.

Moreover, they had detected her presence before. Now, intimidated by her terrifying power, they did not dare approach Earth in the slightest and had remained where they were for quite some time.

Matou Sakura withdrew her gaze and flew directly toward Earth.

As she departed, the celestial bodies that Matou Sakura's gaze had swept over seemed to let out a sigh of relief.

That scared the life out of us. That terrifying woman had finally left.

Why had such a terrifying existence been born on Earth?

When the time came in the future, should we still go to Earth?

Such questions became the doubts of many Ultimate Ones, but no one could provide them with an answer.

After returning to Earth, Matou Sakura did not go back to the church. Instead, she remained in the air.

She suddenly discovered that the system's lottery draws had accumulated to ten.

It seemed Aozaki Touko had properly completed the tasks she had assigned her.

Giving Aozaki Touko that light earlier had been for this purpose.

There were many tasks she could choose to complete, but she could not possibly do them all herself. Finding someone else to complete them for her was the best approach.

Aozaki Touko and Beowulf were the best choices.

Just as when Beowulf had killed Shizuki Koshirou and completed that task for her.

Now that she had accumulated ten lottery draws, although they were ordinary draws rather than Advanced Lottery draws, she felt that she should be able to get something good today.

Summoning the system, she directly put all ten lottery draws into it.

Very soon, the system's notification sounded by her ear.

Congratulations, Host, on obtaining an AT Field!

Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Fifth Magic!

Congratulations...

Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Twisted Magic Eye!

Out of the ten draws, only three items were worth mentioning. The other seven could not exactly be called useless, but she had no use for them at all. At most, one or two could be given to Pernor and Aoko.

Still, she had never expected to obtain the Fifth Magic again.

The Fifth Magic was no different from the Fifth Magic of the Nasuverse, but this Fifth Magic existed independently. Since it was not magic born from the Root, whoever she gave it to would be able to fully master the Fifth Magic without being bound by the Root.

After all, the Fifth Magic involved time and space, and its true meaning was not limited to space and time alone.

Reading the system's complete description of the Fifth Magic, she realized that she had truly underestimated it back then.

Although the Fifth Magic had fully awakened within Aoko, it had only just awakened at the time and could not use its greatest power at all.

If it had been the truly complete Fifth Magic, she still would have won back then, but it definitely would not have been so easy.

The Fifth Magic was powerful, but she did not need it, so she would save it for Aoko. After all, Aoko had originally been destined to become the Fifth Magic User who mastered the complete Fifth Magic.

As for the other two, one was the AT Field from the world of EVA, known as Absolute Defense, while the other was the higher-tier Mystic Eye from that same world—the Twisted Demonic Eyes.

Looking at the Twisted Magic Eye at the end, Matou Sakura suddenly thought of an interesting way to use it.