Fate came from nowhere and deepened with devotion; attraction between the sexes was always so fickle.
But feelings were something that required meeting the right person at the right time.
Granted, amid all the coincidences and twists of fate in Misaki City, she had inevitably developed feelings for the alluring person before her.
But she had already stolen Grandfather's affection for her sister, stolen Alice and her sister's friendship, stolen the Aozaki Family's title of Magus...
She possessed far more than the other person.
So whether out of guilt, moral restraint, or the pride instilled by proper education, Aoko Aozaki could not bear to take away her sister's last refuge.
Thus, she had chosen to leave and travel the world.
But before she could even try to forget the past, she had run into this damnable guy again in London.
And this bastard seemed to have hooked up with someone else!
Worse still, not just one, but a whole group!
And she was not even among them...
Damn it, then hadn't all those years of suffering alone while traveling been for nothing?!
The more Aoko Aozaki thought about it, the angrier she became. Rage surged in her heart, emboldening her malice. Her right fist, wrapped in blue-red ether, shot out with lightning speed and without the slightest mercy.
Boom!
In an instant, crushing pressure weighing ten thousand tons descended. The bounded-field space collapsed inward, and starlight churned violently.
Samael's eyelids twitched. He immediately raised his arm and braced with his elbow, deflecting the ferocious punch. Feeling the astonishing power contained within it, his expression changed slightly.
"Whoa, Aoko, are you serious?"
"What do you think, you philandering bastard!"
Aoko Aozaki sneered coldly. As she closed in, her legs launched a rapid assault like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, every