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"Bzzzz—!"
Brilliant pale-gold streams of air gathered into a vortex beneath his feet, shining as dazzlingly as a meteor.
"Boom—!"
At first glance, it was as though a meteor had suddenly exploded, transforming into a fierce shockwave that erupted beneath its owner's feet and turned that black figure into a streak of light sweeping through the air.
Using the Leaping technique to shoot forward as though he were stepping on air, Noah ignored the howling wind and dust battering against him. He carried the continuously screaming Shinji Matou in one hand as he sped onward, his expression incredibly grim.
At that moment, Noah's heart churned with a violent fury that could almost be called savage.
Yet it was no longer directed at the insignificant Shinji Matou.
It was directed at the entire Matou Family.
And at the magus named Zouken Matou.
It had not taken much effort. Driven by fear, Shinji Matou had told Noah everything.
Including Sakura Matou's origins.
Only now did Noah understand why Sakura Matou had always seemed inferior to others, so self-conscious and negative whenever she faced anyone.
It was entirely because she had lived a life that could hardly be called human for all these years.
Because the Matou Family's aptitude for magecraft had nearly dried up completely, Sakura Matou had been adopted by the Matou Family as an outsider's daughter when she was young.
However, what awaited Sakura Matou was not the fate of a magus upon whom hopes had been placed, but treatment that could only be described as despairing.
Simply because Sakura Matou's affinity did not suit the Matou Family's magecraft system.
Thus, Zouken Matou, the true