Chapter 118: Touko, I Want to Learn Martial Arts!
Albion's Mausoleum.
"Master... are we back?"
Beo blinked and swept her gaze around. She realized that she had already left that magnificent world and returned to her original position. The white-haired, violet-eyed woman was nowhere to be seen.
"We never left this spot."
Aozaki Touko shook her head slightly. Her eyes seemed to gaze into the distance, as if she could see a woman as beautiful as a flower standing alone atop a tower, smiling and waving goodbye to her.
"—What about before that?"
Beo's delicate little face scrunched up. She raised a hand and rubbed her aching head, recalling the pain from when she had been struck. The sensation still lingered in her heart. It had been far too real for her to regard what had happened as an illusion.
"Understand it as a real dream."
Without offering a detailed explanation, Aozaki Touko turned and walked away gracefully toward the excavation city on the highest level. This time, she intended to walk up slowly, enjoy the scenery of Albion's Mausoleum, and kill a Chimera to take home and cook.
"..."
Seeing her master leave, Beo stopped dwelling on it and jogged after Touko.
***
Grand Magic Circuit.
A battle so unbelievable that it made one doubt one's own eyes was taking place. A little blonde girl in the early stages of childhood, carrying no weapons, was fighting several enormous monsters with her bare hands.
These monsters had lion heads, goat bodies, and serpent tails.
They were Phantasmal Beasts known as 'Chimeras.'
—Boom!
A blast of air exploded, and an intensely shocking scene unfolded.
The blonde girl kicked a Chimera more than ten times her size into the air. The terrifying impact slammed into the stone wall, leaving behind a cracked,