Aleister: Beat Them All!

"Once a day, the Rage..."

Aleister fell into deep thought. "That does sound rather like the style of the Child of the Moon.

"Besides belonging to the domain of 'Sin and Punishment,' Rage also belongs to the Blood Domain. I think it should be based on an ability from the Path of Love or the Path of Transcendence—either a curse or a ritual."

"And therein lies the problem, Miss Aleister."

Prince Siya Erduo's expression was solemn.

He picked up the red tea in front of him and placed it on the left. "If this is a curse, then it means that this chaotic Rage itself is what they want to achieve. But if it's a ritual..."

Then he placed three sugar cubes into the empty cup on the right.

Just as he was about to pour the red tea from the left into the empty cup, Aleister held out her teacup and poured in the tea she had only taken two sips from, letting the sugar cubes bob around as they slowly dissolved. Then she flipped the now-empty teacup upside down and placed it over the other cup, leaving him unable to see anything except the two cups stacked upside down atop each other...

Prince Siya Erduo frowned slightly and looked down at Aleister.

Aleister merely continued speaking as if nothing had happened. "Then it means this is only a 'means.' They're trying to use it to accomplish some other purpose... right?"

"...Yes."

Prince Siya Erduo nodded. "So I'm not afraid that this is a curse. I'm afraid that it's a ritual I can't recognize... Because if it's the latter, then it means the chaos they want to stir up is even greater than this incident."

As he spoke, he stared at the teacup concealed beneath the upside-down cup, his