New Hope

"Ghh... ghh~"

Mordred clung to the cold blade, letting out harsh, agonized howls that no longer sounded human.

Merlin did not dare look. He could only turn his head away, yet merely hearing Mordred's pain-suppressed wails made his heart tighten, as though something were lodged in his chest, leaving him strangely miserable.

Since when had a half-blood Incubus like him, devoid of tears and emotion, come to feel this way?

In response to Leon's questioning, Merlin revealed the truth as he saw it.

But sensing that faint thread of furious brutality emanating from Leon, he concealed one possibility that might cause Leon to erupt on the spot...