"My, my, it's been a while since I last returned to Uruk. It seems there are quite a few familiar presences here now, perhaps."
At Uruk's gate, Merlin raised his head with an obviously fake smile on his face, making Medusa, who called herself Anna, feel sick.
"Are you ill or something?" she said bluntly.
"Ha ha, who knows? Perhaps." Merlin brushed it off with that irritating attitude of his. "Come on, let's go inside."
"Hm?" Anna had just taken a step when she suddenly seemed to sense something and looked toward the southwest.
"What is it?" Merlin kept walking as he looked at Anna in confusion.
".It feels like one of my sisters is nearby." Anna did not turn around, merely silently removing her hood.
"Your sister?" Merlin stroked his chin and smiled. "Since she's appeared nearby, should we go look for her before entering the city?"
"I'll keep you company, you know."
Anna felt sick.
That feeling of disgust was not directed solely at Merlin, but also at—
It was not that she hated her two sisters. It was simply that Stheno and Euryale loved teasing her far too much, leaving her feeling... every time. So, from that perspective, she did not really want to spend time with her sisters.
But the fact that they were sisters was forever true, and would never change.
".Let's forget it." Anna put her hood back on, turned around, and walked ahead of Merlin. "If her presence is already near Uruk, then Sister's destination must be Uruk as well."
"She'll come here sooner or later."
"Mm, is that so?" Merlin merely smiled without saying anything else, following behind Anna as they entered Uruk.
Then, what awaited him was—
"Fou—!!!"
A white figure suddenly shot down from atop the city gate at incredible