Chapter 97

Just as Tiamat was thinking this, she suddenly heard a slight commotion outside the window.

"It seems my Instinct is quite accurate after all."

As that clear voice rang out, suddenly the sound of shattering glass reached my ears.

Click.

With a loud bang, someone broke through the window and jumped into the room.

She glanced around the room, her gaze quickly settling on the boy at the head of the bed, and smiled slightly:

"It seems my Instinct was right. Lan Ze really is here."

Almost the instant Sajyou Manaka jumped into the room, all three of them instinctively looked over.

The girl, dressed in a Western-style dress and with short, light blonde hair, looked as cute as a porcelain doll. She stood in front of the room with her hands behind her back, looking at everyone.

"Aika?!" Lan Ze exclaimed instinctively.

Upon hearing that slightly childish voice, Sajyou Manaka turned her head slightly, her gaze immediately fixed on Lan Ze. After a brief hesitation, her eyes shone with an unprecedented brightness.

Then, she suddenly revealed a stunning smile, "You have to call me Aika Aige."

At this point, she glanced at Tiamat and said angrily, "Why didn't you notify me after you found Lan Ze?!"

"Aaa?" Tiamat tilted her head, looking puzzled, as if to say: Why should I inform you?

"Forget it, I wasn't really counting on you anyway... Besides, we should probably settle things first instead of just chatting."

Sajyou Manaka's gaze quickly fell on Kishinami Hakuno, her beautiful eyes filled with icy coldness.

Unlike Tiamat, Sajyou Manaka isn't as indifferent; she can remain calm and composed even when she sees her boyfriend being treated so casually by other women.

However, just as Sajyou Manaka was about to step forward, she suddenly felt someone gently tug at her sleeve. She turned her head slightly and saw the boy sitting on the edge of the bed saying softly, "Never mind... she's not an enemy."

"She's not an enemy, yet she did such a terrible thing to you!" Sajyou Manaka was furious.

"How could someone lay a hand on such a young child?! Are they even human?!"

"That's perverted!" she shouted.

Inside the room, before Kishinami Hakuno could even lower her head, Tiamat lowered her head in shame, making an embarrassed "Aaa" sound.

She recalled the same thing she had just done to Lan Ze as she had done to Kishinami Hakuno, and hearing Sajyou Manaka's resounding words, she was filled with guilt.

"You are the Princess of the Root... I think you may have some misunderstanding about me. I was just replenishing his magic power, and I didn't do anything excessive." Kishinami Hakuno explained gently.

"Why must you replenish your magic in that way?" Sajyou Manaka sneered. "Isn't it all to satisfy your own desires? In the end, that's what the Beast of Lust is all about."

As she spoke, she felt Lan Ze gently tug at her sleeve from behind, and her emotions stirred, her heart involuntarily racing.

She glanced at Tiamat, then at Kishinami Hakuno, and coughed lightly. "I don't know what your purpose is, and I'm not interested. But since Lan Ze doesn't want us to argue, I'll be patient for now."

"Now I need to find a way to break the Holy Lance curse on him. Don't disturb us for the next three hours."

"Break the curse of the Holy Lance?" Kishinami Hakuno clearly didn't believe it.

"The curse of the Anchor of Stars directly devours Mr. Lan Ze's body. Do you think you can turn back time?"

"If you're willing, what in this world can't be solved?" Sajyou Manaka said calmly. "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't."

Yes, she is the Princess of the Root, and she has the confidence to say such things, as well as the confidence to break free from the corrupting power of the Holy Lance.

However... from the moment she first saw Lan Ze, Sajyou Manaka had no intention of doing that immediately.

After glancing at Tiamat, she said again, "You all go out first, and don't disturb me for now."

Tiamat gently shook her head. "Aaa."

"This isn't the time to be willful. Your presence here will distract me." Sajyou Manaka frowned unhappily.

"Aaaa! (I want to stay with my child!)"

"It's only three hours together, or do you not want Lan Ze to return to normal?" Sajyou Manaka asked.

These words struck a nerve with Tiamat, causing the woman to involuntarily lower her head.

To be fair, Tiamat likes Lan Ze in either state, but this current state of Lan Ze is so rare that she naturally wants to enjoy it for a while longer...

However, since Sajyou Manaka has already put it this way, refusing now would make it seem like she likes pedophilia, wouldn't it?

Thinking of this, Tiamat could only lower her head, sigh "Aaa" because life was hard, and leave the room.

She felt a little guilty after hearing Sajyou Manaka had just said.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. She had just strongly condemned Kishinami Hakuno's actions, but then she turned around and did the same thing herself.

In that case... how would she be any different from Kishinami Hakuno?

Recalling the scene of Lan Ze being completely pinned down by her earlier, and remembering Sajyou Manaka's words just now, Tiamat felt deeply ashamed.

However, amidst the shame, it seemed as if another voice was ringing in my ears, saying: Try again next time.

Meanwhile, in a certain room, the Goddess of the Underworld, who was leaning over the bed and poking Lan Ze's cheek, couldn't help but lower her head in shame when she heard Sajyou Manaka's impassioned voice.

Yes, if she really did the same thing as Kishinami Hakuno, then what difference would there be between her and Kishinami Hakuno?

Aika may be small, but she has an unexpectedly strong sense of justice... Ereshkigal thought to herself as she gazed at the scene in mid-air.

Lan Ze sensed that the atmosphere in the room seemed a little strange.

After Kishinami Hakuno and Tiamat left, he felt a strange sense of crisis.

This sense of crisis originated from Sajyou Manaka.

But that shouldn't be the case. To be honest, Lan Ze doesn't think Sajyou Manaka would do anything to harm him.

Besides, I didn't do anything to upset her...

Unless, of course, Sajyou Manaka discovered what happened in the room earlier.

But if she had been watching from outside the window long ago, she probably would have already been unable to resist coming in; how could she have waited until now?

"It's probably just my imagination or something..." Yu Nianze comforted himself.

Just then, a Sajyou Manaka voice came from beside her. "I never expected the Holy Lance's corrosive power to be so strong."

"Hmm... I didn't expect it either, but I didn't have a choice at the time," the young Ze said softly.

The only possibility to defeat Vortigern at that time was the Holy Lance; otherwise, he would probably be back at the respawn point by now.

Oh, I wonder if he could be resurrected in Britain.

Even if he could be resurrected, Mordred, Artoria, and the others would likely have already met their demise at Vortigern's hands during his resurrection.

"Do you have any way to break the corruption of the Holy Lance?" Lan Ze asked again, looking at the silent Sajyou Manaka.

"No, you should call me older sister," Sajyou Manaka said with a smile.

Lan Ze sighed helplessly, "Then, sister, do you have any ideas?"

"Don't you like it the way it is?" Sajyou Manaka asked with a smile.

"I don't dislike it, but if possible, I'd still like to go back to the way things were," Lan Ze said.

Sajyou Manaka tilted her head back and thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "... This is a very troublesome matter. Even my older sister would need several days to come up with a solution."

Lan Ze was taken aback. "But you just said you'd have three hours..."

"That's a lie," Sajyou Manaka replied instantly.

"If I hadn't said that, those two people wouldn't have left at all," she continued.

"Huh--?!"

"What's so surprising? It's all part of the tactics. Do you know how tired I was after making the arduous journey all the way to Camelot just to find you?"

Sajyou Manaka sat down next to Lan Ze, her legs wrapped in white stockings. She casually kicked off her little leather shoes, and her slender toes slowly stretched out after being freed.

"I'm so tired, my legs are about to break! Could you give me a leg massage?"

Lan Ze was slightly taken aback, momentarily wondering if he had misheard.

"What's wrong? Or would you rather lick it than pinch it with your hands?" Sajyou Manaka smile.

Lan Ze's expression stiffened slightly, and he subconsciously glanced at Sajyou Manaka.

Are you feeling...?

"You should call me 'older sister'," Sajyou Manaka repeated.

"Sister, are you in a bad mood?" Lan Ze asked helplessly.

"I'm in a pretty good mood. The thought of what those two sexy older women in the room might have done to you just now makes me even happier."

Sajyou Manaka's smile widened, and after a pause, she casually asked:

"Just asking, did they do anything too offensive to you just now?"

"They couldn't have done anything bad to you, could they?"

Seeing that the boy in front of her still seemed dazed and confused, Sajyou Manaka asked again casually, her eyes narrowed, her gaze never leaving Lan Ze's face.

If she hadn't witnessed Kishinami Hakuno's actions towards Lan Ze firsthand, Sajyou Manaka would never have considered that possibility.

However...

Sajyou Manaka was in the living room at the time, watching with Tiamat and Ereshkigal as Kishinami Hakuno brazenly rode on top of her prospective lover... at least in Sajyou Manaka's eyes, the boy who was her prospective lover, and then did something to him.

Therefore, when she broke in through the window, she immediately sensed that something was off.

Because... it's just too harmonious.

Yes, it's really harmonious. Logically speaking, Tiamat should have gone berserk when she saw Kishinami Hakuno... after all, that woman values her child very much.

But Tiamat didn't do that; she was even chatting with Kishinami Hakuno?

Could it be that Tiamat has some strange or unusual quirks?

For example, would you get excited if you saw your child being "bullied" by others?

If that's not the case, then why isn't Tiamat angry at all?

After much deliberation, Sajyou Manaka could only come to one conclusion: Kishinami Hakuno Lan Ze voluntarily returned Aizawa to Tiamat.

What happened after that?

What did they do in this room?

Sajyou Manaka felt a chill run down her spine as she pondered the matter, so she quickly shook her head to clear her mind of the thoughts, daring not to think about it any further.

Impossible, it should be impossible... Tiamat and Lan Ze only have ordinary familial affection. As for Kishinami Hakuno, that's one thing, since no one can understand that woman's thought process, but Tiamat is different.

She regarded Lan Ze her own child, always caring for him with tender maternal love... how could she possibly do anything bad to him?

"I didn't do anything..." Under Sajyou Manaka's intense gaze, Lan Ze finally just shook his head slightly.

"They didn't do anything bad to me."

After hearing Lan Ze's answer, Sajyou Manaka's expression relaxed slightly, and the somewhat serious atmosphere eased considerably.

Seeing that Sajyou Manaka didn't seem to have any intention of pressing the matter further, Lan Ze breathed a slight sigh of relief.

If Aika continues to press him, he'll find it hard to guarantee he can subtly steer the conversation away from the topic.

At this age, Yuzawa lacked the wit of an adult, but he was very self-aware. He knew he would panic when faced with Sajyou Manaka's questioning, and he also knew that if Sajyou Manaka found out what had just happened in this room, the storm that awaited him would be far more terrifying than the storm outside.

Just as young Ze Gang breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly heard Sajyou Manaka speak up, "Although I can't find a solution to the Holy Lance's corruption right now, I will replenish the magic power that Kishinami Hakuno had drained from you using the magic power of the Root."

As Sajyou Manaka spoke, her slender white hand gently grasped Lan Ze's hand.

"Don't worry, even without special methods to replenish your magic, I can still replenish it for you. Such Magecraft does exist—"

As Sajyou Manaka explained, she was about to use Magecraft to replenish Lan Ze's magic power, but almost the instant their palms touched, the elegant smile on the girl's face suddenly froze.

"Wait... If the magic power on you only contained Kishinami Hakuno's, that would be one thing, but why does it also contain Tiamat's magic power?!"

She stared at Lan Ze in disbelief.