Chapter 296 Beast/Her Scent (cont.)

"Then she found it, but decided she had no way of dealing with it, so she withdrew." Tamamo-no-Mae summed up what happened afterward in a single sentence.

Sessyoin had wandered around blindly in the hopes of getting lucky, and she really had run into Beast II's vessel. But after comparing their strengths, she determined that she was no match for it.

If she had started a fight just like that, let alone destroying the vessel, she might have ended up dying there herself.

So she returned with her tail between her legs.

"Sessyoin discovered that the other side's defenses and alertness had reached an utterly insane level. Let alone her alone—even if all seven Grand Servants were thrown at her, they still wouldn't be able to truly kill her." Tamamo-no-Mae shrugged. "So she ran back."

"The right decision." The young man said it without any intention of blaming Sessyoin.

"Then, Master, what do we do next?"

"Wait." The young man spoke a single word. "The vessel will break sooner or later. It is only a matter of time. We just need to wait patiently for it to be eroded from within and collapse."

Tamamo-no-Mae swayed her tail. "...How long will we need to wait?"

"I don't know. Maybe tomorrow, maybe ten years from now."

"Or perhaps the vessel will never break in the end." As Tamamo-no-Mae spoke, she kneaded the young man's shoulders.

"..."

"Master, let me go."

The young man turned around to face Tamamo-no-Mae directly. "Do you know how to kill her?"

"I don't." Tamamo-no-Mae tilted her head. "Do you?"

The young man smiled. "Of course I don't know either."

"Then let me try. Maybe I can do it." Tamamo-no-Mae stretched lazily.

"Besides, with the coordinates Sessyoin Araki provided, I no longer have to search aimlessly—I only need