At that moment, although Rita could hardly wait to try out her newly acquired power, she held herself back.
Because there were still two things she had yet to accomplish. Only after completing them could she test her new power...
"Oh? What does Minister Rita mean?"
The minister was rather puzzled by Rita's refusal once again.
Was there something wrong with what he had said?
Or...
"It's not wielding two Imperial Arms at once, but... three!" With that, Rita walked straight toward a pair of winged Imperial Arms hanging on the wall.
Rita had not noticed it just now—or rather, all her attention had been focused on Demon's Extract. The Imperial Arms that truly suited her had only now caught her eye...
No, that was not quite right. It was only after Rita's Stigmata genes manifested that she sensed the Imperial Arms drawing her in. It hung on the wall, an Imperial Arms that would go unnoticed unless one paid close attention.
"You... You're not joking, are you?!"
Seeing Rita head toward another Imperial Arms, the minister could not help but break out in a cold sweat! Wielding three Imperial Arms at once—had she gone mad, or had the world gone mad?
Two Imperial Arms had already made the minister question his life. Three...
Was she really human?
"..."
Rita did not answer him.
The minister was overthinking things a little, but it was not just him... Anyone else would probably think the same way.
In truth, there was only one Imperial Arms that had truly drawn Rita in and acknowledged her—the wing-shaped Imperial Arms before her.
First of all, Godslayer Armor: Moon Soul was not an Imperial Arms at all. It was Valkyrie armor; these people had merely mistaken it for one.
As for Demon's Extract, that was