(Ceruno)
Miss Ice Dragon had swallowed the Crystal Heart...
No, Dad had...
This time, Dad didn't turn into some enormous dragon.
The horns on her forehead grew even more imposing, and the dragon tail behind her thickened. Having cast aside her lance and tower shield, her hands transformed into sharp dragon claws, which she swung at the rapidly maneuvering "great will" with the force of a landslide and a tsunami.
What I'd thought would be an easily dodged attack instead sent her opponent flying, kicking up a frosty white blast of air.
"She's so strong!"
I turned to SpiCa and asked,
"What exactly is..."
"A-Ji requested this himself. As a witch, Aurora had an astonishing amount of darkness within her, enough to qualify her as a Proxy Unit... So after their fusion, they could receive that power too."
Huh? Fomalhaut was also a backup system for the "great will"?
Aldebaran must have known that too, yet she'd left without any worries. Did she think Miss Ice Dragon couldn't possibly defeat Miluno, who was becoming the "great will"?
To reclaim her heart, the "great will" launched a barrage of counterattacks against the half-dragon Dad.
It wasn't just acceleration...
There was time deceleration, which could leave its target suspended in stasis;
Future Moment, which could let her blink behind her target;
And Time Severing, which was said to be able to cut through anything.
Facing the "great will" as she truly brought every ability she had to bear, Dad fended them all off.
Perhaps absorbing the Crystal Heart had filled her body with dark energy. The time magic Miluno took such pride in had a greatly diminished effect on Dad.
"Hah-"
Dad breathed out cold air...
No.
That was frost formed by condensation. Her breath held considerable heat.
Hmm...
What curled upward