Watching Kojo Nagisa and Kojo Nagisa acting like close sisters, Luo Mio's lips curled into a faint smile. But when he recalled the instant he had looked at Kojo Nagisa just now...
"..."
Luo Mio could not help feeling sorry for the gentle, kind silver-haired girl.
After leaving the classroom, Luo Mio returned to his office. Just as he sat down in his desk chair, Kishō Shizuku entered from outside.
When Kishō Shizuku saw Luo Mio, she spoke softly.
"Lord Narukami..."
Luo Mio turned to look at Kishō Shizuku and let out a quiet sigh, seemingly reminded of something from several years ago.
"Looks like you noticed it too."
Kishō Shizuku slowly nodded, lightly biting her lip.
"The fluctuations of Divine Aura around Yeze... they belonged to an Angel Faux, didn't they?"
Luo Mio nodded slightly.
"Yes."
As he looked at the blazing sunlight outside the window, Luo Mio continued.
"But the Divine Aura emanating from Kojo Nagisa was different from when you chanted prayers, Shizuku..."
"Different..."
"Yeah." Luo Mio slowly closed his eyes.
His mind returned to the moment during first period when he had first laid eyes on the girl.
Besides the divine presence belonging to a higher-dimensional Pocket Dimension, Luo Mio had sensed something else from her...
The bloody stench of slaughter.
And that killing aura had appeared only recently...
It was different from the Type-7 Assault Demon-Slaying Machine Gun, Schneewalzer.
As Schneewalzer's wielder continuously swung the spear, she also continuously converted the Spiritual Power released from within her body into Divine Aura.
Once the converted Divine Aura reached a certain stage, the wielder's body would undergo an angelification process similar to that of an Angel Faux, elevating her into an angel and causing her to disappear from this world.
What was known as "ascension."
That was