"Wait for me, Erza..." Achill raced over the sea, resolve flashing in his eyes. His black hair streamed wildly as he murmured, "This time, your big brother won't let you down again! I won't let you—"
"Suffer even the slightest harm again!!!!"
The moment those words left his lips, his already unimaginably fast flight erupted into an even more ferocious burst of speed! Like a blood-red blade of slaughter, he shot straight toward the distant horizon!
Behind him, only raging waves remained, surging across the sea and refusing to settle...
Closer. He was getting closer! Ahead, a pointed tower spire had already entered Achill's sight!
That was the Tower of Paradise!!!
The sight of that emerging spire sent the magic power pouring from Achill's body surging even higher.
"That magic power—it's Erza!" With his senses fully extended, he clearly detected several familiar magical signatures coming from the lowest level of the Tower of Paradise. If he remembered correctly, some belonged to Natsu and the others from Fairy Tail who teamed up with Erza!
And the magical presence surrounded by theirs belonged to none other than Erza Scarlet! His own little sister!!
"Erza, don't worry. I won't let you get hurt again. I won't let Gerard hurt you..." Tender concern shone in Achill's eyes as he whispered, almost to himself, "I'll help you end this nightmare! With my own hands, I'll put an end to the nightmare that's haunted both of us for eight whole years, before dawn breaks! Because that's my..."
"Responsibility as a big brother who's failed you..."
"What you said can't be true, can it, Erza?! You're only making this up to win your friends' sympathy and approval, aren't you?!! Stop joking around!! Because the truth—" While Natsu and the others were still absorbed in thought after listening