Elysia, Why Is It Always You?!

But today's goal was to kidnap Mobius.

He would put on a show, fight this girl, then make a harsh threat and slip away.

A pitch-black sword materialized in Russell's hand.

He gripped the hilt tightly, the tip aimed directly at the woman's brow, killing intent surging.

Yet when that vicious expression fell into the girl's sight, an affectionate smile appeared on her face.

She lightly clapped her hands, shattering all the surrounding crystals.

She withdrew her offensive stance, completely leaving herself undefended.

Russell: "..."

For a moment, he did not know what expression to make.

"Stand down."

He shouted sharply.

Yet the girl merely stared at his face, her eyes flashing with a mixture of curiosity and confusion.

She walked toward Russell in small steps and struck up a conversation.

"Sir, have we met somewhere before?"

Elysia, Why Is It Always You?!

On the night before last.

Elysia had fought a strange young girl and defeated her.

Afterward, she told the attacked doctor everything. At the doctor's request, she protected her and her assistant as they traveled to Vienna, Europe, to seek refuge.

Not long after arriving, she suddenly sensed an aura of calamity coming from distant Berlin and set out at once.

Not long after she arrived, she witnessed a gloomy-looking man using his hand as a sword to tear apart everything around him.

That posture was undoubtedly savage and brutal.

It would not have been an exaggeration to call him the cruelest demon from myth and legend.

Under the intense pressure, she summoned Flawless Crystal and prepared to enter combat mode.

But—

Once the battle began, everything seemed to change again.

The lovely girl tilted her head and looked at the man before her, her clear eyes filled with surprise.

She had no memory of that man