"Where's Ash?"
"You were traveling with Ash, weren't you?"
"Since you know me, we shouldn't be fighting!"
In Wasteland Village, the two red-haired swordswomen fought all the way through, tearing down countless houses and walls. Sword light poured like a waterfall, and the cries of swords fell like rain.
Their Sword Art was evenly matched, and their appearances were exactly the same, giving Sonia the illusion that she was looking into a mirror.
In the gaps between the flying red hair, she saw the hatred and violence spilling from those ruby eyes opposite her, and for a moment she even faintly felt that the other woman was another version of herself.
Even that venomous resentment buried deep in her heart was so similar.
But—
With a clang, Sonia swung her sword hard and forced Niya back, then said calmly, "If there's a chance, I'd be happy to fight you as long as you want, but right now I have another mission. I don't have time to waste! Did Ash come here too? Does he know this is the Distant Void Domain, and that it overlaps with Star Country—"
"He knows. Of course he knows."
Niya's tone was very calm. Her disheveled red hair hung down, hiding her expression. "He was even looking forward to you descending into my body again, meeting him in secret like last time."
Sonia's body froze, and her expression turned slightly awkward.
She did not know what she was supposed to feel. Being intimate with her sweetheart using someone else's body, then getting caught by that person—this kind of plot had never even appeared in dramas. She somehow felt as if she had pushed someone into a fire pit, so naturally she felt a little ashamed.
"You knew?"
"Of course I didn't know why there was