286 - - The Promise of Summer Apple

Blue lightning clung to Zazam's feet, and a burning smell wafted from the purple electricity fluttering in the air.

In an undetected move, the old man has taken control of Mu.

The twins, who were supposed to be guarding the child, are stunned by the speed of the move.

But no matter how fast he is, as long as he remains in Thor's sight, he cannot escape his magic.

Zazam raises another hidden ring of thunder above Mu's head.

Thor, trying not to let that happen, wields his magical power.

--

Moo returns to Nenemimi's arms as if nothing had happened.

--It was supposed to happen.

Thor stares in disbelief as the sacristy begins to turn to illuminate the child's head.

The retrograde, which was supposed to cancel all actions, had disappeared without activating its effect.

Immediately, Thor uses his and to take the shortest possible action to close the distance to Mu.

No, he tried to do so.

However, Thor bites his back teeth hard as he sees nothing of the future.

The magic was completely blocked.

Thor quickly moves his eyes to find out the cause, and soon he thinks of the reason for this.

The sin-eating beast had awakened.

The huge beast, which had been curled up in the center of the room, lifted its head, and its wide-open purple pupils were pointed straight at Mu.

In Thor's mind, the image of his best friend who had once thrown himself into the relic of the "lamp of greed-eaters" flashed through his mind.

Even at that time, Thor's magic could not interfere with the relic, the relic that is the dependence of God's power.

Thor tries to move forward at least, but his feet stop as if they are sucked into the ground.

"d*mn!"　

Thor swears, noticing for the first time the purple glow of the electrostatic arrestor clinging to his feet.

It seems that the more experienced Zazam was one step ahead of him.

"Come, sin-eating beast, give your portion to this new priestess!"

The old man lifts Moo and lets out a high and powerful cry.

As if in response to his call, the huge body of the beast shakes slightly.

At the same time, the glowing ring on Mu's head begins to spin by itself.

The flickering ring gradually spreads outward.

Thor and the others stared speechless at the ring of thunder that had more than doubled in size in the blink of an eye.

Zazam's face turned vermilion with excitement, and as he lifted Mu further in both hands...

Then something happened that no one had expected.

The beast stood up quietly.

"What the hell!"

The sin-eating beast, its huge frame shaking with suppleness, takes a step forward with its gaze fixed on Moe.

At that moment, a large black hole hidden beneath its body is revealed.

Zazam lets out a cry of dismay at the relic's simple abandonment of its protection against the miasma.

"Oh, no! Why is this body moving? ....... No way, this child has that much empathy ......."

The rotation of the ring gained momentum, and a low, roaring sound echoed through the room.

The child looks up and gazes at the huge beast with a curious expression on his face.

The beast, too, peered intently at Mu, as if mesmerized.

"Uncle, make him stop!　This city will be destroyed!"

"Calm down, sin-eating beast!　Please give us only our share, only our share. No, I can't stop!

The beast takes another step forward, and the distance between it and Moe closes.

Before long, the horrifying air slowly gushes out of the black hole like stagnant lees.

The beast takes another step in front of Thor and the others, who are too stunned to move, and the black hole in the ground is almost completely revealed.

Zazam lets out an inaudible scream, and Dadan stares at him with a pale face.

Just when everyone was prepared for the danger that awaited them, a voice suddenly sounded like a sobbing voice.

"............Please, don't. Don't come between me and her."

It was uttered by Cocolara, who had been standing up for some time.

She clung to the beast as hard as she could, struggling to hold its steps.

"I'm going to ....... Don't take Aldo away from me. I beg you, please forgive me."

Moe blinks slightly at the pleading voice, then shifts his gaze away from the beast and back to the old woman.

The child stared at Cocolara intently, and for some reason, her voice cracked with joy.

"I see. So this is grandma Coco's granddaughter. Just like Moo's To-chan!

"She's all I have left. If even Aldo is gone, I'm going to have to go to ......."

"Yes, yes, I know exactly what you mean. Okay, I'll leave it to Moe!"

The child says cheerfully and closes his eyes.

The next moment, the wheel spins faster and faster.

It begins to rotate up and down, cutting off the air at a speed that cannot be followed by the eye any longer.

At the same time, the size of the object increases even more.

The diameter of the ring had already swelled to several times larger than it had been at first.

And as everyone watches with bated breath, Tenwei's thunder ring unexpectedly reaches its limit.

A sudden sound.

At the same time, the ring scatters.

The old men who were the leaders of this town stared open-mouthed as the shiny fragments scattered in all directions.

"Hey, hey, hey... ......"

"What the hell is going on? ......"

"Squeeze it and it'll go bang, ohana grandpa!"

"Oh, I see. You've done an amazing thing, haven't you?

The sin-eating beast suddenly loses interest and closes its purple eyes.

The sin-eating beast turns its body in a leisurely motion, and then assumes the same posture as before.

The old woman clings to the body of the reclining beast with sobs.

Thor and the others, who had been watching, let out a deep breath as the maze disappeared completely from sight.

"Grandpa Beard, let me down!"

"Ah, ah. Uh-huh."

Moe's request, which sounded like a request to his grandfather, made Zazam finally realize that the child was still up in the air.

He does not have time to hide his upset expression, and lowers Moe to the ground.

The child, smiling happily, runs to Thor as if jumping up and down.

Thor's mouth relaxes at the sight of the child's face, as if all the commotion that had just occurred had never happened.

"Tor, I'm so hungry!

"Okay, let's go home. Okay?　Master."

"Ah, Uncle, yes, that's fine."

"............ do what you want."

"Oh, wait a minute. Torchan!"

The child suddenly turns on his heel and approaches the sin-eating beast without any sign of fear.

And as the adults stare at him with puzzled faces, Moe holds out the package he has been cradling to Cocolara.

"This is delicious, Coco!

"What?"

The old woman, clinging to her black fur, sounded perplexed at the child's innocent call.

Moe then offered her another slice of apple jam pie.

"You'll feel better when you eat it!"

"Are you sure ............?"

"Yes. I'm so good at begging, I'll have Grandma make me more!"

"I see. You're a troubled girl, aren't you?

Cocolara, with a soft smile on her face, accepts the package from Mo.

Then she lovingly puts the fragrance of summer apples into her bosom.

"See you later, Grandma Coco!"

"Yes, see you."

The old woman smiled with relief as she said goodbye to the old woman with such a light farewell that could hardly be called a promise.