Chapter 97: Eclipse Rabbit Mask

"She hung up... well, I need to go then"

"What happened to Emilia-sama?"

Arthur and Abby is in parking lots of FLT and they are in the car ready to going back to home when Arthur received a call, seeing Arthur's expression Abby can tell it must be something to do with Emilia

"I think she is come across trouble...hmm... Oh, I think it was something to do with the government"

"The government wants to make a move on Emilia-sama?"

"No, it just a misunderstanding..."

If he didn't remember it wrong there will be certain events happening after the Nine Schools Competition is over and it seems Emilia is involved in that event.

"I think you need to cover your face, Arthur-sama"

"Why?" Arthur didn't know why he needs to cover his face because he thinks it was something that unnecessary

"If what Arthur-sama said about it was something to do with government is right, then the fact they still pursue Emilia-sama it most likely because she wears that white robe ao they can't recognize her. So I think you need to cover your face, even if they won't make anything hard for us now if we reveal our identity we can't be sure for the future"

"You can wear it, Arthur-sama"

"...Abby, are you sure I need to wear it? Why you bring this thing around?" It's not like Arthur being picky but the mask that Abby gives him is slightly unique. It was a mask in the shape of the rabbit's face, black rabbit with white muzzle and inner-ear with a blank expression and wear a small red and gold crown.

^An artifact is detected^

Eclipse Rabbit Mask

A strange magical beast that can devour anything in the world, legend said this rabbit is devoured a sun and moon make the world lost its light and fall to the darkness forever.

• Look at me and I will eat you: devour and rebound all kind of power directed to the mask

• I'm a King: The wearer will not fall to any type of mind control like a charm or hypnotic

•All good thing is mine: this is something good

Arthur looks at the mask with amazement, this is the first time the system recognizes other items that not from the system and shows a description.

"This is just a keepsake... Emilia-sama need your help Arthur-sama, it best if you go as fast as possible" Abby just smile and avoiding the topic and Arthur decide to not pry any further, it was a good item, after all, there is no way he will decline

"Then I will go now, see you in the home, Abby"

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"What problem you stirred up now, Emi?"

Arthur uses Hiraishin no Jutsu and appears next to Emilia and makes Lin very surprise because she thinks he is one of the ȧssailants, it was understandable because Arthur appear next to them like a ghost and he wears black hakama and Eclipse Rabbit Mask.

After Emilia introduced Arthur to Lin, she tells Arthur about how the whole thing has happened

"This is the first time you're leaving home alone and you encounter a problem, are you will be involved in some war for the second time you leave the home alone next time?"

"It's not like I want it to! But there is no way I will stand still when someone is kidnapped in front of me"

"Then, what are we going to do now? There is no way we just running around this area"

"Then let's go, I didn't think the boat will stay there forever" Arthur stop following Emilia and turn around

"Are you didn't hear her? There is a lot of people who will likely use violence if we try to force our way" Lin feel very annoyed with the friend of Emilia, From the start he appeared he didn't put out his mask and show his face at all and now he behaved like he is the one with the highest authority "I didn't know there is someone who still likes to cosplay"

Lin's word left Arthur to feel speechless 'I'm using someone else figure as my body, so I can be considered as cosplaying for my entire life?'

"...you didn't need to worry about your pursuers, they're just a clown to me" Arthur leave the two of them and walk away head back to where they are coming from before

"Clown? Are you talking about yourself? Wearing that type of costume and mask, if not clown then what are you?"

"Hehe, Lin let's just follow him. If he said it will be fine then there is nothing to be worried about" Emilia grab Lin hand and following Arthur

"You seem very confident and believe him so much, our enemies are not half-backed magician from the way they behave..." Lin fell hesitates but she still chooses to follow her

"He is the strongest person I ever met, and I'm sure he will never lose" Emilia's face is beaming with a smile

Seeing her smile Lin feels very bad to opposes her friend, but deep down inside her heart Lin just couldn't have to ask 'would the strongest person dress like that?'

This is a magic created by Echidna and use Tatsuya's decomposition technique as a template, different with Tatsuya's magic the one created by Echidna can be used by anyone who can satisfy the minimum requirements for using this magic and the most important thing is the amount of psion inside the body because this magic need very large amount of psion to maintain the barrier.

"If only it has a good name..." Arthur let out a sigh after he looks at the effects of the barrier

After Echidna complete make this magic and recognize by the system she casually names it as "Cocoon" and just brushes off Arthur's complain easily

'It protects the user inside a spherical barrier like a buŧŧerfly inside a cocoon, so what's wrong for me to named it as Cocoon?'

Seeing their attack didn't even scratch the clothes of the masked man, the agents feel very shock and try their best to increase the intensity of their attack power

"Can all of you make a way for us?"

Arthur wave his hand and the majority of the agents is thrown into the side road because of weight type magic but there is some who successfully gain their balance and prepare to confront him again

"Reporting to the headquarters! We encountering a very strong magician who likely has a connection with the target! We need reinforcements!"

As an agent from intelligence control agencies they need to calm in every moment when they're deployed but today there is no way they can calm in front of their current opponent because no matter what they're doing to attack their opponents it was just a futile attempt and all of that just became a dust that blown away by the wind.

Arthur didn't bother with the remaining agents who still have their consciousness and just urge Emilia and Lin to follow him, it best if he can use the time before the reinforcements to ȧssist the agent from intelligence control agencies to come and make Lin board the ship and leave this area.

After witnessing Arthur's battle Lin didn't dare to make any comments about him and just follow him quietly, even if she is not a magician Lin know it was impossible for a mediocre person becomes an agent from government so seeing more than twenty agents can't do anything to him make Lin can't guess just how strong the strange man in front of her is, after all from the previous confrontation Lin can see he just make them lost consciousness and he didn't serious at all.

When they arrive under the Rainbow Bridge there is a ship waiting for Lin there

"That's the ship you're talking about?"

"Yes... I'm very thankful for your help, Emilia"

"We will meet again right?"

"I think I can't leave and come here for the time being... but I will contact you when I arrive at my house, I promise"

"Nn, promise..."

Lin hugs Emilia and feels very reluctant to part away with her new friend but she knew there is no way she can have a peaceful chat with Emilia here, Lin board the ship and then she turns around and looks at Arthur.

"Arthur, I think Emilia called my name on the phone. Well, maybe you didn't pay attention because you're running"

"Arthur, is it? I hope you will be mȧturė enough and stop cosplaying when we meet again, see you!!"

"Can you stop talking about cosplay..." Arthur shrug his shoulders helplessly

Arthur looks at the direction of the ship who is getting further and further with a complicated look because Lin's background is quite complicated.

Even if she will lead the organization to be a good organization it can't erase the fact she has an adoptive great grandfather who is a very dangerous terrorist.

"It best if we leave...don't worry she will be safe"

"...you're right, she promised she will call me"

Arthur uses Hiraishin no Jutsu and leaves from there.

A few minutes after Arthur and Emilia are gone there is a lot of people from intelligence control agencies surround the place but they can't find Arthur or Emilia and their target also escape used a ship, one of the agent make a call and report their failure through the phone.

"Mission failed, all of the targets are gone"

"...give me a full report about today's mission" there is a brief silence from the other side before answer, it was understandable because even after mobilizing a lot of manpower they still failed to complete the mission "Any remarkable thing about the one who helps our target?"

"Except for his peculiar clothes and mask... he has a white hair"

The mask just hides the facial features and didn't cover the hair so he can see the hair color of the masked man, but there is nothing he can see from the woman in a white robe because there is something obstructing his eyes and surveillance cameras and make them can't recognize her face.

"White hair... all of you can retreat from there and there is no need to pursue our target anymore, that's all"

Inside a room that looks like a study room there is a skinny person with gentle-looking and wearing an eyeglass holding a paper in his hand and read it carefully

"Arthur Spencer... it must be him..."