Chapter 98: Sisters Are The Closest Friends! (7)

Chapter 98: Sisters Are The Closest Friends! (7)

Sisters Are The Closest Friends! (7)

Sway Sway

A tail was wagging.

Naru was very fond of it.

Oh, holy shh! Its a radiant tail!

A radiant tail.

Just like Naru said, it was a shining tail.

Thats why she called it a radiant tail.

This radiant tail was about as thick as a pinky finger, with a bead-like round end, and the way it swayed side to side was quite fascinating.

Of course, its owner Horohoro spoke calmly and collectedly.

Everyone needs to be careful!

Horohoro.

The suspicious friend from Class H.

The child who introduced Hina.

Tywin couldnt dismiss her suspicion about Horohoros appearance in this underground.

What is this child? Why a tail?

It was exceedingly strange.

But thanks to Horohoros shining radiant tail, the surroundings were brightly lit, and she seemed to know the underground well, leading the children adeptly.

Were close to a safe place! Bad monsters cant come there, so follow quietly!

Horohoro skillfully guided the children using secret passages in the walls.

At last, they reached a safe zone.

It was a dead-end space wedged between walls, piled high with boxes and assorted items.

Old blankets, pillows, and a kettle suggested it was quite a lived-in space.

The quick-witted Naru asked.

Is this Horohoros home by any chance?

Yes! Horohoro lives here!

Living in this terrifying underground.

Elizabeth couldnt understand it at all.

But there was something she could be sure of.

Horohoro from Class H.

This child was not human.

Something else.

Tywin quickly realized that.

Youre the imp in contact with my Mom. Horohoro.

She already knew that her mom, Elle Cladeco, was in contact with an imp.

And she had asked Professor Brigitte for help to investigate it.

A shining tail.

A strange way of speaking.

All characteristics of an imp.

Soon Naru tilted her head in confusion.

Imp! Naru needed to find an imp, and now I have! But its a little different from what I thought. No horns. Similar to Sifnoi?

Then Horohoro spoke.

Horohoro is an imp! A loyal servant of Lord Nocturne! Originally, imps were nymphs, but we received Lord Nocturnes blessing and got these wonderful tails!

Nymphs.

A race favored by the Demiurges.

There were nymphs who followed Nocturn, and it seemed that the corrupted nymphs became the lesser demons, imps, because of Nocturnes perverse power.

Of course, whether that was true or not wasnt important to Tywin.

Get us out of here.

Escaping this bizarre place.

Could there be anything more important than that right now?

Molumolu

Naru murmured with regret.

But Naru couldnt risk everyones safety just to find Molumolu.

Free time was already over.

The adults must be worried by now.

Okay! This Horohoro will get everyone out of here!

Horohoro declared.

Soon, Horohoro began to lead the children somewhere again.

The place they now faced was very sleek and mechanical, unlike the stone-wall-filled area before.

There were various devices installed, and the bubbling foam from the blue, transparent tanks looked quite eerie.

A laboratory?

Whose question was that?

It was Elizabeth.

Elizabeths father was a renowned pharmacist.

He had a private workshop that doubled as a laboratory.

There were cages full of pitiful mice and frogs, and tanks lined up with their dissections.

Young Elizabeth found the sight quite horrifying, which made it a place she did not want to enter.

This place now resembled that laboratory exactly.

However.

What was in the tanks was neither frogs nor mice.

It was humans, with strange mechanical devices and tubes connected to their pierced chests and necks, floating.

Yes.

They were all humans.

The sight of over a dozen humans surrounded by the blue tanks and mechanical devices.

Dad told me, experiments on humans are illegal. Thats why he uses frogs and mice for experiments. We all owe a debt to the frogs and mice Then what is this?

Illegal.

Elizabeth firmly recalled that unfamiliar yet familiar word.

They were witnessing an outrageous illegal act!

We need to get out of here quickly!

They shouldnt get involved with this.

You shouldnt know too muchthe young girls instinct screamed.

She might end up like her mother, who knew too much and had an accident.

But.

Tywin, who until just a moment ago had the strongest desire to escape, moved as if spellbound.

They couldnt have gone far with the children, even if shes the princess of thieves.

With that thought, Mara was about to move when-.

Zap

A sensation buzzed at his neck, and Mara froze.

Soon, a black snake-like entity slithered through the air, aiming its sharp fangs at Maras neck.

Screeee!

Mara deflected the fang-like dagger with his fist.

With it, gaining distance to catch his breath.

Is it Salome?

No.

This attack was colder and more ruthless than that of the Princess.

Everything was suspicious in the underground laboratory.

Bubbling beakers and beeping machines.

The rough noise of the life-sustaining breathing apparatus was all that dominated Maras senses when-.

Pop

A shadow emerged from the darkness.

The shadow wielding a dagger lunged at Mara.

Damn, its you Judas, isnt it?!

He had somewhat anticipated it.

However, the shadow that attacked Mara was Judas, yet not Judas.

It would be more accurate to describe it as the shadow of the 12th Judas.

So its true that one can seize the shadow of the one theyve killed.

Wrist, heart, eye, neck.

Mara could only dodge the blades aiming for his vital points.

Had he sensed with his thiefs intuition that not all of his body was trained like steel?

Every time hed try to create some distance, the shadows hand-held pistol would fire.

Bang!

The pain from the bullet lodged in his shoulder was a definite reality, not just an illusion of the shadow.

The skill of the seized shadow doesnt seem to have dropped. Ill ask you. Are you Herod?

The shadow did not respond.

It just slowly twitched its face to the left.

The movement was eerie enough not to be considered human.

The 12th Judas.

The evil thief Herod.

A villain who killed even his wife, son, and daughter, aiming to acquire the the vessel.

I had heard the rumors, but never thought Id face him like this.

Interesting.

Mara, a monk broke his vows for the struggle.

Excited by the opportunity to fight the former Judas, even if only a shadow.

But his excitement turned to slight dismay because of the dark figure that appeared next.

Swoosh

It was also an intangible shadow, holding two long staves.

A mage.

Having heard of mages who wield two staves, Mara couldnt help but tense up.

After all, he was the most famous mage on the continent of Pangaea.

Could it be? You are.

Flash!

When the staves sparked with light and Mara came to, he realized he had been teleported to an unknown beach.

A forced teleportation spell.

Mara recognized this as a spell worthy of being called advanced.

Advanced magic. Two staves. Could it be Sabernak?

* * *

Gone. Is he gone?

When Maras presence had completely vanished, I appeared from the darkness.

Then, Herods shadow and the shadow of the mage with two staves looked at me.

Twitch Twitch

Their twitching heads were quite creepy.

Im still not used to it.

Its as if these creatures have selves of their own.

Perhaps they really do.

The shadow plastered on the ground might be hoping to switch places with the body.

Thinking of stories fit for a horror tale, I looked around.

The aquariums and their contents here and there were quite bizarre.

This place is totally over-technology.

Honestly, I had dismissed the technology of the continent of Pangaea as mostly medieval.

But this laboratory was beyond my comprehension, being from the arts.

A lab buried 4 kilometers underground.

It was time for some explanations.

Thud

I sensed someones presence.

Turning my head, I saw familiar faces.

It was Brigitte and Elle Cladeco.

Judas, why are you here?

Brigitte asked.

Saying I got lost while looking for the kids wouldnt be very cool.

I lightly replied.

Im about to find out why Im here. But that aside, isnt that Tywin? The girl in the aquarium.

Swoosh

I pointed at one bubbling aquarium.

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