Without waiting for Araya Souren to do anything, Lancelot instantly attacked and split Araya Souren in half.
Araya Souren's two halves were still alive temporarily, but both eyes were wide open, unable to believe that he had been killed instantly without any reaction at all.
After a while, Araya Souren's eyes finally closed.
"Even though he's a human, he's more like a monster than we Servants are," Katsushika Hokusai commented.
"That's scary. He's just a person," Gudako said, covered in goosebumps.
"He must be very strong. If Mr. Lancelot... Dad wasn't here," Mash also said.
Araya Souren died just like that. Of course, he could be brought back to life, but as in the original story, he would have to wait at least a hundred years to be brought back.
By that time, the mystery of this world would have completely faded away, and technology would have completely replaced the mysterious magic. Casters would no longer exist. Even if Araya Souren were brought back to life, he would have a hard time using magic to make his dreams come true.
But in this strange new world, it's completely the opposite.
The more people know about mystery, the stronger it gets. And because evil thoughts have disappeared, people gladly accept the existence of mystery. This has led to mystery becoming stronger and stronger, which will benefit all Casters.
So Araya Souren was actually very confident in his power.
Because the Ryougi Shiki family knew about Araya Souren's existence and how strong he was. Also, Araya Souren had put that strange black mist machine in the Ryougi Shiki house, letting more people get covered in the black mist that the machine put out. That black mist was part of Araya Souren's own power. The black mist had actually spread throughout the entire Ryougi Shiki family mansion. He only surrounded the construction site on the outside to protect the people in the mansion from getting hurt, so Araya Souren's power was increased a lot.
Araya Souren had felt Tia and the others arriving long ago and thought he was very strong, so he didn't care about Tia and them at all. But when Lancelot suddenly appeared with the Holy Sword, Araya Souren was surprised and asked, "Who are you people?" Even so, Araya Souren didn't think that Lancelot with the Holy Sword could kill him instantly.
That's why he looked so disbelieving after being killed instantly.
That machine was actually Araya Souren's. It was easy for Araya Souren to control a few normal people and make a mist that looked similar. But Tia was led astray by her suspicion of the Big Octopus and thought the Big Octopus was fighting against Araya Souren.
But in reality, the Big Octopus had never shown up again. Katsushika Hokusai repeatedly said that other than feeling the Big Octopus's presence at the beginning, she hadn't felt anything else. But Tia thought that the Big Octopus might have used a mist that had almost the same effect as during the Fourth War and had controlled those people to install that machine in the Ryougi Shiki house. She also thought that the Big Octopus was saving Ryougi Shiki.
So Tia kept thinking that the Big Octopus might want a complete Ryougi Shiki and was trying to stop Araya Souren from attacking Ryougi Shiki.
Also, Araya Souren himself had only recently learned how to release that black mist that had a similar effect, and he had only recently made that machine, and he had only recently come up with the plan to target the Ryougi Shiki family.
All of this was because someone had reminded Araya Souren.
That's right, there's someone else behind Araya Souren, just like in the Garden of Sinners movies, where Araya Souren was the mastermind behind Shirayuki Rio, Wujo Kirie, and Asagami Fujino. Someone else is pushing Araya Souren to do what he's doing.
Tia has no idea that this person exists.
Now that Araya Souren is dead, the matter of Araya Souren in the Ryougi Shiki family has come to an end.
But... that doesn't mean Tia can end the matter of the Ryougi Shiki family.
Because the question of how Ryougi Shiki will unlock the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception is still a problem, and Ryougi Shiki's father is still waiting to see Araya Souren again.
Then, when Tia went back and saw Ryougi Shiki's father again, Tia said directly that Araya Souren was dead. Ryougi Shiki's father immediately...
"Dead? Why is he dead? I still have questions I need to ask him. This mansion still needs him. It's really too bad. If possible, I hope I can pray that he goes to Heaven as soon as possible after death," Ryougi Shiki's father said after hearing Tia's words. His reaction surprised Tia a little, but she quickly realized that this was the reaction that should be expected in this strange new world.
"I killed him," Tia said to Ryougi Shiki's father without holding back.
"You... killed him? Killed... what does killed mean? If you kill him, he'll die? Why does killing him make him die? Shouldn't we be thankful to him? Why did he die? I don't know what to do to make Shiki have magic. Do you have any way?" Ryougi Shiki's father said something that shocked Tia again.
He doesn't even know what "kill" means? He doesn't even blame me. No, it's normal for him to not show any blame or hatred towards me in this world. It's just...
He doesn't even seem sad. He doesn't even know that when a person dies, they're gone and can't be seen again, so he should be sad about it.
Tia didn't hear any sadness about Araya Souren's death in his tone at all.
"Do you believe me?" Since he can easily believe Araya Souren's words, do I have a chance?
"Of course I believe you!" Ryougi Shiki's father said without hesitating, even in this situation.
At this time, Tia suddenly thought that she might as well just directly use the Origin Awakening Ritual on Ryougi Shiki to give her a magic crest. After the Araya Souren incident, Tia finally understood that the Ryougi Shiki family can trust people unconditionally to this extent, so Tia thought that she might really be able to learn from the original story and awaken Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
Because Tia now thinks that she might just need to say directly, "I hope you can die in the way I tell you to, and I can bring you back to life with powerful magic." Maybe Ryougi Shiki would just believe her and do it.
If she had known that it might be so easy to achieve, she wouldn't have gone to so much trouble.
(End of chapter)
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