Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

"How could this happen...?"

"Can't accept it?"

"Well, that's... of course!"

"is it?"

Kichijou-in used one index finger to pull open his mouth and continued speaking with a subtle smile.

"Lord Novia must have included 'me' when she said 'everyone,' right? In that case, I simply cannot stand it. This is such a happy thing for me."

The petite, black-haired girl's smile was so dazzling that it gave Ziyuan the feeling that this child, who was so focused on such things, was actually the savior of humanity. She was so mature, even though she didn't look that old.

"Originally, the reason I invited you, Sister Ziyuan, was because you seemed to have come up with some interesting ways to play when you first entered the sect. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come to find you. But since that's the case, I'll just have to go by myself."

After saying that, Kichijou-in walked away without looking back.

Damn it, you brat, you can just leave without even telling me...

At this moment, Ziyuan's head was spinning, and she was completely caught in a dilemma and hesitation.

For her, the presence of Novia made her unconsciously nervous, and she was unable to do anything that a lover would do.

Just making eye contact with Novia sent a shiver down her spine, and she dared not look at anything more. Or, to put it another way, for Shion, just being together with Novia was enough to bring her a lot of warmth.

However, things had already come to this point, and her desires were surging even stronger. So, less than a second after Kichijou-in left, the purple-haired girl blushed deeply, her eyes darting off somewhere, and she clutched her chest, trembling as she called out:

"Wait... take me, take me with you..."

Subsequently, upon being questioned by Kichijoin, the two revealed that they had prepared themselves with the suggested attire of "Divided Thinking - Number Unknown" before entering.

Time passed, and the moon hung high in the sky outside the window; it was already late at night.

Only then did Aika Sajou, overwhelmed with shame, slowly walk out of the room. Looking at the empty hall, she couldn't help but sigh.

As for Melusin and Typhon, since it wasn't their turn today, they had already run back to their own rooms, which they hadn't visited in centuries, to sleep.

"Absolutely, we can't let that happen again!"

Aika waved her hand fiercely, to show the determination she had made after staying inside for so long.

However, after only two or three seconds, she focused all her attention on checking if anyone was still around. But after her search, she confirmed there was absolutely no one there. So, the beautiful girl cautiously crept to the door of the room, intending to...

Hmm? Why is this door closed so tightly today?

Although she was quite puzzled by this, Ayaka Sajou could still hear faint sounds through the door. However, she felt something was strange because it seemed a little different from usual, but she didn't think much of it and simply assumed that she had eaten too much.

"Next time, no, there definitely won't be a next time..."

The 37-year-old 'beautiful girl' looked tremblingly at her hands and made up her mind.

......

On the inner side of the planet, Avalon.

"Is today some kind of strange day...? Besides that eerie 'beast,' the Outer Gods have also come. If you want to come, just come! Why do you have to go through here? It's not like you can't go anywhere else. Why do you have to come through Avalon!"

"I can't help but complain," Meryl said.

Admittedly, stopping these incredible beings is the planet's mission, but that completely contradicts her principles. She can't care less; she'd rather continue watching Novia being exploited by those women—that's much more interesting...

She hadn't even decided when to enter the dream world to participate, yet she was still busy with this kind of thing.

Sigh, if it weren't for having to put on an act, the Flower Magician really wouldn't want to do so much.

"Ugh, why did you stop Abby from doing this?!"

Abigail, who was waving her tentacles and fighting the succubus wielding a wand in front of her, shouted angrily.

"Abby, all I want is to see my brother!"

The blonde girl, who had originally planned to see her brother as soon as possible, was really annoyed by the white-haired succubus who suddenly came to bother her. Although her strength was just so-so, her illusion magic was too strong, and she had wasted too much of her time.

"Hmm, I have an older brother too, and it's been so long since I've seen him~"

The Flower Magician responded with a smile to Abigail's words.

"Who cares who your brother is! Get out of my way, Abby!"

To be honest, Melly felt that she probably couldn't hold off the alien girl in front of her for long, but in order to put on a good show for the planet, she specially called on the red fairy who had killed countless fairies in the fairy realm and her companion, a water spirit from another land, to help her. Although they weren't strong enough, the gesture was enough.

If you do the math, it's about time!

Therefore, Meryl shouted:

"Come out! Bavan Shi, Te, Te, Te something again...."

"It's Tenochtitlan."

"Oh right, Tenochtitlan, come out!"

Tralock, who appeared first, stared coldly at Mary, then frowned slightly at Abigail.

That guy, Bavan Shi, is going to help this white succubus fight against this guy?!

Tralock felt that even his own brother, with his smoky glasses, wouldn't be able to handle this blonde girl, unless... it was that person...

But since I've already been asked to do this, I can only do my best.

Lake Moon showed no fear whatsoever in the face of this.

Ever since Favia entrusted Bavan to her to bring him back to the inner planet, the aloof girl has spontaneously taken on the role of "mother," though she believes that the relationship between fairies and elves is more like that of friends.

"Ahem, I'm here, I am Bawan Xi—"

After Traloc, Bavan Shi appeared with a smug look on his face, then froze for a moment when he saw Abigail, and slightly extended his hand—

"Yes, it's you, Abigail..."

How could Bavan Shi not have a deep memory of Abigail, the character whom Favia regarded as her younger sister and who had been kidnapped for three years?

Moreover, even Abigail was deeply impressed by this fairy whom her brother had been thinking about for nearly twenty years, so she smiled for once.

"Long time no see, Miss Bavan Shi!"

"Um?!"

This caught Mary, who had been smiling the whole time, somewhat off guard. She asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Are you two acquaintances?"

It's already impressive that a fairy born on the inner side of a planet can befriend an elf from another land, but to be connected with an outer god is even more surprising. This made the Flower Magician think to himself, "Is this Bawan Shi some kind of fairy-themed protagonist? How come she's so popular?"

But soon, during her conversation with the three, Mary learned that the person who had brought them together was called Favia.

Abigail's brother, Bavan Shi's friend, Tenochtitlan's... lover?

The reason Mary paused like that was because when she said those words, the looks from the other two made it seem like a fight could break out at any moment.

However, when the Flower Magician heard the name Favia, she had some vague ideas.

If nothing unexpected happens, this will most likely be a case of the flood washing away the Dragon King's temple, and the family members no longer recognize each other.

.....

In Japan, somewhere in Tokyo, there stands an incredibly luxurious, independent Western-style mansion that is clearly the property of a wealthy family.

At that moment, a loud voice rang out from inside the mansion—

"I don't care about any of that! I want to see my father, I want to see my mother! Grandfather, you have no right to stop me!"

The orange-haired, orange-eyed girl lay on the ground, throwing a tantrum without any regard for her appearance, and the tuft of hair on her head drooped down in response to her mood.

Her name is Hibino Hibiki, one of the signboard girls of the mysterious café "Ahnenerbe". She works at the café with her friend Katsuragi Chika, and like her daytime colleague "Cú Chulainn", she is responsible for cooking.

Inside the vast mansion, lying on the floor, she could see a blue telephone as soon as she got up. Usually, Hibino Hibiki used this telephone, also known as Mr. Cellphone, to contact her grandfather.

What she didn't know was that Mr. Cellphone was the grandfather she was talking about, one of the twenty-seven ancestors, Kaubek Alcatraz, and she herself was the Holy Scripture Tredin.

Kobek is really exhausted. Ever since Novia participated in the Holy Grail War, Hibiki, who originally had no idea about herself, has been clamoring to see her parents. She heard her parents' voices, and now she's been tormented to the point of exhaustion. Since things have come to this, she has no choice but to let her meet them.

"Um, Hibiki, I promise you, but there's one condition you have to promise me."

"Yes! I promise, Xiao Xiang, I'll agree to anything, Grandfather, just say it!"

The girl suddenly became lively, and even her tuft of hair stood up.

"You absolutely mustn't tell anyone I'm your grandfather, okay?"

254: Holy Scriptures and Apocryphal Texts (4k5)

"Xiao Xiang, are you finally going to see your father?"

Tokyo, Japan, at dusk.

In this bustling city, on that picturesque avenue brimming with the vitality of life.

At this moment, thousands of rays of light are vying with the twilight sky for beauty.

Streetlights, car lights, electrical decorations in commercial districts, taxi headlights and patrol car red lights, bar and restaurant lights, shop lights, or even the lake in the park, bottles on the road, and jewelry on people's bodies.

And, beneath the massive buildings that stand like a forest—

A coffee shop that looks rather unassuming.

The red-haired girl, who had arrived as a guest, looked at her classmate, or rather, her first-year junior, and exclaimed with considerable curiosity.

"Yes, yes, that's right, Ritsuka, Grandpa... Kobek promised Hibiki that he'll reunite Father and Hibiki soon!"

Fujimaru Ritsuka's simple thoughts made Hibino Hibiki, who was already overjoyed, turn her head and look at him seriously.

"To be honest, for parents to have never even seen their child once is incredibly irresponsible. Calling them scum wouldn't be an exaggeration. Could it be that Kaobike is just trying to fool you, Xiaoxiang? After all, Xiaoxiang, how should I put it? There's a high chance he just found someone to appease you—"

The blonde girl sitting on a chair on one side was talking fluently, her purple eyes giving off the feeling of a middle-aged man in his fifties, and her golden ponytail tied to one side slightly touched the coffee cup.

His name is Sugata Nao, a transfer student in Hibiki Hibiki's class. He doesn't study much and failing courses and having to take extra classes is commonplace for him.

His true identity is an apprentice agent of the Holy Church, an orphan picked up by Narubalek, the chief of the current Burial Agency. Because he often kills his targets and ruins the mission, he has never been able to become a full agent. Most of the weapons he carries have been modified by Shier.

Hibino Hibiki came to Tokyo to observe and find a way to retrieve Hibino Hibiki, who is the incarnation of the Holy Scripture Tretine. However, after making contact with her, she no longer wanted to retrieve her, so she decided to continue her high school life.

Fujimaru Ritsuka felt the same way about Sugata Naoka's words. After all, Hibino Hibiki was so old and had never even met her parents once. It was really irresponsible of her to have never met them... I wonder how Hibiki developed such a lively and cheerful personality under her grandfather's care.

However, Sugata Naoko's intention in saying this was not what Ritsuka understood, because in Sugata Naoko's view, Hibino Hibiki was a Holy Trinity, how could she possibly have parents?

It's highly likely that Kobek, as the manufacturer, used it to fool her.

Because the demise of the Western Roman Catholic Church in the fifth century was somewhat hasty, later church members were largely unaware of the fact that the "Savior" had acted with impunity with the Holy Scriptures, except for a few old men and a few high-ranking members of the church who knew about it through surviving information.

It can only be said that Augustine, who used "City of God" as a metaphor for the destruction of the Western Roman Church, did not participate in the war or know about these things. Otherwise, he would have at least used it as a strong metaphor and criticism in the book against this human "savior" who provoked the founder and Holy Spirit to personally take action to destroy her.

"I won't allow you, Xiaozhi, to slander Xiaoxiang's father like this..."

"......Eh?"

Sugata Nao, who was originally standing to the side, saw the orange-haired girl, who was usually as lively as a 'little sun,' with her head down for the first time, and her voice sounded like she was about to cry. This immediately made Sugata Nao feel helpless.

Moreover, because it seemed to be her doing, even her classmate, the green-haired girl Katsuragi Chika, the chef who loves fishing and shares the same name as the legendary European hero 'Cú Chulainn', and the manager, Giorgio, who named the shop in German but is actually good at Italian cuisine, all looked at her with 'scumbag' eyes.

Well, they were all ordinary people, yet Sugata felt immense pressure. The two people next to him were alright, but the main one was Manager George.

Despite being a quiet and ordinary person, when he gets angry, it's as if he can use magic, with three phantoms appearing behind him, like a four-in-one entity. If someone from Tsukihime, Kara no Kyoukai, or Fate saw this, they would definitely exclaim, "Isn't that Nero Chaos/Araya Souren/Kotomine Kirei?"

The case is solved. The shopkeeper, George, who is an acquaintance of the Gemstone Elder and never seems to age, is actually Nakata Osamu himself.

"Oh no, I, um..."

"Xiao Xiang's father isn't a scumbag. He's a very responsible and outstanding person, someone many people admire and respect. I—no, all of you—have a father to protect us. He's definitely not the bad person Xiao Zhi described. Even though I haven't come to see Xiao Xiang, I have my own unspeakable difficulties. Rather, if I were to force myself to see him, it would definitely cause trouble, wouldn't it..."

"No, I..."

The sudden crying of the usually lively and cheerful girl, who was like a 'little sun,' was incredibly devastating. This left Xu Fangzhi feeling increasingly helpless, and he even considered kowtowing and apologizing.

In short, seeing Hibino Hibiki like this, Sugata Naoko truly broke down. She steeled herself, gritted her teeth, and said:

"Sorry, that was just me talking nonsense—"

"I am the one who should feel sorry. I actually asked my grandfather to convey my thoughts. This is really wrong of me."

“No, I…”

In fact, Hibino Hibiki was fully aware that she possessed superhuman physical abilities. Not only could she grip a grip strength meter tightly enough to crush it, but she could also jump off a school building with someone in her arms without getting hurt.

Although she didn't know her background or who her parents were, she vaguely sensed something was wrong with her.