Judah was planted straight into the bed. Levi pressed one hand on it, his nun outfit flapping wildly.
For some unknown reason, his eyes were tinged with a faint golden color.
Theresa's hesitant voice sounded in his ear.
"Is… Judah really this strong?"
She had used Judah for decades. How could she not know what Judah was like?
When Theresa said this, she wasn't saying Judah was weak.
On the contrary, Judah was very strong. Against Honkai, it was far more powerful than the other Divine Keys.
There was no doubt about that.
But no matter how strong Judah was, it had limits. For example, the Divine Grace Barrier that could nullify Honkai energy.
Its coverage area was nowhere near what it was now.
Covering the entire Nagazora City.
Fine! Even if it could reach that level! Then nullifying the Honkai energy in such a large area would also require an enormous energy supply.
Where would Judah get that much Honkai energy to maintain a barrier of this scale?
But the facts were right in front of her.
Not only did Judah have it, it had a lot.
Looking at Judah, which still showed no signs of running out of energy, Theresa couldn't help but suspect that this thing had been acting in front of her before.
No...
Not just her. Maybe all of Judah's previous users had been fooled by this thing.
But...
Why was it that when Levi used it, Judah showed power far beyond what it had before?
'Could there be some special usage technique?'
"Wrong!", Levi refuted Theresa's guess.
"I already told you the answer. Because I am Judah's launcher!"
A single Judah was already very strong. Add himself as the launcher, and being a tiny bit stronger wasn't strange at all.
"So ignorant."
'Am I really just ignorant? Is there really a profession called Judah launcher in this world?'
———
After feeling it was about enough, Levi removed his hand from Judah.
"Retract!"
The next second, the barrier covering Nagazora City disappeared, as if everything just now had been an illusion.
But the eerily quiet Nagazora City proved that what had just happened was no illusion.
Glancing at Yae Sakura, who had stood up again behind him, Levi walked straight toward the only place in Nagazora City where Honkai energy could still be sensed.
Seeing this, Yae Sakura quickly tidied her messy clothes and followed behind him.
"Hello, my name is Yae Sakura. May I ask your name?"
"Theresa. Theresa Apocalypse."
'Apocalypse…'
'Was Kallen's husband's surname Apocalypse?'
Yae Sakura nodded.
"May I ask something presumptuous? Do you know the name Kallen?"
'Kallen?'
Hearing the name Kallen from her mouth, Theresa looked confused. 'What relationship does she have with Saint Kallen from 500 years ago?'
'A romantic relationship.'
'?'
While honestly explaining Kallen's situation, Levi also said in Theresa's mind, 'By the way, your grandfather is the losing dog.'
'???'
'Did I skip a few pages of the Schicksal history records?'
'Even the unofficial Schicksal histories aren't this wild!'
Although she didn't want to say this, her grandfather was so capable and also very handsome.
No matter how you looked at it, there was no way he'd become a loser in love.
And…
Theresa glanced at Yae Sakura walking beside them.
And he even lost to a woman...
No matter how you put it, Theresa just didn't believe what Levi said.
Simply because it sounded way too outrageous.
How could this village girl in front of her possibly defeat her grandfather.
'Huh? Wait! Has grandfather really lived that long?'
'Since this pink-haired one was his love rival… wouldn't that mean she had also lived 500 years?!'
"So that's how it is. 500 years have already passed."
Yae Sakura looked toward the distant sky, her expression slightly lonely.
'500 years… for humans, that's longer than long.'
As an ordinary human, Kallen definitely couldn't have lived to the present…
Yae Sakura's gaze dimmed.
She looked at Levi, who had no expression and just kept walking forward.
This little one in front of her probably didn't even know how many generations removed she was from Kallen.
Still, being able to see Kallen's shadow in her was enough to slightly satisfy her wish to see Kallen.
After sorting her emotions, Yae Sakura spoke again.
"Theresa, I wonder if you could bury my sword beside your ancestor Kallen's grave."
'I'm afraid Otto wouldn't agree to that.'
Letting him place the relic of the pink-haired fox who cuckolded him beside his fiancee.
'If that really happened, Otto would probably explode.'
'But, I like seeing Otto explode!'
'Besides, if we don't let him find out, wouldn't that solve it?'
Seeing Levi remain silent, Yae Sakura thought for a moment before speaking again, "I have no money on me. Only this sword is worth anything, but please forgive me, I cannot use it as payment."
"If Miss Theresa does not mind, I can offer this as compensation."
As she spoke, Yae Sakura turned around and pulled open her collar, revealing the stigmata below her neck.
Seeing this, Theresa immediately understood that this was the stigmata Levi had been referring to.
If they had tried to find it themselves, they probably would never have found it.
Who would have thought the stigmata Levi mentioned would actually be the one on her body.
Levi, whose eyes were scanning around as if looking for something, nodded. "Sure."
Anyway, giving up the stigmata meant physical death, but her consciousness would still live inside the space created by the stigmata.
At that time, they could just let Himeko put in some effort to give her a stable and happy stigmata space.
Seeing Levi agree, Yae Sakura removed her sword from her waist and placed it on the ground, taking a deep breath as she prepared to give him the stigmata right now.
"Madwoman!"
The black shadow stopped hiding and revealed its massive beast body. Its ferocious fangs were exposed in the air.
Its savage eyes brought boundless fear.
Looking into those beast eyes made one feel like prey being watched by a hunter.
Right now, it was staring fixedly at Levi, at that face so similar to Kallen's.
Its mouth twitched constantly, as if it might pounce the next second.
"Hi.", Levi greeted it expressionlessly.
Looking at Judah on his back, Hellmaru sadly realized she was absolutely no match for him.
Even if she controlled Yae Sakura, the two of them together still wouldn't be enough to fight him.
She could only think of a way to act through Yae Sakura.
Unfortunately, 500 years of getting along had made her extremely familiar with Yae Sakura's personality.
At this point, no matter what, she would no longer believe a single word she said.
"Something like a stigmata should be given to someone who actually needs it."
Levi said quietly.
At this moment, he had also found what he was looking for. It was buried beneath a cherry blossom tree.
He crouched down and reached his hand into the pit Judah had dug.
When he pulled his hand back out, he was holding a long sword that glowed with a strange light.
Seeing the sword in his hand, Hellmaru froze for a moment, her expression turning ferocious again.
The blade kept flickering. An unseen force gathered behind him, forming the phantom of a fox after a moment.
Its mouth was wide open, sharp fangs aimed at Levi's head.
But none of this was seen by anyone.
Only Yae Sakura noticed Hellmaru's abnormal behavior, but she didn't know what scheme she was plotting.
She could only watch her cautiously while also paying attention to Levi.
Levi's fingertip slid across the blade. The unseen shadow behind him was about to bite down.
"Rin."
The shadow instantly froze.