"If it's magic power, I can help restore it..."
Gabriel looked at Erina and kindly offered.
Erina: "..."
'It's over!'
'I had miscalculated.'
'She had that ability?'
"No need. Replenishing magic for servants is Master's duty."
Ayato refused Gabriel, looked at the expectant Erina, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
Because Erina's magic power consumption was severe,
Ayato increased his magic output.
Of course, the magic consumption was negligible to him.
"Mmm..."
Erina's eyes focused.
'So much magic power.'
'As expected of Master.'
On the other side, Yukino's eyes widened, her little pink fists slightly clenched.
'This woman was really...'
'What was this?'
'A show of force?'
Thinking this, Yukino's face was burning hot. She didn't want to look, but couldn't look away.
Although she had been tortured by the sound before, she still wasn't used to this kind of scene.
Then,
Under her watch,
Hisako took her turn.
'Was this really necessary?'
Erina noticed Yukino and smiled. "Oh my, replenishing magic is very normal. No need to react like that, right?"
"Hah?"
Yukino's eyes widened. She said in a panic, "Of course I know. I've also received Master's blessing."
"Exactly, which is why your reaction is the problem, right?"
Hisako pursed her lips and chuckled. "That won't do. You're not a qualified servant at all."
Yukino: "???"
'A qualified servant?'
'Was that how it was measured?'
'Wasn't that wrong?'
'But what was this feeling of having lost, for no apparent reason?'
'Were these two women provoking me?'
Yukino gritted her teeth.
'No!'
'How could I lose?'
Yukino suddenly turned around and walked to Ayato with firm steps.
Ayato: "???"
'What was happening?'
'Was this girl about to hit me? Why did she look so aggressive?'
"Wha..."
Ayato was about to speak when Yukino raised both hands and cupped his face.
"King, I'm running low on magic power too."
With that, without waiting for Ayato's answer, she stood on tiptoe.
"Mmm..."
Yukino's eyes widened.
'So this was replenishing magic?'
'It did seem a bit different from blessing.'
'My magic power was recovering quickly.'
'Eh? Eh? Eh? Eh?'
Erina looked completely dumbfounded.
'I had just been teasing, and she had immediately taken the bait?'
'Why did it feel like I had shot myself in the foot?'
'So infuriating.'
A moment later,
Yukino lowered her hands.
Her eyes were dazed, her breathing heavy, as if she was savoring something.
"Yukino, that was unexpected."
Looking at her, the corners of Ayato's mouth curled up.
"Hmm?"
Hearing this, Yukino was stunned for a moment, then immediately snapped back to reality.
She... had taken the initiative.
'Oh my god!'
'What had I done?
'Where was my restraint?
'Where was my shame?
'How had I forgotten all of it in the heat of the moment?'
"I... I... I..."
Looking at Ayato, Yukino stammered, then fled stiffly.
"I... I've recovered my magic power. I'm going back to fight."
After running a dozen meters,
Yukino covered her heart, as if she could hear it pounding.
Her skin was burning hot.
She covered her face, a strange light in her eyes.
'Although it was impulsive,'
'But...'
'It felt pretty good.'
'No, no, what was I thinking?'
Smack! Smack! Smack!
Yukino slapped her own forehead several times.
"..."
Ayato's expression was strange.
'What had stimulated this girl?'
'Why was she hitting herself?'
Half an hour later,
Ayato and the others had arrived at the depths of the Infinity Castle.
Cutting off the head of the last Demon, Kanae's breathing had become heavy.
This journey had been too crazy.
All they did was kill and kill.
She had killed more Demons in this short time than in her entire life.
"Dammit, I'm going to have to take a good bath when I get back."
Looking at the blood on her clothes, Mitsuri muttered, "It's sticky. I hate it."
Ayato walked forward, his clothes completely clean, and praised, "You all did very well. We should be able to go back soon."
Kanae's eyes lit up. "Master, are we going to encounter Muzan?"
"No, more precisely, he is coming to us."
Ayato's eyes flickered, his expression strange.
'This cowardly Demon King, why was he so brave this time?'
He extended his perception with a thought.
"I see..."
Ayato smiled, a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"Finally... I see you..."
Just then, Muzan, dressed in a black suit, appeared before everyone with the remaining of Twelve Kizuki.
"Who... are you?"
Staring intently at Ayato, Muzan's eyes were filled with fierceness and cruelty.
The other party had killed over ninety percent of the Demons in the Infinity Castle in such a short time.
Most importantly,
The other party's aura was definitely not human, and even less a Demon.
Yet facing this unknown enemy, he couldn't even run away.
This made him incredibly agitated.
"Who I am is none of your concern."
Ayato said. "You only need to know that you are going to die here."
"Do I have a grudge with you?"
"No."
Muzan suppressed his anger and said viciously, "Since that's the case, we are both beings who have surpassed humanity. Why should we kill each other?"
"No reason. You just made my servant unhappy."
Ayato smiled. "And I just find your existence annoying."
"???"
Muzan was stunned.
Then he realized,
'This guy... looked down on me that much?'
"Damn you, do you really think you..."
"Muzan, how dare you be rude to Master?"
Muzan's eyes were filled with murderous intent, but before he could do anything, his expression suddenly changed.
Almost instinctively,
His arm completely split.
Countless pale thorn whips shot out, directly coalescing into a shield shape in front of him.