Lilith, dressed in all black, looked on down on Alex, who had just lost consciousness, looking at his mangled body, which was slowly recuperating. Her expression contorted, not having seen Sakuya anywhere, she judged that she must have escaped; the remnant of space magic attested this.
Then she saw the remnant of the Duke and smiled.
Lucifer was getting impatient as Lilith completely ignored after the first word.
One of the duke's men became furious, a Saint stepped forward and tried to say something.
''Woman-"
Lilith moved her hand, and the man upper body got swallowed by a terrible dark space ripped apart above the man's head and swallowed half of his body.
Thud!
The remaining part fell on the ground; a chill ran down everyone's spine. Lucifer was so shocked that his mouth was wide open, you could shove a tennis ball in it; she knew she had gotten strong but not to this extent, the dead demon might not be a high-level Saint, but he was still Saint nonetheless, for him to be easily killed like that was absurd.
Just as he was lost in thoughts, wondering how strong Lilith had become, she launched an attack on him.
''Humph!"
Lucifer snorted; although she became strong, it was not to the extent that she could face him yet.
Rip!
Lucifer sent a punch toward Lilith's attack, and it was instantly extinguished. Chill ran down his spine immediately; he disappeared to miss space lame that appeared behind him.
Just as he was feeling furious to have been played, Lucifer heard Lilith parting words.
''See you soon, brother, and I hope you will like my parting gift.''
Lilith entered the space gash she had opened and disappeared; however, just before it could be closed entirely, Lucifer launched a furious attack that widened the gap before it was quickly healed.
''Damn it, let's go back.''
Lucifer roared and immediately headed towards the palace; he must find out what Lilith meant by saying she had left a good parting gift for him. However, thinking about a certain event that recently took place, a bright smile appeared on his face as he mumbled.
''After you go back, there is great news awaiting; if you can't safely go back, that is.''
•••••
In an extremely remote place, space was ripped apart, and a bloody figure stepped out and suddenly fell toward the ground head first.
Crack! Crack! Boom!
Lilith's body created a small crater as she fell. She didn't move for fifteen minutes before slowly raising her upper body.
''Cough! Cough! Demigod should be underestimated. Where is Alexander?"
She started searching around her but couldn't find him anywhere. She immediately frowned upon this discovery.
''Damn it, we must have been separated because of Lucifer's attack; even the location was messed up. I must find him; he is injured than me. Let's stand u- Ouch! I guess a short rest is needed.''
Lilith mumbled before closing her eyes to check her injuries.
Three hundred kilometers away from Lilith's current position was an open-air onsen, and currently, this was occupied by a girl. Only one word could be used to describe her body soaked in hot water, hot. Six golden tails appeared behind this girl; they were moving independently as if they possessed a consciousness.
''Huh?"
Suddenly, the humming girl frowned and raised her eyes; she could feel something falling from the sky.
''What the-"
Kuina hadn't finished her words before there was a terrible explosion after that thing landed on the water.
The water rose like a wave, and Kuina was sent flying, unbothered to hide her seductive body; however, her tails hide the most sensitive part. Kuina floated in the air and extended her right hand, and red mana gathered around her hand to rapidly form a burning flame spear; she pointed the flame spear downward.
''Come out,'' Kuina shouted; considering what happened recently, she was vigilant; if it ended up being a prank, she would teach the prankster a terrible lesson.
Suddenly, Kuina, who was getting impatient as nobody was responding nor initiated an attack on her, stopped mouth agape when she finally caught sight of the thing that floated up, black hair, extremely handsome face, and she knew this face.
''Alexander?"
Kuina descended and approached Alex; his body was in an extremely sorry state.
''Let's move this guy out of the water and treat him first. The rest should be taken care of later.''
Using her tails, she lifted Alex's body out of the water; if he were conscious, he would have enjoyed the heavenly sensation of being wrapped by such a soft tail.
Two days later, Alex woke up; he was in an unfamiliar room, sleeping on an unfamiliar bed. He got up from the bed, strolled to the window, and looked outside. It was an unfamiliar land as well; just as he frowned, wondering where he was, a voice coming from behind echoed.
''Good, you have finally woken up. How are you feeling, Alex?"
Alex immediately identified the owner of this voice; the first thought that came to his mind was that he was back to the academy and this must be one of the isolated dormitories; however, he quickly shook his head and discarded this thought as the air, the mana in the air gave an entirely different feeling than that in the academy.
Finally, turning toward the only person that could give him an answer, Alex opened his mouth and said.
''I'm fine; how many days have I slept for?"
''Two days,'' Kuina responded. Alex nodded and asked another question.
''Where is Lilith?"
''Huh? The Demon's princess?" Kuina asked to be sure, and Alex nodded.
''I haven't seen her. Maybe you got separated, only you fell from the sky landed where I was bathing.'' Kuina explained.
''Ugh!" Alex groaned; Kuina's expression changed and became serious; she bit her lips and announced terrible news that shook Alex to the core.
''Ferris Wolfang, the Wolfang Empire crown prince is dead.''
''Pardon?" Alex stood there frozen, not believing what he had just heard.