An outcast dropout, surviving on the frontier and rising to become an S-ranked counter-magician.

The plan seemed to work. Until Julia, and then Eira, walked out of this conference room. Claudia's wards were perfect. But that was on top of her estimate...in the sense that....

In fact, Yulia and Eira slipped through that ward...............and went straight to the city that had been turned into a hellish battlefield. There was no way to stop it now.

And with Julia's defeat of the Ancient Spider, the Ancient Spider, the Ancient Spiders, the girls' plans were put to a halt. Even so, they would not give up on such a matter. With the deaths of so many humans, only enough magical elements were gathered. All that's left is to get the four people who will be the medium to open the Sefirot Tree, the Tree. There's still plenty of opportunity. It's not a failure. That's right, but Claudia was stunned by herself as she looked at the streets that still had large claw marks on them.

''........''

From the terrace on the top floor of the royal castle, I look at the overrun city. There was a burned out building and a place that could be called hell, stained with a large amount of blood, had been born. The place, which had only been extinguished for a few hours, had left a definite claw mark.

'Claudia, you're here.

Silas.

It was Silas who came to the spot. When she saw him coming, she set up a ward on the spot. It was created to block out the audio.

'What's the matter, do you have any regrets?'

No way.

I see. Well, to cut to the chase, that individual seemed to be dead. He had killed it.

You got it?

Only the wreckage. But as it turns out, humans can't be demons in the full sense of the word. We can get as close as we can, but I don't think we're going to be able to create a body to replace those four.

So....

What they are referring to is Dan. The plan to turn humans into the demon race. It was a backup plan to see if it was possible to create a medium other than Julia and the others, but.......after all, as the hypothesis goes, humans cannot become the demon race. They were trying to find something in the Twilight Syndrome 《Twilight Syndrome》, but it was still only a disease. Just finding out that fact was fortuitous. Now we just need to think about when to gather those four people and take action. That's what we were talking about, but Claudia was above it. She had spoken firmly with Silas, and she remembered the content of the conversation.

But it was the emptiness that dominated her mind.

She suppressed her wandering mind and made it this far. And now that it was being carried out, and even more so, the next one was in sight she didn't feel anything.

'I wonder what I want to do...'

Ask yourself. Silas was already gone. After he left, Claudia was still staring at the cityscape and then at the twilight. A reddish-black light that covers this sky. It still continues to illuminate the world.

No matter how much of this could happen to humanity, only the twilight would remain the same. It seemed as if she was mocking the current state of humanity, but she was genuinely doubtful.

What is the end of her own deeds.......she wondered.

'Hey, what do I want to do?'

I put my hands to my face. And think. When it comes to thinking, I was meant to see the blue sky beyond the twilight. I want to know the truth of this world. It is a fundamental desire. But what will be beyond the truth of this world and the blue sky, after I have achieved my goal of knowing the truth of this world and seeing the blue sky? No, I'm sure there will be nothing. I realize that it's pointless to have such expectations. To begin with, humans and demons. That's not all. The creatures that live in this world have no significant meaning. The only thing that keeps them alive is what their genes tell them to do. Instincts only encourage survival and the preservation of the species. That's why she has gone so far in defining for herself the meaning of her life.

What should she do from now on?

Did the sacrifice of so much in front of you scare you off?

It was my own childhood self who asked that question. Claudia answers her own question.

'No way. I just do what I want to do.'

'Then why do you keep stopping here?

It's...

Hey, I think you're feeling sorry for yourself. I think you feel guilty for killing so many people.

No, of course not.

The person asking me questions was her as a child. It's an illusion. It was only a kind of hallucination. Still, she couldn't help but see it as the real thing. She wondered if her deep psychology was creating this, but right now ... she just wanted to uncover her own mind.

'Then why are you standing still. Claudia, you've decided to move on, haven't you?　No matter how great the cost. Didn't you swear an oath when you killed him?　Hey.....

Doctor, it's been a long time.

That being said, I remember. His occasional hatred was real. He truly had the desire to kill the demon race. But at the same time, it was also true that he truly loved her. Claudia killed him without any hesitation. Thus, the existence that she had forgotten until now. It doesn't matter to her. It's no different than any of the mere mortals out there. So........I thought.

I'm going. I'm going to make it happen.

Good luck, me.

I said goodbye to my young self. I decided not to think about the feelings that had grown in my mind.