To Be a Power in the Shadows!

Overwhelming lack of explanatory power

Beta confronted 'The Blood Queen' and put her magic into a pitch-black knife.

"Huh!?

At that moment, Beta's magic suddenly disturbed. Beta tries to drop and control the magic output, but still doesn't try to quell the outburst magic.

"Kuh!

"Dear Beta!?

A nostalgic but abominable pain runs all over Beta's body.

My skin turns dark and discolored from the wound where my blood stings.

This... is a symptom of demonic possession.

Beta changed the magic control method as soon as she understood the cause. The magic disturbance calmed down somewhat, but it was nevertheless extremely difficult to control.

And The Blood Queen moves.

She created an extra-large mass of blood over her head, so magical that the atmosphere trembled there.

"Oh no..."

Beta's voice trembled on that chunk of blood, far more powerful than the previous blow. She's not in a state where she can move now.

More screaming from behind.

"Claire!? Hold on!

Looking back, Claire's wound held by Miriam was also discoloured black.

Everything sucks.

A mass of blood floating in the universe compresses and is still about to bounce.

"My lord, I'm sorry..."

Beta groaned in a crying voice - and Claire's eyelids moved.

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Claire was dreaming.

She was floating in a white space that lasted indefinitely everywhere.

There's only Claire there, and I don't see anything else.

Just the sound of her own heartbeat, she was listening.

"... can you hear me?

I heard voices from somewhere, and Claire looked up.

"Can you hear me...?

Now I did hear it.

When I looked at the voice, there was a woman with long dark hair there. Her violet eyes were looking at Claire.

"Are you...?

I'm here to help you.

"Me?

"Yes, take you."

And Violet's eyes stared at Claire's body.

"Huh? What is this!?

Claire's white skin is discolored black.

Claire once experienced the same symptoms as this.

"No way...... demon possessed!?

"It's a little different, to be exact. He's already treating the symptoms you call devil possession."

"Are you fully healed? What is he...?

"You must be familiar with that too."

"I don't. Who is he?"

But the woman with Violet's eyes only smiled at the depth of meaning.

"Your body will rot away soon. So I'll just give you a little help"

"Wait a minute!? I don't know what it is!

"I don't like explanations, do I?"

"Please tell me. What's happening to my body!?

"Well, to explain it plainly... I was unlucky to adapt and fail to control it"

"Sorry, I have no idea"

"It's a little longer, but we don't have much time. I'll be brief."

"Please."

"Do you know what evolution is? Once upon a time, a kid in the same lab used to study it, but people used to be monkeys. Her hypothesis is that monkeys have adapted to the environment over the years. I thought it was an interesting way of thinking. Although I don't know if it's true."

"Ha ha... What does that have to do with anything?

"Of course. But, you know, another researcher said that organisms never adapt to the environment. She didn't deny that monkeys had become people. Even apes have smart monkeys and bad monkeys. In a harsh natural environment, smart monkeys increased the number of survivors and mates. In time the monkeys became all smart monkeys and people after a long month"

"Uh, I wonder what's the difference. I mean, what are you talking about?

"Not at all. I mean, the monkeys who happened to adapt to the environment just survived, and the monkeys didn't adapt themselves."

"Yeah?"

"So... uh, what were you talking about?"

"That's my story...? Maybe."

"Yeah, well, we were talking about adaptation."

"... Huh?

"In short, only the child who happened to adapt to the environment survived and changed shape. That's the current form, and the fact that the nature of blood split into two parts along the way is also the result of adaptation. The original blood was heavily burdened with the body and disappeared without the offspring being left behind. The blood divided into two parts also distinctly divided its characteristics. And now, two blood in you are about to adapt. Blood divided into two parts doesn't adapt easily, but unfortunately you're qualitative and even more unfortunately you don't know how to control it. So blood runs wild, breaking your body - oh, it's time."

"Hey, wait, that's a very important point, right now! Huh!?

A sudden sharp pain ran in Claire's hand. When I looked at the back of my hand, a complex magic formation was depicted there.

"I'm sure that sign will teach you how to control"

"Ah, healing"

The black mole on Claire's body disappeared.

"We don't have time for this anymore, it's a big deal out there."

"I knew you didn't want to talk about the first half, did you?

"I'll borrow your body a little. I can't do everything I can..."

That said, the woman in Violet's eyes gets thin and sumptuous.

"Wait! What's your name!?

"I am Aurora......"

"Aurora...... why did you help me?