Saredo Tsumibito wa Ryuu to Odoru

This is getting fun, isn't it, fail-faced Gayus?

A 14th-rank Mechaswordsman and a Trickster...

And a Protean transformed into a pseudo-fire dragon.

There's nothing we can do.

But for some reason, I don't feel like I'm going to lose or die.

Give me the exact equation that'll turn your hunch into reality.

Let's go.

Gigina!

Gigina!

Isn't that...

Goddess of Revenge

Nidvork...

You're finally here.

All that's left to do is to defeat the witch and take her.

What?

This, a dragon?

Not a chance.

Begone.

I have no need for you two.

Terrified?

Me?

Brother...

Beldritt, we're sticking to our plan.

All right, Brother.

Not done yet!

Beldritt!

Not even a Trickster, a manipulator of probabilities, can escape from gravity.

This is nothing but troublesome.

No matter what happens,

we must complete our mission for the honor of the Laki family.

Brother...

Perish.

Don't die!

I won't let you die.

The Laki brothers are taking a beating.

This is a surprising turn of events.

I never expected her to have such power.

Intriguing.

We're going to need Gayus and Gigina to hang in there.

Are you afraid of me?

No.

Now, it's the final act of the festival.

I look forward to the fireworks.

You saved our lives.

I can't allow them to kill you.

I must tear you apart with my own hands.

Nidvork...

You're a black dragon

and the wife of a black dragon we defeated before, aren't you?

A gravity Jushikiist with an odd name.

No human could fly under the radar with power like that.

Furthermore, the scrap of your clothing that was on Gigina's sword

resembled the scales of a reptile.

It's an insult to treat us like reptiles.

Pardon me.

But why bother to take human form?

It's a vow.

I swore to my beloved

that I would give you another—your second—death.

Stop!

No...

That's right.

I cast a dragon's spell to bring you back from the brink of death.

Why?

What for?

Why else?

To tear you apart with my own hands for taking my beloved from me.

It's over.

Now, I will crush you to avenge my beloved.

She's coming!

An Arsh Modai!

There's no way she could use her Jushiki to fly, perform powerful attacks,

and deploy a barrier all at the same time.

There's no point.

So long as this gem stays with me.

Now, are you ready?

Gayus!

Gayus!

Gayus!

Wake up, you wussy rearguard!

Was I... Don't tell me I was...

You were dead for a moment.

But...

I won't let you die so easily.

I'll kill you a hundred times, revive you a hundred times, and then kill you again.

Let's go, Gayus.

Yeah.

Who do you think you're talking to?

Go be a wall, you defective sword-swinging machine!

It seems we've been making the mistake of employing anti-human tactics.

We're fighting against a dragon.

One with a gem and unstoppable gravity Jushiki.

This is laughable.

A 900 to 1,000-year class.

Nidvork must be a true Altar.

What to do?

Don't ask me.

Well, sorry, pardon me.

I asked you to do something physically impossible.

How much intellect do you think I have?

About as much as an insect.

Are you done with your last words?

Then here we go.

They're neutralizing the Proke acid with Phoneus.

That's clever.

That's not all.

With their streams having connected...

Now!

It's over!

It's finally over.

Well? Does it hurt?

This is just the beginning.

Savor the pain.

I won't let you die yet.

My beloved Eningiluud suffered far more.

Damn it, I can't think of a way to defeat her.

Here's a question.

What's the surprising way to do it?

Send the tax inspectors after a tax officer who's on the verge of committing suicide

because of debts and a pending divorce.

Yeah, that would kill her.

If you have some cheap plot twist about having actually being the descendant

of a demon king or a super-Draken family or some shit, now would be a good time.

I'll let you get away with it just this once.

Unfortunately, it seems that for my true power to be revealed,

a friend has to die.

But...

Even when you were 99 percent dead just now,

nothing happened.

You don't feel anything even when I die?

Maybe I'll try dying for real, then.

I won't allow you to escape into death, even for a moment!

Oh, by the way, do you remember that Jushiki?

Sure I do, Helodel.

I'm a 13th-grade Jushikiist now.

If only you'd been alive...

Revenge is just stupid.

Everyone is dumb as hell!

I'm using your Par Ee Mon, Helodel.

Die later.

You win...

Why did you take that Jushiki head-on?

She simply couldn't evade it.

So she would never lose her beloved again.

It's my beloved.

I wanted to fight alongside him.

I want to ask you a question.

If you want to avenge your husband,

why didn't you kill my lover, Jiv?

You knew where she lived.

What are you talking about?

It was the two of you who killed my beloved.

Though it was someone else who attacked me out of fear.

No other human, including the ones you love,

were responsible in any way, were they?

I have done enough.

I want to hold my beloved close in the afterlife.

The way we used to.

But would Eningiluud recognize me when he meets me?

I, who has not fulfilled my vow?

That alone is my fear.

I'm scared.