Immoral Guild (不徳のギルド)

The church that worships the Holy Bird Phoenizask,

THE PHOENIZASKAN CHURCH who regulates "restoring",

THAT WORSHIPS THE HOLY BIRD PHOENIZASK the Phoenizaskan Church.

And the temple that worships the God of Thunder Zenith,

THE ZENITH TEMPLE THAT WORSHIPS who regulates "knowledge",

THE GOD OF THUNDER ZENITH the Zenith Temple.

They both are organisations run by white and black sorcerers, respectively.

The representatives of "restoring" and "destruction",

they major in opposing fields of magic,

and they have long disliked each other,

and sparked hatred inside their minds.

even if they never put it into words, apparently.

And right now...

The ugly epitome of the relationship between the two sides...

WHITE SORCERESS

BLACK SORCERESS

...is unfolding before my eyes.

Huh?

What's going on?

TAKING A TOLL What happened while Noma and I were patrolling?

Let go, okay? Let go and let it out.

Come on, one, two.

It's not a sign to pinch stronger!

They seem to be in sync instead...

Anyway!

What happened here?

Right... It was when you and Noma were patrolling the area.

I meant to offer a topic so that it wouldn't get awkward to talk with someone younger...

...as the older one.

That's so condescending...

That's new...

I know that you love comic books and games,

but even Hanabata also reads girls' comic books, huh?

That's how we became closer in the first place.

Despite her looks, she's quite the maiden.

Huh...

Do you have a hobby or something, Maidena?

I think I love novels.

Especially the mystery ones.

I'm currently reading the one that just got the Newcomer Award the other day.

Oh, the one that's getting popular these days?

The one where the MC turned out to be the bad guy?

She had to spoil me at the genre that condemns spoilers the most!

MAIDE~

MAIDE~ Maidena, calm down!

A trivial quarrel, as I expected.

It's a sad story, sure, but mind the place, will you?

Maidena, just forgive her already, okay?

Condemn the offense, but not the offender, right?

What do you mean?! I've never heard of that!

I'll condemn the offense and the offender!

I've never heard of that...

She's always like this, anyway...

- Tokishikko, you started this. - She's always like this, anyway...

Apologise to her.

Maidena.

Sorry.

That was a lie. The MC isn't the bad guy.

Don't rule him out!

"The MC isn't the bad guy" is also a major spoiler!

You've been doing this on purpose, haven't you?!

I'm not...

Huh?!

I haven't even read that novel to start with.

No people would be sane enough to spoil who the bad guy is in mystery stuff, right?

But you're nowhere near sane!

I can see you do that already!

What have we been talking about, then?!

I feel stupid raising my voice in a place like this!

I bet you guys didn't realise it, but we've been attacked three times now.

Sheesh... Now Noma will think of me as someone weird because of Tokidiot!

Tokidiot...

Noma, you've got it wrong!

I'm always sincere to people with common sense, okay!

You two can already speak up your minds to each other.

I think that's wonderful.

But it's dangerous out here, so mind the place next time, okay?

Sorry...

Didn't I say the same thing to her?

Isn't the way she treats us so different compared to with Noma?

Maidena must've ranked us inside her head.

Red sorcerers, who can use both white and black magic,

are apparently made to become the mediator between the two sides at odds.

The very epitome of peace bringer.

I know she longs for someone older with intelligence and grace,

but I never thought that a fellow guy could be treated so differently from me by her.

Huh? A guy?

Wait, you're a guy, Noma?!

A guy? Now that's rude.

Ah... Someone's mistaking me as a girl again, I see.

Yeah.

I'm a guy.

You're kidding me!

Her hopelessness is nowhere near what it was when she got spoiled.

No way...

And here I am, thinking we could get along...

Well... That's a factor to like about him...

I'M HERE, THOUGH Well... That's a factor to like about him...

I never thought you're a guy...

A guy, huh...

IT DOESN'T HIT HER HARD AFTER ALL THIS TIME

IN FACT, SHE THINKS OF HIM AS THE IDEAL WOMAN NOW

Noma's a special case!

I can just treat him as a fellow girl friend from now!

Problem solved!

It's a big deal in my book...

The pack is coming closer from a distance...

I'll go face them, so no infighting, okay?

Today was supposed to be a training day for the sorcerers...

But he'll end up hunting them all now?

That screaming earlier was a madboar.

He must want to leave the small fry to us.

Then we could've just had Hitamuki come here to find us the perfect monsters...

If we let him look after the untrained trio, which means us, all at once,

he'll die of overwork.

Hey! Don't lump me together with you guys!

You both are way more talented than me,

so if you keep practicing, eventually you will...

Can't I just be strong the easy way?

A monster!

Noma?!

It blended in with the other monsters earlier and approached us?

A BURREAP HAS APPEARED! This monster is a burreap,

A BURREAP HAS APPEARED! and it camouflages as a plant to approach its prey!

FAZE There may be more of them,

FAZE so keep alert of your surroundings!

FAZE Anyway, aren't you in danger there?!

Anyway, aren't you in danger there?!

The monster won't go easy on a dude!

Wait! No!

He really has it...

It looks cute, though...

W-Wait!

T-T-Tokishikko!

Take it down with your magic!

I'd love to, but when it's sticking to him that close, I'll hit him too...

You bastard! Get off him, stupid monster!

Oww!

Ah...

What are you doing?! You hit him!

Then you figure out something, damn it!

F-Fine, then!

- D-Don't shout... - Oh, right!

Just trade blows with that thing while I heal you non-stop!

Are you an idiot?!

What was that?!

If you take Noma's place and sacrifice yourself, it'll be win-win!

Who will win in this?!

My body and my mind!

Could this be... that I'd be better off staying behind and fighting...?

Since it's come to this, there's only one way, then.

Right...

We'll wait for Kikuru!

They're in perfect sync when giving up, unlike before!

With all the commotion, he would have noticed.

He'll fly straight here once he's done sending that pack flying!

Oh, Kikuru!

Well, with all the commotion, surely this would happen too...

Nooo...!

Damn it!

I only left them for a few minutes!

Let this be a lesson to you, and listen to my words next time!

Master...

Sorry for troubling you...

Nah.

I could figure out the situation from far away.

If anything, I'm the one causing you trouble.

But this time you got to see it firsthand, didn't you?

That this job tends to take a toll on serious people.

S-Sorry...

But I never thought that monster would attack a guy like that as well.

I've shown you something you didn't want to.

That's not true.

Your thing was so childish, and a lot cuter than Master's.

Stop saying it like you've seen mine already!

So you two do that...?

She's fooled you so many times already, and you still believe her?!

Oh, right.

I just touched it with your pants on.

Hey!

Cut it out! I won't be fooled anymore...