Cossette has awakened and everyone is now somewhat relieved, and Fiona is happy again... and Cossette is happy too... so they prepared a feast.
(Ding)
Melina: "Huh….What's going on here?…"
Cossette: "Melina."
Melina: "Huh..Miss Cossette!"
She ran toward her and hugged her.
Cossette: "Ughh….bbbbb."
Melina: "Miss Cossette….Miss Cossette..mmm."
Cossette: "I can't breathe...Melina.."
Melina: "Oh sorry."
Sophie: "You came at the perfect time, we're making a feast... because Cossette is finally awake."
Fiona: "Come join us."
Melina: "Hehehe..okay..I just need to put my things down."
So they began eating.
Sophie: "Here."
Siegfried: "Thanks."
Cossette: "Mmm."
Fiona: "You really are hungry.."
Cossette: "Well, I didn't eat anything for almost a year….hehe.."
Fiona: "Good grief, then at least eat with manners."
She cleaned her mouth.
Cossette: "Hehee….I just eat fast, sorry..hehe."
Fiona: "Hehehe…."
Lina: "Mmm…"
Cossette: "Hmm.."
(Meanwhile)
Zantanel: "Hmmm….A date, huh…"
Remy: "Hmmm...Ughh…"
Zantanel was dressed differently.
Zantanel: "Hmm...is something wrong?"
Remy: "Hey, if it's a date you can show yourself off a little more."
Zantanel: "Thanks, I'll pass….if there's one thing I've wanted to keep since childhood, it's definitely not wearing indecent outfits."
Remy: "Ahhh….You look good in that suit."
Zantanel: "I got it from Demari….Have you ever been there?"
Remy: "No….not really...I was in Roselande, it's nearby."
Zantanel: "Hmmmm…..I see..."
Remy: "Well then, milady."
He offered her his arm as if telling her to cling to it… she didn't understand.
Zantanel: "Hmm...does your hand hurt?"
Remy: "No, hold onto my arm...that's what couples do…"
Zantanel: "Oh…...you mean the thing those people always do."
Remy: "Yeah."
She held onto it.
Remy: "Good."
They continued walking.
Remy: "Say, Zantanel…."
Zantanel: "Yes?"
Remy: "You can't eat anything that comes from life….like apples or fruit from trees…"
Zantanel: "Yes."
Remy: "And ingredients?"
Zantanel: "Hmm?...You mean something made from fruit for example?...No…"
Remy: "I see...so even those things you can't...hmmm…...I have an idea...."
Zantanel: "Hmm.."
He brought her somewhere.
Remy: "One ice cream made from synthetic materials, please."
Vendor: "Ohoho...I see…..You want to try our new ice cream?...Well then...here...this one is made from neither fruit, vegetables, nor milk….these are chemicals we used….."
Remy: "Try it."
Zantanel: "Hmmm..:Do you sell this to children?"
Vendor: "If they want it?"
Zantanel: "Hmm."
She ate some.
Zantanel: "Mmm…..This is horrifying."
Remy: "Huh."
Zantanel: "You're real monsters...even my stomach rejects these substances....these are just unhealthy chemicals…..They could spread diseases.."
Vendor: "Ugh...Uh...Well as long as you don't eat too much...Hehe."
Zantanel: "I see…..Remy…"
Remy: "Yes?…."
Zantanel: "Wait outside for a moment...I'd like to see how they make it."
Vendor: "Oh?"
Zantanel: "May I?"
Vendor: "Sure."
She went inside...Remy waited outside.
Vendor: "Hhahah..look carefully, these are the types."
Zantanel: "Ha..I see…"
The moment he turned around…..she stabbed tongs into his chest.
Vendor: "AAAAAAAAAAAAARGHHHH.."
Zantanel: "Let's see how right you are...whether they really aren't unhealthy at all!"
She shoved his head inside.
(Splash)
Vendor: "Mmmmmmm….mmmmmm….mmmmmm."
Zantanel: "Hmmm."
Vendor: "Mmmmmmmmm…..mmmmm….mmmm..."
He stopped moving…
Zantanel: "Hmm."
She pulled his head back out...it was...almost completely melted.
Zantanel: "Hmph…..Let's see if they still enjoy the ice cream…"
(A few minutes later)
Zantanel: "Hahh..done.."
Remy: "And?"
Zantanel: "Interesting for sure…."
Another coworker arrived.
Vendor: "Hey...hey…..Stop that, where are you Ron?…..Hmm..whatever.."
Customer: "Excuse me miss vendor, some ice cream here."
Vendor: "Yes….please wait a small moment…"
(A few minutes later)
Unknown woman: "Mmm..this is delicious….mmm...Hey….Honey, what's that inside?"
Unknown husband: "No idea, maybe fruit….mmmh….ughh…...hhhhh…"
Unknown woman: "What's wrong….?"
She looked closely….and then. She dropped her ice cream.
Unknown woman: "A tooth!"
Unknown man: "Oh...there's skin!"
Unknown woman: "There are eyes!!!"
Zantanel had apparently put the vendor's body parts into the ice cream…..
(Meanwhile)
Zantanel: "(Hehehe…..Enjoy your ice cream)…."
Remy: "Mmm…..Huh?"
Zantanel: "Huh?"
Someone stood before them.
Zantanel: "Hmmm?"
Remy: "Ughh...you're that detective from The Crows….Tom!!"
Tom: "Hmmm..."
Zantanel: "Well, well….."
Tom: "And you are Zantanel...I see….I received the order to kill you."
Zantanel: "Hmm…..I understand ….so...they're desperate enough to send the strongest one directly..hehehe...Smart....."
Tom: "I am Tom…...They also call me Van Helsing…."
Zantanel: "Hmm...Zantanel Kafka…..I am the daughter of Rudeus Rudeus, death itself…."
Tom: "Forgive me...but I must kill you."
Zantanel: "Could you maybe wait…..I'm on my first date."
Tom: "Unfortunately I cannot."
Zantanel: "Hahhh...…."
Suddenly ….she looked furious….
Zantanel: "Hahh.."
She grabbed one of the people.
Civilian: "Ugh..arghh."
He began to decay, but before his bones disappeared….she ripped out his spine….and turned it into a sword.
Zantanel: "Hahhh...Come on then...Hurry up...I'm in a rush.."
Tom: "Hmm?"
Zantanel: "….Five minutes...I'll give you five minutes of my time.."
Tom pulled out his Mask of Gluttony and attacked her...The mask looked like one spies wear by the way, it had two holes and was completely black..
Tom: "Well then…"
He attacked her…
Zantanel: "Huh.."
Suddenly he was behind her..
Zantanel: "He's fast!"
She dodged it.
Zantanel: "Mmm….Damn."
(Splash)
Her hand was cut.
Zantanel: "Ghhhh….."
The bones regenerated along with the flesh and skin.
Tom: "Hmmm….This will be complicated."
Tom attacked her again...but she dodged it.
Zantanel: "Hmmm….."
None of his swords hit her.
Tom: "(How can she be this fast….This should practically be impossible. My attacks are as fast as a train moving at four hundred kilometers per hour…...How is it possible that she keeps dodging....)"
Zantanel: "Hahhhh…..Sorry."
Tom: "Huh!"
She struck him with her hand. He blocked it with his arm and got thrown away.
Tom: "Huh."
His arm was broken..
Tom: "Impossible…..She broke my bones and they regenerated much slower."
Zantanel: "I'm truly...disappointed…...Van Helsing…...is that all you can do?.."
Tom: "Hhhmmm…"
He formed a pose with his hands. It looked like a box.
Tom: "I summon you, swords of destruction!!"
Zantanel: "Huh!"
An eye appeared in the air..multiple swords rained down on her.
Zantanel: "Ughh…"
She dodged them.
Tom: "You can't dodge a thousand swords..these swords are the swords of the vampires I killed!"
Zantanel: "...Hahh...."
She stomped the ground with her foot.
Tom: "Ugh."
Zantanel: "…..Protection of the damned.."
Several skeletons rose from the ground ….forming a shield around Zantanel and clinging to her..creating protection..
Tom: "Ughh.."
Zantanel: "Hmm."
The swords landed one after another, but every time one skeleton died another appeared.
Zantanel: "Hmmm…...By the way..this is the number of people I've killed…..I think they're over two thousand….."
Tom: "….Do you think that will save you...and that this is my true attack?"
Zantanel: "Huh.."
Multiple mouths appeared.
Zantanel: "Hahh..creepy."
They bit into her and restrained her hands.
Zantanel: "Ghh….ghh."
Tom: "Well? What do you say now, daughter of death..."
Zantanel: "Hmmm…...Quite practical ..your ability….Van Helsing…..But could it be that you're underestimating me a little too much?"
Tom: "Huh?"
She stared at him with her eyes...
(Tom's perspective)
Tom: "Ughhh.."
A giant blinking eye appeared before him.
Zantanel: "Hehehehe..."
A crow emerged from it.
(Splash!)
Tom: "AAAARGHHHH.."
His eye bled.
Tom: "What was..that…...What kind of curse was that.."
Zantanel: "Hmph...I see, so your eyes are your weak points…...your ability...the swords..come through your eyes…...That's why you wear that mask...with eye openings….otherwise you couldn't use your abilities….right…?"
Zantanel looked at the mouths...and then…..bit into one of them.
Tom: "Ughhuh!"
Zantanel: "Ghhh."
(Splash!)
Mouth: "AAAAAAAAAAARGHHHH…. "
It disappeared and let go of Zantanel. With her freed hand she grabbed another mouth and tore a piece off it.
(Splash!)
Mouth: "AAAAAAAARGHHH."
It disappeared too.
Zantanel: "Hahhh...…...Not tasty.."
Tom: "You're stronger than I thought…...Then I suppose I must do it."
She looked at him..he pulled out a giant sword.
Tom: "The sword Excalibur...actually...I'm only allowed to use it once a year....Luckily...the city was evacuated..but unfortunately many houses will be destroyed as a result.."
It was gigantic and black, the hilt shaped like a clover leaf at least.
Tom: "Excalibur."
Remy: "Ugh."
Zantanel: "Damn!"
Tom: "Destructive Slash!!"
He struck the ground…..Half the city was destroyed.
(Crash!)
(Crash!) (Crash)
Remy: "Zantanel."
Zantanel: "Ughhhh….."
(Crash!)
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "What was that?"
Fiona: "No idea.."
Meliodas: "(Cough)….Just stay here, that must have just been some accident…"
Lina: "It sounded different.."
Meliodas: "Don't worry.."
(Meanwhile)
Tom: "Hahhh….hahhh…..hahhhhh…."
Smoke….But when it faded a little.
Tom: "Ughuh!"
He saw a shadow…
Tom: "What is that….."
(Pump!)...(Pump!)...(Pump!)
Tom: "Huh.."
A large amount of ashes appeared….then flesh and skin formed.
Zantanel: "Hahhh...that was close….."
Tom: "How is this possible?...How!"
Zantanel: "Ohh….Quite simple ….Before you attacked me, I turned into ashes…...I call it Ash House..anyway...I can only use it once a year….."
Tom: "Hahhh.."
Zantanel: "As for Remy…...he's fine...because I kicked him away…"
(Meanwhile)
(Crash!)
Remy: "Aaaghhh….."
(Meanwhile)
Tom: "(Damn it….Why is she so strong....How long has she even lived….is she really in her twenties?)"
Zantanel: "Hmm…..Good….then it's my turn now…..I wanted to tell you something too...Van Helsing."
Tom: "Huh."
Zantanel: "You are a murderer."
Tom: "Huh."
Zantanel: "You evacuated them….But….Well…..As you couldn't have known, I just killed someone...which caused the road to be completely blocked."
Tom: "Ughh!"
Zantanel: "That means...no one could leave because the bridge...was blocked..."
The smoke disappeared completely….And when he looked closely ….he saw multiple dead bodies..
Tom: "Ughh…"
Zantanel: "What a shame...Van Helsing…...hehehehe…..hehehehehe..hahahahahahahaha…"
Tom: "Ugh.."
She began laughing loudly and wildly. Her mouth stretched so wide it looked almost inhuman.
Zantanel: "Hahahahahaha….Ahh...you people are truly funny...hehehe…..You really don't take me seriously…..huh?…..No matter how many times I've already defeated you….you thought you could kill me with just that strike?...But look around...I'm alive...and the others who had nothing to do with this...are injured..and some are dying....who's the monster here..hahahahahahahahaha….hahahahaha...."
Tom: "Huhhh..."
Suddenly a giant eye appeared behind her.
Zantanel: "Now it's my turn...….."
Tom: "Huh."
(Bzzzzzzzzzzz)
(Gulp!)….(Gulp!) (Gulp!) (Gulp!)...(Gulp!) (Gulp!)
Zantanel: "….Eye...of the dead…."
The tears fell onto Zantanel's body...and she pulled a giant scythe...out from her stomach.
(Splash!)
A violet-colored liquid came out…"
Zantanel: "Attack him."
Several hands emerged from the eye...and attacked him.
Tom: "Ugh."
He dodged them....And destroyed one after another…."
Tom: "Hahhh..hahhh..hahh..ughhh…"
(Meanwhile)
Cossette: "Hahahahehe."
Sophie: "So, do you like it?"
Fiona: "Hehehe.."
Meliodas: "(Sweating)…..(….What is going on…I hope it worked)…."
(Meanwhile)
Tom: "(…..I never thought…...I would become careless…)..."
Zantanel's hand pierced through his chest.
Tom: "(Bleargh)...that...was…..an illusion?"
Zantanel: "Not quite....those were my ashes…..and I hid myself within them....Hehehe...…. "
Tom: "Ughh...…"
Zantanel: "It's nothing personal...Van Helsing..actually I didn't want to kill you..not yet...but you interrupted my date…..Hahhh…...I wanted to have some fun for once but no...you people...won't even let me smile for a single day…...And if I'm…not allowed to smile….according to all of you…..then according to me...you shouldn't be allowed to smile either…."
She pulled out his heart.
(Splash)
Tom: "Urk.."
He fell dead to the ground…
Zantanel: "Hahhh….."
(Pump!)..(Pump!)
Zantanel: "I could obtain his powers…...hehehe…..No…...my body wouldn't endure it...what a shame…..Tom...Fog….you could have defeated me without any problems...if only you had taken me more seriously."
She dropped the heart.
Zantanel: "….Hmph....Ruslana...are you here."
Ruslana: "Ahh...that was close...yes boss?"
Zantanel: "What about the blocked road?"
Ruslana: "Oh don't worry, I saw the children and parents leave. The only ones who stayed were the ones who discovered the ice cream....they're dead."
Zantanel: "Good...Van Helsing did not deserve to have his name stained…...Thank you….Ruslana…."
(Dong) (Dong) (Dong) (Dong)
(A few hours later)
Witness: "It was horrible...Suddenly that strike happened…..hahh...if we hadn't crossed the bridge we'd be dead!"
Journalist: "Around four hundred people are seriously injured….including many civilians. Thankfully…..they managed to pull them out of the houses...the houses were destroyed, but most survived...however around forty people unfortunately lost their lives..because there was a celebration on the other side...most of the victims were only elderly people or adults who wanted to stay home….."
(Meanwhile)
Sophie: "Ughh...what do you mean by that."
Fiona: "Hahh…...what do you mean by that..impossible, my master would never...never lose!"
Meliodas: "..Hahh..that's what we all thought….but Tom Fog….was defeated by Zantanel….Hahh...I myself have no idea how that could happen….we thought we had cornered her!"
Fiona: "Hahh…"
Sophie: "Hhahhh…"
(Meanwhile)
Zantanel: "Hmm..at least no child died, so your name won't be completely stained Tom ...Fog…..hehehe…"
Remy: "Hmm….."
Zantanel: "Remy...I'm sorry...the date got interrupted…."
Remy: "Didn't this go too far, Zantanel?….And why didn't you want children to die this time."
Zantanel: "Hehehe...I had fun for the first time in ages. I didn't want Van Helsing to be made into the villain….that's all...Hmm?"
Remy: "Okay….I understand….."
Zantanel: "He actually cornered me...if only he had used Excalibur while we were on the date or while he had me trapped with those mouths...what a shame...he probably thought that because he was Van Helsing...he didn't need to worry…..No matter what happens, you must never become careless…."