"Wow, what is that? It's so beautiful."
Momo briefly shifted her gaze away from the man and woman in front of her, staring at the rainbow-colored half-body Valkyrie behind Hiro as she murmured in admiration.
The expression on her face was one of pure appreciation-the kind that only appeared when seeing something genuinely beautiful.
"Beautiful? Shouldn't it be handsome?" Nana muttered softly from beside her, also looking at the Valkyrie.
But compared to Hiro, it's still a bit lacking.
Those words were impossible to say out loud, so Nana kept them buried in her heart.
Fortunately, the faint blush on her cheeks was completely hidden beneath the glow of the rainbow flames. They emitted no heat, and no one around her noticed anything unusual.
"Lala, do you know what this thing is?"
Hearing Golden Darkness's question, Lala focused on the Valkyrie behind Hiro and lightly tapped her chin with her right index finger.
Recalling a certain blue-green-haired gorgon, she answered with some hesitation.
"I've seen a gorgon that looked a little like this before. I heard Hiro say she was his family. So this should also be..."
Something like family.
That should be the right term, right?
"Family?"
"Family?"
Not only did Golden Darkness look confused, but Mea, Momo, and Nana all wore strange expressions as well.
The difference in appearance between this "family" and Hiro himself was... significant.
Their discussion reached Hiro's ears, but he paid it no attention.
His profound eyes remained open, calmly observing the changes in Kaede's body.
If the goal were merely to sever abnormal power, or to cut the causal connection between Kaede and her horns-without diving into such fine causal detail-he wouldn't even need to activate the [Eye of God].
He could simply issue a command to [Minelauva Iris].
Just like in the original work, when Kojou Akatsuki used [Minelauva Iris] together with [Kiffa-Ater] to instantly sever the Primal Serpent.
That was the Servant formed from the fusion of all Vatler's Servants, whose strength rivaled-or even surpassed-the other three Progenitors after gaining the "Wisdom of the Holy Slayer."
If it were merely physical destruction, Hiro didn't believe Vatler-after acquiring the "Wisdom of the Holy Slayer"-would lack the means to overcome it.
After all, the so-called "Holy Slayer" had completely destroyed an entire world.
A planet.
Irreversibly turning a region once suitable for human survival into a place where mere existence caused fatal erosion.
It even corrupted the concept of "God" in the original Strike the Blood world, equating gods with the Demon Race.
After that, led by Cain, the Guilty God, the heavenly beings-bearing countless legacies-launched a massacre against the demon races.
The "Holy Slayer" was precisely that kind of weapon.
Or ritual.
Or magic.
Or something beyond easy classification.
"Hm."
The rainbow flames surrounding the red-haired girl and the half-body Valkyrie behind Hiro dissipated at the same time.
He opened his deep azure eyes and examined the girl's body a few times.
"It's done. You can try using your full power. If there's a problem, we can adjust."
After a moment of thought, he decided to let Kaede test it herself.
This was his first time using [Minelauva Iris] to sever causality.
Even with confidence, taking responsibility after working on someone else's body was necessary.
Hearing him say that, Kaede looked herself over.
Left.
Right.
There was no visible change.
Confusion appeared on her small face.
"It's... done?"
Subconsciously, she turned her head and looked at the other red-haired girl beside her-Mea-who was like an older sister.
Mea nodded silently.
She could trust Hiro.
"That's right. I can confirm that your body won't dissolve from using your power. Letting you test it is only a precaution."
Hiro withdrew the hand that had been resting on her forehead and explained calmly.
This power is also my first time using.
Even if it feels fine, there could still be unexpected issues.
For example, a side effect changing from "dissolution" to something like... an ahegao face.
"I understand."
The horned girl nodded.
From behind her tailbone, colorless, transparent arms extended one after another.
There seemed to be no limit to their number.
Colorless.
Transparent.
"Arms" that were normally invisible to ordinary humans.
Unfortunately, aside from Kaede herself, Hiro was the only one present who could truly be called human.
So everyone present could naturally see them.
"Arms? Is this Little Kaede's ability?"
"It seems to be something that even surprised Nemesis."
Ignoring Lala's and the others' exclamations, Hiro activated his Observation Haki.
The transparent arms shot upward in a straight line, accompanied by his Haki, plunging into the boundless cosmos.
Not long after-assuming Haki even had a propagation speed-his Observation Haki reached its limit.
The arms did not.
They continued extending upward endlessly.
...It's night.
The moon is overhead.
With this range, are you trying to reach the moon, little girl?
Hiro watched calmly as Kaede's face gradually filled with surprise and joy, commenting inwardly.
Kaede.
The heroine of Elfen Lied.
The only purebred Diclonius with reproductive capability.
The original mother body of the Diclonius-"Mitochondrial Eve."
A girl with multiple personalities.
Abandoned by her father at birth.
Lonely.
She longed for family, for friends, for an ordinary life.
She grew up amidst human indifference and betrayal.
Lost, she met Kouta-the only person she ever wanted to protect, the only one she trusted.
According to Nemesis, Kaede had been only seven years old when she met her.
Whether she had already met the original protagonist was still unclear.
As for Kaede's ability-
Those arms.
Simply put, they were invisible hands with extremely high hardness, extreme sharpness, unknown strength, unknown maximum range, unknown quantity, and seemingly infinite duration with unknown consumption.
Of course, they were not the same as Sloth's invisible hands.
More than ten minutes later, Hiro was sitting on Lala's bed, casually chatting with Lala and the other girls.
The arms at the edge of his Haki remained unchanged.
No shortening.
No sign of disappearing.
He was speechless.
I told you to try your full power.
But where exactly did you throw those "arms"?
A few more minutes passed.
Finally, one of Kaede's "hands" appeared within his Haki's perception-more than two thousand kilometers above his head.
Hiro's mouth twitched violently as he sensed the colorless, transparent solid mass clumped together within the tangled arms.
...An iceberg?
Did you pull that from the moon?
Or from Mars?
The surfaces of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto don't have icebergs.
That much, he was absolutely certain of.
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