Chapter 70
Suddenly, the two girls felt a strange signal between their souls as they looked into each other's eyes, sensing an odd connection.
Seira knew who Kanae was from her training under her beloved teacher and also knew that Kanae was his wife, among many other women.
But she didn't care because her heart was filled only with KE himself and no one else.
Thus, she nodded her head and smiled at Kanae until even her cold features disappeared. "Good evening, Kocho Kanae, if I recall correctly, this isn't our first meeting." Kanae stared at Seira, feeling a little curious about how she knew her name.
But she shook her head, dismissing her surplus thoughts, and smiled back at Seira, "Good evening, Seira J. Loyard." It was necessary to reply respectfully first because Seira was stronger, and the strong are respected. Secondly, she was curious why Seira had the power of the Cosmic Law and she wasn't aware of its existence.
Her first thought was that not only KE created Etheora refining techniques but she dismissed this idea without even thinking because this was impossible. No other unknown being besides KE could exist, and no one could match him.
She was left with only one thought, that Seira had a mysterious relationship with KE, which made her smile at the thought of having a sister who could help her after being destroyed by KE.
Seeing Kanae's eyes filled with doubt and deep thought, Seira understood what she was thinking. "Kanae, I am Sensei's disciple, and by his order, I came to kill one of the demons, Upper Ranks Ice Demon Doma." Hearing her explanation, Kanae understood well and felt disappointed because she wasn't her kind sister in the alliance.
[It seems I must first withdraw the three Hinatsuru sisters.] Although she felt guilty that her younger sister Shinobu wasn't the next, for her great cause, some sacrifices must be made.
Seira was curious about what made Kanae nod her head quickly, but then a mysterious shadow quickly embraced Seira, shouting loudly and with a worried expression, "Nee-sama, are you okay? Did that demon hurt you?" Seira was calm on the outside but her heart was filled with warmth, and she patted Regis on the head, nodding at him.
Regis felt that his older sister had changed but didn't know because his level was too weak to understand these great secrets, but he didn't care about anything because he was happy that his older sister wasn't hurt by that strong hit.
Because the strong explosion, akin to a nuclear blast caused by Doma, affected thousands of miles.
Even Kanae's analysis made this area a restricted zone, preventing the people of the hidden blacksmith village from returning and living there again.
Perhaps only KE could do so since she didn't know about the existence of Gaya and Alaya, this was the only solution she found.
"Don't worry, I'm fine," Regis's eyes brightened because this was the first time he heard Seira say she was fine and saw her smile. He felt that his older sister's heart had finally opened and was no longer affected by that painful incident.
Kanae looked at their interaction and felt nostalgic about the past when Shinibu relied on her all the time. Suddenly, she wanted to return now and embrace her, but she knew there were more important things than this temporary moment. In the future, there's plenty of time, so she didn't need to rush.
"Alright, let's go now. We have an ally who is fighting alone at this moment," as Kanae remembered the beautiful memories of the past, she suddenly remembered Raizel fighting alone.
If Raizel knew they had forgotten him, he would cry without tears, thinking in his mind [After all the meals we shared together, you forgot me]. Perhaps even KE would laugh so hard that tears would come out.
"Do you mean the strong person carrying the aura of my race, the Noblesse?" Seira was shocked to find someone of her race with such power, and why she didn't know about him.
She wasn't aware that Raizel was condemned to death by Raskreia due to a small lie spread by her former followers when they betrayed them.
Regis nodded to them, remembering Raizel's noble aura, "Yes, by the way, I also sensed his presence. Kanae-sama, do you know who he is?"
"His name is Cadis Etrama Di Raizel, and he is a friend and also the future personal guardian of my husband," Kanae smiled at them, unaware that her words made both of them sharp-eyed.
"So, this is the traitor who betrayed us 693 years ago," Regis and Seira were filled with anger, not believing the traitor was here and that his betrayal led to the division of many clans and their betrayal.
Of course, they did nothing to him because he was too strong, even after hearing from Kanae that he would become KE's personal guardian.
"SEIRA, REGIS, I've come to help," both Seira and Regis turned to Emilia, who froze upon seeing them. [Wait a minute, how in the world did Seira break into a higher realm so quickly, and why is Kocho Kanae so powerful? Wasn't she weaker than Regis? Then how?]
"Mitsuri, why are you here? Did Ubuyashiki-sama order you to come?" Mitsuri was very scared because she couldn't find anyone close to her, and now when she saw Kanae, she started crying and hugging her.
Feeling like Kanae was an angel descended from heaven, "Sob, Kanae, I've missed you so much," Kanae was very tense, not knowing what had happened to her to cry like this.
If she knew that Mitsuri had witnessed all their battles, she would understand why. Because Mitsuri was just a human with Demon Slayer Squad breathing techniques, merely a human with a bit more power than normal but for demons at the level of twelve Kizuki, heh…
"Okay, Mitsuri, calm down, calm down," Kanae patted Mitsuri on the head to calm her, while Emilia went to Seira and hugged her.
"Seira, congratulations on the breakthrough," Seira didn't understand what was happening from Mitsuri to Emilia who hugged her, but upon hearing her congratulations, she smiled at her.
"Emilia, is this the demon you caught?" Emilia despised Hantengu because he was ugly, and one of the reasons Mitsuri was afraid of her was that she kept hitting Hantengu on the face all the way.
"Yes, this ugly one was very strong, but unfortunately, I have a lot of experience dealing with the likes of him," Regis's eyes shone and he clapped upon hearing Emilia explain how she caught Hantengu.
"I didn't think you had such power, Emilia. I underestimated you," Emilia raised her head and started laughing, "hahahha, you don't know anything about my power, Regis. So, how was your fight?"
Regis blushed a little when he remembered he didn't actually do anything specific because it was Kanae who fought against Rui. When Emilia heard Regis's explanation, she understood how Kanae had reached the same level as her and even surpassed her a bit.
When she first saw Kanae, all her instincts screamed that Kanae was dangerous and could kill her. Her instincts, honed over centuries, couldn't betray her, so she felt pity for Regis for missing such a golden opportunity to break into a higher realm.
Regis felt even more embarrassed because he hadn't done anything, feeling his head get warm as he looked at Seira patting his head, "Regis, it's okay not to have done anything. The important thing is that you're fine, and you have many opportunities in the future to break into a higher realm."
Regis scratched his nose, thinking about what Seira told him, "Nee-sama, you've changed a lot." He didn't know his older sister had become smarter and more emotional.
Seira narrowed her eyes at Regis because she felt he was speaking ill of her, so just in case...
"Ouch, ouch, very painful, Nee-sama, please let go," Seira pressed on Regis's head, causing his tears to come out and him to cry out.
Everyone stopped talking and watched with a smile as the brother and sister with white hair teased each other.
Emilia felt jealous of their interaction, remembering how lonely her life had been, only talking to her father and her father's servants all her life.
Meanwhile, Kanae and Mitsuri remembered their siblings and wanted to return to meet them.
"Ahem, Seira, explain to me now how you became stronger," Seira let go of Regis's head and began to recall her fight with Doma, entering her inner space due to the Death Scythe that absorbed a bit of the Cosmic Law of Death, and her meeting with KE who trained her and made her this powerful. She never thought a single night of training with KE (don't think anything bad, I know what you're thinking) would be better than a hundred years of training.
"Well, if you want to know how I broke through, it's because of my special Sensei," KE, who was finishing forging his weapon, sneezed. Gaya hit him on the head, shouting at him, "Can't you stop your silly play? How can there be someone who sneezes like that?"