An hour later, Goshi Norito woke up.
Stumbling to his feet, he saw his companions lying around him.
"Mito, Sayuri, Yukimi, Shin... where did Shinya go?!"
..."Lady Krul, Lord Luke!"
Luke and Krul finally returned to Sanguinem, and the patrol team greeted them of their own accord upon seeing them.
Lacus and René also came forward to meet them.
"Luke, who is this human in your hand?"
Lacus pointed at Hiiragi Shinya, whom Luke was dragging, and asked curiously.
Hiiragi Shinya had also woken up by now, but he couldn't resist Luke at all.
"Ah, this? Just a little snack. Do you want a bite?"
Lacus didn't believe Luke would be so kind, and Luke never drank human blood anyway.
Thinking of this, Lacus glanced at Krul and immediately withdrew his gaze; this human must have some other use.
"No thanks, I just drank some blood."
Luke didn't think much of it, shrugged, and casually tossed Hiiragi Shinya to Lacus.
"Fine, then help me lock him up. Don't let him die, or I'll kill you."
Luke's tone was flat, but Lacus didn't dare be careless; if this human really died, he might actually have to be buried with him.
Lacus noticed the epaulets on Hiiragi Shinya's shoulder and felt a bit surprised.
"He's even a Major General."
Handed over to Lacus, Hiiragi Shinya didn't dare act rashly and observed his surroundings.
So this is the Vampire's lair? It really is luxurious.
"Hey, human, don't let your eyes wander, or it'll be the death of you."
Lacus leaned his face close to Hiiragi Shinya's, startling him. Then he only saw the other party raise a hand, his vision went black, and he fainted again.
René stepped forward and said to Lacus.
"Lock him up as ordered first. I'll go with you; I'm afraid you won't be able to resist drinking this guy's blood and accidentally kill him."
Lacus put one hand on his hip and tilted his head in protest.
"I won't! Do I look like such a reckless Vampire to you?"
René didn't answer, the meaning in his eyes already self-evident. Lacus, helpless, dragged Hiiragi Shinya with one hand and walked in one direction.
After handing Hiiragi Shinya to Lacus, Luke carried asuramaru on his back and followed Krul back to the palace.
Krul slumped onto her throne.
Luke, meanwhile, went to the side to unwrap the cloth from asuramaru, the Demonic Aura swirling around the blade.
Luke summoned his Demon Sword again, holding it in his left hand and grasping asuramaru with his right.
The Demonic Aura in Luke's right hand had already been absorbed by the Demon Sword, and the demon markings on it had faded.
Seeing Luke touch that cursed gear again, Krul's face darkened, and she couldn't help but get angry.
"Luke, do you want to become a greedy and ugly demon?!"
Luke felt the anger and concern in Krul's tone, and his heart felt warm.
"It's fine, Princess Krul, I know what I'm doing. But after today, I'll have to change how I address you!"
Although worry wasn't visible on Krul's face, she still rose from the throne and came to Luke's side. If Luke showed signs of turning into a demon, she would strike without hesitation.
Luke was quite relaxed; he had thought of a way to control asuramaru.
His right hand gripped asuramaru, and the power of the curse flared up, the Demonic Aura beginning to invade his right hand.
Luke activated the Demon Sword and muttered in his heart.
Kyle!
A flash of black light appeared on the Demon Sword, and the speed at which his right arm was being corrupted increased. But this time it didn't extend to his face; instead, it continued to the left until it corrupted his entire left arm. The Demonic Aura merged into the Demon Sword and stopped spreading elsewhere.
Luke felt that the input and output of the Demonic Aura in his body had reached a balance.
"Calculate how much work asuramaru does in an hour? Pfft! Sorry, wrong channel."
"Give me power, asuramaru!"
The input of Demonic Aura increased, and the demon markings spread onto his face before stopping just in time.
Sweat began to bead on Luke's forehead; using this state was already somewhat difficult.
Luke took a deep breath. Next was to try a full Demon Transformation by relying on asuramaru.
Luke lightly slashed his left arm with asuramaru. The blade was stained with Vampire blood, and the wound showed no signs of healing.
A pair of horns grew from Luke's head, and a low growl escaped his throat.
Seeing this, Krul was about to kick the sword away, but the aura on Luke suddenly changed, and she froze in place.
"Brother?!"
Inside the Demon Sword, Kyle had been monitoring Luke's state. At this moment, Luke's consciousness was no longer clear.
Kyle acted immediately. The speed at which the Demon Sword absorbed the Demonic Aura increased. The blackness in Luke's eyes faded, returning to purple, and the horns on his head disappeared.
Clang.
asuramaru fell to the ground. Luke panted heavily, his footing unstable. Just as he was about to fall, Krul stepped forward to support him, looking at him with a complex expression.
Luke also realized that using Kyle to control the Demonic Aura could only barely maintain a preliminary Demon Transformation, not a full one.
A full Demon Transformation required Kyle to overload the Demon Sword. If it continued, Kyle couldn't be sure if he could pull Luke's consciousness back.
"Just now... what happened? I felt Ashera's aura."
Krul couldn't help but ask.
Luke said proudly.
"How about it? I didn't lie to you, did I? I told you, this trip out was to help you find your brother."
In truth, making Krul recognize asuramaru's aura didn't require Luke to take the risk of a full Demon Transformation; asuramaru could control the blade to emit the aura himself.
Luke only did this to verify the method he had thought of for controlling cursed gear.
"Krul, you know about the Japanese Imperial Demon Army's cursed gear, right?"
Krul nodded and looked at asuramaru.
"It's this, right?"
"Then you should also know that a demon is sealed within each weapon, right?"
Krul thought of something.
"My brother, Ashera, became a demon and is sealed in this sword?"
Luke nodded.
Krul found it hard to believe; the brother she had been searching for for thousands of years had actually become a demon.
Luke comforted her.
"Krul, Ashera still has his consciousness, it's just... he's forgotten some things."
Krul whispered.
"Like me?"
Luke didn't speak. Krul's mood was very complex right now.
Krul suddenly reached out toward asuramaru on the ground, but Luke stopped her.
"Get lost! Luke!"
"I'm not stopping you from meeting your brother."
Luke handed the Demon Sword to Krul, who looked at him blankly.
"Hold this. It can resist the erosion of the Demonic Aura. Also, put in a good word for me in front of my brother-in-law."
Krul took the Demon Sword, the tips of her ears turning red again, before she gripped the hilt of asuramaru.
Krul felt the Demonic Aura's erosion and couldn't help but frown. The Demon Sword in her other hand began to guide and absorb the Demonic Aura.
Krul's vision blurred. What was before her was not her palace, but her home.
The home of Krul Tepes and Ashera Tepes.
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