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Chapter 131 - Awakening of the Silver Empress

Deep beneath the Roselia royal capital, in a research facility that was supposed to have been abandoned, the freezing air pulsed quietly.

A cryogenic sleep device. Inside, a single girl slept.

Silver hair, translucent skin, eyelids shut tight. Her name was La Muse. Once, she was a being born of a human and a demon, despised for her blood alone.

"Truly… beautiful. God was negligent in his selection. It is we who will correct it."

A man clad in a white coat, with an unnaturally perfect smile. The Minister of Armaments, Valdro.

The spearhead of human supremacism. A madman who sought to "create" human evolution through drugs and modifications for the sake of his ideals.

Valdro touched the terminal.

"Activation code: Silver Eden. Awaken, Silver Lamb…"

With a quiet warning tone, the cryogenic device opened.

The girl, no, the weapon, slowly opened her eyes.

"…System activated. Emotion protocol: severed."

Her voice was as inorganic as a machine’s.

"Elimination targets: demons, hybrids, those who resist orders."

In that instant, a massive torrent of light shot up from the underground, erupting in the center of the royal capital on the surface.

DOOOON!!!

The blast wave. Magic of ice and lightning swirled, and the capital’s clock tower crumbled in an instant.

The people fled in chaos, the soldiers were frozen solid, and the capital was thrown into turmoil.

That night, a group stood on a hill near the royal capital of Roselia.

Hero Ares Scarlet. Zombie Count Robele. The Hobgoblin Mamoru. And Slime Princess Lumiere were watching the pillar of light towering in the sky.

"Wh-what…? The capital is exploding!?"

Ares’s eyes were wide.

Robele spoke in a flippant tone.

"Oh no… that’s near my house… I wonder if my embroidery diary is burning…"

But Lumiere’s expression was different.

Her slime membrane was trembling faintly.

"…It can’t be. Is that, La Muse…?"

"La Muse? Who’s that?"

Ares asked.

Lumiere spoke quietly.

"The Silver Lamb… a girl who was being ‘managed’ in the royal capital as a human and demon hybrid. She was… my friend."

The group fell silent.

"But why would a girl like that…"

Lumiere’s voice trembled.

"She was probably… made into an experimental subject. As a ‘human weapon’… I think that explosion was her power."

Mamoru was secretly watching the situation from the shade of a tree.

"Something troublesome has shown up again…"

His voice went unheard, but his expression held a faint trace of worry.

Lumiere whispered.

"…I have to save her. This time, I have to protect her properly… protect her heart."

Ares gave a small nod.

"Let’s go. We’re the only ones who can do this, right?"

A silvery light shot into the sky once more. The heroes’ next adventure was about to begin.