Not far from where Izumi stood, a small girl lay among the ruins.
A pair of wings sprouted from her waist, and above her head floated a glowing halo.
To someone unfamiliar with the sight, she would undoubtedly look like an angel.
But in truth—
she was not.
Looking at the little girl, a strange smile appeared on Izumi's face.
What a coincidence.
To think he would encounter her here.
He glanced around at the surrounding environment.
Although the area had become nothing but rubble, it was still possible to tell that this place had once been a city.
And judging by the situation…
that little girl over there had probably destroyed it.
As for which city it had been, Izumi had no idea.
Staring at the figure who had reverted to the form of a young girl, Izumi walked over with Mash Kyrielight.
At the moment, Jibril lay unconscious in the ruins.
Clearly, she had exhausted her energy and collapsed.
Mash looked at the girl with visible surprise.
"Senpai… is she an angel?"
Izumi shook his head.
"No."
"To be precise, she's a Flügel."
"A unique race in this world."
As he said this, Izumi walked up to Jibril and casually lifted the little girl—who had turned into a child due to energy exhaustion—by the back of her clothes.
"Well, picking up a little girl the moment we arrive in this world… that's pretty interesting."
"What do you think, Mash?"
Mash immediately stared at him with a deadpan expression.
"Senpai… when you say it like that, it sounds really suspicious."
"You're not having strange thoughts about a child, are you?"
"What a weird fetish!"
She couldn't help but start complaining.
Izumi's tastes sounded far too questionable.
Hearing that, Izumi instantly got a headache.
"Mash, you're the weird one here."
"And besides, she only looks like this because her energy ran out."
After saying that, Izumi began transferring some of his own energy into Jibril's body.
With his mastery of Conversion Magecraft, performing such a task was simple.
As Izumi's energy flowed into her, Jibril slowly opened her eyes.
At that moment, she felt an unprecedented power surging into her body.
The sensation shocked her.
This energy was completely different from anything in this world.
In the world of Disboard, the energy used by all races was known as Spirit Circuits—a type of spirit particle energy.
But the energy within Izumi's body was entirely different.
It originated from Third Stellar Particles, a much higher-level form of power.
As that energy poured into her, Jibril instantly recovered to her peak condition.
The magic power she had spent during the battle was fully replenished.
At the same time, her small childlike body gradually began to grow.
Within moments, she returned to her adult form.
Mash stared in shock.
"So… she wasn't actually a little girl…"
Now fully restored, Jibril looked at Izumi with great curiosity.
"It seems I've discovered something quite extraordinary."
"A monkey? A god? Or perhaps… a dragon?"
From Izumi, she sensed all sorts of different auras.
Human.
Divine.
Dragon.
And the mysterious energy inside her body only made her more curious.
The moment those words left her mouth—
Bonk!
Izumi smacked her on the head without hesitation.
"Is that how you speak to your savior?"
"Looks like I wasted my energy on you."
"Recover it yourself."
With that, Izumi simply pulled back the energy he had just injected into her body.
In an instant—
Jibril shrank again.
Once more, she became a tiny little girl.
This time, Jibril was completely stunned.
Looking at her body, she almost burst into tears.
"W–Wait!!"
"No, please! I haven't finished analyzing that energy yet!"
"Please give it back!"
"Waaah!"
Her previously arrogant demeanor vanished instantly.
Instead, she ran over and hugged Izumi's leg, crying pitifully.
The energy from earlier had been far too fascinating.
If she could possess such power, her strength would rise dramatically.
Jibril possessed an almost obsessive pursuit of knowledge and power.
Izumi narrowed his eyes as he looked down at her.
He was honestly a bit surprised.
She's already trying to analyze my energy?
And judging by her reaction—
she seemed to love it.
Thinking about her personality, however, it made sense.
Jibril was obsessed with books and knowledge.
Whenever she encountered something unknown, she could become almost fanatically fascinated by it.
In the original story, she had even surrendered to Blank simply because they possessed knowledge she couldn't comprehend.
Now that she showed such strong interest in his energy—
Izumi suddenly had a bold idea.
Looking down at Jibril, he smiled like a devil.
"I know who you are."
"You're the final individual of the Flügel, aren't you?"
Jibril, still in her child form, blinked in surprise.
Then she tilted her head.
"And?"
"What are you trying to say?"
She didn't understand why Izumi had suddenly brought that up.
Lots of people knew about her.
It would be strange if they didn't.
At least, that was how Little Jibril saw it.
Izumi crouched down and gathered a small sphere of his energy in his palm.
"You want this?"
"Do you want to replace your own energy with this kind?"
"Do you want an endless supply of power… that never runs out?"
The moment he said that—
Jibril's cross-shaped pupils shrank sharply.
"…What exactly are you suggesting?"
Izumi's smile widened slightly.
"How about becoming mine?"
"I can give you this kind of power."
"I can even make you stronger than you are now."
"But there's a condition."
"You must leave the Flügel… and become my possession."
That was Izumi's true goal.
He wanted to take Jibril away.
Although she had been created by Artosh, Jibril wasn't particularly loyal to him.
In fact, she often enjoyed causing trouble in ways that would annoy him.
Unlike the other Flügel, who were completely devoted to their god.
As long as Izumi offered something attractive enough…
there was a good chance she would accept.
Jibril swallowed nervously.
"I… can't."
"I could never betray Lord Artosh!"
Even though she was tempted, she refused.
Izumi only chuckled.
Then he added one more sentence.
"…Then don't you want to see knowledge from another world?"
"You see, I'm actually someone from another world."
"Don't you want to read books from beyond this world?"
"Or learn magic and powers that exist nowhere here?"
The moment those words left his mouth—
Jibril responded without even a moment of hesitation.
"Deal!"
…
Standing nearby, Mash watched the entire exchange in stunned silence.
She could only stare blankly.
Wasn't she supposed to be completely loyal to that Artosh guy?
Didn't she just say she would never betray him?
And now she switched sides instantly?!
This girl was unbelievably unreliable.