Under the bright full moon, Altrouge was walking on the road to the Millennium Castle with the Black and White Knights.
"Lady Black Princess, are we really going to the Millennium Castle?"
"That's right! I'm quite curious about that Rin!"
"But the White Princess..."
"It's fine! Do you really think I can't beat my sister? Don't forget, gaia has fallen into a deep sleep. Without gaia's blessing, she... is nothing! Yes, nothing!"
"Lady Black Princess, after all, that is the Millennium Castle. Besides the White Princess, Zelretch and those guys are probably there too! If we just go over like this..."
Altrouge stopped and looked up at the bright moon that seemed to be getting larger, then clenched her small fists.
"At worst, we'll surrender! Anyway, that fellow Six Authorities isn't worth trusting!"
"Lady Black Princess, are you serious?"
"Yes! Are you unwilling?"
The Black and White Knights looked at each other and immediately knelt on one knee before Altrouge.
"We follow Lady Black Princess to the death! X2"
"Then let's hurry! I have a feeling something isn't right."
With that, the Master and her two servants hurriedly set out on the road to the Millennium Castle once again.
In the grass by the roadside that Altrouge hadn't noticed, a small tentacle with an eye had completely watched the scene.
At the Meiji Jingu Shrine, Lev, seeing the conversation between Altrouge and the Black and White Knights transmitted from the Demon God Pillar, walked with a dark expression to the Six Authorities and displayed the images he had just seen through magecraft.
Six Authorities calmly watched the images Lev displayed and finished a glass of wine in one gulp.
"So Altrouge really ran off to the Millennium Castle? A bit earlier than I expected. Did I make a mistake somewhere?"
Then Six Authorities turned his head and gave Lev a dissatisfied look.
"Mr. Lev! I don't recall giving you permission to monitor Altrouge."
"Your Excellency Six Authorities! Don't you plan to do something about Altrouge's betrayal?"
Six Authorities stood up and, staring into Lev's eyes, said word by word.
"Mr. Lev! Stop your little tricks and schemes, or else..."
Lev felt the suffocating killing intent emanating from Six Authorities and lowered his head in terror.
Six Authorities looked at Lev's performance with satisfaction, sat back down on the sofa, and spoke.
"If there's a next time, our cooperation will be completely canceled. At the same time, I will report to my King and ask him to have a word with Goetia! Remember that clearly!"
"Yes!"
"Get out!"
After Lev retreated from the hall in disarray, Six Authorities once again took out the small crown from his body and toyed with it carefully in his palm.
"Wanting to make my King a sacrifice? You won't succeed..."
The Moon, Earth's satellite since ancient times. At this moment, a long-haired version of Arcueid was standing on the silent lunar surface, looking up at the azure Earth above.
"Fools!...But they really are a bunch of people who make one worry..."
With that, the figure turned into a beam of light and dissipated on the lunar surface.
In a localized space, the sleeping gaia's expression suddenly changed as if she had been hit by a heavy object. However, upon receiving some information, gaia's expression relaxed, and she returned to her deep sleep.
Altrouge and the Black and White Knights, who had snuck into the Millennium Castle, were currently surrounded by a large group of Dead Apostles in the castle's courtyard.
Then, the Dead Apostles moved aside to form a path, and Arcueid, in full dress and accompanied by Sion, appeared before Altrouge.
"What are you doing here!"
"I come whenever I want, what's it to you!"
"Altrouge!"
"Arcueid!"
The two sisters, who couldn't stand the sight of each other, both had their fists clenched, wishing they could give the other a hard punch. However, Arcueid hesitated to act, worried that if they fought, the nearby Dead Apostle companions would suffer casualties.
As the 'enemy' who had come of her own accord, Altrouge, who now needed a favor, also found it inappropriate to get into a big fight with her sister.
Not to mention the surrounding Dead Apostles; although Altrouge was currently their enemy, she was still the Eldest Princess of the Dead Apostles. While a significant portion did not recognize Altrouge's status, the Dead Apostles here were those who did acknowledge her as the Eldest Princess.
Suddenly, a small white creature darted out from the crowd and charged straight into Altrouge's arms, letting out a happy cry.
"Fou... Fou Fou... Fou~"
"White Beast! Why are you here?"
"Fou, wait! Don't run off! If the Director comes back and finds you gone, she'll kill me!"
Fujimaru Ritsuka pushed through the crowd with effort. Seeing Fou in Altrouge's arms, he quickly walked over to her and pointed at the creature.
"Um, excuse me, miss. Could you please return our Director's pet?"
Altrouge pointed at Fou in her arms with a look of surprise.
"You're saying it's a pet?"
"That's right! Fou is our Director's pet!"
Altrouge looked at Fou in her arms with an expression that said 'are you kidding me?'
"White Beast, you actually went and became someone's pet?"
"Fou Fou!"
Receiving Fou's response, Altrouge let out a scream of astonishment.
"You really did become a pet!"
Altrouge truly couldn't imagine the first of the Twenty-Seven Ancestors, the Primate Murder—White Beast, as someone's pet.
However, at that moment, Fou also seemed to realize that the Altrouge before it wasn't the Altrouge from the proper human history it had followed before, and it struggled out of Altrouge's embrace.
"Wait, Fou! Don't run!"
"White Beast! Don't run! Where are you going?"
But Fou couldn't be bothered with Altrouge and Fujimaru Ritsuka chasing behind. Catching Rin's scent, it nimbly wove through the crowd and rushed to Rin, who had just returned from outside the Millennium Castle, letting out a pleasing cry.
Rin, exhausted after a long day, saw Fou acting cute at her feet. She casually picked Fou up by the scruff of its neck, placed it on her shoulder, and rubbed her cheek against it.
"Fou, I'm very tired. Why don't you go play with Gudako?"
"Fou Fou Fou~!"
Fou let out a few cries that sounded like complaints into Rin's ear and then proceeded to lick Rin's tender face with its little tongue, as if it would keep harassing her until she played with it.
At that moment, Fujimaru Ritsuka and Altrouge, who were chasing Fou, appeared in Rin's line of sight, along with the Dead Apostles and Arcueid who were following Altrouge.
Puzzled, Rin glanced at the King of Conquerors beside her and asked.
"Iskandar, did we do something world-shaking today? Why is there such a crowd to greet us?"
The King of Conquerors stroked his chin. Thinking of something, he spread his arms and shouted to the crowd.
"Little Miss and I have only won a small victory, there's no need for such a grand welcome! Hahahaha!"
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