Light flickered amid the pure dawn.
Fragments of the collapsing Barrier were fading away. Like the death of a star, the end of a spell prepared across thousands of years was this beautiful.
Enough that everyone watched in a daze.
No, was it truly because of the spectacle? At the point where the gazes of those who had forgotten even to breathe met, a man and woman stood like a composition from ancient myth.
The woman was the first to break the silence.
“……Impossible.”
Swallowing a hollow laugh, the demon formed a dizzying smile. Her blood-red pupils curved with the corners of her eyes. Yet she could not conceal the faint fracture revealed in her expression.
The reason was clear. Had she not just said it herself?
The impossible had occurred.
“You escaped under your own power? That cannot be…… No one can shed the ‘mud’ alone. You are a human,…