I finished organizing the information as I felt Seldra’s shadow behind the special forces.
At the same time, I received advice from Rustiara.
“Kanami, to your side!”
One of them, in my peripheral vision, was aiming a firearm and about to move their finger.
I, who had already finished countermeasures, spoke the magic name.
“Magic: Midwinter of Overcrowded Dimensions.”
The magic, usable now that Hidaki’s magic stone had returned, would be partially enhanced.
The magic, once a trump card, would unlock its full power by resolving its magic consumption issues.
The magic that could freeze any location assaulted one of the special forces.
Freezing the firearm would render it useless, but the risk of accidental discharge was too great. Therefore, I targeted the special soldier’s joints. After slowing the finger pulling the trigger to its limit, I added another magic.
“Magic: Default – Weapon Destruction.”
This was a new application of magic.
It was difficult to affect individuals with high magic power, but it warped and destroyed their equipment.
Furthermore, when combined with my Inventory, it was even possible to replace their gear with our world’s restraint clothes.
The restraint clothes I had prepared were special items designed to seal sinners with magic power, wrapping them tightly with curse cloth except for their noses. As they were items that even a Level 20 individual, the peak of human strength, could not tear apart, inhabitants of the Original World would be unable to escape.
The magic was complete.
Simultaneously, it was all over.
“…!? … …!!”
The four individuals, now clad in restraint clothes, fell to the floor of the room.
The special forces, unsure of what had happened, attempted to shout out immediately.
However, their mouths were mostly covered, making it difficult to form coherent words.
It was a single moment.
In less than a second from aiming the gun, all intruders were incapacitated.
Unexpectedly, I gained some spoils of war.
The words “Helmet,” “Assault Suit,” and “Bulletproof Vest” appeared in my Inventory.
Using magic on the radio equipment from the Original World would likely expand its capabilities.
“Ah—”
It was then, as I was mentally charting the next steps, that a groan mixed with pain echoed from beneath my feet.
Turning my gaze, I confirmed that one of the special soldiers was swallowing hard.
Realizing they had ingested something, I anxiously focused my gaze on the four individuals.
[Status]
Condition: Poison 1.79–
One of the special soldiers had a Status Ailment.
Understanding that they had swallowed a fast-acting medicine of some kind, I became more flustered than if I were being aimed at with a gun, and was forced to use the highest-tier Dimensional Magic.
“Magic: Distance Mute!”
Immediately, I thrust a purple arm into one of the soldiers’ torsos and began to rummage around.
I had experience with such magical surgery. However, not knowing the lethal dosage, I extracted a large portion of their stomach contents and discarded it on the floor.
I examined the contents and the man himself closely, but could only discern “Condition: Poison.”
Just as I had thought when I contracted “Poison” in the labyrinth, Hidaki’s translation magic, Curse Technique, was surprisingly crude, making it impossible to discern the precise type. With no time for diagnosis, I resorted to a brute-force method of trying my usable recovery magic in order, and finally used Divine Magic.
“Divine Magic: Infite.”
I cast the magic, which made weakened individuals lose consciousness, on all four and took a breath.
The treatment was complete, but it might be wise to examine their internal organs more closely.
Special forces loaded with bombs were the stuff of games and manga. Nevertheless, I had just witnessed a suicide that was as unbelievable as a scene from a movie, defying the common sense of modern Japan.
After all, we siblings were not ordinary “Monsters” to the Original World.
Therefore, they too had made extraordinary resolutions.
“Monsters, huh…”
I was met with the exact same gaze that I once held when looking at “Thieves of Principles” like Arti and Teeda.
During my previous “Gaze,” I noticed that among these special soldiers were individuals with Japanese names.
I wished I could have met people with Japanese names in a more peaceful situation.
However, it was clear they knew of my strength and saw me as the “Monster” known as “Aikawa Uzunami, the older brother of that Aikawa Hidaki.”
It was not a mistake.
I was clad in miasma that transformed limbs, “Demonic Poison,” and carried on as if nothing had happened.
Normal firearms were insufficient as weapons, and a single glance rendered four individuals incapacitated.
Even if fortunate enough to be caught off guard, fatal damage would be instantly healed.
I myself admit that I am truly an unreasonably monstrous being.
“Kanami! Use Dimension properly!”
However, my thoughts were interrupted midway.
Rustiara’s voice directed my attention to the next task.
“Everyone! They aren’t being treated cruelly, but they are being subdued!”
Sensing that she was talking about the people living here, I had already finished expanding Dimension throughout the entire underground space.
The sensation of magic was added to my mind, and information flooded in instantaneously.
The underground of the Cathedral was basically a labyrinthine maze, with stairs and passages connecting a large number of irregularly scattered rooms.
In these rooms, “Magic Stone Humans” and beastmen, who had difficulty working on the surface, were either working or sleeping. It was then that the black-clad special forces had infiltrated.
“My target wasn’t just me…? I have to save Rustiara’s sisters quickly…!”
“No, Kanami! Everyone is not that weak! Instead of saving them one by one, we should cut off the source of this situation!”
However, Rustiara insisted that it was not yet time to panic.
Indeed, the infiltration was still limited to the lower levels of the underground.
I had instructed the lower-level staff to allow themselves to be captured without resistance if intruders appeared, so the special forces were being gentle.
Unlike with me, they were merely binding each individual with handcuffs.
However, even so, I couldn’t afford to be optimistic.
“…… Let’s compromise. I won’t head there directly, but I’ll buy time with remote magic. I have magic that can do that.”
“B-but… Kanami is…”
I chose a compromise, considering the worst-case scenario. It was the same solution as before when we explored the labyrinth together. That’s why Rustiara couldn’t immediately retort, and during that time, the magic was being constructed.
“Change the structure of the Cathedral. –Magic <
This was a terrain-building magic developed with Fedelt, aiming to restore the Allied Nations. It was also a composite magic utilizing the magic stone of the ‘Thief of Nothingness’ within my body.
Magic that couldn’t demonstrate its true potential on the surface would wreak havoc in the underground space. Originally, I had the map of the Cathedral’s basement ingrained in my mind without needing a ‘Dimension’. Furthermore, as I lived there daily, its excessive dimensional magic permeated the soil, creating a kind of field-effect magic. It flowed smoothly without needing to infuse new magic power.
–Currently, there are fourteen intruders. Six of them are adjacent to the lower-level staff. I immediately transformed the underground rooms with magic, creating a separating wall between the lower-level staff and the special forces. However, I didn’t seal the entrances and exits. I don’t want to suffocate them, nor do I want to corner them excessively. I spread out the map of this Cathedral’s basement in my mind and created a maze without an exit, skillfully avoiding encounters with the ‘Magic Stone Humans’.
As long as there’s an escape route, they’ll waste valuable time on investigations.
“Haa, haa… –! ”
When I created a rudimentary ‘Labyrinth’, I became breathless. My hands and feet started to tremble, and my vision swayed unsteadily. It wasn’t because I had depleted my magic power from continuously using magic for the first time in a while and then creating a ‘Labyrinth’ as a grand technique. I still had plenty of magic power and stamina. It wasn’t that my technical skills were lacking either.
It was a somewhat nostalgic sensation. A slight psychological trauma was making me feel nauseous.
“Haa, haa, haa…”
Ever since that ‘final battle’, I had developed a slight fear towards using magic. If I used it casually without conscious effort, it was fine. But if I seriously used magic utilizing the magic stone within my body, various memories would flash back. It felt like a rotten, muddy wooden stake had been driven into my spine. Honestly, it wasn’t that painful. I was used to these things, and if I wanted to adapt, I could do so immediately.
However, this also meant that the magic stones of the ‘Thieves of Principles’ within my body were becoming accustomed to it. The cracked vessel called ‘Aikawa Uzunami’ was getting closer to completion.
–I wanted to avert my gaze from that path for just a little longer.
I didn’t want to betray them. I didn’t want to forget. I hadn’t lost my way. I wouldn’t make the same mistake as that girl, my ‘other half’…
“K-Kanami, are you really alright? Should I just stay quiet now? This application of ‘Parallel Thinking’ is also a heavy burden…”
After using the magic <
“No, let’s keep it this way. If there’s a surprise attack, I want you to tell me. Your ‘voice’ is absolutely necessary.” “…Understood.”
I didn’t want to see Rustiara’s “anxious” face. But the discomfort wouldn’t disappear so easily. Perhaps I shouldn’t have used composite magic utilizing the magic stone yet. While the magic stone could make me stronger by integrating, mental strength was up to me alone. Knowing this better than anyone, I resolutely faced forward.
“More importantly, let’s move. We need to resolve the root cause of this incident while we’re buying time. –Magic <
My destination was the lowest floor. By making my entire body translucent, I slipped through the floor of the room and fell. The moment I appeared in the corridor directly below, I solidified for an instant and kicked off the hard floor. Adjusting my direction with a jump, I moved, phasing through the underground space of the Cathedral like a ghost. After several jumps and drops, I landed on the cold ground, crossing over the ceiling of the ‘Morgue’ on the lowest floor in a short time. No one was in the room. After seeing the trampled flower arrangements, I calmly looked at the familiar <
“It’s complete. There are traces of passage. This is the source of the incident…” “…Is it Seldra after all?” “It must be the work of the Labyrinth’s Guardian, the ‘Thief of Nothingness’, Seldra Queenfilion. She’s probably luring us. Inviting us to fight to our heart’s content over there.” I couldn’t think of any other reason why the entrance wasn’t occupied.
She seemed to be showing a certain kind of trust. It was a trust unique to friends, the kind that would be conveyed without words. Seldra probably wanted to start. Following this flow, the ‘Ordeal’.
“Isn’t it because Kanami said, ‘I won’t let living creatures pass until I’m 100% sure it’s safe’? She looks impatient because she can’t go play in another world after all this time.” “No, that’s not it. Seldra was enjoying the preparations before the trip. She was enjoying her <
Because I could read the feeling of fun, I thought there was still time.
Even though I get bored easily, I should have been safe as long as there was something new and enjoyable.
However, that was not the case.
“… If you don’t know why, I’ll let them hear it! Then, let’s clear it together! We can always do it, just like with Nosfy, it’ll be easy-peasy.”
Rustiara also seemed to sense the signs of an ordeal, and she probably knew that what lay ahead was no different from the eightieth floor of the Labyrinth.
Before the boss floor, she made her usual aggressive proposal.
It was a choice that was not the opposite of my passive self.
“Yeah. Now, I have her with me.”
The fundamental principle is that I don’t want to create any more unnecessary sparks between the Original World and Another World.
Even if I crush the magic circle in front of me, there’s a high chance they’ll send troops from another route.
Simply put, Seldra is a being I cannot leave alone for even a second.
“Let’s go. We’ll definitely be fine.”
With that, I started walking towards the wall with the magic circle drawn on it.
I advanced without hesitation or doubt.
And my steps did not hit the wall.
It was the same sensation as when I used Connection.
I passed through the magic gate, crossed the thick wall of the world, and moved to another dimension.
—Return to the Original World.
This had been my wish since I got lost on the first floor of the Labyrinth.
However, there was no sunlight in the sky to bless the fulfillment of my wish.
Beyond the gate, it was even darker than the dimly lit “Corpse Storage Room.”
But the open space told me so with a gust of sea breeze and the sound of waves.
Under my feet, I felt the sensation of soft sand.
The faint light from the starry sky illuminated the dark sea.
It was outdoors.
The location was the beach of an uninhabited island, as originally planned.
The time was midnight, the same as in Another World.
Without even a moment to savor the feeling of returning home, I began to gather information—
“—Magic Dimension—!!! ”
As I was about to deploy Dimension across the entire island, I sensed an incoming object in mid-air.
Three shots from long, pointed cylinder-shaped bullets.
Were they trying to capture me by injecting me with an anesthetic or some kind of drug?
I didn’t even need magic.
I dodged the lukewarm attack with minimal movement, wondering what it was.
At that moment, I moved one step.
I felt something hard buried beneath the sand. Instinctively, I froze it.
“—Magic Freeze.”
They had probably planted something like a landmine where I would emerge.
Using an application of the previous magic, Default: Weapon Destruction, I immediately threw the object I touched at my feet into my Inventory.
Then, exploiting the opening in my magic, further pursuit bullets came flying.
However, once I had confirmed their speed and secured my footing, they were no different from magic arrows flying at me.
I put strength in my legs, intending to dig into the sand, and jumped.
“—Magic Growth, Iksuwind, Default.”
It was a jump enhanced by magic reinforcement, wrapped in wind, and distorting distance.
The source of the sniping was a rocky area about a kilometer away.
I approached it in one step, passed it in two steps, and in a third step, I reversed direction while killing my momentum—and got behind four soldiers in black hiding in the rocks.
From there, it took less than a breath.
For opponents without resistance to magic power, there are infinite ways to neutralize them.
However, since the restraints from before were not infinite, this time, I lightly brushed their souls from behind with the magic Distance Mute, causing them to faint.
Like puppets whose strings were cut, they all fell down at once.
After confirming this, I scanned the surroundings and covered the entire island with Dimension, monitoring a sea area with a radius of ten kilometers.
“……”
It was a quiet sea.
On the sandy beach at night, only the chirping of insects and the sound of waves could be heard.
At least, there were no enemies within the current Dimension.
“Ah, huh…? That’s it?”
I agreed with Rustiara.
It was too mild.
I thought they would have fired at least one or two ABC weapons, such as nuclear or gas weapons, the moment I moved worlds.
While I thought there was no reason for them to abide by treaties against me, a groan rose from beneath my feet.
“Ugh, aah…”
Even while losing consciousness, only one soldier was letting out a pained breath.
His breathing was very rapid, his body temperature was high, and he was sweating profusely.
His complexion had turned an abnormal black.
Wondering at his poor condition, I checked his Display and found the word “Poison” there. He didn’t seem to have swallowed anything, so this must have occurred naturally.
“Status ailments again…”
It’s easy to neutralize opponents from the Original World with magic. However, I thought their lack of resistance to magic power was also a problem.
Ordinary humans transform when exposed to Demonic Poison. My previous brushing of his soul with Distance Mute might have triggered an unknown symptom.
Even now, the man’s HP on his Display continued to decrease.
If this continued, he would slowly die while remaining unconscious.
“Hmm? It says poison… But first, ‘Sing to the caressing sunlight,’ ‘The combing water does not return to illusion, but to blood,’ ‘Shade the heaven and earth.'”
“Yeah. —Magic Curef… ”
Without consultation, Rustiara and I jointly used recovery magic.
I held out my palm, enveloped him in a faint light, and amplified his HP to maximum.
His complexion immediately improved, his breathing steadied, his body temperature lowered, and his sweating subsided.
And, for some reason, as his HP was being restored, the word “Poison” disappeared, and instead—
“Huh?”
Next, my fingertips turned black, just like his face had moments before.
In a panic, I used recovery magic on myself as well.
“Cure, Cure Fool—”
However, unlike him, I didn’t recover.
An unidentified symptom spread through my body.
If it were harmful to my body, the magic stone of Nosfy within me would bear the brunt of it. But that phenomenon didn’t occur, and the magic power at my fingertips began to “solidify.”
A magic I’ve never seen before…?
Is it really magic…?
Immediately, I wove Distance Mute around my other hand and forcibly tried to grasp the symptom itself—but I couldn’t.
“Tch…”
Though its origin was unknown, it wasn’t a complex symptom.
It was simple and plain, just “solidifying.”
But I couldn’t properly read it as a “Spell Formation.”
The meaning contained within this symptom should have been as simple as the two words “solidify,” yet for some reason, I couldn’t analyze or decipher it.
“No way…”
Before I could voice my disbelief, that unidentified “Something” resembling a “Spell Formation” began to multiply.
“Solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify,” “solidify”—that overly simple “Something” was endlessly copied and pasted.
What was terrifying was that the magic power that served as the motive force for this magic was all being generated from me.
It was invading my fingertips, nesting there, and spreading like a computer virus.
The “solidification” of magic power wouldn’t stop.
By the time it spread from my fingertips to the back of my hand, a voice tinged with concern rained down from the sky.
“—It’s basic wartime procedure, Kanami. Don’t touch wells, blankets, or people. You don’t know what you’re being exposed to.”
Before I knew it, Seldra was hovering about ten meters above, the starry sky as his backdrop.
He descended slowly, his black wings of camouflage spread behind him, looking down with black eyes peeking from beneath his swaying black hair.
The Dragon’s Wind blew, mingling with the sea breeze.
However, that Dragon’s Wind held no intent to attack. Unlike the “solidification” that was currently invading my arm, the “Spell Formation” carried by the Dragon’s Wind could be clearly analyzed.
It incorporated a “Spell Formation” similar to what Nosfy had previously created to counter dimensional magic like Dimension.
Furthermore, it included complex and flexible “Spell Formations,” guarding against Threads and Future Sight.
All that was present was the intent of defense.
Seldra appeared with a film of wind adapted to everything.
“Seldra…”
I let out a sigh of relief.
Seeing my reaction, Seldra frowned.
“You seem relaxed, Kanami. You didn’t use Future Sight, did you? If you had, you would have realized it’s the type that interferes with principles by meeting certain conditions. And that it’s using knowledge from this world.”
I had no intention of taking his words at face value, but the phrase “interferes with principles” struck a chord with me.
Truth be told, I had a feeling that analyzing this as a “Spell Formation” was misguided from the start.
It was probably just similar to a “Spell Formation” but a power with entirely different rules than the magic of another world.
For instance, it was on a different level, like psychic abilities, anomalies, or urban legends.
Then, I just needed to shift dimensions to match it.
While performing that task with Parallel Thinking, I focused on Seldra and listened to his story.
“Perhaps your beloved there won’t allow it? Not even seeing the future of the story?”
Seldra directed his gaze at the empty space next to me.
He seemed to believe Rustiara was there and was talking to her.
“No, seeing the ‘future’ isn’t always good. In fact, it can be disadvantageous, as I learned in my battle with Hidaki. You’ve been preparing countermeasures for Future Sight, haven’t you?”
“Mm, I suppose. If Kanami hadn’t fallen for that bait, I would have devised another trap assuming you were using Future Sight… But even so—”
If countermeasures were in place, it would be better to allocate the magic power and stamina for Future Sight to something else.
Seldra seemed to read this thought and, while looking at the special forces soldier at my feet, expressed his surprise at my fighting style.
“…Are you really not seeing anything? If you had just interrogated one of the Otherworlders we secured over there with magic, our intentions would have been clear.”
“I wanted to hear directly from Seldra, not through magic. I strongly feel that’s important for a Thief of Principles.”
“Haha, you’re absolutely right. I think so too… But you say things like a ‘Protagonist.’ Well, I suppose that’s natural. I’m being watched even now. I can’t say anything careless.”
I was trying to have a serious discussion, but Seldra just laughed and showed no intention of taking me seriously.
He continued to glare at the empty air where he believed Rustiara was, not at me.
“How did you get our soldiers to move, Seldra? This world should still be in disarray from Hidaki’s Winter Otherworld.”
“Precisely because it’s in disarray, it’s easy to control them once contact is made… I’ve always been good at letting those in power extract benefits. By dangling new interests, threatening them with unreasonable violence, or mixing a single lie into important information… for now, I’ve managed to manipulate the anti-Hitaki unit for my own purposes.”
Seldra revealed his misdeeds here, bragging about his skills.
I realized he had been involved quite deeply with the higher-ups in the Original World and judged that the enemy had many weapons.
Being wary of other advanced technologies, I quickly chanted a barrier-type magic.
“—Magic, Default Field.”
For the time being, I cast a magic that refracts dimensions within a radius of about one kilometer, preventing light and sound from leaking outside. This should block satellite cameras, at least.
I didn’t want to spread information about magic to the Original World yet.
It would only incite confusion and danger.
“Don’t worry too much about it, Kanami. Anyone who knows too much about us, we just kill them. They’re so weak individually, their souls are easy to erase.”
“Killing them won’t be the end of it. The families of the deceased will surely seek revenge. If this escalates to a conflict between worlds, the problem won’t just concern us.”
At worst, a war could break out between the “Another World” and the “Original World.”
Having reached this point in his explanation, Seldra shook his head with a faint smile. His expression indicated that this was the main subject for him.
“Even if a war were to break out, I wouldn’t be troubled by it. …Kanami praises me excessively, but this world of ours is a thousand years behind because of Hidaki? More importantly, with the “Demonic Poison” being so weak, this place is truly mild. You haven’t even properly faced extinction, have you? Even with billions of Level 1 individuals, they wouldn’t be able to do anything to me or Kanami.”
“Levels… those are just decorations I came up with as a game enthusiast. The strength of this world lies not in levels or magic, but in scientific technology.”
“…Scientific technology, huh? The science here is truly interesting. However, that too is mild. You’re all living in a fantasy. No matter how much you develop technology that anyone can replicate, it won’t become a force to protect the world. –Isn’t the most enjoyable part of science when you pilfer the cream off of other people’s research?”
As if to prove his point, Seldra pulled a pistol from his breast pocket.
He had seen something like it long ago, on the other side of a liquid crystal screen.
While it might be difficult to obtain in Japan, it shouldn’t be a special model if found elsewhere.
Seldra then crushed the pistol in his hand as if it were a sugar cube.
From the crumbling remains, he picked out a single bullet with his fingertips.
The “Dragon’s Wind” that enveloped him stirred. With perfect control from the Dragon Person, the wind thinly shaved the surface of the bullet, inscribing characters onto it. This was the writing of a “Spell Formation,” as well as the infusion of magic power.
“It’s fun to tamper with technology you’ve acquired… A thousand years ago, based on your stories, I experimented with nuclear weapons and railguns. What should I try next? There were so many technologies that piqued my interest.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a magic bullet was complete. Instantly, the wind struck the firing pin, and without the need for a gun barrel, it was fired through a combination of physics and magic.
Its mechanism was very similar to the “Magic Bullet” used by Titty, the “One who steals the logic of the wind.” I caught the fired bullet with my right hand and examined the finished product.
“It’s enjoyable to tamper with science arbitrarily… Is experimenting the reason for this endeavor?”
“No, I simply… believe it’s a matter of order. Of course, I also want to try many things because it’s enjoyable. Unlike Hermina and Aid, who had noble aspirations, I can’t stop my base desire to try whatever I can’t predict the outcome of… Ah, that’s right. That’s why I –”
His true feelings were revealed. It was likely not a mistake to hear this directly from Seldra’s mouth, rather than through magic. However, his request was not something that could be easily accepted —
“I will become the “Master of this World.” Kanami, you become the “Master of that World.” The thing I want to try the most is a war between worlds.”
Seldra urged me into the “Another World” with his fingertip, making his wish. By this point, I could understand his intentions without needing any magic or skills.
“This would be on a completely different scale than the past rivalry between North and South. A different kind of human adaptation and evolution would occur, and we’d see a fresh struggle for survival. I believe that humanity still holds the potential to become stronger… that there is no limit to the growth of souls…”
I felt no malice from Seldra. All I sensed was desire. He wanted to conduct fresh experiments and research. He wanted to see new results. And he wanted to experience novel battles. Therefore, he wanted to mix the two “Worlds.” He had simply grown bored with everything else…
–Even without malice, it is still evil.
He was the kind of “villain” often found in stories about long-lived beings. For the vast majority of people, he was an enemy that needed to be stopped. Naturally, Seldra knew that the “Protagonist” was among that majority.
“Of course, I know Kanami would dislike this, and I know you will try to stop me. What I just said was in the unlikely event that I win; it’s just setting the stage.”
He overturned his previous explanation, revealing that war was not his true objective. Seldra spoke of inter-world war as if it were an impossible “Dream.” He spoke as if he himself were part of the majority who considered him an enemy to be stopped.
If he simply wanted to wage war, Seldra wouldn’t have appeared now. His true objective was right here.
“However, you won’t be able to stop me so easily. Even if I’m rotten, I am the “Strongest” creature. All I need to do is connect the two worlds and sow the seeds of conflict… Won’t you be in trouble if you can’t decisively defeat me? After all, you’re in the midst of important reconstruction work.”
Looking at me, Seldra’s smile deepened. War and research were secondary. Seldra’s greatest pleasure was proving to be right in front of his eyes.
“To achieve that decisive victory, what will Kanami do from now on? It’s clear that the Magic Stone hasn’t bonded with you yet. The more you fight, the more strain it will put on Kanami’s soul. If you struggle, will an “Incantation” be necessary? But can you really make a deal with this “World”? With Kanami’s complex soul, which origin is even being considered right now? If you can get double the “Price,” will that “Curse” simply double? And if the “Constriction” worsens, how far will Kanami fall? –There are many other things I want to test. Ah, hah, none of them are predictable. Because they are unpredictable, they are fresh, enjoyable, and truly exciting.”
What Seldra truly wanted to research, wage war over, and test was “Aikawa Kanami, who is watching Rustiara Fuziaze.” Standing before me, overwhelmed by his insatiable interest, Seldra’s rapid speech became incessant.
