Volume 3
Chapter 14
Part 4.1
Tears of
Slumber Reaching the Heavens 4.1
Translator : PolterGlast
In that instant,
Genrei's consciousness shifted to a space that was nothing but white.
"This is..."
A sigh escaped her
lips at the familiar sensation of the space.
The sight that stretched
out as far as the eye could see was the same one she had experienced when she
had dyed Akira.
—Akira's innermost heart.
As the glamorous
remnants of vermilion-gold scattered like ashes, her own blackness regained its
luster and swayed into the innermost heart.
"—Have you
finally woken up, sleepyhead girl?"
"Aka...!"
A sudden, teasing
whisper.
She wrinkled her nose
and glanced over her shoulder.
"How dare you
seal the divine name I engraved on Akira!"
Literally baring her
fangs, she glared at Shuka who had sealed her away.
The girl clad in
vermilion-gold laughed leisurely and looked around at Akira's innermost heart
where the divine energy was scattering.
She had a good grasp
of the situation.
The shackles that
Shuka had placed on Akira had been undone by Ravana, and everything about
Genrei, who had been sealed within the innermost heart, had awakened.
The greatest privilege
of the highest throne, capable of accommodating two divine pillars. That was
probably what made the impossible miracle of Genrei and Shuka conversing
outside the divine realm possible.
"I see. Ravana's
Nine Dharma Treasures's divine realm is a curse of defeat specialized against
divine pillars.
From the moment it
touched my Akira, the possibility of defeat seems to have been rewritten into
inevitability."
"After stealing
my husband, you dare to act like the legal wife.
A bird-brained
concubine like you has quite a difficulty understanding things, it seems."
"What are you
saying? The first time we met, Akira was crying, you know?
—He said he wanted to live in a corner of Karen."
"That's!"
The black girl's
throat choked with regret at the words she couldn't continue.
Regardless of what she
had to say, it was an unchangeable fact that Genrei had made a blunder in the
past.
Three years have
passed since she neglected Akira. No matter how she tried to remedy the
situation, it would still remain a root of disaster in the future.
"—Well, never
mind. Akira is the priority now."
Both of them were
simply clashing over their opinions. Genrei cut off the conversation and
returned to the task of re-dyeing Akira's innermost heart.
She had no intention
of leaving behind even a fragment of such flashy remnants as vermilion-gold.
A surging wave of
black began to fill Akira's innermost heart in an avalanche.
"Fufu, indeed.
Protecting the place where Akira sleeps is one of the conditions for being a
good wife.
—Though, it's a truth that a sleepy turtle who's gotten
herself stuck as a virgin wouldn't know."
"Shut up!"
Unable to bear Shuka's
condescending tone, Genrei raised her voice.
Instantly, the black
radiance roared with hostility, taking on the curse of freezing water.
Tenfold and
twentyfold, spells based on their antagonistic relationship surrounded Shuka.
"—Have you
forgotten, Aka?
No matter how many
times the sun rises, there is no divine pillar in this world that can compete
with me."
"I haven't
forgotten.
Therefore, Kuro, hurry
up and defeat that guest god called Ravana and be done with it."
Crack, crack. Frost
crept up Shuka's cheeks, but she maintained her superiority and laughed at
Genrei.
The Shuka in front of
Genrei was an illusion created by the remnants of the divine blessing.
Even understanding
this fact, Genrei's divine energy still froze Shuka's phantom.
—Eventually, when the blizzard subsided, Shuka's
phantom would be swept away along with the fine ice.
"Remember this,
Aka."
Her voice could no
longer reach the other party. Nevertheless, confident that her intention had
been conveyed, Genrei declared.
"We'll settle
this matter soon. —At the Kannamesai Festival!"
♢
Moisture, accompanied
by a black radiance, swirled around Akira and Genrei.
This enormous mass was
a defensive wall that would bare its fangs the moment someone stepped into it carelessly.
Hesitating to step in
recklessly, Ravana distorted her eyes with hatred.
"Impossible."
A denial filled with
resentment leaked from her blue-tinted throat.
Even though she
understood, she couldn't accept it. —There was no way she could accept it.
Ravana was fully aware
that Shuka's blessing had filled Akira.
Naturally, it was
impossible for a mere Kanna-no-Mikura to instantaneously replace its divine
protection with another one.
There's only one
exception. The Void Rank / Celestial Throne. A literal miracle, capable of
simultaneously housing multiple divine pillars.
For such a thing to
appear at the last minute was beyond the realm of possibility. Even as a divine
pillar, one couldn't have predicted it.
"How could such a
convenient coincidence happen!! The Celestial Throne, which cannot be obtained
twice, right at the moment when my plan is about to bear fruit...
—Wait, it's the exact opposite."
Ravana's eyes, filled
with rage, widened at her own impulsive words.
At that moment, a
casual voice was thrown at her, which stood rooted to the spot in disbelief at
the unbelievable reality.
"...Are you
satisfied now?"
The young girl, who
was nothing but a black radiance, glared at Ravana calmly.
"Then be gone.
I'm in a very good mood right now.
If you swear in the
name of your divine name that you will not set your sights on Takamagahara
again.
—I will overlook your wrongdoing this time, as a
special favor."
"D-Don't play me
for a fool, Genrei-hime."
A pompous declaration
against a divine pillar of the same rank, even though she had lost her dragon
lair.
Driven by an
unyielding pride, Ravana's expression contorted in fury.
"For me, the
mortal realm is nothing more than a playground.
Since I am free to
come and go as I please, there is no reason for a being like you, who is bound
by the dragon lair, to put any restrictions on me!"
Genrei snorted,
showing no disappointment at Ravana's rejection.
As long as there was a
possibility of lies, there was no way a divine pillar would change their mind.
Now that the Nine
Dharma Treasures, which contain the authority to tell lies, had been lost in
exchange for the divine attributes, Ravana had no choice but to abide by the
oath.
"If that's the
case, there's no other way. Perish here, Ravana!"
With Genrei's
encouragement, Akira's foot kicked the ground.
There was no
hesitation in his step, and water gathered in his raised right hand.
"Oooo!!"
His exhaled breath was
short. The immense amount of water, thin and strong, turned into a single
blade, following his swinging palm.
Even as a divine
pillar, it was impossible to laugh it off as something like a mere single drop
of water.
Even if it wasn't a
God Slayer, its mass could still cause irreparable damage, going beyond a
divine pillar's protection.
—Right.
Ravana previously
mocked Akira, saying he had no other options, but the situation was the same
for this guest god.
A divine pillar
without a divine domain was only granted divine energy gained from the faith it
had acquired up until then and the miasma it had accumulated.
—All that was left for her was the divine attribute
that granted her the curse of defeat, obtained by sacrificing all of her divine
artifacts.
Involuntarily, she
turned her gaze to her own hand.
When she had thrust
with the Nine Dharma Treasures, there had been no unnatural resistance.
There was no sign that
the Nine Dharma Treasures, which was now silent, had reduced its usage limit.
Grateful for the fact
that she had not wasted any unnecessary uses, Ravana kicked the ground hard,
propelling herself forward.
The power to kill
divine pillars is possessed by a divine pillar whose body is made from the sun.
Ravana was absolutely
certain that she had successfully sealed the power she had been most wary of.
With that as her only
salvation, she swung her iron whip.
The slash that split
the air was released from outside the vortex of water,
—However, just before it reached the black maiden, it
was blocked by a hexagonal black radiance.
Gritting her teeth,
the girl's feet danced, and with each flip of her frail body, she delivered a
slash.
The roaring iron whip
soon left no shadow, and only the lethal sound echoed through the air.
The slashes, which
were impossible to track, were repelled by the black radiance that was born and
then vanished repeatedly.
After a while, the
repeated offensive also ended, and only the murmur of the swirling water
remained.
—Neither was injured.
"Kuh."
Ravana, realizing the
futility of her attacks, distanced herself, leaving behind the sound of her
gnashing teeth.
Strong in defense. As
its reputation suggested, the water element specialty was defense.
What Ravana couldn't
understand was how it could even defend against the power of the Nine Dharma
Treasures.
The curse of defeat
was no joke.
Even if the other party
focuses on defense, if it could touch Genrei's divine energy, Ravana's victory
should be guaranteed without question.
Genrei's technique,
which nullified the divine attributes, even though it wasn't even an authority.
This incomprehensible phenomenon robbed Ravana of her momentum.
She glanced at the
back.
Seeing the spiritual
path of Musubi that stood ahead of her, Ravana made up her mind.
"—Do you think
I'll let you go?"
"!"
A momentary gap was
created as her thoughts wandered. Rindo Saki thrust her pure white naginata
into the stagnant Ravana.
The tip of the blade
narrowly grazed the blue skin, barely being evaded.
The vajra and iron
whip surrounded Saki. But the spinning naginata knocked both away, and—as if being sucked in, it fell onto Ravana's shoulder.
"You detestable
thorn.
Are you going to
engrave a second defeat on me?"
"Yes. It is
Sita's wish to subdue you.
I'll say it one more
time.
—Return to Lanka, that's where you belong."
Saki's skill was far
inferior to the divine pillar (Ravana) before her.
But regardless of this
fact, Saki's Pārijāta, as the history inscribed on it dictated, brought defeat
to Ravana.
A reenactment of
history, not even an authority, let alone a divine attribute.
Ravana's mouth
distorted at the bitter defeat she once suffered, in which it ignored even the
protection of a divine pillar.
"No, Sita's
puppet. —This is my victory."
The tip of the blade,
which should have dug into her shoulder, was trembling on the surface of her
now cold blue skin.
The blade hadn't left
a single scratch on it.
The divine attribute
of the Nine Dharma Treasures. The curse of defeat made Pārijāta disappear like
a mist
Focusing on the girl
who had become unarmed, the vajra in Ravana's hand bared its fangs at Saki.
A momentary attack and
defense. Fixing her gaze on Vajra, Saki flipped her hidden left hand.
—It was the half-broken Shojinbina. She poured her
divine energy, refined it to the limit, and thrust it at Ravana, causing it to
become red-hot with self-destruction.
The divine attribute
of the Nine Dharma Treasures was, after all, directed at divine pillars.
Its greatest weakness
was that it was meaningless against spirit weapons.
Kihoin-style
Spirit Technique, Chuden―
"―Hotoborigarasu!"
Striking with all her
might, a cage of pure purification and destruction. Ravana's figure disappeared
into the scorching depths woven from divine energy.
Saki coughed on the
spot as she jumped back from the thermal sphere that rolled up around her.
"Saki!"
"Cough, it's not done yet!"
Akira's voice of
concern was met with a sharp warning.
A momentary opening.
Ravana's figure leaped up into the distance and disappeared into the spiritual
path of Musubi.
At this point, there
remained only two people, Akira and Saki, who were qualified to dive the
spiritual path.
Saki's eyes were
filled with determination.
Akira shook off his
doubts and jumped into the spiritual path of Musubi with Saki.
"Akira!"
Genrei's voice
clutched at his back
"Don't forget.
What you have—"
As soon as he dived
into the spiritual path, his connection with Genrei was severed.
Nevertheless, without
hesitation, he ran with Saki towards what lay ahead.
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