He could no longer see Lilith but he could guess where she was He looked even further out than the distant village Apple trees grape vines and fig trees were growing there and being harvested with large boxes Lilith sat on one of those boxes with her long long blonde hair falling behind her She sulkily held her knees in her arms and snacked on a few of the grapes
Mutsuki walked toward her
All of a sudden he felt like his body was melting
It had not actually melted It was more like he had broken free of some kind of membrane
He looked back and saw a fit and half-naked young man
He did not recognize the man but the face somewhat reminded him of the one he always saw in the mirror
The young man returned to the straw bed and once more embraced the girl named Lucya
Mutsuki left the two of them to walk toward Lilith
Is that the previous Adam he asked her The one called Avalon
Yes That is Avalon That is you
Was it his past life He kind of felt like it was
This was probably the period of time Shuntarou had mentioned when humanity had previously faced the rivalry and had their numbers greatly reduced and civilization greatly regressed
The previous Adam known as Avalon had chosen the Eve known as Lucya and had a child And those genes had created the current human race
But another girl had not been chosen by Adam back then
Have you been waiting all this time
It has been so long So very very long
He accepted Lilith as she nestled up against him
In that instant the wheat field vanished and darkness closed in around him again
Fujita Mutsuki Is that your name
An excellent name Fujita Mutsuki please remember my name as well I am Lilith your wife
She wrapped her arms around to his back
Her rustling blonde hair’s color had faded as if by exposure to the great gulf of time But her silver eyes retained their light and her feminine beauty seemed to have been recognized by god himself She was more beautiful than any other woman on the surface of the earth
She was the ideal pursued by all men and he could tell she loved only him
He was trappedhe was swallowed up
He felt some fear from that but
Come hereyou know what you must do now don’t you
What was he supposed to do
He recalled Ren and the grim reality he had seen over the past five days
He had been wondering for a while how he could comfort Ren
No he had been wondering something else even before that
The world was created from discord
God was the only perfect being in the world
He had been wondering this ever since he had received something that came from god
The human world has naught but discord Civilization can bring naught but discord In all of recorded history conflict has never vanished from the human world No human in this world is without sin All life is born into the crucible of natural selection But if there is one – just one – form of harmony that can exist
It must be
Ange and Machina came to a stop after cutting through the Bioroids who kept attacking even after 100 of them had been defeated
The Enjus filling the hallway had suddenly stopped moving
A moment later their bodies turned into black Succubi and melted away All that remained were the mechanical skeletons
Wh-what just happened
Unknown
Burning away people who looked just like her had been weird but it was also creepy to see them melting Ange was naturally bothered by this but Machina was confused as well
The demon part of those demon-machine hybrids had given up on living Almost like they had lost the demonic power keeping their bodies stable
Lady Lilith decided they are no longer necessary Tch It would seem she has captured the Adam boy
Miss A
Alice and Schwarze ran over to join them
Lilith You mean the Queen of Demons
Ange must not have been informed of that part because she frowned
She had apparently contacted the Kurosaki Family You have grown careless angels A deal between demons and humans is the kind of thing heaven should really crack down on
If that is true then we really were careless but this is the first I’ve heard of her being here
She accepted the fault but she must have been frustrated too because she made an upset jab of her sword
Alice did not respond but Schwarze’s eyebrows twitched
You really hadn’t heard
Stop it you two The Fujita boy is more important now
Miss A stopped the impending conflict between those two and had the four of them head deeper inside
But they stopped when the transmitter location began to move At the same time they heard Lucia and Ren’s voices from up ahead
Mis B Are you okay
I am But Fujita was captured
Ren briefly came to a stop but Lucia ignored the others and ran outside The others decided he had the right idea and turned around and followed him outside without asking for a detailed explanation You saw Lady Lilith didn’t you
Alice tossed a golden thread toward naked Ren The thread wrapped around her body and formed her preferred knight outfit Machina handed her the short sword she was carrying with her
Lilith captured Mutsuki Why would she do that