"Lady Durandal, that’s so mean."

Realizing what Durandal was doing, Hanachirusato quickly stepped back a few paces, covering the mask on her face, and muttered softly.

She hadn’t expected Durandal to use such an overbearing method to learn about her. It was different from what she imagined; she was a bad person.

"I was never a good person to begin with. It’s only natural for me to obtain what I want through quick means."

Without paying much attention to Hanachirusato’s complaints, Durandal took a moment to organize the other party’s memories, gradually coming to a conclusion.

"Alright, now quickly open the door for me. Once the last seal is dealt with, the matter will be over, right?"

"Eh? You... you’re still going to continue helping me?"

Hanachirusato was a bit surprised. She had thought Durandal wouldn’t help anymore after getting the answers she wanted.

"I keep my word. Since I promised to deal with this problem for you, I won’t stop until the matter is resolved, even if I receive the Reward in advance."

"...I see, I understand."

Hanachirusato nodded and turned to open the entrance to the final seal for Durandal.

Compared to their previous active interactions, this time she just stood silently to the side. Perhaps it was because Durandal had seen her memories, making her unsure how to face Durandal.

Before jumping off the cliff, Durandal gazed deeply at Hanachirusato. Only when Hanachirusato became a bit uncomfortable from being stared at did she jump down.

"Have you finished reading her memories? What kind of existence do you think she is, possessing a quarter of Kuzuhara’s memories?"

"...She is Hanachirusato. She merely possesses Kuzuhara’s memories. She is only influenced by Kuzuhara’s obsession to eliminate the calamity. She exists in this world as Hanachirusato, not Kuzuhara."

"Well said, I think so too."

Durandal rarely agreed with Raiden Makoto’s words, and the corners of her mouth curved slightly, revealing a beautiful smile.

Durandal quickly arrived at the deepest part of Mt. Yougou. Not far ahead of her, a tumor-like sphere stood supported by the branches of the sacred sakura tree.

Hanachirusato called it the ’Miasmic Tumor’. The seal here was quite different from the previous ones, and the reason was its existence.

Even from a distance, Durandal felt a powerful curse. This curse entered Durandal’s body, attempting to corrode her body.

These curses entered Durandal’s body without causing any effect; instead, they were absorbed by Durandal and transformed into her power.

Seeing that ordinary curses couldn’t deal with Durandal, the Miasmic Tumor began to throb violently, and one dark figure after another emerged from within.

Just like the previous seals where the corruption conjured Kairagi to attack Durandal, the Miasmic Tumor this time also sent out powerful beings from the past to deal with Durandal.

They were not their true selves, but rather simulated individuals based on the records of the sacred sakura tree. Although they couldn’t fully inherit the skills of those people, they were still stronger than ordinary Kairagi.

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