Chapter 461
is nothing but Nangong Nayue's beautiful dream.
Chapter 461 is nothing but Nangong Nayue's beautiful dream.
"Sister Nangong hasn't returned yet..."
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"Could something have happened?"
It was already past 11 p.m., but Nangong Nayue still hadn't returned, and there hadn't been any notification.
Normally, Nangong Nayue would definitely be back by 9 PM at the latest, even if she had a mission.
"Teacher, aren't you also very skilled in spatial abilities? Can't you stabilize the space?" Himeragi Yukina asked Shion, who was watching TV leisurely.
As soon as he got home today, he sat on the sofa and watched TV as if nothing had happened, showing no concern for Nangong Nayue's situation, even now.
Himeragi Yukina felt something was very wrong; she knew that the time was precious, especially for Nangong Nayue.
"Chen, it's not really something you're planning to do, is it?" La Fria suddenly asked, remembering what Nangong Nayue had said last night.
Shi Chen was unusually attentive last night; what wicked scheme is he plotting?
"La Fria, what do you mean?" Yukina Himeragi looked at her in confusion.
"Last night, Sister Nangong said that Chen seemed to be plotting something bad."
"? So, the current situation on Itogami Island was caused by you, teacher?" Himeragi Yukina asked in surprise.
"How could that be? I didn't do anything." Shi Chen looked at her and denied it with a smile.
"Wasn't it made by the teacher? That's good." Himeragi Yukina breathed a sigh of relief.
"You really trust Chen that much?"
"Oh? You don't believe me?" Shichen asked La Fria.
"No, of course I believe Chen, but I also understand that doing nothing is what you've done."
"La Fria, what do you mean?" Sayaka Kirasaka asked in confusion.
"How come you two are both so stupid? It seems that being jealous every day has caused your brains to degenerate." La Fria sighed and mocked without any politeness.
"What... I'm not jealous!" Sayaka Kirasaka hurriedly denied.
"Exactly!" Yukina Himeragi chimed in.
Their faces flushed slightly. They denied it verbally, but they both knew in their hearts that they had indeed been a little too jealous lately.
"Hehe~ Isn't it kind of cute to be silly like that?" Shichen chimed in.
"Teacher! We're not stupid."
"that is!"
"Chen, you like silly girls? Come to think of it, Sha Shihua is silly and easy to fool."
"I'm not stupid! I'm not easily fooled!"
"Then how come you fell for Chen so quickly?"
"This..." Sayaka Kirasaka looked at Yukina Himeragi with embarrassment.
Her response was, naturally, a cold expression.
"Teacher, what exactly does La Fria mean?" Yukina Himeragi was unhappy and got down to business.
"Okay, La Fria is right. What I didn't do is actually what I did," Shichen confessed.
"That sounds so convoluted..."
"It's very simple. Someone wants to do something to Nagatsuki, but I plan to tacitly allow them to do it."
"?" Himeragi Yukina finally realized what was happening and was surprised.
"Teacher, do you mean you're going to let others harm Teacher Nangong? Don't you like Teacher Nangong?"
"It's precisely because I like her that I let others make a move on her."
"What do you mean?"
That month, she refused to let me free her.
"Freedom?" Himeragi Yukina still didn't understand.
"I have a clue about this. Chen, what you're talking about should be the prison barrier, right?" La Fria asked.
The prison barrier is a sealed space different from this world, an eternal place of exile, a time labyrinth with no exit.
"Prison barrier? Isn't that an urban legend?" Yukina Himeragi asked.
"No, the prison barrier does exist, it's just invisible." Shi Chen shook his head.
"So, what you mean, teacher, is that the prison barrier is related to Teacher Nangong?"
"Yes, that moon is the guardian of the prison barrier."
The prison barrier is an artificial alternate world created using the power of the dragon vein flowing through the Demon Realm. Its existence is invisible, and even the council members who created it do not know its exact location.
But it does exist, and it is located somewhere in Itogami City.
Even the artificial island management commune cannot confirm who sent the prisoners into the interdimensional prison in the area, or how.
The answer came to mind immediately.
"So, what you mean, teacher, is that the prison barrier is related to Teacher Nangong?"
"Yes, that Yue is the guard of the prison barrier." Shi Chen nodded lightly.
Nangong Nayue is the Void Witch. She is the guardian, gatekeeper, doorkeeper, and key of the prison barrier. Basically, the prison barrier is the name of a magic spell used to seal away evil demons and guide criminals, and she is the only one who can use that spell.
Because the prison barrier is a magic spell cast by Nazuki, her true form remains within it.
The term "witch" is another name for a woman who has made a pact with a demon. By acting as a guardian of the demon's servants, she can use the same power as the demon.
Witches possess human bodies and can wield magical power comparable to high-ranking demons. Their magical abilities even surpass those of the highest-ranking mages. However, making a pact with a demon comes at a price.
The price Nangong Nayue paid was to remain sealed in that huge, empty prison, all alone, until her death.
This is the curse she suffers, just like the True Ancestor.
Nangong Nayue was initially willing to take in Shichen for one of these reasons: she and he were kindred spirits.
"Nayue's true form has always been inside the prison barrier. She has lived there all her life, and has never been outside since ten years ago. She has always been alone there." Shichen calmly described Nangong Nayue's situation.
"Wait, isn't that strange? Hasn't Nanami Nagatsuki been here all along? I even saw her yesterday," Kirasaka Sayaka couldn't help but say.
"I think that's Sister Nangong's clone, right?" La Fria asked Shichen.
"Yes, the moon you saw was an illusion created by her true self using magic. It was just... a dream of the sorrowful girl who stayed there."
"Illusion... How could it be... No, if it's her..." Himeragi Yukina denied herself.
When she thought of Nangong Nayue's identity as a witch, and her extraordinary abilities... creating a physical clone and disguising it as an ordinary person would indeed be a piece of cake for her.
This also explains why Nagisa Nanami can stay young and never grow old.
"Is someone targeting Teacher Nangong in order to release the criminals from the prison barrier?" Himeragi Yukina asked again.
Although she didn't understand the prison barrier, urban legends clearly stated that the prison barrier was a place where magical criminals were imprisoned.
Now that the prison barrier is real, the prisoner detention area must also be real.
"More or less."
"almost?"
"It's pointless to destroy that phantom of the moon no matter what, unless the seal of the barrier is broken and her true form returns to this world... The criminals in the prison barrier are imprisoned in her dreams. As long as we destroy her, we can free those prisoners."
"Wouldn't Teacher Nangong be in great danger? How could you... wait, Teacher, you wouldn't be...?" Himeragi Yukina said halfway through, then suddenly realized what Shichen meant.
"That's right, I want those people to release Nagatsuki and let her return to this world."
"Teacher, you..." Himeragi Yukina couldn't speak.
She didn't think there was anything wrong with her timing, or even that she was right. Nangong Nayue was indeed pitiful, being all alone in the prison barrier.
But what will happen to the criminals if she is rescued?
Those were all unforgivable, heinous criminals.
"Yukina, I know what you're worried about, but have you forgotten who I am?"
"The identity of a teacher... ah!"
"Teacher, I am the Fifth True Ancestor, who could never possibly exist. I will deal with all those criminals when the time comes."
"No wonder the teacher just let it go." Himeragi Yukina sighed helplessly.
"I'll even help."
"what?"
"Chen, I have a question. With your abilities, you should be able to easily get Sister Nangong out, right? Why didn't you do it yourself? Now that someone is watching her, won't something bad happen?" La Fria asked doubtfully.
"I could easily rescue her, even if it's the devil July, I could handle it, but she doesn't want to come out." Shi Chen helplessly spread his hands.
"You don't want to? Why?"
"I'm not sure either, so this is all I can do."
"No wonder..
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"You don't need to worry about Na Yue being in danger. I said I would help those people, so I will definitely keep an eye on them and not let them hurt Na Yue." Shi Chen smiled faintly, but his eyes revealed a coldness.
"Sendouki Yuuma, hurry up and come."
"? Yuma Sendouki? Isn't that Akatsuki-senpai's friend?"
"It's her."