The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet
What should be done with Mina?
Even if we left that decision to Eris, we couldn't get anywhere unless we captured her first.
So, the next day... we all discussed the matter and decided to put the carefully prepared plan into action.
Mina and Verg were hiding somewhere in Horizon or its surrounding area.
It was difficult to believe that the two of them were alone.
It made more sense to assume that the demons who had appeared in the city the other day were their companions.
If we provoked them carelessly, we might end up involving the entire city.
At the same time, we couldn't simply leave them alone and allow them to escape.
The best option was to lure Mina and Verg to a location where the city wouldn't be caught up in the conflict, and then spring a trap on them.
Was something like that really possible?
It was difficult—or rather, impossible.
That was the opinion expressed by one person after another, but...
Thanks to one of my suggestions, the mood suddenly changed.
"Then we can do it!"
That suggestion was...
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"Huff, huff, huff...!"
"Hey! Wait!!!"
Ignoring Verg's calls to stop, Mina ran breathlessly ahead.
She had left the hideout and gone outside Horizon...
Even though she was in a dangerous condition, she continued running.
There was only one reason.
"Lin...!"
She had spotted the figure of someone she knew.
She had been told that Lin was dead.
But she had seen her from behind.
There was no way she could have mistaken her.
That was definitely Lin.
The moment she realized that, Mina had started running.
"Lin...!!!"
She was alive.
She was alive after all.
What had she been doing?
Why hadn't she shown herself?
There were so many things Mina wanted to talk about, but she couldn't catch up.
No matter how much she chased her, no matter how much she ran...
Just when she thought she was about to catch up, Lin disappeared even farther into the distance.
"Tch, she's not listening!"
The level-headed Verg realized that something seriously wrong was happening.
It was probably an enemy trap.
He didn't know how they had done it, but they had likely created an illusion of Lin to lure Mina away.
He reached that conclusion, but Mina refused to listen.
No matter how many times he called out to her, she wouldn't stop, running at more than twice her usual speed.
"Damn it! It's obviously a trap! Should I just forcefully stop her?"
Verg considered a rather violent solution...
But it was already too late.
"Kyaa!?"
Suddenly, something resembling a shadow shot up from beneath Mina's feet.
The shadow transformed into walls, surrounding Mina from all four directions.
Then, the walls folded inward with a series of movements, forming a square-shaped cage.
"Yep, this looks good."
The culprit was Chocolat.
She had skillfully used her ever-changing shield to trap her opponent inside a cage.
Since it had originally been a shield, its durability was exceptional.
Mina wouldn't be able to escape through ordinary means.
"We've captured Mina."
"In that case, all that's left is..."
"Eliminating the nuisances, I suppose."
Chiffon and Mille-Feuille appeared as well.
And they weren't alone.
Kanade and the others also showed up.
"Tch."
Realizing that he had been completely outmaneuvered, Verg clicked his tongue.
He had known it was a trap, but he hadn't expected to be so thoroughly deceived.
However, what exactly had Lin's illusion been?
Even now, it hadn't disappeared. It was still standing there...
"What!?"
Suddenly, Lin's illusion began to waver.
Her figure disappeared...
And in her place, a somewhat large creature resembling a lizard appeared.
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