Renato's night is long. Emilia, Lambert and Belle had a conversation in the house where Raleigh left without any other love. There was an unspeakable air there. It's like the awkwardness of visiting her house for the first time and having a conversation with her while her parents watch her.

But Bell has never been able to do it, and there's no reason to know what the situation is...

Meanwhile, Raleigh had arrived at Barbara's dining room.

"Raleigh, you're late."

Barbara confirms that Raleigh came into the kitchen.

Lili and Allen were blinded by Raleigh, who had a unique atmosphere. Bright white clear hair, red and glowing eyes like ruby. Very attractive. Like my hair, my skin is as clear as snow.

"... sorry. I stopped by Emilia's house. I didn't see anything unusual today."

When talking to Barbara, Raleigh's mouth was moving smoothly. From Barbara's and Emilia's stories, Raleigh frequently reports patrols. Reporting to Barbara is routine and administrative work. There was no embarrassment there.

"Well... nothing's happened too much lately, that's creepy. It's kind of a heartbreak."

"Right......"

Raleigh agreed with Barbara. Vampires lurking in this town, that's a big problem in this town, the more it's published in the papers.

"Whatever it is, Atashi and the others have a new black magician (Grigori) and you. Nothing to worry about."

Raleigh, who had the same intentions as the Barbaras, and Bell, who suddenly appeared, are both trump cards against vampires (vampires) and moon guards (Luna Guard).

"Ah......"

Suddenly, Raleigh opened her mouth as if she remembered something.

"What?

"With that said, I saw something that bothered me today. There were stickers all over town."

Raleigh almost forgot the important report.

"Stickers?"

"Yes. This is an sticker for the recruiting of the Moon Guard (Luna Guard).

“Black Mage (Grigori) Urgent! Enlistment exam held in 2 days”

It said. "

"Did it say anything else?

"Ah... uh... we're going to increase the number of Black Mages (Grigori) for a major mission scheduled soon, so we're going to need a Black Mage (Grigori) to help the Pope."

Raleigh remembered exactly what the sticker was about.

The Moon Guard (Luna Guard), who doesn't really engage with civilians. They try to engage with civilians themselves. That's a big chance to get to know them.

"Well... that big assignment must be about the wedding. I still can't get in touch with Emilia, and I guess I'm in a hurry. Besides Atashi and the others, I don't know if there's a black magician (Grigori) in this town, but it's not a good idea for Luna Guard to gain new power."

What the Moon Guard (Luna Guard) is trying to do. Barbara had that prediction.

A week remains until Emilia and the Pope's wedding. As a result, Emilia will not be able to attend the wedding and the Moon Guard (Luna Guard) will disgrace the Pope. To avoid such a situation, the Moon Guard (Luna Guard) is trying to reinforce its power and ensure that the wedding is decided. The Moon Guard (Luna Guard) seems to be stuffed with more feathers than the Barbaras thought.

"Let's think about this carefully..."

In Barbara's head, various thoughts ran around. This enlistment exam can be a factor in the expansion of the Moon Guard (Luna Guard) and, conversely, a good opportunity to weaken them. Careful thought needed to be given to this matter.

"Um... Could it be that Mr. Raleigh is a black magician (Grigori)?

Until then, Lili, who had listened in silence, opened her mouth without being present or standing.

"...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Speaking to a stranger all of a sudden, Raleigh leans over in a familiar way.

"Raleigh, you won't atrophy. These kids are Bell's people. If you went to Emilia's house, you know about Bell, right?

Raleigh, an extreme acquaintance. Barbara understood her like that. Raleigh is particularly bad at communicating with first-person people. If we do this more than once, the door will gradually open to her.

………………

"Well, if Mr. Raleigh knows anything about black magic (Grimoire), I'd like to ask you something."

Raleigh and Lili, who are losing sight, try to keep an eye on each other. Lili peered into Raleigh's face as she lowered her posture.

It was that moment.

"What do you want to know?

All of a sudden, Raleigh looked up. You don't have a heart or your mouth looks relaxed. Yes, Raleigh is a black magic geek.

"Huh? Oh, uh... about the curse... I guess"

Lili was taken aback because Raleigh's condition changed in such a flash. She's familiar, but if she talks about black magic (Grimoire), she raps. Tell me something I haven't even heard, so much so that I can talk.

"Curse...... will you come to my house? I'll tell you anything!

Raleigh smiled. A smile that anyone can see. That is proof that you are laughing from the heart. Tense at once, Raleigh grabbed Lili's hand and took her out of the dining room half forcefully.

Of course, she's not using superimposed (Vice) black magic (Grimoire) right now, but she was pretty strong at pulling hands.

"Oh, hey, hey!

Lili was taken outside and taken to Raleigh's house, without the art of exchange.

"Totally... she's in trouble."

Barbara sighed happily as she watched how it was. Rayleigh doesn't usually smile. Even where I seem to enjoy it, I rarely usually see it. Barbara was simply happy to see her smile like that.

Allen was just as surprised by Raleigh's transformation as Lili was, and her open mouth was unblocked. Usually he'd be sorry if he wasn't with Belle and Lili, but Allen never went after Lili.

In a flash, Lili was drawn to Raleigh's house. It actually took a little while, but Lili felt like it was an instant thing. It would have felt as if it had been blown away by a storm.

"This is my house. Black Magic Lab!

Raleigh shouted proudly. Is it something that changes people so far in a short time? Raleigh is so lively now that he makes people forget that he is familiar.

In Lili's eyes was a large number of books arranged narrowly. There are several bookshelves in the room, and the books are stacked on desks and floors without fitting out there. From what she says and does, it's probably all about black magic (Grimoire) in this room.

"Huh... Is this all Black Magic (Grimore) books?

Lili makes her eyes shine. Until just now her head was confused, but now she feels joy. Lili had never seen such a large number of books on black magic (Grimoire).

"Yes, there are no black magic books (Grimoire), but all black magic (Grimoire) books"

Black Magic Book (Grimoire). It is a very valuable book. Getting it is not easy.

"If this is the case, you may have a clue to break the curse of sleep..."

Lili was realizing she was definitely moving forward. At Adford, I could barely get a clue about the sleeping curse, but I feel like I know something here.

"The curse of sleep?

Raleigh didn't overhear Lili whining.

"Huh? Yeah. My mom cursed me a year ago and I'm still asleep all the time. A slice of the Black Magic Book (Grimoire) fell in the house, so I found out your mother had a sleeping curse..."

Lili had been touching the black ribbon of her head when she was describing the sleeping curse hanging from her own mother.

It's a bright black hair band (ribbon) that Lili has been wearing since long before she met Belle. This ribbon seems to hold her special thoughts.

10 years ago...

Riorg, the federal port town of Limia.

In a small ancient private house in the port town, there was a figure of a young Lili, 10 years ago, she was 7 years old. I was just a young child. Lili didn't tie her hair at the time.

"Wah-wah-wah."

The young Lili was crying. He was so loud that he could hear it all the way out of the house, crying. Lili, who weeps a lot, is squatting (quaking) on the side of the bed. Something sad must have happened.

There was a beautiful woman, staring at her like that from afar. She watches Lili at the entrance to the room. That gaze is so warm, it's going to envelop everything.

"Gu Shun..."

After a while, Lili stopped crying out loud. Still, her tears never stopped. Wipe it or not, tears overflow.

"Oh. What's going on? My sweet Lili."

The woman watching from afar approached Lili with a gentle grin. That was a gentle smile that made me feel warm just watching.

"I don't want to cry, but I get tears..."

The eyes of the young Lili are red and even red to her ears. Talking, Lili is wiping her tears all the time. Biscuit to the sleeve already.

"If you cry so much, you'll ruin your pretty face"

The woman gently wiped the tears overflowing from Lili's eyes.

"Ha-ha-ha, mama!

The kindness of her mother made Lili cry instead. Lili is wholeheartedly sweet to the kindness of her mother, who will envelop everything. Lili jumped into her mother's chest and kept crying for a while. I kept crying until my tears withered.

"Yes. If you cry as much as you want until the tears dry up, the tears stop. Cry as much as you like."

The mother gently embraced Lili, who gave herself up to cry. The mother's free love envelops all the grief of the child. Lili kept crying until she felt better.

I kept crying until the sun went down and Lili's tears had finally stopped. Lili's eyes, which stopped crying, are completely swollen. It's like being exposed to bees.

"Well, funny face. I'm gonna cry so much, I don't have to smash it."

Lili's mother, Stella, was trying to make Lili laugh a little bit as she sank to the bottom of her grief. Stella stepped aside and took her hand mirror in front of Lili's face.

".................. Pfft!

Lili laughed unexpectedly when she saw her face too scrupulous. How to Brighten My Child's Feelings Back. Stella, her mother, knew exactly how to do it.

"My sweet Lili. What the hell happened?

"You know, at school... your mother said something bad..."

Lili, completely calmed down, began to talk about how she began to cry for a long time.

6 hours ago...

Lili was at school; Lili, 7, had just begun attending school. I wasn't even used to dealing with the children around me.

"Hey there blonde!

Speak to Lili, there was one boy. This, burning bright-haired boy called Lili for the first time at this time.

…………

Lili never replied to the boy. The boy was not being polite. It may be helpless for a boy who is still young not to be polite.

But Lili had it in her epilepsy.

"You're so busy! I'm talking to you! Turn around!"

A boy who persists in speaking to Lili. He was exactly like Rock Howard, whom Lili would meet in 10 years. Strong, arrogant and self-centered. Lili is the type I hate the most.

"Hmm......"

Lili didn't feel like dealing with someone she didn't like. There's nothing good about talking to such a crappy human being. Lili understood that, even though she was young.

Says women have a higher mental age than men. The boy speaking to Lili now was surely younger in mental age than Lili.

"Chip! Don't get on with it! Baba children!

Lili's unscrupulous attitude now hampered the boy's eclampsia. If I don't do what I want, I'll be angry right away. Exactly like Rock.

"whatever⁉"

Lili reacted unexpectedly to the boy's spitting ramblings. Lili couldn't keep her mouth shut when she spoke ill of her mother. Whatever it is, it is too rude to speak ill of the first human mother you meet.

Here, Lili's anger switched on.

"Your mother says" Baba, "because it's like Baba's hair!

There was no boy to pull against Lili, who was in a state of imminent war. On the contrary, it is provoking even more lili.

There was a reason the boy called Stella “Baba“. Lili's hair is golden.

But Stella's hair color was different. Stella has grege hair. Her gray hair made her look like an old man to the boy.

Beautiful Stella was never an old man, and of course the boy didn't sincerely think that.

But the boy left it to the momentum to say something that would hurt Lili.

"My mom's not a grandma."

Lili didn't pull a step against the fighting hipster boy. She had the strength to go thoroughly against the wrong thing.

"It's Baba. Baba children! Baba children! Your mother, Ba Ba A!

The boy didn't understand that it was a bad thing to break people's hearts. On the contrary, I don't even really understand that bad language breaks people's hearts. He repeated the heartbreaking words of Lili, with all his heart.

"Shut up"

At that time, he makes a loud noise with the batin and Lili's flat hand hits the boy's cheek. Lili was the limit of patience.

In that hand was a very strong anger.

"That hurts!

The boy protests by holding down his red, swollen cheek. There were thin tears in his eyes like that. Here at last, the boy finally realized that he was hurting Lili.

The truth is, the boy just wanted to talk to Lili. A boy who doesn't know how to communicate has done it the wrong way.

Then Lili went home without exchanging words with anyone. From the time I was in a fight with the boy until I got home, she was all over herself. The thread that was pinned and tensioned loosened as soon as I got home.

That was what made Lili cry. Lili was a strong child. Normally, he might have been crying at the time he said something bad.

But Lili fought thoroughly and put up with crying all the way home.

Lili had a strong heart from an early age.

"You were... you were strong. You did your best."

Stella, who was listening to Lili without saying a word, finally opened her mouth.

And once again gently envelop Lili. Thoroughly confront the wrong thing. Stella became proud to know how strong Lili acted.

"I did my best!

Stella's tenderness invites Lili's tears again, but she didn't cry. I wanted to laugh, rather than cry. I didn't want to show my mother my sad face.

"Really good work. I'll reward you for that."

Lili's smile. It makes Stella happy. And Stella's smile also makes Lili happy. Exactly, a very good positive chain.

Lili is watching Stella in silence. Stella turns her hand behind her head. Then, when she takes something, she smiles and stares at Lili.

"Come on, Lili. Could you turn around, please?

As Stella tells me, Lili turns back.

Lili has no idea what Stella is doing, but apparently she's doing something to Lili's hair. Something, I feel like my hair is being pulled up.

"Look, I got it."

With that voice as a signal, in front of Lili, who looked back at Stella, there was a hand mirror. What you see there is a different self than before. The hair is grouped into one piece and has a ponytail.

And it was one black hair band (ribbon) that was making that ponytail.

"It's your mother's ribbon!

Lili had a full smile. black ribbon. Lili looked familiar to it. Ribbon that Stella wears on her hair, like every day. Stella didn't make it ponytail like Lili did, but she always had a ribbon on the back of her head.

Lili was so happy to get the ribbon Stella always cherished. This black ribbon is important to Lili. Now that Stella and I are apart, the only thing I can feel is her.

With this on, I always feel like I'm with Stella. This ribbon was Lili's treasure.

This ribbon braves her, and this ribbon pokes and moves her. Until Stella wakes up, Lili will never let go of this ribbon.

"Hey..."

Raleigh seemed to have been concerned and called Lili. But Lili didn't realize that. Lili, who was touching the black ribbon, was completely immersed in sentiment and out of communication with the outside world.

Right now, all she's got in her head is Stella.

"Hey! Didn't you just say the end of the Black Magic Book (Grimoire)?

Knowing Lili hadn't noticed, Raleigh raised the volume of her voice.

"Heh? Ah... this is it"

Finally back in the real world, Lili stuck her hand in her pocket and gave Raleigh what she wanted.

"This is the Black Magic Book (Grimoire) …"

Raleigh was breathtaking. That piece of paper, carefully folded, was worn out and most of the page was torn and lost. There are few letters that can be read.

“A" sleeping curse "that puts man to eternal sleep. None of us can interfere with that sleep. To awaken the sleeper..."

That's all Lili could read from the slices of the Black Magic Book (Grimoire) she had. The text ahead had been lost. Sure, now I don't know how to break the curse of sleep.

But from the texts that follow, there is always a way to break the curse of sleep. Lili is after it.

"Curse of Sleep... Even if this is the end of a real black magic book (Grimoire), it's hard to figure out that this is all the information"

"Raleigh. I've been looking for a way to break this curse... don't you know what it is?

Lili said that, as she wished. Number one so far, I feel like I'm approaching the solution to the curse of sleep. Of all the people I've ever met, Raleigh is probably the # 1 Black Magic (Grimore) geek. You must get some useful information.

"Even if I say curse in a bite. Various things. Sometimes a contract with a demon and the resulting price is called a curse, and sometimes you sacrifice others to the demon as a price to gain power. That way, someone else can curse me. Then...... some curses can be cast just to clear up the resentment. In any case, in the end, the curse is also a form of contract"

"So... your mother was either used to gain power or cursed to clear her grudges..."

Lili thought so. Someone fell for Stella.

"Can't you imagine that you made a pact with the devil yourself to gain power?

Raleigh's words can cause Lili's epilepsy. Can't Stella do that? Lili felt as if she were going to evoke something that happened 10 years ago.

"What do you say? There's no way your mom would do that!

Lili was upset. I can't allow you to be so rude just because we're meeting for the first time.

"I don't know. If it was to protect someone... even good people make a deal with the devil."

Raleigh didn't just stroke Lili's nerves. That was a sober reasoning.

…………⁉ ︎

Lili lost her word. I never thought of that possibility. Indeed, Raleigh's possibility of pointing it out was not unlikely. That kind Stella can also think enough that she gave her life to the devil for Lili.

But now that Stella's in eternal sleep, there's no way to be sure of that.

"... Whatever the circumstances, there must be demons involved there. Sleep is about incubation, sacubus…"

Raleigh had no further mention of the possibility that Stella had been cursed. She's not good at communicating with people and knows people, but she's probably good at her ability to perceive people's feelings.

Raleigh had just been trying to find a tip to break the curse of sleep from the massive amount of books in the room.

Lili hands on the book in the same way when she sees every book page turning brilliantly. Maybe Raleigh understands which book is where, but Lili has no idea where it is.

Lili only looks at the table of contents of the book in her hand and tries to pick up something that seems relevant.

It was then. Lili felt something hit her neck muscle.

"... Meir"

That being said, it was Raleigh's face that appeared directly next to Lili's.

"Hih!"

On Raleigh's face, which suddenly appeared, Lili was more surprised than she had to be. There's Raleigh's face right next to Lili's. I think I'm going to touch it. She has her jaw on Lili's neck.

"Oh, I'm sorry..."

Raleigh looked at Lili on her pulled face and quickly left her.

"Don't threaten me anymore. I thought you were a vampire..."

Lili strokes her chest down with relief. Vampires bite the neck muscle and suck blood. If you feel something hit your neck in a town where vampires (vampires) lurk, it's only natural that you take it for a vampire (vampire).

"I'm sorry. This is my habit. I feel like we can get along."

What a confusing act of putting the jaw on the neck muscle. That was skinship for Raleigh. I guess Rayleigh, who doesn't know how to communicate well, doesn't even have a thump.

"Hahaha... that's confusing..."

Lili made her face pull again. Lili had never been given such a skinship before.

"Ah...... er. We're talking about a sleeping curse, but Mair might have something to do with it."

Raleigh also felt that the unstoppable air was spreading into this room.

And she undoes the story as if nothing had happened.

"Meir?"

"Mere. Just a name. Nightmare. A demon that lets people sleep and have nightmares. Even as a curse contractor, it's commonly used."

Raleigh easily reached a demon whose relationship to the curse was intense.

"That's it!

Lili makes her eyes shine. Finally, we have powerful information about the curse of sleep.

"But I don't know if Meir has the power to put humans to sleep forever. Besides, if someone cursed your mother, we need to find that person. If she cursed herself, she can't break it..."

I just found out that the curse of sleep was due to the devil Meir, and that didn't lead directly to the key to de-cursing. Raleigh added information, as if to grip the slightest hope.

……………

This is exactly what a difficult future is. Who the hell cursed Stella? How do I look for that? The only clue is a slice of the Black Magic Book (Grimoire) that had fallen into the house.

If Stella herself made a pact with the devil, she would never wake up. Lili's feelings sank heavily, considering the multiple mysteries she would be waiting for, and the worst case scenario.

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