After searching for a while, I finally found Oyado squatting by the cemetery, crying bitterly. Sighing, I walked over.

"Oyado."

"Ah... it's big brother. What about those bad guys?"

A tear-streaked loli is indeed quite impactful. Seeing Oyado's current state, I couldn't help but tremble for a moment. Stay calm! I'm not a lolicon or a sister complex!

"They are looking for us. Let's escape quickly."

"Geez, can we really talk so casually about this situation?"

"Yeah, yeah, let's go~"

Holding onto Oyado, we started running in the opposite direction of the village. Looking back towards the village, I couldn't understand why those guys hadn't chased after us. It's puzzling. Based on what they said earlier, it would be more terrifying if Oyado managed to escape. This place is from my memories, although there are discrepancies with reality, their goals shouldn't have changed. What is going on...

Despite the doubts in my heart, I still hurriedly escaped from this place with Oyado. During the previous exploration, I discovered what seemed to be an artificially created path leading to another place. It should lead to another town or city. That is my destination now.

Although I don't know how to end this memory, if I can reach a place where I can intervene in the real world, that should be enough.

At least, that's what I believe.

However...

We have been walking deep into the forest for a long time and still haven't seen the little road that was supposed to be our destination. How is that possible? According to the distance I walked earlier, we should have arrived ages ago. Did we get lost? That's completely impossible because I'm very certain that the path we took was a straight line.

So I stopped.

"What's wrong, big brother?"

"It's a little strange."

I pointed to a tree next to us.

"I've seen this tree on the other side of the village. Something is not right here."

"Gabriel, did the data for this place get corrupted?"

"..."

No response. How strange, did I lose connection at this critical moment? It feels like a conspiracy.

"I guess? Maybe I just remembered it wrong?"

I looked at Oyado and noticed she was looking at me with a strange expression. Is that... a smile?

I quickly took two steps back and looked at Oyado.

"What's wrong with you, big brother?"

"... Who are you?"

"Me? I'm Oyado."

"Humph, don't lie to me. When the cute Oyado spoke to me, did she have a dagger in her hand?"

"..."

'Oyado' smiled, raising both hands. Two daggers appeared in her hands with a twist.

Indeed, once accustomed to titles, my observation ability decreased. Luckily, my title ability has been weakened recently, or else I would have completely lost my observation skills.

A murderous intent...

Although I can't see any attack warnings right now, I can sense a faint aura of hostility. It doesn't provide a sudden understanding of why Oyado isn't normal right now, because I already saw the dagger hidden in her sleeve earlier.

"What the hell is going on? It's not just a problem with memories anymore, the whole timeline is messed up."

"Hmm? Well, does it feel strange? There's no way around it. After all, this doesn't conform to anything you know, right?"

"Not just not conforming, it's completely different."

"That's just the way it is, big brother. Although you killed those people who were monitoring Oyado, you didn't realize... if the Sumeragi family could trust them with Oyado, it means..."

"It means that you, Oyado, are the biggest insurance, right?"

"To be more precise, it's the earliest implanted memory that is the biggest insurance."

"What kind of memory is that?"

"Well... it's the memory of killing you!"

After saying that, 'Oyado' waved her hand, and the nine bandits who didn't chase after us appeared around us, surrounding us. Then, in the next moment, 'Oyado' lowered her body and suddenly accelerated towards me, constantly flashing left and right!

"By drawing upon my own power, I transform fierceness into valor, strengthening myself!"

After reciting the spell, I leaped into the air and crossed my two long swords in front of my chest. Two daggers slid across the blades of my swords, creating sparks.

"Oh, Magic Knight, brother, you are quite impressive."

"Of course!"

As I landed on the ground, I immediately turned around and swung my dual swords, but I saw Oyado's body already leaping into the air, her dagger lightly tapping on my sword, using the momentum to dodge my attack.

After my dual sword passed by, the opponent's body spun in the air, and she directly stabbed at me with her dagger!

While my hand was still extended, the dagger pierced my arm, and the ice armor on my arm shattered into pieces.

I took a few steps back and stabilized myself, then looked at Oyado.

"Brother, your skills are lacking~ you should know that this is a skill transmitted directly into my mind from the memory of a powerful assassin. In this situation, being able to dodge, brother, you are already quite strong."

"Thank you for the compliment. If that's the case, why don't we put down our weapons and have a peaceful discussion? It's not good to engage in violence and killing."

"Hehe, brother, you are truly amusing."

Oyado laughed while her dagger, seemingly with a mind of its own, rapidly spun under her control.

"Haven't you noticed? The current situation is either you die or I perish. This is the limitation of this memory and also our fate~"

As she finished speaking, the two daggers flew towards me, with a clang, knocking my left sword away. At the same time, four bandits from the sides... no, from behind, rushed towards me!

"Such good coordination!"

If I continue standing here, I'll be done for. So I charged towards the leftmost bandit and stabbed him in the chest. He suddenly turned into mist and disappeared!

Then I turned around and blocked the oncoming sword. I kicked him away and then thrust my sword down.

However, at the same moment, I was suddenly struck from behind. The armor on my body turned into fragments, and when I turned around, that guy was holding a heavy hammer!

If only I could use magic! With magic, they would...

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly felt a familiar sensation in the palm of my hand. I looked down and saw a blue light emitting from it.

...

But in the moment I was stunned, the person with the heavy hammer and sword had already rushed towards me, swinging their weapons directly at me.

I quickly raised my hand, and a blue light enveloped them. In the next moment, they had all turned into blocks of ice!

I looked at my hand.

Strange, I didn't even recite a spell, why did...

But no matter, I directly tapped on the two ice blocks, and they shattered into pieces.

"Is there no other choice? I really don't intend to fight you!"

"There's no way around it, it's the limitation of the memory, it's our unavoidable fate, brother... you... you should understand, even if you don't want to, even if you don't wish for it, the only choices you have are the ones in front of you."

"Is that so..."

I smiled.

"My existence is to create impossible plotlines~ by the way, I also created the plotlines for both the vampires and the guards in Skyrim, impressive, isn't it?"

After saying that, I threw the six ice balls away with a wave of my hand!

The six ice balls hit their targets, six... no, only five ice sculptures stood there. Oyado had disappeared from her original position, leaving only a frozen dagger behind!

"She actually blocked my magic with a dagger..."

I looked around, unable to see her trace at all.

"Your attack is a magical projectile formed by gathering magic power. There is no such thing in the data, but... it seems to only freeze things upon first contact!"

Not only Oyado's voice descended from the sky, but also her dagger! It pierced straight through my unprotected back!

"Ah!!!"

He grabbed Oyado's arm with his other hand and threw her forward. At the same time, he dropped his long sword and used ice to fix her to the ground.

"You lose, it's over. Give up and try to be a good child," he said.

"..."

His opponent stared at him for a while and then laughed bitterly. "I really don't understand what you're persisting for."

"I'm holding on to my principles!"

"Good, very interesting! You win!"

Suddenly, his opponent's right hand broke free from the ice and swung a dagger directly at him. He jumped back to dodge the attack and just as he grasped the sword, the whole space shook.

"What..."

Looking up, he saw that Oyado had stabbed herself in the chest with the dagger.

"Well... I'll help you bring unnecessary memories to hell, so... please stick to your principles, by the way, see you in hell."

"What kind of farewell line is this!"

Then, the space around them shattered in an instant, plunging them into darkness.