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When my body felt a pulling force that made my body fall, I quickly used the Sakura Dash technique to correct my body position.

The flexible curve of my body made me land with both feet that were not injured or sprained.

Ignoring the screams of Mio and my mother who sounded panicked, I immediately strolled towards the row of horse-drawn carriages belonging to the holy maidens of the Aurora Goddess Shrine.

The appearance of the horse-drawn carriage was filled with eye-catching white sacred ornaments.

The reflection of the sunlight seemed to reflect the white sacredness perfectly.

Zoe, Zeta, and Zara had spread their wings above my head to emit dense magical energy.

As if responding to the threat of magical energy released by the three butterfly spirit sisters, I could see a golden-white dragon flying out by breaking the horse-drawn carriages window glass.

Kraasshhh...

"Kyaaaa!! W-What’s happening, Vasilica!" shouted a girl from inside the horse-drawn carriage belonging to the Aurora Goddess Shrine.

The glass shards scattered and were followed by a wide flap of the heavenly holy dragon spirit that slowly enlarged its body size.

The dazzling sunlight suddenly turned black covered by the giant body size of a heavenly holy dragon spirit that suddenly swelled up.

"Such an unusual terrifying aura from a brat like you, it feels too scary to be in front of you. What are you doing, brat?" the heavenly holy dragon spirit growled as it expanded its wings that stretched beyond the size of the Royal Palace’s entrance courtyard.

"I don’t want to hurt you, so please get out of the presence of the holy girl who has a contract with me, brat."

The tone of the heavenly holy dragon spirit sounded threatening but I didn’t feel any terror at all and that made the three butterfly spirit sisters react by blowing away the aura of magical energy that surrounded my body.

Kraasshhh...

Paaammm...

When the four streams of magical energy blew against each other, there was an extraordinary crack that created a visible shockwave between us.

My body felt the pressure of the aura given by the heavenly holy dragon spirit but the three butterfly spirit sisters managed to ward it off with a low level of magic efficiency.

I don’t understand magic skills like Alice or Alyssa who have received intensive training from Mama as one of the descendants of the witch family. However, I understand that the magic pressure released by the spirit is not something to play with but to hurt each other.

Sraanggg ...

Tiiinkkk ...

I took out my katana and directed its sharp edge to cut the collision of magic energy that was pressing like that.

The swing of my katana looked very slow but my eyes could see the level of concentration of magic energy that was the source of pressure from the collision of four beams of magic energy aura.

Slaasshhh ...

Slowly the sharp edge of my katana eroded the source of the concentration of the collision of magic energy.

Slasshhh ...

The magic energy seemed very heavy in every slice of the sharp edge of my katana.

Slaasshhh...

The slash I did was intended to reduce the impact of the pressure caused by the spirit clash but it seemed that it would take too long if it focused on cutting the concentrated source of the collision.

For that, with one long breath and sheathing my katana into its sheath, I tried to gather strength by doing a counterattack focused on one point.

I remembered one of Mio’s sword techniques that was connected to the mystical sword technique and the legendary sword movement technique that had a high chance of an attack focused on one point.

Wuuushhh...

The pressure around my body grew heavier and broke my concentration which was defending against the attack from the heavenly holy dragon spirit.

"Your defense is quite good, brat."

"But it’s only a matter of time before your magic runs out, right?"

The holy dragon spirit spoke to me in a tone that seemed to look down on me.

"Nope, from the start I didn’t use magic energy," I replied in a calm tone while gathering my concentration on one point.

"Huh? Are you trying to bluff me? It would be impossible for my attack not to be repelled by the magic energy that quickly drains your magic energy capacity. I must admit, you have an extraordinary magic energy capacity for being able to withstand the pressure of my magic energy like this."

Falling in his glory, the heavenly holy dragon spirit did not believe my words.

From the beginning, I did not release any magic energy because my base was the sword technique possessed by Mio through the Linked Ritual.

Recently I underwent the Linked Ritual with another girl and my twin step-sister.

I was a little interested in their strength. However, my foundation in sword arts felt comfortable and it would be a waste to change the foundation of my attack which was identical to the use of my sharp katana.

The blessings given by Ciel, Sia, Alice, and Alyssa were indeed very tempting. However, I had the intention to use all of Mio’s abilities before moving on to other abilities given by the Yurification System.

Some of the blessings from my mother, Mio’s mother, and Mio’s younger sister’s spirit I also didn’t fully understand. The words written in the Yurification System were too complicated for me to understand with my limited understanding.

Wuuusshhh...

In this fight, words that denied the statement of the heavenly holy dragon spirit were unnecessary. Her sudden action of attacking me just because she felt the pressure of the magical energy aura from the three butterfly spirit sisters had given me the advantage to defend myself if blamed.

This is more like fighting a bully who has bullied me, isn’t it?

"Yurification System..." I called out the blessing from the Goddess.

Various simple displays began to appear in my line of sight. Of all the displays, I focused on Mio’s ability who had performed the Linked Ritual with me.

My eyes quickly moved to adjust to the situation while looking at the list of Legendary Move Swordsmanship Tier 1 and Mythic Skill Swordmanship Tier 1.

I felt grateful that the option was still there because the Goddess gave an update to the Yurification System. The display that was different from before made me a little confused but still easy to understand.

I have completely owned all of Mio’s abilities.

Having abilities and using them according to needs are two different things. The vague memory of Mio’s abilities returned to my memory until it was clear.

It was like calling out an old memory from my body movements that had become stiff without exercise.

My hand movements rotated smoothly and pulled my katana from its sheath.

The length of my katana exceeded the length of my hand shot out quickly.

I have used the Precision Strike technique.

Together with the spray of cherry blossom petals dancing around the Precision Strike technique, it has changed into Sakura Precision Attack. The natural awakening of the mystical sword technique and the legendary movement technique is in perfect harmony.

The flying cherry blossom petal trail headed towards the locking point of the attack which formed a point of concentration of magical energy that was colliding.

Baaaammm!!

A puff of smoke and dust suddenly appeared.

My body which was covered by this puff of smoke became a blind attack that would turn the situation around.

Turning my body by re-sheathing my sharp katana eyes, my danger detection sense caught a small signal of a magical energy wave attack filled with holiness magic moving towards my body.

Swiill...

The rotation of my body was very much in tune with this short battle thanks to the support of the three butterfly spirit sisters.

Moving smoothly with light and beautiful movements, my body seemed to recognize the direction of the attack that was launched to tear my body apart but was deflected by the smooth movements that came from the Sakura Dance.

My body naturally avoided the direction of the heavenly holy dragon spirit ’s attack without being hit by a single blow.

When the attack stopped, I could feel an extraordinary turmoil in my body that felt comfortable and calm. When the turmoil exploded, a shower of cherry blossom petals blew away the remaining smoke and dust that covered my entire body.

Swwaasshhh...

Swwiillfff...

My body was showered by cherry blossom petals that fell quietly.

This might have made the front yard of the Royal Palace a bit messy but Sakura Bloom had created a battlefield that was suitable for my next attack.

The cherry blossom petals that had spread out gave me the opportunity for my series of consecutive attacks.

"IMPOSSIBLE! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN!"

"WHO ARE YOU! WHY CAN’T I HIT YOU AT ALL!"

The roar of the heavenly holy dragon spirit sounded desperate and was about to fly flapping its dragon wings that had grown full of wind-magic energy.

"Who allowed you to flap your pathetic wings?" I said with a soft smile and threw away all the cherry blossom petals that surrounded me until they became sharp cherry blossom petal blades.

"I don’t know if this will hurt or not, at least hold on for a moment, Sakura Domain!"

My attack sequence is now more controlled by the chanting of cherry blossom petals that have been scattered throughout my fight.

I still don’t understand how there can be a cherry blossom petal in a simple fight like this.

Rather than being called a simple fight, this looked like a rough bullying of the heavenly holy dragon spirit that had yet to meet when the butterfly spirit sister who was still silent behind my hair.

The sharp cherry blossom petals slowly moved as if eroding the scales of the holy dragon spirit that were starting to fall off.

Slllasshhh ...

Brrrllasshhh ...

"GAAH !! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!"

"THERE’S NO WAY MY SCALES CAN BE PEELED OFF LIKE THIS!"

The groans of pain and sighs that tried to escape from the onslaught of my cherry blossom petals seemed like a terrible sight.

Since the spirits didn’t seem to have blood flowing in their body manifestations, it seemed that it was replaced by the intensity of their magical energy that was weakening before fading.

When the heavenly holy dragon spirit was about to lose its large body manifestation form and turned small, I stopped my Sakura Domain attack which had succeeded in making it a heavenly holy dragon spirit that was ready to be grilled using soy sauce.

Plluuppp...

When the body of the heavenly holy dragon spirit fell and lay on the ground, I immediately approached him and pulled his back a little.

"Hey, little heavenly holy dragon spirit, at least you should clean up your mess before you disappear," I said with a friendly smile.

"Before that, it seems like there are some other spirits who want to meet you," I immediately threw the body of the heavenly holy dragon spirit that had shrunk into a small one up.

When his body was thrown in the air, I could see the three butterfly spirit sisters immediately flying and grabbing him until he fell on a table that was still standing upright.

With the remaining strength that was able to make him conscious, the little dragon spirit realized the presence of the three butterfly spirit sisters.

"Y-YOU? NO! NO! NO!"

"THIS MUST BE A NIGHTMARE!"

"SAVE ME FROM THIS NIGHTMARE, HANA!"

The meaningless scream echoed throughout the Royal Palace which had been destroyed by the clash of the magical energy of the heavenly holy dragon spirit and the three butterfly spirit sisters.

I looked around and noticed the strange gazes directed at me.

Because of the messy condition, I immediately pulled one of my legs forward and bowed respectfully to all the eyes that had been staring at me.

"Please forgive me for this, I will make sure they are held accountable for this mess and damage."

Zoe, Zeta, Zara, and the heavenly holy dragon spirit whose name I don’t know."

"Make sure you clean up all this mess, okay?" I tilted my head and smiled softly without pressure.

With my gentle smile, Zoe immediately launched a recovery magic formation for the people who had minor injuries.

Zeta immediately restored the damaged furniture using her restoration magic formation.

While Zara locked the heavenly holy dragon spirit ’s whereabouts with multiple layers of restraint magic. It seemed that they had a personal grudge that had to be settled with the heavenly holy dragon spirit.

For now, I just need to wait for their good news and hurry back into the Royal Palace hall to meet my family who were in the Queen’s private quarters.