As winter approached, Eight-cloud Ink woke up later and later.
Although Yakumo was not like Yukari, who could never wake up after she fell asleep, Yakumo himself realized that "getting out of bed" had gradually become something that he abhorred after winter came.
"So … Should we start to consider the habit of hibernation …"
Yawning, Eight-cloud Ink walked down the stairs on the second floor.
"You're finally up …"
Eight-cloud Ink heard Kotori's dissatisfied voice as soon as he arrived at the coffee shop on the first floor.
"… What a lazy guy."
"Daemons need to hibernate. I hope you can understand this. By the way, why did you come here so early in the morning, Kotori? "
"It's about the Seven Sins! I'm so worried! "
Kotori snorted with her pearl in her mouth.
Ashina smiled from behind the counter, "Sister Kotori came early in the morning. She's been waiting for you for a long time."
"Then I'm sorry."
Eight-cloud Ink sat across from Kotori lazily. Seeing that she was alone, he asked casually, "Lingyin didn't come with you? Is she still busy? "
"Don't mention it, I don't know why so many things have happened recently!"
Kotori seemed impatient.
"Mhmm …"
Eight-cloud Ink narrowed his eyes and smiled.
"Say, what's going on with the Seven Sins?"
Yakumo asked after she took the black tea from Astor and patted the little girl's head as a reward. After the little girl ran away excitedly, Yakumo asked.
"Meijiu disappeared."
As soon as Kotori spoke, Yakumo's sleepiness disappeared.
"What did you say? Meijiu disappeared? When did this happen? "
"It should be last night."
Kotori said in a low voice.
Hearing that Meijiu disappeared, Ashina, the Hayate sisters, and Kurumi all gathered around.
"Although the elves —"
Kotori glanced at Kurumi and the Hayate sisters.
"— Because your relationship with them has been stable, we don't have to worry about them staying with you. But we're still secretly protecting Meijiu, who hasn't always been with you."
"Protect?"
Eight-cloud Ink raised an eyebrow.
"What's with that look?"
"Surveillance, right?" Eight-cloud Ink snorted.
Kotori pursed her lips and didn't refute.
Kurumi and the Hayate sisters' faces darkened.
But now wasn't the time to fuss about this.
"This morning, we routinely collected spirit waves around Meijiu's residence to confirm the elves' stability. However, he discovered that Tempter Mei Jiu had disappeared.
"So, you thought of the Seven Sins?"
"What else? I can't think of any other clues.
"That's true …"
Rubbing her chin, Yakumo nodded.
"Indeed, Seven Sins is the most suspicious. Tsk, I originally thought it was just a small trick. I didn't expect her to really be able to take him down. I was too careless. "
"You don't seem to be worried at all?"
Kotori glared at Eight-cloud Ink.
"If we don't find Seven Sins quickly, won't more people disappear?"
"Since they're all gone, there's no point in being anxious. It will only make Seven Sins, who's secretly observing, happier."
Eight-cloud Ink lowered her head and tasted the black tea. "This afternoon, after ShiDao-kun finishes school, call everyone here, the people in the photos."
"That's the only way …"
⑧
"Then, why did Origami, who isn't in the photos, appear here?"
Seeing the silver-haired girl sticking to her, Eight-cloud Ink felt a headache coming on.
"Mo is in trouble. As his wife, I have to come and help."
Origami looked up at Eight-cloud Ink and said expressionlessly.
It was already dusk.
Including Ling Yin, who hadn't been seen for a while, and except for Meijiu, who disappeared, everyone in the photos of Seven Sins was gathered at the Chocolate and Vanilla Cafe.
Then, there was an extra Origami.
Eight-cloud Ink deliberately observed Ling Yin, but didn't find anything unusual.
[Strange, is it an illusion —]
"Okay, since you're here."
Looking at Origami, Eight-cloud Ink shook her head. The girl had good intentions, so Eight-cloud Ink didn't want to drive her away.
"Then, everyone, come and sit down."
The girls — including Shido and Ashina, who was already a human (divine beast) wife — sat down in a semicircle in front of Eight-cloud Ink.
"Origami, you go over too."
"Eh …"
"Did you 'eh' just now?"
"It's an illusion."
Origami answered without hesitation and went over to sit down.
Eight-cloud Ink looked at everyone in front of her one by one.
Ashina, Aistel, Kurumi, the Hayate sisters, Kotori, Ling Yin, Shido, and Tohka.
"There's only one truth. The murderer is among us!"
Eight-cloud Ink grinned.
"Then, let's eliminate the simplest possibility."
Eight-cloud Ink looked at Aistel first.
"Aistel, turn into a sword."
"Okay."
The holy sword girl turned into a holy sword in a flash of light.
"Very good, Aistel is real. Come here. "
After a flash of light, Aistel, who had turned back into a human, trotted behind Eight-cloud Ink.
"Next, Ashina, which floor is our house in Aincrad? What's its name?"
"Twenty-second floor, Yagumo."
"Yes, correct. As expected of my good wife! Come over here. "
Eight-cloud Ink nodded, but Ashina rolled her eyes. However, she still stood behind Eight-cloud Ink.
"Origami isn't in the picture. Let's assume that Seven Sins is a person who follows the rules, then Origami is real. Come here."
The silver-haired girl immediately ran back to Eight-cloud Ink's side.
Then, Eight-cloud Ink looked at the row of people in front of them again.
"Because we're not sure if Seven Sins has the ability to imitate other elven angels, we'll eliminate Shidao first."
Eight-cloud Ink suddenly released demonic energy to suppress Tohka.
"Ugh —!!!"
Suppressed by Eight-cloud Ink's demonic energy, the elven girl subconsciously resisted.
"Yagumo! What are you doing!! "
Kotori and Shidao immediately stood up.
"Don't panic!"
Eight-cloud Ink shouted, and Tohka began to reveal part of her spiritual equipment.
"Shidao, go kiss her. If you're the real one, you should be able to seal Tohka's spiritual energy."
"Huh?"
"Huh what? If you don't, I'll treat you as an imposter and kill you on the spot. "
"Yes, yes!"
Seeing that Tohka was about to lose consciousness, Shidao hurriedly ran over and kissed Tohka in front of everyone.
Sorry, we need to use holy light for the next scene.
The moment she saw the spiritual equipment on Tohka's body begin to disappear, Yakumo immediately took out a blanket from a gap and threw it over to wrap Tohka up to prevent her from being exposed.
"Very good, Shidao is the real one. Come here."
"I don't even have the energy to complain about this method …"
Under Tohka's angry and embarrassed gaze, Shidao stood behind Eight-cloud Ink with a bitter expression.
"Shidao, Kotori has been wearing a black headband recently, right?"
"Ah! Yes! "
Come to think of it, ever since Yakumo Ink appeared, Kotori had been in her commander mode with a black headband.
"Then —"
Just like with Tohka, Eight-cloud Ink used demonic energy to suppress Kotori and pulled off her black headband.
"Ah, ah —!!!"
Different from the loud voice from before, she let out a soft cry of surprise.
"Give, give it back …"
Kotori's eyes were filled with tears as she jumped in front of Yakumo with her hands outstretched.
Seeing that Eight-cloud Ink had no intention of giving the headband back, Kotori jumped into Shidao's arms.
"Onii-chan —!!! Wahhh … "
Hugging Kotori, who he hadn't seen in a long time, Shidao suddenly felt like this wasn't a bad thing.
"Mhmm, you're not faking it, so you're the real one, Kotori. Here's the headband, I'll give it back to you."
After putting the headband back on, Kotori immediately showed an angry expression. She walked up to Eight-cloud Ink and kicked.
Then, the girl hugged her feet and fell to the ground, crying.
"Bastard! Is your body made of iron? Why is it so hard!!! "
"Who told you to kick?"
Eight-cloud Ink snorted.
"Kotori is the real one, let's assume that Kotori is the real one. Kotori, let me ask you, has Ling Yin stayed in the airship all this time?"
"I can guarantee that, she hasn't left."
Kotori nodded.
"Ratatoskr's surveillance records show Ling Yin in Fraxinus."
"Then, Ling Yin is also the real one."
Hearing this, Ling Yin silently walked behind Eight-cloud Ink.
"Then, you're the only ones left."
Eight-cloud Ink looked at Kurumi, the Hayate sisters, and Tohka.
"Ah, ah, Sir Boss, how are you going to distinguish us?"
Covering her mouth, Kurumi narrowed her eyes and smiled.
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