At this moment, Yukino Yukinoshita was unaware that her older sister and mother were experiencing internal turmoil due to her display.
She had no mind to consider anything else, merely watching the scene before her with a solemn expression, the magic power surging around her body reflecting her inner disquiet.
A cold aura churned around her, continuously firing ice attacks of various shapes, demonstrating extreme assertiveness. Yet, Sharon easily used her hands and feet to shatter all the attacks she launched, even seizing a few fleeting opportunities to close the distance, gradually moving closer to her.
Even though they were indoors, Sharon seemed completely unhindered by the environment. Her figure sometimes dashed across the floor, sometimes leapt to the ceiling for a kick-off, flying out, and sometimes quickly bounced back and forth off the walls. Her shadow flitted about like a blur, evading and destroying every incoming ice attack.
Thanks to this, the distance between her and Yukino Yukinoshita was constantly shrinking. If the Yukinoshita home were not a mansion, and the living room not unusually spacious, Sharon would have likely reached Yukino Yukinoshita already, launching a relentless close-quarters assault.
This left Yukino Yukinoshita daring not to be careless in the slightest.
"I can't let her get close, or I will instantly lose."
Yukino Yukinoshita easily drew this conclusion.
She was not Leon. Although she had learned the Eligos family's magic power detection technique, lacking the Eligos family's bloodline, she ultimately missed out on some inherent, special talents.
For her to detect Sharon's presence with her level of detection ability was already outstanding. But to imagine accurately perceiving Sharon's every move, like Leon, and relying on superior footwork to evade her attacks, was somewhat wishful thinking.
She was, after all, a traditional Devil, a peerage member of the "Bishop" class, whose strength lay in using magic power for combat.
If Sharon got close, her meager training in Aikido would likely see her instantly defeated.
Therefore, Yukino Yukinoshita decisively chose to change the location.
"Whoosh!"
Bat-like Devil wings unfolded behind her, and Yukino Yukinoshita took to the air, flying out through the balcony, leaving the living room.
Sharon followed without hesitation, her charge raising a gale that caused a disturbance inside the living room.
By the time both had left the living room, Yukino Haruno and Mrs. Yukinoshita finally reacted.
"Yukino, she..."
Mrs. Yukinoshita looked at Yukino Yukinoshita, who flew out with Devil wings extended, her lips trembling.
"A Devil..."
Yukino Haruno also watched her younger sister's departing figure in a daze, her expression gradually turning complex.
There was no need for further discussion, nor any need for confrontation.
Everything before their eyes was the best confirmation, the best evidence.
Her younger sister, Yukino Yukinoshita, had truly become a Devil.
The existence of Devils, and the existence of Exorcists, was real.
As she realized this, a sense of urgency welled up in Yukino Haruno's heart.
Yukino... she isn't going to be exorcised by a Church Exorcist, is she?
"Quick! Haruno! Stop them!"
Mrs. Yukinoshita naturally thought of what Yukino Haruno had realized. Her face instantly changed, and a hint of anxiety emerged in her eyes.
There was one thing Yukino Yukinoshita had been wrong about all along.
That was, her parents never treated her as a substitute for Yukino Haruno.
They were preparing to cultivate Yukino Haruno as the representative and successor of the Yukinoshita family, intending to hand everything over to her, and they felt that compared to Yukino Haruno, Yukino Yukinoshita was not mature enough and had many shortcomings. However, this did not mean they could stand by and watch their own daughter be harmed by others.
Even if this daughter had become a Devil.
The two Yukinoshita women immediately rushed out of the living room and into the outside.
Unfortunately, they couldn't stop the fight.
Because this area was about to become forbidden territory that they couldn't approach in the slightest.
"Whoosh!"
Outside the Yukinoshita mansion, Yukino Yukinoshita's soaring, wing-assisted figure was agile and flexible. She didn't look like a bat at all, but more like a snowbird darting through the cold wind.
As she flew, she occasionally changed direction, evading incoming blasts of light-bullets.
On the ground, Sharon, who was rapidly closing the distance, pulled out her Exorcist gun and continuously pulled the trigger toward Yukino Yukinoshita, firing silent light-bullets.
Compared to Sharon's close-combat skills, the threat posed by the light-bullets was naturally greater, and no Devil could ignore them.
Previously, being subjected to such concentrated fire from light-bullets would certainly have made Yukino Yukinoshita nervous, causing her hair to stand on end.
But having seen Yuuki Asuna's Sacred Gear and having been in close proximity to the Holy Sword, which was the most terrifying weapon to Devils, she suddenly felt that compared to the Holy Sword created by Yuuki Asuna, mere light weapons were nothing.
Light was indeed poison, but poison could be cured.
The Holy Sword was different; even touching it would cause a burn, and being struck by it would cause one to vanish. That was the most terrifying anti-Devil weapon.
When the two reached an area with a wide field of view, Yukino Yukinoshita finally stopped.
"Not planning to run anymore?"
Sharon arrived before Yukino Yukinoshita, looked up at her suspended in the air on her wings, and chuckled lightly.
Yukino Yukinoshita ignored Sharon's provocation. Looking down at her from above, her delicate face was filled with coldness.
"I will make you regret scheming against my family."
Yukino Yukinoshita spoke each word distinctly.
"Shouldn't it be you who regrets being reincarnated from a human into a Devil?" Sharon also ignored Yukino Yukinoshita's provocation, cocking her head as she said, "And one who has only been reincarnated for one month. Do you think you can beat me?"
It had to be said that Yukino Yukinoshita's performance was astonishing in Sharon's view.
Despite being a Devil only recently reincarnated for a month, she could already utilize magic power so skillfully. She utilized high-level magic power techniques, which were far beyond the reach of ordinary Devils, with remarkable proficiency, fully deserving high praise.
Her magic power was also much stronger than that of a typical newly-reincarnated lower-class Devil. Even many Devils who had been reincarnated for years could not cultivate magic power of this magnitude, which was testament to the Second Miss Yukinoshita's talent and aptitude.
Sharon had to admit that this Yukino Yukinoshita made even her want to gasp in admiration.
Unfortunately, she was a Devil.
"You are very talented; even now you are already comparable to some powerful middle-class Devils." Sharon pulled out a pair of light swords, about the size of daggers, and slowly activated them. "But compared to that person, you are still far behind."
"Even when I first met him, he was much stronger than you are now."
Sharon was, of course, referring to Leon.
Three years ago, she was transferred to Chiba Prefecture and had her first conflict with Leon. When they first fought, Leon's strength was already quite formidable.
Even if she hadn't reached the level of a high-class Devil, she had already attained the peak fighting strength of a middle-class Devil at that time. There should have been no stronger Devil at that rank.
While Yukino Yukinoshita's performance was astonishing, she was, after all, only recently reincarnated. She couldn't compare to Leon at that time.
And Sharon, as the person who had already cemented her position as Chiba Prefecture's strongest Exorcist back then, could hold her own even against Leon at that time, constantly harassing her, making her intensely annoyed but unable to pose any substantive threat to Sharon. This led to the so-called fate of an antagonistic relationship.
Sharon Holey Grail, who wasn't afraid of Leon even at that time, why would she be afraid of Yukino Yukinoshita, who was not yet up to his former level?
What's more, three years had passed. Leon had broken through to become a high-class Devil, and Sharon had also become stronger, at least not losing to Leon when he had just advanced.
In other words, Sharon already possessed strength implicitly comparable to a high-class Devil.
If Leon hadn't awakened the "Peerage System" characteristic—a cheat—after becoming a high-class Devil and coming into contact with Devil chess pieces, soaring in power, Leon would truly have only continued to be entangled with Sharon.
Sharon also thought she would be endlessly entangled with Leon, but who would have thought that Leon would progress so rapidly in just a few months of her absence that she couldn't understand his current level of power.
Now, she was far from being Leon's opponent.
The thought of this left Sharon deeply unsettled.
Therefore, she set her sights on Yukino Yukinoshita, who had become Leon's servant.
Of course, she also knew that Yukino Yukinoshita's strength was not limited to this.
"You haven't used your Sacred Gear yet, have you?" Sharon walked slowly toward Yukino Yukinoshita's position, holding a sword in each hand. "Use your full power, or you will experience the pain that the power of light brings to you Devils for the first time."
Yukino Yukinoshita watched Sharon silently, her magic power blazing around her like an aura.
"Come forth, Ice Princess."
At Yukino Yukinoshita's command, the Princess of Ice appeared.
As She materialized, the cold aura surging around Yukino Yukinoshita instantly surged by tens or even hundreds of times, causing ice crystals to condense in the air.
As She materialized, the temperature of the entire world seemed to plummet, instantly falling below zero degrees.
As She materialized, Sharon's breath turned into white mist, puffing out, but she couldn't stop her body from getting colder and colder.
As She materialized, the sky seemed to darken slightly, and snowflakes began to drift down from the heavens.
"Hmph—"
The Princess of Ice exhaled gently. Her breath turned into a freezing wind that rapidly expanded, instantly becoming a cold wave like a blizzard.
"Crack, crack, crack, crack—"
The ground froze. A world of ice and snow gradually formed, making Yukino Haruno and Mrs. Yukinoshita, who were rushing over, afraid to approach any closer. They stood shivering in place, as if they had returned to the day school started.
Sharon's expression finally became grave.
"Is this the Longinus—'Eternal Ice Princess (Absolute Demise)'?"
Sharon's whisper had just sounded, and Yukino Yukinoshita's voice immediately followed.
"Don't blame me if you die."
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