Chapter 176: I am Natsuki Minamiya's husband! ()

The small island that emerged from the alternate space was about several hundred meters away from Itogami Island.

After Lin Que forcibly dragged it out using his own magic power, a simple floating bridge appeared between the small island and Itogami Island.

Lin Que stepped onto the floating bridge and soon reached the end, in front of the church located on the island's rocky peak.

Click—!

Pushing open the church doors, what appeared before Lin Que was a vast, empty hall.

In the center of the hall sat a luxurious armchair covered in velvet.

A beautiful, delicate, doll-like young girl was currently sitting in the armchair, motionless in a deep sleep.

Seemingly sensing Lin Que's arrival, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her deep blue eyes slowly opened.

"Yo~ Little Natsuki, you're finally awake."

Lin Que reached out and waved in front of her: "Do you remember me? I'm your husband, you can call me..."

"Lin Que."

A look of helplessness suddenly appeared on Natsuki Minamiya's otherwise calm face.

"I was just sleeping, not suffering from amnesia."

"I remember everything that happened in the outside world and everything my avatar experienced."

"I see, what a pity."

Lin Que shook his head with some regret: "I thought that suddenly cutting off your contract with the demon would also cause your memories to become chaotic."

Natsuki Minamiya: "..."

Although it sounded like a joke, for some reason, she felt he was being serious.

Giving Lin Que a complex look, Natsuki Minamiya turned to look at the door deep within the church.

The Prison Barrier was a place used to detain various special prisoners.

Now that she, the maintainer of the Prison Barrier, had lost most of her power, the sealing effect of the Prison Barrier had begun to continuously decline.

Before long, those prisoners who had been locked away would realize the truth, break the seal, and escape.

Of course, Natsuki Minamiya was not afraid of these prisoners causing trouble.

Shattering space with bare hands, instantly killing a demon located in a higher-dimensional space, and that somewhat familiar but uncertain magic power.

After witnessing Lin Que's various shocking feats with her own eyes, he had already been labeled a monster in Natsuki Minamiya's heart.

As long as Lin Que stood here, the prisoners in the Prison Barrier naturally wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

But the problem now is...

"How do you plan to deal with those prisoners?"

"Prisoners? What prisoners?"

Lin Que smiled: "The irrelevant ones, I dealt with them while I was coming in just now."

Natsuki Minamiya: "???"

Why does that sound so familiar?

Recalling Lin Que's actions when he first arrived on Itogami Island not long ago, the corner of Natsuki Minamiya's eye twitched.

"You killed them all?"

"Not exactly," Lin Que denied.

"Compared to those useless old guys, the strength of these prisoners is actually quite decent."

"It would be too wasteful to just kill them, so I ate them all."

"That sounds no different from killing them."

Not delving into what Lin Que meant by "ate," Natsuki Minamiya felt a headache coming on.

"The people locked in the Prison Barrier are not just simple prisoners; many of them are high-ranking officials or special members of major factions."

"Due to the sensitivity of their identities, they couldn't be easily dealt with even if they committed crimes, which is why they were locked in the Prison Barrier."

"If you kill them all, the consequences..."

"Are the consequences very serious?"

"Yes."

"Are they as serious as me declaring war on the whole world?"

Natsuki Minamiya's expression stiffened: "No."

"Then there you go."

Lin Que patted Natsuki Minamiya's little head: "Anyway, I'm going to offend them sooner or later, so there's nothing to worry about."

"That may be so, but... wait a minute!"

Natsuki Minamiya, who had wanted to say something else, seemed to remember something, and her expression suddenly became tense.

"Are all the prisoners in the Prison Barrier dead?!"

"Not all, I left one behind."

"One?!"

Natsuki Minamiya widened her eyes: "Who did you leave behind!"

"Relax, little Natsuki."

Lin Que smiled: "Since the irrelevant ones are all dead, the one who survived is naturally the important one to you."

Natsuki Minamiya was stunned: "So the 'irrelevant' ones you were talking about were based on me?"

"Hmm... not entirely, I suppose."

Lin Que looked toward the door deep in the church: "Besides being important to you, I also have a bit of 'interest' in her."

"I see. It seems my survival wasn't just pure luck."

Click—!

The door deep in the church was pushed open, and a woman with long black hair, wearing a twelve-layered ceremonial kimono, walked out slowly.

Her crimson eyes swept across the hall, and her face, exquisite to the point of being stunning, finally looked at Natsuki Minamiya.

"I didn't expect our reunion to be in such a setting, Witch of the Void."

"Aya... long time no see."

Natsuki Minamiya looked at this former friend: "Although it's a bit awkward, there is one thing I must tell you."

"The current me is no longer a witch."

Sayaka Ayase: "?"

Not a witch anymore?

The previously calm Sayaka Ayase scanned Natsuki Minamiya with a look of shock and suspicion.

"...There really is no aura of a demon."

Sayaka Ayase was not stupid; noticing this fact, she instantly understood the reason she was able to come out.

"So it wasn't that you met with an accident, but that you lost your power, which caused the Prison Barrier to fail?"

"Yes, that's exactly it."

Natsuki Minamiya glanced at Lin Que beside her: "Lin Que killed the demon that signed the contract with me, which is why the Prison Barrier failed."

"Killed a demon located in a higher-dimensional space?"

Recovering from the series of shocks, Sayaka Ayase looked at Lin Que.

"Come to think of it, the shadow that swallowed all those prisoners in an instant just now was also your doing, right?"

"To be able to do such a shocking thing... who are you?"

"Good question."

Lin Que wrapped his arms around Natsuki Minamiya beside him and spoke before she could react: "I am Natsuki Minamiya's husband!"

Sayaka Ayase: "?!!!"

ECHO is disabled.

Simply put, these are the three main points. I won't go into the North North North Side details, otherwise, the word count will be too high. I hope you understand.