Shiroyasha finally wiped that shameless grin off her face and spoke to Izumi with unusual seriousness.
At the same time, she pulled a small sealing artifact from her sleeve and tossed it lightly into the air.
"It took quite a bit of effort to hunt down all those Sun Gods," she said proudly.
"Anyway, here you go."
"I'm ready."
"Oh, and one more thing."
"You're providing me with a place to stay."
"I have absolutely no intention of returning to Little Garden."
Izumi blinked.
"…So you're basically running away from home with the entire bucket?"
Shiroyasha nodded without hesitation.
"That's exactly what I'm doing."
"After everything I pulled, do you seriously think the pantheons are going to let me off peacefully?"
"I'm not afraid of trouble… but I do hate dealing with it."
"Besides, Little Garden is going to merge with your world eventually anyway."
"So I might as well come here first, claim a good territory, and start building influence."
"Even if those idiots come after me later, I won't care."
"And now that I've practically recovered all the Sun Sovereignty fragments…"
"There's nothing left in Little Garden worth lingering for."
"Well—aside from a few pieces I still couldn't retrieve."
"Everything else is already in my hands."
Izumi stared at her silently.
Honestly… this girl had prepared everything in advance.
She had stolen the Sun Sovereignty.
Planned her escape route.
Prepared a new base of operations.
She really had gone all in.
Still, Izumi didn't particularly care.
His objective had always been the Zodiac Sun Sovereignty held by Shiroyasha.
As long as all twelve Zodiac authorities were gathered, nothing else mattered.
Without another word, Izumi raised a hand.
Space distorted.
The next instant, both of them vanished from the spot.
When the spatial turbulence settled, they appeared atop the colossal Tree of Life—the Kabbalah Tree that stood at the center of Izumi's world.
The moment Shiroyasha saw it, her eyes widened.
"…Amazing."
"A Kabbalah Tree from another world…"
"And it's incomparably stronger than the one in Little Garden."
If the Tree in Little Garden could be considered a sapling…
Then the one before her was a towering world-pillar.
The difference between the two was absurd.
Just from this alone, one could tell how terrifying the foundation of Izumi's world truly was.
Izumi simply nodded.
"Hand over the Sun Sovereignty."
"I'll restore you afterward."
Shiroyasha didn't hesitate.
One after another, she produced several Gift Cards and passed them to him.
- Cancer.
- Virgo.
- Aries.
- Aquarius.
- Scorpio.
- Sagittarius.
- Capricorn
The remaining seven Zodiac Sun Sovereignties.
All of them now rested in Izumi's hands.
Seeing them, a faint smile rose on Izumi's lips.
At long last…
The Zodiac set was complete.
Without wasting time, he stored them away.
Then he looked back at Shiroyasha with amusement.
"You really were ruthless."
"You collected every single one."
Shiroyasha merely grinned smugly.
Then, as if suddenly remembering something, she tossed another object toward him.
A necklace.
"Oh right."
"The Halloween Queen asked me to give this to you."
"She refused to trade Sun Sovereignty with me otherwise."
At that point, a rather malicious smile appeared on Shiroyasha's face.
Izumi caught the necklace and immediately sensed the existence sealed inside it.
The moment he understood what it was, he laughed softly.
"You two really know how to play dirty…"
"But fine."
"I'll accept it."
Inside the necklace…
Was the sealed remnant of Algol.
One of the former Three Problem Children of Little Garden.
The same existence who once stood alongside Shiroyasha and the Halloween Queen.
After a brief moment of thought, Izumi instantly understood their intentions.
Those two troublemakers…
They were planning to unleash a restored Algol back into Little Garden.
And once that happened—
The Greek pantheon was going to have a very bad time.