. . . . .

  The Game Master is frozen in place and does not move anymore.

  “IT WORKS, KASUMI-SAN!!” shouts Luna.

  Kasumi lands behind Luna. She turns off her Vein armor and greets her.

  “Well done, Luna-dono! You’ve saved me twice!”

  “Kasumi-san!”

  *!*

  Luna turns around and immediately jumps towards Kasumi to hug her.

  “L-Luna-dono??”

  Luna buries her face deep into Kasumi’s breast.

  “From how everything looks, you won against Hana-san, didn’t you, Kasumi-san?”

  Kasumi smiles endearingly. She pats Luna’s hair multiple times.

  “Yes, Luna-dono! I had a helper come to my rescue.”

  Luna lifts her face from Kasumi’s breast and leans upwards towards her face.

  “Huh? Who? Did Quroe-san come?”

  Kasumi shakes her head.

  “Not him. I’ll tell you all about it later!”

  Kasumi smiles at Luna.

  “Alright!”

  Both of them think to themselves at the same time, and the exact same thought appears in their minds.

  “(Is this what it feels like to have a younger sister?)” thinks Kasumi.

  “(So, this is how it feels to have an older sister. . .)” thinks Luna.

  Luna lets go of her hug.

  “By the way, Kasumi-san.”

  “Yes, Luna-dono??”

  *?!*

  Luna suddenly points to Kasumi in a rude way if it were done towards a stranger.

  “That! That right there! Can you stop that?”

  “Uhhh. . . I’m not sure I follow, Luna-dono. . .”

  *!*

  Luna points to Kasumi yet again in a similar but more aggressive manner.

  “THAT!! RIGHT THERE!! PLEASE STOP THAT!!!”

  “Uuuuummm. . .”

  Kasumi is confused.

  “Kasumi-san! Please stop calling me ‘Luna-dono’!”

  . . . . .

  “Eh?”

  “The dono suffix implies that either of us is of a different height of status! Given it’s you, you’re always so nice and kind and mannerly, so I don’t think you treat yourself as higher than me. You must’ve treated me like I’m someone that you should absolutely respect. Like I'm the master and you’re the servant. Aren’t I right, Kasumi-san??”

  “. . .Eh? Is that wrong, Luna-dono??”

  “In one way or another, it is! Treating me like I’m someone that you’re appointed to take care of, it’s as if you’re my butler instead of my friend or sister! It’s like putting an invisible barrier between us that either of us is scared to break!”

  “. . .Which means?”

  “Please stop calling me ‘Luna-dono’! Call me Luna-chan!”

  “I see. Then I apologize, Luna-do. . . I mean, Luna-chan! Alright then. . . Let’s get along properly from now on, Luna-chan!” said Kasumi as she leaned a bit downwards and smiled towards Luna.

  “. . .”

  Luna was embarrassed by how genuine Kasumi looked. She wanted to shed a tear, but she held it back physically as much as possible. She ends up giving a genuine smile back at Kasumi.

  “Let’s get along properly from now on as well, Kasumi-chan!”

  “Ahahahaha!”

  “Hehehehe!”

  They both smiled and giggled at each other.

  “Well then, now, what should we do? We still can’t get out of here.”

  “First, we should wake up Hana-san!”

  “Good idea, Kasumi-chan!”

  “By the way, Luna-do. . .chan! Can you explain to me how your Faith power works?”

  “Sure, sure, Kasumi-chan!”

  Luna starts telling everything about her Faith power to Kasumi.

  “I see. I understand now! It is a strong Faith power, even if it isn’t really suitable for combat. Yet the moment you succeed in putting your opponent under the illusion, the battle is over.”

  “Yes! It’s the one reason that I’ve survived all those years in the past, running away from people from the Underworld. They all were strong, but none of them had any way to defend against my Faith power.”

  “First time I’ve heard it, Luna-do. . .chan. Please tell me all about it when we get out of here, okay?”

  “Okay! It’s a promise! Hehe!”

  “Alright!”

  Kasumi walks towards the stunned Game Master and activates her Vein armor.

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  “I remembered that Faith power stops working if the user faints. So, I wonder if this entire infinite maze would crumble if we knock him out.”

  “Oh! The killing game would stop, and as soon as we get out, Quroe-san will definitely clean up everything else! Yahooo!!! We’re finally going out!! Yipieeeee!!” said Luna as she was hopping around joyfully.

  “Ahahahaha! But yes, finally! I get to see Master Quroe again after a while!”

  “Ah! Did I just hear a maiden in love speaking?”

  “S-Stop it, Luna-chan. . .”

  “Hehehe! Okay, I’m sorry if you didn’t like my silly jokes!”

  “N-No. It’s not that I don’t like it. It’s just. . . I’m embarrassed by it. . .”

  “Oooooooooooooooooooooo!”

  Kasumi stands right behind the stunned Game Master. She clenches her right fist and takes a stance to prepare a punch.

  “YOUNG MASTER!!”

  *!!!!!*

  Someone suddenly shouted and ran really fast towards the stunned Game Master. It was a woman’s voice, and it sounded very close to Kasumi. As soon as Kasumi realized, she immediately threw a punch towards the back of the Game Master’s head.

  *BWUSH*

  “Oh no. . .”

  Kasumi missed, and the Game Master was taken away by the woman.

  “W-WHO WAS THAT, KASUMI-CHAN??”

  “I don’t know. . .”

  “I-I’M SO SORRY, KASUMI-CHAN!! I SHOULDN’T HAVE MADE A JOKE WHEN YOU’RE JUST ABOUT TO GET US OUT OF HERE!! I’M REALLY SORRY, KASUMI-CHAN!! IT’S ALL MY FAULT!!”

  Luna is on the floor apologizing to Kasumi. She’s holding her head with her hands in frustration. She’s also crying at how much she hates herself for making jokes every chance she gets.

  “L-Luna-chan!!”

  Kasumi runs to Luna on the floor and crouches.

  “Luna-chan! Don’t blame yourself too much! It’s not healthy for you!”

  “(That woman purposefully has no intention to harm me to avoid alarming my danger sense. Also, how on earth did I completely miss her despite my sharpened senses? I didn’t see where she appeared from.)”

  The woman who took the stunned Game Master lands on the floor about 20 meters away from Kasumi and Luna. She places the stunned Game Master on the floor.

  “Young Master, I apologize for this!”

  The woman pulls out a pocket knife.

  *ZRAASSHH*

  And she lightly grazes the Game Master’s left shoulder.

  “URGH!!”

  The pain woke the Game Master up from his illusion.

  “. . .”

  *!*

  The Game Master immediately wakes up and sits on the floor next to the woman.

  “. . .”

  “Young master! Are you okay?”

  The Game Master puts his left hand on the side of his head.

  “Yeah. . . I’m fine. . . I just. . . Experienced my past. . .”

  *!*

  “Y-Young master!”

  The woman immediately hugs the Game Master.

  “While I enjoy your hug, I really am fine now, Claire!”

  The woman named Claire lets go of her hug.

  “I apologize if I was rude, young master!”

  “Not at all! Please don’t treat me as if there’s a barrier between us!”

  “I. . . I’m sorry, Nacht-kun. It’s a habit. But we’re on duty anyway, so please excuse me.”

  “. . .Good point, actually.”

  The Game Master tries to stand up, and Claire helps him up.

  “Thanks.”

  “It’s my duty anyway!”

  “. . .I see.”

  The woman named Claire stands next to the Game Master.

  She wears a white masquerade mask with small silver jewels embedded around its shape. She has white, short, straight hair that hangs above her shoulders. She wears a white top hat with silver trim on its bottom. She has a pair of blue eyes under her mask with bright red lipstick on her lips. She has gorgeous, white, and smooth skin. She wears a white sleeveless ruffled turtle neck dress that reaches her thighs, a pair of white short pants underneath her dress, a pair of white gloves, a pair of black leggings covering above her knees all the way to her toes, and a pair of white shiny high heels. She is 171cm and weighs 70kg. Her bust size is D-cup.

  “Nacht-kun! I’ve found out about the little girl’s Faith power. It seems like she can stun anyone who locks eyes with her. I overheard her when she was explaining her Faith power to the taller woman. Seems like her victims will experience their biggest fear inside of some kind of a dream. They will be stunned until the victim overcomes their own fear, or five minutes have passed. Though from what I saw with their fight against the clown, physical pain is another way to wake up from the illusion.”

  “I’ve seen her use it before, but I have no idea it was that severe. A stun that lasts five whole minutes is insane! The tall woman, the small girl, and then that red-haired bitch! They are all troublesome on their own, yet the fact that they all know each other and just so happened to be at the one place in this entire giant planet where we would carry out this whole plan. What a fucking sick joke!”

  “Young master, do you think this is a sign that a higher being is watching us and warning us about executing this killing game?”

  “HAH! As if! There is no god or anything of the sort! We’re all on our own in this world! If there really is a god, then why is there so much suffering in the world?”

  The Game Master looked towards Claire.

  “Why would those things happen to everyone around us if there is a god? Why would a god let that happen??”

  “. . .”

  Claire did not and cannot answer. She is at a loss for words.

  “*Sigh* Forget this! Let’s finish them up! I think most of our ‘friends’ are cleaning up the last few hundred people inside this maze!”

  “I’ll help you fight, young master!”

  “Great! You’ll have an easy job today! I’ll handle the tall woman. You handle the squirt!”

  “Affirmative!”

  In the distance, Kasumi and Luna are also prepared to fight. Kasumi summons her katana and enters her stance.

  “This is bad, Luna-chan! I can’t possibly protect you while I fight the Game Master! He’s tricky enough to deal with already in a 1v1.”

  “I really don’t wanna hold you back, Kasumi-chan. I’ll manage somehow! Just leave her to me!”

  *?!*

  “I apologize, Luna-chan, but that sounds really concerning. I don’t think I can concentrate properly if I’m worrying about you.”

  “Kasumi-chan! It’s alright! Trust me!”

  Luna smiles towards Kasumi. Her smile was genuine with no hints of hesitation or lies at all.

  “I understand! I’ll try not to think about you at all in the meantime! I’ll leave her to you!”

  “Roger! That’s more like it!”

  Kasumi activates her Vein armor.

  *BWOOOSSHHH*

  And she immediately launches herself forward towards the Game Master.

  “Claire! Go now! The little girl is all alone!”

  “Understood!”

  The woman standing next to the Game Master suddenly leans forward and crouches on all fours on the floor.

  *!*

  Both Kasumi and Luna notice the woman’s transformation. Her hands and legs transform into legs belonging to an elk, complete with its hoofs. The fur on her legs is all white, while the hooves are all dark brown. She also grows a pair of branching elk antlers from both sides of her head. Her antlers are light brown, similar to the colors of certain types of trees, helping the antlers to camouflage in the deep woods, though those colors serve no purpose to her right now at this location.

  *BWOOOSSHHHH*

  *CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP*

  Claire is galloping on all fours towards Luna. She is moving at 70km/h.

  *SRRRTTT*

  Kasumi immediately stops herself mid-run and turns around. She is already prepared to jump back to intercept Claire from reaching Luna.

  “(DAMMIT!! THERE’S NO WAY LUNA-CHAN CAN HANDLE A FAITH POWER LIKE THAT!!)”

  *SNAP*

  “WHERE ARE YOU LOOKING AT, COLDHART-SAN?!”

  *!!!*

  *BANG*

  The Game Master teleported next to Kasumi and immediately fired another see-through drill towards the side of her head. Kasumi dodges the drill by ducking her head at the very last second. Just one millisecond too late, and her head would’ve been pierced by the drill.

  “DON’T LOOK AT ANYONE ELSE, COLDHART-SAN!! YOU’RE FIGHTING ME!!”

  “TCH!!”

  Kasumi jumps away and lands 3 meters from the Game Master.

  *CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP*

  Claire is reaching Luna very fast, but Luna doesn’t try to run away.

  *?!*

  “(Why is she smiling so confidently? I already know that she doesn’t have any combative capabilities, so what is that face she’s making?)” thinks Claire as she looked at Luna.

  Luna just keeps smiling at Claire as she’s coming closer.

  *INHALES EXHALES*

  But then Luna takes a giant deep breath, and she opens her mouth wide open. She puts both of her hands on the side of her mouth.

  “HANA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!”

  *!!!!*

  The Game Master, Kasumi, and Claire, all three of them, were startled by Luna’s sudden loud shout.

  “THE GAME MASTER SAAAIIIDDDDD!!! HE IS GOING TO KILL KAITO-SAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!”

  *!!!!*

  “BECAUSE HE HATES YOUUUUU, HANA-SAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!”

  Luna was standing so close to Hana’s body lying on the floor. Given the volume of her voice, she’s basically shouting at her ears.

  “. . .”

  The Game Master was frozen in fear, and his body was trembling.

  *CLOP CLOP CLOP*

  Claire was galloping faster to reach Luna sooner.

  “CLAIRE!! WAIIITTT!!!”

  *SRRRRRTTTT*

  But then she stops herself because of the Game Master’s order, even though she is only 5 meters away from Luna.

  “HANA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!! THE GAME MASTER SAIIIIDDDDD!! HE IS GOING TO KILL KAITO-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!! BECAUSE HE HATES YOU, HANA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!”

  “WHAT KINDA FUCKING BULLSHIT ARE YOU SHOUTING FOR, YOU FUCKING BRAT?! SHUT THE FUCK UUUUUPPPP OR I’LL TEAR YOUR MOUTH OFF YOUR STUPID FACE, YOU PRETENTIOUS BRAAAATTTT!!” the Game Master shouted in so much anger that there are veins on his face and neck.

  “HANA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!”

  “I SAID SHUT UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!”

  “. . .”

  Hana was unconscious the whole time, but because of Luna’s loud shouting, she slowly opened her eyes.