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Alice Tale in Phantasmagoria

Chapter 108

Author: Seto Yuuichi
updatedAt: 2025-04-22

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    Insolently greedily, no ability except that of destruction.

    『Demon eye』 is surely, a curse.

    When I became aware of that existence, its possessor lost herself every time.

    Neither borrowed nor fake, that is the destiny of the natural born demon eye called the gem.

    I’ve heard the grief of its historical holders.

    The 『entirety』 of the holders left in history was resentment and hatred, literature speaks of the tragic fate that awaits them.

    As such they are always villains and, cannot become the allies of justice.

    「Demon eye, release!」

    When the pure crimson girl before my eyes shouted, I flashed back to Eclair’s suffering.

    She glared at the giant snake with a how’s that, as if the girl was displaying a treasure she’d been keeping in reserve.

    An amber left eye and, silver right eye.

    Most likely, a demon eye different from Eclair’s.

    Releasing that makes her beyond strong.

    The overeagerness of a girl innocently conveying the valiant spirit of a preteen.

    If it was something I could seal, I would’ve immediately shut it down.

    Thinking that, I was about to go forth and――the pure crimson girl is smiling mischievously.

    How’s that?

    I’m strong aren’t I!

    I could hear such words coming, it was a smile like a cheshire cat.

    「Eh? ……Lumina, chan? You’re, okay?」

    「Nihehee, kaーsama! Watch this okay!」

    V, and after conveying her sign, Lumina-chan jumped in toward the giant snake.

    Excessive defenselessness, going out for a short walk.

    Such heedlessness, isn’t tolerated by the snake waiting for its chance to attack.

    Giving nothing akin to an opening through which to avoid it, swallowing even space itself.

    I saw a glimpse of killer instinct, an assault from every direction.

    The Lumina-chan wearing her characteristic goth loli outfit is, almost a delicate bisque doll.

    The charge of the snake’s head is like colliding with a 4 ton truck.

    A bite could send the four limbs flying.

    If that wraps around, a worn out rag.

    Something like the frail body of a girl, would be flattened by just one attack.

    Thus, physical law cannot be overturned by anything but phantasmsdreams.

    The girl is an exceptional magician.

    Use a barrier of ice to defend the body first?

    The pure crimson magical girl, denies that ordinary impression.

    「――Stop!!」

    ――With that single word, the giant snake’s attacks all stopped as if it may even have been paralyzed.

    A sudden halt like the image had been switched out in a movie.

    What is that?

    From the opponent’s standpoint, there’s a limit to absurdity.

    Even the giant snake, seems like it’s shouting, don’t mess with me.

    「Eeei!!」

    She didn’t listen to such censure or the rest, the magical girl is used to fighting.

    Creating an opening on the opponent, without letting that opening go, deliver damage so as to assuredly invite death.

    While the girl climbed stairs of ice, at some point her hand held a self made greatsword and swung it about.

    Something like the head of a snake that had stopped moving, more simply than cutting a small branch――it fell.

    She lopped it off, almost as if doing a beheading.

    Cut and cut and, burn away with flame magic.

    How to describe it, this strength.

    There’s no mistake that the shining silver right eye’s demon eye is a curse.

    If the demon eye gives excessive power then as much as it gives, that outstanding girl is cut off from the world as an isolated being.

    ……Somehow, I noticed that I understood the reason my shishou has an atmosphere that doesn’t let people approach her.

    And thus, having lived to an age different from my shishou, the young girl’s transcendental form broke my heart.

    「――Shaaaaaaa!」

    「Wa waato……it started moving!」

    Even so, the deathmatch continued.

    The Yamata no Orochi won’t forgive the humans who sealed it.

    I was only seeking 『meat』.

    What sin does that become?

    And he pronounced that sort of thing.

    Are your eyes knotholes, he has an annoyed expression that really seemed to say as such.

    Being told that, I turn my eyes to Lumina-chan.

    Pure crimson hair with, lively seeming eyes.

    TLN: Alice caught herself using the (sort of) feminine version of I in reference to herself, instead of the typical (for Alice in her inner thoughts) manly ore. As this translation doesn’t convey all the different I versions of the original Japanese, there’s a certain degree of loss in that regard so, taking note of a few random things:

    Till and Kran both use haughty self identifications that indicate high status.

    Eclair refers to herself as Eclair, she doesn’t actually use I. Notably, before she awakened her demon eye, she did refer to herself with the normal watashi instead of using the third person, as such, she refers to herself in this way so as to remind herself of her identity, and to distinguish her own memories from those of others.

    Makina uses boku, which is kind of boyish.*

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