Lying on the ground helplessly, Ultear's body twitched from time to time as her eyes stared at the sky absentmindedly, with part of her body dripping a certain liquid.
On her side, Kira also wore his clothes nonchalantly, seemingly never paying attention to Ultear, who was in such a wrecked state.
"B-Beast..."
Yet, even though only a moment had passed, Ultear regained part of her power as she wiped her saliva on the corner of her mouth as she stared at Kira with resenment, hatred, anger, yet with some longing, relief, and regret as he didn't seem to go all the way with her.
Yes, Kira didn't do the beastly act that was usually done by a beast.
Kiss' Demon, he used this ability to suck Ultear's magic power from her body to make her powerless and also recover his magic power.
In that fight, his magic power had been emptied, but fortunately, even if Ultear had used such powerful magic and had been defeated, her magic power reserve was still more or less full.
At this moment, when Kira thought about their previous fight, he wondered why Ultear had even thought of saving her magic power. Then again, it was probably because she thought she could become the victor with ease due to his desperate situation, yet he knew well that the next time wouldn't be so easy, especially when he knew how Ultear was far from being serious.
Instead, he felt that if Ultear wished to, she should be able to destroy this island with the Arc of Time, or the magic that she inherited from her mother, Ice Make.
Then again, he felt that all the women in this story were kind of... too strong, right?
Whether it was Mirajane, Erza, or even Ultear, when Kira thought about them, their endurance, stamina, and magic power were simply off the charts.
It was said that women could handle pain better than men, and it seemed that that was correct, especially since Ultear could still badmouth him after all of that.
Still, his focus should be on the purpose of Ultear being here, and he felt that he should help her with her purpose since it was definitely not good to be targeted by this evil woman.
If he could kill her, it would be good, but he hadn't killed, and if possible, he wouldn't want to end up in the situation where he had to dirty his hands with blood.
For others, it might be easy, but for him, he had to say, it was quite hard.
However, considering the situation of this world, he felt that he might be forced to do so in the future, but at least not now, as he didn't think that it was necessary to kill Ultear.
Ultear Milkovich.
While she was beautiful, Kira knew what kind of hideous things she had done, especially when she often manipulated those who had trusted her. She was like a poisonous viper that would inject her venom into those who reached for her. Unfortunately, she met a cunning weasel that could handle her and took her down instead.
Still, her goal, from the beginning, had always been one and that was to return to the past, to the time when she could be with her mother, Ur, the teacher of Gray and Lyon, and this was also the reason why she learned the Arc of Time, the Lost Magic that made her able to manipulate time.
To achieve that ambition, Ultear would do anything, including betraying everyone and manipulating them like a toy that she could tear apart at any moment.
Kira didn't want to be targeted by such a woman, but he wasn't ruthless enough to kill her, so he thought for a moment and said, "Let me help you to dispel the ice spell on Deliora."
"Huh?"
Ultear, who was still thinking about how to get out of her plight and have her revenge on Kira, was stunned.
"What? Am I wrong? Isn't that the reason why you are here?"
Moon Drip.
This was the magic used by Lyon and the others to dispel the ice that froze Deliora, and was also the cause of the curse of Galuna Island.
Frankly, Kira didn't care about the curse of Galuna Island since all the villagers on this island were demons who had forgotten their true identity due to the Moon Drip Magic.
The truth was that everyone on this island was a demon all along, but the Moon Drip Magic that Ultear, Lyon, and others used to dispel the ice that froze Deliora, which caused a mess in the memory of the demon on this island.
So as long as the membrane, which was the true form of the Moon Drip, or a magic that gathered the moonlight, was destroyed, everything could return to how it used to be.
However, it wouldn't be able to solve the real problem, which was the ice that froze Deliora.
Yes, this ice wasn't normal ice, but it was an ice that was created by Iced Shell Magic and was about to be used by Lyon previously on Kira.
By turning the body and the soul of the caster of this magic, the Iced Shell froze its target for an eternity.
This was a strong magic, and this was the reason why Kira used a Wave Magic directly to stop Lyon from using the magic since if he was trapped, he might be as good as gone since not only his body, but also his mind, and everything would be frozen even if he died for an eternity.
Still, to use this magic, the caster had to sacrifice themselves, turning their body and soul into an ice, living an ice to freeze their target, so the question was, who was the user of the Iced Shell that froze Deliora, the legendary demon that was created by the legendary dark mage, Zeref?
The answer was obvious, the teacher of Gray and Lyon, and also the mother of Ultear, Ur.
If there was a reason why Ultear wanted to dispel the ice that froze Deliora, it was because she thought it could return Ur to the previous state, but unfortunately, the result wasn't the one that she wished for.
However, Kira was different, with his two hands, which could create a miracle; he believed that he could return Ultear's mother to the previous state, the one that was remembered by everyone.
Yet, Ultear was dumbfounded when she heard Kira's words. "H-How did you know?!" She lost her calm and clearly became agitated as Kira exposed everything.
"I read your mind by using telepathic magic."
For his safety, Kira used telepathic magic to read everything within Ultear's mind, as not only could he confirm the plot, but it also helped him to protect himself.
"You bastard!"
Ultear was enraged as she knew that Kira had read everything within her mind, including all of her plots and conspiracies.
Not only her first kiss, but everything within her mind was seen!
Still, at the same time, she was also confused, wondering why Kira didn't kill her instead, especially after he knew her evil plan, hatred, and anger toward him.
Also, why did he even think of helping her?
Yet, as she was in a mess, Kira lifted her body as he walked toward the ancient temple where Deliora was kept.
"Let's go."
Kira was ready to bring Ultear to solve her problem and erase her hatred toward him, but—
"...did you just knead my buttocks just now?"
"It's your imagination!"
Regardless, it was time to bring Ur back!