"...why did you help me?"
Ultear asked this question as she let herself be carried by him even if she had recovered. At this moment, she could make her attack, taking him down, but she knew well that Kira's strange ability which sucked her magic by kissing had made his magic power to fill to the brim.
The fact that she attacked him when Kira was at his lowest meant that she didn't have the confidence to fight him, since after she fought him, she was sure that Kira could copy anyone's magic; no, he could learn any magic as long as he saw it once.
Whether it was Lyon's, Toby's, Yura's, or even Sherry's, all of their magics had been learned by Kira.
Naturally, Kira also mastered her strong magic, the Arc of Time!
How was Ultear sure?
It was because when they talked along the way to the ancient temple, Kira used her magic by making the wood age so fast that it started to rot and crumble.
This guy's mastery over magic was so frightening that it made her heart tremble since, in just a single glance, he could learn her magic.
If there was something fortunate, it was the fact that his magic power wasn't that awesome, only so-so level, which made her sigh in relief, yet despite that limitation, he could refill his magic power by kissing her lips!
Beast!
Still, why did he even think of helping her?
As she thought so, she complained, "By the way, stop carrying like a sack! I am not wheat, barley, or rice!"
The way Kira carried her on his shoulder was so rude, which annoyed her, especially after he gave her the first kiss, messing her up like this!
Also, if this continued, she was afraid that all the blood in her body would move to her head and she would have a deep headache!
"...as an enemy, you sure act like a baby."
Kira was speechless, but then he changed the way he carried her like a baby.
"Eh?"
Ultear was carried by one arm and lay snugly on his broad chest, which put her in a daze. His scent was good, it was so lovely that she wanted to put her nose and inhale his scent, and frankly, this guy was so handsome that he was almost beautiful with long lashes, his nose was so defined, and his skin was even fairer than hers!
Yet—
"...you really like my buttocks, huh?"
"...."
Kira's hand had always been on her buttocks, which made her speechless.
"...do you want me to drop you off?"
"Do it, then! I will escape as soon as you drop me!"
By then, what could Kira do?
Could he hold on under her revenge?
For her plan, she would do anything, even if she had to take down this man, who had taken her first kiss.
"...."
Kira was silent, staring at Ultear, who was looking at him smugly, thinking that she had won before he kissed her lips again.
"....."
Blinking her eyes, Ultear was startled before she moaned sweetly, then laid helplessly as her tongue was toyed by his, and her magic power was sucked at an incredible speed and this continued till he was satisfied.
"Be quiet."
"..."
Ultear was all weak, yet her moist eyes stared at him resentfully, who couldn't even treat her properly. Still, she didn't say anything more since she was afraid that she would be sucked dry by this bastard!
A magic power drain, and also a skill to learn any magic instantly, this guy was definitely a fearsome opponent!
Still—
"...can you really dispel the Iced Shell?"
Kira stared at Ultear, who was staring at him in a gaze that was different than before, then nodded. 'If it was someone else, they wouldn't be able to do it, but I am different. Believe me."
"...okay."
Ultear decided to trust Kira for a moment since she knew well that she couldn't fight him, and in the end, she decided to make herself comfortable on his arm.
Still, soon, they had arrived at the underground area of the ancient temple where Ultear, Lyon, and the group who performed the ritual of the Moon Drip were located.
"This is the demon, Deliora."
As expected, it was huge; similar to Lullaby, yet Kira wondered why Ur needed to use the Iced Shell to defeat it.
Kira, who had faced the Lullaby, didn't think that it was powerful, and if Deliora's power was about the same as the Lullaby, then wasn't Ur quite weak, then?
Wasn't Ur's strength supposed to be similar to the Ten Magic Saints, ten powerful mages who were known as the strongest in the Ishgar Continent?
Still shaking his head, Kira put down Ultaer and decided not to think about those things. Instead, he decided to focus on the Iced Shell before him, touching it with his palms as he closed his eyes. It felt strange, but he could feel that it was living somehow, and because of that, it should be possible to erase the tragedy that would happen to Ultear.
'Ultear...'
Thinking about how many evil things this woman had done, Kira wondered why he had done this, but then again, this was also his chance to fill his gacha gauge, so, without hesitation, he used his Left Hand - Xanadu Matrix and Right Hand - Evil Eater.
At that moment, his arms glowed in both red and blue radiance as his two hands entered the freezing ice before causing it to glow into gentle light.
Ultear, who stood by Kira's side, was dumbfounded, and her heart started to race, beating so fast when she thought of the miracle that was about to happen before her.
'No, it should be impossible!'
Even with the Arc of Time, it was impossible to undo the Iced Shell, her mother, that had become ice, couldn't return to her previous form, and her mother would remain as ice forever even though Ultear knew that the caster of the Iced Shell wouldn't die for an eternity as it would always be in the form of an ice.
This was also the reason why the Arc of Time that she mastered was ineffective, as the caster was still living, so this ice wasn't registered as non-living, and her magic couldn't affect a living being.
In other words, all the struggle and hard work were meaningless.
The only way for her to undo everything was by using Zeref and returning to the past, gaining the life that she had lost.
Yet... yet... what if Kira could succeed?
What if Kira could return her mother to how she was?
What if Kira could turn her mother, who had become an ice that froze a nightmare known as Deliora, due to the selfishness of two of the students, into her mother that Ultear knew once again?
What would happen?
Would Ur scold her?
Would Ur hate her?
After everything Ultear had done, would she even have the right to meet her mother?
Yet, when as the hesitation, fear, and guilt for what Ultear had done, which made her wanted to stop Kira, when she saw him struggling, seemingly on his limit, as she knew well that he didn't have much of a magic power, she directly plunged into him, kissing his lips, giving him all the magic power that she had on her body!
Kira, who was startled by Ultear's action, saw her eyes, and he knew what she wished, so he didn't betray her, and soon, the gentle light became the form of a naked, beautiful woman that resembled that of Ultear, but with short hair, appeared and was carried on his arms.
The woman's eyes trembled slightly, then she slowly opened them before she widened fully as she saw someone who resembled her deceased daughter, but when she was about to say something, she closed her mouth as she saw her daughter kissing a young man, like a lover.
Her eyes quickly closed before she took a peek once again until—
"OOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"
Deliora, who was freed from the Iced Shell, roared with all of her might as it was about to create a disaster on the continent once again!
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Begone, evil minds!
Kira is pure!