Yes, thanks to that, I’ve been able to gather the pieces more easily—『Noose』.

I’m not entirely sure what happened, but with 『Corpse Flower』 now in hiding, it’s just the two of us left gazing at the same horizon as dark mages. Isn’t this situation amusing? We always thought a loose collaboration would suffice, treating each other more as chess pieces than comrades.

But now, an external threat has bound us together. Who would have thought a madman would show up in this world and make us genuinely 'cooperate'?

If you ask where I’ll use these pieces, the answer is simple: …