Stars coming to the human realm were fundamentally in the form of light. Unlike Pythonus, who could change his appearance, it was very inefficient for stars that didn’t match the human realm and environment because more power had to be used.

If it weren’t for Liche’s contract, Pythonus would have had to stay in the form of light.

“When they’re in the form of light, I can’t hold them in my hands, so I can’t make them entities. You have to wait for them to enter the abilities’ bodies and take control of the bodies. That’s when their consciousness is outside.”

Thus, Hécankha used his ability to pull the minds of the stars and make them entities. The problem was that the original forms were still inside the bodies of the abilities.

“That’s right.”

Hécankha looked at Liche, who was conversing with Ian, and replied with a raised voice as if telling her to listen.

“You have to destroy the vessels and take them out.”

“What?!”

Destroying the vessels meant destroying the abilities. Liche was surprised and turned her head at the words. Lertiom must be enjoying teasing. Hécankha laughed satisfactorily.

“Just kidding. Since I made their consciousness into entities and put them in the glass bottles, the original forms can’t do anything. What can an empty shell without consciousness do? So, it’s best to do nothing and let time pass like this. In the meantime, these guys in the bottles will gradually lose strength, and the abilities will die when the time comes.”

“They’ll die?”

In response to Liche’s question, Hécankha answered.

“Human beings also have a lifespan. They probably won’t live for more than a hundred years.”

The entities of the stars that lost their vessels would naturally come out of the abilities’ bodies, and by then, the stars weakened in the glass bottles would fall into a deep sleep when returned to their entities.

Still, it felt uneasy. Until the end, Liche asked for confirmation like checking for safety.

“What about my brother and Robenhaf brother, Zeke? Is there anything wrong with the stars’ entities entering them? Is it dangerous?”

“It’s dangerous. They become enemies.”

“……?”

“Since the power of the stars in the original forms will seep in, they’ll become stronger than now. It’ll be quite challenging to deal with them when they take control. Do you understand?”

Pythonus, who was eavesdropping on their conversation, let out a fart.

“Hécankha. What you’re saying is based on the assumption that those guys are obediently in the glass bottles. What if I come out? What are you going to do?”

Hécankha, with a twin squirrel-like appearance like Pythonus, made an expression of wounded pride and said.

“I won’t make the same mistake twice.”

Anyway, since they had successfully confined the stars as planned, they had to deal with the situation before people woke up.

Liche used the restoration ability of the star fragments to return anything broken or damaged to its original state.

The large hole in the outer wall also neatly returned.

Except for the remaining ice from the battle and Duke Gerwer, who was frozen, everything else looked the same as before.

“I can’t melt the ice. He froze it himself.”

Hécankha pointed to the third glass bottle. The slightly bluish light was jumping vigorously without getting tired.

The next day, people began to wake up.

There was a momentary disturbance due to everyone losing consciousness at the same time, but with no visible harm and an unknown cause, it soon settled down.
Due to the recent attack by demons and a major incident, this event was considered merely strange for those who experienced it.

“Duke Gerwer…?”

Meanwhile, the people who were in the residence of Duke Hébécman faced a bigger issue than losing consciousness.

Duke Gerwer frozen.

Blake, while puzzled, gathered witnesses.

Although the incident regarding the Duke’s safety had been reported to the emperor, a prompt response came from the palace. They requested cooperation in the investigation from Ian, the one with abilities, so there shouldn’t be any major issues.

“Hébécman abilities won’t be suspects.”

While everything seemed to be resolving, Liche still faced a crisis she wasn’t aware of.

“Hey, barking dog. Are you Lertiom?”

Deon, who woke up late, had an angry expression.

…How did he find out?

Liche took a step back sneakily.

Hwanglip Academy.

The school decided to close for three months due to the demon incident.

The students were scattered throughout the academy, waiting for carriages to take them home.

And the students’ attention was undoubtedly focused on the abilities that resolved the recent situation.

“Look over there. Those are the abilities.”

“Was I riding on Zeke’s back?”

“Derkadion and Robenhaf were there too. They were really cool during the fight.”

“Ian Dwain’s eyes are golden now? What happened to his appearance…”

Whether they were coming out of correction together or walking together, it was more noticeable when they walked together.

“But the person in the middle… is that Trariche?”