Hava: About time, I was starting to bore myself to death while everyone had their fun~

As the librarians landed onto what at first looked like a massive field of flowers, the girl with red eyes stretched her arms and readied the one-handed weapon that belonged to the leader of Molar Office.

Her eyes shifted to the left side towards Elis, who stood behind her, her eyes locked onto a gray figure emerging from the red flowers. The top of their head was blown off, revealing the inside of it to them. A wide, permanent, smile was visible on the remains of their heads.

The pale expression on her face grew paler as her eyes looked in the horizon, seeing many, many more bodies sitting upright in the same state.

She was the only members present who reacted to this extend among the librarians. Netzach simply acknowledged their presence with a lazy gaze while Angela's assistant glanced briefly at them before preparing himself for the incoming fight.

They couldn't afford to be taken off guard.

"New people! Come closer, I'll liberate you from all your pain!"

Right on cue, the Abnormality they were looking for emerged from the massive flower field like a worm digging out from the dirt. It's large body loomed over all of them. Its appearance was like a snake's, with the exception of many thorns coming from its body. Its head looked like a massive red flower, matching the many others surrounding the group.

It excitedly approached them and leaned closer, inviting them to pet it.

However, it was met with cold glares alongside raised weapons. Noticing this, the Abnormality swiftly flew away just in time to avoid an incoming slash from a certain girl with long brown hair.

She stood at the front and revealed a wide grin that coud almost rival those of the corpses around them.

Y/N: Be careful everyone, don't let it prick you.

Following after her, the director's helper stepped close enough to be behind her back.

Netzach: Its thorns can bring unimaginable happiness, so much so that employees would die from it.

Elis: T-There's nothing happy about seeing corpses with their heads missing...

The horrified voice of the girl with long green hair ended the conversation made by her Sephirah.

They stood their grounds against the floating Abnormality, which didn't seem to mind their attitude towards its "kindness". In fact, it simply acknowledged their hostily as a form of fright.

After all, who wouldn't yearn happiness in the City? Everyone needs it and Porccubus was what the cityfolks needed.

It flew close once more, attempting to reach them with its many thorns, forcing the group to retaliate in return.

Hava led the charge with utmost confidence, leaving even Y/N to eat the dust left behind. Still, not wanting to let her go on her own, he picked up the pace and ran ahead.

As expected, the first clash was held by both the lone target and one of Netzach's assistants. She kept running towards it until she could observe their target lower itself. Once it did, she slammed her shoes against the dirt below and swung back.

The singular strike was enough to parry the incoming attack. However, it wasn't enough to discourage the Abnormality from attempting to get closer.

Porccubus followed by swinging its tail around like a whip.

Hava: ...

The girl targeted by the attack briefly glanced at it for a second before charging forward and sliding under the monster's floating body. Her head barely avoided the thorns as she slipped past it.

With not a second wasted, she immediately pushed herself back on her feet and gave the large snake-like creature a wink before pointing behind it.

This was the signal that fully sent the one who followed after her on the offensive.

Angela's helper ran at the Abnormality. In an attempt to follow the movements performed by the girl with red eyes, the ex-captain went as close as he could safely reach and went for an upward slash.

Drops of sweats began to form as he watched the sword he held combust into flames. The sudden eruption of heat was not predicted by Porccubus, which was still occupied by Hava's flawless performance.

It didn't take long for scorch marks to form on its body... alongside the assistant's. Some of its thorns broke and fell into the flower field, a negligible outcome compared to what the former employee had to suffer.

His hands were bright red, dead skin was slowly falling off, and his sleeves were starting to burn. It didn't take long for the pain to settle in. Unfortunately, in their situation, the last thing they could afford was to scream for help.

Nobody would save them in this fight to the death.

Forced to endure the burns he suffered, the worker gritted his teeth and swung a second time with his blade. The heated weapon was met with a response from their opponent, who tried to reach the librarian with its sharp thorns.

Widened eyes coming from its target were soon followed by thorns breaking apart, something caused by a blade intervening during the clash. Standing to his right, Netzach was holding onto Salvador's blade, saving him from the incoming attack.

Netzach: As much as I wouldn't mind receiving some happiness, forcing it onto people is wrong, no matter the intention.

His words merely bounced off of the creature facing them, not that he was planning to convince it in the first place.

However, they were enough to reaffirm his determination to go through this ordeal. The lazy Patron Librarian stood firmly in place, frowning at the thorny snake. His own sword began to heat up.

Standing next to them, Elis brandished a Zweihander. Her posture betrayed her fright but in spite of her emotions, the girl with green hair showed the willpower to serve as the shield her allies needed.

"Do not be scared, you'll feel just fine once you experience this happiness."

Elis: ...I-I don't need false emotions.

Her hands tightened around her longsword before she swung back at it. Her attack was met with only the air around them. The Abnormality quickly flew away, distancing itself from the trio...

...Forgetting the one still standing right behind it.

Hava: Aw come on, now's not the time to avoid the shy girl's feelings~

As per usual, her voice spat a possibly deadly dose of impishness, something that completely clashed with her cold red eyes and her permanent grin that sent shivers in anyone who looked at it.

She was not planning to let it get away so easily and she knew an easy way to quickly destabilize it.

The only thing Porccubus was able to observe in the short time it had to turn around was a trail of long brown hair before a breeze grazed its tail-

Slash

-Soon followed by a weight being removed from its body. Pleased by her action, Hava jumped away and slowly raised the saw in her hand into the Abnormality's sight, her smile widening slightly as she did so.

The first witnesses of her attack were her allies. They all stood in place for a second.

There, right below its floating body, was a massive bulb with a needle at its end. It was something that was once attached to the tip of the creature's body, now laying amidst the red flowers.

Hava: Your loss~

Her lone sentence was uttered as she spun her weapon around. She slowly stepped closer at the same time and for a moment, for the briefest moment, Angela's assistant could swear he saw the snake creature quiver.

He could almost share its feelings, almost.

However, it wouldn't stop him from fighting it. He quickly brought himself back to reality and raised his sword. He lightly tapped Elis' shoulder and walked ahead, followed by Netzach and said girl.

Slowly, all of them scattered, leaving the lone opponent observed from all directions.

As they stood there, the librarian not assigned to any floors couldn't help but feel like this was progressing too easily, something was amiss. Thinking back on everything that happened so far, his gaze slowly began to move towards the devil with crimson eyes.

Said monster was running ahead after realizing that Porccubus was surrounded, planning to engage with it on her own. Her decision did not reveal a single hint of fear within her.

Faint words could be heard as her allies stood on the defensive.

Elis: ...I-I don't want to face her... e-ever.

The trio watching this unfold couldn't help but feel that their mere presences were treated like small flies watching an ongoing battle. This feeling made the director's helper uneasy, he didn't want to stand still and do nothing, it didn't feel right.

Lobotomy Corporation was engraved in his mind, reminding him why said thoughts left him restless. Doing nothing would only lead to disasters and deaths, he knew it from experience, which is why he had to do something.

...And so, using the opening left by Hava's assault, the worker charged closer, making signs to the other librarians to join him. If they could close in the circle they were making, they could more easily go for one-sided attacks.

Their movements went unnoticed as they watched the creature flying to the side to avoid the attacks aimed at it. Its attempt at escaping was followed by a second attack from her attacker.

Hava: What's wrong, weren't you going to give me happiness~?

She daringly taunted the Abnormality as she ran after it, aware that its path was blocked by Netzach.

It, too, realized that fleeing would only result in suffering more injuries than it would like. So, in a swift manner, the sentient red flower spun around and slammed its body against the girl with brown hair.

With its main dart fully cut, it had to resort to throwing its body around to grant its "happiness". Its thorns dug into the assistant librarian and shoved her on the floor.

She collapsed, causing the former captain to believe for a moment that she kicked the bucket right there. However, his shock left his mind upon hearing giggles filling the air.

Still, in spite of that...

He ran further, watching Netzach face Porccubus alongside Elis in an attempt to defeat it. He approached the laughing girl rolling among the flowers. Although the injuries she suffered were minimal, with the worst being a few bruises and torn buttons from her white blouse, he still tried to grab her.

Y/N: Hava, are you alright?

He hurriedly attempted to bring her back on her feet but before he could touch her, his sleeve was gripped by her right hand. Her red eyes looked at him as she giggled in ecstacy.

She placed her weight onto his arm and pulled herself on her feet, fully revealing Olga's white blouse practically opened.

Hava: Haha... ha... ha... it wasn't lying, it truly is happiness~

She rose up just in time to see her Sephirah break through the evade of their target with a downward slash, allowing Elis to charge forward and cut open its skin with quick slashes. She then held the long blade with both hands and blocked the retalation coming from their opponent.

Beads of sweat flew from her face as she charged a second time and went for a stab. After her, the Patron librarian of the Floor of Art dashed past it, taking the oppotunity to leave burns marks with his blade.

His action barely saved him from an incoming attack.

Y/N quickly glanced at the girl still holding his sleeve, only to see her still chuckling to herself.

Elis: G-Get away!

The one with carrying a zweihander let out a cry and swung her weapon to counter the body of Porccubus slamming into her. Her body was sent backward and went limp as soon as her face made contact with the dirt.

Angela's helper winced for a second and readied his sword, seeing that they were starting to lose control of the situation.

Y/N: I knew it was going too well-

His groan was suddenly cut off by a blur running ahead of him, aiming directly for the abnormality. Alongside that sight, the hand holding onto his clothes had vanished.

The laughing demon had begun her charge against their enemy. With her raised weapon, she let out a demented laughter and fully sprinted at it. It both froze her target and her allies, who were forced to listen to it.

Hava: This feeling will grow stronger once I chop you apart~!

She then began to swing her saw recklessly... yet also with a precision that caught Porccubus before it could even begin to evade it.

Y/N: ...

The former captain could only look in mild horror as he tried to reach her for support. It was his first time seeing her like this and it left both him and everyone else unsettled.

Is this caused by the effects of Porccubus' thorns?

Each clash exchanged by both of them resonated across the flower field, all of them ending with a new wound on the Abnormality's body. This repeated until Y/N entered the fray, letting his blade change into a crimson axe.

In an attempt to shift Porccubus' focus elsewhere, he slammed the sharp edge of his weapon into the tail of the flying creature. However, with each tries, it would immediately be ignored by Hava's relentless assault.

Drops of sweat fell down from his face as he was forced into the seat of the support. Thankfully, Netzach soon joined in alongside a shaking Elis, forcing the pressure to be divided among all of them.

...

The term "team attack" felt accurate in this scenario. The sentient flower was attacked from all sides with no respite. Damage quickly accumulated and soon enough, its originally green body had mostly turned red before it finally turned gold.

Golden pages flew in the air where it once stood, leaving the group to see the result of their struggles.

Their expressions all showed clear signs of exhaustion... with the exception of a certain someone who almost laughed her lungs out.

She simply stretched her arms once more and looked at her coworkers with her usual grin before casually talking to herself.

Hava: It's been a while since I've laughed to this extent, didn't think I still had it in me~

The trio standing nearby all collectively looked back at her in complete silence before one of them spoke back.

Elis: P-Please never laugh like again.

Y/N: For our own sake...

Even Angela's assistant couldn't help but let out his thoughts once the opportunity showed itself.

The girl with red eyes silently looked at all of them for a moment and let out another, but thankfully less maniacal chuckle.

Hava: Fine, fine~

She tried to adjust her blouse as she replied to their request, only to realize that it was basically fully opened for everyone to see.

Before she could say anything, a flying coat was sent against her chest, a piece of clothing that came from Y/N's set, which was a copy of Angela's.

Without a word of objection, she wore the coat to cover herself.

Y/N: ...We still have to find the employee inside its world, let's start looking.

Netzach: Can't you guys do it, my legs are aching...

Elis: Please help us mister Netzach.

The ex-captain ignored the ongoing exchange and began to examine anything that could stand out in the horizon. However with the many bodies scattered everywhere, it was easier said than done.

Their search continued for at the very least half an hour until they found their second goal. The only reason they did was because of a certain lack of flowers in a certain area.

Inside of said area, someone could be seen sitting in the grass, mindlessly eating the flowers around them.

Their footsteps soon caught the figure's attention and they turned to face them. Once they recognized them, their mouth opened, letting the red flowers in their mouth fall to the ground.

"No way... Am I finally getting out?"

Y/N: ...We're here to get you out of here.

"About time, these flowers taste like shit."

As much as he would like to inquire about the "why" of said activity, Y/N forced his mouth shut and simply helped the person back on their feet.

He was exhausted and every seconds spent here only made him more so.

...

...

"Ahem, I know it's a pretty bad time to finally introduce myself during your retelling but my name is Sasaki, it's nice to meet all of you."

Standing on his feet, the one who was recently rescued adressed everyone present in the room, who all looked back at him in silence.

The librarian in question was a man smaller than the majority of them, so much that some even doubted that he was an adult for a moment.

However they kept their comments to themselves, or at the very least that type of comments. The rest, well...

Cereb: Why were you eating flowers?

Sasaki: I was desperate, what was I supposed to eat in the middle of a flower field?! Certainly not that thing, that's for sure, I didn't want to turn like those bodies.

Dana: ...So you just sat in the grass and ate it until they saved you?

Sasaki: As long as I'm alive, I don't care.

The assistant librarians present all awkwardly looked at each other before one of them broke the news to the man.

Cereb: Our... bodies don't need food. You didn't realize?

Sasaki: ...

Silence filled the air as Sasaki fell deep in thoughts, thinking back at how long he spent inside Porccubus' book. Not once did he felt thirst, nor actual hunger.

...His shoulders soon dropped as he lowered his gaze.

Sasaki: ...I ate grass for days for nothing.

His tone of defeat was interrupted by the door opening, revealing a certain Y/N on the other side. He stepped in as he adjusted his coat, followed from behind by Hava with a now fully fixed blouse.

Zophia: Oh hey, look at you, still alive.

Y/N: With how Angela glared at me after seeing the both of us, it's a miracle we are.

Hava: Like usual, she's still a pain to talk to, not much we can do about it~

The both of them sat down next to a silent Morgan, who hurriedly moved away to offer them enough space.

Dana: I guess some thing don't change.

Y/N: Moving on from that, what's with the sudden existential crisis?

Cereb: He realized that he ate flowers for days straight for nothing.

Sasaki: Please don't let this be my legacy, my brothers would never let it go.

He mumbled to himself before sitting down on the floor without a care in the world. Next to him, Cereb lightly patted him on the back.

Zophia: So what now? Are we just gonna sit here and listen about him chomping flowers?

Y/N: ...I guess we could do some games as a welcoming party.

Morgan: I doubt it'll be interesting with me around...

The girl with long white hair tried to stand up but was promptly held in place by a hand wrapped her right arm.

She turned in the same direction and saw Rin holding her. They gave her a faint smile, an attempt at keeping her around.

Unfortunately, said attempt merely bounced off of her. The only reason she sat back down was the grip on her body. She refused to struggle and completely gave up.

Zohpia: Eh, I ain't in the mood for that, I'll leave. Cya.

The blond haired woman stood up and walked past the gloomy Sasaki. Once she was out of the room, she closed the door.

Cereb: So, what are we playing?

Y/N: No clues, I just threw the idea in the air.

Dana: How about word games?

Hava: Look at you, looks like Yesod's rubbing off on you~

A pair of red eyes locked onto Dana's face as she proposed her idea.

Right next to the new assistant librarian, Cereb jumped to his feet and brandished a fist in the air with a beaming look.

Cereb: I know, how about we go for a practice round? It's one of the best ways to break the ice!

Morgan: No thanks...

Cereb: Plus, after everything I've heard, I really want to see you fight, I'm sure you'll be a good training opportunity!

The man with red hair pointed at the grinning devil sitting next to Angela's helper. Upon seeing his index pointing in her direction, she tilted her head slightly while maintaining her smile.

Hava: Oh~ Are you sure about this, I certainly don't mind~

Y/N: Cereb, you might want to rethink this-

Cereb: What's the problem? We can't die anyway, there's nothing to be scared of. It'll help us get stronger.

Y/N: Yea but we can still feel pain-

Hava: Shh, let him decide Y/N~

She lightly pressed one of her fingers against his lips, quickly shutting him up. She then glanced back at the man standing in front of her.

Hava: So, you want some training, I can give you that.

Cereb: Really?! Alright, this is gonna be interesting. I can't wait to see you in action!

Y/N: I-

For a second time, the director's assistant tried to send one last warning but was met with a hand blocking his mouth. Hava calmly stood up and and flashed a wink at him as she walked outside, followed by Malkuth's assistant.

The remaining librarians remained silent for a moment until one of them stood up.

Dana: I'll go warn Angela, we all know how it's going to end.

Y/N: Let's all go down, just to be sure.

A bead of sweat formed on Y/N's face as he followed the duo who just left. Right behind him, the librarians followed his footsteps, some genuinely curious to see the fight while others felt obligated to go along.

...

...It didn't take long to find the outcome of their duel. Red hair were scattered around the fallen victim of this merciless beating.

Y/N: ...Look on the bright side, you're not the only person who ate the floor now.

Sasaki: That doesn't make me feel any better...

Porccubus' suppression completed!

Y/N's existence has been stabilized!

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