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Sacred Sword – Part 04

After showing her guest in, Cecily returned to the living room. Hanging on a shelf was a rapier—the Infernal Blade Aria—sheathed in a dark red scabbard. It was secured with a chain to prevent it from falling in an earthquake. Cecily unfastened the chain, took the sword, and went back to her room.

Nameless sat silently, doing nothing in particular. She held the glass Fio had brought and sat unnaturally upright in her chair.

Cecily laid the sword gently across the middle of her bed and sat lightly on the edge.

“So then, could you begin?”

“I was originally an Infernal Blade that couldn’t take human form. I had no self-awareness,” Nameless went straight to the point. “And once, I reached the end of my lifespan and perished. But the Imperial Federation conducted an experiment and reforged my remains, fusing me with meteoric iron to recreate me as a