Editing Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance:Volume10 Chapter2 (section)

===Part 1===

&mdash;This person is the Demon King's successor.

&mdash;We of the Snake have, for a very long time now, looked forward to the child of destiny.

In a dark prison, the young Kamito was surrounded heavily by a group of old men wearing faceless masks.

His arms and legs were completely immobile. Even trying to speak or shift his gaze was impossible.

...He realized he was in a dream.

A dream where one was aware of being in a dream&mdash;A lucid dream.

However, Kamito could not wake himself up.

It was as if someone had reached out and dragged him into an abyss of his consciousness.

&mdash;Once the plan comes to fruition, our tragic wish shall be realized.

&mdash;But it is still slightly too early for him to make contact with ''her''.

&mdash;First, the heart of this child of destiny must be obliterated first.

The old men's words reverberated in the prison.

(Stop... it... Stop it immediately!)

Countless arms reached out from the darkness, obscuring Kamito's vision.

His view went dark. As soon as he opened his eyes again, Kamito found himself suspended in endless darkness.

His arms and legs were tightly entangled and restrained by darkness that felt like mud.

(...What the heck is this?)

It was not the first time for him to be having nightmares about his time at the Instructional School, but none of them were like this one.

&mdash;You are the child of darkness, our successor.

An astounding voice sounded within his mind.

(...Who... is it...?)

The voice did not belong to the old men. More alien in quality&mdash;an inhuman voice.

&mdash;We are the past reincarnations of the Demon King. Our past existences were identical to yours.

Amidst the pitch black mud, numerous skeletons surfaced.

(You are&mdash;Nepenthes Lore!?)

That was how the ominous black knight looked, the one whom Restia led around.

(...Saying that I am the same existence as you, what on earth is that about?)

This was a dream. The monster before his eyes was nothing but an illusion in Kamito's mind.

Even so, it was imperative to question the monster.

&mdash;Sleeping within you, the Demon King is about to awaken.

&mdash;You will likely fall to become an existence equal to ours, to become the most terrible Demon King in history.

(...Complete rubbish! I'm neither going to become the Demon King nor will I become like you guys!)

Squeezing out a voice that could not be described as a voice, Kamito yelled as hard as he could.

Numerous Nepenthes Lores were restless in the darkness, laughing loudly as they disappeared.

At the same time, Kamito's consciousness sank into the pitch black mud.

&mdash;By the way, Kamito.

Just as he was about to lose consciousness, he heard her voice.

&mdash;when I have changed so much that I am myself no longer...

&mdash;Kill me.

(Res... tia...!)