The Great Mage who transcends by returning, Episode 190
“Hmm Hmm…♪.”
The summit of Malien’s central spire.
A woman was doing her nails with her legs crossed.
She was wearing a ball-like butterfly mask on her face, and the eyes that could be seen through the mask shimmered a gloomy purple light.
“Whoufu humans are….”
A woman looking down at the city below the spire with a funny expression.
From her point of view, that large city was a kind of fish farm.
A farm with numerous livestock.
nobody knows
Above my head, who is ‘managing’ them… ….
What kind of expression will they make if they find out that the enemy who will destroy them is ruling them while standing on top.
“Whoops.”
When I imagined it, my body felt thrilled.
She trembled quietly in the rising excitement.
how long was that
“Laxia-sama.”
When he turned his head to the voice calling his name, a dwarf with a gloomy complexion was standing by the door.
Lyxia saw him and smiled.
“Ah, did you come to Icarus?”
Dwarf Ikaros.
A talent who was once a member of the council along with my mentor.
He politely bowed his head towards Laxia.
“Everything you said has been done. The supply of anti-life stones will be met as scheduled.”
“great job.”
she said with a broad smile.
“I’m sure the monarch will be quite satisfied. Don’t worry, your ball will be reported for sure.”
“…thank you.”
“Fufu, of course you have to make sure. Isn’t it the position and power that I gained by selling my teacher?”
“…!”
Icarus’s fists tightened at the words of thick contempt.
Laxia looked at him as if he was having fun.
Yeah, being human is really fun.
No, isn’t that a ‘human’?
Otherwise, let’s call it a ‘person’. It seems to be used in a more general sense.
Anyway, pretty satisfied.
If you see him groveling like that… ….
– I’ll give anything!
She remembers what that dwarf shouted when she first approached her.
I remember the hatred he showed then.
The fact that they originated from their own low inferiority complex, too.
‘I never thought I’d end up being controlled by voluntarily saying I want to be the one controlling myself.’
How funny is this.
Even knowing this was going to happen, I couldn’t stand the moment and crawled into the snake’s mouth!
She liked that lowness.
In a sense, she was the devil who liked ‘people’ more than anyone else.
Although the problem was that the direction of that affection was toward pain and self-destruction.
“Don’t worry. your wish will come true It is us who keep the contract as surely as possible.”
“…I believe in you.”
“Well then. It should be.”
Of course, no one knows how that wish will come true.
Does not matter.
Keeping the contract is definitely one of the devil’s duties.
…Of course, deceiving him is also the devil’s duty.
“Just trust me.”
With that thought never shown on her face, she calmly released the poison.
* * *
I came to a rough conclusion.
Again, it seemed clear that the damn demon was involved.
However, I was a bit concerned about whether the one directly related was the monarch or the one under him… ….
“I am not a monarch.”
At least it is true that it was the demon lord’s curse that bound Daedalus.
However, even that ‘curse’ is enough to act as an agent for demons of a certain level, so that does not prove that the great devil was directly involved in this incident.
furthermore.
‘Critically, the concentration of Qliphoth in the city is low for a demon of that level.’
In fact, this is why I came to the conclusion that he was not a monarch.
Qliphoth is not immediately revealed in the case of church states or ghettos that are directly related to religion.
The same goes for the capital of the empire, covered with all sorts of barriers.
But the case here is different.
When it was the Great Devil, its unique aura would have filled the area.
If it’s not, it means that the body isn’t here after all.
It’s possible to take a step, but it’s just that level.
‘If that’s the case, I don’t think the job will be that difficult.’
Most importantly, it proves that the vote that sealed Malien’s fate long ago was not fair.
Names are important everywhere.
Especially if the opponent is the Marquis of Kellibos, the great family of the empire.
If so, the proof.
The 10 or so members I saw in the mines aren’t enough.
If it was Kelli Boss, he would have prepared a hole to escape.
We need some more convincing evidence.
Only then will the emperor move.
He knows better than anyone else that the empire can stumble depending on his own judgment and actions.
That was when I was thinking so much.
“Mikhail.”
Ariandel approached and said.
“Once left in the mines, most of the victims have recovered. Most…I mean.”
“Is that so.”
most of it
…Well, even a saint can’t bring the dead back to life.
Ariandel said.
“Aren’t all the victims here?”
“I will. Even if I can’t do it, I’m judging that there are two more mines.”
“…okay.”
At my words, she nodded.
Her mood was a little strange.
After all, he was a colleague with her before returning.
A difference of this magnitude can be discerned.
Was there any problem?
I thought for a moment about what had happened to her this time.
those sacrificed by the devil.
Some of them were so broken that they couldn’t be saved.
that….
‘ah.’
In that moment I realized
‘Ariandel is still immature.’
For a moment, without realizing it, I projected the present girl onto the image she had before returning.
this is my mistake I thought that gap would come only now.
She is definitely Ariandel.
But at the same time, she’s a little different from the girl I’ve known so far.
Although she has a bad mouth and is an eccentric woman who goes out of her way first while being a saint, she is definitely the same.
…still immature
That’s natural.
I just arbitrarily projected her into the image I wanted.
Only then did I know that I should have paid attention to her.
The case is different with Ryan and Eileen.
she is…It just came out into the world.
She was confined for a long time, cut off from the outside world, to carry out her duties as a saint.
What is natural to me may not be natural to her.
“Are you alright Ariandel?”
“I am….”
Her hand trembled faintly as she tried to answer.
“I don’t know, Mikhail. Not being able to save everyone was something I always took for granted. Obviously, that is unavoidable.”
but.
“I guess the reality is different.”
“….”
“In a way, it may not be a great sight. We may see even more horrific sights than this in the future.”
She turned her gaze to the bodies of her victims, who were quietly burning under the cloth.
“But why? I don’t think I will ever forget that sight.”
Her voice trembled a little when she said that.
A look of her I had never seen before.
I blamed myself for a moment, but not for long.
It is more efficient to concoct at least one more number to fuck the devil during the time when you are immersed in such feelings.
“It is natural.”
“that…song?”
“It is not unusual for a saintess to have such kindness. It is a pain that must inevitably be experienced.”
“….”
It’s ironic.
I never thought I would be in a position to give her this advice.
To put it bluntly, before returning, I was in a position to receive advice.
She was the one who raised me up when I was digging with a sense of shame and somehow gave me a purpose.
But now.
“Is that right?”
She was asking me for advice.
The situation is different from before the return.
From a position to be supported, it has now become a position to be supported.
“It is unavoidable to be blunt. If you try to handle everything, you will surely collapse.”
“….”
“I am not saying to turn away. We have a duty to face the tragedy unfolding before our eyes.”
but.
“We need to know that there are limits to what we can afford right now, Ariandel.”
If she is, she will stand up somehow.
Even without my advice, she will find the answer.
But I didn’t want to leave it like that.
Shouldn’t it be a little better than before the return? Could it be a little less painful?
I think so.
“It’s an allowance… ….”
At my words, she was silent as if lost in thought.
After a while.
“okay. Don’t turn away, but don’t be buried. I think that’s a good word, Mikhail.”
“is that so.”
“But I think it is better to have fewer victims. Isn’t it wrong to not want to see a scene like this?”
Of course it wasn’t wrong.
When I nodded, she spoke to me with a benevolent smile.
“Of course, the more demon heads are broken, the fewer these victims will be.”
[Hey Mikhail, stop it!]
Then the frightened Set shouted.
[I’m not saying it’s wrong, but it feels strange! Stop it immediately!]
I answered with a benevolent smile as I listened to the screams of the set.
“You know me well.”
Also Ariandel.
Knowing one realizes ten.
[Hey!!]
“It is a law that originally being a saint needs to change according to the times. These days, the trend is not to wait, but to win.”
“As expected!”
Ariandel nodded as if he understood.
Set shouted, clutching his forehead.
[Don’t be convinced!]
I thought of the set’s nagging as a melody.
‘Maybe I have a knack for advice?’
[Please don’t fuck… ….]
In the end, Set sighed and sat down.
* * *
To some extent, after the mine work in < Placebo > was finished, I called everyone together.
The atmosphere was quite subdued, perhaps because it was right after seeing the horrific scene once.
“Thank you for saving me, warrior.”
Former lawmakers who barely came to their senses bowed their heads to me.
It’s pretty emaciated, but still much better than the first time.
They told me how they got stuck in this mine.
Everything was like Perdix.
All of them were stabbed in the back of the head by Icarus and became like this.
“At the time, Icarus must have had a fairly good reputation.”
“exactly. None of us doubted him. He was a faithful disciple of Daedalus and a young man of conviction.”
The senator soon darkened and corrected his words.
“…No, I thought so.”
“You all have no face.”
Daedalus bowed his head as if he would kneel at any moment.
In fact, he had already apologized by hitting the floor until his forehead was bleeding.
Lawmakers accepted his apology with a bitter expression.
“I can’t help it. No matter how much a teacher is, it is impossible to fully know the true intentions of a disciple.”
“Ha but….”
“Let’s put off blaming ourselves for now, Daedalus-nim.”
After I stopped Daedalus, I saw everyone.
“First of all, we have confirmed that Malien’s agenda-setting process in the past has never been fair.”
“That’s right.”
“I cannot stand still. If you lost it unfairly, shouldn’t you get it back?”
At my words, the Wolf Prisoner’s councilor asked cautiously.
“Ha, but I heard that decades have already passed. For us to regain our rights… ….”
“Your Majesty is here. The Marquis of Kelibos is also an imperial family after all, and he is not one to hesitate to intervene if there is clear evidence and justification.”
“Mmm.”
“Of course, for that, we need more ‘witnesses’ like you.
If they had eliminated all of them at the time, things would have been more complicated.
But they decided to make them ‘fertilizer’ for the mines.
What an arrogant decision.
If the true identity of the great devil behind it is who I think is correct, it’s not particularly strange.
Everyone’s eyes were focused on me.
“so.”
Malien was once a city that shone brighter than anywhere else.
The light has faded a bit now, but the light remained nonetheless.
Then there is only one thing I can do.
“Let’s free everyone.”
Beat the demon behind all of this and return this place to its original form.
