#207. This is the truth.
Yuna-kyung was looking down at London, which had almost become a battlefield, with a bewildered face.
Quaang!
[Mom!]
Suddenly, I was surprised to see something falling from the sky.
Yuna-kyung widened her eyes.
[The count’s sister?!]
A bloodless, pale complexion.
Uniform burnt and scorched in places.
Most of all, from the drooping arm to the mouth and blood all over the uniform.
When Yuna-kyung is astonished to see Rose, who, everywhere she looks, seems to have fallen after being seriously injured after fighting a fierce battle.
A single, mournful cry rang through the air.
“How could this happen…!”
Hearing that lamentation, which sounded more desperate than screams, Yuna-gyeong lifted her head and was startled.
An old man floating in the air wearing tattered clothes, cut and torn in places, if not as much as Rose.
Carol’s terrifying face, like a bloody murder, made her feel instinctively fearful.
“Certainly, to bring the gloomy mist back to London!”
Carol let out a scream as if she had witnessed the most horrific atrocity.
It was as devastating to him that the London competition scene, which he had barely eliminated with half his life, was resurrected.
That’s why he looked at Rose with raw eyes.
“How the hell are you going to take responsibility for this, Countess Rose?”
“I have only made the best decision to defend London.”
“What a fool!”
Hearing Rose’s answer, who was unmoved, unlike her injured body, Carol shouted out loud as if she was frustrated.
Of course, that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have eyes.
I could clearly see the shadow monsters attacking London and the ghosts fighting them.
So it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand why Rose was helping the witches to do this.
But even so…
no, rather, that’s why he cried out while gnashing his teeth.
“Haven’t you realized yet? This is all witches’ conspiracy!”
“What are you talking about?”
“It’s a ploy to unleash the monsters, throw London into chaos, and revive the confrontation system by pretending to solve it!”
“…”
Rose was silent.
Because I’m at a loss as to what to answer to this outrageous conspiracy theory.
It was Yuna-gyeong with a shy face who opened the beak in her place.
[Wow, that old man is terribly shameless…]
Sir also let out a mocking laugh.
“Huhuhu, isn’t it a way to look like a nasty person in the eyes of a nasty person?”
Their reaction was natural.
It was because it was Carol’s method to put the Sea Serpent Count family into a corner by creating and resolving the problem on her own.
Well, maybe that’s why he was convinced of such a conspiracy theory.
As Sir said, if you are a human, you believe that what you can do, others can do too.
“Carl, stop now.”
“What do you mean stop! Those Wicked Witches are trying to rule London as they please!”
“Didn’t I tell you that this is not the work of witches, but a conspiracy of the Liberation Brigade?”
Rose said calmly.
Even though her whole body was full of blood and wounds, her sincere face and clear eyes had a sincerity that would make anyone nod their head.
Unfortunately, however, Carol was not one of them.
“Liberation Brigade? Do you think those scumbags have the ability to do this?”
“Then, conversely, witches also have no motive.”
“Ha motive? That’s all there is to it!”
Carol yelled out loud.
Then, with blazing eyes, he glared at Sir at Rose’s back… no, even at the ghosts of the witches around him, shouting out loud.
“Because I destroyed the gloomy hour! They did this because they were afraid that the truth about the London showdown would be revealed!”
“…What do you mean by the truth about the London battle world?”
“What price was the London matchmaking system made for!”
The reason why he harbored a grudge against the Witches of the 27 Lines of Magic.
And Carol shouted in a torn voice the truth she had been trying to uncover by studying the gloomy time even before becoming a monarch.
“My daughter, Amelia, and many others who have been missing in the dark hours of the last few decades have been used as victims in the London showdown!”
* * *
Magic always requires a price.
The more powerful the magic, the greater the price, and even the London battle system could not escape the law.
It is said that even the three great witches, who were the absolutes of the Silver Age, could have completed the London battle because God paid the price.
Carol, who had been investigating the London battle scene for a long time, was well aware of that fact.
That’s why I was suspicious.
How were the Witches of the 27 Lines of Magic able to revive such great magic?
Even if the witches of the 27 lineages of magic were the descendants of the three great witches called the Lady of the Lake, they couldn’t ignore the master of magic.
And according to Carol’s research, there was only one cost to make that possible.
There were only human lives.
It is also a human sacrifice at the cost of hundreds of thousands of human lives, not just one or two.
“…that’s an outrageous misunderstanding.”
Rose’s expression was calm.
However, unlike her face and attitude, her eyes, which were as clear as a lake, had sunk extremely heavy from the moment she heard the word ‘human sacrifice’.
It’s as if he’s trying to hide his shaken heart.
And old-aged Carol didn’t miss her agitation.
“misunderstanding? If so, let me answer you. What is the price the Witches of the 27 Lines of Magic paid to beat the London Showdown?”
“Don’t you know that there was a mysterious object that disappeared in London at the time of Prince Charles?”
“her! Do you think that’s going to be the master of the London showdown world? At most, it should be used as the axis of the barrier!”
“….”
If he had been able to use magic comparable to that of the London battle system at that price, the age of silver would not have collapsed so easily.
Carol, who spoke coldly, looked at Rose who kept her silence and was cynical.
“How is it? Will you now admit that the London showdown is a product of black magic?”
“…I admit that there is room for misunderstanding. But on my honour, I swear that the London duel is no black magic.”
“Stop talking nonsense! How can the magic that sacrifices humans not be black magic!”
Rose was silent.
It was because I could tell just by looking at Carol’s confident eyes.
It means that persuasion won’t work for him who has already decided on the answer and thinks of all the logic according to the answer.
There is only one way left.
Just use other means instead of words.
It was at that moment that a voice came to her ears as she hesitated and couldn’t make a decision.
“Hey Count. Why don’t you just show me?”
“…!”
Rose shook her head.
since when have you been there?
Seeing a dark-haired young man watching her with his arms crossed, leaning against one of the chimneys, she put on a puzzled expression.
“Why did you come here?”
“Why, I wanted to see why old Shir Lee was acting so late, so I came to check it out.”
“This place is too dangerous!”
“I know that much just by looking at the count.”
“That’s…”
He was so confident just a moment ago.
Upon receiving Limon’s gaze, Rose, suddenly conscious of herself, blushed.
Then, he hurriedly pulled the hem of his coat to cover his tattered uniform and the exposed skin between them.
But Limon didn’t care how she looked.
I just said it casually.
“Anyway, from what I’ve heard, it sounds like that senile guy is making some pretty stupid mistakes. Now that this has happened, just openly show it to me.”
“What do you mean show me?”
“What was the price I paid to stage a showdown in London during the Demon God War?”
Hearing that, Rose hardened her face.
“…Did you know?”
“okay.”
Rose makes a dark expression in a very fresh positivity.
Limon said calmly to her.
“I understand how you feel, Count. It’s not something I’m particularly keen on either. But if you don’t show it, that senile man will never understand.”
“That’s not something I can show you want. If there is no consent from the 27th lineage of magic…”
“To confirm that, you will have to make a decision first.”
I will not force you.
That this is just your opinion.
Let’s keep silent while watching Limon stick to the attitude of respecting her choice.
Rose turned her gaze to Sir.
Seeing the complex meaning in her eyes, Shire smiled and opened her mouth.
“I am not from the 27th lineage of magic, so I am not qualified to express my opinion. It’s just that the other kids say they don’t care as long as you’re okay.”
“Is that so…”
The reason why the agreement felt so bitter was because, deep down, he wanted even witches of the 27 lineage of magic to oppose it.
For a while, he put on a bitter expression at his own irresponsibility in trying to leave the decision to someone else.
Rose finally nodded.
“Show me.”
“Is that okay?”
“Yes, it should have been done sooner.”
If the truth had been revealed from the beginning, this situation might have been prevented.
Nevertheless, what has not been revealed so far is not just because the oath with the 27 genealogies is intertwined.
It’s not just the blue dragon clan’s propensity to see others as weak and solve everything on their own.
One of the biggest reasons.
Because it was a huge blow.
Especially to the extent that if it was known to other clans, there would be people who would commit suicide in the Blue Dragon clan.
Seeing Rose, who was aware of this, eventually made up her mind and decided to reveal everything, Shir laughed.
Then, he took out a pearl as red as blood and rubbed it with his fingers while quietly reciting an incantation.
“Kidari keDiru Akidr.”
Koo Goo Goo Palace.
The pearl that Shir was rolling in his hand crumbled into powder and scattered into the air, and suddenly a crystal pillar rose from the center of the magic circle.
Seeing that, Carol raised her eyebrows.
“What other evil tricks are you up to?”
“Don’t be on your guard. This is just an answer to Prince Carol’s question.”
“Answer to my question?”
Carol put on a puzzled expression.
Rose spoke calmly to him.
“Didn’t you ask what the price was paid for fighting the London battle during the Demon God War?”
“What does that have to do with this…!”
Carol, who was trying to argue as if she was dumbfounded after hearing Rose’s words, was startled for a moment.
It was because it was only belatedly noticed that there was something inside the crystal pillar rising from the magic circle due to the slightly translucent surface.
right!
It seems like he’s trying to help him see better.
As Syrr, who had a strange smile, flicked his fingers lightly, the translucent crystal gradually changed to clearer and reflected the inside transparently.
The moment when the contents of the crystal pillar were finally revealed.
Carol’s eyes popped out.
“…This.”
old-fashioned armor.
Eyebrows drooping gently.
A face as beautiful as a statue.
Looking at the corpse of a woman who seemed to be sleeping quietly inside the crystal pillar, Carol held her breath.
Despite the obvious unfamiliarity, the strangely familiar appearance and the innocent yet lofty atmosphere that can be felt even beyond the crystal.
Above all, her vivid blue hair colored Carol’s eyes with amazement.
“She can’t…!”
“This is the secret our clan has been hiding.”
Rose said calmly.
And the crystal pillar that Carol couldn’t bear to say out of her mouth… no, she revealed the identity of the corpse in the crystal tube.
“She is the blue dragon princess of my ancestors who sacrificed her life to become the master of the London battle world.”
