201 – Good and Evil-1
Leonardo thinks.
His own life was full of shame and pain.
Being alive itself was shameless and shameless.
Even the justification for fighting was selfish and self-indulgent, so I felt pathetic and repeated it over and over again.
He knew how arrogant and greedy lies his final goal was.
But.
“…Aria’s sister…”
Leo can be sure.
“…Where are you going…?”
Now more than any other time was the most humiliating.
It is even humiliating that she is making such short remarks to a girl in her 20s with the spirit of her 50s, and against her hero Arya Spiel.
“…Ah… Sorry, the adults have something important to say. Let’s play a lot with noona later~?”
You can see an unbearable smile between benevolent expressions. The obvious ridicule, saying this to someone older than him in his 50s was proof that he was enjoying the situation.
Among the gazes of those who wanted to attend the meeting, it was no coincidence that Reinhardt could see a smile.
“Ha ha ha, older sister.”
Leonardo increased the strength of her grip on Aria. She won’t break, but only enough to feel the pinching pain.
“Then, when the wizards go, it’s so much fun, do we have to play until we get tired?”
And he warned Reinhardt and others in the order of Marken, Gladio, Chris, Rios, Lumine, and Silica, who subtly held back their laughter.
“Any other people? I will expect!”
Leo turned around so innocently that he threatened to frostbite her back.
Their faces turned gray to such an extent that the expression on which they had struggled to hold back their laughter froze to a true color.
“…Let’s go. Sage.”
[Yes.]
In a different way from Reinhardt’s side, the gray Mage’s Tower side entered the conference room with Leo behind them.
The plenary meeting was started to share with Reinhardt the information from the Mage Tower that tracked the relationship between the investigation into the Red Tower Master and its existence, and to discuss future plans.
Whether it was the 1st or 2nd session, considering Leonardo’s personality, it was a meeting that he wanted to participate in, but there was no other choice at this point.
For Leonardo, who was concerned about the shock from the beginning, it was the Mage Tower side that had the intention to censor information,
He regressed as a 10-year-old child, but now that he is acting, he is a Leo who has no justification to participate in the meeting.
‘…Eavesdropping on… It’s impossible.’
Seeing that the door was closed, I had no choice but to give up my mind to get information even with ear donations.
In that room, even the soundproofing equipment designed for the conference room was even cast with space isolation magic.
‘…I wish I didn’t hide anything.’
After the meeting, they said they would explain everything they had heard.
You can’t always be truthful in matters like this.
Because even he himself has been like that.
Whether in the future or in the past.
* * *
The conference room was quiet and detached.
In terms of the situation, it wouldn’t be strange if it was cluttered to the point of becoming a mess, but it’s been a long time since the degree of twist and weight of the incident exceeded that of humans.
Because they knew that there would be no end if they were shocked and agitated, everyone did their job in a businesslike and quiet manner.
“This is a brief summary of the corruption and research data of the Red Tower owner from the current Mage Tower.”
Perhaps it is because the people who explain are from the Mage Tower, a sacred place for learning, the materials are organized by selecting only the main points for easy understanding.
At the same time, in order to explain detailed information, even the original was copied and presented without alteration.
“…It’s been going on for quite some time. To the point where I can’t find it.”
Gladio turned over the pages of the data and spat out that. As can be seen from the data obtained in advance, it had been at least 4-5 years since the owner of the red pagoda had committed such a thing.
In other words, it meant that even while Leo was attending the Mage Tower, these things proceeded calmly and smoothly.
Even before I became the head of the Reinhard family, as a parent of a brother and sister, it was natural for me to feel nervous.
“…I have no face. Perhaps because the outside warlocks and the inside warlocks were all sorted out at once, the red tower owner and this group were more alert and secretly…”
“Leave the most dangerous person alone?”
A non-honorific question.
There was no one who didn’t know that the intention was to pursue an investigation.
“… According to the rules of the Mage Tower, he punished and executed all the wizards under his command, starting with the direct disciples under the enemy tower master. It’s a natural responsibility, but…”
“…It’s hard to even call it a responsibility. It’s just a cut out of the place that was rotten in the first place.”
Leonardo’s infantile regression and the appearance of the sage may have slightly forgotten the Mage’s side.
To Reinhardt, all members of the Mage Tower were sinners.
Reinhardt had already been attacked by Ren’s chimeras developed in the Magic Tower, and Leonardo had to worry about his family and endless mental damage from then on.
Although all the evil lies with the devil, the error on the side of the magic tower wasn’t small at all.
“…I bow my head and apologize for not being able to prevent or prevent the corruption of the Magic Tower.”
This time, Eileen, as the representative, bowed her head and apologized at the conference hall.
The Temperius family is a prestigious family whose family motto is to prevent corruption in the Mage Tower, so it was natural for them to apologize as the representative.
However, Aileen, who usually showed her pride in all her actions, even bowed to her and apologized, and even Aria was taken aback.
“I know that this action will not relieve the arrogance and anger of all the family members of Reinhardt.”
While bowing and offering an apology, Eileen did not raise herself even a bit.
“However, I would like you to know that the Mage Tower and the Temperius family, excluding the corrupt ones, want to resolve the damage done to the Reinhardt family. No one in the Empire is safe in a situation where the darkness has not been dealt with.”
It was a reasonable apology and a doctor, but even Lumine, including Reinhardt’s party, couldn’t easily relax his expression.
To raise their heads, their sins were mistakes, so big that they couldn’t be excused.
[First of all, I’d like to hear how to solve the mistake, is that possible?]
The brave man who mediated this rigid situation was a wise man.
Only the wise man, the godfather of the Mage Tower and a colleague of Reinhardt’s first hero, could neutralize this situation.
In that position, neither the Magic Tower nor Reinhardt could easily refute or rebel.
“…Yes, I understand.”
Eileen raised her body deeply and aloofly explained the information she had found.
“…As shown in the data, for about five years, the owner of the red tower conducted research on the cell culture and cloning of Ren, Leonardo’s mother.”
The owner of the red pagoda, which should have been a strong pillar of the mage tower, devoted himself to cloning research and practice for such a long period of time.
The reward for that was the provision of knowledge and power, and the promise of a position to the person described as the being.
“…This is something I already know.”
Chris was reprimanding the information without nutritional value.
It was a bruise because she, in command of her Enforcer Knights, was aware of the time the Sorcerer Executioner had wasted causing friction with the Heretic Inquisitor.
“Okay.”
Eileen, who even looked at the reaction of the other Reinhardt’s party, skipped the introduction by turning over a few pages.
Eileen herself knew that it was pointless to talk in principle like this.
“…The important thing is that there is a long gap between the period of Ren’s disappearance and the period listed in this document.”
Ren’s disappearance happened when Leo was 10 years old, and the first day this record was written was 5 years ago.
Most of the time gap was noticed, but the exact cause or basis could not be found.
Until now.
“In other words, I don’t think the cause of Ren’s disappearance itself was a coincidence. Could you please look at the material on page 64?”
At that point, everyone turned the data over to page 64. Then, an anatomy of Ren was drawn, detailed enough to be brutal.
“This is an anatomical diagram and explanation found in the residence of the black magician who assisted in the research of the Red Tower Pillar. In the contents, it was written that the body was not decayed even though it was dead.”
“…Certainly that explains how a body can be stored for a long time. But… That doesn’t clearly explain why he kidnapped and killed Leo’s mother.”
Furthermore, it was only when I killed Ren that I was able to figure out that the corpse was incorruptible.
I couldn’t refute the fact that there was a connection before that, but I couldn’t provide a basis to explain it.
“…Before that, there is something I want to ask you, Sage.”
[What question?]
Before answering, Eileen turned her gaze to the sage.
From now on, the answer will change drastically depending on the answer of the sage.
Eileen and several other tower masters sincerely hoped that these hypotheses and speculations were wrong.
“When the owner of the Red Pagoda, who had already died, possessed its existence, it talked to the wise man as if he knew it. Is that correct?”
[…That’s right.]
The wise man still remembers. Because after that conversation, Leonardo lost all memories of his 2nd play due to his injuries.
“Could it be…is that the demon king… the same person as the demon king 300 years ago?”
[…]
The chilly sage took a break.
Even though Reinhardt and the others were already aware that they were the Demon King, the wise man’s silence was long.
{Sage…}
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Angela knew why.
On that day 300 years ago, the three young girls saw it.
[The expression ‘person’ is not correct.]
If all evil were physically realized, what would it look like?
It could not be called life, and it could only be described as life. Also, it could not be expressed as an individual, nor could it be expressed as a colony.
Nevertheless, it was a contradiction that existed.
[300 Years ago, the devil was the very concept of evil.]
Because evil was contradictory.
“…Evil? Are you saying evil?”
Eileen had no choice but to ask for confirmation.
It was a field that she could not understand with her knowledge or wisdom, so for the first time she felt the helplessness of her ignorance.
[That being has no self. It only has a purpose.]
“…For what purpose…”
[Proliferation, it was an existence that wanted to inflate itself endlessly.]
The sage couldn’t fully comprehend its existence even now. It was not a living thing, but it wanted to increase itself like a breeding instinct as a living thing.
[Beyond the gate is like a natural factory for the creation of beasts and demons. You can’t even call it an ecosystem. The moment you recognize it, the Witchbeast is born.]
When he placed the Philosopher’s Stone away from Ruben and Angela to remove the gate’s source, he found out about it.
[The demon king is the will of the demon itself. The innocence that somehow wants to increase itself moved it.]
And the demon king fired a confirmation kill, albeit briefly.
[That’s why I can’t kill him. Because the concept is immortal.]
“…Wait a minute…!”
At those words, the most fundamental question came to them.
“…Then how…!”
Did the hero, the sage, and the saint kill that being?
An existence that can only be described as God.
[Rather, that’s why I was able to get rid of it in this world. Rather, it is because of it.]
The sage gave a paradoxical answer to that contradiction. It has always been a paradox that can destroy a contradiction.
[We have similar beings.]
The hero, Ariasviel, answered subconsciously. The vocal chords moved as if the holy sword resonated with the trembling.
“…God of Light…”
I didn’t know if it would be possible to annihilate a god of light, equal to or higher than that.
“…Then the power of the god of light…!”
[I can’t do that. I’ve already been stunned since we met again.]
The wise man’s wisdom was heavy enough to destroy even the saint’s hopes.
Knowing gives strength, but knowing what you don’t know becomes poison.
[The god of light only protects the human race, not the human object.]
It was blasphemy, but there was nothing to protest.
If it weren’t for that, Leo’s future wouldn’t have existed.
[And demons were also judged to be a kind of human, to my displeasure.]
And for the first time, the sage learned that the demon king had an intention. It took a lot of time to figure out his intentions because he was a being without intelligence in the first place.
[So the demon king, who should have died, reduced himself to a human. Compared to that time, I’ve become incomparably weaker… But I got it because of human malice.]
So the god of light can no longer directly help the warriors. The sage has understood.
[Human intelligence.]
Even the Demon King was now a stern human.