Chapter 84 Signals (4)
Selena held a needle in both hands. The ‘loading’ has already been completed.
“You’re the one who took me from my family?”
“Yes, it was the Vanier family.”
Hagley said.
“Selena, your name is ‘Selena de Vanier.’ “It was a well-known family at the time.”
Hagley’s voice was the same as usual, but Selena found it rather strange.
Hagley, who taught Selena everything she needed to know as an assassin.
All of that also includes ‘acting skills’. That’s why Hagley’s facial expressions are so excellent. As Selena, she can’t see through the acting.
“… … “You speak very obediently.”
“of course. “Is there any reason to hide it?”
Hagley shrugged.
“There was no reason to hide it?”
“I just didn’t need to say it. “It’s also an awkward story to talk about.”
Difficult to talk about?
Isn’t that because Selena hid the fact that she was an aristocrat?
“Why do you think you were taken from the family?”
“… … “Well, it’s to raise you to be an assassin, right?”
“That’s what happened after we were brought in. “Of all the children in the empire, why do you think they brought you here?”
Selena was speechless at that.
I already heard her full name from Frontier, but other than that, I don’t know anything about Selena.
“Selena, you are the child who was kicked out of the family.”
“… … !”
Selena’s eyes widened at Hagley’s words.
Hagley continued calmly.
“It was I who brought you here and raised you after you were kicked out of the Vanier family, Selena. Mangot is the home of the exiles. “You probably know that well.”
“… … lie.”
Hagley closed his eyes and shook his head.
“I expected that kind of reaction. “So I didn’t want to talk about it.”
“lie! “I was kicked out. It can’t be possible.”
“Selena, the family didn’t want you. The same goes for your parents. They needed a way to get rid of you when they didn’t need you. A clumsy assassination would tarnish the family’s image, so we needed an appropriate way to treat him as missing. Mangot was chosen that way, and I was the one who carried out the work.”
“Why, why the Vanier family, me!”
“That’s something I don’t know. “I just did my job.”
Selena’s hands were shaking.
I believed that one day I would be able to return to my family.
Her heart was greatly inclined towards Frondier, and her whereabouts would depend on the outcome of the war between Cape Mande and the Empire.
What kind of place the Vanier family is, where she was born, and who her parents are.
And I wanted to know who ‘Selena de Vanier’ was.
“Did you want to know who you are?”
Hagley is still reaching out to Selena.
“I saved you from being abandoned by your family. “Selena.”
Hagley was just calm and cool, as if he was still giving Selena a chance.
“The truth is simple. Are you going to leave Mangot just to find out this much?”
Selena’s eyes look left and right.
If Hagley’s words are true, then Frontier’s words about taking you to the family are false.
No, that’s not a lie, but that wouldn’t be the result Selena wanted. Perhaps Frontier did not know the full story. Maybe he was just trying to help her by knowing her full name.
‘… … ‘How did Frontier know my name?’
I don’t know where or how Frontier got the information about her, or the source.
At the time, Selena was so shocked to hear her real name that she didn’t have time to wonder about it, and even if she did, she couldn’t ask Frondier about it.
Hagley’s words, which are directly related to the Vanier family, are more credible than Frontier’s, which has nothing to do with Selena’s past.
“… … “This is it.”
Seeing Selena still not relaxing her posture, Hagley sighed.
“Frondier did something.”
“… … !”
“That guy used his mouth to trick you, Selena.”
“Oh, no! No, not Frontier! me!”
Selena’s voice becomes more intense, and her eyes shake even more. Hagley confirmed it and continued.
“What did he say? Did I even tell you that you were being deceived? Did you talk a lot about what the Vanier family was like and how you were raised? Did you at least promise me safety and benefits for being on his side? Selena, everything Frontier says is just a lie. Trust me. “I’ve been watching you longer than anyone else.”
Selena slowly stepped back.
It seemed more like a struggle to avoid the truth rather than being wary of Hagley.
Hagley didn’t bother to approach. Even if we close the distance now, it will only increase our vigilance.
Selena is already shaken anyway. Selena is wise, so she will quickly know which side is more persuasive. I just can’t accept that fact right now.
‘Well, just because it’s highly persuasive doesn’t mean it’s true.’
Hagley hid his feelings and quietly waited for Selena to calm down. His acting was perfect.
In addition to the original self that has taught Selena so far, her eyes and hand gestures have a bit of mercy and warmth.
After a while, Selena’s gaze, which had been wandering with nowhere to go, landed on Hagley.
As if he knew who he should trust, his gaze was clear and distant at the same time.
“Come on, let’s go back. Relax in your room. “There is war now.”
“… … yes.”
Eventually, Selena’s guard relaxed, and her arms lowered. I also lowered my head.
At that moment, a black thorn extending from Hagley’s shadow rushed towards Selena’s heart,
Selena disappeared before Hagley’s eyes.
“… … !”
Hagley’s eyes widen for a moment, and he quickly fills the curtain with the shadow behind him.
Wow!
Selena pops out from behind Hagley. Using ‘Shadow Transfer’ as a surprise attack, she pierces Hagley’s veil with a needle.
The eyes are so cold that it makes you shiver. The appearance of struggling in confusion a moment ago was nowhere to be seen.
“Sigh!”
Hagley pushed the curtain away, knocking Selena off.
Selena lightly stepped back and looked at Hagley again, holding the needle in both hands.
Hagley’s expression hardened as if he couldn’t believe it.
“You, how?”
How did you notice? There would have been no basis for finding out that it was a lie.
In the voice with that question,
“… … “You too.”
Selena’s cold gaze touches Hagley’s eyes.
“I believe you can see through my acting.”
“!”
Selena learned acting from Hagley.
Just as Selena can’t read Hagley’s thoughts,
Hagley also can’t see through Selena’s acting.
“I don’t know what you’re imagining, Hagley, but Frondier hasn’t said anything to me.”
Frontier did not use any persuasion or temptation to attract Selena.
I just gave her a choice.
Frondier said he would not be concerned whether Selena was at Cape Bay or whether she would come to him.
When asked how Frontier knew which side she chose, the answer was ‘I don’t know.’ They said that no matter which one you choose, you will not be held responsible.
Hagley, who has raised an assassin named Yeolgot according to his own taste, will probably never know.
How much comfort she received when Frondier said, ‘Just figure it out.’
─It is also impossible.
─For me, I can’t see through your acting.
Frontier does not read Selena lightly. It is not easy to determine what kind of person she is.
Because I don’t know.
Because it’s natural.
She, who lived as Jay, the assassin of Mangot, was just a solid background,
She was Selena, the escort of the Frontier,
“Are you surprised?”
As Hagley has raised Selena for such a long time, he reveals a look in his eyes that he has never seen before.
“I’m kind of good at acting.”
“… … Selena… … !”
Hagley’s shadow blazes like a flame.
Hagley, whose specialty is magic using shadows, is his perfect home ground inside the cave of Mangot. Selena’s face shows signs of nervousness.
“Do you think you can beat me?”
“no.”
Selena’s expression was weak as she answered that question.
“While escorting him, I don’t have time to think about such things.”
* * *
While Frontier suffered from the power of sloth, Belphegor watched for a moment.
‘That’s amazing. ‘I can’t believe you’re still resisting.’
A normal person would already fall asleep, or in extreme cases, would choose to kill themselves.
Rather than wanting to die, it comes from a sense that it would be okay to die. The more difficult life becomes, the more likely people are to make such choices.
‘It would be okay if I killed him like this.’
As a test, Belphegor lightly fires an aura.
Pow!
However, the auror is blocked by Frondier’s black sky flying in.
Unless there is free will in the Dark Sky, I am also the will of Frontier.
‘As expected, I’m not an ordinary human being.’
The longer Frondier resists, the more displeased Belphegor becomes.
Belphegor is responsible for one of the seven sins. He used his deadly sin, ‘sloth’. What this alone does not solve is that his roots, beyond his pride, are hurt.
If even a rumor spreads to other demons, it is not just a shame, but actually lowers his status.
Although the position of the Seven Deadly Sins is not threatened, at least the rank within it will fall.
‘Well, I won’t be able to hold out forever.’
Belphegor’s stance is relaxed.
It’s enough for him just to take his time in the first place.
In this war, the mere fact that the spear called Frondier has flown all the way here means that the defense of the empire will not be easy.
One day, the walls will collapse, monsters and cape will rush in, and the empire will be devastated.
Frontier came all this way to prevent that. Minimize damage by eliminating the enemy’s source within the timeout.
Committing such a reckless strategy without hesitation means that he has probably done something similar before.
Moreover, Mangot is also facing the coming of God. That reason alone is reason enough to take your time.
‘The timeout is getting closer while this guy is doing this.’
Look carefully at the tragedy that will result from the arrogance of blocking all barriers.
The moment Belphegor thought so.
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Weaving in the air, simultaneous replication
imperial palace armory
full open
Belphegor instantly saw weapons flashing everywhere.
“Hoo, can you still resist?”
Belphegor looked around with admiration. All of the weapons with flashing blades are unusual.
Soon the weapons are fired at Belphegor.
“Okay, just entertainment for a little while. “I’ll play with you.”
Belphegor easily dodged the terrifying speed, sometimes knocking it off, sometimes crushing it.
Weapons continue to be created in the air, but none of them can reach Belphegor and are cruelly destroyed.
Just looking at it as a simple battle of remaining mana, it seems difficult to win, and in addition, Frontier is being eroded by sloth.
The end of this long standoff is clear. There is no chance for Frontier to win.
Belphegor wanders around in the air and destroys weapons as if he were playing.
Meanwhile, Frontier is leaning down as if suffering from the power of sloth.
… … Suuu-
… … Phew… … .
He was breathing repeatedly and hiding his cold eyes.