Academy’s Weapon Replicator chapter 297

Chapter 88: Lili’s Knight (7)

When the attack engulfed Lili, Lili’s mansion looked like it had been bitten by a dragon.

There are no users in Lili’s mansion, and this is not where the knights stay.

The reason Frondier came to see Lili this late at night was also because there was no one else around at this time.

But the mansion has become like this.

“Ugh… … . How dare you… … !”

It was natural for Lili’s knights to attack and swing their blades at Frondier.

It was also natural for Frontier to subdue them all.

“How dare you visit Leah Lis’s mansion… … ! After all, I shouldn’t have brought you in!”

There is one thing that Frontier was certain of while fighting them.

Lili’s knights are too weak. Probably even more so than the first year Constel students.

Therefore, Heukcheon alone was able to suppress this large number without difficulty. I think highly of Lily’s sense of danger and her refusal to take care of herself, but it was still easy. In other words, it was so easy that it was possible to subdue it without killing it.

“… … .”

However, Frontier did not move even after suppressing all of them.

Lili feels like the long period of time she is trapped in is torture, and indeed, Frontier intends it to be. But in reality, Frontier was also putting off his own decision.

Lily tricked me.

Lily was also a devil.

Then what I have to do is clear.

Caw—

While Frondier was thinking, a crow could be heard from afar.

A crow sat on his shoulder.

[Frondier, report.]

“… … Gregory.”

[I know roughly what the situation is, but listen first and then decide.]

“okay… … . yes.”

We have always fought based on information and situation, using all available means.

It won’t be any different now.

When Frondeer nodded, the crow’s mouth opened.

[Laurier said that most of the knights belonging to Leah Lis are criminals.]

“criminal?”

[okay. To be exact, they are the lower levels of a criminal organization. If they leave Lili’s side, they will rejoin the group and commit crimes. Other than that, there’s nowhere else to go.]

Knights who swear loyalty to Lili. However, even if the knights pledged loyalty, even their families would not be loyal to Lili.

I was wondering why there was no noise between the knight’s family and Lili, but they were people who didn’t have a family to begin with.

[Lily has a deeper relationship with Ambu than other zodiacs. Every time Lili takes a man under her command, the undercover covers up that man’s criminal record. But it doesn’t delete it. You never know when you might leave Lili’s side.]

“Why is Ambu helping Lili? Even if that were the case, there would be no benefit.”

[As you know, Ambu works for the empire. All of Lili’s knights are under ‘enchantment’, but it doesn’t mean they have lost consciousness or their memories have been erased. It’s not like my personality has changed. So, they have their own information and knowledge about their own organization. It’s nothing special since it’s the lowest level, but when the lowest levels come together to that extent, some useful information comes out.]

“Liri’s knights are loyal to Lili, so there is no need to hide that information, and Lili is giving their information to the shadow. Instead, the shadow hid Lili’s knights.”

[Yes, that’s the deal. The Shadow is a group that the empire tolerates. It is a problem because there is no difference in the hands and means, but it is tolerated because the benefit it brings to the empire is great. There was a lot of friction with you, though.]

Even Frontier knows that.

Frontier does not completely exclude Ambu because of the character ‘Laurier’, among other things.

I saw Laurier’s thoughts and how he moved in the shadows, and how he was prepared to give up his life in front of the fragments of Helheim in Jeranhes.

“… … What about Ameline? “Did you ask?”

[I asked, but Laurie didn’t have any other information. This is information that the general public knows. It doesn’t seem like Ameline is related to Ambu.]

“Then that means Ameline is really an ordinary person who got caught up.”

[okay. It is true that Lili tried to save her. He was prepared to be hostile to the dark woman with whom he had a close relationship. I don’t know why.]

Frondier sighs at those words. His eyes fell forlornly.

“… … Are you here to stop me? Gregory?”

[why me? I just came to report. You ordered it.]

“I think you’re defending Lili.”

[It is an illusion.]

“Lily is using charm to deal with these people, so does the fact that she was taken out by a criminal organization give her immunity?”

[Well, it’s none of my business. And Lili probably doesn’t use knights thinking about exoneration or anything like that.]

Whether you want to have your own knight or rehabilitate a criminal, there are countless other ways. It would be even easier if you were someone as big as Lili.

Riri was just doing whatever she wanted.

[Liri is a devil, Frontier. You probably know that.]

“so?”

[You know this because you’ve met a few demons, but don’t try to judge their way of thinking from a human perspective. It’s not just the devil. The same goes for monsters and gods. They are not human.]

Those words reminded Frondier of the non-human beings he had encountered so far.

They basically didn’t understand each other. Not only the monster Kraken, which was hostile from the beginning, but also Rudra, the god who loved Elodie.

[If you say you want to kill Lili, I will say so. Lili is a devil. That alone is reason enough to kill him. Besides, he was trying to take advantage of you, wasn’t he? ‘Fascination’ is a dangerous power. I don’t know what he would have done to you if you had been charmed. At least he will act completely different from the ‘Frondier de Roach’ I knew.]

Gregory said. There are enough reasons for Lily to die. And all of those reasons were the reasons Frontier thought of. As expected, the thoughts were consistent.

[however.]

But there the crow’s head bobs and tilts.

[Why are you asking me? Frontier.]

“… … !”

[I didn’t mean to do that at all, but I came to stop you? Why are you looking for forgiveness for Lili’s actions? The reason I reported this to you was because I didn’t want you to make a ‘wrong decision’ due to insufficient information. If it is reasonable for Lily to die after listening to me, then so be it. I also think it is reasonable.]

“Gregory… … .”

[I don’t interfere with whatever you do.]

The frontier’s eyes look into the raven’s eyes.

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[But if the reason you asked me a question was because of hesitation.]

Beyond the crow’s eyes, I see the eyes of Gregory, who is still quietly in a prison somewhere.

[Your face doesn’t suit you right now.]

“… … .”

Frondier closes his mouth once again. Today, he is often silent and sighs, but eventually he sighs once again.

The gaze that quietly seeps in with that sigh.

The crow said after checking it.

[Have you decided?]

“yet. “I need to check something.”

After saying that, Frondier approached one of Lili’s knights.

Even now, he was fighting Frondier in the lead, and was the same man who had argued with Frondier a few days ago.

“hey.”

“What, if you’re going to kill me, kill me quickly.”

“I have something to ask.”

“I will answer your damn questions.”

“If Lili dies.”

The knight’s eyes burn at Frondier’s words. The body bound by Frontier’s black cloth trembled, and its muscles swelled as if trying to tear the black cloth with force.

Looking at that, Frondier continued speaking.

“What are you going to do?”

“… … I will kill you. I will tear your limbs apart and hang them in the square. “I will reveal your ridiculous appearance to countless people who believe you are a hero.”

Words filled with curses. Frondier’s eyes close for a moment.

So said Frontier.

“Yes, I guess so.”

“… … what?”

“Kill me, tear me limb from limb and hang it in the square, and then.”

When Frontier opened his eyes again, there was no momentum. In response to the threat of killing himself, Frondier looked at the man without any sign of ridicule or ridicule.

“What are you going to do next? “After you get justice for killing me, then.”

“… … .”

“Are you going to become a criminal again?”

The man’s eyes widened at Frondier’s question.

When Lili dies and is gone, the man has no one to be loyal to. There is no place to be anymore.

So, should you go back to your original position, that is, join a criminal organization and live there?

The man understood the meaning, bit his teeth, and spoke.

“… … “I will become a knight.”

“Even without Lily?”

“Lia Lis will take care of me now, as I am a worthless person, but I will become a worthy knight. “I won’t go back to that kind of den of crime.”

Hearing those words, Frondier raised his gaze upward.

Check the faces of other knights who may have been listening to their conversation.

After checking their gaze, facial expressions, and determination.

“… … is it.”

Frondier stood up.

I turned back and walked briskly. Toward the workshop.

Surprised by that, the man shouted.

“F-frontier! wait! Damn it! Let go of this! “Ugh!”

The man struggles, but he cannot overcome the dark sky with a body that cannot properly deploy its Aurors yet. The same was true for other knights.

Glancing at that figure, Frondier said.

“If you want to become a real knight, improve your skills.”

After saying that, Frondier opened the door to the workshop and entered.

* * *

When Frondeer went inside and checked on Lili.

There were quite a few cuts from the blade all over Lily’s body, and blood was flowing.

Whisper—

As Frondier removed the blades that touched Lili’s entire body, Lili sat down as if her body had lost strength.

Lili’s voluptuous body was dressed in bold clothing, and blood was flowing from wounds all over her body, and the blood-soaked clothes stuck to her body.

Lily exhaled a shallow breath, looking both creepy and perverted.

“… … “It’s a little late.”

Frondier literally said that because he had been worried for longer than originally expected. But it probably won’t sound that way to Lili.

“… … hehehe, hehehe. Ahahahahaha.”

Lili lowered her head and let out an emotionless laugh. Frondier’s approaching steps stopped.

This is what they did against Zodiac. Is it already too late to decide what to do with Lily? Will Lili and I end up having to fight to kill each other?

“You really… … .”

Lily’s voice trembles. And the frontier’s vigilance increased accordingly. The black sky of the Frontier vibrated as if responding to Lily’s voice.

And Lili lifted her head up.

“You’re strong!”

He said.

“… … yes?”

“Ah, really! I had no idea it would exceed my expectations this much! These weapons really can’t move! I tried to escape using auras whenever possible, but every time I did that, the angle of the weapons strangely changed, so I had to prepare for fatal injuries if I tried to escape. “It was amazing!”

Lili’s eyes sparkled, like a child expressing her feelings after riding an attraction at an amusement park.

“Ameline’s escort mission was solved in a way I never thought possible, and charm didn’t even work! Plus, the way you look when you’re angry is so true! Wow, how long has it been since I felt my heart sink against a human! No, you could have been more angry than that? Still, it’s not that common, right? I guess I was the only one who saw that expression, right? Even your friends and colleagues who were close to you probably haven’t seen that face!”

… … What kind of situation is this?

Frondier quickly turned his head as he looked at Lily’s sparkling eyes.

Is it really acting? While you’re acting like that, are you waiting for the right time to run away or counterattack? But that doesn’t mean this is inside the workshop, this is Frontier’s territory. Any abnormalities within this are detected by Frontier.

The interior of the workshop is too calm to be said to be decorating. Lili doesn’t even feel the slightest sign of life.

“… … “I expected him to be either ready to kill me or tremble in fear, but it looks completely different.”

“Are you prepared to kill me? why me? Oh, it was so scary. It’s still like that. “It makes my whole body tremble.”

Lili seemed to accept the fear that Frondier was trying to give her like the thrill of a horror movie, and a look of pleasure appeared on her face when she said she was scared.

“You gave me what I wanted.”

“Is this what you want?”

“I wanted to know who you were. What kind of person is this? “What are your tendencies, what values do you have, and what choices do you make at important crossroads?”

Lili has always been like that ever since she met Frontier. As Frontier knows.

Lili continued to test Frondier, curious about his reaction, and watching his choices.

“… … Was it that important? To the point of losing your life?”

“Well, I didn’t want to lose my life and I didn’t know I would, but if you put those two on the scale… … .”

Like that, Lily tilted her head for a moment.

There was no time to worry about it.

“Well, that’s right. “It’s more important for me to know what I want to know.”

He said.

—Do not try to judge their way of thinking through human eyes.

It was no wonder that Gregory’s words just lingered in Frondier’s ears.

“So, I guess I was quite satisfied because I saw the ‘face of anger’ that you wouldn’t carelessly show to others?”

After saying that, Lily raised her arms. It’s like a believer waiting for God’s grace.

“Now, kill me.”

“… … .”

“I’m done now. I’m sorry that things happened this way, but it couldn’t be helped. “You will never forgive me.”

Lily closes her eyes. He quietly waited for the blade to plunge into him.

“… … .”

“… … .”

And Frondier watched quietly. Without saying a word.

“… … Um, Frontier?”

“… … .”

“My arm hurts,”

“quietly.”

Lili silences her mouth again at Frondier’s words.

As things turned out like this, Frontier quickly became cold.

Indeed, don’t look at it from a human perspective. That was indeed true. It seemed like Frontier was starting to get a sense of how to treat Lili.

‘Lily doesn’t give her life a high priority. I don’t know if all demons are like that, but if they could understand it, they would be more useful than humans.’

Meanwhile, Lili slowly opened her eyes. It’s not like Frontier told me to close my eyes.

Lili looked into Frondier’s eyes.

Those eyes I saw in the emperor’s bedroom, Lidyu’s mansion, and the imperial palace conference room.

It was the look in his eyes that completely excluded his own temporary emotions and desires that even Frontier himself used as a chess piece.

‘… … Ah, after all, it would be a waste to die like this.’

When Lili thought so.

“Leah Reese, I have a question for you.”

“… … “Can I put my arms down?”

“If you think it’s okay to get off, get off.”

If you answer like that, you can never get off.

Frondier said to Lili, who was still holding her arms.

“Why did you want to protect Ameline? “He has nothing to do with you.”

“That kid is quite out of the loop within the family. I was close with my uncle, but suddenly he went missing, and I couldn’t easily trust anyone, including my family. That may have been due to the fact that they were obsessed with the fantasy of a knight protecting them.”

“… … So, what does that have to do with you?”

Lili said in response to Frontier’s question.

“I don’t like that.”

“hate?”

“I mean, I’m alone.”

At that, Frondier stopped talking.

… … Is that really Lili’s principle of action?

“Lily, you were alone too.”

“yes. I don’t really have any memories of being in the demon world. When I came to my senses, I found myself on this continent. “I have no intention of going back to the demon world anymore, so I’m staying here.”

“So, you can’t leave someone alone? Are knights like that too? “Because they are part of a criminal organization with no parents?”

“Rather than saying I can’t leave it alone, it’s something I want. It’s not like I can save everything. “What’s important is appearance, appearance.”

That’s what’s devilish about it.

Lili takes the lowest level of a criminal organization under her command.

It is not the justice of saving people from crime or the compassion of wanting to protect those who are alone.

Lili only moved for her own sake.

“… … okay. “That’s not moral.”

“This is desire, Frontier.”

Riri said.

“The devil is not driven by morality. It’s hard to understand that in the first place. The reason I live in this world is not because I fit into human society. “It just so happens that the ‘desire’ I have is only allowed to some extent here.”

In other words, although Riri is smart, her starting point is simple.

Unlike humans who take a long time to decide what they want and what to do, Lili is the type of person whose mind has already been decided due to overly simple principles of action, and who uses her brain to achieve it.

‘If the principles of action are simple, it will be good to take advantage of both. There is no need to worry about whether he is a good character or a villain. ‘Because he’s a devil to begin with.’

If he could continue to bring out Lili’s desires, it would not be difficult to make Lili a complete ally.

If you can’t trust Lily, there’s no need to trust her in the first place. Bring out her desires as desired.

Frontier, is that possible for you?

While Frontier was thinking for a moment, Lili spoke as if something suddenly occurred to her.

“Actually, it was the same for you, Frontier.”

“… … “I have family and friends.”

“Yes, that’s right. “I knew that, somehow.”

Lily says that and tilts her head.

“Why? “I thought you looked like me.”

It’s a bit annoying, but he doesn’t show it.

Frontier had similar thoughts.

Frondier, who suddenly entered this world, and Lili, who lives in the human world knowing that she is a demon. Lily must have felt somewhere that she was fundamentally alone. Just like Frontier did.

“… … “Put your arms down.”

“You’re not going to kill me?”

“It’s true that you saved Ameline, and I’m angry that you used me in the process, but in the end, it worked out well.”

“… … “I put a charm on you too?”

“It’s okay because I didn’t get caught.”

Lily lowered her arms.

Then, while rolling his eyes here and there, he slowly opened his mouth as if it were something difficult to say.

“… … “I’m the devil?”

Devils should not exist on this continent.

There is no need to study how humans on the continent treat demons. When you live on this continent, you automatically develop a hatred for the devil.

There are times when humans are good and there are times when they are evil.

All devils are evil. That’s why he’s a devil.

On this continent, it is impossible for a citizen of the Empire not to be equipped with this idea. No matter what wise man he is.

However, Frontier is different.

To him, the continent’s hatred of demons is nothing more than ‘knowledge’.

“What’s wrong with you being a devil?”

Frontierman can say that.

“… … .”

At that moment, Lili had no choice but to resurface the desire she had tried to forget.

A desire to know the frontier.

How can he think beyond Lili’s options, and how can he be so strong and yet be impervious to charm?

How can you say that at this moment?

While Lili was looking at Frondier blankly, Frondier spoke.

“Best of all, the period is not over yet.”

“period?”

“One month to be your knight.”

ah. Lily made a noise as if she had forgotten something.

“So let me say it again. Leah Reese.”

“huh?”

“If you tell me to be a dog, I will be a dog.”

Leah Reese opened her mouth.

“If you tell me to die, I will die.”

Are you saying that in this situation? really?

Since Lili is a demon, she is a bit more lenient compared to others when it comes to standards for ‘weird people’.

Frontier is a really, really weird guy!

“So never again, no matter what happens.”

But Frondier’s words were not over.

Frondier has a face that is truly difficult to tell whether he is angry, sad, or feeling nothing at all.

“Don’t lie to me.”

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“… … “If I refuse and ask you to tell me how you didn’t get charmed in exchange for killing me, will you listen?”

“no. “Think about it yourself.”

Lily’s eyes wavered at that. Lily couldn’t say anything and just looked at Frontier.

But Frondier did not wait for her answer.

“Lee, Leah Lis!”

“Lia Lis!”

The defense was lifted, and the fallen knights found Lili and shouted.

Frontier manipulated Adae and recovered all of the Black Heaven. Some of the knights who regained their freedom tried to kill Frondier, but Lili stopped them.

“It seems there was a misunderstanding. “Frondier saved me.”

“Well, you saved me?”

“okay. “Let’s talk about the details later.”

While Lili was explaining things to the knights.

Without looking at anyone, Frondier turned behind him and let out a soft sigh.

… … Just before entering the workshop, I remembered what Gregory said.

—Frondier, when you fought Belfigor, you only withstood the power of sloth, but it wasn’t that it was ineffective.

—So be careful.

—Even if it doesn’t reach the power of the Seven Sins.

—You may have been ‘enchanted’ without even knowing it.

“We will find out for sure in a month.”