Chapter 100 Return
Frondier first left Bael and Marco, who had fallen, and headed toward Elysia.
Elysia inside a protective shield made of black cloth.
When Frondier lightly waved his hand, Black Heaven slinked away from Elysia and returned to Frondier.
“… … Wow, wow… … .”
Elysia breathed a sigh of relief.
His eyes were a little blurry, perhaps because he was anxious because he had been in the dark for a long time, but other than that, he didn’t seem to be injured.
“are you okay?”
“Yes. It’s all over… … .”
Elysia froze with her mouth open, unable to speak.
When I looked around, there were demons everywhere. It was only natural that countless demons fell from the air.
It’s a shame that Bael moved a little bit to move with them, otherwise this magic circle would have been filled with so many demons that there wouldn’t even be room to step in.
In fact, the area Elysia was looking at, a little away from the magic circle, was full of demons as if they had piled up a pile of trash.
“… … “Are they all dead?”
“I don’t know. “I can’t check all of those guys one by one, and I don’t want to.”
Frontier’s answer was even more terrible. If you don’t know whether a person is dead or not, it means that you didn’t intend to kill him.
“What are you going to do now? Are you going back? Are you going to send me to your dorm?”
“no.”
Elysia asked with some hope, but was denied once again. Elisa’s mouth immediately became dry, but it was also a half-expected answer.
“One of these guys is the devil leader of Satan, and the other is the devil leader of the West. “It’s too precious to let go.”
Frondier thought for a moment.
With these two together, wouldn’t it be possible to achieve a great unification of demons? The demons hidden in the Empire are now following Frontier.
‘… … No, there’s no way that can continue forever.’
Hostages are only a temporary means of negotiation. It can’t be anything more than that. A peace agreement made through threats could not have been more sham.
However, with this, it is safe to say that the war between demons is over.
There are tens of thousands of demons dead here right now. All that remains now are high-ranking devils from each faction. Even if they fight an all-out war, it won’t be a war.
‘But we have to talk to the devils of the west. Their desire for revenge is formidable. Someday, something like this will happen again. It makes no sense to block it every time.’
Frontier also wanted to resolve the issue through dialogue and negotiation, but the western devils did not even listen.
No, from the beginning it seemed like they thought of humans as outsiders. Since the goal was to find hidden demons in the empire, the basic position was that humans should not be involved.
‘If you didn’t do that in your living room, I wanted to leave you alone.’
But as things happened, Frontier became another enemy for the Western Devils. I don’t know if that’s greater than my original desire for revenge.
‘First of all, you need to know. ‘What on earth are they seeking revenge for? Why are they in the west?’
When I first heard the story of the western demons I met, they must have originally been in the demon world.
It’s not just the Devils of the West. The same goes for the demons of the empire. Plus Lili. Originally, being in the human world was strange.
If a demon is to be summoned from the human world, there is only one way that Frontiere knows. Making a soul contract with the devil like the Empire’s shadow did. It is called by opening the gate using a medium such as Dragon Heart.
Satan himself couldn’t overcome it because he couldn’t even handle Dragon Heart. He just sent his men.
‘… … Satan used that gate to plant his demons in advance. To destroy the empire.’
And when the gate closed, Satan’s demons did not receive any further information or orders, so they moved to carry out existing orders. As a result, outdated information put them at a disadvantage.
Satan wouldn’t have wanted to kill his own men on purpose. Especially since the plan is failing.
In other words, even Satan does not know. There is a way other than the gate to send demons to the human world.
‘Lily said she didn’t even know why she was in the empire. I was on this earth from the moment I became conscious. I thought that would be the case for most.’
At least when it comes to the hidden demons of the Empire, there will be many situations similar to Lili’s.
The Empire is not a good place for demons to live. If they know how they crossed from the demon world to the human world, it would be possible to return to the demon world using the same method. Even if it is difficult, I will try.
However, it was the same with the demons I met in Hitchcock, and I checked when I gathered all the demons hidden in the empire, but none of them knew how to return.
But the devils of the west are different.
They sought out the demons of the empire with clear murderous intent. He even brought up the word ‘revenge’ himself.
In the end, the devils of the west hold the clue.
“… … So, I hope you wake up as soon as possible, Bael.”
While saying that, Frondier glanced at Bael, but there seemed to be no sign of him waking up at all.
I checked his pulse earlier, so it’s clear he’s alive, but I’m worried that Frondier may have suffered more damage than I thought.
Isn’t it really a state of ‘just being alive’?
“You know, Frontier.”
At that time, Elysia opened her mouth.
Elysia seemed to have been thinking about something for a while, and her face had a deep look of worry on her face.
“Why are you holding me here?”
Frondier tilts his head at him.
“I told you. “Because I don’t know how to activate a magic circle.”
Elysia shakes her head at him.
“lie. When you said the password ‘Menosorpo’, I felt a magic circle different from mine unfold. I know because I drew the magic circle myself. At that moment, two magic circles clearly unfolded.”
“… … .”
“That was just an excuse, right? To tie me here. But then it gets even weirder. You put me here while I can activate the magic circle. Plus, it protects me with that black liquid. “It would have been a lot easier without me.”
At first, Elysia thought Frontier was going to kill her. That’s why they placed her in such a remote place so she couldn’t escape. He said that once he completes the magic circle, he will throw her away like a vomit.
One didn’t do that. Frontier kept Elysia safe.
Then why was Elysia tied up here? It only got in the way of the battle.
“You talk a lot, Elysia.”
At that moment, Frontier lightly unleashes the power of the devil.
It was only after going through Pantemonium that I was finally able to control it. It might be enough to cause a little bit of fear.
“Ugh… … !”
Elysia broke into a cold sweat at the sight and swallowed a sigh of relief.
But he gritted his teeth and shook his head.
“It’s no use. Frontier.”
“… … .”
Elysia was sweating coldly and looking at Frondier with a pained face, but she certainly didn’t look like she was scared.
She was even more scared when Frondier chased her.
The intention is unknown, and the opponent, who I can only assume hates her, is chasing her, trapping her with incomprehensible techniques.
But now I know. Frontier is not her enemy. At least Frontier didn’t think that way from the beginning.
“There is no life in your eyes. No, there is no ‘malice’ more important than that.”
Elysia knows.
What kind of eyes do people with malicious intent have? What kind of face will it be?
It was a simple story.
I just saw my own face in the mirror.
“I know better than anyone else.”
“… … .”
Elysia said. The sin she caused.
As I fell into the ranks of commoners, I thought that a lifetime of atonement would not be enough.
It was a truly simple story.
A lifetime of atonement is not enough, she is still a wicked person.
“… … I see.”
Frondier closed his eyes. To say that you don’t know about malicious intent is definitely a stinging story.
I wonder if he can become the king of devils like this.
“Okay, now that everything is done, you can tell me. It’s something that has to be said anyway. “To get the words right.”
“… … Guess what?”
Elysia asked back.
Guess what? And for whom are you speaking?
“Listen carefully, Elysia.”
“… … huh.”
“You can’t go back to your dorm.”
“know. “I told you earlier.”
“So, from now on, you won’t be able to return to your dorm even after a few days.”
Elysia’s eyes blinked at those words.
I couldn’t immediately understand what Frontier was saying.
Frondier said while looking into Elysia’s eyes.
“Become a princess. “Elysia.”
“what… … ?”
“Go back to where you belong.”
Elysia froze with her mouth open at Frondier’s words.
Looking at her like that, Frontier explained.
“Do you see all these demons here now?”
“… … Uh, yeah.”
“Why are these guys here?”
“… … Oh, that’s right, that’s it.”
“Is it because of the magic circle?”
“yes… … ?”
“Because of the magic circle you drew, right?”
“… … !”
There, Elysia realized what Frondier was trying to say.
Naturally, I raise my voice towards Frontier.
“Well, that is! Because you told me to do it… … !”
“I don’t remember anything like that?”
“What, what?”
“Why would I ask you to do something like that in the first place? Even if I tell you to, why do you follow my words? Did I even threaten you? “Do you have any weaknesses?”
Elysia tried to say something to him, but closed her mouth, and then tried to say something again, but closed her mouth again.
I felt like I was being threatened.
I felt like my weakness had been discovered.
However, Frontier had never said anything like that to her.
Elysia realized something there.
“… … Then, you made me draw that magic circle and made me activate it.”
“Because the magic circle leaves traces of the initiator. “I don’t want to steal other people’s credit.”
Changing the direction of the demons. To make it solely for Elysia’s credit.
Frontier said:
“You understand now, Elysia.”
“… … “No, I am.”
“You saved the empire. “No matter where or how you look at it, that’s true.”
“So that’s it,”
“Let’s say it’s because of me. Then why did you obey him? There were plenty of opportunities to run away. No, you could have tried to rebel against me at least once. “At least if you want to claim that I threatened you.”
However, Elysia did not do that. I never said I wouldn’t do it.
I didn’t know how strong Frontier was and whether it was worth protecting her.
Going outside the wall, with external monsters lurking everywhere, knowing for sure that demons would flock to the magic circle.
‘… … ‘Why did I do that?’
Now, Elysia begins to question her own actions.
Because you’re scared of Frontier? Of course it was. I was scared. I was so scared that I fainted.
But was that enough to risk your life?
Or was it just that fear was a good reason to follow orders?
why?
What are you going to do using that as a reason?
“Elysia.”
It seems like he knows the answer.
Frondier grinned.
“You wanted to be the empress. “There was a time when that was the only thing that moved me.”
“… … !”
“Why was that? “What does emperor mean to you?”
The moment Frontier said those words.
In Elysia’s ears, a truly sorrowful and resentful voice is heard.
The voice was younger than hers, but it was still mature, and there was kindness in the coldness, and the thorough calculation was based on sacrifice for his daughter.
Not only was she the most influential woman in the empire, but she was also her mother.
—You will become empress someday.
—At that time, remember. Say this. Elysia. It must never be forgotten.
“… … “The emperor is,”
A lesson her mother had been telling her for a long time.
What was the purpose of all the wealth and power she had received, and so much education based on it?
My mother always said
To their daughters, after so much training and teaching, always last.
“A person who stands on top to protect the people.”
That said.
Elysia spoke.
The look in Elysia’s eyes at that time was something Frondier had seen for the first time.
‘… … Looks like Bartello.’
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Frondier thought as he looked into those eyes.
A look in the eyes that could not be seen from the same sister, Aten.
When Fili is said to be infinite gray, the one with black is called Elysia, and the one with white is called Aten.
Elysia was really like that when she was a villain. It felt like I was watching Philly go astray.
So, this is the source of Elysia, something that not even Frontier has ever seen.
“Elysia.”
Frondier confirmed it and said:
“I can’t send you to my dorm.”
We don’t know if Elysia will become emperor. That is not a matter for Frontiere to decide.
However, Elysia cannot be like this forever.
For herself and for Fili.
“Go back home.”