Chapter 123 Street (2)
─I think he’s the kindest of all the smart kids.
Elodie once said something like that to Dier.
With the nuance of feeling relieved because she was nice.
For some reason, those words remained in Dier’s mind for a long time.
If you think about it, it was like that.
Most people saw Dier as a ‘good person.’ Dier himself considers himself a very cunning person.
“That’s because you are a good person.”
In the past, before Frontier was branded as a devil.
When he asked him about this, Fron Deer answered simply:
I knew it. This time, Dier’s expression became subtle.
He is a good person That didn’t sound good to Dier.
“You don’t like it when people think that way?”
“I feel like everyone is looking at me lightly. Well, it’s true that it’s easy.”
hehehe, Dier sighed deeply.
There is nothing bad in the dictionary meaning of ‘good,’ but the image of goodness that people have is far from the dictionary meaning.
Most of them are associated with weakness, timidity, and indecisiveness. There are quite a few people who think that such things are just packaged away.
Dier asked Frondier.
“Have you ever heard that seniors are nice?”
“… No.”
Frondier’s mouth became thin. In fact, I think I’ve heard the opposite a lot.
“Why? My senior was a war hero and saved many people. “I think it best fits the word ‘good.’”
“… Well?”
For now, Frondier was prevaricated. In fact, he knew very well why he didn’t hear about it.
“Or have you ever heard of being just? Good or something? Or maybe you have a strong sense of chivalry.”
“… “I haven’t heard of it.”
Now that I think about it, I can barely remember receiving any praise for his personality.
No, I don’t think I’ve ever been praised for anything.
“Why? “I think these words all fit together.”
“… “There are probably some people who think it doesn’t suit them at all.”
For some reason, Frontier was avoiding Dier’s gaze.
Oh, I started to worry while trying to listen to my student’s concerns.
“I wish I had the same image as my senior.”
“… Do you want to have the image of a crazy person, a fool, an asshole, etc.?”
“Is that your image, senior?”
Dier asked back in surprise. Dier rarely heard what other people said directly to Frondier. So he thought everyone thought Fron Deer was a war hero.
“I feel like they are looking at me lightly, hidden behind the words ‘nice’. “I would say that the things that are involved in it are quite annoying or tiring.”
Of course, Dier was originally intelligent, but thanks to Frondier’s teachings, he is showing excellent results at Constel in both literary and martial arts. Nevertheless, there are still many people who know him easily.
Dier is polite, he is kind to everyone, and he listens to others’ requests as much as possible.
In that sense, Dier is actually ‘good’. As a result, too many requests are piled on him, and teachers also tend to look for him when something happens.
“At least if I have the same image as my senior, I don’t think there will be such annoyance. Moreover, what I believe is my talent is not ‘goodness,’ but ‘psychological warfare.’”
“Does goodness get in the way when playing psychological warfare?”
“It doesn’t suit you.”
It doesn’t suit me. Well, that’s right.
In fact, Frontier himself knew that he was saying goodbye to ‘goodness’ from the moment he started deceiving his enemies and using cunning schemes.
When that happened, Frondier looked at Dier with a rather strange feeling.
Dier is actually good at psychological warfare and head fighting. In the skill test, Frontier passed the test right away thanks to that strategy.
And Dier must have stuck to that method for a long time. Not only when he dealt with Front Deer, but also with many other people.
Nevertheless, does this mean that Dier’s reputation among those around him is still overwhelmingly ‘good’?
Frondier quietly looked at Dier and said.
“But you can’t be a bad person.”
“… “That’s the problem.”
Deep. Dier lowered his head.
Characteristics of Dier Ager.
Aside from his eyes, his physical abilities are extremely close to that of a normal person, and his Auror’s proficiency and skill upward curve are also mediocre.
However, he is not inferior to Aster in terms of mentality, and his psychological warfare based on calculations is an outstanding ability that seems to give him an advantage even in rock-paper-scissors.
And he is a completely good character who has never been turned into a villain even in the games that Frontier himself and countless users have played countless times.
‘Dier being nice is not just an image. It is also a character that will never change.’
Even if you want to shed your good image, it is impossible to become bad, and you are good enough to be clearly aware of that.
However, the basis of that skill lies in the psychology and calculations that deceive others and guide their thoughts.
Those two contradictory elements were quite interesting in Frontier’s eyes.
“Maybe that,”
After thinking about it, Frontier said.
“I think you could use it.”
* * *
Marco didn’t answer and just looked at Dier.
I looked at Dier’s expression. A face that seems genuinely strange.
‘… ‘What is this guy?’
Bael wants war?
You said those words to a kid like this?
Normally, you might have dismissed it as just nonsense, but Dier also said this just now.
‘War with God’.
This is something that can never be said without knowing the situation on the Agoris Continent.
Dier obtained information about Agoris.
If it’s really because of Bael.
‘… ‘Bael, are you really saying that you are attached to Frondier?’
Marco remembers.
When Bael was defeated at Pentamonium and Frontier took him out again,
That Bael protected Frondier from Marco’s blade.
Considering the situation at the time, I thought it was something that could not be helped.
The devil recognizes beings with greater power than himself. It’s close to an instinctive attraction.
However, after returning to Agoris, he must have realized how absurd it was for the king of hell to join hands with humans.
‘But I still can’t come to my senses… !’
Marco felt feverish for a moment, but calmed down again.
It has not yet been determined that Bael has fully cooperated. The route through which this person obtains information may be somewhere else.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Bael wants to fight God? “Is that possible?”
Marco looked at Dier endlessly as he spoke. Especially his eyes.
‘Joy. Clear eyes. ‘It’s overflowing with goodness.’
The devil reacts sensitively to human goodness. For humans, goodness is weakness. Of course, this is something the devils know better.
The first to fall victim to their prey are good people.
That is the reason why they do not want to sign a contract with Frontier.
Because Frontier is pitch black. No devil would want to make a contract with someone worse than himself.
Dier is the complete opposite of him. Marco recognized at a glance the purity and goodness of Dier’s soul.
Which,
‘I’m so caught up in reading others that I can’t take care of myself. Those things called devils.’
Dier was also reading.
Demons whose specialty is always reading and observing humans.
Therefore, they are not used to being observed.
“Even if you ask me if that’s possible, I’m actually challenging God.”
“…”
Marco is looking at Dier with displeasure.
Dier’s lie flowed smoothly.
“Mr. Marco. I’m not asking about possibilities. No matter how low you think the odds are, it’s already happened and there’s no turning back. Marco, I fully understand that since he cannot receive information here, there are bound to be misunderstandings. We need a solution. That’s why I’m asking you, the devil. “What is Bael thinking now?”
Dier completely assumes that ‘Bael is trying to fight God’ and speaks as if it has already happened in Agoris.
This is the greatest bluff armament that Dier can muster, which is possible because Marco is not receiving any further information here.
Dier accelerates his thinking while putting on his innocent face.
‘He’s acting calm, but he’s clearly shaken. ‘You clearly know something about war.’
Dier thought, but at the same time hid a cold feeling.
Marco is imprisoned in Obsidian and is almost impossible to interact with the outside world.
Nevertheless, if he knows anything about the war, it means that the situation in Agoris was something that was planned a long time ago.
‘Marco is now Satan’s subordinate, but originally belonged to the 72 devils. The reason he left the 72 Demons was definitely because of this war.’
After Belphegor withdrew from the continent of Palind, the demons of Agoris immediately invaded the empire as the entity that had been blocking them disappeared.
Believing that demons hidden in the Empire are in contact with Satan.
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And the war between the two demonic forces begins. Damage to an empire that became a battlefield. That was Satan’s plan.
In other words, it wasn’t the 72 Devil’s plan.
The 72 demons, including Bael, had no idea that Belphegor would leave Cape Mande, and naturally, the invasion of the Palind continent was an urgent operation.
In that case, the 72 Devils must have had a plan in place before the variable ‘Belphegor disappeared’. So what is the plan?
They want to return to the demon world. To their hometown. All the plans they have made so far are heading towards that goal.
‘When Belphegor disappeared, Bael abandoned his original plan and flew to the continent of Palinde. ‘It’s definitely because their original plan was a more dangerous action than fighting the Empire.’
In Dier’s imagination, it would be worse, if not worse, than ‘war’.
Marco sighs and shakes his head.
The speed of sighing is short, and the trajectory of shaking the head is large.
A reaction to show to others.
It’s fake.
“Changing the question doesn’t help. I have no idea what Bael is thinking. As you said, I just heard that information. “How can I know Bael’s thoughts when I don’t receive any information at all?”
“… Is that so.”
“Okay. Find another devil. Or do you go west yourself? “That would be the most accurate.”
Marco holds out his hand.
Dier’s expression of annoyance, his body naturally leaning back, and the relaxation of his wrist as he holds out his hand.
‘Really.’
Dier catches a small thing in a troubled face.
‘This devil, I don’t think there will be any problem if I go to Agoris right now.’
It is not difficult for Dier to go to Agoris these days.
The reason it was difficult until now was because we didn’t know whether such a continent really existed or its exact location. Additionally, they were also afraid of the power of the monsters that lived in the sea.
However, this is a road that Frontier and his companions have already passed once.
The location, route, time it will take to get there, and expected threats are all already known.
Although there is a variable called Poseidon, he cannot be on the devil’s side, so explaining the situation will only endanger the devil’s side even more.
‘Still, I am not wary of going to Agoris. Or do you rather want to go in that direction?’
Dier closed his eyes tightly and opened them. And then he said it again.
“Then let’s change the question.”