Episode 132: Golden Apple (2)
The scene reflected in Fili’s eyes was just a moment.
“… Ah!”
The sound of the wind blowing down.
Fili momentarily lost his strength and sat down.
“Majesty!”
Malia was startled and she lowered her posture next to her.
Fili raised her hand to signal that she was okay. In reality, there was nothing wrong with her body.
Just just.
“… “Malia.”
Fili looked at Malia.
Now Fili is lying down, but in the future Fili saw, Malia was sitting down.
The tear-stained face was vivid even though it was only for a moment.
“… ? “Why are you doing this, Your Majesty?”
Malia feels puzzled by Fili’s expression. Of course she doesn’t know what the situation is.
Fili bit her lip.
‘… ‘Who was it?’
It was clearly Malia who was crying. She must have seen Malia and observed her future.
But the man fell down.
I’m not sure who he is.
‘It was just too short. ‘I should have seen it straight!’
Although Fili had sensed and used her precognition, she had never seen this level of precognition.
It is truly the flowering of her abilities. That first one.
He was uncharacteristically embarrassed and couldn’t identify the man who had fallen.
‘If you think about the situation, it’s probably Frontier…’
Malia has a kind and gentle personality, but she doesn’t tend to cry a lot. In terms of the strength of her mind, she is no less than her husband, Ampere.
If Malia is crying in front of someone, she must be in a very close relationship.
Not only is she a dark-haired man, but she is the person who would make Malia cry so desperately.
She naturally thinks of her son, Frondier de Roach.
‘… ‘Frondier?’
However, Philly’s question feels fundamental.
Frontier dies?
‘I can’t imagine.’
No matter how strong Frontier is, he cannot avoid death. Philly knows that too.
But still, Philly cannot accept it easily.
‘… Then what about Ajie? No, it makes even less sense.’
If it is Fili’s belief that Frondier will not die, then in the case of Atjie, it is Fili’s reasonable judgment.
Frontier is in an overwhelmingly more dangerous situation than Azier.
The first reason is that he is threatened by God, the second reason is that he is not on this continent, and the third reason is that Frondier himself sets foot in the most dangerous place.
Compared to that, Ajie is safe enough. This is especially true when you consider Ajie’s skills.
“… Sorry, Malia. “I guess I was tired these days.”
Fili shook his head.
I can’t organize my thoughts. First, I decided to listen to Malia’s report. She also seemed very in a hurry.
‘The future I saw is editable. It has been like that until now. ‘If you prepare, you can easily solve this problem.’
While Fili thought to himself, Malia nodded and spoke.
“On the western continent of Agoris, demons are taunting the gods.”
“… “Provocation?”
Fili didn’t bother to ask about the source of the information. Of course it’s Frontier. Fili knows Malia’s shared sense.
“Yes. Accordingly, it is said that there is a risk that the gods will possess the humans who gave them their divine powers and head to the capital of Palma, a country on the Agoris continent.”
“… Possessed by humans…”
Fili frowned. This is what her daughter Saleh suffered from Odin not long ago.
“In other words, even people with divine powers here in the empire are at risk of being possessed.”
“That’s right. The most likely ones are the Olympian gods, but it is still unknown how the gods of other worlds will move.”
Fili put a finger to his mouth.
If so, the first thing to check is the trends of the zodiac signs. Most of them have divine powers. It may already be possessed and moving.
“I will use someone to check the trends of the Zodiacs. And if possible, the Zodiacs who do not have a problem provide support to the side that is experiencing a problem. Among the Zodiac, O Sprit does not have divine powers, so he will have to ask him for help first.”
“Thank you.”
“… And.”
Fili thought for a moment as he spoke.
The probability is low. However, if that slim probability occurs, it is difficult to imagine the chaos that will wreak havoc on this empire.
Malia had the same thought.
They both spoke almost simultaneously.
“… Confirmation from Astor Evans.”
* * *
Astor Evans.
Divine power, Baldur.
However, it is said that Aster completely abandoned the god Baldur after the Cape War. This is what Aster himself said, not anyone else.
Aster doesn’t have the talent to conceal or hide something like Frondier, and is just burning with endless self-growth.
Even though Frondier said to Aster, ‘Revealing too much information about yourself can be a weakness in itself,’ there is also a history of making Frondier’s face look strange by saying, ‘Then you should overcome that weakness.’
“Hello, Mr. Ludovic. “What’s going on?”
Aster tilted his head as he looked at Zodiac Ludovic, who suddenly came to see him.
Aster became a professional after graduating, and his mission scope is very different from that of Ludovic, a knight in the imperial palace.
Professionals and engineers occasionally met when performing joint missions. We knew each other and said hello, but we weren’t that close.
Ludovic scratched his cheek and said.
“Sorry, Aster. “An order came from the imperial palace.”
“Order?”
“The instructions are to find a person who has been possessed by a god.”
Aster’s brows gathered together.
“Possession. “Me?”
“So, it’s an order. I’m not saying I think that way. If you are possessed more than anyone else, the situation becomes more serious. “You are Aster Evans.”
“… Yes. “I am Astor Evans.”
“Yes, that’s right.”
Ludovic nodded her head as if that was the correct answer, and Aster tilted his head to the side at the same angle that Ludovic nodded.
Ludovic’s explanation didn’t seem to make sense at all.
“… So, how do you check?”
“It’s tricky this time because it’s not just mind control. The opponent is God. “It won’t be difficult to imitate the person you gave your divine powers to.”
“So, I may already be Baldur, not Aster. “That’s what it says.”
Ludovic nodded her head.
“So Aster, is there any information that only you know that Baldur doesn’t know? “Something where you can be reassured that you are Aster with just one hit.”
At Ludovic’s words, Aster stroked his chin.
He then raised his head as if he had remembered something.
“Oh, there is. “It’s not information, though.”
“Good. What?”
“It’s a breeze.”
“… What?”
Aster took out his sword as if he had already made up his mind, even though Ludovic’s face was frozen.
“Oh, you don’t know. Let me explain. “I modified the technique bestowed from the best swordsman on the Palind Continent called Ilseom to suit me.”
“No no! It’s not that I don’t know one thing! “Is there anyone on the continent who doesn’t know that?”
“… There must be quite a lot, right?”
Aster asked as if it was obvious, and Ludovic sighed.
“That’s not it, why is there a flash of light all of a sudden? All it takes is a word.”
“I’m sorry, but I don’t really have any secrets. Almost everything I know, Baldur also knows. “Well, it’s been a long time since you left my side, so I don’t know what it’s like.”
Aster shrugged his shoulders and continued.
“But Ilseom is different. To put it bluntly, it is a technique that Baldur cannot imitate. “It’s the easiest way to confirm that it’s me.”
“… “Is it true that God cannot be imitated?”
“Sure. Moreover, it would be even more difficult if it were not your own body but a possessed body.”
Ludovic moved her gaze here and there at Aster’s words and nodded her head.
“Good. After all, even if you were a god, you wouldn’t be able to do something you didn’t practice for.”
“I’ll show you in this direction. “Take a good look.”
Aster turned left from Ludovic’s position. It was the right angle to check Aster’s movements from the side.
Ludovic said.
“Give me the signal. “Because you might not be able to see it.”
“I always say signs.”
Aster says so,
“Going.”
Literally, after reciting the signal.
All the aurors disappear,
──Kaaang!
Tearing the air with a violent metallic sound,
Wow!!
Ludovic, with her feet drawing a long line on the ground, drew her sword and paused for a moment in shock.
“… “What are you doing, Aster?”
Aster’s glare was fired towards Ludovic. There was no hesitation.
It was prevented thanks to a clear signal, otherwise it would have been dangerous.
“Hmm.”
Aster looks at Ludovic with cold eyes.
“Even in this situation, they call me ‘Aster.’ “It would have been enough to suspect Baldurra.”
“… !”
“As expected, I was right.”
Aster took a stance. Suspension tax. The appearance of the prosecutor as if drawn from a painting.
“They say it’s easy for God to imitate humans.”
Aster repeated what Ludovic had said earlier.
“Your posture, your gait, the way you hold the sword, the expression on your face. “Nothing is the same as Mr. Ludovic, so what confidence did you have that you said it was easy?”
“!”
“And above all,”
Aster looks at Ludovic with rare, murderous eyes.
“Don’t you know what condition Ludovic is in now?”
“… What?”
“Ludovic was still consumed with guilt the last time I saw him. She says she kicked Frondier out. “The person who was most burdened with the guilt against Frontier de Roach was Ludovic.”
Aster is not that close to Ludovic.
But from those few times they met, he remembers the face Ludovic showed him.
──Are you saying this is the Zodiac, Ludovic?
That’s something Aster has never heard before.
Aster remembers that face stained with repentance and regret.
“Ludovic was in a mentally concentrated situation, so possession would have been easy.”
“…”
Ludovic no longer answers.
No, ‘he’ who took over Ludovic’s body left behind any more lies and coldly lowered her face.
“But the god who gave me divine powers took Ludovic’s body and came to me and spoke lightly as if he had forgotten everything?”
Aster’s aura gradually, gradually, repeats pulsation and condensation.
“You don’t know what kind of man Ludovic is. “They said it was God.”
The politeness Aster used to show to all his opponents disappeared.
Aster thought back to the past for a moment and laughed.
“I guess Baldur was just like you.”