133 – Enemy of the Continent
“If you want to kill, kill. Revenge of the master is the duty of the disciple.”
At Saki’s words, Yohan answered calmly.
“There is no such duty. Master wouldn’t want it either.”
John pulled out a small glass bottle from within his arms. This is a very luxurious bottle. Sensing that, Saki’s eyebrows twitched.
“Elixir?”
John did not answer and opened the lid of the vial. Then, all the liquid inside spilled into Reina’s wound.
A sky-blue liquid from a transparent bottle dripped onto Reina’s wound. And a miracle happened. Her wounds were beginning to heal so quickly that she could see them. The elixir in the glass bottle was authentic.
“How do you do that?”
What is the identity of this guy?
Saki’s cloudy eyes shook. Yohan reached out and took Reina in Saki’s arms. Saki’s hand fell helplessly. John looked at Saki like that. John’s mouth opened slowly.
“Do you want to atone?”
Atonement.
That word sounded heavy. Could he cover up his sins with the word atonement?
It was her friend that she stabbed. It was a family. Was a master
“Am I worthy of atonement?”
“On the contrary. You don’t deserve to give up the Atonement. So you have to atone.”
“…How?”
“The enemy raid. Take them out with your own hands.”
Nihilist consists of four raids. Green and red, white and black.
John requested the destruction of the enemy’s raid.
“Would that make atonement?”
“If you contribute to making the world a better place, your sins will be a little lighter.”
Saki nodded at Yohan’s answer. She looked at John with her invisible eyes and said.
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
Her body disappeared. She will probably atone.
John looked up at the full moon sky and turned his body. It’s time for him to go home.
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The girl with blue hair tapped the table with a dissatisfied expression.
The place where she is now is a cafe in the royal capital.
It was a hot place selling popular desserts among the nobility recently. But this girl didn’t know that, and it wasn’t for that particular reason that she chose this cafe. It was just a place that came into her own eyes as she wandered.
“Would you like to order a drink?”
A waitress wearing a maid uniform so short that an old-fashioned aristocrat would say it is vulgar approached and asked for an order. The girl said one word, ‘coffee’ without even looking at her menu board.
She sells more than 30 types of coffee, but the waitress is not embarrassed, and she picks up her menu and goes back with a cheerful voice saying, “Your order has been received!”
It is not the first time or two that I have dealt with such a customer. Just by looking at her attire, it is clear that she is the daughter of a prestigious aristocratic family with a long history. Such people do not like to talk at length, considering it vulgar. So, even if you take such a crappy order, it’s okay if you serve the best-selling drink in the store.
After ordering her drink, Droea, the blue-haired girl sighed lightly, unlike her dragon, and turned her eyes toward the street.
How long has this been a game? Her world has changed a lot while she hasn’t seen it. No, she didn’t change even as she seemed to have changed. It was a part where I could feel the difference between human time and dragon time.
The reason why she started playing after a long time.
It was, surprisingly, to meet a human being.
‘Merrick Car.’
The first human to defeat himself.
He was the only human with the qualifications to possess the title of ‘Dragon Slayer’, which was abused as a bluff. In that fight, if he had been hard-hearted, he himself would not have survived. He had replayed the duel several times in his mind, but he could not find a clue to victory.
I came out to the human world to find him. As a dragon, she had connections with the information guild. She wants to give her a line, because her information guild is overflowing.
I only knew one name, but that was enough information for the information guild. They found every person named ‘Merrick Car’ on the continent, and Droea looked at each person they found.
And just then, I was on my way back after meeting ‘Merrick Car’, an academy student (who is said to be on a leave of absence now).
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‘That guy was an ordinary human being. Although he’s a wizard.’
She was the last person on the list she received from the information guild. So, she was looking forward to it. However, the result is blinding. Academy student Merrick Carr could not find the slightest aspect of the ruler who defeated him.
‘Did I tell you the pseudonym from the beginning?’
That was very likely. He was originally a man whose face was covered with a mask. He had no reason to reveal his true name.
“Oh my gosh. Miss Lawrence, did you hear that rumor? Rumors about the Leoris family!”
“I heard it. I heard that this time, a meeting of the 5 great noble families of the Leoris family was convened. I heard it’s the first time in 30 years….. For what purpose did you call the meeting?”
“Whoops. The Bienzos are running a newspaper again! I did get some great information. All of that information is related to the Leoris family!”
“Awesome information about the Leoris family?”
“Why did they convene a great noble family meeting this time! They say it’s to keep Angra Mainyu in check!”
“Ah, that’s right. Certainly, the terror they carried out in District 1 of the Royal Capital this time crossed the line. What’s more, the Bond family was involved! The Leoris family deserves to call a meeting themselves. But, don’t you think it’s such a surprise?”
“Whoops! Of course, it’s not great information if it stops here! By the way, Angra Mainyu isn’t the only evil force that the Leoris family is wary of!”
“Not just Angra Mainyu!? Are you saying that there are other enemies other than them that the great aristocratic families should be wary of!?”
“As expected Miss Lawrence! You understand so quickly! Another invisible enemy is said to be a group called ‘Nihilists’!”
“Nihilist…. I never heard of it!”
“Even I am new. However, in the East, it is said that it is a secretly known organization. Their purpose is the end of mana! They say the final goal is to get rid of all mana in this world!”
“Oh my God! Eliminating mana!? How could such an ignorant thought…. How is that possible?”
“There’s no way I know what’s going on in the heads of the bad guys. Anyway, this is the first great piece of information!”
“Is there a second one!?”
“Up to the second! As expected, it is information about the Leoris family, but this is more amazing than the previous information!”
“Miss Bienzo, you look so excited!”
“Whoops! If you listen to Miss Lawrence, you will be amazed! This is the truth about the truth library incident!”
“The Jinri Library Incident? Five wizards, including Sir Ralph Leoris, defeated the demons and prevented the terror of Angra Mainyu, right?”
“Right! That’s how it’s known! But, that’s not true! Distorting the truth by covering the truth with a thin veil of lies! The Church of the Sun says it’s a tricky thing!”
“The Church of the Sun distorts the truth!?”
“In fact, it is said that only one wizard killed the demon in that incident! This is a really big secret, so don’t tell anyone!”
To disregard Lady Lorenzo’s words not to tell anyone, Droea overheard their conversation. Her body trembles A strong man who defeats demons single-handedly. As far as she knows, only one of her humans is capable of that.
“The one who defeated the demon is said to be a wandering wizard called ‘Mecca’!”
“Mecca? It’s the first name I’ve heard…. No, it’s more like a pseudonym than a name.”
Mecca.
Merrick Carr.
A smile formed on Droea’s lips. The coffee didn’t even come out, but she jumped up from her seat. She then approached the two young ladies, who had a friendly conversation.
“Guide me.”
“Oh my gosh, surprise! All, who are you?”
“Guide me.”
Droea said with her mana. The two young ladies, who could only use her magic to light the tip of her wand, trembled in surprise at Droea’s overwhelming magical power.
“Guide me to the place called the Leoris family.”
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A fireside of ashes.
The drawing room of the Leoris family was much cooler than usual. This is because the ‘flame of the city’, which usually burns brightly, has gone out. For some reason, the drawing room, where the treasure of the family had disappeared, seemed larger than usual.
Five people with distinct personalities sat side by side at a long rectangular table. Sitting in the seat of honor was Ralph Leoris, the head of the Leoris family who hosted the meeting. He stared at the heads of great aristocratic families, completely devoid of his usual helium-light atmosphere.
“Is it the first time in 30 years that we have gathered like this?”
An elderly man with good gray hair spoke first. He looked no older than half a century old, but he was an old man looking to be a hundred years old. The strong muscles and worm-like tendons on the back of his forearm showed that his spirit went beyond the old age and he still had the energy of his youth.
“At that time, I was the former Lord Leoris. It feels like the world is changing so fast. No, have we completely escaped the flow of time?”
Received the words of a gray-haired man with benevolent wrinkles all over his face. He was wearing a necklace studded with amber jewels, and the power felt in his necklace was different from that of ordinary magic tools. The man was one of the few elemental spirits on the continent, and his accessories contained elemental power.
“If I don’t meet you like this, how can I meet you guys with heavy hips?”
The main character of the voice was a black-haired woman. Unlike the previous two, she appears to be in her late 30s. She is a woman with a sense of decadence that does not suit her background as a high-ranking aristocrat. However, like others, an aura unapproachable to the general public was felt in her subconscious, and she mysteriously changed her decadent beauty.
“Now, today’s main character is Sir Ralph Leoris, who gathered us. Let’s focus on his words.”
The protagonist of the last voice was an old man with benevolent eyes. She seems to be the oldest among those gathered at the fire of ashes. Her hair was bald, and her face was wrinkled like an old tree.
“I sincerely thank all of you who took time out of your busy schedule to gather. I am sure that your will will help drive away the darkness of the continent.”
“Well, rhetoric is over. The people gathered here must have known all the ‘behind the scenes’ of the case. Is everyone like that?”
The ‘behind the scenes’ of the case.
It was to tell the truth about the truth library situation. The one who destroyed the devil was not the five wizards, but the person called ‘Mecca’.
To be honest, it was an unbelievable story. It is said that the power of demons rivals that of gods. No matter how much it manifested in the middle world and was in a state of power constraints, it was a story more absurd than the legend of the dragon slayer that a single human being defeated the devil.
However, if such absurd stories come from the mouth of the Leoris family, things are different.
“Sir Leoris. Is the story true?”
“There is no lie.”
Ralph nodded at the question of the gray-haired old man and head of the Duhan family, All Might Duhan.
“I can’t believe it. However, the one who will talk nonsense about Lord Leoris…. Is not it?”
Ormis Belteum, head of the Belteum family, the continent’s only spiritist family, tilted her head and said.
“Ha ha. A wizard who single-handedly defeated a demon. Isn’t that impossible even for a dragon?”
Hannah Jayten, the head of the Jayten family and the head of a great aristocratic family, asked a question.
“It certainly doesn’t seem like a story that can be understood with common sense.”
That’s what Aristo Philos, the head of the Philos family, who ascended to the rank of a great aristocratic family through intelligence, not force, said.
“The reason I called the meeting this time is to devise a way to protect the continent from Angra Mainyu. Also, our enemy is not only Angra Mainyu.”
Ralph showed the prophecy left by his ancestors to the heads of four noble families and said,
“Nihilist. There are beings in Angra Mainyu and elsewhere who want chaos on the continent. They too are our enemies.”