126 – Regita – 8
The Pandemonium where the twilight descended.
We arrived there without difficulty. It wasn’t that I returned with a warm welcome, but the fact that it was a space without humans was much more comfortable.
Demery fanned with her hand.
“No matter how much it is called the Demon Realm, I didn’t know that the terrain was so rugged. How much deeper do you have to go in?”
“Be patient.”
I encouraged DeMary, but in fact I had the same thoughts as her.
Half a day has already passed since entering the Valley of the Demon World. Despite using magic to move, he still couldn’t even see the tip of the destination.
“I’m here.”
Ruin muttered that and put her hand on the ground. Then, the magic circle instantly flashed and emitted light.
When I came to my senses, the valley was nowhere to be found and we were in a completely new space.
“That was… “
“Yes. It’s an ancient rune language.”
“If it was an ancient rune word magic circle, I would have been reluctant to even show it.”
As runes still remain unknown, most people are reluctant to show them. Nevertheless, Ruin showed us.
She smiled rather brightly.
“Right. Considering the value of rune words, showing them can be a huge loss. But Jekiel-sama is the one who saved me once. So it’s okay.”
“…I see.”
Then DeMary cut in from beside her.
“I think it would be great if that benefactor would also treat Jekiel-sama like this… According to rumors, he is a very picky person.”
“Still, he is a person who cares for me a lot. I think you will be well received.”
As we walked along while talking about this and that, a slightly sloppily decorated garden appeared.
Ruin was a little embarrassed.
“Oops, I was away so the garden was completely neglected. When things go well, I’ll start with the garden.”
After passing by a place that was actually more like a forest than a garden, a very old-looking workshop appeared.
“Here it is.”
“Um.”
Demery was quite taken aback. It’s because, as the expression says, it looked ‘very’ old.
As I approached the studio, there was a small accommodation attached to it that I didn’t even know existed when I saw it from a distance.
Louin turned to us and put her index finger over her lips, and in front of her she made a very polite posture.
“Sariel.”
Of course, no answer came back. In the first place, there was no sign of anything in the dorm.
“Saiel-sama!”
Ruin raised her voice, but still didn’t answer her. She beckoned us as if to follow her, and we walked inside.
What catches your eye is the grim scenery.
It was a scene where a demon with gray hair—its horns were similar to those of a goat, so it was impossible to identify its race—was lying face down on the ground.
Regita, who hadn’t said anything until now, sniffed at her.
“…A corpse. I think he’s dead.”
“No, no! You are the one who is like this.”
Ruin shook the shoulder of the demon called Sariel with a nervous face.
But no matter how much I shake my shoulders, it doesn’t get up. When I turned around, I saw that she was holding her own hair in her mouth, and it was a corpse.
Regita sniffed her nose once more. As a demon dragon, her sense of smell is more sensitive than other races.
“Alcohol?”
And this time, he muttered that Korean character. At the same time, with a pop, a bottle of alcohol fell from the closet.
The closet door opens and bottles of alcohol fill the floor. It was that much.
“Ugh… ugh… “
Sariel awoke in a place where he didn’t know whether it was a garbage dump or a room. His headache was excruciating, so he clutched his head in his hand.
Ruin immediately bent her waist ninety degrees.
“Sariel! This is Ruin!”
“…Water, get some water. Water.”
“Oh, yes.”
Judging by the condition of the bottles, they were not old bottles. In other words, he swallowed this much at once.
Ruin brought water using magic. It was so much that he almost thought it was bath water.
Drinking it all in one gulp, Sariel looked at us with a whooping sound.
“Oh, my head hurts.”
“Sariel. I’m back. It’s Luin.”
“Ruin?”
“Yes. Ruin who was with Sariel-sama.”
Sariel touched his chin for a moment, lost in thought, then suddenly snapped his fingers as if he had realized something.
“Bring some drinks. I don’t have alcohol, so I can’t get my head around.”
“Again… Is it alcohol?”
“What are you doing, bring me a drink!”
“Oh, yes. All right.”
Ruin hurriedly went upstairs to get his drink. Before he could say that he had brought it, Sariel broke all the bottles in mid-air and transferred only his liquid to the spirit body and poured it down his throat.
“Turn it off… “
And again, like a corpse when we first met.
“Sariel. Would you like to hear our story now?”
“I don’t know… I’m sleepy… “
“I brought a precious person. Jekyll.”
“Jekiel… ? What is Jekyll… ?”
“The former sin of pride. A vampire Sariel-sama made Thanatos before. You are the one who uses it now.”
“Tanatosh?”
Sariel took a breath and coughed.
“Did I make that… Hiccup.”
I, Regita, and Demery’s faces contorted as we watched the whole situation.
Because I didn’t feel the slightest bit of the craftsmanship of making weapons. This figure was an uncompromising drunkard.
An addict who has to drink alcohol until he is unconscious.
DeMerry quietly tugged at Ruin’s collar and dragged her along.
“Excuse me. Mr. Luin.”
“Yes. Demery.”
“…Are we in the right place?”
“Sariel-sama is definitely right.”
“Are you always like that?”
“Ah… It wasn’t. There was an incident. After that, he started to depend on alcohol. But, there is no doubt that Sariel-sama is right.”
Ruin’s face was full of confidence, but nonetheless, the expressions on her other party’s faces were unresolved.
“I will ask myself.”
Jekiel passed Ruin and approached Sariel directly. Sariel was already dozing with her back against the wall.
Jekiel also took an example in his own way. While slightly bending his back.
“Sariel. There is work to be done with the finest material Ermethylene. However, as you know, there is no one who can handle this material, so Sariel-sama should be born.”
“Ermethylene? Ermethylene?!”
Sariel jumped up from his seat.
Yes, as expected, any existence that produces weapons has no choice but to react to the finest material, ‘Ermethylene’.
“Ermethylene… !”
Sariel muttered the name of the ingredient with a serious expression. I nodded.
“That Ermethylene is with me now. Would you be able to? I will pay any price.”
“Ermethylene, you mean. Very expensive.”
“Yes. I know. However, I want you to not mind failure and just try to handle it comfortably.”
“Ermethylene is very expensive… “
Sariel nodded her head and fell asleep.
“…How many bottles of alcohol will it cost if you sell it? It’s the best~ Bring a drink! Alcohol!”
“……”
As embarrassment spread across Jekiel’s face, it was Demery’s job to deal with it. DeMerry jumped up and grabbed Ruin by the collar.
“Is this really Sariel-sama? No, no matter how you look at it! You’re just a drunkard! I’m crazy enough to sell Ermethylene, but how the hell do I make it!”
Ruin manages to block DeMerry’s mouth. She broke out in a cold sweat.
“What are you saying to Sariel-sama’s face! If you feel uncomfortable, they might kick you out of this space altogether… !”
“It’s not a planting thing, it seems like you’re already feeling uncomfortable… ! Oh my, I’ve come this far, what should I do! Do I have to live with that light dragon in that state for the rest of my life… “
DeMerry, who used to be angry, was now almost crying.
If Regita’s condition does not improve, who should periodically report her condition, who should find another treatment method, and who should manage it?
… Of course, it was all demeri.
“Going crazy! I’m going crazy! How do you solve this! I just want to die!”
Around that time, Sariel’s eyes turned to Jekiel. She was drunk and her focus was starting to dim in her eyes.
“Wait a minute, Jekyel… Jekyll… “
After repeating her name a couple of times, Sariel suddenly jumped up and met Jekyll’s eyes.
“You… no way… “
“Yes?”
JeKiel asked in her puzzled voice, but Sariel pointed at JeKiel with her fingertips trembling. She didn’t seem to be shaking her hand because of her drunkenness.
“Christine.”
Sariel put her name on her lips.
“You… Aren’t you the one who put Christine in prison?”
A strange atmosphere began to drift.
Ooof, his mind is stuck in the past or what 🤣