Episode 131. wind of change
In the middle of the night, a ceremony of improvement was suddenly held.
The eyes of the residents, who were only looking at the Pellins and the knights, changed bitterly.
Those who thought they were welcoming another ruler who had come to loot the 4th Castle began to fill the streets with shouts as if they were welcoming the liberation forces.
“Hey….”
When I saw it from a high place, I was amazed.
Along the main street, lanterns and candles were lit up, brightly illuminating Pellain’s bewildered face.
Such hospitality was unexpected.
It gained 4 star support, but it wasn’t all that good either.
If you declare a 0% tax rate and requisition that much, you will be cursed for saying you are a fool.
Most of the supply will probably have to come from the hired bosses.
Still, if you don’t have enough, you’ll have to pay the price and buy things on the spot instead of requisition.
Of course, the money came out of the Imperial Treasury, not my wallet, so I wouldn’t have to worry too much.
He revived the suppression forces on the verge of destruction, but the emperor would not regret spending this much.
“Fufu. Is the reaction good?”
“Because I put out the conditions that have no choice but to do that.”
Suddenly, Iris came and stood next to me.
spacious balcony.
It was a hostel prepared for Erica, Einz, and Iris.
Even though I’m used to sleeping on the ground in tents, these guys aren’t.
It was decided that it would be better to keep him in good condition in order to show his full potential.
After all, these guys aren’t like sunfish, they stayed up all night for days and days when fighting, or they kept their concentration even in extreme situations.
Not only that, of course, but it was also the accommodation chosen for complex reasons such as security and security issues.
“Uhhhh…! Comfy bed!
“············”.
Gently brushing her collar and turning around, Iris was lying flat on the bed.
The past few days must have been really hard for Iris.
He must have been busy taking information from the 4th castle and secretly contacting us or treating patients.
Perhaps it was the reaction, and Iris was now rubbing her cheeks against the pillow, enjoying the softness of it.
But doesn’t the saint look too disheveled…?
“Good job, Iris. It would be a difficult task without you.”
“He’s a very player.”
“yes?”
“I’m not going to say that to the other children who worked so hard. But I’m not talking about it all in one place, but speaking when the two of us are alone like this… Do you see your intentions so clearly?”
“············”.
misunderstood
I felt a sense of responsibility for bringing these guys, who were just college undergraduates, to the brutal battlefield, so I thought I should convey the words of thanks to you with the utmost sincerity…
I didn’t know this would be accepted like this.
“It wasn’t my intention.”
“Oh my. What’s your intention?”
“············”.
If rumors spread that he was trying to seduce a saint, he might be buried alive tomorrow, so this had to be done with certainty.
“I mean, I didn’t mean to win your favor.”
“I’m sure. I knew it. Schlust wouldn’t try to win my favor….”
“············”.
I knew you were going to keep playing.
Surprisingly, it quickly calmed down.
I thought I was asleep because I turned my head and lay down.
It was around the time I approached him to cover him with a blanket.
“What? Approaching a sleeping lady.”
“I was just trying to cover the duvet.”
“Really? I’ll believe you for now.”
The way he smiled was funny, but at the same time, it was unfamiliar.
Originally, I thought he was a guy who could laugh so innocently.
It was the moment I was just about to go.
Looking into Iris’s eyes, I suddenly became curious.
“Iris. Do you still see the future these days?”
“sure.”
“Have you ever seen a future where I will die or get hurt in this civil war?”
“············”.
“If there is, I’d like you to tell me everything. If you know how to deal with it-“
“You don’t have to worry about Schlust. I’ll take care of it all. Rather, it’ll only get in the way if Schlusus knows the future.”
There was some truth to it.
By reducing the number of objects that know the future, the range of its fluctuations is reduced.
If it had been in the past, hearing this again, I would have been terrified, saying that it was meaningful.
But now I could really trust Iris completely.
Iris will try to save at least one more people around her, even at the cost of her own life.
“You don’t really have to worry at all. I’ll send you back to your loved one in good condition.”
“I have no family, Iris.”
“I mean, you know.”
“···········?”
I didn’t know that I would suddenly hear a pad rip.
It was a moment when I was confused as to how to take this.
The thumping sound of climbing the stairs was getting closer.
thud!
“Wow! Are you holding a hotel like this? Schlust You have a surprisingly delicate shaving… uh…?”
“Erica. Have you arrived?”
The door swung open, revealing Erica.
Erika, who had a face that was reminded of whether she was excited by the residents’ welcome, slowly hardened her expression.
“What are you two doing now…?”
“ah.”
It was only then that I realized that I was lying on top of Iris lying on the bed.
***
“I was lost a little bit! I’ve finally arrived!”
A desert in the scorching sun.
Standing there, Alexia spread her chest out as if proudly.
In the distance, the city surrounding the oasis could be seen.
I was deceived by the mirage and wandered through the desert for days…
This time it was real.
“Wow! When did the city get so big?!”
As she entered the city, exclamations flowed out of Alexia’s mouth.
Apparently, a few hundred years ago, it was a small town where about ten households lived, but now it has reached a size that can be called a big city.
The reason for the rapid development was not that great oasis.
Even though Amman had a lot of water, the land here was barren for farming.
The secret was the Freyja Empire.
This is the land that the Freyja-Trud Humans Allied Forces invaded the desert decades ago in the name of recapture of the Holy Land and took it.
It was also called a desert frontier, and it was an important commercial hub connecting the empire and the desert.
It was purely thanks to the food flowing in from the Empire that it was able to support such a large population in a barren land.
In that way, the desert frontier was able to develop into a contradictory city where the most elves live, even though it is not the land of the elves, with the agricultural power of the empire on its back.
“I think we’ll find it soon!”
Alexia roamed the city, passing the noisy market, almost being hit by a roaming camel.
A demon is a being who lives for eons.
The ‘essence’ that has been hardened by living for so long does not change so easily.
He probably wouldn’t have changed that much from a few hundred years ago.
As a result of continuing the search with such confidence-
“I found it!”
I found the one I was looking for near a residential area.
Alexia turned on the lights in her eyes and sprinted towards it.
“Come on, guys. Do you see the coin here?”
“yes!”
A thin-eyed man in a poncho.
The children around him responded vigorously.
The man picked up a coin to the children and showed it around once, then clenched his fist and wrapped it around him.
“Now, I need your help to perform magic. Will you give the coin power?”
“Strength?”
“Yeah. You guys just need to blow air into these fists once in a while.”
“ah!”
The man brought his fist forward, and the children, one by one, inflated their cheeks and started blowing.
There were times when saliva got on his hands, but the man didn’t care at all and just kept smiling.
“Whoa!”
“Good job. Next.”
“Whoa!”
“Yes. Is this the last time?”
“Wooa!!!”
“············”.
A girl who blows the wind so her face turns red… No, an adult woman.
The man’s expression hardened as he looked at her.
There was someone there who shouldn’t be here.
“What are you doing here, Alexia?”
“Ah! Why! Continue! Saying magic!”
“Come on, guys, I’m sorry. Shall we finish here today?”
“Ew…”
As the man stood up clapping their hands, the children scattered with a roaring noise.
However, among them, the one that I regret the most was the immature girl…
“Magic! I missed you!”
“Alexia can do it too.”
“I can use magic to do it! You say that when you rub your hand, the coin just disappears! Isn’t that amazing?!”
“hahahaha······.”
You can destroy this city if you want, but what a miracle that dexterity is.
Seeing Alexia rolling her feet, the man smiled.
it’s still
Alexia hadn’t changed at all.
“It’s still there? Children like it!”
“It seems that Alexia is still like a child.”
“Fufu! So you’re saying you like me?!”
“I like children, but I hate adults like children.”
“Too much!”
A magician called a magician.
Since she came to the human world, she has been obsessed with taking care of children and has been setting up orphanages all over the continent.
It’s been said that these days, they perform wandering magic like a circus troupe.
After all, it seems that they were demonstrating magic to the children here as well.
“So what did you come here for?”
“It’s no different! I want to peek into your heart!”
“···········?”
He was a startled and startled magician, but he quickly regained his composure.
It was Alexia’s specialty to skip the introduction and start with the main body.
It was fortunate that he could see his heart and did not try to suppress it by force.
“Okay. Have a look.”
“Thanks for your cooperation!”
The magician happily spread his arms.
Alexia approached with a smile, and placed her hand on the magician’s left chest, carefully examining the flow inside.
He could clearly see his heart beating and injecting magical energy into the dazed circuits of his body.
The power of magic located inside it.
Alexia, who looked at the state of power that could be said to be transcendent by human standards, was-
“uh?!”
Startled, I took a step back.
Looking at the magician who still had a calm face, Alexia shook her hand.
The lips did not fall off.
I was afraid to ask him what he ought to ask.
“You…! Did you take away the power?!”
“hahahaha. Did you find out?”
“Why?! Why?! If you do that, you will become mortal!”
Taking power away meant giving up on eternal life.
Alexia felt horrified as she did not understand why she had chosen her own death.
There has been one like this before.
Majin, who scatters his powers in an effort to make humans more superior.
“How long do you have left?”
“Is it about 10 years from now?”
“10 years! How many powers do you have to take away for that?!”
“hahahahaha. I gave them a lot. But don’t worry too much. I’ve never given one person so much power that they messed up the human world. They were all weak, so they were children with only a few days left to live. distributed.”
“her······!”
Alexia was stunned.
I knew that I loved children, but I must have been helping them by cutting their own lifespan.
His steadfast smile looked pitiful today.
“Hey! Huh! At least tell me! How sad would it be if the numbers of mines were still small, but if they decreased even more!”
“I’m sorry. Actually, I was going to convene a meeting right before my death and announce it…”
“It’s really bad! What kind of a child are you?! You let people know that you’re going to die so belatedly, and enjoy seeing people mourn and regret it?”
“hahahaha. It hurts. I don’t know if I have turned into a child because I like children.”
“Announce it in advance! Everyone have time to prepare!”
“All right······.”
Unable to see Alexia smirking, the magician just lowered his head.
As he ran frantically for his only purpose, he did not take into account the minds of other demons.
As much as we had been together for a long time, we couldn’t fathom the shock of losing it.
“By the way! Maybe you gave too much power by mistake! Have you ever done anything like that?!”
“Probably not….”
To Alexia’s question, who had wiped away her tears and regained her vigor, the magician responded by stroking her chin.
It was obviously distributed equally to everyone.
I swear I never gave any one person a lot in particular.
“Then do you know a boy named Schlus Heinkel?!”
“I know.”
“Do you know that boy’s face?! Maybe he’s one of the children you’ve given power to-“
“No. I remember every single child who gave me power. Schluss Heinkel is a boy I’ve never met before.”
“okay!”
This time it was bullsh*t.
Alexia felt that the case gradually fell into a labyrinth.
If not a magician, who the hell is the magician behind Schlusus?
Even though the magician was secretly famous on the continent, he couldn’t figure out how to find the remaining Magicians in the future.
“Are you sure you’re looking for all the demons one by one?”
“Yes! That’s right! But now it’s annoying me! I’m just going to call a meeting!”
“Yes······?”
mine meeting.
As a meeting convened only in an emergency to fight for the existence of demons, this news was to be conveyed through the power of demons, wherever they were and whatever they were doing.
When receiving a notification from the power, all the mines gather to the ‘highest place’.
To discuss the matter of competing for its existence.
“Are you crazy?! Why the hell you can have a once-in-a-lifetime meeting!”
“I’m also announcing your death! It looks like you don’t have the heart to convene, so I’m convening it for you! Why! Are you dissatisfied?!”
“No…
The magician took a step back and let out a disappointed smile.
Alexia was still there.
He still had a weak yet strong heart, crying and grieving more than anyone else at the death of each demon.
Then she came to convene the Mine meeting.
Even if it seems like they were summoned for an insignificant reason, there must be another reason hidden behind it.
The wind of change that would blow on the continent, the magician was already feeling it.