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“Transplanting demon blood and magic paths? What nonsense is that?”
At my words, Charlotte frowned at him and tilted his head.
As if you heard something incomprehensible.
No, I couldn’t really understand.
To implant the demon’s blood and magical path into the body.
If I hadn’t had information about the original story, I would have reacted the same way as Charlotte.
“Surely, such research has been conducted in the Empire before. But it all failed. It turned out that the human body could not withstand the magic path of the demon beast. I couldn’t get over the extreme rejection.”
“I know. But it’s all true. All of Avatar’s officers have been transplanted with demonic blood and magic. It performs teleportation that cannot be done with a human body. Humans control the demons. Wouldn’t that be sufficient evidence?”
“Mmm.”
Even if she spoke with her own reasons, Charlotte’s frown didn’t seem to go away.
Okay. It was only natural that this was so much against common sense.
“Charlotte.”
“Uh.”
But that didn’t work.
“When dealing with Avatar, you must not be bound by common sense. They are those guys.”
For the people of this world, those guys were no different than a collection of nonsense.
“Avatar is….”
“Okay.”
“Yes?”
“I understand everything. What kind of organization is Avatar?”
When I tried to explain more about it, Charlotte shook her head saying no.
Are you serious when you say you understand?
When I read it as a web novel, I thought it could be simply because it was a fantasy world, but after living in this world for 4 years, I could barely understand how absurd an organization Avatar was.
No, on the contrary, I can say that I can’t understand how it could have happened.
An organization with only 8 main members drove a huge empire to the brink of collapse.
But you understand all of that?
“Are you serious?”
“Then would you lie in a situation like this? You said don’t be bound by common sense, why did you say that I understood?”
“That’s true, but….”
“A demon that uses the abilities of several monsters by transplanting the blood and magical pathways of demon beasts. If you say this in reverse, it means that you can block their abilities the way you deal with demon beasts, right?”
… I forgot.
Avatar is definitely a collection of nonsense.
But wasn’t the Charlotte in front of me now also a genius at an absurd level?
It only appeared in the final showdown episode of the original, but I forgot because there was no active scene.
As expected, I still seem to be too attached to the original work.
Even though I know I shouldn’t do that anymore.
“And if Master said that, it must mean that he has already given S or a guy a punch that way.”
“That’s right.”
“Did he say teleportation? It’s just visible. The magic beast’s teleportation is a method of synchronizing the body with external magic power. Then, you can block the external magic power or stir the flow of magic power to the extent that it cannot be synchronized. Since completely blocking external magic power is a method that takes a long time, Master must have stirred up the flow of magic power. Also great It is by no means an easy way.”
Charlotte must have already been immersed in her own world, and he started talking about magical theories that I couldn’t understand.
I have no idea what you’re talking about, but you’d have to think he’d figured out a way to weaken Avatar.
★
“Long time no see, Ike.”
“Sure. It’s only been a month, right?”
Shortly after Charlotte left the room saying she had something to say to her father.
Reina opened the door and returned to the drawing room.
“I heard the news. He said he entered as Charlotte-sama’s apprentice.”
“Yes. I am the first disciple.”
As if the fact that she was the first disciple of the sage was an honor in itself, Reina smiled softly.
A gathering of geniuses and geniuses.
It must be a class that a bum like me would never have imagined.
I think all I do is roll every day.
“I also heard from His Excellency Duke of Addos earlier. You say you work incredibly hard every day without rest?”
“Well, that’s all I can do. And I’m not the only one, am I?”
I heard that Sophia and Leon went on a journey for training, Helen said that she returned to her hometown and was training like me, and Atal said that she was working hard every day at the central church.
Such geniuses work hard, but there’s no way a bumjae like me can keep up with him if he stays still.
I have no choice but to work harder and harder than them.
“… I hope daily life returns soon.”
In the middle of a light conversation, Raina suddenly brought up such a story.
“While eating the cookies Miss Sophia and Miss Michelle made, we watched Her Highness Leon and Miss Helen sparring with Ike. Atal-nim smiled and said he was in trouble while watching such a situation from the side. And in the evening, before going back to the dormitory with Ike, it’s an ordinary day to laugh while talking about fun things today.”
The present Empire was literally an era of chaos.
Avatar’s main strength is 9 people, but there are more members than you think.
Because of their influence, even ordinary citizens are causing disturbances in various places.
Of course, the walls of an empire are thick.
No matter how chaotic the whole world was, the empire wasn’t light enough to collapse.
But even so, I couldn’t call it a daily routine.
“Of course, there will still be more sadness right now, but Elin, who heard about it from Dean Ender or Miss Sophia, will want us to laugh.”
As Rayna said, as long as there are people killed by them, never.
“Sorry for the sudden dark story. Maybe it’s because we haven’t seen each other for a while, so I guess I’ve become a little emotional.”
With an awkward smile, Reina apologized.
But what reason would she have to apologize for her?
Of course it is, but Avatar must have done something wrong.
“You can go back. Because everyone is working hard for that.”
“… Is that right?”
“Yes.”
I will definitely make it so that you can smile again in peaceful days.
I made a resolution in my heart once again.
“Then shall I go out again?”
Raina asked when Charlotte returned to the drawing room.
For now, it was a way to hide the fact that I knew Avatar’s information.
But Charlotte shook her head.
“Wait a minute. You should listen to what I am about to tell you, Reina.”
“Oh, I see.”
Charlotte settled down next to Reina, scratching her head and sighing.
“Now, the worst I expected has happened.”
“The worst?”
“Yes.”
Having said that, when Charlotte entered, he put the papers he had brought on the table and continued his words.
“… Elam and the car seat started moving.”
After hearing Charlotte’s story, Raina and I had no choice but to keep our mouths shut.
In addition to the Astraia Empire, there are three kingdoms on the continent: Sumel, Elam, and Kassite.
Among them, Sumel is close enough to be called an empire and a brotherhood, but Elam and Kassite are not.
It is a well-known fact that they regard the Empire as a thorn in their side.
“Maybe it was said by Avatar. Now that the Empire is starting to crumble, look at the situation and move. I don’t think there will ever be a war, but there are no such things as absolutes.”
“… Wait. That’s what it is.”
“Yes. Factions split. The one that says we have to solve Avatar first and the other that we have to focus on Elam and the car seat right now. And the latter obviously has more support.”
The details were written in this document, so Charlotte handed the document to Raina and me, and it was simple to summarize what was written in it.
Observation that the trend of Elam and car seat is unusual.
The prediction that you should be fully prepared for it.
The response to the organization called Avatar is left to the sage, Charlotte Arcana.
“… That is, figure it out yourself. Do you mean this?”
“Yes. Of course, they say they will provide the minimum amount of support, but it will be difficult to expect too much.”
It’s dangerous.
As soon as I heard Charlotte’s story, I couldn’t help but clench my teeth.
According to the contents of this document, it will be difficult to receive support from the Knights.
Even in the original game, it was possible to see the match head-on with the help of about 20 high-ranking knights, but the support decreased rather than increased.
Of course, it was fortunate that I could get more help from Charlotte than in the original story, but I couldn’t entrust everything to her.
And above all….
“First of all, I will try to get more support, so don’t be too heartbroken. Because it is an unavoidable situation.”
“… All right.”
As if my concern was evident on my face, Charlotte comforted me with a wry smile.
But that wasn’t what I was worried about.
In the original work, there would have been no intervention from other countries, but to think that such a movement suddenly occurred.
No matter how much I change the future, it’s hard to understand how things change so drastically.
Of course, there is a word called the butterfly effect, but this is too much.
If I make a mistake, even after Avatar is defeated, my daily life will not return.
Something, am I missing something?
Such anxiety began to slowly eat away at me.
“They have at least the skills of a senior knight, right?”
“Yes. If you add the monster’s ability to it, it’s practically difficult even for a high-ranking knight to deal with.”
Once I sent Reina out again, I explained the information I knew to Charlotte.
“In a situation where it is difficult to receive support from the Knights, it might be a bit dangerous to have to deal with all of them.”
“Then, wouldn’t it be better to get support and move after resolving the issues with Elam and Cassis?”
I don’t know what kind of problems will arise inside the empire in the meantime, but considering the overall situation, I thought that was the correct answer.
But at my words, Charlotte shook her head.
“No. See you in 3 months. It has to be.”
“Why?”
“The magic that Master used on a guy named Es at the end. It usually takes half a year to heal the wounds caused by that magic. They say they’re at least as skilled as high-ranking knights? In other words.”
“… You have to hit when the opponent’s power is unstable.”
“Yes. You don’t even have to wait half a year. So three months.”
Certainly it may be.
In a situation where you don’t know when the situation will stabilize, if you just wait, it will give the opponent time to move.
“But even if we were to move together, it would be impossible to win.”
“I will have to find a way. I’ll do it somehow, so please wait patiently while training until then.”
“… All right.”
Our conversation that day ended with that.