100 – My Wife is the Devil (7)
After the momentary commotion inside the Devil’s Nest, Julius and Cecil visited the Central Church again to find a way to enter the Spiral Palace.
‘It’s tomorrow morning. ‘We have to settle the matter before the sun rises tomorrow morning.’
‘So quickly? ‘Lionelta.’
‘Yes, we have to get to where Erman is as quickly as possible. Before Tafnell and Rainel come down.’
‘…… If the two of you are together, things can be resolved more easily.
‘No. ‘I must finish the work before those two arrive.’
‘… ….’
‘Once those two descend, the predestined harmony of defeat by Erman cannot be destroyed.’
‘…… All right.’
Originally, I had planned to just wait patiently until Arnhill’s invitation came, but due to Lionelta’s advice that doing so would only get me caught up in the predestination conflict again, I decided to look for another way.
“…… Hmm.”
“It’s okay, Julius. I only trust this sister! I’ll solve everything. Woof woof!”
“…… Bruise?”
Julius, who was walking along the hallway of the half-destroyed church while stroking his chin habitually, narrowed his eyes at Cecil’s absurd charm.
The current situation is a so-called imminent situation that could lead to the destruction of the world if we make a mistake.
However, the heart of Cecil, the most important party in the case, was in the flower garden. She received so much love that the rest of her head turned pink.
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No, since he has strange puppy ears on top of his head and his ears are pricking, it may be true that my mind is colored by a puppy.
Just looking at what he does, you would believe that he is not a high-ranking devil but a high-ranking dog.
“…… You are not my sister. You have to speak straight. “If I had to ask, she wasn’t my younger sister.”
“Really? Then do it. Brother.”
“… ….”
“Oppa! Love you!”
“…… Her.”
The trivial sound I made to relieve tension came back as an unfamiliar name.
After being tormented by Cecile for a while, listening to her brother, a small, shabby wooden door appeared in front of Julius, who was walking silently.
[Office]
“…I ended up going around and coming back here.”
A small office where Saint Erman worked day and night.
Julius gently traced his faded nameplate with his thumb and muttered quietly.
“… ….”
As I look at this shabby wooden door, old memories suddenly come to mind.
Looking at his own face reflected in the heavily stained brass doorplate, Julius thought back to his past memories for a moment.
‘…It’s been a while, Julius. ‘I can’t believe you, so small, have grown up like this.’
When I first came here, there was a hero in the office.
As a child, when he lost his parents and was almost killed by demons, he was a hero who saved him.
There was a saint, Erman Lionelta.
‘This… You damn wolf! ‘How dare you, how dare you make my daughter pregnant?’
‘No, that. That is. Did it actually happen to me?
‘Can’t you just shut that mouth! Julius Tapnel, follow me now! ‘I will personally cut off your head today!’
It’s a duel!
When I came here after the accident with Cecil, my father was in the office.
A father whose daughter he had raised with great care was taken away by a black wolf.
The man who wielded a sword he was not good at with a fire in his eyes was Julius’ father-in-law.
‘…As of today, I will dismiss you. Julius Tapnel.’
The last time I visited this place before leaving the Central Church, Erman did not appear to Julius.
All he could do was sit in the large chair and stare aimlessly out the window.
There were no heroes, saints, or fathers there.
There was just emptiness.
And now that I have come with Cecil. Inside the office, obviously……
“…… “Rius, Julius!”
“Hmm, I’m listening. “Cecil.”
…… If I were to measure time, it would definitely be less than five seconds.
However, Cecil, Julius’ only wife and dog(?), Could not stand it any longer and began pulling Julius’ arm.
“You should focus on me, not this piece of door!”
It seems that the woman named Cecil Lioneltar has finally reached a point where she feels jealous even towards inanimate objects.
Julius, who was lost in thought as he looked at the door of his small, shabby office, shrugged his shoulders once and smiled faintly.
Any memories of the depressing past had long since disappeared, swept away by Cecil’s complaints.
“So. Was it clearly a story about ‘whether dogs or cats are better?'”
“No! “You weren’t listening to anything I said, were you?”
“I like dogs. “For some reason, when I see a cat, I feel like I want to feed it some honey chestnuts.”
“I already mastered that 10 years ago! “After all, you weren’t listening!”
“In that respect, that dog headband you’re wearing is quite acceptable.”
“It even has a tail! “Why are you taking that out!”
…… Yes? But what was I saying?
Cecile, who was passionately answering each and every one of Julius’s letters, ended up forgetting what she had originally said.
And accordingly, the puppy ears on her head drooped, and the furry tail that was floating around the corner of her tailbone was bent into the shape of a question mark.
“…… Her. It’s fascinating. “It’s cute too.”
I thought they were just ordinary accessories, but it seems that the headband and tail were magical tools that expressed emotional states.
Gently touching Cecil’s floppy puppy ears, Julius secretly let out a small exclamation.
As a Heretic Inquisitor, he only punished and tortured demons, but he was amazed every time he saw the sophisticated magic of a high-ranking demon.
“Wow! “You forgot something important because of Julius!”
“…… “I know that the devil definitely doesn’t forget anything.”
“Heh. Because I am the Demon Queen, the strongest of all demons! Oblivion is also perfectly recreated!”
“…… “Is there really a need for that?”
“Oh, that’s right! I remembered. Yes, I was talking about Arnhill. “The magic that that shallow b*tch did!”
The words that came out of Cecil’s mouth as she narrowed her brows while placing her index finger on her temple.
Julius slowly opened his mouth as he looked at Cecil, who was recalling memories so loudly.
“Actually, I remembered it from the beginning.”
“What? But why did you say such strange things about a dog or a cat?”
“Anyway, let me continue.”
“Don’t lie! Even though I forgot about it! “I don’t think you know that you’re just pretending to know to beat me!”
“As a result of the investigation, something quite interesting happened inside the central church.”
“…… Just wait and see. “The humiliation you suffered now will definitely be repaid in bed.”
Starring at Julius, who was talking about the matter as if nothing had happened from the beginning, Cecil muttered an eerie sound.
The memory of the bitter defeat at the inn [The Lady Revealing] Flashed through Julius’s mind.
“…… “When we used the holy sword to imitate the traces of the clergy remaining inside the Central Church, we were able to see a strange sight, as if all of them had been sucked into some place.”
“That’s my dad’s office.”
Cecil said while poking at the door of the shabby office.
With each word, the high-ranking devil’s supernatural power beyond recognition created a large hole in the door.
…… For reference, the door to Erman’s office was a sacred object made by processing branches of the “Elgamani Sacred Tree” That Lionelta had personally brought in. If you were to put a price on it, it was an enormous item worth over 1,000 platinum coins.
“… ….”
In other words, there is a need to deal with Erman quickly.
Julius, who seemed to find it fun to poke holes with his fingers, turned his head away from Cecil, who was humming a song and causing a major accident, and kept his mouth shut for a moment.
I pray that the fallen saint will not file a claim for damages.
“Yay! Yap!”
“…… My guess is that the magic that the demon Arnhil spread throughout Darkana is a magic that deals with space, just like the magic you often use, Cecil.”
“I’m much better than that old Arnhill guy! I just lost last time because I was in a bit of a bad state. “If I’m in the state I am in now that I’ve even drank your blood, I can kill that b*tch in one hit!”
“And as far as I know, I heard that demonic magic requires a greater amount of magical power than when dealing with priests.”
“That’s right. If you use magic against a priest, the effect will be halved due to the influence of the sacred flame in its heart. “You are completely impervious to magic.”
“So, if the high-ranking devil’s great magic also operates on the same operating principle as ordinary magic, the place where the devil’s magic was most strongly expressed in all of Darkana would probably be right here, the central church.”
“…… And. Julius, you really look like a detective right now.”
Clap clap clap.
After their dramatic reunion after 5 years, Cecile applauded enthusiastically with pure admiration at Julius, who was always either extremely angry or showed only a friendly side, and was extremely ‘Inquisitor’-like.
Although he is not often highlighted because he possesses tremendous military power, enough to be called the incarnation of God Rom, Julius also had excellent talent in investigation.
Unfortunately, all the demons who experienced its excellent investigative power turned into a handful of ash and disappeared, so its excellence was not properly known to people.
“The other day. When I investigated this place, I wasted a lot of time researching documents, but if I do some magical research, I might be able to find some clues. “I don’t know, but if we do something like backtracking, wouldn’t we be able to find a connecting passage between Erman’s office and the palace?”
“Okay! Julius. No, detective! “I will try my best as an assistant.”
“…… Assistant?”
Julius laughed as he looked at Cecile, who was saluting in her Inquisitor uniform, wondering when on earth she had changed her clothes.
Really, there was no time to feel depressed when I was with Cecil.
“Then you don’t have time to stand here like this. “Let’s quickly inspect the office again and defeat old Arnhil, and let’s go defeat Dad too!”
“…… “Before that, I have a quick question.”
“…… Yes? “What do you mean?”
However, what will happen in the future may be extremely depressing for both Cecil and himself.
So, before that, Julius asked Cecil one last question.
A question that Cecil must have heard someday, and that he must have heard as well… A question that contains the life of a man.
For some reason, I felt like I had to ask that question at this moment.
“Cecil, you-“
“Do you believe in predestination?”
But before Julius could say that question, Cecil struck first.
With a mischievous smile on his lips.
“…… Okay.”
“For some reason, I felt like I would say that. “That’s because I know everything about Julius.”
“… ….”
“Honestly, I don’t remember how I answered the question my dad asked in the past. Because I’ve already lost most of my memories of returning. But isn’t it a bit weird to call someone else here and ask? ‘Hey, Nirhil. ‘I’m sorry for waking you up while you were sleeping, but do you remember what I said a long time ago?'”
“…Definitely, it’s losing its shape a bit.”
“Huh. I am the wife of the greatest man in the world, Julius Tapnel. “Maintaining her dignity is essential.”
Cecile raised her chin as she placed her hands on her small waist.
There was pride that came from the heart. She is proud that she is the wife of the Inquisitor Julius Tapnell.
“So let me just tell you what I think now. “At that time, I probably didn’t receive as much love from Julius as I do now, so I was sure to say something unpleasant and gloomy.”
“… ….”
“I am a predestinated harmony-“
The very moment when the answer to a very old question that has been repeated countless times is spoken.
“…… !”
Cecil pulled Julius’ arm and kicked the door of Erman’s office with all her might.
──Kwaang!
Lionelta’s sacred relic made from the sacred tree of Elgamani shattered into pieces and scattered in the air. Stuffy air blew into Julius’s face from inside the office, which had not been ventilated for quite some time. I instinctively frowned.
“… ….”
But, a little later.
As the debris settles, the familiar interior of the office is reflected in Julius’ eyes.
“I don’t think it matters whether it exists or not. That’s right, no amount of trials will be able to destroy the happy marriage between me and Julius.”
If we are together, we will not be defeated by anyone!
He saw.
In the middle of the brightly lit office, a slender devil swinging his fist with a bright smile.
Just looking at the hope that makes you smile.
“So there’s no need to be scared, Julius! “If anything happens, this sister will solve everything!”
He makes an unreasonable noise and appears to shrug his shoulders.
I saw a beautiful future.