229 – deep sea where light can’t reach (2)
Kihara, Queen of the Deep Sea.
With her in front of her, Shiron smiled dejectedly. It was because Johana’s secret was absurd.
Blue hair, looks like an innocent country girl.
who would have known The identity of the girl with a smile without a trace of worldliness is the cause of a curse that could turn the world upside down.
Did the expression “it is dark under the lamp” refer to this situation?
No, it wasn’t that this side wasn’t doing their best to say that.
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After all, didn’t Laterra guarantee Johana’s innocence throughout the trip?
[sorry! sorry! Lie detector disqualification!]
……Even if it wasn’t Latera, Siron also did everything in his power to confirm whether Johanna was an enemy or not.
The chef didn’t come out even though he threatened to kill him, and a girl he didn’t even meet in ‘Reincarnated Swordsman’ appeared in his place. I thought it was strange.
There is no need to call him a genius, and it is natural to have doubts even if he is not a poet.
So, Siron did not hesitate to use violence to check if she was a possible enemy.
Neither Seira nor Lucia stopped Siron. Regardless of whether the demon girl is hostile or not, if you are tied to personal morals, you may lose something bigger.
The good news is that with Johanna’s secret revealed, Siron’s violence has become meaningless.
‘It was somehow sturdy.’
Siron clenched and opened his hands, recalling the taste of his hands from the past. No matter how much he controlled his strength, Siron’s physical strength far exceeded the normal range. If you’re a human, your flesh will burst, and even if you’re a demon, you’ll get bruises.
‘It’s a shame I didn’t cut off my arm.’
[sorry! I stopped him for no reason! Even if they take the form of a girl, the only good demons are dead demons!]
Latera pledged with a burning will to fight that went beyond poetry.
[Never in the future! I will not complain about the warrior’s judgment! I swear!]
‘…Just do what you normally do. If Lucina or Seira didn’t notice, that means that bastard’s camouflage was that good.’
“What are you thinking? Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Kihara wiped her smile and tilted her head.
“Are you so shocked? Are you startled? Are you so speechless?”
“okay.”
Siron nodded obediently to Kihara’s question. It was ugly to deny that he had been deceived when he even ate the sea fish that she had picked for him, and that was because Kihara’s stomach was so delicate.
“I didn’t know that the Queen of the Deep Sea would take charge of guiding the executioner on his way to cut off her head.”
“Executioner? Ah! That’s right. I had so much fun on my last trip that I forgot about it.”
While Kihara happily talked to Shiron, Lucia and Seira did not let go of their tension.
But unlike them, those two didn’t look nervous at all. It is clearly a confrontation situation for anyone to see, but they neither approach nor back down, as if they had agreed not to fight.
‘How can you be so peaceful?’
Lucia kept her eyes on the situation and asked questions. I was also relieved at the same time.
I don’t know what method was used, but Kihara is no longer his true self. Crucially, I did not feel the enormous power that had not been forgotten from the past.
‘Did he use a possessed body?’
Although she was a step late, Seira saw Kihara’s number at a glance.
‘…I couldn’t use a move like that before.’
From then on, the thinking gets closer and closer to the correct answer.
‘I’m stronger than before.’
Kihara is now writing numbers that were not possible 500 years ago. As the name Queen of the Deep Sea suggests, her power is [tide manipulation], which allows her to reign like a god even though she only exists in the sea.
In a place where humans can’t even breathe properly, where they can’t even launch a ship, and who uses the entire surrounding environment as a weapon, it’s a force that seems no different from a god.
That alone is a threatening enemy, but how did he train? Just like a god descends through a shrine maiden, Kihara was facing the party through a girl named Yohana.
“Um… I think they’re more surprised than you are?”
Kihara shifted her gaze to Lucia and Seira and said. She seemed to believe that Chiron didn’t sincerely agree when she asked that she was surprised.
“That’s a normal reaction. The identity of the girl I thought was a colleague just a moment ago… voila! It turned out to be an enemy!”
Knock-knock-knock-knock, what’s so funny about it?
“But, whew! I’m glad I was tricked. I thought I was caught from the start because you slapped me on the face?”
“You seem to like teasing others quite a bit.”
“Huh? Wasn’t it fun? Or maybe you were disappointed…”
“No, it was just unexpected because it was different from what I knew.”
Shiron gave him a pathetic look as if he were looking at an adult not worthy of his age. Kihara’s response was a bright smile.
“Well, what’s different? I’d be happy to tell you.”
Kihara bit her finger and smiled, and Latera was disgusted and scared.
[Why are you being so relaxed? I feel like they are completely ignoring this! I just want to throw away the raw fish!]
“Um, you’re not going to tell me?”
“…”
“Why are you lifting the holy sword?”
“The angel in my head is screaming that he wants to kill you right now.”
“…angel?”
Kihara’s eyebrows furrow at the incomprehensible sound. But that’s about it.
In the past and now, Kylie’s unusual sensibility, along with her unusual powerlessness, were a factor that baffled those around her.
“More than that, do you want to fight me?”
Kihara raised his hands up and took a surrender stance, as if he didn’t want to fight.
“What are you doing?”
“It’s a sign that you don’t want to fight.”
“…what?”
Everyone’s eyes, including Shiron’s, widened at Kihara’s words. Seeing that reaction, Kihara started giggling as if it was fun.
“No, think about it. I didn’t do anything to you. Isn’t fighting weird? And you didn’t swing your sword too hastily right now, right? Neither of us have crossed the line yet!”
[Ahh! This is why it wouldn’t be a lie if I said we weren’t enemies!]
“You can’t swing a sword when it’s not your real self.”
Seira said with cold eyes. To her, it was obvious why Siron didn’t rush in first. Siron, even though he looks like that, is a hero who was properly chosen by the Holy Sword. Seira thought that no matter how demonic he was, there was no way he would take the life of an innocent person.
“You cowardly, dirty b*tch, you’re shameless for not crossing the line when it comes to taking hostages.”
So, Seira poured out foul language that she normally would not say. Kihara snorted at the words, which contained not only hatred but even curses.
“Dweller of the forest. Aren’t you the brazen one? Isn’t it the same for taking hostages? I don’t know who blames whom.”
[Ahh!! This is why! This is why it wasn’t a lie to say that she was the chef’s daughter! How can you be so careful! It’s strange not to be fooled by this!]
‘…I know you didn’t do anything wrong, so be quiet.’
[yes!]
After silencing Latera, Siron took a breath.
We didn’t just exchange sums, the situation was so complicated that there was no answer.
The Johanna in front of us is just an innocent girl possessed by Kihara, and we don’t know where Kihara’s true body is, and even if she has no will to fight, it is a clear fact that the petrification disease is spreading in the empire.
“So you’re saying you have no intention of fighting?”
“Well, to be exact, I have no intention of fighting you, but…”
Kihara first turned his life-threatening gaze towards Seira.
She wanted to kill those annoying humans and elves right away, but she had a stronger desire to not be hated by Siron.
“Okay. I don’t know what you think, but I haven’t done anything to earn your trust.”
“You really didn’t do anything?”
“That’s right? I hid my identity, but if I hadn’t, I would have attacked right away, right? And I was originally going to throw a surprise welcome party after I went into the sea…”
Kihara’s shoulders slumped as if he was depressed.
“Why aren’t you going in? If this is the case, all the preparations down there have been in vain!”
Then suddenly he starts stamping his feet. The entire ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred, and blood and stone fragments flew up every time the soles of my feet touched the ground.
Lucia gritted her teeth. Johanna’s body is breaking apart in real time. For a moment, I thought that there was no need to fight, but then I was reminded that Kihara was a being that must be defeated.
If you put that fiery personality and power on display, you can’t predict what kind of disaster will happen in the future.
‘…I should have killed him a long time ago.’
It was too late, but even Kylie at that time couldn’t help it. When dealing with Kihara, the location was deep underwater, and the time for Seira’s magic to supply air while withstanding the water pressure was limited.
In the end, it was best not to rip out the heart, but to take away one leg and both arms.
At the time, I couldn’t find it because it had been cut into pieces and swept away by the current. I kept thinking that if I had known this would happen, I should have gone out of my way to catch it.
However, unlike Lucia, who frowned heavily, Siron’s face was calm.
“It’ll make things easier.”
Shiron also put away his holy sword as if he had no intention of fighting Kihara.
“Okay, I’ll take your offer.”
“…Kid, what are you talking about?”
“Shiron! You can’t believe it!”
Seira asked in confusion, and Lucia gritted her teeth and shouted. However, despite the two’s reactions, Shiron only stared at Kihara.
“There’s no need to fight someone who won’t fight.”
“Whoops, that’s a smart idea.”
“But it’s because I’m a skeptic. My hands are itching.”
“…you have a lot of doubts? What can I do to make you believe me?”
“Release the curse that has spread throughout the empire.”
“I solved it.”
Kihara responded immediately. There was no hesitation in her actions as if it was really nothing to curse thousands of people.
But Chiron didn’t believe it. He was a man who couldn’t trust a person who lied once.
“And the second.”
“…a lot of demands.”
“I’m greedy.”
But the conversation continues. Because Kihara would kill him anyway. Authenticity was not important.
“I don’t understand why you have favors.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Isn’t this the first time we’ve met? With my sensibilities, I can’t understand why you would take the initiative to approach someone you just met for the first time.”
“Aha, that’s it.”
Kihara smiled broadly and waved his hand.
“Because you’re Kylie!”
“…”
‘What else is this bastard talking about?’
Shiron stared at Kihara with wide-open eyes, but it didn’t seem like he was joking. Rather, there was blatant anticipation on her face, as if she had finally committed it.
Chin – Shiron covered his face, which was about to frown, with his palm. And then I raise my head towards the cloud-filled sky.
But I didn’t deny it.
Unfounded favor and obedience despite outright demands to be disliked. If the whole situation was caused by an illusion, there is no reason to deny it.
“…Oops, did I get caught?”
“Of course…! You, you were Kylie!”
‘what? The kid is Kylie?’
‘What are you saying? ‘This is absurd.’
Seira and Lucia made silly faces, but Shiron didn’t even look at them.
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“I’m Kylie.”
Shiron spoke without spitting. Kihara, if he could kill that b*tch, Shiron could lie again and again.
“So, what are you going to do?”
White teeth were exposed under the covered hands.