“Perloche! Wake up!”
“……”
“Perloche!”
I’ve been shaking Perloche for a while, but there’s no sign of it happening.
Thanks to her, I was sweating for a long time, and suddenly I heard the rough breathing of the children lying next to her, and muttered with a worried expression.
“Um… Should I move the children first?”
“You stay still! I’ll move it myself!”
Then Irina, who was next to me, hurriedly sat me on the wall and started lifting the fainted children.
“…Answer me, Perloche. What the hell does this mean?”
After watching it for a while, I turned my gaze to Perloche again and asked a question in a low voice.
However, what came back was not the well-spoken Perloche’s voice, but a regular breathing sound.
“It’s strange… it looks like he’s just sleeping…”
I checked with the hero’s power to see if it was lacking in vitality, but it wasn’t like that. So, why is Perloche sleeping so hard?
‘By the way, there’s something about Perloche. That’s for sure.’
I couldn’t make any further judgments because I didn’t have accurate medical knowledge, so I turned the flow of my thoughts to the message she left.
Looking at the words ‘remember’ written on the last page of the diary, it is clear that she intentionally left the message ‘half drank’.
If so, how on earth was Perloche able to leave such a message?
‘It’s strange, I don’t know if it was in the past, but she’s… an idiot right now?’
For a while, I assumed that all of her actions were acting, but there were too many natural aspects to it, so she shook her head.
‘In the beginning, after acting for a long time, there is no way that I cannot recognize other people’s acting. So, there must be other reasons.’
As I was thinking over and over again, a situation similar to the current situation suddenly crossed my mind.
‘Come to think of it… Even at the orphanage, Perloche once mentioned the demon.’
At this point, it seems certain.
Perloche certainly knew something about the ‘Demon God’.
And that fact is revealed implicitly.
Since there is not much information yet, I can only infer this much, but I feel like I have a clue to the secrets of this world.
“…whhh.”
After rummaging through the diary left by Perloche for a while, I got up after realizing that I had nothing more to save.
“Fray? Are you sitting down?”
Then Irina, who had already taken several children outside and came back into the basement, started to dry me.
“You’re hurt too, Irina.”
I answered her briefly, and left the basement with Perloche in her arms.
“…Ugh.”
I was slowly walking out of the mansion, spewing out the mana of the stars, and I heard a faint moan at my feet.
“What, you’re not dead.”
I looked down to see if there were any students who had not yet been rescued, and the head of the assassination corps was lying on the floor and moaning.
“You… who the hell are you…”
As I was looking down at him like that, he asked a question in a difficult voice.
“Tell me whose dogma it is.”
“Cruckle…!”
As I trampled on that guy’s finger and asked a question in reverse, he started to make a bloody voice.
“…I committed suicide.”
Then, suddenly, he began to vomit blood, and then he drooped. Judging from that, it looks like he chewed on the poison he had been hiding in his mouth.
“Foolish bastards.”
Currently, the assassins run by the Moonlight family worship only ‘command’, not just a sense of justice or a sense of duty.
So, when they go on a mission, they become more cruel than anyone else.
‘I don’t know what the previous sub-plan was… If it had been implemented, it would have been a disaster.’
Those who know the identity of the Moonlight family, who have been assassinating for millennia, are limited to a few noble families of marquis, three dukes, and the imperial family.
Of course, there is a reason they have ensured information control, but the main reason is probably because they have their own rule of leaving no ‘witnesses’ to witness the assassination.
They are such a terrifying and heartless Moonlight family, but surprisingly, until recently, they were a pretty good group.
Over the years they have trained their skills to minimize unnecessary slaughter, killing only those who are corrupt or a threat to the Empire.
Therefore, their rule of ‘witness annihilation’ has not been lit for a long time.
This is because the target was removed with overwhelming skill before witnesses appeared, and even if they were found out, they used their discretion to deceive or use information warfare.
However, when the imperial family fell, everything changed.
This is because the imperial family’s support for concealing and retrieving information on behalf of the Moonlight family was cut off, so there was a limit to the information warfare at their discretion alone.
Nevertheless, the Moonlight family was walking a lonely road somehow, but the current ‘secret head’ took power and enforced the ‘witness annihilation rule’, and eventually they started running rampant.
All those who cried out for the ideal and justice of the original Moonlight family were purged, and all assassins who worked for justice and mission were also eliminated.
In the end, the current Moonlight family fell to the level of private enlistment of the ‘secret head’, and all the assassins were left with the greed to become an executive, bloodthirsty, or just psychopaths loyal to the ‘order’.
And the biggest problem is the fact that this crazy group will soon move for the self-interest and lust for power of the ‘secret head’.
However, at this point in time, there is a ‘senior council’ that has any pretext, so they are targeting corrupt people… For example, people like me are being targeted.
However, in a few years, the secret head of the House of Representatives, who has even taken control of the elders, will use his family’s assassins to his will to seize power.
‘But, that ends today.’
Serena’s direct selection of her entourage and assassins… and some of the remaining conscientious people are now fleeing with her.
So, if the operation given to the Demon King today succeeds…
“I’m here!”
“Mr. Perloche!!”
As I left the gate thinking about the Moonlight family, the children started running towards me urgently.
“…Ike.”
I quickly put Perloche on the floor, so that my identity would be discovered, and I hurriedly began to move into the smoke.
“Hey… who’s that guy?”
“That black outfit, isn’t that what the people who attacked us were wearing?”
Then all of a sudden I heard a gossip, so I concentrated on the mana of the stars and listened to the conversation, and quite interesting stories were coming and going.
“No, he’s the one who saved us. He saved us from hiding at the table earlier.”
“Yeah… we were being chased by two gangsters, and he stopped them and sent us to the exit.”
“It’s bloody… I didn’t do that before. Are you okay?”
After pausing for a moment to listen to their conversation, I sighed in relief and started walking inside, realizing that fortunately no one had noticed my identity.
“Huh… heh heh…”
“…Irina, are you okay?”
“Ah, it’s still okay… this much…”
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Eventually, I found Irina walking with her two children, and I smiled and asked a question.
“Aren’t you lacking in exercise?”
“Ah, no… This is… it’s not hard at all…”
“…you, come out. I’ll take care of this place.”
I was bursting into laughter as I looked at Irina who was sweating profusely as she answered, when someone spoke to me from behind.
“It’s dangerous here, so you…”
“I can use protection magic, so there’s no problem. I’m stronger than him.”
Startled, I turned back and tried to get Arianne out again, but she was reckless.
“You seem seriously injured, but you need medical attention. Get out of here.”
“I don’t need it. A wound like this…”
As Arianne said, the wounds are serious, but carrying the children one by one is doable. so…
– Jiying!
“Get treatment. Then you die.”
Arianne, who was blocking me with a protective shield, spoke with a worried expression, so I had no choice but to nod my head and leave the mansion.
“Hey, who are you?”
“Are you okay with your injuries?”
As I left the mansion and sat down in the yard, students began to flock around me one by one.
“Thank you for helping us.”
“”thank you””
I looked at them and kept silent, and the students started bowing to me and thanking me.
‘…I don’t deserve a thank-you note.’
But no matter how I think about it, I don’t deserve to be thanked by them. After all, it wasn’t me who got them involved in this case.
“Cool! Cool!”
With that in mind, I slowly got up from my seat and began to stumble and leave.
“Come on, hold on a second!”
Some students shouted from behind, but I didn’t stop.
“Huh…”
After walking for such a long time, I arrived at the playground where I sat down with Serena and watched the sky, and I sat on a swing and started to sigh.
“…this will definitely be the second ordeal, right?”
While muttering like that, I was looking up at the starry and moonlit night sky, and suddenly I felt a sense of popularity behind me.
“Fray.”
“It’s a surprise!”
Thanks to that, I got up from the swing and found Irina standing behind me with a stiff expression on my face, and I smiled.
“Why are you here again?”
“That’s… so…”
Irina hesitated for a moment looking at me like that, then cautiously sat down next to me and said,
“…the princess and the professor have arrived.”
“okay?”
“Yeah, the princess is looking at the children with contemplation… The professor is looking at the mansion with a firm expression.”
“Then, the Imperial Guard will be here soon.”
Having said that, I sighed and started to swing.
“Stay still. It’s dangerous to move now.”
“…ah.”
Then Irina hurriedly grabbed the swing and spoke in a worried voice.
I was wondering why you were so worried, but seeing that the swing is soaked in blood, it certainly doesn’t seem like you should overdo it.
“…Frey, when do you think the second trial will come?”
As I was thinking about it, Irina asked me a question in a trembling voice.
“Um… after this case is completely closed.”
“I see.”
When I answered her with a calm expression on her face, Irina’s eyes began to tremble.
“Well, this ordeal isn’t really a big deal…”
“…how is that not a big deal.”
I told her with a relaxed expression on her face to reassure her, who had been excessively worried about the ordeal since long ago, but Irina cut off my words and raised her voice.
“You’re going to go through a situation you never wanted to go through… right? But isn’t that a big deal?”
Saying that, Irina’s hands were trembling.
“It’s just a junction. It doesn’t really happen, so there’s no problem.”
As she took her hand and spoke softly, Irina, who had her head bowed, slowly raised her head.
“Fray, I have a favor to ask you.”
“What?”
“Let me go through your ordeal with you.”
Saying that, Irina grabbed my hand tightly.
“It’s my fault that you were subjected to trials in the first place. So…”
“What are you talking about, Irina? It’s not your fault.”
“…Frey.”
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Eventually, Irina opened her mouth hipsterly, but when I finally stopped her, tears began to fall from her eyes.
“I’m sorry… I’m really sorry…”
“Hey, why are you doing this…”
No matter how much black magic she has on her body, Irina runs out of mana, so there is a lot of work to do with magic.
Nevertheless, she did her best to protect the students today.
It wasn’t her fault that this happened because a runaway assassination force attacked the mansion.
However, she seems to be taking too much responsibility for this day.
Was it because I told her this morning that I was taking care of the children?
Or is it just because he has a good heart?
I don’t know, but I think I need to comfort her first.
“Irina, you really…”
“Frey, I have a confession to make.”
With that thought in mind, I gently lowered her back, and Irina, who had been crying with her face buried in my chest, suddenly stopped crying and muttered softly.
“confession?”
“…Yes, I must confess to you.”
Having said that, Irina raised her head and started talking with a face covered in tears and guilt.
“Honestly, I was too afraid to tell you. So… I haven’t been able to talk to you until now.”
“…okay?”
“Yeah. If you listen to my confession, you’ll probably hate me terribly.”
Hearing her words, I began to persuade Irina, bewildered by what Irina had done to me.
“Uh… Irina? Whatever you did to me, it must have been the right thing to do. I must have been the one who deserved death back then. So there’s no need to feel guilty.”
“But… But Frey…”
But despite my words, Irina, who was chewing her lips, spoke with a pale, tired face.
“…I’m the one who put the 12 o’clock curse on you, right?”
After saying that, Irina gently pulled away from me and began to glance into my eyes with her eyes full of fear.
“Pooh!”
“F, Frey?”
She was so cute that I burst into laughter without realizing it. Then, Irina, who was looking at me, started to make a bewildered expression.
“I already knew that. You thought I didn’t know?”
“Hey, what does that mean…!?”
After hearing my words, Irina asked with a trembling voice with a pale, tired face.
“You wrote it to me at the freshman reception. That.”
“Ahhh…”
I said to her with a little frown as a joke, and Irina began to tremble.
“Fh, Frey… I… that’s…”
“So, that’s all I have to confess?”
“…uh?”
After a while, she stopped talking with a casual expression as she was about to stutter, and she began to make a blank expression.
“The only thing I’m getting on a fictional day is an attempt to kill me. I only have one curse on me.”
“But! That curse is…!”
“Of course, it’s a curse with a 100% fatality rate. But I successfully stopped that curse, and thanks to you, I’m still alive… ah!”
While I was pounding my chest while saying that, I let out a short scream as I accidentally touched the wound.
“You… you knew about that curse…”
“Big, big, anyway… I’m alive and well, and you’re out of mana from that recoil? So, let’s make a draw with each other.”
“Fray, but…”
“Okay, stop talking about it. Don’t feel guilty about me anymore. I’ve done something else.”
As I continued to comfort Irina, I found a familiar creature flying in the distance from the sky, resolutely ended the conversation and stretched out my hand.
“Coo!”
Then the white owl, which landed naturally on my hand, tilted her head and began to stare at Irina, who was next to me.
“Oh, ouch! Ouch!”
“Let’s see… What kind of letter came this time…”
After looking at the white owl that had started hunting Irina for a while, I quietly turned my attention to the letter he had placed in front of me.
– Please reply that you are alive. please.
“…you must have been very worried.”
Not like Serena’s, it’s scribbled, and it’s like she’s really worried about me when I see that it’s not even put in an envelope and it’s just a letterhead.
“…Hey, give me a pen.”
“Coo!”
“Stop bullying the kid and give me a pen.”
I smiled for a moment and looked at the letter, then grabbed the owl that kept pecking at Irina and took the pen off the guy’s leg.
– Safe. escaped safely.
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Eventually, I wrote that reply on the back of the letter Serena sent, and after thinking about it for a while, I added a brief summary.
– I love you.
After I wrote that and smiled for a moment, I handed out the letter to the owl who was sitting on my head and staring intently at the stationery.
“Coo!”
Then, with a satisfied expression on his face, the guy patted my head with his wings to see if he had even read the contents, then bit the letter and began to fly away into the sky.
[The second ordeal of the system has begun!]
“…this.”
And at that moment, a system window appeared in front of my eyes.
Apparently, the trigger that ended this case was the letter I just wrote.
“Fray? Why?”
“…it seems like a second ordeal has come.”
“…..!”
After hearing my words, Irina begins to look frightened. I patted her shoulder like that and said softly.
“It’s okay, I’ve been saying this over and over… It’s not reality anyway. We’ve already succeeded in preventing it, but it’s just a brief experience of what-if.”
“Fray! Me too with you…!”
Irina screamed urgently, maybe she heard me say, and stretched out her hand…
“…it’s started.”
Soon she put her hand back again, and then opened her mouth and then shut it.
– Whoa, whoa…
And from that point on, everything started to go backwards.
The owl that flew far into the sky turns around and flies again, sits on my head and attacks Irina.
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Eventually, Irina, who had been gasping for a while, got up from her seat and walked backwards.
And, suddenly, I also got up from my seat and started to take a step backwards to the mansion in the distance.
As I kept walking backwards, coughing, staggering, and experiencing the bizarre experience of the blood that had fallen on the ground sticking to my body again, all of a sudden, I was back in the yard of the mansion.
“Are you getting faster?”
And from that moment on, everything started spinning.
I wondered if I could see students bowing to me for a while and then bending their backs again, but somehow they came into the basement.
I was looking at the fallen Perloche, and suddenly the leader of the assassination corps that I killed earlier stopped me.
As I kept going back and forth like that, I realized that the scene that had been continuously rewound had stopped.
– Therefore, this operation is withdrawn. And from now on, the sub-plan is started.
“Hey, was this the turning point?”
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Eventually, when the radio, which had apparently been cut off along the way, came out without interruption, I hardened my expression and began to look around.
– From now on, we set fire to the mansion.
Then, when I heard the radio again from the walkie-talkie, I frowned and started kicking my tongue.
‘I was good at killing them all.’
The time has come to watch the bad ending of this world.