96 – Proof (4)
The day after the midterm exams ended.
I was walking along the streets of Aderit Village with Randel.
“That’s the mansion.”
Randel pointed to the grandest and most luxurious mansion in the center of the village.
“Alphonse, I don’t know what that guy is thinking. “There are so many eyes looking at this.”
“That means you are confident. “He can subdue his senior without a sound.”
“···.”
“Don’t worry. “I’m confident because I’m the same way.”
It was sincere. No matter how strong the guy Alphonse brought in was, it was a self-evident fact that his head would fall off with a single strike from my sword.
“I feel reassured.”
When I tapped her shoulder and said, Randel smiled and started walking towards her mansion again.
The exterior of the magnificent mansion gets closer and closer.
Then, sensing something strange, I tapped Randel’s forearm and asked.
“Sir, what’s a little strange? “Is that right there?”
“That’s right. “What’s strange?”
“It smells a lot of blood. “It seems like there’s no one there.”
It’s not just a little strange, it’s a lot strange. No faint energy can be felt in that mansion. It was as if the mansion itself had died.
“···.”
Randel and I picked up our pace in silence, and when we arrived at the mansion, we opened the large gate.
Then, I saw a yard stained with blood.
“···First, let’s close the door.”
“I guess so.”
I closed the gate and took another look at the terrible scenery of the yard.
‘···He died in one go.’
I knew right away. The fact that about twenty people lying in the yard were killed by an explosion at the same time without even knowing what was going on.
“Do you know any of these people?”
“They are all followers of Alphonse.”
“···Let’s go in first.”
We passed through the yard and entered the interior of the mansion through the open door.
This time, I saw a landscape painted in red.
Carpets, walls, stairs, ceilings, etc.
Everywhere you can see is stained with blood.
“Senior Randel, were you expecting a situation like this?”
“Not at all, junior?”
“I expected there would be Chaos Cultists, but I didn’t expect them to be all spread out like this.”
I answered by kicking the body of the man covered in a black robe.
‘What is it?’
Unexpected situations raise many questions.
Who killed these people?
If it is true that these people were killed, what was the reason?
And who has the power to kill them all at once?
Is that someone our ally?
While I was lost in thought, I heard the voice of Randel, who was looking into the mansion, coming from above.
“···Camel.”
I followed the voice and arrived at a bedroom on the second floor.
“···Tsk.”
When I got to the bedroom, I had to click my tongue and close my eyes.
It had to be that way. What I could see was an old man lying dead on his bed in an ugly manner, and the body of a woman with her eyes closed with a relaxed expression.
After seeing that, I was lost in thought for a moment, and soon I was able to come to a conclusion.
‘Is that what it was?’
The corpse of an old man with his limbs and important parts cut off,
The corpse of a woman with not a single hair intact.
The culprit of this tragedy was Alphonse’s body, which was horribly mutilated.
On the other hand, he did not even scratch the dead woman next to him.
Only after realizing this fact was I able to know the truth of this incident.
‘Envy came.’
After coming to that conclusion, I asked Randel.
“Senior, have you ever seen this woman?”
“No, I’m not interested in Alphonse’s private life at all… Wait.”
Randel, who was trying to answer my question, rolled his eyes and looked intently at the woman’s face again.
“You were active in a revolutionary group, so you must have seen him in portrait at least once. “Because this person had a certain status.”
“···.”
“Do you know who it is?
“···Princess Celetina.”
“That’s right. “She is the one who was reported missing 12 years ago.”
“You’re crazy…”
“But it’s just her face, not really.”
I placed my hand on her woman’s face, pinching her skin with my fingers.
-Jeoeoeook.
Then I tore it off. Then, her realistic bast covering comes off, revealing her face stained with burns.
“Alphonse, this ugly old man has been lusting after her for twelve years, thinking that this woman is really Princess Celetina.”
“···It seems surprising.”
“It has to be that way.”
I said to Randel, who was dumbfounded, shaking her bast face mask.
“This is real.”
“Is it true…? That means…”
“Yes. Princess Celetina was captured by the Chaos Cult 12 years ago. “This human skin mask is one of the evidence.”
“So, let me sum it up…”
Randel seemed to be in a daze, and spoke with difficulty, placing her hand on her forehead.
“The Chaos bastards presented this woman with her skin as a gift to Alphonse, and the old man, who considered me to be her leader, did not just accept the gift as good, she lusted after her for 12 years. Has been released. “Is this correct?”
“It’s accurate.”
“That’s a disgusting story. By the way, how does your junior know that?”
Randel narrowed her eyes and asked me, and I answered with a relaxed expression.
“Wouldn’t it be weirder that I, who even know where demons wake up, don’t know this information?”
“···Honestly, it’s strange. It’s strangely persuasive. “The princess… Became sad.”
“There is no need to feel sorry. Because Princess Celetina is still alive.”
“What? “She’s alive?”
Randel, who was looking at the human skin mask in my hand, frowned as hard as he could and asked back.
“Yes. They live so well that they even kill people. Just like this horny old man…”
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“Wait a minute, let me summarize…”
“It’s simple. The princess, who is still alive, met this horny old man for some reason. But this old man was playing with this woman with her own face like her toy. So she killed her.”
“···.”
“And now the princess has become one of the seven deadly sins, the sin of jealousy.”
“···!”
Randel must have been very surprised when she heard my last words, so her eyes widened and she covered her mouth.
“Let’s move for now.”
When I realized that the Seven Deadly Sins, Envy, had started to move, I spoke to Randel.
“I will make up the situation here and report it to the Academy, so you please clean up after yourself.”
“Clean up after yourself?”
“Look, the guy who was the leader of ‘Wings of Freedom’ is dead. So, you, the senior executive, must take care of ‘Wings of Freedom’. Ah, but in most cases…”
I continued speaking to Randel, who had a stone-faced expression on his face like a stone statue.
“It would be better to clean it up completely. The same goes for seniors. “The same goes for the revolutionaries you care about.”
“···.”
“Well, I think I’ve helped you as much as I can, so I’ll go first.”
After saying that, I immediately started walking.
The destination of my walk was Dian’s teacher’s office, and the reason was because I knew Envy and Dian’s past.
****
In Dian’s teacher’s office, Darren was staring intently at a photo in an old frame on the table.
A photo of a young man and woman wearing cadet uniforms, smiling brightly, with their arms around each other’s shoulders.
“I miss those times.”
When Darren mumbled, Dean, who was sitting on the sofa, responded in a sharp voice.
“Morte, I don’t think you, the guy who followed him around like a dog, would say something carelessly.”
“I see… hahahaha.”
At Dean’s sharp voice, Darren smiled bitterly and turned around.
Dian didn’t even like that, so he raised his mana and looked at Darren as if he were going to kill him.
“Don’t laugh. “Because I want to kill you.”
“Dian. “Stop it.”
Principal Hilda, who was sitting across from Dian, stopped Dian and asked Darren.
“Deron. Since the atmosphere is like this, let’s get to the point first. So, what is the empire’s position?”
“It’s a wait-and-see approach.”
“hehehe, the Seven Deadly Sins have crept into the cradle of learning, and a child who will become an important figure in the world no matter who sees it, is being targeted by the Chaos Cult, so it’s just a wait and see…”
Hilda continued her words, roughly stroking her beard.
“That’s really fun. So, Darren, what do you think about this?”
“Can I be honest with you?”
“Tell me.”
“The Empire will probably take the same stance even if the world were to end. “Because, those people have almost taken over the entire empire.”
“You’re saying there’s no place to trust.”
Darren spoke in a very serious tone, and Hilda sighed and stopped stroking her beard.
Maybe I didn’t like that?
Dian muttered in a sharper voice than before.
“We thought you were part of it too.”
“It might have happened that way. “But not now.”
“What does that mean?”
“At least they are saying that they will not follow in the footsteps of the corrupt guy.
“How can you believe that? “You are already ours…”
“Whether you believe it or not is up to you. “The reason I came here now is not to give you trust, but to come up with a solution to the situation that has occurred.”
Darren, with a frown on his face, tapped the stack of paper between Dian and Hilda with his fingers and spoke.
Naturally, Diane and Hilda’s eyes turn to the stack of paper again.
—-
-It has been confirmed that two of the Seven Deadly Sins have already infiltrated Adenia.
-Their target is believed to be Carmel Cadet, who is believed to be a vessel of sin.
-Someone saw someone in Aderit Village who had a similar impression to the princess who went missing 12 years ago.
-Chaosism….
-···Results of investigation···.
Reporter: Zikel Van Petunia
—
Dian and Hilda fell into silence at the not-so-light content.
“Dian. “Let me ask you one question.”
Deron asked Dian in a calm voice.
“Can you kill with your own hands the woman who was once our classmate, the woman you once loved, the woman who once liked you?”
“···.”
“Just like me and Mort used to do.”
Dian was silent, and Darren continued in a voice as dry as falling leaves.
“If you can’t do it, don’t step forward. “Don’t get caught by Celetina for no reason, get dragged away, and get corrupted like everyone else.”
“···Hey.”
Dian lowered her head and scolded in an ice-cold voice.
“Do you think I’m an idiot like you who doesn’t know what’s right or wrong?”
“···.”
“I’m sorry, but can this old man give an opinion?”
Could it be that he couldn’t bear the gradually colder atmosphere?
Hilda, who joined in the conversation, smiled and spoke to Dian and Darren.
“Both of you, stop shaking and move quickly.”
Hilda said, twitching her eyebrows.
“Find that damned b*tch first. “You damn bastards.”
****
Dian’s teacher’s office.
I was sitting across from Dian, who was giving off an unusually heavy mood.
“Carmel Cadet.”
-Tuk.
Dian said as he placed a stack of papers on the table.
“Let’s be honest.”
The gaze goes down.
The content written on the paper begins to be read.