Chapter 202 – Adaptation(1)
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A gloomy and dark subterranean temple.
Asmodeus was sitting there.
The sight of the black smoke billowing up was threatening just by looking at it.
Purple lights come on on both sides of the temple altar.
At the same time, there was a voice talking mockingly to Asmodeus.
Appearance was not visible. Only the voice of a woman could be heard.
“So. Didn’t I tell you not to be vigilant?”
“…”
“Don’t underestimate that adventurer… The ruler of mana. I’ve told you many times, right?
Look at the way you took it easy. Oops. He pretended to be proud.”
Asmodeus also did not vomit at the ridicule, perhaps feeling the responsibility.
Still, the voice did not stop.
“How are you going to take responsibility for this situation? It’s meaningless to erase the hero’s memories because of you.
Am I in trouble now?”
“…There is nothing wrong with the plan.”
“No problem! No problem? Ha! It’s not enough that you were hurt by the man you were ignoring, so are you acting out of control now?”
Asmodeus grinded his teeth.
I was pissed off, but I wasn’t wrong.
I didn’t know that a single mistake of missing Kerry would come back with such a big rebound.
‘He’s a troublesome man… You’ve named him well.’
Asmodeus could now sympathize that the pun-sounding name was real.
Was that adventurer hiding his power until the end? I traced the traces of the magic that disappeared in an instant, and confirmed the crack in the dimension.
It meant magic related to dimensions.
‘Handling dimensional magic… Wizards are one of the best in history…’
It was so high-level magic that even Asmodeus, who had lived for a long time, had not seen it in person.
“Isn’t it true that there is no setback in the plan? The emperor who can move the empire is in my hands.”
“Who was it that said that cause was important for a truly mad war?”
“…”
Now that it’s like this, it wouldn’t be too bad for the Black Witch and the warriors to perish together.
If that’s not the case, it would be nice for the Black Witch to take at least a few warriors.
“Asmodeus. I’m very disappointed. I thought he was more capable…
I believe in you and I promised you a dream…”
“…”
Asmodeus remembered his dream.
Erase all pathetic humans like garbage.
He wanted to once again establish a country built only with the people he selected and recognized.
To do so, he needed the help of this being. Because she was a goddess no matter what anyone said.
“If you help me, I will keep my promise. Keep in mind, Asmodeus.”
“…Okay.”
The purple torch on the altar flicks out and the voice disappears.
Asmodeus gritted his teeth.
It all happened because of missing that man, Kerry.
This humiliation, and the promise of a dream that was shaken.
Asmodeus could not forgive Kerry.
*
At that time, there was a person who gnashed his teeth thinking of Asmodeus.
He was the emperor of the empire. The face of the emperor, who was always relaxed and cheerful, is dark.
At the same time as the preparations for the declaration of war by the Empire, the preparations for war were gradually progressing.
All under his own direction his.
Of course, it was not the emperor’s will his. It was the will of Asmodeus, who is called the shadow.
There was nothing the emperor could do at the command of the stubborn Asmodeus.
‘To make a hero with my own hands… To make Lina a continental achievement?’
That pure, beautiful, lofty warrior?
To the emperor, it seemed like sacrilege.
Although the declaration of war is being delayed with the excuse of preparing for war, it is getting closer and closer to the limit.
“…You really are horribly incompetent.”
These were the words of the emperor himself.
“I can’t wield the country as I wish despite being called the emperor. I can’t even protect the subjects of the empire.
Even loyal servants can’t protect it.”
“…”
“Now I can’t even protect the woman I love.”
“…”
“Where else in the world could there be such an incompetent and pathetic emperor!Haha! How pathetic! A ha ha!”
Laughing as if he had lost his mind, the emperor threw the wine glass he was holding against the wall.
Chaeng-Gran-
“Damn it! Shadow bastard!”
A wine glass shatters and a sharp sound echoes.
The soldiers who were guarding the place came running in a hurry.
Nogisa, who was with the emperor, beckoned his soldiers back.
The emperor still could not get rid of his anger and was annoyed.
The emperor was distressed.
It was hard not being able to fulfill my responsibilities as an emperor, but the hardest thing was making the hero a public figure.
The old knight came and told the emperor.
“It’s not your fault.”
“..Hehe. It’s not my fault… Is that so?”
The Emperor’s face is covered with deep sorrow.
“In the past, I hid like a coward under a cause, saying it was to protect the empire from the shadows.
I lived as a puppet as he told me to.
But what about now?
The shadow tells me to start a war. I’m sending my subjects to war!”
“…”
“Now you can’t even hide under the pretext of protecting the empire!
Is that all! He told me to make a hero and my love public in order to live!Hehe.
Such an idiot is the emperor of an empire that is a symbol of prosperity. Isn’t there really no comedy?”
At that time, Nogisa spoke in a solemn and serious voice.
“Yes. Your Majesty is incompetent.”
“…”
Although the emperor said he was incompetent with his own mouth, he did not know to hear it directly.
“…Doesn’t it usually say that you’re not incompetent here?”
“No. Your Majesty is truly incompetent.”
An old knight who spits out the same words twice, as if to confirm and kill him.
The emperor was embarrassed and embarrassed to even answer. He is also a grumpy old man.
“What is the meaning of being an emperor who can’t keep his own?
They are even driving their subjects, who are supposed to be protected, into meaningless wars, so it’s not something to be dismissed as incompetent.”
No matter how much he is a scarecrow emperor, isn’t it too much to say? Do you do more than incompetence?
But then I saw Nogisa’s sparkling eyes in her.
He had the same expression as when he saw Nogisa on the battlefield during his active duty.
It was. The old knight was showing a spleen determination as if he were on the battlefield.
“What do you want to say?”
“Even though His Majesty is incompetent… He has a warm heart.
Few emperors truly care for their subjects. History proves it.”
“…”
“And Your Majesty is also a man of courage and conviction.”
Nogisa had a serious face.
This was n’t a ‘little consolation’ that even though he was incompetent, his heart his was warm.
It was a mantra with determination.
The old knight seemed to want the emperor to find out the meaning of the mantra.
The emperor was only able to notice the atmosphere of the old knight as sharp as on the battlefield.
That is the mantra that Nogisa had spoken.
It was disloyal to dare to say it to the emperor, but it was a mantra that I liked very much.
*
In the morning, Rina and the others started eating.
It was a noisy meal as always.
Chattering voices resound throughout the inn, and guests throw envious glances at them.
I understand.
A really happy scene was unfolding before Kerry’s eyes her.
Let’s leave out Lina, Natasha, Victoria, Arwen, the saint and… The hag.
Anyway, it was always a pleasure to have a meal with such beauties laughing happily. Feeling full even without eating really.
But today, the winds of change have blown to that delightful meal.
That wish was a saint.
The saintess was still chewing on her food, unable to get involved in the conversation of her party her.
It’s pitiful, but it’s all my fault.
“Seobang-nim! Did you have a good dream yesterday? Yeah… If you can’t sleep, tell me anytime!
And I think that outfit looks good on you today.
That’s not to say that other clothes don’t match.”
“Natasha. Kerry is out of breath. Please speak slowly.”
“Pervert Victoria is out of it!”
“What? Who says pervert! I’m just a little open-minded.
When are you going to fix that way of speaking that is ruder than my 5-year-old nephew!”
Arwen shook her head at the sight.
“I’m curious, but don’t you get tired of the two of you fighting all the time?”
In this conversation, the saintess was unusually nervous.
It was because of what Kerry said last night.
[If you want to be friendly with a group, approach first. Be as kind and gentle as possible. That alone will be enough.]
Be kind and talk first.
Was that such a difficult spell?
The saintess was very nervous as if she had been given an order for a difficult task.
The saintess said with a slightly stiff face.
“Th-th… Seeing that you’re energetic today, everyone seems to have slept well!”
Even if you ask an elementary school student to read a Korean book, it will be less awkward than that.
Kerry barely restrained her laughter.
The party seemed taken aback by the sudden change in the saintess’ attitude to her.
Lina spoke first.
“Yes. Holy lady. Good morning.”
At Lina’s answer her, the saintess smiled brightly, her face hardened with tension.
Victoria also helped.
“The saintess seems to be in a good mood today. She looks even better.”
Also, everyone in the group was nice.
She had already forgotten her saintly past her and recognized her as her companion her.
Of course, not everyone was as broad-minded as the sea.
“Heh. He pretended to be nice all of a sudden.”
Natasha still remembered the insult her saint her had given her Kerry.
The atmosphere she was trying to get better quickly subsided as if she had been splashed with cold water.
The saintess’ laughter cracked as if her ice was breaking.
“That…Isn’t it? I…I presumptuously…Pretend to be nice…I’m sorry…”
The saintess shed her tears in a trembling voice.
Natasha began to panic, perhaps not knowing that the saintess would react like this.
The other party was also embarrassed, but it was the same.
‘The saintess has shed a lot of tears.’
“Huh ah … Too … You’re bad bitch like me … I don’t like it. Everyone sweared inside!”
“That’s not it!”
Natasha, who spoke frankly without even realizing it, is restless.
If she was a normal saint, she would have hit her back in the same way. Natasha simply did not know her saintly condition of her.
It was then.
Arwen hugged her saintess and patted her.
“I thought he was just a quiet person because he was quiet… Actually, he just wanted to get to know us.”
No. The saintess just kept her mouth shut because she was afraid of Kerry.
If it wasn’t for that, she would have been left with all sorts of depravity.
However, Arwen did not know the past of her saintess. Arwen has been in the party since her saintess her, so she is.
The saintess said that it is true that she wants to be friends with Arwen and frowned.
‘I can’t wash my image… ‘
The party was also in a state of being a little stunned, as if the saintess’ behavior was absurd.
In particular, Lina looked at her saintess, rubbing her eyes at the appearance of her saintess her, which she could not have imagined in her previous life her.
I don’t believe it enough to think that I’m looking at something.
I never thought I would see Arwen hugging her saint her and patting her her.
The two of them didn’t fit together, so I felt like I saw something unusual.
After the saintess stopped crying, Kerry decided to change her subject her.
“Rather than that, I heard there are ruins around here?”
The group nodded. Because it is near the capital of the ancient city, the ruins are often seen.
In fact, he was on an important journey to find the Black Witch, but he couldn’t just pass by the ruins.
Because the first place I came across information about Asmodeus and the Black Witch was in the ruins.
There may be some helpful information.
In the first place, she told Kerry that the Black Witch was already waiting.
There will be no tricks or running away.
“Let’s go to the ruins once.”
Lina pursed her lips. As if she had something to say.
Maybe Lena has an overarching goal for her character her, which is to catch the Black Witch, but she wouldn’t like it if she was sidetracked.
But Lina said, blushing her cheeks.
“If Kerry wants to go… I have to go.”
Lina is doing really well these days.
