Chapter 69 – Royal Capital Gaul (16)
A room engulfed in darkness.
The weak moonlight and the cold winter wind blew through the cracks in the open window.
“The wind is cold.”
Gina’s light purple hair fluttered in the wind.
I don’t hate the wind that takes away the warmth of my body.
Because it cools down the hot head.
Arya Rameld.
The girl was disillusioned, disgusting and unbearable.
While receiving Ronin’s prettiness like that, he was fawning over a kid named Naburang the Hero.
Ronin is also Ronin.
What did that lowly bitch want to hang on to?
Gina can do better.
Clenched her fists
Her fingernails dug into her skin, and drops of blood came out.
She slowly released her fists.
“It’s not too late to take revenge after saving you.”
It’s not too late for a gentleman’s revenge even if it takes 10 years.
Still, I can’t help but feel impatient.
What can I do about wanting to tear it all apart?
“Right, Ronin?”
Even though I’m not a nun anymore, the reason I wore a nun’s uniform is because of my relationship with you.
It was because your words, body odor, and appearance became clearer when you were wearing these clothes.
What can fill this void?
To color this achromatic world in all natural colors.
Ronin Edric.
Only you can
It was only you.
“It’s fine. Because I can save you.”
Jina’s purple irises, which had been opened in a hazy manner, soon caught an object in her eyes.
She received the order from Dipole today.
Hmmm, is it correct to call it a thing?
First of all, it is the shape of an object.
A window stained with blood.
Before Gina left Dipole, she materialized and entrusted her powers.
“… The Window of Rebirth and Reincarnation.”
Did you ever imagine that this would come back into your hands?
It had already been thrown away once.
I had no intention of finding it.
I had no intention of returning it.
I should have left it as it was, it was a worthless power.
“Even if you try to turn away, or pretend not to, it’s a human habit to look for it again when desperate.”
Then Gina is a great human being.
Even if the race is not human, the inclination has become human itself.
No one would have been able to
She, who was in charge of the slaughter under the demon king, did not know that she had fallen to this point.
She brushed the side of her hair and smiled her hollow smile.
“It’s not even funny.”
She raised the spear bearing the grandiose name and stabbed the hand of the ronin bishop she kept.
Poo-wook.
Hand
The blood-red spear that pierced through the window melted like sugar or like salt.
The melted bloody liquid was steadily absorbed into Bishop Ronin’s hand.
It was a strange sight, a somewhat eerie sight.
There is only one way.
How to revive him.
A power that was considered unnecessary and meaningless.
If that power could save you, how would you resist?
“I will save you, even if you hate it.”
Would he like being a demon?
I don’t know.
I still don’t want to make you leave.
It is a jewel finally found in a barren world.
Only you make my stagnant heart beat.
It energizes a world that is banal, repetitive, and devoid of fun.
“So, make Gina happy again.”
Asmodian.
It was a passing demon.
Lived an eternal life.
One of the direct subordinates of the Demon King.
Demons of rebirth and reincarnation.
However, the wandering demons left the demon king.
Gicard Nadeluca.
Looking at Ronin’s arm, she stood up.
I didn’t get this spear for free.
There is a request worthy of it.
Murder of the 2nd Prince, Leon de Gallia.
“I made a pact, so I can’t ignore it.”
Go by and move
The target is in the palace, so why not go there yourself?
Nothing difficult.
Killing people is what I’ve been working on.
A shadow covered her body.
It is the arrival of the once forgotten purple night.
* * *
What kind of gimmick does the secret passage in the royal palace have?
What grandeur is there?
Arya, who had been imagining all sorts of things, felt a great disappointment.
Secret passage?
It’s going to be really secret.
‘Underground waterway.’
You are betrayed because you expect something unknown.
Arya thought it was a phrase she had heard many times before, and she walked out of the gutter and through the royal gardens.
Maybe it was because it was a garden on a winter night, so she was relatively quiet.
The party of warriors arrived at the palace after passing through an underground waterway filled with stinky stench and loathsome insects snooping around.
The air in the culvert was thick and damp.
The road leading to it was dirty with filth and sewage here and there, and it was even very sticky.
A place that is so filthy that it is not strange even if you walk for a long time, your physical condition will deteriorate.
Infiltrating through such a place required considerable patience.
As she tried to chew her cud, her disgust soared, so Arya caught her breath.
It feels like the clear garden air is pushing the polluted air out of your lungs.
It’s not empty words, it seems like I’m really going to live.
No matter how you think about it, it seems strange to call an underground aqueduct a secret passage.
Didn’t Azazel grumble, saying, ‘Wouldn’t it be better to go through the main gate instead of going through a place like this?’
Even as an aria, she was a remark that I fully sympathized with.
Even if the occupations of saints and wizards come out of a cesspit, they can get rid of the dirt with just one ‘purification’, so it is very fortunate.
If it wasn’t for that, the smell of stinky smell would have emanated from her body all day, and she would have received glare or a hairline from those who walked around the royal palace.
Arya suddenly had doubts.
Einstein, Leon and Edelis.
Did these three even try it knowing that?
If it hadn’t been for herself or Azazel, she would have been highly suspicious because of her stench.
She looked at Leon with a curious gaze, and as if her thoughts were being read, her reply came back.
“The saintess and the magician don’t openly exist, so I thought it would be worth trying.”
“I see.”
“You mean I trusted Miss Arya and Miss Azazel completely.”
Trust?
Let the words shine.
Arya thought she was a brazen prince.
Azazel may have had similar thoughts, but her pointed sarcastic remarks came flying.
“It’s such an honor, Prince.”
Edelis hung her head and continued her words.
“… Miss Azazel, please refrain from being sarcastic toward the poor.”
It was Azazel who couldn’t wheeze more thanks to Edelis, who had a strong sense of knighthood.
She could be determined and sarcastic, but she wasn’t blind enough to ruin her mood willingly.
Arya asked as she cleansed the filth from her sanity.
“Even after cleansing, I feel uncomfortable. Was there really no other way?”
At Aria’s complaint, Einstein, who was walking in the garden, smiled bitterly at her.
“I’m sorry, Aria. This would have made the least noise.”
At her child’s apology, Arya closed her gaping mouth in dissatisfaction.
“… There is nothing you can do about it.”
In fact, the reason Aria and Azazel are so full of dissatisfaction is because they encounter a giant cockroach that lives in an underground waterway and engage in an all-out war.
You can ask what’s hard about that, but as I said before, it’s not just cockroaches.
The modifier ‘The Great King’ was added.
A cockroach with an adult body length of only 1.5 m.
When it stands up, its size is comparable to that of Azazel.
Imagine that cockroaches come out in a pile.
You won’t be able to feel it except that it’s damn right.
Even worse when killed.
I can somehow endure until my legs become sore and fly away, and my bodily fluids splatter.
What is really unbearable is that the dismembered corpse of the cockroach is moving.
The brain was destroyed, but the nervous tissue was still alive, so the sight of the broken legs wriggling was really…
It was an appropriate scene to plant a new trauma on Arya, who had been through all kinds of rough things.
Despite these big and small problems, the warriors arrived safely at the royal palace.
Now, if only Leon, the main body, is found, the problem will be solved to some extent.
There was nothing to be concerned about.
Isn’t there ‘Leon’ right next to you?
As long as you’re the one you’re looking for, you can easily guess his whereabouts.
Cross the garden and entered the inside of the palace.
Come to think of it, did she say that there is truth in the palace?
If you’re lucky, you might be able to uncover the truth.
“How are you, poor Leon?”
It was while walking down the royal hallway.
A neatly dressed knight greeted Leon.
“Sir Ruthar. Are you on your way back from training?”
Leon had a carefree expression as if he was not afraid of being caught.
“That’s right. By the way, didn’t your servant say he had business today? During this time, you’re going around with fishermen’s work… Are they people you haven’t seen yet?”
The party did not cover their faces except for Edelis.
The reason why only Edelis’ face was covered was simple.
It would be strange for ‘her’ to suddenly appear after leaving the palace for some reason.
Anyway, the ‘main body’ seemed to be on some business now.
What are you doing this late at night?
Leon responded without feeling awkward, even though he had many thoughts in his mind.
“A party of warriors came to see me, what?”
“Are you a warrior?”
The knight’s eyes turned to the party behind him.
“No matter how busy I am, I want to personally guide them to the palace.”
“Is that so.”
The 2nd prince’s favoritism toward the warrior was recognized even by the royal family.
Therefore, the knight Luthar did not feel particularly suspicious in this conversation.
He left after having a moderate conversation with Leon.
Before long, a sigh of relief flowed from Arya.
“Aren’t you acting too recklessly, poor Leon?”
“You can’t survive without a certain amount of recklessness in a place inhabited by people who carry dozens of serpents in their stomachskins. Do you think this is a good enough treatment? Above all else, if you didn’t get caught, wouldn’t that be enough, Ms. Arya?”
Arya couldn’t resist.
Let’s just talk about the cold and heartless world of the royal family.
“I have nothing to say.”
“We don’t have much time. So we have to move quickly.”
Is it because you think it’s a short-term game?
It was Leon who chose to walk confidently in the palace rather than stealthily hiding.
His actions were unhurried.
However, if you are going to do it so boldly, isn’t there a reason you sneaked into the royal family through that disgusting underground waterway?
Azazel asked, raising one eyebrow as if it was absurd.
“Prince, are you the type to act unexpectedly as you please?”
“Depending on the circumstances, yes. But now, it is an act based on rationality.”
“Reasonable?”
“How would Miss Azazel look like a shrunken prince in her own home?”
“… I will win.”
“Something like that. The main gate is difficult to inspect because the ‘body’ breathes in, but what’s the problem once you get inside? It’s not that easy to tell the difference between a doppelganger in the first place.”
Nucksal is also a good nobleman.
Does this have to be enough to be friendly with Einstein?
Looking back, Aria and Leon, who go well with Einstein, are also unusual figures.
Azazel put on a somewhat convinced expression.
That she doesn’t consider herself a unique person.
Judging by that, it was Azazel who was considerably lacking in her self-objectification.
Whether Azazel did it or not, Astein asked her future steps with a cool expression.
“Will you wait in your room? Or are you going to look for it?”
“The ‘body’ still doesn’t know that we are in the royal family. So you’d better go looking for it.”
On the one hand, it seems relaxed, but there is not much time.
If the fact that Leon’s doppelgänger is running wild comes to the ears of various ‘ghosts’ in the royal family, there is a high possibility that complicated political problems will arise.
“You mean it’s urgent. Can you guess where you are?”
“You would have guessed it according to your usual pattern, but unfortunately I don’t know what my ‘business’ is at this ambitious hour.”
Einstein let out a light sigh.
“In the end, I have no choice but to go through them all one by one, right?”
Simply put, it is inefficient.
The royal family is like a complex labyrinth.
In preparation for invasion by foreign enemies, the passage is often twisted, so it is a place where people are not reluctant to find.
Even for beings who are proficient in the geography of the royal family, it was not easy to find people in this wide space without any promises.
The moment the group gets into trouble.
Edelis, who had been silent, raised his hand.
Leon asked.
“What is it, Lord Edelis?”
“… There is a place you can guess.”
That was good news.
“Guide me.”
“However, it is uncertain. If I’m wrong, the time loss will be enormous.”
Leon laughed.
“Is that a logarithm? I believe in you who have seen ‘me’ by my side rather than me.”
Say believe.
Those were really difficult words for the second prince, who did not trust anyone.
This was well known to both Einstein and Edelis.
Ignoring the gaze of the two, Leon spoke again.
“I trust you.”
Just, if there’s one thing they didn’t know.
Edelis ‘Limited’ was also a word that could be brought out very easily.
It was because Leon had no doubt that he believed in his own knight.