Chapter 857 – Ep.855 the Collapsed Empire
“It’s amazing every time I see it.”
Genoa, whose skin used to be shiny, seemed to have reached its peak today, full of vitality, and touched the Mimic case with its mouth open.
“Be careful. And then get swallowed?”
“Joy! I, my, I knew I would be deceived… ?”
Genoa, who was not confident and was even stuttering his words, glared over my shoulder at Michik Case, who was hiding behind his back and swallowing the well-packaged food.
Because you’re so cute, I keep teasing you.
He swallowed his laughter and stuffed the remaining food bag into the mouth that had opened, closing the Mimic Case’s mouth.
As for the food supplies we had brought with us from the capital, we used up all of them on the way here, so we refilled them with enough food to last for about 15 days.
Fortunately, most of the resident demons had disappeared and there was almost no income, but since there was more food left over, the hostess willingly handed over the food.
“Hehe, I should have packed it in advance.”
“Wouldn’t that have happened if someone hadn’t been pulling her hair and screaming for three days?”
“Keuhum!!”
“Kya~!”
How dare you throw facts so shamelessly.
Out of frustration, I grabbed her left breast and squeezed it as if milking milk.
Well, I didn’t apply too much force, so I just laughed like it was a reward.
Anyway, she got up from her seat and handed her Mimic case to Genoa, who was smiling.
“Are you going now?”
“I have to go.”
Her physical strength was slightly weakened because she overexerted herself a little last night, but her mental power, which had been greatly worn out, had not only fully recovered, but had become even stronger after going through all the toughening of the dog’s trash net system.
She brought food and extra clothes there, and there’s no information she can get if she stays any longer, so she’s only wasting time if she stays here.
As I approached Mari El, I used her sign wrapped around her lower abdomen to erase her presence.
Using that as a signal, Genoa and the other children also injected magic into the 2nd generation tokens I had filled yesterday.
I wanted to watch them play around if possible, but unfortunately, after seeing Mari El use her abilities without her starter words, everyone noticed that she didn’t have to say it out loud.
Sigh.
She, like always, had me at her side like a piece of luggage.
“…”
“Why?”
I shook my head at the question that raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
“No. Let’s go.”
“Okay. “I was also missing the taste of my hometown.”
“… “Eating out is prohibited for the time being.”
“Disciple. “Sometimes I want to open your head and find out what you think of me.”
When the golden gaze was directed in this direction, my body went limp as if I had fainted.
“If you open your head, you usually die.”
“That’s why I’m holding on.”
“… “Please wake me up when you get past the forest.”
“If you’re sleeping.”
After a friendly conversation between teacher and disciple, we quietly left the canyon city.
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“What? “The air is really different.”
Blue sky and clean air without a single grain of sand.
A green forest full of freshness.
This was the sentiment expressed by Genoa, who encountered the border forest for the first time in his life.
“Giselle. Are you okay?”
“Well, I’m a little tired, but I can handle it.”
Giselle, who was lying on Rita’s back, shrugged her shoulders.
Shortly after leaving the canyon city, we encountered a sandstorm struck by lightning. Thanks to Giselle’s role as a barrier, which Bizeline had done in the past, we were able to escape the storm without difficulty and arrive safely.
“If you’re tired, it’s okay to close your eyes.”
“… Nothing good would come of holding on, right? “Okay, it’s a little early, but I’m going to take a nap.”
Giselle, whose face was pale, tried not to show much, but she quickly accepted my offer, closed her eyes and buried her face in Rita’s shoulder.
With her new smiling face, I once again realized how great Wiesel Lin was as she worked her magic without a care in the world.
“Anyway, it’s very neat.”
For a place where over 10,000 demons stayed and left, the surroundings were very clean.
[ Since it is a living forest, it seems to have been restored as soon as it was stopped. ]
“Oh, I did.”
It occurred to me that the trees growing densely over there were carnivorous trees that used their roots to feed themselves on living creatures, and that the birds that I couldn’t see now but were chirping somewhere were more poisonous than vampires that sucked the blood of living things.
“Anyway, if you cross this road, you’ll reach the island in no time, so let’s slow down a bit from here.”
“There are a lot of orders.”
Even though he said so, our true master listened to his disciple’s words and quickly broke through the border forest while maintaining a speed that was just enough to make hair flutter.
After leaving the forest, they finally set foot on the continent, but the group showed no significant reaction.
She just silently follows Marie Elle, who is by her side.
So I passed the plain and another forest path twice.
I was finally able to see again the image of the system I had left.
But three months was definitely not a very long time.
However, when I returned after a long time, the system was much different from what I remembered.
The castle walls of the archipelago were twice as large as Oesembuk, which protected the capital of the Demon Continent.
“Wow, that’s bloody…”
Genoa muttered as he looked at the walls that were broken or collapsed here and there.
It was not only the outer walls that collapsed.
The imperial palace that stood tall at the center of the archipelago was almost completely destroyed, and the temples that had once been so splendid were so broken that their shapes were completely unrecognizable, and only the shattered remains filled the place.
“Let’s go in.”
“Okay.”
Because the broken walls had been neglected and not repaired, it was difficult to go inside.
And when I entered the inside, I was once again surprised by the atmosphere inside, which I couldn’t tell from a distance.
-Now, it’s cheap, it’s cheap~!!
-Giggle!! Who do you think will win today?
-I’m about to have fucking sex.
Demons and humans are casually walking through the streets, chatting together.
“What happened?”
“… “For now, let’s change seats.”
Genoa also seemed confused by the sight of demons casually hanging out with humans and asked me, but before answering, I led the group to Bizelin’s mansion.
“It’s a barrier.”
I felt a small sense of relief when I saw that the mansion looked no different from before I left.
“I think I can solve it.”
“No. “I will look around the mansion alone.”
She got out of her side and stood on her own two feet, trying to dissuade the true teacher from putting her own hands on the line for her disciple.
“Liri and Roro will take care of Giselle here, and Agnes will watch to see if anyone approaches nearby.”
“Yes.”
Agnes immediately launched her body towards somewhere.
Then, Toriel put down her twins who were at her side, and Roro went straight to Rita, carefully picked Giselle, who had fallen asleep, into his arms, and sat down with Lili under the iron bars of her mansion.
“The rest of you, please go downstairs and take a look at the atmosphere.”
“Until when?”
“If you don’t have anything special to see or do, just until sunset.”
“My disciple asked me to do it, so I have to follow it.”
Mariel jumped down first.
Then Rita clicked her tongue and quickly ran after him, taking that as a signal to Genoa and Ruel. And Toriel disappeared down the hill one after another.
“Wait a moment.”
“Do not worry!”
“Hey, I’ll wait patiently…”
After lightly stroking the twins’ heads, I lightly pushed the iron door open.
I’m sorry.
Also.
Bizelin’s barrier still recognized me as her guest and accepted me inside without resistance.
“… “It’s exactly the same.”
I walked toward the door along a path that had not changed from three months ago.
It seemed like if I opened the closed front door and said hello, Giena and Beneo wearing aprons would come out to meet me at any moment.
Dal-kak.
However, in reality, I was greeted by a desolation where the lights were off and it did not feel like humanity at all.
“… “Only the outside was the same.”
Bizelin’s mansion was completely dustless even though it had been abandoned for a long time.
But now the hallway that caught my eye was full of pale dust.
When you see the cool air pierce your lungs every time you take a breath, it seems like all the magic except for the external barrier has been taken away.
“Please have something…”
I carefully looked around the inside of the mansion, using the small embers lit in the lower deck as a guide.
Nothing special was found in places on the first floor, such as the kitchen, dressing room, and bathroom.
“… “It’s a mess.”
As soon as I opened the bedroom door, the blankets and pillows fell to the floor and were full of dust. And then I was greeted by sofas and other miscellaneous furniture lying around.
Beep.
A black cat doll rolling around under a dusty sofa.
Bleep beep.
It was a toy that children would like as it made a sound every time you pressed it.
“They probably didn’t hide it inside or anything.”
I cut open the doll’s stomach just in case, but as expected, I didn’t find what I was looking for.
Since they were my wives and no one else, if they had left any letters or other traces, they would have definitely left a mark in a conspicuous place.
“… “Isn’t there one?”
I lifted up the carpet, knocked on the floor, and even checked every nook and cranny of the closet in the dressing room, but I couldn’t find anything of note.
“It’s already been two hours.”
There were still many rooms left, and I had to check out the flower garden that Kernax had been tending at least once.
But since someone might have come back before then, I went outside and headed to where the twins were.
“Why are you coming out so late?”
As soon as she opened the iron door, Genoa, who was playing with her twin’s cheek, came over.
“Why? “Did you find something?”
“Should I say I found it… “I found a guy who smells like my master.”
“My smell?”
“Ok. “I don’t know why I still smell it, but it was definitely my master’s scent.”
“What does it look like?”
“Calm down.”
Genoa held my shoulder and spoke calmly.
“Master, it wasn’t the ladies. “He was a man.”
“… Man?”
“Uh. Blue hat and cloak──”
“Let’s go!!”
“Uh, huh?”
“Let’s go there!! Hurry!!”
“Yes, yes.”
“I’m sorry, but please wait here a little longer.”
I left Giselle with the twins and quickly placed her in Genoa’s arms.
Phew!
Genoa, holding the blade in her arms, jumped down in an instant, landing lightly like a leaf blowing in the wind, quickly stepping on the roof and running across the street.
“If you think about the route, it would be like this… Ah, I found it.”
Genoa jumped up and landed on the roof of a three-story building and pointed down at her bustle.
-Kya~! Look at that chubby butt.
-I feel like eating like a dog again today.
-Giggle, you guys there? If it’s cold, let’s rest for a while in our arms~!!
Divided into left and right, demons and human women were giggling and throwing all sorts of obscenities and flirtatious remarks at a group of people passing along the main street in five rows.
“Over there, it’s the guy at the end.”
A dirty blue hat and cloak.
Blonde hair peeking out every time the wind blows.
Hat and cloak. And a pair of briefs.
“Oh, fuck my eyes…”
