Chapter 9-35: Volume 9 - Chapter 35 – Deus Ex Machina
09-35 Deus Ex Machina
The walled city of Asunto was surrounded with walls ten meters high .
Its shape was a square with edges almost five kilometers in length, and inside it bordering the north side walls was the royal castle .
The so-called outer palace was this defensive enclosure of ten-meter high walls which stretched around from the north side and shaped the outer palace to a rough square .
The north side of this outer palace, that is, Asunto’s castle walls, had a gate through which the king’s army could sally out of .
Protected by the outer palace was the inner palace which was the heart of government and where the king lived . The wall separating the inner palace from the outer was three meters high, less than a third of the castle walls’ height .
Therefore from around the center of the inner shrine seeing the exterior castle walls was possible .
And seen from the inner palace, a giant golem rising higher than even the castle walls was looking down on them .
“U, uh oh…”
“T–that’s a…”
The people watching were trembling with fear, then saw someone step on top of the castle walls from the golem’s palm .
Black clothes, and a silver helmet they had never seen before . They seemed to be a tall person . Judging from the body shape they were male .
“Who could that be . A friend, or a foe?”
Everyone watching held the same thoughts .
“Ladies and gentlemen!”
The mysterious person’s voice reverberated . He must’ve been using some kind of magic as his voice reached to all corners of the inner and outer palaces .
“My name is Deus Ex Machina . It seems that a certain subset of people have named me the Mysterious Golem Master or some such . ”
“Deus Ex Machina, you say?”
“I’ve never heard of him before . Who in the world is he? What are his aims?”
Everyone present began talking . However, the person who called themselves Deus Ex Machina waved his hand and it again became quiet .
“War is useless . It doesn’t create anything . ”
Deus Ex Machina spoke .
“The land is vast, and people are few . Do not commit such foolishness as fighting against your own race . ”
Some of the people agreed inside their hearts .
“People haven’t yet caught up with the state of civilization of the Great Magic War days . That is the truth . But setting your eyes on the past is foolish . Because the past will never come back . ”
There were also people who frowned when they heard those words .
“Do not head for the past . Focus on the present . Endeavour to clear the way to the future . ”
Deus Ex Machina raised his voice even more, and spoke almost shoutingly .
“Whether or not you listen to my advice is your own choice . But if you do not, I have a plan ready . ”
Deus Ex Machina said and pointed at a destroyed golem .
“Look . ”
Everyone’s gazes gathered there . Then, everyone’s eyes became wide-open with surprise .
Before their eyes the broken golem turned red hot, then white hot, and then it completely melted .
“You understand, right? I only wish for one thing, peace . To put it in another way, coexistence would do too . It should not be a difficult thing . ”
Deus Ex Machina then stopped speaking, and looked out over at the people .
“I will not show myself as long as you do not cause conflict . Think well upon it . ”
Finishing with that, Deus Ex Machina jumped on the giant golem’s shoulder . At the same time, the giant golem turned its back around to Asunto’s castle .
At that moment, one of the magi knights chanted magic and was about to fire an attack spell .
“[Wind Slash]…! Why? I can’t use magic!”
Deus Ex Machina turned to look back from the golem’s shoulder and,
“I forgot to mention . Far from neutralizing magic, it is possible for me to make magic unusable . Please stop doing pointless things . ”
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He then pointed at the magi knight who tried to use magic .
“Ugh!”
Then the magi knight let out a short grunt and immediately after suddenly went rigid . Then he fainted .
“Unfortunately, that man appeared to have been a puppet of the [Unifilers] . But now he should be returning to normal . I shall send you a list of people who have been confirmed as being manipulated later . ”
Deus Ex Machina said and once more turned his back on the people .
“Well then, I hope we do not meet again . ”
And this time Deus Ex Machina left together with the giant golem .
Jin was fainting with agony at Hourai Island’s headquarters .
“Uooaaaaaaah, suuuuper embarasssiiiing!!”
This was because after finishing reading the script bearing with the the tone that was excessively like that became too much .
“Master, please calm down . You were cool . ”
Ann consoled him .
“Before the Great Magic War, that sort of style of speech and display was a regular performance . ”
When nobles had small fights between fellow countrymen and such, that kind of exaggerated talk was commonplace, Ann said .
“…It really was exaggerated, wasn’t it . ”
Ann’s consolation didn’t seem to be of much use .
“My Lord, please give your instructions on how to continue . ”
Then as a request came from Laojin, Jin switched gears .
“As plans over here too went more or less as planned, it should be fine to carry on with the plans for the aftermath too . ”
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“Understood . ”
“Then I’ll be going to Kaina Village, so if there’s anything please give me a call . ”
After doing something as out-of-character for him as stopping a war, Jin couldn’t relax in any way and in a great hurry warped to Hourai Island to seek comfort .
“Ah, onii-chan! What did you do? It’s almost lunchtime, you know?”
Hannah shouted as soon as she saw Jin . She was a little upset as he had been late in coming back .
“Sorry, sorry, there was just a little something back at my home that I had to take care of . ”
“Geez . You scared me, I thought you might have disappeared again!”
“Sorry . I’ll be in contact properly from now on . ”
Jin apologized while patting Hannah’s head . While doing that he felt his hear that was on the edge calming down .
“You know, today I went to the forest to gather firewood . This morning uncle Rock and the others brought in a lot of mountain deer, so we’re going to make smoked meat . ”
Jin remembered that Rock had said something about that when he had seen the icehouse .
“Oh, I see . Shall we go help?”
“Yeah!”
Hannah who was back in a good mood pulled Jin by the hand to the plaza where they were smoking meat .
Meanwhile, Reiko had returned to Hourai Island with Titan Mk . 2 . Because she had gone through the Warp Gate she was the first one back .
“Welcome back, Reiko-san . ”
“Laojin, where’s Father?”
Reiko asked as she couldn’t see Jin who was usually here .
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“My Lord has… gone to Kaina Village a step ahead of you . ”
Laojin told Reiko the truth with some concern, thinking it would make Reiko’s mood worsen .
“Is that so . He went to see Hannah-chan, didn’t he?”
Reiko smiled and said so, contrary to his expectations .
“Father appears to treasure Hannah-chan the most, doesn’t he?”
Feeling just a little marveled, Laojin decided to daringly ask Reiko .
“Reiko-san, you seem to hold Hannah-chan in special regard too, am I correct? Of course, when leaving My Lord out of the argument . ”
Then Reiko surprisingly laughed .
“He he, so you noticed . Yes, after Father Hannah-chan is the most important to me . ”
“May I ask why?”
“Of course . It’s because Hannah-chan resembles Mother well . ”
“By mother you mean the predecessor, isn’t that right?”
“Yes . My Mother, Adrianna Balbora Ceci . Of course, I don’t mean that their Magic Energy patterns are alike or anything like that . On the contrary, Hannah can’t use magic . ”
“In that case, it’s the appearance?”
“That’s correct . When Mother was young, no, when she was a child, I’m certain she looked just like Hannah . ”
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