135. After the Incident
Leon’s subordinate, a knight clad in silver, Alrose suddenly appeared before me.
Without dallying even a minute after his arrival,
「Leon-sama is engaged in mortal combat with Kagurazaka Yuuki.
We beg for your assistance!」
He exclaimed.
I mean, I don’t really have an obligation to assist, but…
I guess this gives me a chance to steal Leon’s prey…
That kind of dangerous guy needs to be killed as soon as possible.
I guess I might as well go.
「Alright. Lead the way」
「Ay! Right this…」
I decided to interrupt Alrose, and said
「Actually, I’ll just tap into your memories for a bit」
I entered his mind without waiting for approval.
I then contacted Benimaru and Shion and had them begin Yuuki-subjugation preparations.
This is the first time I rely on others’ coordinates to make the jump.
Thus, without a single blunder, we successfully appeared in the skies above the battlefield. Shion was surely running late.
Is what I thought.
But by then Yuuki had already escaped. What. the. hell. Seriously?
Now then, these is the current state of affairs.
The grounds itself reeks of death, and a single (beautiful) crater was in the center of it.
But wait… aren’t we over the Dwarf’s Kingdom? Though there’s a lot of rock between the top and the kingdom itself, with the battle at this scale I wonder if they caused any earthquakes.
This isn’t a volcano, but if an earthquake is bad, people might have died.
We should check the kingdom out. Just when I thought so, Shion appeared.
「Hey, go see the Dwarf’s Kingdom
「Ay, understood. What about the enemies?」
And please try to be polite」
「Ay!」
I sent Shion off.
Wait, don’t I recognize three people with her. Aren’t those Demon Lord Dagrule’s sons?
…what do I care? I’ll just pretend I didn’t know. I’m not responsible!.. Not how it works, you say? Nope! If it bothers you, you lose.
So let’s pretend I never thought any of this. Rather, let’s go talk to Leon.
「Well, well, well. Leon, care to explain?」
Leon is sorting through some meat.
After locating the woman, he cleaned up the rest of the flesh with a purifying light.
When he was finished, he finally looked at me.
「It’s as you see」
He said, with a look of “don’t you get it?”
I wanted to scream at him,
「I want to hear it from you」
I responded with a smile.
Is this silent gentleman mad at me?.. If I were a girl would he still be mad at me?
…I guess he would. Definitely.
「We too like to hear an explanation. Of course, in grand detail, Leon.」
Wonderfully timed, Ruminas.
Seems like Leon sent for Ruminas as well. And she actually came to help!?
She actually came when called by a person she barely knows?
「Hmph. So you came. I thought I could handle that human Yuuki.
My bad, I let him get away. I underestimated him」
Leon confessed when we both pressed on.
In the midst of gouged earth and rotting forests, an elegant tea set.
Hey… just how comfortable are you going to get?
「Please, here」
A sage with a young voice directed me into a comfortable chair. And I sat.
Another sage was fanning Ruminas. Our tea party would have seemed eerie to onlookers, but I guess I shouldn’t mind it.
「Well then, explain」
Ruminas said, and Leon began explaining.
There’s two reasons why he didn’t invite us.
He underestimated Yuuki and didn’t want to reveal his power.
「In other words, if we fought together would you fight at full strength?」
Ruminas and I had trouble responding to Leon’s question.
「Why, of course we would. We trust thee」
Ruminas responded with a smile.
I remember that our existence gets erased or something like that
≪Solution. Beings who have surpassed the bounds of flesh, those who achieved spirit bodies are able to lie≫
Ah, I see.
So if you’re strong it’s alright. Whether that’s right or not, who knows, but let’s proceed on this assumption for now.
After Yuuki had awakened his ultimate skill, we might have just hid our powers and managed to stall him.
We are fellow Demon Lords but are hardly friends. No, we are allies, but that doesn’t mean I can trust them with my life.
I had no choice but accept Leon’s words.
In the very end, Leon lost a subordinate and Yuuki escaped death.
Yuuki had brainwashed him once, but Chloe set him straight. Her methods are unclear, but we should be fortunate that she can reverse mind control. Yuuki probably did not notice, so Claud will continue to spy on him.
Steal life, steal one’s heart. And convert another’s energy into one’s own, what ability could it be?
≪Solution. He likely possess ultimate skill Greedy King Mamon≫
Huh? You know that much?
Among skills of our level it is the weakest.
Ands is it just me, or did Raphael seem really smug when dissing Mamon? Well, we should be fine as long as we don’t let our guard down.
After listening to Leon’s explanation we decided to wait for Claude to contact us.
The only problem remaining is the fact that Milim’s pet dragon was resurrected.
This really will be a pain for us to solve…
「Hmm? Oh, you are friends with Milim right? I’m glad to have you here」
Leon said with a bright smile on his face.
Wait, this bastard isn’t planning…
「Well, we have heard enough, and ’tis time for us to bid you adieu」
Ruminas is ready to dash.
Though I could never hope to be forced to clean up this mess…
They can’t possibly think her to still be alive?
I looked closely. She is 100% dead. Normally that would be it, but…
「Hey, Ruminas. Can’t you reverse death?」
「Ah, my bad. But hey, look ‘ere」
With an empty apology, I called Ruminas over.
Ruminas came over, despite preparing to leave a second ago.
「We see, she may be dead, but she may live agani」
Ruminas pronounced her judgment after looking at the girl.
This girl still has her soul. Two souls to be exact.
「Really?! Sis is alive?!」
Death is but a state of the body; true death is the vanquishing of the soul.
「But this is strange. Why did her soul not disappear upon death?」
Normally, a soul disappears when its vessel is destroyed.
So how could this be?
≪Solution. Mamon’s ability brings one’s life to absolute zero, but this is the merely the state of apparent death≫
I see, thank you Raphael-sensei.
Now then, why does she have two souls? Did you catch on already?
≪Solution. I have, Chaos Dragon’s soul is mixed in with ers.
Nor is it in its cursed state, but rather has been purified≫
…S-Seriously?!
If there’s no curse, we can revive them both. More than avoiding Milim’s wrath, we would attain her eternal gratitude!
「Hark, you all. We must resurrect this girl at all cost.
I have caught on something amazing, and wish for you to listen」
And thus I told them about Raphael-sensei’s conjectures.
When Demon Lords converse mere servants have no say. But it’s his own sister, so he can hardly contain himself.
We can separate their souls. I have a jewel to plant the soul into as well.
But Milim will probably be fine with it. I don’t think she would want him for his strength.
Doctor Ruminas, it’s time you reverse death itself!
I guess she also doesn’t want to see a mad Milim; or maybe she’s just nice.
「Ruminas, you aren’t a tsundere by any chance?」
Say it again and you’re dead, was her response.
Red was revived, resulting in Blue crying in thanks to Ruminas and I.
Thus the post-battle clean-up concluded.
Well, that’s to be expected.
Leon and Ruminas promised to let the rest know before acting in the future.
Human Countries and Demon Lords.
These relationships will continue to develop from now on.
Even as a turbulent storm was approaching…