episode_0533

The warrior’s party entered the fairy forest as the war against the evil spirit was gradually intensifying.

In a situation where it was impossible to maintain the front line with human power alone, the party sought help from other races, and one of the places they visited in the process was the Fairy Forest.

“The age of myth was a worse world than you think. The idea of a world where gods and humans coexist means that the earth was not touched much by humans, so the world at that time was colored with a greener light than it is now. But even though I grew up in that kind of world, the fairy’s breath was so beautiful that I couldn’t help but admire it.”

At that time, the hometown of the fairies, who stepped into all the nature of the world and made the greenery more beautiful, had a landscape so wonderful that even Erginus, who had been devastated during the war, made the eyes shine.

“Fairies are beings who are born as children and die as children. The fairies, who rarely visit the fairy forest, came to us as a favor and played many pranks on us.”

Actually, it’s a joke. The actions of fairies who had rarely seen humans were so cruel that ordinary humans would have died several times.

Fortunately, it was a group of warriors who visited this forest, so no one was harmed, but at the time, the group of warriors did not even think that it was a favor.

Rather, they thought that the fairies were rejecting them, and even so, if they had to persuade them, they walked in, taking on the fairies’ pranks with their whole body, with the mission of persuading them.

“In the meantime, all the phenomena that were happening around suddenly disappeared and a woman appeared in the sky.”

She introduced herself as the queen of the fairies and apologized for the fairies’ mischief while also healing the various residual wounds that had been inflicted on the group.

The Fairy Queen, who should be called the origin of all fairies, was a being infinitely close to godhood, and the power she wielded was something that even Archmage Erginus was amazed at, but he did not pay the slightest attention to the Fairy Queen’s power.

To be precise, I would say that I couldn’t keep my eyes on it. From the moment the Fairy Queen appeared, Erginus could not take his eyes off her laughter even for a moment.

“You fell in love with that lady who smelled like a chicken coop? Your taste is so unique.”

“The smell of a chicken coop! He knew how to smile more purely than any other person in the world, and he also had a merciful heart comparable to that of the Lord!”

Even though he could get over Lucy’s many provocations, Erginus seemed unable to bear insulting his first and last love. After going crazy for a while, he cleared his throat and continued speaking.

“That was the problem. Because I opened my eyes to a passionate love and could not see anything other than her in the fairy forest.”

A man named Erginus was not a person blinded by love and unable to distinguish between public and private things.

He was aware of his own mind, but that did not make him lazy in confronting the evil spirit.

Because he knew how heavy the mission given to him was, he suppressed his personal desires deep down.

However, at least when you come to the fairy forest. At least when I was next to the Fairy Queen and listening to her clear voice.

At least when I see her smiling even at my own boring stories. Erginus forgot his mission.

“By the time I saw the evil spirit in my distant eyes, it was already too late for everything. The forest, which was more beautiful than any other place, was filled with the strong spirit of evil spirits, and the fairies, who had lost their innocence and were dyed black, tried to dye other bags black.”

Of course, it wasn’t that Erginus didn’t do anything because he was blaming himself. He was a human being who was infinitely far from the word resignation.

Therefore, he tried to use every means available to him to avoid the worst situation.

but.

“The situation at the time was bad enough to make my desperation seem foolish.”

Armadi, the god, and Agra, the evil god, were clashing across the battle lines.

On a land where numerous disasters were raging, groups of followers of evil gods and those who followed good gods were rushing towards each other, aiming for each other’s heads.

The warrior’s party was scattered to various places and was leading the front line.

Erginus had to overcome the disaster solely with his own abilities.

“You probably already know this, but I failed. At the time, I was too weak to defeat the dark energy that had eaten away at the very source of the earth.”

Even if he is a genius who will not be surpassed even after hundreds of years, he is still human in the end. It was impossible to win against the evil god who had made the forest his domain.

“Around the time I realized that things could not be undone. I was noticing the lesser evil in the worst. If we continue like this, the fairies who were our supporters will end up on the side of the evil spirit, so we have to burn everything before that happens.”

If polluted forests cannot be restored, they must be burned. If you leave a seed of discord behind, it is best to erase it because you never know what kind of outcome it will lead to.

Erginus knew this. I knew it. I understood it better than anyone else.

but.

Nevertheless.

He chose the worst instead of the lesser evil.

Instead of excluding the fairies, we decided to seal the fairy forest.

“I wasn’t even sure I would succeed. Even if the seal was done properly, there was no guarantee that the seal would not be broken by an evil spirit. I can assure you that it was crazy.”

Fortunately, Erginus succeeded in sealing it. Instead of killing the fairies, he put the forest into eternal sleep so that they could become neither enemies nor allies.

“I swore under the queen who fell asleep first. I will definitely return this forest to its original state. At that time, I will open her eyes again.”

Erginus at the time did not think that this sleep would last for hundreds of years.

I believed that if the war between the evil and good gods ended and everything returned to the way it was, if the great Armadi performed a miracle for them, the insidiousness of the evil god of darkness would not be able to withstand the light and would run away.

“…Huh? But didn’t Erginus and his colleagues win the war against evil spirits?”

When Joey, who was quietly listening to the story, expressed doubt, Erginus shook his head.

“If our war was crowned with victory, there would be no such thing as a dungeon in this world.”

“Then.”

“We just postponed the burden to future generations. Hoping that someone in the future will achieve what we failed to do.”

As Erginus said that, he turned his gaze towards Lucy, and she snorted without saying a word.

Looks like she knew about this a long time ago. There’s no way that guy, Ruel, would hide his crime from the child he cares about.

To others too. Even to yourself. Because he’s a very picky guy.

“After the war ended with a subtle result that was neither victory nor defeat. All I could do at that time was to make the seal stronger. I hope that in the future, someday, someone will give them rest.”

Hundreds of years passed like that. A child bearing the miracle of the god appeared in front of Erginus.

“The request I would like to make to you is this. Please help the sinners of the past who deserve to be forgotten so that they can disappear without resolving their karma. In that case, I will give you everything I have accumulated so far and let you go.”

The offer Erginus made was attractive enough that many wizards would risk everything to accept it.

It is an asset possessed by the greatest genius in history whose evaluation has only increased over hundreds of years!

If the king of the Magic Empire heard of this, it was so precious that he would even sell his country to keep it in his arms.

“You’re going to make me suffer just for something like that? Who would be greedy for assets such as a virgin skeleton that has been buried underground for hundreds of years? Haha. Even though my head is a flower garden, there are degrees.”

However, Lucy laughed at Erginus’ suggestion.

“While teaching your friend last time, I roughly figured out the level of modern wizards. The knowledge I have is full of things that can serve as vision even in modern times. If you show even a glimpse of this knowledge to the wizards, they will drool and cling to you.”

“You think people with shattered social skills like you will stick around? Ugh. It’s really disgusting. Just imagining it gives me goosebumps. It’s even more annoying when I think about the fishy-smelling virgins thinking I’m an asshole.”

Erginus, who had not expected this situation, trembled in bewilderment. Contrary to what he appears on the outside, he is a deep child on the inside. I don’t think they’re doing this because they don’t know the value of my magic.

Even her friends who are around her are freaking out right now.

Then what is it? Why are they saying my magic is worthless?

“Hey. Dear wizard. In the end, it’s your wish. You can’t achieve it without me.”

“That is.”

“No matter how much he thinks he’s great and tries hard, he ends up being an idiot who can’t do anything without even a little girl. You.”

Lucy stood in front of him, looking down at Erginus with a sneer in her eyes, crossing her arms and lifting her chin.

“It’s been so long since you haven’t talked to someone that you even forgot how to ask for a favor. I’ll tell you specifically what you need to do.”

“…What should I do?”

“Yes. You, an incompetent fool who can’t protect anything, not love, innocence, or the world, should crawl under my feet and pray for your wish to come true.”

Lucy grumbles that she doesn’t understand why a self-proclaimed genius who has never been successful asks her to go along with his idiotic plan.

Erginus opened his eyes wide.

I frowned for a moment.

Soon he let out a helpless laugh.

Finally, he bowed his head.

“Please, please. Please help me disappear without any regrets.”

“Now I finally understand my topic. This is why ignorant idiots are annoying.”