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Chapter 6 Episode 51 – Interrogation 1

We kidnapped Patricia, left the capital, and landed in a deserted forest for a while.

Ryuka, who had transformed into human form, had tears in her eyes as she carefully wiped my face, which was ruined by burns caused by her own spit.

“Ugh… . I can’t believe Zeke’s precious face got ruined like this because of me… .”

“It’s not your fault. I said I would do it.”

“But, but… .”

I couldn’t check it properly because I didn’t have a mirror, but I could tell it was serious just by touching my face. The good news is that the vision was somewhat preserved.

‘It was definitely reckless. If I had escaped a little later, I would have really died.’

I was soaking my entire body with boiling water in a sauna with extremely high temperatures that made it difficult to even breathe. It wasn’t something a normal person would do.

The reason I was able to survive was probably because of Jeong Hwa-seok. I don’t know the reason, but holding Jeonghwaseok tightly to my body made me feel like I was able to endure it more than I thought.

‘Other people can’t even touch my body, so why am I fine?’

It’s not that I don’t have any guesses, but I’m not sure yet.

What’s more important is whether or not this face can be restored to its original state.

‘It seems like a very useful operation if it can restore the face to its original state or prepare for burns.’

It was a crazy idea that I came up with on the spur of the moment, but it succeeded in catching Patricia off guard.

From her perspective, the purification stone was not only impossible to touch with bare hands, but it was also a dangerous object that had to be handled carefully using tongs because it would pierce even with gloves on. In addition, the purification stone emits light on its own.

So, to hide this under the tongue, you have to cover the purification stone with something very thick. Otherwise, your tongue and floor of your mouth will be damaged. However, if it was too thick, Patricia would have noticed that the tongue would float unnaturally.

So, Patricia ruled out the possibility that there was something threatening to her hidden in the dragon’s mouth. In other words, it means that there is nothing threatening other than Jeonghwa-seok.

Thanks to this, Patricia was more embarrassed than ever before and broke the relaxed attitude she had always maintained. Even now, I’m dumbfounded and think, ‘How on earth…? He is muttering ‘.’

“Zeke. Why would you do such a dangerous thing to me? . Wouldn’t it be okay if you ordered it from me?”

Leon, with a complicated expression, spoke to me.

“If you had done it, you would have died. Besides, you can’t let Jeonghwa Stone touch your body.”

“… … Still.”

“That’s it. I won’t do it until it puts you in danger.”

“ugh… .”

Leon clutched his chest with a pitiful expression.

“Is there no way to fix it? ?”

“Ma, that’s right. If I ask that scientist, he can fix it!? Right, Zeke!?”

“Well. Is it possible to cure such a serious burn? .”

Even modern medicine had no way to completely repair such severe burns. Of course, since this world is a fantasy world and there is a lot of strange technology, there is no possibility that it can be fixed.

‘But there’s something more important than that.’

Anyway, if you retry the face, everything will be restored. Besides, my face is one of my important weapons, and I have no intention of losing it so easily.

The important thing in the current situation is to interrogate Patricia. I kidnapped you at best, but if you can’t find out anything, there’s no point in kidnapping.

I stood in front of Patricia. The arms and legs were tied tightly with rope, and a purification stone was inserted between the legs to prevent them from falling out. Thanks to this, it looks a bit weird, but I couldn’t think of a more reliable way to subdue it, so I left it like this.

Perhaps because she was exposed to the purification stone for a long time, her lower body was already completely white. From time to time, he moves his upper body but does not move his lower body, so it seems as if he has lost all sense of feeling.

‘It’s scary, Jeonghwa-seok.’

Is this the power of the power of God? I roughly expected the Cutting Power Stone to cut everything without even asking or questioning, but it is still deceptive.

But there are two of these for each holy sword.

‘No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand why humans lost.’

Except for the Central Continent and the Western Continent, all continents were destroyed by the monarch. Also, the Holy Sword was not in charge of the West Continent. What on earth did you do to lose despite having such fraudulent power?

Of course, monarchs also go crazy when they use their power properly.

‘Well, the past is the past.’

The foolish actions of people in the past are none of my business.

“Lord of Plague. There is something I want to ask you.”

“… … Did you know who I was? I’ve been keeping a close eye on your movements, but I have no idea how you found out about it.”

“There is a way.”

“It’s a method. Did our second child tell you this? But he probably doesn’t know what I’m doing right now. Same goes for my other younger siblings… .”

“There is no reason to answer your question.”

“Then I have no intention of answering your question either.”

“That sounds like asking me to kill you like this.”

“Can you kill me? The reason you captured our second child is because you know we won’t die, right? And yet you’re threatening to kill me? Well, I don’t care. All you have to do is hide again after being resurrected.”

“Ha.”

As Patricia said, monarchs don’t die. To be precise, even if the body on earth dies, it is soon resurrected as a new body.

Since they are virtually immortal, the only way to stop them is to seal them.

However, based on the contents of the monarch strategy book, I came up with a hypothesis.

“… … It really doesn’t matter, right? To me, it seems like bluff.”

“Are you bluffing? Isn’t this a fact that you have already verified? So, they probably didn’t kill the second child, but locked him up.”

“Okay. You guys don’t die. Even if you die, you will be resurrected again. but… . Is there really no risk even if I die? I don’t think so. If there really wasn’t any risk, why would Rusk, who had lost all his strength, struggle to survive in his weakened body?”

“… … .”

I know what happens to a being without risk of death. Because that’s who I am. Even death is treated as a means, and if you make a mistake, you choose to just die and start over.

However, in Rusk’s case, although death was not the end, he did not use it as a means either. That means that although it is resurrected, there is some unknown risk.

“Risk when you face death. I thought for a long time about what that was. Then I got a hint recently. Lord of Plague. You were once a conquering lord with the power of all lords. However, because they were unable to conquer the earth for a long time, their power was eventually taken away by other monarchs.”

I thought about it. Since they are already active on the ground, is it possible to take away the power that was given to them? And why did they drag it on for such a long time before taking it away?

If such intervention is possible in the first place, why wouldn’t the Chaos God intervene in some other way? For example, wouldn’t it be possible to induce the sealed Lord of Death to break through the seal by giving him strength?

Perhaps the Chaos God cannot interfere with monarchs who have already come to earth?

“When you die, you return to the black world. If you want to come back to the surface after returning, you will have to break through the border of the world, so you will need a huge amount of energy. The only being with such power is probably the Chaos God.”

If he were to return to the black world after death, it would be possible to steal his powers since it is the same world and a world where he reigns as a god.

According to this hypothesis, the reason why Patricia’s powers were taken away long after, even though she showed incompetence for a long time, is because she did not die for a long time.

“Every time you die, you have to report your failure to your superiors and get another chance. In general terms, it seems quite risky. Well, if you’re simply incompetent, you’ll end up getting scolded or punished… .”

Patricia is lying on the floor, looking at me with her eyes wide open. I leaned down and made eye contact with her.

“If you attempted treason, it won’t end with a simple punishment.”

flinch–.

Slightly, her body and pupils shook.

A momentary reaction that cannot be hidden when hit on the spot.

The response was a clearer statement than any testimony.

“The Lord of Plague, no, Patricia. I’ll ask again. Do you really not care if you die? Are you sure that even if you die, you will come back safely?”

“… … Huh, huh… .”

Patricia burst out laughing as if she had lost her mind.

“Huhuhuhu… Hahahahahahahaha… ! Ahahahahahaha… !”

The laughter that lasted for several minutes died down, and she spoke in a resigned voice.

“Ha… . I just needed a little more.”

“I can’t help it. The other person is me?”

As Patricia said, if it had been a few more days, the empire would have fallen into Patricia’s hands. And she would have easily won against Rusk.

I don’t know how strong the God of Chaos is, but considering Patricia’s personality, if there was no chance of winning, they wouldn’t have even started in the first place.

“Why are you rebelling against the God of Chaos? Just because you want to have power?”

“… … There’s no special reason. I just hate that lowly bastard who acts as he pleases.”

“You’ve been doing this shit for thousands of years just because you don’t like it?”

“You shouldn’t think by the standards of mortals. We have to live for an infinitely long time in the future, so we have to worship someone who is so poor in taste, like he’s a god. It’s terrible, isn’t it?”

“Then Rusk, you hate the Lord of War too, so you plan to kill him?”

“… … Rusk, did he say that? The plague doesn’t like sleeping?”

“No. You don’t need to hear it, you just know it by looking at it.”

“If that’s the case, you’re looking at it wrong.”

Patricia sighs and laughs.

“I love my younger siblings so much. To the point where he even tried to kill God for his younger siblings.”