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Episode 154

Leelia must have just heard Carmel’s words.

If you are pushed by the curse, you will die.

No, you may have known from the beginning.

Nevertheless, Leelia did not give up yet.

There is no despair or even fear anymore.

I shouted, holding the holy sword Drald tightly in both hands.

“Reelia! What should I do? Let me know! How to use the holy sword!”

“Soon… When my strength is exhausted, the curse will consume my body. At that moment, please stab me with that holy sword.”

“…Yes?”

I didn’t hear it wrong. Stabbing the saint herself?

“Ah, is that the effect of this holy sword? The kind that only removes curses without causing any harm to the human body?”

“No, it has a purifying effect, but it is definitely a sword with substance. If you stab me… I will die with a curse.”

“Then why…!”

“This is the only way. This curse is so powerful. The moment I was weakened after pouring all my divine power into it, I delivered the finishing blow with Drald. This was the only thing worth trying.”

I was so dumbfounded that I shouted.

“That’s what you’re planning…! If I had told you in advance, I would never have allowed it! I would have broken a knife like this right away!”

“It’s already too late, princess. There is no way to back out now. Whether I use the holy sword or not, I will be eaten by the curse and die. Now… there really isn’t much time left to hold on.”

This seems to be the essence of Reelia’s strange attitude before entering the room. From the beginning, the saint knew that she would not be able to defeat Mystilia.

So, after creating a situation where I couldn’t escape, I was presented with a choice.

Even without using the holy sword, the saint dies. In order not to make the sacrifice meaningless, the saint herself must be stabbed. Such an unreasonable choice.

“I don’t like it!”

“Profit… Wow, princess, you idiot…! Don’t you know? Think rationally!”

“That would be the fool! Whatever you want, whatever you want…!”

Carmel was looking this way with an expression that suggested she was yawning.

“What are you guys doing?”

There didn’t seem to be much time for conflict. The black magic had already penetrated into the light of divine power and was staining Reelia’s hands black. Leelia spoke in a calm voice.

“Please listen carefully, princess. When I first saw the queen’s face, I felt it immediately. The reason the power of purification was given to me was to extinguish this curse from Lustier. This was a saint’s intuition, no, it was closer to a revelation from the goddess. This is the fate I must follow. So please, please, please. Please stab me!”

A curse placed on Lustier.

An age-old curse that moves a rare evil woman named Carmel and leads Lustier to destruction. That is Mystilia.

Leelia’s strangely powerful divine power may have really been given to her to counter it. In the end, it was a little short.

But that didn’t really matter.

“Wait, uh, where are you going, princess!”

I walked towards Mystilia, not Reelia. Wading through waves of black magic that reached up to my knees.

As he pulled the sword from its scabbard, Drald’s silver blade flashed. I’m not used to using a sword, but I don’t think it would be a problem if it’s this size.

There are three main ways to lift a curse.

The first is to purify the curse by surrounding it with overwhelming divine power. However, if it is not possible even with the power of a saint, it will be difficult now.

If so, it’s time to try another method.

I held the drald with both hands and held it high. Mystilia’s true nature is at best a tree branch. It’s easy to split it by hitting it down.

“No, princess! Then I die!”

Reelia’s voice, like a scream, is heard. His expression was much more desperate than when he told me to stab him.

Before I knew it, Carmel was standing up and looking in my direction.

“Sera Are you sure you don’t know? Even if you destroy a cursed object, the curse will be directed to the person who destroyed it. In the worst case scenario, you may end up becoming a living curse!”

“You are quite embarrassed, mother. Of course I know those basic facts. But you won’t know until you try, right?”

“Don’t be stupid! Do you think that kind of bravado will work against a curse?”

“I’m not bragging. Do you think I won’t be able to endure the curse that my mother endured? I… am already prepared.”

It’s half a lie. To be honest, I was so scared.

I was seeing it with my eyes now. Mystilia, who revealed her true colors, was covered in black magical power like an abyss. It’s like a pitch black cloud.

If something like this flows into your body… an instinctive fear arises. But it was much better than sticking the sword into Reelia’s chest with my own hand.

I really strained the hand holding the drald, intending to stab it. At that moment, the desperate voice was heard again.

“Stop, stop, Sarah!”

Carmel got out of bed and was coming towards me. It seemed quite difficult to move as if the black magic was also affecting Carmel.

“I will do it. If you want to stop me… lift the curse, mother.”

Third way to lift the curse. Anyone who has placed a curse can lift it themselves. It is not yet known whether it was Carmel who created Mystilia.

Carmel shook her head loudly.

“No, I can’t do it… This is a curse that has been passed down long before I was born… It’s impossible even for me…”

I see. Then there is only one way left.

I slashed the drald towards Mystilia at once.

Kwasik, there was a feeling in my hand.

At that moment, the dark magic that was thick in the room gathered together and swirled. There was no sound, but it felt as if a living creature was crying out in pain.

Immediately after that, black magic rushed towards me. I lost consciousness as I felt the horrifying sensation of something black sticking to my entire body.

* * *

I can see the back, which I have seen before.

Hair loose, worn-out black clothes. This is something I once saw in a dream.

“Enekra.”

When I called that name, the black witch looked back at me with frightening speed.

“Lustier?”

Obviously, I am Lustier. But Enekra looked very disappointed.

“It’s you, Lustier’s child.”

It seems she also remembers that meeting. Then maybe this isn’t a dream.

“Why are you cursing Lustier?”

The black witch looked at me with creepy eyes.

“Are you asking that? I gave everything for Lustier! Lustier remembers nothing, nothing? Ahaha, ahahahaha! Good thing I left a curse! Perish, Lustier!”

Enekra trembled with a glowing glow. I felt some kind of sadness from that sight.

“Who is this Lustier who wants you to remember him?”

Lustier is the name of a country, but it is also the surname of the royal family. When Enekra used the word Lustier, it always sounded to me as if he was referring to someone in particular.

Just as quickly as it had spread, the maniacal smile disappeared from Enekra’s face. Enekra returned to his original dark face and blurted out a single word.

“Luke Lustier.”

Luke Lustier is the first Lustier, the founder of the kingdom. I asked again calmly.

“Did you love him?”

Numerous emotions quickly boiled over on Enekra’s face. Anger, betrayal, hatred, and sadness. The final answer was very brief.

“Okay.”

A witch who loved a king… It’s a story where you can somehow imagine the ending. Enekra began to speak in a muttering manner.

“I gave everything for him. My magic and curses! He devoted himself solely to his wish! But he… betrayed me after he became king. As if driving them out to the cold and lonely north wasn’t enough, they sent soldiers to subdue them. Hehe, hee hee, hee hee hee! Lustier… Cursed be Lustier!”

I have never read anywhere that a witch helped the Lustier Kingdom. Of course, if Luke Lustier really betrayed Enekra, he might have destroyed all related records.

“So you created Mystilia.”

“Okay. That’s my masterpiece. I ground up the bodies and minds of countless soldiers who came to kill me and offered them as sacrifices! I, complete with my tears and hatred, the master of the black things, Enekra’s greatest curse! You can never escape Lustier! As long as my descendants remain, as long as Lustier lives shamelessly! Ahahahaha!”

Enekra, raising his fist high and shouting in an excited voice, certainly looked like he was not in his right mind. Enekra, who was laughing enthusiastically, looked at me with a surprised face as if he suddenly realized something.

“Wait a minute, you… no way…”

I looked at Enekra’s shaking eyes and spoke calmly.

“Yes, I destroyed Mystilia.”