episode_0249

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A dark night with little moonlight.

Someone entered the room where Eila was locked up.

Aila, who was tied to the tentacles and had her eyes closed, opened them both at the sound of footsteps.

I couldn’t help but be nervous. Everyone who enters this room has no other purpose than to brutally ravage their own bodies.

What appeared through the darkness was a familiar face. However, it did not appear that the purpose was to humiliate.

“…Carmel…?”

“Mom…”

A daughter who betrayed herself after being tricked by an evil princess. But now Carmel’s eyes were full of pity for her mother.

Carmel’s eyes turned to Aila’s chest. Two pieces of metal that are like symbols of cruel humiliation. Carmel seemed to be recalling an indescribable emotion as she looked at it.

This is unusual. Aila sensed that there was a flow that should not be missed. Aila called her daughter’s name in a voice that was extremely sweet.

“Carmel… What’s going on?”

From the moment she came here, Carmel seemed unsure. Carmel in Aila’s memories was always like that. She was a poor daughter.

“That child… Sarah plans to eventually kill her mother. I don’t want that… Of course, you are my enemy and Sera’s enemy now…”

Of course, Princess Sera would be unaware of this midnight visit. Carmel still seemed unable to make up her mind.

“I’m fine, Carmel.”

It’s a smile so benevolent that if a stranger saw it, the word “saint” would come to mind. What lurks underneath is the evil intent of a poisonous snake.

“That child… is just as Princess Sera said. I committed so many sins… I almost killed you too. So it’s okay. But Carmel, I have to say sorry to you. As a mother, I really couldn’t do anything for you.”

Eila has despised Carmel since childhood.

Aila hated children who were obsessed with useless little things and who yearned for her affection because they were not as ruthless as she was.

It was only when she accepted Mystilia’s hatred that she began to acknowledge Carmel.

For Carmel, these might be the first warm words she encountered from her mother. It may have been that one word that I wanted even as I asked Sarah to save her mother.

“Promise me you will never appear in Lustier again.”

“…I promise.”

Carmel closed her eyes tightly. A moment later, Carmel opened her eyes and took out a shining dagger from her arms.

Sigh!

The tentacle that was tying Aila up was cut, spewing out slimy fluid. Eila, free from the tentacles, moved her free hands around.

“What is the absolute obedience order?”

“It’s okay. Because I adjusted the amount of magical energy so that it would be released around this time…”

“I see. You did a great job, Carmel.”

Aila’s last words were spoken in a completely different voice than before. No, it should be said to be the original voice.

At the same time, a high-pitched, piercing melody flowed from Eila’s mouth. Then something sharp like a mantis’ sickle appeared and tore Carmel’s body apart.

“…Uh…?”

In the heat, pain, and blurred consciousness, Carmel saw her mother smiling.

Both arms were gone from Carmel’s body. Aila spoke coldly as if spitting on Carmel, who had fallen on the floor.

“Stupid. Do you betray me and my ancestors by falling for that little girl?”

Before she could even scream, Aila’s scythe cut Carmel to pieces. Eila lightly wiped her daughter’s blood from her cheek with her hand and began to sing a song praising life.

“La-, Irbesia ta Wibe-”

A beautiful yet somewhat eerie singing voice. Inside, Aila’s body was transforming into a spider-like appearance.

To be exact, it is a body that has the appearance of a spider and a human coexisting. Her upper body was still a perfectly beautiful woman, but her lower body resembled a giant spider with eight legs.

A pure white spider web spewed out from behind and completely wrapped around Carmel’s fallen body. Aila, who regained her strength, broke the wall and escaped from the cramped room.

* * *

“Emergency! It’s an emergency! Everyone, go to Type 7 combat deployment!”

“Great, Captain! Transmission is impossible! Maybe most of the people in the castle have already…”

“Are the knights of the kingdom made to sound weak? I will clear the way! Let’s start from where the princess is…!”

The castle of Sesennes, which had been spending a quiet night, was suddenly engulfed in the flames of battle.

Eila crawled across the castle roof, singing songs praising life. Those who heard it all became monsters who followed her.

Castles may be strong against external attacks, but they are not very good at dealing with internal enemies. Even more so if it is an unreasonable magician who turns into enemies just by singing a song.

The castle’s defense forces were already devastated. The only ones left are a few fighting while isolated in various places. No matter how high each individual’s combat power was, they were destined to eventually become monsters due to Aila.

What Eila should prioritize more than those weeds was Princess Sera. Eila was walking around the roof of the castle, looking into the windows, looking for Princess Sera.

They wouldn’t have been able to get out of the castle yet. I already know all of the secret passages in the Castle of Sesennes. It was impossible to escape secretly in the midst of this chaos.

Above all, there must have been a being nearby the princess that could be easily identified anywhere.

Eila, who was crawling around the castle on spider legs, finally sensed that powerful wave of mana.

It is near the west exit of the castle. It was definitely true. It was impossible to misperceive the presence of the saint’s overwhelming divine power.

“Found it!”

Eila headed there, sliding across the roof and walls. When she arrived there with a smile on her face, the princess, the saint, and a red-haired female knight named Rika were looking at her with astonished faces.

“Aila…!”

The princess’s expression completely distorted her cute face. It was more precious than any other delicacy Aila had ever tasted.

It seems like he was trying to somehow secure a means of escape. He was leading three horses that luckily escaped the curse.

“Run away first, princess…! This is where I…”

A look of determination appeared on the face of the small saint. According to Carmel’s words, there won’t be a single piece of mana left in the princess’s Book of Enekra.

Besides, it seemed like he didn’t have that pesky music box with him right now. If so, the game is already over.

“la——–”

The saint’s divine power is powerful. It is enough to nullify the ancient curse contained in a song praising life. But that’s it.

Erasing mana, which has the substance of sound, is not simply a collision of mana with mana. In previous fights, having the nature of sound was a weakness, but now it was just the opposite.

“Ugh…!”

In the end, the saint’s divine power was unable to withstand the song and was crushed. The sharp spider’s leg pierced the saint’s stomach. At the ecstatic sensation of tearing young, soft flesh, Aila gave a creepy smile that almost reached her ears.

“Ahaha, ahahahahaha!”

The sound of maniacal laughter as if all the humiliation and resentment that had been suffered up until now were being poured out. The laughter heard against the background of the burning castle was like a scene of the destruction of the world.

Aila pointed at Princess Sera with a long fingernail that didn’t look like a human’s.

“Now, what should we do now, Sarah Lustier? You are defeated. I should have killed him a long time ago. Your bad taste is what is strangling you!”

A reversal after a long period of humiliation. Aila was feeling the joy of being reborn.

Until Princess Sera, who had been distorted with a sense of defeat, twitched the corner of her mouth.

“Well? How about that?”

“Pathetic. Does this seem like a situation that can be handled with bluff?”

Aila suddenly felt anxious. No matter how you look at it, this is not a situation where you can laugh. However, it was also clear that there was no way to reverse the current situation.

Princess Sera opened the Book of Enekra. The place, which clearly should not have any mana left, was filled with mana that seemed as if it would overflow at any moment.

But now, things like that…

The absolute obedience spell must have already been lifted… then even if the mana comes back…

However, if there was any mana left, there was no way he could have released the Absolute Obedience spell.

If the absolute obedience spell had not been lifted…

Why did he allow himself to run rampant like this…?

“…Ah…?”

The moment Aila noticed this, the world around her began to tear apart.

* * *

“Heo-eok, hehe…”

“Did you have a good dream, Ayla?”

Princess Sera, that is, me and Carmel, and everyone else were looking at Aila, who was looking around, with cold eyes.