episode_0106

The reason I keep encountering people I haven’t seen in the original work is because I’ve twisted the original work’s content to that extent?

Honestly, I felt a little wronged.

Although I did some things behind the scenes, unlike other main characters in the novel, I didn’t twist the narrative enough to change the main character, and I didn’t attack the heroines either.

No, well, okay. I understand that the Emperor is coming. I looked somewhat capable, so if the Emperor himself took action to help his capable daughter… … it’s not that I didn’t understand.

Lena, if I say that they sent me to keep an eye on me because there was trouble on the northern front, then it’s not unreasonable.

But what about him?

No matter how quick the Law Nation was, it would not have been able to immediately realize that Verati had been captured and was leaking all the information it knew. Northwood was a territory within the Empire, and it was not a location that could be reached by the Law Nation in one night.

Even if you drive, the road leading to the courthouse is not perfectly maintained and maintained, and there is no way there would be a train to the courthouse at this time of night.

Even if we were to find out the information, it would take a long time for reinforcements to get here… … and to get in here, we would need a base.

But no bright light leaked out from the opponent’s clothes.

“Actually, I’ve been trying to have a conversation for a while now, but they’re not moving at all.”

The emperor said so in a leisurely manner.

“… … .”

I glanced at the emperor, but either he didn’t have the information or he just didn’t want to tell me, he just shrugged his shoulders.

“But there is one thing that is certain.”

The emperor spoke while quietly looking at the unidentified woman.

“It should have been in the historical site, but it has already fallen into the author’s hands. It seems like it won’t fall into our hands unless we knock it down and take it away.”

So that’s why you were waiting for me to come here? Blocking the door?

If the author’s goal was to take the remains of the will, there was a way to escape without having to deal with the emperor.

… … But that being said, it was a bit awkward for him to just stand there until we arrived.

“… … .”

I took a step forward.

He was still staring at me without moving an inch. Could he be alive? I wondered if he was just a statue erected by the emperor to tease us. He was just standing there still.

As I took a step forward, the others behind me also took a step forward. They spread out a little wider, wrapping themselves around the opponent in a fan shape and advancing as if they were surrounding them. Of course, even so, the gap between the people was still quite large.

The first one to move was Bella.

He instantly transforms that long, straight sword into a whip shape and swings it around as if he were striking down a criminal. The whip itself is a weapon of punishment that inflicts terrible pain on its opponents, but this is something worse than that whip. If you get cut by the blade, it won’t just end with a simple cut; the flesh will be torn and the bones will be visible.

And then the opponent, who had not moved at all until then, started moving.

Straight ahead.

Towards me, looking straight at myself.

“Sylvia… … !”

Alice reflexively shouted so. A sound of running was heard from the direction where Claire was standing.

But what I was also holding on to was—

—I tried not to, but—

no.

The moment I aimed my shotgun at my opponent, a voice rang in my head.

No, that’s not what I heard. It was more like my instincts caught me and stopped me from moving.

You must not shoot.

If I shoot that guy, I’ll definitely—

You will regret it.

“… … !”

For a moment, I got goosebumps. My finger on the trigger jerked forward. It felt as if someone was grabbing my finger and pulling it in the opposite direction.

It feels like the movement itself is being rejected.

“Sister, no… … !”

Seeing the opponent rushing towards me, Claire swung her sword. I could see the sword energy following like a whip. About half a beat slower than the sword Claire was swinging, the sword energy—

To the one wearing the black robe—

Did you have to try to reach it?

*

What happened?

It was clear that Claire was swinging her sword, and Claire’s special skill, the sword energy, touched his arm.

It had to have touched me. There was no room to avoid it. It was so clear that I could see it with my own eyesight.

However, the sword did not reach.

“Uh… … ?”

Claire’s voice was heard in confusion.

I felt my shotgun being pushed back. The muzzle was touching his stomach. Not just touching, but the stomach of the unknown man, which was advancing steadily towards me, was slightly inward in the shape of the muzzle.

The force was stronger than me. My arm was pushed back, and my arm holding the gun also went down.

But even during that time, my fingers did not move.

No, rather, as if even that were dangerous, the index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger fell off the handle one by one.

I completely missed the gun. He kept coming towards me as if he was trying to hug me, no, of course it was a very strange position to call it that.

A white mask comes closer to my face.

Into the black hole, the pupil.

Whoosh, there was a sound of wind cutting through. Was it Alice’s sword? Or Bella’s whip-like sword? I wanted to check, but my head wouldn’t turn.

The color of the pupils was not clearly visible because they were obscured by the shadows. However, what was shining inside was clearly a human eye.

“Silbyia.”

The sound was stretched out, as if the frame rate had been increased, as if the game had been forced to run on a low-spec computer.

It’s as if the time positions of this human and me don’t match.

At that moment.

Before he could finish speaking, Claire ran towards me.

Claire just took the shoulder blade and—

*

Once again, the frame seemed to be cut off in the middle, and the view changed.

I was looking in a different direction than before. It was close enough that I could hear his voice clearly through the mask.

Claire lunged into the air. She didn’t lose her balance and fall, but she was clearly flustered as she scraped her feet against the floor and made a crunching sound.

“—Never—”

Absolutely, what… … ?

But, before I heard the back story,

“——!”

He was carried away by Alice’s shoulder, who ran up to him from the side.

“Are you okay!?”

Before I could figure out what was happening, Alice’s face filled my vision. It seemed like I was going to fall sideways after him. Alice was there to catch me as I fell.

“Okay—”

However, he appeared behind Alice as if he had appeared out of thin air. The two-handed sword he was holding had already disappeared somewhere.

Instead, what he is holding in his hand is a revolver.

Same model as the one I use.

In the last battle, I rolled on the ground and got scratched several times, and on top of that, I have a few new wounds.

but……

I didn’t bring that today—

Before I could even react, a long sword, this time reaching the high ceiling of the room, fell down as if decapitating a criminal.

Kagakak, a creepy sound of scratching the ceiling, walls, and floor can be heard, and of course, the hand that was in the place where the black energy passed fell down■□.

But the gun was still in his hand, as if the phenomenon itself had been canceled.

I gritted my teeth.

again!

*

There was a bang, and the space was shattered.

My head was buzzing.

It was as if I had hit a wall at incredible speed, my ears were ringing, and my head felt like it was going to split open.

My vision was blurry. Could it be because of the tears that were flowing out of my eyes?

Something was holding my collar, as if it was trying to keep me from getting in there.

The hand that was pulling me across space, as if grabbing me by the collar, was white.

The boundaries of the broken space were sharp, like broken glass.

He didn’t care that the glass was scratched, and he pulled me with his bleeding arm—

I guess it was too heavy for that arm to hold.

The collar of the shirt that the hand was holding was torn.

I just fell down.

*

“—Via!”

I took a deep breath. It felt like fresh air was entering my lungs, which had been deprived of oxygen for a while, and my vision was clearer.

I was lying on someone’s lap.

I blinked a few times and my blurred vision cleared up. This was because the liquid that had been accumulated in my eyes flowed out to the sides.

The people who looked down at me with concern were Alice and Claire.

Without realizing it, I raised my hand and touched the collar of my shirt.

The irregular surface of the torn collar, as if forcibly torn off, was felt by hand.

… … This really happened. It wasn’t a nightmare.

I tried to force myself up, but Claire squeezed my shoulders and forced me back onto Alice’s lap.

“Who is that?”

“Disappeared.”

The emperor’s voice was heard.

“With you falling.”

“Battle?”

“Battle.”

There was a hint of laughter in the emperor’s voice as he spoke.

“Did we fight him?”

“… … .”

To the Emperor’s question, I could not answer.