Terror!

Terror!

Causing terror is not that difficult.

‘Just find a suitable location.’

It was a simple matter of using the Archbishop’s infinite larva generation to attack the desired location.

‘Usually, people don’t even attempt terrorism because they can’t handle the aftermath.’

In my case, I had a way to erase it…

To be precise, there was no way to know that I was the one who caused the terror.

So I could proceed without any burden.

‘The only question is where to use this.’

Fortunately, there was already a place where my predecessor(?) had used this magic to build a nest.

They were planning to carry out terrorism using this.

‘Where is it? Of course, it’s in the joint facility at the Magic Association.’

It’s difficult to approach, and it’s surrounded by mana stones, so there’s an unlimited supply of mana.

‘On top of that, since the predecessor was the archbishop of the Heaven God Cult.’

It would be very easy to erase my traces and cover them with traces of the Heaven God Cult.

I was smiling, thinking there’s no place more perfect than this.

Luna looked at me like that and shook her head.

[Master, you seem to be getting weirder.]

If I’m hearing this from Luna, it means the change is quite problematic from others’ perspective.

But since it’s quite funny to maintain sanity in this world, I just shrugged my shoulders.

As I was casually mentioning such things while slowly walking, Espin, who was organizing her luggage, waved at me.

“Deren!”

When I silently looked at Espin in response to that call.

Espin makes a very artificial movement and puts her huge breasts on top of the box.

I was sighing as I looked at her breasts that were slightly drooping, probably because she wasn’t wearing underwear, when Espin smiled at me as if she had won and said.

“I’ve already contacted those who don’t seem to be related to the Heaven God Cult, so you can freely roam around without any problems. Oh, of course, I’ve also contacted your sister, so you can cause trouble as you always have.”

… As I always have?

I looked at Espin silently, feeling somewhat wronged.

But Espin, seemingly not caring about my grievance at all, just shrugged her shoulders and turned away.

‘……’

No matter what I say.

I felt like I was going to lose, so I was about to swallow my resentment and head to the academy.

Suddenly, Espin hugged me from behind, kissed my nape, and said.

“…Is, is this enough?”

Then, smiling shyly, he brushed his bangs upward.

Soon after, as if unable to bear the embarrassment any longer, he blushed bright red and ran away somewhere.

“……”

It’s not bad, but I wonder if it’s my imagination that life is going to get more challenging gradually.

I touched the warmth still lingering on my nape, smiled lightly, and slowly started walking.

* * *

It’s obvious, but since the magic academy’s common area hasn’t been cleaned yet.

The entire wall was covered with blue blood and flesh.

I nodded quite satisfactorily while smelling the unbearably horrible stench of rotting corpses.

‘Anyone can see this is the den of the Heaven God Cult.’

At this rate, even if it’s discovered later, no one will notice that I own this place.

I was considering placing something like a snake, the symbol of the Heaven God Cult, nearby.

Luna starts whining and coughing at me.

[I, I can’t breathe!]

Her nose is sensitive, so it seems being here is more painful for her.

I had no choice but to cast a space expansion spell on my pocket, put Luna in, and then looked around.

‘It would be fine to start the terror using those corpses.’

Of course, since they’ve been revived and killed again, the quality will be lower than the original.

Anyway, since the message was more important than the result of the terror, I decided to proceed.

‘Well then, shall we make it?’

I decided to start by creating a large cocoon and rolled up my sleeves.

*

Contrary to expectations, creating an infinite larva generator took quite a long time.

Unlike the Archbishop who became a massive spawning ground himself, producing larvae.

In my case, I had to create it through an installation rather than my own body, so it was necessary to imbue the installation with various spells.

‘Plus, I can’t let anyone find out what I’ve made.’

I also needed to weave in various spells to erase my traces.

If there was a problem, it was that the difficulty level had risen higher than I had originally anticipated.

‘Well, I’ve solved it anyway.’

All that’s left is to proceed with the plan using this.

I looked at the giant butterfly installation I had created, modeled after the Archbishop, and then drew mana from a nearby mana stone to connect it to the installation.

– Creak.

With the sound of joints bending, a loud noise was heard.

Numerous larvae are simultaneously generated nearby.

Seeing this, I nodded with satisfaction and gave one command.

“Destroy the Magic Association.”

Even though giving a specific order would bring me closer to my intended result.

The reason I didn’t do so was because there was one thing I wanted to experiment with.

‘An experiment to see how precisely these creatures can read my intentions.’

Thinking about how excited I was to see how they would operate, I instructed the larvae to leave the cave now.

Countless caterpillars began to squirm and crawl out.

‘Looking at it like this, it’s definitely creepy.’

I chuckled as I watched all the exits become filled with caterpillars.

Thinking about how the Magic Association would fare in the future, I headed towards my newly created laboratory.

*

After returning to the mansion and resting for a while.

Espin rushed into my room, seemingly to inquire about some information.

“Not only has the Magic Association lost its function due to the caterpillars you created, but the entire third floor has been destroyed.”

I had expected it to take at least a week.

I’m surprised it happened so quickly. I needed more detailed information, so I asked about it.

Espin crossed his arms and shared a few things.

“According to our information network… massive explosions occurred in various places the moment the caterpillars arrived.”

“… Explosions?”

“We’ll know the details once the investigation is complete. But if my guess is correct, it might be a contingency plan set up by the Heaven God Cult to take over the Magic Association later.”

“I see.”

Even for a high priest, completely occupying the Magic Association in a short time would be quite challenging.

It’s highly likely they had prepared various countermeasures in advance.

‘And the caterpillars became some sort of trigger.’

It seems one of those countermeasures has been activated.

As I was smirking at the Heaven God Cult members who had fallen into their own trap.

Espin plopped down in a chair and continued speaking.

“So what are you planning to do now? Since we’ve occupied the Magic Association, it seems right to continue taking action.”

To this question, I answered as if it were obvious.

“After completely occupying the Magic Association and drawing the attention of the central government and other families to it… This time, I plan to plant a larva in the central government.”

“Uh… You’re planting another one?”

“That’s the only way we can completely disrupt what the Heaven God Cult has been planning.”

Knowing that many of the plans the Heaven God Cult has built up over a long time are gathered in the central government.

To make all of these go awry, I was planning to carry out a terror attack on the central government as well.

‘Somehow, I’ve become closer to a terrorist than a hero.’

Thinking about it, I figured it wasn’t much of a problem since heroes were originally like bandits capable of shows of force.

‘If you look at old RPGs, those so-called heroes would enter strangers’ houses and smash pots and boxes, not to mention…’

Considering that they would even take private property from treasure chests as if it were natural.

Rather, I thought I might be keeping within the lines quite well as I continued speaking to Espin.

“Once we reach that point, even the Demon Lord won’t be able to just sit still. With his core personnel already gone, if all his plans fall apart too, it would be as good as failure.”

As I said this, Espin listened quietly and then spoke with a curious voice, as if something had occurred to him.

“Something just came to mind… What on earth is the Demon Lord doing? I know the position of Demon Lord isn’t one that can move freely, but… Even so, it seems like he should be making a move by now.”

“Well…”

Like Espin said, the reason why the Demon Lord wasn’t taking any measures was a mystery to me as well, so I nodded silently.

Then, as if shaking off the concern, I continued speaking.

“Whatever the Demon Lord is thinking, it doesn’t matter. Whether he comes out or not, we’ll deal with it accordingly.”

At my words, Espin crossed his arms, nodded slightly, and then said with a chuckle.

“That’s right, your biggest worry isn’t the Demon King, but pets like Rumi, Delia, senior Sien, or me.”

“……”

It’s as if she’s trying to get revenge for my previous teasing by mocking my weaknesses.

As I feel a headache coming on and sigh,

Suddenly, Luna pokes her face out from my arms and says triumphantly.

[Luna is a cat, so Luna is a pet too.]

“Ah…? Even Luna? That’s… impressive.”

I couldn’t help but squeeze my eyes shut as I looked at the amazed Espin.