There Was A Seed. Now There Isn’t.

There Was A Seed. Now There Isn’t.

Originally, it would have been difficult to explain Luna’s true identity, that is, what the seeds of negation are.

But now that Espin has become an enemy of the Heaven God Cult and is deeply involved, I think it’s okay to tell him.

I reluctantly explained Luna’s true identity.

Espin listened to Luna’s story, then looked at her with a bewildered expression.

Then, as if he couldn’t understand at all, he says to me.

“… Even if it’s been modified. Isn’t it dangerous? If what you’re saying is true, it’s a seed meant to summon a demon god… Even if you’ve altered it to your liking, isn’t it risky to carry around something that you don’t know what might happen to?”

I understood Espin’s concerns, so I nodded and said.

“I have countermeasures for that, so there’s no need to worry.”

“Countermeasures?”

I told Espin about the compulsion I put in place when modifying Luna and continued.

“She can’t betray me in the first place, but even if she were to try, I’ve made it so that all her power would dissipate, so there’s no need to worry too much.”

“… Really?”

Though I continued speaking while giving detailed explanations about the modifications.

Espin seemed to understand at first, but from the middle she just starts nodding as if not understanding well.

Judging that giving any more explanation would be meaningless, I finished appropriately then continued speaking.

“Anyway, it means it’s something that can be used safely.”

“That’s right!”

While internally sighing looking at Luna who I don’t know why is so excited.

After contemplating for a moment, Espin gets up from her seat and speaks to me.

“Well… anyway I understand. But let’s put some clothes on her first. I can roughly understand given the situation but… other people would usually find it hard to do so.”

At those words, after thinking for a moment, I asked Espin to find some clothes for Luna.

After all, me searching for women’s clothes itself could become quite a problem.

Therefore while sighing inside as I passed the problem to Espin, Luna speaks up.

“It’s fine. I’ll just turn back into a cat!”

Then turns back into a cat again while making a long yawn.

… If you were going to do this, shouldn’t have transformed in the first place.

While looking at Luna feeling the urge to smack her head once, I forcefully endured it.

Around when just silently sipping coffee like that.

Espin who was watching the situation in front of me rests her chin and speaks to me.

“Anyway if I were Rumi I would have been seriously angry. No, beyond being angry she might feel revulsion toward you so before that completely settles in, help calm her anger a bit.”

If it were just a relationship to pass by, it would be one thing.

I decided to speak to Rumi again, thinking it would be better to pay attention to her as Espin said.

I sighed, hoping that the relationship wouldn’t become any more complicated than it already was.

* * *

The bait I threw to the head of the Inspection Department came back faster than I expected.

Perhaps this result was due to the nature of their job, which requires quick wit and efficient information gathering abilities.

I spoke as I heard that the Inspection Department was searching the area near the Academy.

‘Then shall we go catch them?’

Of course, the head of the Inspection Department wouldn’t personally search the Academy area.

We just need to follow them when they return to report.

As I decided to follow their trail, I told Espin I’d be back.

“There have been people who attacked or disliked the Inspection Department… but you’re the first I’ve seen to openly follow them.”

He says this with a voice of bewilderment at my actions.

I didn’t feel the need to respond to that, so I just nodded vaguely and headed outside.

*

Following the Inspection Department wasn’t that difficult.

They used all sorts of magic and tools to avoid exposing their actions for security reasons.

However, it wasn’t that hard to track their movements because Luna’s abilities were far superior to theirs.

‘On top of that, I can follow them using space compression magic.’

They probably won’t even notice that I’m following them in the first place.

So, as I was following their trail.

I could hear that the head of the Inspection Department was anxiously waiting in a building nearby, sooner than expected.

[He’s in the innermost room!]

Perhaps it really exists.

After hearing such words, I smiled slightly, sensing that either the head of the inspection department was desperate enough to come here looking for information.

Or they came here ‘for other reasons’.

‘Could it be a trap?’

There’s no other reason besides that.

The moment I finished that assessment, I immediately spoke to Luna.

“Spread a curse throughout the entire building.”

If we lay a curse magic on the building, it will render the meaning of the trap meaningless.

To check what kind of curses Luna could use, I ordered her to use curses as she pleased.

Luna drew up a lot of mana, created a black cloud, and as she covered the entire building with it, she said.

[If anyone touches that cloud, they’ll be affected by mental distortion, hallucinations, physical and magical ability reduction, cognitive decline, and sleep curse magic!]

Even though I didn’t give her much time.

She cast a curse magic over a wide area that was mixed with more curses than expected, and then looked at me.

I patted Luna’s head, who was looking at me proudly, to show that she did well, and continued speaking.

“How wide is the range of influence?”

[It affects everyone in that place… but I made sure it doesn’t apply to you, Master!]

She made sure it doesn’t apply to me…

Realizing that Luna’s magic manipulation ability was beyond my imagination, I let out a slight exclamation.

This time, I gently stroked Luna’s chin and said.

“Then let’s go in.”

[Okay!]

I moved inside, hearing Luna’s cheerful voice.

* * *

Although there are several conditions required to become an inspector.

Basically, it’s a job that requires a considerable amount of one’s innate abilities, so normally this kind of method wouldn’t work.

‘I’m not sure if Luna’s power is too strong, or if they’re unprepared because they’ve come to an unfamiliar place.’

Most of them were either fast asleep or.

Exhibiting strange behavior like banging their heads against the wall.

They were unaware of my presence, reminiscent of zombies.

As I was observing them and moving towards the deepest part.

Luna looked around briefly and said to me with a puzzled expression.

[It seems there are seeds of corruption here too.]

Hearing that.

I nodded, thinking that the reason for creating so many seeds of corruption could indeed be for information gathering.

‘That means… the Heaven God Cult is also keeping an eye on this matter.’

Thinking this was a good thing, I smiled and decided to give the Heaven God Cult another taste of their own medicine as I entered the last room.

As soon as I entered, I noticed a man in white armor standing near the head of the inspection department.

Seeing this, I realized that this whole place was a trap and laughed.

‘So it was a trap after all.’

Well, it’s to be expected, I suppose.

Having worked as an inspector for a long time, they must have experienced such things before.

Deren thought that even if he was corrupt, the head of the Inspection Department, with his exceptional basic abilities, wouldn’t have come here without a plan.

As I was thinking this, I looked ahead.

A man in white armor drew his sword, smirking as he spoke.

“A curse? As expected of a heretic, using such foul tricks.”

At those words, I silently looked down at Rumi.

Since Rumi’s origins were with the Heaven God Cult.

The moment they spoke like that, it became a case of the pot calling the kettle black, but whether he knew this or not, he continued to sneer as he drew up his magic power.

“There’s no need to listen to you. Die.”

I chuckled as I saw magic power rising from the opponent’s sword.

It seemed that information about me had already spread to the Heaven God Cult, so they didn’t even bother hiding their magic power anymore.

I thought this wasn’t bad as I stretched out my hand.

‘There’s no need to hold back my power.’

If he could withstand Rumi’s curse magic, he must be quite strong.

So I decided not to go easy on him and unleashed my magic from the start.

“Point Explosion.”

I added a weak penetration to it, aiming to pierce the armor and cause an internal explosion.

I mixed in a space compression spell to prevent the opponent from reacting and fired it off.

‘Well, this probably won’t kill him.’

Since he could resist Rumi’s curse magic.

Even if he couldn’t dodge it perfectly, he should be able to avoid it to some extent.

I was preparing for a follow-up attack and was about to use lightning magic to keep him in check.

– KWAAAAANG!

With a loud explosion, red flesh scattered in all directions.

“……”

As I stared at the lump of meat that was once a holy knight, unable to hide my bewilderment.

Luna peeked out from my arms, blinked, and said.

[I was going to eat the Seed of Negation… but it disappeared!]