episode_0049

Estrid’s blood is noble.

She is so great that no one can touch someone with Estrid’s bloodline.

Even if it is between Estridians, contact without permission is rude and can be a sin.

Still.

He couldn’t fight against the boy holding his ball, against Ortega, who had taken over Lloyd’s body.

Why is that?

Why did I become so stiff?

Fear of Ortega?

It cannot be said that there is none. Ortega is the one who single-handedly slaughtered a city and turned the entire empire into an enemy. He is Estrid’s stain, but at the same time, he is the strongest. He is a ghost who has transcended human status and is wandering the world.

There’s no way I wouldn’t be afraid.

The tips of my fingers that were about to tremble, the lips that were about to tremble. These were all symptoms of fear.

But the fear ends there.

Julia knew herself well.

He was not the kind of person who would stop at something like this.

Something else was keeping Julia still.

-Kuk.

A heavy hand holding his own ball.

It’s because of the owner of that hand.

‘Lloyd.’

I have sworn to myself over and over again since I first met him and when I realized that Ortega was sleeping inside him.

‘I swore I would kill you.’

If Ortega takes possession of Lloyd’s body, he will kill him without hesitation.

That commitment was the problem.

If he moves, it will mean killing Ortega and Lloyd.

“Are you okay, girl?”

Ortega squeezed Julia’s cheek with a laugh.

“…….”

“I never wanted to see those blue eyes again. My teeth still chatter when I see them.”

Brrrr.

In fact, Ortega’s hands were shaking.

It wasn’t clear whether it was because of anger or joy.

“It has nothing to do with me. I just didn’t get along well with the person who had the reverse eye at the time.”

It wasn’t true.

Even at this moment, Julia wanted to either kill Ortega or seal him.

You are just suppressing the instinctive feelings that arise in your heart.

Because of some entity that confuses you.

“Woman. The girl whose eyes are shaking.”

“Never.”

“But why did you already take a step back?”

Julia hesitated.

Looking at that sight, the corners of Ortega’s mouth go up.

“You like it.”

“……..”

“I love this body I have.”

“That can’t be true.”

“Khahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”

Laughter filled the surroundings.

He groans with his upper body bent over.

Taking advantage of the gap, Julia took a few steps back.

Soon Ortega straightened up.

“Hey, reverse eye.”

“…….”

“Don’t try to hide it. Those who have reverse eyes are all anxious to kill me when they see me.”

Julia bit her lower lip.

Blood drips down his chin.

“Open those unlucky eyes.”

“…….”

“I feel like I need to relax for the first time in a while. That woman is more dirty than strong.”

Phew.

Ortega’s momentum spreads in an instant.

The air suddenly becomes heavy.

“Ugh, ugh.”

The sound of breathing becoming more difficult on its own.

Is this fucking sleeping thing even manipulating the air?

“Go ahead and open that station. Are you going to be crushed like this?”

“…Be quiet.”

“Yeah, well, being crushed like that isn’t a bad thing.”

“… Huh.”

“I didn’t want to see the station again. I’m unlucky. Whenever I see these things.”

The moment Ortega swings his hand down.

— Kwung!

Everything in the space caved in.

“Cough!”

Julia vomited blood flowing out of her mouth.

Ortega walks slowly towards her.

The appearance is extremely rough, as if he has let his guard down.

No. I guess you could call it carelessness.

Because it’s obvious to anyone that Ortega dominates this place.

Julia counted in her head.

‘This is the second approach.’

Ortega approaches and tramples on Julia’s finger.

“Ugh.”

“That reverse is unlucky. It reminds me of when I was sealed.”

Users of the previous generation of reverse oscillators.

It wasn’t because the power of the reverse eye holder was overwhelming that he was able to seal Ortega.

If that were the case, Ortega would have been stopped long ago before he could destroy a city.

The reason he couldn’t seal Ortega was…

‘The sacrifice of the reverse eye holder.’

With his gaze fixed on Ortega, he constantly destroys his magic.

In other words, the holder of the reverse eye becomes the box to seal Ortega.

‘I can do it.’

Julia wasn’t afraid of being a box.

I was confident that I would do anything to put this villain in prison.

but.

‘That’s only the worst case scenario.’

Now Julia knows.

There are other ways to stop Ortega.

That Julia doesn’t have to make any sacrifices, just let Lloyd take control of the body.

Twinkle.

Julia’s eyes began to shine.

Ortega immediately approaches, laughing.

Third approach.

“Do you think you can touch even the tip of my hair just because your eyes shine? You still have a long way to go…”

He frowns and interrupts.

“Far…”

A look that makes it seem like the tongue isn’t moving.

“Huh?”

Ortega opens his eyes and looks down at his legs.

“What is this?”

Clank.

There were restraints on his ankles.

Julia raised the corners of her mouth at Ortega, whose eyes were wide open.

“Remedy.”

◆

Before hitting the Chilsaldae.

Lloyd called an operations meeting.

Even though it was a strategy meeting, it was just Lloyd, Julia, and the village chief, but Lloyd’s words were enough to attract attention.

“I have a plan.”

“… A plan?”

“Yes. Come this way.”

Empty.

Lloyd placed something on the table.

“… Restraints?”

The village chief muttered.

Only then did Julia realize what she was looking at. An iron restraint that could bind two or three fingers, let alone an ankle. And an iron ball that looked like it could be easily lifted with one hand. It was a tiny restraint.

“What are you going to do with this?”

A voice came out naturally, as if in a state of disbelief.

Still, Lloyd smiled broadly and fiddled with the chains of his restraints.

“Do you know how hard it was to get this?”

“A toy like this?”

“A toy, huh? Oh, wait.”

Lloyd, with one palm open, took out some sedatives from his pocket.

He swallows two eggs at once.

“… Aren’t you eating too much of that these days, Lloyd?”

“Ah. This is something Ortega shouldn’t hear.”

Smile.

Lloyd, who had been smiling, continued speaking with a slightly languid expression.

“We will now face Ilsal. She will definitely be a strong woman. Since she is skilled in assassination, there will be various devices and magic at the main camp. She will definitely not be an easy opponent.”

“Yeah. Originally, that group was good at all kinds of tricks. They’re a bit picky.”

“The village chief is right. So, it would be best to prepare everything possible, right?”

“But we are going in. What kind of preparations do we have?”

“Well, in the end, the problem is that Ilsal is strong.”

“That’s right. It’s high risk.”

“And there are many ways to deal with a strong opponent.”

“There are… many ways to deal with the strong?”

“Yes.”

Lloyd answered easily, as if it were no big deal.

It wasn’t a bluff.

In reality, most of the enemies Lloyd faced before conquering the Demon King were stronger than the warrior party.

“Politics, traps, temptations… there are many ways. What matters is not how strong you are, but how intelligent you are.”

Knock knock.

Lloyd patted his head.

It’s a head.

It was probably a good thing for the village chief.

Lloyd can do the difficult thinking.

Maybe that clever boy figured out how to do that restraint.

“Then what about the restraints?”

“There are artifacts in the world that have unique magical abilities. And among them, there are some artifacts that become stronger depending on the strength of the opponent.”

It is common sense that there are artifacts.

But an artifact that becomes stronger depending on what it’s used for?

Julia and the village chief’s eyes opened at the unheard sound.

“This restraint can be ‘restricted’.”

“If it’s a restriction… does it mean that it becomes stronger depending on whether the conditions are met?”

“Yes. The more difficult the conditions, the more effective it becomes. In other words, the characteristic of this artifact is that it can become exponentially stronger when facing strong opponents.”

“Where did you get that?”

“It was hard to get. I was able to get it thanks to Claire’s help. Anyway.”

Lloyd spread his fingers.

“I will enter three conditions.”

“Three?”

“Yes. The more difficult the achievement conditions are, the stronger the power of the restraint will be. So first. The opponent’s vigilance will be blurred. When we are in a situation where it is urgent enough to use this, the opponent will take the initiative and let their guard down. It is difficult to achieve, but it is a good insurance condition.”

Lloyd held up his second finger.

“You must have fallen into an enemy trap once.”

“That’s it?”

“We are going to attack the main base of the Seven Deadly Sins. We will definitely achieve it once. And the third time.”

Lloyd, whose ring finger was also pinned, continued speaking.

“The opponent will approach three times.”

If these conditions are met, you will be bound and unable to move, no matter how strong your opponent is.

Lloyd concluded that:

◆

Now, we are facing off against Ortega again.

Julia was troubled.

I clearly thought that the target of the restraint was Ilsal…

‘Considering that he took a sedative and spoke, he must have known that it would apply to Ortega as well.’

“Did you think you could tie me up with these restraints?”

Ortega running towards you with a smile.

Looking at her, Julia had to decide.

Should we trust Lloyd?

Or should we give up everything and seal Ortega away?

Julia grabbed his hand.