episode_0051

A man standing alone among monsters flying in all directions.

Ilya and Sarah couldn’t help but be surprised at the man’s identity.

“Ro…Gus?”

‘Ha… Seriously, why did it turn out like this?’

It was good that you realized that Ilia was going to betray you and took advantage of that to get here… but since you saved Ilia, there was no reason to make another plan.

Logs sighed and looked at the monsters that had flown away in all directions. Is this the monster that guy was talking about?

Experimental subjects that demonstrate human cruelty.

Most of the entities were incapacitated by the explosion earlier, with their entire bodies blown up. The wave also drained all of my remaining magical power.

However, the majority of the remaining individuals have been reduced to this level. You can easily catch them with your bare hands.

“Ilia. You betrayed me and you deserve to be punished.”

“Huh?”

I saw Ilya hastily responding to my request.

Her eyes, once so beautiful that they could captivate any man, had already lost their vitality and turned pitch black, and the dark circles around them showed how much she had suffered mentally.

When I saw Ilia, who was so worn out, I thought it was a good idea to save him. He forgave the person who betrayed him.

If this isn’t a fool, then what can you call it? But this body is already too weak to live an easy life.

“…I’ll tell you the story later, so for now, just wait here.”

Ilya shook his head and grabbed the hem of my clothes.

“Ah, no… It’s too dangerous.”

“It’s okay.”

“You can’t go. You too… What if you turn into someone like Naiz?”

Her sorrowful voice. There is no one who cannot be captivated by that voice.

But now there was no time for that.

“Sorry.”

I pulled her hand away with force.

Ilya let go of my hand and shook his head strongly.

“It’s dangerous to go. I don’t want you to be in danger. I don’t want to lose anyone anymore. Please… Please… ”

Ignoring her tearful words, I stood before the mastermind behind all this.

“How could you just carelessly throw away that pitiful sound? If that’s the case, it would have been better not to help…”

“Even if it looks like this, it’s because I’m a loser. I don’t want to kill a pretty girl.”

“I hope you won’t say that I interrupted your play with such a petty desire.”

“Hmm… It may be a trivial desire to you, but it’s important to a loser like me.”

“I wanted to play with you because I was interested in you, but it’s no fun to play with someone who’s obsessed with such vulgar desires. I want you to disappear from this world quickly… ”

“Are heretics always so talkative?”

“Heretic… What does that mean?”

I once again hammered a nail into the guy with that shameless smile.

“I came knowing all this, heretic Basas.”

Vasas, the 8th heretic.

A demon who killed his own family in order to commit brutal murder.

He’s a crazy guy with a different ending than Aster.

“… Haha! Now there’s no reason to hide it.”

He smiled creepily, his sharp teeth visible through the split lips on either side.

Why didn’t I notice this strong aura from the beginning? No, when I did notice it, it was too late.

None of the kids, except me, had ever seen the heretic in person. So if you hide your presence even just a little bit, the kids won’t be able to guess your identity right away.

“Hey you piece of shit.”

“Why.”

“The Lord said he wanted to see the guy who killed Aster… but who the hell killed him?”

“What?”

“I don’t think there are any kids in prison.”

Surely, no matter how strong they are, they don’t think that those who don’t even know that they are heretics killed Aster. Then, of course, they must know who it is.

Are you just trying to float along? Or are you just killing time? But why would you do that?

I looked at Basas with all my heart in my mind. And then I heard his voice.

“No matter how much I look for it, I can’t seem to find the punk from the newspaper. Did he not come with me?”

“… ?”

“I was a bit curious as to how he killed Aster with that stupid face… What a pity.”

“Hey.”

“Oh, sorry. I was interested in the possibility that it could be you, but I just realized it with the destructive power. You can never kill Aster. It’s more believable to believe that you’re one of the prosecutors in prison.”

“… ”

What a fucking bastard… Even I think I’m definitely the weakest among the kids in terms of pure strength!

But it’s not that weak, is it?

Logs burst into laughter and clenched his fists hard.

“If I may give you one piece of advice, it would be that you shouldn’t fight with me.”

“What do you know?”

“Yeah, I don’t hate that kind of confidence, but I don’t fight fights that aren’t fun, so… !”

puck!

“Say it again.”

“I’ll tell you again. You can’t beat me.”

Vasas, who had just blocked my straight, threw a punch at me.

puck!

“Ho… I guess it wasn’t just luck though.”

“Tsk.”

The ability of Vasas, nicknamed the Demon Thirsty for Murder, is prophecy.

The scope of that prophecy is unimaginably broad.

I don’t know exactly, but it says in the book that you can know the future of everything, including yourself.

Of course, there are exceptions.

“Why didn’t the prophecy work on you?”

“You probably know the reason better, right?”

“No way… You made a contract with the devil too.”

“You could look at it that way.”

“It would be difficult to have black magic unless it was done that way.”

After thinking for a moment, Basas began to laugh loudly.

“I thought you guys from the T’Aros Academy couldn’t use black magic… You’d better be careful.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I don’t know exactly, but I heard that there are many people in Dameria who despise demons. They say it’s better not to be caught by the priests in particular.”

“… Do you think you have the time to worry about me?”

“I have so much free time that it’s almost boring.”

“Then stop talking and come in quickly.”

“Ah, I won’t fight anymore. I don’t want to waste my energy here.”

“You said you were scared of my strength?”

“No matter what you say, I wasn’t the one who was going to deal with you from the beginning.”

As he finished speaking, Vasas snapped his fingers. Then, the bodies of the monsters that had burst began to recover. This is foul play!

If I do this, then all I did was show off and become a total show-off.

The magic I used? Was it really useless?

“Don’t despair too much. If it weren’t for Aster who created this, it probably wouldn’t have been restored.”

His words were making me irritated, but ninety percent of what I had said so far was empty boasting. It was all just a waste of time… Now, there was no need for that.

If all these monsters attack at once, it’s obvious that I won’t be able to run away and will die. If it turns out like this, I’ll just run away with Ilia…!

A fist came flying from somewhere.

Fortunately, it wasn’t that fast, so I was able to react, but I couldn’t run away with Ilia.

It’s not that the guy who punched me is strong and can’t run away. That’s why.

“Yes, yes! Please come to your senses!!”

Because that opponent is a good one to shake Ilya’s mind. I should have run away as soon as I came to my senses…

If you look at Ilya now, he probably won’t be able to move. I don’t have enough strength left to carry someone either.

“Ah, this sound of someone desperately calling out is thrilling no matter when I hear it. Isn’t the word cruel such a beautiful word, you bastard.”

Vasas, trembling with joy, continued speaking.

“Of course, you don’t need to hear the answer from a corpse like you. So, I wonder if you like the gift I’ll give you to decorate your last days.”

“I wish it was a little prettier.”

“As expected, you’re a shallow rascal. You’d better be careful. If you don’t have some divine power, your body will melt if you touch it. Of course, since you use black magic, you don’t have any divine power.”

I heard it even when I was passed out. I didn’t notice it the first time I heard it.

With this level of energy, it’s an aura that seems like it could melt your entire body just by getting close. To be exact, it would melt if you touched the liquid coming from those fingertips.

“Hey you piece of shit.”

“Why.”

“Aren’t you regretting it?”

“Why do I regret it.”

In response to my question, Vasas spoke loudly as if he had been waiting for it.

“If you hadn’t saved Ilia, you wouldn’t have died.”

Ilya lowered her head at that story. Her expression grew darker and darker, as if she had fallen off a cliff.

In the end, it was all his fault. If he hadn’t been alive, neither Naiz nor Logs would have ended up like this.

Then, Ilya heard Logs’ voice.

“I got into a dangerous situation while saving Ilia like you said.”

Ilya was shocked by Logs’ words. He clenched his fists and bit his lips.

The tears I had held back welled up. They kept falling like raindrops on the floor. No matter how much I cried, the resentment inside me did not go away.

I wanted to cry out loud, but my voice wouldn’t come out.

“Which fool would regret finding a pretty friend?”

“Tsk, so that was your truth after all!”

Vasas stretched his arm forward and snapped his fingers, causing Naiz to turn in a different direction from Logs.

“No matter how much you want to save it, you can’t move in the face of true death! Accept it. This is fate!”

“Okay, just sleep!”

“Go!”

Pot!

At Vasas’s direction, Neyz ran straight to Ilya. Ilya saw him but did not react at all.

“Ilia! Run away, even if it’s just a little bit better!!”

At my earnest voice, Ilya looked at me as if he had made a promise.

“I have to die so you can live.”

Ilia’s tear-filled eyes slowly closed, and she spoke with a faint smile.

“Thank you for saving me.”

Kwajik!!

Ilya opened his eyes with a startled expression, accompanied by the sound of bones breaking. The reason was simple.

Because I wasn’t sick.

When she opened her eyes in a hurry, a familiar face was in front of her, embracing her.

“No…Why on earth are you doing that!”

“I told you from the beginning. I will be punished for betraying you.”

“Ji, is that really what you did to protect me? I’d rather be punished with death… ”

“I did this to begin with, but if you die, then everything I did will have been in vain.”

“But, but… you got hurt… ”

I stroked her head, which seemed to be worried about me with a sad expression. How many times do I get to have such a pretty elf worry about me? Honestly, I was happy, but if I told her, she would be angry.

“I’m not hurt. I wasn’t even hurt in the first place.”

I got up from my seat and showed her my appearance. Seeing that I looked completely unscathed, she opened her mouth slightly and said, ““Huh?”.”

It was not only Ilia who was surprised, but also Vasas who was watching the scene.

“… This is ridiculous. Among those with black magic, only a very small number can use healing magic. How could someone like you… A demon you made a contract with… ”

“Hey, you’re wondering from there? Aren’t you curious as to why I didn’t melt?”

“… ”

Vasas looked at me and the ‘monster’ with his broken arm as if he couldn’t keep up with the situation.

“Let me introduce myself again. I am Logs Avance, a scoundrel from a clerical family of fairly high rank in Demeria.”

“What is that… ”

“You don’t need to understand. I don’t want to hear an answer from a corpse.”