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An ancient guardian dragon, the most supreme being. Arpelius.

He was Adele’s ancestor and the greatest dragon.

“Anyway, the other energy in the sea…”

“Ah, you’re talking about the Kraken. I already made it into Orongi and ate it.”

“…Good job.”

Well, it was good to eat it.

Of those they had not yet touched, the only ones left were now out in the snow.

“Hemutap hasn’t been touched yet either. My father seems to have told me about them separately…”

“Yes, I know.”

After receiving Damian’s original memories, I was able to understand why the owner of the Tower of Destruction had said that.

The only way to resolve any misunderstandings is to visit later.

“And Petrania, I am sorry. I never thought your father would have entrusted such a task to you…”

“it’s okay.”

Petrania always spoke harshly, but even though she didn’t speak in a cold mood, she was warm on the inside…

“Oh my, evil spirit. Where are you looking so hard?”

And our Marie.

My oldest believer who started the evil religion.

I never knew that you were the one who first believed in evil spirits in ancient times.

“Thank you as always, Marie.”

“You finally decided to accept my feelings.”

“…Not really, but I’m always grateful.”

Orpheus.

I also have to meet that child later.

librarian at the library.

The child also had to say he was sorry.

However, now it was right to go to meet the guardian dragon whom I had never met before.

“This is my first time seeing a snowy field again.”

It was a bit awkward to come with everyone this time, so I brought only Adele and Marie.

Marie was forced to follow me by threatening her, and in Adele’s case, it was because she wanted to meet her ancestors.

So three people, including me, walked into the snowy field.

“In that huge cave…I feel similar to me.”

“I guess I can feel that energy since he is your ancestor. Now, let’s go in.”

As we slowly entered inside, we could see mercenary soldiers gathered together.

The mercenaries were patrolling like imperial knights, holding torches in one hand and the other hand on the scabbard.

“Let’s go in openly. As long as his blood flows through you, they won’t be able to do any harm to you.”

In fact, it’s like a trait engraved on mercenary soldiers.

Because they were raised with his blood, their characteristic is that they cannot be hostile towards or cause harm to those who have the same blood.

“He is a descendant of Arpelius. Get out of the way, children.”

“Father’s child! We serve you!”

Are you stupid, are you following because you know, or are you naive?

They guided us to Arpelius quite easily.

“You have come, evil spirit.”

“Yeah, it’s been a while, kid.”

“You also brought my descendants. Luckily, you saved my child.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Was it Damien’s arrangement?

At first, I didn’t know his past, but suddenly I realized that he was a descendant of Arpeleus.

I think it may have been a phenomenon that occurred while assimilating with Damian.

His memories naturally seeped into me.

No, should I say that now Damian has completely become me?

‘Anyway, his goal is…’

It was as if it had been erased from my memory and never came back.

A non-altruistic goal as demonstrated by Rebecca.

Even when I looked through Damian’s memories, I couldn’t remember that part.

‘They said purification would definitely be necessary, but why was that necessary? Even though Damian knows, there are quite a few things I don’t know.’

It certainly seemed like not all memories came in perfectly.

So now I felt like doing what I could.

“Child, your wife has already passed away.”

“It can’t be helped. The contract I made with you was to let her live comfortably in this world until the end of her human life and then let her go.”

“Yes, the contract has been fulfilled.”

That was definitely in my memory.

He asked me to help him and allow his wife to live a healthy life in exchange for being sealed, and I granted his request.

Of course, now the humans of that time have all died except for Orphus.

“Your child became a dragon.”

“You didn’t really want it. You were the one who gave me wings in the first place, so I may be the first of the dragon race.”

To be called a dragon, it was closer to a dragon, and to be called a dragon, it was a mixture of dragons.

That was the reason he was in a snowy field where no one visited.

“Yes, nice to meet you. My child… Ah, I see. You look like that child.”

Was it a child, not a descendant?

When I brought up the memory of his wife… the form was definitely still there.

“But, evil spirit, I want to rest now. I have fought against countless ancient beings, risked my life against countless beings to protect my wife. I want to receive the freedom you spoke of.”

“Yes, that’s right. I also did not come to make you participate in the war again. If you wish, you can rest here comfortably.”

Since he had fought countless times at my request since ancient times, there was no need or intention to drown him in more muddy water than this.

Now, if you want to rest comfortably, the greatest courtesy I could give you was to make it possible for you to rest comfortably.

“Thank you for your hard work, child.”

“And Adele, I came back too late, but please come visit me any time later. It’s quite lonely being alone in this cold snowy field. Next time you come, I’ll tell you about your mother.”

Mother.

Adele seemed to be interested in what he said, and this time she spoke to Marie.

“Mari, it’s truly been a long time since you left. I never thought you would still believe in evil spirits.”

“…”

“The evil spirits will also know that you have existed since ancient times, so what will change if you just pretend to hide it any longer?”

Marie, her past is infinitely long, but to sum it up easily, she was the elf who maintained the evil religion for the longest time and was Damian’s most sore finger.

The elf who killed the most creatures.

And what I learned along the way.

‘From the beginning, the World Tree was playing in her hands.’

In ancient times, the World Tree was alive and uncorrupted, but Mari could manipulate it as she pleased.

That’s why they were given the ridiculous name of elf, who slaughtered countless people.

And how many women who came near me died.

At the same time, Damian couldn’t hate Marie, so he gave in to everything she wanted, which made him a sore finger.

‘Harpy, I guess I should say it’s fortunate that she was dispatched far away.’

I guess I should say that I am glad that I am almost alone in the Evil God Church because all the other women who are not part of the Evil God Church have been dispatched far away.

If it were her before, she would have killed everyone by now, but I guess I’m glad she’s putting up with it.

It ended with just destroying the elves and completely taking away the power of the World Tree.

“Mari, I don’t know when you will tell everything to the evil spirit, but when that time comes… you will know even if I don’t say it.”

“I will do what I have to do later, Arpelius.”

“Then I won’t interfere any further than this. Please live your life.”

Arpelius said that and closed his eyes.

In its own way, it means that I want to rest.

So, we came out.

“Mari, it’s okay whenever you say it. You can say it someday when you feel comfortable.”

There was no need to listen now.

It didn’t matter if I heard it later, or if I didn’t know until the end.

No matter how mature you are, bringing up stories of the past and saying what you did wrong will always end up making you hesitate and suffer.

I just felt that way and hoped that she would mature mentally and move on.

“Next time, when I feel confident enough to tell the evil spirit, I will tell you then.”

“Yes, go ahead.”

Meeting Arpelius was cooler than I expected.

He was a tired man who wanted to rest, now that he had met all the ancient races.

So, except for the Tower of Destruction and Orpheth, there was nothing left to talk about, and the only ones left were the Spirit Kings.

‘Definitely, as he received Damian’s memories, his powers became special.’

If I were to compare the abilities I originally had to fragments, should I explain that the pieces have now come together to form a whole?

Anyway, since I felt that the level of ability had increased, I now felt that it would not be completely impossible to kill the immortals they talked about.

The requests that the spirit kings told me.

And the feeling that the spirits in my room are looking at me these days.

“Let’s go back first.”

I wanted to put off the spirit kings for a while and resolve everything first, starting with the ancient races.

With that thought in mind, I returned to the evil religion.