episode_0127

One thing is certain.

“… It’s not a time to be sightseeing in peace.”

Aurora’s vacation was completely ruined.

“Um… .”

“Can you please not say anything? It makes me mad.”

Aurora with her hands outstretched.

Luke sighed and shut his mouth.

I have never heard anyone directly say the expression “Aurora is heating up” until now.

That means he’s really angry.

“Haaah… .”

Aurora let out a sigh that felt like the earth was going to collapse.

“What can I do? This must be a trial given by the goddess.”

He quickly recovered and regained his loving smile.

This is the vacation I earned by working hard without a single day of rest right after graduating from the academy.

I can’t believe I was able to smile when an opportunity that might not come again flew by in an instant.

Luke looked with admiration at the saint’s personality, which he felt for the first time in a long time… no, almost for the first time.

“There are devil followers, and it is something that cannot be ignored.”

Kuk.

Tendons bulged out on the back of Aurora’s hand.

When he met his followers, he was ready to purify them to the point where not even a bone remained.

“Let’s move to a safe place first.”

Now that we know that the secret task force is not the enemy.

It’s dangerous to be outside.

Especially in the south, there are a lot of places to hide because of the thick trees.

“There is no safe place.”

But at the same time, Leo was saying something unintelligible.

Pfft!

The squinty-eyed man and woman behind me disappeared.

While picking up the dagger that was kicked from far away.

Only then did I realize.

It’s not that I disarmed them.

It was just that the secret task force had no intention of fighting.

“Leo. What are you doing now… .”

Before I could even ask what was going on.

“Ugh… How is the location… !”

“I caught you, Captain~”

The squinty-eyed man and woman who had disappeared have reappeared.

Holding onto the man whose eyes were bloodshot and bloodshot.

“Are you a follower?”

On the forehead was drawn the same mark I had seen before.

“Yes. I was just aiming my crossbow at Elin.”

“Krrr… ! How on earth do you do that… Krrr!!!”

Uduk.

Leo turned the man’s arm away without even listening.

“… Leo?”

“We need to suppress them a little more violently. If we catch them, they’ll try to commit suicide… … Like this.”

The man was already foaming at the mouth and rolling his eyes.

“You had poison in your mouth.”

Aurora’s diagnosis was simple.

Leo glanced at Aurora.

“How can it be treated?”

“No. It’s a deadly poison that instantly melts organs, so be careful not to get poisoned by it if you’re nearby.”

Even if she was a saint with great healing powers, she could not restore an organ that was already more than half melted.

Whoosh!

The squinty-eyed man and woman immediately threw the dead man far away.

“As you can see, even if they are caught, they commit suicide right away before they can be interrogated.”

“Is that so?”

I understood why Leo suppressed it so violently.

But it was also true that Elin was worried.

This is the first time I’ve seen people treated so cruelly… .

“There’s more around.”

Chorus!

Elin with her chain stretched out.

We caught the masked man who was hiding behind the tree.

thud!

Throw him on the floor and tie his limbs together.

Kiing!

Absorb mana.

They put a chain in his mouth so he couldn’t bite the poison.

… Was it a needless worry?

Come to think of it, it was Elin herself who disabled Clavel.

“We didn’t even notice. You caught him.”

“But I think it’s already dead.”

“… … I see.”

I thought it was tied so tightly that there was no movement.

It was already dead.

“Didn’t you drain the mana too quickly?”

“It looks to me like the poison spread the moment a strong shock hit the body. Hmm… The poison in the heart.”

Aurora, who was looking around at the corpse of the strange man, came to a conclusion.

“It seems like he’s acting with poison in his heart. If his identity is discovered, he’ll die right away.”

It was a really tricky and scary method.

If the number is small, you might not know.

Just now, two people were targeting Elin.

But even if we catch him, we can’t interrogate him.

But I always have to be on my toes.

It was the height of absurdity, where information was unobtainable.

“I apologize for the misunderstanding earlier.”

“If you could do that now… Thank you.”

He bowed his head to Leo, who silently watched over Elin.

If it weren’t for Leo, who stopped the assassin with half his face cut off, I would have been in quite a bit of trouble.

Of course, aside from being thankful, I couldn’t help but feel creeped out.

Anyway, since Elin was the target, I couldn’t turn a blind eye.

“Do you plan to continue protecting the princess in the future?”

“Isn’t it strange that you’re coming here now to do a mission?”

“Then since you’ve already been caught, why don’t you just go with me?”

Now is the time to join forces and deal with the person who instigated the assassination.

That was the reason for the unexpected collaboration with the secret task force.

* * * * *

The assassins were dead, but their bodies did not disappear.

Is there anything you can find in common?

I looked at it carefully.

“Do you know anything about this sign?”

A distinguishing feature is the ancient characters drawn on places such as the forehead and shoulders.

“I don’t know. It’s not even in the Imperial Library… .”

The door opener… not the one, but the barrier magician Tristin let out a deep sigh next to him.

“What I have is written in an ancient language, so I can’t understand it. Can you please give it to your senior so he can read it?”

“You’ll have to see it for yourself to know… but isn’t that illegal?”

“It is already illegal to work with outsiders.”

That was a very logical answer.

Luke, who couldn’t find the right words to say, continued speaking naturally.

“If you can bring it to me, I’ll read it.”

I can read a few ancient runes though.

I am not fluent in any ancient language.

But who is Luke?

Isn’t he the one who received the title of Sage from the dragon?

I was thinking of running straight to Bertha and asking him to read it.

“Hmm… I think I’ve seen it somewhere… .”

Aurora kept tilting her head as she looked at the corpse.

“I think I saw it in a book about the devil… .”

I felt like I had seen it somewhere, though.

That was enough.

In addition to Bertain’s claims, I am also suspicious of Aurora.

It became even more certain that it was something to do with the devil.

“Your Majesty. Could you please take a look at this?”

I drew a map in the air to see if Aurora could find out more.

“Hmm? Is this an empire map?”

“Yes. Among them… The places where the markers were found are as follows. If you draw a line between the two places.”

With markings found in the West and South.

Let’s draw the line segments used when drawing a magic circle.

“… !”

Aurora’s eyes changed.

“I remembered.”

This is because the identity of the vague sign has come to light.

“Demon Summoning Circle… No, it’s a resurrection circle.”

“If there are also markings in the East and North, is there a chance of resurrection?”

“Well, it would take a lot of mana to operate such a large magic circle… .”

Up to this point, I had the same opinion as Bertain.

Cross validation is sufficient to this extent.

“I think I’ll just do some research in the south today and then head east.”

“Yes, I don’t plan on staying and sightseeing either… .”

Aurora’s white eyes were filled with doubt.

“Luke, how do you draw the Demon Resurrection Circle?”

“There is an ancient being that is friendly.”

“Aha… … Yes?!”

Aurora, who was about to pass over it naturally, let out a question that was almost a scream.

“You’re friendly with an ancient being…?”

“Actually, it’s a bit ambiguous to say we’re close… .”

“Oh, no. That’s not the point, is it?”

The ancient beings are those who have already disappeared from the continent.

But how did you know?

Is it really true that you learned how to summon demons and gained forbidden wisdom, as rumored in the academy?

“Did you hear such a rumor?”

Luke answered, brushing it off as nothing special.

“I can’t go into detail because there’s a gold standard in place, but at least he’s not a demon.”

If it weren’t for the demons, there was only one ancient being.

Aurora couldn’t help but stick out her tongue.

If it was a dragon, it would be even more amazing.

To call forth something that has already disappeared.

“Wait. Why do you think I summoned you earlier?”

“Wasn’t it?”

“No. How do I summon the ancient being?”

Luke corrects an absurd misunderstanding.

I waved my hand and erased the map floating in the air.

“I just happened to encounter a sealed entity.”

“I think that’s more difficult than summoning it… .”

Is that so?

I don’t know, I’ve never tried to summon it.

As we’re having that conversation.

“Luke.”

Leo approached me without making a sound and spoke.

“I think it would be best to move now that I’m done talking. The assassins keep coming.”

When I looked back, two more corpses that weren’t there just a moment ago appeared.

“… … Are you using some kind of tracking magic? It doesn’t make sense for them to come all at once.”

“Maybe so.”

When I didn’t deny it, I became more anxious.

Luke turned his head to Aurora.

“Please go back to Bertain for now. We will return shortly.”

It was enough for Luke and the Secret Service to investigate the South.

“I’ll stay too, teacher.”

If it were normal, I wouldn’t have put Elin in a dangerous place.

This time things are different.

It looks like assassins are spread across the entire continent.

Even if I return to the capital, they will continue to attempt to assassinate me.

It would be safer to move with the secret task force.

“You must act carefully. Don’t fall off by sticking to it.”

“Okay.”

Ellen clung to Luke and hugged him tightly.

“… I didn’t mean to be close.”

“I know.”

Elin, whose hair was fluttering, fell down slightly.

Exactly.

A portal opens with a snap of the fingers.

Send Aurora and Zero to the Bertain mansion.

He looked at Elin and earnestly urged her.

“Since the target is the princess, you must never step forward. The princess’s safety is important, so please be careful.”

“Yeah, the teacher will protect you anyway, right?”

“… … ”

There was nothing to refute.

Actually, if Elin is in danger, I will throw my body to save her.

Keying-

Luke then floated a few mana spheres.

We started investigating the South with the Secret Service.

I had no intention of letting go of those who dared touch Elin.