episode_0158

The moment that letter arrived to Leo.

Tristin woke up in shock.

“We were told to do maintenance, but what the hell are we doing…?!”

I was confused, but the task was simple.

Rescuing their leader.

The last time I saw Elin’s force, it was so brutal… .

“Move quickly!”

“Huh? The captain isn’t the type of person to be kidnapped.”

“There seems to be no reason to lock up the captain, let alone Luke.”

Cherel and Watt tore the teleportation scroll, puzzled.

Otherwise, it was obvious that Tristin would swing the dagger around recklessly.

The tower we arrived at like that.

Even Luke and Lanian cannot easily dismantle Elin’s barrier.

Tristin could do it.

“Huhh …

Tristin is so focused that it feels like her brain is on fire.

The circuit, like a twisted, twisted wire, was so thorough that it felt malicious.

It was natural, given Luke’s meticulous personality and the barrier that developed it.

Gulp.

The result of concentrating so hard that I didn’t even realize that I was bleeding.

“Okay!”

The security barrier of the magic tower was released.

I hate it, but it wasn’t given the nickname ‘door opener’ for nothing.

Woorur-

The first thing that caught the eyes of the secret task force that entered the room was.

“Captain, are you okay, Senior?”

It wasn’t Leo, it was Luke, who was leashed to the bed.

There was no choice.

Luke always looked neat and tidy.

A leash worn like a pet dog.

A shirt with the buttons missing, revealing the lining.

Traces of love remain here and there.

Now Luke was seriously distraught.

“… … ”

Silence fell.

When no one is able to open their mouths at the shocking visuals.

“… Could it be the captain?”

Cheryl asked impatiently.

“How could that be!?”

“That’s unpleasant.”

Luke and Leo simultaneously frowned at the truly unexpected misunderstanding.

“No, in this case, wouldn’t it be more reasonable to see it as the Princess’s doing?”

Luke became furious without realizing it.

Didn’t the genre of the world view almost change for a moment?

It’s better to have the misunderstanding that it was Elin who did it.

Doing stuff like that with Leo… …ugh.

“Doesn’t it make you feel better!”

“Oh, sorry. So you did it with the princess?”

“… Actually, that’s not true either.”

“What is it?”

This time, Cherel frowned.

Are you saying that you did it yourself, neither this nor that?

“I didn’t do anything serious, I just… .”

When Luke was wondering why he had to explain this at all.

“That, that’s not important! Just come out!”

Tristin screamed, her face reddening.

It’s so hard to force open the barrier.

I wasn’t really curious about the story about Luke biting and sucking Elin.

“Until I bite and suck it… .”

“Come out quickly!”

Luke sat up without realizing it, looking angry.

“… … ”

I sat down again.

I almost passed because I was going to take Luke with me naturally.

Now I had to wait quietly for Elin.

If I go out now and get caught again.

At that time, it was something that could have resulted in a limb-binding.

There is no need to escape and go against the will…

“What are you dawdling about?”

“Yes?”

visor!

Leo swung his sword.

The chain created by the unique magic was cut off.

“Well, I don’t really have any plans to go out right now… .”

But in an instant, I became free.

The thinking was still the same.

“What are you talking about! Without a senior, I can’t even prepare!”

Tristin shouted, even throwing away the formal language.

The Howard twins grab Luke’s arms at the same time as if they were dragging him away.

“… Huh?”

Luke’s feet are lifted.

A secret task force that takes you outside without giving you time to resist.

“Everyone?”

“Take it first.”

“Leo, please don’t do this.”

“I need your portal right now. Elin will follow you when she finds out you’re gone.”

“No, if I do this, you’ll think I escaped.”

“That’s… …sorry.”

Leo, who couldn’t think of an excuse, gestured.

The Howard siblings picked up Luke and moved on.

It was a kidnapping so brazen that it was almost unbelievable.

* * * * *

Meanwhile, in Bertain’s cave.

《… Are you really back?》

“Hoo… Hoo… .”

Elin came to finish the fight with Bertain, even though she was staggering.

“Are you really going to attack me with that body?”

Bertain looked at Elin with eyes full of compassion.

At first, I was a little annoyed.

It was also a shame to let my will get the better of me and then abuse my body.

-Teacher, you are my world.

I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him after hearing such words.

“Sigh… !”

When Elin tried to raise Mana.

“You won’t be able to hear anything right now anyway.”

thud!

Bertain with his forelegs outstretched.

He held Elin tightly.

“Profit… !”

Elin struggled to get away.

There was no way I could escape the dragon’s might in my exhausted state.

“Let go of this… !”

“Listen to what this body is saying.”

“If you don’t give me back my teacher’s soul… .”

“Yeah, that’s it. There’s a way.”

“… !”

Elin stops resisting.

He blinked his large eyes.

“… Really?”

“Then do you think I lied to you to calm down?”

… isn’t that possible?

Doubts are rising.

Let’s get ready to struggle again.

“No! Trust the dragon, you little brat!”

Berthain immediately denied it.

“… What is the method?”

Ellen became quiet again.

Actually, I originally came here for the purpose of conversation.

I just picked a fight because you said it couldn’t be undone.

《The devil will be resurrected soon?》

“That’s right.”

《…Why are you talking like it’s someone else’s business? The entire continent is in danger.》

“It doesn’t matter as long as the teacher is okay with it.”

Bertain listened to Elin’s calm madness.

“Do you remember that this body once asked me to sacrifice something greater than the destruction of the soul?”

“Yes.”

So Elin offered to donate half of her magic power.

《Even now, I can’t believe it. Wouldn’t half the magic power be insufficient?》

“Then is there another price?”

“It’s okay if it’s the devil.”

“… Yes?”

《Surely, wouldn’t the soul of a demon be greater than the soul of a single human being destroyed?》

“That means… … .”

Ellen nodded as if she completely understood.

“First, I need to resurrect the demon and bring it here.”

《How could that be!!》

Bertain was surprised by the unexpected answer.

Elin blinked in confusion.

So is there another way?

《I said we need the soul of the devil, not his body. Why do you insist on resurrecting him!》

“Ah.”

Long ago, the demons closed the gates of the underworld on their own.

Even dragons have difficulty crossing over to the Demon World.

It also meant that it was becoming difficult for demons to descend to the continent.

Demon Resurrection is the act of forcibly creating a gap between closed dimensions.

A huge sacrifice is needed.

The entire continent is used as a canvas for the magic circle.

《To use an analogy, the devil is standing in front of a locked door. His followers, like worms, are offering sacrifices to try to unlock it.》

Instead of unlocking it.

What if you could just take out the demon soul waiting at the door?

“The soul of the teacher you cherish so much will not be split. You can use the soul of the devil as a price.”

“… … !”

Ellen shuddered.

Until just a moment ago, it was a dragon I had been resentful of.

Now he seemed like the greatest being in the world.

“Actually, I have been respecting my ancestors for a long time.”

“What would come of flattering me now?”

Bertain chuckled.

When I was acting like a jerk, I wanted to hit him with a hammer.

He looked very cute when he became more polite.

“I’m really sorry for attacking you first.”

《Actually, there’s no trace left on the scales, so it doesn’t really matter. The problem was your attitude.》

“I’m sorry for being rude.”

Elin bowed her head repeatedly.

Elin, who found a way to save her teacher, was no different from the most gentle sheep in the world.

《Hmm. Are you really reflecting?》

“Yes. I’ll bring you the devil’s soul right away.”

《No, it’s not something that can be easily obtained…》

Do you think that if you pull it out with a syringe, it will all come out at once?

“Then?”

《You have to take out each and every one of the parts that make up the axis of the magic circle. That’s what you guys call the devil’s mark.》

The devil’s mark could not be destroyed even when the saint’s divine power was poured on it.

How on earth are you supposed to extract the demon soul from the mark?

“So this body didn’t make a contract with your brother?”

“No, oppa.”

《Well, anyway. With the power you gave to Leo, you should be able to cut the demon’s soul out of the mark.》

“Um… .”

“What don’t you like? If you say you don’t want to go out with Leo, then there’s nothing I can do about it.”

That wasn’t it.

Of course, I would go with Leo to save Luke.

I could have called you oppa again.

“Won’t it take a long time?”

《I have to travel all over the continent, so it won’t be over in a day or two… but wouldn’t it be better than your master’s soul being destroyed?》

“That’s right.”

Although the time was on my mind.

Even if it took 10 years… no, 100 years, it was much better than having my teacher’s soul destroyed.

Elin, who truly understood completely, wriggled in Bertain’s forelegs.

“Then send it now.”

《Are you going right now?》

“Yes.”

《Whew… How come it never deviates from expectations?》

Bertain sighed.

I never expected that he would jump out like a lamb.

“Baby. Let me talk to you for a moment before I go.”

“… … ?”

A sudden change in soft title.

Elin stood there frozen in embarrassment.

“Why? Didn’t you finally regain respect for this body? If I let you go, you’ll attack again? ”

“That’s not it… .”

“There’s nothing you can do right now with that body anyway. Listen to what I have to say before you go.”

“… … ”

Ellen nodded.

Even now, I am barely maintaining my sanity due to the magical power that fills the cave.

Even though I was dissatisfied, I had nothing to say in rebuttal.

Swish.

Bertain raised his foreleg.

Elin slipped out.

Like a granddaughter who had been told to ‘sit here’, she sat down in front of Berthain.

“Well, this might be a little uncomfortable.”

“… ?”

Elin’s stupid hair curled into a question mark shape.

Woof-!

The cave vibrated.

Berthain’s body glows brightly.

The body, which was the size of a small mansion, gradually becomes smaller.

As small as a cabin.

As big as a huge rock.

As tall as the average adult.

As much as Elin… .

“… ?”

Even if it gets smaller, isn’t it too small?

What was even more disconcerting was that Bertain was still shrinking.

Woof… .

The light that filled the cave began to fade.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you in this body.”

Dark purple bob.

Blue eyes that give off a sense of condensed magical power.

Even smaller than Elin.

Berthain, polymorphed into a human form, came walking towards me.

“Line… … Sir?”

I was so surprised that my hair stood on end.

“Why are you doing that?”

“That appearance is….”

Their appearances are so similar that you might mistake them for older or younger siblings.

If it weren’t for his unique, gun-like gaze.

Ellen must have thought she was facing her own childhood.

“Is it because my body is small?”

“… … Yes.”

Shocked, Elin nodded blankly.

A dragon so huge that it fills a cave and a girl smaller than Elin are the same person.

Anyone who sees it will be surprised.

“I didn’t start out like this with polymorphs, but I got used to it as I continued.”

“Why does this look so familiar?”

“Berkeley liked it.”

“… … ??”

I know, because I heard it with Elin and Luke.

Bucklin was Berthain’s lover.

That he was murdered while having an affair.

Elin looked around at the girl, Berthain.

No matter how well she plays, her youthful appearance is similar to that of a 15-year-old Ellin.

If Bucklin liked this look… .

“… Killing him might have been right.”

Elin muttered in a tired voice.