episode_0182

After Mariel started making magic derivatives.

I heard news from the Demon King’s Castle that Versella was calling me.

Versella rarely called me first, so I headed straight to the Demon King’s Castle, Kutranux.

In the throne room of the Demon King’s Castle, Bersella was sitting lightly on the edge of the throne, having a conversation with Xaviel.

The Demon King’s throne, which did not suit Versella, who has a small body, was so hard that I kept wanting to change it to a more comfortable chair every time I saw it, and it seemed completely devoid of practicality.

“Ah, Yunoa. Are you here?”

“I came because you said you were looking for me.”

As I approached Versella, who was sitting on the throne, Xaviel took a quick look at me and quietly stepped back.

Bersella looked at me and said.

“Are you looking for the Demon Lord’s soul yet?”

Bersella’s expression looked a little dark when she asked that.

Come to think of it, after hearing the truth of what happened to her, she had been paying attention to the whereabouts of the Demon Lord’s soul.

Although I am enjoying my current free life, I am also afraid because I don’t know when these happy days will end.

“Not yet… Although I am looking for clues.”

“Something strange is happening in the demon world these days.”

“Strange thing?”

“The monsters are becoming vicious.”

When I heard from the demon lord Versella that monsters were becoming vicious, I felt a little strange.

Isn’t it always natural for monsters in the Demon World to be vicious?

Although they are said to be in a position like wild animals in the demon world, monsters have always been vicious in our eyes.

But what Versella is talking about is definitely not the kind of brutality we humans think of.

Let me ask you in detail what’s going on.

“What does it mean when monsters become vicious?”

“It is said that the tamed monsters in each city of the Demon World are not listening to their instructions and are attacking those around them. The monsters used in the Demon King’s army no longer listen to us.”

“The monsters that were tamed stopped listening to what was said?”

At that time, Xavier, who was listening next to him, opened his mouth.

“It happened just yesterday. The monsters all started running wild as if they had gone crazy all at once. There have already been deaths. This is the first time something like this has happened. Among us demons, it is known that demon gods have long ago tamed demons and given them the ability to control them like limbs… … .”

Xaviel spoke in a calm voice, but there was a hint of embarrassment in his eyes.

Is it similar to feeling like a pet dog suddenly starts running rampant to kill its owner?

If the monster is just going crazy, you can just use force to suppress it, but… … .

“So what happens now?”

I asked Xaviel.

The number of monsters incorporated into the Demon King’s army was very large.

In each city of the Demon World, there are monsters that are raised like livestock.

If those monsters had started rampaging all at once, it would have been quite a confusing sight.

Especially if all the monsters in the Demon King’s army attack, wouldn’t it actually feel like war?

“First of all, we suppressed it, but the question is why this happened.”

“Umm… … .”

“I think this matter has something to do with the demon lord’s soul.”

As Xavier said that, he quietly looked at Versella, a demon lord who did not have a demon soul.

Although he is called the Demon King for convenience, Bersella is no longer the Demon King in the true sense.

Could it be that the Demon King’s soul that escaped from her and disappeared is doing something?

“The monster is getting stronger. This means that the influence of the Demon King’s soul has begun to be felt again, just like when Versella possessed it. The will of the Demon King’s soul is the same as the will of the Demon God. Most likely, the demon king’s spirit got angry and started to be hostile towards the demons.”

“It sounds like it’s because of me.”

“It doesn’t sound like that, but it’s true.”

Xaviel responded bluntly.

He then pointed at me with the tip of his cane and said.

“So, what I’m saying is take responsibility. Responsibility for taking the devil’s soul from Versella.”

“I’m still doing my best.”

I’m still waiting for Mariel to succeed in creating a means to input numbers to attract the Demon Lord’s soul into the magic derivative.

Anyway, this abnormal phenomenon is bothering me.

I felt like I had seen proof that if I were to just kill time like this, the demon lord’s soul would not stay still.

Monsters that have escaped the control of the demons, what happens next?

Has the Demon King’s soul already entered someone’s body?

It might be dangerous if you don’t hurry.

Versella could not hide her anxious expression.

Although she was in the position of the Demon King and had strong magical powers, she had a small body and still thought like a child.

For her, the threat that the Demon King’s soul could come back would be an unbearable pressure.

Everything I have done in this world so far.

I planned to do my best to undo the mistakes made by the goddess Stellania and to prevent the efforts to stop the meaningless fight between demons and humans from going to waste.

Once the balance of the world is restored and the threat like the Demon King’s Spirit disappears from this continent, I will return to being an ordinary adventurer.

It would be nice to form a party with some of my close friends and travel the continent.

Because I’ve been caught up in strange events, I haven’t even been able to properly explore this continent yet.

After everything was over, I wanted to live normally, but enjoy each day with a special feeling.

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A few days later, Mariel had almost completed the device to store the magic frequency to be used in the magic derivative.

Following Mariel’s instructions, I tested the device named ‘Magic Vibration Transducer’.

“Basically, the structure is almost the same as the magic derivative. However, the difference is that the magic frequency is adjusted using your magic power. And the values you adjusted here can be released in a form of magical power that I can recognize. It’s like a kind of password conversion!”

“I’m not sure because it’s complicated, but it works anyway, right?”

“You don’t understand? Or are you not doing it on purpose?”

“By the way, Mariel, why is your hair like that?”

I asked as I looked at Mariel’s head, which was grumbling slightly as she pounded her feet on the floor.

That was because her signature pink and white two-tone hair color had completely turned white.

So now Mariel’s hair was dazzlingly pure white.

“Huh? ah… You mean this? While making this, the other half also lost its color.”

“When was the last time you slept?”

“The day you decided to make this? No, it was the day before.”

“Why don’t you get some sleep first? And no matter what happens, I don’t know?”

Even though you can maintain your health to a certain extent with magical power, it’s a bit hard to overdo it to the point where your hair loses all its color.

Moreover, since I was the one who told Mariel to do this, it seems like it is my responsibility if something goes wrong with Mariel.

But she spoke as if nothing had happened.

“We should test this sooner than that. I wonder if your information can be stored properly.”

“Umm.”

“I can’t sleep unless I finish what I started.”

Well, with Mariel’s personality, that might be the case.

Should I finish the exam quickly so Mariel can sleep?

however… What should I do?

When I looked like I didn’t know what was going on, Mariel let out a small sigh and held my hand.

Then, I put my hand into the small hole in the transducer, which is large and cylindrical like a magic inductor but cannot be seen.

“All values can be adjusted with magic power. Although the structure is different, if you think of this as a true magic inductor and adjust the magic frequency, that number will be engraved into this device. Then I just need to transfer the converted numbers to the real magic derivative. Come on, let’s try it!”

“Umm… … .”

Having said that, without narration I can’t do anything here.

Now, narration… Now! Please tell me what numbers to enter here!

“… … .”

But there was no response from the narration.

Was it really a mistake to create this converter? If the narration doesn’t respond, something is wrong.

This is a big deal, but the moment you are about to panic.

“Ah… … .”

Suddenly, a feeling like I intuitively knew something passed through my head like a flash.

The method of ‘expressing’ the magical power frequency that induces the Demon King’s soul within this device with my magical power was something that I felt as a sixth sense, a sixth sense of magical energy, although I could not explain it in words.

『Yunoa already intuitively knew the magic frequency of the Demon King’s soul.

But he didn’t even know that, he was waiting for the answer to be fed to his mouth with his hand in the converter.』

At that time, the narration belatedly gave me a small reprimand.

What do you mean, I already knew it in my head at that time without knowing it?

So that you can feel it in your gut when the time comes?

How many people in this world would understand if you told them that way?

The narration is really becoming more and more complicated in the way it is taught.

『Yunoa must have been full, so she was dissatisfied with the food given to her.

If the voice in him had not been bound by a contract, it would have already fallen away.』

Okay, I got it.

I don’t even remember signing a contract with the narration, though.

I say that, but so far I have never completely turned away when I really needed help.

『It wasn’t for Yunoa. It was for the world.』

Putting aside the narration’s slightly unconvincing explanation, I began inputting the magic frequencies in my head that I had begun to feel intuitively into Mariel’s device.

Using the sophisticated magical talent I had been given, I flowed magical energy as my intuition flowed, like weaving thread.

To summon the Demon King’s soul before us, to put an end to all of this… … .

After flowing all of my magical energy into the device in a trance, I slowly pulled my hand out of the hole in the device.

Is this what happened?

And the next moment.

Squeeze! Pajik! pop!

“Huh?”

“Oooo! Converter!”

Suddenly, a sound like a burst of electricity came from Mariel’s magic vibration transducer, and the cylindrical body exploded and shattered with a bursting sound.

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