episode_0211

“Are you hurting a lot, Elisabeth?”

Eugene asked about his beloved younger sister Elisabeth with quite a worried expression.

And what he was gently holding was Elisabeth’s white ankle.

“Hiiiing… It hurts too much, older brother… Please blow on it…”

That’s right. Elisabeth had injured her ankle.

Elisabeth, who possessed a flimsy body,

lost her mind when her older brother was suddenly in danger during the battle with Drake and fell while running over.

But at that time, she didn’t know she was hurt.

She found out while returning.

‘Hiiiing… I’m so happy, older brother… To be taken care of like this by my older brother, hehehe…’

The moment she recognized it herself, this impudent younger sister Elisabeth started flirting with her older brother.

She had been injured, so she wanted him to treat her and take care of her.

That’s ridiculous.

Why? Because a mage can heal this much injury on their own.

In other words, even though Elisabeth could heal herself, she deliberately clung to her older brother and asked him to heal her.

‘But this younger sister was so anxious that she wants to be compensated for it, right? I thought my older brother was going to leave my side, and I felt like I was going to die…’

However, we should understand Elisabeth’s feelings.

Younger sister Elisabeth, who is crazy about her older brother,

thought the sky was falling when the dark red whirlwind swallowed Eugene.

Especially since it was thought to be caused by the fact that she, the party’s mage, couldn’t play her role properly,

Elisabeth’s self-blame and shock at the time were even greater.

But anyway, Eugene eventually came back.

Then, how much more intense would Elisabeth’s obsession with him have become?

It could be said that settling for this much is mild.

‘Cute kid. Ever since she was young, Jeanne would scream that she wasn’t hurting, and Charlotte-nunim would hide it in the end because she was worried. But Elisabeth would always cling to me like a fox because she wanted to get attention.’

Eugene Schneider is treating Elisabeth, who is acting like a fox, very diligently,

but Eugene, a man who remembers everything about his younger sister, was fully aware of her psychology.

This is because he has experienced since childhood that when Elisabeth overreacts, it means that she has a clear lack of something.

And since Eugene is sincere about soothing his sister’s resentment, he always pretends not to know,

and has been accepting it with even shameless acting.

“Something like that happened, older brother. And you didn’t even tell me.”

Soon, Elisabeth began to check Eugene Schneider’s physical condition this time.

Then, Eugene told her in more detail about what he had experienced while facing Drake.

It was the story of the Demon God’s Eye and light and darkness.

However, the story about his mother was excluded.

“To be honest, at first, I felt like I was floating in the clouds too much. I didn’t want to give you another thing to think about when you’re working hard to create quest magic.”

“Oh, come on~ How can anything related to my older brother be unnecessary? It’s the most important thing to me.”

Eugene scratched his head slightly, as if he had made a misjudgment, and spoke as if confiding in her.

Then, Elisabeth soothed her older brother’s heart by acting as cute as possible.

“The Demon God’s Eye, it’s a sacred object of the evil god passed down in myths. It literally means that its existence is unclear.”

Elisabeth listed what she knew about the Demon God’s Eye.

A mage is a class that is equipped with both magical and humanistic qualities.

Especially history, because this other world Gaia has been connected with the development of supernatural powers and magic.

Therefore, Elisabeth was able to recite historical and unofficial stories related to the keywords that Eugene heard from Drake.

“For example, it is said that the background of the primordial world being overshadowed by demonic energy was caused by the opening of the Demon God’s Eye. Even my older brother, who has seen a lot of mythological records, will probably hear this concept for the first time. It’s not official history. It’s an apocryphal story that the Church of the Radiant Goddess didn’t adopt.”

“Oh, is that so? No wonder it was really unheard of.”

Pedon has many different races living in it, so there are many different histories.

And those diverse histories are often mixed up in a miscellaneous way.

What is recognized as official history is what the Empire and the Church of the Radiant Goddess have jointly adopted,

and there will be unofficial history as an extension of that.

But there is something more extra, which is the apocryphal history of other races.

Apocryphal history is only accessible to mages, witches, or high-ranking nuns.

“Sun God Abinus, I think this concept will also be included in the apocryphal stories. According to documents, there are many records of people who followed the Sun God among races and peoples close to the sea.”

“There are no documents that mention the name Abinus itself?”

“No, to be honest, I’m hearing it for the first time, older brother.”

The key keywords that Drake mentioned to Eugene were two.

The opening of the Demon God’s Eye and the existence chosen by the Sun God Abinus,

Both concepts were related to the history of the apocrypha.

“I think it would be better to have the elf Priscilla with us rather than just my own thoughts. It’s difficult to see the Demon God’s Eye and the Sun God without separating the elves.”

“Really? Then shall I bring Priscilla now?”

“Please do so, older brother. I think it would be good to talk about it today because it’s my last day before disbanding tomorrow.”

Therefore, Elisabeth suggested the participation of the elf Priscilla.

If there was enough time, they could have called them separately to ask, but

the quest is over, so Elisabeth has to return to the Academy Magic Tower tomorrow.

“I’ll call Priscilla, Elisabeth! Wait!”

ㅡDash!

Eugene immediately left Elisabeth’s accommodation to find Priscilla,

“Yes… Older brother.”

Hehe…!

Elisabeth saw him off with a mysterious, eerie smile on her face.

‘Hmm… Burdensome…’

Priscilla, who was brought in by Eugene, sat down and glanced at Elisabeth.

‘Why does it have to be my partner’s younger sister… Then I can’t treat her carelessly.’

Elves are quite a family-oriented race.

Enough to remember all of their roots.

Therefore, the moment Priscilla learned that Elisabeth was Eugene’s younger sister, she began to recognize her as her partner’s younger sister, and it was not easy to emit the cool eyes of the past.

“For humans, the Demon God’s Eye may be a myth, but for elves, it’s history. The opposite of the World Tree was the Demon God’s Eye. They call it a sacred object, but in reality, you can think of it as a living thing. It’s a higher-dimensional living thing like the World Tree.”

“Oooooh…!”

Nevertheless, Priscilla, who is sincere about showing off her elven knowledge, told the story based on what she knew from Eugene on her way to Elisabeth’s accommodation.

“So, over time, its shape changes. For example, the World Tree has become much smaller than it was in the early days. It adapted to the situation. I’ve heard that the Demon God’s Eye has become like that too.”

Chuck…!

Priscilla crossed her arms with a very serious expression and continued to tell the story with Eugene’s excellent reaction.

“But in the end, its abilities will be the same. Just like the World Tree creates elves and emits general mana and spirit mana into the world.”

The shape may change. But Priscilla’s conclusion was that the purpose would be the same.

“Then what can the Demon God’s Eye do, Priscilla?”

Therefore, Eugene immediately asked what the Demon God’s Eye does.

All he knows now is that it makes demonic energy full and creates monsters as a result,

but based on Priscilla’s nuance, it seems like there is more than what is listed now.

“It summons the Demon King.”

Priscilla’s answer to that was very short and impactful.

The Demon God’s Eye is a system that summons the Demon King.

“The Demon God’s Eye summons the Demon King, Priscilla-ssi?”

Eugene was naturally hearing high-level information for the first time.

However, Elisabeth’s eyes widened.

The mage Elisabeth was also hearing it for the first time.

“I know what you mean. There are royalty in the demon race, and sometimes a particularly outstanding one among those royalty experiences the manifestation of power and becomes a Demon King, which is normal. But the king created by the Demon God’s Eye is not at that level.”

“What’s the difference, Priscilla?”

“The Demon King who is designated through the Demon God’s Eye is a guy who is born by directly receiving the power of the Demon God. The difference in authority is clear. Well, the history of such a Demon King is rare in the first place. Was it only in ancient times?”

The general Demon King and the Demon King created through the Demon God’s Eye,

The decisive difference is whether the Demon God intervenes.

And the Demon King created with the Demon God’s intervention appeared at a major turning point in the history of the continent.

The last time such a Demon King was descended was at the end of the era.

At the end of the ancient era, the Demon God’s Eye produced a Demon King, but

that Demon King eventually met his end, and the ancient era, when demonic energy was full, came to an end.

“Perhaps what Priscilla-ssi is talking about is connected to the legend of the hero?”

While listening to Priscilla’s words, Elisabeth asked again if she was reminded of a point that was connected.

“That’s right. It’s connected to the designation of the hero that the Church of the Radiant Goddess is talking about. Of course, the Church of the Radiant Goddess adapted it to their own emotions. But in the knowledge of the elves, who have a longer history, it is closely related to the Demon God’s Eye, which they call the apocrypha. Because the Demon God moves, the goddess also moves.”

The Demon God’s Eye myth is the history of the apocrypha.

Because the Church of the Radiant Goddess does not recognize that history, the Demon God’s Eye was thoroughly rejected in the hero’s descent, one of the core miracles of the Church of the Radiant Goddess.

‘Then am I a hero? Is the darkness that Drake mentioned the Demon King?’

As he heard a very specific story, Eugene’s brain started spinning very quickly and became complicated.

In the end, what is important to him is whether those stories have anything to do with him.

Drake said to Eugene that there is a darkness that opened the door to the Demon God, and that darkness is around Eugene, who is light.

Therefore, what comes to Eugene’s mind is that Drake might have been referring to him as a hero.

‘An existence with demon blood mixed in is a hero???’

But in many ways, it’s too absurd.

Eugene Schneider knows that a hero is designated as a hero by someone who is quite spiritually noble.

Eugene is a human with demon blood mixed in.

A hero with demon blood mixed in, there is a clear reason for disqualification.

“….”

Elisabeth, who had been silently watching Eugene with slightly complicated eyes for a moment,

“Older brother, you should tell Priscilla-ssi that story. The story that Drake transferred energy to older brother as he died.”

Then, as if inducing something, she tossed a question to Eugene.

“Huh? What are you talking about, Eugene?”

Priscilla’s eyes widened as she was hearing about the topic of Elisabeth’s question for the first time, and she looked at Eugene Schneider.

“Well, Priscilla, Drake looked like he had returned somewhere with only his body left. Then he injected dark purple energy into me and disappeared.”

Eugene explained in detail to Priscilla the situation he had experienced at the last moment when he confronted Drake.

“He transferred dark purple energy to you??”

Among those words, Priscilla’s eyes lit up at the keyword dark purple energy.

“That’s the Demon God’s energy???”

This is because dark purple energy symbolizes the power of the Demon God.