episode_0230

“Why are you here?”

“Oh dear…. I came all the way here to help you, and you give me such a sad attitude.”

Just as I was preparing to leave straight for Yeom Nation, the witch Tammiel came with the Pope.

As I looked at Tammiel and spoke, Tammiel covered her face and shook her shoulders as if she couldn’t overcome her sadness and was crying.

I was so dumbfounded that I turned my gaze to the Pope, who sighed softly and said.

“Tammiel, there have been many stories about her disposition…. First of all, Saint Rebiya’s strong request is also there, and it has also been confirmed that the power she had as a ‘fragment of the Demon King’ has disappeared, so as a disposition for her, the story has been narrowed down to cooperating with the hero Leon in subjugating the remaining one fragment of the Demon King.”

“…They pawned it off on me.”

No matter how you look at it, they pawned it off on me.

I was so dumbfounded that I stared intently at the Pope, and she seemed to feel guilty to some extent, as she cleared her throat for no reason.

Then she said as if making an excuse.

“First of all…. The ‘knowledge’ she has will definitely be a great help in subjugating the fragments of the Demon King.”

“…That’s true, but.”

After hearing the Pope’s words, I turned my gaze back to Tammiel.

She was already looking at me, so naturally, my eyes met Tammiel’s.

“It’s difficult if you look at me so passionately.”

“You looked at me first, you son of a….”

My head is already starting to hurt.

But that’s that, and this is this.

To be honest, even though they said that the ‘Demon King’s’ power had disappeared, it didn’t feel like Tammiel’s power had disappeared that much to me.

She’s quiet now, but if she really starts to run wild, I wonder if the Holy Kingdom will be able to stop her.

And there’s no way the Pope doesn’t know this.

“Hoo…. There’s no point in arguing here. Come with me if you’re going to come. Let’s get ready quickly. You’ve made me waste so much time.”

“I’m sorry to hear that.”

At my words, Tammiel nodded and walked towards me.

“Tammiel.”

“What’s the matter? Current Pope.”

“I think you know, but even if you have lost the power of the ‘fragment of the Demon King’, the sins you committed do not disappear. Make sure you never forget that.”

Despite the Pope’s warning, Tammiel simply responded by raising the corners of her mouth and smiling.

* * *

“You’re late. Baekryeon is waiting.”

“N, no, I’m fine.”

“Sorry. I was caught up in a conversation for a while….”

When I returned to Baekryeon’s group, Baekryeon, Seollin, Rebiya, and Lucy were already there, all ready to depart.

“Huh? You came too?”

“Of course. This party can’t run without me.”

“No matter how I think about it, I don’t think it’s that much…. Anyway, I thought I would be guarding Batri’s side….”

“I thought about that too, but the reason why the Queen is in danger is none other than the fragments of the Demon King. If I can help the hero to deal with the fragments of the Demon King faster, that will be the way to save the Queen.”

That’s…, that’s true.

As I nodded in agreement, Lucy’s gaze shifted from me to behind me.

“In the end…, the hero has taken on the task?”

“Ah…. That’s how it turned out.”

Lucy, who was looking at Tammiel, who was standing quietly behind me, said a word, and at that point, Baekryeon, Seollin, and Rebiya also approached me.

“…Hmph.”

Seollin, who had experienced Baekryeon’s death once because of Tammiel’s followers, looked at Tammiel with a displeased expression.

“Um…. First of all, please take care of me.”

Baekryeon, who was killed once by her, reaches out a hand and greets her.

“You’ve come!….”

And Rebiya, who sympathized most deeply with Tammiel’s memories, knew her best, and therefore had compassion and pity for her, said with a smile as if she was a little happy. I was a little curious to see how Tammiel would react to each different reaction, but she just smiled.

And as if she didn’t like that look, Seollin frowned and said.

“I don’t like that woman.”

“….”

“Baekryeon died once because of that woman. If it wasn’t for Rebiya, she would have definitely died. I have no intention of hanging out with someone like that.”

“Seollin….”

“Sister Seollin….”

Seollin’s words are absolutely right.

Whether Tammiel intended it or not, the people who invaded the Holy Kingdom were the followers who followed her when Tammiel was active as a ‘fragment of the Demon King’. That’s why I wouldn’t have included her in the party if the Holy Kingdom had the ability to handle ‘weakened Tammiel’.

But the Holy Kingdom did not have the ability to handle Tammiel, so it was better to manage and monitor Tammiel within my reach.

But that’s that, and this is this.

Even if I explain this to Seollin, she will understand it in her head, but she will not be able to understand it in her heart.

“Well…, I understand.”

But Tammiel shrugged as if it was nothing to see Seollin like that.

However, as if she didn’t like that attitude, Seollin’s expression worsened and she said.

“You understand?…. How can you say that now?”

“Then what should I say?”

“You!!”

At Tammiel’s words, which seemed to be provoking her, Seollin was furious and took out her weapon.

But Tammiel was still relaxed, and Baekryeon and Rebiya tried to stop Seollin’s sudden outburst, but I stopped them.

“Young master!”

“H, Hero!….”

“Leave it alone. They’re going to clash anyway.”

If I know Tammiel’s personality, she’s not the type to apologize.

And Seollin is a stubborn person if you say it nicely, and a stubborn person if you say it badly, so they have no choice but to clash.

It wouldn’t be bad to resolve it a little here.

“I don’t know why you’re so angry.”

“You don’t know?…. Shall I tell you now?”

“We were at war, if you want to be specific. Do you spare the enemy in front of you during the war?”

“!”

At Tammiel’s words, Seollin flinched and glared at Tammiel.

You were caught off guard, Seollin.

“Okay, I’ll admit it. Baekryeon died because of me. But I want you to know that. The hero tried to kill me several times. And I definitely died once. So should the hero pay the price for killing me?”

“T, that’s different from this!….”

“It’s not different. It’s your standard that we are ‘evil’. It’s difficult to set all the standards to only you.”

There is often this story.

War is a clash of beliefs and beliefs. What Tammiel is trying to say is….

“Everything is not divided into clear black and white. You fought the war from your point of view, and we fought the war from our point of view, and in the process, a child named Baekryeon died. That’s unfortunate. But the lives of countless people you killed in that war, and the life of a child named Baekryeon, are all the same life. It’s right for you to kill, but it’s not right for us to kill…. It’s really selfish.”

Well….

That’s what she says, but it’s just sophistry.

It’s sophistry, but it’s also true. They invaded the Holy Kingdom and killed many people, but at the same time, Seollin also killed many people who invaded.

Each of their lives and Baekryeon’s life.

What is more valuable? It is up to the individual to decide.

“But…, well, that’s true.”

Tammiel passed by Seollin and headed to Baekryeon.

“You’re Baekryeon, right?”

“Y, yes, but….”

“I’m sorry. You had to go through experiences you didn’t have to go through because of my followers.”

Unexpectedly….

Very unexpectedly, she bowed her head and apologized.

She broke the expectation that she wouldn’t apologize.

Baekryeon, who received the apology, scratched her cheek as if embarrassed and nodded.

“I, it’s okay. T, dying was also a different experience.”

“I’m glad to hear that.”

When Baekryeon accepted the apology, Tammiel raised her head and glanced at Seollin.

“So, I’ll accept it if you’re going to fight even though she’s okay with it, but what are you going to do?”

“…Tch!”

She’s angry, but what can she do when she’s forgiven her.

Seollin answered by stomping on the ground roughly and turning her body in resentment.

Tammiel, who saw that, chuckled and looked at me.

Do. You. Un. Der. Stand?

“….”

Tammiel, who was mouthing the words silently.

Bowing her head to go on a trip together is nothing, right?….

“Haa…. Well, it seems like it’s been sorted out, so let’s head to Yeom Nation quickly. I already have the White Tiger thing and the Vermilion Bird thing…. My head hurts.”

“If you’re going to Yeom Nation, I can move you there.”

It was Tammiel who answered my words immediately.

She said she could send us, so what does that mean? I looked at Tammiel.

‘…Is it that teleportation device?’

Come to think of it, there was such a device in Tammiel and the Prince’s memories.

But didn’t we have to go to Raptia to use it?

I was thinking about that for a moment.

When Tammiel flicked her fingers lightly, dozens of complex magic circles began to float.

“?!”

“Tammiel?”

“I’ve already completed the space jump magic.”

Flash!!

As the magic circle activated with a bright light, it swallowed me, Baekryeon, Rebiya, Seollin, and even Lucy.

And what I saw when the light disappeared was clearly a different place from the Holy Kingdom.

“W, where is this?….”

“Of course, it’s Yeom Nation. I think it was the capital of Yeom Nation?”

Even I would have to run for several weeks to arrive, but we arrived in just a few seconds.

…It might be more useful than I thought?