episode_0273

“That’s right. I am the last priestess of the Amon Empire, not simply meaning that I inherited the system, but a person who was born and raised in the empire and became a priestess.”

Swoosh…!

The Empire’s mage, Elizabeth, became wide-eyed upon hearing Anastasia’s words.

Then, Anastasia stood up from the rocking chair, more clearly defining her identity.

Anastasia is from the Amon Empire, that is, the last empire of the demonic race that fell a thousand years ago.

‘Amazing! Of course, I guessed that she would be someone who has gone against a considerable amount of time to get here, but a priestess of the ancient Amon Empire! This is beyond imagination!’

It’s not for any other reason that Elizabeth infers that she is caught in a dimension.

She is well aware that, in theory, it is possible to go back in time by borrowing an intervening dimension up to a certain level.

That certain level is roughly 200 to 300 years,

But according to Anastasia, it’s at least 1000 years or more.

“You have a very flustered expression, Magician. But your appearance is also quite surprising to me.”

However, it seemed that Anastasia also had a feeling that went beyond curiosity to one of unexpectedness.

“Neither a demon, nor does it feel like you’ve been accepting demonic energy for a very long time, and yet you walk the path of a magician and possess such a tremendous level of dark magic.”

That was due to Elizabeth’s hybrid magical power situation.

Normal magical power and dark magical power are quite incompatible.

So, once you start down one path, the other can only remain at a knowledge level, or if you learn it, it’s just a superficial understanding.

If you’re not careful, your magical circuits could be damaged and you could become a cripple, as if suffering from Mana Deviation.

The only exceptions would be a genius mage of the demonic race who can even perform normal magic,

Or, among humans, someone who deliberately and gradually mastered both polarities of magic over a long period of time could be a feasible form.

However, when Anastasia looks at Elizabeth, she is just a 20-year-old girl.

She’s definitely not the former, and she doesn’t seem to belong to the latter either.

“It’s the power of love!”

Then, Elizabeth, who had become shameless like Eugene Schneider, very confidently revealed the reason why she became a unique and hybrid magician.

Elizabeth was appealing that her appearance was created by mixing bodies with Eugene Schneider, who had become a quite grotesque body, and sharing empathy energy.

“If it’s the power of love, does that mean there’s someone else who created the opportunity for you?”

Because Elizabeth’s answer was so confident, Anastasia didn’t seem to be suspicious at all.

Rather, she seemed more interested in the mysterious being that had grown Elizabeth.

“That’s right! My brother, no, the benefactor who introduced me to a wider world, gave me a blessing. Thanks to that, I was able to embrace magic more deeply! That is the result now!”

Elizabeth got excited.

She is a woman who is very proud of her love with her beloved brother, Eugene Schneider.

However, she couldn’t openly reveal the fact that she had done *that* with her brother, so she stuttered for a moment.

But the result of that love was definitely great.

“They said that someone existing between light and darkness will descend…”

Anastasia, who had been silently listening to Elizabeth’s boastful words, murmured quietly.

“Anastasia, you said you received a prophecy. Have you been waiting for an existence that fits that prophecy?”

Elizabeth, who heard the murmur, also shook off her previous foolishness and began to infer the situation with a very serious expression.

“That’s not exactly right. It’s true that there was a prophecy, but I didn’t trust it. That’s why I’m so surprised now.”

Step, step, step,

Anastasia answered Elizabeth’s question and moved her steps to the side of the room.

“Then what was the content of that prophecy?”

Anyway, when Elizabeth thought about it, Anastasia didn’t seem to have any reason to be hostile or exclusive towards her. So, in order to find out more specific things, she asked Anastasia, who was heading to the side of the room.

“First, please sit on this sofa, special magician. Because this is not a story that will end with just a few words.”

Anastasia recommended the sofa to Elizabeth. Then, she picked up a tea kettle on the drawer next to the sofa.

“The content is exactly as I said quietly a moment ago. The prophecy was that a person between light and darkness would descend, and then he said something like this. He said that the existence is still incomplete, so give him a definite opportunity.”

Trickle, trickle, trickle…!

Anastasia and Elizabeth sat on the sofa like that.

Anastasia poured tea into a teacup on the table, answering the question Elizabeth had asked.

‘Oh oh oh…! A person between light and darkness! Is that referring to our brother? It suits him very well!’

Twitch…! Twitch…!

Elizabeth couldn’t control the corners of her mouth that were rising like a fool while being treated with lavish hospitality.

This is because a person between light and darkness fits very well with the image Elizabeth usually had of her beloved brother, Eugene Schneider.

Because Elizabeth was drawn to and worshiped Eugene’s gloomy and dark image since she was young.

“But Anastasia, listening to your words carefully, I think there is a considerable connection between you and the existence that gave the prophecy?”

Indeed, Elizabeth was a crazy little sister whose intelligence could never be denied.

Originally, a prophecy given to a priestess is abstract and symbolic.

As such, there is bound to be an absolute gap between the person giving the prophecy and the person receiving it.

However, when Elizabeth looks at it, the content that Anastasia is talking about is not only more specific than a general prophecy, but Anastasia herself is not in the attitude of a general priestess.

“Not just anyone can stay in an intervening dimension for 1000 years. You can think of it as an existence that has accumulated that much karma. Also, it is true that he knows a lot as much as that karma. Feel free to ask questions, special magician. Wasn’t it because you had something you wanted to find out from me that you came all the way here?”

Anastasia didn’t seem to want to reveal the specific relationship between the existence that gave the prophecy and herself.

So, she tried to divert Elizabeth’s attention by drifting into the main topic.

“Are you also aware that demonic energy is filling the continent, and as a result, the number of demonic creatures is increasing exponentially?”

“I know. Thanks to that, I was also able to show myself in front of you more easily.”

Then, Elizabeth immediately spoke up.

“I heard that a Demonic God’s Eclipse occurred in Encrema about 20 years ago.”

Then, she brought up the story of the Demonic God’s Eclipse that she had heard from Samantha, the master of the magic tower at the academy in the past.

“Hmm… As far as I know, the Empire has almost erased that incident, but how does such a young magician know about the manifestation of the Demonic God’s power in Encrema?”

Anastasia indirectly gave a positive sign to Elizabeth’s question.

At the same time, like a priestess of the Demonic God, she pointed out the closed situation created by the high power of the Church of the Radiant Goddess.

“My teacher participated in the project at the time.”

“Teacher, you mean Samantha? Are you talking about Samantha, the blue-eyed magician?”

“Do you know our teacher?”

“The Empire reacted faster than expected, so there was a need to look inside. Samantha, the blue-eyed magician, her lineage had the blood of the demonic race.”

“Is that true?”

“In the current situation, is there any reason for me to lie?”

Elizabeth naturally told her that it was what her teacher Samantha had told her, and

Anastasia not only knew of Samantha’s existence, but also conveyed information that Elizabeth had not even thought of.

‘Was that so… There was a rather strange part to my teacher’s magic, but now I understand…’

Elizabeth nodded slowly.

Samantha was a minority. However, she became the master of the magic tower at the academy because she aligned with the emperor’s keynote at the time.

Her actions and magical philosophy generally had the strong scent of a minority, but the four-dimensional Elizabeth actually liked it.

“According to my teacher, the Empire’s Sword Master at the time entered the Demonic God’s Eclipse with my teacher’s remote support.”

However, what Elizabeth is curious about is not Samantha’s lineage.

It is Ulysses Schneider, the father of her beloved brother Eugene Schneider, who directly set foot in the Demonic God’s Eclipse.

“That’s right. The man called the Sword Saint on the continent, Sword Master Ulysses Schneider, fearlessly stepped into the Demonic God’s domain. I couldn’t help but stick out my tongue at his abilities, which were comparable to those of a legendary hero.”

Anastasia, who was thoroughly grasping the Demonic God’s Eclipse situation from the intervening dimension, was also aware of Ulysses Schneider’s involvement.

‘Oh oh oh! As expected, our brother’s father was a great man! This somehow feels good!’

Twitch…! Twitch…!

The corners of Elizabeth’s mouth twitched again, who had been leading the conversation with a serious expression.

This is because she felt proud when Ulysses Schneider was praised by a third party.

“But soon I understood his strength. It was because I was able to sense him more perfectly thanks to entering the Demonic God’s Eclipse domain.”

Smiling…!

On the other hand, Anastasia continued to explain the situation of that day that she knew, with a subtle smile.

“What is that?”

Elizabeth, who felt a sense of déjà vu that was standing up, and felt that Anastasia was about to convey unusual information, pushed her face forward with a very focused face.

“Ulysses Schneider, he is from the lost Atlantis Theocracy.”

The secret of Ulysses Schneider that was conveyed to such Elizabeth was truly shocking.

“Huh??”

Eugene Schneider, who was inspecting the place where the Sun’s Heart was installed, was swinging his sword using the intermission time,

He felt someone’s gaze for a moment and looked in that direction.

“Mother, why are you looking at me with such wistful eyes?”

Marianne, who was looking around the Sun’s Heart with him, was sitting on the grass for a while to rest, and she was looking at him with mysterious eyes.

“Because you really look so much like him.”

Marianne slightly rested her chin and answered Eugene Schneider, who was asking in a cute tone.

“Who do I look like?”

Eugene Schneider tilted his head slightly at his mother’s incomprehensible words.

“Your biological father, Ulysses Schneider, your grown-up appearance resembles him so much in his younger days.”

Marianne told him exactly what she felt,

The keyword she brought up was also Ulysses Schneider.