episode_0337

Episode 337

The surrounding colors are gradually fading.

The once splendid colors of the royal palace have now become colorless.

It is only a lonely and lonely color. Is this also an effect of the contract?

All the people passing by have their facial features gone, like stick figures.

The only thing I can clearly see is the figure of the man in front of me.

The blood dripping from his sword is red alone.

There are so many things I don’t understand.

Why is the palace like this?

Who is this person?

Why is it that only this person can recognize me clearly?

However, there was only one question filling my mind right now.

‘I wonder if my mother… will be safe.’

The man is looking down at me with a blunt face.

He raises his sword.

“My name is Tyr. He is the crown prince of the Bamiar Empire. Princess of the kingdom, I must die for my ambition.”

“How did you break into the palace? As if I had jumped through space.”

“Yes, it is exactly what you said. It went beyond space. I have a helper who goes beyond common sense.”

…Is it Escalade? How many cheat keys do you have? So, does that mean that the enormous number of soldiers who sacrificed their lives at Sesennes were just thrown away?

“You can’t become emperor like this. Because your soldiers have all fled from Sesennes. The palace will be occupied for a short period of time, but will eventually be taken back.”

“hu, that’s not the case. It seems like you don’t really know your own importance.”

“What? What is that…”

“You wasted time unnecessarily with useless conversation. do not worry. If you cut your throat cleanly, the pain will only last a few seconds.”

He rushed towards me, making a terrifying sound. He is clearly a skilled warrior. It wasn’t a speed that could be avoided.

I looked straight at him, who was at least glaring and rushing towards me with the intention of killing me. However, the moment his sword was struck, it seemed as if something had wrapped around it and it stopped in the middle.

“Uh…?”

see.

Looks straight.

It was Carmel, a face that was clearly visible even in a world that had lost its color.

Carmel had a face she had never shown before. It’s a face that looks like it’s burning. Even when he was under the curse, he had never shown this level of anger.

“Get away from that kid!”

Even now that I have lost the ability to see mana, my skin still feels tingly. It was clear that Carmel was now using all of Mystilia’s mana contained within her.

“Queen Carmel? how…? Ha, I see. ‘Princess Sarah’, is it tied up in a relationship that goes beyond that? It seems like we have a relationship that can never be broken.”

Carmel came closer and closer to me, emitting enough mana to be used as physical force. Only Carmel and its surroundings seemed to me to be the original world.

“Mother, I was affected by that merchant’s contract… Now, no one recognizes me.”

“Yes, I was looking for you all the time, but I almost missed it. But there’s no way I wouldn’t recognize you, right?”

Carmel blocked my path like a mother trying to protect her child. Indeed, it is exactly what it says.

“You can relax now, Sarah. I will protect you.”

Tyr frowned as if there was an annoying obstacle and took out a blue bottle from his arms. Then he squeezed it tightly in his hand and broke it.

Naturally, a shard of glass gets stuck and the blue liquid inside mixes with the prince’s blood. Carmel’s expression hardened when she saw it scattering around the sword and the surrounding area.

“Mana… is being purified…!”

“It is holy water blessed in the imperial cathedral. It is the most effective against such evil magic. The effect would have been doubled by mixing my noble blood.”

He held the sword again with his glass-encrusted hand. It seemed that Carmel was now the target to be killed more than me.

“Haaa!”

Tyr’s sword flies in, cutting through the highly concentrated mana that tightly fills the space. I could only watch helplessly.

“Mother…!”

But the sword did not reach Carmel. The sword that stopped at a short distance trembled and fell down helplessly.

“Ugh…! What the heck…!”

Prince Tyr sat down in pain. A pile of blood pours out of his mouth as if his lungs were squeezed hard. Carmel looked down at the figure coldly and said.

“It was quite difficult to break through 14 layers of defensive barriers… But from now on, when dealing with mages, it would be better to spray the whole body rather than the sword, prince.”

In fact, using mana directly as a physical force to block a sword is close to a circus.

In fact, Carmel’s black mana’s original purpose is to curse people and kill them. It would be extremely foolish to jump into the middle of such deep mana.

“Keuuk, me, my dream, keuhuh, why…”

Every time he opened his mouth to say something, black blood spurted out from his mouth. He soon became quiet.

Carmel watched him for a moment and then came towards me.

“Are you okay, Sarah? Where are you injured? Weren’t you scared?”

“Mother, you are my mother, right?”

“Is it really difficult for you to recognize other people too? Just as it was difficult for me to find you…”

“No, it’s a little different from that… I could clearly recognize my mother. I don’t know why, but… um, no, you’re really my mother, right?”

“Yes, it’s me. Carmel Lustier.”

“ I think I need to touch her chest to know for sure…”

Carmel looked at me with dumbfounded eyes for a moment. And he also let me touch his chest. Even inside the clothes. It was definitely a sensation that could only be experienced in Carmel.

“What happened to the palace? What is all this fuss about, and why is Prince Tyr here…”

“We don’t know either. Enemies and monsters appeared as if out of thin air. So everyone in Lurie joins forces to fight back… Meanwhile, things about you have suddenly disappeared from everyone’s memories.”

Perhaps that was the timing when the contract was activated. Considering that it was used only after coming here through spatial movement, there appears to be a limit to the distance it can be activated.

Wait, where is Escalade now?

I definitely thought he was acting like Prince Tyr. However, Prince Tyr only came to kill me in isolation, and there was no one around me.

Moreover, there was something strange about the things the prince said. It seemed like his goal was not to become emperor, but to kill me.

There’s still something left in him. Perhaps even Prince Tyr was just a tool to him.

“But how did my mother find me? Other people were just passing by…”

“I don’t know either. As I was moving around frantically, I suddenly felt like I was forgetting something important… It wasn’t until a little later that I realized that it was you, Sarah. Sorry for being late.”

“No. If it weren’t for my mother, I would probably have been rolling on the floor in a more miserable state than that.”

“I can’t use mana at all right now?”

“Yes… It seems to be an unreasonable method of drinking that negates not only mana but also the entire life lived here. It doesn’t even seem like magic in the first place.”

“Then you hide quietly. We’ll take care of the remaining enemies. Well, if you really want, I can stay with you.”

“Would you please? Honestly… I was very scared.”

I took my hand out from under Carmel’s clothes and hugged her neck. The body temperature I could feel throughout my body made me feel very reassured.

“Thank you for coming, for finding me, and for saving me, mother.”

Carmel lightly kissed my cheek and hugged my slightly trembling body. The most dizzying moment was when I thought I would never feel this touch or Carmel again.

It was then.

Clap clap clap clap clap.

A quick applause is heard, like after a play ends. Although it was from just one person, the sound was somehow very powerful.

“That’s cool. Well done, Princess Sarah Lustier. This was all more than I expected. The same goes for Queen Carmel Arestria. However, dying for the Second Prince Tir Matue de Bamiar would have been the most ideal scenario. However, flow is always important in a play.”

As soon as he appears, it feels like the surrounding lights all go dark. He still had his face completely covered by his large hat and bandages.

“Escarade… No, Quantras!”

“Yes, it’s me. It’s been a long time since I heard that name. Indeed, it is truly a nostalgic name.”

“That guy is Escarade…!”

Carmel immediately went into alert mode. Iscarade spoke to Prince Tyr, whose face was in a puddle of blood, in a soft voice typical of a merchant.

“Now, wake up, Second Prince Tir Matue de Bamiar. Although your role here has been fulfilled, there is still usefulness left in that strong body.”

There is no way that will happen if you talk to a corpse. But it was happening right before my eyes. With his pure white pupils exposed, Prince Tyr stood up again, holding his sword.

“No way…”

How about “? Sounds great, right? Thanks to your passionate pursuit of my desires, I was able to regain my strength. Well, now it is your turn to complete the true rebellion against the goddess with your neck, Princess Sera Lustier.”