Foresight

Raellan looked at Eunice with an extremely cold gaze. Eunice, receiving that gaze, didn’t panic and slowly reconsidered what she had missed.

A heavy silence hung in the basement. The tacitly allowed time to fall into contemplation before the opponent had long passed, but Eunice couldn’t find the answer and only felt more frustrated.

It was already a game too big for her to handle. Bella’s scheme, which gained numerous advantages and the flow she wanted with just one death, was so great that Eunice, who was grouped as a strategist, felt heat in her head.

But that’s not the end…? Eunice couldn’t help but wonder if the title of strategist who reads the game was more suitable for her several years later.

An hour passed like that. During that time, Raellan waited without any urging, just watching Eunice come to a conclusion.

Looking at him, Eunice wondered if Raellan, like her, needed time to organize his thoughts.

If it were Raellan’s personality, he would have left the basement without looking back when she couldn’t answer.

There was no reason for him to wait for her answer like this.

-That thought was an ugly excuse to escape inferiority. Eunice already knew why Raellan was waiting silently. He was her personal one-day professor today.

The reason Raellan waited was just to watch the underachiever try to solve the problem herself.

In the end, when Eunice, who couldn’t break the shell that was blocking her growth, let out a sigh mixed with deep inferiority and tried to ask Raellan for help, something suddenly flashed in her mind.

Why did she only think of this now? It was the starting point and the most important part of this plan… something she had even questioned immediately after receiving the memory from Ross.

“…The Holy Grail.”

At Eunice’s quiet murmur, Raellan tilted his head up and muttered in a sighing voice, “Finally.”

“Yes, the Holy Grail that suddenly popped out of nowhere is the core of all this. Was it so hard to realize this simple thing? What’s the point of being able to look far away if you can’t bow your head and think about looking at your feet?”

“….”

At Raellan’s criticism, Eunice unknowingly hunched her shoulders. It was a stinging criticism. She had missed the most basic starting point in reading the game.

Watching Eunice biting her lip, Raellan slowly explained.

“Bella proceeded with the plan with the conviction that the Holy Grail must exist on the 10th floor of the labyrinth that no one has ever been to. That means Bella has something to prove the existence of the Holy Grail, or someone passed the information about the Holy Grail to Bella.”

“Could Roel be using Bella…?”

If it’s Roel, who has the blind purpose of everyone’s salvation, he wouldn’t hesitate to use Luna’s death. Luna’s existence is valuable to Ross, but to Roel, it’s just one life.

Taking the Holy Grail from Ross, who desperately broke through the labyrinth and obtained the Holy Grail, was a very easy and convenient method for Roel.

If Roel is really behind Bella, Ross was as good as trapped in an unavoidable trap. Ross wouldn’t hesitate to step into the obvious trap for the sake of his beloved Luna.

Unlike Eunice, whose palms were wet with sweat from tension, Raellan shook his head with his usual calm appearance.

“It’s not Roel.”

“…How are you so sure?”

At Eunice’s question, Raellan gave a sinister smile.

“Bella can use Ross, but she can’t betray him.”

Raellan, who answered as if it were obvious, looked at Eunice with a sidelong glance and added.

“In the novel, Roel’s maximum was the 4th floor of the labyrinth. Of course, there may be a Roel who reached the 10th floor of the labyrinth in another world.”

“Isn’t that the most likely possibility?”

“Then wouldn’t there be a big contradiction in Bella’s actions now?”

“…Ah!”

At Raellan’s question, Eunice belatedly realized. The reason Bella killed Luna was to make Ross use the Holy Grail first to revive Luna before Roel used the Holy Grail to save everyone.

Bella doesn’t want the Holy Grail to fall into Roel’s hands. Preventing Roel’s salvation plan was the ultimate purpose of this plan.

If Bella doesn’t want to interfere with herself, then there’s no reason for Roel to tell Bella about the Holy Grail, which will play the biggest role in his salvation plan.

Even if Roel has the memory of reaching the 10th floor of the labyrinth, there’s no reason to borrow Ross’s hand. Because Roel, herself, was the strongest in this world right now.

Eunice, who was breathing out the stuffy breath that had been making her chest feel tight, realized that the story wasn’t over yet and asked again with a tense face.

“If it’s not Roel….”

Then who did Bella hear about the Holy Grail from? Once she realized, she couldn’t help but feel more nervous. Eunice unknowingly started to speak her thoughts out loud.

“Is there really someone who knows that the Holy Grail is on the 10th floor of the labyrinth, knows that Roel wants the Holy Grail, and can predict what will happen if they reveal information about the Holy Grail to Bella?”

Eunice’s words trembled. While she was speaking, she realized that there was only one strategist better than Bella. Raellan narrowed one eye at Eunice’s gaze, which was filled with suspicion.

“Does your head exist to balance your body? I don’t know information about the Holy Grail. How can I, who is plotting by receiving the memories that Ross didn’t know, use it?”

“…Th, that’s right.”

“That’s why it’s more fun.”

“…Huh?”

Ignoring Eunice’s bewildered reaction, Raellan twisted his lips.

“Roel’s attack on the Imperial Palace was something no one expected. Roel, who killed the Emperor, immediately demanded Bella to fully open the labyrinth. Estelle, who was eavesdropping on the conversation through the artifact, found out about that fact.”

Eunice nodded diligently, unknowingly, like a student listening to a class.

“At that time, Bella and we thought that Roel was trying to open the labyrinth as a means to become stronger by grinding countless lives to fight the God of Chaos. Bella at the time also thought so and didn’t oppose the opening of the labyrinth. Because our last enemy is the God of Chaos who is trying to destroy the world.”

Raellan clapped his hands lightly and gave a chilling smile. At that moment, his eyes flickered with madness as if they were oiled. His eyes were looking at Eunice, but his gaze was looking further away.

Eunice bit her lip, twisting her shoulders, not knowing what to do with the urge to avoid his gaze and the curiosity to hear the next story.

Raellan chuckled.

“Bella didn’t know that Roel was aiming for the Holy Grail. Even if she knew, she would have only thought of it as an object to win against the God of Chaos and tried to open the labyrinth. But what if someone who knows the information about the Holy Grail approached Bella and revealed what the new salvation plan using the Holy Grail is?”

Bella is someone who can do anything for Roel. Of course, she would have tried to act for Roel.

Knowing that this is the last fight, Bella would have tried to stop Roel, who is always trying to sacrifice himself to save everyone.

Because she knows that this sacrifice is not for the next, but a complete defeat. That was why Bella can use Ross, but she can’t betray him.

Eunice brushed the hair that was tickling her face with her hand and said.

“She would have found a way to prevent the Holy Grail from falling into Roel’s hands.”

“Yes, the one who knows the information about the Holy Grail can accurately predict Bella’s next move, as well as accurately know about Roel. Everything about how he will act, and what method he will find for everyone in this world.”

At that moment, Eunice’s gaze was taken away by a huge illusion that only she could see. The huge game that she could only read a part of where she was standing was now coming into her eyes.

It was such a huge game that she didn’t know when it was made. And it was very meticulous. It was a game that could never be made unless she knew all the details.

“The salvation using the Holy Grail must have something similar to the salvation using the undead. It’s a way to create a shackle based on Roel’s sacrifice and confine them to their respective utopias. Whatever it is, what we can be sure of now is one thing.”

Raellan said, laughing as if he was really enjoying it.

“The one behind Bella knows everything. Roel’s salvation plan, the usage and location of the Holy Grail, that Bella will kill Luna for Roel… that Ross, who loves Luna, will do anything to get the Holy Grail… He calculated all of that and made it.”

At that moment, Eunice was scared. She had a feeling that the one behind Bella would be the biggest variable in this whole story.

“This huge game where we can all benefit from the death of one Luna!!!”

Raellan’s mad laughter echoed in the basement.