Episode 271. The End of Evil (2)
Several days have passed since the Papiyas incident.
As the aftermath of the incident progressed, various stories were exchanged.
Basically, the Papyrus Kingdom completely collapsed when its true foundations were exposed.
Since half of the city had already been reduced to ashes, it was no longer able to function properly as a town, let alone a country.
The discovery of a secret research facility hidden underground has drawn public condemnation.
In addition, all those involved in the incident, including Hwangtapju Grisha Highend, were arrested.
The crime of causing damage by distributing leaflets by a member of the Alighieri cadets.
He will not be released quickly because the inhumane acts he committed to usurp the throne have been discovered.
And one of them didn’t end up in prison.
“Harkel Byold. I never thought he was the real culprit behind the Demon Wars.”
Standing in a huge underground cavern, Caden opened his mouth as he thought about the past.
A terrible incident that happened 30 years ago.
It was a major disaster in which countless people died due to the Demon King’s descent, and heroes and saints who were the hope of the empire at the time lost their lives as a result.
“It’s not a very good memory for me. I am where I am today thanks to my activities in that incident… but I don’t want to brag about it.”
Gerardo opened his mouth, remembering that time.
A hero among heroes who has advanced by slaughtering rampant demons and monsters using the skills he has accumulated since the past.
That’s how the citizens remember Gerard Chainsilver.
But he didn’t think so because of the mistakes he had made.
“Because I hurt someone precious to me.”
The death of a saint due to her own mistake.
Gerard thought that although the murderers were civilians, he was the one who created the butterfly effect.
“But Sir Gerard is not guilty.”
“….”
“The real culprit is… people like Harkel Byold, who caused such a huge stir and then acted like heroes in front of everyone.”
The news had already spread throughout the empire.
All of the physical evidence was revealed one by one thanks to information provided by a boy named Totema.
“It’s because you were desperate to surpass Sir Gerard. Are you really going to take responsibility for this as well?”
“That’s… not true.”
This time, it was absolutely not his fault.
From the beginning, Harkel Wild was the type of guy who would start a fight if he saw Chainsilver.
They did not hesitate to use any means necessary to bury the chain silver.
They did not hesitate to use methods to frame others, and if it was disadvantageous to them, they consistently displayed an attitude of turning a blind eye to the issue.
“But today marks the end of our bad relationship.”
“To begin with, the word ‘bad relationship’ is a waste.”
As their conversation ended, Nebia and Angela stood in front of the door.
There are two people who were cursed just now and two sinners on the other side of the door.
The two saints held each other’s hands. Then a strange light began to shimmer from their bodies.
There was no way the principal didn’t know what that light was.
“I never thought it would be possible to create something like that.”
It was a light exactly the same as the Eternal Flame that was handed out through the diploma.
Through this, we were able to infer that there was some kind of connection between the great sage Dantia and the existence of the saint.
“then….”
“Let’s get started.”
Two saints standing on the right and left respectively.
They touched the door with hands filled with sacred energy.
Then the door also began to be filled with holy energy.
“Is it my turn now?”
Next was Mary. She stood in the center, revealing horns and wings.
The adults swallowed dry saliva at the sight of the strange form that symbolized the Demon King.
But there was no need to worry, because everyone here already knew the situation.
That’s why his father, Tailley Ludsiel, was here.
“Then I will begin too.”
A black aura ripples across Mary’s hand.
I touched the door with the same energy as the Demon King, who was the opposite of the saint.
On the left and right, a sacred light permeated the door, and in the center, a black aura permeated the door.
At first glance, it seems like the black energy is interfering, but the energy does not affect each other in any way.
“Friend, you must lift the curse.”
Now, with this, the ceremony began.
The lifting of the curse on the innocent and… the punishment of the sinners who caused all the incidents.
* * * * *
Meanwhile, the space of the archive beyond the door.
This place, which seemed to be made up of rainbow-colored aurora, contained a tremendous amount of information.
This is also the source of the archive of the mirror on the back of the student ID card.
And then, from the door I had just come through, black energy and holy energy began to flow in equally.
It’s finally begun.
Ritual to lift a curse.
“Should I wait a little while for my body to get used to this?”
It hasn’t been long since I entered the archive space.
So, it was a time when I was trying to wait quietly until the process was completed.
“Yeah… you… where have I seen your face before?”
Suddenly, Maki looked startled when she saw Lyman’s face.
Lyman snorted at the sight of such a machia.
“That was the emperor who was obsessed with the great sage. He was ready to destroy three generations of the family just because she surpassed him.”
“Wait a minute… that face…!”
I remembered.
There was always a little kid next to that detestable great sage.
As he was called the son of a great sage, he couldn’t help but have positive feelings about it.
Because Machia was the one who unconditionally persecuted anyone related to the Great Sage Dantia.
“Oh, the son of the great sage…!”
“Are you recognizing me now?”
Lyman, who had spoken eloquently, smiled at him.
At that time, I felt secretly disappointed that Papyrus did not recognize me even though he had seen my face.
“Still, I’m really grateful that you remembered, even now.”
“How are you… still alive!”
“You didn’t know? I also became immortal because of a curse. Of course, it was a curse that was caused by my mother and had nothing to do with you.”
“Could it be that you planned all of this?”
Machia, whose eyes are bloodshot and showing great resentment.
The sense of deprivation was intense as his ambition to rule the empire and become emperor after 300 years was shattered in an instant.
But I had no right to be angry at Machia.
“You lived your life like that and ended up in this situation. Aren’t you ashamed?”
“You are the one who made me like this! You deserve to go to hell and be on good terms with your mother!”
“Haha…. It’s not surprising anymore.”
“And you too! Maya!”
This time, Machia points at Mirona and shouts.
Then she hugged Lyman’s arm and sat next to him.
“Maya…. What are you doing now?”
“Father, from today onwards, I will erase all memories of you from my mind.”
“what?”
“So I’m not Maya anymore. From now on, I’m a maze….”
She hesitated to speak, as if she was embarrassed.
But that was only for a moment… , he showed his determination firmly.
“From now on, I will live under the name of Mirona Vegilius.”
“her….”
“omg?”
Everyone present gasped in shock at that bold declaration.
What does it mean to change your last name to the same as Lyman’s?
The answer is obvious even without looking.
“You…, no way….”
“That’s right. I’m going to live with him now.”
Lyman also felt embarrassed by that declaration, so he made an embarrassed expression.
I approached Lyman and whispered.
“A public confession in a place like this? This isn’t your average guy.”
“Is that something a guy with four people sticking around next to him should say?”
Well, that’s not wrong.
Jenny, Ruska, Mary, and Nevia. If we’re just counting the numbers, I have no right to tease them.
However, the relationship between Lyman and Mirona goes back 300 years.
Their years were something that could never be measured in numbers.
“Maya… Are you going to humiliate this father until the end?!”
“Still, I’m grateful for everything that happened. It gave me an opportunity to work hard so that I don’t become a person like my father.”
When Makia heard those words, her eyes completely died down.
It’s a situation from which there is no escape, and no force can be used.
The only thing on his mind was concern for himself.
“Why are you abandoning me…. What have I done?”
“I’ve committed many crimes. Too many to count.”
When I started talking to him, he looked at me with a desperate look on his face.
It was a look in his eyes that said please save him… but it was impossible.
“You killed your own sister and then used it for political gain to toy with people.”
“How did you do that…!”
“Here lies a real conman before my eyes.”
I have been struggling to survive as a conman until now.
It was the same for the family next to me.
There was a certain charm to fooling people. For example, telling people it was mild but giving them spicy sauce instead.
But compared to Machia, our family’s deception is just child’s play.
“And the same goes for you.”
This time he looked at Harkel and said.
They are scammers who have been deceiving the entire nation.
Their end is obvious even without seeing it.
“Those who live by fraud will perish by fraud.”
“Don’t make me laugh!”
Two people glaring at me, their teeth grinding together.
They still had a look of resentment on their faces, saying that they were not at fault.
People’s minds are usually in a state of despair. Whenever that happens, they tend to tell lies.
But the funny thing was that there were cases where people would bully weak people and then complain that they were feeling sorry for themselves.
The lies of such people degenerate into a scale that sacrifices innocent people.
Like the incitement that drove the great sage to become a witch 300 years ago, or the Demon War 30 years ago.
“huh?”
That was when.
Something started to burst out into our bodies.
The sacred energy that spread throughout the space finally consumed our bodies.
The archive embodies it and brings it out of our bodies.
Curse right away.
“Ugh!”
Black beads came out of my body and my family’s bodies, Mirona and Lyman.
At the same time, something appeared before my eyes.
[The ‘Liar’s Curse’ has been lifted.]
[No longer affected by ‘Erosion Rate’.]
Finally, for the first time since coming to this world, I’m free from that damn curse.
But it wasn’t over yet.
“I see, it turns out like this.”
“Hey, what is this!”
The body begins to gradually turn to dust and disintegrate.
My family, including Lotus, were very worried when they saw that.
“I don’t know what it is, but… are you guys going to die?”
Even Lyman and Mirona’s bodies were slowly disintegrating.
It was Maki, laughing and smiling in a situation where her own daughter might die.
This is the reason why Lyman died at the end of the main story.
The body disintegrates as a side effect of the curse and holy power.
However, we have also prepared measures to prevent this.
“don’t worry.”
This time, it is not the holy energy, but the dark energy of the Demon King that consumes our bodies.
It began to consume the magic that was destroying our physical bodies.
It is the power of the Demon King that Mary possesses. As a result, the physical breakdown has stopped.
“Look. It’s okay, right?”
The collapse stopped and the curse was completely lifted.
Thanks to that, the Crowler family couldn’t hold back their tears, and Mirona was also moved, with an expression on her face as if she was wondering if this was really a dream or reality.
In the end, they even hugged each other affectionately.
Makia’s expression darkened when she saw that happy sight.
“How can a girl like that smile like that…. Why….”
“Why, why? You only care about your own laughter, and you treat other people’s laughter like old shoes.”
“What’s wrong with that!”
They are quick to point out other people’s mistakes, but ignore their own.
It’s almost like there are no sociopaths.
“I told you so.”
-Those who survive by fraud will perish by fraud.
I opened the bars that imprisoned Machia and Harkel.
It’s safe because you won’t be attacked anyway.
And then Lyman used some sort of magic like telekinesis to levitate the cursed orb that had escaped from our bodies into the air.
As if shoving it somewhere.
“Wait a minute…. No way…!”
“Oh, no, right?
Seolma catches people.
They are people who are shameful to call human from the beginning.
“Hey, our ancestor’s older brother.”
I said, dragging Machia and laying her on the floor.
“You loved your younger brother Rodan. And we are Rodan’s descendants.”
Likewise, our family members who had been freed from the curse also looked at Machia.
I spoke on behalf of my family.
“Then, wouldn’t it be okay for you to take the curse on Rodan’s descendants?”
“Oh, no! No!!”
The boy’s eyes were filled with fear.
And then it started to show its true colors.
“Please don’t do this. Save me. Please save me!”
“When did we kill them? We’re just inheriting Lyman’s curse of immortality.”
“immortality?”
“Yes, you will be cursed to live your whole life without being able to die.”
Thanks to immortality, you can’t die.
However, due to the curse of the liar and the curse of Mirona, even if they cannot die, they must feel the pain of death.
“There is a space prepared especially for you guys.”
Lyman threw a knife into the air, wrapping his hand in a strange magical power.
Then, space was cut open and another dimension began to appear through the gap.
It was only Lyman who could open the dimensional gate using the archives.
“Well then, shall I send you on a dimension trip?”
Just as the Great Sage isolated the ancient evil gods on the boundary of the dimension, they too are destined to become the same.
Let’s send it!
Into the world of Dixon!
Surviving as an Academy Fraudster
