Chapter 345
On the day I was caught dressing up as a woman, I gave an important order to create an anti-imperial coalition.
I wonder what the hell am I doing.
I don’t think the temperature difference between what I have to do as Reinhardt and what I have to do as Valier is too great.
In the meantime, I also realized the high-level talent of mana control.
And I even had a sense of crisis that I did not know when the things I had been doing would turn into a butterfly effect and attack me.
I felt like I was walking on thin ice after going through a nonsensical situation where my participation in the crossdressing contest led to Bertus investigating me.
And when will Ellen return?
That night.
My body was as heavy as a thousand pounds because I trained for a long time, but I couldn’t sleep properly because I had a lot of things to worry about.
How long has it been since I tossed and turned for several hours and barely fell asleep?
-Kwook
-line… … . Reinhardt… … .
“Ugh, uhh!”
I was startled and woke up by the urgent hand holding my hand.
When I got up from the bed, I could see Charlotte clutching my arm as she lay almost on her stomach.
“shaman… … . shallot?”
“line… … . Reinhardt… … .”
Half of Charlotte’s face was covered in black darkness, crying as she looked at me.
More frightening than astonishment and amazement, my mind flashed.
I thought it was quiet.
Wasn’t it completely over yet?
“I’m a bit… … . how do i… … . How… … .”
“Uh, uh. ah. okay.”
Without knowing what to do, I recklessly hugged Charlotte, who was trembling without knowing what to do.
“are you okay. all. everything is fine… … .”
“Uh, uh… … .”
With tears streaming down her face, Charlotte was trembling in my arms.
I thought it was over, but it wasn’t.
Even though I woke up, I focused on my mind. He speaks earnestly, as if he were reciting a prayer.
“It will be fine.”
Charlotte’s strength did not disappear.
“Nothing will happen.”
As long as this power doesn’t disappear, will Charlotte have to live with this kind of pain forever?
Again and again, I whispered that it would be okay, and continued to brush Charlotte’s back.
language.
Charlotte’s tremors had subsided, and the darkness that seemed to swallow Charlotte’s body gradually subsided.
Is this really a response to the power of the spirit of the language?
Both Charlotte and Saviolin Tana understand it that way.
However, I didn’t know if this was a response to the power of my dominion of demons, a response to the spirit, or something completely different.
but.
“Huh… … . black… … . ugh… … .”
It seemed clear to me that I was the only one who could make Charlotte better.
When the tremors subsided and Charlotte returned to her usual self, her appearance came into sight only then.
Barefoot in a camisole.
His whole body was drenched in a cold sweat, so it was embarrassing to look at.
Charlotte couldn’t get out of my arms.
“… … .”
“… … .”
After all, the situation is getting better, so I can’t think about what I’m going to do and I can’t fall.
I carefully pulled the duvet down and placed it over Charlotte’s shoulders.
“Are you okay?”
“Uh, uh… … .”
In the dark, Charlotte nodded as she wrapped the blanket I gave her around her body like a cloak. She slumped on the floor, and she lifted Charlotte up and gently seated her on her bed.
My visit was closed. I checked the lock and it was locked.
how did you get in
“What happened?”
“… … I didn’t lose consciousness this time. But all of a sudden it happened.”
Originally, I would lose consciousness or take my body while I was asleep.
But this time, while I was awake, a shadow began to encroach on my body.
“I have to go to you, but when I go out into the hallway… … . I don’t know who might see it… … .”
Charlotte trembled as if she was afraid even after she had done it.
The ability he showed when he was completely engulfed in the shadows the other day.
It seemed that he had moved directly from his room to mine using the power of moving through shadows or darkness.
“like this… … . I don’t want to… … . I don’t want to be able to do this… … .”
Charlotte was eventually able to come to me undetected because of that power, but the fact that it was possible seemed terribly frightening.
I felt like I couldn’t make good decisions because of my fear.
“Stay with me… … . Stay with me, Reinhardt… … .”
“okay. I’ll be with you.”
Charlotte looks up at me in the dark, clinging to my waist.
Tears welled up in her eyes, big, frightened eyes.
I thought it was dangerous.
Charlotte, who was in an unstable state, thought she was safe now, but when she went through this situation again, she was on the verge of collapsing again.
“together… … . keep together… … .”
When Charlotte’s lips tried to part slightly.
“are you okay.”
I pulled Charlotte’s hair toward my chest.
“It’s okay, so there’s no need to be too scared.”
“… … .”
I feel like something irreversible is about to happen. He had no choice but to do so.
“Nothing will happen. clearly.”
Charlotte was still in my arms for a very long time.
* * *
When the fear subsided, Charlotte fainted and fell asleep.
I guarded Charlotte’s bedside, as I did last time at the Spring Palace.
How long has it been since Charlotte fell asleep?
– Bang bang!
For a while, the whole body stiffened at the sudden sound of an urgent knock on the door.
– Reinhardt, it’s me.
The tension was relieved at the sound of a voice coming from the other side of the door.
Saviolin Tana.
When I carefully got up and opened the door, there was Saviolin Tana with a pale, tired expression.
– rattle
“Reinhardt, it is possible that Your Highness is here… … . You are there.”
She let out a sigh of relief when she saw Charlotte lying on the bed visible through the crack in the door.
She straightened up and came into my room, gently placing her hand on Charlotte’s forehead as she slept.
“You suddenly disappeared… … . I came just in case.”
Saviolin Tana was at the Temple to guard Charlotte.
He didn’t share Charlotte’s bedroom, but he would check periodically to make sure she was sleeping.
Then Charlotte suddenly disappeared, so she came to see me just in case. Charlotte was fast asleep.
“I don’t think my consciousness was eroded this time. However, as the power suddenly manifests itself, it seems to have come to my room riding a shadow.”
“is it… … .”
It’s not that consciousness is being eroded, but it’s a situation where power is being used arbitrarily.
Saviolin Tana and I have no choice but to know that Charlotte’s condition has not completely improved.
Tana was still looking down at the sleeping Charlotte with a disturbed expression.
“Somehow you can calm Her Highness’ condition… … . It’s like luck.”
She seemed to regard my presence as a great blessing to Charlotte.
“However, to suppress the power of the Highness in such an imperfect way forever… … . It’s just a stopgap.”
It is unclear how long I can stabilize Charlotte’s condition.
Saviolin Tana seemed to think that a more fundamental solution should be found, and I think that too.
But where is that?
Finding a sealer was a daunting task.
In the end, I had no choice but to come up with an idea on that side.
Akasha.
I don’t like treating it as an all-purpose tool that can fulfill any wish, but I couldn’t help but think about it now.
Is there a way to seal Charlotte’s power there?
Saviolin Tana carefully wipes the cold sweat from the sleeping Charlotte’s forehead with a handkerchief and says quietly.
“Reinhardt.”
“yes.”
“… … It is clear that Your Highness’ power is related to the Demon King. You know that.”
“… … yes.”
That’s what I know best.
“Is it a leap to think that there may be a clue that can solve the state of your Highness?”
Saviolin Tana’s melancholy tone was mixed with the sadness of her being unable to provide any help to the suffering princess.
But the Demon King.
It’s not a nostalgic place, but a place to start.
I still don’t know what’s there.
“… … I do not know. Didn’t you already bring everything you could bring from the castle?”
“yes. However, the Demon Castle is also a very important place in the history of Dark Land, which is as long as mankind. We may not have found out everything yet.”
There are things that haven’t been revealed yet in the castle of demons. That’s why they’ve taken out a lot of things, including treasures, but what’s still hidden, and they’re still investigating them?
After listening to her words, I thought that the fall of the castle and figuring out all the castles would be different issues.
All I’m doing is suppressing Charlotte’s power with the transcendent power of the Word Spirit. I’m not even sure if that’s really the power of the spirit.
I agree with her that a more fundamental solution is needed.
Are there any clues to the castle?
“Are you trying to go to Demon Castle?”
“… … Even if I don’t have to go, a lot of manpower has already been put in for the search.”
You don’t have to go directly. It’s not like there are few people she can handle enough that she has to step up herself.
“Your Highness… … . Why don’t you go to the castle of demons yourself… … . He said. obviously not dangerous I have been against it for a long time because it is dangerous. Both me and Your Majesty.”
She looks at me with her hand on Charlotte’s forehead.
Charlotte knew that her condition had not been made whole. So she thought maybe the answer might be in the castle of demons, so she thought she was going to go there.
Of course, Tana would have continued to oppose it because it might be dangerous.
Today, however, Charlotte’s powers had another seizure. As Xavi Olintana bows her head in front of her Charlotte’s sleeping face, she opens her mouth in a brooding voice.
“Reinhardt, can I ask you a difficult favor?”
I couldn’t hear what she was saying.
“Let’s go together.”
“… … .”
If something happened related to Charlotte’s power, I would be the only one who could deal with it, so it was obvious that it was a story about going to the Devil’s Castle together.
At my answer without even listening to what I was asking for, she held the sleeping Charlotte’s hand and shook her shoulders.
“thanks… … . Reinhardt.”
I think it’s something you should definitely do.
Was this what the emperor said, what I should do for Charlotte?
* * *
next day.
After recovering her strength, Charlotte went back to her room with the help of Saviolin Tana, washed and prepared, and met with me again.
“On the demon king… … ? you also?”
“okay.”
Tana must have already explained everything, but Charlotte was clearly apologetic.
“… … It might be dangerous.”
“How dangerous can it be if the demon king’s castle is dangerous?”
Even though I said this, I don’t feel guilty at all.
To me, the demon king is just a dog-like bastard.
We should have permission from the emperor, but we should be able to go to the Devil’s Castle.
Charlotte doesn’t know, but we once escaped the castle and go back together.
That’s what evokes a strange feeling in me.
Charlotte looked at me with a complicated expression. She started with yesterday when she lost her temper and clung to me and cried, and this time she was even told that she would go with me to the Demon King’s Castle.
Charlotte’s expression, which was a complex mixture of shame, gratitude, and guilt, was indescribable.
“thank you. really.”
You said you always only receive.
So, whatever I can give, I can give.
Charlotte added with a blushing face.
* * *
I’m not leaving for the Demon King right away. Saviolin Tana went to ask permission from the Emperor, so it would take some time. At least for a few days, there is no choice but to have time.
I did what I had to do too.
I left the temple and headed for the Rotary Club.
“Is it worth it?”
“Yeah, everyone is nice.”
Adriana smiled brightly at my question.
Loyard somehow felt like Adriana’s dog, and the other club members seemed to naturally take care of Adriana because Loyar liked Adriana very much.
It wasn’t without worries, but it was fortunate that the other club members also viewed Adriana favorably, thanks to Royard’s easy fall.
Adriana seemed to be helping with housework at the club headquarters, perhaps because of her diligent personality.
So it was certainly not an illusion to feel that everyone’s condition was a bit cleaner than before.
While we were there, Adriana and I walked together near the Rotary Club.
How do you feel about Adriana?
I was hurt by various things, and now I live in hiding.
“How is your senior?”
Still, Adriana seemed more concerned about Olivia than herself.
“what… … . My personality has changed a bit, but as a result, I think I’m overcoming it well.”
“okay… … . I’m glad.”
There was a future I dreamed of, but I gave up on it, came back and tried to regain my original life, but even that was taken away.
Adriana will be vague and vain.
You won’t know what to do next.
Just as Olivia became disillusioned with humans beyond her disillusionment with religion.
Is Adriana walking the steps before that?
“Those who were taught to love intimidated me, and those who were taught to hate all their lives saved me.”
Everything you believed in in your life will feel completely denied. She used to live quietly here, but those thoughts must be bothering Adriana.
Indeed, if she had gone back to the Temple or to the Monastery, she would have been summoned straight away to investigate what had happened.
And just knowing that he was rescued by the demons would have been fatal.
Even now, although she doesn’t know it, she is protected by the demons.
By me and Loyard.
“What do I have to live for? I don’t know anymore.”
Adriana looked up at the blue winter sky and smiled sadly.
Forced to know the truth she didn’t want to know, Adriana lost her way.
* * *
He is the prince of the Demon Realm and the successor of the Dark Land, but I don’t know what the devil’s castle is.
However, I have no intention of just going blindly to find out if I don’t know.
I don’t know, but there are people who know.
After taking a short walk with Adriana, I called Loyard outside.
“How long has it been since you’ve been with the Council, where are you going again?”
“uh.”
You are talking about the lord’s busy construction work in a way that he keeps wandering around.
“I’m thinking of going back to the Devil Castle.”
“In the Demon King… … . Are you talking?”
At the mention of the demon king, Loyar’s expression became startled.
“As you know, I lost my memory, so I don’t know what’s in the castle. So, do you know if there is a secret space in the castle? A place that humans couldn’t rob.”
At my words, Royard tilted his head.
“… … How do I know that?”
“Have you ever been in the castle of demons? He said I bullied him in the past.”
“… … .”
At my words, Loyard glares at me with a puzzled expression. Could it be something like PTSD?
“Hey, there’s no way I, who was neither a noble nor royalty in Dark Land, knew that. I don’t know if there is such a thing.”
“… … That’s right.”
Perhaps because I lost my memory, I originally asked Loyard what I needed to know. Of course, Loyard couldn’t know that.
“Then you don’t know either Elerith or Sarkegar?”
“Isn’t that likely?”
It is a golden area that only the royal family would know.
You can go there as if heading to the bare ground, but there is no reason to do so.
The royalty of the Dark Land except for me in the setting where I lost my memory.
isn’t there one
“Does Airi know something?”
“Isn’t that likely?”
Look at you saying the same thing as just now.
do you not want to deal with me?
There was the inconvenience of having to go to Edina Archipelago and ask, but it was important to bring the right information. Because that would be better than walking in vain.
It’s been quite a while since I first met Airi, so I need to know how she’s been doing.
However, the warp gate connection does not reach Edina Island.
That’s why unless you go with a wizard who can use teleport, you have to use the sea route, so it will take a very long time.
However, with Lucinil’s help, I’ll be able to get back in no time, so I don’t have to be away for a few days.
Return to the Demon King.
And, the things that may still be left in the demon castle.
Does Airi know about them?
