Chapter 396
He had no idea that Olivia wasn’t at the Temple. She must have had a reason for not telling me.
And Olivia took a leave of absence under the pretext of going to the rear support for the Pandemonium War.
According to Saviolin Tana, Olivia volunteered to investigate Lazierne, the capital of Levina.
Are you trying to trace the demon king’s traces there? In fact, even if there are clues there, the only thing you can find there is the fact that this is a self-made play by the Empire, not the traces of the demon king.
Why the hell is Olivia there?
He once lied about having been away from the temple for a special mission. But this time you really have to empty the temple to do something like a special mission.
Saviolin Tana must have sent me there because she judged that it was not a very dangerous area.
I was debating whether or not to tell Ellen and Harriet that I had to vacate the Temple for a while for a special mission, but I couldn’t. I think explaining that is something we can’t do to each other.
So, without delay, we set off straight away.
* * *
Just as they crossed several warp gates from the temple and arrived at the Kamsencha Islands, which are thousands of kilometers away, they crossed several warp gates this time, too, and arrived at Levina, a small country in the southern part of the Empire where Duke Grantz died.
A special investigation headquarters is currently set up here. The jurisdiction would be the empire, not Leviathan or the royal family.
The Empire is investigating a self-made play by the Empire, something unfunny is happening. And thinking that the head of the Special Investigation Headquarters might know that this was an imperial play made me burst into laughter.
Olivia would be unaware of that fact.
Why did Olivia come here?
There was a feeling that Levi and the capital Lazierne were cities, but they didn’t seem to be that bustling. It was honestly absurd to try to find a corner similar to the ecliptic in the capital of a small country.
The Special Investigation Headquarters, which I visited after asking the guards, seemed to be using an entire government building outside the palace, not inside the palace.
Perhaps because there were people dispatched directly from the empire, the security was very thorough.
Of course, there was no door that could not be opened in front of the imperial family crest.
When I caught a passer-by and said that I was looking for someone named Olivia Ranche from the Temple, I was told that if I waited in the VIP room, she would come.
The Special Investigation Headquarters must be in a rather absurd situation.
I’m trying to investigate, but I’m the one who has the imperial coat of arms, following the graduates who volunteered at the temple.
Since he presented the imperial crest upon entering, the report must have gone up to the upper ranks.
“Is that right, Reinhard?”
“yes.”
“My name is Scotra Kelton, the head of the Special Investigations Division, who is in charge of this case. It is an honor to meet you.”
Scotra Kelton.
He was a man of near middle age.
Obviously new to me, he shook my hand and bowed politely.
I felt it as soon as I held your hand. It wasn’t that I applied that much force, but I felt a strong impression from that hand. He first asked me to shake hands with the imperial coat of arms, and even bowed, but did not bow down.
Say it’s an honor to meet you.
You must also know that I am the new owner of Alsbringer. I asked looking at him.
“if… … . Are you from Chanapell?”
“You are sharp. I am currently in this position on a temporary basis, but originally, I am the captain of the 3rd division of Shanafel.”
He said that and nodded.
One thing is certain with this.
Chief of Investigations Scotra Kelton will know that this case is a fabrication.
He didn’t have time to talk at length, so he just said hello to me and went right back.
I had guessed that the special edition was not for investigation, but if the head of headquarters was the commander of the 3rd division of Shanafell, he said everything.
how long did you wait for that
– rattle
“… … hmm?”
Olivia, dressed in casual clothes, entered the VIP room and our eyes met. Apparently she had a rough run or not, her Olivia’s and her attire were very neat.
“Reinhardt? How are you here?”
Olivia, whose eyes were bound to be surprised, strode towards me wide-eyed.
“what? How did you know this place?”
“thing… … . Let’s sit down and talk for a while.”
“Wow!”
– Wow!
Olivia suddenly hugged me roughly.
“I came because I wanted to see you!”
Olivia too.
I will have to explain.
* * *
To explain my coming here, I had to tell the story of an engagement. He said he had to build an achievement, and he had to explain why he had to build that achievement.
Olivia’s mouth hung open in a daze when I talked about the fact that I had been ordered by Saviolin Tana to help Olivia with her work here.
“What, then you didn’t come to see me?”
Olivia frowned and glared at me.
no… … .
that.
Didn’t I say something more important than that?
Why are you mad at a strange point, sis?
When I was lost, Olivia smiled and sat down next to me, and immediately crossed her arms.
“Oh, no. why is this… … .”
“What, did I say this because I didn’t have a kid with saliva?”
Truly, I was at a loss for words with such a bold and bullying mindset.
“Engagement is not marriage, thoughts can change, circumstances can change. It’s not over until it’s over, right?”
Olivia squints and looks at me.
“how is it? The VIP room… … . huh? you and me… … . There are only two of them?”
sister… … .
It’s not that I’m serious and angry, it’s nice, but I’m scared!
Rather scarier!
And when that happens, you’ll hit my head, knock me out, and run away!
“If it’s an engagement and it’s Nabal, what’s the point of knowing if I just stamp it out?”
no.
It is certain that this person is not shocked, but rather shocked.
“Or if you do something with the prince and then you become the emperor. huh? Put him away second and I’m first. uh?”
“Don’t talk about getting caught.”
“is it?”
Olivia smiled bashfully and pulled away from me. It is unknown whether she is unconcerned or not. But I’m lucky that it doesn’t show on the outside.
Olivia’s attitude that she didn’t care because nothing was certain yet seemed somehow plausible.
no.
After killing Bertus, I’m not thinking of starting something like a reverse revolution and becoming the emperor, and Charlotte being pushed to the position of concubine and becoming the empress, right?
is it a joke?
Actually, if there is such a thing as a warrior and a demon king, it gives me goosebumps because it is not impossible under the assumption that I kill the demon king.
* * *
It was already night after waiting for Olivia for quite some time.
The VIP room of the special edition headquarters located near the royal palace of Lazierne, the capital of Levyna. We were drinking tea while having dinner together from the investigation headquarters.
Olivia isn’t an investigator, but she’s a student from your class at Temple Royal.
To put it bluntly, he was just a student who came out of the university as a volunteer, but given that the student is a talented person who is being nurtured with all his might in the empire, if you treat him carelessly, you don’t know what will happen.
And I can just say that the royal family came to visit.
That’s why everyone was very cold and treated me extremely.
They seem to be the two people who only cause problems in the investigation. I know the truth, so I know this investigation is not going to work. In addition, I have already said everything in that the article from Chanapell is the head of the investigation headquarters.
All I was told by Saviolin Tana was to solve Olivia’s task together.
Where things can never work out right.
“Anyway, why are you here?”
This has never been a pleasant place for me. It’s the place where I was framed, and it’s also the place where the reason why Liana changed so badly happened.
At my words, Olivia smiled.
“I want to find traces of the demon king.”
“… … What are you going to do after finding it?”
Olivia had already told me that it was the demon king who saved her and Adriana. She told me that Olivia thought deep down that the demon king and demons might not be so evil.
“I just want to be sure.”
The last two raids must have had some reason for Olivia. However, this Raziern raid was a bit uncomfortable for Olivia, who knew the truth about the previous two raids.
no way.
Does Olivia suspect that this incident may not be the work of the demon king?
That’s what it means to be sure.
Olivia must be confused between me who has to deal with the demon king and the demon king who saved her life.
And, she said that she would always be by my side. So that must be the meaning of coming to this site.
To gain the conviction that the demon king deserved to die, and to gain a firm mindset to fight for me.
The way Olivia was obediently sent here, and the way I sent me.
Are you sure we’ll never find out that this scene has been rigged?
“So, did you find out?”
“Rather than finding out, it’s about confirming what is known with my own eyes.”
Olivia clicked and tucked her tongue briefly.
Olivia walked away and spread something on the table.
It was a map of Lazierne and its surroundings.
“For now, the report says that a group of demons were summoned around Lazierne by mass teleport magic and started to advance. It must have included a lot of orcs and goblins, as well as ogres and trolls. I don’t think Laziern’s own damage was that great. But it was the outskirts that mattered. Many of the people in the outskirts who were not protected by the guards were killed or injured.”
The real goal was to kill the revolutionary forces, but it was disguised as a demon raid.
As a result, many civilian casualties occurred.
The Empire killed humans with its own hands. There is nothing particularly special about it. It’s just a conspiracy, because things like this happen all the time. I just feel sorry for the dead people.
“Especially here.”
Olivia pointed to several buildings located on the outskirts of Lazierne.
“Most of the deaths occurred in this Merchant Guild branch. There must have been a merchant guild meeting over here, so investors gathered there. So many of the people killed in this raid were quite influential. that… … . Among your friends… … .”
Olivia was speechless, and I nodded knowing what she meant.
“Um, whatever.”
From Olivia’s point of view, it seemed like she was trying to be careful with what she said, as it would be arguing over the death of her junior’s parents.
“I saw it myself. Demons attacking the Templars.”
Olivia was one of the few witnesses to the second attack, and at the same time, she even saw the demons actually appear.
“The first and second raids have something in common.”
“what is that?”
“Large-scale destructive magic was used.”
When rescuing the demons, Elerith, who used the flame of Hwayo, caused a fire storm, and the second time, he summoned a fire storm followed by a lightning storm.
“But in the third raid, instead of massive destructive magic, he summoned a large number of demons with mass teleport. Of course, on the scale of magic, this time is bigger… … .”
Olivia narrows her eyebrows.
“If the purpose was to harm human lives, it would have been possible to reduce about one-fifth of Razierne to ashes by using a flame storm instead of summoning demons. why didn’t you do that? To put it bluntly, this is a loss of military power.”
Magic could solve the problem, so he forcibly attacked using the demons. Olivia didn’t seem to understand the situation itself.
First of all, Olivia was certain that there was a very powerful wizard among the remnants of the demons, and that was true. And she is not a fact that only Olivia knows because anyone who is interested in raiding demons would naturally know this fact.
There is only one reason why most of the public do not doubt the true intentions of the demons like Olivia.
Because people don’t try to understand the object of hatred.
Whatever the hated group does, they don’t think on their level, so when they do something, they conclude that it’s because they’re evil or inferior, and they don’t want to think about it anymore. Because hatred and hatred are convenient for simplifying thinking.
Therefore, the public only feels fear or disgust about the strangeness of this demon raid, and does not wonder what the demons really did to do such a thing.
It was to make people fear the demons. There will be a lot of people who understand and understand that much.
However, Olivia had seen too much of the ugliness of humans, and in the end, she was rescued by the demons herself, so she was free from such thoughts to some extent.
“If I had to question it, this seems to be the correct answer.”
Olivia pointed to a point on the map, the Merchant Guild branch she had just pointed to.
“In the first place, the demons were trying to raid this place.”
“… … A merchant guild meeting?”
“yes.”
Olivia didn’t have the full truth, but she had already reached halfway to the truth.
“The demons attacked, and Lazierne, which was well-prepared, did not suffer much damage. However, the Merchant Guild branch in the outskirts, and the influential people gathered there got into an accident due to an unexpected attack? Nonsense.”
Olivia tilts her head with her arms crossed.
“There were people like Duke Grantz, Orgencia, who is famous for being a great writer, and Streiden, vice president of the Magic Association. It’s not just the escort that is strong, there are already strong people.”
The mere fact that people who would not normally gather like that gathered in one place is proof of something.
“Such influential people are coming not to the imperial capital, but to the small southern country of Levina, so they didn’t bring an escort?”
Olivia shakes her head.
“At that moment, this place must have been better protected than Rajien Castle. It wasn’t because it was an outlying area that it was attacked unexpectedly, but the escort troops that were here at the time could have turned Lazierne into a sea of fire.”
That’s why the demons attacked not for Razierne, but for this purpose.
“So, at the level of the demons who attacked Lazierne in the first place, we couldn’t break through here. The elite must have attacked this side and left right away.”
Olivia came to that conclusion.
