“I’m warning you, if you harm the people outside, I won’t let you off easy!”
I thought the demon would be scared by the human’s words, but I put all my heart into it.
“W-Don’t be so scary. I won’t kill you all.”
The demon sounded scared, but he also seemed helpless.
“I have to let someone live so that people will know that this place is truly cursed. And I don’t like killing everyone. Murder is horrible.”
The demon spoke in a deadpan voice.
The level of evil was also ridiculous.
...What is this guy?
“Wow, I thought the demon was just snobbish, but he’s got no spine, Moiya~?”
Moiya gently raised her finger toward the demonic figure that appeared on the wall and tried to touch it.
‘You idiot, if you touch the demon, even if it’s a wyvern, you’ll pay the price. Don’t touch me!’
The incarnation shouted at Moiya.
“Is that burn true, Mr. Devil?”
Moiya asked the devil in surprise.
“Hmm, I’m a demon by nature, so it’s dangerous to touch me. Your friend is right. If you want to die, I won’t stop you.”
When the demon timidly replied, Moiya hid his outstretched hand behind his back and stepped back.
“But that burn that clings to our master’s body is not my friend. I like Mr. Devil more, Moiya~.”
“Huh? As expected, wyverns are born with a demonic nature and get along well with demons.”
The incarnation sighed and muttered.
“Let’s just have a showdown with me. So don’t open that door. Do you think you can do that?”
I said to the demon, feeling my breathing tighten.
Then the demon looked embarrassed.
“That... The wizard keeps breaking the barrier outside the door and approaching. He’s eating away at his own lifespan. I can’t not open it. I’ve already received the wizard’s life force in return.”
“What? Wait, if you’re a wizard... maybe a magic tower's lord?”
According to the demon, even the most skilled wizard couldn’t just remove the barrier created by evil energy, and there was a condition attached.
It was a condition of giving up a portion of one’s lifespan, and the wizard outside the door was paying the price to break the barrier.
“Has the magic tower's lord lived so long that he has no regrets about life?”
I thought of the refreshing face of the magic tower's lord, who had lived with a 20-year-old face for 250 years.
Did Linel ask him to do it?
Did he promise some kind of great wealth, or did he appeal to me with tears?
No matter what, it was hard to understand why he would give up his lifespan to break the demonic barrier.
Oh, maybe he fell in love with me? I smiled as I thought about it.
Seeing that I was laughing even in this situation, it seems that my brain was lacking oxygen.
My head spun as I moved my body.
I had to finish off that demon before the symptoms got worse.
“Fallen demon, how do I get out of here?”
“I’m sorry if those words hurt you, but...”
“Hey! Don’t say that, sorry. If you’re sorry, then open that door!”
I couldn’t breathe, but the demon’s words kept beating around the bush, making me angry, and I shouted at him without realizing it.
My head started spinning even more as I yelled.
“Ah, I get it. Don’t get angry. You can’t defeat me with the fire energy you have right now. It’s still too weak. I don’t know what kind of power you’ll gain later, but for now, you’ll just...”
“Just whatever.”
“Wow, that’s funny! You’re easy on me. But I won’t laugh at you. It’s still funny, so I’ll look down on you! Ha, ha, ha.”
The demon must have felt bad for telling me the truth because he immediately comforted me, but then he realized that he was a demon again, and he forced himself to laugh scarily.
You’re trying too.
“I’m stronger than you! I’m smart. So just, just, just...”
“Die?”
“Yeah, ah, no. Not really.”
“...What are you saying, exactly?”
Dealing with an unpredictable demon was more tiring than dealing with Princess
I thought the demon would be scared by the human’s words, but I put all my heart into it.
“W-Don’t be so scary. I won’t kill you all.”
The demon sounded scared, but he also seemed helpless.
“I have to let someone live so that people will know that this place is truly cursed. And I don’t like killing everyone. Murder is horrible.”
The demon spoke in a deadpan voice.
The level of evil was also ridiculous.
...What is this guy?
“Wow, I thought the demon was just snobbish, but he’s got no spine, Moiya~?”
Moiya gently raised her finger toward the demonic figure that appeared on the wall and tried to touch it.
‘You idiot, if you touch the demon, even if it’s a wyvern, you’ll pay the price. Don’t touch me!’
The incarnation shouted at Moiya.
“Is that burn true, Mr. Devil?”
Moiya asked the devil in surprise.
“Hmm, I’m a demon by nature, so it’s dangerous to touch me. Your friend is right. If you want to die, I won’t stop you.”
When the demon timidly replied, Moiya hid his outstretched hand behind his back and stepped back.
“But that burn that clings to our master’s body is not my friend. I like Mr. Devil more, Moiya~.”
“Huh? As expected, wyverns are born with a demonic nature and get along well with demons.”
The incarnation sighed and muttered.
“Let’s just have a showdown with me. So don’t open that door. Do you think you can do that?”
I said to the demon, feeling my breathing tighten.
Then the demon looked embarrassed.
“That... The wizard keeps breaking the barrier outside the door and approaching. He’s eating away at his own lifespan. I can’t not open it. I’ve already received the wizard’s life force in return.”
“What? Wait, if you’re a wizard... maybe a magic tower's lord?”
According to the demon, even the most skilled wizard couldn’t just remove the barrier created by evil energy, and there was a condition attached.
It was a condition of giving up a portion of one’s lifespan, and the wizard outside the door was paying the price to break the barrier.
“Has the magic tower's lord lived so long that he has no regrets about life?”
I thought of the refreshing face of the magic tower's lord, who had lived with a 20-year-old face for 250 years.
Did Linel ask him to do it?
Did he promise some kind of great wealth, or did he appeal to me with tears?
No matter what, it was hard to understand why he would give up his lifespan to break the demonic barrier.
Oh, maybe he fell in love with me? I smiled as I thought about it.
Seeing that I was laughing even in this situation, it seems that my brain was lacking oxygen.
My head spun as I moved my body.
I had to finish off that demon before the symptoms got worse.
“Fallen demon, how do I get out of here?”
“I’m sorry if those words hurt you, but...”
“Hey! Don’t say that, sorry. If you’re sorry, then open that door!”
I couldn’t breathe, but the demon’s words kept beating around the bush, making me angry, and I shouted at him without realizing it.
My head started spinning even more as I yelled.
“Ah, I get it. Don’t get angry. You can’t defeat me with the fire energy you have right now. It’s still too weak. I don’t know what kind of power you’ll gain later, but for now, you’ll just...”
“Just whatever.”
“Wow, that’s funny! You’re easy on me. But I won’t laugh at you. It’s still funny, so I’ll look down on you! Ha, ha, ha.”
The demon must have felt bad for telling me the truth because he immediately comforted me, but then he realized that he was a demon again, and he forced himself to laugh scarily.
You’re trying too.
“I’m stronger than you! I’m smart. So just, just, just...”
“Die?”
“Yeah, ah, no. Not really.”
“...What are you saying, exactly?”
Dealing with an unpredictable demon was more tiring than dealing with Princess
Resilia and Prince Tesla at the same time.
“Mr. Demon, I think you and our Rosie go together really well. I wish you could kill Norton and meet Rosie.”
“Who’s Rosie?”
The demon was curious about Moiya’s unexpected words.
“Didn’t you see it earlier? The orange-haired one is standing right in front of you. That’s the kid I bring around. What if she gets angry and swears? You might get scared and wet your pants.”
“I was scared because there were so many people earlier. No matter how pretty you are, I hate people who curse.”
Both the question and the answer were ridiculous.
“Ah, our Rosie is a person who will never become pretty no matter what you do. But she’s pitiful. She was dumped by Norton a while ago, and now she’s been dumped by the demon? I should treat her better.”
Moiya nodded and muttered to himself.
“Idiot, who are you going to introduce to the intangible demon?”
When the incarnation asked Moiya, making fun of him, the devil answered instead.
“I can transform into a human, too! Don’t ignore the demon. You’re the one who doesn’t have a physical body!”
Moiya twitched his mouth in delight as the devil scolded the incarnation.
“Do you want me to die?”
I asked the demon seriously again.
“At first, I was going to, but I changed my mind, so let’s make a deal.”
“No, I don’t make deals with the demon.”
I said bluntly.
“Empress, are you refusing without even hearing what kind of deal you’re making?”
The demon asked in a bewildered voice.
“It’s obvious. In return for saving me, I’ll hurt someone or do something bad in the future, right?”
“Oh, how did you know? Yes...”
The demon was surprised.
“Yes! Our master is inflexible, so she just gets hurt when she gets hurt, and she never does anything bad!”
Moiya put both hands on his hips and shouted proudly, but it was hard to tell if it was a compliment or an insult.
Anyway, it was getting harder and harder to breathe.
I tried to take a deeper breath, but it felt like someone was slowly strangling my throat.
My vision was blurring.
I shouldn’t lose consciousness...
Linel’s voice came closer.
The others’ voices called me, too, in waves, then receded.
Eventually, I knelt on the floor.
At that moment, the door to the wine cellar opened.
“Zelda!!”
“Oh, Linel... Why did you come in? We have to get out of here. This is...”
“It’s okay, don’t say anything. Don’t worry. Bellos, why are the Empress’s eyes open? Why is her body drooping like this, like she’s fainted!”
Ah, that’s how I look now.
Only after hearing Linel’s words did I realize what state I was in.
I felt like I was a person whose only hearing was alive. All five other senses felt as if I had fainted.
“She’s in a state where her eyes are open, but she’s fainted.”
As expected, my guess was right.
I felt Bellos reading my body with his hands.
“What’s the reason?”
“It seems there was no air here. Fortunately, there’s no sign of a demon attack.”
“Ha, I see. Then let’s get out of here quickly and treat her thoroughly.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Everyone, be careful!”
At that moment, Commander Macrom’s voice came to my ear.
Did he come with Linel to save me while he was in custody?
However, I didn’t have the presence of mind to be touched by Commander Macrom.
“What is that?!”
Linel’s panicked voice was immediately followed by the magic tower's lord's tense voice.
“It’s a goblin fire! Everyone must avoid that fire! If you touch that fire, you will tremble in fear and terror and eventually turn to ash and disappear!”
“How can I catch it?”
Linel asked.
“You can’t deal with it with a normal sword. Leave it to me and everyone, get out of here.”
At the same time that I could feel the magic tower's lord's desperate aura, I could hear him take out his sword from his scabbard.
Swish-.
It was the Incarnation Sword.
I opened my eyes half-heartedly and looked at the dimly visible Incarnation Sword.
Even with my eyes closed, I could tell it was the Incarnation Sword.
That’s because the moment the magic tower's lord took out the Incarnation Sword, I felt my heart’s blood swirling.
Linel hugged me forward.
“The magic tower's lord, please.”
“Yes, don’t worry.”
I relaxed and fell into a deep sleep as I was held in his arms.
‘Zelda, do you love the Emperor?’
The Incarnation asked me something out of the blue.
‘Then, this man is everything to me.’
Even at the moment of losing consciousness, I conveyed my feelings to the incarnation precisely.
'Really? Oh, then 11 o'clock clockwise.'
'What?'
I opened my eyes, sensing something in response to the incarnation's words.
The goblin fires were flying towards Linel.
He was about to leave the storage room door while holding me.
"No! Ha, aaaah!!"
I blocked the goblin fires flying towards Linel.
Unfortunately, at this moment, the only thing that could block the goblin fires was my palm.
I felt the demon's energy seeping into my palm.
Damn it...!
Somehow, I thought I heard the demon apologizing, saying, 'I'm sorry. I couldn't help it.'
The fire energy and the demon's energy inside me began to clash inside my body.
A thought suddenly popped into my head as if it were predicting the future.
'I thought I was starting to live a little, but my life is going to be a mess again...'
"You punk! It's because of you!"
Was the demon inside me already active?
...Was I the one who just swore at him?
I don't know.
I grabbed Linel by the collar without realizing it, feeling wronged.
Roxana was troubled after seeing Emperor Linel’s younger brother, Joseph, with the witch’s crystal ball.
How should she use this good card?
She didn’t think long.
She went to the conference room and met Hetor. She asked Hetor for permission to go to the dress shop for a moment, saying that there were some requirements she had missed while fitting the wedding dress. Hetor readily agreed, saying that he was busy preparing for the expedition and that he would only be able to return to his bedroom at midnight today. Roxana got into the carriage with Nancy and headed straight to the magic tower.
Although she had sent word to Bellos on the crow, she thought it would be better to meet Logan and tell him about the magic potion she needed.
“Are you feeling bad?”
Logan thought that the reason Roxana had come back to the magic tower was because of the pain she had felt after taking the red reagent.
“No, more than that, I wanted you to make some magic potions for me.”
“What kind of magic potion are you talking about... Hey, what’s going on all of a sudden without any notice? Master!”
Logan asked Roxana rudely and shouted at Bellos, who suddenly appeared behind her.
Bellos returned to the magic tower using teleportation.
Since his master didn’t use teleportation unless it was urgent, Logan guessed that something had happened to him.
“What? The magic tower master is here?”
Roxana was startled and turned halfway before stopping. She remembered that she would be naked when using teleportation.
“Oh, the Princess is here.”
Bellos acted as if he knew Roxana without a care.
“Please put on your clothes quickly.”
Roxana frowned and continued to turn around.
“You can just turn around.”
“You seem to be overly confident? I’m sorry, but I have to decline.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’m fine.”
“Ha, if you want it that way...?”
Roxana, who thought he was making fun of her, snorted and boldly looked back, but Bellos was fully clothed even though he had come using teleportation.
“Why are you dressed?”
“You shouldn’t compare the teleportation skills of a witch and the owner of the magic tower, my lady.”
Bellos looked extremely busy as he answered Roxana.
“Lord of the Magic Tower, what’s going on?”
“Logan, I need your help. I need to make some potions right now.”
“Is there anything more urgent than Emperor Linel’s younger brother, Grand Duke Joseph, breaking through the cursed ice?”
Roxana asked Bellos, who was taking out various potion bottles from the display case.
“Oh, I see. There was also Grand Duke Joseph... Something big is happening to Emperor Linel.”
Bellos muttered and arranged the potion bottles on the table.
“Why, what’s going on with him?”
Only then did Roxana approach the owner of the magic tower with a serious expression.
“This is a big deal not only for Emperor Linel, but also for me.”
“Has something happened to Empress Zelda? Is that so?”
The Magic Tower Lord instructed Logan to make a healing potion and then approached Roxana.
He told Roxana that Zelda had been caught in a goblin fire filled with demonic energy.
“That’s why we need to start treating her quickly before her body is completely consumed by the evil energy.”
“Master... You’re not going to just give me the healing potion, are you?”
“What do you mean?”
Bellos looked back at her.
“Please give me the healing potion.”
“What do you mean?”
“We have to make a deal.”
“What?”
“I will meet Emperor Linel myself. Tonight.”
Roxana said confidently.
“Mr. Demon, I think you and our Rosie go together really well. I wish you could kill Norton and meet Rosie.”
“Who’s Rosie?”
The demon was curious about Moiya’s unexpected words.
“Didn’t you see it earlier? The orange-haired one is standing right in front of you. That’s the kid I bring around. What if she gets angry and swears? You might get scared and wet your pants.”
“I was scared because there were so many people earlier. No matter how pretty you are, I hate people who curse.”
Both the question and the answer were ridiculous.
“Ah, our Rosie is a person who will never become pretty no matter what you do. But she’s pitiful. She was dumped by Norton a while ago, and now she’s been dumped by the demon? I should treat her better.”
Moiya nodded and muttered to himself.
“Idiot, who are you going to introduce to the intangible demon?”
When the incarnation asked Moiya, making fun of him, the devil answered instead.
“I can transform into a human, too! Don’t ignore the demon. You’re the one who doesn’t have a physical body!”
Moiya twitched his mouth in delight as the devil scolded the incarnation.
“Do you want me to die?”
I asked the demon seriously again.
“At first, I was going to, but I changed my mind, so let’s make a deal.”
“No, I don’t make deals with the demon.”
I said bluntly.
“Empress, are you refusing without even hearing what kind of deal you’re making?”
The demon asked in a bewildered voice.
“It’s obvious. In return for saving me, I’ll hurt someone or do something bad in the future, right?”
“Oh, how did you know? Yes...”
The demon was surprised.
“Yes! Our master is inflexible, so she just gets hurt when she gets hurt, and she never does anything bad!”
Moiya put both hands on his hips and shouted proudly, but it was hard to tell if it was a compliment or an insult.
Anyway, it was getting harder and harder to breathe.
I tried to take a deeper breath, but it felt like someone was slowly strangling my throat.
My vision was blurring.
I shouldn’t lose consciousness...
Linel’s voice came closer.
The others’ voices called me, too, in waves, then receded.
Eventually, I knelt on the floor.
At that moment, the door to the wine cellar opened.
“Zelda!!”
“Oh, Linel... Why did you come in? We have to get out of here. This is...”
“It’s okay, don’t say anything. Don’t worry. Bellos, why are the Empress’s eyes open? Why is her body drooping like this, like she’s fainted!”
Ah, that’s how I look now.
Only after hearing Linel’s words did I realize what state I was in.
I felt like I was a person whose only hearing was alive. All five other senses felt as if I had fainted.
“She’s in a state where her eyes are open, but she’s fainted.”
As expected, my guess was right.
I felt Bellos reading my body with his hands.
“What’s the reason?”
“It seems there was no air here. Fortunately, there’s no sign of a demon attack.”
“Ha, I see. Then let’s get out of here quickly and treat her thoroughly.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Everyone, be careful!”
At that moment, Commander Macrom’s voice came to my ear.
Did he come with Linel to save me while he was in custody?
However, I didn’t have the presence of mind to be touched by Commander Macrom.
“What is that?!”
Linel’s panicked voice was immediately followed by the magic tower's lord's tense voice.
“It’s a goblin fire! Everyone must avoid that fire! If you touch that fire, you will tremble in fear and terror and eventually turn to ash and disappear!”
“How can I catch it?”
Linel asked.
“You can’t deal with it with a normal sword. Leave it to me and everyone, get out of here.”
At the same time that I could feel the magic tower's lord's desperate aura, I could hear him take out his sword from his scabbard.
Swish-.
It was the Incarnation Sword.
I opened my eyes half-heartedly and looked at the dimly visible Incarnation Sword.
Even with my eyes closed, I could tell it was the Incarnation Sword.
That’s because the moment the magic tower's lord took out the Incarnation Sword, I felt my heart’s blood swirling.
Linel hugged me forward.
“The magic tower's lord, please.”
“Yes, don’t worry.”
I relaxed and fell into a deep sleep as I was held in his arms.
‘Zelda, do you love the Emperor?’
The Incarnation asked me something out of the blue.
‘Then, this man is everything to me.’
Even at the moment of losing consciousness, I conveyed my feelings to the incarnation precisely.
'Really? Oh, then 11 o'clock clockwise.'
'What?'
I opened my eyes, sensing something in response to the incarnation's words.
The goblin fires were flying towards Linel.
He was about to leave the storage room door while holding me.
"No! Ha, aaaah!!"
I blocked the goblin fires flying towards Linel.
Unfortunately, at this moment, the only thing that could block the goblin fires was my palm.
I felt the demon's energy seeping into my palm.
Damn it...!
Somehow, I thought I heard the demon apologizing, saying, 'I'm sorry. I couldn't help it.'
The fire energy and the demon's energy inside me began to clash inside my body.
A thought suddenly popped into my head as if it were predicting the future.
'I thought I was starting to live a little, but my life is going to be a mess again...'
"You punk! It's because of you!"
Was the demon inside me already active?
...Was I the one who just swore at him?
I don't know.
I grabbed Linel by the collar without realizing it, feeling wronged.
***
Roxana was troubled after seeing Emperor Linel’s younger brother, Joseph, with the witch’s crystal ball.
How should she use this good card?
She didn’t think long.
She went to the conference room and met Hetor. She asked Hetor for permission to go to the dress shop for a moment, saying that there were some requirements she had missed while fitting the wedding dress. Hetor readily agreed, saying that he was busy preparing for the expedition and that he would only be able to return to his bedroom at midnight today. Roxana got into the carriage with Nancy and headed straight to the magic tower.
Although she had sent word to Bellos on the crow, she thought it would be better to meet Logan and tell him about the magic potion she needed.
“Are you feeling bad?”
Logan thought that the reason Roxana had come back to the magic tower was because of the pain she had felt after taking the red reagent.
“No, more than that, I wanted you to make some magic potions for me.”
“What kind of magic potion are you talking about... Hey, what’s going on all of a sudden without any notice? Master!”
Logan asked Roxana rudely and shouted at Bellos, who suddenly appeared behind her.
Bellos returned to the magic tower using teleportation.
Since his master didn’t use teleportation unless it was urgent, Logan guessed that something had happened to him.
“What? The magic tower master is here?”
Roxana was startled and turned halfway before stopping. She remembered that she would be naked when using teleportation.
“Oh, the Princess is here.”
Bellos acted as if he knew Roxana without a care.
“Please put on your clothes quickly.”
Roxana frowned and continued to turn around.
“You can just turn around.”
“You seem to be overly confident? I’m sorry, but I have to decline.”
“Don’t worry about it. I’m fine.”
“Ha, if you want it that way...?”
Roxana, who thought he was making fun of her, snorted and boldly looked back, but Bellos was fully clothed even though he had come using teleportation.
“Why are you dressed?”
“You shouldn’t compare the teleportation skills of a witch and the owner of the magic tower, my lady.”
Bellos looked extremely busy as he answered Roxana.
“Lord of the Magic Tower, what’s going on?”
“Logan, I need your help. I need to make some potions right now.”
“Is there anything more urgent than Emperor Linel’s younger brother, Grand Duke Joseph, breaking through the cursed ice?”
Roxana asked Bellos, who was taking out various potion bottles from the display case.
“Oh, I see. There was also Grand Duke Joseph... Something big is happening to Emperor Linel.”
Bellos muttered and arranged the potion bottles on the table.
“Why, what’s going on with him?”
Only then did Roxana approach the owner of the magic tower with a serious expression.
“This is a big deal not only for Emperor Linel, but also for me.”
“Has something happened to Empress Zelda? Is that so?”
The Magic Tower Lord instructed Logan to make a healing potion and then approached Roxana.
He told Roxana that Zelda had been caught in a goblin fire filled with demonic energy.
“That’s why we need to start treating her quickly before her body is completely consumed by the evil energy.”
“Master... You’re not going to just give me the healing potion, are you?”
“What do you mean?”
Bellos looked back at her.
“Please give me the healing potion.”
“What do you mean?”
“We have to make a deal.”
“What?”
“I will meet Emperor Linel myself. Tonight.”
Roxana said confidently.
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