TWDR - Chapter 71

Gremory quickly lunged at Etna, who was writhing in pain. And she strangled Etna.

"Ugh!"

Etna's face turned red. The moment when it seemed like her throat was about to be broken.

Kugu- 

With a sound, the ballroom began to collapse.

"...What is it?"

Surprised, Gremory was caught off guard. Etna kicked Gremory's stomach and shook her hand.

"Hah! I can handle magic circles with my toes!"

While Gremory, who was properly hit in the middle of the face, groaned, Etna quickly spread her wings and flew up.

Gremory gritted his teeth and whined. She had to choose now. Will she chase Etna or save people from the crumbling ballroom?

Chession and Kurchen were not great men who would die easily in a collapse. The only problem was that ordinary nobles who had no power were the problem. After all, because Catherine invited a lot of dirty people, there were a huge number of nobles in the ballroom.

'Damn, all the nobles gathered here are high-ranking people. If all these nobles die, the empire will not be able to run properly.'

Gremory chose to protect the ball hall for the peace of the human world and the empire. But she couldn't just let Etna go like this. She decided to put at least one magical arrow in Etna's back as she flew far away.

Gremory, who summoned the black bow, drew the bowstring, and a bright red arrow appeared on the empty bow.

The arrow flew with a creepy sound and pierced Etna's waist with precision.

"Oh! Damn Gremory!"

With this, Etna will have a hard time using magic for the time being. Because it is an arrow imbued with the power of a magic seal. Gremory laughed at her once and hurried into the crumbling ballroom.

The inside of the ballroom was devastating.

"Ugh! I don't want to die like this!"

"Honey, I loved you. I loved you with all my heart."

In the midst of the chaos, human fears were united to form a great darkness. Gremory used it as nourishment and stretched her hands high upwards to create a huge shield.

The dark red shield flashed, and people were even more frightened.

"Ugh! What else is that!"

"Witch! A witch has appeared!"

Chession shouted to the frightened people.

"What is a witch! Don't you know when you see it? The wizard Mori is hitting the shield! Everyone, get out of this gap quickly!"

The nobles, who came to their senses at Chession's cry, were able to leave the ballroom safely.

***

After the situation was settled, Gremory and Chession inspected the damage.

The only thing that collapsed was the ballroom. The Duke of Ortega was fine. Wealthy nobles tend to surround their mansions with a lot of protective magic in case of natural disasters.

Those who knew about it blamed the innocent Duke Ortega.

"Why did you put a protective spell on the Duke's Palace? Of course, you should have hung it in the ballroom as well! Since it was a place where guests gathered, they had to pay more attention!"

"I hung it up! I paid a very high price and called a famous wizard! But what should I do if this happens!"

"Then you should have paid on time! I just look at it. I think there is a crack in the protective magic!"

Gremory and Chession, who were passing by, remained silent. It's not a good idea to let out the fact that the witch has broken the protective magic with her own intentions.

Kurchen, who was watching the fight, stopped the people.

"Everyone, calm down. This is not the time to weigh right from wrong. It was a pretty strong earthquake. Since the Duke's ballroom, which was enchanted with protection magic, was also damaged to this extent, the civilians must have suffered much more damage.

Duke Ortega groaned and carefully brushed his little hair. Gremory, who was tongue-in-cheek, approached Duke Ortega and gave him a black magic stone the size of a watermelon.

"Just take this one. I hope it can help repair the damage."

"Oh, thank you. But what did you do with that huge shield earlier? No matter how strong a wizard is, it will be difficult to create a shield of that size."

"It was the power of the Black Demon Stone. If you handle it well, you can amplify your magical power."

"Really? Anyway, I was very grateful for spreading the shield. If you hadn't done it, everyone would have died."

Duke Ortega bowed his head, holding the Black Demon Stone in his arms. Starting with his greeting, the nobles thanked Gremory.

"Thank you. Thanks to you, I saved my life."

"How can I repay this work... Thank you, Mori."

Gremory's expression became majestic. Chession looked at her face carefully. It was cute.

"Mori, well done."

The last time Chession threw a compliment, Gremory's face, which had been casually praised, turned slightly red.

Chession was crazy because he liked it. Mori, who didn't respond to other people's compliments, only responded to his own compliments. He wanted to hug Mori and kiss her right away, but there was something else important right now.

"By the way, what happened to the witch?"

Conscious of his listening ears, Chession wrote a code and asked.

"I missed it. He kicked my stomach hard and ran away."

"What?"

"I didn't just miss it. I shot an arrow that sealed the witch's power. She won't be able to use her strength for the time being."

"Are you okay? Let's go to the place right away."

Chession, who had become serious, grabbed Gremory's hand with a thud. Gremory didn't get hurt because she used her resilience to heal herself, but she was just taken away. It was because she made eye contact with Catherine.

"My shoulders hurt too, Chession. I think I was hit by the rubble when the ballroom collapsed earlier."

"What? My god! Mori, uplift! Right now!"

An emergency bell rang in Chession's head. Has she ever said that Mori is sick? She must have been seriously injured to the point where she couldn't even hear the healing power.

Gremory was carried on Chession's back and made a mockery of Catherine. Catherine trembled as she clutched the hem of her dust-stained skirt.

Seeing such a daughter, Duke Ortega coughed loudly and bit people.

"Then everyone should go into their dwelling. If the wounded are injured, go to a healer. I will go to inspect the damage to the territory. Catherine, go in and sleep now."

"...Yes."

Catherine staggered to the mansion with tears in her eyes. The ball was completely ruined. In the midst of this, it was a natural disaster. Moreover, thanks to the damn Gremory, she barely saved her life. Even God seemed to have abandoned her.

Her body and mind were full of life.

***

Chession and Gremory remained in the Duchy of Ortega to help recover the damage. The reason why a great earthquake occurred in the Duke's Territory was that they were there. The ultimate cause is Etna, but the two have decided to take at least part of the responsibility for the damage.

Gremory kept bringing the Black Demon Stone from somewhere. She also claimed that the Black Demon Stone had a restorative effect and repaired the collapsed houses and structures. Thanks to this, damage recovery progressed at a tremendous speed.

Duke Ortega sincerely thanked Gremory. When Gremory and Cession returned to the Grand Duke's residence after today's work, Duke Ortega politely spoke to them.

"I didn't know that the Black Demon Stone even could recover. Hehe. Thank you so much."

"I'm just doing what I should do."

At Gremory's words, Duke Ortega smiled happily.

"It's not natural at all. No nobleman is so active in the work of other estates. It must have consumed a lot of precious black magic stones, so I will pretend that there is no rental fee for relics. I will use the holy relics to my heart's content for what I need and return them."

"Thank you. Then I should just rest."

"I also hope that Miss Mori will rest soon, but there is a guest."

"A guest?"

"Yes, I was surprised that he came without any rumors. The guest wants to see Miss Mori and His Highness the Grand Duke, so please go to the drawing room quickly."

The Duke of Ortega personally led the two to the drawing room. Iberia, who was sitting in the drawing room drinking tea, waved to the two of them.

"When I heard that a great disaster had occurred in the Empire, I came to help repair the damage, but my brother and Mori had already solved the problem. Duke Ortega, I have something to talk about separately with the two of you, so will you just step back?"

"Yes, please feel free to talk."

After Duke Ortega withdrew, Gremory and Chession took their seats. And as the door to the drawing room was about to close, Iberia looked stunned.

"You two, listen carefully to me from now on. Until now, I was just going to leave everything to fate and watch, but now I can't stand still."

"...What?"

"I'll tell you how to quickly and peacefully sort out this situation, that is, how to kill the demon god."

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