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2.
Late at night, Count Dermore.
Even though it was well past midnight, Demuel Ron Dermore did not leave his office.
It was a simple reason.
This was due to the success of Crown Prince Chartrand’s rebellion, which resulted in an overload of all kinds of work.
That was when I was engrossed in work for a long time.
Suddenly, the pile of dirt at the corner of the desk started shaking. When the Count saw this, he immediately stopped what he was doing and looked at the place.
Some time after that.
The pile of dirt instantly took the shape of a doll, and opened its mouth with red eyes flashing.
“We finally caught him.”
The howling eyes of the abyss, Lacus.
He is the Lord of the Abyss who made Demuel his apostle. Meanwhile, despite his somewhat abrupt words, the Count seemed to understand what was being said and asked back.
“By you, do you mean Sven Isaac?”
“okay. There is no need to rush, so we should aim for the right time to handle it perfectly.”
A month ago from now.
The Count infiltrated Arsene Academy during summer vacation and opened an abyss. It was to summon Lacus’ family.
The convocation was successful, and Lacus dispatched half of his family to the eastern jungle.
They have only one purpose.
Completely annihilating ‘Sven Isaac’, one of the stars that will become a threat to the Abyss in the future.
After a long time, Lacus was finally able to identify Sven’s base.
“What happened to the priests of the Holy Kingdom?”
“I did it as ordered.”
Lacus’ family members were not the only ones following Sven. I don’t know why, but the priests of the Holy Kingdom also investigated Sven.
However, there is no need to worry anymore.
This was thanks to the Abyss worshipers under Lacus’ orders, who killed all the priests.
“But a new problem has arisen.”
“hmm? “Is this a problem?”
“It looks like the Paladins have caught our trace.”
Lacus’ eyes crinkled at those words.
It was natural. Unlike priests, paladins can be said to be extremely difficult opponents.
“Tsk, that’s annoying.”
The moment they encounter death, they recite a prayer of sacrifice without any hesitation.
Then, a massive nova explosion occurs and engulfs the surrounding area. This is a power that can instantly destroy even the descendants of the Abyss, so caution is always needed when dealing with a Paladin.
“What is the number of paladins?”
“There are two.”
“Hmm, it’s not much, but… … .”
“If you leave it alive, it will be a hindrance.”
The count’s eyes shone faintly.
Lacus also seemed to agree.
“I guess I have no choice but to deal with it. i get it. “Then leave that to the worshipers.”
“I will spread the word.”
The Count answers politely.
Then he took out a document.
“Finally, here’s some news from the church.”
“Allow me to speak.”
“It is said that the ancestors of immortals and giants request to see the master.”
A descendant of immortals and giants.
These refer to the descendants of the Lord of the Immortals and the King of Giants, respectively, one of the Lords of the Abyss.
“Hmph, have you finally broken your stubbornness?”
“When would be a good time to have a meeting?”
“It would be nice to have a night without the moon.”
“Yes, I will tell you that.”
After writing a brief note on the document.
The Count looked at Lacus again and muttered, recalling past memories.
“Then now only the ghost’s family remains.”
“You can ignore that.”
“yes? but… … .”
“Because I’m not going to participate anyway.”
An answer filled with strong confidence.
The Count asked back as if he were puzzled.
“Why is that so?”
“It’s because of the mission given to them.”
“Perhaps it’s because of monitoring the ‘Spirit of the Abyss’ you mentioned last time… … ?”
“Accurate.”
Lacus nodded.
Then, the magically flashing red eyes turned to the pitch-black night sky.
“Among the seven stars that will light up the abyss, there are those who wield the power of spirits. If that star obtains the spirit of the abyss… … .”
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“You said that the Ghost Knights would be at an extreme disadvantage in the future war with the stars.”
“Yes. “I remember it well.”
Lacus grinned.
As if satisfied.
“The Spirit of the Abyss is the only weakness of the Ghost Knights. So, until we get rid of it or drop the star that controls the spirits, the ghosts will never appear in the world.”
After finishing the long story.
Lacus’ red eyes flashed as if he suddenly remembered something he had forgotten.
“Oh, by the way, when are you going to meet the crown prince you saw last time?”
“An audience is scheduled for next week.”
“good. “I guess we can contact them then.”
I feel like everything is going smoothly.
Lacus left the desk and headed to the window.
“With this, the plan is in order.”
The red eyes turned to the cluster of stars that decorated the pitch-black night sky. Lacus, who was looking at this with hateful eyes, growled and said.
“This time, the abyss will swallow up the world of stars and become the true world.”
Lacus’ eyes glowed particularly red.
As if he were the only star worthy of existing in the darkness of the abyss.
3.
Meanwhile, around that time.
Ulan was led deeper and deeper into the forest by the hand of tiny Perticia. After some time, she finally stopped.
“Yeah, it’ll be okay here.”
The place the two arrived was a place that was not much different from the forest scenery they had seen for the first time. It was exactly the same, right down to the large rock and pond.
However, one thing seemed different.
‘It’s much deeper than before.’
The depth of the pond.
The pond I first saw was so shallow that I could clearly see the bottom, but the pond in front of me now looked so completely black that I couldn’t tell its depth.
At the time I was looking at this in silence.
“But how did you get in here?”
Perticia spoke to me.
Eyes shining brightly with curiosity. Faced with this, Ulan gave an honest answer.
“I do not know either.”
“I don’t know? why?”
“I just opened my eyes and it was here.”
“Wow, that’s amazing.”
What’s interesting is that the same was true for Ulan.
I never imagined that I would enter Perticia’s memories and have a conversation with her as a child.
“Hehe, anyway, welcome! “I was bored because I was alone.”
Perticia, who had been tilting her head repeatedly, smiled brightly. With a flawless and pure smile, she spoke again.
“So, would you like to tell me a story?”
“story?”
“huh! The Ulan Story.”
“What story do you want to hear?”
“Anything is fine!”
Little Perticia sat with her back against the rock and stamped her feet. Her uhlan nodded, seeing her look filled with anticipation.
“i get it. “Let me do it.”
The story isn’t that difficult.
Also, if you talk to Perticia, you may be able to find a way to escape from this place.
So he began to tell the story from when he grew up in the grassland to when he came to the academy.
“… … “Afterwards, I opened my eyes and found myself here.”
After some time has passed.
Ulan even shared the details of why he came here. However, young Perticia’s interests lay entirely elsewhere.
“Uhm, I see. So you’re saying that me and Ulan were friends when we became adults?”
“similar.”
Ulan nodded silently.
Then, Perticia’s head tilted slightly. Then, a puzzled expression appeared on her face, and her small lips twitched.
“But is that all?”
“what?”
“There’s another story, right?”
“If it’s another story… … .”
“Don’t act like you don’t know.”
Perticia suddenly shows her face.
At the same time, bright red eyes flashed.
“I can see everything.”
“What do you see?”
“It’s similar to the story Ulan just told, but it’s traces of a different life.”
“… … !”
Ulan’s eyes widened.
Because I finally understood what Perticia in front of me was saying. At the same time, I realized that Perticia’s eyes resembled someone else’s.
‘Laurea.’
One of the warriors and the next saint of the Holy Kingdom.
At present, Perticia’s eyes seemed to be looking into Laurea’s projection eyes. A time when I felt like I could see through everything inside her.
“What you see and what you hear are different. So, I want you to tell me the stories left behind on the trail.”
Eyes as deep as the pond in front of you.
For some reason, I felt an earnest wind coming from beyond. Facing this, Ulan thought for a moment and then made a decision.
“Yes, as you said.”
“then… … .”
“I remember my past life.”
I decided to just tell the secret. And since you’re caught anyway, there’s no point in hiding it any longer.
So Ulan began to tell the story of his past life. However, rather than explaining it from the beginning, the story starts from the moment I met Perticia.
After joining the warriors in my last life.
It was thanks to Laurea that Ulan first became aware of her existence. One day, as she was fighting battle after battle, an oracle suddenly came to her.
『In the land of ruin, there is a star shining brightly in the ruins of ashes. This is the last starlight that will brighten the abyss.』
So the warriors searched through the country that had been destroyed by the Abyss War.
Meanwhile, I arrived at the Imperial Castle of the Ruben Empire and discovered a small forest at the northern end of the Imperial Castle, which had been devastated by the Abyss.
“I met Perticia there.”
As she was splashing around in the pond, she discovered the warriors, including Ulan, and opened her eyes like a surprised rabbit.
Recalling the vivid scenery of that time, Ulan also briefly summarized the story after joining Perticia.
“Wow, something like that happened.”
Young Perticia, who listened to this in silence, showed various reactions. Of course she was surprised and happy, and sometimes she was angry.
How long has it been like that?
When the sunlight shining around the pond disappeared and the moonlight took its place, the story of my past life finally came to an end.
“This is my whole story.”
“Hehe, I heard you right. “Thank you for stopping by.”
After being lost in lingering thoughts for a moment, she burst into laughter. She then gently hugged her legs and then she glanced at Ulan.
“The world of Ulan is really wide.”
“The world is big?”
“Yes, my world is all about this forest.”
Perticia is a bird in a cage.
A confined princess who cannot go beyond the forest even though she has legs, and cannot see the scenery beyond even though she can see the sky.
Is it because of this situation?
She let out a short sigh.
“i envy you. “I’m also curious about the outside.”
“Then you can leave.”
“I want to do that too, but I can’t. “You must stay here until permission is given.”
“If it’s allowed… … .”
“The one who manages this place.”
Perticia spread her arms wide.
As if trying to embrace the entire forest.
“He did. It’s not time for me to leave yet. So you have to stay here.”
A gloomy expression spread across his small face.
However, for a moment, she smiled brightly as if she had never looked so gloomy. Then she took Ulan’s hand and said,
“But it will be possible with Ulan’s help.”
“I?”
“huh! “Because Ulan is incredibly strong.”
Perticia nodded.
Soon she looked at her hands.
“On the other hand, I lack strength.”
A hand small enough to hold a pebble. Perticia muttered, writhing in her hands.
“There was no one by my side since I opened my eyes. “There were only people watching me, and there was no one I could call a friend.”
A bitter smile blooms at the corner of your mouth.
After a self-deprecating muttering, the small eyes looked at Ulan again.
“So, let me ask you a favor.”
At the same time, her hand turned in this direction.
As if asking me to catch it quickly.
“Will you take me outside?”
“… … .”
Ulan, on the other hand, said nothing.
As if lost in thought for a moment. Young Perticia waited patiently, and it wasn’t long before she heard the answer she had been waiting for.
“Well, it’s definitely going to be difficult to get out on your own.”
“That’s right, so I want you to help me.”
“i get it. “Let’s do that.”
“really? really?”
She asks with surprised eyes.
Ulan nodded willingly.
“okay. “Let’s go outside together.”
“Yes, good!”
Perticia smiled happily and stretched out her hand further. But it didn’t happen that Ulan held her hand.
“uh?”
No, I didn’t even reach out in the first place.
He just walks towards the pond.
Was he embarrassed by the sudden action? Perticia asked back with a puzzled look on her face.
“What are you doing now?”
Still no answer.
At that time, Ulan arrived at his destination, bent his knees and stretched out his hand toward the pond. Pertichia repeatedly raised her voice at her inexplicable behavior.
“I’m here! What… there? … !”
“No, it’s different.”
“… … what?”
“You are not Perticia.”
A word filled with strong conviction.
The eyes that shined like jewels shook violently at the resolute voice.
“W-what are you saying… … ?”
“Unlike his last life, in this life he introduced himself as ‘Tisha Lapidis.’”
Until their first chance meeting in the capital, she had never once said her name was Perticia.
And Ulan, too, never called her Perticia while facing her.
‘however… … .’
When talking about his past life earlier, Ulan mentioned the name Perticia several times.
However, rather than being surprised, the child in front of me just reacted calmly. As if she were affirming that Perticia was right.
This is not the only evidence.
The fact that young Perticia was the first to readily grab Ulan’s hand. If she were real, this wouldn’t have happened.
Just before she separated from Ulan, she was so delusional that she thought that if she joined hands with someone of the opposite s*x, she would have a child.
Based on these facts, Ulan made his judgment.
That the person who was currently by her side repeatedly asking to talk was not Perticia, but merely some being imitating her.
“B-but I’m the only one here!”
At that time, the fake shouted in retort.
The guy couldn’t hide his embarrassed expression and kept screaming.
“There’s no one else but me and Ulan! If I’m fake, where is the real one… … .”
“The real thing is here.”
Immediately after answering, he plunged his hand into the pond. After a while, Ulan pulled out something he was holding.
Shoot!
A girl who appeared with a strong spray of water.
She must have drank too much water on the way up, and kept coughing.
“Knock, call!”
But that only lasts for a moment.
She raised her head without even thinking about wiping away the soaked water. She then looked at Ulan with a mixture of surprise and bewilderment.
“Ooh, Ulan. how… … ?”
“I smelled you in the pond.”
A really simple reason.
However, it was also a clear distinction.
Unlike the real Perticia, the fake body did not emit any odor. Even body odor, which would naturally exist in humans.
Meanwhile, Perticia’s eyes trembled slightly.
Ulan held her hand tightly as he watched a variety of indescribable emotions swirl around him.
“I bet you didn’t hear it, so say it again.”
“uh? Well, what… … ?”
“Let’s go outside together, Perticia.”
She had a blank expression.
As if I didn’t understand the meaning for a moment.
Meanwhile, Ulan recalled the memories of Perticia he had seen. She sympathized with her isolation and loneliness as she must have been alone in the forest for a long time.
Then I remembered it.
The look in Chartrand’s eyes as he looked at Perticia, who was longing to go out. Ugly eyes that you can’t believe are looking at flesh and blood.
And that moment.
Ulan made a decision.
“I will get you out of the castle.”
“… … !?”
“In the name of a warrior, by all means.”
Even if it means going against Chartrand.
I will definitely save Perticia.
With a resolute determination, bright red eyes burned brightly as if they had been poured with oil.
Like a fierce fire that threatens to burn everything.
Chapter 45. bird in cage
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