Chapter 747 – Black Heart Retirement Mountain

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Cleon watched Lila talking to the government soldiers from beyond the barrier, then looked back at her children and the group.

“It looks like trouble happened outside.”

＂What should I do? If there were people outside the barrier, it would be difficult even for Laila to make a hole in the barrier…”

The magic that Lila used on the barrier to get her group through was a powerful one that sent a considerable amount of heat just by being close to it.

It would be difficult to tolerate making a hole in the barrier, which can be said to be a barrier with the empire, in front of military officers close to the barrier, and if they were to be seen using dangerous magic in that way, it would likely be bothersome in many ways. It was high.

When Amelia spoke with a worried look on her face, Lilim listened quietly, and then she looked around her and started to move her steps.

＂Lilim? Wait, where are you going?”

“It doesn’t go that far. It just moves to a location where it won’t be noticed by humans outside…”

While saying that, Lillim walks along the border of the barrier without a proper explanation.

As I followed Lilim with her gaze, she moved a few meters and muttered ‘If this is the place…’ And then waved her hand towards her group, signaling Cleon and Amelia to follow her.

Cleon and Amelia were shocked as to what her purpose was, but they moved to where she was, and her children followed them as they walked closer to where Lilim was.

Lilim gently placed her hand on the surface of her barrier and began to pour in her own magic.

Then, her barrier vibrated slightly, and the surface began to tremble, and her Lillim hand slowly slipped out from around that area.

＂Eh!?＂

When Amelia raises her voice and widens her eyes as if she is embarrassed, Lilim tells her not to be embarrassed and puts her hand back inside the barrier.

＂This is an application of the transference magic I use. A hole that would normally have to be made in the wall of reality is made in the barrier.”

＂It’s amazing.＂

When Cleon spoke to Lilim with admiration, Lilim kept her mouth shut for a moment, but then she continued to say something important.

“The problem is, only I can go back and forth through this hole.”

＂Is that so…＂

When Amelia’s shoulders drop in a sullen tone, Lilim says nothing again for a moment, and then she speaks with an expression that reveals her complicated feelings.

“Isn’t it too blatant to be disappointed…”

“Well, it’s not like that! Well, with this, she can at least enter Lillim!”

“Yes. So from now on, I will go over to the other side, send those officials back, and explain her situation to Laila.”

It seemed like Lilim had her own thoughts, and Cleon, who watched her say that to them, thought for a moment and nodded as if she understood.

＂I see… Okay. Please do me a favor.”

“Everyone, please go back to where you were before and wait for Lila to open the hole for all of you to enter and exit.”

As she said that, she put her hand on the barrier like before and passed through it to go outside.

Although it was said that it was a trick to transfer, it meant consuming a fairly large amount of magical power, so as soon as Lillim came out of the barrier, he took a deep breath and first adjusted to the different magical pressure inside and outside the barrier. .

Inside the barrier, black magic was spread at such a high concentration and density that the entire space was covered with black magic, but her magic was so dense that it was a bit harsh for her, a member of the black magic clan.

The only people who can live safely in such a place are people who have never lived there, or demons.

Therefore, she felt that she had never been so happy to see the clear air and the open sky when she came outside. After confirming that the shaking of magical power had calmed down to some extent, she went to see the people waiting outside, including Lila. It was starting to move towards a certain place.

At that time, Laila and Kuon were being investigated by the government forces.

Kuon was giving various answers to the government soldiers who were trying to check the crystal that sealed the demon, while Lila was talking about intelligence to the surveyor.

As for Sasha, she looked like a child no matter where she looked, so maybe she wasn’t paying that much attention, and she was sitting blankly with González at a distance, listening to her adults’ stories.

＂What kind of magic did you use to seal this demon, so that it is surrounded by crystals like this? It’s amazing.”

“Oh, that’s not a spell, it’s a type of magic…”

“Magic? Sorry, but are you a priest of the kingdom, not a shrine maiden?”

“I wonder if she is both a shaman and a priest…”

“Oh~ Indeed. You have had many different jobs.”

As Kuon was answering the officials who seemed interested in seeing Remilia sealed, Kuon and Laila vaguely sensed that the goal of the officials was not the seal, but Kuon.

Lila felt extremely uncomfortable at the sight of foolish sentient beings who couldn’t hide their evil intentions and clung to Kuon, but it would be rude to Hertina and Miyeom-dono who were working hard for them in the Eastern Country to let things go as smoothly as possible. It does not work.

That’s why I want you to return as soon as possible – this old man.

“So… You guys came all the way here and didn’t see that monster? Really? “No trace?”

＂Yes… I answered you several times. In the first place, monsters can move to change their habitat simply due to seasonal changes regardless of their intelligence, so you don’t have to be so careful…”

Since Lila didn’t know when and how the intelligence here changed, she had no choice but to answer the old man’s persistent questions that way.

“Well, that’s true… In the last few days, the concentration of bad magic felt around here has become considerably stronger.”

“… That might be the devil over there. Just by existing, the devil spreads black magic around the area and contaminates the ley lines.”

When Lila said that and pointed to her sealed Remilia, the old man seemed to be organizing his thoughts with a contemplative expression.

＂Hey… Now that we have succeeded in exorcising the demon we were asked to do, we will return to Asteris, so can you please leave now? We also have to clean up this area…”

“Ah! If so, we will take you to Asteris.”

When Laila told her to go quickly, in the most polite manner possible, the government officer who was listening opened his mouth in a snarky manner.

“We can’t just send women and young children. We will escort you safely.”

Now, I was shocked to see that she had taken off her helmet, revealing her face and smiling in a refreshing way.

“No… Really… It’s okay…”

Isn’t it in their heads that they subdued and sealed the devil in the first place?

Looking at Lila, whose hair was slowly starting to twitch, Kuon and Sasha were perplexed, but hoped that she would hold back her anger a little longer.

Was it an illusion that I heard the sound of teeth grinding?

It was a self-evident fact that the moment Lila’s patience reached its lowest point, as if the fuse of a bomb was blowing out, a huge physical heat wave would occur in this place.

It was that time.

“You’ve waited a long time.”

As he said that, not only the government soldiers and surveyors gathered there, but also Lila and the others looked surprised at the sight of Lilim slowly approaching from outside the barrier.

＂Huh… Eh?＂

When Lilim showed an indifferent expression as if asking what was going on in the face of her companions who seemed to want to ask why they were coming around outside of her, her government soldiers all aimed their spears at her and silenced her voice. The height was

＂The clan of the dark devil…!? Could it be that he escaped from the barrier!?”

“Damn, was it true what the surveyor said that the barrier might have weakened…!”

As soon as she sensed that the atmosphere was becoming dangerous, Sasha stood up from her position and was about to block her government soldiers.

“Excuse me, but I am their colleague. “I was just gone for a moment.”

When Lilim calmly answered like that, the government soldiers blinked their eyes but did not return the spears they had aimed, looking back at Lila or Kuon.

“… Is that true?”

＂Well, for now… No! Yes, that’s right! That child is also our colleague! Could you please lower that window first?”

At Laila’s words, the government soldiers were greatly embarrassed and lowered their raised spears and bowed their heads in apology.

＂S-sorry! There was an agreement with the kingdom to capture any human who came out of the barrier…!”

‘Even such an agreement with the Eastern countries… They really wanted to stop the seeds of the empire.’

But, since Lilim came out of the empire 30 years ago, it would not apply to the current agreement.

In the future, he would never take out people from the empire’s territory, so that had nothing to do with the agreement,

She said without even dreaming that something was waiting for her after this.

“But where did she go? It’s been a few minutes since we came here and talked to you, but the fact that you’ve only just shown up… Seems a little suspicious…”

However, when the surveyor said that and made a sharp remark, Lilim kept his mouth shut for a moment and then spoke.

“She went to pick flowers for a while. I’m embarrassed to say anything more than this, so please don’t say it out of my mouth.”

Saying that, looking at her natural acting, Lila couldn’t help but stick out her tongue.

The surveyor cleared his throat as if he was embarrassed, and then turned to the officials and spoke.

“Okay, then let’s go back. Since we have been rude in many ways, it will be inconvenient in many ways for us to go back together.”

＂Uh, I see… Excuse me, ladies… If you don’t mind, let’s have a cup of tea at Asteris later…”

“I’m sorry, but I’ll decline.”

When Kuon smiled and answered firmly, the sunken government soldiers began to quietly ride back.

And as Lila looked at Lila vigorously raising her middle finger behind them as they walked away, she let out a sigh.

“It’s a good thing I came out first. I never thought there would be an agreement that prevents people from coming out of the barrier.”

＂Yes… No! Why are you alone? How did it come out?!”

Seeing Lila asking her two questions at once, Lilim told her to calm down and then explained everything that had happened inside the barrier.

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After listening to Lilim’s explanation, Lila had her arms crossed, Kuon had a worried expression on her face, and Sasha had a twinkle in her eye.

“Indeed… I was helping people even inside.”

＂Both business and business. Because it was necessary to save Cleon.”

When Lilim quietly drew a V shape, Lila sighed as she looked at Lilim.

“What are you going to do with the children you brought out? If I take you back to Asteris, I will definitely be questioned!”

“I think Cleon has something in mind… But the most important thing is the treatment of the girl who was injured while helping us.”

“Yes, I think that’s the most important thing, too.”

When Kuonon nodded her head as if agreeing with Lilim’s opinion, Lila sighed and scratched her head.

“But even so, the dark magic area is so dense inside that recovery magic doesn’t work properly?”

“And… He can’t come out, right? Because of the stigma carved by the devils…”

In response to Layla and Sasha’s words, Lilim nodded her head and spoke while looking at her Layla.

“That’s why I came out first to find Laila her way.”

“I thought it would be something like that… But it’s related to the devil’s contract, right? As expected, the surest way is for Cleon to engrave the imprint of domination… But since he is Cleon, he must have said that he can’t do it with a fainted opponent, and that it is dangerous because he is injured.”

＂…＂

After hearing Lila’s answer, Lilim looked at Lila with a slightly surprised expression.

＂Well, what is it? Why do you look like that?”

“… No, I was just a little surprised. I wasn’t even there in person, but you noticed everything.”

Seeing Lilim replying, “You know really well about Cleon,” Lila blinked her eyes, speechless for a moment, then ─

＂~~!!＂

Her cheeks blushed, and she turned her head.

“Oh, anyway! The problem is how to make a contract with the devil. Ha, I can’t help it. It’s a method I don’t really want to use, though.”

After saying that, Lila stretched her hand into the air and took out her own wand that had been stored in her subspace.

When Kuon looked at the wand with the book on its cover, which still had a grotesque and profane design, he couldn’t hide his slightly disgusted expression.

“You know, Lila, I was worried about that cane before…”

“Huh? Ah. Don’t worry, the cover of this book is made of the devil.”

If Lila answers like that, no, I’m worried!? She suppressed the urge to answer, and Kuon had no choice but to reply, ‘I see.’

＂What are you planning to do?＂

She suddenly saw Lila taking out her wand, and when Lilim asked that question, Lila took out only her book from her floating wand and sat down in her lotus position.

“If you ask how to make a contract with the devil, I think the devil will have the answer. Not human-turned-devils like you, but true demons who were born in the dimension of hell and came to this world.”

When Lilim heard those words, she frowned slightly, and she understood the meaning of her words as follows.

“Are you sure you want to summon the devil and ask him a question?”

＂Yes!?＂

“Lila, is that true?”

Sasha and Kuon are understandably shocked and raise their voices to Lila.

But Lila responded by waving her hand as if she was annoyed.

“That can’t be possible. I’m not without thoughts on that either. It’s the opposite, it’s the opposite.”

＂Opposite…＂

The opposite of summoning the devil… Doesn’t it mean counter-summoning the devil?

“… No way, Lila. You.”

Unlike Sasha and Kuon, who seemed to be confused, Lilim narrowed her eyes as if she understood the meaning of what she said.

“Okay. “I will personally go to the hell dimension and get answers from the devils.”

Looking at the wizard who declared like that, the party was once again at a loss for words for a moment.

＂Yes!?＂

Except for Sasha, who immediately raises her voice.