Chapter 57 – 57. Strange Companion – City of Witches (12)

Intuition.

From a wizard’s point of view, there is nothing more absurd than trusting one’s intuition.

It is often said that there is nothing more foolish than believing in intuition for wizards who must use strictly magical thinking, rational thinking, and precise and accurate judgment.

I knew this was going to be a big enemy because that intuition has saved my life many times.

And besides that –

-…Elena Blavatsky. This is news from the great witch.
-…Mummy – Dawn Bringer. Would you like to eliminate the Sheep Witch who drove the warriors of Elvenheim to death? Then you will cooperate?
-…You’re being foolish, telling me to deal with the monsters run by that witch who came all the way to Elvenheim and started messing with me.
-They say they can’t help you directly unless you eliminate them…And capture them alive?
-Are these crazy?

It’s roughly things like this.

And it’s true that even in Gehenna, he’s trying to get rid of his sister, and that he’ll personally help him if he goes to Elven Haim and gets rid of him.

She looks at her older sister, but her older sister just smiles.

I messed up a lot in Elven Haim, and I won’t even ask how I did it.

This is the second time damage has been caused to Elvenheim, and there is no way for reporters from Uruk to go there, so the only information is in the dark, and these are also in a state where information has not been delivered properly.

What I can tell is that they are targeting Elven Haim, Gehenna, and my sister, and they are targeting me.

They are preparing to overthrow Frisia.

“It’s okay. I’ve seen everything there is to see.”

“Then can I feed it to the lambs?”

I shook my head. Lambs. The girls, who resemble my older sister, look at these things and look at the elves with eyes that look delicious as if they were looking at food, but even I, who saw it from afar or in my memory, recognized that this was something beyond imagination, and when I encounter it, I am bound to be affected by it in some way, whether I like it or not. I also know that

My father did that, and as a result, he became a ‘sacrifice’ for a bloody dinner party and ended up being eaten by me, which is how he ended his life.

You never know what might happen if you eat these. Naturally, I insisted on it.

“You’d better not feed them. Like it or not, these things are affected by ‘it’. Just get rid of them. You can’t eat anything that’s contaminated. Don’t let them eat it.”

“It’s a shame. It looked delicious.”

My older sister expressed regret and spoke to the lambs. Although she seemed a little disappointed, my sister spoke to the lambs at my request.

“Don’t eat it.”

“I understand, mother.”

“Yes, they are good kids. Yes, they are good, they are good.”

Each of them strokes the head of the lambs, smiles happily, and rubs their heads against their older sister’s hand. It looks like the relationship with the lambs isn’t bad. Among them, some lambs with hair the color of mine come up to me and look at me intently, and I stroke their heads as well.

And only then did they feel satisfied and smile. The way they rub their heads in my hand looks like cats.

“It’s for you guys. It’s not clear…You don’t know what’s going to happen.”

In particular, the two goats, one with black hair and the other with blonde hair and dark skin, who were being patted on the head by my older sister and me.

Izzy has become stronger in these two.

-I don’t think they originally had this much will.

I also remember how, after my sister showed me these lambs, at first they seemed inorganic and emotionless. Now, a month later, they have become confident enough to have a clear conversation with us.

“It’s okay. Instead, I wish you could get along better with your mother…”

“…Well, that’s obvious, so I think it would be good if you told me something else.”

In the first place, if I had to choose the person I had the longest relationship with, it would be my sister. The fiancé I met was just a formality.

I arranged a meeting with her first to get to know her and tried to love her, but of course she wasn’t interested in anything other than our property, which is a very ironic story.

Hehe, I see. Then… Can I call you ‘father’?”

“…Hey, that’s still-“

“Okay.”

I don’t really care.

My sister felt that we needed some time to think about it and tried to dissuade me, but I didn’t like it. The stories Dick told about the many bastards who were treated as children out of wedlock and were unable to call their fathers father.

And if you think about my father’s case, anyway, they are children who were clearly created by me and my sister having sex.

Inference about his sister’s identity. And the children born with the power and power that their older sister possessed.

And if you look at the children born with a moderate mix of my sister’s characteristics and mine, they will definitely be children with my genes mixed in.

Among them, the ones who look more like my sister and me are not even given names.

In particular, if you look at the light energy flowing out little by little, and see that some of the magic I use is mixed with black flame, they are also receiving my power.

My older sister calls me a lamb, but I don’t think that’s true.

… Of course, she is too big to be called a lamb, and her appearance is similar to that of her older sister. She has the appearance of a full-fledged adult woman, but she is looking at me with a face like that of her child.

Naturally, I acknowledged these children as my children.

No, it’s not that it didn’t connect at all, because it was clear that my sister made it up because it was related to me.

Then it is my child.

“You call me father, but I can’t call you lamb…Your name…Okay, I think it’s better to do it this way.”

‘Nug’ for a sheep with black hair

And for sheep with blonde hair like me, ‘Yeb’

“You are Nug. And blonde…’Yeb’ to you. This is your name. From now on, you guys will call me this.“

“…!!!”

“Thank you!”

And at that moment, the two of them looked at me from their seats and knelt down. Of course, upon seeing that, my sister smiled and hugged them both. Aside from that, the rest of the lambs were looking at me with envy, which was probably not due to their mood.

But the existence of those children who seem to have been born with special care.

And as a bonus, she thought Anna would be uncomfortable, but she didn’t show any reaction other than expected. He just looked at me once, blushed, and then turned his head away again.

Anyway, we rescued Elizabeth safely, and I ask Nug. It was about whether I conveyed the message well to those who came to visit me at my old home.

“…There were people who came to visit me, right?”

“Yes, I have told them. And father… I have something to tell you.”

“What?”

“…Knight of the Sun, Gawain. He is alive.”

“…I never told you about Gawain.”

Did I tell you about Gawain?

I look at my sister.

“…Sister?”

“…”

My sister avoids my gaze. And I ask Nug.

If it has been a long time since my sister awakened, if her growth rate was as fast as Dick said.

“…By any chance, my older sister, have you been tracking me?”

“Nug-“

“Don’t worry about it, just tell me. I’ll tell you.”

My sister tries to cover Nug’s mouth with an urgent look on her face, but of course I’m not angry. To put it simply, I am not narrow-minded enough to criticize people for wanting to know the fate of their beloved family.

“…It wasn’t possible for a very long time, but sometimes, when a big battle broke out, you would watch it through us.”

“Nug!! If you say that!”

“…”

I thought something was following me, but maybe that was it.

Maybe I was understanding it little by little even back then.

When I saw my sister’s face completely red, I felt like hugging her right away, but right now we’re still outside, and getting to a safe place is the priority, so I quickly move to the hiding place.

The pub that Batistan was running had already burned down, and naturally, what was left was a second hideout in case the place was destroyed. This was the first time that this place was opened to the public. And as soon as they get there, what awaits them is the sight of countless Elvenheim operatives being tied up in spider webs and attacking Lucy, cut in half by Lucy’s bastard sword and halberd.

And Batistan, who protects Elizarote.

And it was Bia’s appearance.

Hmm…

And when everything was finally resolved by Lucy’s attack-

“Hehe, hehe – as expected! This body’s servant! You have finally defeated these arrogant ‘Kampfs’! Well done! Well done!”

“…Yes, yes. It’s dangerous, so I’m going in…Ah, I’m here.”

And at the same time, I saw Lucy playing with Aris. Lucy has no particular thoughts. Are you just playing with them because they are children?

But apart from that, what happened around here. Elizarote and Batistan seem to have suffered quite a bit of damage.

In particular, he caused quite a bit of damage to Batistan, and Bia also suffered quite a bit of damage while protecting Elizarote.

…

Is it my imagination or is there another plan?

Aside from her suspicions about the knight, who was suspicious in many ways, including hiding her real name, there was nothing particularly suspicious about her in the way she protected Eliza Lotte. Yes, the problem is that there is nothing too suspicious.

The magic crystal in which Elizabeth is sealed.

Then, the older sister takes out her music box, takes out a magic crystal from inside, and shows that Elizabeth is inside it.

“…Sister!”

“…I will wake you up soon. And I promise this in the name of the ‘Golden Sun’. Even if it means getting some bad name on me.”

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

And when I rescued Elizabeth and brought her to her, Elizarote looked at me and asked me, wanting to do something. Of course, there’s really nothing she can do. Elizabeth is a noblewoman, a margrave loved by everyone, and I am the bastard who overthrew Magia and overthrew the eastern border of Phrygia.

“Don’t get involved with a guy like me. It’s okay as long as it’s not like that. And when it’s over, when Elizabeth comes back to life, live as if nothing happened. I’m just doing what I promised in the past, and what I’m going to do from now on is “It won’t be very good for you.”

“But-“

“Batistan, you know what I’m talking about. If you know how to face reality, you would know even more.”

“…Of course. You will go your own way.”

“Grandpa Batistan!!”

“Lady, you need to cool down. This is reality.”

“…Is it true that heroes are not treated as heroes and are treated as ruthless? Is this the right reality?”

I’m sorry, but I’m a robber. A robber who does not fit in with a nobleman. Even in an aristocratic society full of disgusting pretense, I was a fool called a heretic, and of course I could act accordingly if necessary, but I went around openly destroying things full of such scheming tricks and schemes, and I am not the type to tolerate such things.

And now, most of the world is like my enemy.

It is obvious how the humans under the Elder God’s rule will treat me.

“Humans are too weak to live against each and every wrong thing, young lady. And you, the family of my colleague, are helping me by not worrying about that and just doing your own thing. When the time comes, you deny me.”

“That-“

“That’s reality. Survive. Because surviving means winning. What I will do from now on will be in direct defiance of the gods’ rule, and if I get caught by them for no reason, I won’t be able to even dream of living as my name says.”

And Bia quietly listens and cleans up her surroundings. Likewise, he looked at the magic crystal where Elizabeth was and then spoke to me.

“Can you save Elizabeth?”

“Yes.”

And I put my hands on my waist just in case something happens. If you had a brain, you wouldn’t know what I’m trying to do.

But for some reason, she didn’t do anything when she saw it.

…

This is the first time something like this has happened. Normally, in the case of beings who are this scummy, I would do something to stab them in the back.

“Then, I will help too. Please, let me lend a hand.”

“…”

I don’t know.

Is it because I’ve only encountered things that are black on the inside? And besides, would this be what it would feel like if there was someone next to you whose true feelings you couldn’t understand?

“By the way, the city of witches. Gehenna is currently under blockade. There is a gate to the far side of the Margrave’s territory, and there is a Phrygian branch city of the witches there, but you cannot currently go there.”

“If there is no road, just build it.”

And I called Nia.

“Nia.”

“…Yes, preparations are complete.”

And Nia comes next to me and looks at me. She is holding my hand tightly and looking at me with an expectant face. I raise my hand and stroke Nia’s head.

“Ehehe…Master, your hands are warm.”

I took a picture and it seems to be correct.

“Please.”

“Yes. Leave it to me.”

Nia nods her head, and immediately stretches her hand towards the wall.

As Nia stretched out her hand, spider webs stretched from the hem of the sleeve of the dress she was wearing. And the red spider web was shot towards the wall, and at the same time, a passage covered in spider web was revealed.

That passage is the city of witches, which I had visited once before. A city of eternal darkness. Twinkling purple stars, tree trunks, water, flames, rocks, and witches’ buildings embroidered in darkness were revealed.

However, the atmosphere looks gloomy.

A feeling of death.

Solias came in next and spoke to me.

“It is an unprecedentedly powerful energy of death, Clark. This powerful energy of death… A ‘thing’ that is not of this world has intervened.”

“…”

“There is a high probability that it is not from this world. Right, mutt?”

Is he reincarnated?

As expected, it’s that again.

Just because someone is reincarnated doesn’t mean they are human. Naturally, things that are not human can also come here.

And when Solias calls out to Dick, Dick responds in a displeased voice.

“Don’t call me that. Who do you think is a mutt? Do you want to chase someone?”

Dick appears at some point. Adramelech protects Solias in case he gets hit, and Solias hides behind me.

…

Since Adramelech is already protecting you, wouldn’t it be better to have him?

Look at that expression.

Those eyes, as if her mother had been taken away by a man outside of her family.

And this time too, Mine was with me, and only when Dick and Mine appeared did I know that Dick had completed my request.

“What are the confirmation results?”

“You should tell me before that.”

Elizarote.

And then I look at Batistan.

I told them.

“Do you know any information about the reincarnations?”

“…Are you talking about people who were reincarnated in Elcadia from another world?”

“How did you find out?”

And what Elizarote brought out.

It is a newspaper published in Uruk.

And it was written in the official language of Elcadia.

It is written in the official Elcadia version, which is completely different from the ‘Uruk’ I am holding.

Are you planning on spreading this all over Elcadia?

And in the midst of all this, there is even a story on the front page of the newspaper where the big and small troubles of reincarnated people are happening.

Yes, you know that.

“Your brother is dead. The person occupying your brother’s body is a ‘reincarnated person’ from another world.”

“Ah, I see. Then I can kill that pig without hesitation.”

“…”

Ebungah. To what extent have you been hated by your younger sisters?