Chapter 90 – Elfriede, Advent – 5

A space full of darkness.

A very faint light barely roams the vast interior.

Overwhelmingly huge pillars and various ornaments prove the owner’s wealth with just their silhouette.

Chow-!

A shadow of a fish is caught.

It is not the shadow of the actual fish, but literally only the ‘shadow’ itself.

Clink!

Soon it will be shattered by someone.

Like the crashing waves crashing on the land, like soft petals scattering in vain.

A woman looks at the scene with her bored expression. She was the one who snatched the shadows.

Once again she fishes and breaks the shadows.

Catch boredom, catch sloth.

For her, her world is so easy, and because it’s so easy, it’s dull and boring.

There is nothing less dark about her body. This was a story that applied not only to silk fabrics but also to ornaments.

Ermethylene.

The finest material, also called her goddess’ tears, is too common for her.

Necklaces, rings, earrings, and other luxurious items covering her body were all made of Ermethylene.

All her days she sits like this and spends her time but no one nags her at her.

No, you can’t.

Horror, despair, intimidation, all the ominous things in the world put together—

“Checkmate.”

—Elfriede Dias. Because that’s her name.

The King she touched shattered into pieces.

The new model of the shadow kneeling in front trembles like an aspen tree.

“Uh, uh, uh, it’s dark… “

Chow ah-!

Without a single word to scream, his body is shattered into pieces.

The skill of the opponent is not important. If Elfriede ‘thought’ that she should be erased, the only result is that she is mediocre.

The woman called God tsk, and clicked her tongue.

“Should I select a shadow exclusively for chess? It’s troubling you.”

After a while, another shadow arrived in front of her. Elfriede didn’t even look that way.

“It’s an altar of darkness… The name is childish whenever I hear it.”

“I speak. This is news related to the Amje Altar.”

Silence flowing for a while.

“…!”

After a while, he realizes that Elfriede has already answered. The answer was faster than the question.

The ability to accurately see into the future for 5 seconds.

A power whose uses are endless and cannot be described even with the word miracle.

No matter how brilliant the theory is, the magician will not be able to explain this authority.

If anyone sees such a scene, there is not much they can do.

To admire

To be afraid

“The Amje Altar has completely collapsed. It looks like Felitte has let go of him too.”

“However.”

If the conversation continues in the order of a normal conversation, it is purely Elfriede’s ‘consideration’. So that lowly subordinates don’t get confused.

“What matters is the behavior of Valhalla Academy. They say the people from the Altar of the Dark Ritual are being arrested at random, isn’t this daring to treat the Lord of Darkness badly and showing a disrespectful attitude?”

“Wrong.”

Elfriede rests on her chin and still fishes for her shadow.

“The academy must have taken such action because they were convinced that the altar had nothing to do with Jim. For the time being, I thought it might have something to do with it, so I was afraid to let it go. What do you think?”

“Ah! It seems so!”

The shadow freaked out and pressed its forehead to the floor. The trembling back speaks of how terrified he is.

“Darkness is right. Come to think of it, all of this happened when Pelet’s cover was revealed. Shall we hold Pelit responsible?”

“Is that necessary?”

Elfride waved her hand lazily. The ermethylene rings collided and made a loud noise.

“Just let the academy catch them all.”

“What about El Balom? Now they’ve even taken them to Pellet.”

“Leave it too. So that it may flourish.”

The shadow stared blankly at Elfride and tilted her head, as if not understanding her.

“Hey, it’s dark.”

There is something I didn’t understand.

It is difficult to fathom the will of the Dark Lord. El Balom is gnawing away at our faction and neglecting it.

Also, due to the pellets, Darkness has become a ‘existence that can be impersonated’. You don’t punish such a pellet.

Isn’t it dangerous when the academy’s power grows? If you don’t write numbers in advance…

By the time that thought passed through his mind.

“This is because it is more colorful.”

“…Yes?”

Elfriede fishes up a shadow. It was a small fish.

“I will ask.”

“Yes. It’s dark.”

“Have you ever been afraid of anyone other than me?”

“Absolutely not.”

The shadow of the fish created by Elfriede falls in front of him.

It’s just a fish, even a shadow, but it’s just fluttering, and its majesty is indescribable.

“This is Valhalla Academy. As it pursues the right path of magic, its status will grow. You must want to quickly confront Jim. And one day I will try to fight against it. However… “

At one gesture, countless shadows descend. Fish, rabbits, deer, and countless other small shadows descend.

Finally, those small shadows merge, and what is created is a huge tiger.

“That alone is not enough. Let more of them join forces. It’s more fun to break that way.”

“However, the process of gathering that power is so disgusting. El Balom is gradually absorbing the forces of the Dark Lord.”

“El Balom.”

“Yes. El Balom. Even the leader, Florian, said that he often mentions the name of the Lord of Darkness. I have to go and kill him right now… “

“Leave it.”

Shootaaa— the shadows disperse, leaving only darkness.

“And… “

Pak! With a scream, the man grabs his neck and falls to the floor.

“Billion, oh billion… ! 100 million… !”

“Don’t open that mouth again. You removed the vocal cords.”

El Friede touched his chin with a slightly displeased expression.

“Think for yourself. What crime have you just committed?”

But before he could even think about what he had done wrong, Elfriede cut him to pieces.

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Last night I finely marinated the pellets.

I heard what was going on, but most of it was what I knew.

The existence of the Amje Altar and the impersonation of Felitte as Elfriede itself were Elfriede’s plans to cause even a little more confusion.

And to the extent of running a casino in the name of blackjack.

Once held her captive in El Balom. As for how long she’s going to be held, I plan to hold her until she says she’ll stay in El Balom.

I didn’t want to let this guy join the shadows in this lifetime.

-Ah, have breakfast!

The call of the balrog and the ringing of the bell. After washing my face, I went to have breakfast. Sumptuous food filled the table.

Other executives doze off and join in. Cheshire even accidentally licked Denia’s cheek instead of the back of his hand.

I thoughtlessly sliced ​​the steak and realized there were two empty seats.

“Where did Ellis and Pelit go?”

Denia quickly responded.

“Ellis took Pelit out. She says she’ll give you some education.”

“Education?”

“Yes. It seems that words are education, but in fact sparring.”

No matter how many times I thought about it, there was no chance for Ellis to beat Pelit. It would be better to dry it now than to see it collapse and die.

Whew. I shook my head and went outside. I take care of the executives this far.

Pew-!

However, the scenery I put into my field of vision after I went out was quite different from what I expected.

“Tohihi~”

“Ugh… “

The new type of red hat rolls on the floor. Elise’s one-sided explosive magic was met with almost no resistance by Felite.

I wondered if Felite was looking at me.

Since I know everything about her, I must be afraid to look down on her even to the executives under me. It just looked like that.

I naturally intervened between the two.

“Stop.”

The eyes of the two women were fixed on me. I supported the staggering pellet. Judging by the bruises on her here and there, it seems that Elise did not treat her well.

I said something to Alice.

“Why did you beat the kid up this morning?”

“I trained you to listen to your master! That way, I won’t swear at the owner while wandering around from now on.”

“It’s okay. Do not do that.”

Then, Ellis looked at me and Pellet alternately.

“…But master, why are you supporting this guy? It’s hard because I use a lot of magic too.”

“Because I was hurt once.”

I also added a word to Felit.

“Let’s train with me in the afternoon. I’ll tell you how to handle the welcome sword.”

Elise’s growth curve is very steep these days. He was growing like crazy without me interfering.

However, in the case of pellets, it is a little different. If I don’t sharpen it now, I’ll learn the illusion sword very later. If you’re going to keep it as an ally, it’s better to advance the timing.

However, Alice was dissatisfied with that again.

“Master? What about me? When do you train with me? Yes?”

“Next time.”

“Yes? No, you said that last time too?!”

Elise glared at Pelit while saying that. With a look that would really kill me.

Pelette seemed to have noticed and slipped away from me.

“Yes. I’m fine too. And when are you going to release it… “

It was absolutely unacceptable to allow her to become Elfriede’s main force.

“Don’t release me.”

The moment my answer fell, the eyes of Ellis and Pelette widened at the same time.

◈

“Where is Florian?”

It was also on that day that Valhalla Academy came to visit me.