Chapter 166 – Crossing Minds (2)

Shoot aaaaa…

The sweet rain that fell in early summer was a bit cold.
It wets my face and flows from my head,
Even my tears were washed away together.

“I’m really sorry.
At first, as you know… I was only thinking of getting revenge.”

Klopp.

Marianne in front of me barely swallows her tears.
Again and again, her throat twitched.

“My mother, father, brother…
Didn’t he die during the demon king assassination operation?
All the bastards who participated there, I just thought I’d kill them all.
Haha… So it started.
You guys know too
Because I said it myself.
However… Little by little, little by little
Know… ?
Because your memory is untouched,
You will know that I really love you too.
I mean, I don’t really know why…
I was sincere.
I really fell in love with you
I can’t do that…
I’m a demon, and you’re a human.
You are my enemies… They deserve to be killed…”

Shoot it

Angela’s face is also mixed with rainwater and tears.
She shuts her mouth tight,
A high-pitched cry lingers in her throat.

“I love you so much…
I can’t hurt you anymore
I can’t even break the hypnosis,
I was just holding you in my arms
I am so happy to spend time with you…
I never had the courage.
The courage to break the hypnosis on the way.
So… So I thought.
After the war is over, let’s solve it then.
If we have to hate the reason disappears,
Wouldn’t it be better then… I thought so.
… Actually, I don’t hate you anymore.
When there is no reason to hate,
Wouldn’t you love me too… I thought so.”

Shoot aaaaa…

The air is as heavy as the darkened sky.

“Hey, you.”

There is so much water everywhere,
Angela’s mouth seems to be dry.
My voice is cracking in pieces.

“There is no reason to hate, who says love?
What does that mean?
I don’t know the meaning.
Do you love me if you don’t hate me? “

“Because you love me too, obviously…”

“Don’t get me wrong.
My words, actions, expressions, love…
It’s all built on hypnosis.
It’s all about protecting you now… Because of the oath
I just keep my guardian knight’s oath.
I am not defending your actions.”

Shoot aaaaa…

Now it feels like my tears are falling instead of rain.

Flash! … Kwurrrr

Lightning and thunder in the distance.
Like that lightning, my hair is white,
Like thunder, my heart breaks down.

“Sir Angela is right.
… I’m not going to say that my words and actions are lies.
But Kamu ‘Mr.’
You said
That what I am thinking right now without hypnosis is the truth.
I am… I don’t know
I want to deny it.
I’ll do something that didn’t exist.
All… I will erase it.”

Now, the word “Camusim” Disappeared from Marianne’s mouth.
Marianne hides her tears in the rain with her head down.

“Yes, black… I know.
What you agonize over, worry about, love…
I remember everything.
The words you whispered
The warmth you hugged.
Your confession.
I know everything.
It’s true, I know.
Believe.”

Dig.

The spear of the sun disappears from Marianne’s hand,
Marianne lowers her hand.
Angela also lowers her knife accordingly.

“Number of animals…”

“But!”

Aww…

A tightly clenched fist.
Upturned face.
A hardened expression.
Marianne looked straight at me.
Even if her limbs tremble slightly,
Even if her cries rise up in her throat,
He waited patiently and looked at me.

“I can’t accept it.
I’ll admit it.
You tried to reform the cathedral with me.
Whatever your purpose or profit, it doesn’t matter.
It’s true that you helped me and saved me.
But admit it too.
You hit me, all you got is brutal violence,
You got me by making me a puppet.
So I can’t forgive you.
Even if you change your mind in the middle…
Hehe, seriously… Black, love, hehe, even if I did…
I, I… Even if I loved you once… !”

A trembling voice.
She barely squeezes her voice.

“I cannot forgive…
You are me and Rebekah too
I just made her into a doll and loved her!”

“No!
Look at this!
My thighs still bleed!
Bellondel fired a poisoned arrow at the Cathedral Terror!”

“What… Say?”

Marianne widens her eyes.

“The poisoned arrow that shot Rebekah.
The poisoned arrow that made the bleeding stop.
Bellondel shot it.
So I asked did you shoot
Bellondel said so.
Not only the Demon King,
There were elves and humans in disguise!”

“That is true.
… I heard it while fighting together on the back of that demon.
Bellondel himself said…”

Stella squeezes out her distressed voice.
A comrade who once fought together is now a traitor.
It must have been hard to believe.

“That, that could be…
He was a cynical man, but he was never cold-blooded.”

“It’s hard to believe, but it’s true.
So I fought back.
I was also shot with a poison arrow, but I fought with resentment.
To avenge Rebekah!
You know that… Burying Rebekah, I really…
I really couldn’t forgive them.
Alberic, who swung his sword at Ravga.
That guy was Bellondel’s lover.
That’s why you dragged Bellondel into a terrorist plot.
Together with the demon king’s army who shot a crossbow at us!
I will punish those traitors.
Even those who built this temple.
Yes, I am a demon, but we think the same way.”

“Same idea! What do we…”

“We can end this war and coexist.
I can love you!
This damn war, how much more do we have to do… ?
When does it end?
Is it over?
I’ll be honest.
It’s true that I hypnotized you because I wanted the demon king to win.
But am I the only one winning?
We can win together!
Catherine, Alberic, Philip, and the main fighters who want war!
Get rid of it and make Stella the queen!
And let’s sign an armistice agreement!
I, the Demon King, will help you!”

“Are you telling me to believe that now?
The words of the demon who controlled me with hypnosis?”

“That’s right.
It’s not enough that you dare to despise me, the princess of a country,
Are you suggesting that we bring in foreign powers to end the civil war?”

Stella agrees to Marianne’s objection.
Haaa… Shit.
Okay. Than my karma.
As High Priest Philip said, he was about to be crushed by the truth.
But never give up!!
I am… Because I really love Marie and Angela!!

“Yes, Princess.”

“What authority do you have in a throne so obtained?!
Are you saying you want to hear the story of a traitor who brought in foreign powers?”

“Have you already received it?
Besides, foreign powers were brought in first by Catherine and Philip.
The attack on the saintess and the terrorist attack on the cathedral were all the same.
Isn’t it something that dragged in the demon lord’s army?
Besides, my current activities are definitely foreign forces.”

“Do not be ridiculous! I don’t need any help like that!”

“Really?
If I hadn’t been
Here’s Sir Angela’s Light Blinger too
You wouldn’t have joined Duke Dupre’s side?
Sir Angela was Catherine Parr in the first place.
The same goes for Light Blinger, led by Lassel Christophe.
So Marianne goes to see Light Blinger.
Even when she asked for help, she was adamant.
I switched to your side thanks to my hard work.”

“What nonsense…
Sir Angela, is it true?”

Angela bit her molars and closed her eyes tightly.

“Actually… No see.”

Stella sighs in amazement.

“Same goes for Marianne.
Reform of the cathedral was my goal, I had no intention of getting involved in civil war.
Anne had no intention of attracting Marianne.
Marianne and I go to Princess Anne
Convict Philip for the terrorist attack on the Cathedral,
Even when she was about to leave the temple, she insisted that Anne would not stop.
I was told not to intervene in the affairs of the cathedral.
After that, he gave up his right to succeed to the throne.
Had it not been for me, Marianne would have been the priests of the Cathedral.
Could it have prevented the civil war from participating?
No.
You must have been completely out of interest?”

“Miss Marianne… Is it true?”

Marianne bites her lip and avoids Stella’s eyes.
That alone was enough of an answer.

Back…

Stella quietly clenched his fists.
I keep talking

“Don’t interfere?
Can Count Abu Bakr’s troops be drained now?
Can Sir Devot break away?
The location of Nuvacane’s nest in my head right now
Is it okay if I leave without talking?”

“You know the coordinates of the nest?!
Where is that?!
How did you know that?!”

Stella asked, thrusting her face at me as if rushing.
Because of her short stature, even when I look up at her on my knees, her neck doesn’t hurt.

“When I was fighting the gold dragon a little while ago,
I figured it out by squeezing her brain.
You can open the dimension gate with these coordinates and save the sickly princess.
The dragon is dead,
Soon the monsters near the dragon’s lair will go berserk.
You have to bring it before that.”

“Coordinate!
Tell me the coordinates!
Right Now!”

Stella grabs me by the collar.
I don’t care.

“No.”

“What?!”

“I don’t like it.
You say you don’t need help from outsiders?
Don’t take
Don’t accept my help, save yourself.”

“Keugh… !!”

“Look at that.
Do you need everything
Then do this
Form an alliance with the Demon King’s Army.
Catherine, the unjust heir to the throne who murdered the former king;
Alberic, who conducted human experiments on humans and demons, etc.
Philip High Priestess who staged the raid on the saint and the cathedral terrorism.
And the infiltrators of the Demon King’s Army who participated in the cathedral terrorism.
Formally request an alliance to punish them.
It’s not unusual to get help from allies.
In return, offer to stop the crusade and sign an armistice.”

“…”

“We don’t have to fight anymore.
Why?
Since we’ve already won, we don’t need the help of the demon king and me?
Haha!
This is right there in front of the palace gate
How is it different from the mindset of mercenaries and braggarts?
No, mercenaries are wise!
After the hunt, do you boil soup with the hound?
The mercenaries fear that they will become useless,
I decided to become a dog that never ends the hunt!”

“Shut up!!
I received your help thinking you were human!
I won’t be swayed by demons like you anymore!”

“Is it really so?
What if the troops that the hero Alberic dragged for the requested attack return?
What if the troops participating in the temple who departed with chabong come back?
No
You don’t even have to go there.
Look over there
We could all die today.”

Swish!!

Everyone looks behind Marianne.
Marianne wearing Valkyrie armor
With her hair fluttering, she looks back at her handsomely.

“!!!”

“Me, that!!”

“Unbelievable… ! I must have killed you!”

Big la la la la la la la rock!!!

A familiar roar.
The roar of the gold dragon Nuvacane.
A huge body that is revealed before long.

If anything has changed,
A black tentacle protrudes from the mouth instead of a tongue.
And between the reptilian eyes
The fact that very small tentacles are coming out.

The appetite is bitter

“It is bittersweet.
I tried so hard to catch him a while ago.
Now that he’s alive, it looks like I’m going to live.
Come on, Princess of the Stars.
Choose
Are you sure you don’t need my help?
Or join hands with me to save the sickly princess and form an alliance with the Demon King’s army.”

Silence.
Thanks to this, the screams coming from around the dragon can be clearly heard.

“Ugh, aaaaa!!! Nuvacane has been resurrected!!”

“What, what?! The dragon has risen!!”

“Didn’t Sir Angela kill him?!”

“I don’t know!
The woman wearing Valkyrie armor earlier…
He stuffed something wriggling into the dragon’s mouth… !!”

“I saw it too!
A dark-haired blind woman with a scythe,
Putting something gross into the dragon’s snout… !!
Ugh, aaaaa run away!!”

“Be careful! Strange tentacles are coming out!!”

“Is it magic… ? What tentacles are like that… !”

“You fool! Stop staring!! Jump out!!”

Truly abysmal.
The breath of sulfur fire evaporates rainwater even in the rain.
Fry the soldiers.

“Wow!! Drive out the traitors!!”

“Long live Queen Catherine!! Kill the traitors!!”

“The main gate of the palace is breached!! Push a little harder!!”

And then it slowly started to slide again.

Crow, roll, roll, roll, roll, roll!!!!!

The dragon’s roar shakes the heavens and the earth.

“…”

Angela looked at the scene with a devastated expression,

“…”

Marianne closed her eyes
She looked up at the sky and got caught in the rain.
It must be that rainwater isn’t the only thing still flowing from her eyes.

Stella barely opened her mouth.

“I am…”