Chapter 279 – Persuasion

Chapter 279 Persuasion

〈The main story is from Rumika’s point of view〉

“… Go with me.”

“It’s not possible.”

“Why!!”

“Demon King-sama is hostile to Marianne-san.
It will only cause you anger.
That… Like me, she was also a member of the Demon King Assassination Task Force.”

“So, if you have a sense of debt, I will help you.”

“It would be difficult if you asked for a person who was hypnotized by a demonic hypnotist.
When she fled to Lightblinger, our Knight Commander asked for help at will.
Since she’s a saint, of course I thought she would help.
Do you know how the response was?
I was rejected at once, and after that, I put a lot of conditions on it and demanded it.
Because of those who take her for granted, she is the woman who applied for the Demon King assassination squad.
Requests that are not polite will only backfire.”

“… I’ll just follow
Stella Queen.
Please take care of Nene and her brother.”

“Yes, please hurry up.”

Nene and Stella are sitting on either side of the bed and holding Kamyu’s hand.
Nene is almost half-conscious from crying, and Stella scans Kamyu’s whole body with her search magic to see if there is any way she can do something.

Tak Tak Tak Tak!!!

The Saint of the Sun… Did you say
The commander of the Van Dark Corps hated her, calling her ‘her big-breasted bitch’ or ‘zombie maker’.
If you call a nun that way from the enemy’s point of view, that’s the highest compliment.
Her ability to recover and heal has been fully verified.
She never knew that the road to her tent would feel so far away from her.
The sun has gone down now.
Now that it’s night, it’s hard to chase because of the horse’s hoofprint.
It’s an adventure to come and find the High Priestess of the Black Sun.
Here… It’s a game.
You just have to be persuaded.
If I can’t convince you… Even by force!!

“Mawang-nim, please wait in front of here with Sir Lan.
I will persuade you and bring you out.”

She nodded, and Sir Angela went right into the tent.

“Excuse me, Marianne.
This is Angela.”

Flutter.

Right in front of you, you can hear the conversation inside the tent.
With the candles lit inside, the silhouettes of the two were clearly visible.

“I didn’t even answer to come in, but you’re coming in.”

“I apologize.”

“I knew you would come in recklessly.
As for Sir Angela, when it comes to that evil hypnotist, she doesn’t care.
Bill and Jesse were persuaded just now, so they went to rescue the demon.”

“Yes. You helped as best you could.
But… It’s not enough.
His life is in danger.
We have less than two hours left.”

“I am not interested.”

Immediate answer.

Dump.

“!!!”

Immediate response.
Sir Angela is the sound of her kneeling.

“Miss Marianne.
She is hypnotized and she knows how betrayed she must have felt.
Is it so.
It would seem that everything is false.
So did I.”

“You don’t think so?
And get up.
You did nothing wrong.”

“Because a knight’s oath is strict.
After I was taken captive, I swore to become his Guardian Knight in order to retrieve his father’s sword.
That was before I even got hypnotized.
I had to take responsibility for my judgment.”

“Isn’t that the path you chose after being tortured?
Isn’t that the path you chose after your sword was forcibly taken away?
… Same word as last time.
Anyway, Sir Angela.
Don’t do this.
I feel uncomfortable too.
You, like me, were tricked, hypnotized to meet him… That you loved
Don’t do this to the same victim.”

Dump.

A silhouette of Marianne is seen kneeling in front of Angela.

“You know, there is no reason why you should do this.
Wasn’t chivalry for the righteous?
A demonic hypnotist bewitched an upright and upright knight and made him a guardian knight, and even bewitched the queen and became a state secretary.
He’s a fearless man.
Rather… Maybe it’s better to end here…”

“I don’t like it.
I hate to die!!”

Thud!

The silhouette of Angela banging her head on the ground is stark.
… You said you would convince me, but did you do it so ignorantly?
I heard you’re a pretty cool person.
In the face of the danger of our brother Kamu dying, his cool-headedness seems to be crumbling.

“Chivalry is for knights who don’t know.
It was created to teach people to live humanely by living life as a whole and trying to solve everything with a knife.
I have lived a life of shame.
I prided myself on being upright, honest, and sincere.
Even the moment my father, who had lived that way, died, I thought I would not abandon my chivalry.
But in fact it wasn’t.
When I drew my sword, I was prepared to be stabbed, so I thought I could do anything.
Because I will take responsibility, I will suffer the same!!
What kind of chivalry is that?
Bandits and robbers think so too!
A life of stealing, killing and living, knowing that one day I will meet the owner and die, but I do not want to die.
Just thinking that you will suffer the same, how can you take responsibility?
I was just a bandit who lived by killing people day by day!
In reality, I didn’t try to change anything!
But the lord is the one who lives to save the demons, people, fairies, giants, and beastmen.”

“…”

“When I was young, I visited the Belzeburg Peace Treaty.
When my father was in charge of negotiations, my mother and I took money and goods with us.
I tried to save my father by offering gold and silver treasures.
They were petit bourgeois who did not even care about the knights.
When the wagon I rode with my mother was attacked by the demon king’s army, my lord severely punished me.
He treated the captives with honor, and tried to resolve disputes between the two countries and various races through dialogue.
Although he fought to open the conversation, he did it because he needed a landslide victory.
All the tens of thousands of captives came home, and later, even Silkan Valley was put in a neutral peace zone and an amusement park was made, right?
Your lord is the one who practices chivalry.”

“It’s just a small group of people who go out of their way to kill their own family just because they died.”

“I know.
I understand.
Killing the master’s family… Because it’s me because we are
Someone on our side must have died.
Hurt each other, hurt each other.
Yes, I killed it, so maybe I can be hypnotized.
But nothing can be solved with such a mind.
We have to go one step further.
Isn’t it a world where the high priest of the cathedral works hand in hand with the demon king’s army to cause terror and trigger a civil war?
Didn’t you lose a close friend in the Cathedral Terror?
How was it in the battles you participated in before that?
Someone must have lost it.
You must have shed tears.
So, are you going to fight until one of them is dead?
When will this war end?”

“If one of them overwhelmingly wins like the iron mask corps commander…”

“You’re not going to give in!
If you win and trample on it completely, will the loser understand and live?
Killing other races in the cathedral, a world only for humans, a world only for Amitiers, isn’t it advocating the ‘realm of common prosperity for mankind’?
The Sun Gods teach hate instead of love. Do you believe that the next generation will not hate them?
Even if we lose overwhelmingly, is it possible?”

“…”

“We have to go one step further.
Isn’t that what the saintess wanted and joined Queen Stella’s army?
In order to destroy the rotten Cathedral and to re-establish the Sun God Church with the doctrine of love?
Who is living for that purpose now?
A peace treaty was concluded, and the lord trying to mediate by marrying the queen of the two countries?
Or High Priestess Philip, who incites people in the name of the Sphere of Greater Humanity, teaches hatred and causes a holy war?
Or Catherine, who took advantage of this opportunity to seize the kingship and military power and ascended to the throne?
Or Alberic, who shows off his showmanship in the Cathedral Terror and continues to be popular while doing all kinds of sinister things behind the scenes?”

“… I can’t trust him.
You have already been tricked once.”

“Hypnotized, but love for us was sincere.”

“If I hadn’t hypnotized you, I wouldn’t have loved you.”

“We wouldn’t have met, would we have remained enemies?
It’s a guess. It’s just a home.
We have already met enemies.
And as a result of what we did, he came to us.
However, clashing swords on the battlefield is also a world where fate is connected.
We are at war now.
Common sense and ethics are overturned, doctrines are interpreted according to taste, the law is pushed out by money and connections, and power becomes justice soon.
In such a world, the lord treated us not as instruments but as persons.
He respected us and loved us.
Doesn’t the saintess know too?
Whatever the reason, he had a choice.
Because I was hypnotized.
You could have used it however you like.
But he chose to treat us as lovers.
The time I spent with you is the most precious moment for me, and your sincerity remains as the warmest memory in my heart.
So I… I chose again.
I am your guardian knight, and I will remain your lover.”

Desperate
Anyone can see that the human knight is my brother’s wife.
What a shame.
That there is a woman who cries out for him more desperately than I do.
On the one hand, it’s a proud thing.
The fact that there is someone who speaks for me that my husband’s life was not something to be ashamed of.

“I will not ask you to love my lord again.
I won’t even ask you to save it.
However, please only examine and treat only once.
Please give me one more chance, even if you see the lord who jumped into the cathedral for you, bury your friend and miss him.”

“…”

Angela… Kyung just prays with his head down.
It’s been a long time since I threw away my pride somewhere.
Marianne knelt on one side of her and she sat in front of her and held her shoulders.
She remains frozen and only her silence flows.
… I can’t stand it.
I have to do something.

Flutter.

“!!!”

“I’m sorry for coming in without notice.
This is Demon King, Rumika.”

“…”

Dump.

“!!!”

I got down on my knees too.
Kneeling to the bitch who contributed to killing my dad is something I hate more than dying.
But… But I hate losing Kamu more than that.
Without my brother, really… I don’t think so.

“This time… Not much
Soon you won’t be able to move, your organs will stop working and you will die.
My husband became like that while fighting the demon king’s infiltrators who caused the cathedral terror.”

“…”

“Even when I rescued Queen Stella and Princess Anne, I killed Bellondel to avenge your friend.
He… I am one of those who shot a poisoned arrow at your friend.”

“!!!”

“I was going to kill the women who tortured him, but some of them begged me to spare them.
It was the orange-haired woman.
She asked if he looked a lot like the dead man, and he said yes.”

Kwak.

Marianne clenched her fists.
It looks like it’s trying to buy a molar.

“Camyu oppa… You didn’t bury your friend.
Buried in my heart
Didn’t he leave a will for you when you fought the gold dragon Nuvacane?
Didn’t you leave a note to remember your friend?”

I heard it from Queen Stella.
He asked me to put some flowers on his grave.
A flower resembling a human nun during her lifetime.

“Stupid, sloppy, but… He is a tearful, brave, and sincere man.
The trigger was really bad, but… I met you badly…
I think of you, leaving aside my calculations.
So please treat me once.
Even if you see my father who passed away in the black sun, I ask you just once.”

Sorry dad…
I really don’t think I can live without my brother…
Seriously, I’ll bend over just this once.
I’m so sorry, Dad.
I’m really sorry for being such a disobedient daughter.
I’ll be very upset later.

“… Wake up everyone.”

Marianne gets up first.

“… What if you don’t have time?
The patient is in critical condition, so hurry up.”

“!!!!”

“Thank you!! Thank you!!”

“You’re welcome.
… And the Demon King.”

“Yes.”

“… Don’t kneel to me
It is I who must kneel.”

“…”

“When the treatment is over, I will formally apologize.
And… I’ll hit you as you hit me.”

“Miss Marianne…”

“I did something wrong, but I can’t be apologizing to you.
… Come on.
To save that stupid man who can’t live after you die.”

Depart.
There is no time.
It’s a short distance, but it runs right on horseback.
Climb the stairs until you reach your chin.

“Get out of the way!
Show me the medicine you took!!”

Marianne holds the arm of the lying Camus and radiates golden energy to cover her whole body.
From head to toe, raise your palms in the air and scan your body with golden aura.

Chop. Wow!

She even dilutes her drug, puts it on her tongue, and then spit it out right away.

“This… I’ve seen something similar.”

“!!!”

“The emotion suppressant and booster used in the cathedral were blended with the berserker drugs used.
Various miscellaneous drugs were also mixed, but they play a supporting role…
This!!
Physical activity is stopped!!
First of all, knead all your limbs!! Amain!!”

While the four women massage her limbs, she pours the bottle of medicine she brought into Kamyu’s mouth.

“This… It is also mixed with nerve stabilizers and muscle strengthening drugs that are said to be delivered to the Law Guard.
What a relief.
There are a lot of drugs that I know more than I thought.
I think Philip brought it to me.
Most of them are drugs that are secretly manufactured in the cathedral.”

“How did you do that… ?”

“While investigating Philip’s breach of trust and embezzlement, I found out about the existence of the Law Guards.
Those nun-like beings carrying scythes on the battlefield.
I heard rumors that they are a military group that handles all sorts of dirty work by becoming the hands and feet of the superiors.
I have a knowledge of herbalism, so I pursued it where I could.
It is a drug that is closely related to the illegally manufactured drugs that I learned then.
If I mix the neutralizer I was carrying with the healing miracle, I can cure it.”

Marianne, who spent a lot of time praying and using drugs repeatedly.
You can see the sweat dripping down your forehead.

Kneading her limbs with all her might, Nene searches for the moon goddess.
Stella kneads her arms without wiping them while shedding tears.
Angela rubs her legs while biting her molars and muttering prayers.
I shed tears while reciting the prayers of the black sun, whose memory is fuzzy.

Is it because of that sincerity?

“Cool.”

“!!!!”

“Wake up!!”

“Master!!”

“Is it better?!”

“Not yet!
The steps just went down.
You will still see hallucinations and hallucinations.
I need more treatment in the future.”

Excited demons and people.
Marianne calls out to be vigilant.
And Kamyu muttered while wandering about her near death.

“Turn it off… Mom mom… Sorry.”

“” “” “…”””””

“I… I should have been there…”

“Huh!!!”

In the end, I couldn’t stand the bursting cry, and Sir Angela… Cover her teeth and jump out.
Guilty.
Kamyu’s parents and siblings died at the beginning of the infiltration as a special attacker of the Demon King Assassination Team.
Shit…
Damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn damn!!!!

Marianne clenches her molars and shakes her head.
As if to get rid of her thoughts and focus on her treatment.

I had no choice but to swallow my tears and sleep so that his limbs would not stiffen.
Please, brother Kamu.
You have to come to your senses.

Whether she is having nightmares in a cold sweat, she is calling her family and a few comrades to apologize.
… She is apologizing even in the midst of hallucinations and hallucinations.
Please wake up soon
My brother, stop torturing me, everyone.
Are you a man who suffered enough?
Please let me live happily ever after!!

It was then.

“… Go.”

“Huh? Brother, what?”

I couldn’t believe it, so I asked back without knowing.
And the words that came out of my brother’s mouth… It hit our ears.

“… Rebekah.”