Chapter 77 – Master, I’m Going to See You Now

Episode 77 Master, I’m Going to Meet You Now

“Hey! Camu! Take this!”

The moment he frees Zach and tries to mount the horse again.
Balak hands you 3 small vials.

A bottle the size of a thumb tightly sealed with a cork stopper.
Color like wine.
A slightly reddish liquid.

“What is this?”

“It’s a berserker drug used by Berserkers.”

“… Why are you giving me this?”

“If your master wants to kill you, use it to escape.
The body’s ability to grow dramatically increases,
You won’t feel any pain.”

“I don’t need it?!?!”

“Hey, leave it.
Maybe not?
Really save lives
Ah. By the way, even if I break my limbs, I’ll keep moving until the effect wears off.
But it’s not an aphrodisiac, so don’t use it at night.”

“Don’t use it, don’t use it!!!!”

Somehow, Balak put it in my luggage.

“Ugh!
If you want to use that, just use magic!
What a mess!!”

“If you like it, enlist in the 2nd corps!”

Slam!
Hee hee!!

“Ah-oh! This bastard!”

Balak puts the bottle in and kicks the horse in the back, causing the horse to accelerate.

Doo doo doo!

“Hey Mr.!
Are you planning on knocking me off the horse?!”

There is no time to cast a mental stabilization spell because the body is tilted!
As I barely managed to balance, the garrison was already far behind.

All over again.

“Oh, it’s been a long time since I’ve been alone.”

She used to be on her own, until Rumika suddenly burst into her herbal shop.
Eva will greet you when you return.

Before that, alone in the vicinity of the royal castle Amity
Gather and sell herbs.
Hypnotize and sell.
Save money and set up shop.
Make some money by investing in real estate.
Buying real estate again, expanding sales…

Well, it’s been a hectic, lonely few years.
I’ve been busy with a lot of things lately.
There are demons and people around you.

I thought about this and that and decided on my career path.
The destination is the estate of the Boulanger family.

All over again.

Crossing mountains, crossing water.
Unlike the south, spring is still coming more slowly in the north
It’s full of water.

Cross the valley by going upstream where horses are easy to cross.

Looking at the bonfire I lit alone after a long time, I think about this and that.

Clap.

Silent night, a bonfire burns.
It swallows small twigs and creates flames between Baalgan.

Long time no see, Master.
… I was so angry then.
The day the demon king found evidence of my sabotage behind the scenes.
I fell into the demonic castle.

The moment I was about to go to the demon king, pushing away Ran and the demon king’s suwigun who were blocking me.
What stopped me was Master’s words.

[I did.]

[Yes… ?
What did you say just now, Master?]

[I did.
Manipulating your grades.
I am also an academy professor.]

[How…
Master… Why… ?]

[I also asked the demon king to put in the group assignments.
I also decided on the members.]

[Why!!
Why did Master suddenly… ?!]

[Because the Demon King is right.
And you are too much for Rumika.
A girl who has nothing to offer except bloodline, you don’t need it.]

[No!
There’s no girl like Rumika in the world!
How much is he… You don’t even know how deep and smart you are!
To disparage her good boy and me… !
What?
Too much for me?
Why did Master decide that?!
Without even asking me!!
It’s up to me to decide!!
What kind of teacher is meddling with my love?!]

[…]

[That day, when you asked me to break up, it was like that!!
You should have said something to me earlier!
No, you should have told me the reason when we broke up!
Why is it always like this?!
Why are you so one-sided!!
Why does Master decide whether or not I get along with someone?
Can you tell me why!]

[Kamuya… That…]

[Stop talking nonsense!!
You are always one-sided!
I try to teach you, but I don’t even try to know the other person’s heart!
Selfish woman!
Always so overbearing!]

[I’ll go back and explain everything.
Give me a chance.
Calm down and go back…]

[Accident is arbitrary, what chance?!
You or the devil or the subject who deceived me!
How much did you laugh inwardly at my appearance for a hundred years?!
Did you two have a lot of fun?
Was it so much fun playing with me and Lumica?!
If that’s the case, shouldn’t you have accepted the demon king’s proposal?!
The two fit very well…]

Damn!!

[… Too much talk, Camus.
Now you regret those words…]

[No regrets!
Never do it!
Yes, Blanche!
I challenge you to a duel!!]

Fuck!

[Yes Ino Oh!!
What bullshit are you talking about now!!
Yes, you too, calm down.
Both are so excited now…]

[Get out of the way, Uncle Khan.
Because I have something to settle with my pupil.]

[Kaak, twi!
Okay.
Get out of the way, you crazy old man.
One of them dies today.
If you can’t stop me today, the demon lord and that bastard will die by my hand.]

[[[!!!]]]

[Everyone get out of the way.
Who wouldn’t know that you guys imprisoned Rumika at the top of the Demon Tower at will?
Don’t mess with my girl!!!
I’m so pissed off today
I don’t care about you.]

… At that time, my head was spinning.
What I do remember is that the demon castle was smashed here and there by magic warfare,
Khan and Ran, who were observing, were busy blocking the grenades.

Wow!
Puff!

In the meantime, Master was lying on the floor with me on it.
And my hand became a fluid and was massaging Master’s brain.

[…]

Master’s eyes met then… That it was terribly sad
That the words I threw hurt more than the attacks I threw.

[…]

… I also got the feeling that maybe he just wanted to be controlled by his mind.

When she, who always gave me a crescent moon smile, was looking at me quietly shedding tears.

Just when I thought that her pretty eyes wouldn’t smile at me anymore.

I couldn’t even move my hand.

That’s how I stopped the mind control magic midway and passed out.
At that time, I didn’t even think about the reaction and stopped.
The blow was great.
Just in time, Master counterattacked from below.

I was too vulnerable.
I was complacent.

[Ugh…]

When I came to my senses, I was hanging upside down in a dungeon.
All kinds of magical restraints and sealed items were attached.

Wow!
Roaring!

[Camu oppa!!!]

To save me, Rumika opens her magic power to full output and even shoots magic flame cannons.

[Don’t touch my oppa!!!]

Rumika has penetrated from the top of the Devil Tower to the dungeon.

[Cool cool.
Rumika, run…]

[… Brother. Wait a munite.
Get out of the way
If Kamyu oppa dies, you will die, and I will die too.]

And then, the confrontation between Rumika, the King of Darkness, and the Four Heavenly Kings.

[No eh eh!!!
Brother aaaaa!!!
Kamyu oppa!!!]

The incident where Rumika, who was finally subdued, cried out in front of me and shouted my name.

[Dad!!
Please save Kamu oppa… !!
No death penalty.
Please, please!!
I won’t meet you!
I won’t see you anymore!!
I’ll live my whole life pretending not to know Kamu oppa…
Please…]

Hard…

With Rumika subdued
Scratching the floor and trying to crawl on me, my fingernails came off and were bleeding profusely.

[To prevent social chaos, Kamu Franz is beheaded.]

The case where beheading was being discussed instead of hanging.

[The appeal is dismissed.
The execution date is noon the next day.]

Ground ground.

The sound of the hammer in the courtroom is heartless.

After that… My memory is hazy.

Balak, who was selected as the executioner, put down the ax and asked for mercy.

Van Dark gathered petitions and submitted them, but when he saw the demon king tearing up the petitions, his eyes turned upside down and he attacked.

Ran suppressed it with a complicated face.

Khan, who had been talking to the demon king for a long time.

Appointed as my lawyer, Adolf protested against a hasty trial.

Parents and younger brother who ran out in socks and came to visit without proper clothes.

And…
Master took off his wizard’s hat and bowed down in front of the demon king.

[The disciple’s fault is the master’s fault.
The one that destroyed the demon castle.
The one who sinned against the disciple.
It’s all my fault.
If I die, I die, if I leave, I will leave.
Please save our Kamyu’s life…]

Master shed tears, kissed the devil’s feet and begged him to save me.
Master, who held a knife to his own throat, saying that he would die too if I were put to death.

Contradiction contradiction contradiction contradiction.
Confusion confusion confusion confusion.

If you think about it again, why is that?
What happened
How did that happen
I don’t know.
Really, I don’t know.

The night when I slept alone after a long time was lonely and lonely.
It’s just cold.

* * *

“Ah, it’s spring here.”

The fresh scent of spring flowers.
Run for a few days
The closer you get to the estate of the Boulanger family, the more you feel the arrival of spring.

Master’s territory has a relatively warm climate among the Demon King’s territory.

Although the size of the territory is not large, it is a good environment for farming.
The orchards on the outskirts are increasingly conspicuous.
This time, the sunlight is good, so it seems that grape farming is also built.
It’s pretty sweet.

It’s also close to the night elves’ forest to the southwest, so you can get a lot of fruit seeds.

Thanks to this, various fruits come out of this place and are distributed to every corner of the demon king’s territory.

The reason Master’s right to speak is so strong,
It is also due to the wealth of the direct control rather than military power.
Although it was thanks to Master’s achievements in leading the battle against the fairies to victory and stealing their land in the first place.

All over again.

You can see Master’s laboratory in the distance.
A lonely hill, a tall wooden building.
However…

“Wow, nothing has changed.”

So that’s the problem
Even so, the important pillars and internal facilities are built of stone.
The outer building is built of wood and stands precariously as if it would collapse if someone knocked on it.

Seeing the bluish color drifting around, it must have been barely sustained by magical effects.

“Write.
I said let’s rebuild before.
At least do some remodeling.”

I leave my horse at the bottom of the hill.
Mount the horse and carry the load on your shoulder.

Security is tight from here, so it’s dangerous to go with a horse.

“Who are you.
Please identify yourself.”

“!!”

Wow, be surprised
When were you around?

The human soldier with blank eyes is wearing armor with a purple crescent moon and three white stars symbolizing the Boulanger family.

“What… Are they Master’s guards?”

It must be a captured human soldier programmed to guard this neighborhood with powerful mind control.

They watch me without any reaction to my words.
There is no facial expression so as to be frightening.

In this way, Master’s puppet soldiers are easily distinguishable.
That’s because those creepy expressions and thoughtless blank eyes don’t appear easily just by practicing.

The human kingdom or fairy spies who sneaked in a few times and stole the armor and tried to infiltrate it were caught right away because they couldn’t imitate that expression.

“Who are you?
Please identify yourself.”

“Hey, Camus Franz.
A disciple of Nene Boulanger.
I’m here to see Master.”

I put my hand in my pocket
Prepare an amulet.

When I met Eva’s body, I said I’d see you next time.

However, since I came suddenly, I must not have been registered as a guest by the guards.
Rather, what if you were kicked out after the last duel and couldn’t renew?
Even if I’m set as the enemy, it’s not strange at all.

We could fight if we had to…

“The master is absent.”

“Huh… ?”

Oh, I hadn’t thought of this.
Well, you might be busy.
Come to think of it…

“Ah… It’s April, so today is the day, right?
Ha, you shouldn’t be there.”

It is the anniversary of Master’s ex-husband’s death.
I never thought I’d go to the graveyard to honor the demons who died 250 years ago.
… Even when we were dating, we fought over that issue.
I was young then.
There was also a lot of jealousy.
I felt like I was competing with my ex-husband who died for no reason.

As I am scratching my head in embarrassment, other puppet soldiers join me.
There is one elf from the fairy tribe, but the rest are all human soldiers.

In the meantime, the puppet soldier I met for the first time takes out a picture from his bosom and looks at it alternately with me.

“Camus Franz.
Has confirmed.
Please come this way.”

“Uh… ?
Uh. Okay.”

What.
Do I have an exception set in the security program?

I hurriedly unfasten the horse, load it again, grab the reins, and climb up.

While going up the hill, a clay golem that seems to have been gifted by Desdymona sits halfway up.

I passed the gargoyles and stone golems standing on the side of the road pretending to be stone statues.

Trees and fences all look fine, but in fact they are plastered with magic spells.

The entire hill here is a security facility that detects and defeats enemies before going to the lab.
Even before going to the front yard of the lab, there are no obstacles to conceal or cover.

A system that immediately detects intruders with a clear view.

Following the guidance of the human soldiers, I stand at the front door of the lab.

A strange wizard’s tower with a wooden building added to the stone building.
Master’s laboratory was built by making four such towers.

Although it is a house, it is called a laboratory because its main purpose is research.
Whether it’s a horse in the front yard, a griffon, or a wyvern, tie the horse to a stable that can be carried.

There is nothing to notice because my words are all guests.
Grab some hay nearby and stand in front of the front door again.

“Camyu Franz.
End of guidance.
Have a good time.”

“Uh? Uh!
Hey! Wait for a sec!”

Puppet soldiers pretending not to hear even if they shouted and went down the hill again.

No, I don’t even have an owner, so if you leave me here, what will I do?
There is no open space except the barn.
… Should I just stand here until Master comes?

“Aww, that’s crazy.
What if I just leave it here?”

I sigh and lean my back against the front door, but suddenly some of my magic is drained.

“What?!”

The purple orb stuck in the door sucked a little of my mana.
And…

[Kamu Franz, identification complete.]

Click.
Sigh.

…
The door lock is open.

“… Did something like this happen?”

It’s been over 20 years since I last visited Master’s lab.
Even strong mountains can change.
I started to get too busy while commanding the corps, so I didn’t come to Master’s lab in the middle.

… I didn’t want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings with Rumika.

[Wouldn’t it be nice to hang out with your first love, research and work together?
Did you feel refreshed?
Did you enjoy it?
I was happy?
While enjoying everything you can enjoy!
Don’t talk like you were looking at me!]

… Lumica.
Because it’s really wrong.
Since you quit tutoring and started meeting you, I haven’t been to the lab often.
I’m afraid you’ll be so misunderstood.
Really, for the last hundred years, there was only you…

I’ve been here for work, but…

Ha… Done.
Let’s stop.
What am I doing here thinking about myself?

Sigh.

Open the door wide open and enter.

“… Nothing has changed.”

The laboratory that I missed and missed.
It’s the same as it has been since I was a kid.

Nothing has changed.
I’m just standing at the entrance.
Even when I close my eyes, the memories of my first visit as a child are vivid.

The memories of rigorous training, and the memories of arguing with Van Dark and the other disciples.

And…
The memory of the days when I was making love with Master.

“Sup… Ha…”

Smell of old wood.
A soft and sweet floral scent.
… And Master’s scent.

Shall we do some exploration without the landlord’s knowledge?