Chapter 430 – Temporary Alliance (2)

After shaking hands with Solari, Tarla lightly crossed her legs and took a more comfortable posture.

“This is the establishment of an alliance. It’s a temporary alliance, but… In the meantime, let’s get along well with each other.”

“Get along… Isn’t it strange that he said it?”

Karla tilted her head crookedly, perhaps because Tarla was so unreliable.

“I won’t mention what happened when we first met. You helped the master last time, so let’s go with that. However, there are still many other problems between us, right?”

“Huh. What is it?”

“… Why are you mean to me?”

“Are there fools who respect their past selves?”

“Profit… !”

Carla stamped her foot with an indignant expression. She has a lot of things she wants to say, but she seems worried that if she says something really harsh, the alliance she has formed will collapse.

It is also my will that I decided to hold her hand with Tarla, so even if I don’t like it, I will follow it.

She patted Karla’s back lightly with a sense of admiration and opened her mouth.

“Well, I think there is some truth in what Carla said. There are still too many things we don’t know about each other, right? Anyway, since we have to work hand in hand for a while, we need to build a relationship of at least trust.”

“The least trust…”

For some reason, Tarla was looking this way with a meaningful expression.

She nodded her head with her characteristic languid eye smile as she stared blankly at her, wondering why she was like this.

What. What do you mean?

“Great. Trust is important. After everything is over, we need to be close enough to not hit each other in the back of the head.”

“… As long as you don’t do anything stupid, we won’t be the first to attack.”

“Shall we start right there?”

Raising her elbows on her own thighs, she lowered her head just as she was and held her chin. In an instant, her decadent aura was what she said.

“What is useless? Am I betraying you? Or not… Absorbing the power of an evil god?”

“… The reason you’re cooperating with us in the first place is probably because of the crooked power of leisure. So authority is fine. What worries me is what happens after that.”

“The work behind… Ah! Are you worried about what will happen if I, who has gained power and become stronger, betrays you?”

“To add a little bit to that, even though it’s fine right now, I’m worried about what to do later when it gets stronger and comes to kill us.”

“Whoops. You don’t want to fight with me like that? You are cute.”

“… ?”

Tarla suddenly looks happy. Not only I, but the rest of the party also put on a puzzled expression, but Tarla just grinned.

“Great. Let’s fix it from there. I have no idea what to do with you. No, I have no intention of harming people who lead ordinary lives.”

“What… ?”

Even if he was calm, he was expected to a certain extent by his behavior that was too calm. But after hearing this, I just can’t believe it.

“You look like you can’t believe it.”

“What?”

“It’s written all over your face, so don’t be surprised.”

“Ah, the master is an easy-going person in this respect.”

“Mum. That is the cute part of you.”

Carla and Elisha growled like that and nodded meekly at times like this.

It took a while for me to sigh in amazement. As if seeing something she missed, her eyes met Tarla, who was making a vague expression.

“If I had stayed at the academy, would I have had that kind of relationship with Elisha? Not bad.”

At that, Elisha, who had been laughing a lot, tilted her head.

“Big Carla. What was your relationship with me in your future?”

“Do you think it’s a relationship that kills each other?”

“… Yes?”

“I become a saint of evil spirits and destroy everything in sight. And the hero of mankind who has developed his talent after suffering. No matter what point of contact they have in the past, when they meet, all they have to do is kill each other, right?”

“…”

Elisha opened her mouth in a daze at the sudden heavy weight. Tarla giggled at that bewildered expression.

“Don’t worry. A thing of the past anyway. No, is this the future? Anyway, it won’t happen anymore, so we won’t kill each other.”

“… Really?”

“Really. Were you curious about this too?”

Slowly, Tarla turned her head and looked this way. Then she lightly nodded towards her.

“Uh. To be honest, it’s surprising that it hasn’t caused any problems so far, except for the former Marquis of Cyprus. That’s why I’m worried about when it will explode. Me and everyone else.”

“In the end, it turns around and converges on why I don’t go crazy. In conclusion, it is because there is no need for it.”

“There is no need… ?”

A strange word. Tarla’s hatred is the kind that won’t go away, even if the world changes, even if the moment of her own death comes.

Tarla, laughing bitterly at my doubtful response, straightened her posture, untwisting her legs.

Then she spoke with a little more seriousness.

“That’s right. You don’t have to. … Wasn’t it the world that made me this way, the people I laughed at from afar, the ugly pigs who coveted Lindelheit’s power and vision? It was a seething silence.”

“Ah.”

“I’m sorry, but I found out about your activities at the villa of the Marquis of Cyprus, Yandel.”

“My track? In the house of the former Marquis of Cyprus?”

“There was a report in the basement that I had investigated. It was convenient because it was organized in pretty detail.”

“…”

Were you doing something like that?

A basic investigation into an independent genius wizard who’s suddenly gone mad is something any aspiring aristocrat should do.

But Cyprus has none of that. This guy doesn’t rise to the top, he’s a guy who’s content just to protect what he has.

So, the fact that they investigated my background means that they were planning on committing something at any time… He was killed by Tarla before that.

To be honest, I was a little thankful for this.

It took a while for my expression to look at Tarla to become even more harmful without my knowledge. Tarla continued the paused speech.

“Anyway, after reading the report and doing personal research, I found out. That it was none other than the seething silence that framed the Lindelheit family and drove me to hell.”

“… Is that so?”

“That’s it. I have misunderstood who to take revenge on, whom to pour out this wrath on.”

She was Tarla, shrugging her shoulders in a light tone, but her ruby ​​eyes, darker than usual, showed her slimy intentions.

“I know Ugly Flourish just picked me up by accident. … But even so, the fact that I fought on the side of the evil spirit, even though my life was twisted by the evil spirit, doesn’t change. Even if it has become something that never happened.”

She looked at it and realized. Tarla has not changed. She was neither converted nor forgiving the world.

It’s just that the object of her hatred has changed, but an unquenchable fire still burns inside her.

I asked Tarla in a cautious tone.

“… Is gathering the power of evil spirits related to revenge? That why Like collecting necks or loot.”

“Collecting heads… It’s a very violent mindset.”

“Isn’t that what I want to hear from you?!”

So, I hope you will stop the awkward smile that seems like you are forcing yourself to accept that incomprehensible lunatic.

As I stared at her, Tarla lightly raised her hands as if in surrender.

“No way. Just joke. But… I see. I understand that the fact that I continue to gather power and become stronger is also a reason to be wary. You mean you don’t know when you’re going to have a sashimi, right?”

“… I didn’t even say that.”

“But is it true?”

“…”

Right. Once on the side of the evil spirit, if a person who is mentally broken has great power, it is inevitable that he will be anxious.

“Do not worry. The reason I gather this power is to perform the necessary rituals.”

“Consciousness? It’s a more ominous sound, but that.”

“It’s not a strange ritual, don’t worry. It’s simply what I need to be the owner of a full life.”

“I wish I could tell you a little more.”

“Ugh. It’s boring, so let’s keep it a secret!”

“What…”

“On the contrary, one thing is certain. Nobody dies, nobody gets hurt. I promise you in the name of Lindelheit.”

“…”

I looked into Tarla’s eyes without saying a word.

Ruby-colored eyes that were still stained with haze. My heart tightens even on the side I see from the negative emotions swirling in it.

But unlike before, at the bottom of the muddy stream, instead of endless despair, something glittered.

Maybe it’s because of the mood. Because I don’t have a knack for penetrating people’s hearts.

I just believe that if it’s Tarla or Carla, my intuition can’t be wrong.

He smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

“For now, am I the owner of the Lindelheit family?”

“Oh? Then, will you allow me to risk the family’s honor, Headmistress?”

“OK. Instead, if you break the promise, I will dig it up right away from the family register, so you know that.”

I replied in a nonchalant way, but Tarla giggled at what was so interesting.

Karla looked at me and Tarla alternately and began puffing out her cheeks.

“… Booooo.”

The cheeks couldn’t get bigger and bigger, around the time when they were so full that they wanted to explode.

I asked, poking Karla’s puffer-like cheek.

“Then, now you know the approximate goal, and at this level, it seems that you have built a relationship of trust. Shall we talk about the specific plans soon? What would you like us to do?”

“Ah, we just have to fight together. All preparations have already been made.”

“?”

What. Tarla, why are you so talented?

With a stunned feeling, she turned her head slightly and looked at Carla.

It was a little cute to push her on the other side of the cheek as well, asking for a stab.

Huh. That’s it…