Episode 361 Interrogation (3)
In a way, it’s like a cliché in a mystery novel.
All circumstantial evidence points to the culprit, but the most important physical evidence is missing.
That’s exactly what my position is now.
‘What a gift this is!’
I wonder if it was before the preconceived notion of being an evil spirit.
In this situation, I need a lot of physical evidence to prove my innocence.
Well, in its current state, it would only make it look more suspicious.
Just like this.
“Follow . I am a woman.”
This is the request Raven made to after an abnormal phenonon occurred in the misaligned trust.
The goal is clear.
I don’t know the principle why the misplaced trust stops, but I’m going to try to figure it out by changing the conditions.
So the best I can do right now is only one.
“I…! The voice…! It seems like it’s a lie and the words don’t co out—”
“Don’t play around!!”
Uh… I wasn’t kidding, I was really trying.
Is it difficult to go through like this?
“Okay, then say anything.”
“…I’m not really a demon. Believe , Raven.”
When I repeated the sa words again, the hour hand stopped again.
But the difference is that Raven opened his mouth quickly without missing the mont.
“I’m a man. What is it… Really?”
That’s right, when it goes down, everyone else other than won’t be affected.
I found out another
damn it
Tick tock.
On the other hand, even if the operation has stopped, if the needle of the disk moves, it will operate normally again.
“I’m a man…… Um, can’t I do it again?”
“…….”
“Mr. Yandel did sothing?”
No, why are you doubting as if it were natural?
Well, it’s true that I’m the cause, but…….
I have to thoroughly deny this.
“Oh, it’s unfair! You brought defective products and left them, why are you arguing with !”
“A defective product? Is it normal for Mr. Yandel to change like this when he opens his mouth?”
That’s definitely the questionable part.
Had I been Raven, I would have stood by that position.
But can’t you admit that?
I raised my voice.
“I didn’t do anything!! It’s true! Trust !!”
Inability to discern lies through misplaced trust ans that the louder one has a better chance of winning the conversation in the end— ”
…it’s noisy, so please shut up.”
Why are you wearing a straight face……
Scary.
“…….”
Within a mont, I shut my mouth tightly, and Raven also stopped talking for a while and was locked in thought.
And…
“…Tell .”
“huh?”
“You know what I was going to say earlier. Try it first.”
“Ah…”
In a way, it’s like the beginning of the era without magic or science.
In the process of trusting people, only a conversation was enough.
What a world full of affection after.
“What do you an you’re back? Then what the hell were you doing?”
“I’ll tell you everything.”
Afterwards, I explained in chronological order what happened after the two of us were left on Farune Island.
In the end, the two of them defeated ‘Storm Gush’.
That’s where the essence ca from.
“Then pulling the lighthouse keeper earlier…”
“Yes, it was used in conjunction with Bayon’s [Transcendence].”
“For now, this must be true. Keep going.”
Before talking about the next incident, he also told about the treasure ‘Record Fragnt Stone’ owned by the lord of Noark, and Raven was surprisingly easily convinced.
“I’ve heard of it. I didn’t know that it was the treasure that the man from Drowus ran away with. Anyway, there is a legend that says it can change the history of the past, right?”
“It wasn’t a legend, it was a fact. Well, it was impossible to change history.”
“……?”
“You’ll know when you hear it.”
The fragnt stone of the record was activated.
So waking up in the world of the past 20 years ago.
“…I think it’s nonsense, but if you say that it really happened, it’s easy to explain. Why are there only equipnt left on the island?”
As the conversation progressed, he seed to start to have doubts, but he did not interfere, as if he was going to judge after hearing all the statents.
And…
“Nivelles… Enche?”
Soon after, Raven tilted her head when she said that she had borrowed the identity of ‘Nivellez Enche’, which she had obtained by killing the looters she t on the island.
‘Oh, can I rember everything up to that ti?’
I heard that kind of expectation at the mont, but the reality is the law.
“…Sohow the na sounds familiar.”
Well, it was because he was five years old at the ti.
How can I rember your na
‘Okay then, next ti…’ It’s
Dwalki’s turn to appear.
Afterwards, I tried to change his fate, but I told him the story of realizing that no matter what I did, history would flow in its original direction.
“The things I’ve done have already happened in the original tiline.”
“The study of ti has been around since ancient tis. It’s a single-dinsional tiline theory.”
“……?”
“No, don’t worry, please continue.”
“I will.”
Afterwards, he went down to Noark, spent six months there, and had ti to explain in detail the efforts he had made to save Alia’s sister.
Oh, of course, I left out all the stories related to evil spirits.
And…
“It was Noark when I ca back. It was a month ago in terms of ti. During that ti, I t Alia and Erwen, and Erwen believed .”
“And the reason why I didn’t reveal my identity right away was because the announcent made by the royal family was questionable… right?”
“Yeah. I don’t know if you’ll believe this.”
All that needs to be said is now over.
If so, what kind of judgnt will Raven make?
Let’s watch with half expectation and half worry, Raven cut it off.
“It’s such a ridiculous story that kids would love.”
It was a sowhat expected reaction.
Isn’t it a wizard, not an ordinary person? The more knowledge I have, the more my story must have sounded ridiculous.
But…
“Do you have any proof that this statent is true?”
I knew it would happen and prepared for it.
Why haven’t I told you about how I t you yet?
Originally, this kind of thing works better in a more dramatic situation.
“If there is evidence… of course there is.”
“……?”
“You said you were familiar with the na Nivelz Entze, right?”
“So what?”
“It’s bound to get used to it anyway. You and I have already t once 20 years ago.”
“……?”
Looking at the confused Raven, I told the details of what had happened.
Our first eting at the library.
Saving soone who was about to get hit by electric shock. After that, we even t at the sa ti every day and talked about this and that.
“That person… was Mr. Yandel…?”
Before long, Raven’s eyes filled with astonishnt.
“I guess now you rember who Nibelz Enze was.”
It was fortunate.
Even if I forgot the na, it’s not because I can’t rember it.
***
Raven was silent for a while.
It just stares at with eyes full of confusion.
“It’s ridiculous… how could that happen…”
“It’s not like I don’t know how you feel. But it actually happened. Don’t you also rember the conversations you had with ?”
“It’s blurry. Just to the extent that there was such a person… I’ve been really busy since I entered the Mage Tower. Before long, ‘that job’ also happened…” ”
…That job?”
At my question, Raven hesitated and then shot at with a cold voice.
“Mr. Yandel doesn’t need to know that.”
Hehe, even though I was so cute when I was little.
How did you grow up like this
Oh, did you do more than that?
Now that they’re even using honorifics…
“Anyway, so now you’re thinking of trusting ?”
Raven didn’t respond to my question and kept his mouth shut.
And…
Tick tock tock.
As the ti of silence increased, the sound of the disc spinning was particularly loud.
Look, there are less than 2 minutes left.
Well, I stopped every ti I spoke, but that didn’t an I didn’t stop talking for a second.
Tick tock.
It was a ti when ti passed so aninglessly.
“It doesn’t matter what I want to believe.”
“……?”
“Alia Laneways, you answer . Are all these stories just true?”
After listening to the story without hesitation, Raven shifted his gaze to Alia, perhaps thinking of verification through others only then.
And…
Tick tock tock.
There was no problem with Alia’s answer even though the misplaced trust was operating normally.
“All of Yandel’s stories are true.”
Yes, I left out a few truths, but the experience itself is a fact.
“ and Yandel going to the past 20 years ago and what we went through there were all real events.”
It was a decisive blow.
Even if it’s a story that’s hard to believe, there’s no way not to believe it at this point.
‘Okay, I think I’ve been persuaded enough……’
It was a ti when I was a little careless thinking about that.
“But…”
Raven squeezed out her voice.
“That… can’t prove that Mr. Yandel isn’t an evil spirit…” ”
…huh?”
I didn’t understand it at all.
Why? Isn’t that enough of a convincing story?
Why are you still digging so persistently?
‘no way… Is there any other reason to suspect of being an evil spirit other than the royal family announcent…?’
It was the mont when I suddenly rembered the number of such cases and my mouth dried up.
“Alia Lane Wales.”
“…….”
“I have one last question.”
“…Tell .”
Soon after, Alia nodded and Raven spoke with a slight pause.
He seed to hesitate for a mont, but in a clear voice.
“If you’re in any doubt or don’t know for sure, just say you don’t know.”
“…….”
“Is Bjorn Yandel an evil spirit?”
Nimiral.
***
Alia did not answer Raven’s question.
No, you’re right that I didn’t.
how would you do that
I can’t even lie in front of that fucking number item.
All that is possible is silence.
“…….”
A heavy silence descends.
and in it
Tick tock tock.
The needles on the disc move and make sounds.
However, the period itself was not long.
Tick.
Soon after completing a full circle, the needle stopped moving and the light that blood from the disk also faded.
The ti to maintain misplaced trust has co to an end.
But…….
“…….”
“…….”
The suffocating air still continues.
Yes, because sotis it is like that.
Sotis a mont of silence gives a clearer answer than ten thousand words of voice.
“…At this point, no matter what you say, it’s aningless.”
Alia muttered that belatedly, but Raven’s mouth showed no signs of opening. Nor did they rekindle misplaced trust and ask the sa questions over and over again.
I didn’t bother to ask, but it probably wasn’t because there weren’t many tis.
“Raven…….”
“It’s okay, so please don’t say anything. At least…for now…….” ”
…….”
Within that ti, Raven held in front of the cage for a long ti. saw.
It was as if he was quietly organizing his thoughts by himself.
But, is it still not well organized?
“…I am the vice-captain of the 3rd Magic Corps, and I feel both pride and responsibility in that role. I have no intention of abandoning my duties according to my position.”
Suddenly, Raven started muttering to herself.
“So I have to report this. Beyond treason against the state, it’s betraying and deceiving those who believe in and follow …
” It was easy to find out.
Neither nor Alia nor Erwen.
“I am…”
himself.
“I can’t do that. No, I can’t……”
Raven muttered as if trying to organize his twisted thoughts, then clenched his fists.
Then I turned around and headed towards the stairs.
trudge trudge.
A rear view that looks even dangerous at first glance.
“If Yandel is sent as it is now, there will be a big problem.”
Alia had been advising , but I couldn’t hear it.
Of course, you know with your head.
If we leave like this, next ti we will co with troops.
But…
hard.
What words can you catch?
A colleague who wanted to believe in eventually realized the truth and turned around.
pounding.
the heart tightens
I feel that way at the sa ti.
If I wasn’t an evil spirit, if I had just been born in the body of Bjorn Yandel, t them, and beca a colleague…
then what would have happened?
‘…… is damn. If that was the case, I wouldn’t have beco a colleague.’
I struggled to shake off the aningless imagination.
The sa goes for the guilt towards Raven.
That’s not what you should be thinking about right now.
‘Is there no choice but to go with Plan B in the end?’
Now that the situation has reached its worst, I have to focus on what I am wearing and how to get out alive.
It’s not just my life that’s at stake.
Alia and Erwen also have to take responsibility.
Therefore…….
When the troops arrive and the iron gate opens, block the road with [Giant] to pass the ti. And instead of going out onto the deck, break the bottom and escape down into the lake.
At this ti, breathing was solved using the water spirit…….
‘Then after that……’
I was organizing Plan B one last ti.
Took.
Raven stopped walking towards the stairs, and then Raven slowly turned his back.
And…
“A while ago… why did you save …?”
He looked directly at and asked.
It’s like I just don’t understand this one thing.
“…If I hadn’t used [Gigantification], I wouldn’t have been exposed to my true identity. Why… Even so, he saved . Such… while suffering from wounds.”
‘Yeah, that’s what I was curious about.’
I don’t understand why you’re asking so much, but from my point of view, it only made feel bitter.
It’s a question Raven in the past wouldn’t have bothered to ask.
However, asking this again…
‘It must be because I am an evil spirit.’
because it’s a demon
All of their sincerity is questioned and the ti they spent together is denied.
‘Lee Baek-ho must have felt this way too.’
Emotions that he once felt engulfed his whole body so deeply that they were pierced to his bones.
The wall of the heart that was firmly closed as if it was like that.
I have a suspicion that whatever I say will be aningless.
But…
“Yes, there is a reason.”
I said nonetheless.
“…yes. There was sothing else after all—”
Even though I might look like a scavenger monster in their eyes.
Even if everything can seem fake.
I know I have nothing to say on such a subject.
“Because Raven was in danger.”
“……?”
“So I saved it.”
If there was a reason, it was really only that.
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