Sakurai-kun, who was stabbed by the black sword, slowly collapsed.
“NO! Ryosuke-san! Soone…!” (Noel)
Queen Noel’s scream echoed in the ceremony venue.
On the other hand, Furiae-san didn’t change her expression at all – her smile was still plastered on her face.
My body moved before I could think deeply about it.
“[Mind Accel]… [Spirit Arm].” (Makoto)
I activated the spell I could cast at the fastest speed and threw it at Demon Lord Cain.
“Water Magic: [Endless Blades]!” (Makoto)
Blades of ice covered the sky.
They poured down on the black knight in an instant.
He looked like Cain, but because of his full armor, I couldn't distinguish his face.
If it really was Cain…
The jet-black full armor covering his body was Noah-sama's sacred treasure.
Its divine protection was: "Nuffify all attacks."
It didn't allow any magical or physical attacks to penetrate it.
If it wasn't Cain but soone else…
The person who stabbed Sakurai-kun could have been chopped to pieces.
Fortunately… or should I say unfortunately, even when hit by over a thousand ice blades, his armor didn't suffer a single scratch.
Putting aside whether the one inside was Cain or not, there was no doubt that the armor belonged to Noah-sama.
But even if I couldn't injure him, he couldn't block the impact.
"Kuh!"
The black knight man was sent flying from his spot.
"Queen Noel! Cast Resurrection magic on Sakurai-kun!" (Makoto)
I ran to the stage where Sakurai-kun had fainted.
Queen Noel regained consciousness and hurriedly cast magic on Sakurai-kun.
Why is no one besides Queen Noel making a fuss?
What are the Sun Knights and the Templar Knights doing?
When I looked around, everyone in the place was staring at nothing with happy expressions as if they were having a sweet dream.
(...Charm.) (Makoto)
What an incredibly powerful Charm.
Even if it's not on the level of Noah-sama, the only ones who can move properly here are and…
“Makoto-sama!”
A white-robed mage suddenly appeared in the air.
“Momo! We're going to save Sakurai-kun.” (Makoto)
“… I'm sorry! To think sothing like this would happen!” (Momo)
The Great Sage-sama twisted his face in annoyance.
But I was glad to have one more ally with .
I just directed a small smile at him and spoke to soone else.
“Dia, please gather everyone.” (Makoto)
“Do it, Our King.” (Dia)
He responded, behind him, there were several dozen Undines.
Almost all the Great Water Spirits on this planet were gathered here.
If the Spirits that controlled nature were gathered in one place, of course the surrounding environnt would be affected by it.
The clear sky disappeared in the blink of an eye, and heavy rain clouds covered it.
At the sa ti, rain poured down on the ceremony venue.
I was hoping that the Charm's magic would be undone by this rain, but the people in the venue were still standing outside.
“Protect Lucy, Sa-san, and everyone in the Water Country.” (Makoto)
“XXXXXXX (Execute).”
I requested this of one of the Undines.
The truth is that Undines can’t use small-scale spells, so they’re not suitable as bodyguards, but we’re shorthanded right now.
I see sothing bad here.
Sakurai-kun losing sunlight here when he’s seriously injured is bad.
Sakurai-kun can recover on his own if there’s sunlight.
I controlled the rain clouds and made it so that the rain wouldn’t fall around the stage where Queen Noel and Sakurai-kun were, and arranged it so that the sunlight wouldn’t be blocked.
In this dimly rainy place, the location that was the only place illuminated was like a spotlight.
“Oh my, that’s impressive. You’ve polished your skills even further, Apostle of the Old Goddess.” (Furiae)
Furiae-san didn’t say ‘My Knight’, but sothing else.
No, it wasn’t Furiae-san…
No. That's not what I should be thinking about right now.
Queen Noel pulled the black sword out of Sakurai-kun while using Resurrection magic.
Her face was a ss of tears, but I think she was fine considering the situation.
“Momo, I leave those two to you! I'll defeat the rest.” (Makoto)
My opponents were the revived Beast King and the Giant King.
But they didn't attack us and stood there doing nothing.
“Yes!” (Momo)
The Great Sage-sama said and appeared near Sakurai-kun and Queen Noel with Teleport.
“We're running, Noel!” (Momo)
“Great Sage-sama, just take Ryosuke-san away!” (Noel)
“I'll take you two! We're to—” (Momo)
—“Wait, my familiar…”
“Wha…?!”
A hoarse voice echoed.
It sounded like an old man's. The one speaking to Momo was…
“The Eternal King, Bifrons…” (Makoto)
The Demon King we fought 1,000 years ago and ended up in the present.
“Kuh, my body…” (Momo)
“Momo!” (Makoto)
“I’m fine. Don’t worry about .” (Momo)
Momo knelt down in pain.
“Why is he here…?” (Makoto)
No, from the start, there was no way he would co back.
I definitely finished him off with my sacred treasure.
“Fufufu, I reconstructed the Immortal King’s body with necromancy… But I couldn’t communicate with his soul. I wanted to revive him properly, but… it seems like it worked on the Great Sage-san. He used to be an inexperienced magician-chan, but he is currently the number one magician on the continent. Of course I have taken precautions.”
The Moon Queen… the woman wearing Furiae-san’s face said this.
Her expression, her mannerisms, her way of speaking; these were all different from what I rembered.
Moreover, the words that spoke of 1,000 years ago made her identity clear.
“You…” (Momo)
“…the Witch of Calamity.” (Makoto)
I took over Momo’s words.
“It’s been a long ti, ssenger of the Old Goddess. I am the one who calls myself the past Queen of the Moon Country, Nevia… I am currently borrowing this girl’s body.” (Nevia)
“… What happened to the Princess? Could it be…” (Makoto)
I couldn’t get the words out that followed and gripped my dagger tightly.
I felt as if my vision was turning red with anger.
The words she told when I made the Guardian Knight pact with the Moon Oracle…
—No matter the ti or place, as long as life holds you, beco my sword…
I swear to her.
However… I couldn’t protect her.
As if reacting to my emotions, the mana around Undine reacted.
The air trembled and the clouds in the sky swirled violently.
It was as if foretelling a natural disaster.
“Sh-She’s fine! I’m just borrowing the Moon Oracle’s body right now. I didn’t harm her soul or body at all. Furiae-chan, whom you protected as a Guardian Knight, is still alive!” (Nevia)
The Calamity Witch made a complete change from her previous calm deanor and made a troubled face.
“She’s still alive…?” (Makoto)
“That’s right! Her consciousness is still asleep, but you’ll be able to talk to her later, you know.” (Nevia)
I didn’t drop my guard.
But I could feel my anger subsiding.
I checked on Queen Noel and Sakurai-kun out of the corner of my eye.
Her wounds had been healed by the resurrection spell.
Her chest was rising and falling, so it looked like she was breathing, but she wasn’t awake.
The Calamity Witch should have noticed this, but… she didn’t do anything.
“Fufu, that’s right, that’s right. I have no intention of fighting you.” (Nevia)
“…”
I couldn’t read her intentions.
What was he thinking?
What was he planning?
At that mont, I felt a strange presence.
I hurriedly looked around the ceremony venue.
The participants were still standing upright.
But there were people other than humans, elves, and beastkin mixed in with the group.
From their outward appearances, they looked like demons, but there was no life in their eyes.
However, they all had an abnormal miasma surrounding their bodies.
That pressure was on the sa level... as the Immortal King who was close to the Great Sage-sama.
In other words, these people were all Demon Kings?
“The ones here and there are all Demon Kings of the past who have been revived through necromancy. However, their strength is far from what it was when they were alive. They may not be the best, but with their numbers, they should be a decent threat, right?” (Nevia)
“Necromancy Princess…” (Makoto)
Furiae-san had used necromancy to control the dead and protect herself before.
She stopped using it when she beca our companion.
According to herself: “Only people with black hearts use necromancy!”
That’s why I rarely see her myself.
“The Moon Oracle of this era… Furiae-chan, is impressive. She can use fate magic and necromancy, and when it cos to Charm, I’m nothing… and yet, she doesn’t use it effectively at all. What a waste.” (Nevia)
The Calamity Witch laughed with Furiae-san’s face.
The past Demon Lords slowly gathered around the Calamity Witch as if protecting her.
Sakurai-kun fell, and Queen Noel trembled with a pale white face.
The Great Sage-sama was on her knees and couldn’t move.
(… What should I do?) (Makoto)
Even if I use Spirit Magic to blow them away, there’s too much of a mix of enemies and allies here.
“You don’t have to make such a scary face, Envoy-sama. I have no intention of fighting you.” (Nevia)
“…”
She’s been saying strange things for a while now.
As I tried to gauge her intentions from those words…
“Oi oi, Nevia-dono, you traveled through ti and revived the past Demon King to win here, right? Why is there a need to hold back now? Isn’t it fine to torture this Spirit User here to death?” (Barbatos)
The one who landed by the Calamity Witch’s side was the Demon King.
Her face was smiling, but her eyes weren’t.
I exchanged glances with the Great Water Spirit so we could fire magic at any ti.
“No way, Barbatos-san.” (Nevia)
The Calamity Witch stopped her gently.
But the Demon King continued speaking.
“Also, the Spirit User has a half-vampire child kneeling over there, and other companions too, right? We can take them as hostages. Like this…” (Barbatos)
As the Demon King was about to approach the immobilized Momo…
— “Stop, Demon King.”
The Calamity Witch lowered her tone and gave a clear order.
The Demon King stopped.
“Tch… I can’t fight a necromancy user. But why? Why are you so afraid of Spirit Users?” (Barbatos)
The Demon King made a face as if he didn't like the idea.
“Making a Spirit User go berserk is the epito of foolishness. You might not know, but at the ti his comrades were killed, he even slaughtered the son of God King Jupiter.” (Nevia)
“Ha! There's no way sothing like that could be—” (Barbatos)
The Demon King laughed, but then his expression stiffened as if he were thinking.
“Could it be… that it's true?” (Barbatos)
The Demon King asked .
I could lie, but… I decided to be honest here.
“Now that you ntion it, it did happen.” (Makoto)
When I answered, the Demon King's face stiffened.
"Let's not touch the Spirit User and his companions." (Barbatos)
"Glad to see you understand now." (Nevia)
The Calamity Witch smiled.
She then spoke to without breaking her smile.
"So, Envoy-sama, we will treat your companions with the utmost care. Of course, we won't harm them… as long as you don't attack us." (Nevia)
"…"
The Calamity Witch smiled and made an unpleasant proposal.
This was the worst.
No allies.
A ton of hostages.
And they've cut off my chances of getting a preemptive strike.
But in ti, Sakurai-kun will…
"Don't worry. We also have no intention of killing your childhood friend, Light Hero-san." (Nevia)
I felt as if she read my mind.
"Eh?!"
The one who raised her voice in surprise was Queen Noel.
Of course.
It didn't make sense that she wouldn't kill the Light Hero who could finish off the Great Demon King.
"I have cursed him. However, but it was only a 'sleep' curse. It was a harmless curse where he won't wake up for a few days." (Nevia)
“Why are you doing such a roundabout thing?” (Makoto)
“The Water Spirit King who defeated the Demigod Alexander… the Cocytus spell that nearly turned the northern continent into a land of ice… Dealing with those things is simply unbearable.” (Nevia)
The Calamity Witch answered my question clearly.
It would be one thing if it were an event from 1,000 years ago, but she even knew things about the present in detail.
Not many knew about the matter with Alexander.
“Why do you know that…? Is it Furiae-san’s mories?” (Makoto)
“That’s right. The mories of the Moon Oracle were shared with as well.” (Nevia)
It’s no wonder she could read my behavioral patterns.
The one who joined in on my conversation with the Calamity Witch was the Demon King.
“It can’t be helped. I can’t kill the Spirit User or the Light Hero, nor can I use hostages… Then, can I kill the Sun Oracle?” (Barbatos)
“Wha?! What are you…” (Noel)
Queen Noel’s body trembled.
“Hmm.” (Nevia)
The Calamity Witch put a finger to her mouth and made a thinking motion.
“She is neither a comrade nor a lover of the Envoy-sama, and since she is equal to Furiae-chan in being a Holy Maiden, my Charm has no effect on her, so it is difficult to handle her, you know.…” (Nevia)
She only thought for a few seconds.
“Go ahead. You can kill her,Barbatos-san.” (Nevia)
“Okay.” (Barbatos)
“Hiiii!” (Noel)
Queen Noel’s face stiffened in fear at the Demon King’s grin.
(It can’t be helped…) (Makoto)
I started charging my mana to release a massive spirit spell.
I couldn’t hold my own against the Demon King.
But there were a lot of people at the ceremony venue.
But there was no other choice…
Just when I had just accepted it…
“Wait! Don’t do as you please with my body!”
Furiae-san’s tone changed.
This way of speaking was…
“Princess!” (Makoto)
I reflexively shouted out loud.
“…”
There was no response.
However, she looked sad.
With a face on the verge of tears, Furiae-san smiled.
“Holy Maiden Furiae commands you: those who have been revived by my magic must not kill anyone. I cast a curse that forbids you from killing.” (Furiae)
All the Demon Kings nodded at the sa ti at those words.
… They were rather adorable.
But it was a relief.
“Oh my, Nevia-dono. You still haven’t gained full control of that body…”
I heard a voice mixed with a sigh from my back.
The Demon King, Barbatos.
He had been behind at so point.
“Stop! If you touch my Knight…!” (Furiae)
Furiae-san’s scream echoed.
“I won’t kill him—kill him, I an.” (Barbatos)
With those words, an excruciating pain shot through my neck.
And my wings fell.
◇◇
I opened my eyes.
My head was throbbing in pain.
(...Where am I?) (Makoto)
What was reflected in my eyes was a large chandelier and a high ceiling.
I was sleeping on a king-size bed.
It seed to be a room with luxurious furnishings, but I don't rember it.
(If I rember correctly... I was attacked by the Demon King...) (Makoto)
I vaguely rember losing consciousness.
(Lucy! Sa-san!) (Makoto)
The mont I rembered about my comrades and was about to jump out of bed...
“Hn…”
I heard a small, seductive sigh.
It seems I hadn't noticed from all the agitation.
There was soone else besides in this bed.
I hesitantly looked beside .
The first thing that ca into my eyes was long, shiny black hair.
Pure white skin that could be peeked out from there.
Her sleeping side profile was so perfect it was as if it had been sculpted.
“Sigh… sigh…”
I could hear quiet breathing.
“Uhm…” (Makoto)
What was going on?
Confusion brought more confusion.
I used Clear Mind like crazy.
Even with that, I needed ti to process my current situation.
Sleeping beside was the Queen of the Moon Nation, Furiae-san.
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