When I returned ho with ilias, Gon greeted .
"Oh? That man is... very highly skilled. Hmm?" Self-expression"? I've never seen that title before either.
Well, there's no point in standing around talking, so we'll go inside the house. irias sits down on a chair in the dining room as I order him to do.
"As I said before, I want to free irias from his slave status. It will take so ti, so he will have to stay in this house for a while, but feel free to use it. Feel free to use it. You can share the room with Peris."
"Um...you said you were going to release ...why did you ask for ?"
"Well, if I had to guess, I'd say it's kind of a no-brainer. No deep reason. I just feel insecure about being a slave, don't I? I used to be a slave myself, so I know exactly how that feels. I'd like to hear your reasons why irias beca a criminal slave, but if there are no major problems, I'd like to free him."
"I ... killed a lot of people. I have to die for those who died."
He looks at with strong-willed eyes. It seems that he is not going to tell much. I have no choice but to look into irias' past.
irias was born to a Seelenguter mother and a Dwarf father. His mother was a skilled apothecary and his father a skilled blacksmith. She grew up under the single-minded love of a stubborn father and a kind mother. From an early age she was interested in her parents' work and spent her days learning from them.
Because irias had always been talented, she was able to master her parents' work. Her dream was to take over her parents' business and make it easier for them.
The turning point for her ca when she was 10 years old. An epidemic spread throughout the country. It was a dreadful disease that caused sudden onset of high fever and death within a few days. Many children were especially affected. The king sent out a nationwide warning and ordered the developnt of a special redy. Naturally, the order reached the ilias family. The family did their best to develop the dicine. And they succeeded in developing a special redy. The king was so pleased that he promised the family a reward and distributed the dicine to all the people free of charge.
Then, a tragedy occurred.
Many of the children who took the special dicine lost their lives. The drug was imdiately stopped and the cause was investigated. The conclusion reached was that it was the magic herb used. The herb is poisonous in excess of a certain amount. It was concluded that the tragedy occurred because of the wrong combination of the herb.
The parents of irias were executed for their mistake. Her father, who collected the herb, and her mother, who used it to make the dicine, were both accused of the cri.
irias was originally scheduled to be executed as well. However, because of her young age, irias was entrusted to a court magician. There, he worked on various dicines, magical tools, and slts as he was ordered to do. These works required a lot of M! The work consud his M! This work, which continued daily until he fainted, took a trendous toll on irias' body. However, this work, which was said to improve the lives of the people, was irias' atonent, and he continued to endure it while his body was battered and bruised.
When he turned 16 years old, he could no longer perform any of the tasks he was ordered to perform. No matter how much he tried, he could not do it. ilius tried his best, even though he felt the limits of his own strength. However, he was finally abandoned by his employer, the sorcerer, and unceremoniously sold into criminal slavery.
"It sounds like you were doing a lot of work, but I don't understand it because it sounds very technical. Can you explain it to in simple terms?"
! How did you know that?
"Yeah, I kind of know what he's been up to."
"...Three main things. A blade that maximizes hardness and sharpness, a material that nullifies all magic, and the creation of an elixir of immortality.
"You must have been doing so very sophisticated work. Did you succeed in doing that?"
"We had so idea of what we wanted to do, but it never ca to fruition."
"Conversely, what have you had success with?"
"It is a drug that makes the most of a person's power. It is a drug that allows a person to keep moving at full power without feeling pain or fatigue."
"Doesn't that have any side effects or anything?"
When the drug wears off, you will not be able to move for a few days. In the worst case, you may die.
...It's a failure, isn't it? I see. They used you for their own gain. I have a feeling that my parents' deaths are being plotted, too. As for irias, he doesn't seem to have any evil intentions.
"Well, I guess we can lift the curse for now. Gon, can you do it?
"I'm sure you can do it yourself, sir.
"Oh, yeah?"
At Gon's urging, I decide to lift the curse. I focus my attention on irias and visualize lifting the curse. The curse level 3 appears in my mind. I put M! into it. After a while, the level of the curse drops to level 2, and the curse disappears.
"Huh. The curse is lifted. Status is still that of a criminal slave. I guess I have to go to the priest after all.
However, the title "self-effacent" does not disappear.
How can I get rid of this title?
I have never erased it, so I don't know how to do it. The great-grandmother is the expert in such matters.
"Well, let's go ask the great-grandmother again."
As we were talking, there was a response on my map. It is moving toward us at a very high speed. The color is red. It is definitely hostile toward us.
I urge everyone to get out. And just like that, he appears.
"You're really going out of your way. Now I have to take care of it!"
A black rabbit beast woman cloaked in a hideous demonic spirit appeared.
"Is it Posehay? You're a trouble..."
Gong mutters involuntarily.
The Posehai are a tribe of beastn skilled in the manipulation of magic. They basically act in packs, so it is very difficult to deal with them because they attack in packs when they are hostile.
"Arla, don't worry, I'm alone this ti. I'm here for the sheep girl. If you don't kill her, you'll be in trouble later. Don't take it personally, okay?
"You're the ones who trapped and manipulated irias and her parents, aren't you?"
"Oh, you told them that much? No, you light-mouthed b*tc*. I'm sorry, but you're going to have to die too. But you're kind of young and pretty, aren't you? How about I play with you a little before I kill you?"
"Let check sothing out first. This ilias seems pretty skilled by the looks of it, is this sothing you guys are drugging or sothing to increase her skills?"
"You're a very perceptive bowyer. No, it's the cris you made commit."
"Cri?"
"The more of your own kind you kill, the more inhospitable you beco, but the faster you learn the skill. You let her take so many lives. That's with a potion she made."
"Is that what you want, to have the world? Or do you simply enjoy killing?"
Both. I wanted to make him a superior weapon to defend himself against any attack from any formidable foe, and a potion of immortality, but that was impossible. Well, it's not that they are useless at all, since we are close to making almost immortal soldiers, but it's useless to keep them alive if they can't grow any more. I thought they would kill as soon as I beca a criminal slave, but I didn't expect you to co in here and tell all about it."
"One last check. What is self-effacent?"
"Jikotoukai? What's that?"
"I see, you're an idiot. Oh, yeah, let make sure of one last thing. Are you a woman? Or are you a transvestite?"
"...I was going to play with you, but then I decided to kill you."
"Okay. Hey, Peris.
Peris, who was standing beside , looks at silently.
"I'm sorry, but you'll have to go ho and make dinner. As soon as I'm done with this, we'll have dinner. Make sothing tasty.
With that, Perris returned to the house. I turned to irias,
"Sorry, ilius. I forgot to buy your clothes. Let's go back to the capital tomorrow to buy so more. I'm sorry, but you'll have to wear my clothes tonight.
"What are you showing that I can afford? Is he trying to catch off guard? Hmph."
Posehay's body radiates a deadly and bewitching energy. I face him with a devilish smile on my face.
"I don't like won who aren't pretty. If I don't like you, your life is over. From now on, I'm going to make you suffer more than death. Now, let's see how I'm going to tease you..."
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