Ignoring the devastated Gaiuz entirely, isian then turned towards with eyes more serious than I had ever seen. Gone was the frivolity she showed when we first t, instead what faced were deeply furrowed brows and a piercing gaze.
Devil, I know youve beco Gaiuzs trump card. Back then, I only sent you away to cause trouble for Weiderly on a re whim, to think it would end up like this nowin that case, Ill need to you leave, now.
Leave? You wish to attack ? At that, Sinmosa, Sasani, No.3 and Big 4 all put up their guards and ever so slightly shifted their positions to surround the Shadowcat.
isian ignored their aggressive posturing and continued speaking, with that sa placid expression on her face: No, I wish to give you what you seek beforehand.
What I seek?
Thats right, the answer which youve been searching for all this while.
I had to admit, her newfound seriousness spooked a little and struck as not at all adorable. Given a choice, I would rather she return back to that brash kitty who addressed us while munching on snacks. Even though there was no shred of propriety to be found in her then, it was kind of adorable in its own way, not to ntion interesting.
If I give you the answer which you seek now, there shouldnt be any reason for you to stay in this fight, nyah. From that mont on, the matters of our clan shouldnt concern you any longer.
Seeing that I was still confused, isian then proceeded to elaborate: I was hoping to simplify this ss by hiring you as my external help but seeing as youve now beco a hindrance, that clearly isnt true anymore. I do not have a suitable reason now to act against you and even if I did, Gaiuz would most likely interfere, making the entire ss even worse for . Given that, sending you away would be for the best, if you catch my drift.
In other words, as long as I lost the sole reason for my participation in this war, the thod of entering Abaddon, I wouldnt have any reason to stay here and be a hindrance any further. In her eyes, our withdrawal was more a plus than anything else.
To being with, she didnt want to hand us the answer for free when we first t because there was no such thing as a free al in this world. Take for example, a person who so happened to dig up a chest of gold bars and thus beca rich. While others might have construed that as rely being lucky and not working for his own riches, that wasnt true at all. The act of searching and digging up the chest was his labor and the gold, his fruits. You reap what you sow that was the unchanging law of Earth and of this world as well.
That was why she gave us that mission and just like that example above, while it might seem like I hadnt labored for this answerthe truth was that I didso much so in fact that Isigh, my scruples
I rember you ntioning that you all were sent here by a teleportation gate in the Prison of the Dead, am I right in saying that?
Thats right.
Can you give a brief introduction? Like your origins and the situation in the Prison.
Alright. Given that there really wasnt much to hide there, I told her whatever she wanted to know: I first started off in the Blood Sea
As I recounted our entire adventure thus far, the Princess listened with rapt attention, taking care not to miss out any detail. Upon finishing my explanation, she sighed deeply before falling silent. Even though I still didnt know what all these had to do with entering Abaddon, I had everyone keep quiet so as not to disturb her.
Not long after, isian ca back to her senses and inexplicably stated: So thats whyI think I roughly get whats happening now.
Huh? Hearing her say that, it almost seed like we were the ones who gave her an answer instead
We are currently in the remnants of the ancient kingdom of Sable Radiance, you know that as well, right?
Mhm.
Sable Radiance used to be a thriving kingdom till one day, in just the span of one night, every devil, including the Devil King, disappeared without a trace, you know of this as well right?
Mhm, Ive heard of this strange legend as well but Im not sure how much stock to put into thathow can there be anyone or thing powerful enough to cause the devils to vanish like thator cause that mysterious barrier surrounding this regionmoreover, only the devils were affected and not the other fiendish creatures
How can you be so sure that the Hellhounds or the Purgatory Warhorses are perfectly fine? Besides, such a power does in fact exist Having dangled that tantalizing bit of information before us, she then took a deep breath before putting on a rather strange expression: Long ago, when our clan had nowhere to go, it was the Devil King of Sable Radiance who offered us refuge. It was thanks to his magnanimity that we were allowed a place to live in. The favor that he showed us that day was an enormous one. Back then, our clan desperately wanted to repay his kindness but one day, he simply vanished. Ever since then, our clan had endeavored to locate his Excellency and yetwho wouldve thought that your coming was the clue we needed to solve this mystery
Im still not too sure what youre trying to say but since my coming is a revelation of sorts, why didnt you notice anything when we first arrived in your castle?
After pondering on this issue for a long while, I finally decided that this tsukkomi was one that had to be tsukkomied.
Because I didnt connect his Excellencys disappearance with the Prison then
In other words, you ssed up?
She glared at .
Hey, dont give that look, please. Continue, just continue, please.
She gave an at least you know whats good for you look before continuing on with her hypothesis. If Im not mistaken, that particular Prison of Dead you broke out of was ford out of countless devil corpses
*cough cough cough* A prison constructed out of countless devil corpses? So youre saying Ive been walking on devil corpses up till recently?! Also, didnt she just say that particularthere are more of those prisons out there?!
I had considered that possibility beforebut to think it was actually possible for an entire realm to constructed of bones
You ntioned being teleported to the Prison after leaving the Blood Sea, right?
Thats right, Im still in the dark about that too, why would the entrance of the Blood Sea link to the Prison?
If that is true, then the disappearance of his Excellencymight have to do with that being, nyahno, it has to be connected to him Having said that, isian couldnt help but shiver as if she was frightened by the re thought of sothing. She peered around for a second and upon seeing that nothing was amiss, relaxed sowhat.
What does that being an?
From her actions alone, I could tell that the being she was referring to must have been soone great else why would she act so timidly as if she was afraid of being implicated in sothing.
Its better for you to not know about his existence, in fact, dont bring this up in the futurethat being is a deity that can easily wipe out his Excellency with a re thought
By His Excellency, do you an the previous Devil King?
Thats right, the forr Devil King of Sable Radiance, and the benefactor of us Shadowcats. Even though he might have had so kind of ulterior motive in allowing us to stay here, it didnt change the fact that we would have perished without his aidwell all thats in the past, lets talk about the present instead.
I could tell that she no longer wished to dwell on the past of her clan. Well, it wasnt like doing so would benefit either of us so I decided to skip right ahead.
Your Highness, Im rather curious about this Ten-stars Devil King you keep ntioning, can you describe exactly how powerful he is?
You really wish to know?
Mhm, mhm.
See that mountain over there? isian pointed at a distant volcano which had been terraford to not erupt by the Shadowcats. While we were a good distance away from it, I could roughly tell that it had to be at least over a thousand ters tall.
Yeah, its a rather tall one.
If its a Devil King, he can slice the mountain in half just with his bare hands.
What the f***, thats a mountain were talking about here, not so tree! A mountain thats over one thousand ters tall too, youre saying he can slice it in half, just like that? Are you sure you arent exaggerating here? And for soone that powerful to disappear in one nighthow strong did that being have to be
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