Someone is talking. I'm dreaming, my consciousness is unclear.
"Let me go. If you don't return, the Empress will see you as a traitor and the village will be burned."
"Empress." Dear. Must be a lot more familiar with life over there, you know. "
"I hope one of us carries our destiny. How long have you been that great?"
"It's not...! I want to help the village, too."
"Nothing else would have interrupted the Resurrection of the Demon King for that matter. You, Elephas!
Demon King, Elephas.
Eileen opened her eyes. but I couldn't get up. Both hands and legs are chained up. I saw a cold cobbled floor, an iron plaid in front of me, and shadows of several men. There is also a cell across the aisle. There was some talk and contention within and outside of it.
"I knew you'd rewritten the secret of the Demon King's Awakening on your own. This way! How opportunistic is that? If only the Demon King had awakened the dragon, the Imperial Capital would have fallen by now...!
"Even if the Demon King awakens more than there is a holy sword, it can't be turned into a trump card! Besides, there are a lot of hostage women and children in the Imperial Capital, you can't abandon them!?"
"Some sacrifice is unavoidable! Even those guys are better off than being kept and killed by both royalty!
"Do you have such a stupid story! Anyway, it's not now to fight, be more calm."
"Hey, it's Elephas. When is that, ten or twenty years from now?"
The words of the crouched old man filled with silence. Eileen listens as she stares at the cell in front of her. I don't see who's in the cell because of the men who line up in front of it.
"I kept taking women and children hostage, and the number of magicians was much lower. There will be no more war ahead than now."
"... it's... I know. But that's why we need to figure out another solution."
"What the hell does a traitor who shook his tail at the Crown Princess say...! If you don't mind, you'll be fine."
"Now and in the past, all you family think about is flattery."
"Why don't you stop? Because his dead father begged the empire of Hermeia, we were brought to life in a stockbreeder.... just that it was an extra favor."
I felt that the last words, like throwing up and throwing up, were telling the story of Elephas' position.
"I'm done talking. Our demon king awakening technique is working. All you have to do is manipulate the Demon King and attack the confused Imperial Capital. Not sending your neck to the Empress is the best mercy in you. The woman you're following is gonna take you to the show. You must be some nobleman, you're wearing good clothes."
"Take your time and adore him later."
"... also..."
"Ah?"
"- A bunch of sorcerers who can't even deal with me, and I wonder what they'll do. To ramble on an irresistible woman."
sounded the sound of glass cracking properly and flashly. Apparently a bottle of wine was hit in the iron lattice. Fragments of vitreous fly to the front of the cell where Eileen lies.
"You don't sound great because you're a little magical!
"Hey, now this guy's got magic, better drag him out of his cell and let him figure it out with his body."
"Oh, you know, that! Lottery, I brought it,"
Little children's voices blocked the hunch of brawl. Exactly, you weren't willing to work rampantly in front of a child, and a bunch of tongue-beaten adults climb up the back stairs and leave. Instead, a child with a basin hurries up to the cell across the street.
"Brother Elephas, are you okay?
"... oh, I'm fine. More than that, what's wrong with you? Come here."
"My sister told me to take it, dinner.... really magical tease, what's wrong?
"Oh.... because some of you made me impotent..."
A child shouts a frightened voice.
"What kind of monster did you turn your brother into to get rid of his magic?"
"- Is it true, then, that we are going to attack the Imperial Capital?"
Elephas approached the iron lattice to receive the meal and finally saw him. Fatigue looks thick because of the darkness. I don't have the usual serenity in my tone.
"Yeah, sounds true.... those guys, since yesterday, all the guys who disagree can lock up even the traitors or take them as family hostages and no one can turn against them. I'm sorry I couldn't stop you, brother."
"It's not about you apologizing.... I knew it was yesterday that triggered it"
"Yeah... the Demon King's magic is back. Many of them are excited that our technique is activated. Demon King can be manipulated, now is the time to fight..."
Is Awakening saying that one eye of Claude went back to red at that ball? If so, it's a lot quicker. Oddly enough, Elephas answered the cause with a sigh.
"You're behind the fact that you haven't told me about this situation before. You didn't believe me when I explained that it wasn't a demon king's awakening."
"I believe in me, my sister, the guys who got Brother Elephas to help me! Even those guys can stay in the village in the first place, thanks to Brother Elephas! My brother put me up to the Empress to do all the work on my own, so now we can all live in the village except the hostages. Yet we save the village. Come on...!
"I don't have a choice, I have a lot of things.... Look, when you have to, run away."
"... but even if I say I'm going to run..."
"I'll take care of it. I haven't been a slave to the royal family for a long time."
The child looks worried about Elephas. Does Elephas realize that it is not anxiety about going ahead, but something that guides Elephas?
Elephas told me to return early after the meal, and the child looked back and climbed the stairs. After being quiet enough to hear the underground candles burn, Elephas exhales loudly.
Just the two of us.
Eileen gets up when it's time to get together.
"What are we going to do?"
"... Dear Eileen. Were you awake? Since when?"
"If we don't stop soon, this time the Levy clan will perish. You'll be able to ambush..."
"You can see losing in volume. After all, Lilia's prophecy came true."
Ugh, Irene's eyes cooled.
"... your husband is Lilia, right? Not the Empress."
"Your husband, if you mean, you're right in the Empress. Master Lilia has a face that I see unilaterally... what is that filth? It hurts a little."
"... my face will make an effort. Go on. I'll abandon you in some cases."
"I haven't been abandoned yet? That's a surprise."
Elephas laughs like a tear. And I started talking pompous.