Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

Finish your meal first and move into the living room.

Where everyone was, Claudia pounded and opened her mouth.

"I'll tell you what I know.... Once upon a time. A long time ago. The earth was devastated. It was before I was born."

"Disaster?"

"Magic Storm. - It is said that many creatures have died and only those with high resistance to magic have survived. So the demons became more ferocious and rampaged around"

That's... how long ago was it? I've never heard of a magic storm. It's information that wasn't even BFO.

"Though some survived diving underground to escape ferocious demons and magic storms... anyway, you can consider the earth devastated once."

"So, I built a labyrinth... and those involved with Master Claudia go underground?

Right. So the flow that the labyrinth was created is somewhat convincing.

But when Grace asked, Claudia shook her head to the side.

"No. They were there - the moon."

Claudia said it for a moment, and said it.

The moon... The moon. So... you think it's the moon goddess, not the sun goddess?

"The people of the moon, who once ruled the earth over the moon. But the people of the moon could not have lived without the earth. That's why we needed someone to play a role in regenerating the devastated earth and people's lives."

"So, the goddess Shuas came to earth?

"... To be precise, you became known as the goddess in future generations. Somehow I was deified."

Claudia laughs bitterly. I did not deny Shuas' involvement with the Labyrinth.

"What you call the Great Labyrinth of Termwilds… is a ship of the moon that takes the people of the moon as its nucleus and keeps moving according to the assembled technique. By its will, Shuas determines the direction of the entire labyrinth."

Labyrinth - I feel like I know that the moon ship takes on the role of terrestrial regeneration.

A labyrinth that gathers vast amounts of magic and continues to synthesize and supply a variety of supplies. Obviously, because it would be a system made for those who live in the land.

Collecting magic purifies the world and develops living spaces around ships. And he's in charge of supplies.

A mechanism to train those who enter the labyrinth in battle with demons. Is that to shelter humans in a destroyed world but also to empower them to survive the battle against demons......?

The purpose of the labyrinth. It is also the renewal and strengthening of human society. It is against purpose that demons destroy human society. So - Claudia is helping me fight demons.

"What makes demons appear in the labyrinth? If it's just supplies and defense, it doesn't make sense that we have to fight. Sure, fighting in the labyrinth makes it easier to grow, but it's also combat training... and I feel a little different."

"It was only made to train against demons."

Claudia closes her eyes and sighs.

"Demons started to occur only in combat training compartments. But one day, someone tried to break in deep to gain control of the labyrinth itself. Though the human was eliminated by the Last Guardian... the technique was born whether it was the aftermath of the battle or the tampering of the intruder"

That's how demons have sprung up all over the labyrinth. Claudia says.

Worse still, the battle training demons had the role of dissipating Shuas' negative feelings of discontent, anger, and despair that were tied up as labyrinth nuclei into sucking up destructive impulses.

As long as the labyrinth is working properly, it may have been valid and sensible to be able to dissipate depression in the form of combat training. World Renewal is a vast time-consuming job. Because they also said it was a mechanism for keeping the labyrinth and the Lord's body and mind healthy.

Finishing the role of world regeneration should have eliminated the need for combat training - and eventually freed Shuas as well - too.

... I see. I can't tell you the truth about the labyrinth. I know why you refuse to go deep.

"The path that leads between the deepest is blocked with the Temple of Moonlight... and the Last Guardian's vigilance remains intact. Even if we get there, it will kill everyone who approaches us. Before the road was sealed, I tried to break in too many times, but when the vessel was destroyed, I played it over and over again."

Does that mean Claudia herself is almost immortal as long as the labyrinth is alive and well?

"In the meantime, I gave up getting to the bottom of it. Because the more I'm trapped in despair, the worse the demons of the Labyrinth will break out."

"I mean... is it fitting that Claudia is the goddess Shuas?

"... Yep"

Claudia closed her eyes and nodded clearly, as she had noticed. Everyone is breathtaking.

Gardinis, referring to Claudia, said Lord of the Labyrinth. And Claudia herself doesn't look very respectful to Shuas when it comes to family.

So is Claudia's attitude and usual rhetoric. If Claudia herself is Shuas, it fits in perfectly that she was despicable of herself or something.

"It has precisely the right to control the ship… the royal family of the people of the moon, the Shuastrus family. That's why they call me a goddess."

Claudia says, as she confesses her sins.

You're blaming yourself - I'm sure you are. Because he was sick that the demons of the labyrinth hurt people.

"After listening to this story... you're willing to cooperate with me, are you? If my heart were strong, even the demons springing up in the labyrinth might be more important. Even the inhabitants of the Labyrinth Village... if only I were firmer..."

Claudia says, as she drops her gaze and whines.

"My thoughts, as I said before."

When I said it, Claudia opened her eyes and raised her face.

The words I said to Claudia before, they don't change. Nothing.

It is the nucleus of the labyrinth and the Lord. That said, that's what it takes to maintain the labyrinth.

Claudia probably can't do anything about the creation of demons in the labyrinth, or the demonic movement itself. Asking her to take the blame is different.

I do not deny the maze's formation, nor the way Claudia is.

It was necessary, so Claudia took it on. But there was a fool who betrayed me. I can't help trying to do something about it. What does a living guy like me have to blame for someone who regrets that?

Even the Labyrinth Village. I was just trying to protect the inhabitants of the village to the best of my ability to be a constrained Claudia.

"Dear Claudia - I still think she's a goddess"

When Illumhilt said, everyone nodded.

"You've been fighting all alone, haven't you?"

"As a nobleman... I think it's a respectable deed"

says Grace and Ashley.

Mallane touched Claudia's hand.

"Lady Claudia. Don't look so sad."

"He tried to protect Illumhilt. I appreciate that."

"Yeah. Cheer up"

Neither Sheila, nor Serafina. No one denies Claudia.

"Thanks......"

Claudia leans down and closes her eyes. Tears spread on its cheeks.

Well...... What is the way to solve the problem from the ground up?

Destruction of the Last Guardian? Reconstruction of the surgical ceremony that caused it?

What Claudia wants is only to create a place where the inhabitants of the village can live. Until such dangerous acts as the destruction of the Last Guardian, we will not want them.

Still, if the labyrinth moves properly and Claudia herself is free from the labyrinth. Both those problems and Claudia's concerns. Keri on everything.

Of the Temple of Moonlight, further back...?