Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"I have a question"

Wait for Claudia to settle down and ask.

"Yes."

"Claudia herself wants to be free from the labyrinth if it's going to happen?

Claudia solidified for a moment but shook her head quietly to the side.

"Because I wanted the present situation for myself. If it's going to support the people who live here, I don't think it's okay to stay that way. I hope you don't get me wrong, but I told you this because when you're deeply involved with the inhabitants of the village, there's a reason why you shouldn't hide what's going on around here."

... right. It doesn't even seem like we're talking about a simple liberation. What Claudia wants is the safe living and demonic control of the inhabitants of the village, but there is a part of it that accepts as its own duty that it is the nucleus of the labyrinth.

Assuming Claudia is essential to maintaining the labyrinth, does she not want the confusion created by being freed? Verdogal kingdoms and guilds and... there will be many influences. Not without thought.

So that would be Claudia's heart. But even during a moment of solidification, it is also a sign of Claudia's grip. If so, just persuade them.

"What's the reason?

"There are people in the labyrinth village who can tell lies. If I lay low and move in the direction of getting them out of the labyrinth, those kids might turn their minds around and tell you all things I know."

Well... rather than lay low and distrust us. Even Claudia had an unknown identity.

And you're a demon who can tell lies. It feels like magic interrogation, but assuming it's a passive ability, it's going to be a lot harder when you leave the village, and then it's going to be good to make you the same thing as Grace's ring.

"Okay. But don't you have to do something about the last Guardian shutdown and fixing the problem of the demon outbreak?

"It's..."

That's where the majority of Claudia's worries come from. It is good that demons occur. Training is as a training, and if you can raise supplies without the risk of death, none of them would be better.

Originally the labyrinth was convenient for humans. Then that's all I'm saying, let's make it more convenient to change it. Nothing is different from what I always do.

"In time, we aim to liberate Claudia in a satisfactory way"

"How, how?

"Altering and returning the procedure"

That said, Claudia gave a look that was taken aback.

Yes. It's not a fix, it's a tampering. Rewrite as convenient. Demons only appear in the training compartment. Don't take it to life.

In the first place, the shape of one Claudia supporting a border city is too sweet for her. Let all the residents here bear the thin, widespread negative emotions... reconstitute the procedure that way, but there's a lot to think about...

"It's not like you don't have a chance, is it? If they say it's a miracle of God, it's good for you, but it doesn't look like it."

"... the royal character of the people of the moon, if it is called the blessing of the goddess. Because I was particularly powerful, I hit and followed it as the regenerator.... I feel that since I was served as a goddess, its power has grown stronger"

Like I'm tired somewhere, Claudia says. Are you saying that the blessing of the goddess is not due to a system of labyrinths otherwise?

Faith... or loyalty? I guess it is the power of the Shuastrus family to give protection against such things.

It's not the words of Grace and the others, but I also feel like I'm going to be deified. It has royal properties, and its mystery from the moon. But the thing I'm most comfortable with is the way I live and think about it.

If you mean you've been watching Term Wills for distracting years at the expense of that body... I guess you should do that and describe it as God. That's how I admit her goodness, but I say.

"I don't have enough brother-in-law to get us across a dangerous bridge. I know what you're trying to say. But Claudia's not a goddess, she's royal, right? If there is an environment that seems to be feasible, we need to use anything."

Claudia, distracted by my words, put aside a beat before finally laughing.

"Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. I'm sorry. 'Cause it's all about unscrupulous things...'

"Well, I'm about as conscious as I'm saying I can't do it"

"... I knew you were funny. As royalty, huh? That's right. That's true."

Claudia said, as if it had blown out somewhere. I could convince you......?

This is a problem solving on Claudia's side, but also a way to solve the labyrinth village problem.

If you crush the Last Guardian and alter the surgical ceremony, the inhabitants of the village don't need to contain their emotions either. The story of being able to get out of the labyrinth proceeds in parallel, but in that way the village of the labyrinth can be used as insurance, regardless of the political situation in the Kingdom of Verdogal.

I don't think there's a chance. If you can't fix or alter the ritual, you don't have to challenge Claudia to break through the Last Guardian in the first place.

"Fine. Okay. Let's just say that's possible for you. I still have one problem."

"Saying?

"I have a solution to your problem. However... there are a few conditions for this. Can I talk to Grace and the others for just a minute?

"Okay."

- So I decided to take my seat off and wait in the master bedroom.

Sounds like we've been talking for quite a while... what is it?

And Grace comes to the bedroom to get me.

"What was it?

"That's from Lady Claudia's mouth."

Grace laughs quietly.

Claudia said she was going back to her living room.

"The problem is with the labyrinth after I was freed. Because even if you maintain the mechanism to produce demons, if I'm gone, there's nothing to dictate the direction of the labyrinth..."

I see...... Without someone at the helm, we need to know what's going to happen.

We can't be wild and mountainous after that. As for Claudia.

"However, there is a way to maintain the labyrinth without any problems even after liberation. Descendants of those who led the humans of the time - even the Verdogal royal family and I have a covenant... with similar covenant magic... eh"

Claudia says something... I see. The aggressiveness of the Labyrinth's demons is a system to maintain Claudia's spirit normally, if at all. They also have a good idea of what happened after she got off the role.

"If you have something like that, why don't you just do it?

"So... I said there were terms. This contract magic binds descendants of one blood family. Unless the bloodline is constant, the covenant magic vows will make the direction of the labyrinth immutable."

Instead, Claudia said there would be less like flexibility for the situation. Well, if the world was regenerating, we would have needed to adapt to various circumstances, but now the people around us are adapting to the labyrinth.

"What do you mean by that condition?

Claudia closes her eyes...... says later after taking plenty of seconds.

"... Marriage"

I turned my face bright red and turned that way.

Erm......

"... when I get off my long role, no one knows about me anymore. At that time, at least find someone you can trust wholeheartedly that has nothing to do with royalty or politics and be your companion... That's what my father who sent me out said. That's my last duty."

Claudia was still blushing for a few minutes, but she's going to look straight at me.

"I have no brother-in-law to get you to fight the Last Guardian. But if you are royal, you should use anything. I think both of those words are correct. So my in-laws make it. As the offer suggests, I'll let you use it too - but if you want me to risk my life, I don't think I'd make it yet, even if I gave you everything I have."

"... no, there's no such thing as not matching, because that's..."

I have eyes on Grace and the others. They nodded - with a serious face.

Thinking a lot about who you are with the prospect of defeating the Last Guardian, or what about your step-in-law that comes with it, does that mean you're none other than me...?

"Even I - if they weren't you, I wouldn't say this. Besides, we need to go deep down to make that contract, and I'm sorry about that..."

"... ok. But I'm telling Grace and the others. If you don't think I deserve it, you don't have to make that promise."

"You think the royals will flip what they say?

Claudia grins with a neat face.

... Whatever it is, the destruction of the Last Guardian.

"Do you have any other questions?

"Eh. Oh, speaking of which, I heard to the great man of the Temple of the Moon that the goddess Shuas is an old woman."

Asked, Claudia slipped her gaze subtly.

"... there are things that you can't tell when you look at me. After that... if they found out that such a child is the goddess, they'd disappoint you, wouldn't they?

I see...... Even if you are unwilling to be described as a goddess, if you are going to support someone's heart, you also take care of the image.

Probably would love to be around Penelope...... Yeah. Don't lose your head.