Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"I'm sorry I pushed you so hard today."

"No. So, no rest."

"Uhm. Bye."

"Thank you for today"

I go to the doorstep to drop off King Melvin and Princess Stephania. Exchange greetings and board the carriage.

"Well, my lord ambassador. Now if you'll excuse us."

"Yes. Take care on the road"

I also exchange words with Mildred and Mercedia. Thus, the kings of Melvin returned to the royal castle.

It was a quiet night. Do you have any remnants of what has been busy so far, I think it's extra. As the sound of the horse's hooves and wheels diminishes, only the city of nights later illuminated by the moonlight is left behind.

Well, Elliot and Old Siegmund, Valentina are lodging. Let's show Elliot and the others to their rooms first.

"With this magic tool, you can adjust to increase or decrease room temperature."

and explain again the features and usage of the magic props in the room.

"Okay."

"I think the servant will come and get you when the bath is boiling. I don't think it's going to take that long, so take your time."

"Thank you. Then I will be at your mercy for a while"

Elliot nods.

"Good night, Brother Elliot"

"Good night, Ashley. So long, Lord Theodore."

"Yes. Good night"

Elliot exchanges a pre-bedtime greeting and closes the door with a gentle grin.

Then take Valentina to her room.

"I haven't been out of the Union much, Theodore, so I was wondering if I'd be comfortable with your home."

Valentina says that when she smiles.

Sure, you do. Valentina should have been a child when she was a memory seal, and I know it would be hard for her to flirt with things... but she doesn't have one disgusting face.

They inherit some magic as a clan of elders... I guess that's why they couldn't be outsiders.

As soon as I wake up, I'm trying to be Old Siegmund's aide, I guess I have a much stronger will than I'd imagine from the soft atmosphere. I think I've just been close to my mother.

"... you may not hesitate to stay in this house during your stay at Termwilds. Tell me if you need anything. I'm sure you'll be ready for the bath soon."

"Thanks, it's a good room so I think I can get some rest"

Valentina's words are a little ticklish and bitter.

"Thank you. Good night, then."

"Yeah, good night"

Say hello to Valentina, then go to Siegmund's old room.

"I'm sorry. It's gonna be trouble."

"No, grandfather"

Old Siegmund also smiled, but he took it seriously.

"... it's not about the Lord's father..."

"Yes."

I told her that my father would arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. As an old Siegmund, it's not hard to imagine being in a complicated mood for your father. I also want to blame you for not being able to help my mother, and I guess I blame myself.

As far as I'm concerned... I don't want to see the two of you get into a bad relationship. Although I don't get the answer on what to do... I can tell you from my standpoint that it's not my father's fault or the elders' fault.

"I'm sure at that time six years ago... I don't think anyone else could have done anything about it. If I could have used circulating smell back then, I would have fought. Sometimes I think so."

"... that's the impossible story. Even the Lord today says he is unwilling. No... I wonder if there is now because there was one."

It's me now. I don't know why I did this, but I can definitely say that the reason I'm diving into the labyrinth right now or trying to accumulate my powers is there.

"How about…? I just always wanted to be strong. It still is. I'm glad you have the strength to fight demons."

"... right"

"Yes. My father back from Termwilds was grieving for a long time. So I don't blame my father."

I remember that look on my father's face and the tears he shed in front of his grave... you know, he looks.

"... let's remember that story"

"It's not your grandfathers, of course."

Old Siegmund gives me a slightly surprised look in my words.

Yes...... If it weren't for that story, there wouldn't have been me or Grace right now.

"Please, don't blame yourself"

Old Siegmund has been looking at me for a while, but nods quietly.

"... ok. Then why don't you let me ask you one thing? Patricia... it's not about what she fought."

The story of the King of Death and Sleep raiding Verdogal is somewhat famous... but by then would the elders have been isolated from outside information?

"I'm a demon who walked sprinkled through a disease called the King of Dead Sleeps.... Did you know?

"Dead sleep... with a sick demon."

High fever, coma and debilitation. A disease that slowly, but surely, kills. So his two names are Dead Sleep.

"The demon... when he is given two names by the human side, he likes to use them for his own name, right? Because I know notoriety will feed me afterwards."

"Mm-hmm. A powerful demon once rumbled is therefore prone to activity sedation. So the humans try to tell it. But he's not. It has been known for a long time about demons spreading death and sickness of sleep, but they say they will not reveal their names. I hear because he is an evil man who does not take his name and enjoys killing."

That's right. That's why we don't know his name, we're just going to be king of death and sleep.

Ancient ginseng but not named after a human being, he kills around on a whim if he's hungry. A demon therefore called king with fear.

"He also suddenly appeared inside Verdogal after a rampage in a neighboring country... sprinkled disease everywhere... eventually crossed Baron Sirn's territory and came to Count Gartner's territory. I guess I avoided Termwilds because that's what feeds him later."

"... I guess so"

The greater the fear, mourning and grief of the people left behind, the more it feeds the devil. I guess that's why he avoided Termwilds. Because if the humans in the city were alive, their emotions would have fed him just like that.

In fact, there are verses in other countries that did not cause damage to urban areas, and left survivors to talk and tell about the Dead Sleeping King even where it was attacked.

Even in history the battle against demons lasts a long time, but I guess that's also why humans were not destroyed while having an overwhelmingly superior power over humans.

"And Patricia defeated it, or"

"Yes. There was someone who had fled Baron Siln's territory. My mother asked me how he was... and I confronted him."

My mother intercepted me in response to a story about a man who had fled Baron Sirn's territory. The adventurers who were in Count Gartner's territory also helped fight the King of Dead Sleeps.

My mother flew with wings made of alchemy. With metastatic magic, with a sealing technique, he used everything he could to fight demons on the sky in Count's territory. Crossing of light and darkness. Playable spark. Huge magic circle. Countless Magics Raves. Flames and thunder. Explosions and roars.

That... with Grace, I've been watching.

I snapped the demon's neck with a blade of light stretched out of my wand - I won't forget that sight. The demon man who turns into dust and disperses, and his mother, who is distracted from the nearest, falls on the snow and...

Speaking of the battle then and its backdrop, Old Siegmund exhaled heavily.

"... you were brave. Patricia is."

"- Yes."

Old Siegmund snorts when he narrows his eyes and laughs lonely.

"... then Non cannot blame the Lord's father. Did Patricia protect the Lord and his fiancée, Miss Grace? Through the will of my clan and its fathers, and through the protection of precious things. I'm not the daughter to be proud of as a father. I blame someone for the consequences, and I even disparage Patricia's thoughts."

"Yes, maybe."

Giggles back to old Siegmund.

"I'm sorry to keep you company for so long, even though your Lord will be tired."

"No, but I think I'll give it a rest today."

"Uhm. See you tomorrow"

"Yes. See you tomorrow"

Siegmund old room door can be closed.

"Theo......"

Grace's, voice.

"Sorry. Did I say something to remind you"

Answer that and Grace will hold you tight.

"No. It's a hard memory, but I don't want to forget. I'm glad to have someone to be proud of."

"... yeah. Right."

Hold each other for a while with Grace. Then leave slowly.

"I've always supported Lisa's story of that battle,"

"Yeah. Ashley"

Grab Ashley. Ashley leans in to bury her cheeks on her chest.

"Theodore. Cheer up, let me out"

Say that in a bell-ringing voice. Answer with a hug Mallane looking up at me.

"... yeah. It's okay."

Ashley and Mallane. I feel the warmth and heartbeat between them. Leaving them, they now held me from Claudia to hold my head.

- I remember a little when she came to the labyrinth of the full moon.

Keep it up, Claudia says.

"... I saw your mother"

"Maybe. Though I didn't even know my name at that time and didn't exchange words. I think it is now."

In the story of Adventurer Guild Chief Auria, there was a story about her mother going to the Labyrinth of the Full Moon to help the Adventurer.

"She was fighting demons when she went to see the anomaly. I know you're here to help the lost, so I can keep the demons in check for a little while too."

"Right...... Thanks."

In thanksgiving, Claudia smiles and loosens the power of her arms.

Then, hold Rosemary. Rosemary reacted a little bewildered, but kept herself at bay, turning her hand around this neck.

"... though I am not in a very good position to say anything. If I may say that I was born a royalty, I think I deserve respect."

As royalty? As for Rosemary's words, I guess it's the utmost praise.

"I guess. Anyway, after Marie became queen, I guess that's why I served so well."

"Really? I'm glad Theodore said that."

Rosemary seemed to laugh small.

By the time he got away from me slowly, he was already hiding his mouth with a feather fan and didn't know his expression.

"...... hmm. Well, let's get some rest."

Looking back and nodding with a grin at Sheila and Illumhilt and Serafina as well, they laughed back again.