Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"It's this way. I'll be right there, so let me know if you need anything."

"Thank you"

Give thanks to the soldier and peek into the iron plaid.

"Whoa, you!? - Gee, guh!

Face to face, Volheim tried to jump out of a crude bunk like he had been played. But I guess the wounds you suffered in the fight against me haven't healed because of the air erosion. He's stuffy holding his stomach down like a severe pain ran.

I also heard that Volheim would still have a minor degree of injury compared to Zadias, so I tried to hope to see him...... what can I say. I guess it would certainly be better not to look at Zadias for this in Volheim. Zadias, you seem to be traumatized about me, but does this reaction bother you to say hello?

"Unlike Zadias, I've heard you can have some conversations."

"Hey, what are you talking about...! There's nothing to talk about...!

Volheim sweats on his forehead and says that with a look on his face. You have a neighborhood under your eyes. The fact that I haven't slept much due to pain?

Both Zadias and Volheim have recovered to the point of exchanging words, but they haven't been able to conduct a full-scale interrogation yet. The damage from the injury is out of sight, and he can't put his back in the debilitated state, so you think he's waiting for a few more injuries and health recovery? Still, I can draw some information from it, so I don't complain about it.

"What do you know about the ancient keys Zadias gave to the Devil? Does the key fit with the fact that you used it to make a deal with Alverinde to cross over to the demons in Belliondola?

"Oh, you..."

When I hit him with a straight ball about what this one knew, Volheim made his mouth pound.... this reaction.

"You also seem to know to some extent what Zadias was doing. I think it's better to talk before the investigation gets real."

When I say it, Volheim had the look of a bitter bug bite, but eventually he zeroes in a powerless voice.

"... I don't know how to use the key... They said it was the key to royal control, so it's not the key to use at Belliondola Castle."

Hmm. Given the magnitude of what I've done, magic pills will usually be available for magic interrogation. I guess I know about it that it doesn't make sense to keep quiet.

"Alverinde asked for it, so I don't know what it's for, but he gave it to me."

"... it was necessary to operationalize the flying technique they used. If it could have been analyzed and reproduced, it could have been countered sooner or later. Wow, we should have outdone them sooner or later...!

… is this what the deal is about? Volheim's against my criticism. That also sounds like an excuse because it came out bright.

Nevertheless, Zadias and the Demon were in a cooperative relationship... but I guess they were also looking at betraying and eliminating them if someday there was no point in working with the Demon. The same is true of this one who thinks he will assemble countermeasures from Volheim's research... but I don't think he's a winnable opponent to the extent that he's sealed one flight technique.

Because that's the same thing as claiming you can beat a demon if the sky can fly. If you look at it as a researcher, you don't have the hanging bait. I know it looked delicious, but the outlook is sweet.

"How could I have said that the key could have brought the demon allies back to life or worse?"

"Of the devil, he said he was the ally...?

Volheim will have a surprising face.

"Didn't you know this? Either way, the Alverinde faction is gathered in Belliondola, so that sounds pretty sure."

And up to this point, it's just a confirmation of what we've learned to some extent from the information we've had so far. As for me... there's one more thing I need to ask you.

"- One more point, I want to ask you"

"Hey, what?

Did you detect a slight change in my voice color, Volheim replied with a slightly rubbed voice.

"Where did you guys get your mother's information?

I came to investigate Count Gartner's territory, which was where my mother was by order of the Marquis of Gilbolt. That's good. But where did Zadias and the others, who gave the order, obtain the information?

That's a lot of halfway information, too. Zadias and the others have been searching for their mother's whereabouts, so chronologically, I guess it means they sent in a task force because they found out recently... then I wonder what was missing about me and my father.

Then where and how did you purchase the information from in the first place? If the Black Knight had been looking into it first, and had gotten information about his mother recently... it shouldn't be strange to know more about his mother's surroundings.

"Oh, that's..."

"I'll tell you first. If anything else, I will not forgive you, whether you are an injured person, if you decide that you are lying about this matter."

Volheim opens his eyes to my words.

"... Ah, it's from that demon woman. I brought up the deal that I had my own information network, so I asked if I knew where the sealed witch was... that the witch would already be dead..."

"- It is"

"Ho, it's true. That's what he said when the sealed witch's covenant broke off and when the demon known as the King of Dead Sleeps broke out in a part of Verdogal... So...!

... right.

I don't know how the Dead Sleeping King is positioned among the demons of Belliondola, even if they are directly connected or not... My mother's death must have affected something involving the sealing of the Alliance Lord.

That's why Alverinde and the others had the means to know her mother's whereabouts and how she was doing so remotely.

But with the information the demons had... it would only mean that I knew the title of my mother and where she was.

So. How far did the demons know? If the sealed witch had intended her mother from the beginning as a disturbing presence for the demons... it would only have been detrimental for the Dead Sleeping King to brag about himself and ramble.

It was six years ago that the demons found out about their mother, after that incident. That encounter is accidental - is it?

... Even so, they're lucky to have started acting on the case six years ago.

"Hey, what, laugh...?

- You guys got lucky.

If you are selling your mother to a demon and it turned out to be the result, you are also dealing with Zadias and Volheim differently.

I heard what I needed to hear and what I wanted to know. I followed the dungeon with a glimpse of Volheim with his eyes round.

"... Zadias et al. I can't really do anything."

Returning to the VIP room, King Eberberbert waved his blanket as he told everyone what he found out in his conversation with Volheim.

"The sealed witch protects all sides after the ritual..."

Rosemary, who heard the story, frowns and says.

"The guardianship of the Quartet by this ritual - perhaps we should see it as the same contract, as Alverinde says."

Grace nodded at Claudia's words.

"There are also four pearls. If you think of four seals... it fits."

The same goes for Verdogal...... Belliondola and Silvatoria too. Information can be interrupted by the battle against demons and the passage of ages.

Meaning of placing a sealed witch. If that is directly linked to the seal of the Alliance Lord......

"I see that the broken contract has freed the beads."

"It should also mean that… there is no change of circumstances around the seal"

"Right. It didn't get any worse from the information we know when it comes to sealing alone. We need to follow up on the keys..."

Answering that, Ashley looks up and looks straight at me and nods.

"Not after the beads have been freed, they may be turning to the rear. But if we can rebuild the seal anew... it also makes sense"

As for the sealed witches, they said they would have a new daughter of the elders, and they should have finished the ritual the other full moon night. Vinesdora's safety was confirmed, so Old Siegmund and Valentina headed to the Academic Union with Ignis and Lavine. If there's something wrong with the witch, she'll be back soon.

And it looks like they both came back while I was saying it. A civilian knocks on the door and says.

"Dear Siegmund and Valentina are back"

"Uhm. Let it pass this way"

As soon as King Eberberberbert urges, Old Siegmund and Valentina come to the VIP room. The other one was accompanied by a girl... a face that doesn't float.

"That's better?

"Um. Let me introduce you. Charlotte-Orgran, newly chosen as the sealed witch."

"I'm here to introduce you, my name is Charlotte-Orgran"

The girl praises. As an age, it would be a child born after her mother ran away. Though I didn't seem to be in that one before when I freed my memory.

"Nice to meet you. My name is Theodor-Gartner"

Whatever it is, let's finish introducing ourselves first. Each named Charlotte. I'll introduce Mallane to you. Mallane quietly thanked him for not picking the hem of his skirt.

"As for Charlotte, she was born during her house arrest. Did Volheim and the others also think it was awkward to cease being of the elders' lineage, because before they lost their memories, they told the others what they were about each other? Authentic, you must be the daughter of the Orgrain family."

I see.

Vollheim et al. faced the presbyterian house...... he also gave magic instruction, especially to children...... Charlotte had a history of being smoked out of Vollheim et al. by direct dictating that he "should be given more freedom because he is not a sinner when he says he is losing his memory," he said.

Until now, they had joined the research at the Sage's League of Scholars to unseal their memories. To put it this way, Zadias was using the affection of his flesh parents to help his elder daughter, who would have been talented... but I guess those two were buying objections to the kids as well.

The elders chose it over time. There will be no mistake in the candidacy.

"... but Grandpa Siegmund. I'm sure I don't have the talent to be a witch. The ritual of the full moon the other day... has failed."

... Is this why you don't float?

"You're back to tell the lords that. I was going to collect the materials..."

"Maybe it's not about talent."

Charlotte's unexpected gaze was pointed at my words.

I'll tell you again what I found out in my interaction with Volheim, which I told everyone earlier.

"- So... you think my contract didn't work because the seal was unsealed?

"That's what I see...... I don't think it makes sense to inherit the sealing technique, even if it's difficult to continue the contract, given what's ahead. It's a seal we built once, so we should be able to make it again."

That's the technology you'll need.

"And if the demon gets in the way of it, I'll do my best to crush it and clear the way."

Nothing is the same as before. There's just more reason to fight them.

With that said, Charlotte seemed a little distracted, but eventually he bowed his head deeply towards me.

"Please...... thank you. I'm immature, but I'll do my best."

"Welcome."

That's what I said, I shook hands with Charlotte.