Boundary Labyrinth and the Foreign Magician

"We've heard how it's been since Nong's defeat. Tesdilos and Weinberg, Osgrave and his leaders, too, etc. Or one... Miss Oldia, was it?"

Zaradi asks quietly. As I was telling you, it's an atmosphere of intelligent and courteous old man. I just feel like I'm observing this one with one hand up and one foot.

"Right. As for Oldia, I know she wasn't even known among the demons."

"I also wanted to hear about that area, I thought. As far as I'm concerned, I'd like to speak directly with Lord Boundary and ask him how he became or lost."

I'm observing. But I don't have the impression that it's worth being trampled on.

I'm trying to figure it out, is that going to work best? If so - no, but what you felt at the time, what you thought. I feel it is important to communicate the current thoughts as they are.

"It's a little longer to talk... but we have time."

"Pfft...... As far as Non is concerned, yes. I think Lord Boundary made some adjustments to make time for you."

Zaradi laughing quietly. Laugh a little too. Then when you switch your expression to something serious, you also perceive the atmosphere over there and correct your residence.

Then - right. Let's talk from the beginning. It's a story from when I lived with my mother and Grace.

That winter day and the days since. What has happened since I went out to Termwilds. The backdrop to the battle against the demons and... what happened on the moon. After the battle with Istrum.

Talk about them, one by one.

"Mustra... the first demon Istrum to be king of death and sleep, eh? Lord Vallos told me..."

When Zaradi talked about Istrum, he was closing his eyes and waving for the first time. It seemed to call itself Mustra among the demons, but it also seemed to be an assessment of an unafraid opponent for Vallos and Zaradi.

Most of all, the demons were just a bunch of people with both one- and two-habits, starting with Gardinis, and it was a better group to say that they were cooperative, that they used each other, rather than companions.

It wasn't otherwise uncommon that there seemed to be one thing in his belly or that he kept his abilities secret, so he said it was acceptable, too. Maybe that's why I still have regrets for overlooking it as a zarady.

As a matter of fact, Istrum said... until Vallos defeated me, he supported the policy.

The future is uncertain, and if Vallos won, I guess he would have stayed together, and it would have been difficult inside to see through Istrum's dangers and predict betrayal.

The basics of Zaradi's abilities are to perceive imminent threats to herself and see the likelihood of them happening easily. With the ability to help with escort and direct combat, ritual predictions that look a long way ahead seem to be as vague and as big a stream as possible.

Glory and ruin mingle in a situation like the one in which the showdown is withheld, what is on your side and what is a threat. It would be difficult to accurately read the fine flow.

That's how... I made an appointment with Vallos, or one thing about Veristio and the Last Guardian. Ever since I got back from the battle on the moon. And speak inside.

Oldia and - those who were with Osgrave are demons who did not choose to fight people. I'm sure that even if what we're trying to do now works and we can break the curse of the strangers, each of them will be troubled by the past.

However, it is not a sin, even in business, for the underworld to be the predator of a born demon. That's why the demons of the second generation and beyond are treated as Reis.

"I asked for strength because it was my mother's enemy... and I threw myself into battle for it. So sometimes I ask myself if I'm qualified for this situation."

To my monologue, Zaradi was listening quietly. Tell them what they think and what they think.

"It's just... the promise to Vallos and the fact that Belistio left it to me is something special now... The curse has been lifted. Even if they become distressed, that's what they decide to do when they do everything in their power to live. If only we could reconcile and coexist... we would never have crossed it."

Even if they become troubled and repentant. Still, life as a demon is too harsh... it never moves forward as it is, it just slowly perishes itself while scattering doom all around it. That is the sense of reality after fighting and dealing with the demons.

So it must be necessary to break the curse... I think so.

"Is that the answer to the promises made to Lord Vallos and Lord Beristio?"

"Yes, that's why I wanted you to help me get here."

Look straight at Zaradi and answer. Zaradi has been looking me in the eye for a while, but eventually closes his eyes and opens his mouth quietly.

"I think it's a difficult road… Whatever Noh answers here, I guess it's unshakable"

"Yes, I've made up my mind."

When he answers that, Zaradi nods and opens his eyes.

"I understand the story.... right. I guess you should tell me what's inside of you, too."

To Zaradi's words, I'll be heading back to the right place.

"Since Lord Beristio's defeat - I've wandered everywhere with my disappointment for a long time. The demons don't get wrapped up... right. You must be right to call it a curse. The demons were on a slow path of doom."

In such a fold, he said he found Vallos.

"That Mitsuhito - he was a man of light to Non. I saw a bright glow in the gray world, I thought. You shook your heart without merit. So, I fell in the middle of the Moonlight Temple showdown... and I still regret not being able to help Lord Varros or detect Istrum. When I realized I was defeated. Disappearing as dust, until the end of the period, I was scratching my feet wondering if I could help Lord Vallos."

What he saw at that time was the great darkness that spread and the bright lights that lit in it, Zaradi says. He said he disappeared, believing it was a victory for Vallos.

Really? If we see the interpretation of that prediction as the darkness and light of despair and hope for Zaradi. I also feel I can see interpreting that as a victory for Vallos.

If you look at it from the results, defeat or Istrum's betrayal is the great darkness, and even if you interpret the light as a promise to Vallos, it looks that way as Zaradi's point of view and makes sense, does it?

"It's good to talk to you. The will of Lord Beristio and Lord Vallos - though they are reshaping - has taken over… it seemed so."

That's how Zaradi had eyes that looked away for a while, but eventually he'd look at me again.

"You heard it was a difficult road. That's - that's what I once asked Lord Vallos, too. Lord Vallos has already made up his mind. That's what I said."

"Yes, was it"

To my words, Zaradi laughs somewhere nostalgic.

"Shall we talk about the future? I can't move from here... but I am responsible for the mistakes I once sprinkled. Even in the sense of atonement, it will be your duty to convey the information you know."

Oh. You mean you have information that fits my purpose?