The night I hid the demon king in the inn.
I was face-to-face with Cross in a dream.
"Well, then, as promised, let me tell you what I know about witches"
This is how I set up the opportunity to talk to Cross to hear more about the witch.
Although I had forgotten about it because of my meeting with Grimm, I can also say that it is quite important on this matter.
"Uhm, that's good. Then listen carefully."
"Okay."
I stared at the cross with a serious look on my face.
Cross then sandwiched his cohon and one adorable cough and began the conversation with his brow root lowered slightly sorry.
"Whoever is called a witch in this world... to tell you the truth, he will fall into the family of our gods."
"A relative...?
It means he was in the same position as Arias, known as the Dragon King or the Spirit King.
…………
I heard the cross and wrinkled between my eyebrows.
So you're saying that witches were like relatives of the Crosses?
A little more, let's just shut up and listen.
"Now it seems less handed down and more commonly referred to only as a witch… Once upon a time, he was called Earth."
"... what? Earth... is the name of this star, isn't it?
"Hmm. That's what we named this star after."
Take the name of the star...
You've been given a lot of magnificent names.
What do we call it, "Earth"?
You can call it a sparkling name.
"The identity of those who are called witches is a feminine race created to rule this planet in our stead."
"Really..."
Fire, the Dragon King, and Arias Farrar, the Spirit King, were also originally created as proxies for the Crosses.
I've heard stories like that before.
The guy who became known only as a witch now would have done something like the fireworks if it had been true.
"But there's something wrong, and the witch's become hostile to you, isn't there?
"Hmmm......"
Cross answered my question, although it seemed very difficult to say.
"Earths, who became known as a witch, listened honestly to us at first… but became more arrogant as time went on and more pleased to abuse the people."
... Something seems like a lot of bad character to you.
I don't even ask you what you actually did, but the kind of guy who abuses people and immerses himself in pleasure shouldn't be Loc.
"Besides, I guess he had a strong desire to dominate... he wasn't satisfied with his position as a proxy for God, so he flipped a flag against us to reign as God and started a war."
"God, are you at war with the other guy... was that a winner on the witch side?
"I don't want to say... but as a result of that war, we are in trouble..."
Cross grinned bitterly at his self-derision and sighed 'Phew'.
"Honestly, we were licking the earth. Though he is a member of our family, he thought he possessed only a little power beyond the realm of men."
"... Was the witch strong?
"Mm-hmm. He was building on the power we gave him and working hard to further develop it. Now I think he's got a lot of knowledge."
Is the witch a lump of greed?
Or maybe the existence of a human race is more greedy than God.
Either way, he's in trouble.
"After knowing that he had the power to be comparable to ours, this one was desperate. In some cases, it could have affected not only this world, but other worlds as well."
"When it comes to the rest of the world... maybe with the planet we live on?
"I guess that was possible. Earth and Earth exist very close together."
I don't know...
If the witches had overwhelmed the crosses, you wouldn't have known what would have happened to the planet.
"Well, actually, it didn't."
I guess the clash between the crosses and the witches ended up in a pain-like way.
The existence of a witch has only been told as a story of the past.
"After a long battle, we managed to hunt down Earth and reclaim territory other than the base of the" Witch's Garden, "which was created all over the world."
Speaking of "The Witch's Garden," that was another name for the underground labyrinth "Yugdrasil" we Earthlings are exploring.
From what remains, it can be said that the crosses could not only be recaptured there.
"Then... even then, I could not have killed Ground. He created his own identity, placed it in multiple gardens, and flirted with us."
So I put a frustrating color on my voice so Cross could get angry.
"I didn't know if that split was the main body, I didn't dive into the garden and try to confront him directly. And when they grabbed him, he started creating new gardens and identities elsewhere."
Wow......
That sounds like a doomed mendow......
Or "The Witch's Garden," which used to be a lot more.
I guess it would have been extremely annoying for a normal Earthman because I think there was a bond of avoidance of the Earthmen in all of it.
"But still, one trick at a time, we crushed the garden and narrowed it down to three gardens where the witch's body would be."
"Is that what's left of the underground labyrinth?
"Yeah, you're right."
I don't know how many gardens I've crushed around, but I can see from the look of the cross that it was quite a few.
Sometimes I get angry, but the way it's happening now looks different than usual.
"The three remaining gardens were made vast compared to other objects. Well, we didn't give up, so we attacked three bases at the same time."
"Why did you attack me at the same time?
"But if you don't, I thought it might be a repeat of Itachi again. If you attacked one garden, there's a third chance you'd hit the main body of the one, but if you attacked three at the same time, you'd definitely hit it, wouldn't you?
"I see... but that would disperse your power, wouldn't it? Is it dangerous?
"He began to flee us to heal our wounded by strife. In the midst of the war, we inflicted wounds that could not be healed by healing magic."
"Ooh..."
I didn't know healing magic could also inflict unhealing wounds......
That's God.
If they do that, the monk position will cry.
"This simultaneous attack at the three locations also gave him no more time to heal his wounds."
"You set up a short-term showdown."
"That's what happens."
Now I know what the Crosses thought and attacked the three gardens at the same time.
Now, after you do that, let me tell you about what happened.
"So, what's the result?
"I attacked the gardens of Wolds, Meamir, and Fuvel... and Earth trapped the deepest part of the garden."
"Trap?"
"It's a very powerful kingdom that even our God seals. It was created by a new technique that never existed before, and it only had the power to trap us completely."
Is that why the crosses are still locked in the depths of the underground labyrinth?
It hasn't actually been broken in over a thousand years, so I guess the effect of that junction was real.
"If we were all here, or if we could fight it... there's no other way to regret it now."
"Right."
Me and Cross had a bitter laugh there.
"But then what happened to the witch? So you're saying he wasn't in the underground labyrinth?
Plus, I asked Cross additional questions.
This is arguably the most important part of this story.
What happened to the witches who succeeded in sealing the crosses?
"No, he said the main body of the one was lurking in the garden on the other side of the Huvel continent. Looks like he was trying to escape, but I've heard tales of skills discovering and slaughtering it."
"Oh... were you able to knock him down"
"It seems so... ummm..."
It looks like Cross hasn't gotten certainty about the witch's death because he heard it again.
If the witch was really dead, it would be about the Earth-averse junction in Demon King's Castle and who is the 'witch' that the alien institution calls.
I guess I'll have to look directly for these answers myself.
What to do......
I've had a chance to get to know you, so it might be one hand to ask Grimm about the junction.
Maybe he'll let me investigate the interior of Demon King's Castle directly.
"I know more or less about your relationship with the witches and what happened in the past. I'm sorry I made you talk so long, Cross."
"No, no, it's okay. Conversations with the Lord are one of the few entertainments I've had."
Say something like that about an old man.
Well, I'm really old.
You look like a toddler, so thanks for creating a gap.
"But why have you been so reluctant to tell me this story? I don't think there was anything hard to say when I asked."
And I asked Cross that last time.
Then Cross made sure he was depressed as soon as possible and leaned down.
"... exposing one's faults and shame in one's body is a courageous thing, even if it is God"
"Ah... yeah, I heard. It was my fault"
I thought I caught a glimpse of the odorous human part.
That's how I killed my time playing with him to make him regain his shunny cross until I woke up dreaming.