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Episode 178: 60 seconds of respite.

"[Prediction of the future] only communicates" the sight ". In other words, at this stage, the result of your death is only a guess from that sight.

"Duh, what does that mean?

"... Spell [Simulated Death Jade]"

I cast a spell and produced one beeball-sized ball and handed it to Henri, who still had a puzzling look on his face.

"Dear Yout, is this...?

"[pseudo-death balls] can put their own bodies in the same condition as corpses for a certain amount of time. The point is, it's a substitute for pretending to hurt yourself. Easy to use, just put it in your mouth and chew it up. You know what I'm trying to say now?

"! I see the boulder is Dear Yout!

Yes, with this method, we can lead only the "results" in the direction I want without changing the "sight" of the future.

"When Gabriel captures you, I want you to anticipate the timing, chew off [the pseudo-death ball], and create self-harm. But naturally, if this thing gets spotted by Gabri, the plan goes bankrupt. So you're gonna need a lot of acting skills... can you do that?

Henri smiled invincibly at my inquiry.

"With all due respect, Master Ute. I am proud that no one will come to my right for self-harm."

How convincing.

"And I have one suggestion, could you allow me to add one idea to this [pseudo-death ball]?

"... one ingenuity?

"Yes. It feels like, for example, when you chew this up, you apply a fine piece of red liquid that resembles blood. I think that would create more real self-harm."

"... Hmm. Well, I'll leave the fine arrangements to you."

"Thank you"

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"Back to that, the only sight I saw in [the prediction of the future] is that one scene. From there onwards, the circumstances of the war will also change hands. But I'm sure there's nothing wrong with the rest of you."

"Dear Yout......!

It was Henri with a trance look on her face.

Then I told Henri as much of the war as I could imagine and the corresponding strategy. All you have to do is lay the rails to lead to that future. You may dare to take Gabriel's measures for this.

"That's it for the operation. Anything out of the ordinary?

"There can't be anything different about Master Ute's operation. But......"

"Roundabout, huh? Surely there would be more efficient measures if we just buried Gabriel away. But it's better to put it on the diagram and then push it down into despair, so it can be made into a thicker, spicy acid. Don't you think?

"The boulder is Dear Yout. You have no forgiveness on the outside road!

"... Phew."

I laughed unwittingly. [M] By the way, which is the outer road?

"And please don't say anything else about this. Even to Yuna and the others. To deceive your enemies, start with your allies."

"So you mean the secret just between you and me! Yes, I did!

I think I'm very happy. Even though it's never an easy operation.

"I'll make sure at the end. There's no chance you could really get killed during this operation. Will you still take it on?

If the [pseudo-dead ball] is activated successfully, Henri will be completely defenseless until its effect expires. In case Gabriel sticks a blade in Henri's heart just in case, Henri really dies. But still Henri nodded resolutely.

"Whatever. I wouldn't spare this life for you, Lord Ute."

"... right"

It's a perfectly good manpower. I thought so from the bottom of my heart. [M]

This is an overview of the conversation between me and Henri.

The only problem was that the duration of the [pseudo-dead ball] was not adjustable for me, either. Therefore, it was necessary to buy time until the effects of [pseudo-death balls] expired and Henri's consciousness returned. But I knew he didn't have the personality to settle early, so it was extremely easy to buy time without my labor.

Henri had told me in advance to send him an autograph when he regained consciousness, so all he had to do was divert his consciousness from Henri with a seditious complaint that Gabri seemed so pretty.

"Temee... you fucked me...!!"

"Have you finally noticed? Damn, I had a hard time pretending to be mad."

With Henri's [grudging sword] sword tip thrust down her throat, Gabriel stares at me with hatred. No matter how much of Raphae's power he took in, Gabriel now would not be immune to extinction if his neck was mowed.

"Have you ever felt that your measures are too good? That was part of the rest of the plan, too, to dare ride your measures. You were just running on the rails where the rest was laid."

"... huf, haha. Hahahahahahahaha!!"

Fu and Gabri make a mockery, as I recall.

"What's on the rail, don't make me laugh! I didn't forget, share my [destiny]! If I die, all the people over there die, too!? If you can kill them, kill them!

"Speaking of which, you did."

I leaned down, deliberately placed between them, and raised my face.

"Then here's what we'll do. Henri, I'll give you 60 seconds to think, so I'll leave the choice between keeping Gabri alive or killing him to you. I don't care if you make any strange moves, I'll kill you at that point."

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Listening to this exchange, Gabri opens her eyes and reveals her amazement.

"Become, what are you thinking, Temee!?"

"Even if it looks like this, the rest are indecisive. I can't decide if I should kill you or not. So I decided to entrust Henri with your destiny and that of man."

"You know what I mean!? If this guy chooses to kill me, so does that mortal..."

"I'll tell you because you seem to be mistaken, but the rest of us are not going to blame ourselves for it, no matter what happens to humans by the deeds of others. If you've been blind to all that for a while, the king won't be able to serve you."

"Become..."

Sweat conveys Gabri's cheek. It is a common recognition in this world that the devil hates humans. Regardless, Gabriel will be aware of that. For Henri, this situation is exactly one stone and two birds: Gabriel and the humans can be buried at the same time.

Even if it's an act that doesn't accompany the king's will, it's very likely Henri will make the choice to kill herself - that's what he must think.

"If you're confident you can move before they mow your neck, you can try. But you better not insult Henri's reflex nerves."

"...... Huh!!"

Only the numerical values displayed in the status can be corrected by [the weak world], and thus not even the reflex nerves. With metastatic spells like [instantaneous travel], you may be able to escape this situation with a paper weight difference, but metastatic spells are rendered powerless by the secondary effects of [weak world]. Gabriel would never have dreamed that the space he created would strangle him.