Hyaku Ma No Aruji

Flames = Brand.

Among the spirits who raised Merea was the man.

The living age was close to [Earth God] Clear = Lilith.

However, since Fram-Brand had already been on the battlefield at the age of four, he had experienced a period of war before the Dark War era, which he had not even cleared.

In that regard, he was the oldest of the spirits.

Fram-Brand is said to have ended his life by harming himself, as told in the history books.

The reason for this is that I decided that my power would be harmful to my country.

Fram = the power used by the brand.

Its name is [Death Flame of Konpei].

It is a blue and black flame that sucks life.

[Azure Death Flame] automatically senses the surrounding life at the same time as it appears. When it changes shape like a snake and takes the target within the effect range, it instantly takes away its power (life).

In addition, Death Flame has a special circulatory mechanism inside the surgical procedure, and it is said that it will continue to move semi-permanently regardless of the will of the magician.

On the battlefield where the [Azure Death Flame] was most violent, it was said that the enormous blue and black flame became a total of eight great snakes, and their necks broke through the clouds in the sky.

The technique is also called a slaughter technique.

In times of war, it was the strongest and the worst.

"... I see."

The man was in such a place where the blue and black flames were scattered.

"... if that's the case, then you can't help it."

Enough to walk from the north gate of Thessalis.

There are countless bodies around us.

Citizens of the upper reaches who felt the anomaly of the Psythalis and fled.

I'll be the [Demon King] here.

He stroked his short dark hair once, and the man twitched.

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"I have to go right away." I think you should join the others. "

When you go, where are you going?

Shau asks Flanders opposite him in the chapel.

From the north gate. It seems that the necromancer named Necroa has summoned the most unwanted spirit out right now.

"That's..."

Immediately thereafter, those present heard a roar.

It was like the crushing sound of the ground cracking in the distance, like the sound of a giant demon crawling out of the bottom of hell.

Shaw hurried out of the chapel and looked around through the hallway window.

"...... Blue...... The Great Serpent of Fire"

I got a pinch right away.

I've heard from Mela.

"Yes, it's the" "Flame God" "brand."

Flanders told him his name before Shaw said it.

"That's not a good thing for you guys to stand up to as living beings." I wouldn't have gotten anywhere near it if I'd been alive. "

"What is that necromancer trying to do by summoning such a monster?"

“I don't know. What he wants is a time of confusion. It seems that you, Mooseg, and both of you are rooting so that you do not easily win. In fact, it seems that you do not want to think about the future. It's better not to look for rationality or regularity in what people do."

Having said that, Flanders stepped out of the window.

"Well, I'm going now, but I wonder if you guys need some aftertreatment." Especially because they seem to want it. ”

Just before Flanders pointed, there was a pale, transparent figure that wobbled from behind Flanders.

It was the thinness of the entity such that the wobbly and swaying smoke barely took shape, and it was because of that that I could not tell the face, but somehow I felt that the two spirit bodies resembled their parents.

"E, Evans."

Then, one of the spirits approached Alicia and stroked her head softly.

Perhaps it didn't feel like it, but Alicia pulled her face slightly and called out to Shaw.

"--Ohh"

But Shaw was convinced when he saw the workmanship of the spirit body.

Hermel-sama.

Huh?

Alicia was the first to be surprised by Shaw's words.

Speaking of Hermel, it was the name of the former Pope Thessalis, the father of Alicia.

And another shadow.

That's...

"I didn't expect to see you again in this way, Father."

Leonard Rins-Windsor was Shaw's father.

“What are you doing? Flanders = Crowe

"- I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done this." However, I received a strong request from them. "

According to Necroa earlier, Flanders had already made part of the necromancy ceremony his own.

Flanders himself was once invited to the realm of souls.

Or I could understand that he was more sensitive to the "voice of the dead" than that reaper.

"Is it a strong request?"

"He wants to tell you something." Unfortunately, I don't know what that is. "

Then, Leonard's spirit body slowly began to move forward, looking at Shaw halfway around.

In the chapel, there was a statue of a poor and pure angel who was quietly praying.

When the spirit body approaches its pedestal part, it naturally points to that part.

Is there something there?

As the Spirit of the Father prompted him, Shaw drew near to the pedestal, and smote the place that he had pointed.

And then--

"This is..."

There is a slight gap.

Things are made of stone, and it's unlikely that they will move with just a biodynamic force, but it's probably like a drawer.

Caesar

"I'm not a carpenter. I don't have any sticks."

"I'm just kidding."

Shaw transforms the nearby floor into a golden hammer with an alchemy technique, hitting his waist once and then swinging it around on the back of the angel statue.

"Please don't be angry with me for being blasphemous."

I don't know if you can hear me, but in the meantime I said so to the spirit body of Hermel, and waved the hammer horizontally toward the pedestal.

Is there something out there?

"... it's a sealed letter"

When Shaw returned to the front again, there was a spillage of seals in a sturdy box from a stone drawer structure.

Alicia grabs it first and looks inside.

"If this doesn't mean anything, you'll have to apologize to my waist."

When she glanced from the side, Shaw noticed that the Windsor Shangri-La and Thessalist kingdoms were being pushed there.

"... it's a stupid document."

Yes?

Suddenly, in response to Alicia's crushing words, Shaw burned his neck.

"The fact that those two, who were bending heads of state, left such mischievous documents of children in the process of moving the country must be concealed for the future of national politics."

While Alicia complained in her mouth, she handed Shaw the sealed letter with a relaxed expression.

Shaw receives it and turns a blind eye to the sentence in it.

"... Is this the contract that Windsor will hand over sovereignty and territory to Thessalis?"

"That's not the problem."

As I proceeded to read it, it also contained the number of gold coins Windsor received when he handed over sovereignty and territory to Thessalis.

But the problem was the amount.

"One?... is the territory and sovereignty of the country just one gold coin?"

And one more thing.

"--" However, when the successors of both countries reach an agreement in the future, we will return this transaction at the same price "...?"

Inadvertently, a wrinkle appeared between Shaw's eyebrows.

“That means if I agree, you can regain Windsor's sovereignty and territory with just one gold coin.”

You don't have to tell me that.

I know, but the contract is too sudden to catch up.

"What am I going to say without saying it's a stupid document?" Even if you were expecting this, it would be terrible. ”

Alicia laughs like she's been poisoned, but Shaw doesn't think he could at least have anticipated what happened to them.

However, they thought, "If Windsor were to rise again," it was possible that they would have buried the seeds.

--Of course, it's a terrible way to do it.

This may have been the limit in the circumstances at the time.

And so, the shadow of hermel was the last time that she'd put Alicia's head in an empty hand.

"Father!"

It suddenly disappeared into the air.

Looking sideways at Alicia, who was about to cry again, Shaw searches again for his father's shadow.

"Let's dare to say that you've done it, Father."

The shadow of Leonard, Shaw's father, looked straight at Shaw in the center of the chapel.

Rather than worrying about Shaw, he seemed to be entrusting something as Taijin.

"-Yeah, I'm fine. I also have friends I can't take care of. Just like me, they called me" Demon King "have been very helpful to me."

Shaw's troubled smile was a look neither Caesar nor Alicia had seen before.

"So, I'm fine."

Shaw returns to his usual vibe and says so.

Leonard's shadow nodded once and disappeared into the sky as well.