The Branded Female Fencer

So, have you already met the planned death toll?

"... you"

Seeing Orloise's unexpected expression bewildered by the strong reply, Alpha Reese smiled.

"You finally got one." Didn't you think I didn't notice? "

"... since when?"

“There are a lot of people who are aware of it, even if it's not me. Ritual witchcraft that uses human life is easiest to think of if you release a demon king, cause a fight, and gain by killing people. The only thing I don't know is the scale, the method, and the purpose. I can imagine that to some extent."

"Tell me."

Orloise urged him, so Alfilise began to explain.

"In the first place, I don't know when a wizard like Oranzebull was prepared, but when a wizard like him took over a hundred years to prepare, it was assumed that the scale would be spread across the continent." In that case, it is the flow of Odo called the Dragon Vein, the Earth Vein, or the Passage of the Spirit. or incidental thereto. However, if you intentionally use that much to perform ritual witchcraft, you don't know how many offerings and sacrifices you will need.

So I decided to call Oranzebull my own Earth Pulse, but I put a hand on it. A thousand years to prepare for it. And the natural sacrifice that seemed to end in the war period turned out to be the end of the war, when the number of scheduled sacrifices did not gather. That's why I gathered the black magician. Let there be a struggle among you, and many lives will be lost.

I've seen a lot of battlefield progress on Arnelia and Taram's files. If you write them down on a single map, you can see that there's a battle going on according to a certain law. "

Without the map of Kazas, the story of the witch and the mentor's veins, and the documents of Arnelia and Taram, we would not have reached the conclusion. Alfilise thought that she was the only one who could speak with certainty.

However, she could not imagine that there was another person who had arrived at the right answer in an unexpected way.

Orloise stared silently at Alfilise with emotionless eyes. Alpha Reese was convinced that that was the best answer.

"The device called Arnelia was in the way, but Oranzebu, who thought it could be used, decided to make war between humans. That's why I thought I'd use people like humans to race in a bad race. This is the Great War. Ritual magic is complete when the death toll here is constant, isn't it?"

"... That's right. First of all, I'll say it's the right answer."

Orloisage brushed up his rich hair. At the same time, I play around with my hair like it's boring. The finger was dexterous, and Alpha Reese unexpectedly smiled.

Maybe you're good at sewing?

"Yeah, that might have happened a long time ago." I've already forgotten. "

I need you to knit something next time.

"If I had that kind of time." More interesting than that. Keep going. "

"That said, I don't know any more. If it's ritual witchcraft that uses the pulse of the earth, it's too big to stop it from triggering anymore. No, if you're trying to forcefully block the trigger, a Cataclysmic Disaster could happen. But I don't understand its purpose. I once heard that Orlanzebull's purpose is not the destruction of this continent, but rather salvation. Then the purpose of this magic--"

Orloise took control of the words Alpha Reese had spoken. And he went on to say it himself.

"I'm not going to tell you everything again." Even though I knew it was impossible to inhibit this ritual magic, I didn't underestimate the qualities of your son and his free ideas. And a wide variety of other people. Still, let me dare say it. Oranzebull once said as a key word for the liberation of the truth of the world when it binds us spiritually. I didn't understand it when I was under mental shackles, but I can understand the meaning of the word as it moves from the southern continent. The meaning of this ritual magic, and when it's all over, Oranzebull will try to get rid of me. "

That 's--

"Now that the spiritual bondage has been lifted, it is only in my interest that I cooperate with Oranzebull's planned accomplishments. Ritual magic works in my favor."

At the end of the speech, Alphilees suddenly stood up as the wind blew. I don't mind the spillage of tea from the cup that was served. The pale Alpha Reese still questioned his temperament.

“Just tell me one thing. Why is Silence working with you?"

"I don't know about Silence." That's because I might just want to watch people suffer. Doom wants to see Oranzebull back. I don't even know the rest of them. "

"That's enough, I got it."

Almost as Alfilise turned her heels and left Orloise's private room, Orloise called out from behind her.

"Alpha Reese, can I come with you?" No, let me call you Alfi. Dearly beloved. "

"... what?"

"If you, Oranzebull, try to get rid of me, will you take my side to the end?"

The words are quiet, and calm. It wasn't a thorny, intimidating, or even more intimidating way. However, words that emerged from pure emotions were passed on to Alfilise without having to look back.

That's why Alfilise shook her head to the side.

"... I don't know. But if you're going to avenge humans, I'll stop you."

Aren't you on my side?

"I don't think that just being around me all the time is a friend or an ally. If you take the wrong path, I think it's my friend's job to stop you."

"Yes, you can call me a friend."

“I think that's okay. But I still don't know if I can do that. I just want to thank you for spending a peaceful afternoon like this."

She couldn't finally see the look on Orloise's face behind Alpha Leith, who had quietly closed the door and left. Even Orloisage himself might not have known what he looked like. Just one word, and naturally, words were spilling out of my mouth.

"Don't look back... I'm in a hurry to live with humans."

Orloisage was unusual for her, sitting on the sofa like it was falling apart.

Continued