Gerds pushed his knees and, hanging down, put his hand on the arm of the throne where a person thought to be the emperor sat.
"...... Gwenreel. Is that why Gwenreel was caged in the tower... despite his glorious future as a wise man......"
"... that's what it said."
I answer Gerz's question.
"... how did you get here?" No matter how many dragons Gwenreel left behind, they had deployed their forces in various main locations, not to mention arming the castle from this castle town. "
“With the power of this prayer stone, most things have regained their sense of normality.... by the way, what did you do to them? They were abnormal at first. I was following instructions blindly and fighting without knowing any fatigue or fear.”
"It's a medicine I made....... it makes a warrior who can fight without fear, without knowing tiredness, without knowing drowsiness."
"... oh my God... This stone is a stone that normalizes everything." Let people recover their original conscience and free themselves from abnormal conditions. ”
"... I wanted to complete the Stone of the Wise Man (this)." I was forced to study the Money Lender (Patron), whatever it might be, in the name of law and justice, as if he were a prisoner. But if we finish it, we'll lose everything I've lost because of it. I believed that my sense of accomplishment would allow me to live in this empire forever..... "
When he finished, Gerds covered his face with both hands.
"Even if you complete the Stone of the Wise Man (this), your only friend will not return forever at its best." Besides, he was aiming for the exact opposite of what I was trying to build. I can't believe I was walking the opposite way. "
"... yes, for you."
"... oh my God..."
Gerds said, "... oh..." and put his forehead on the floor.
"You... no, that girl Nguyen Reel left behind." Nguyen Reel bequeathed the material to me and the Emperor (the puppet), so I could use the prayer stone you made. "
Gerz offered to do so as if he were begging, keeping his forehead on the floor.
... by the way, even though he's the Emperor, why doesn't he say anything?
"... the Emperor..."
"... this is a living thing." The only thing that's moving is the heart. I can't see, I can't hear, I can't speak. It's just a doll. "
"Huh...? Then why are the others listening to me...?"
I naturally felt the wrinkles in my eyebrows.
"I was just pretending that he was talking."
"... no way"
"...... this is already over..."
... if I use this, will I destroy (kill) this person?
Thinking of it, I was reluctant to use stones.
Is that why you felt hesitant?
"Are you afraid of killing people?"
Yes, Gels asked me.
"... I don't want to be a person I'm not afraid of."
I answered it perfectly.
"Well, here's what you should think." Under the general law, it would be evil to wipe people out of this world. but.... "
……
"...... I'm the same age as Nguyen Reel. This emperor is even higher."
……
"... don't you think it's more abnormal to be alive?"
"... that's... I can't decide..."
"Well then..."
"... what is it?"
"... let me go to Nguyen Reel." I don't know if I'm allowed to go back into the circle, but I want to see his face again. I want to see you... I want to see you...! Even with this appeal, can't you move the good heart in your heart? "
Repeatedly, Gerds began to cry.
"I didn't know. You said you'd broken up. I had always thought that he had left at the expense of me. But you risked your life to make me change...! I didn't realize that I was a true friend...!"
With that, Gerz raised his face with tears wetting his cheeks.
"Please! Use it for me!" "If you're going to be in a normal state, you should be able to destroy this life and meet him...!"
The expression was desperate and a face that would be free from lies and deceit.
But does Master Nguyen Reel wish to use part of his research to take the life of his friend Gerz?
When I came up with it, I couldn't give an answer and I couldn't move.
The Justice of the Law, which Gerz followed blindly.
I don't know.
Both seemed right, and the latter seemed right.
I couldn't judge with any confidence.
Then, suddenly, the darkness rose from the floor, revealing the goddess of the underworld that had met in the city of the star elves.
"Goddess...!"
"Daisy, it's okay, use it... the result is my jurisdiction." It is also my job to manage these two souls who behaved foolishly in this world.... come on, don't hesitate. If there's a little bit of good in your heart that pity him...... if there's a warm heart, it won't be a sad result. "
When I said that, I pushed my back softly.
I decided my heart, gripped the Azotrod decorated with prayer stones, and then turned the Azotrod toward the heavens.
I made up my mind.
"... a stone of prayer. Let's get Gerz and the Emperor back to normal in Schwarzburg!"
I shouted so to heaven.
Then the thick overlapping dull clouds were gradually blown away by the wind, and eventually the sunlight came in from the clouds as if it were a curtain of light.
Some of that light also illuminates Gerz and the Emperor.
Their bodies, which continued to be contaminated with mercury, collapsed from the ends as if they were ashes, without being able to keep their shapes.
... isn't it painful or hard?
Even if the opponent was the opponent, it was really heartbreaking.
"... it's okay"
The goddess of the underworld muttered.
"... Come here, Nguyen Lee. Your friend has finally noticed."
At that time, a young man with soft, wavy hair appeared beside the goddess.
"...... Nguyen Reel......"
Gels stretches his collapsing fingertips toward the person.
The face was laughing.
"... I missed you..."
With that said, Gerds smiled and collapsed into ashes. In the arms of a young man who seemed to be Nguyen Leel-sama when he was young.
Lady Nguyen Reel smiled as if she should express her compassion. The ashes of Gerds were being used as if they were being held in their arms.
And I leaked a word.
“I've been waiting for you. And welcome home, my friend.... if you noticed the way (...), it's okay. I'm with you now. You should be able to return to the circle of the set circle."
The stones of the wise men of Gerz's making are also crumbled into ashes. The Emperor, Homunculus, everything.
That's what the goddess of the underworld said.
"... I'll return it to the circle, Mi (...) ngh (...)"