After that, I was led to a room in the castle by Merchiades, where I left my luggage once, on the bed, and I lost my mind because of my tiredness.
After a while I wake up, but the sky was already black, but the castle town is still bright, with many people laughing shoulder to shoulder.
In the middle of it, there's a thin woman dancing, or it looks like the men are doing theatre.
From what I've seen, it looks like a feast.
As I was seen in the sight, I heard a man laughing a little from inside the room where no one was supposed to be.
"Do you like it?
"Merchiades. I'm not impressed with you getting into people's rooms on your own."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I started inviting guests to this castle, so follow me."
... don't get it done with "follow."
I sigh and bring fire to a nearby lantern with the metal match I had.
Seeing it, Merchiades opened his mouth unexpectedly.
"You don't use magic?
"You don't use it, you can't. The body was reincarnated, but magic and sealing have taken over."
"Sealing...? Oh, the last resort of that demon clan."
Merchiades slaps Pong and hands as he was convinced.
I put the lantern with the fire on my desk and get out of bed and sit down in the chair.
"So, what can I do for you?
"Oh, it's a feast outside, as you can see. I came to ask you out."
"Don't. Tell me why you brought me here."
When I said it out sharply, he opened his mouth with a serious eye after putting his eyebrows in eight letters like a little trouble.
"You did. Then why don't you come?"
…… Can't we just stay here?
"It's faster for you to see it. Besides, this is a state secret, so it's bad when someone asks."
Apparently it's really bad from how he's doing, and he's pushing his index finger against his lips to desperately quiet down.
When I nodded at him like that, he seemed relieved and his breath leaked small.
"Well, here it is."
After that, Merchiades led me down the stairs at the edge of the castle.
The interior of the castle is made of stone bricks with walls and ceilings, and floors are laid with marble-like materials. There was a red carpet on top of it, how I said royal palace.
However, on the contrary, this staircase is made of stone bricks, which are unusual and dim by striking from the bright castle.
As I was searching the stairs, I hit one big door.
"... Coming in, wise man"
Once Merchiades looked back at this one, he opened the door as if he had decided on his belly, and in the middle of that room was a giant purple gem floating in the universe.
"What's this?
"This is a demon nucleus. We're putting magic into this demonic nucleus and controlling it not to collapse."
"The Nucleus?
"... you've never heard of it?
Merchiades opens his mouth unexpectedly.
... but I've never heard of anything called Demon Nucleus, and I've never seen it before.
"Without magic, this stone will collapse in ten years. When it collapses, the water withers, the plants cease to grow, and in a few years it will mark the end of the world"
"Why are you trying to protect it? In this world, your treatment is supposed to be bad."
"Oh, right. But..."
Merchiades gently touches the stone and then switches to me.
It was dim and not well visible, but his eyes, seen from the candles, seemed somewhere determined.
"I want to protect the world where wise men are."
"Is...?
"We were just kids when you defeated the Demons and saved humans. But now you're a child and we're adults."
"So now is the time to repay your debt."
... The words of Merchiades did not seem to include what I said was a lie or a lie.
His eyes captured only my eyes straight, and he didn't move for a moment.
"Besides, our world is a situation where demon nuclei collapse and humans can't live. So we don't want that to happen in this world."
"... wait, then what witches like Dahlia and Zahr are here to kill me! Who the hell is he talking about?
"So who are you talking about? And I don't know who he is, and we don't want you dead."
... Various thoughts hang around and I can't get together what I want to say.
There's just one thing, if there's anything I want to ask you, that's it.
"And how do you know I'm a wise man? Maybe it's fake!?
"Oh, that's for sure... I forgot my name, but your man told me. Besides, I guess there's only a few people in this world who know you're a sage, huh?
Who are you talking about?
Speaking of those who know me, it's just the two of us, Aruba and Mentila.
But I don't even want to think about it, like one of them messed with me.
"Anyway, wise man. Why don't you let us atone for the crime of pushing you to war?
"Huh...?
Honestly, I was happy with his words, but at the same time it was complicated.
If we are to consider the meaning of Zahr's words, we should not yet draw conclusions.
If he was lying, that's not why there's any inconvenience.
"... bad, just give me a minute to see if you guys can still trust me"
"Okay. Then let's go to the feast! Let's drink today, wise man!
Where did the atmosphere go earlier, Merchiades jumps out of the castle with my shoulders together.
... Honestly, I'm not sneaky to doubt him like that. But I could trust Zahr's words somewhere, so I was thinking somewhere in my mind.