Manica won't touch us, she'll go inside the castle.
We're walking. When we go inside the castle like we're chasing her, she seems to have been right in front of it, and she startles me "wow".
So I make sure I'm surprised, and then I laugh when I dull.
"Phew, I knew Lasalles was simple."
"... Manica. I'm not in that situation right now."
"I know. The Demon Nucleus... they came to kill us, didn't they?
Just a manica who speaks the truth like nothing else.
The laughter wasn't always the same as the one directed at me.
"Manica, you don't resent me?
"Yeah. I was used by the king too, so I can't say the same sage as I am."
"... well"
... she's my enemy.
But she doesn't care about me, she talks to me the way she always does.
At that time, Kuruku turns around and now she faces Sofia, speaking in the language of this world I taught her.
"... Sophia, right?
"... Mr. Manica"
"Haha, I'm surprised. Finally, you can talk."
... How can she sift healthy?
If it's true, I don't care if they kill me. He said it was an unacceptable position.
"It's late, but thank you for covering for me then. That's what I've always wanted to say."
"... why don't you blame us?
"It's this way you can blame me. We're really not supposed to be here."
If this is an act that plants feelings on us, it's a big actor.
But it's not... extra bad for us.
"... say hello to Mr. Mentila, too"
"Okay. I will not forget your words."
"Thank you. Bye, Lazareth."
She enters the castle to block the continuation of her words.
At that time, we were walking behind her, so I don't really know the look on her face.
"Oh, too bad. My glorious life is over."
"Manica......?
"Lazareth, when you're done walking down this road, I can't see anyone anymore."
"Oh.... sorry"
In my words of apology, I felt like she smiled somewhere.
And then suddenly he turns around and puts his finger in my face.
"Then don't ever forget me!
"... oh"
"When I grew up, I must have been a good, elegant beauty for tea. That I would have lived a happy life admired by everyone. That I was sorry to know that. All of them!
"Of course. I won't forget."
"... thanks. Then I'll walk you with me to the end. I'll make it a memories you'll never forget."
After saying all that, Manica turns around again and turns away from us.
I could easily imagine that would mean something different than earlier.
"True, too bad, Lazareth is! You can't see me as an adult!
"... right"
"Too bad.... really, too bad"
She will remain silent.
Breathe on your shoulders, leaking whimpers.
But we have to kill her.
Even for Bettenburg. Even for the people outside who are still being driven in this way by Dahlia.
But I'm sure if I die, I'll go to a place called Hell.
"That's it for me, then. If they get any closer, they'll attack me."
"... well"
"If we break the nucleus, we'll disappear in an instant..."
"Never, never forget"
The last word was in this language.
Sophia takes a big, deep breath with her eyes blocked with her fingers after opening her eyes to her words.
And as we go down the stairs with her on our back, the heavy doors we saw before come into our eyes.
When I opened it up thoughtfully, there was a demonic nucleus in the center of it that was much bigger than before in this basement, and now as long as my back, in a clear glass-like case.
I cured it. I'm wearing a bandage. When I punch him with my right arm, he makes a noise and cracks.
And then again...... this time, when I shook my arms down thoughtfully with my aim at the nucleus of the demon, someone suppressed me from behind.
"... I knew it was you at the end"
……
"Hey, sage."
I'm the man who keeps that arm down...... sarcastically giving words to the wise.
But he doesn't answer anything. He was just peeking into my face like he was staring into the void.
"Lazareth, avoid it!
When I pulled my right arm off him as if to react to Zahr's voice, a flame suddenly struck me from the side.
That seems to be due to Zahr's magic, which makes him feel as if he's finished waving the Great Sword.
But that flame will be absorbed by the nucleus of the demon without reaching us.
... Speaking of which, he said the magic would be sucked off by this guy.
But my spell will not be absorbed. Is it because magic has nothing to do with it?
"... wise man. I don't know what you're going through."
……
"But until then, I know exactly how you feel. I'm nobody else."
"That's why I'm gonna help you now"
After I'm done saying the word, I let my right arm tuck into his cheek as if inspired.
And then he blows his body against the back wall, unable to withstand the shock.
I'll keep pursuing him so I don't let him get away with that, but now he grabs my right arm and kicks me in the face.
"... not yet!
I cure my hair as it is and punch my head in his head.
That sage seemed to have enjoyed this, and I heard a tooth-eating sound for a moment.
That's when the light suddenly emanates from between me and Sage's body, and I blow backwards with immense power as it is.
I knew the power.
"... magic"
……
Sure, this distance won't absorb it, and it's inevitable.
My body hasn't stood shaking since Charlotte.
... That's when something, like glass, sounded smashed from behind.
"... that's it, that's it"
Looking back, Sophia had torn the demon stone in two with her sword.
At that moment, a wise man clearly slows down his movements.
I manage to harden the dagger in my left hand that moves and plunge it into the sage's body.
And the wise man was desperate.
It was too, too bad.
Are you sure it's over, enough to doubt it?
Besides, what is it? This discomfort.
I won. I don't feel anything.
"... you won, you won!
Sophia smiles slightly at Zahr, who delights innocently.
But I was feeling uncomfortable somewhere, by contrast.