After that, we were invited to Mactoria as guests, sitting in a designated chair in the guest room.
In the meantime, I waited for time without saying anything, just wondering what would happen.
That's when the guest room door opens.
"I made him wait. The queen said she could come through you."
Coming along with that voice is a man who used to call himself King Mactoria.
But his disgusting eyes don't look any different.
Charlotte, by contrast, bows her head slightly and walks after him as she stands.
I walk out imitating her like that, too, but then some hand held my shoulder down.
"Lazareth, I'm sure you're going to face to face with that... shocking event ahead. Still..."
"It's okay, Dad. I'm ready now."
"... well. Sorry, that was a treat."
That's all he says, he starts walking forward.
I gently held Ferrez's hand, too, and started walking.
"Don't let it slip away,"
She nods to my words.
... Now I think maybe I was anxious then.
I just wanted anyone to stay on my side.
That's probably why I held her hand.
Would you have walked for a while?
Castle Mactoria was a gray brick with a green carpet and everything.
But the tone was broken along the way, and when I realized it, the floors and walls were all made of translucent crystals, reflecting my own face.
And another strange thing was that there's not a single candlestick in this place.
... but I thought it was beautiful.
At the same time, I'm scared somewhere, too.
There is no such thing as a scary element anywhere.
But I felt strangely bad, as if that crystal foresaw everything in my mind.
More importantly, everywhere I looked, it made me feel disgusted enough to make me feel unnecessarily angry.
Speak to me like that.
"... what the hell"
"... Lasalles?
"Oh, no. It's nothing."
You felt uncomfortable with how I was doing, Ferres looks up at my face and looks up at me wondering.
After I smile at her like that, I turn forward and start walking again.
And then, after a while, we stopped.
"Now, this room will be Her Majesty's private room. Don't make me look crude."
He smiles sarcastically once he looks at each of our faces.
"... well, no one would be surprised if I were to say 'Your Majesty' or something now. Not surprisingly, I miss you at the same time."
That's all he says, touch the crystal wall and pull straight here.
Then the wall opened to this side, like a kannon opening door.
When I was stunned by the way it was, I realized that Charlotte was leading the way and rushed after her.
As I crept through the door, I heard the door closing from behind.
And in the bed behind the room, there was a figure of Cyan standing up and facing this way.
"Customer, is it? In that footsteps, are there four of them?
"... Cyan, it's me. Scott, Scott-Mercure"
"... oh, that voice. I remember very well. It's a little crouched, is it Scott?
"Yeah. Yeah, it's me."
Cyan laughs with her eyes closed.
... Why can't she open her eyes?
Charlotte suddenly opened her mouth when I was thinking about touching it.
"I have visited Her Majesty the Queen. Where is the devil now?
"... if you'll excuse me, give me your name"
"Charlotte. Charlotte-Noel."
"... oh. Sure, it was Mr. Sylvia's sister, wasn't it?
Cyan nods as he was convinced.
Charlotte saw how she was and kept talking.
"Please. We are acting to neutralize the Demonic and Holy Nucleus. So give me some info about the devil!
"We need to take a little, a step to that. Can we hang out, can we hope?
"... please, briefly"
Charlotte takes a half-step back, looking like she's scuffed a bitter bug.
But Cyan doesn't look like he cared about it, he just starts talking.
"We, the Mercures, are the beings who lead the brave. In short, it has long existed as a lineage of wary demons who become enemies of the brave."
"... is that what it is?
"But we, the Mercury family, are the third generation of our current lord Lazares-Mercure."
"... what do you mean?
"We take advantage of the distant blood connections of the Mercures family long ago, and we are only deceiving the name. But it's also true that with our presence, we were able to considerably restrict the devil's actions."
That's what she says, she gets out of bed, pulls a nearby chair and sits this way.
But with her face off this one just a little bit, I finally noticed her anomaly.
Cyan is blind right now.
But you can't break your hips about it, and shut up and encourage her to continue her story.
"Thousands of years ago, there was magic in this world that you should all know. Even humans used to use this magic."
"... human beings, magic?
"Yes. But magic was only a power to man. If you use fire, you burn mountains, and if you use ice, you freeze rivers too. And they started pointing such horrible power at the war."
... she smiles and continues the conversation.
Somewhere that grin felt empty now.
"Gradually the world began to collapse, the grass trees became ashes, and just the desolate land began to spread. At that time, the exorcist thought:"
"'Let's isolate the technology called magic from this world.'"
"... is that possible?
I ask her to twist it out.
She turns this way as if surprised by her sudden voice, then continues smiling.
"Yes. If it was magic at the time, it was possible. I'll tell you why later."
"... thank you"
"No, you go on"
I shut up again and listen to her.
"One day there was a magician who devised and succeeded in the magic of sucking away magic. He had the technology to absorb magic from all over the world and manage it as one giant stone."
"… is that the nucleus of the devil"
"Yes, those who possess this power will later be called brave men"
"... So the magic that sucks the magic is not captured in the nucleus of the demon."
She snorts.
And keep talking.
"And they left one continent in this world, planted a demonic nucleus that divided them into other continents, and isolated them from the world,"
"... So what happened to the world?
"Without the convenient power of magic, the world has fallen into great chaos. But that problem will be solved soon."
"The wizard who sucked that magic out created something that applied magic called 'the spell'"
"... is that the same thing as the current spell?
When I realized it, I was asking her.
But despite the broken hips of the story, she keeps talking to me without even caring.
"Yes, I am certain that the original spell of that time is no different from the spell now in Isel"
"Thank you. Sorry, go on."
I bow my head lightly.
But she keeps talking, no matter.
"But spells are forces that involve great risks. Soon, they will begin to ask the brave to return the power of magic."
"... So, what's going on?
"From them, I took away memories. I erased all the memories that I could use magic and all the descriptions leading up to the book."
"... eh"
"But one day we had a problem. The demonic nucleus, which was supposed to be isolated from the other world, was willing to build its own civilization in each world and invade this world."
She only speaks pale words without even moving her eyebrows.
... the figure was like a doll.
"And one day the demon nucleus becomes one, a being that creates something called 'the devil', a being of great magic itself"
"... the demon nucleus, the demon?
"Yes, and here is the person closest to that demon"
"That's right. Lasalles-Mercures.... No, brother?
Behind her smile, which smiles so, I had to feel something frigid.