Chapter 293

“A fucking devil.”

The ring that Esmuer had given me was definitely wearing it on my index finger, but I don’t know why I felt a strange sense of difference not only in my index finger but also in my middle finger.

At the end, come to the end and put a curse on it? It gave me goosebumps, even for a moment, because I thought of a demon who went crazy after being cursed once and couldn’t even find it.

“It’s so irrational, really. You said you completed the curse in that short moment?”

It’s a curse to require a long preparation period in any form, unless it’s a lot of offerings. Even if you stake hundreds of people as collateral, there will be restrictions, but you make it like roasting beans on the spot in front of your eyes. I don’t know if it’s because of the price of the blood that bastard ate to possess, but from the victim’s point of view, it would be okay to kill him twice.

After hitting the stunned devil inwardly, I put my sword in the scabbard, put Siegfried’s greatsword roughly over my shoulder, and holding the needle, I slowly slowed down my fall, as if Siegfried would have gone mad if he had seen it. To be honest, I felt an unknown comfort in the free fall I hadn’t felt in a long time, but since I had risen so high in that short moment, I had no other option unless I wanted to fall and die.

“...Uselessly pretty.”

The capital city, which had fallen into darkness before I knew it, was directing a very beautiful night view. It looks more beautiful than when I saw the lights of civilization shining far away from the shooting range at night when I was a military trainee. It’s hard to believe that it’s a world where a blinded devil could have had a blast.

Of course, unlike such a beautiful night view, the various lights rushing towards the academy were the elements that made my head ache. It would have been nice if that miscellaneous thing had been finely buried in the basement, but I have no idea how to wrap it. Even at the academy right now, students and faculty alike are full of people running in my direction or looking up. It must have been the pseudo-breath, the final push, that drew attention.

“Eh, I hope there are no casualties.”

As a consolation, it is that this place where the breath was shot through a huge sinkhole directly from the basement is an outdoor training ground behind the academy. I remember that it was made with great effort for the purpose of tactical training according to the topography... Unless someone unlucky had managed the facility today, it was completely deserted at this time.

At the same time, it was also a place where I didn’t have to run into people while I went down that sinkhole again. It was a great comfort to not have to worry about being noticed right away because I couldn’t control the speed of the descent.

After going down for a while, Siegfried, who was waiting for me below, shouted out loud.

“Mary Poppins!”

“I won’t tell you.”

I didn’t have the energy to put it on, so I just answered by throwing a greatsword as soon as I landed. Not only was she crying, but she was running with tears in her eyes, and I laughed without knowing.

“Eldmia!”

“Yes, it’s okay. It’s over...”

So I caught my guard.

Cheryl took advantage of the speed she was running towards and slammed her knee into my face.

“You crazy bastard!!”

It’s not like it’s not, but after the strengthening, I started to feel like I’m going to have a bone disease from tomorrow. At that moment, the potion given by Shadow’s feet passed through my mind, but since it wasn’t hurt, I decided to just endure it.

They say that saving money will lead to shit, but now is the right time to save money.

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When I came up to the ground with a tired body, not only the faculty of the academy, but also the Holy Knights of the Holy Light Cross gathered and were controlling the surroundings.

Not only the place where the sinkhole was made, but also the entrance we used was being watched, so I wondered if the kids had testified in advance, but it wasn’t at all. It seems that they, too, thought that the basement of the academy was the most powerful place and prepared in advance.

Fortunately, we who solved the case were not interrogated or detained. It was just that I had periodic interviews with the investigator for the purpose of the investigation. Even that, I had a hard time even moving, so the story was organized in the form of recuperation at home.

After hearing all of this through my mouth, Asilie almost passed out again, but it ended with mild dizziness, as if she had developed immunity to some degree. Maybe it was helpful to know that I would be caught up in the incident in advance, but I couldn’t bear to present such a hypothesis in front of the person concerned.

I would still be sick to death, but I thought it would be really hard if I got hit more here.

“The magical organs have been strained. It’s nothing to worry about. I think it’s some kind of muscle pain.”

In the midst of such a hectic night, Seneran, who had run away with Master after hearing that I had collapsed, finished the diagnosis with a sigh of relief, and Ashlie and I sighed with relief. Still, it was true that she needed to settle down, so it was after midnight when she and Master left, threatening not to think about fooling around for a while.

I had a lot to think about, but I was tired for today, so I decided to go to sleep without thinking about anything. When I woke up after sleeping half a day like that, I began to hate the me of the past who passed the responsibility on to the present me without any worries... Fortunately, the case began to be sorted out more easily than I had been worried about.

Perhaps because it was already done under a tacit agreement between the Empire, the Kingdom, and the Holy Cross Society, the investigator who visited my house didn’t ask me questions, but just told me what I needed to know and ‘official’ results, telling me what I needed to keep in mind.

It felt like I was being sorted out the answers and words I needed to say with the help of a lawyer. Thanks to this, I was able to get the results in the form I initially wanted without much effort.

“Unfortunately, there were people who witnessed Ega-sama’s decapitation of the ‘Sour Dragon’... I couldn’t attribute this to the imperial warrior.”

yeah cool

Some of the students who were faithfully studying and reviewing without getting into a sinkhole said they saw me. Honestly, it was suspicious enough to want to check the authenticity, but other than that, most of the credit was given to Cheryl’s party, so the story ended, so I decided to just skip it.

Because nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan. Things like that happen, too.

“Lastly, the royal family and various demon libraries want to purchase and study the dead dragon’s corpse. The others have entrusted the decision to dispose of it to Ega, so I would appreciate it if you would think about it until your next visit and let me know.”

The corpse of Krumelia, who was revealed as a dragon to erase the connection with the devil in the official statue, did not disappear. Precisely because of that, the excuse of being a dragon was established.

It was unknown whether it was because of the incarnation that broke the rules or was an unintended residue from Krumelia’s unique ability, but it seems to have a very high research value in that it is a residue left by the Great Devil, who specializes in transformation. There was no problem selling it right away, but we ended the story by thinking about the next visit in three days.

It can be said that he was a helpful cub in his own way, given the opportunity to make money on the subject of the great devil.