506 Responsibility and readiness

'Excuse me, Master Charlotte. I'd like to invite you, but I can't even offer you a great deal of hospitality. As a matter of fact, this Variant Castle was just a rush for this spring. "

'... is that right? By the way, can I ask you another question?

"What is it, Master Charlotte?

"What the hell is that gatekeeper standing by the castle gate?... Could that work?

'Of course you are. He's a gatekeeper.

'... is that right? You move. So that's a demonic weapon, is it?

'Yeah. Isn't that cool? Tanatos, a warrior of Atmos, wears ghost armor and holds a dragon stick. "

"Did you make a demonic weapon with reference to the warriors of Atmos? So, but then you can't move? It was concluded that demonic weapons of that size were not practical in our country, which made them a smaller standard than that. '

'I'll move. Shall I show you?

Variant Castle floating in the sky.

I got there and found something I had to ask again before entering the castle.

It's about demonic weapons I've never even seen.

Looks like Ars was made with reference to the Atmos warriors, to say the least.

... Made?

Do what?

You got a demon weapon?

That is a demonic prop finally created by the Brillian Demonic Power by years of research, and the only one who can make it should be us who can mine spiritual stones in Atmos.

Even so, did you make it?

How?

Where do the spiritual stones of the ingredients come from?

Could it be that you re-used the nucleus of the demonic weapon that you traded with this one to get?

But I still don't fall for it.

The magic formations used for that demonic weapon have intricate encryption.

I can't think of anything like deciphering and reproducing that.

But as if to make my question smile, I was shown a demonic weapon in Variant Castle moving.

It's bigger than our demonic weapons, has an unlimited structure close to humans, and, moreover, moves like humans.

I wonder if the offensive range is also beyond this demonic weapon in order to freely use the huge, long stick in its hands.

... what shall we do?

It's my failure.

Perhaps we should have refused to deal with Ars, even if we had turned him into a life, when he was once taken by Barca and brought to negotiations.

He said he had accepted the deal because Barca didn't have one of those magical props.

That quickly allowed me to make better magic props than this one in such a small amount of time.

Only regret spreads in my head.

Your body temperature will be lost from all over you, and cold sweat will make your body cold and wet.

It's shallow to breathe, it's faster, it's painful.

What do I do, what do I do?

It's horrible just thinking about it.

What if this Barka-style demonic airship with its weapons attacked the country?

If you're royal, you can fight even with this new demonic weapon.

But it won't be possible for everyone else to fight that.

That has also been proven in experiments with the use of conventional demonic weapons that we use.

It's impossible for a general soldier to fight that.

With magic, can you handle it?

Is it possible to resist as long as you have the magic that anyone can use using the named magic formations, which you got from your deal with Ars?

No, it must be difficult.

Even though that says magic can be used, there are only a few types of attack magic.

[Ice Spear] or [Shotgun] cannot defeat a demonic weapon.

If it's [Ice Essence Summoning], we may be able to figure it out, but we also know that [Ice Essence Summoning] cannot be used unless the amount of magic exceeds a certain value.

Then what about dealing with demonic weapons before they are used?

How about, for example, as soon as you discover that the Magic Guide airship is flying, you shoot it down?

No, that would be difficult, too.

If we're going to do that, we must constantly monitor the sky and, moreover, immediately launch an attack as soon as we discover it.

Because given the speed at which that demon-guided airship moves, even if the attack is just slightly delayed, it will be away in no time.

But is such an attack possible?

The Magic Guide airship was flying at tremendous heights on the move.

If you can attack that, I'd rather feel like you can also deal with demonic weapons.

You can't.

I don't think of any countermeasures at all.

I'm sorry, father.

Charlotte has committed a great sin.

Maybe he was thinking of him somewhere in his mind, just like a barbarian living in an undeveloped place.

Descendants of criminals who were once exiled to the other side of the spiritual peak.

'............... Dear Charlotte? Are you all right, sir? I've been pale since earlier, and I don't feel like I'm here.'

'Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Is that it? Is this it?

'This is inside Variant Castle. Guide me through the castle. This is how I'm taking a break now, are you sure you're okay?

'I'm sorry. I was just thinking. Don't be offended.'

'No, as long as it's okay, that's fine. So, as I said earlier, what do you think? I really want you to think about it again.'

'Think? What?

'So it's my brother Kyle's marriage. I think the wise Charlotte and Kyle look great, don't they? Kyle is sweet, he's well-minded, and he's no longer my brother. What do you think?

Marry Kyle?

Ars's brother.

I've seen him before.

Sure, he was a nice and good man.

Excellence came from what I talk about to it, and he often helped Ars work and protested to Ars about me being taken away by Barca.

We must continue to have good relations with Ars.

At the very least, our country needs the secrets of the inheritance of named magic formations and the time to get information about demon-led airships, new demon-mounted weapons, or just castles in the sky and measures against them.

... your last chance to recover your lethargy, maybe.

For my sake, now the Brillian Demonic Power is experiencing a major crisis.

To deal with that, it is necessary for me, a royal, to be prepared to throw out my life.

Throw out your life.

In other words, I guess I need to bet everything about myself.

I accidentally burst into tears on my cheek.

I shook my head vertically at his suggestion as I leaned my face so that those tears could not be seen by him.