CH 399

“See? You just have to release this black thing from my arm. Isn’t this what you wanted? You won’t have it back like this. Come on.”

Pleads Zwei.

Taula then struggles to get up, and speaks. The room is completely covered in black curse cloth, and Zwei itself is also tied up in it, so the weight is being lifted.

But it seems being pushed to the floor all this time left Taula with pain in her arms and legs. Did she break something?

She’s pale, and it looks like she’s covering her limbs.

“Rust, forget about, my oracle power. Just, finish that, Zwei…”

Says Taula, trying her hardest to speak between gasps.

Seilook is also liberated from that weight, and says through our bond ‘Rust, points!’.

That’s right, Zwei and its subordinates have taken from a lot of people. But contrary to Taula, Seilook remains true to its desires, as always…

I sigh on the inside, but try asking Zwei.

“Zwei, Taula’s divine protection isn’t the only thing you’ve stolen, is it?”

“Ah, yes. Points? All right, here.”

Says Zwei before it opens its other hand, and a shining cube appears. It looks like one of those boxes.

“But you can’t have it like this. Come on, hurry up and release my arms.

It really wants me to release its arms. Why is that? Zwei shouldn’t be able to activate its sound based powers with the whole room covered in black curse cloth.

“Ahri’s magic eye, King Kalzart’s corpse, Sister Reese’s oracle power. You took it all, didn’t you?”

“All right all right. I will give you the old blood. Let go of my arm.”

I’m struggling to decide.

The sad faces of all the people who had things taken from them cross my mind.

Princess Lily losing not only her father but also his corpse, and clinging to his crown.

Ahri, who lost her future sight magic eye, and feels responsible for her dear spear being tampered with, which lead to King Kalzart’s death.

Taula, who is bravely standing firm in the face of all this.

The effectiveness of the black curse cloth against the homunculus has been proven today. Although I can’t say for sure that the homunculus and Zwei are actually one and the same. Maybe I really should prioritize taking back what those people lost…

I feel like I’m letting my emotions make the decision for me, and I’m trying to convince myself that they’re right.

Ever since I left the association, the amount of smiles I want to protect has just been growing and growing…

After this nonsense crosses my mind, I take a deep breath, and speak to Zwei.

“All right. But make any weird moves, and I’ll squeeze and rip that body apart.”

I undo the restraints on Zwei’s arms.