CH 433

“Wait?”

I ask the undead dragon swinging her arms, while peeking over at Araysla.

She’s standing on the beach, with a calm smile on her face and her arms crossed.

No, I see something sinister near her feet. It keeps appearing and disappearing.

It looks like just as I was preparing things while Eve and Seilook fought, she is also up to something.

Well, it’s not like I didn’t expect that. Now it’s all about finding the right time, although I can’t wait too long.

The undead dragon follows my gaze, and she probably knows what I’m thinking. I receive through our bond a compressed version of her wishes and what she wants to explain.

It looks like Unchan’s memory is fully back. Hm… Wisdom of the age, I guess is what I’m getting from her.

《How many times have I told you I’m full of youthful energy!? But I should thank you, contractor. I wish to borrow a piece of the godly power you obtained.》

Those thoughts ram into me through our bond.

“All right, all right. If it makes you happy, Unchan.”

I give instructions to Eve, and its crimson paladin mode is undone.

The deep red light enveloping it disperses, Rose’s vines unravel, and the remaining bamboo shoots all fall out.

The now much lighter Eve falls on the ground covered in vines. I’m sure it’s at its limit of activity. Its movements look pretty labored too.

“Everyone did a tremendous job. Eve, be proud of how you fought, and rest for now. 『Return』.”

Eve and the bamboo shoots muster up the last of their strength to salute me. I nod, swing my arm, and they are all returned to their scroll.

I turn around, and see the undead dragon grabbing Seilook’s face with both hands, and pressing her forehead and Seilook’s forehead.

Magic elements burst out of Unchan’s entire body.

The magic elements flicker in a different way than they did when the black curse cloth was being woven, but the scope is clearly bigger now.

The magic elements envelop the dying Seilook, and what remains of its meat disappears, dismantled into magic elements.

The two kinds of magic elements, Seilook’s and Unchan’s, mix together, and I see them seeping into the bones Seilook left behind.

As soon as the last remaining magic elements penetrate the bones, they slowly get up.

It looks like Unchan succeeded in what she was doing. She says she made it into her follower and purified its soul into a new, pure being…

Seilook is maintaining its existence as a new undead dragon. It stands up, tilts its neck in confusion, and slowly faces this way and bows.