CH 81

“The sacrifice is great, but Viscount Hillson has stopped progressing!! That’s a great achievement, Alice-chan and the building!!”

“It’s more buried than stopping. Oh, his hand came out through the gap in the rubble.”

Viscount Hillson. The ability and obsession that he used to crawled up from under the collapsed underground cavity and the abandoned factory don’t seem to be the same, and he was gradually escaping. However, his body seemed to be stuck on the way, so he started to work hard.

“I wonder if it became easier to get caught because of the long and narrow physique?”

“The evolved form has become a stick bug.”

Ursch-kun, stop saying evolved form. Because boss characters even have a third form.

“Anyway, now is our chance when he can’t move. Shall we open [Hell’s Gate!!]?”

“Ah. Wait, Isabella. I want to take measures for the trouble before that, so can you bring Alice-sama and Geese-sama?”

“Huh? That’s fine. I’ll bring them right away, so wait for me!!”

I used [Lust] and [Clairvoyance] to find Alice-chan and Geese’s location, and ran there. Alice-chan and Geese were together, so I carried them on my shoulders and hurried to Ursch-kun. At that time, they were screaming on my shoulders, but I was in a hurry, so I didn’t care and ran the shortest route at full speed.

When I got to Ursch-kun, for some reason, Alice-chan and Geese were wobbly, but I didn’t care and dropped them in front of Ursch-kun. Then, before the two of them could rest, the production meeting from Ursch-kun began.

I don’t really understand why directing is necessary, but while listening to the story obediently, Geese got excited with sparkling eyes on the way, and came up with the lines necessary for the production.

Then Alice-chan, who was excited about the lines that Geese thought of, decided on the standing positions for the lines.

I’m the only one who can’t keep up. I mean, Viscount Hillson is struggling to get out of the rubble behind me, so I can’t concentrate on the meeting. What is this situation? Please explain it so that I can understand it.

“Well then, Viscount Hillson’s face came out of the rubble, so everyone go according to the meeting.”

“”Yes!!””

“Ye, yes. . . ”

I don’t know what it was, the meeting was over, and the placement and lines were decided.

First of all, we all moved about 3 meters in front of Viscount Hillson. I was in charge of [Hell’s Gate!!], so I had to make sure I was ready to activate, and Ursch-kun spoke loudly first.

“Listen to the wishes of our four fools from the bottom of hell in exchange for the oath.”

I took over the next.

“The cursed sinner who created a regrettable funeral line without a soul is here.”

Alice-chan took over after me.

“I tear the jet-black wailing up from the center of the earth and bring the silver gatekeeper here.”

And then Geese.

“Eat a lot of souls that will not return and judge the evil souls.”

Finally the four of us spoke together.

“”””Come, the gate of conviction, Hell’s Gate!!””””

At the same time as I finished saying, [Hell’s gate!!]. Activate.

When activated, the surrounding area, which was supposed to be sunny and bright, suddenly became cold and dark. The knights and adventurers who gathered to see how we were doing were also frozen and faded. I the tranquil silence, when the sound of the bell echoed out of nowhere, next to us and Viscount Hillson, the Hell Gate appeared as if it were tearing the the dimension.

It was a big gate that I had to look up at. Was it 5 to 6 meters in height? I the center of the jet-black door of unknown material that seems to absorb light instead of reflect it, the hands of the silver skeleton arms extended from the left and right and were crossed in prayer as if to close the door tightly. The silver border of the door, which was to small to see in the effect, was made of a lot of faces with expressions of anguish, and they were moaning. . . Oh no, I’m scared. The surrounding air also began to move, and people who seemed to be formed from air and melted into transparency began to fly around. If it moved even a little, in a creepy space that is likely to be cursed, everyone who was there would stiffen up and watch the state of the Hell Gate. In the meantime, the sound of the bell echoed and kept ringing in a hurry.

I wonder if she finally reached her limit. Alice-chan, who was standing next to me, looked sideways as she fainted and fell on the rubble. To be honest, I wanted to faint too. I could see a transparent girl-like person looking anxiously at Alice-chan who fell down, and I was relieved that there wouldn’t be any harm to Alice-chan.

When I was watching Alice-chan, the arm of the skeleton of the Hell Gate began to open the hands that were crossed in prayer while making a sound like scratching glass. The moment the hands were released, the door was opened vigorously as if it was slammed open from the inside. The other side of the gate was pitch black, and the sound of the wind echoed like sobbing. When I thought that something was crawling out from behind it, a black have in the shape of a big hand blew out.

No, it’s not!! I don’t like this haze!! It’s made of insects!! A lot of black insects gathered, hardened, and formed the shape of a big hand!! It’s squirming!!

When I thought that it attacked Viscount Hillson, who was buried in the rubble, as if to fill it with a horde of insects, it grasped something humanoid made of black smoke and lifted it up. An unpleasant cry like pouring tar or sludge into the ear was scattered from the humanoid black smoke.

Yeah, I’m sure that’s the soul of Viscount Ryan Hillson.

As if to seal the cry released by Ryan’s soul, a large amount of insects flocked and filled the soul of Viscount Ryan, then it disappeared as if it were sucked into the back of the gate. As soon as the insect hand disappeared inside the gate, the gate closed vigorously, the hands of the skeleton assembled in to form of prayer, and in the blink of an eye, the gate disappeared to the other side of the dimension with the sound of the bell.

As soon as the gate disappeared, the surroundings returned to its bright and sunny appearance, and the transparent people who were flying around disappeared without a trace. However, I felt that the sound of the bell that was ringing until then was still stuck in my ears.

A man who kidnapped a lot of innocent people for more than 100 years and kept melting them in barrels to use them as materials for magic collapsed here now. However, there was no cheer of joy, and people stood silently due to the shock. . . but the cheers echoed late. It was a loud cheer.

After the knights, adventurers, and other people who were cooperating with each other raised their hands, clapped each other on the shoulders, hugged each other, and suddenly became lively, and started removing the rubble with magic and their own hands. These are the people who live in the magical world with demonic beasts and monsters. . . They’re mentally strong. Switching is fast.

When I was helping remove the rubble with Alice-chan who regained consciousness in order to dig up the remaining body of Viscount Hillson, a knight from the Imperial Guard rushed from the royal palace by horse.

“Are you Isabella-sama? The queen and the second prince are calling you at the royal palace. Can you come to the royal palace with me?”

Come to think of it, Chris-sama was looking for the soul prison in the royal palace that had Viscount Hillson’s wife, Lindsay, inside.

“Was there a problem at the royal palace?”

“No, it’s not a problem. It seems that the barrel you are looking for has been found, but the appraisal and detection are all repelled, so it seems that they can’t judge whether it’s what you’re looking for. So the queen told me to take Isabella-sama, who has a high level of appraisal.”

Come to think of it, I once appraised the status of the queen at the tea party and the status of Chris-sama who blocked it to reveal the cause of the curse.

But why does Lindsay’s soul prison block the appraisal?

They finally got rid of Viscount Hillson! I wonder what they’re going to do with Lindsay’s barrel though. 5 more chapters left in this arc, and 3 of them seem to be extras. So next week we will start on the ‘Is this really an otome game?’ arc. I’m looking forward to it!

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and thank you for reading!