CH 397

“To sum up the story, the “Wise Man’s Soul” made him an undying being. You took it away. But Pluto didn’t lose his aggression. Is that why you can’t let me live?”

“That’s right. The skill [Jack-of-all-Trades], that is strange. You don’t think it’s strange too? It’s a rare skill, but don’t you think it’s impossible for a human being to have no limits to growth? You’ll just keep getting stronger and stronger, and what are you going to do? You might be manipulated by something like Pluto. What if, at that moment, you’ve become someone no one can defeat?”

Geiri said I could become an entity that could do harm to my girlfriend, my family, and the world. That’s why he says that those with [Jack-of-all-Trades] should be killed.

“B-But Lars is strong, but he would never try to kill anyone. There’s no way the kind Lars can ……”

“Little girl, this is not about the character of the person. The person doesn’t use the skill, but the skill uses the person. Don’t you think that’s a frightening thing ……?”

“……”

It’s true, I think silently.

A rare skill that comes along once in a hundred years, that’s fine. But, as Geiri said, it was my training with Verna-sensei that made me too strong. In addition, mine is [Super Jack-of-all-Trades], unlike Pluto’s, I’m growing at a much faster rate …… I hadn’t really thought about it, but if I can learn transfer magic and increase my accuracy and magic power, I might be able to destroy a whole country. 

“…… Even so, I’m still me, and I can’t kill myself. For my parents or for Makina, I can’t let myself be killed by others. Pluto …… I wish I could have met him.”

“Hmph ……”

He sniffed at my words. Then I asked another question to Retzel.

“Rather than that, Retzel, how did you know about Pluto? You didn’t know of him from the documents or anything, is it?”

“Well, I’ll leave that to your imagination. Now, Geiri, is that all the information you’ve got?”

“Let’s see …… Pluto was a pitiful man …… He couldn’t destroy this country, but …… I’ll leave the rest to you, Afmand. If you didn’t have a bone in your body, I would have risen to fight you again.”

“Mu …….”

King Afmand’s eyes narrowed as he was suddenly asked to speak, but his expression was filled with questions rather than joy. After some thought, King Afmand opened his mouth.

“I still can’t believe that you’ve been alive for a hundred years. It is true that there are no ceremonies for the accession to the throne, so we don’t notice it …… No, but why did you, who can think so much of your people, try to take the country in a bad direction? The former king is dead and so is Pluto. If you were the heir to the throne, and you knew everything, you could have done anything.”

“It’s because I know everything. At first, I thought about reforming …… but what Pluto was talking about was something only Pluto could do, and at that time it was difficult to coexist with other countries because of my father. I hated my father, I thought he could have done more. That’s why I wanted to destroy this country that my father had created.”

“That’s just running away! It’s not right to impose your misfortunes on the people, however unfortunate they may have been! How dare you oppress the people who know nothing about anything!”

Abol-san grabbed Geiri by the hair and beat him up in a rage. Did the fact that he wouldn’t die spur him on even more? But even though he’s a useless king, he might have had a point in mind when he didn’t annihilate the entire nation at once.

“Hmph, the result is everything. No more, no less. Now, is that all? What’s next?”

“You ……!”

He struck Geiri again in an attempt to provoke him. Then Retzel pulls out a scalpel and opens his mouth with a sneer.

“I think I’m done. What about everyone else?”

“‘We …… don’t have no more. What do you plan to do?”

I glanced at the Makina and the others and they all shook their heads, so I answered for them, and King Afmand said 

“Does this make the “Wise Man’s Soul” the treasure then? Will it free the slave? ……?”

“Well, it depends on the person who uses it, so it’s up to King Afmand, I guess? I’m sure you’ll give it to Lars-kun in the end, but you can try it out during your stay.”

“No, don’t try to give me the treasures of other people’s countries without their permission. I don’t need immortality, and I don’t need power.”

“Well, as far as what I heard about the [Jack-of-all-Trades], if Lars himself doesn’t know what’s going to happen in the future, and since the [Wise Man’s Sould] is a dangerous thing, I think it’s fine the way it is. Use it to free the slaves, though I don’t know how.”

Dibit-san agreed with me, and I was relieved.

“…… Well, okay. So, are you ready for this?”

“You can do whatever you want. The loser can only follow …… Do it.”

“Wait, Retzel! Didn’t Geiri say he swallowed the “Wise Man’s Soul”? What are we going to do about–“

I had a bad feeling, and just as I was about to run to Retzel–

“Guoooooooh ……!”

“Goodbye, King of Sandiola. Thank you for telling me about Pluto. You can rest in peace.”

“S-So I can die with this …… this stone that no one has ever been able to retrieve!”

Retzel thrust the scalpel into his belly and began to slice through it. I was in a hurry to stop this, when Reiss stood in my way.

“Move! At this rate–“

“Let him die. There are some people in this world who want to die.”

“Reiss!”

“K-, Kid, don’t forget …… that the skill you possess …… is more outrageous than you think it is ……”

“Ahhhh ……!? G-Geiri is ……”

When Makina saw Geiri’s appearance, she raised her voice. His form that looks like about in his forties, immediately grew old. His hair had turned white and his face was wrinkled, but he had a smile on his face.

“My brothers, I am now–“

And without finishing his last words, Geiri’s long life has ended.