101-Episode 99: Cursed Princess of the Land of Destruction




 Friae the Moon Priestess's point of view.

 --I've been alone for as long as I can remember.

 I don't know what my parents looked like.
 I don't know if I have any sisters.
 I don't have any friends.
 I don't have anyone to turn to.

 Only avoidance and hatred are the eyes that look at me.

 The Land of the Moon (Rafiroiug), the Land of Doom
 That's where I was born and raised.

 A thousand years ago, a moon priestess who betrayed the human race and secretly sent them to the demon race - aka the witch of mischief.
 It is said that if a witch touched you, heard your voice, and made eye contact with you, she could manipulate you into doing her will.

 The only one who couldn't control her was the Great Demon Lord of the ancient times.
 Legend has it that she was the lover of the Great Demon Lord.
 The most hated by most people in the history of the world a maiden of the moon a thousand years ago.

 Apparently, I am the reincarnation.
 Raised and raised in secret by the followers of the goddess of the moon, Naiya, in the ruins of the land of the moon.

 You've got to be kidding me....
 My life is a mess because of that big old b*tc*.
 I just wanted to live a quiet life.
 I remember when I was caught.

'It's what I had to do,'
'I'm sorry for you I'm afraid.
 There's a guy called Pope Roma with a sticking smile and a woman named Noel, a sun priestess with a sullen face.
 Behind them is the brave man of light who captured me.
 ........why do you have such a sad look on your face?
 Hypocrite.

 I was living quietly in the Land of the Moon (Raphiloig) when my life was suddenly overrun by people like the "Order of the Sun" that appeared.

 Both of my feet and hands were fitted with thick iron locks and chained to thick chains.
 A prison in the basement of the cathedral.
 Here, by the power of the Sun Goddess, most of my magic is sealed off.
 I cannot escape, but I will not be killed because of the 'curse' that resides in my body.
 I will only be kept alive like livestock.
 No, I'm no better than a livestock, I'm useless for nothing.......

I'm....sorry.
 For some reason, the brave men of light came to the prison where I was held captive every day.
''Then you need to get me out of here?''
I can't do that.
 If you can't, then get the hell out.
 You disgust me with your good-natured face.

''Moon Priestess Friae you don't lead the Demon Race and you have nothing to do with the Order of the Snake?
'I don't lead them, and I'm rather hated by the snake cultists.
 The reason why the demon race is neglected by the whole world.
 It is said that it is because of the evil witch.

 The policy of appeasement between humans and demons was promoted by the country of the moon (Rafiroig).
 That is, the human and demon race became related by blood.
 In those days, among the countries ruled by the Great Demon King, only the Moon Country (Rafiroiug) escaped the oppression.

 The reason for this was because they promoted the intermarriage of the human race and the demon race.
 It seems that the goal was to increase the number of demons, little by little, and to eliminate the conflict between humans and demons.
 As a result, it ended in failure.
 I've been manipulating them with charmed magic without getting their approval, so it couldn't have worked.

 The mastermind of the plan to turn into a demon race is a moon priestess from a thousand years ago.
 As a result, they just created hundreds of thousands of wandering people........
 But that doesn't mean I'm not involved!

 They are led by the Order of the Serpent, whose goal is to help the Fiendish Race prosper.
 They have nothing to do with me.
 The world treats us as something similar, though.

 After all, the brave man of light has been coming every day since then.
 I was getting less and less tired of seeing his face.

''........Don't come back.
Well, why not? I've only just discovered this very rare fruit.
 I don't know why they keep bringing me stuff to bring me things.

I want something sweet...
All right! Next time, I'll bring you another one!
 The next day, he came in with another offering.
 I wonder what it is.........
 A strange one.


 ◇


Come on! I know you're connected to the 'Order of the Snake'!
 One day I was moved to another place by some guy who came out of nowhere, the first prince of the land of the sun or something like that.
 I don't know anything about the Order of the Snake.
 But they didn't believe me when I told them that.

 But I was fortunate enough to be able to leave my prison in the temple with its strong wards.
 The meaningless interrogation was painful, but I took the opportunity to talk to and manipulate the nearby knights.
 Then I hid in the underground canals and timed my escape from King's Landing.

 The underground canal was large, and to find the exit, I created an undead man with death magic and sent him to explore.
 We had spent several days exploring it.

(.........The undead were defeated?)

 It was sudden.
 The undead that I had created in large numbers and let them explore the underground waterways were collectively defeated.
 Apparently, the temple knights had been raided all at once.
 Oh well.
 It turned out that they couldn't escape via the underground canal anyway. 
 Every exit was guarded by a temple knight.
 One or two of them could handle it, but not a company class.

(Also, I need to get a new warrior...)
 I trudged through the royal city's catacombs.
 The graveyard is my home base.
 There are many dead bodies that can be used as ingredients for necromantic magic.
 I don't even want to create undead people.

 I control the undead at night and by day I imitate a fortune teller in the Sixth Ward Street to gather information.
 The recent information I've received has revealed something interesting.

 Apparently, a rebellion of the beast race is being planned in the royal capital Symphonia.
 But still, at this time of year when the knights of the Land of the Sun are gathering for the inauguration ceremony of the Knight Commander of the Heroic Order of Light? I had my doubts, but upon closer inspection, the mystery was solved.

 The one pulling the strings behind the scenes was that d*mned 'Order of the Snake'.
 It was an evil cult that consisted of people from the Moon Country, just like me.
 Those guys are planning to start a riot here.

 I will take advantage of the commotion and flee.
 I have no intention of stopping the rebellion and riots.
 I have no right to do that.
 Rather, I hope that the Pope and the Sun Priestess, who had been looking at me with contempt, would get involved and die.
 That's what I was thinking about.

 -- I can see the future with 'fate magic'.

 But it's not a certain future.
 You'll be able to see only "major events".
 You can't see the future in detail.
 If you can do that, you won't get caught.

 But the "Beastman Rebellion" and the "Revolt of the Serpent Cult" are major events.
 We can clearly see the date of their execution.
 I can see the date of the decisive action in a few days.
 That's when I'll be able to escape.
 Until then, I'll be hiding in the cemetery.
 The temple knights guarding the cemetery are all controlled by mesmerizing magic.
 The undead are also on guard.
 There should be no problem.
 However, today was different from the usual.

(.........someone came.)

 No, I know who it is.
 I know who it is. It's that guy.

You're going to be able to see the thread of causality that only the users of fate magic can see.
 The number of causal threads connected to each other will tell you how important or influential a person is.

 For an ordinary person, ten strings of cause and effect is just fine.
 A royal family, about 100 of them.

 The number of causal threads entangled in a brave man of light is several thousand.
 No wonder he is the reincarnation of Abel, the savior of the world. 
 That's a hell of an influence.
 I can feel that person coming close to me.

'What if he comes out? Ryosuke, the Brave Man of Light.
 I called out to him, a man I hadn't seen in a long time.
'Hi,'
 A fresh voice that doesn't fit in the graveyard.
 The same face I saw every day in prison.
 ....no, a little jaded?
 I hope he's okay.

What have you got going on here?
 It's more predictable.
 Generally speaking, he's a good person and he'll say something sweet, like he wants to help me.

 I don't care if he came alone, he's here with his friends.
 It's the female knight who's always with me anyway.
 ........Don't come to another woman with a woman.
 But I didn't expect to see a strange face.

 Is it a subordinate of the brave man of light? 
 One of them seems to be strong in his own right, but he's still a young child.
 The other one is ... very weak?
 They were a strange pair.

 Appropriately, let them stall for time with the Dead Spirit Knight and run away.
 The brave man of light wouldn't really fight them either, given his character.

 I thought I'd bring him in as a helper, or the two warriors could be manipulated with 'Enchantment Magic' to get him a little injured.

What?
 Hey! Hey, buddy!
 Why are you hurting yourself defending your own man!

Ah! God!
 I was so confused that I involuntarily ran away from the scene.


 ◇Perspective of Makoto Takatsuki


Sakurai-kun!
 It was almost a split second before I noticed the vacant-eyed Prince Leonard pulling out his sword and slashing at me with my 'RPG Player Skills' viewpoint switch, and Sakurai-kun interrupted me.
 In the moonlight, fresh blood danced in the air.
 Sheesh! 
 Prince Leonard's newly-remembered 'calm' skills couldn't have prevented it!

Gulp.
 The prince's sword sliced through Sakurai-kun's right shoulder and fell to the ground with a clang.
''Boh, what the hell did I...''
 Prince Leonard came to his senses.
 It was a moment of manipulation.

What do you think you're doing?
 The Moon Priestess looks at me and has a surprised look on her face.
 ...You did this to yourself, didn't you?
Oh, stall them! 
 The Moon Priestess ordered the undead army under her command and she escaped.

''Sakurai-kun! Are you okay?
Mr. Sakurai! What have I done?
'Don't worry about it, Prince Leonard. I'm sorry, Takatsuki-kun. Freyae's fascination doesn't work, so why don't you go after him? I'll catch up with you. Just don't ever touch her!
 While saying that, Sakurai-kun is using a recovery item.
 It looks like he's not seriously injured. That's a good thing.

I hope you're okay, Sakurai-kun, but........by the way, what happens if you touch it?
'Even I, who was bathed in sunshine, could not resist the 'enchantment magic' if she touched me. There isn't a creature in this world that can't be touched and manipulated by a moon maiden!
Yes, sir.
 Don't hurt them.
 Don't touch them.
 He's a nasty piece of work.

 But I can't just leave him like this.

(It's my fault that Sakurai-kun is injured...) 
 It was originally Prince Leonard's attack that could have been prevented with the 'Switch Viewpoint' of the 'RPG Player' skill.
 I was caught off guard, thinking that it would be fine with Sakurai-kun.
 It's no good.

 Leaving the undead to Sakurai-kun and Prince Leonard to deal with the undead, I chased the escaping Moon Priestess through the graveyard.

(Running fast!)
 I chase after the moon maiden's back, but I don't catch up with her at all.
 Rather, she's letting go, little by little.

(Well, she's a miko...)
 The miko is the same kind of existence as the brave ones in this world.
 I've been told that the status of a miko is very high, although she doesn't have the opportunity to fight demons directly.
 I'm not much better than the average person in this world.
 Probably, if I were to arm-wrestle with Princess Sophia, I'd lose normally....
 Sad! I'm a hero!

(Well, if you can't win in a straightforward way, you can just pull your leg... and you'll be fine.

 --Water Magic and Ice Floor

 It only freezes the moon maiden's feet.
''Huh?''
 For a moment, the moon miko almost falls down.
 But she managed to hold on.
 You're good.
 She changes direction and tries to escape, but

 Water Magic, Ice Floor (Ice Floor), Ice Floor (Ice Floor), Ice Floor (Ice Floor)

 The direction that the Moon Priestess turned her feet to, freezing everything ahead of time.
''........''
 The moon maiden with hateful eyes looked back at me.
 Did she give up?

 The moon maiden stretched out her hand towards the moon

 --My servants I will raise you from the gates of death....

 The moon maiden's singing voice rang out.
 The tone of her voice was beautiful.
 Led by the beautiful voice, a legion of ugly zombies slithered and crawled out of the ground.
 Heh, so this is death magic?

''You'll have to deal with these guys!
 Zombies surround me, blocking my path.
 The moon maiden tries to escape while I'm in the way.

Genie, genie, genie.


 --Water Magic and Ice World


 I froze everything on the ground and in the trees, including the zombies.
 However, only around the Moon Priestesses are magically removed.
 With this, the curse counter shouldn't come.

You're..........adept.
I'm sorry. I'm just a little pissed off that you hurt my friend.
 After reflecting on the match with Gerald, the 'clarity' is about 50%.
 It seems that the moderate anger is translating well to the spirits.

''Wait for a while until Sakurai-kun arrives.
....
 I didn't make a direct attack on the Moon Priestess.
 If she tries to escape, she can freeze the ground so slippery that she can't run.
 Currently, everything around the Moon Priestess is covered in ice.

'You are a nasty wizard.
 The moon maiden's eyes, glaring at me with a gaze that could shoot me to death, shine gold.
 Is it mesmerizing magic again?
 That doesn't work for me.

(No, no. It's not just my eyes, the moon maiden's whole body shines...)

 -- Bishiri.

 At the same time that he realized the sound was the sound of the ice of the moon maiden's footgear cracking and kicking the ground.

(Geez! It's coming toward us! He's got an aura of fight on his body.

 At the opponent's rush, he hurriedly held his dagger up.
 Moreover, his opponent's speed was quite fast!

No. (Attack.)
 I remembered Sakurai-kun's words about getting hit by the curse counter, and hurriedly lowered my dagger.
 I'm unable to make a decision.
 d*mn it! 
The harmful effects of weakening the "clearing of the water"...

 In a moment of less-than-optimal behavior...

 The moon maiden's hand grabbed my arm.