57 - just for a peaceful secluded life
King Zirk Orteas was holed up in his room.
A mysterious explosion occurred during a meeting. According to reports, there was also an outbreak of demons in the city.
We should suspect that the two anomalies are somehow related.
Who and why?
The questions are endless, but...
As you can see, I am still alive and intact.
（Most likely, Giselotte wanted to kill me and the other leading figures of the aristocratic faction.)
But her plan failed.
Marianne, whom we had feared, is safe. She has not returned to the palace yet, but is still at the institute, taking care of the situation. The fact that she is working with Lias raises other concerns, but they are minor.
（God has not yet forsaken me.)
Not some mysterious god. I was convinced that I still had the blessing of Mija, the protector of the kingdom.
（Now must be the time God has given me.)
Zilk shouts to inspire himself.
"They'll make Gieselotte dead!"
"Oh, please don't do that. It's too early."
"What?
I looked around at the strange voices, which sounded like a combination of several, and saw that a chair had been placed in the middle of the room before I knew it, and someone was sitting in it.
He was all in black. Even the head is hidden by a black helmet.
"The Black Warrior ...... is Shiva?"
"That's the king. You know your stuff."
Why are you ......?
"You're here? I've brought the ringleader of the whole racket."
Zilk let out a "yelp" when he saw what he had pulled out from under the chair.
A fresh head. No, just the head, but alive. It was clattering its teeth in horror.
"Is that Baron Bar Agoth?"
There was no sign of his fearless face, but it was him.
"He wanted to take over by killing you and the other leading figures of the aristocratic faction. Giselotte is in on it."
"Then!"
"So wait a minute. I came all the way down here to tell you. I'm asking you to accept my terms, too.
What are you waiting for? They're the ones who tried to assassinate me. I'm the king, the symbol of our country!
"Shut up! You're still thinking only of yourself, aren't you?
As usual? You've never met this man before. Is this the man I know? But if he is as good as they say he is, I couldn't think of anyone who fits the bill.
"......I'll let you have your reward. But first of all, apologize for your insolence to me, the king.
Shiva laughs.
You really haven't changed, have you? Well, you're the king. But don't get me wrong. I'm the one keeping you alive. If I find you in my way, I'll cut off your head."
You--
"Two conditions. Do not incriminate Giselotte. If she dies, the country falls into ruin. You'll be in over your head, won't you?
Zilk bites his back teeth.
"And another thing, don't get involved with those who fight demons in the city. And don't try to find out who they are. If you find out, don't do anything.
"The report said there was a huge wolf running through the city?"
"Hey, hey, don't try to find out from me right away!"
Shiva stood up and approached Zilk unhesitatingly.
"Hey! Is anyone there? Intruders! Hi!
"It's no use. No one can hear us from outside the room.
A sharp pain in my left shoulder.
"My arm, my arm!"
My left arm falls off with a thud. But no blood spurted out.
Shiva picks up the fallen arm and presses it against the king's shoulder.
"Huh? Oh, is that ......?"
The next moment, the arms that should have been separated were attached back together.
"I'll always show up. Whenever you break your promise. Next time..."
Shiva put his fingers on his neck and stroked it sideways.
As he had said before, he meant to cut off her head.
"Yes, yes. Be nice to the kid, will you? Even though I have the blood of a woman I hate."
With these words, Shiva melted away into the darkness.
Giselotte walks quickly to her room in the villa.
The revolution has failed.
The king is alive, the aristocrats are alive, and the demons that were released in the capital have been destroyed by someone.
(He will come to me,...... that man will come to me,......)
The premonition soon came true.
The moment I entered the room and lit the lamp, I saw a black shadow slumped on the sofa. Holding Val Agos' head under his arm.
"Hey. Long time no see."
I haven't heard this voice in five years, and I can't stop shaking. Gieselotte involuntarily put her hand on her collar.
"Don't be so scared. If you're aware of what you've done, you can let it slide. I mean, I've told you before. They don't give a shit if you want to be king or not."
"......, what are you doing here?"
"Don't ask me about the people who fought demons in the city."
I'm not interested in that.
"Bullshit. You were going to use Raius to find out about me.
How did you know that?
"Lias didn't talk, okay? I told you I'd be watching you all the time, didn't I?"
Is that really the case? But if we pursue Lias on this matter, then and only then will Shiva sense it.
"And Tieri ......? He has a long name, doesn't he? He's a professor of ancient magic at the institute. Give him up."
Once they have Bal Agoth, they know what we're up to. We can't do anything now that he's nailed.
"...... Okay."
Then," Gieselotte pleaded, abandoning her pride.
"Enough! Do something about this collar!"
"Why not? You're supposed to put a collar on an undisciplined dog, right?"
"Kuh,ugh ......"
"You, look back at what you've done. You're a piece of shit. I don't know if I should be the one to tell you this."
Shiva stands up, looking aghast.
"That's all I want. See you later."
Same as before. Shiva disappeared quite easily.
Mercumenes curled up like a fetus in the depths of a cave on the outskirts of King's Landing. She hugged herself and tried to control her trembling, but it would not stop.
（What is that thing?)
Fear swept over my body.
(What the hell is that thing? ......?)
We had left King's Landing and were flying south.
A chill ran through me. Before I could think of anything else, the magic she had cast on me took an emergency evasive action.
She is a demoness created by the demon god Luciphyra to specialize in "survival. Her mission was to <
He senses that the wards he has deployed have been broken.
He turns his body in that direction and sees someone whose entire body is dyed black.
"You avoided it well. I thought you wouldn't notice me from outside of the ward.
"You, are ......"
The Black Warrior. I immediately recognized him as the man who called himself Shiva. But that thing...
(What the ......, what is it? The strange magic power gushing from within is ......)
That's impossible. Mercumenes is a survivalist, a demon, and that's why he was able to recognize this anomaly.
（It's a different order of magnitude. It's a realm beyond our reach. That can't be...)
I had no choice but to run.
I was confronted by something so powerful.
I ducked. He poured all his magical power into
"Wait!"
He grabbed one wing. No, something stuck.
"You can't let him go. It's called
Tear off the wings. We'll lose flying speed, but not for now. I just wanted to get out of here.
"Too good to be true? Hmm, I don't want to leave King's Landing any longer. Let's go after the other one."
Mercumenes flew frantically without any relief from such soliloquies.
I did not feel alive.
Wary of pursuit, we meandered through the forest, bypassed the mountains, hid in a human settlement, found a cave, and jumped in.
How many hours had passed? Days passed and I felt no relief.
I can't do it anymore.
I've been hit by a tremendous amount of magic and I'm broken.
The irony is that she is specialized in "survival. She can no longer devote herself to the resurrection of Luciphira, the father and absolute master of all demons.
Now that I have seen it, there is nothing I can do.
Shiva, the Black Warrior.
I was wrong to think of it as a demon or someone close to it.
That thing... that magic...
She can surpass both men and demons. The closest thing she knows...
--A god.