"Your Majesty...

　Little by little, Latosphilia's soldiers collapsed into Gram's form from the front.
　The expression on his face was puzzled for a moment that it was the hero in front of him who killed the king, but he turned his gaze from the one who had regained the clarity of his consciousness to one of anger and killing intent.
　But everyone can only remain vigilant because Gram, who was even called the Warlord, was easily killed with his intentions.
　In front of that red dwarf chieftain's face, everyone realized that they couldn't compete with him.

''Master Masamune........''

　Guinevere asked from behind him.
　She asked what he meant by his so sudden action.

'You said so when you said you would kill me, didn't you?

　Gram was about to carry out Adolf's death sentence.
　The murderous act against him would inevitably lead to a broken promise to Guinevere.

'You can't,'

　But Guinevere doesn't know what that all-too-short word means.
　What is impossible?

'Don't you see?　Just as Zephyr is here, Adolph isn't going to die.

　Still, Guinevere didn't know what that meant.

'We come back to life when our bodies die. So does Adolph, so we can't kill him in the first place. If you're hoping to make us pay for it with death, it's useless.

Oh no...

　Even though she was told that, Guinevere could only stand there.
　If I had known, I would have wished you had told me earlier.

　Then something flew in from above.
　It landed beside Adolf, causing a light dust cloud.
　When the smoke cleared, it appeared.

''An........Adolf's spirit?''

　Zephyr noticed the sight of the earth spirit king gnome.
　She looks pale, as if her contract has been weakened by Adolf's death.

　As soon as she fell, Tink, who had taken on a human form, stepped up behind Masamune.
　Tink had been dealing with the Spirit King until now.

''The war is over.''

　Masamune told Tink.

　Zephyr tried to persuade the weakened Spirit King to transfer the contract to him.
　He suggested that he transfer the contract to himself and take a break for a while.
　Zephyr, who seemed to know more about spirits than he did, looked away from Masamune without saying anything in particular.
　The procedure is for Zephyr to join hands with the gnome and have the gnome lick the blood from his fingertips to Adolf.
　The contract with Adolf shifts to Zephyr, and a tentative contract is signed.

　When the transition was complete, all of us suddenly looked in the same direction.

　The reason is that Adolph was standing there, looking unconcerned.
　He looked down at his body at his feet.
　He curiously checked his hands and body.

'Adolf? .....

　Khalifa was astonished.
　She rolled her eyes and looked up at him.

　His body had died and Adolf had retained his consciousness as a being.







This is what it feels like to lose your body, isn't it, Zephyr?

　My body is right below.
　It's a fresh body with blood flowing from my back.

　It's like waking up from a bad dream.
　I remember everything.
　I remember the hatred I had for Zephyr and Xiaon, the murderous intent I had for Kagetra, the use and murder of Guinevere, and the murder of her sister, Naaschenka.

　I'm so sorry that I can't even say I'm sorry, because I'm not so sorry.
　I must not, must not be allowed to.....
　I am a murderer.

'I'm about to come for you.......goodbye.

　I told him with a stunned look on my face.
　I didn't want to see Zephyr and Kagetora's faces.
　If I stared at the ground, one day an observer would come and take them away.
　They will free me from this guilt-filled space.
　Redemption is impossible and pointless, so I should be quietly imprisoned.
　I just have to wait for them to come to me.

They won't come.

　Zephyr blurted out.
　I looked up.

"...what?

"There are too many humans and beastmen in here now. They can't show themselves in a place where there are so many conscious beings.

Consciousness?

　What is a conscious body?

'I've been through a lot I know more about observers and the abyss than you do.

　As usual, Zephyr is a know-it-all....
　But if he's not coming, what am I going to do?
　"Should we wait in silence until the weary, crouched masses of soldiers in the area have left?

That body will be detected by an observer. Khalifa, we will take Adolf's body back with us and make an object out of it later.

Eh....

　Wait, Zephyr what are you talking about.

"Adolph, until then, you'll have to stay in my dungeon.

　Why don't you say something you don't blame me.

Come on, let's go back to the bayouement this time.

　Khalifa wept thinly at the sound of that "let's go home".
　But I can't accept it, there's no way I can accept it.

'I can't go home...'

　Zephyr and Khalifa's sympathetic gaze is painful.
　Because of the 《Emotional Sensing》, I can understand their thoughts and feelings.
　The two of them don't feel any anger or anything against me.
　It's as if they are watching over me........
　But there's no way I can touch such tenderness........no way.

How convenient.........

　It was Guinevere.
　She was glaring at me and trembling with anger.
　'Of course, that's the normal reaction.

'It wasn't of your own volition, so you think I can forgive you? ........Are you saying that Naaschenka's thoughts will be trampled on for such a crude reason?

　She wants to kill me.
　But what can I say, no words are going to reach her.
　I can't do anything about it.

　Suddenly she pulls out a dagger.
　Then she approached me with a steady stare and gently stabbed me in the abdomen.
　Her closed mouth was swaying.
　I can feel her guilt and anger.
　How can she feel guilty about hurting me when she's facing her revenge?
　What a clear mind you have........

''Eh ... eh ... eh ... why!　Why?!

　She was confused that I hadn't moved slightly.
　She was confused, frightened that she had stabbed someone with a knife and struggled to lose herself.
　Because she thinks her actions are evil.
　She can't accept it.
　She has to kill me for her sister.
　She thinks so, but she also thinks she shouldn't kill me.

"I'm ... sorry.

　I didn't have any other words.
　What else could I say, what the hell else could I say?
　Would I make an excuse to ask her to forgive me, no, there was no way I could do it.

　Guinevere is a moral person, and my apologies to her.
　Her emotions don't seem to indicate that she thinks I'm a bad person.
　She doesn't accept it as if she just realized it just now.
　But she is distraught, as if even that sense of "awareness" is suspicious.
　Zephyr and Khalifa try to forgive me and protect me.
　Having seen their humanity up close and personal, she couldn't sense any ill will from them.
　But even that feeling is questionable.
　It must be a feeling of betraying Naaschenka........

'Narschenka I don't know what to do.

　The dagger that looked like it had been stabbed was just dug into his clothes.
　After a while it slipped off and fell to the ground.

　Guinevere crumbled to the spot, falling to her knees and dropping to her knees.
　'I'm sorry, I'm sorry,' she muttered repeatedly to the ground.

'I'll take care of her.'

　The white dragon told me.
　Why ... how can even a white dragon look at me like that?
　I took away your wings for 150 years.

　Then the white dragon wrapped Guinevere in white wings.
　Then they flew away.

'Masamune, we're going too.'

Well....

I'm going to stay in the dungeon for a while. There's no way they can follow us there. ...but be careful. If we die, they'll come for us. We're not invincible.

　Zephyr is revealed by the dungeon vortex.
　The Khalifa disappeared inside.

'Oliver, you're coming too.'

I don't want him. I want him.

　Is he wearing the ash monk's robe worn by Rathhausen's troops, the Ash Clan?
　So does that mean he's the Ash Clan's? ...or anyone else.
　I don't know why I'm with Zephyr, but that doesn't matter to me.

'Just come. If you don't wipe your memory, you'll go back to that prison.

Okay, okay.

　He went into the vortex in a troublesome manner.
　His bad behavior could be seen, but he doesn't look like a bad person.
　He seems to be already steeped in the abyss, but his strength seems to be faint.
　Perhaps he couldn't meet the dungeon and half of his body.

''Well Adolf, come on, let's go.

Oh wait a minute.

　An apology is impossible.
　There is nothing that can be done about this sin.
　There is no way to get Kagetra or Naschenka back.

　But still, I wanted to do something about what I just realized.
　Perhaps this is something that only I, the one who had the most rapport with him, could realize.

"What if I call you Amadeus?

　When I confirmed that to him, the soldiers around him looked odd.
　Oops, was this information that shouldn't have been mentioned?



　There were glimpses of those who noticed.
　With that, the black will within him became clearer.
　I seem to have done one more unnecessary thing........

'I've apparently been swallowed........I'm surprised myself. I don't know how long it has been happening and when I was swallowed. My Levy didn't realize it either... but I remember, before this happened, Levy had warned me many times, don't doubt, don't get swallowed up. If my mind had been more genuinely stagnant from the beginning, or even if I had been jealous of others, I wouldn't have been swallowed up. Because that's who I am. The reason I was swallowed up is because I am not that kind of person by nature. Thinking and acting against your own stature gave you the opportunity to delve into the abyss. Do you ... think and act in accordance with your stature?

....

'You've been lazy, haven't you? ...If you are really lazy and true to your character, you will surely not be swallowed up in the future. That's the abyss. It's not an abstract concept of right and wrong, it's the abyss that tries to swallow you up when you go against your will. I know what you're going to do, but is it really by your will? .....

....

Think. If you can't, or at least you can sense it, you might as well stop now. Otherwise, you're gonna have to- No, I'm gonna go.

　I wanted to apologize to him too.
　He was trying to kill me while I was talking to him.
　I took something away from him.
　But in my selfishness, I can't see my sin. Some things are invisible.

　Accepting Zephyr, I moved on to the vortex.
　When I finally turned around, I could see his back, and it was very dangerous.