I - the wizard, Magnus - was watching the moment Princess Farah became Emperor Farah.

　A group of guards, who had been waiting during the audience, took the weeping former foolish emperor to the west tower. It was then that Princess Farah ordered the Emperor's Ring to be entrusted to her. The captain of the Kingsguard dutifully carried out the order and presented the ring to Princess Fara with the highest respect.
　She places it on her left middle finger and raises it in front of the assembled assembled officials.
　She held it up in front of the chief ministers present.

'Now I, Farah, do hereby become Empress and put to death my brother Heydar who plotted the great treason!　If anyone has any objections, feel free to speak up!　We'll accept it now and only this time!

　That's the Imperial Family I expected. It doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman. First of all, in the 500-year history of Aravana, there have been many Empresses. There's also the famous Monarch Ying.
　She was in love with him at first, but it was only for a moment. Emperor Farah has been quick and resolute in dealing with the drastic changes in the situation. She knows exactly what she has to do.

''We have no objections whatsoever!
I have indeed received Your Majesty's decree to make Farah the new emperor.
"All my allegiance is to His Majesty Fara!

　All the chief advisors in the room were kneeling to the Emperor Farah, and it was impossible to know how many of them were prostrating themselves.
　Of course, it was impossible to know how many of them were prostrating themselves in their hearts.
　They objected, but in the end they said, "Then who is going to take the leadership in putting down the rebellion? Are you going to be responsible for this? He doesn't like that, so he's just adopting an unassuming attitude.
　If Heydar's coup is successful, he will be able to turn his back on him.
　Well, that's okay. For now, it's important to have the crowning of Princess Fara as it happens, and after the situation is settled, we can take our time and expel the perverts one by one.
　I'm sure Emperor Farah will be able to do it, and I'm not worried about that.

　The problem now is Haydar, who has most of his kinsmen on his side and is marching towards this audience chamber.
　The worst thing that could happen is that they should give up their resistance and surrender their throne bloodlessly.
　Emperor Farah is acting stoutly, but inwardly he is probably terrified.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. "Don't worry, your Majesty, I'll take care of you. "Rest assured, your Majesty, I will protect you and defeat Heydar.
I'm sorry, Lord Magnus. You've been very helpful to me, indeed.
Ask as much as you can of me, if I can help it. And sooner or later, I will ask you to do what only you can do.
Haggle-headedness is all right. I'll make a fine empress who will be a great help to Lord Magnus.
Ha, that's good.

　Me and Emperor Farah smiled at each other.
　Then we waited for Haydar to ride in.
　The crown prince of this country was now the high traitor, appearing in a sluggish manner with a large number of kinsmen in tow.

　The construction of his mild-looking face was the same as when they met once before.
　However, there are no shades of weakness in his face, and he is filled with a powerful confidence.
　It's like a different person. This is more like Heydar's true nature, or perhaps it is his true nature.

　When the perceptive Heydar saw the throne without the predecessor and the Emperor's Ring on Emperor Farah's finger, he seemed to understand the situation right away.
　He saw the Emperor's ring on Emperor Fara's finger and understood the situation.

"You know what I want to say, don't you, my sister?

　He pointed his right hand toward me, just to give me that ring while it was bloodless.

I dare to ask you, brother. Why did you plan such a grand gesture?　If you don't do anything, eventually the imperial crown would have been right over your brother's head!
This is well known to you, Fara. "I am aware of this, Fara. It's a good idea to remove the Fool from his throne as soon as possible, before it becomes an irreversible disaster. That is my only wish.

　Heydar speaks openly.
　Emperor Farah, who heard it, was chagrined.
　Although he could never say it because of his position, he would want to say that he understood how he felt.

　At the same time, don't you feel this way?
You should have let me handle it if you were going to get your hands dirty anyway.
"I should have left the task of avenging my father to this sister, and left your brother clean to take the next throne.
Why didn't you talk to me about it?
　--and so on.

'Your Highness Haydar--I dare say your Highness. You are, in fact, worried about your country. I don't doubt that, either. It's just that you should try a few more steps...
'What does Lord Magnus mean by that?　You think I should have taken a more moderate approach?　Or you don't think I should have let someone else, someone else, like my sister, get their hands dirty?　Don't underestimate me. I'm not the kind of man who has no shame in letting other people get away with slinging mud on him.
No, no, no. Whatever political strife you and your men wage in Alabana, in whatever manner you choose, is not my business, nor is it my business to beat the exit.
What do you mean, then?
He could not sell his soul to the demons. That is the only way we should not have taken it.

　Haidar was silent for a moment as I pointed my finger at him.
　It's only for a moment.

"What a crazy thing to say about wizards.

　As expected of Hedar, he is a brilliantly stunned man.
　But I'm going to ask him, too.

You all know the name of the Eight Devils, don't you?
　But you are not aware of this. When they invade a target country, they first find out who's on the inside, and then they sell their souls to the devil. In order to sell their souls to the demons, they will first find out who is in charge of the invasion, and then they will use their words of wisdom to seduce the people in that country into selling their souls to the demons.
　And then, the "General Demon Storm" who is planning to invade Alabana has chosen your Highness Heydar - you.

　The audience room buzzes with each of my words.
　Emperor Farah is also blindsided, "That's ridiculous. In fact, if it wasn't for this line of mine, he would have laughed it off long ago.
　On the other hand, the Kingsguard who follow Heydar are furious at my words.

"Delusional, even more so!
Enough, wizard!

　They are the ones who joined the rebellion of Heydar out of patriotism and loyalty to the imperial family. They were struck by and sympathized with Heydar's desire to make Alabama the powerful nation it once was, which he had been laying the groundwork for years.
　The fact that this Heydar had sold his soul to a demon is something I would never have dreamed of, and I don't think I could believe it so easily.

　I ignore their wild questions and continue to speak.

"Your Highness Haydar. 'As soon as possible, a year or two before it becomes irreversible,' you said?
　So why didn't you act sooner?　Why is this happening now?
　Shall I tell you something? Because I've finally found the one key to the Earth Palace.

......................

''The Earth Emperor's Palace is the palace of the ancient magic empire. As the name suggests, it exists deep in the depths of the earth.
　And there is only one way to get there from the ground.
　There are four keys to the Earth Palace, and you must use two of them to open the transition gate.

Wha.........wha........

"The Keys of the Earth Palace lie in the deepest depths of the most difficult ruins.
　One of them was unearthed the other day in the ruins of Ramsey.
　His Highness ordered the Unguarded Volunteers to steal the key, and it is now in his possession.
　There is one more key that was unearthed long ago. It is now housed in the palace treasury.
Only the holder of the Emperor's Ring may enter the vault in a special room.
　His Highness' real purpose in plotting his high treason was the Key, and the throne can wait until later. Don't you think so?

You... you... you... you... you... you...

　I read his innermost thoughts one by one, and Heydar's spare attitude was being ripped away from him.
　Meanwhile, Emperor Farah also asked me in an upsetting manner.

'The Earth Imperial Palace many of you know the name of it. But in fact, what's there?　Why is your brother going for it?

The thriving ancient Alabana Empire perished overnight and became a barren desert because of the failure of a great magic ritual - as you probably know.
　But no one knows the details of the ceremony. No one knows the details of the rituals, which are not written down in any documents.
　His Highness had heard about it from the General of Demon Storm.
　The purpose of the ceremony was to summon the Demon King, who was still in the demon world at the time, and use his magic power only for this purpose.
　And although the summoning itself was a success, such a substitute could not be controlled by a human being................and then it went out of control and went boom.

Isn't it obvious........
What a big idea the ancient Aravana people had....
It was the height of arrogance.

His Highness' goal is to obtain a glimpse of the Demon King's immense magical power that still rests in the Earth's Imperial Palace.
　"His purpose is to obtain a glimpse of the Demon King's immense magical power, which is still dormant in the Earth Palace.

It's too dangerous.
''It's so powerful that even the ancient magical empire couldn't control it!
It's time to go out of control again!
'The Green Country turned into a desert, remember?　I don't know what more will happen to our land...

　All the chief ministers are in an uproar and no longer shake their hair.

"Don't talk nonsense, wizard!　Don't let this nonsense fool you, people!　Magnus!　What the hell do you think you know about me?

　Heidar spat at him and yelled at him.

'I'm sorry, but I don't have all(s) knowledge of you...'

　I'm not proud of it, but I answered blandly.
　In fact, this is all thanks to the information in the strategy book, and I can't take any credit for it.
　If I hadn't been so proud, I wouldn't have been able to reap the rewards of my compassion," he said.
　I dared to hand over the Key to the Earth Palace at the ruins of Ramsey because I believed that if I handed the key to Heydar, he would be the one who would be the first to rebel against me. I provoked Heidal's actions.
　It was all for the purpose of freeing the Foolish Emperor from his throne, having him cover himself with the dirt, and for Princess Farah to be crowned with a clean body - that's what this is all about!

"Your Highness Haydar. I admire you immensely. Regardless of the means, what you've done in your life has been nothing short of amazing.

　That's why I wanted this talented crown prince to choose his means properly.
　If I hadn't sold my soul to that demon, I would have schemed to put this person on the throne.
　It's a shame, really.

''What in the world are you talking about, Magnus........''

"Your Highness has indeed conspired with the Demon Storm General. Formally and ceremoniously, he sold his soul.
　But he didn't sell the Crown Prince's dignity.
　You took General Arashi's advice, strengthened the Unguo Kingdom Volunteer Corps, unearthed various magic items, and steadily grew in strength.
　In the end, he used his power to defeat the "Demon Storm Generals".
"You took advantage of the Eight Demon Generals' characteristics to take over the Demonstorm General's power and became Haydar Jamuitan.
　It's a line you should never cross as a human being, but it's a means to an end - but at the same time, this is nothing but a feat!

How did you find out about that...

　Haydar is so astonished that he says something he shouldn't have said.

'Oh, no...'
No way....
That wizard was lying, Your Highness...?
Please say it's a lie!

　Haydar brought in, and the kinsmen were upset with him.

　But in order to put an end to this series of exchanges, I put my hand in my pocket.
　I took out the Jewel of the Heavens: Red-Blue, which had been dropped from Tenzen-Delvembro, and held it up.
　This is the reason why I came to Alavana.
　This gem has the ability to weaken the Demon Storm General's power, albeit slightly.
　It also helps to expose the identity of Heydar Jamuitan, who has transformed into a human being.

"No, no, no, no, no, no!

　Heydar exclaimed.
　However, he could not resist the power of the Jewel of the Heavenly Realm.
　In the midst of the crowd, its true identity was exposed.

　A huge snake with four wings - this was Heydar-Jamuitan.

　The chief ministers screamed and fled like spiders scattering spiderlings.
　The Kingsguard also lost the ideal master they had believed in, and one by one they slumped into place.
　Emperor Farah also said, "Brother.......brother......how could you do this.......! I was heartbroken.
　I was going to defend her, sheltering her on my back, and I wasn't going to stop fighting.
　My friends heard the commotion and rushed over to help.
　But--

His Highness Haydar!
Come on, now!

　Nadia and Salima's sisters also appear and open the Towngate.

Magnus!　"Avenger of the Demon King!　I'm losing for today!　But don't forget!　That it is this extra that is winning in the end!

　Haydar-Jamuitan chose to retreat quickly, without any hesitation or pretense at all.
　That's prudence indeed!　So much for being on your guard!
　I suppose he figured that after all of these unexpected events, he'd decide that fighting here is what I want.

　Very well. In that case, let's carry the battle to the next round.
　Let's settle this battle in the Earth Palace.