'You are registered as a user of the Holy Sword Lean Kaal. My Lord.''

"The Holy Sword Leenkaar has been sealed.

　With a disgusting sound, the holy sword was pulled out.
　The blade of the holy sword was covered in bright red rust.

''Erosion (hacking).''

　I scarred my fingertips and placed a grain of blood on the hilt of the holy sword.
　I'm going to pour magic power into it.
　I'm going to "hack" this thing's "seal".

　Internal magic ── analysis begins.
　Structure analysis of the sorcery structure──the sealing sorcery is confirmed.
　Magic power pattern──analysis is completed.

　I see.
　This thing is covered in the blood of a monster that died about 200 years ago, and that's what sealed it.
　If the owner of the same magical power as that monster doesn't appear, it won't come out of the scabbard.

　The rough, dried blood stuck to the blade.
It is the same magical blood as the "Immortal Magician" Dean Nosferatu.

This is the holy sword that killed me?

　I continue the "invasion (hacking)" further.
　I infiltrate my magic blood into the old magic blood - erode (hack) the seal.
　Restarting the holy sword Lean Kaal──Successful.
　Analyze the inherent ability──decipher it.

　This Holy Sword Lean Kaal's ability is...


'The annihilation of the souls of the wicked and the granting of reincarnation effects to the good.
　However, the power of reincarnation has been exhausted.


　...wait a minute.
　You stabbed me with this sword. And then I was reincarnated.
　This sword's ability is "If the person you stabbed is a good person, you can give them life and be reincarnated.　
　So that's how you reincarnated me, the man who was called "The Immortal Magician" and "The Vampire Lord"?　Judgmental. It's a bit of a mess, isn't it?

　Moreover, this guy and I are connected.
　Because it was sealed in a state where it was exposed to my magic blood, the blood has seeped inside.
　This sword can probably only be used by me and one other person....

Fair enough. Wake up. Holy Sword Leenkaar!

　The rust that had stuck to the blade has been blown away.
　The silver blade that appeared looks amazingly familiar.
　It's not a bad idea to have a good time.

　I thought the Holy Sword might know what happened to Lyle after that, but this guy only talks about systemic things. It's just a magic item with no will.

''Yu, Yuki!　What are you doing?　The Holy Sword!
'Didn't Odette tell you that?　They say it's the holy sword that destroys evil.
But that doesn't mean there's anyone to pull it off!
I'm sorry. It was an honest mistake. I'll take it back now.
Stop it!　Do you have someone to put it back!
Which way?
'You are so out of line!　How can the sealed holy sword be........
We'll talk later. I'm just going to take care of Bishop Death.

　I kicked the ground with a double dose of 'Body Strengthening (Boosted)' once again.
　I raise my sword towards the vanishing Reaper Bishop.
　It's a light sword; two hundred years ago, Lyle's arm was trembling when he was holding this.

　...I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Lyle.
　I'm sorry I made you kill me, even though you hated it.
　What happened to you guys afterwards?　Didn't you ever have a fight with Remilia and Alice?
The men in the Sanctuary Church didn't kill you for taking their word in front of the king, did they?
　I hope you've been happy. Now and in the future.

'A-ahhhhhh!
What's going on? Why are you afraid?　You wanted this holy sword, didn't you!
'No, no!　Not this one!　I will analyze this sealed sword... and create a new piece of ancient artifact... ...for the resurrection of me and my people...
Okay.

　I waved my holy sword.

'Then I'll let you study it firsthand. The Sanctuary Church!
"Guiggy gwaaaaaaah!

　The blade of the holy sword Lean Kaal sliced the Dead Spirit Bishop in half.
　Naturally, the blade is covered in my blood. But there was no need for it.
Because without the need to invoke 'purification', the death spirit bishop will evaporate.

''I'm going to ask you one last question. Do you know Lyle from 'Fira Village'?
"....and then we'll know...
"...Really?　You didn't bully or kill those guys, did you!
"...Oh, my God, really!　No one gave that order. Really da!''
I see.

　I sidestepped the Holy Sword Lean Kaal.

''We're done!　Go away!　Activate 'purification'!
"Gee yaahhhhhh!

　A vertical slash and a horizontal slash.
　The dead bishop, whose spirit body was ripped into ten letters, disappears.
　Eventually, his figure and voice disappear...

　The Cave of the Holy Sword was quiet again.

'Good.'
'Yuki!　Why are you putting the holy sword back in!
No, I thought you'd be mad at me for using it without permission.
It's an emergency. No one is going to complain about it. Besides, the Holy Sword has been sealed for nearly two hundred years and no one has been able to investigate it, but it has been activated. I'm sure everyone will want to know why.
Oops, that's it. Don't tell anyone.
''You can't just put your finger to your lips and say pretty things like that.
Don't tell anyone, okay?
Ugh.
No.
Oh, I see what I'm getting at.

　Good.

I'm your partner now. Your secret is safe with me.
Thanks.
However, you might want to speak to Princess Iris alone.
...Is that so?
I'd rather talk to her about this and get her on our side.
Your Highness, can you keep a secret?
Don't you trust me? Yuki is going to be His Highness Iris's guardian knight from now on.

　...I forgot.
I was so pissed off at the dead bishop of the "Sanctuary Church" that the exam was blown out of my mind.
　I remembered that we came to this cave to become Princess Iris's bodyguard.

''There's a saying in my house about the holy sword.
To the Marquis de Sley?
Yeah, it's kind of a legend, though.

　Odette nodded her head a bit, as if she were thinking, and then

The holy sword was only used twice in the past. But my ancestors were certain that it would be used again.
What are your ancestors' names and where are they from?
''I don't know that much. It was before the 'War of the Eight Kings'. It's just.....
"Just?
There is a note left behind that states that this holy sword should not be touched by anyone until the right wielder is found.
What's the right thing to do?
What do you think?

　Was Odette's ancestor also involved with this holy sword?
　Maybe she's from the same village as me.

''For one thing, I think Odette should be Princess Iris' knight.
Why is that?
'Being a knight means you'll always be by Princess Iris' side, which will come in handy in many ways.
What do you want to do about Yuki?
I don't mind being Odette's bodyguard.
Dame.

　He glared at me.

'It was Yuki who passed the test and defeated the dead bishop, right?　I can't be shameless enough to take that achievement away from you!
That's where I'm going.
'I am a nobleman!　The dukes!　You have every right to be honored and proud!
Do you have to?
You will be angry.

　It can't be helped.
　They're going to keep quiet about the Holy Sword.
　Let's at least put up with being an escort knight.




''Oh, hey!　Yuki-dono, the Duchess of Odette-Suray!　Gaile-Wolfgang!　You're safe!
'Bishop Death!　All three of you aren't hurt!
"....Gaile you're okay............ ...

　The rock that blocked the passage shattered, revealing General Barnes, Demeter the sorcerer, and Zirvan-Keels.
　Gaiel-Wolfgang is leaning against the rock wall of the cave, unconscious.
　We will now find out why this guy called the Reaper Bishop.

　Thus, our "Princess Iris, Your Royal Highness, Guard Knight Selection Examination" is over, and the bastard son of the baronial family, Yuki-Grossalia, will be appointed as a guard knight...

"....hacking...

　Before I left this place, I hacked at the holy sword once more.
　I didn't notice it earlier because I was in a hurry.
　This holy sword had a history of its users.


Holy Sword Lean Kaal User.

"My Lord: Dean Nosferatu: Used 200 years ago: reincarnated.
"Temporary user: Alice Carmine, used 199 years ago: reincarnated.


　I knew it.
　What was on the blade of the sword was the blood of me and something close to me.
　It couldn't have been anything other than Alice, who once gave me the 'magic blood'.

　There are a few things that I found out.
　First, neither Lyle nor the 'Sanctuary Church' knew the effects of this holy sword. If they knew, Lyle wouldn't have cried like that, and the 'Sanctuary Church' wouldn't have used this on me.

　It's conceivable that this holy sword could have been given to Lyle, who became a hero after killing me.
　If Lyle and Remilia join forces, we can analyze how to use the holy sword. Those guys were ridiculously studious.

　And Alice understood how to use this holy sword and was reincarnated in the same era as me.
　That means that Princess Iris is not descended from Alice.

　Alice used this holy sword a year after I died.
　It's impossible for Alice to have a child in that short period of time, one year after my death.
　At the time, Alice was just recovering from the Deathprint Disease. It would be impossible, both physically and in terms of age.

　In that case, is it a coincidence that Princess Iris looks like Alice... or maybe she herself is Alice's reincarnated body.
　At that time, Remilia had a younger brother or sister of Alice in her belly. If that descendant was Princess Iris's ancestor, and her bloodline was inhabited by Alice's soul, that would be a good story.
　But then I have to think of another cause for Princess Iris's grandmother's constitution.......

My boy.

　To begin with, it's funny, Alice.
　How many times am I going to be reincarnated just because I'm dead?
　Did you want to reduce the 200-year age gap to zero?　You didn't think you were going to fail.

　If Lyle and Remilia had found me, they would have stopped me... no.
　I can't imagine those two stopping Alice. I feel like those two would have sent Alice out once they knew that they could definitely reincarnate.

　Lyle and Remilia are extremely studious and excellent.
　If they had gotten their hands on the Ancient Magic and the Ancient Artifacts, they could have destroyed the Sanctuary Church. The Feela Village I'm in has a literacy rate of 100% (by the way, the royal capital at that time was 30%), and all the residents have mastered general magic.

　If Lyle had been recognized by the Sanctuary Church for his work in killing me.
　And if the people in the "Feela Village" had obtained knowledge of "Ancient Magic" and "Ancient Artifacts" by taking advantage of that.
　─ I have a feeling that they would do it without a care in the world, to the point of sending Alice to this era.......

'You're in this time period, aren't you? Alice-Carmine.

　I will find you.
　Whoever you are, whoever you are in this time period, I will find you, you just wait and see.