257-251 Rushing forward




 The rope that was binding His Highness Albert must have been removed by someone.
 But to come out of the sanctuary wards, it really is a troublesome thing to do.
 

 Thinking that far, I return my gaze from His Highness to Melfina-san.
 If I became a sage and activated the powered-up sanctuary circle on Melfina-san, perhaps I could make her disappear with a single blow.
 However, there's a possibility that I won't be able to return to the original state if my transformation into a demon race progresses.......
 If I can somehow make my consciousness look like the original Melfina-san instead of the personality that has been transformed into a demon race...............here's a flash of inspiration.
''Your Highness, could you keep talking to Melfina-san.....................?
 When I returned my gaze to His Highness Alberto again, His Highness had been twisted by Kefin's arm and had fallen flat on his face.

 The kefin's so brilliant control of the situation reminded me of the police's arrest technique, but I don't have time now, so I spoke to His Highness.
I'm sure you're aware that Melfina has been turned into a demon. However, her transformation into a powerful demon is even more advanced than when I treated her before.
So you're gonna kill me! If you do that, I will never forgive you.
'Then is there any way for your highness to save her? You've been abused so much, but do you still want to save them?
'Of course! Please, no, this is right. I only want Melfina to be saved, no matter what.
 Saying that, His Highness rubbed his forehead against the ground and asked for it.
 
''I'll have you drink all sorts of demands later.
'Oh, thank you. If I can save Melfina, I'll do everything I can to help.
'Very well. If so, please call on Mr. Melfina again and again.
...Is that all you need to know?
''Yes. The demon tribe that took over Melfina-san's body just now said something about barely looking at His Highness, didn't they?
Yeah.
 I can tell that I'm in such an awesome shock that I can almost hear the sound effects.
 Well, it's not hard to understand when someone you love acts like that....

 However, I don't want to waste my time being depressed here, so I decided to talk about the rest of the story.
''I think that's because Fermina-san still has her intentions in mind. So please talk to her as much as you can.
Yeah, all right. All right, now will you let me go?

 I suppose I'm not happy that Kefin is still squeezing my arm, but my answer was obvious.
'I'm sorry, but no. I'm going to do my best to save Melfina-san from now on. But Melfina-san will suffer quite a bit. Your Highness can't just sit back and watch at that time, can he?
I promise, that will be good.
No, I have a feeling that you'll pay the price for that, even if you are pledged, so you can call out to her there quietly and tell her how you remember her.
".........Okay. But in return, help me in any way you can.
 If he didn't help, or even if he couldn't help, I'm sure he'd still turn to the enemy. This guy and this development is really too much trouble.
 Even so, it's great that we were able to get rid of the anxiety factor here.
 If we rescue Melfina-san here, we can get rid of the worries of being Your Highness.
 I've decided that once I've confirmed that I've rescued Melfina, he'll be able to sleep as well.

 His Highness began to call out desperately to Melfina to save her as I had instructed.
 With a sideways glance, I began to think of the best way I could do it.

 Melfina-san, who had self-destructed, had already been given dispel and other magic.
 But the jet-black wings are still intact, and the miasma is still faint.
 How did she become a demon in the first place?
 The mere fact that the mere fact that the mere mortal has a miasma is not enough.
 Since I was chanting magic from a distance earlier, this time I cast magic from the dispel again while observing and casting magic in order from the dispel again.

 And when I activate Purification, Melfina-san feels a strong pain, or maybe she wakes up in pain!
''Ouch ... what have I done? Your Highness, the wise man will do something terrible. Please help me.
Oh, Melfina, you're back. Lord Luciel, let her go.
 They say love is blind, but it's too blind.
 It's amazing in a way that you can completely change your personality and still be seen as the same person, but I'm tempted to say that I don't care what Melfina-san looks like.
 As long as I can't get out of the sanctuary ward by myself, I'm not going to let this Melfina-san out of the ward.
''Yes, if you can get out of this ward, go ahead.
 Purification didn't have the effect I was hoping for either, but if there's pain, it means it's still a demon race after all.
''Luciel-dono, then release me from my restraints. This is my order as the First Prince of the Empire.
Negative.
Don't you have any idea what you're doing?
 I don't want to be told with a surprised look on my face, but let's just ask her.
''What would the real Melfina-san think if she saw you now? You don't think they were really just looking at me on the outside, do you?
''Still, I don't want to see Melfina in pain any more.
"Even if Melfina-san were to live as a demon for the rest of her life, do you think so?
..........
 I really don't want them to look at me like I'm my parents' enemy that much.
 I turned my attention to Lionel, who seemed to be organizing the soldiers, and this one seemed to be completely left in charge.
''Hah~ If you understand, then please be mature and tell the real Melfina-san about your memories. Let that make Melfina-san want to come back, even if it's just a little bit. Only Your Highness can do that.
Okay.
 His Highness finally agreed. Then he began to tell Melfina-san about his old memories.

 With a really happy and embarrassed look on his face, he talked about how he followed up on His Highness' mistakes and how Melfina-san scolded him for getting on the wrong side of things.
 I'm sure His Highness must have forgotten that there are so many Imperial soldiers around him.
 He's a complete boorish type. It's a good idea to be able to have a good time with them.

 First of all, I decided to rely on the holy dragon, with the image of removing all the miasma, then removing all the magic stones if there were any, and lastly, solidifying the image of removing Melfina-san's wings and restoring the color of her skin to its original color.
'Holy Dragon, be the light that unleashes everything, swallow all the curses, all the defilements, and purify the evil souls with salvation.
 For the first time in a long time, the magic power was being consumed at an intense rate.
 As I endured it and continued to send magic power to the illusionary staff, a translucent holy dragon like the status screen flew to Melfina-san and swallowed her body.

 Melfina's scream rose, and His Highness Alberto wanted to say something and go to Melfina-san, but I didn't have time to listen to it, so I immediately activated the Extra Heel.
 The translucent holy dragon swallowed Melfina-san. Until then, I had the luxury of time to spare.
 However, perhaps because the demonization had progressed, or perhaps because the soul had entered the place where the holy dragon had been transformed into a demon race, it swallowed the place where the holy dragon had been transformed into a demon race and disappeared.
 To put it in plain English, the wings disappeared, and from the back where the wings disappeared, this time blood wings appeared.
 It's a good thing that this is not an easy thing to do.
 In addition to that, I was desperate anyway because I didn't want His Highness Alberto to renege on his promise by turning into a demon race and disguising himself with the miasma, or by having Melfina-san become completely naked.
 As soon as I finished the extra heel, I took out my robe from my magic bag and called out to Kefin.
I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work. Your Highness, please use this.
 He immediately threw the robe to His Highness, who was about to run up to Melfina-san.
''Well I'll take it gratefully for now.
 With that glare, I hung the robe on Melfina-san.

 Unlike the plan, I let out a great sigh while reflecting on the fact that I was on the verge of depleting my magic power even though I hadn't been in a battle.
 As I drank the magic potion, I became depressed at the development of what I could expect from the preliminaries.