Chapter 299 - Episode Forty-Six - Later
After the commotion involving the god Kudor, I parted ways with Peter and headed for the Fage territory in Elia’s carriage as I had done when I arrived.
“Abel, Abel! Mea was really, really scared! I was afraid that Abel would die!”
In the carriage, Mea came crying and hugging me.
“It’s a good thing Kudor is a surprisingly well-spoken piece of meat. More importantly, look, I got a summoning crest from Kudor …… do you want to see it? Really, what should I do? Is this a bad idea?”
A sorcerer who fights mainly by summoning demons through a summoning crest is called a spiritist.
It’s not always possible to get a summoner’s mark from a demon by beating it into submission or threatening it.
Demons are not very intelligent, and even if they are, they are often eccentric.
They instinctively give summoning crest only to those who match their chi, wavelength, and magical properties.
I’ve always had a problem with summoning crests, and I’ve always had a spirit user complex.
The first one was the snake cow of Marias, and the second one was the artificial spirit Icarus, but I didn’t expect the third one to be Zolomonia, the great demon of wisdom and destruction, and the fourth one to be Kudor, the great god.
Anyway, I’d like to show them off to someone, but unfortunately, they’re both too big to share with anyone casually.
“I don’t care about the summoning crest! Let’s not do anything dangerous anymore!”
Mea kept her face buried in my chest and strengthened her arms.
“I-It doesn’t matter …… I, I see ……”
I gently let go of the fingers that were confidently gripping the hem of my dress.
“Even from a distance, it looked amazing, and the sky had a strange color, and those suspicious people were crying about God’s punishment, was it really that bad?”
Elia, who is sitting on the driver’s position, looks back at me.
“Ehhhh. It was worse than I thought. I thought I was strong enough, but I was wrong. I almost got killed by a lick. I guess I didn’t train hard enough.”
Even though I had reached a settlement with Kudor, she had put me on hold to buy time to calculate the value of my use and to leave room for negotiation.
It seems that they just put it on hold to leave room for negotiation.
Despite her warm words and actions, what motivated Kudor was her sense of duty toward the goal of protecting the Dinrat Kingdom.
He did not kill Peter, and she gave me the summoning crest, but her decision not to kill Mea was not one of compassion, but of calculation.
A decision made by calculation can be turned around by calculation.
It is either foolishness or an abandonment of thought for those who can do nothing else but bet on the goodness of a person they do not know well without any preparation.
While showing a positive attitude toward reconciliation, I must be prepared to slit my wrists immediately if the other party returns my hand.
But next time, I can’t use tricks like attaching Icarus to her.
The reason I was able to successfully synthesize the spirit from the deceptive Levi spear was because Kudor didn’t know that I would betray him from there, and that I had created Kudor’s brother without her permission.
Now that she understands that I will do whatever it takes, she will never let me get away with it.
I don’t want to think that there will be a next time, and I think that I can trust Kudor, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have to assume the fight.
I really don’t know if a monster like that can handle a human-like me without a little work.
But.
“…… next time, we’ll win.”
“Abel, are you thinking of something strange again!?”
I have to be strong enough to not let Mea worry about me for now.
After returning to the Fage territory, I headed straight to the office in Lark’s mansion to report the results of my return and investigation.
However, as long as the god Coudre is involved, it is a serious matter that concerns the significance and authority of the Coudre religion.
Peter begged me not to talk about it, and after much discussion, I decided to tell Lark that I had not gained much from this trip.
“…… After all that, I guess I didn’t get much out of it. Well, it was a nice change of pace.”
“I see. By the way, Abel, did you know that the sky turned red and black clouds appeared in the sky, and that there were magical traces of a large magical weapon being operated somewhere in the Dinrat Kingdom, although the location has not been specified? “
Euris, who has taken on the role of private army commander and secretary, gives me a cold look.
“It’s called a spectacular anomaly. The reason why the sky is blue is because the sunlight is scattered by wavelengths due to the Rayleigh scattering of matter in the atmosphere, and when that equilibrium is disrupted, the sky rarely turns red even in the daytime. Water vapor in the atmosphere is the main cause, and unfortunately, it’s not a magical phenomenon. I don’t know about magic weapons, I don’t have the raw materials or the money to make such things on my travels. If I had one, I’d be building more things in Fage territory.”
“I see, that may be true, but …… L-Let’s see… Ra-, Rayleigh ……?”
Okay, I won.
If I want to compare my pseudo-occult knowledge and theories from my previous life, I won’t lose to Euris.
“Really ……You didn’t find anything unusual, I’m sorry to hear that Abel-kun. Well, it happens.”
Lark said smilingly to the confused Euris.
“Yes, it was originally an investigation based on a fishy scripture found in a witch’s tower. It must have been a fake book or something. “
“Hahaha, well, that’s just the way it is, yeah.”
When Euris saw Lark’s condition, she regained her senses, put her hands on the desk and shouted.
“Abel-dono! You sure you didn’t bring in anything that could spark a fire in the Fage territory!”
“Euris! It’s not polite to talk to Abel-kun in such a linear manner!”
“But, but, the Kudor Church is the most ruthless and militarily powerful organization in the Dinrat Kingdom! As long as Abel-dono is exercising magic that’s on the edge of regulations, there’s a risk that the church will notice! Just in case, I can’t help but nail him to the wall. ……!”
So, I thrust my spear into the god Kudor, who is worshipped by the church, and made an octopus grow on his back, wasting her magic power, but I’m sure the church will forgive me since he and the god have forgiven me.
In my opinion, it is an unhealthy form of religion to continue to worship a mere overgrown artificial spirit in the position of God, and I can’t help but think that it is no different from the paganism of worshipping demons who cheat on God, which is what the Kudor Church hates the most.
As I walked out of the office and into the corridor, after bouncing off Euris for the moment and greeting Lark on my return, the traveling alchemist Alta, or the witch Altamir, who had somehow become more familiar with the alchemist division than I was, ridiculed me as the head of the alchemist corps, which had become an honorary title without substance for me for saving the territory. As if to show off her own charisma, she appeared in front of me, leading two members of the group.
“Abel, I’m sure you’ve found something, haven’t you? I’ll keep it from the Baron, so you can tell me in secret.”
“That’s right, Commander! I will not tell Lark-sama about it!”
If Altamir says it, my men and the people beside her will follow.
It was a blunder to leave the fage territory while Altamir was building her faction.
“No, no, nothing really happened ……”
“What? Alta-san is asking for it!”
“I’m asking you to do the same, Commander! It’s Alta’s request! You can use me as a tool, but you have to tell Arta!”
Terrible, I’ve seen this tendency before, but it’s become a word for a completely different camp.
Mea sees my expression and raises her eyebrows as if she’s just realized something.
“Abel is tired from his research trip …… so please take care of him a little more. Like his physical strength …… and, also his mental health.”
I know you’re trying to be subtle, but I can feel it.
Altamir was at a loss as to what was going on, but the public members seemed to have an idea, and they cleared their throats and straightened their backs.
“I’m sorry, sir. Please take a good night’s rest for now, my Lord Commander.”
“Hmm? Am I missing something?”
“No, no! No, no! Let’s let the Commander rest for today!”
H-How shameless ……
I was a little pissed off, so I decided to show Lark the blueprints for the anti-kudor weapon that I was going to give him at a later time.
“It’s not the same as an achievement, but I got something like this. I’ve been thinking about it in my spare time. I’m going to need some help, so I think I’m going to have to go back to manufacturing.”
As I unfolded the paper, the faces of the two members of the group turned pale.
“What’s with this stupid colorful avant-garde crumbling thing?”
“It’s Quetzalcoatl, the wooden dragon.”
On a piece of paper, there was a blueprint of a seemingly haphazardly shaped dragon, made from a series of totems.
But this is not some stupid colorful avant-garde collapse of art, designed by me and colored by Mea with great care.
“Aren’t you wrong about a couple of digits? This can hold about a hundred people, right?”
It’s supposed to be five meters high and twenty meters wide.
I don’t think it’s going to be able to take down Kudor, but it’s the first prototype.
“Wow, that looks interesting.”
In between the two pale members of the group, Altamir muttered to himself as if it were something else.
“Please reconsider, Commander Abel! If we make something like this, the entire alchemist division will die of exhaustion! First of all, we don’t have the funds to build such a large and elaborate weapon!”
“That’s right! Besides, it’s too overpowered! The Royal Family will definitely consider us to be rebellious! If you want to carve the faith of the Marren tribe, go ahead and do it yourself, but I’m firmly against it!”
“The Marren people don’t believe in Quetzalcoatl, the wooden dragon. We’re animists.”
Besides, the royal family and financial problems have already been solved.
In exchange for the return of the two rings that were once conceded to me and the fact that Peter almost killed me, I’ve just received a promise to fund my research into magic and to grant permission for the use of magic that Peter had already checked out and was close to forbidden, with the greatest possible concessions.
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