Capitulo 149
Episode 149
Aster was not surprised by the demigod’s words.
I did, you were right.
[Did you hear the story?]
It was a strangely sarcastic tone.
I didn’t know what he was talking about, so I looked at Aster.
He sighed briefly and opened his mouth.
I did it just in case when I heard from Karina that there was a demigod here.
He said looking at me.
You would know about the founding myth too.
If I grew up in the empire, everyone must have heard of it at least once.
The empire was founded by a wizard named witch from another world and a warrior named knight king.
But isn’t it after the war against the gods was already over by the time the country was founded?
I also knew that. But there were too many miraculous things to say that the demigod did not intervene.
It’s a myth…
It was just a story from a long time ago, so I thought it was meant to be.
It was based on fact.
A vision of the world without God.
So, of course, I thought the story would be false.
The otherworldly witch is probably a wielder like me, and used the power of the bracelet to tame the demigod, which was its original purpose.
It would not have been a good ending to see the demigod hate her so much.
After all, there was something I was always curious about.
When were the bracelets, which would have originally been used to rule the demigods, able to change human emotions?
[There is no end to human greed.]
The demigod let out a strange laugh as if he had read my mind.
[And the human mind is always easy to change. The witches lost the hero’s heart, and to get it back, they sacrificed their descendants].
Without knowing that fact, Aster’s body trembled.
The last years of his suffering were sacrifices to the first empress to conquer love.
[I am not the only one who was deceived by the coaxial rumors that we were friends. I did not know that the witch who lost her love would arrive that day to seal this forest with my own hands].
The demigod kindly told me a story I did not know.
The witch and the hero who founded the empire would only have thought of a happy ending.
However, a more beautiful woman appeared to the hero who founded the empire.
How easily the human mind is swayed.
In the end, it is said that the hero even mentioned the word that he would bring the empress.
[He asked me in tears. He wanted to have that man’s heart completely. So I decided to grant his wish].
The more the demigod said, the more suspicious he became.
Why does he talk so much?
At first, it seemed like it would be better to keep talking, even to buy time for others to escape.
What did you get for granting your wish? I could have gotten out of here.
[I gave him a choice again. If he gets love, he would break that bracelet. Otherwise, they would go crazy inheriting it into their blood for generations].
Even if the demigod said nothing, he was well aware of the consequences.
From generation to generation, imperial grandchildren with great power and brilliant brains were born, but there was a reason why the emperor was not strong.
Successive emperors fell into something in their later years and ruined the empire.
Sometimes it was love, sometimes it was a thing or a study.
It was an obsession close to madness, which is hard to say he usually likes.
[Thanks to you, I had a very interesting experience. I’m a god who lives for eternity anyway, what would be difficult and scary?]
[You weren’t such a bad god!]
At that moment, Fio, who was calmly in his arms, jumped up and shouted.
[Why did you betray our whole race? Didn’t you teach us not to hate humans?]
At Fio’s plea, the magical pressure that had been weighing on his entire body loosened a little.
Aster rushed forward without wasting a moment.
He bent down and extended the pendant he held in his left hand towards the demigod.
He swung it as if he was going to stab it through his heart with magical energy, but the demigod was a little faster.
The sounds of two huge magical powers collided shaking the earth’s axis.
[No!]
Fio’s screams, Aster’s screams, and the demigod’s screams filled my mind.
A mist rose as Aster’s magical energy permeated the demigod’s body.
Yuck.
It was visible that Aster was being pushed slightly.
His body shuddered violently as the magical power was quickly absorbed.
No matter how strong Aster was, there was no way he could defeat a god-like demigod with a human body.
I went after him and pushed my magic power.
Aster looked at me with surprised eyes.
That didn’t change anything.
Because he and I knew it would be the end if we were pushed back here.
[Ha ha ha!]
The demigod absorbed our magic like a sponge.
We had to put everything we had into it until it reached its limit.
Of course, I didn’t have much magic power, but the magic my mother gave me was a great help.
Fio, don’t be silly, come and help!
Fio pondered for a moment at my shout, then poured out his magic energy.
[It’s too trivial to be a descendant of a hero!]
The demigod laughed and took a step forward.
It was a sense of intimidation so strong that I could feel the air moving.
In order not to be pushed, Aster poured out his strength by grinding his teeth.
This way, we were at a disadvantage.
I need another way.
At that moment, the demigod’s eye was slightly distorted.
Something seemed to be holding.
Perhaps the series of events that are happening now are not his will.
The escape caused by the distorted magical power destroys the victim’s mind.
Raymond and Wilhelm became obsessed with Tatiana and Andrew became obsessed with the past he had not chosen.
Tatiana, who wore the bracelet, was obsessed with the male lead she did not have.
However, Aster escaped that magic on his own.
A force of will.
Perhaps the reason the demigod was talking more than usual was because he wanted us to stop him.
If he really intended to kill us, he would have been torn apart the moment he appeared in this area.
Karina, stay close to me.
Aster?
Aster continued talking as he stepped back a little.
There was something my father always said. Don’t believe too much in your own power, saying that somewhere in the world there is someone better than me.
One of his knees was on the ground.
I was too arrogant.
Aster?
Magical storms are safer in the center.
He planned to use his body as a shield to exploit his magical powers and die with the demigod.
He seemed to be confident that he wouldn’t be swept away by the storm.
Somehow I didn’t object to joining.
Don’t say anything strange.
I didn’t have time to think about it any more.
It seemed far better to lose my vitality than to die.
I said, lightly patting Aster’s shoulder.
Wait a second.
Before Aster could call out to me, I ran forward and snatched the pendant from his hand.
I slid under the demigod’s massive body and pushed the pendant into his heart.
There was no need to squeeze hard to tears.
The swirling magical power hit my entire body, causing me to sting and ache.
When I closed my eyes tightly and bowed my head, the tears that had been welling up fell.
«Isn’t it because the bracelet is gone and the tears aren’t working?»
As soon as that thought ended, the windows I had been waiting for in my eyes came to my mind.
*The effect of the object ‘Tears’ negates all surrounding magical powers.
*The effect of the object ‘Tears’ negates all surrounding magical powers.
Dozens of windows appeared and disappeared repeatedly.
The moment I was worried about my remaining vitality.
Suddenly, silence was everywhere.
* * *
Raymond, who woke up late, was speechless at Wilhelm’s absurd sound.
What do you mean, the emperor and Karina went there to stop the demigod?
You and I have been ordered to protect the Grand Duchess and the Grand Duke.
These madmen.
Raymond was upset.
Did you both have a head injury in the past?
Maybe that’s it, or maybe they’re crazy.
«There’s no way a woman with a clear profit and loss calculation could do that.»
Maybe he was convinced he’d make it back alive.
Raymond noticed Andrew, still on the verge of death, and Tatiana, sitting next to him.
«What?»
Tatiana had a strangely peaceful face.
He felt it ominous.
Tatiana, whom he knew, was not the kind of person who was so detached when she lost everything.
Raymond grabbed Tatiana’s shoulder and turned away.
Tatiana.
Ray, long time no see.
What did you do?
She said with a sly smile.
What would be different than usual? He foolishly believed me this time and it was his fault.
Tatiana thought it was all over.
The men she loved turned their backs on her and called her husband a traitor.
If it came out this way, it would be the end of her and her family.
She wanted them all to die.
So she lied.
If she was going to die anyway, she didn’t want to see Karina happy even if she died, even if no one knew.
The pendant is just an amplifier. There’s no way it can control someone or anything.
What?
It’s just a magical tool that amplifies things like magic and emotions.
Andrew didn’t even know how to use them properly, and only found them through books.
Unlike Tatiana, who circulated around this world for a long time and came across various magical tools, he only used it through guesswork.
So what if I use it on a demigod?
The demigod’s power will be amplified.
Are you out of your mind?
Tatiana laughed out loud.
Crazy. I lost everything, but there is this kind of world, so what good is it to me?
She was the protagonist of this world.
If there is no way for the protagonist to overcome the crisis, the play will end with a bad ending.
So this world…
Tatiana’s face turned at the sound of her partner.
She turned her head slowly and there stood Wilhelm angrily.
It was your choice. You chose the Grand Duke from among those who love you, you ignored those who came to you to break with them and cling to him.
A light of contempt shone on Wilhelm’s face.
And you are the one who persuaded the Grand Duke to turn away.
Wilhelm later realized why Tatiana had lured him into the Archduke’s Order.
For the rebellion, the Archduke’s power was not enough.
She used it as a tool to hold Andrew, the man she loved.
You are the one who chose for her life to be this way. And you’re the one who has to pay the price.
Wilhelm drew his sword from its sheath and pointed it at Tatiana’s neck.