I Only Tried to Seduce the Villainess Sister Who Was Supposed to Kill Me - Chapter 65

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65.

What dampened the spirits of the cheerfully begun debut ceremony were the monsters that appeared right after the congratulatory speeches from the Emperor and Greim, the representative of the High Priest, had ended.

The nobles were startled by the sudden appearance of monsters, but since they each possessed elemental abilities, they didn’t scatter in panic like commoners would.

The adults participating in the debut ceremony rolled up their sleeves and used elemental magic to save those who had just come of age, while the newly adult young lords and ladies also cast their respective elemental abilities to deal with the monsters flying toward them.

Perioze’s Sister, Caroline, Theor, and I were also frantically busy dealing with the monsters surging toward us like a tide.

But then.

The glass windows surrounding the entire wall shattered with a sharp sound, and a massive shadow fell across the sky above.

A golden monster that flew through the glass windows with flapping wings.

“An, an ancient monster!”

The coming-of-age ceremony hall was thrown into chaos by the cry of one elderly noble.

An appearance with a crocodile’s head, a turtle-shaped body, and a snake’s tail.

It was definitely the monster we had caught during the Hunting Festival.

“Just how many of them are there…”

I used dark magic to bind the ankles of the giant monster flying toward us, my face hardening at the sight of what appeared to be over twenty ancient monsters by rough estimate.

“Theor! Summon Pandeum!”

I quickly shouted to Theor.

It was faster for Theor to summon than for me to draw a summoning circle with my blood.

We had greater numbers on our side, so we would win, but surely those still clumsy with elemental magic would lose their lives.

On what should be a joyful coming-of-age day, I didn’t want people to die, so whatever might help, I had to drag everything into use.

With that thought, I used earth elemental magic to save those nearly killed by ancient monsters, and used dark magic to bind their bodies or legs to seal their movements.

I even drew blood from my thumb to deploy a massive defensive barrier, striving to minimize damage.

I fought against over twenty ancient monsters while trying to prevent casualties.

So I had no idea at all.

That Prince Oslo, the Empress’s son, had hidden himself as soon as the monsters appeared.

Only after things were mostly settled with Pandeum’s help did I learn that he wasn’t here.

‘Did the Prince disappear together with the Empress?’

When I asked Theor in my mind, he replied that while he wasn’t certain, they seemed to have disappeared around the same time.

‘After His Imperial Majesty gave his congratulatory speech and left for the Imperial Palace, the Empress also disappeared after only greeting the attending ladies. Prince Oslo wasn’t visible even then.’

‘Then they evacuated the Prince first. It would be safe to say the Prince also knows about this.’

‘He probably knows. The Prince is also someone who always wishes for His Highness the Crown Prince to disappear.’

In the original story, Oslo felt like a puppet who simply moved according to his mother the Empress’s commands, unable to resist her pressure, so I was surprised that Theor viewed him that way.

Of course, since they would have had high chances of naturally encountering each other from childhood and spent time together due to being similar in age, Theor might know Oslo better than anyone.

Anyway, the Oslo I knew was nothing more than a puppet moving as the Empress told him to, so he didn’t feel particularly threatening, but seeing Theor’s serious expression made me think “like mother, like son.”

“Anyone injured! Come this way!”

Then, I saw Caroline raising her hand and shouting from over there.

She was busily looking around to treat the injured people.

Despite deploying defensive barriers and even summoning Pandeum in our efforts, we couldn’t protect everyone safely.

People with backs slashed by ancient monster claws, people with torn foreheads, and sadly, people who died from neck injuries.

The damage was much greater than expected.

It seemed Caroline alone would have difficulty treating everyone, so I looked around to see if it would be okay for me to leave.

Suddenly, I saw Perioze’s Sister burning ancient monsters with fireballs from over there.

Perioze’s Sister’s fire elemental magic was truly spectacular, and everyone was watching her performance in fascination.

I told Theor I would help Caroline and ran toward her.

“Kiiiii!”

My running steps were momentarily stopped by an ancient monster suddenly flying toward me, but soon Pandeum bound the monster’s feet so I could run again.

“Anyone injured!”

I raised my hand high to signal people to raise their hands and went to Caroline’s side.

Caroline looked at me while treating injured people with light elemental magic.

I spoke to the people gathered around with a serious expression.

“I can also provide treatment! I ask that only those with great courage or those who don’t dislike insects please raise your hands!”

I explained in advance so they wouldn’t faint upon seeing my black shadow caterpillars.

Among the people making puzzled expressions saying “Insects?” “Courage?” one person raised their hand.

“Please, please treat me. I’m bleeding so much that I think I’ll lose consciousness soon.”

A young lord with his back torn by ancient monster claws and cuts from his arm to the back of his hand spoke with a bloodless face.

I quickly nodded and summoned black shadow caterpillars on the young lord’s back, arm, and hand.

“Kyaa, kyaaah!”

Instantly, a young lady beside the young lord screamed in horror at seeing the caterpillars attached to the wounds.

The young lord who had entrusted his body to my caterpillars also turned pale and trembled all over.

But as the bleeding stopped and the wounds gradually healed, color quickly returned to his pale face.

“My goodness, insects are providing treatment.”

“Are they eating the wounds?”

“It’s fascinating, but the healing seems faster than light elemental magic.”

After that, everyone gathered toward me to receive my caterpillar treatment, so Caroline and I could quickly treat people.

Thus, the debut ceremony attacked by regular monsters and ancient monsters ended with the ball portion omitted.

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“What does the Imperial Court say?”

As investigations into the monsters and ancient monsters that appeared at the coming-of-age ceremony began and various cleanup efforts proceeded, the frequency of our six-person gatherings increased.

Greim shared the Imperial Court’s situation, Lloyd shared the Imperial Palace’s situation, and Theor and Perioze’s Sister shared the Knight Order’s situation.

Caroline also frequently participated in meetings to inform us about the Imperial Court’s overtures toward her.

“The priests said something strange.”

“Something strange?”

“They said being able to control ancient monsters is wicked magic. So they need to investigate you, who received divine revelation.”

At Caroline’s words, not only my eyes but also Perioze’s Sister’s, Theor’s, and Lloyd’s eyes widened to the point of popping out.

“That seems to be because of the dark elemental healing magic. Since people generally know that dark sorcery manifests wicked magic using black smoke, the black caterpillar healing method that resembles it must have instilled fear in some people.”

“So they’re cleverly trying to use that to frame Elinea as a dark sorcerer.”

At Theor’s words, Caroline and Greim nodded simultaneously.

“Those crazy bastards. Acting all high and mighty when they just sit at desks reading old books.”

Perioze’s Sister gnashed her teeth fiercely at the priests, while Theor and Lloyd showed worried expressions, saying that since it came from the Imperial Court, there would be nobles who believed it.

I had never thought they would disguise my power as dark sorcery, so I was a bit dumbfounded.

Even in the world I originally lived in, I was misunderstood and pointed fingers at for supposedly using dark magic through human souls, and I was flustered at the thought of having to experience something similar here.

“Anyway, we’ll do our best to prove from our side that it’s not true.”

“Right. In the first place, shouldn’t wicked dark sorcery not have healing magic at all?”

Greim and Caroline each said a word as if to comfort me with my hardened expression.

Since that part didn’t particularly bother me or anything, I just smiled at them once to express that I was fine.

“Let’s just leave this part alone for now. Many people received treatment from me, so those people will know my ability isn’t dark sorcery, and even if they don’t know that, since dark sorcery is magic that requires a price to manifest, the fact that I demonstrated it on the spot without killing anything is proof that I’m not a dark sorcerer.”

At my words, everyone nodded and said that was true.

But we overlooked something.

How far words without feet can travel.

And how false information can masquerade as great truth to incite people.

We had no idea about any of that until then.

“But didn’t you say you read the future? Then, wouldn’t you have known about this too?”

Lloyd asked, saying that if I had predicted ancient monsters would appear at the coming-of-age ceremony, the damage could have been further minimized.

I shook my head at him and answered.

“It wasn’t content that appeared. Nothing like this happened at the coming-of-age ceremony in the book I read.”

At my words, all five pairs of eyes widened.

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