Let’s Tame The Crazy Heroine - Chapter 103

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Chapter 103

I wondered if something had happened to Louis, so I hurriedly created a telegram butterfly and sent it.

Then I immediately turned to look at Kaisis.

“Let’s go, Kaisis!”

I took Kaisis with me and teleported to Shuin Street in the heart of the capital.

The street had already become a battlefield. An ancient demon beast was breathing fire and burning down houses.

People’s screams echoed endlessly.

The flames breathed by the ancient demon beast were incomparably more powerful than ordinary fire. In an instant, the street was filled with ashes.

Could I defeat that demon beast with my power alone?

I was anxiously biting my lips when it happened.

Screech-!

“Rene!”

I heard the sound of a carriage stopping urgently, and Louis got out.

Behind the carriage stood knights. It seemed he had brought troops from the Marquis’ mansion.

“I was shocked when I received the telegram butterfly you sent and came running, but what on earth is this!”

“Are you alright, Louis?”

“I’m fine. Is that thing the ancient demon beast or whatever you mentioned?”

“That’s right.”

I tried to draw up holy magic to subdue the ancient demon beast for now.

But then…

Shing-.

Suddenly I heard the sound of a sword being drawn, and a sharp blade came rushing toward me.

Kaisis pulled me into his arms and kicked off the ground.

When I barely dodged and looked up in surprise, Louis was pointing his sword at me.

“Louis, why on earth are you…”

Clang-!

At that moment, the sword Kaisis drew clashed sharply with Louis’s blade.

“Ah, no, why am I doing this!”

Louis had a panicked expression on his face.

Yet he kept swinging his sword at me repeatedly.

Kaisis pulled me back while parrying Louis’s sword.

Each time, faint sparks flew.

“What! Stop!”

Louis shouted as if his body wasn’t obeying him.

I looked at Louis in confusion. He was moving like a marionette puppet.

As if he was being controlled by someone.

I suddenly recalled Iban’s words.

“Oh, and your friend. Beatrice. You’d better be careful.”

So this was what he meant by being careful of Louis…!

Come to think of it, the aura of black magic I felt from Louis had grown stronger.

The fact that Louis couldn’t move his body freely, and the fact that the black magic aura had intensified.

I wondered if he might be under Iban’s control.

Iban could control people who had fallen to masu transformation.

Louis hadn’t become a demon beast, but since he emanated black magic aura, it might be possible to control him.

As I looked at Louis and urgently tried to draw up holy magic, it happened.

“Lady Sauver-!”

The Duke appeared on horseback.

Since the Duke was also staying in the capital, he must have rushed over after seeing the dragon appear.

Behind him stood several knights who appeared to be from his knight order.

“What on earth is happening here.”

“An ancient demon beast has awakened.”

Clang-!

At the sound of clashing swords, the Duke looked toward where Louis and Kaisis stood.

The moment he saw Louis swinging his sword at Kaisis, the Duke’s face was colored with bewilderment.

“Why is Lady Rockwood…”

“I’m not certain, but he seems to be under a black mage’s control.”

“What?”

The Duke turned to look at me in confusion.

“Then we need to find the black mage.”

“I found him. But right now…”

That’s when it happened.

“Kyaaah-!”

A scream was heard.

I turned my head toward where the scream came from.

A woman was running away. From a man holding an axe.

“P-please save me!”

The man was fiercely swinging his axe as if trying to kill the woman.

But the man’s eyes were strange.

They were unfocused, as if bewitched by something.

Unfocused eyes weren’t a symptom of masu transformation, were they? Besides, the man didn’t look like masu transformation was progressing.

His skin was smooth like a normal person’s, and he wasn’t coughing either.

Then why was that man acting like that?

It was the moment the Duke drew his sword.

Shing-.

The knights simultaneously drew their swords as well.

And then…

“Your Highness!”

When one knight swung his sword, the Duke hurriedly dodged.

But the knight didn’t stop and attacked the Duke. Looking closely, the knight’s eyes were also unfocused and hazy.

Something was strange.

Both the man with the axe and the knights. They all had unfocused eyes, which was odd.

It seemed like some black magic other than masu transformation was being activated.

“Henry, snap out of it!”

The knights were fighting each other, clashing swords.

A few knights seemed to be in their right minds, but most were swinging swords with vacant eyes.

As I watched the knights in confusion, one of the knights who had been staring into space with unfocused eyes suddenly slit his own throat with his sword.

Red blood spurted instantly.

I covered my mouth in horror as several more knights began slitting their own throats.

Since Iban intended to destroy this world, he seemed to plan on killing everyone regardless of whether they became his forces or not.

“Why are you all suddenly acting like this!”

The Duke shouted, but the knights either committed suicide or clashed swords with the normal knights as if they couldn’t hear him.

That’s when it happened.

A system window appeared before me with a beeping warning sound.

[Warning! A cognitive disaster is occurring due to the ancient demon beast! Deal with the ancient demon beast and save the people!]

Cognitive disaster?

I looked at the system window in confusion. A cognitive disaster meant an error occurring in the ability to distinguish and judge things.

Then people suddenly attacking others or committing suicide was also?

As I thought this,

[Correct.]

A system window appeared.

“Your Highness! We need to deal with the ancient demon beast! People are acting strange because of the ancient demon beast!”

When I shouted, the Duke, who was fighting off a knight charging at him, turned to look at me.

“But how can we deal with the ancient demon beast…!”

Clang-!

The sharp sound of clashing swords rang out.

The capital was now in complete chaos.

People were attacking each other or committing suicide, while the ancient demon beast was breathing fire and burning down houses. Louis and Kaisis were clashing swords.

To prevent people from dying, we had to deal with the ancient demon beast as quickly as possible.

But…

It was then, as I was biting my lip.

I felt a powerful flow of magical energy.

Then,

“Rene Sauver.”

The Mage Lord and mages appeared in mid-air.

It seemed they had finally received the messenger butterfly I had sent.

“What on earth is going on here?”

The Magic Tower was located on an island far from the Empire. So it made sense that the messenger butterfly would arrive late.

The Mage Lord frowned as she looked around at the chaotic capital.

“So the black mage finally awakened the ancient demon beast.”

The Mage Lord sighed as she observed the people who had lost their minds.

“It seems the ancient demon beast has caused a cognitive disaster.”

The Mage Lord looked around with a serious expression. Fortunately, it seemed she knew about the ancient demon beast’s power.

“Could you tie up those people for now?”

When I asked, the Mage Lord gestured to a mage standing beside her.

The mage then cast a binding spell, and in an instant, the knights who had been rampaging with swords were restrained.

“That woman doesn’t seem to be like that because of the cognitive disaster.”

The Mage Lord pointed at Louis with her chin. I quickly nodded.

“That’s right. She seems to be under the black mage’s control.”

Louis had been attacking me even before the cognitive disaster occurred.

Iban’s words came to mind: ‘You’d better be careful of your friend.’

Unlike the others who had lost focus, Louis was in her right mind.

It seemed that Iban, who could now control people tainted with black magic after the ancient demon beast awakened, was controlling Louis.

“Certainly, the aura of black magic has become stronger than before.”

I also nodded, having felt the strong black magic aura emanating from Louis.

Then the Mage Lord gestured to the mage standing beside her.

“Tie up that woman too.”

“Yes, understood.”

The mage cast a binding spell to restrain Louis.

Then a black aura rose from Louis’s body and completely dispelled the binding spell.

“The binding spell…”

The mage looked at Louis in confusion.

Louis seemed equally confused and swung her sword with a surprised expression.

“What the hell. Why is this happening!”

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