My Illusion Is Survival - Chapter 54
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Chapter 54
The first to break the silence was Ragnear’s innocent voice.
“How fascinating. How did you do that? It doesn’t seem like magic or divine power.”
He looked toward Bellode as if seeking an answer, but surprisingly, Bellode wasn’t certain.
“…I don’t sense Lord Achrasia’s authority, but it’s still difficult to be sure. Not all divine power carries traces of the main god’s divinity.”
“Oh, is that how it works? I didn’t know that.”
Bellode’s expression twisted at Ragnear’s brazenly smiling face.
“More importantly, I cannot overlook what just happened, Your Majesty.”
“Cannot overlook it, you say?”
“This matter is—”
“It was a test.”
But Ragnear was one step faster.
“And also, a confirmation.”
“That was excessive.”
“But wasn’t it the most certain method?”
“Your Majesty!”
Around that time, I couldn’t hold back and opened my mouth.
“You must find me amusing.”
“What would there be to fear from a madman? According to your own words, a lunatic who even killed his own brother.”
…That crazy bastard.
The sight of him grinning smugly when we had almost all died made me even more furious.
‘Still, now is the time to stay calm. Even if the light I can’t control just protected me, I can’t simply rejoice.’
The pattern was even different from before.
‘Unlike before when the magic was completely erased, this time the magic is just bound in midair, standing still. What principle is this?’
Since I had no way of knowing what the difference was, I still had to be careful.
“Anyway. Given how things have turned out, instead of handing you over to the Holy Maiden, I’ll have to take you with me after all.”
Meanwhile. At Ragnear’s words claiming ownership of me like I was an object, Linoa Marigold immediately raised her sword.
“You should know I won’t just stand by and watch.”
“Traitor, Linoa. Try it if you can. I’m planning to do this properly this time too.”
Wooong—!
But at that moment, I suddenly felt some strange vibration from somewhere.
Guuu— woong!
“…What is that?”
I wasn’t the only one who felt the low vibration coming from underground.
“What is that sound?”
“Something seems to be approaching?”
As the knights said, the vibration was rapidly approaching this way.
‘Could it be the Duchess?’
Having been chased twice already, I naturally suspected her. But Linoa Marigold’s thoughts differed from mine.
“…Master?”
“Linoa Marigold?”
“Miss, could it be that Master is coming?”
“This?”
Kuuuuu— woong!
‘This is Azel?’
My bewilderment was brief. Due to the now more certain vibration, everyone was now staring warily at the wall where the sound was coming from, but the more this continued, the more I was gripped by an ominous premonition.
“It’s coming.”
And at that moment.
KWAAAAAAANG—!
With a tremendous explosion, everyone in front of me was swept away in an instant.
“…!”
The wall collapsed like an explosion.
Their bodies flew through the air like scarecrows without even completing their screams, and I froze like a human facing disaster.
In the scene where anxiety became reality, I realized the identity of the faint silhouette approaching this way.
“Have you arrived, Master.”
“…Azel.”
The one who appeared with his back to the light and shoulders hanging low was Azel.
His red eyes burning like flames told me of Azel’s anger, so I just wanted to run away.
It was an unavoidable instinctive fear.
“Are, are you angry?”
To my question asked in a trembling voice, suppressed anger returned with rough breathing.
“How dare they.”
The fortunate thing was that his eyes weren’t looking at me.
“Cough—!”
Following Azel’s gaze, there was a familiar face there.
“Yulia?”
Only then did I realize that something was going seriously wrong.
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“Ugh, urgh—!”
Instead of answering, Yulia’s condition was miserable as she coughed up a handful of blood.
No, it wasn’t just Yulia. Everyone who had been threatening us with noble bearing earlier was barely catching their breath, covered in blood and dirt.
This was the result of just a single moment’s strike.
Then I heard Azel’s voice.
It was a question directed at me.
“You finally used that power.”
“…!”
“I had hoped it wouldn’t be so, but you finally did.”
His voice, which suited despair more than anger and futility more than rage, was filled with inexplicable resentment.
“I should have done this from the beginning. Just destroying this pathetic manor would have been enough. I foolishly held back my strength, trying to honor your request.”
“Azel…?”
“Even knowing I would end up seeing this sight, how stupid of me.”
What his red eyes were pointing at was the magic that had been stopped in midair. Azel was already certain that this scene was my doing.
‘Did he know I used my power and come here destroying the manor?’
I couldn’t know how he knew and came here. What was important now was the fact that Azel was extremely angry because of this.
I couldn’t do anything while his red eyes passed by me, and his gaze soon turned toward Yulia.
“Did you think you could escape from me by running away like a rat?”
“You- you disgusting trash. A demon, a filthy and vile evil spirit!”
Yulia, who hadn’t lost consciousness yet, fought back without backing down, but I could sense fear she couldn’t quite hide.
“I don’t understand why humans are always so foolish.”
In contrast, a subtle tremor was mixed between Azel’s syllables.
“Again and again, again and again. Repeating the same mistakes, repeating the same things. Why do you do that?”
It was controlled killing intent rather than excitement, and disillusionment with humans that he couldn’t quite contain.
“You’re all the same. Always not knowing your place and making me angry in the end.”
Finally, his red eyes settled.
“Stupid and tiresome.”
Deep, deeper. The light had fallen to unfathomable depths without end, and now Azel’s pupils appeared pitch black. Thanks to this, I realized a fact I had forgotten.
‘This was Azel.’
I thought I already knew. But that was arrogance.
His existence was a calamity.
A single line of narration I had heard once passed through my mind.
The power I had praised as the greatness of the mastermind was a calamity. Even the fearsome Bellode and Ragnear were nothing but helpless humans before disaster.
The knights, now numbering in the dozens, were all barely clinging to life. Their survival depended solely on Azel.
I had been waiting for such a person all this time.
Then Azel’s eyes turned toward me once again.
“What a frightened face. You’re scared of me, aren’t you?”
“…!”
“So you too can make such an expression when looking at me.”
It wasn’t resentment or mockery.
Azel was accepting my fear as if it were natural.
“It’s fine to close your eyes for a moment. It’ll be over soon.”
“Azel.”
Despite my taking a step closer at his ominous words, he only shook his head and didn’t allow my approach.
“I’ve already indulged your stubbornness enough. Now it’s time to handle things my way.”
“I wondered who it was. So it was you, Azel Biotz.”
“Agnis.”
“There are countless Agnis in this land. There are already several just in the distant Imperial Palace. Just call me Ragnear.”
In this explosive situation, the voice reeking of metallic blood belonged to Ragnear.
His leisurely voice, unbefitting someone facing death, showed no attachment to life.
“Did you come to take that woman? Or did you come to claim the life of one who dared to question your sins?”
“Both. You’re still the same as ever.”
“Humans die eventually. What’s the point of being afraid?”
Ragnear, leading his battered body to lean against the wall, was smiling slowly.
“Since I’m going to die anyway, answer me this. Who is that woman? Surely you can tell me that much when I’m about to die.”
“What are you curious about?”
“Is that woman the Holy Maiden? Or is she a messenger from heaven?”
I couldn’t understand why he’d be curious about such things at this point.
“A savior.”
“…!”
But what I understood least was Azel’s answer.
“My pitiful, precious, one and only savior.”
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