My Illusion Is Survival - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

 

“Azel.”

 

“Chase! Chase-!”

 

Just as I was calling Azel’s name, the Duke’s voice urgently cut off my words.

 

“Ah, aah-!”

 

The Duke, crawling across the floor in a battered state toward her son, was crying like a wild beast.

 

“Oh, what should I do. My baby, Chase. Aah-!”

 

Wondering what was happening, I looked at Chase’s condition and immediately understood the reason.

 

The child who had been unconscious and breathing painfully was now peacefully closing his eyes.

 

“Aah, dear God!”

 

The Duke’s tears were of joy, not anguish.

 

That intense light had erased the demonic energy that had been clinging to Chase.

 

“Chase! Your Highness-!”

 

At that moment, Camela, who had been hiding until now, ran toward the two of them. Tears flowed endlessly from the child’s eyes, and the Duke pulled the crying child into her embrace together.

 

“What on earth is all this about?”

 

The last to appear was Dekan.

 

“This place is all destroyed too. Huh? Miss! Are you alright?”

 

Dekan, who had been muttering to himself while looking at the devastated room, seemed flustered when he saw me leaning weakly.

 

‘Right. Dekan was here, of course.’

 

Meanwhile, I had completely forgotten about Dekan’s existence and flinched involuntarily at his shocked gaze.

 

“Dekan, who is that person you’re carrying?”

 

“Ah! It’s the Duchess.”

 

But what was even more shocking was that the Duchess was being carried on Dekan’s back, looking perfectly fine.

 

“Ah! I found her on the way here. I’m not really sure what happened either.”

 

“Indeed! The Miss’s holy light must have reached even the Duchess!”

 

“What? Holy what?”

 

“Well-”

 

“Never mind, Linoa Marigold. Explanations can wait.”

 

The words that would follow were obvious anyway.

 

‘Praise or worship directed at me, no doubt.’

 

Since there was no need to repeat the same situation, I cut off Linoa Marigold’s words, and she showed a slightly displeased expression.

 

If the Duchess’s fingertips hadn’t twitched weakly at that moment, Linoa Marigold would have definitely praised me.

 

“Cre, Recio.”

 

“Vanessa!”

 

The Duke, who had been holding the two children, urgently called her wife’s name.

 

“Where is this- No, more than that, your condition, why.”

 

“Aah, Vanessa!”

 

The bewildered Duchess’s eyes briefly met mine, but the Duke called me first.

 

Her tear-soaked eyes were now focused entirely on me.

 

“Thank you! Thank you, my benefactor.”

 

At my position, now elevated to benefactor, I simply nodded.

 

‘Sorry, but I don’t have the strength to show off either.’

 

Pretending to be a Holy Maiden or whatever, right now I can’t even see properly.

 

‘More importantly, is it finally all over?’

 

I slowly closed my eyes while watching that scene.

 

‘I’m tired.’

 

I desperately wanted to go back and rest right away, but there was still an unfinished problem remaining.

 

[Explain properly what the hell happened.]

 

Gaspata was still kneeling like a tragic heroine, glaring in this direction.

 

But then.

 

“Cough!”

 

“Lady Elpis!”

 

“Miss!”

 

At that moment, a cough burst from my mouth and something warm flowed down the corner of my lips.

 

“?”

 

It was black blood.

 

“Uh…?”

 

[Huh?]

 

With Gaspata’s bewildered voice as the last thing I heard, my vision spun and the world turned black.

 

[Uh, uhh?]

 

“You, you bastard-?”

 

Thanks to that, my voice directed at Gaspata never continued.

 

“Ah, Miss! Pull yourself together, Miss!”

 

“Ma, Master! Wait a moment! Ca, calm-!”

 

I had fainted.

 

*

 

When I regained consciousness, I was confused by the fact that the entire world was pitch black.

 

[Are you awake?]

 

‘Gaspata?’

 

[Phew, really. Do you know how startled I was?]

 

‘Where are you speaking from right now? Why can’t I see anything?’

 

[I temporarily stopped time, that’s why. There’s nothing wrong with your eyesight, so don’t worry. But first, let me ask you something. What the hell did you do?]

 

That’s what I should be saying.

 

Gaspata’s sudden appearance was equally puzzling to me.

 

‘How did you know to come?’

 

[Know what! I came because the blessing kept going berserk! I wondered what was happening, so I came and saw demonic energy attacking from all directions – do you know how shocked I was?]

 

‘I see. You must have been very shocked. Even using informal speech that you don’t usually use.’

 

Gaspata seemed to have lost discipline while I wasn’t watching, speaking rebelliously without hesitation. After a moment of silence, excuses immediately followed.

 

[…How sho- ahem! How shocked I was, is what I was asking. Hehe.]

 

‘Forget the formal speech, but what do you mean by blessing? What do you mean you erased demonic energy with a blessing?’

 

I seemed to have finally found a clue about the light that had been emanating from me.

 

[Ah, didn’t I tell you? Back then, I bestowed a blessing upon Lady Elpis before leaving.]

 

‘You bestowed what?’

 

[A blessing, a blessing. Geez! This is a good thing, a good thi- ng.]

 

‘Skip the awkward formal speech and tell me properly. What did you do to me?’

 

[Ah, really? No complaints?]

 

‘Just answer.’

 

Only after my urging could I finally hear a proper explanation.

 

Gaspata said he had bestowed something called the ‘Blessing of Time’ for my sake.

 

[If you use this blessing, you can use part of my power. You can stop time or turn back the past.]

 

The light that had been emanating from me all this time was the Blessing of Time, meant to protect me from demonic energy.

 

When danger was right in front of me but I wasn’t using it, and demonic energy was swirling before my eyes, the blessing activated on its own.

 

‘Are you completely insane?’

 

[…Huh?]

 

‘How could you just drop that on me and leave without saying anything!’

 

Of course, my scolding was just getting started.

 

[It, it’s not like that.]

 

‘I understand it was good intentions. But you should have explained!’

 

[So, sorry.]

 

After a long lecture, Gaspata’s voice finally mixed with sniffling.

 

‘What was that about coughing up blood earlier?’

 

[The blessing activated too strongly without the caster’s consent.]

 

‘It activated without consent last time too, didn’t it? But I didn’t collapse like this then.’

 

[You felt fatigue though. The power activated more strongly now than before. Anyway, there won’t be any aftereffects, you’ll be fine if you just rest a bit.]

 

That was fortunate at least. After that, Gaspata spent a long time explaining how to use the blessing while completely dejected.

 

The more I heard, the more absurd it was, but I was grateful for it.

 

‘…It’s late, but thank you, Gaspata. I survived thanks to you.’

 

[Ahem! You’re quick to say that.]

 

Gaspata, who had been grumbling while reading the mood, finally smiled softly.

 

[I have no intention of withdrawing the blessing, but rewinding time to erase magic is dangerous. Try not to do it unless necessary.]

 

Since I had already decided never to set foot in places involved with magic again, I agreed without hesitation.

 

‘Now I’m going to stop fooling around and properly focus on building my strength, so this won’t happen again.’

 

[That would be fortunate!]

 

Then Gaspata asked.

 

[But what are you going to do now?]

 

‘About what?’

 

[About Azel, Azel!]

 

‘What about Azel?’

 

Gaspata’s voice sounded somewhat excited, which was quite suspicious.

 

[It’s complete chaos right now!]

 

Then, as expected, shocking words came out.

 

‘Chaos? What chaos?’

 

[Azel has completely lost it!]

 

‘What…?’

 

What kind of nonsense is this?

 

I wanted to grab him by the collar and shake him demanding a proper explanation right now, but even that was impossible since time was stopped.

 

[After you collapsed, it was really no joke! Azel completely destroyed the Duke’s residence!]

 

‘He destroyed what?’

 

How did I protect that place, and he destroyed it?

 

While I couldn’t continue speaking due to bewilderment, Gaspata’s cheerful exclamations continued.

 

[Ah! It didn’t completely collapse though! He stopped midway when he saw you were alive. Wow- what happened after that was even more amazing! What if I had missed that! Hehe!]

 

The more I listened to Gaspata’s excited chatter, the more ridiculous it became.

 

But the most incomprehensible part was this.

 

‘No, but why are you so excited about this?’

 

If I could see ahead, I would have surely seen his face beaming with a grin that could split his mouth.

 

[What do you mean not dating! Geez, really! Hehe! There’s no way I could have seen wrong! Hehe!]

 

Then I would have been even more pissed off.

 

It was fortunate that I couldn’t see.

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