The Devil Who Grants Wishes

118 – Eiluse (3)

“Underground of the Magic Tower?”

“Hmm… that sounds like a good idea.”

Lucia and Iris hear of Celestine and Lena’s plan to train in the basement of the Mage Tower, and they agree to the plan.

This is because Lucia and Iris also know very well that bad things will happen if they try to fight Cerapia in this state.

Lucia’s condition right now proves it.

Didn’t he get into this state just by being in a space full of holy power, even though he wasn’t directly attacked?

It’s not just Lucia. Others felt that their souls were shaken as they could not breathe properly due to the overwhelming amount of divine power.

It’s not hard to guess what it would be like if we went to Cerapia’s home base, Kael, and we must train to avoid such a disaster.

“How’s Lucia? If the holy power gets wrapped around her body again, can she withstand it?”

“It’s a lot better now. And you won’t have to worry about that.”

Lucia raises a dark red ball in her hand while answering Celestine’s question, who is worried about her, and others who see it instantly understand Lucia’s answer.

“that is…”

“It always floated by Faust-sama.”

Magi Sphere.

It is a by-product that Faust accidentally created after the incident in the Great Forest.

It always floated by Faust’s side, absorbing all the magic that Faust emitted naturally, enabling Faust to lead a daily life in human society.

In a word, it is the same as turning the mana stack at the top of the mage tower into a version of the demon, so it is very essential for Lucia, who cannot live without the demon.

“…but without it, wouldn’t Faust be in Eilyuze?”

And the sound that the magic sphere was moved from Faust to Lucia becomes the sound that Faust can no longer enjoy everyday life.

Although Faust didn’t intend it, Lena, who had heard from Lucia about the damage Faust had caused to those around her, realized that fact and tilted her head in puzzlement.

“Ah, don’t worry about that either. Since Eilyuje is filled with divine power anyway, it seems that there is a need to neutralize it by emitting demonic energy.”

“Chinese, it seems like something more terrible will happen when the mana, holy power, and demonic energy filled in the Eilyu Festival get entangled with each other…”

“Well, Dad must be right. Don’t worry too much about it.”

Lena blurts out her answer to Lucia’s natural words, but Lucia doesn’t give much thought to Lena’s worries and puts them away.

And Lena, of course, regarded Lucia’s answer as being too irresponsible.

For Lucia, Faust’s words are close to the absolute truth, but for Lena, if you can’t believe it, you don’t have to believe it.

“Faust-sama is right.”

“That’s right. There’s nothing wrong with what he said.”

No, it’s not just Lucia.

Iris and Celestine also accept Faust’s words as the absolute truth, so they have no doubts about Lucia’s answer.

To say that Faust’s naturally exhaled Magi Aleuze is destroyed is because, as much as Faust-sama said that such a thing would not happen, such a thing would not happen.

“You guys… are you insane!?”

“yes?”

“What happen?”

“Lena, what’s wrong…?”

Observing the reaction of the three, Lena is shocked and yells at the three, but Lucia, Iris, and Celestine rather react as if Lena is strange.

Just like looking at someone who replies that it is natural for an apple to rise when you let go of it, or someone who replies that boiling water will turn it into ice, gazes sting Lena as if looking at someone saying something that makes no sense.

Lena even feels like watching an old warrior party. Although it is different in that he is doing such nonsensical actions only on his own will without a mechanism designed unlike that time.

‘…I have to wake up too.’

Lena faced the stares that stabbed her head-on, and held her heart firmly in her heart.

Isn’t it terrible to think that the fate of the world is on the verge and you are so blind that you can’t think logically?

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“Everyone, you’re moving very hard.”

Standing on top of the mage tower whose mana accumulation was destroyed, Aigokeros looked down at the city with his back straight.

Aegokeros’ field of vision contained all kinds of people.

People who remove debris from buildings out of the city, dwarves who repair the collapsed walls of buildings, wizards who repair the infrastructure of Eilyuje, merchants who still make a living selling goods in this uproar, and their faces are pale. To Aigokeros, it was very refreshing to be able to see such a diverse group of humans all at once, including the elf who was dyed and yelled at the other three.

“Now what are you going to do?”

But Aigokeros’s fresh feelings don’t last long.

Because the future that was soon to come made Aigokeros’ mind uneasy.

When Stella’s last thought left the church to rebuild, Aigokeros, who was there, read Stella’s will.

And that will only reminded Aigokeros of one fact.

Whether Serapia wins or Faust, her master, wins, the world will face a terrible fate.

“Celestine… always carefree.”

Aegokeros, who has a complicated mind, smiles bitterly as he looks down at Celestine in the distance.

Celestine was able to read Stella’s will because she was a saint, but unlike her, she was so carefree.

He seems to think Faust will be able to solve whatever comes his way.

“…I don’t have much faith either.”

Looking at Celestine, Aigokeros feels a little self-loathing.

Celestine believes in Faust that much, even though it is not her family, but she herself, a follower of Faust, loses her faith and doubts Faust.

But what I can’t help is, if I have a minimum of common sense, Aigokeros’ reaction is correct.

[Stella, that’s a name I miss very much. Anyway, I said something… Umm…]

[What should I do?]

[For now… I’m going to prepare for the case when Seo-Bang-nim can’t solve it. Thank you for the valuable information. By the way, when the hell is Seobang-nim coming to the Demon Realm—- Wait a minute, where are you going!!]

In order to find the answer, he directly asked Belial, who had lived for a very long time, but all that came back was an empty answer that even such Belial could not find a solution.

If the terrible future that Aegokeros imagines befalls him, there will be only one thing he can do.

‘…I will protect Lucia-sama.’

It was the first command I received after becoming a member of Faust’s family, and it continues to this day.

To keep Lucia’s life from being in danger.

Even if the world is in chaos, even if space is torn apart and collapsed forever, even if the boundary between the living and the dead collapses, Aigokeros will protect Lucia.

Just like it always has been.

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‘Aww, why are there so many things to be concerned about?’

There are so many things to do, from leveling up the party of warriors, purifying divine power with magic, and overseeing the processing and manufacturing of equipment.

Of course, since Shinwi’s processing and equipment are not done by myself, I could just look around and come back when the work is finished, but it would take too long if I did.

[If it interferes with the manufacturing of magic tools, it is okay to erase the original power of God. You just need to connect the dimensions well.]

[Are your eyes not eyes, but eye-shaped glass beads? Why did you inscribe the mana circuit like this? Look, if you modify this place like this-]

Because I’m giving a lot of help to drastically advance the progress of the work.

If they entrusted the work completely, it would take a lot of time for the magic tool maker even if Elias didn’t know, so they had to pay attention and visit to help with the work.

…Thinking about it, wouldn’t it be better if I just made my own magic tools?

No, no. Knowing the theory is different from actual practice, so if you make it yourself, you’ll have other problems.

Let’s stop thinking about this, I don’t want to make more work.

[If you fight in a narrow place, it will be difficult for Lena to use her bow, so let’s all move to a wider area!! Lucia builds a passage with fire to prevent them from coming in, and Celestine blocks the shock wave with a shield!!]

[yes!!]

The kids… are training hard. Aigokeros doesn’t interfere and silently protects the children.

There are still a lot of monsters left in the basement of the Mage Tower, so if nothing happens, you can level up explosively.

Of course, I skipped the whole story, and compared to the level required by the Cerapia raid, the number would be remarkably low, so I wouldn’t be able to give Serapia an effective hit… Well, it’s fine if I just raise it enough so I don’t die.

I’ll do it anyway

Rather than waiting for the playable characters to grow, it would be better for me to go ahead and kill Serafia quickly. The kids are already firmly imprinted by Serafia, so they don’t have enough time to grow up.