The Devil Who Grants Wishes

119 – to the sky (1)

“It’s… it’s done…”

At the end of the voice that seemed to be vomiting, the dull sound of something tipping over filled the room.

However, that blunt thing just lay face down on the desk without even a slight movement, showing no sign of standing up.

“Good job. It ended sooner than I thought.”

“You’re welcome…”

Elias, who is lying face down on the desk, says so without even looking at me.

Since his lips were in contact with the desk, it became a very bizarre and somewhat embarrassing pronunciation, but Elias didn’t seem to care.

As shame is only fleeting, it is because the comfort of the body takes precedence over things that are not so important.

Let’s see… Where do you go in?

paper weave

“…Hmm.”

I just touched it with my hand, but goose bumps all over my body. As if seeing something dangerous, it seems that the body reacts instinctively and tries to stay as tense as possible.

I didn’t do this when I was just a crystal of divine power… Well, things must be things. well made

“If you touch it by mistake, you’ll fall into the subspace forever and won’t be able to return to the original world.”

“Well… you know… be careful… use…”

Elias’s words are cut off in the middle and do not continue. Elias just falls asleep on his desk and sleeps drooling.

Uhm… was it too much?

I remember giving him a full sleep time, but despite this, Elias seemed so tired that he fell asleep while talking to me as if he passed out in the middle.

Well, no matter how much sleep time is guaranteed, it’s normal to get tired if you’re working on your body.

I put the coat Elias had thrown away over the sleeping Elias and tell Flora, who was just watching the two of us silently by the side.

“Flora, good job. Now that the work seems to be over, let’s go back.”

[I’m glad to be able to help Faust. I will go back to escort Lucia.]

When he thanked Flora for watching over Elias and prompting him to work, Flora passed it over as if it was not a big deal and immediately declared that he would return to his original job.

Flora’s answer is so insipid that you may momentarily wonder if she’s doing that because she’s under the illusion that she’s been demoted.

Uh… well… it’s not like that. It’s just that Flora is really the strongest among my people, so I entrusted her with monitoring Elias.

“Flora, tell me anything you want.”

[Yes…?]

“You’ve been so dedicated to me until now, and no matter how close you are to me, you have to repay me.”

Flora, which had been jumping like a frog while still planted in a pot, stopped, and then the stem turned around and looked straight at me. Even though that flower doesn’t have any eyes, I feel very keenly that it is clearly looking at me.

It’s new to me now, but I’ve changed a lot.

In the past, it only had the appearance of a star, but now, only traces of the appearance of a star are visible.

So colorful, so colorful, so beautiful.

It’s as if if it were frozen whole in that state, it would be mistaken for a jewel cut into the shape of a flower. Like a jewel flower made of ruby or sapphire or emerald or something like that.

[…It’s okay, Mr. Faust.]

Flora, who turned her head and looked at me for a long time, declined my offer shortly after.

Seeing as he bends his stem and politely bows his head to me, I don’t think I heard him wrong.

…Eh?

[Because what I want is something I cannot get by asking for it.]

“…Hmm, if you think so.”

I wondered if it was something I didn’t want, but as if Flora had read my mind, she immediately followed up and cleared my doubts.

Is there such a thing as something that cannot be obtained by asking for it?

Well… if Flora thought so, that would be it. Let’s not bother

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“This…”

“Wow…”

Everyone’s eyes are shining brightly.

Exclamations flowed from their mouths, and their trembling fingertips expressed the children’s desires just by looking at them.

“Some of them were already made a long time ago, but I decided to give them all at once because I didn’t feel like giving them to just one person first.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay! I just… thank you for giving me this.”

Iris’s words, as if somewhat embarrassed, pierced my ears.

I can see very clearly what you’re thinking. He would want to finish this conversation as soon as possible and put on those equipment.

By the way, Iris has never reacted to my words like this before, but these equipments look quite beautiful.

“Starting with amulets and equipment to block divine power, Iris’s sword, Lena’s bow, Celestine’s scepter, Lucia’s ring and bracelet. All the high-quality materials I’ve gathered so far I mobilized all of them. I don’t think there’s any need to ask if you like it…”

Before I can finish my words, everyone’s hands point to the new weapons. It seems that the idea is that the equipment can be worn later.

Iris raises her sword as if it were precious and immediately heads to the nearby forest to wield a new sword, Lena pulls a bowstring once and is greatly surprised to see a mana arrow that was created spontaneously as her magical energy condensed, and Celestine focuses her divine power on the tip of her scepter He makes it shine, and then swings it into the air like a baseball bat.

No, that’s not a bat. What the hell are you doing… Lucia?

“lol…”

Lucia, blushing, caressed the ring I gave her as if it were precious, and then put it on the ring finger of her left hand.

If the ring was worn on the left hand, the bracelet should be worn on the right wrist to balance when using magic, but Lucia now doesn’t care about that at all.

uh… well…

No, no matter who sees it, Lucia now is… that’s why…

…You still haven’t given up.

“Lucia, you need to put the bracelet on your right arm.”

“…yes.”

It is so scary to think of what she would imagine if she left Lucia alone like this, so she hurriedly intervenes in the middle and disturbs Lucia, who had time alone.

Lucia looked at me with a dejected expression, and then nodded in affirmation.

Lucia is too grown up to be properly educated now, right?

Uh… since Lucia has ceased to be human anyway, I should have stayed by Lucia’s side and paid more attention to her, instead of caring about Magi since she was little.

Even if Lucia sees me that way, I can never look at her that way.

‘…Lucia.’

If Lucia finally couldn’t stand it and confessed to me like that, how should I react?

No matter how much she became a demon, she said that many of her human emotions have disappeared and she doesn’t feel it well, but treating Lucia like that doesn’t seem like a joke, and if she refuses, I can’t figure out what kind of feelings Lucia will have or how she will react. can’t be predicted

No, it’s not something you can’t predict, it’s that you’re afraid to expect it. It’s scary to even imagine.

“…Kuhmm, anyway, let’s test each new weapon to see if it fits in our hands, and if there’s no problem, let’s put on the equipment and prepare to go to Cael.”

Lena, Celestine, and Lucia all nodded their heads, and Iris, who had heard me through the sense-sharing sentence, also sent a signal that she knew what I was saying.

Well, I don’t know if it’s equipment, but all weapons fit well in the hand.

I made it myself, so there’s no way it wouldn’t fit.

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“…what is all this?”

“What is it? I want to ask you. Who are you?”

The ridiculous voices of the two elves resounded, and the girl elf standing behind them trembled as if frightened.

However, no one in this room cared about that girl elf, Aren.

Because work is too heavy to care about Arn.

“…it’s okay that you don’t know me. It’s only natural that it’s taken so long. But I can’t wait to commit suicide.”

“Suicide, although you can feel the energy of an elf, it’s different from us, and seeing as one of the ears is cut off and the clothes are worn out, it must be a half-elf who has no money or was a slave. What kind of habit was that!?”

“…a harp? Young inferiors like you, me, a harp?”

Irene, the pawnbroker’s owner, is dumbfounded when she hears the elderly elf laughing at her.

In general, it would be so insulting that it would be right to get angry, but Irene is so dumbfounded that it is so absurd and so absurd that it is difficult to follow the feelings of anger.

Are you looking at yourself? How could such nonsense be possible?

“It’s not enough that you betrayed Gaia-sama by serving Serapia or something like that, and now you’re even saying crazy things!!”

“…I’m sorry.”

As Irene swears, the elves who come out from the Great Forest stop their mouths.

Even if you don’t know about half-elves, betraying Gaia is not wrong in conclusion.

Looking at the fact that the elves, who were only supposed to serve Gaia, served Serapia, there was nothing wrong with saying that this was a betrayal.

“Profit…! If I don’t express my gratitude to Serapia-sama, then who should I do it to!!”

“…what?”

“Gaia just let go of her hand and watched us, didn’t Serapia intervene to catch that demon called Faust!?”

“Yes, where is a god who acts so passionately to solve the dangers of the underworld?! It’s a pity for Gaia, our creator god, but we elves have no choice but to see the reality!”

Irene’s mouth is completely blocked.

It’s not that I can’t refute it, it’s because I guessed that no matter what refutation it would be, it wouldn’t go into my ears.

Persuasion is for those who can communicate, not for those who will not change their opinions no matter what they hear.

Arn looks at Irene with worried eyes, and Irene, who has dark circles around her eyes, bites her molars.