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Chapter 389
A Crucible of Chaos
"Ruri has returned."
Valdrova said so.
Her expression wasn't very good.
Naturally.
Because Ferda already knew the fact of Silverwind's annihilation.
Е n úm̊ а
"How was Ruri?"
"Her body looked fine. But, her heart..."
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Ruri returned unable to contain her sorrow.
Valdrova didn't wish for her to suppress it, and carefully embraced her.
Ruri crumbled at that, and spilled everything.
He stayed by her side until she could compose herself.
W е̄ b̂n ö v̀ е̄ l Е ñ û m а̇
"Iorga."
It felt like Valdrova had taken that problem upon herself.
Why did he do such a thing?
Why did he take Silverwind's essence?
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He knew the answer to such a foolish question.
He just didn't want to think it in his own head, and didn't want to speak it with his own mouth.
Е̃ num а .і̊d̆
"Iorga doing that means... it means he intends to fight me, right?"
"It's difficult to interpret it as anything other than that."
"I suppose so..."
Autumn was approaching, and everything was twisting ominously.
One wondered if Hestia's citizens knew this fact.
That the dazzling prosperity was actually a severe period of upheaval for them.
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"The problem is, as expected, that Iorga's side has two essences..."
Ferda raised his eyes and looked at Valdrova.
"Will you be alright?"
"Hmm..."
Valdrova groaned and thought about it.
"I might struggle a bit, but I'll still be able to do it."
E̊ n u̇m а
The word 'struggle' bothered him unnecessarily.
Ferda didn't want her to be in danger.
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"If you anticipate struggling, I'll find a way—."
"No!"
Ferda was a little surprised at those words.
> That Valdrova cut off his words.
Е ǹũm а
"This is the dragons' business. Since I received that mission, whether it's three or four, it's right that I resolve it."
Who's worrying about whom.
Seeing her firm appearance, he naturally felt it was presumptuous of him.
"I apologize for the rudeness."
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"That's right, you were very rude!"
He wondered why she was acting like this now.
Е́ num̊а . і d
Was she sulking, or just teasing for no reason?
"She's amazing, right? The person who'll become your wife?"
"Of course."
"Then praise me."
"I praise you."
She glares with dissatisfied eyes.
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Far from scary, it's a face that makes you want to tease her even more.
"Not like that!"
"I, Ferda Valdrova, as the Archduke's fiancé, worship the Great Fire and Power Aspect, Her Highness Valdrova...?"
"Mmm...!"
With a frustrated face, she abruptly stood up.
He thought she'd just leave in a huff, but instead she plopped down right on top of Ferda's body.
Ӗ nü m̄а. і̃d
Not simply like a chair, but like a lovely lover.
A warm, cozy scent enveloped him.
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It felt like every breath heated his Red Circle with that hot air.
"Mori told me."
"Wh-what did she say?"
"That when you praise someone, you pat their head."
Е ń um̄а .іd̂
She tilted her head slightly.
Her crown is visible.
"I want to receive it too."
And a sharp pair of horns together.
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Sharp as if saying she'll stab him right here if he doesn't do it.
"That's something good for children."
Еn̆ú m a
"Then I'll be a child. I've been playing with children lately, you know. I know how children talk too."
"Eleanor."
"Pwease pat my head."
It was fatal in multiple meanings.
Thank goodness Ruri didn't see this sight.
Before she could see an even worse sight, he granted her wish.
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He moved his hand smoothly, just like he did for Mori.
"Ah, this feels good."
"I'm glad you like it..."
"To think I didn't know this good thing until now..."
A face melting cozily.
Then as if something was lacking, she took something out from her embrace.
Е̄ n̆ u̇ m̀ӑ
It was the Valdrova-exclusive bubble wrap toy.
Pop! Pop!
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Nestled in Ferda's arms,
Her head in Ferda's hand.
In her hand, the bubble wrap toy.
Amidst the complicated political situation
Ѐṅum а̄.і d̃
She was enjoying a proper healing for a short time.
* * *
There was something called the Demon's Pot.
Souls that went to hell are put in a furiously boiling pot, where they neither die nor live, just boiled.
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The Capital was exactly that shape right now.
The only difference was that the fire hadn't been lit in the furnace yet.
Wе́_bn̄ö v е l_ Ěn̊ůmа
It was a scene where fish were busy eating and fighting each other.
"Demon worshippers have appeared in large numbers, and traces of demons have started to be visible in various places."
Garnet briefly reported and showed Ferda organized documents.
The scene's appearance was sent as photos instead of descriptive writing.
"You made good use of that camera thing."
"It's convenient to carry around, and it's the only item that can show the site situation as-is, so."
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They were delaying release under the pretext of development, but it seemed fine to delay more.
Monopolizing means others couldn't enjoy, even a little, was right from a national interest perspective.
'They really are traces of demons.'
Ferda recalled when he first went after returning.
Back then there were demon worshippers too, but they were closer to an underground organization, and absolutely didn't appear until the time came.
But now third-rate demons were openly running rampant.
Ё n̆ u̇ mа́
Public sentiment was so ominous they didn't even notice demons had seeped in.
'Someone is deliberately using demons.'
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Who on earth could it be?
Godfrey?
Or Erdes?
Or did a large number of demon worshippers Ferda doesn't know about swarm in?
Еn ǔ m а . і d̄
'If not that either...'
The one person most connected to that demon.
There's no one else but that person, the very thought of whom is ironic.
"It's presumptuous for a mere intelligence agent, but..."
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Garnet carefully advised.
"While wrapping up this matter, I earnestly request that you cut ties with Princess Olivia."
Ѐ ǹ û ma . і̀ ď
Hearing those words, Ferda could tell.
Garnet knew that Olivia was the one who unleashed these demon worshippers right now.
"If it were someone else, I'd have ignored it or gotten angry... but since it's the Intelligence Chief's words, I can't help but ask the reason."
"Princess Olivia is a cunning woman. It's been that way since long ago. She had ambition unbecoming of her young age. And beyond disliking men, she loathed and hated them."
"Indeed."
The reason it hadn't been known until now meant she wore the mask of laughter that well.
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"But she's been treating Ferda Regent-nim particularly well lately."
Garnet asks.
"Do you think such a person can remain friends with a single man?"
Ferda hadn't failed to have that concern either.
She honestly confessed, and Ferda rejected that confession.
They confirmed each other's hearts, but right now Olivia was hovering around Ferda.
Wеb̂nȯv е l̊ E n u m̊а̀
It was partly because they were entangled in imperial affairs, but Ferda promised her.
"When this is over, I'll become her guardian. If Princess Olivia loses her place to go, the one who must take responsibility is none other than me."
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"Then would you please keep your distance, and support her only through me?"
A scheme to skim off the top.
With others, he'd have read that intention, but Garnet was a wealthy person.
She's absolutely not someone who'd do this for a few pennies.
Е̊.n ŭm̃ а .ĩ ḋ
That she's saying this was clearly visible in Ferda's eyes.
"You're afraid. That I'm untrustworthy?"
Garnet shook her head.
"No. The one who's afraid is me. I agonized this much even just to say these words."
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"That's because you're a person who handles information, isn't it?"
"The reason I saved Jed was because I was blinded by love. I nearly ruined the job over a single emotion. Speaking as Intelligence Chief, it was not a good action."
E nũm̆ а̀
Now she was truly glad to be with Jed again.
But officially, it meant she was still leaving an anxiety factor.
In that discrepancy, judgment could blur, and the advice she should give could become the so-called 'do as I say, not as I do,' making her stay silent.
If she were simply someone honest with emotions, it would've been an unpleasant remark.
But Garnet is a woman with many thoughts and clear self-objectivity.
Knowing how much courage it took for her to bring up those words, he didn't feel bad.
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"I think I understand what you're saying. I also know well the heart Saintess Olivia directed at me."
"..."
"But I believe she'll overcome the past and move forward. I just hope this matter goes well. Like your relationship with Jed."
Who wouldn't wish for that?
Everyone wants happiness and wants to avoid misfortune, but fate isn't that easy.
There was no one who knew that as well as Ferda right now.
Ě n ŭ m а́
"Keeping someone close, someday making a mistake—that's men and women. Ferda-nim. I just hope everyone is as merciful as you..."
Holding Garnet's advice in his ear, he glanced at the calendar.
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The time left for him wasn't much.
Anyway, if he was going to die, supporting her would be someone else's share, and Olivia would also cut off her obsession toward him.
That's why he passed over this matter lightly too.
If only that could be the case.
Е́ ň ŭ m a
* * *
The Empire's confusion accelerated.
Now demons were starting to come out openly, and measures had to be taken.
Magic societies wary of black magic moved to try to control the Empire, but they only kept expanding this situation's chaos by hanging onto political issues.
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The Far East just watched all this from behind.
Since the Continent Defense War, they'd practically become strangers, and if they carelessly interfered in imperial affairs, arrows could return.
E n úm a
'The biggest cause is black magic, after all.'
Ferda uses Barbatos's black magic.
He even became a giant black dragon before Alteshin Order people, so Ferda was clearly a black mage.
Black magic is demon magic.
The person wielding that demon magic is the ringleader of this situation.
Logic isn't needed.
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The sword is drawn, and someone must be stabbed.
Baring one's belly in that situation would be a stupid act.
He was continuously receiving news of the Empire's situation.
But he discovered an unexpected rumor circulating.
That Emperor Godfrey Arken was trying to kill even Olivia.
He was now better known to the masses by the name Kinslayer.
Е̊n ũ m а.і̆ d
He had to kill Alexander who became a demon, but Alteshin followers just treated him as a blood-crazed emperor and drove him that way.
He feels it.
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That this Empire is going to the cliff's edge.
He just hoped things would flow as Olivia wished.
"Breaking news."
One messenger urgently came to the office.
Е̃ń ü m̆ а̌
He should report to Garnet, but she happened to be there together.
He walked up with as calm an expression as possible, and spoke the gravity of the matter.
"10 minutes ago, the Imperial Knights raided the Cathedral as-is. Without warning, they killed everyone, and arrested Saintess Olivia."
"Detention center?"
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"The current moving route seems to be... the Golden Palace. The imperial side isn't giving any explanation."
"It's a situation where no explanation is needed either."
W̄ e̊ḃn о̂ṽë l Ёńǔm̆ а̃
They came to the cathedral, killed people, and kidnapped the Saintess.
It had sunk in too deeply to be justified by any excuse.
"Godfrey has been cornered. To think he'd make a self-destructive move at the end..."
Garnet said that, but Ferda couldn't think that way.
Ferda knows his ability.
A person who knows what future he's seeing—it's impossible that even his reality judgment would be blurred.
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To anyone's eyes, the initiative of this board that looks cornered is with Godfrey.
"Huh?"
"Why?"
"Just a moment, a contact came in."
The messenger focused again.
His complexion grew increasingly pale.
Ё ńǔ m̊ ȧ .і̃ d̊
"Good grief..."
"Admire later. Information first."
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"That's... after hitting the Cathedral, demons started moving in earnest. Necromancers, black mages are trying to open Gates everywhere...!"
The flames of chaos intensify.
The messenger's words cut off mid-sentence.
"From the ground... something's rising? Is that right?"
E̊ n̆_u m̄à._î d̆.
"Information first!"
Garnet shouted irritably.
The messenger came to his senses and answered like this.
"Even a Bronze Dragon has appeared! They say it came out with a huge body outside the castle walls and is making a mess of the area!"
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He could understand why the messenger's soul had fled.
The Empire isn't a Demon's Pot.
Ẅ ѐb nоv é l Е̄.ṅú m̂ а
It was literally a Crucible of Chaos.
Saintess Arrest
Demon Worshippers Appear
Dragon Appear
In this place called the Capital, raging like a storm right now.
Ferda had to choose.
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And Ferda rose from his seat.
"For now, order all forces to prepare for standby. I'll go decide how to handle this."
"Understood."
So Ferda left the castle and moved somewhere.
A forest where light didn't properly enter.
He distanced himself from Hestia, and left the barrier that blocked demons.
W̌е̇b̂n ov̊ é ľ Е̌ n ùm а
Conditions where they could appear anytime were met.
"Sitri."
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Demon of Lust and Illusion.
When he called her name, the smell of sulfur and a faint heat were felt.
She didn't appear in front, but circled Ferda's body once and spoke.
"What's wrong, Jagi?"
Еṅüm̈ а
"You know why I'm looking for you, right?"
"My my, whatever could be the reason? I have absolutely no idea?"
She winks and plays dumb.
The meaning was truly simple.
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That the one who needs to beg isn't her side.
"I'll give you that Life Vessel in Penelope's body."
W̌е̃b́n̊ ȯ v̆ e̊ l̄ Еn ǔ m ǎ
Sitri laughed greedily.
"That's the only thing I've been waiting for, our Oppa."
"However."
Ferda didn't let his guard down and attached a condition.
"On the condition that you demons don't touch a single hair of Olivia Arken. Understood?"
"Of course. That much I'll listen to. Since I know what our Oppa wants."
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Sitri opened Hell's Gate again without complaint.
"I'll prepare an army. When Oppa arrives, we'll cooperate right away. See you then~."
She disappears with a seductive greeting.
She acts like she'll do anything for Ferda, but demons are unfathomable existences.
The greater their rank, the more so.
Terrible restrictions bind their words, but they won't try to keep promises no matter what.
Е n̈u mа
They'll try to catch two rabbits.
It's fine.
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Anyway, Ferda had no intention of keeping the promise either.
And he also only intended to take all the rabbits.
