* * *
“Thanks to Miss Valeria and the felinoids tribe, it seems that the world of small beastmen is being cleaned up smoothly.”
Kashmir said, putting down the teacup.
“The Felinoids Tribe's barrier ability is amazing. Runcandel and Zipfel are also doing the ‘complete purification’ that they are struggling with.”
Cuicantelle nodded.
On the table, where they were sitting, was a letter from Jin to Valeria. The content is to help the felinoids tribesmen to find the 'forgotten temple' of the cat gods of the past.
As it says, Valeria is currently looking for a forgotten temple with the Felinoids, and she is quickly making progress.
“Last time, Valeria said that she might be able to further increase the efficiency of purification by combining the power of time with the barrier ability of the Felinoids tribe. Do you know, Kashmir?”
“Yes, I heard that too. As time passes, Miss Valeria tells us quite a lot about whether or not she opens her heart to us. She even played with the kids. Still, it is somehow difficult to treat her comfortably.”
“She is like a knife. Should I say it's like watching a cold-hearted Jin? Anyway, the key to adding the power of time to the barriers of the Felinoids tribe is Enya. This will only be possible if Enya can better handle the power of time.”
“Miss Enya is training like a flame every day, so it will soon be like that. Dr. Qwaul's development is progressing smoothly...… By the time Young master Jin returns, a lot will change. But."
Kashmir’s eyes narrowed.
“I am worried that everything will continue to go smoothly. I'm especially concerned about the adhesion between the imperial family and Zipfel, because I can't dig deeper right now.”
Temar's left arm.
Currently, even Valeria's record magic cannot find the location of his body part held by the imperial family.
It is unknown whether it is still owned only by the imperial family, or whether it is being shared with Zipfel and a new Majin technology is being researched.
However, based on the situation, it was possible to guess. Kashmir determined that it had already been shared with Zipfel.
"Even in the midst of such a daunting recent moment, Zipfel is concentrating on purifying not only the Lutero Magic Federation, but also the land of the Empire, and it's not just to pay for the sins."
The purification of empire that carried out by Zipfel was progressing mainly in the eastern region close to the Lutero Magical Federation.
“When the purification of the eastern part of the Empire was over, and Zipfel restores its power. The imperial family, along with the eastern region, will choose the path of being incorporated into the Lutero Magical Federation. Just increasing the territory of the Lutero Magic Federation can't have a big meaning, but the important thing is the technology of Majinfication.”
“If you can't find and kill the heads of the imperial family, that's bound to happen. What we need to focus on is strengthening the barriers of the felinoids tribe before Jin returns, and applying their barriers to the human world once the world of the small beastmen is purified.”
“Yes, I am well aware of it. Anyway, I'll have to hope that Sir Dante will get me some information about Majin. Let's wait.”
* * *
The Garden of Swords, the Tona brothers were sitting in the courtyard and smoking.
“Oh, this mission was a bit difficult. 8-star martial artist level contagious...… The people of Ken clan are about to collapse. Because they lost the person they raised as the next best swordsman of the their clan.”
"I had no choice but to get rid of it because it was contagious, but let's visit Ken clan soon and express our condolences."
They had just returned from a mission to clean up a contaminated area.
Over the past year and three months, Runcandel has cleared more than 70% of the contaminated areas that first occurred after the Sword emperor castle war.
At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before the chaos encroaching on the territory of Runcandel was suppressed, but for some reason, even when the purification area increased, there were more and more reports of 'chaos infected' being found.
In particular, high-ranking martial artists or mage-infected people have been continuously being discovered recently.
So far, Runcandels have been quick to subdue them before they can do much damage.
However, the members of the Huphester alliance always felt like they were carrying a bomb that was about to explode.
This time, Ken clan’s next best sword, and the other time, an elder of the Tuko clan was infected and subdued.
Even the Guardian Knights of Runcandel had been infected several times, so even if they had made a truce with Zipfel, the atmosphere in the Huphester alliance was rather worse than before.
It was fortunate that Lutero magic federation is in a similar situation.
“Oh, I am tired. An hour off, then another mission.”
“This time it’s Delki Kingdom, right? At least, the area where the infected person occurred is far from the residential area, so there will be less human blood.”
"Anyway, it's nice to be able to rest here at least."
Originally, they mainly used the backyard of the Guardian Knight's residence. This was especially true when Myu and Anne were waiting in the chambers, but lately they weren't bullying Tona brothers.
Not only that, but as flagbearers, they are making outstanding contributions to the purification mission every time, and naturally, their position in the clan is also rising.
Most members of the clan understood that they were trying to avoid being purged by Jin, who will return later.
Not many people guessed that Myu and Anne had become messengers of the Prophet.
“It has already been more than a year since the youngest left the closed training...….”
“Is he doing well?”
“I guess so. I don’t know how strong he will come back.”
“Didn’t our mother say that when the youngest comes back, she will made him the patriarch?”
“She didn’t exactly say that, but it almost felt that way.”
Closed-door training.
Even though it was a truce, Jin left for training alone when the Huphester alliance was more dizzy than ever.
However, no one in the clan criticized or despised Jin. Rather, they considered it to be the final test of his qualifications before ascending to the throne.
It was because of the achievements made by Jin. In the first place, without him not only the Huphester alliance, but the entire world would have been in a more terrible situation than now.
Besides, since Rosa even sent him herself, most of the members of Runcandel clan had similar thoughts to the Tona brothers. When Jin returns, he will become the patriarch.
“It reminds me of when we were kids and bullied the youngest without fear because he chose Barisada in the selection ceremony.”
"It's good that we didn't die then."
"It's because it was storm castle. But we would have been doomed if it was another time.”
“Still, both of us got closer to the youngest little by little from then on. Myu and Anne, those crazy...… (At this point, Daytona looked around just in case) Maybe it's because they're not bothering us because they're trying to read the youngest.”
“If the youngest purges those mad dogs (Heytona was also looking around), then let's be the first to put an end to it! Kihei, when he's gone. Really."
Phew, boom-!
At that moment, an explosion was suddenly heard from the main house inside the courtyard.
As for Tona brothers, their heart sank. They mistakenly thought that Myu and Anne exploded in anger after hearing their gossip.
“Ugh, uhhh. Sorry, sisters!”
However, the subject of the explosion was not Myu and Anne.
“Wait, these aren’t crazy dogs. It's on the main house! Myu and Anne are not that strong...…!”
Kurur…!
As if an earthquake had occurred, the entire Garden of Swords was vibrating.
Like prey facing a beast, the Tona brothers froze even after they knew it wasn't Myu and Anne.
Currently, as far as they know, there are only two people in the clan who can spread such aura.
Black Knight Commander, Stam.
And their mother, Rosa Runcandel.
Smack!
“What the hell is this. Mmm, the head!?”
Someone's head and debris from a collapsed building fell in front of the Tona brothers.
It was the head of the elder. As soon as the Tona brothers saw it, they ran frantically toward the main house, and along the way, they could see flagbearers and knights running like them.
“Ma, Sister Mary! What happened!?”
“Daytona, Haytona! You two, don’t go to the main house and control the media!”
“Brother Diphus?”
“10th flagbearer, 11th flagbearer, get hold of yourself! It’s an emergency! What happened now must never be known to the outside world. Got it! Take all the lower-level Guardian Knights, and prepare to control the press! As of now, this is our top priority until the situation is sorted out.”
“Ah, I see!”
The Tona brothers disappeared to lead the Guardian Knights, and Myu and Anne continued to run towards the main house.
The main house had already been terribly destroyed, and nearby it was full of dead bodies and strewn wounded.
“…… Black knights and lower flagbearers are prohibited from entering. Everyone wait outside!”
Stam, who arrived first and guarded the entrance, shouted.
Stam, the Black Knight, and the top flagbearers calmed down their bewildered minds and entered the broken main house.
In the middle of the main hall, a woman in chaos was letting out her roar as she gripped her sword.
Rosa Runcandel, she was rampaging.
Diphus and Mary had no choice but to grit their teeth as soon as they saw her.
'Why my mother went out of control at this time...…!’
There was no time to think about why Rosa suddenly lost control. Rosa's rampage was an accident no one expected.
Even Diphus and Mary had a meeting with her just half an hour ago and she was fine.
If Rosa doesn't stop running rampant, Runcandel will fall into abyss from today. It would be possible to subdue her with flagbearers and black knights waiting in compounds, but it was impossible to deal with situation afterwards.
Rosa is the most important force in Runcandel and the acting patriarch at the moment when Chiron is absent.
As soon as it turns out that she's in trouble, Zipfel will come running with their eyes lit.
The truce agreement could be maintained if it became a burden for Runcandel and Zipfel to attack each other and put an end to it.
Fortunately.
Rosa stopped her roar when she saw the flagbearers and the black knights.
“Acting patriarch, are you conscious?”
“Sir Stam…….”
"Thank god. If you are in a situation where you can use your rational judgment, give the order.”
Pluck!
At those words, Rosa stabbed herself in the chest with frenzy. It is a situation where she can control her reasons, but her body does not move according to her will.
[T/L:- Frenzy is Rosa’s Sword’s name.]
A super-regeneration phenomenon was occurred when the chest pierced by the sword.
Rosa fiercely resisted the body trying to draw the sword against her will. Until all the energy of the body was drained due to excessive super-regeneration.
And before she collapsed unconscious, she gave Stam an order.
"Be sure to….keep quiet about today's incident, everyone.….”
Stam silently nodded his head.
“I will.”
Then, as Rosa collapsed, Stam pulled the frenzy out of her chest. Slowly, he could see the chaos that spread around Rosa seeping into the affected area and regenerating it.
At that time, Myu and Anne, who were outside, said this in calm voices.
“Now our mother will know. If she continues to go against ‘their’ will, she has no choice but to face a catastrophe."
* * *
“Thanks to Miss Valeria and the felinoids tribe, it seems that the world of small beastmen is being cleaned up smoothly.”
Kashmir said, putting down the teacup.
“The Felinoids Tribe's barrier ability is amazing. Runcandel and Zipfel are also doing the ‘complete purification’ that they are struggling with.”
Cuicantelle nodded.
On the table, where they were sitting, was a letter from Jin to Valeria. The content is to help the felinoids tribesmen to find the 'forgotten temple' of the cat gods of the past.
As it says, Valeria is currently looking for a forgotten temple with the Felinoids, and she is quickly making progress.
“Last time, Valeria said that she might be able to further increase the efficiency of purification by combining the power of time with the barrier ability of the Felinoids tribe. Do you know, Kashmir?”
“Yes, I heard that too. As time passes, Miss Valeria tells us quite a lot about whether or not she opens her heart to us. She even played with the kids. Still, it is somehow difficult to treat her comfortably.”
“She is like a knife. Should I say it's like watching a cold-hearted Jin? Anyway, the key to adding the power of time to the barriers of the Felinoids tribe is Enya. This will only be possible if Enya can better handle the power of time.”
“Miss Enya is training like a flame every day, so it will soon be like that. Dr. Qwaul's development is progressing smoothly...… By the time Young master Jin returns, a lot will change. But."
Kashmir’s eyes narrowed.
“I am worried that everything will continue to go smoothly. I'm especially concerned about the adhesion between the imperial family and Zipfel, because I can't dig deeper right now.”
Temar's left arm.
Currently, even Valeria's record magic cannot find the location of his body part held by the imperial family.
It is unknown whether it is still owned only by the imperial family, or whether it is being shared with Zipfel and a new Majin technology is being researched.
However, based on the situation, it was possible to guess. Kashmir determined that it had already been shared with Zipfel.
"Even in the midst of such a daunting recent moment, Zipfel is concentrating on purifying not only the Lutero Magic Federation, but also the land of the Empire, and it's not just to pay for the sins."
The purification of empire that carried out by Zipfel was progressing mainly in the eastern region close to the Lutero Magical Federation.
“When the purification of the eastern part of the Empire was over, and Zipfel restores its power. The imperial family, along with the eastern region, will choose the path of being incorporated into the Lutero Magical Federation. Just increasing the territory of the Lutero Magic Federation can't have a big meaning, but the important thing is the technology of Majinfication.”
“If you can't find and kill the heads of the imperial family, that's bound to happen. What we need to focus on is strengthening the barriers of the felinoids tribe before Jin returns, and applying their barriers to the human world once the world of the small beastmen is purified.”
“Yes, I am well aware of it. Anyway, I'll have to hope that Sir Dante will get me some information about Majin. Let's wait.”
* * *
The Garden of Swords, the Tona brothers were sitting in the courtyard and smoking.
“Oh, this mission was a bit difficult. 8-star martial artist level contagious...… The people of Ken clan are about to collapse. Because they lost the person they raised as the next best swordsman of the their clan.”
"I had no choice but to get rid of it because it was contagious, but let's visit Ken clan soon and express our condolences."
They had just returned from a mission to clean up a contaminated area.
Over the past year and three months, Runcandel has cleared more than 70% of the contaminated areas that first occurred after the Sword emperor castle war.
At this rate, it would only be a matter of time before the chaos encroaching on the territory of Runcandel was suppressed, but for some reason, even when the purification area increased, there were more and more reports of 'chaos infected' being found.
In particular, high-ranking martial artists or mage-infected people have been continuously being discovered recently.
So far, Runcandels have been quick to subdue them before they can do much damage.
However, the members of the Huphester alliance always felt like they were carrying a bomb that was about to explode.
This time, Ken clan’s next best sword, and the other time, an elder of the Tuko clan was infected and subdued.
Even the Guardian Knights of Runcandel had been infected several times, so even if they had made a truce with Zipfel, the atmosphere in the Huphester alliance was rather worse than before.
It was fortunate that Lutero magic federation is in a similar situation.
“Oh, I am tired. An hour off, then another mission.”
“This time it’s Delki Kingdom, right? At least, the area where the infected person occurred is far from the residential area, so there will be less human blood.”
"Anyway, it's nice to be able to rest here at least."
Originally, they mainly used the backyard of the Guardian Knight's residence. This was especially true when Myu and Anne were waiting in the chambers, but lately they weren't bullying Tona brothers.
Not only that, but as flagbearers, they are making outstanding contributions to the purification mission every time, and naturally, their position in the clan is also rising.
Most members of the clan understood that they were trying to avoid being purged by Jin, who will return later.
Not many people guessed that Myu and Anne had become messengers of the Prophet.
“It has already been more than a year since the youngest left the closed training...….”
“Is he doing well?”
“I guess so. I don’t know how strong he will come back.”
“Didn’t our mother say that when the youngest comes back, she will made him the patriarch?”
“She didn’t exactly say that, but it almost felt that way.”
Closed-door training.
Even though it was a truce, Jin left for training alone when the Huphester alliance was more dizzy than ever.
However, no one in the clan criticized or despised Jin. Rather, they considered it to be the final test of his qualifications before ascending to the throne.
It was because of the achievements made by Jin. In the first place, without him not only the Huphester alliance, but the entire world would have been in a more terrible situation than now.
Besides, since Rosa even sent him herself, most of the members of Runcandel clan had similar thoughts to the Tona brothers. When Jin returns, he will become the patriarch.
“It reminds me of when we were kids and bullied the youngest without fear because he chose Barisada in the selection ceremony.”
"It's good that we didn't die then."
"It's because it was storm castle. But we would have been doomed if it was another time.”
“Still, both of us got closer to the youngest little by little from then on. Myu and Anne, those crazy...… (At this point, Daytona looked around just in case) Maybe it's because they're not bothering us because they're trying to read the youngest.”
“If the youngest purges those mad dogs (Heytona was also looking around), then let's be the first to put an end to it! Kihei, when he's gone. Really."
Phew, boom-!
At that moment, an explosion was suddenly heard from the main house inside the courtyard.
As for Tona brothers, their heart sank. They mistakenly thought that Myu and Anne exploded in anger after hearing their gossip.
“Ugh, uhhh. Sorry, sisters!”
However, the subject of the explosion was not Myu and Anne.
“Wait, these aren’t crazy dogs. It's on the main house! Myu and Anne are not that strong...…!”
Kurur…!
As if an earthquake had occurred, the entire Garden of Swords was vibrating.
Like prey facing a beast, the Tona brothers froze even after they knew it wasn't Myu and Anne.
Currently, as far as they know, there are only two people in the clan who can spread such aura.
Black Knight Commander, Stam.
And their mother, Rosa Runcandel.
Smack!
“What the hell is this. Mmm, the head!?”
Someone's head and debris from a collapsed building fell in front of the Tona brothers.
It was the head of the elder. As soon as the Tona brothers saw it, they ran frantically toward the main house, and along the way, they could see flagbearers and knights running like them.
“Ma, Sister Mary! What happened!?”
“Daytona, Haytona! You two, don’t go to the main house and control the media!”
“Brother Diphus?”
“10th flagbearer, 11th flagbearer, get hold of yourself! It’s an emergency! What happened now must never be known to the outside world. Got it! Take all the lower-level Guardian Knights, and prepare to control the press! As of now, this is our top priority until the situation is sorted out.”
“Ah, I see!”
The Tona brothers disappeared to lead the Guardian Knights, and Myu and Anne continued to run towards the main house.
The main house had already been terribly destroyed, and nearby it was full of dead bodies and strewn wounded.
“…… Black knights and lower flagbearers are prohibited from entering. Everyone wait outside!”
Stam, who arrived first and guarded the entrance, shouted.
Stam, the Black Knight, and the top flagbearers calmed down their bewildered minds and entered the broken main house.
In the middle of the main hall, a woman in chaos was letting out her roar as she gripped her sword.
Rosa Runcandel, she was rampaging.
Diphus and Mary had no choice but to grit their teeth as soon as they saw her.
'Why my mother went out of control at this time...…!’
There was no time to think about why Rosa suddenly lost control. Rosa's rampage was an accident no one expected.
Even Diphus and Mary had a meeting with her just half an hour ago and she was fine.
If Rosa doesn't stop running rampant, Runcandel will fall into abyss from today. It would be possible to subdue her with flagbearers and black knights waiting in compounds, but it was impossible to deal with situation afterwards.
Rosa is the most important force in Runcandel and the acting patriarch at the moment when Chiron is absent.
As soon as it turns out that she's in trouble, Zipfel will come running with their eyes lit.
The truce agreement could be maintained if it became a burden for Runcandel and Zipfel to attack each other and put an end to it.
Fortunately.
Rosa stopped her roar when she saw the flagbearers and the black knights.
“Acting patriarch, are you conscious?”
“Sir Stam…….”
"Thank god. If you are in a situation where you can use your rational judgment, give the order.”
Pluck!
At those words, Rosa stabbed herself in the chest with frenzy. It is a situation where she can control her reasons, but her body does not move according to her will.
[T/L:- Frenzy is Rosa’s Sword’s name.]
A super-regeneration phenomenon was occurred when the chest pierced by the sword.
Rosa fiercely resisted the body trying to draw the sword against her will. Until all the energy of the body was drained due to excessive super-regeneration.
And before she collapsed unconscious, she gave Stam an order.
"Be sure to….keep quiet about today's incident, everyone.….”
Stam silently nodded his head.
“I will.”
Then, as Rosa collapsed, Stam pulled the frenzy out of her chest. Slowly, he could see the chaos that spread around Rosa seeping into the affected area and regenerating it.
At that time, Myu and Anne, who were outside, said this in calm voices.
“Now our mother will know. If she continues to go against ‘their’ will, she has no choice but to face a catastrophe."
