0.01 Second Sword Master

0.01 Second Sword Master Episode 45

That guy just said what he had to say and left.

Such a cheeky human! I wanted to blow a hellfire at the back while shouting, but-.

“…”

My feet didn’t come off at all.

It was because Aslan’s cheeky words pierced his heart like a spear of judgment.

‘I’m sorry. How can a queen so distrust the elves she rules?’

Was it

Reigning as the queen of the elves, Eltihi always tried to solve everything with her own power. And the result was a break with all races.

Of course, it’s not necessarily your own fault, but if you believed in the strength of the elves and fought together, would it lead to a different result?

“It’s a choice…”

A choice that allows elves to reappear in the world.

The choice to trust humans one more time.

no. Perhaps, the choice to believe in a person named Aslan, who is not a human being…

“I don’t know what consequences that choice will bring.”

I wanted to trust someone one last time.

* * *

Cuckoo-!!

“Kyaaak!”

“What, what?”

“Is it an earthquake?!”

“I can’t believe the monsters are attacking again…!”

As the hall shook violently, the residents gathered in the hall screamed in amazement.

The two elves, who had been eating stew while chatting happily with the locals, jumped up from their seats.

“This······.”

“Queen?”

Rairi and Lorna felt the queen’s magic and ran to the annex where she was alone with Aslan. Then Aaron stood in front of them.

“Where are you going?”

“Get out of the way. It must have been the Queen’s voice.”

“You two are talking.”

“I know. But didn’t you just feel that way too? This is the magical power that comes out when the queen is very angry. Your lord might be seriously injured.”

Then Aaron burst out laughing.

“Rather, it wouldn’t matter if the queen over there was seriously injured, and our Grand Division Commander wouldn’t do that.”

“What, what? Don’t you know who our queen is?”

“It seems that you don’t know our Grand Division Commander very well.”

It was at a time when Riri and Aaron were fighting a tight fight.

Kik-.

“uh?”

The door to the annex opened,

Flutter~

Today, Aslan was coming out with a red cloak fluttering nicely.

Looking at Aslan, who walked out without a trace of scorching anywhere, Riri looked at him in disbelief.

On the other hand, Aaron said to look at that, showing an arrogant nod.

“I just heard a loud noise inside…”

“What the hell happened inside?”

Aslan answered nonchalantly.

“It wasn’t a big deal.”

Wasn’t it a big deal?

If the queen put so much magic into her voice, she must have been very angry, but to be able to walk out like this.

“Raphael.”

“······Yes? Oh yes? Me, me?”

“Is there anyone else named Raphael here besides you?”

“Ah, yes! Boo, did you call me?”

“Go in. I think Eltihi might have something to say to you.”

It was Raphael, who had been anxious about how he would be treated.

She listened to Aslan’s words and ran to the annex where the queen was.

Then Rairi and Rona followed.

* * *

[You have completed the hidden quest.]

– Improved diplomacy with elves.

-You get 10 gold as a reward.

“…”

Where the hell, what and how did diplomacy improve?

I stared intently at the information window in the room alone.

In the case of a hidden quest, it is literally a hidden quest, and the quest completion notification window suddenly pops up like now.

In addition, the reward is 10 gold!

“But how did you break this?”

Sometimes I just can’t understand the system of this game.

“No matter how you look at it, it was an instant death.”

I realized for the first time today that Eltihi is such a patient character.

Hearing that, he still didn’t cast magic on the back of my head.

Actually, I was very nervous when I left the room.

Even now, it felt like my hands and feet were shaking.

“Does improved diplomacy mean you can trade with elves?”

That means that valuable resources that can only be obtained from elves can be sold elsewhere for a great profit.

That will soon lead to the kingdom’s economic development, and then I’ll be able to fill my pockets by raising the tax rate quite naturally.

“under-. As soon as you have more money, start with heavy armor, build a new defensive wall, and a magic tower… Wait a minute. Then what about Raphael?”

Raphael’s presence is essential to building the Mage Tower.

However, just because diplomacy with the elves has improved, Eltihi will indeed hand over Raphael to our kingdom…

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Just in case, he sent Raphael to Eltihi’s room to have a conversation with him, but it was unclear what the outcome would be.

“I can’t help it if you don’t.”

As long as he could open the door to trade with the elves and greatly increase the economy of the kingdom, he could have given up on Raphael.

Of course, thank you for coming!

* * *

Rairi shouted as she hurriedly entered the annex.

“Queen!”

“······Well?”

“Are you okay?!”

“Are you injured anywhere?”

“What do you think I have to do to get hurt?”

Then the two elves let out a sigh of relief.

“phew. thank god.”

“We knew something had happened to the Queen…”

“You are worrying unnecessarily.”

Then, Eltihi found Raphael, who had followed him.

“It came just fine. I still had something to talk to you about. You two go out for a while.”

“Ah yes. If anything happens, please call us.”

“yes.”

After the two elves left, there was an awkward silence for a moment.

“Raphael. you······.”

And the moment Eltihi slowly starts rhyming.

“I do not like it!”

“?”

Raphael shouted in succession like an automatic reflex.

“I’m not going! I can’t go! I will be here!”

“…”

At Raphael’s reaction, Eltihi smiled lightly,

“Your year has finally gone out of your mind.”

He showed a terrifying life.

“How dare you cut me off before I even speak? When I said yes or no, do you really want to die?”

“Huh-!”

Raphael was so frightened that he nearly lost his breath.

“Sorry, sorry…”

“after-. How beautiful is this guy, Aslan-”

However, at the word Aslan, he quickly lifted his bowed head.

“Yes? Why is Aslan? What did you say?”

“yes. You are already ‘nim’, is this it?”

“that’s······. So what did he say?”

“noisy. If you talk about it one more time, then I’ll make sure you never open your mouth again.”

Raphael kept his mouth shut, thinking that if he spoke back one more time, he would be beaten to dust on a real rainy day.

“You know very well why I didn’t try to send you out until now.”

A child who inherited demon blood.

Eltihi almost hid Raphael so that the secret would not be leaked, both within the elves and outside the continent.

Raphael knows too.

Why did you have to live like that?

“When Elina, your mother and my younger sister, passed away first, leaving you behind, I swore an oath. As the child left behind, I will raise you correctly and not get hurt. I won’t let anyone know who you are.”

But was the most difficult thing in the world to raise a child according to my will?

Eltihy let out a short breath.

“But maybe it became a shackle and hurt you even more.”

“······Yes?”

“So I made up my mind. I will trust you just this once.”

“yes!?”

“It means to spread your will as much as you want.”

“Yes!?”

“Tsk. Do you want to live locked up like before?”

Raphael quickly shook his head.

“no! Um, so this is so sudden…”

“Looking like my mother, I get flustered. However, there are conditions.”

Then it is.

At the word condition, Raphael lowered his expectations as if he was satisfied.

By the way,

“I know you mean to explore the continent. But move as a wizard of Eli Kingdom. You should never go alone. You must always move under the supervision of me and Aslan. You must not become a wizard in another kingdom.”

Anyway, other than the kingdom of Eli, he had no intention of entering any other kingdom.

“Is that… a condition?”

“yes.”

“Is that really all there is to it? really?”

“Don’t make me say it twice.”

I couldn’t believe it.

That Eltihi, who had been so strong, changed his mind.

Raphael was so happy that he ran up to the queen and took her into her arms.

“…!”

Eltihi was momentarily taken aback and his body stiffened.

“Thank you. I will do really well.”

Soon she stroked Raphael’s hair.

“I will always keep a close eye on you to see if you are dishonouring the elves.”

Raphael nodded instead of answering.

But it wasn’t over yet.

“And I have one more thing to say.”

“Yes?”

Eltihy pondered for a moment before continuing.

“He Aslan knows that you inherited the blood of the Tekina.”

“!?”

For a moment, Raphael froze with his eyes wide open.

How the hell did Aslan find out about that?

“Sir, could it be that the queen told you?”

“Are you saying that I am crazy?”

Raphael’s eyes widened violently.

“He knew from the beginning. I think I knew it from the moment I saw you.”

“U-how!?”

He was a man who was able to see through transformation and stealth at once.

But could it be that he even recognized the devil’s blood flowing through his body?

“Then I…”

According to common sense, there is no one on this continent who would accept a filthy mongrel inherited from demon blood.

Raphael’s hair seemed to be turning white.

However, Eltihi spoke as if to calm Raphael.

“Okay. He’s not the type to talk about that fact carelessly. And there he-.”

She twitched the corners of her mouth and continued.

“I believe in you.”

What else are you talking about?

me?

“Me, me?”

“yes. They talked as if with your upright mind and elven mind, you could easily overcome the devil’s power. It seemed arrogant to dare to mention the spirit of the elves… but I don’t think that’s wrong.”

I feel like my head is going blank.

I didn’t even look at myself in the meantime, so I thought I wasn’t interested at all.

But he knew everything.

Even knowing that the devil’s blood was flowing in his body, he turned a blind eye to it.

Aslan, who is called the Knight of Light who can slay demons, that man.

“For someone with that much power, even the words he utters weigh differently.”

It was the first time Eltihi had ever acknowledged someone’s strength.

It was also a mere human who was ignored and despised every time.

“Aslan, his words are never light.”

I got a little bit of understanding.

Didn’t Raphael witness it with his own eyes?

The strength of Aslan, who was on equal footing with Eltihi, who was also called the god of magic.

At that time, I even had a chilling thought that Eltihi could die if I made a mistake.

“I thought it would be okay if I left you alone with that man. Of course, you’re still immature, so I don’t know when you’ll get tired of it.”

So it was.

So, Eltihi changed his mind.

The reason why the lofty Elf Queen, who never changed her mind once she made a decision, changed her mind, because of Aslan.

“Can you do it well?”

Raphael nodded vigorously at Eltihi’s touch, which felt more tender today.

“Yes. I’ll do really well. You know I’m good at adapting. So this time too…”

However, the rushing emotions made her feel something choke in her throat.

“That, that is, this time again…”

I couldn’t bear to speak.

Tears started pouring out.

“I-I must be crazy.”

I wiped and wiped, but the tears did not erase.

It was like he had wiped it to the point of bleeding to get rid of this black skin that was different from the elves in the past.

“It’s nothing, so I, I’m really-.”

Dark skin unlike elves.

A black aura that flows from magic.

It was something he neither wanted nor chose.

Even so, the fact that he received the blood of the devil has always shrunk his life.

So, I have always lived as someone else.

To hide Raphael’s true face.

“Black-.”

But now, not only Eltihi, but also someone who doesn’t have to hide his identity. The man even said that he believed in himself.

That alone gave me a great sense of liberation.

“Turn off-.”

The tears I tried to swallow continued to flow.

Eltihi silently hugged Raphael.

“…”

He couldn’t help but cry for the first time in a long time.