Magic? Muscle Is Much More Important Than Such A Thing!

"My name is Elektralton Iloatia. Year is thirteen. Call me Elek. This is my safe house."

"Again, I'm Yuri. This is Filia."

"It's Phyllia Windia."

The boy introduced himself, so we introduce ourselves again.

The safe house, which was brought to him by a boy named Elektralton, was made of dirt and reinforced with cornucopia.

It's surprisingly spacious inside, and even with me and Phyllia in there, there's still room.

"It's a fine lair."

"Isn't that right? I reinforced it with ruins."

Elek laughs proudly as he rubs his nose.

Long dark blonde hair for a man, a face still young. The face is the boy himself.

"So, Yuri? why did you and Mr. Firia come to this country?

"I'll take Yuri."

Still, do you remember Phyllia's name well even though you remember my name?

Well, Phyllia's a beauty. Elek is an old man, too, I can't help it.

"We've heard there are sinners in this country. Doesn't the name 'Queen' sound familiar to you, young (also) Rosetta Sue?

"Rosetta Sue? Never heard of her…………"

Elek put his arms together and said so after roaring "hmm".

Apparently you don't know anything about sinners.

"Is there anyone else you can talk to?

"... I'm not here. This country is dead. Marietta is now the land of death."

Elek gripping his lips and fists.

I don't know where to turn the emotions I have.

"Elek, why don't you tell us what you know?

"... Fine, I'll tell you. Tell this country what happened."

Saying so, Elek slowly began to talk about his own experiences.

I lived with my father, my mother, my grandmother and the four of us.

The country of Marietta had a boom in agriculture and my house was farming as well.

It's a country with nothing, but I was still happy.

- The beginning was sudden.

Suddenly, but at great speed, it started.

At first it was the National Army.

The captain of the National Army was a good scolder of evil ghosts like me, and many of my age were wimpy, but my parents admired me, and I didn't hate it because they felt like they were watching me closely.

The captains, the National Army, went crazy one day.

Do your job right. But we don't react to anything when we talk. I'm staring into the void with cloudy eyes.

The adults quarantined the people of the National Army because it was probably an epidemic. But... I couldn't.

Every time the morning came, more people went crazy.

And at some point, everyone turned out that way except me.

Everyone on the surface lives as usual. Dinner or soil magic cultivation of fields?

But that's not it. If that happens, I'm not human.

Because... because they don't remember me!

Lulu, Alec and Jean, it's like they all forgot about me!

"Mr. Elek! Are you ok!?

Phyllia looses Elek's shoulder. Looks like Elek is back to sanity.

"... Huh?... Oh, oh, yeah. It's okay, I just remembered. I'm fine."

So says Elek, who laughs lightly.

Don't be patient, but he is a strong man.

"……… sorry to remind you of the hard things"

"Yes, fine. I'm perfectly fine!

Staring at Phyllia with her moist eyes at close range, Elek says so with a reddish face and a distraction.

Elek is also an old man, there's no other way.

"Phyllia, what do you think?

"That's right...... it's just a guess, but I thought maybe Rosetta was the work of people"

"Huh!? What are you talking about! Aren't you sick!?

Elek makes a big voice.

I know it's surprising, but the enemy will find you!

"Fool, don't make a big sound!

"…… Yuri's voice is much louder."

I'm in a hurry to detect signs of Phyllia's words.

The signs were getting closer here. My voice seems to have misplaced me.

"... both of you, sorry. Looks like you've got a better place."

"Already, Mr. Yuri's stupid."

"Hey Yuri, if you get away with it, let me hear more about what you're talking about now!

Once again, we played with brainwashed humans.

After he managed to escape, Elek, sitting in the alley, throws us a question.

"Come on, let's get on with what you just said. It's not the disease that's making us all weird, it's the people's fault that Rosetta is?

"They have a priori who tried to crush the country before, and that's a good chance. Perhaps Rosetta or one of those flavors has the ability to brainwash."

Shocked by Phyllia's words, Elek trembles his voice.

"Oh, no……. That, then why am I okay......?

"I think that's probably because of your abilities, Elek. Elek, your ability is to disable. Sounds like something that will disable all the magic and abilities that you have."

"Oh well. So I'm the only one……………."

Elek touches his chest area with a complex expression.

Apparently I didn't know what I was capable of until Phyllia taught me what I was capable of by heart.

Normally it is something that you know about your abilities the moment they are expressed, but I recall Phyllia once in a while saying that some people don't realize them like Elek did.

"Yuri, do you have a minute?

Phyllia called me after a long talk with Elek.

Discuss a little further away so Elek doesn't hear you.

"Mr. Yuri, if Rosetta finds out about this, maybe Elek will be stubbornly targeted. Because he may be the only one who can't brainwash. As for the side over there, you're going to want to do whatever it takes."

Filia whispers in her ear.

"It's also possible that Elek doesn't hear about brainwashing anymore. It seems that the public other than Elek has already been brainwashed, and we cannot deny the possibility that Elek's information has reached Rosetta via a brainwashed human. And worst of all, it's possible that Elek's presence was discovered in one of our cases."

If that's the case, we're the bad ones.

You're gonna put Elek in danger because of us.

If it only bothers you a little, you still put your life in danger.

"What do you want to do? I, Elek, don't want you to die."

"That's the same for me. Whatever, I owe you. You owe me. I don't sleep well."

You can't let a man like that die without looking out for his own peril and helping us.

"Then............!

Fili was happy to hear what I said.

Silver eyes reflect light and sparkle.

"Yeah, we'll find a new safe haven for Elek while we find Rosetta and hold her breath. Until then, I'll accompany Elek."

You've decided to do it for now. Find Elek's hiding place.