Second Story Online: Aiming To Become The World's Number 1. Ideal Witch

A wide street sandwiched between the left and right by the building. You're looking at us flying in, or you're looking at us from somewhere away from where the passing residents are. Beyond that, the gondola lift, visible anywhere in this city, was moving slowly.

At the center of such a street, stare at the relative ignis. As usual, his appearance goes hand in hand. He grins like a child. That attitude you seem to be able to afford, it's a pain in the ass for Chloe.

"Why are you letting your cat possess you when you are a demon of use... because that can't be properly embodied as a demon of use. Considering that, it seems that the demon you are contracting is of such considerable power that you cannot summon him correctly. What's more, you were normal without going crazy in chaos even in the red mist earlier. I don't have amulets, and I'm not even a brave man... There's one answer that comes up considering that the cat was Lucille's user demon. - I wonder if it means that Lucille is the user demon who possesses the cat, and you have taken over the guardian of the seal. No?"

It's all, I guess, his prediction. But I have to say, you're right.

"... I wish you were a little more stupid"

... Apparently Mr. Lucille is not even going to hide it anymore. It doesn't make sense to cut white if you've been spotted so far.

"Hey, Lucille. Long time no see."

"Oh, true. It's been years. I never thought I'd meet you like this."

Apparently, Mr. Lucille has met Ignis in the past.

"............... What, when did you meet him? I don't remember."

By contrast, Ignis didn't seem to remember.... that look was also mixed with a more bewildered look than a surprise.

"Because you were small. I can't help but not remember."

"Oh, you did. I heard about you, but I never thought I'd see you."

Ignis says in some relieved breeze.... The words that followed seemed to be saying some carefully chosen word. What is it...... these two conversations are supposed to be meshing, but I feel like they're not meshing somewhere.

"I never thought Lord Irvine would tell you about me.... hey would you? Magic City Unilay, son of the Magic Duke family that governs that city. Ignis Eldred Crossling."

"... a name I miss a lot. Since my father insulated me, nobody called me by that name.... by the way"

I was Ignis trying to miss the old days for a moment, but the next time I saw Mr. Lucille, his eyes turned out to be rugged.

"Why is Lucille alive? You were cursed by the power of chaos, and you must have died."

I wonder if Mr. Lucille has fallen back for a moment, and the blade of wind flies to where Mr. Lucille was. This is a [windcutter] that I use a lot, too. I don't know if you didn't use your powers earlier this time because the original magic is without chanting.

"I was supposed to die... but I didn't know you were staying in this world being a demon... I never saw a high-ranking magician named you fall into the status of a user-demon. Besides, the other guy is still an immature apprentice. I would have respected you even with this... but I can't even put it on the wind of a magician to fall that far!

Certainly there may not be many human contracts as a user demon. Monsters, animals, etc. are basic target demons. Let's also say that having signed that contract fell to the same status as them.

What's more, Mr. Lucille is a higher mage than I am. Not only has that high-ranking sorcerer fallen into the status of a demon of use, but if he has become a demon of apprenticeship, he has no majesty as a magician.

"Surely the greed of not wanting to die is something that everyone has. But isn't it possible to live by twisting nature's logic?

"... I often say that it's like you took my life"

"Right, it's like I killed him. No, I should have killed him.... I should have broken (killed) you... but I still keep my soul in this world.... It's Chloe who keeps her soul, isn't it?

A smile is disappearing from Ignis. An eye like the tip of a sharp, pointed sword looked at me.

"It is the flowers that should be directed against the dead. Don't give me salvation. Because Lucille doesn't deserve salvation."

"... Mr. Lucille is not dead yet"

"No, Lucille is as good as dead. Unlock the contract with the user demon and Lucille dies. I've already made up my mind about the rules. Otherwise, Lucille wouldn't have made a deal with you, would she? For in order for her to continue to live without dying, she had no choice but to become a demon of use.... The demon of use is the covenant of souls. By covenant with your soul, Lucille's flesh and soul were separated... and all you're doing is postponing her death."

Subjects who become demons of use lose their flesh. Instead, the contractor will create a new flesh and use that flesh. Mr. Lucille's flesh had already been cursed by chaos.

Now that I have become a demon of use, I have been able to get away from the flesh, but if I break my contract, the soul returns to the flesh. I know what will happen if that happens.

"Lucille wasn't saved.... you're not dead or alive. You're not dead."

"... so what is it? What's wrong with walking around dying?"

"It's a bad idea. It is because there is glorious life that we are given despair in the name of death… it is because there is death that we can destroy the hopes of those who desperately scratch their feet to live.... so there's no way you can forgive the existence of something that doesn't die (doesn't break). If you admit it, the value of destroying it diminishes."

I told you I enjoyed watching things break. Perhaps it's the kind of fun that ruins mercilessly the sand castle that others have worked so hard to build on the beach.

If that's an unbreakable sand castle, well, you're certainly not convinced. It's supposed to be a brittle thing called a sand castle, but it doesn't break at all.

... maybe even if it was bad. Kind of made Ignis look like a bully who showed up in the sand combined with his childishness.

But I know a little bit. I'm extending Mr. Lucille's life in a distorted way that was supposed to kill him. Is this shape correct after all?

"... not like the death of Lucille with the son of the resurrected beast man just now. The cat's girlfriend still had a chance. If the resuscitation fails but is seriously injured, the star stone tablet calls her in.... but Lucille isn't, is she? Being abandoned to a star tablet means there's no hope of help anymore. Even resurrection magic can't save the power of the star god, he said it was the law of death... and you kept that fate away."

Residents of this world can be seriously injured if they have the power of a star tablet. Except for fatal injuries that cannot be healed by a star tablet, or if the connection to the tablet has been severed in any way.

Mr. Lucille's body has already been eroded by chaos. Impossible damage has left over from the chaos. Whatever you do... you won't be able to do it. Mr. Lucille's heart is like it's already stopped.

- But still.

"... Mr. Lucille is still here. Mr. Lucille is here, and that means he's not dead yet."

"So listen, do you know how you can help Lucille?

"I don't know anything about that. But it's good to find it someday."

"What are you going to do if you don't find it?

"Even if you can't find her... because as long as I live and sign a contract with Mr. Lucille, she won't die"

To my answer, Ignis shakes his head like a jerk.

"... oh, right. I certainly won't die. Lucille will live with your life. Like a parasite.... Lucille, how did you get a contract with Chloe? You wanted to live that far?

"... I didn't mean to..."

"What's the difference? Oh, rather, was that the kind of person you were, the kind of choice you took? I didn't know you'd try to survive in the mercy of a raucous young girl... just like a rotten, evil girl with sexual roots, it's amazing!

Mr. Lucille pushes silence on Ignis' words.... Indeed, Ignis is right, her life would be like being extended thanks to Chloe's life in the contract of the user demon. Treating that as a parasite is......

"You can say whatever you want just now. But what you're saying is wrong."

"I guess I just told you the truth, though?

"Well, what you say will include facts. But there's no way Mr. Lucille is using me. Rather the other way around. I'm using her."

Mr. Lucille, who was turning away from me, looks at this one. Behind the blue eyes of the cat's eye, I tell her to tell her the truth.

"Who brought up the contract? It's not Mr. Lucille, it's me. It is a pity to lose yourself as a mage with a wealth of knowledge, and as my master I wanted you... so I brought up a contract with you that was supposed to die. I'm the one who pulled you off already ready to die, so you don't have to worry about Mr. Lucille if you don't have to take responsibility."

"Chloe......"

"Well, that's why I'd like you to do something a little more like a master, if you can."

"... you always have a lot to say"

"Oh, I'm sorry about that."

When I joked and laughed, the tails and ears of the black cats that had been down were raised. Mr. Lucille has to be like this.

"Now, do you see how misguided your words were?

"Oh, right. I know exactly what happened to your contract. But for whatever reason, Lucille can't be tolerated. It doesn't make him a dead man."

Ignis doesn't seem to change his mind. Well, I knew I couldn't where I said how much or what to this guy.

"It's time to stop chatting"

With a childish grin, Ignis was fine.