When Urka touched the two teachers, I saw their bodies jump and wobble for a moment. I was relieved to see that Mom and brother were supporting each other.

But that was short-lived, as Emperor Griel’s astral body made a gesture of reaching out to me, holding my head with one hand.

“I-If it’s like this, I don’t care If I just take a kid’s body …… I can feel strength from you ……”

“What persistence ……! You, it’s dangerous so get away from him!”

“Ah, sir!”

If I gets possessed, I may not be able to handle it. I thought it would be better to leave the rest to Urka …… and the uncle in front of me, Jinga-san, so I stepped back. At that time, Emperor Griel unleashed his magic.

“!”

Paaaaaaaaaaaan!

“What, a magic barrier ……!?”

“A child can do advanced magic …… N-No, now is not the time! “Preaching is a virtue. Opening up is corruption. Let your soul rest in peace and sleep”!”

“Guh ……!”

As I stepped away, Jinga-san chanted with his staff. Emperor Griel is suffering and should disappear in one more step.

“Damn you …… Damn you …… This is my country ……! You will not have this! !”

“Uoohhhhhhhh!?”

“Ahhhhhhhh!?”

Emperor Griel, with an angry expression on his face, held up his hand and blew Jinga-san away. Jinga-san was concentrating on the chant when he was instantly slammed against the wall. The freed Emperor Griel is literally flying straight down on me!

“Kid …… no, I don’t care who the kid is at this point, give me a young and powerful body!”

“Kuh!?”

If I may say so myself, my power is quite powerful. If the body is taken away, this guy will be in good shape.

But if I avoid it, Makina and brother will be harmed. The queen is an adult, so if she was only able to endure it, he can’t use the “possess her and take care of them later” strategy. Should I take it once? Just as I was thinking this, Verna-sensei’s voice sounded.

” “There is no vessel here that can accept you.” “

“……!”

Crackle!

“Nn …… this is ……”

The emperor’s hand, which was one step in front of mine, was flicked by a pale light and he backed away in a panic. From right behind me, I can hear Tigre-sensei’s voice this time.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, Emperor Griel, maybe 450 years? This country was destroyed then. Therefore, it is not your country.”

The words that were spoken calmly felt different from those of Tigre-sensei. The two of them stood in front of me and continued talking.

“…… Father, is that enough? We are no longer of this world. No matter how many people from the time of the empire we bring back to life, all that will come back will be the undead …… We must return to heaven with them.”

“Are you …… Raina? And you’re Teiga, right? You …… are also back from the dead ……! Good, let’s let bygones be bygones. If you prepare a vessel for me. I’ll even allow you to marry Teiga.”

He said this while destroying the floor with his Earthblade. However, Teiga, who seems to be inside Tigre-sensei, shakes his head and then opens his mouth.

“…… You never change, do you? You still think that if you threaten and order people like that, they will be frightened and follow you. Why can’t you see that the people have turned against you as a result of your politics of fear?”

“Shut up! It’s because you inspired Raina ……! What kind of holy knight are you …… You’re the one who dragged her into the war and sent her to her death!”

“That’s not true, father. I joined of my own free will. I thought that by leaving father’s side, I could right the mistakes ……”

“But the result was your death! Like your mother, you left me! And Teiga took me down. ……”

Raina put her hand on her chest and shed tears, and said that Emperor Griel had his own reasons. However, since the crime of making people suffer cannot be erased, the coup d’etat must have happened as it should have.

The thorns, which were small at first, may be slowly eroding people’s hearts. In my previous life, I was also somewhat insane, so I can’t help but understand Emperor Griel’s feelings.

“Let’s end this, father ……! “Be guided to heaven with us. Do not threaten the living. Retreat! Retreat!” “

“Oh, ohhhhhh ……!? N-Not yet …… I-I’m ……”

Emperor Griel suffered from Raina’s words. When she reach out her hand to release the magic, Raina-san and Teiga-san will gently touched his hand. 

“What are you doing ……!?”

“It’s okay. It’s time to end this …… Father was such a kind man before my mother died …… From now on, we will always be together ……”

Teiga-san also looked sad and said to the emperor.

“I don’t want to say that it was fate. But the results have already been seen. I later found out that your torment of the people was just a misunderstanding. That regret may have led you to wander like this, but we are people of the past. What can we do now if we push away those who are living in the present? Isn’t that right …… father-in-law?”

“…….”

When Teiga said that, Emperor Griel waved his hand away and looked up at the ceiling. 

“…… Kukuku …… naive as ever, you guys ……”

“Father ……”

“But, fine. But that’s okay. The fun has worn off. Let’s just disappear quietly.”

Emperor Griel said this with a different smile and turned his attention to the king.

“Present King. Don’t think that because you are family, you can always talk to each other. You never know when or how you might die. Do not think that they will “understand” you. That’s not trust, that’s just an escape. I also, with Fran and Raina …… no, it’s a bit too late ……”

“Emperor Griel ……”

Emperor Gliere said this and closed his eyes. I think it was probably him who did not face his family, or perhaps could not face his family.

And finally.

“The undead should no longer be moving. You can rest easy. And brave children, I hope that people like you will support your country.”

At that moment, Emperor Griel disappeared in a particle of light. Then the zombies and skeletons stopped moving and collapsed on the spot.

“Is it over ……?”

“It seems so ……”

“I wonder why Emperor Griel oppressed the people when he knew what was in their hearts ……”

Grace-san, Veig-san, and Shiina-san, breathing on their shoulders, each opened their mouths. There, Flugel-san replied to no one in particular.

“It may be a negative chain of events. His wife died, and he must have promised to make the country better. It’s not impossible that it’s going to spin out of control and become worse and worse ……”

“So, his womanizing got worse and had no money ……”

“It was 450 years ago. You can’t be sure that the lore is being passed down correctly. Even the events of just a hundred years ago are vague.”

He then looked at me and smiled. In this sense, I guess it is similar to the way that the [Jack-of-all-Trades] was described as a failure without clearly understanding its ability? It’s not that I don’t know how to use it.

But that’s beside the point. I helped everyone, especially Urka, who can’t exert his strength as he wanted. 

“You saved us, thank you.”

I said, and he laughed as he wiped his nose.

“No, it was scary, but I’m glad there was something I could do. It’s a power I didn’t really like, but …… it was nice to be able to make people meet each other, like Raina-san and Teiga-san.”

As he said this, he turned to Raina-san and the others. And then brother joined in, and the whole place around me became lively, and brother was the first to open his mouth. 

“We managed to survive.”

I nodded and looked around at everyone again.

“Yeah, good work to you too, Brother. I saw you giving orders, you know? And is everyone okay?”

“I have a cut in my arm a little bit, but I’m fine!”

“I didn’t fight because I’m scared ……”

Makina was still shaking, and it was clear that she was not very good at it. I decided to grab her by the shoulders and calm her down.

In the meantime, my brother muttered to himself as he looked at Raina-san and the others. 

“I’m okay, too. I have my mother’s medicine, after all. But what’s going to happen to those two?”

“He said he was going to follow them, so maybe they’ll pass on?”

Mom put her hands on her hips and looked at me–

“I wanted to thank you one day …… I never thought I’d see this moment, but ……”

“Me too. I can’t tell you how much my heart has ached since you died ……”

And then their faces came close together, lip to lip.

” ” ” “Ah!?” ” ” “

Of course, we were the ones who panicked. That body is the body of Verna-sensei and Tigre-sensei ……!

The emperor easily left ……?

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theatre]

“He must be judged in spite of his circumstances, huh.”

You definitely have to make amends for what you’ve done, after all.

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