Volume 6 - Chapter 34 – Unifiers (1/2)
06-34 Unifiers
Content warning: depiction of some violence and pain.
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“He he hee, now Reiko is mine. Ahh, how wonderful!”
Reiko didn’t move.
“Dominique, you…”
Stearina looked shocked as she forced out some words.
“Yes, I am a member of the ‘Unifiers’.”
“Unifiers? That group of religious fanatics!”
Stearina said, but Dominique rebutted.
“We’re not fanatics. We’re reformers and saviours, here to return this world to its pre-Great Magic War days.”
“So that means you were also the one behind the golems’ riot?”
Dominique then grinned widely and said,
“Yes, that’s right. The insides of my bird golem were packed with Elradrite and Magi Crystals. It was simple because the search didn’t go as far as the golems’ interiors. In addition to the red, blue, and yellow ones there was a white one, but I made it operate in the castle’s golem storehouse to a great success.”
Elated with success, Dominique jabbered on. Her smiling face was now overflowing with a sense of superiority.
“Then, that must mean you almost getting attacked was also an act!”
Reinhardt said.
“Yes, that is so. But I’m still grateful for your help, Reinhardt-sama.”
Dominique said nonchalantly. Her grinning face looked villainous.
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“If I bring back this strong Reiko instead of the golems gathered in the castle, I’ll surely enter the upper echelon. Now, Reiko, with the exception of Jin and Reinhardt kill everyone here.”
Dominique gave a harsh order.
Hearing that Stearina, Elsa, and Reinhardt went white as a sheet.
If Reiko betrayed them there was no one who could stop her. Except for Jin.
And the Jin in question kept calm. He was looking at Reiko silently standing still.
“Reiko! What are you doing! Kill them all!”
Dominique got impatient with Reiko who didn’t move, and yelled out loud. However, Reiko only replied with a cold voice without blinking an eye,
“Why should I do what someone like you tells me to?”
“Eh?”
You could see from her face that Dominique didn’t understand what Reiko was saying.
“The only one who can give me orders is Father.”
Reiko said and slowly walked near Jin. She then held out a Magi Crystal she took from her breast pocket,
“Father, here is the Magi Recorder.”
She said and handed it over to Jin.
“Good work, Reiko.”
After receiving it Jin gave orders to Reiko while glaring at Dominique. As you’d expect, Jin got angry at Dominique who tried to capture his ‘daughter’ Reiko.
“Reiko, seize Dominique!”
His tone was also strong.
“Yes.”
Reiko gave a reply, and in the blink of an eye went around behind Dominique and wrenched her arm. She also confiscated the Elradrite that was in her hand.
“Eeek! Why! Why?”
It seemed she couldn’t believe that the performing the [Subordination Rewriting Magic] from zero distance using an Elradrite had no effect at all.
“Argh! But how!”
Dominique still raved. Reiko frowned. Then.
“Noisy, aren’t you.”
“Gyaaaaaaaahh!”
She dislocated Dominique’s shoulder which made a dull sound.
“Excuse me, I seem to have used a bit too much strength. Elsa-san, please cure her.”
“It hurts! It huuurts!”
Dominique yelled, but her body restrained by Reiko didn’t move a bit.
“Rianna, Mary, anyone will do, tie her up.”
“Y-yes!”
At Reinhardt’s command, the Royal Secret Maid Rianna rushed over and tied up Dominique.
“Elsa, heal her for the time being.”
“Mm. [Schmerzmittel].”
Instead of healing it was pain relief, and from that you could tell that Elsa was angry. Even Jin didn’t say anything about it.
“Well then, we’ll take her away.”
“Ah, please do.”
And thus, the culprit of the [Subordination Rewriting Magic] incident was caught, and things seemed to be settled for now.
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“Why did you suspect her?”
“When she held my hand the Magic Energy waveform I felt was the same one I felt during the day.”
Currently, Jin and the others were in Reinhardt’s room being interrogated by the authorities, or more precisely giving them the general information about the events.
With Jin were the Minister of Magic Kelhidore and the Minister of Defense Judol.