Chapter 465: The Fifth (2/2)
“More importantly, what are we going to do with him?”
Androgias lay sprawled on the road about 10 meters away from Jin and his friends. He could be an important source of information about demons. Jin was also personally curious about what had been his motives.
“Should we try to use Transinfo on him?”
Even though Androgias had fainted, he didn’t know if he would regain his consciousness soon, so Jin approached him with caution.
“Flame Ball!”
“Wha-!?”
A fire spell was unleashed, hitting Androgias directly.
“Flame Storm!”
And another one.
For a brief moment, it seemed that the demon boy had managed to open his eyes. But the next moment, the powerful flames had already turned Androgias into ashes.
“Don’t look, Hanna.”
Jin hurriedly hugged Hanna so as to block her field of view.
“Haah… Haah…”
Albert had been the one who had released the Fire Ball, while Beatrix followed with her Flame Storm.
“…What have you done!?”
Beatrix glared at Jin in response to his yelling.
“What? He was a demon, an enemy of mankind!”
“That’s right. He had been deceiving us and manipulating us all this time. What’s wrong with us punishing him for it?”
It seemed that Reiko’s Stun, which had bounced onto both of the Selfish Siblings, had been enough to dispel the mental manipulation spell that Androgias had cast on them, but still their personalities hadn’t changed one bit.
“…Well, I think we could have learned many things if only we had been able to take him for interrogation.”
“Interrogation? There’s no need for that. Mankind had already won the last Magic War. Even if there were to be another one, mankind would surely win again.
Even after regaining their true selves, the Selfish Siblings still wouldn’t listen to a word Jin had to say.
“…”
Jin finally relaxed himself, thinking, “There’s nothing we can do about it now anyway. Have it your way, then.”
As he stroked Hanna’s hair, Jin said,
“Let’s go home, shall we?”
To which Elsa, Saki, and Stearleana nodded silently.
“W-Where do you think you’re going!?
Albert started to yell about something, but Jin didn’t bother trying to listen.
Edgar seemed to be able to walk on his own, and Jin started to walk away without looking back at the Selfish Siblings.
“I’ll remember this—!”
The Selfish Siblings kept on talking, but neither of them dared to chase after Jin and his friends, as they were probably still afraid of Reiko.
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“…I’m so tired.”
The mentally exhausted party returned to Stearleana’s house, throwing themselves on the sofas.
Hanna seemed to have become very tired from all that walking, and was taking a nap. Reiko sat beside her.
“I’m very sorry about all that!”
Stearleana bowed apologetically, almost as if she were about to drop on her knees.
“I never thought something like this could happen! I’m very sorry, Elsa!”
“…Don’t worry about that, you don’t need to apologize about that.”
“…Thanks.”
Stearleana hadn’t meant for any of that to happen, so no one really was blaming her for it.
“I can see clearly why you’re so keen on giving up on this country, Stearleana.”
Jin suddenly opened his mouth. He had a tedious expression on his face.
“I know, right?”
“You should really move away from here as soon as possible. Today’s events made it even clearer to me.”
Jin and the others decided to talk about Stearleana’s future.
“I don’t think I can stay here anymore…”
Stearleana’s voice sounded extremely tired.
“Yeah, I think so too.”
“Me too…”
Everyone was of the opinion that she should move away.
So next, they had to decide her destination. Was she going to go to Jin’s Kaina Village, or to Hourai Island? Or perhaps even to Reinhardt’s Kartze Village?
Since Hourai Island was rather separated from the other areas, and because the other possible destinations had Warp Gates, it quickly turned into a choice between Kaina Village and Kartze Village.
“Wait, why don’t you move in with me?”
At that moment, Saki offered a third option.