Chapter 93 (1/2)

Volume 3 Chapter 23: Dragon-san Witnesses a Disaster

Having no time to wonder how it was possible for mere spirits to use Teleportation magic, I put Lishella down and run towards Ligurila.

「Ligurila, are you okay!?」

「Yes, it’s nothing big, merely a scratch. That swordsman, he got me good. But next time I see him, I’m going to make him feel sorry! You’ll see!」

Said Ligurila in an angry manner while getting rid of the parts of her dress that were torn by the people who attacked us earlier.

Hey, it looks mostly fine, so are you really sure that you want to get rid of it like that?

I look around at the guests, who all seemed to be slowly regaining their senses. They were getting up from the ground and some of them were clearly wounded and were bleeding. I’m sorry for that!

「It’s fine, don’t worry about them. I’m actually more worried about that strange sensation just now. What about you, Lava? …… Lava?」

I seemed to have spaced out, because Ligurila’s words make me come back to my senses.

Yes, that’s right. There was that thing with Lute’s hostility towards us, and the reason for this look of despair in his eyes. There was a lot of things to think about, but for now let us focus on the things at hand.

I tried to focus my thoughts grasp a hold of our current situation.

Maybe it was the mind control spell, but even though they lost consciousness, there must have been something that served as a catalyst to make the spell hold them within its grasp with such strength.

I think that this catalyst must have been the artificial magic stone, since Lishella was the only one here without it, and wasn’t affected by Oblivio’s mind control.

If that’s the case, then I should be able to do something about it.

It was too early for us to give up. Too early to give up on Lishella’s wish.

「Lava, did I overdid it this time?」

「Nah, I should be able to fix this. Take care of Lishella for me, why don’t you?」

I hand Lishella over to Ligurila and get to work.

Even though Ligurila noticed that the barrier blocked all kinds of sorcery, she let me do my work in peace, although she seemed puzzled.

The nobles immediately came all over me, but still, I threw my hands in front of me as if nothing strange was happening.

I release my magic and take control of all the magic in the area.

Then I searched for even the faintest signs I could find.

「Come to me, Oblivio.」

Come back, come back to Lishella.

As soon as I felt his response to the calling, I used all of my magic to pull him closer and enshrine him within one of the artificial magic stones.

A few pieces of his being materialized in the air as particles of light.

As soon as the light came into the magical stone, the guests began to back down, but I had no time to concern myself with that right now.

Being careful not to miss anything, I let him into the stone while cleansing him of any impurities.

When he finally materialized on the top of my hand, he was no bigger than the tip of my fingernail.

It was a being that was known as Oblivio only mere moments earlier.

Since all of the artificial magic stones were made of his magical core, I thought it might be a good idea to put them all together and refine them into something new.

I could do something like this because I had experience in taking out the nuclei from the magical stones, and because Lute didn’t fully erased Oblivio’s existence.

But since he was now so small, it will probably take him hundreds of years to develop a consciousness again.

So I try to keep my enthusiasm at bay.

Then the magic spreads throughout the area, so sweet-scented and so soft.

「For the time being, I think it’s best to modify the child’s memory and keep the truth away from her.」

「Thanks, Ligurila.」

I thanked Ligurila for her offer, and while she was preparing herself to do the deed, I took the small Oblivio and stored him safely inside of the interdimensional storage.

「Let’s track these guys down. I should be able to sense their magic waves.」

「That would be a huge help.」

Ligurila said so while putting her hand on my arm, and as I was expanding my searching field, I cast the last quick glance towards Lishella.

There were a whole lot of emotions swirling around inside of me, but for the time being I brushed them all aside.

Just sleep, while we will make sure that your wish comes true.

I used every last bit of my magic to try and track down our prey.

The moment I tracked them down, I urged Ligurila and we both flew towards that direction.

Once we got closer, all of my senses were assaulted by something painful and irritating.

But more than that, I was overwhelmed by what was now laying in front of me.

「What is, what is this……?」

Judging from the point of view, it was somewhere over Melias.