Vol 8 Prologue (1/2)
Prologue
A few days after Elizabeth was killed by Mistilteinn's contractor, in the European Shelter's Magical Acade perfor's dark room between East Side and West Side
”All responsibility lies on the East Side! You were supposed tothe to make up for that?!”
The one exploding with anger face-to-face against Mother Goose was one of West Side's executives
There was a total of twenty West Side's executives, allared at Mother Goose
On the other hand, the only executives of East Side were Mother Goose and Orochi It ht be different in other shelters, but East Side in the European Shelter eak Moreover, after a series of turerous position
Mother sat doith a cals on top of the desk and picked his ears
That attitude fuelled the West bunch's anger even further
”We're here to do your process confidentially and with consideration, and what's with your attitude here! We gathered here despite it being a bother and ere busy!”
When the ht!' the other West Side's executives raised their voices as well
Since it suddenly beca with abandon
Not only being instructor of Double-Edged style, Orochi who had vampire cells transplanted into his body did a heel drop onto the desk and easily broke it in half
Then he stared coldly at the mob in front of him
”The ones who should be having a process is you Elizabeth abused her private army and arbitrarily invaded the outside It's you bastards who're in a poor position, ain't that right?”
”you fool!”
”In the first place, if that old hag didn't assault Mistilteinn, this wouldn't have happened”
”there's no evidence of that yet! Don't speak as if you know that!”
”If you investigate the ical property on the Colosseum construction site you'll find out as used i about Ancient Property HoldersAncient Wizards is that if they do a crile spell Even hty』, even if you search the entire world you won't find anyone with it other than Eliza”
When the bunch of executives fell silent, Orochi's mouth arced
”Even if you're in a rush to hide it, it's futile We have already harvested soil samples in the epicentre When the test results come, there'll be no way for you to win”
”!!”
”Ya won't be able to push all the responsibility on Eliza alone On the other hand, you West Side executives can't say that you knew nothing of the plan You didn't think Eliza would die, right? What a shame, the 『Godslayer』 was better than her”
As Orochi chuckled, the executives stood up, shouting and gritting their teeth
”you bastards, you knew it'll turn out like that fro!”
The East Side had dealt with the turmoil this time way too quickly It was as if they had anticipated in advance it would happen, and were alreadyahead of West Side
In fact, there weren'tthose who knew, there were those who tried to stop her atrocities Even so, if Eliza's atrocities were to be exposed, the executives couldn't talk their way out of it Just as Orochi said, they wouldn't be let off even if they didn't know
Looking at Orochi's bright smile, they realized
This is a black out of control in order to take full control of the Magic Acade
”please do not worry We have no intention of reporting you West Side's blunder to the senate Elizabeth's death will be treated as an assassination done by dissidents”
Mother as keeping silent opened her eyes
”In exchange, from now on you will not interfere with our activities Keep your s calm down”
If you don't want to take responsibility, you are to keep quiet
Mother's request was very simple
”you say we're to stay quiet! What's your goal?! Mother Goose 『White Witch of the East』! What on earth are you?!”
When an executive shouted in anger, Mother narrowed her eyes in response to his question Even in the darkness her eyes were beautiful Feeling an inhuhty presence, the feet of the executives were struck by a pressure and they were unable to move
The West Side has been investigating Mother Goose's past for a long tirow up and how did she raise to her current position They investigated it in a rush
However, there was practically no infor her What was knoas that she suddenly appeared out of nowhere during Witch Hunt War, then she fought the Inquisition beside Elizabeth, Orochi and Haunted
Other than that, nothing was known This unidentified existence lingered eerily at the very core of Fantasy CultValhalla From the co the West Side feel she is different from a human
The witch called Mother Goose was completely shrouded in secrecy
”Our goal is to stop the war betitches and huain I won't lie about that”
The darkness Mother Goose rapped in grew darker, and her shi+ning-red pupils shi+mmered
”However, on't tell you not to go to war Our enemies aren't those whom you call Empties”
At the same time as Mother rose up, Orochi put a hand on the sword by his waist
In response to the executives' questioning gaze, Mother said
”The one we are warring against——is Ootori Sougetsu alone”
Leaving just that, as if dissolving in the darkness Mother and Orochi disappeared from the parliament seats
Three days after the West Side had been threatened by Mother Goose, AntiMagic Academy's Chairman's room
”——Peace talks?”
Ootori Sougetsu entrusted his weight on the chair's back deeply and spoke a question to the handset
The other party was Mother Goose
《”Yes The Border's invasion by the Pureblood Party was so done arbitrarily by one person Please do not think it's so done with the consensus of us witches To resolve the , I would like to meet face-to-face”》
”do you h formal procedures?”
As if reading it out in etsu asked indifferently
《”no, I would like for thisto remain secret”》
Hearing Mother's answer, Sougetsu laughed loudly
”You've got guts there! You're doing pretty well in the role of East Side's executive spitting out pretty words like poison and trying to inir Or maybe I should call you 'Goddess'?”
When Sougetsu asked, Mother paused for a moment and answered indifferently
《”do as you please”》
Sougetsu didn't er that could be heard from these words
He tapped the desk with his fingers and suppressed his laughter
”There's no use putting up a façade in front of me For a while now you haven't contactedon but peace talks huh Instead of covering it up as that crap, sihter each other'”
《”Unlike you, I at the very least try to adapt to this world My clu for a ainst you”》
Sougetsu squinted and snorted in response to Mother's words
”You're adapting you say? Hearing that froet that the reason for this plight and chaos is that you have waged a war on us?”
《”Rather than of the previous world, I' of the world we're currently in I just want to protect this world from you, that is all”》
””
《”You just want to destroy this world, right Destroying ic means just that”》
In response to Mother Goose's sharp words, Sougetsu shook his head and sighed
”Well, fine I wanted to meet with you at least once and talk it out carefully I'll join you in that farce As for time and place, it's up to you”
《”Then, tomorrow at three o' clock in the afternoon, the location is the last locationeach other fine?”》
”there huh you have quite good taste too”
While laughing, Sougetsu snapped his fingers as if he re
”——Oh right, can you switch with Orochi-kun? He should be beside you, listening right?”
Hearing his request, Mother went silent
After a while,
《”what do you want, shi+thead”》
An extremely displeased voice full of murderous intent could be heard
Sougetsu made a happy smile
”hello there, sorry for not being able to properly greet you last time You're unexpectedly healthy I didn't think that naughty brat frorown a beard, I was honestly surprised at how dignified you carried yourself”
《”Hurry up and get to the main point”》
In response to Orochi's frustration, Sougetsu made a distorted crescent smile