Volume 4 Chapter 10 Part 3 (1/2)

Volume 4 Chapter 10 Part 3

Translator: Kurehashi Aiko Editor: Queenie

「Ahh, that’s right. Agedilus wouldn’t stoop so low as to make a pact with some demon. You would need an upper echelon demon of considerable power to do that, but now that they are weakened after the war I doubt they have anyone like that. That is why I don’t think it’s the doing of the curse. At least that’s my opinion on the subject.」

「… Because the demons are in a weakened state for the moment?」

「That’s part of the reason. By the way, the islanders must have their share of stories and legends about demons, am I correct?」

「!」

Hearing Klanven’s words, my eyes widened in surprise. Just as he said, there was the legend of Black Witch Elizabell circulating on the island for almost three hundred years now. A Black Witch that plagued the people with disease and misfortune.

If the play I saw with Juri-kun was telling the truth, then Elizabell would be able to change her appearance to fit the tastes of the boy she liked. How could I overlook something so obvious? Was it because I didn’t want to discuss the topic of Elizabell with that man? If so, it was a terrible error on my part.

「Filmina? Is everything alright?」

「 –––– Yes. I’m sorry. Now that I think about it, there is a legend on the island about a witch with jet black hair.」

I somehow managed to smile back at the Princess who seemed to be genuinely worried about me. But the truth was that right now I am not alright, not even a bit. I scratched my head trying to connect all the facts as I sat down on the bed.

That is because the man was found unconscious in the ruins. And he himself was sure that it was the doing of the magic contained within the ruins themselves. But if the ruins had something to do with Elizabell, the black witch, then it wouldn’t be all that improbable for something like that to occur while someone was within them. I really am stupid. Why did I fail to notice that sooner?

But, from all that we know, Elizabell passed away those three hundred years ago. So how was such a phenomenon even possible in the first place? Was it because their magic was similar? Or maybe because they share a common trait of black hair? … As I was deep in thought, Widnichol spoke again.

「It is only my assumption, but I do believe that the magic that was cast on Master has something to do with emotions.」

「Magic that depends on emotion?」

What does that supposed to mean? Seeing my worried expression, Widnichol hurried up and started elaborating.

「That’s right. Did you know that the magic operations one can perform can be greatly influenced by one’s emotional state? However, sometimes strong emotions can influence the magic formulas and break them apart, or in some cases transform them into something completely new or different. But such new magic is almost never able to manifest, because it is rather unstable. You said it yourself earlier, Filmina-san: that Master’s adult consciousness manifested itself because of the strong emotional need. Based on that fact, I think it is safe to assume that the magic that hit Master is one of those “berserk” types. There may also be other factors, but……」

Widnichol continued to talk to himself in a lowered tone, but the most important part has already been spoken. No, it’s that we never taken such option into consideration, but it always seemed so improbable to us. Magic gone berserk. Does that mean that the ruins reacted to that man’s presence and used his own magic to manifest their will?

After being lost in thought for a while, the Princess also spoke up, apparently thinking of the very same thing I was thinking.

「Say, Filmina? Do you think we would be able to talk to Agedilus right about now?」

「Ah, umm, yes, I think so?」

I was amazed by the Princess’s words. Up until now, various opinions were clashing here and we had no way of getting to know which one was actually correct. But if we all were to talk to that man, maybe we could arrive at some sort of a conclusion.

I looked at the sleeping Edi. He seemed exhausted after today, so right about now should be ideal moment to try to communicate with him. Who knows? Maybe he was even waiting form right there, since he couldn’t walk too far away from his physical body?

「Alright, so now we shall go to Edi’s room and see if we’ll be able to communicate with him…」