Vol 1 Chapter 12 (1/2)

Chapter 12: The Bearer of Truth [2/2]

Alice had confirmed the truth of Ekkehardt and Shayna’s words

She had acknowledged their words, and even nodded in confirmation, that she was a member of Atem’s royal family

“We have been concerned, your highness May we ask, how have you coerous here There are many Other races about Allow us to return you to the royal capital We, Ateuide you,” Ekkehardt said while keeping his face turned towards the ground

But Alice shook her head

“No, I may have once held the name of Atem’s royal family, but now it is different I am [Alice Art] I am just a…let’s see――a [failure of an Other race]” (Alice)

“What are you saying? You are a child of our king To call yourself one of the Other races――it is impossible You are one of the [Pure] race It would not be an exaggeration to call you a pure-blooded [Uura Mythos]” (Ekkehardt)

“Incorrect ――――Since you brought it up, even though you call yourselves the [King’s Blades], you would not know of the truth of the royal family” (Alice)

“Forgive , but what is this truth?――” (Ekkehardt)

Both those of the Other and Pure races in attendance waited for Alice’s reply

“Do you want to know?” (Alice)

“Yes, if your highness wishes to speak of it” (Ekkehardt)

“I understand Then――I will tell you Let me see, I will try to make it as brief as possible, so those of you ish to listen please pay attention” (Alice)

Alice looked at Sare and the others and the soldiers who faced them with her usual expressionlessness

“I would first like to mention that the Atem royal family is an existence which is [half Other race] I believe it has been this way since around 500 years ago” (Alice)

“That’s――” Shayna iate Alice’s statement, but――

“Please listen properly and save your questions until the end,” Alice interrupted She waited until everyone had lapsed back into silence before she continued,

“Since ancient ti for the sake of enacting a grandiose [project] Atem has always shared a deep connection with a certain race, and that project would help theate them The name of this project was――”

Alice turned her gaze towards Sare before continuing:

“The [Majin Project]”

“It is a rather straightforward title I suppose Ate sense to do any better, but let us move on”

“The Majin…Project?” The words escaped Sare’s lips

“To put it simply, it was a project to create a Majin for the sake of destroying the Majins Please understand that to explain it in detail would take a very long time, so for noould like to return to the subject at hand――”

Alice continued, “Around the halfway point in the project, at a certain stage, [that existence], so that was not a Majin, was created”

Sare suddenly re written in Alfred’s note

[As a separate project frodom would raise warriors of the Pure race for the express purpose of destroying those of the Majin race]

Alfred was talking about the warriors that Atem had used to force that soul into the bodies of successive Majin emperors

An existence that was of the Pure race, yet able to stand against Majins

“――That existence was us, the [Atem royal family]” (Alice)

At her words the ideas and ether as one, like a woven thread

“Back then, in order to give the Ateainst the Majin emperor, and in order to bequeath their descendents the power to subjugate the Majins in the future, this project was begun and has continued for enerations The Pure racethis inhuman project But, nothereat Ehno Ayla Their line was known as the strongest seed aainst them, no matter what those of the Pure race did, their wishes would never be granted Even when they occasionally borrowed the power of the Dios and becath could not ,

“Since that tio, Atem’s royal family has continued to become closer and closer to the other races,

“――Basically, in order to subjugate the Majins, they found a way to turn someone of the Pure race into a Majin It sounds like a joke The original goal of the project was to create a strong Majin ould fight for Atem’s sake, but soive birth to a pale imitation, a so-called [Pure Majin] Oh dear, as expected, after saying all this, it really sounds like some foolish story――really…”

Soh before continuing

“To becoan experi one with a Majin [eye] The eye that houses the great power of which the Majin are so proud――the eye of destruction, [Gram Istoora] But at the start, they could not bear the power of the eye of destruction, after using the eye at full strength just once, those of the royal fah it seee aet their hands on a body capable of bearing the burden of invoking the eye countless times”

Alice paused before continuing, “To answer the question I was asked at the start, the result of these efforts was――[Alice Art Ately emptied of all emotion

“――But, just as I was to take upon the burden of the Atem royal family’s destiny and had takencalled upon me”

“[Without using the power of the Majins, I have caused the downfall of the Majin race You have become an unneeded existence], or so my father told me in a frenzied madness”

“He repeated those words with cruelty, like a demon It felt as if , I let my [eye of destruction] run wild until I became blind,” as Alice said this she absentmindedly touched the area around her eyes

“Ah, by the way, the reason that the royal faray and black, and why their eyes seeht red is from the influence of the Pure Majins That is because those of the Majin race have jet black hair and eyes the color of fresh blood ――Because the Atem royal family are all just [imitations], the colors are a bit faded”

Alice then turned to face Sare, and gave him a sad――smile

“How is it? ――Can you see the symbol of the [Gram Istoora] in the center of my pupil?”

Being asked so suddenly, Sare absentmindedly looked into her eyes

Although the color was faint, the pupil was red

And within its center he could see the six-pointed star of the [eye of destruction]

“――Yeah…” (Sare)