Volume 21 Chapter 8 (1/2)
In order to persuade the members of the council, the Elf Consul Turuk immediately left to return to Adyl
At thewith the pro-war representatives, led by the ”Steel-Blooded Party”,to face the attack of the Halkeginian military forces Since the situation was so critical, the Pope ordered Julio to escort Turuk on his return
Turuk told Bidashal, who'd been watching him
”After this, it is up to you”
Bidashal calmly nodded his head
Actually, Turuk still didn't completely trust the Pope In order to completely understand that person named Vittorio, they had to leave Bidashal here
Vittorio and Henrietta's eyes followed Julio and Turuk as the wind dragon they rode fleards the other end of the desert
”Maybe we can prevent unnecessary sacrifice this way Theto the Elven country, uidance of the Founder”
”Yes, Your Holiness”
Henrietta said, nodding her head
The thing she truly longed for was to peacefully coexist with the Elves
”But why do I feel so uneasy?”
I don't knohy, but there's soe when the Pope says the words, ”Advance to the Holy Lands”
”But if ant to achieve peace, I have a question”
Bidashal said
”What?”
”Since the navy is controlled by the 'Steel-Blooded Party,' those guys probably won't listen to the advice of Lord Turuk If they use the 'Jewel of Fire,' you're pretty much outta luck”
”Originally this was true But please relax, we have a trump card in hand”
”Oh, trump card This I must learn about”
”Very good Queen Henrietta, can you please call Louise over here?”
”Louise Françoise Le Blanc de La Vallière is here, ready for orders”
Louise, responding to the request to come into the Romalian sunshade, spoke as she knelt in front of Vittorio
”Ms Vallière, I have soive to you”
Saying this, Vittorio handed over a small old-fashi+oned box to Louise, as in front of him
”This thing should belong to you”
Afterwards, Vittorio opened the box
The things that were pulled out of the box were an old censor, a s with a few precious stones At the first glance, it looked like a pile of junk, but Louise's intuition felt that these weren't ordinary items
”This is?”
”This is 'The Founder's Censor', 'The Founder's Music Box', and 'The Ring of Andvari' They were all recovered from Mjöðvitnir”
This shocked Louise
Sheffield, the Mjöðvitnir that died with King Joseph It seems that the Romalian church secretly recovered ”The Founder's Secret Treasures” that she previously possessed
”May I ask, why do you want to give me, 'The Founder's Secret Treasures'?”
”So that you can learn 'The Founder's Void' 'The Founder's Secret Treasures' are items necessary to unleash the Founder's Void”
”The Founder's Void?”
”Correct, the strength of this void far outdistances that of your 'Explosion'”
”Void that's even stronger than Explosion”
Even hearing the Pope say this, Louise was completely unable to conceive this notion In the end, Louise's ”Void” incinerated the elven fleet in one attack, if he's saying that it's stronger than that, exactly what kind of destructive power is it
”If I can ask, does Your Holiness not intend to reconcile with the elves?”
”Presently we still don't knohether or not peace can be established, st the Elves They may try to use the Jewel of Fire to annihilate our 'Coalition Army for the Restoration of the Holy Lands' Thus it is necessary by means of the Founder's Void, to protect ourselves and not be threatened by the Jewel of Fire
”So it's this way, this power is even stronger than 'The Deht'?”
This time Bidashal jumped into the conversation
”Yes, Lord Bidashal This is our trump card”
”My apologies”
”Louise opened her htly shook
”Why have you chosen me? Since Your Holiness has becoht”
”Because it's impossible for me”
Vittorio said, shaking his head
”This was ic, but those who possess the Void all have a part of the system they specialize in For exah I know the method to utilize the Founder's Void, there's no way forthe iteacy, is particularly special, it's only possible that you, Ms Vallière, can chant it since Gandàlfr became your familiar
Saying this, Vittorio handed all of the treasure he pulled out to Louise
At that low in Louise's cloak
”Louise, the Founder's Prayer book is glowing!”
Henrietta let out a surprised sound
”Ms Vallière, please open the Founder's Prayer book and have a look”
Louise, with an uneasy look, stole a glance at Henrietta
Henrietta iave a hint of a nod
Thus Louise pulled the Founder's Prayer Book out of her cloak
And then slowly opened the book
Originally it was a blank page, but glowing rune characters now appeared
”Oh hoh!”
The Pope let out a sigh
Subsequently, Louise studied the characters that appeared in the Prayer Book
”When the four est void”
”Life”
Louise felt that, on the first tiradually slipped into her consciousness
Due to the power being too strong, a treround, stunned
”This, what is thisreallyreally very dreadful”
”Louise, are you alright?”
Henrietta asked, with a face full of worry, as she put a hand on Louise's shoulder
”Eh, I'ht Princess it's just that s”
Louise said, as she put her hands to her face, si
”This also shouldn't surprise you According to legend, even the Founder Brimir only ever cast this incantation once in his entire life”
”Your Holiness This terrible spell, is it truly necessary?”
Louise worriedly inquired
”I also pray that we don't need to use this 'Void' But I bear the responsibility for all of the people of Halkeginia, so the best I can do is to always be prepared for the worst possible situation at all times
Vittorio's voice carried a bitter tone
”Now Ms Vallière, please get soy”
The sun set on the edge of the desert Louise, leaving the cover of the Romalian sunshade, sat by herself in a lonesome spot far away from the noise
--”Life”
The devastation this Void creates, far exceeded thein the end, giving the ironic name of ”Life” to this kind of spell
”Ah”
Louise deeply sighed
As the third daughter of Duke La Vallière, she had always been taught, that those people who possess power have a duty to use that power for the people Since she possess the power of the ”Void”, she always thought she should use that power for Halkeginia
”But for me, as one person, to bear this kind of power, it really is too heavy”
Tiny Louise, Bottom of the list Louise, Louise the Zero
She was once known by these nicknainia's fate
At that time Louise recalled her familiar, as far away at the moment
If it was Saito, ould he do?
If he suddenly obtained enough power to destroy the world
”Saito I really want to see you”
Louise tightly grabbed the edge of her cloak
If she didn't tightly hold on to so
At that ti on sand came from behind her
Louise quickly turned her head to look
The person co was
”Tabitha?”
Right after Louise asked, she realized she misidentified the person
The person as coorgeous cloak
Moreover, the crown of Gallia was on her head
”Jose Queen Charlotte”
Louise quickly stood up, and prepared to face royalty
”It's alright to call me Josette, Vanessa”
Josette called Louise by the naarita's Monastery
This caused Louise a moment of uncertainty Since they separated at that monastery, she hadn't had a proper talk with Josette In the end, she was already the Queen of Gallia, moreover Louise always felt a little embarrassed about how Josette had actively aided Romalia
Not knohether or not she understood the issue in Louise's heart, Josette sat next to Louise
”About 'The Founder's Void', I heard from His Holiness, the Pope”
”Yes”
”I can appreciate your confusion After being taken away froarita's Monastery, I've now become the Queen of Gallia Moreover, like you, I've become a bearer of the Void”
Josette spoke to Louise with an intimate voice, just like when they were in the monastery
If you're talking about a person who had suffered, Josette has been at the h she wasn't like Louise, the bottohter of a famous noble family, that narroorld was the only one she'd known for her entire life
”Aren't you afraid of this power of the Void?”
Louise revealed her feelings on this
”Yes Suddenly receiving such a tremendous amount of power, anyone would be scared”
”No, no, it's not like that”
Louise violently shook her head
”If you don't want to use this terrible power, then don't use it, because we have our determination However, suppose it was to save Saito, I definitely wouldn't hesitate in using it No, I would possibly hesitate, I would maybe be very worried, but in the end I'd still use it No matter how terrible the devastation would be I'm afraid of myself like that”
Josette gently laid her hand on top of Louise's tre hands
”But I wouldn't regret it For Julio, I also wouldn't care about the price Really, I did exactly what he said to, and snatched the throne away fro but a dirty thief, but”
Speaking to here, Josette tightly bit her lip
”But I wouldn't regret it It doesn't matter how he ordered me, I would accept it If he told ot my one true love”
”Josette”
Feeling the surprise in the hand she was holding, Louise couldn't help but stare at Josette
The current Josette gave Louise an unexpected feeling At the time they were in the irl
In the end, what led her to beco Louise pondered
Of course, naturally it's that Romalian priest
”So love can let a person change this much”
Louise thought of Saito
After ed quite a bit If I didn't meet Saito at that tiuiding Halkeginia as some ”Saint”
But s towards Saito, and Josette's love apparently have some differences
”Are you saying that s aren't equal to hers?”
Thinking about these things, Louise's radually became more serious
Louise returned to ”The Ostland” with a serious look on her face, just seeing Guiche and the otherand singing, happily laughing and having a good time
”My Valkyrie was like this, slash slash slash quickly dispatching the onco of a sword! Ah, I really want Mon Mon to see my brave face!”
”And then, ic ole as it went!”
Guiche and Malicorne were apparently telling their comrades about their earlier heroic deeds when they bravely charged the tower of the Elves ”Although there were quite a few embellishments or it should be said that it's practically all ht Louise Colbert and Kirche were currently repairing the Ostland, and Tabitha was by the fire buried in a book, so no one could expose their boasting
”Wh, What are those idiots up to, people are obviously worried”
It looked like Louise was a little annoyed
”You're all actually having a good time, but Saito and Tiffania have obviously not returned yet”
”Even if we're dejected and depressed, it's also not going to bring them back”
”Right, Louise, it doesn't et ready for our next move”
Hearing Guiche and Malicorne's retort, Louise mumbled a little
However, what those two said made sense Even if they were dejected and depressed, it wouldn't bring back Saito Thinking this, actually made Louise feel even more sad
”Come and eat, Ms Vallière I spent a lot of effort to make this”
Siesta helped Louise set up a table and chair, then brought over wine and a tray with etables, and soup
”Thank you for the food”
Louise took a drink of the soup Originally she didn't have any appetite, but it gradually ione
”It was really delicious, thank you”
”Cooking is the only thing that I can do”
Said Siesta with a smile spread across her face
The present Louise felt that the Siesta in front of her was truly dazzling
”No such thing, you're a bigger help to everyone than I am”
”Ms Vallière don't you possess a power?”
”A power is it truly that way?”
Louise's heart was again shrouded in a haze, and she lowered her head
”What happened?”
”It doesn'tthe power is, in the end it depends on how you use it Even if it's the power of the Void passed down fro way, it can also be a power that leads to disaster I'm really scared, scared that I'll become like Joseph, that one day I'll eventually be devoured by this power”
Louise thought about the end of Joseph
Enveloped in a giant fireball, Gallia's dual-use fleet was annihilated
Although she had no sympathy for him, but if Joseph hadn't awoken to the power of the ”Void”, perhaps he wouldn't have come to the end that he did
”It's not a problem”
Siesta matter-of-factly said
”Huh?”
”If it's Ms Vallière that we're talking about, there's definitely not a problem”
”Ho, how can you be so certain? There's no way I' now that Saito isn't by my side”
Louise squawked a retort
Truly, this h the motions with me
”It's just because of this”
Siesta responded
”Ms Vallière is both timid, and flat-chested, so there's no problem”
There was no way that this thoughtlessly sarcastic comment wouldn't make Louise feel confused
But the crazy thing is that it didn't feel wrong at all
It gave her an indescribably wonderful feeling of courage
”Really, it's truly a great thing to have you along with us”
Louise agreed with a bitter smile
At that time, a disturbance came from inside the sunshade of Tristain's forces
On careful observations, Dragon Knight forces ons had just landed in the camp
”What's going on?”
Louise and Siesta both took a look
”Is this true!”
”Yes, yes, it's definitely Tristain's hero, Chevalier de Hiraga”
In the ca in front of a nes Thisby this soldier He was discovered by scouting dragon knights while he was rushi+ng towards Tristain's forces by horse, in order to pass the news that Saito was in Euht to Henrietta
”How do you see it, Prime Minister Mazarin?”
”Ah, it seems reliable”
Saito's kidnapping by elves, was also a secret that was known by only a few people in Tristain Moreover, by his ti for a reward
”You're aware of the consequences if you lie to her Majesty”
Agnes sternly warned the merchant while point her sword at him
”I, I swear by the Founder and her Majesty!”
The merchant violently koed
”It seems to be true”
”Very good, give this person 500 gold coins”
”5-500 gold coins?”
Hearing this, the old e suood life for a whole year
”Agnes, ihts to Eumenes”
”Roger!”
After Agnes answered, she turned and prepared to leave the sunshade
At that time, the sound of a dispute came in from outside, and Louise walked in
”Hey, Louise! What is it?”
”Princess, I heard Saito has been found, is it true?!”