Chapter 190 (1/2)

Volume 2

The Simple Job of Only Perishing to the Hero Volume 6 Chapter 4

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「……Could you please explain.」

「Yes, we request an explanation. There must be some sort of reason for doing that.」

Ichika and Gordy pressed Vermudol, who was sitting in a chair, for an answer.

Since his castle office was destroyed, Vermudol used his private room as his substitute office, and was processing documents there. There were several documents piled on top of the desk, but in this situation where Ichika and Gordy were pressing him for answers from both sides, there was no way he could focus his attention on those documents.

With a cool face, Vermudol answered the two who had enough force that seemed like they would have grabbed his collar if he wasn’t Vermudol.

「There isn’t really anything to it. Isn’t it only natural that the things that those guys destroyed be repaired by them?」

「They are enemies, you know?」

「Former ones.」

With Vermudol answer with a carefree mood, Gordy sank into silence with an expression that said she still wanted to say something.

Since that certainly did make sense, she couldn’t find material to use as a counterargument.

Seeing that situation, Ichika breathed a sigh, and expressionlessly glared at Vermudol.

「Vermudol-sama. Just what did you see in there?」

「……What are you talking about, Ichika-dono.」

「It is about Vermudol-sama’s ability. At that time, Vermudol-sama should have connected with Ykslaas’s Life Seed. What did you see at that time? Is that the reason for your current reception towards Ykslaas?」

After making a short reply to Gordy, Ichika pressed Vermudol for answers even more.

Being focused on by Ichika who had pressed him to the point of bringing her face close to his, Vermudol opened his mouth as if it couldn’t be helped.

「……Pretty much. But what I saw wasn’t when I connected with her Life Seed. It was after that.」

『After that』──Ichika understood that what these words indicated was after Vermudol collapsed.

When Vermudol connected with Ykslaas’s Life Seed, he received damage to his own soul and collapsed.

Since his body was moved by 「Ryou」, who was Vermudol’s past personality, during the time he was unconscious, she thought that Vermudol himself was doing repairs on his soul while he was asleep……but going on what she could see of the current Vermudol’s state, it seemed that wasn’t the case.

「The truth is, at that time, a part of information of my soul was stored in a different place.」

「Is something like that possible……No, but. Something like the storage of a soul, just where would it be?」

Unlike Gordy who couldn’t really grasp an understanding of the whole thing, Ichika seriously thought about the meaning of that in her own way.

And then, she immediately understood.

「Is it, within Ykslaas?」

「Exactly. I was temporarily stored within her. Well, I was also only able to understand it after actually doing it though.」

Since he had done it almost unconsciously, even if he were to do it a second time on purpose, it was something considerably difficult.

However, the things that were done were done.

「And so, well……I had read various pieces of information that were etched into her soul, see? No, it wasn’t like I did it on purpose. To begin with, the public information of the soul is generally what is meant for the outside world, and it would be pointless once it slips into the interior.」

「……Vermudol-sama. Even if you explain things that are even more complicated that this, we will be unable to understand. Just a summary and the conclusion is enough.」

After Ichika said that as she looked at Gordy, who was making a difficult face and pondering, with a sidelong glance, Vermudol nodded.

Putting it simply, Vermudol temporarily became a part of Ykslaas.

This is only natural but putting aside if it was from someone else, it isn’t possible to keep a secret from one’s self.

Even if it something that the person themself had forgotten, it would be engraved in their soul as information.

Therefore, Vermudol learned various things.

About the details of the Sacrifice’s Cage that coiled around Ykslaas’s soul, and even the truth about Ykslaas.

He didn’t know if the matters regarding the God of Life were erased or were never there in the first place, but even so, he was able to get a general understanding about who Ykslaas was.

After Vermudol made a rough explanation like that, Gordy opened her mouth.

「……Ahー……I am unable to get a good understanding of all of this, but in other words, your warm heartedness towards her is because you felt sorry for peeking at various things without her acknowledgement, is that it?」

「It’s a bit different. Rather, this was a measure due to understanding that Mazoku known as Ykslaas more than I ever could.」

Saying that, Vermudol smiled.

Vermudol came to understand the truth about Ykslaas.

And then, he tinkered with that information a bit, and induced Ykslaas herself to know that truth.

That is why Ykslaas was convinced that they would become her allies.

「……Say, you guys. Have you ever had questions about this?」

Vermudol hit the desk with a *kotsun*.

「According to legends, the God of Life Philia created Humans first. And then, other races were birthed after that. These races worshipped some other God and received their divine protection. No, it could be said that the races themselves received influence from the Gods. What meaning is there to this?」