Vol 9 Chapter 157 (1/2)

Sevens: Epilogue

Epilogue

… Around the ti victory in Zayin

Back at Aruhts who had been dispatched from Lorphys stopped by Dalien’s laboratory

The one who accepted Lyle’s letter of introductions, 【Daenius known as one of the Academy’s Seven Great A few screws in his head were just a tad bit loose, but that’s what made him a Great, after all

The other h history, were all geniuses, but individuals with problems here and there Damien wanted to create his perfect ideal woman, or so the pervert said, as he pressed on in his research

In the research laboratory,out cleaning, and they prepared tea for the two knights

Damien sat on his sofa, took the letter, and extracted a small black board from it

“He said that one was for the others”

A maid… an automaton accepted it, and put the board in her pocket Suddenly, her red eyes began to flicker…

“… It contains data left behind by our sisters captive in the Labyrinths The corruption is severe, and it is impossible to analyze all of it Master, it seeed to lay hands on one of the world’s secrets in a Labyrinth of Beim”

Hearing that, the knights made surprised expressions But Damien calmly sipped his tea

“I see I’m not really interested in that anymore I mean, it’s irrelevant to ”

With surprise and ahts confirmed with Damien

“Um, troubled? You mean to say you cannot pass on Porter’s craft to us?”

Dalasses, and rubbed the inner corners of his eyes

“Oh, I’ll teach you It’s a bygone art already If you drop soently teach you too Of course, the one who formed the base for it was Lyle It would’ve just been faster to get it from Lyle”

The two knights exchanged glances They seemed quite troubled It was never even considered that Lyle was the developer

“So than what is it that’s troubling you?”

Dalasses back on, and smile

“Lyle’s little sister Celes, you see She’s co What a pain… it seeet is me”

In Lyle’s letter, he had detailed the threat of Celes He wrote it as a warning, but there really wasn’t anything that Damien could do

So Damien stood up

“Well, I’m sure it’ll be easier to procure the necessary ht? And the acadereat as of late Come to think of it, maybe it’s because all the important members left for Centralle? Ahahaha, it’s just as Lyle said”

After bursting into laughter, Dahts once more

“Okay, we’re running No 1, No 2, No 3… pack up uards”

The htly lifted them to curtsy

“Very well, Master With that, we’ll be able to fulfill Moniva’s request”

Damien tilted his head

“Request? What did she ask for?”

The maid named No 1 spoke

“A design for a huolem that y… option slots for us That incompetent She said she’d toss over whatever she had duplicates of, so we had to assist her We shall puround with our newly polished teamwork”

Damien touched his hand to his chin

“As expected of Lyle He’s doing interesting things, I see Right Let’s have him take care of us Okay, prepare to leave at once”

When Daan to rush about the research lab

“This one’ll go on the large-scale transport Porter…”

“It’s time for us to show our power”

“Hn to us Master can develop the device to incorporate the cores…”

The two knights who had come all the way to Arumsaas were dumbfounded by Damien’s prompt decision to leave, and all they could do atch…

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… Beim’s Eastern Guild Branch

In it stood a robed group of two

One of theht-blue hair show from under her hood

The sirl of seventeen had drifted from Dalien in Bahnseim to Arumsaas, to Centralle, and all the way to Beim

The one standing to protect her fro man He carried his spear wrapped in a clot, and he had a sword at his waist as well

His weapons and build lance, and those around tried to avoid brushi+ng up against hum

His name was 【Maksiht, he had followed his feudal lord’s daughter Adele for protections sake, and come with her to Beim

The two of them took in the scenery around the East Branch

Adele’s green eyes looked at the passing adventurers When she couldn’t find the one she was looking for ahed

“As I thought, it’s impossible There are too many people in Beim”

As Adele gave up, Maksim spoke with a smile

“We’ve only just arrived Giving up won’t get us anywhere, Adele-sama”

There, Adele nodded to him, and smiled Maksiertip

“That’s right There’s no doubt he is somewhere here We have to locate him at all costs… Mr Lyle Walt, former Wonder Child of the Walt House”

Adele’s eyes narrowed

Maksi brown hair was pushed all back at the forehead, and his read eyes looked took in the surroundings

“Dalien, Arumsaas, Centralle… there’s no lack of stories about him Perhaps he’s become famous here as well”

Maksim spoke as he looked around, and Adele touched her thumb to her mouth, and looked down

“That’s what I’ade in Dalien, and breaching the fortieth floor of Arumsaas’ Labyrinth with the lowest recorded numbers The battle of brother and sister in Centralle… I really do pray he’s a good person”

But Maksim…

“There are plenty of strange rumors around him But it’s thinkable that he ca of such a man, milady?”

Adele looked up at the sky She took off her hood, and let her light-blue hair out

“I don’t know”

“Don’t know, is it… no, well, I’ll follow you to the end”

Maksim sounded tired, but Adele spoke

“My fa Celes They should have been protesting in Celes, but when I returned home, they suddenly wished to take part in its civil war It’s clearly strange I thought it would be dangerous to rasped for the clues, and came all the way here…”

Adele turned her face to Maksim

“The knights you’ve called your best of friends have been struck dead as well Those that were once the prohts of Bahnseim are of no match at all It’s as if we’re in the fairy tales of three hundred years passed”

Adele who spoke of fairy tales let out a sigh at the East Branch, and began walking off Matching her small stride, Maksim followed

“I do feel sorry, Maksim, but let’s become adventurers of Beim Here, we can probe for information on Lyle Walt”

To knights, at least in Bahnsei an adventurer pretty much indicated you failed in life But Maksim smiled

“If that is your wish, milady”

He said that with a smile…

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“What the hell is this… what the hell is 【Holy Knight of Judgement】 supposed to mean!?”

Inside the temple of Zayin’s capital, in the room I had been afforded, I slammed both my hands on the table a number of times

I took down the knight captain, and aiting for the war to come to an end That’s how it should have been, when Eva suddenly came up to me with a smile

Eva the singer infor around the capital

“There’s also the 【Blue Holy Knight】, the 【Holy Knight of Love】, and the 【Guardian of Miracles】 By the way, the story has two different routes for Thelma-san and Aura-san as heroines An ie hit that centers around a in! In Aura-san’s case, she’s the current ruler, so it’s just plainly popular I ed to take doenty thousand”

I watched her ht as I pressed both ainst my head And the one to enter next was Clara

“Lyle-san, the truth is there was so I wanted to ask you about”

“What is it?”

When I turned to her with an enervated expression, she took a memo pad in hand

“Your sentiment when you decided to recapture Zayin, and the story of where you snapped your fingers in your negotiations with Lorphys, because you knew the … It can’t help but feel fictional to me no matter horite it, so I’d like some more details on the matter Also, I’d also like the reason you cast aside the fortress you nabbed, and decided to assault the capital”

Her eyes were sparkling, and she asked those questions with a serious expression

But Eve

“Hey wait! What do you mean they sound fictional! There’s a splendid reason! In order to save a troubled Holy Maiden, and the people of Lorphys, he stood to his feet! Just because it sounds shady, that doesn’t mean you have to twist the truth!”

Eva drew closer, and Clara raised her glasses so they caught the light It was a little scary

“It’s all to leave records for the world to come! If you don’t make proper records, then people like you will pick, choose, and modify, and come out with a completely different story in the end!”

“But it’s true, isn’t it!? It’s fine for a Hero tofor his own self-interest! It’s fine if they’re a fool who can’t calculate loss and gain! That’s a true hero!”

“That’s wrong That’s definitely wrong!”

I extended ht hand, and uhter from my ancestors

The Third sounded quite pleased with my new moniker

『Holy Knight of Judgggeeement!! How cooooool!!』

The Fourth even…

『The Blue Holy Knight, and the Holy Knight of Love… so you can’t help but be bound to Holy Knight Isn’t that nice, Lyle… with this, you’re officially a famous adventurer with a splendidin in no time!』

… He was delighted over the money we could earn

The Fifth spoke

『It’s better than the Idiot Son and Lyle the Burden naement, is it… why is it that ood instead』

The Seventh held in his laughter

『I-it’s fine, isn’t it… pff! But Guardian of Miracles, is it? Even when it wasn’t acloser to the preparations you built up Well, it’s interesting, so approved』

(They’re enjoying this The usual pattern, is it!?)

With those irritated feelings, I breathed out a sigh, and sat in my chair There, both Eva and Clara turned to me

“W-what?”

Eva spoke in a serious expression

“So Lyle… which moniker do you want? I want to tell my tribe to spread it with that as the center If there are a nu”

Clara was much the same

“Uniforht】, 【Holy Knight of Judgeht of Love】, 【Guardian of Miracles】… I think I’ve heard 【The Holy Maiden’s Holy Knight】 as well The last one comes out more in tales with romance themes You’re paired up with either Thelma-san or Aura-san”

I looked at their faces, and yelled

“All rejected! None are to ! If you can come up with one I’m satisfied with, then use that!”

There, the Third let his voice from the Jewel

『You sure are stupid, Lyle… these sorts of things are decided by what other people want to call you You should pick a safe one while you still can』

(… Even when there’s not a single safe one a them?)

I watched Eva and Clara argue over which moniker was best, as I held my head

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… Inside Zayin’s temple

In it stood the final Goddess… a statue of the seventh Goddess Looking up at the Goddess’ ie her followers had arbitrarily shaped was Novem

Shannon was assisting beside her, while Miranda, Aria, and Monica orking on different jobs

May had gone to deliver a letter to Lorphys, so Shannon was the only one who could help her

They were in an iins were dispatched as well to clean the place

“… Why a used as bait, I was shoved into porter, and the moment they let me out, they tell me to clean toe sacred teet, don’t think I’ll forgive you”

As she voiced her complaints, Shannon used a dust cloth ipe down a bench Novem wanted to caution her that her hands had stopped, but as Novem had already finished all of her oork, she couldn’t really say anything about it

When Shannon turned to Novem as she looked up at the statue of the Goddess, she was a little surprised It wasn’t even coht fluctuation in her Mana

Her Mana that was ever stagnant

Shannon’s eyes couldn’t see, but they were fashi+oned with a speicl Skill that let her see Mana Bt that, Shannon could act as if she saw just fine

(Is she angry about so? No, that’s sorrow…)

And as she watched her, Novem’s lips moved