Chapter 50

Chapter 50

Chapter 50. Lus's body kicked the ground and flew in the air.

The rats charged and tried to bite Lus.

“Blackie, protect Lus!”

“Got it, Master!”

The rats floating in the air froze as is.

Stepping on the rats frozen in the air as if crossing stepping stones, flew in the sky.

Lus stabbed down toward Zaril as fast and powerfully as lightning.

“Even so your mere swords don't reach!”

Zaril was seen raising demonic energy to escape.

“Who leaves to escape? Blackie! Freeze!”

Blackie froze Zaril whole solid.

When Blackie's restraint disappeared, the rat swarm charged toward me.

I swung the short sword held in the hand and stabbed into one rat that charged at me.

“Even looking like this caught a lot of rats and cockroaches!”

Zaril soon broke the ice and escaped, but it didn't matter.

Just need to endure one moment.

The one moment Lus's sword reaches.

Lus fell down above Zaril.

At the sword tip toward himself Zaril chose attack rather than avoiding.

“Where daringly...!”

Zaril condensed demonic energy in the hand and swung.

If hit there Lus also wouldn't be intact.

But I clearly said to Blackie.

Protect Lus.

Lus didn't avoid Zaril's attack.

Rather dug toward Zaril, and swung the sword.

When Zaril's sword touched Lus's body, with a crispy sound felt strength draining from the body.

Meant Blackie used the protective film.

When his own attack didn't work, Zaril looked at Lus with a flustered expression.

“You...!”

Before Zaril even finished the words, Lus's sword cut Zaril's neck.

“Aaaaak!”

With a chilling scream sound the shadow rampaged.

And quieted in an instant.

The rat swarm gathered around me also changed into smoke in an instant and disappeared.

Catching breath with deep breathing, Lus ran to me and checked the state.

“Older sister! Are you okay?”

“Umm... Lus, you? Nowhere hurt?”

“I'm okay because older sister protected. Fortunate came together with older sister. If alone couldn't have caught. But...”

Lus looked as if groping my cheek and forehead scratched by the rat's claws and made a upset face.

I held Lus's hand and said.

“Anyway both of us are safe. Then it's fine.”

“...

Older sister.”

Lus tightly hugged me.

“Blackie, how are the children confined in the prison?”

“Weakened a lot but not to the extent of losing life. If eating well and recuperating will do.”

“Fortunate. Then now let's find a place to put the letter that the Marquess summoned the demonic beast.”

Seemed would collapse from too sleepy, but had to do the work.

Raising the body and heading inside the cave, a laboratory with this and that strange instruments placed was visible.

“Seems researched something here.”

Blackie said looking around the laboratory inside.

Not wanting to see the blood stains splattered here and there whatever did turned the gaze, Lus held my hand.

With the warm warmth the mind stabilized a bit.

“Let's look once if there's something to gain.”

And a small box placed on the desk was visible.

Black demonic energy rising in puffs looked important at a glance.

Trying to touch, Blackie blocked me.

“Unless Master is a demonic beast, if carelessly touching demonic energy can lose life.”

“Then what to do?”

“Later ask a high priest for purification, and for now look for other things.”

I instead of the box, looked at the books and research materials piled layer by layer on the bookshelf and asked Blackie.

“Seems tried to revive a dead person... Is it possible for a dead person to come back alive?”

“Perhaps.”

“Really?”

“Because demonic energy is power that goes against the natural order. A dead person coming back alive, or returning to the past. Things that can't happen in reality also happen.”

“Then...”

Then is entering inside a novel also possible?

Tried to ask that then stopped the words.

Until just now swung the sword so breath was short.

Even myself not sure if this situation is a novel now.

Then, Lus called me.

“Older sister.”

“Yes?”

“The box opened.”

“Really? Let me see!”

Then suddenly felt a strange point and looked back at Lus.

“But how did you open the box, Lus?”

“I didn't open.”

“Then?”

Lus slightly smiled.

“Just opened. Perhaps because the demonic beast died the demonic energy also disappeared?”

“Is that so?”

Might be.

I nodded and checked inside the box.

Inside the box there was a thick document bundle and a communication orb.

Carefully reading the documents I smiled brightly.

“This no need for us to manipulate evidence that Zaril and the Leholas Marquess are accomplices?”* * *We first returned the laboratory to the first state, then came outside.

Knowing it was a cave connecting to the Viscount's basement.

Supported by Lus and exiting the cave, the knights sent from the two ducal houses ran hurriedly looking at us.

“Duke!”

“Where were you, Duke!”

“Was kidnapped by the demonic beast.”

“D-demonic beast? But how...”

The knight sent from the Summerhild ducal house flustered and scanned Lus up and down.

“Because handled. There was the demonic beast's hideout under the basement. There are also the kidnapped children so check.”

“Really the Duke handled the demonic beast?”

The knight sent from the Iswed ducal house looked at Lus with suspicious eyes.

“Then? From the beginning sent me here to handle the demonic beast, isn't it?”

“Have to check directly. Let's go together.”

“No, the wife's state is not good so want to receive treatment quickly. Followed here for me yet got involved in a useless matter...”

Lus looked at me with a pitiful gaze.

I leaned my body on Lus and panted as if would faint right away.

Whether my small and weak appearance aroused the knight's sympathy, the knight of the Iswed ducal house nodded.

“Good. The two of us will go down.”

I saw the two people going down to the basement.

If going down like this will find the evidence that the Leholas Marquess was together with the demonic beast Zaril.‘Since there's real evidence better if we're not there. Better to avoid suspicion of manipulating evidence if we found for nothing.’ Not long after the voices of the knights shouting were heard.

“Here, here are the children!”

“Quickly bring a doctor! Hurry! Priest too!”* * *Lucius saw the face of Felia who fell asleep exhausted.

Closing eyes was really lovely like a doll.

Between the blanket the tender shoulder and slender wrist were visible.

“Weak...”

Like a porcelain doll seemed would crumble as is even putting a little strength.

Yet always tries hard to protect himself.

Lucius looked down at his own small hand.

After talking with that beast, felt demonic energy surging inside the body.‘The box also could open because of that.’ Demonic energy that an ordinary person would lose consciousness, but demonic energy no longer did any harm to Lucius.

Seemed would know how to use the demonic energy circling inside the body, what can do even without learning.‘Really seems became a demonic beast.’ Lucius smiled inside.

Right, in the past he was a demonic beast so calling not human but demonic beast might be correct.‘Thinking now mother was wise.’ A woman with good sense.

To the extent of screaming saying this is not human seeing the son she gave birth to.

Since a demonic beast is imitating a person, if human avoiding is natural.

Lucius clenched and opened his hand.

Violent and powerful force existing to break and crush something.

If using this force could become strong easily and quickly incomparable to now.‘But might lose older sister.’ If caught that he is a demonic beast clearly the imperial family including the family's knights would come to kill him.‘Older sister said won't abandon me so won't abandon. Will try to protect me.’ But that would clearly be a hard path.

Dislike such things.

His wife was a strong and cool person suited to bright light.‘I hope older sister always smiles and is happy.’ That was the only wish Lucius hoped for Felia.

Lucius's hand carefully passed the hair covering Felia's forehead.

On the white forehead revealed neatly Lucius quietly lowered his lips.

That was sacred and noble like a prayer offered to god.

Young Lucius still didn't know what to express this heart as.* * *On the way returning to the capital the Empire's people scattered flowers and welcomed us.

When Lus riding the black horse passed, people let out cheers.

“Duke Valfruga! The Empire's guardian deity!”

“Duke Valfruga! The Duke Valfruga who subjugated the demonic beast!”

I slightly looked outside the window from the carriage and said.

“It's a big deal.”

The knight of the Summerhild ducal house said excitedly.

“Of course! Do you know how big a deal it is now? Selling fairy tale books containing the anecdote of the first Duke Valfruga on all streets, even selling the Duke's portrait!”

There was worth of releasing some people in advance and driving public opinion.

But I pretended not to know and asked back.

“Really?”

“Saved as many as 99 children kidnapped by the demonic beast so natural! Moreover that demonic beast, was hiding the body among people? Such a demonic beast is tricky to handle, but handled in less than a week so people would be enthusiastic!”

Hearing the knight's passionate words, it seemed the work I did wasn't known.

Fortunate for me.

Later don't know how it will become with Lus yet for nothing the face selling as the Duchess is only troublesome, and wanted to hide controlling the spirit beast until can hide.

I stroked Blackie beside me and said.

“With this level now the words of not receiving the Duke position will go in.”

“Of course! Not only that? These days a big deal saying the only person who can protect the Empire is the Duke Valfruga! Moreover the Duke's appearance is ordinary?”

Definitely our Lus is the prettiest and most handsome in the world.

The Duke who repels demonic beasts is also good, but if that Duke is even handsome it's better.

In the people's welcome we entered the imperial palace.

Heading to the conference hall where first had the five great meeting, the same faces as then waited for us.

If a different point the Leholas Marquess who was standing beside the Emperor before is now kneeling and suppressed?