119 – Sun, Moon, and Stars – 4

“Anyway, since we found the nucleus…”

Cecil’s purpose was not only to check the records of the sun, moon, and stars, but also to destroy the core of the ruins and aim for the rank of archmage.

So, she grabbed the core with both hands and started giving it power.

“Does Master help you?”

“He’ll take care of that. Now. Then, since we’ve finished our business, should we go first?”

“Huh? Why don’t we go out together? I’m going to seal it here, but it won’t take long.”

There was no need to reject Karin’s offer. After I nodded, a low vibration was heard from the core of the relic in Cecil’s hand.

-Ughhhh…

-Clap! Clap! Clap!

As if screaming, the core of the ruins continued to spit out a terrible sound. after a while like that.

– Wow!

The core of the ruins is cracked, and the outer surface is shattered and disappears.

Inside is a small jewel that emits a soft light. After taking it, Cecil gave instructions to Karin.

“I’ll ask you through the barrier of fire and water.”

“Yes.”

As soon as she came out after tidying up, Karin reached out for the stairs going down.

As soon as you cast the spell in a sonorous tone, flames and water droplets are created on the stairs going down.

“Take a close look at that. In order to become a great mage, you must be able to freely handle at least three attributes.”

“Three? Wow…”

“You can handle the fire attribute well, right?”

“It is, but…”

I guess I wasn’t very confident about other properties. Lucille hesitated and looked up at me.

“Can Master continue to guide you?”

He met her expectant gaze and smiled.

“no.”

“Eh. Why?”

“Because someone else would do it better than me. I’m a sage, not an archmage.”

I haven’t mastered the magician’s ultimate skill, so what?

“I’ll introduce you to someone who uses magic the best among people I know, so learn from him. That’s more efficient.”

“I… I like Master better…”

“hahaha. But it’s no use.”

When I blew a beetle on Lucille’s forehead, who was sullen, Karin, who had finished sealing, came over to us and said curtly.

“I can’t teach the princess because I have to help Her Highness.”

“Huh? Isn’t that you?”

“…..”

“…..”

I laughed at the embarrassed Karin.

“Wow?! Hey. I said ‘the person who can use magic best’ as the person who will teach Lucille?”

“…..”

“Um… do you think you are the best at using magic…?

“Kuh. Oh, no. Something like that.”

no what is not

Karin was ashamed with her face even blushing.

“The person I know who uses magic the best is Karin… Sage. Is there anyone else?”

Cecil was puzzled, and I laughed.

Of course there is.

“There is a magic-mad man who has mastered all kinds of top-notch magic in the world and can skillfully handle all attributes.”

I thought of Wheeloth, the crazy witch who lived in the caves of the South.

I have to meet them anyway to proceed with the DLC main story…

I’m going to go see him soon.

After leaving the ruins, Cecil announced the completion of the exploration to those waiting outside.

Some expressed resentment towards Cecile when he showed them the jewel, which was evidence of the destruction of the ruins’ core, but most of them turned away without much regret.

Originally, this is all

Let’s eat first.

Since Cecile would receive the reward for exploring and destroying the ruins, they each went to work, thinking that there would be nothing more to see here.

“Sheesh. Then I’ll have to go too.”

Perhaps because the salty part-time job was over, Qin clicked his tongue and turned around, and I caught him.

“Hey. Chin.”

“why?”

“If you could turn back time, didn’t the talkative guy come to you?”

“What are you talking about? I’ll kill him if he comes.”

“Um… Chin-nim.”

“Just call me Chin. Princess.”

“Then Chin. Chin, don’t you have any regrets?”

“Huh? It can’t be. Life itself is regrettable?”

Chin smiled and spoke leisurely while spinning the dagger.

“But you can’t change what happened in the past.”

The playful tone was gone. He stared straight at Lucille with a pretty serious expression and continued.

“People live based on the past. No matter how splendid their lives are, there is always darkness behind the light. Everyone will regret their choices, feel pain, and despair.”

“then…”

“But that too is life. To deny it is to deny me and those who have lived with me.”

“…but what if you could change it?”

“There is no end to people’s greed. Do you think you will have no regrets even if you change?”

Chin snorted and put the dagger into the scabbard at her waist.

“Even if you do, you’ll regret it in the end. Then what do you think?”

“uh…”

“I’ll do it again. Do it again, and again, and again.”

He growled, laughing, baring his sharp teeth.

“In the end, it’s just an endless hell.”

“ah…”

“Anyway, I’m not interested in such nonsense. And… I’m going to stop it even if it’s possible. I don’t intend to turn back time and deny the hard work I’ve accumulated over the course of my life because of someone’s self-interest. My life is only my own. “

“hahaha… I see.”

Lucille was silent, then smiled. Chin smiled at her and turned around.

“Then Princess. If you have anything to steal, call me anytime. Oh. And I’m a bandit first of all. Remember that I don’t steal things from innocent people.”

“Ha ha ha. Then I hope there will be no meeting without an appointment at the palace.”

“Do your best not to become a target of the bandits!”

With a cheerful cry he leaves. Lucille, who stood for a while, smiled bitterly and shook her head.

“Regret is also your life…”

“You’re the one who’s been alone in the corner of your room all these years.”

“Yes…”

Lucille gripped the hem of my robe.

“It’s because of that life that I met Master. It’s regretful and painful, but I can accept it.”

If Lucille had grown up well, she wouldn’t have been hired, and I wouldn’t have been hired either.

Realizing this, Lucille smiled softly and agreed with Chin’s opinion.

“But… not everyone is like that.”

I bet

Even in the game, there were people who coveted the power of Cronus.

So what I’m going to do right now before the DLC starts.

It’s useless, but it’s cracking down on the kids so they don’t fall over.

“Oh~ You came earlier than expected?”

When we arrived at the wizard guild capital branch, Turtleman greeted us with a smile. To him, Lucille handed over the diamond golem’s heart, and Turtleman, who received it, confirmed the condition and nodded.

“Then Princess. We will process the core of the Diamond Golem, so until then, take this medicine and meditate in the palace for three days. During meditation, you should erase desire and have only earnestness…”

“Huh? Is that enough? Did Master do this too?”

“He can’t learn the ultimate skill. So he sleeps and sleeps without it. But you know that this method is correct, right?”

Turtleman cut it off and I shrugged and nodded.

I really wanted to learn it, so I tried several methods with Turtleman, but it didn’t work either.

“It’s strange. You can use all the skills, but you can’t reach the ultimate.”

Turtleman licked his lips and put a cigarette in his mouth.

“What. Do you have any other questions?”

“Because Master will be here…”

“While you meditate, I’ll go get some other business. So, if you have any questions, ask them now.”

“Something else? Ah. That’s…”

“it?”

It seems that information about the ruins has not been transmitted yet.

It will be known anyway, so I told him about the records of the sun, moon and stars, and Turtleman’s eyes twinkled.

“That’s amazing! The power to turn back time…”

“Can it be done? It’s all a scam. A scam.”

“Tsk. But I want to experience it at least once… It’s possible with moonlight.”

Thinking for a moment, he opened his eyes.

“Be careful. I can’t say that there aren’t people who are aiming for it.”

I laughed at Turtleman’s advice.

There have been a lot of guys who have been targeting me since the old days, so nothing special has changed.

“If I make up my mind and run away, no one can catch me.”

If I had to argue, it would be Cosmo’s apostle, Gwaltayrak, but there’s no fight between him and me, and he’ll be my most reliable ally when the DLC main story begins.

In the first place, Cosmo and Cronus are fierce enemies.

“That’s right. Anyway. See you in three days then.”

Turtleman issued a congratulatory order. As I had nothing more to do, I took Lucille to the palace and called the Lily Knights to protect her.

“Okay. So, what about the wise man…?”

“I’m going to the battlefield for a bit. Do you have anything to tell me?”

“Yes. Just send your regards to General Leoden.”

“Okay. Then see you in three days…”

“Master.”

The door is open. Lucille, who came out in a comfortable outfit, looked up at me and then cautiously continued.

“Carefully…”

“…..”

“Bye.”

‘Come on’

The hand holding the hem of my dress trembles. You say you’ve grown up, but you’re not there yet.

I stroked her hair.

“See you next.”

The place he arrived at using teleportation was the northern battlefield.

It’s still a bloody place.

Here and there in the barracks, wounded and exhausted soldiers lay groaning.

It seems to be providing support in its own way, but it seems that support for recovery is still difficult.

– Ugh…

I heard the Divine Mark. A sanctuary created at the same time.

As the wounded and stamina of the soldiers who entered the sanctuary began to recover, they found me and greeted me with awe.

“Sage?!”

“Aren’t you the wise man?!”

“When are you here?!”

The soldiers rush in. There will be those who want to be restored to the sanctuary, and there will be those who are just glad to see me.

Does a celebrity feel this way?

“Where’s Claire?”

“Isn’t it General Leopold?”

“okay.”

“Uh… The hero left a few days ago. A powerful witch appeared on the battlefield.”

“A powerful demon?”

“Yes. Leventia-sama and Evangeline-sama are fighting on the other side of the battlefield, so Claire-sama is the only strong player on this side.”

I groaned at the soldier’s explanation. So, to summarize, it is said that a powerful monster suddenly appeared and kidnapped not only soldiers and knights, but also merchants and escorts coming and going to the battlefield.

To save them, Claire went after them alone.

“kidnap?”

“Yes. Kidnapping.”

There are only two reasons why monsters kidnap people.

To offer as a sacrifice to something.

and.

to entice something.

So what is the answer in this situation?

The thought did not last long.

“No contact? How long has it been since he left?”

“It’s been a couple of days. We’re tracking it too… Strangely, there’s no news yet. It’s possible to find it… but there’s no way that Claire-sama didn’t leave a mark for tracking.”

“Sage. The hero is not in danger, right?”

“Okay.”

Although Claire is not at the level of teleportation, she can use the portal to get out of the crisis.

But is she diving?

This doesn’t make much sense.

…

oh

it will be

“Sage?”

“When Claire comes, tell her not to go anywhere but to go to the barracks and kneel down and raise your hands until she comes out.”

“Yes? Ah. Yes. I understand. By the way… Where did the hero go? Do you know?”

I smiled at the soldier’s question.

“The ruin must have been caught by a mimicking monster.

“Huh? Is there such a thing? We’ve seen a lot of monsters too… but we’ve never seen one like that. It’s not a person, it’s a relic…”

“I have.”

It wouldn’t have been until now.

Among the contents included in the package provided when pre-registering the DLC, I remembered a monster belonging to the boss class.

Will Claire be able to catch this by herself now?

Let’s stay…

Well.

No matter how much I think about it, I will never be able to catch her in her current state alone.

“Then I’ll be back, so I’m working hard.”

Anyway, while preparing for the new achievement daughter, let’s go get an offering for Cosmo.

I left the battlefield with a leisurely pace, as if I was going out for a drink.

It’s a pre-order package, but it’s a boss-level monster.

I was going to catch something like that, but there was no excitement.

…I was very happy and excited when I played the game.