43. Truth Revealed (1)
Judah held hands with Elijah and walked around the grounds of the Bebel family home.
Elijah explained things to him.
What is that building for?
Who lived on several floors of the main building?
Miscellaneous talk.
Judah listened wholeheartedly.
“Well, it seems to be gone now.”
“What do you mean?”
“There was an incinerator near the warehouse. Back in the day, Sarah stole my clothes. So I swept up Sarah’s precious jewels, burned them all in an incinerator, and threw them all over Sarah’s face.”
It’s not something to laugh at all, Elijah said with a laugh.
It seemed as if he was recalling past memories.
Judah sighed inwardly.
I felt sorry for her trying to overwrite her memories with herself.
Still, if it was to her advantage, I was willing to help.
“That’s a very heartfelt story.”
“Isn’t it? Also, Levi threw away the food I ate. It was, at best, a hard stone bread. Instead, I cleverly mixed Levi’s food with real sand and stones.”
In that way, he told his immediate family members, including Narcissus, one by one about what had happened to them.
Then suddenly, she wanted to hug her.
It was difficult to imagine how painful she must have been without being able to confide in her.
The hard and indifferent look of her was just a defense mechanism.
In my heart, I must have needed someone to listen to me.
Elijah was surprised when she gently hugged her on the shoulder, but she rubbed her face against Judas’ chest and hugged him.
Then I suddenly became curious.
“Where were you before you came here?”
It was 10 years ago that Elijah came to his home.
She is 18 years old.
That means that before she was 8, she was in a different place.
“That….”
Seeing her hesitating, her Judas spoke hastily.
“If it’s difficult, you don’t have to tell me.”
Elijah laughed bitterly at her kind consideration.
“… Huh. Sorry.”
“Even to apologize….”
“I’ll tell you later. Later, by all means.”
To him, it’s okay to show her all of herself.
I thought I’d tell you anyway.
A peace treaty with the Empire is yet to be reached, but the primary goal has been achieved.
An extinct line of the Bebel family.
So, it’s time to visit her mother’s grave.
Then she will take Judas.
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She will tell you about those days when she still had colors and emotions.
Until then, I hoped that Judas would wait a little longer.
‘Before I came here…. That town….’
It was a bad memory in a different way from the original family.
Shortly after she first entered this family home, the first thing she dealt with was an order to kill everyone in the area.
I didn’t do it because I wanted to.
Narsisi forced her to hit her with a rod.
She was beaten in the calf and her flesh was ripped to the point that she couldn’t walk.
She knew she had to give in, but the memory left her with an unpleasant feeling of guilt.
Elijah pulled her back from her past. She
She was more like Judas instead. She
Crossed her arms and held her body close to her
And walked through her mansion.
Her memories continued to wash away what was left of her.
Her time passed quickly, and the memories of her, which clung to her like oil stains, fell away in an instant.
She had arrived at her mansion before she knew it.
Judas wanted to ask Elijah if she had any clues about her assassin, but she didn’t have the chance.
When she arrived at the mansion, it was because she had an interview schedule with the emperor.
*
A few days later.
Elijah came to see the emperor without anyone accompanying him.
The location was also decided unilaterally by the emperor.
Somewhere in a remote area that is neither an empire nor a principality.
Elijah stood out confidently because he was confident.
If necessary, you can call Judas through the ring.
A hut too old for the emperor of the empire and the new head of the Bebel family.
Elijah arrived first, followed by Emperor John a few minutes later.
“Meet Your Majesty the Emperor.”
“It’s been a while since I saw that your complexion has improved. Let’s see, should I call you Prince Elijah now?”
“Your Majesty, do as you please.”
The two exchanged greetings with a soft smile.
It was a funny role-play with a mask on.
The emperor quickly got to the point.
“I want to conclude a peace treaty. They say a seat makes a person, so it’s a wise choice.”
“You’re overrated.”
“But there is a condition. Because this side also suffered a lot of damage.”
Elijah stared at him as if he would listen.
John’s proposal to arrange was standard and within the expected range.
The military damage suffered by the Empire in this incident.
And the implied damage caused by the conspiracy theory spread by Elijah, and so on.
Then I add one at the end.
“I will return the statue of the sun held up.”
“I’ll get it back…. You speak as if it was originally His Majesty’s.”
“I apologize for the odd expression. But I have to. It’s not something the Bebel family should have owned.”
Elijah pondered inwardly.
A disparate thing subtly mixed in the midst of all reasonable and predictable compensation offers.
A statue of the sun held up.
‘The emperor’s true purpose is that holy relic.’
Elijah was so sure.
Then why does John want that?
‘If you use a piece of a star, you can awaken the power of the sun statue. And the sun image… God’s grace that grants people’s wishes.’
The fragment of the star that is in charge of order gives the power to temporarily go against that order.
Only when there is a piece of that star can you awaken the power of the sun statue.
With the prohibition of alcohol, no one can touch the last piece of the star sealed in the catacombs.
But if it’s the emperor, it’s possible.
A catacombs jointly managed by the Magic Tower and the Imperial Family.
There must be a way to extract the star fragment.
‘I don’t know what kind of wish it is, but I can’t let it go like that.’
Elijah said with a laugh.
“I apologize, Your Majesty. The sun statue is entirely mine, so I cannot give it to you.”
“Hmm….”
John stroked his chin.
“Is there really no way?”
Elijah just laughed.
“… Is it. Negotiations are broken.”
John got up from his seat.
“Be careful with those close to you.”
In an instant, Elijah’s eyebrows twitched.
This is because, no matter who hears, it is referring to Judas.
“… Are you threatening me?”
“Okay. I just thought I might need some advice.”
Elijah did not fall for the petty provocation.
She quickly changed the mask.
“This is the real truth. They say that the enemy is always near.”
As soon as she finished her words, Elijah’s eyes lit up with mad fire.
A huge fire hit the place where the emperor was.
However, John was not there.
Elijah laughed.
‘Did you bring the wizard?’
The sole survivor of the current Imperial Wizards.
The name was Geist.
I remember blocking myself several times during the war.
‘I expected that he wouldn’t come alone, but I never thought he’d break the negotiations like this.’
Elijah immediately recognized the emperor’s intentions.
He didn’t come here for proper negotiations from the beginning.
He just skimmed one last time.
For some reason, the sun image is necessary.
‘It’s fun.’
Elijah was willing to accept the war.
I wasn’t afraid.
As long as you have your own strength and Judas, you can do anything.
***
I was watching the knights train.
“Mr. Judas!”
At that time, Hermis came running in a hurry.
“Sir Hermis? Is there a problem? His expression is also serious.”
“Well, so…. Could you please give me a minute?”
It seems like there is something serious going on.
Just in time for Elijah to have a private meeting with the emperor, there is still time.
“Yes. If only for a moment.”
I followed Hermis.
When I ask what’s going on, I think about it and keep my mouth shut.
I can’t explain it in words.
“Judas himself… You should check that data. I will tell you after that.”
“What the hell….”
The place she took me to was a familiar and long-lost place.
A cafe in a downtown area in the Duchy of Bebel.
This is the place I stopped by to find the Information Guild in the past.
Hermis led me straight through the back door to the Information Guild’s office.
“… Ah. Judah. You are here.”
There were also Eurydike and Orphe.
The expression is more serious than Hermis.
“What are you all doing….”
“Judas. Listen carefully to me.”
Yuridike said seriously.
“Remember the request I made in passing in the past? You asked us to find out about your parents and family.”
“Oh, yes. It was.”
“So we did our own research. This and that…. I still haven’t figured out where you came from. It’s not….”
Hesitantly, she handed me a bundle of documents.
“What is this?”
“I recently had an opportunity to infiltrate the Moonsin Church. In that gap, I planted a person inside and investigated it deeply.”
I read the document lightly while listening to the story.
It seemed to have been transcribed from the internal documents of the Church of the Moon.
The first name you see is Angra.
This is the priest who brought me from Giudecca.
I read the bottom of it.
The words overlap with Yuridike’s voice.
“That’s where your name came from.”
Judah Defacet.
At the time of first discovery, he was 8 years old.
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Director, Angra.
“I wonder if some of the information was destroyed or scattered and stored, there are holes…. One conclusion we have drawn is clear. Judas you….”
After being trained as a blade to prepare for destruction, he succeeded in entering the Assassin’s Guild as a recommended talent to carry out a detailed plan.
A target to be killed using Judas.
Balak’s illegitimate son.
The Mad Fire Mage.
“An assassin who was raised to kill Lady Elijah and broke into the training center.”
Elijah D. Bebel.
“… ….”
I was the one appointed to kill Elijah.
The several documents in my hand proved him.
It was difficult to accept this out of nowhere reality, so I froze on the spot.
A few clues come to my mind, which is as white as a blank sheet of paper.
The thing in my pocket right after I was possessed.
Things I threw away in surprise.
A wad of paper whose contents were not even read.
And, a sharp piece of glass.
The owner of this body, who belonged to the Assassins Guild in the past.
The property of being able to handle glass shards like weapons, weaponizing objects.
And stealthy steps.
Thief, or Assassin-type characteristics.
Finally Elijah.
There was a large scar on the face of the adult Elijah I knew.
For some reason, that scar is missing now.
‘That’s because I didn’t…. Ah.’
All the clues fit together.
