Chapter 286 – Why Are You Here? (8)
Even I knew the story of the three disciples of the Goddess because it was something that could be found even after reading a little bit of the Battle of the Goddess Church.
But I never imagined that Tristiana Berlioz would be three students, and above all…
‘…The demon king is also a disciple of the goddess?’
In this life as well as in my previous life, I did not pay any attention to the demon king.
No, it would be more accurate to say that there was no reason to be interested.
No matter how many times they requested support, the kingdom of Gehenna did not move until the moment the empire was destroyed.
However, even though he infiltrated the inside and instigated it, he was found out and died right away, probably because of his unique intuition.
In other words, there is nothing to be gained, but it is a high-risk low-return with a high degree of risk.
As I was crazy to see the ending, I didn’t even pay attention to it after several attempts.
Then Bianca snorted and said.
“What is it… If the enchantment was inherited, then the legends of the wise man Lumenhark and the hero Aslan were all frauds?”
“No, to say that, Lumenhark and Aslan are geniuses. Those guys instantly absorbed the knowledge passed on by the original woman and Tristia, and even transformed it so that humans… That is, pure humans who are not like us can use it easily.”
As if agreeing with that, Tristia nodded her head.
“That’s right. Among them, blood relative magic created by Lumenhark was special. I tried to use something similar, but the efficiency was so low that it was useless.”
“…”
I knew better than anyone that efficiency was low.
I also borrowed it for a while after attacking Liana and tried to use it, but using it just once consumed all my mana and it wasn’t enough, so I felt like my life force was sucked out all the time.
‘Still, I was able to use it somehow because I have vaguely mixed imperial blood?’
As for the great families, if you go back a few generations, they were all related by marriage to the imperial family.
In the end, it was like I had a few drops of imperial blood mixed in as well.
“Kyakyakak. Now, let’s talk about our story here, and now I’ll tell you your story.”
“You mean my story?”
“Yes, it is precisely the story of Calliope and the great family.”
Berlioz, who slightly twisted the corner of his mouth, continued.
“The family that performed many special activities together with Lumenhark in the war against the Ain tribe is the current great family. These are Urella, Calliope, and Amelia.”
“Um… Mr. Berlioz?”
Then Lilith intervened, carefully raising her hand.
“Oh, yes! What is it?”
“Among the great families, is Pavoli missing?”
“Kyakyakyakyakak… It’s not missing, it’s subtracted. That’s because Fabolier was not originally from the Lumenhark Empire, but passed from Aslan.”
“…Yes?!”
Lilith’s eyes widened, as if it was hard to believe that the great pavolie had come over from another country.
“Kyakyakyauk… Have you ever thought about it? Why does only Faboli have a surname in front of it?”
“D… I hear it! I didn’t know because I thought it was so obvious!!”
“Yes, yes, it is a characteristic of Aslan’s empire that a family name comes before a given name.”
Then Berlioz looked at me again, his blue eyes shining.
“Well, in any case, it is your ancestors who thoroughly persecuted the subhumans.”
“…Is that so.”
“Huh… You don’t seem to care too much. After all your ancestors did such cruel things?”
I nodded at Berlioz’s words.
“Sometimes it doesn’t feel real because it happened hundreds of years ago… I’m human. From the human side, when I heard from Berlioz-sama, it seems that even the subhumans did not do well.”
To summarize Berlioz’s story from the human side, isn’t it that they persecuted humans when they had power, but then reversed their attitude when humans gained power?
I can only think of it as self-employment.
“Ha.. Of course, people of this era would think so. I’m sorry. No wonder the bonnyeo said her mean things.”
Upon hearing my answer, Berlioz said with a bitter expression.
Then Bianca spoke loudly, as if trying to change the mood.
“Ah! Since before, there has been an uproar between the great families. Ugh, what did our family do?”
“…Oh my, did the little girl family do quite a lot?”
“Our family? Couldn’t it be? No, do you know where our family is?”
Tristia, thinking about the past for a moment, shook her head slightly.
“I don’t know where it is, but I know why it fell.”
“…How do you know that? I don’t know either?”
“Because I saw it.”
“…What?”
“The reason the Beatrice family fell was because they hid the subhumans.”
Tristia let out a long sigh and continued her words.
“Unlike the royal family and the great family, which thoroughly killed all deviant children and the elderly, the Beatrice family ran away and hid them. Then, in the end, I was caught and the imperial family retaliated… I tried my best to plead for it, but it was all I could do to stop the ruin.”
Having said that, Tristia bowed her head toward Bianca.
“Thank you. It’s only now that I say thank you.”
“No… Even if you thank me. And shouldn’t I be more grateful for stopping the ruin?”
“Kyakyakak. Was it really? The family of the original daughter’s disciple did such a thing?”
“No, why don’t you know? I heard you two were together!”
Bianca shouted at Berlioz, who was also surprised, and Tristia rolled her eyes.
“What…? Berlioz. Wasn’t that why you brought her little girl?”
“No, I just brought her because she was my disciple. Well, from what you said, I remember that there was such a family, but it was a long time ago, so I forgot the name.”
“What…That’s… Ha, that’s it.”
The corners of Bianca’s mouth twitched subtly as she crossed her arms.
I whispered in Bianca’s ear.
“…Bianca, you look happy.”
“Yeah, I’m glad.”
“What?”
Bianca looked at me with a small smile.
“I have hated my family all my life. Because I thought it was a stupid family obsessed with glory in the past. But you didn’t ruin it by doing stupid things, you ruined it by helping the weak, right? Still, don’t you think that this is a good reason for ruin?”
“…”
Instead of answering, I stroked Bianca’s hair a few times.
“What, don’t treat me like a kid… You seem to keep forgetting me, but I’m older than you.”
“…It’s not because they’re treating me like a kid, it’s because they’re so proud.”
“That’s like being treated like a child… Uhh…”
Berrie Oz, who had been watching Bianca for a while as she quietly stroked her hair while grumbling, opened her mouth.
“Kyakyakya… Then I think we’ve finished talking about the old days… Then let’s get to the main topic.”
At that moment, Berlioz’s mood changed completely and he looked at Tristia.
“Tristia. I know why you sealed your memories and made toys like that here… You don’t want to make weapons anymore.”
“…”
“However, we don’t know how much we can fight with just human strength. Now is no time to cover the means. She, too, broke her oath that she would no longer teach the spirits, and she taught the spirits to this child.”
Somehow she thought it was odd.
When I took the route of making Baekso as a princess, none of the twelve families in Asran knew the spiritism properly.
‘…In the end, until the moment he saw the bad ending, Baek So-so hadn’t learned how to be strong.’
However, the fact that Berlioz passed on the Spiritualism to Bianca as soon as he arrived was difficult to understand, no matter how much Loreos tried.
‘…Was this also Berlioz’s own effort?’
Originally, Berlioz would have passed over the disaster just like Tristia, saying he couldn’t help it.
But…
Many cases have changed because of me.
Many fights were prevented, civil wars were prevented, disasters were averted.
It wasn’t perfect, but I was able to come this far because I definitely struggled.
… Her heart suddenly jumps up at that fact.
“So Tristia. You, too, get away from the illusions of the past and make weapons again. With your weapon, you will be able to reduce countless casualties.”
“…I…I…No longer…Weapon…”
“Don’t be silly! Tristia! Hands already dirty! What is it like to be defiled again now! Don’t get stuck in the past, look to the future!”
“…Berlioz! You know what I’ve been through!”
“Isn’t that what you mean! This time, I am asking you to save the lives of humans and subhumans with your own hands!”
I intervened between Tristia and Berlioz in an increasingly violent argument.
“Wait a minute. Calm down for a moment, both of you.”
“Hey. Be left out This is not the time for you to intervene.”
Berlioz pushed me away and tried to reach Tristia, but I blocked her way again.
“…Hey, would you have said Vicky?”
Berlioz, who had reptilian eyes, looked up and threatened, but I let out a short sigh and continued.
“Master Berlioz said that disaster could be prevented because of me. Then, wouldn’t there be a situation where I can’t be involved?”
“…You bastard…Do you mean that you don’t want Tristia to make weapons like that?”
At Berlioz’s words, I shook my head and replied.
“No. Tristia will make it for you.”
“…Young master?”
A trembling voice spinning behind your back.
I turned behind her and looked into Tristia’s face.
Tristia’s face full of abandonment and resignation.
“…Yes…If the young master…Says…I…”
If I insist here, Tristia will eventually make her a weapon.
It could surely save a lot of people.
‘…But.’
It is her Tristia’s unraveling and twisting of her old wounds.
I never hoped for anything like that.
“I have a good idea.”
“…What is it, young master…Anything…I’ll listen…”
“Tristia doesn’t want to see humans and subhumans hurt each other with weapons made by Tristia.”
“…Huh. That’s right.”
“Then, you just have to make a weapon that doesn’t hurt humans or subhumans. A weapon to defeat only calamities.”
At those words, Tristia looked up at me for a moment, then smiled bitterly.
“Bocchan… Weapons don’t discriminate against the owner. No matter how well I intend to make it, it becomes the worst weapon depending on who uses it.”
“No. I think differently. Tristia can definitely make such a weapon.”
“Don’t be irresponsible!! How!! There’s no way that’s possible!”
Holding the hand of the screaming Tristia, I made a clear declaration.
“Then, from now on, I will prove it.”
I walked past Tristia, pulled out two identical dildos from her closet, and handed one of them to Lilith.
“Release. Can you put this in your pussy for a minute?”
