The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

"Morpers, who should I believe?"

Even if he knew, Morpes couldn't possibly know the answer.

But he felt that only Morpheus could answer his question.

“I know you’re confused. You want to believe both Len and Ray, but both the past and the present point to one of them being the problem.”

If a situation arises in the not-too-distant future that requires Dekan to make a quick decision, otherwise he will miss all opportunities, the decision he will need to make will likely be whether to believe in Len or believe in Ray.

“I felt that you were too tense when I saw you this time. Actually, it’s not a big deal. You can relax a little more like you were at the beginning, and your perspective will broaden.”

"..."

Decan listened to Morpheus's words in silence.

He knew that this time, his situation in the film world was different from the previous times.

It's because even he wasn't confident this time.

There are no longer any fully-equipped allies, the enemy is hiding too deep, and even intelligence is elusive.

More importantly, he absolutely cannot fail.

The natural disasters triggered by the ninth-tier shadow world are enough to devastate several kingdoms.

If it happened to fall into the Kingdom of Norton, Dekan would not want to imagine, nor could he imagine, what the outcome would be.

But he knew Morps was right.

Morpheus, seeing Dekan deep in thought, smiled again and continued:

"Actually, the answer to the question of whom to trust is quite simple, isn't it? You already told us—"

Even if you are betrayed, you must still believe in your friends, just as they believed in you in the first place.

After Morpheus finished answering, he waited by Decan's side for him to figure it out.

And it didn't take Dekan long before he stood up, as if he had made a decision.

This means goodbye.

He was racing against time on this journey, needing to get to the capital as quickly as possible.

"I understand, thank you Morpheus."

Dekan pushed open the study door without looking back, and Talomatti immediately put down his meal, ready to leave with him.

Will we ever see each other again?

Morpheus's voice came from behind.

"of course."

Dekan answered with certainty.

"My biggest regret in this life is not being able to take advantage of you when I was stronger and you were weaker. Although if I had actually done that, I don't know how you would have retaliated, it might have been worse than death..."

Morpuse laughed and complained.

At the time, he never imagined that a demon disguised as a priest would later become the most vicious demon king.

"Don't worry, even if you do that, I won't blame you."

At most, I'll just joke around with you.

With those words, Dekan's figure disappeared behind the door of the wooden house.

After Dekan left.

On the seat that Dekan had left, there was an extra box of medicine.

That was because Dekan slightly "cheated" by using his modern medical knowledge on his way to the Holy Kingdom.

It could allow Morpheus to live a few more years.

Although doing so makes no sense in the world of film.

But ever since that dream of the Holy Kingdom, Dekan has focused more on studying medicine and pharmacy, aside from making magic cards.

He no longer wanted to repeat any of Deloitte's regrets.

……

Two days after Decan left his Morpurse residence.

late at night.

The moonlight was occasionally blocked by the passing haze, making the shadows under the pasture lights appear exceptionally dark.

I don't know when.

A figure, barely visible, appeared on the outskirts of the ranch.

"Um……"

"To kill or not to kill?"

She seemed to be hesitating about something.

He closed his eyes in distress, pinching his brow as he pondered.

It has now been confirmed that the Holy Emperor has no time to spare to pay attention to Morpes.

If Morpheus were made into his apostle, he might be able to obtain a lot of information that Morpheus was interested in.

For example, more precise information about Lenn's current situation, or the true identity of a certain honorary duke.

After all, it was Lunn and the three dukes he personally appointed after the founding of the country that made her taste defeat for the first time.

One of them is Ray, and the other is Morpheus.

The only one who remains a mystery is the honorary duke, the Duke of Great Love, who seems to have been fabricated by Lenn. To this day, she still hasn't been able to uncover his true identity.

Although the Duke of Great Love never appeared in public.

But she always felt that Lenn should have a strategist behind the scenes, or a black glove.

Many strategic moments that seem to be due to "luck" for Lenn may actually have hidden many decisive "inevitable" factors behind the "chance".

There aren't many people who could possibly do this, but there are.

Of course, there are also such cunning schemers in the demon realm.

For example, the current Demon King Delois could definitely do it.

But she rejected this option outright.

Lenn's partner could never be Doloice.

The most steadfast of believers, Lenn, would gamble everything more important than life itself on a mad and wicked demon; even God would find it a joke.

If that's true—Len got to where he is today because of a deal with the devil.

The faith of the people of that holy country would likely crumble immediately.

"...Let's change the terms then. After all, the Duke of Great Love might appear in the courtroom, and I must see who he is with my own eyes this time."

The shadowy figure seemed to hesitate again about how to extract value from Morps.

Just like Morpheus is already a bone in the bowl.

She wasn't too worried that the negotiations with Morps would fail.

After all, Morpheus seemed very eager to live, and he had a nice wife.

The stronger a person's desires, the more useful they are.

However, there are also some strange humans who, despite having terrifyingly strong desires, will not hesitate to give up their lives for some strange things.

This kind of thing is called "morality," isn't it?

"I don't understand, I just don't understand."

The shadowy figure muttered indifferently.

Heading towards the pasture.

If Morpes refuses, he can use his wife as leverage, or make her an apostle.

Even if we fail, we can just clean up their remains.

"But then again..."

A demon and a human become husband and wife, and the difference in their lifespans fuels their will to survive.

I want the other person to live, and I want to live a little longer to be with them.

It's very interesting whether you threaten or coerce one of them, or kill the other.

Her lips trembled slightly, curving into a smile.

It's like going to enjoy dessert after dinner.

She approached the ranch silently.

No one noticed.

Every step seemed to be a countdown to Morpheus and Ataliyah's deaths.

Until her ghostly figure reached the ranch gate!

Suddenly, he stopped walking again.

"!!"

A sense of threat filled the top of her head, and her brows furrowed.

She seemed to have a premonition that if she rashly took another step into the ranch, she would trigger some kind of barrier spell that did not belong to humans.

Perhaps a demon of higher rank than Atalia will sense it.

Previously, fearing that Lenn would catch her by the tail, she had never come close to this place before.

Unexpectedly, there was a powerful spell inside.

She slowly raised her hand to test it out, but found the technique somewhat difficult to understand. After considering the consequences, she reluctantly withdrew her hand.

"Tsk. Let's play it safe."