Yue was lost in thought, unaware that Hajime had reached out to stop Myuu, Aiko, and the others from leaving the cage, nor that Shia and the others were watching him. Tingred continued to speak to Yue:
"Eletia. Please trust me."
Tinrid made a tapping sound as he walked down the steps.
"I love you just as much now as I did then. You can't possibly understand how much I look forward to the day we meet again. In these three hundred years, I haven't forgotten you for a single day."
"...uncle, sir..."
Tinrid walked straight towards Yue with a smile full of familial love on his face.
"That's right. I'm your Uncle Ting, my lovely Eletia. The time has come, so lend me a hand. I need your strength to put an end to this."
"...You want me to help you?"
"Join me to defeat the god Esid. Just like we did in the past when we fought alongside foreign enemies."
Esheed has decided to end this era.
History repeats itself. A game where civilizations repeatedly grow and fall apart.
The tragedy that has been repeated countless times in the past is about to happen again.
"But, that's all. What a stroke of luck. You've become far more powerful than ever, and we have many companions who can wield Age of Gods magic. We will surely reach the god Esid."
"..."
Yue frowned and said nothing, as if there was something stuck in her throat that she couldn't express.
Tinreed came closer and opened his arms as if to hug her.
Tinrid's gesture once again awakened the childhood memories in Yue's mind.
When Yue was young, whenever he achieved good results in magic or academics, it was always Uncle Ting who would praise him, pat him on the head, or even be happier than Yue himself.
When young Yue went to Uncle Ting to report her grades, he would always welcome her with open arms, just like now.
It turns out that Uncle Ting is not dead, nor has he betrayed himself. The precious family is about to hug Yue.
For Yue, she admired Tinrid as a father more than her biological father.
The scales in Yue's heart began to change from doubt to belief...
Tinrid's smile deepened, and he opened his mouth to say something to welcome Yue—
"Come, follow me. My Eleti—"
Before he could finish his words, a red flash erupted with a loud bang. By the time he realized what was happening, it was too late. Tinrid's head flew off grotesquely, and his body fell backward.
No one could understand what was happening and could only stare in amazement at Tinrid lying on the ground.
His body remained motionless. An unbearable silence filled the vast throne room.
In such silence, the clanging sound of the hammer seemed particularly harsh. At the same time, everyone present was awakened from their stunned and rigid state by this sound, and they all turned their gazes stiffly in the same direction.
What they saw was not far from what they had expected.
That is to say──
"This scumbag should be minced into pieces."
Hajime held the smoking Donal in his hand, spewing foul language, veins bulging on his forehead. He looked like a gangster.
Aiko and the others were all so surprised that they were speechless.
Though things had unfolded so suddenly, the situation just now seemed to be coming to a happy conclusion. The details were unclear, but everyone knew that this desperate situation was a deception to deceive the true enemy, that the Demon King was actually one of them, and that they were about to be freed—that was the prevailing belief.
In the end, Hajime did something so brutal that it was no wonder that everyone stopped thinking.
As for Hajime, since no one intervened, he continued to whip Tinred's heart, arms, and legs, shooting them until the corpse shook. Finally, he threw out dozens of "flying stone ropes" to bind the corpse tightly. At this time—
“Hey—whoosh!”
Shia jumped forward.
Her target was Freed. She raised her warhammer and swung it down without hesitation.
The result was predictable. With a resounding bang, Fried's head, along with the floor, sank deeply into the air, vanishing without a trace. Perhaps even the original form was gone. The bloody noise and splattering were terrifying. He was definitely dead.
“Uh uh~ Anyways… Hey!”
Kaori cried out adorably, and simultaneously spread her silver wings, shooting out a silver-glowing, fatal feather, piercing through the fifty apostles lying on the ground one by one. A hole was punched through the apostle's chest, where the core was located.
No hesitation, no mercy. It was pure unjustifiable violence.
However, everyone could no longer just stand there and watch.
Because, Hajime pointed the gun at Eri.
“Wa ...
Suzu rushed out with her arms outstretched, half-confused, and threw herself at Hajime, much like Villager A, who had given up on challenging the Demon King. She hugged Hajime tightly, looking up at him, begging him with tearful eyes to remember their previous agreement.
So, Hajime reluctantly used the "Flying Stone Rope" to trap Eri.
"Shia! Get Myuu and Remia out! Kaori, go help the teachers!"
"Understood!"
"Yes! Everyone, I'll heal you right away!"
"Myuu! Shia-nee is here!" Myuu was stunned, but when she saw Shia leap over, she immediately threw herself into her arms. Remia, who had been stunned and speechless, finally came to her senses.
Kaori rushed to Aiko and the others and immediately cast regeneration magic. Under the shining silver light, the wounds of Yuka and the others were healed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Shizuku and the others who had been standing there in a trance came back to reality and started to make a fuss.
"Nan-Nan-Nan-Nan-Nan-Nan-kun! What did you do? Isn't he Yue's uncle?! Forget it, Kaori! Kaori! Cast the regeneration magic! Come here quickly~~!"
"Oh my god, this is so sudden and inexplicable. This must be an instant death. Shia-san and Kaori were so ruthless..."
“Nagumo… you really are…”
Shizuku frantically begged Kaori to treat Tinrid, while Ryuutarou trembled with fear. Only Kouki remained strangely calm, crouching beside Eri, head bowed, seemingly mumbling something.
Hajime shouted at Shizuku and the others who were in such a state, as well as Suzu who was still clinging to herself, and gave them instructions:
"Taniguchi, quickly capture Nakamura! Yaegashi and Sakagami, stop panicking and act now! She could get up again at any moment. Watch out for Nakamura and don't let her get away with anything!"
Ling hurried back. Shizuku and Ryuutarou, still glancing back and forth between Tinrid and Yue, rushed to Eri's side and positioned themselves, surrounding her.
Hajime took out the crystal key, injected magic power into it, and shouted loudly:
"Teacher, cheer up! We'll return to Earth as soon as we're ready! Lead our students!"
"Uh, yes! — No, that's not right, y-you just said Earth!?"
"Princess, you come too! If you want to be left here, that's a different matter!"
"I, I don't want to be left behind, absolutely not! Oh, really!"
The classmates followed Aiko and Liliana and this time got into chaos for other reasons.
Suddenly, I heard that we were going back to Earth. Although I understood what I meant, my brain couldn't immediately comprehend the situation.
Now that Myuu and the others were all here, returning to Earth wouldn't be a problem. Besides, hometown was the safest place. Of course, since the concept of preventing resummoning hadn't been developed yet, there was still a risk of being summoned again, but it would definitely be easier for them to attack than taking refuge somewhere in Todas.
Tio also said that the summoning of the hero was the first of its kind in 500 years of history, and it shouldn't be easy to summon it again.
However, there is no time to explain all of this to everyone right now.
This is the center of the enemy camp, and the apostles' army may attack at any time.
"Konan!? What the hell is going on!?" "Can we go back? W-why?" Nana and Taeko asked with confusion on their faces, but Hajime decided to remain silent.
Hajime concentrated on gathering the magic power needed to jump into the other world, while not letting down his guard at all, his eyes fixed on Tinrid.
"Tio, did you see that?"
"Yeah. With so much time, it's certainly no problem. However, this is the first time I've seen a soul in this shape. It looks like a spider web... no, should I say, a parasite with an irregular shape? It looks dirty."
"I quite agree. Can we use soul magic to trap his soul? If possible, it would be best to put him in a trance."
"Leave it to me. It's the same magic as the 'Oath Necklace' you made before, right? It might take a while, but you can give it a try."
"Don't be careless."
“Uh… Hajime?”
After a tacitly understanding conversation with Hajime, Tio approached Tinrid cautiously.
Yue watched all this happening intentionally or unintentionally, and at this time, she finally called out to Shi.
From a common perspective, this is undoubtedly a tragedy: the beloved lover actually shot and killed the family member who was once - and perhaps still is - the beloved.
Kan Yue's eyes were still wavering. Hajime seemed very impatient, the gun still pointed at Tinreed, and he said:
"In order to buy time to see his true identity and to lead him out of the altar's barrier, it is indeed necessary for you to talk to him... But, Yue, you are wavering too much."
Hajime's tone was quite harsh, making Yue feel like she had been slapped in the face. However, Hajime's eyes were filled with love, and a wry smile appeared on his face.
"If possible, I would have hoped that Yue would realize it himself... but after all, with your past, it's understandable that you'd be deceived by him. However, seeing that you're almost completely convinced by his lies, I can't stand it anymore."
“…Nonsense? What do you mean?”
"Think about it calmly. If he really loved you, why has he never come to visit you in the past three hundred years?"
Exactly. On closer inspection, Tinrede's account is riddled with holes.
Even if it was really to carefully hide Yue's existence, there was no need to let Yue be trapped alone in despair.
Moreover, as a rebel possessing a god, who had conquered the Great Labyrinth of Orcus, if he really had a true purpose, if he really had not betrayed anyone, how could he have never come to tell Yue these words?
"The same goes for the rebellion against God. He's clearly a conqueror himself, but in over three hundred years, the only Great Labyrinth conqueror he's managed to recruit is Freed. Is that even possible? If so, he's incredibly incompetent."
The implication was—is your uncle such an incompetent person? Hearing this, Yue's eyes gradually regained their rationality. She shook her head in denial.
In this case, the answer is self-evident. Tinrid is not recruiting companions to rebel against God.
"But...why does it match my memory..."
Yue was confused because of his memories. The uncle in front of him was exactly the same as the one in his memory.
Her uncle and she left behind nostalgic, gentle and warm memories.
However, while talking to herself, Yue also found the answer.
"...I have a lot of experience with reading memories."
Thinking of this, Yue couldn't help but sigh to herself. She held her forehead.
Tio cast a soul-binding spell on Tinrid while expressing her speculation.
"In my opinion, the light he emitted at the beginning that subdued the apostles was also a magic that could read memories."
"Um……"
It seems that Tinrid read Yue's memories and fabricated the story based on the contents of the memories, creating the past that Yue wanted. This is probably the truth.
"Tsuki, don't worry. Not only has the master observed with his demonic eyes, but I have also spent considerable time carefully observing this fellow's soul. We only saw one soul, and it was as filthy as mud. It doesn't look like your relative at all."
Through the sublimation of magic, the magic eye stone has the ability to see souls.
Tio possesses soul magic, and with her own experience and outstanding skills, her dragon eyes can see through the truth.
Since it was confirmed by both of them simultaneously—no, even if it was just the opinion of one of them, Yue had no reason not to believe it.
As to why the other party has a body very similar to Tinrid's and why he wants to win over Yue, these two points remain a mystery.
However, these two things can be verified after he is subdued, using soul magic to investigate his memory and other methods. The damaged body can also be repaired using regeneration magic.
The reason why they are trying to restrain Tinrid without destroying his body is because Hajime and the others made the decision for Yue's sake.
"More importantly—"
After hearing what Hajime and Tio had said, Shizuku and the others finally showed signs of understanding. "So, that's how it is..." "So Nagumo isn't crazy..." Aiko and the others also relaxed, their expressions turning to one of relief and understanding. However, Hajime was the only one who remained furious, with veins popping out of his forehead.
He took a deep breath, then—
“What’s that ‘my lovely Eletia’ thing? Idiot! This thing is mine. It should be ‘my lovely Yue’!”
“That’s right! That’s right! That’s right!” Hajime’s full-throated roar echoed throughout the throne room.
Everyone's eyes widened.
However, Hajime seemed to have been holding it in for a long time, and he still couldn't help but continue to express his feelings, and even intensified it.
"Besides, what right do you have to keep calling Eleltia, Eleltia, a piece of shit like you? You want her to come with you? You want to hug her? Who gave you permission? Tell me! I'll chop off your arms and legs and throw you in the cesspool!"
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