Chapter 291: Volume 3 - Epilogue - A Calm After Storms
A severed hand was in front my eyes.
The neatly cut hand was still dripping with undried blood. Judging from the size of the hand holding the cursed sword, I could see that the hand had large and rough muscles.
"Based on the hand fragment, it looks like it came from a man's hand," I said as I looked at the hand fragment that Aiko had brought.
Duuuuttt...
Duuuutt...
The severed hand that was slowly losing the blood pressure flowing through its blood vessels and began to wriggle like a fish that had just come out of the river.
The wriggling hand caught my little attention and I immediately pulled the cursed sword he was holding.
Pulling out the cursed sword he was holding, I could feel a surge of black magic energy coming from the core of the cursed blade.
"Momo, is this from one of the swords created directly by the Goddess of Destruction?" I said while observing the waves of magical energy being emitted by the cursed sword.
"Yes, this is none other than one of the cursed swords that was created after the Goddess of Destruction created me," Momo replied while looking at one of the cursed sword sisters that I was holding.
"I see… can you get rid of this foggy weather? It feels a bit strange after my body is soaked by the heavy rain and seeing foggy weather filled with magical energy like this," I said to the cursed sword that had been confirmed by Momo.
"..."
"..."
"..."
A silence without an answer started to make me feel annoyed about this and started to give a smile that started to threaten the cursed sword in front of me.
"Momo, it seems like this cursed sword is very quiet. Can we do something that will make it talk?"
"This cursed sword isn't mute, right?" I continued, glancing at Mio who was preparing to take out her Odachi's sheath.
Ctiiiikk...
Sraaanngg...
I saw Momo suddenly flying after coming out of her Odachi sheath and started taking my magical energy that came from the power of the Monarch of Holy Destruction.
With the threats given by Momo and me, the cursed sword that had been silent was cornered and started to speak to me.
"I-I'm sorry!!"
"Please spare my life!!"
"I will do anything as long as I am safe and alive!!"
The cursed sword, which had been silent all this time, began to actively speak like an innocent girl who would do anything as long as she was safe.
Responding to her words, Momo immediately unleashed her immense magical energy and pressed the remnants of the cursed sword's magical energy into my grip.
"Before you survive and alive, can you clear this thick fog?" Momo said in a cold tone as if threatening the cursed sword which was one of her sisters.
"I-I understand... please don't hurt me, Onee-chan!!" the cursed sword screamed as it shouted at Momo.
"Onee-chan?" I muttered softly after hearing the cursed sword call Momo as Onee-chan.
"My Monarch, I was born before the other cursed swords. As the prototype of the cursed swords, I can be said to be their Onee-chan," said Momo explaining her status in the past as one of the cursed swords created as a prototype by the Goddess of Destruction.
"I guess you're no longer a prototype after being reforged by Mio. You've now become a cursed sword favored by a Monarch of Holy Destruction. Doesn't that make you proud of yourself, Momo?" I said to tease Momo.
"My Monarch... you're good at giving compliments, huh? I seem to have felt what the women who were seduced by my own Monarch," Momo replied while flying in front of me.
Ckuutt...
I stabbed the sharp eye of the cursed sword that I was holding on the ground and watched her suddenly fly up beside Momo.
"O-Onee-chan, will I be okay with dispelling the thick fog like this? I-I won't be killed cruelly like the cursed sword that was mass-produced and failed the testing process, right?" said the cursed sword that was floating beside Momo.
"Don't worry, the Monarch of Holy Destruction wouldn't do something like that to one of my cute sisters," Momo said in a tone that seemed to be calming the cursed sword beside her.
If I think about it more deeply, as a cursed sword in the form of as a prototype, Momo is more isolated until it becomes one of the cursed swords used as a supply that provides magical energy to one of the rare monsters named Golden King Bear.
With such discrimination, Momo can still be friendly with one of the cursed sword sisters who is much more powerful than her.
"You'll be a lucky sword after meeting the Monarch of Holy Destruction like this. Aren't you happy after your contract with that annoying man was broken by the Monarch of Holy Destruction's attack, who killed him without a trace like that?" Momo asked while digging up information that caught my attention along with the herd of stealth slimes that began to gather around me.
Aiko and Sirius are currently counting the number of stealth slimes that are gathering to return home without leaving a single stealth slime that will destroy their self-esteem as social creatures.
[ Supreme Commander, we have all gathered! ]
[ Are we going home without leaving a few stealth slimes to keep an eye on Earl Timoti's family? ]
Aiko suddenly asked through the Soul Tame communication channel.
I immediately glanced at her and gave a nod to agree with what Aiko had asked.
Nod...
With a nod from my head, several stealth slimes volunteered to serve on the front lines like this and spoke through the Soul Tame communication channel.
[ Supreme Commander, please allow me to watch over this place as a spy agent. ]
[ Me too, Supreme Commander. I'm quite annoyed with the behind-the-scenes games that seem to be playing around with Supreme Commander. Especially with that annoying old man! ]
[ Please allow me to get involved in this, Supreme Commander! I will make sure that such a shitty person gets a taste of the bitter medicine for his plan to destroy Marquess Rommel's family during the season of the noble war! ]
I could see three stealth slimes that had volunteered themselves lined up in the distance.
Nod...
I nodded once again to agree with the action they were about to take.
I also received a salute from the three stealth slimes who wanted to volunteer themselves to carry out this task.
"Umm... M-Monarch of Holy Destruction. Y-You won't punish me for acting so rudely, right?" said the cursed sword that was floating in front of me.
"Why should I be angry about this?" I replied while glancing at her.
"U-Umm... W-Well... it has to do with my previous holder's actions of wanting to attack you, Monarch of Holy Destruction."
"I don't mind that," I replied with a soft smile at her.
"T-Thank you very much, Monarch of Holy Destruction!"
I could see a cursed sword feeling happy after getting an answer like this.
Straightening up my previous actions, I immediately gave a nod to Aiko and Sirius to go back home.
Several stealth slimes immediately entered the teleportation slash that opened not far from the view before my eyes.
Swuuppp!!
Swuuppp!!
Like a wind that blew quickly and entered the teleportation slash that opened before my eyes. I could see some stealth slimes that wanted to go home and rest immediately.
Aiko and Sirius immediately approached me as if they wanted to report something about this.
"Supreme Commander..." with a smiling and flowery expression, I could feel that Aiko had obtained sensitive information from Earl Timoti's residence.
"I have obtained the war schedule that will be carried out by the nobles who are part of the faction that supports the royal family along with the exact number of troops they are ready to deploy," said Aiko with a wide smile on her face.
"Supreme Commander..." this time Sirius spoke to me with a look on her face that seemed calmer than Aiko's.
"I-I also found out important information about the relationship that had occurred between that old man and several opposition nobles who wanted to take advantage of this war season to carry out a coup," Sirius continued, providing important information like this.
I felt like I was getting a main dish in a side dish.
This kind of valuable information made me smile at the two of them after successfully getting something I wanted to hear.
"You two have done a great job," I said, giving Aiko and Sirius a gentle caress.
Caress...
Caress...
With such a gentle caress, I could guess a war plan that would happen in the future. A war that needed to get a bitter reality before my Academic life began.
Caress...
Caress...
Along with the gentle caress given by both my hands, I suddenly felt a chill after the thick fog cleared.
Swoosh...
The cold morning wind made me aware of the wet clothes I was wearing.
"I think... we should hurry home before I catch a cold," I said as I glanced at the remaining stealth slime herd that was queuing to enter the teleportation slash.
Before I went back home, I gave a nod and some of my magical energy to the three stealth slimes who would be in charge of guarding Earl Timoti's residence.
Swiirrll...
Boosshh...
Giving some of my magic energy to their magic energy core, made the three stealth slimes enthusiastic in doing their work.
"I'll pick you up after the war season starts," I said before walking into the teleportation slash.
Tap...
Tap...
My feet began to step into the teleportation slash and my gaze now shifted to the veranda of my room.
"Welcome back, Lily-sama."
"Welcome... Onee-sama!!"
"Lily-nee... welcome back!!"
As I walked through the teleportation slash, I was greeted by the presence of Mio and my twin sisters who were already dressed.
"Yes, I have returned home as I said before, to pick up the stealth slime herd," I said while giving a smile to Mio and my twin sisters.
"Hmmnn!! Ahhh!! Is this what it feels like to come back to a warm home?" said Sirius to Aiko who had just come out of the teleportation slash together with Aiko.
"Please control yourself, Sirius. Don't act impudently in front of the Supreme Commander's family," said Aiko who was beside Sirius.
As Aiko and Sirius walked out of the teleportation slash, Momo and her cursed sword sister also walked out in a floating state.
After they flew out of the teleportation slash, it made the teleportation slash created by the cursed Odachi gradually disappear.
Soooosshh...
Slluupp!!
Like a balloon bursting in the air, I could hear the cracking sound of reality breaking and returning to normal as before.
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As the sunlight slowly shone brightly above the sky of Earl Timoti's main city, an unusual sight was seen above the sky.
Like a sword slash that tore through the sky, it left some of the civilians astonished at what had happened in the sky above them.
The two sword slashes that complemented each other immediately became the talk of the town among the civilians who were about to start their morning activities.
From the crowd discussing the strangeness of the sky they were seeing, Evelyn felt a blessing left by Lily. Clenching her hands in prayer to the miracle left by Lily, made Evelyn feel comfortable and calm.
"Ahhh... Lily-sama. You even made a miracle out of a storm that intended to destroy us from the inside. Isn't that a blessing that has helped our family survive the coming calamity, Father," while saying words that sounded soft, Evelyn directed her gaze to Earl Timoti who was sitting in deep thought and looking at the figure of the old man who was being chained up with his wrists pulled upwards.
On a beautiful morning like this, Evelyn and Earl Timoti were giving a punishment to one of their family members after trying to betray their own family from inside.
Without Lily realizing it, her actions in defeating a mysterious person from the sky had made Evelyn and Earl Timoti catch the person responsible for the collapse of their family from inside.
Without uttering a word of mercy, Earl Timoti pressed a hot needle and stabbed it into the chained man's body.
"GAAAHH!!" The loud and painful scream signaled a bright morning for Earl Timoti and Evelyn to clean up the rats that were trying to break their family trust and loyalty from the inside.
Before the war season between the nobles begins, Earl Timothy and Evelyn are busy hunting spy rats.
[ Volume 3 - END ]
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[ Author Afterwords ]
Thank you to the support of all readers who have read this novel up to Volume 3. The journey of this novel towards the end is still very long along with the experiences of the main character who will continue to develop in utilizing the power and blessings that have been given by the Goddess who supports her from the Goddess' realm.
In the rough sketch that the author has made, the fourth volume will rely on a story related to the Elf world. A world that is quite complicated when it will be the core story of volume four itself.
Even I don't know what the story in volume four will be like.
Just like usual, the story is not much different from a slice of life wrapped in romance and action as well as Lily's understanding that is too innocent in terms of love (even though she already understands the passion and lust of the woman who once performed the Linked Ritual with her).
Thanks to the readers who have provided support in the form of golden tickets, power stones, and gifts.
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