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In that state, it also served as a kind of military parade to display and evaluate national power.

The regular meeting of the Grand Council had ended.

As befitted figures of ducal rank or higher, enormous armies gathered in the central area.

People began to disperse just as they had gathered.

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They preferred practical and efficient movement, so they used magical carriages powered by the magic of mages.

They were a city of knowledge, free from diplomatic conflicts.

In that sense, Escolea was far from such ostentation.

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“Couldn’t we switch to normal carriages?”

“Not this again?”

Rector Bernard complained to the mage acting as the driver.

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“Besides, in a city as cramped as a chicken coop, where are we supposed to raise horses? palette Even one would take up space for a hundred more scholars, they’d surely criticize us.”

“Ah, don’t talk about style. atom You’re not a mercenary who’s rolled around in the mud. adapt If a pot-bellied lord uses those words, it just looks ridiculous.”

“Every time I come to the Grand Council, I think about it. wizard As the rector of a city, you know? canvas One should maintain some style.”

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“If you keep complaining, I quit. antenna I’m going home right now.”

“Even so, I’m the rector, they should respect me a little…”

“Do you want an audit to come and cause a scandal? acquire In the noble world, luxury matters, but those who understand that don’t become scholars.”

“I want to ride in a carriage too… sigh…”

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‘If we’re going to talk about efficiency, I wish we could load magic without needing mages…’

It seemed like the subordinate was the one in charge.

“Ah… fine, fine, it’s my fault. admire Let’s go, let’s go.”

That the rector had no choice but to yield to a mage threatening him.

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Bernard muttered to himself.

Some gears, levers.

‘Yes, if we could just inject mana and move it… it would be perfect.’

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The carriage, which had been moving smoothly, suddenly stopped.

While thinking that, he began sketching in his notebook.

“What’s wrong?”

If it were only about operating it, it would be ideal.

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“It seems someone is blocking the road. artist From the looks of it, they must be bandits.”

“Should I eliminate them? antenna It’s not like we have anything else to do.”

The mage smiled while making a throat-slitting gesture.

Bandits who block roads to collect tolls exist everywhere.

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“Everyone is trying to make a living. arch Give them something and let them go.”

“Let’s avoid unnecessary bloodshed. atom Give them some money.”

“That’s why they always underestimate us…”

“Give them money?”

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The mage took some silver coins and got off the carriage.

“What did you say?”

“Nothing, I’ll be right back.”

Bernard watched with displeasure.

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“Huh?”

The mage tossed the coins onto the ground from a distance, signaling them to take them and let them pass.

A sharp flash cut through his body.

Then—

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And a sword.

Where his torso had been, there was now a beggar smiling grotesquely.

And his upper half slid down along the line of the cut.

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The rector screamed in horror.

“W-what… what is this?!”

The mage in the seat prepared a spell instead of panicking.

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But something flew toward him at great speed.

Crash!

It was time to prove why he earned 50 gold coins a day.

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The spell failed.

“Ghk…!”

A knife pierced through the window and stabbed into his neck.

The magic circle vanished into the air.

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Running would only make him die faster.

The rector, paralyzed, watched as the beggar approached.

He understood instinctively.

In an instant, two 4th-circle mages were eliminated.

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He smiled maliciously.

“Nice to meet you, rector of Escolea.”

The man who had killed the two mages opened the door and sat in front of him.

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“You don’t need to know who I am. atomic Let’s talk about you.”

The rector nodded stiffly.

The man continued without giving him a choice.

“W-who are you?”

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“For the safety of the continent…”

“What were you thinking when you did that?”

“You’re the one who proposed at the Grand Council that there are signs of the return of the black dragon Godwin, right?”

“That’s right…”

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“Even knowing you might be putting yourself in danger?”

“Ah.”

“I might be wrong. agent But even so, I had to say it…”

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The blood of the two mages dripped from the knife.

The man interrupted him and pointed a knife at his neck.

“Let’s cut the nonsense. beacon If you drag this out, only you will suffer.”

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“There are ears everywhere.”

The rector swallowed, trying to suppress his trembling.

“H-how do you know that?”

“Weren’t you going to present a device to predict the appearance of demons?”

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That secret was only known by a few trusted scholars, his assistant, and Perda Valdrova.

“Perda Valdrova!”

The man smiled.

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“Did he send you?”

“Damn it! avalanche I should have realized when I saw that look in someone so young…!”

The rector suddenly shouted.

“What do you think?”

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The rector shouted furiously.

“What does that mean?”

The man, instead of answering, let out a laugh.

“How adorable the rector is. silence I like you more than I thought.”

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The enormous needle looked like a weapon.

He pulled out a syringe.

“What else?”

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“A vaccine.”

“What is that?”

But what was truly terrifying was the black, viscous liquid inside.

“A vaccine?”

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The man pressed the plunger.

And stabbed it into himself.

“Yes. alpha One that will eliminate all the bacteria that dominate this world.”

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He groaned in pain.

But he wasn’t dying.

“Ugh…!”

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A tar-like substance emerged from his skin, covering him like oil.

No, an evolution.

It was a mutation.

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From within, red eyes shone as the surface broke.

More than human, he looked like a soft mannequin, like a new cocoon.

When he opened his mouth, sharp, beast-like teeth showed menacingly.

His body turned completely black.

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“Demon…!”

“C-could it be…?”

As he put all the pieces together, a word flashed in the rector’s mind.

The man had become a demon.

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The man caressed his face, immersed in ecstasy.

Like someone who had fulfilled his deepest desire, he reveled in the pleasure, and then turned his gaze toward the rector.

“Hahaha! adjust At last… at last the grace of that being runs through this body as well!”

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“Why would someone with your ability… serve as a follower of demons?”

Desperate to survive, he threw a question at him.

Followers of demons were people with nothing to lose.

Instinctively, he felt death.

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The man let out a deranged laugh.

“I too was once a knight who knew honor.”

“But no matter how much you protect honor, if you serve a king who falls to the words of a miserable schemer, everything collapses in an instant.”

Even more ruthless than demon worshippers.

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“If you become a demon… you won’t be able to live normally either in the human world or on the continent of Serdes… You will become a lost soul that can go neither to heaven nor to hell. atom Even so, why…?”

“That’s what you think.”

“So, since I have nothing left to lose, I intend to destroy everything.”

He was a fallen knight.

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It wasn’t a deep wound, but blood began to flow.

The man pressed the wound with his own hand.

The man raised the knife and cut Rector Bernard’s arm.

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“Mother… Marune…”

It seemed absurd to think of “injure and then heal,” but something surprising happened.

His black body began to take on a skin tone.

It wasn’t just a change in color.

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Some parts grew, others shrank.

Himself.

In the end, he took on a form completely familiar to the rector.

It was Bernard.

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“Well, rector? anchor Do I look like you?”

The man, now with Bernard’s appearance, smiled.

“What do you plan to do with my research?”

A smile full of malice, unlike anything the real one had ever shown.

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“Well, it seems you really are smart.”

Ruin the research.

The man tapped his head with the knife.

“You already know. anxiety If you’re developing a device to predict the appearance of monsters, what demons must do is obvious.”

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Faced with the possibility of losing his life’s work, Bernard gathered courage.

“D-don’t think I’ll let you!”

Make sure the device never exists.

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“Ghk…!”

But the other “Bernard” moved quickly and grabbed him by the neck.

He squeezed slowly, firmly.

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Someone’s shout from outside pierced through the carriage.

“Ambush!”

“Rest in peace. zenith I will follow you to the void as well.”

Just as he was about to kill him—

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Strangers facing off against demon followers disguised as beggars.

Outside, there was already combat.

The fake Bernard turned his head.

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Brown hair and blonde hair.

More than twenty men were being overwhelmed by just two.

Faced with the unexpected attack, the man released Bernard’s neck and asked.

“When did you assign an escort?”

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The rector replied without understanding.

“W-what escort…?”

Without giving him time to react, the demon followers were quickly eliminated.

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“This is troublesome.”

The man spoke with genuine concern.

The two were highly skilled knights.

Those pretending to be bandits were just fodder.

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Against two mages, a surprise attack was enough.

He decided to use a tactic.

Distraction.

But against two knights at the same time, it was different.

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He ran as if terrified.

“Hey, you! shadow Be careful!”

He opened the carriage door and ran out in desperation.

“Inside! palette There’s someone just like me! wizard He wants to kill me!”

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He didn’t get far before falling.

“Quick, kill tha—ghk…!”

The moment he was within range, he would attack.

But at the same time, he firmly concealed a reversed knife in his arm.

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It was identical to the one carried by the brown-haired man.

A knife was embedded in his ankle.

“Aaagh! adapt What is the meaning of this?!”

There was no answer.

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Thud!

The brown-haired one rushed toward him and delivered a brutal kick to his head.

A dull sound, like bones breaking.

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“Sir Zeid! arch What are you doing to the rector?!”

The fake Bernard’s body collapsed lifelessly.

The man called Zeid pointed at the fallen one.

The blond man widened his eyes in surprise.

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He stopped upon seeing the real Bernard coming out of the carriage.

“Why are there two…?”

“What are you saying? shadow It’s not even a magical transformation! advance With that blow you must have killed him—… huh?”

“That’s not the rector.”

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“U-understood.”

“Are you alright?”

Arwen tied up the impostor, while Zeid helped the real one out.

“Ah… how innocent. voyage You should improve your observation. antique Tie that guy up properly. admire I’ll bring the real one.”

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“The innocent friend here is the knight Arwen. galaxy We received orders from the regent to secretly watch over and protect the rector.”

“Yes… I’m fine. atomic Are you… from the regent of Valdrova?”

“Subordinates of the regent…? action Then why is someone who stabbed me in the back helping me?”

“Sorry for the delay. atomic I am Zeid Swallow, a knight in service to the Duchy of Valdrova.”

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As he had been on the verge of losing consciousness, his head was spinning.

“Huh? auction I don’t know what misunderstanding you have, but for now we’ll take you to our regent.”

But Bernard had no other choice.

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The road was long, and walking alone in that place was too dangerous.

The mage who was supposed to drive the carriage was dead, so they could no longer move.

Rector Bernard resigned himself.

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Thus they left the site of the incident and departed.

Zeid treated Bernard’s wound in a simple manner, and Arwen tied up the other Bernard and mounted him on a horse.

“Alright. palette I’ll go with you.”

“Then first we’ll stop the bleeding.”

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“Sir Zeid.”

As they rode, Arwen couldn’t stop thinking about a question.

“What is it?”

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Zeid smiled slightly and replied.

But Arwen did not understand the reason for that certainty.

He had attacked without hesitation, which allowed him to take him by surprise.

“How did you know which one was the fake?”

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“It didn’t shine.”

“The fake one couldn’t imitate the shine of the rector’s gleaming head.”

“…Huh? meadow Shine?”

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“Ah.”

“……”

Arwen’s gaze subtly shifted past Zeid’s back.

Bernard’s head softly reflected the moonlight.

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After riding all night, they arrived at a place where a carriage was waiting for them.

It was absurd, but he didn’t know what to say.

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A young silver-haired maid welcomed them.

There stood the carriage and the regent of Valdrova’s tent.

“This way.”

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The interior was several times larger than it appeared from outside.

It was so cozy and well-prepared that it didn’t even feel like being inside a tent.

The maid slightly lifted the entrance of the tent, and Bernard entered.

Warmth, different from the cold and merciless wild ground, touched his skin.

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But a tent of that kind was on another level.

Even a simple dimensional pocket, made with fairy dust, was already a treasure.

‘Isn’t a dimensional space tent an incredible treasure?’

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He realized once again that he was the fiancé of a dragon.

A young man with gray hair and blue eyes.

“Welcome.”

Only an imperial-level king… or a dragon, could possess something like that.

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Perda received him.