My Lord Who Is Being Prudent! [EN]: Chapter 268

268. The Unfinished Battle (1)

Aria’s shout suddenly echoed from inside the building.

Sure enough, Aria strode out, looking displeased.

I wondered where she’d gone after returning from Karze’s nest.

It seemed she had been here taking care of the patients.

“Are you trying to come in like that?”

Aria asked with a look of disbelief.

Sian tilted his head, questioning.

“Why?”

“Why? Do you even need to ask?”

Aria retorted, looking dumbfounded.

Sian tilted his head again, asking.

“It’s the first floor.”

“What does that have to do with anything?”

Aria looked utterly exasperated.

“Do you see that and still say that? Are you trying to destroy this entire building?”

She pointed to the scene behind Sian.

There, the ground was shattered and overturned in every direction.

It was the result of Sian’s every step.

He couldn’t handle the weight of Karze’s treasures in his inventory [a magical storage space linked to the user].

Lucas asked if his weight had become that of a dragon, but Aria knew.

She had seen that spectacle firsthand in Karze’s nest.

Aria knew why that phenomenon was happening.

“But it’s the first floor…”

“Enough. Leave that here and come in.”

“What? No way!”

At Aria’s words, Sian clutched the inventory at his waist.

He glared, determined not to let it be taken away no matter what.

“…”

Aria was speechless.

Seriously, this guy…

Why is he like this when it comes to money?

Sometimes he’s more reliable than anyone else in the world.

But when it comes to money, he becomes a stubborn child.

No, it would be fine if he were just stubborn.

She just wanted to beat him up.

But the fact that she couldn’t beat him up contributed greatly to her frustration.

The presence Sian exuded now.

Who in this world could beat Sian up?

Aria sighed and said.

“Who said anyone would take it? No, could anyone even take it?”

It wasn’t a joke; no one would take it even if you gave it to them.

In the first place, it didn’t make sense that anyone could move while carrying that weight.

“If they set their mind to it, they could take it. You’re a priest who doesn’t know much about greed, but in this world, anything is possible with money.”

Yet he was acting like that.

Well, she somewhat acknowledged that she didn’t know much about the world because she was a priest.

But wasn’t this a different concept?

She really wondered why he was like this when it came to money.

“Anyway. You can’t come in while carrying that. Just know that.”

“What? Why are you deciding that…?”

“Because I’m in charge of the patients here?”

Sian shut his mouth.

What could he say when the person in charge said that?

Honestly, Aria’s words weren’t wrong.

“I will guard it here, Lord.”

Then Lucas spoke up from the side.

At this point, it wasn’t good to be stubborn.

“… Okay.”

Sian dropped the inventory attached to the Armor of Immortality onto the ground.

At the same time, KWA-BOOM!

The ground collapsed entirely.

“…”

“…”

Aria and Lucas’s expressions froze.

How much weight could it possibly be to cause that?

No, he was moving around normally while carrying that?

Lucas especially wondered if it was even necessary to guard this…?

He was very suspicious.

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Sian, who entered the building, felt like he could fly for some reason.

It wasn’t just a feeling; it really felt that way.

It felt like he was finally able to live after removing the sandbag… no, the treasure bag.

“Hoo! I feel alive. I need to spend money to get rid of it quickly. It’s so heavy.”

“I wish you had left it behind sooner.”

“What are you talking about? What if someone stole it? You know how much is in there.”

“No, I’m saying, who would steal that?”

Aria continued, looking dumbfounded.

“More than that, how are you even carrying that around?”

“Why couldn’t I carry it?”

“Of course… No, never mind.”

Aria just shook her head.

It was clear that it would only give her a headache to argue further.

“You came to see the two who woke up, right? Follow me.”

Aria quickened her pace.

Sian followed Aria, scanning his surroundings.

The interior was filled with countless patients.

It resembled a clinic, yet it was different from Ruben’s clinic.

First of all, it couldn’t be compared to Ruben’s clinic, which had been upgraded with cash.

Of course, Ruben’s clinic was overwhelmingly superior.

To be exact, the atmosphere itself was completely different.

Unlike Ruben’s clinic, which was filled with the smell of herbs and disinfectant, this place was filled with divine energy.

It was fortunate that he was no longer affected by divinity.

Otherwise, he would have vomited everything up long ago.

But…

‘It’s a bit subtle?’

Even so, the feeling was quite strange.

It seemed that Aria had imbued the entire building with divinity.

But the divinity he felt from Aria now was different from what he had felt before.

Before, Aria’s divinity felt like reflected light, but now it felt like direct sunlight.

A more fundamental and more powerful feeling.

And a feeling closer to Muriel.

Sian was quickly able to discern its identity.

“Could it be… did you use Divine Language [an ancient, powerful form of magic using holy words]?”

“As expected, you noticed right away.”

Aria nodded slightly.

Sian asked, his eyes wide with surprise.

“You learned how to use it in the meantime?”

“It was difficult at first, but once I understood the principle, it wasn’t that hard.”

“No one has been able to use it for a thousand years since Muriel, right?”

“It works well for me. I guess there’s a reason why I’m called Muriel’s reincarnation.”

Aria was now acknowledging it herself.

Well, it wasn’t in a bad way.

“More than that, teach me how to read the letters when you have time. There’s a limit to how much I can interpret on my own.”

Divine Language was a language and script that had been lost a thousand years ago.

Only Sian, who inherited Karze’s legacy, could interpret and read the letters.

Honestly, it was absurd that Aria was even using it.

So Sian was almost disappointed.

“How much?”

“… What?”

Aria’s mind momentarily stopped.

She wondered for a moment.

“Gifts are gifts. Tutoring fees are separate. Hourly rate, name your price first.”

“…”

“So, how much?”

Aria was momentarily speechless.

To be exact, Aria’s absurdity soared into the sky.

“Just kidding.”

But she quickly came to her senses at Sian’s words.

In her view, Sian was smirking.

“Y-You’re kidding, right?”

Only then did Aria’s expression relax.

But why?

“Where are the two of them anyway?”

Sian didn’t give a definite answer.

He was striding ahead as if he were trying to change the subject and leave.

‘N-No way.’

Aria shook her head and moved her feet.

How long had she walked like that?

“It’s over there.”

Sian suddenly stopped as if he had found something.

In Sian’s gaze, three people came into view.

Helen, lost in thought alone.

And Karis with Diana.

Certainly, he didn’t feel any malice from them.

The monarch who had possessed them had completely disappeared.

Sian strode towards them.

“… That’s how it happened.”

“So I…”

As he got closer, he could hear Diana and Karis talking.

Diana was mainly telling the story, and Karis was listening.

They were said to be siblings of the same Dragonkin race…

Honestly, they didn’t look like siblings at all.

Karis, a Dragonkin with the characteristics of a dragon.

On the other hand, Diana had the appearance of a human woman.

“Hmm?”

Karis’s gaze turned to Sian at the approaching presence.

Following him, Diana and Helen, who had been lost in thought, also turned their gaze to Sian.

“Greetings, Count.”

Diana greeted him.

Karis looked at Diana and asked.

“Is this…?”

“This is Count Sian. The person I’ve been telling you about.”

Karis’s eyes widened in surprise at Diana’s explanation.

And he straightened his posture and opened his mouth.

“I heard everything from Diana. About how you helped the Beastmen. And…”

Karis looked at Sian with calm eyes.

And perhaps he felt the enormous presence dwelling within Sian.

“Even that you have inherited the power of the Guardian.”

Karis paused after saying those words.

It wasn’t that he had nothing to say, but rather that he seemed to have too much to say.

He seemed confused about which words to say first.

However, the words that came out of Karis’s mouth were simple.

“… Thank you. Sincerely.”

A greeting that seemed to contain all meanings.

Karis bowed his head towards Sian with sincerity.

“As I told Pavel, I didn’t do it alone.”

Sian could only smile awkwardly.

“Pavel, you say…?”

“I’m talking about the Elder of the Gwiin race. He was originally going to come with me, but he said he would talk to the Beastmen and parted ways in front of here.”

Sian smiled slightly and opened his mouth again.

“More than that, how is your body?”

“Yes. Thanks to you… there are no problems with my physical condition at all.”

Karis nodded as if he was okay.

In the first place, the Dragonkin’s body was strong.

And Aria’s divinity had healed all the physical injuries.

“But you shouldn’t overdo it. As you know, the damage to the mind cannot be ignored.”

However, the mind that had been possessed by the demon definitely needed a recovery process.

In addition, the impact of Jin – Asura could not be ignored.

Therefore, it could be said that the most serious person among them was someone else.

A woman who had fought without succumbing to the demon for over 100 years.

“How is Helen…?”

“I’m fine too.”

Helen responded to Sian’s question with a smile.

But unlike her words, there was no strength in her smile.

Still, she was definitely freed from Nurvia.

She would gradually recover over time.

Sian responded by nodding.

“I…”

For a moment, Helen hesitated and opened her mouth.

She seemed to have something to say, and she kept opening and closing her mouth.

“How is he… No, how is Semir doing?”

Helen asked Sian with a trembling expression.

Semir and Helen.

The two who had promised to be together for life but had no choice but to break up due to the demon.

A wait that had lasted for over 100 years.

Sian shook his head and answered.

“He’s not doing well.”

Helen’s face hardened at Sian’s answer.

Sian continued.

“Since Helen left, Semir has never been well, waiting only for Helen.”

Then this time, Helen’s expression went blank.

“My territory citizens are always looking gloomy, and as their lord, I can’t just stand by and watch. I even promised to save her. It’s not a joke, I really went through a lot to save Lady Helen. I don’t know if you heard, but I almost died.”

Helen seemed flustered and didn’t know what to do.

Just as she was about to thank Sian.

“No. I won’t accept your thanks now.”

Sian stopped Helen.

“I’ll accept proper thanks when we return to Ruben with Semir, with my territory citizens looking the happiest in the world.”

“Ah…”

Helen was speechless.

Her eyes, looking at Sian, trembled endlessly.

Soon, something small and transparent began to form in Helen’s eyes.

Droplet by droplet, growing larger, then trickling down.

It flowed down Helen’s cheek.

There was no malice in what flowed down.

No madness was felt.

Only purity was contained within.

“…Thank you. Really… thank you so much…”

Helen quietly sobbed like that.

As if something terrible would happen if she cried out loud.

A strange atmosphere.

Sian waved his hand.

And to lighten the mood.

“More importantly, Karis. There’s something I’d like to ask you.”

Sian asked Karis a question.

But why was it.

“…”

Karis didn’t answer.

It was none other than the sight before her.

A woman named Helen, who had been possessed by a demon.

She didn’t know the exact circumstances, but she seemed to know roughly what the situation was.

The lord of Ruben, Sian.

The chieftain of the beastmen, Karis.

The two had the commonality of leading a group.

That’s why she could roughly understand the current situation.

She could roughly understand what promise he had made with the woman named Helen.

It was probably a promise without a deadline.

No, it was probably a promise that couldn’t be fulfilled.

That’s why it was something that couldn’t be called a promise.

Because it was a promise that couldn’t be kept.

Also, no one would have said anything even if he hadn’t kept it.

A promise with a mere territory citizen. A promise that would have been easily forgotten.

But Sian kept it.

He didn’t forget it and kept it in his heart.

On the other hand, Karis couldn’t keep it.

She couldn’t protect the beastmen from being possessed by the demon.

But Sian before her.

‘With my territory citizens looking the happiest in the world.’

The chieftain of the humans was different from her.

“…”

Karis was blank, as if frozen.

“Karis?”

“… Ah, yes. Please speak.”

At Sian’s question, Karis startled and came to her senses.

Shaking off the surging thoughts, she looked at Sian.

And Sian’s question was heard.

“How did you get possessed by a demon?”

The beastmen’s incident had ended like this, but not all the fighting was over yet.

Ruben was still at war with Elandur.

Also, although they had annihilated the two demon lords, the sacred objects had been taken away.

Above all, the demon lords could be resurrected at any time.

Sian had to continue this unfinished fight.

At Sian’s question, Karis seemed to think for a moment.

And soon gave an answer.

“I… I don’t know either.”

Sian looked puzzled for a moment.

As if knowing Sian’s question, Karis soon opened her mouth again.

“Actually, I knew that the demons were looking for the beastmen.”

Of course, she didn’t know at first.

But at some point, someone was looking for the beastmen’s kingdom.

She was able to receive that information from an informant.

The beastmen had turned their backs on the world for hundreds of years.

However, a chieftain would have connections to the world.

But it was only a connection.

Of course, the movement to find the beastmen who had disappeared hundreds of years ago could only feel suspicious.

Karis thought there was something going on.

She started an investigation and was finally able to find it.

“That Helen… that person.”

Karis pointed to Helen with her finger.

Helen was greatly embarrassed and pointed to herself with her finger.

Not only Helen, but Diana and Aria also seemed greatly embarrassed.

Only one person.

“You’re talking about Nurvia.”

Only Sian corrected the meaning of the words.

“Maybe… that’s right.”

And Karis also nodded slowly.

Because the Helen she saw now was completely different from then.

And because she had been possessed by a demon herself, she knew that the two were clearly different beings.

Karis faced Nurvia like that.

Nurvia attacked Karis out of the blue.

Still, was the chieftain of the beastmen still a chieftain?

“I was barely able to escape.”

Karis was able to escape from Nurvia.

She was able to shake off Nurvia’s pursuit.

Nurvia eventually missed Karis.

Because Nurvia didn’t know where the beastmen’s kingdom was at that time.

“Maybe… she was trying to find the beastmen’s kingdom through me.”

Karis returned to the beastmen’s kingdom like that.

Karis pondered deeply about this matter.

A demon is targeting the beastmen’s kingdom.

However, at the time, she thought it was an uncertain fact.

To be exact, at the time, she didn’t know that Nurvia was a demon.

She only recognized the fact that some powerful enemy was targeting the beastmen.

“So I went to the guardian. To inform him that a powerful being was targeting the beastmen and to ask for help.”

However, as expected, Karze refused Karis’s request.

In the end, Karis had to solve it with her own strength.

“Then suddenly. An offer came. To be exact, they subtly leaked information, as if they wanted me to see it.”

If she fulfilled one condition, they wouldn’t touch the beastmen.

So let’s talk for a moment.

Karis hesitated, but not for long.

Because she had directly seen Nurvia’s strength.

“I couldn’t… she was an existence that I couldn’t handle with my strength.”

Now that the guardian, Karze, was even standing by.

As the chieftain who had to protect the beastmen, Karis’s choices were limited.

Karis met Nurvia again like that.

“And I have no memory.”

Her memory was cut off like that.

That’s how Karis’s story ended.

“Hmm…”

Sian paused to organize his thoughts.

Listening to the story… it seemed like it was at that time.

She was possessed by the demon of gluttony, Gulneria, when she last met Nurvia.

And it seemed like they found the beastmen’s kingdom with the memory of Karis, who was possessed by Gulneria.

‘The problem is how did they possess her?’

Just listening to the story, it was just a snap.

An event that happened so quickly that even Karis couldn’t remember.

He admits that Nurvia is an absolute evil.

However, Karis was also a powerful being.

She wasn’t someone who could be easily defeated.

There was only one way that was possible.

It could only mean that they had prepared in advance.

In other words, after completing all the preparations, they lured Karis and possessed Gulneria.

Then it would be possible, but there was also a problem with this.

‘Can anyone be made a vessel for a demon?’

As far as Sian knew, not just anyone could become a vessel for a demon.

But how did Nurvia know that Karis was a vessel for a demon?

Well, if she noticed it in the previous battle, there was nothing to say.

Then where did Gulneria prepare it?

Is there a separate place where demons are sealed?

Considering that, all the demon lords Sian had met were all different.

Deepening worries.

“Um…”

In the meantime, Helen’s voice was heard.

When Sian looked at her, Helen hesitated and opened her mouth.

“Would it be okay if I told you about when I was possessed by a demon?”

Sian slowly nodded.

He didn’t know why, but it wouldn’t hurt to listen.

Helen was possessed by Nurvia about 100 years ago.

It was right after she promised to marry Semir.

“I left the Forest of Darkness for a while to say my last goodbyes to my parents.”

Dwarf and human.

It was a combination of different races, and each race had different cultures.

So Semir made his masterpiece for Helen as a token of promise.

Helen left the Forest of Darkness with that token.

“And I have no memory…”

Helen continued, recalling her memories.

“I think I was possessed by a demon at that time. But… I have never faced any demon. But I was possessed by a demon. That was strange… but after hearing that story, I have one thing that I can guess.”

Helen said with a hesitant expression.

“Semir’s masterpiece.”

“Semir’s masterpiece?”

Sian tilted his head without realizing it.

Because what Helen was saying now had this meaning.

“Nurvia was asleep inside the thing Semir gave you?”

“I’m thinking that way.”

Helen nodded slightly.

It wasn’t a confident expression, but it seemed like she thought that was the only possibility.

“Does that mean Semir…”

“No. Semir wouldn’t have known at all.”

At Helen’s answer, Sian nodded.

There was no way Semir would have handed Helen over to Nurvia.

If that were the case, he wouldn’t have done that for so long.

Therefore, it was right to say that Semir didn’t know─.

‘Wait a minute.’

At that moment, something flashed through Sian’s mind.

Sian asked Helen again.

“That masterpiece that Semir made. Are you sure Semir made it?”

“Yes. I saw him making it myself.”

Helen nodded and continued.

“However, I heard that he made it using the legacy left by a great ancestor as a material.”

That must have meant that he valued Helen that much.

Anyway, Semir made a masterpiece with something Morcru left behind.

Yes, there was a name Morcru.

‘This…’

Only then was Sian able to gain some certainty.

It was a thought that he had denied because of Helen’s existence.

But now, listening to this story, it was all piecing together.

The demon lords Sian had met so far.

Or a total of 4 beings like demon lords.

The demon of sloth, Nurvia.

The demon of lust, Luschuria.

Dyson, who may or may not be a demon, was possessed by Instiz’s madness in the dark elf village.

Finally, the demon of gluttony, Gulneria.

And all four of these demons.

‘Are related to the Arnice.’

First of all, the demon of lust, Luschuria, whom I encountered in the Holy Empire.

Luschuria was possessing Muriel’s body.

In the thousand years, Luschuria was latent in Muriel’s body.

And the power of the fallen Elodie.

It was sealed in Elodie’s staff, Instiz.

Dyson, who used that power, was consumed by madness.

Also, the demon of gluttony, Gulneria, is here now, Karis.

She was possessed by Karis, a dragonkin and a descendant of Noemi.

Lastly, the demon of sloth, Nurvia.

According to the hypothesis, Nurvia should have been possessed by Semir.

Or it should have been attached to something related to Morcru.

However, unlike the hypothesis.

Nurvia was possessed by an ordinary human, Helen.

But the story Helen told now.

According to that story, she was originally destined to be possessed by Semir.

However, coincidences overlapped and twisted, and she was possessed by Helen.

And when Sian’s thoughts reached this point.

Ding!

『[Main Story Quest] – ‘The Unfinished Fight’』

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