Aging
"How are you feeling?"
I don't know the exact number of days
I was probably left completely alone behind these iron bars for 30 days.
I was getting tired of being in prison, so I was thinking about escaping.
"Governor, I thought you forgot about me?"
Montmorency stands in front of the iron grate in good spirits.
"Thanks to you, I've been a little busy."
"Sorry for the inconvenience."
"No, I don't mind, I was happily working."
There's no doubt that the person in front of me is Governor Montmorency.
But his appearance has clearly changed
The deep wrinkles disappear
The face that should have looked strange has changed to a more natural look.
"Did you use heavy makeup?"
"No, no, you just don't have to think about that. Not anymore, forever."
He threw something at me through the gap in the iron bars.
A small, elongated black object that fits in the palm of a hand.
There is already dried brown blood stuck to it.
"What's this?"
"Wasn't it an unforgivable traitor to you? I'm sure it's... Serufi, right?"
I see
So this is how it ended when they used me to their advantage.
Perhaps this was Serufi's brain.
There are large cracks in it, and even if you look at it with an untrained eye, you can see that it cannot be repaired or restored.
It's something I don't want Shirufi to know.
"Well, well. For my part, I wanted to make sure the person in question was punished."
"There's no need for that. I don't need you either."
Montmorency snaps his fingers
Then, several balls of light appeared from the gap in the ceiling.
They cling to me
"If I incinerate you without leaving a trace, even if you're a monster, you won’t survive, right?"
"That makes sense."
The sphere of light explodes before my eyes
Still, it's an amazing technique.
"What..."
The Governor seems surprised, but for me...
"A prison that can't be broken even with this amount of heat? That's amazing technology."
It's quite hot inside the prison, but that's it.
Normally, the walls and iron bars would have melted together.
"W-what did you do!"
"I just have to fight the heat with heat."
I took out Vouivre's sword with a certain amount of power.
I faced the explosion of the light spheres, that's all.
"D-don't move!"
The governor, clearly impatient, pulls out a remote control.
"Oh? Are you planning to kill my comrades? The moment you press the button, it will be considered a declaration of war and I will go on a rampage."
"Kukuku... If I were you alone, anything would be possible!"
The governor presses the button
"Ah, ah, you pushed it."
"That's the end of your relaxed expression! Your clones have already been mass-produced, and many of them have been killed by yourself...!"
Immediately after
There's a big hole in the floor
"Gya, gyaaaa!"
It's a shame
It almost hit the governor's torso directly.
It ended with just blowing off a single right arm.
"Wince, your skills have dulled, have they not?"
If it was the old Wince, it would have been a guaranteed hit.
"It feels different, because unlike a normal spear, there's no air resistance at all. Also, this is my first time using Vouivre."
"I see, so this is the first time you've actually created it."
"That's right. So please praise me when I get home."
Wince is coming up through the huge hole that's been dug in.
On her back is the same as mine.
Wings of light
"W-why are you still alive?!"
The governor has a terrible look on his face.
He lost his dignity and composure.
He is covered in saliva, tears, and snot
"Why... Shiro-san?"
"Well, Vouivre’s sword is against the rules, so what about Sedona’s and the others’ reactions?"
"They were stunned. I'm afraid she'll get angry later for keeping it a secret."
"That’s scary. I’m scared that Sedona’s gonna get mad at me."
Wince too
She can use Vouivre's sword and wings of light just like me.
We kept it a secret between just the two of us.
This is information that even Yukikaze, Tenrei, and Ginkei don't know.
"Well, assuming we’re going to get scolded a lot later, what are we going to do after this?"
"We'll all go home. We'll have no choice but to report to the Emperor that negotiations have failed and war has been decided."
"In wars, the losses are bigger than the profits."
There's nothing more to do here
If Prelati comes, we'll just attack with all our might.
"That's why, Governor-san, we're heading home."
"Y-you bastard..."
Hmm?
Montmorency now has a youthful look that doesn't look out of place.
It should have been like that until just now
But now?
"Hey, that face..."
"I won't forgive you! I won’t! Not until a single one of you lowly creatures left... cough*!"
The governor coughs loudly.
All we can do is watch it
"Cough*, cough*! What? I can't breathe... my body can't move."
The governor does not understand his situation.
"Hey, look at your hands."
So I gave him some advice
The governor was shocked when he saw the back of his hand.
"W-what is this? This is..."
The arm has lost its flesh and looks like a mummy of bones and skin.
"Why! Why is this body starting to age! Why am I getting old!"
The governor is getting old quickly.
"No, no! I don't want to die! I don't want to get old... why... what... is..."
Completely mummified, the governor never moved again.
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