Chapter 638 Three-Face and the Two Goddesses
Edited by: Kanaa-senpai
’This one… their soul is bound. ──They’re completely tied up and cannot come out.’
As I looked down at the kneeling Three-Face, Yamikirimaru──Lilith whispered to my heart.
’What’s binding them… I see. So it’s that person…’
Following Lilith, Kamikirimaru──Frejya seems to have noticed something.
’Frejya… This person is being controlled by someone──’
”Oh! Isn’t that Three-Face? Looks like their real target is…”
”Kazumi! Are you alright!?”
Just as I was about to ask for details, Simona and Liz rode in on horseback.
They quickly dismounted and rushed over, poking and prodding Kazumi all over.
”Hey! That tickles!”
Kazumi twisted her body from being poked all over by Liz and Simona, feeling ticklish.
Finally convinced, the two checked to see that she was unharmed and sat down in relief.
* * *
”I’m glad… you were safe…”
”I realized that their real target is you.”
After hearing the story from the two, even I felt a chill.
They were attacked by 2 demons calling themselves Demon King Four Dark Heavens and Sixteen Demon Generals.
”We somehow managed to kill one, and we drove the other one away.”
Simona, with only a cloth wrapped around her chest, as if her chest armor was destroyed, slapped her knee with a loud sound!
”The real trouble was with Gieze’s group…”
According to Liz, they were also attacked right after returning from the Great Labyrinth.
It seems Gieze, Violet, and Gorge were injured, but their lives are not in danger.
”The adventurers who helped us got hurt too…”
”Well, their injuries are minor. When we arrived, Karina and Charlotte took the lead to start giving first aid.”
”Are Gieze and the others alright?”
Kazumi nervously asks the two of them.
”…All 3 of them have pretty deep wounds. We just took them to Mister Rudolf’s clinic.”
After hearing Liz’s reply, Asuka stood up.
”Can I leave the rest to you? I need to…”
”Yeah, hurry up and go to Gorge.”
When I said that, Asuka nodded and ran off.
”I’ll go too. It looks like the clinic will be really busy.”
Following Asuka, Rena also ran off.
* * *
”…Now, about your punishment…”
I said my goodbyes to Asuka, then turned to face Three-Face, still kneeling and unmoving.
At the same time, every eye in the area turned toward him.
”So… all my subordinates’ attacks were completely repelled…”
Three-Face muttered as he looked up.
His eyes were directed at Liz and Simona.
”It seems I underestimated your power. I thought I could secure Kazumi and, if possible, take her hostage.”
”That’s the thing––”
Three-Face spoke with a hint of self-derision, and my master crouched down in front of him and asked a question.
”This isn’t like you. You’re nothing like the impression I got from the lord.”
”That’s true… You’ve changed since we met two years ago. Did something happen?”
I nodded at my master’s words and directed a question at Three-Face.
”This person… is ‘Three-Face but not Three-Face’ right now.”
When I turned around, Lilith had materialized, standing there.
Beside her stood Frejya’s main body.
She must’ve come through Kamikirimaru.
”…This one will now release him from his curse.”
Frejya stepped forward and approached Three-Face.
I put my hand on the Yamikirimaru at my waist, ready in case he tried to do something to Frejya.
But, Three-Face didn’t move at all.
His face had somehow changed to a ‘crying face.’
Frejya, who placed her hand on the forehead of that ‘crying face,’ spoke in a strong tone as if giving a command.
”Release this person!”
The moment a strong light shone from Frejya’s palm… Three-Face, who had been kneeling, suddenly collapsed like a snapped thread.
”G… Goddess…?”
Kazumi’s mom, leaning against her daughter for support, whispered in a trembling voice.
”From the old World. ──Now, a true goddess stands here.”
Frejya smiled gently, her presence radiating a divine aura.
”I have heard from the lord. You are the light goddess Frejya. And… the one over there is the dark goddess Lilith, right?”
The master knelt before Frejya and lowered his head.
In that flowing movement, I was once again reminded that my master is the ‘greatest knight in the kingdom.’
This knightly way of behaving is also the best in the kingdom.
I thought.
”Please raise your face, Knight Müller. I am indeed the goddess Frejya, but… I am no longer in a position to govern this World and have just been freed from the labyrinth where I was locked away for a long time.”
”That’s right. ──Besides, I am not my true self. I am still trapped in the Great Labyrinth of Welnia.”
Frejya gracefully spoke, and Lilith laughed merrily.
”C-Can it be… Frejya and… Lilith?”
When I looked at the one who spoke, it seemed they couldn’t exert strength and desperately tried to lift their body with both arms.
It seemed that Three-Face wanted to show the same deep bow as my master.
”It’s fine just like that, Three-Face.”
”But…”
”I said it’s okay. ──By the way, Three-Face.”
While wobbling, Lilith approached Three-Face, who finally managed to kneel and lower their head.
”For a long time… you have supported the Demon King well. I thank you for that.”
”W-What a generous compliment.”
It seemed they were feeling shy, as their voice, which is said to have no inflection, trembled slightly.
”You will also be the one to release me from deep within the Welnia Labyrinth, along with the Demon King and Azradelius, right?”
”M-My deepest pleasure, of course. ──And when that time comes… I would like to humbly request Lady Lilith’s aid against the Demon King…”
”I will be freed by my master──Hiroya, so you all don’t need to push yourselves too hard♡”
Saying that, Lilith leans against me.
You… don’t do stuff that annoys the believers in front of them.
”Well, I’m not planning to stop you from doing what you want, okay? It’s fine to dive into Welnia Labyrinth to free me. But──”
Lilith moves away from me and crouches down in front of Three-Face.
”When you reach the deepest level and free me… be careful of Azradelius’s movements, okay?”
”Careful… means…?”
Huh?
Three-Face tilts its head like that.
Seeing that, Lilith stands up again and laughs lightly.
”That guy poses a risk of harming my true body.”
When Lilith said that, I felt a more serious look on her face than usual.
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Edited by Kanaa-senpai.
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