Chapter 171 - 171. Postmortem Preparation (Complete)

"First, Miss Eisel Ludwig."

"If it's Ludwig..."

"I'm sure you've met him. He's the most important person in this job. He's the person I want to save."

"You were trying to save Ludwig..."

Ray, who seemed to know something about the Ludwig clan, murmured.

"So what should I do with Eisel?"

"Save me."

I responded with a short answer to Ray's question that immediately followed.

"You want to save...? Wasn't your older brother dying to save Eisel?"

"That's why I need to save it even more. So that my life is not in vain. Miss Eisel after learning of my death may choose to commit suicide."

"..."

Ray thinks a lot about the word suicide.

As if she knew that she was her regressor.

I guess it would be easier to explain to Zepetty later.

[I don't understand. Self-determination. Just because you and Eisel developed a good feeling, why does your death lead to suicide? ]

However, Sierra, who couldn't reach the information about a regressor, asked me if I didn't understand.

It was a perfectly normal reaction.

"I can't explain all the reasons clearly. But... There is a chance. If that happens, all my efforts will be in vain."

I can't explain everything.

In all things information, the content is important, but the source is just as important.

Can't answer the source.

Now, I had to assume that I didn't know anything clearly about the source.

Eisel's suicide.

This means that she takes her own return.

In fact, there are still question marks in my head. Will Eisel choose her return just because I died?

I don't want to know the answer to this question, nor do I want to know it.

It was just a comparison anyway.

In any case, many things will change once this work is completed safely. The most important of these is that the regressor will no longer be a regressor.

Why is a regressor a regressor?

Even if you die, you don't die, and you come back to the past and have another chance.

However, if you can't break down the wall, you will be trapped in the cycle of time like a wheel... In that time, you will gain various information and experiences that will help you break down the wall, supplementing your strength.

Therefore, a regressor can be called a regressor only after he dies.

Assuming that the present Eisel has never survived after 'that day', she is no longer a regressor.

This meant a lot in many ways.

After that, I will be able to take advantage of the information.

'Well, after graduating from the academy... So after the ending of the game, I'll be in the same situation...'

The variable that Eisel survived should not be ruled out, but the merit of making future work easier is undeniable.

More than anything... I want to experience it.

I want to show her the world after that day, freed from the terrible bondage of her regression.

"Of course, this can only be said when everything is well done, that is, when I've clearly eliminated the risk factors."

"Are you saying that Jeto-sama could fail?"

"...It could be. I'll try my best with the determination to die, but now that I haven't checked the enemy's strength, it's hard to predict even an inch ahead."

There are tears of the dead, so there won't be a complete failure.

If it hadn't been for the tears of the dead, he might have said something else.

'If I fail, don't stop Eisel from committing suicide.'

To say something like

It doesn't matter much whether it's me or Eisel's death. If there was someone's death this time, my goal would also be broken.

I think so.

If it were me now, I wonder if I would have thoroughly exploited even Eisel's return...

It may sound harsh, but I think I would have done it to achieve my goal.

Looking for the next opportunity.

Commitment to the following.

Indeed, even if I die now, it is unknown whether I will be able to appear in Eisel's next return, but if it were me, I would have bet on that number.

'No... Maybe I've already walked...'

Around the time the nightmare that suddenly rose up gradually ate away at my head.

"But what prevents him from committing suicide?"

I heard Ray's voice and woke me up.

Okay. In any case, people look to the future and walk in the present.

Now is what matters.

Whether the nightmare can end as just a nightmare is a matter in my hands.

I was able to come this far because I did not stop my feet despite the fears of the past.

"...How to stop it."

Instead of moxibustion, he recited.

Fortunately, I had an idea about this.

"There must be many ways to block it. But physically blocking it seems difficult for Zepetty and Ray now..."

I told you how to prevent Aisel from committing suicide.

Anyway, the fact that Ray and Zeppetti are my younger sisters to Eisel.

The situation Eisel was in at that time and the feelings she must be feeling.

Using those elements as weapons to attack.

Ray, who soon heard my explanation, opened her mouth with her trembling face.

"I'm going to overdo it..."

Then, Zeppetti, who was next to him, stepped out.

"Then I'll do it."

Zepetty nodded her head, expressionless.

"...Then I'll ask you. A decisive situation is enough."

In my opinion, it seemed better to leave this to Zeppetti.

She would do it perfectly.

"Next is Miss Yuri Clementine."

I kept simulating things that 'could' happen after my death, and told me how to deal with them.

The character of Yuri.

He will be furious when he learns of my death.

The only problem is that there is no place to pour out that boiling anger.

If things went well, the demons who killed me would have died with me.

Even so, he can go to catch demons at random, and he doesn't have the ability to do so.

However, if the affairs of the Kingdom of Terrasia overlapped at that timing, there would be a place for her to pour out her anger.

I needed to cut this off properly.

This is what Ray said he would do.

She is Ray, who should be considered quite far from political issues... She didn't quite understand how to stop it, but she decided to trust her.

As for Kaen, she didn't comment much.

She is a woman who knows how to control her emotions, even though she usually plays a very lighthearted fool image.

Well, the other characters didn't want to cause a big problem.

Small troubles would be problems that would be resolved soon after I woke up, even if Ray and Zepetty didn't step forward.

"Lastly... I am Bernice, the innocent saint. She will be a very important figure in my resurrection."

"...Is it miraculous?"

[Are you aiming for that? ]

Ray and Sierra roughly guessed the answer.

As they say, Bernice is the person closest to the word miracle.

Miracle of the Saint.

It hides the tears of the dead.

Even Bernice would be bewildered, but those around her who witnessed the miracle would become witnesses... And it would turn into a fact regardless of her denial.

"I don't think the saintess will cause trouble anyway... Everyone should know her powers. You just have to be careful with what you say. I'll have to time it right for the rest. Enough is enough."

Timing was important.

I think that if my death is known to Bernice, there will be an official or unofficial approach... I had to wake up according to that approach.

To do that, I had to wake up late or early.

I'd rather get up early.

It seems that some preparation is needed to get the timing right.

Well... Think about the explanation after waking up then.

"I think I've explained everything. It will be a bit complicated and difficult, but I believe you will do it well."

With this, my post-mortem preparations have completely come to an end.

Even if there is a part that Ray misses, I think Zepetty will take care of it.

Now all that's left is Aisel and Murka.

'What number will both sides unfold...'

***

Meanwhile, Murka, who stepped into the land of humans, was finally able to meet Albed.

An ordinary closet.

It was not even a basic barrier to be called a hiding place.

I had to assume that he was aiming for that part.

"From here... This way. Near the academy."

Albed, in Murka's eyes, was engrossed in it, not even noticing that he had entered the room.

Anyway, Murka came to talk to him, so he opened his mouth by knocking on the wide open door of the alcove.

"...Albed."

"Muh, Murka-sama?!"

It was only then that Albed, who was looking at the map, was startled.

"Concentration is still the same. The loopholes that accompany it."

"Everything, you were next to the corps commander..."

Albed, stained with bewilderment, blurted out his words, and Murka dusted an empty chair nearby and sat down.

"Well, you know? Oh, I didn't come alone. One of the staff members was following me... You don't have to worry too much about it. I'm not the staff member, so what does the staff know? . So what's the situation? There are a lot of guys I can't reach... Including you."

"..."

At Murka's question about the current situation, Albed swallowed.

"The situation."

Murka's cool eyes pierce Albed.

Soon, Albed lowered his head and explained the situation as he knew.

Murka knew of Krektar's death, so he went straight over to Zagoras and Ekis.

Albed knew right away that they were dead.

He wasn't just sitting there idly by. He interpreted the information in his own way and rolled his head.

However, the picture was very strange.

The conclusion was this.

Krektar to an unknown swordsman.

Zagoras to the saintess.

Ekis to Aisel.

All dead

Of the five demons who were ordered to slaughter the Ludwig clan in the past, only two remained.

After Albed's explanation, Murka smiled.

"...I see. The rest are all dead."

I expected it to some extent, but they weren't the ones who would die in vain.

Even when told that his men were dead, Murka smiled lightly.

It was just funny.

Are you incompetent because you are dead?

Was the person they were following also incompetent?

Murka never thought that the small greed he had in the past would come back like this.

The gist was simple.

Within a relatively short period of time, three demons related to Aisel died.

So, a connection with Aisel cannot be ruled out, but it was absolutely not something Aisel did alone.

There must be a background or an assistant.

Moreover, since he attracted a saint, he must have been a person with power worthy of him.

Both Albed and Murka came to this idea.

Just in case there's a catch...

"By the way. Aren't they the ones that are hard to subjugate without information?"

After listening to Albed's explanation, Murka asked a question.

Whereabouts of information.

Krektar was active as a theater actor.

Zagoras, who was the vice-captain of a kingdom's knights.

It's not that he didn't show his teeth, but even Ekis, who wandered here and there.

Even if they died, Eisel wouldn't have had information about all of them, but the three died in a very short period of time.

Like a well-planned hunt.

This was something I couldn't understand even though Aisel had a helper by her side.

"I also suspected that there might be an infiltrator among us, but..."

"Yes. Strangely... Now Albed, you are the only one left."

"Haha... That sounds like you're suspecting that I'm a snitch..."

Albed smiled shyly.

Albed was suspicious of Zagoras, but Zagoras died.

It wasn't that I didn't understand Murka's thoughts, but it was unfair.

"Then... Are you saying I'm a snitch?"

Murka's sad question continued, and in an instant, the wind in the closet raged, and several blades fell on Albed's neck.

People wearing masks came out of the darkness and pointed daggers at Albed's neck.

'This... Drakkir...'

Drakkyr.

A life without a face.

I heard that they are an assassination unit under the command of the corps commander, but why are they following Murka's orders?

"Five Drakkir. These are the ones the Corps Commander bestowed on me this time. I haven't seen blood on my sword yet... I didn't expect to be using them for the first time on an old subordinate."

"Murka-sama... Please reconsider one more time..."

Al-Bed's servile voice follows, Murka raises his hand, and soon Drakkir disappears into the darkness again.

"...Yes. I know. There's no reason or justification for cheating on you... That's why it's even more bizarre. What kind of face is the guy who did this... I wonder."

Murka muttered.

Soon after, Albed, who had been groping his neck with a blade, decides to deliver good news to Murka, who is in anguish.

"More important than that..."

Albed, approaching the desk with the map, picked up the item lying on the map and gave it to Murka.

"...Now that Eisel's death is certain."

Albed showing a mean smile.

What Albed gave to Murka was a kind of 'tracker' that could find Eisel's location.

Yes.

All the problems were caused by the unexpected survival of Eisel Ludwig.

If Aizel dies...

Everything is solved