CH-95.2

 Chapter 95.2

"Could they have an inkling of the holy mother's location?" (Diego)

"It seems so. The masked man was rampaging but wasn't able to find it."

Everything went silent again.

Eventually, Diego seems to come up with an idea.

"Okay then. This is what we'll do. Well, make this attack look like the mazoku did it." (Diego)

"…One of the demon king academy students? Shall I capture one?"

"Yeah and the method doesnt matter. People believe we are justice anyway so it's fine. It'll make a good cause to invade Deiruheido with." (Diego)

"Then, finally?"

"Yes. The time has come to fulfil our long-cherished wish." (Diego)

"Yes! Understood!"

"I'll leave the spy to you. Find them and make them spit out everything they know. Use whatever means necessary." (Diego)

"Ha!"

What a stupid thing.

Creating a fake fire to make a justification for war.

Why are you so dissatisfied with peace?

I could kill him right here but I destroyed his origin yesterday and here he stands.

It would probably be quicker to stop their plans.

I don't know who this holy mother is but she's important to the hero academy.

Going on what I know so far its probably Eleonor.

If the masked man couldn't find it then there's a hidden room around here somewhere.

I look around with my demon eyes but there's nothing that could be a hidden magic device which makes sense since it's the first thing that would be noticed. That means it's like my dungeon back at the demon kings castle and it's hidden via normal means and not magic.

I retraced my steps and came to the passage with the destroyed wall.

I raise my foot slightly and tap the floor.

Immediately afterwards the building shakes greatly with the vibration from my tap.

"Enemy attack! Deploy the entire squad!!"

Soldiers come surging out but when they realise no one is there they stop and look around suspiciously.

"…Was it an earthquake…?"

"…It's incredibly rare around lake Seimei. Is it because the waters gone…?"

While the soldiers are talking I search for their magic using my demon eyes and grasp all their locations.

Fumu. There?

I walk down the passage to my targeted place.

After all the soldiers have gone I face a very ordinary-looking wall, place my fingertip on it and pushed.

A normal non-magic hidden door swings slowly open.

In an emergency its human nature to protect what you are supposed to protect and in doing so create an information leak.

The answer became known when I compared the placement of the soldiers before and after the vibrations I caused.

I walk down the straight and dimly lit passage easily avoiding an assortment of non-magic traps.

Eventually, a faint blue light appears in front of me and I enter into a vast space.

Several thousand floating, no, there's more than that. Over 10,000 floating holy water balls and all of them have a naked girl floating in them.

Zeshia Kanon Ijeishka.

It's her without a doubt. The school's number 1.

Every single one of them. All of the over 10,000 girls have the exact same origin.

And there in the centre of the vast room in the largest holy water ball was Eleonor.

Her entire body is glowing with magic power and like yesterday it's causing her outline to become blurry.

A number of magic characters emerged from her body and floated around it while her magic power was spread amongst the other holy water balls.

"Eleonor." (Arnos)

I cancelled ｢Rainel｣ and called her name.

"…Arnos-kun…" (Eleonor)

She looks at me joyfully but also surprised.

"Sorry I couldn't come. This was a bit unexpected for me." (Eleonor)

"According to our schedule, we were to meet after school and it's now after school so no problem." (Arnos)

Eleonor smiles.

"I knew for sure you'd come." (Eleonor)

She raises her finger and stares at me with a gentle expression.

"Even though it's in a place like this will you hear my wish?" (Eleonor)

"Gladly." (Arnos)

"I want Arnos-kun to destroy an origin." (Eleonor)

"Fumu. Whose?" (Arnos)

Eleonor responds in an eager tone of voice

"Mine." (Eleonor)

Eleonor smiles a genuine smile with no hint of a lie. It was a heartfelt wish.

"I've been waiting a long time for the person who'll set me and Zeshia free from this endless hell. Arnos-kun end me." (Eleonor)

In this way she confesses.

"I'm a taboo magic that should never have been created by humans." (Eleonor)