Chapter 186 – Deception

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“TRANSLATOR: Anargya”

“EDITOR: GhostApe”


「I’m Ariante from Peryudōna. I want to talk with the priest of this village that has a connection with Evil Dragon Rēvendia.」

After Rēko teleported to the village, Ariante headed for the village priest’s mansion. In other words, Raiotto’s home.

Thanks to Rēko, who was a servant before being the sacrifice, we found the location immediately.

「Wa-wa…From Peryudōna is it?」

At the door, a woman who seemed to be a servant came out to respond. Originally, I would reveal my identity and request voluntary cooperation but,

「Rēko.」

「Don’t give me instruction.」

Rēko, who has been hiding her face since entering the village, raised the hood of the robe. The servant who saw her face had a startled expression for a moment.

「Obediently let us pass.」

Rēko ordered as her eyes went blue, and at the same time, the servant fell into a hypnotic and half-conscious state.

「Understood.」

「Sleep for a while. And forget about our visit when you wake up. Understood?」

「As you say.」

The servant nodded and began to sleep quietly.

It’s really convenient. Ariante thinks that this would be really convenient if the girl had a decent personality.

The servant and the guards who passed by in the corridor were put to sleep with hypnosis.

And then,

「Yo-You are!」

Someone was astonished while pointing at Rēko.

He is clearly better dressed than the others, and has the same golden hair color as Raiotto. It’s the present generation priest—It’s Raiotto’s father I’m sure.

「Do it.」

「Do not give me instructions.」

There is no need for a conversation. He is also made to sleep with hypnosis by Rēko.

It is already clear that the father did not have any important information about Rēvendia. If he had any decent knowledge, he wouldn’t have sent someone as a sacrifice to that lizard and asked him to subdue the Demon King.

Rēko snorted inside the mansion where all of its inhabitants had been put to sleep.

「So, what are you going to do now, female knight? I do not think there is anything important here.」

「Do you remember any of the fake kin’s signs? Look for it.」

「He’s gone.」

「Even if you have already defeated him, there may be remnants of his sign near here. Or was it impossible for you to search for it? Even though you are a kin of the Evil Dragon?」

When I dared to laugh provocatively, Rēko seemed to be irritated.

「There is no reason for it to be impossible. You should sear this into your eyes.」

Rēko’s eyes turned to blue as she activated clairvoyance.

And,

「Mu.」

She groaned a little.

「What happened?」

「It’s right under this mansion. There are a few traces of him in the basement.」

「The basement? Where is the entrance?」

「There is none. It seems like there used to be an entrance, but it is now blocked by the base of this mansion.」

In other words, it’s a basement where its existence itself is sealed.

Ariante secretly felt for a response.

「Can we go to there?」

「No. It will be a hassle if you jump in and fall into a trap. For now, let’s just blow up the floor leading straight to it.」

「All right.」

When Rēko swung her dagger, the shockwave opened the floorboard, and created a tunnel leading to the basement.

「Can you fix it later?」

「Of course.」

「Good.」

Ariante wields her big sword and blows wind into the depths of the tunnel. If it were an abandoned basement, the air might be lean. The windows of the tunnel might be shattered by the wind pressure that has rolled up, but there is no problem with it as it would be fixed later.

Forcibly tearing off the magic stone lamp attached to the wall, she walked into the tunnel sneakily. As soon as they walked through the hole dug by Rēko, there was a passage covered with old bricks.

Is it a secret library? Or is it some kind of test site?

In any case, there is no doubt that this place is related to the first priest who deceived people to be a hero that wanted to defeat the Evil Dragon and the fake kin.

It’s not good if Rēvendia is revealed to be just a lizard, so let’s get Rēko to wait here in the name of watching the door for the time being.

Ariante walked down the aisle while thinking so, but suddenly stopped when she saw what was at the back of the room.

It was a small shrine.

A stone pillar like a tombstone stands, along with the remains of ropes that almost decayed clinging on around the pillar. It is quite old-fashioned, but it is a device for offering magic power to a God as a prayer.

There was a place of worship in front of it, and it seems that this place is the spot that Rēko detected.

But I can’t find anything that seems to be a document.

「A shrine dedicated to Rēvendia?」

「What are you talking about? A shrine for Evil Dragon-sama couldn’t be abandoned like this. No, even if it’s not abandoned, it is too plain. I would be troubled if it’s not a temple-class one.」

Ariante crouched down in front of the shrine and observed it.

There is no sign that something is in it. Even if there is some kind of God, it would have been a long time since it had faith and should have already died.

「Did you feel the sign of the fake kin from this shrine?」

「Yeah. There is still some of it drifting.」

Just when Ariante was about to ponder with her thoughts.

Katsun.

There is a sound that someone is walking in from the opposite side of the aisle that they came in to.

Ariante immediately held her big sword, and Rēko also pulled out her dagger while glaring.

All the people of the mansion should have been put into sleep. No one should be able to follow them.

「—It seems like you wanted to know who was enshrined here.」

From the darkness,  a man wearing a mask marked with a cross emerged.

There is no misunderstanding it, that was…

「You bastard. How are you alive?」

Rēko grinds her teeth while increasing her magic power.

Ariante is also puzzled. According to Rēvendia, the fake kin should have been completely pulverized after getting hit by Rēko who is 343.2 million times stronger.

「No. Your blow was very powerful. I certainly died.」

The fake kin clapped his hand as if to praise her.

「Shut up. I will definitely kill you this time.」

「Is that okay? If you do your best here, I don’t think the humans above will be safe.」

Ariante also put her hand on Rēko’s shoulder to stop her.

If Rēko released her power with all of her might, the village above the ground would disappear.

While clicking her tongue, Rēko suppressed her magic power.

「Don’t worry. I didn’t come here to fight. As the first kin, I only came here to talk to Rēko-jou.」

「I don’t remember you being a senior.」

「Don’t say that. I really appreciate you, you know.」

The fake kin deliberately shrugs his shoulders. 

「I thought she was a very weak lady for someone like Rēvendia-sama, but I didn’t think that she would be able to power up so quickly. No, there may even be more room to grow for her. What a scary little sister.」

「Who is your sister.」

Ariante and Rēko exchange strategies with their eyes and small hand signs.

Specifically,

[First, get information. After pulling out as much information as possible, Ariante will jump in and block the opponent’s movement. Rēko will then take a hold of him and transfer to the sky. After that, She will erase him again with the 300 million times stronger full power attack.]

As what they are thinking about the fight is the same, they can fully understand each other’s breathing without too many complicated signs.

「I am not going to keep up with your silly story. Answer only this one question. How did you survive my attack.」

The fake kin shook his head to Rēko’s question.

「I told you already, that attack certainly killed me.」

「If so, you are saying that you are a ghost now?」

「Nonono, I’m alive.」

The fake kin responded with only unsettling answers. Ariante wonders if they should just erase him as soon as possible. And then,

「I just made the fact that I “died” became a lie.」

Saying that, the fake kin pointed at the decaying shrine.

「The name of the God that is enshrined here is “Trickster Katari”. A guardian God that rules over lies. A follower of the Taizan Katari Lizard.」

The stone pillars cracked as if in response to the fake kin’s fingertips.

「The result of a foolish man who pretended to be a hero, a lowly god born from the man’s selfishness and vanity.」


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