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Chapter 117

「Me?!? 」

「Yeah, that’s right. Moses is actually continuing the work of the Ark Project, which aimed at population control, which was pursued by the strongest reincarnators in the past.」

「…」

「One of their major goals is the completion of the Human-Demon Emperor. Through various means, both overt and covert, like enchantments and allurements… well, there are many methods, but you were created by adjusting bloodlines, just like breeding thoroughbred horses.」

「Well… I guess there’s a hint of truth in that, maybe?」

「What do you mean?」

「My father’s side is all scum, and my mother’s side is unusually decent… or rather, if you trace back their ancestors, it seems like quite an impressive lineage. Well, after three generations of fallen nobility, my mother ended up in that village.」

「I’ve never heard that your mother’s side was fallen nobility.」

「Well, it’s a story from three generations ago. But then why am I not becoming this Human-Demon Emperor before the final battle?」

At that point, Lilith, who had been silently listening to the whole conversation, spoke up.

「…It’s obvious. It’s because Lute was working behind the scenes.」

「Lute?」

Lilith nodded.

「…For that purpose, during the training period… he was quite active for a considerable period. Originally, Lute should have been much stronger than he is now…」

At that point, I interrupted Lilith.

「That’s enough, Lilith.」

「…But…」

I placed my right palm on Lilith’s head, who seemed dissatisfied.

「There’s no point in saying that, Lilith.」

「…When you put it like that, I can’t argue.」

Come to think of it, I’ve known Lilith for a long time. Heading to the Dragon’s Lair together after the goblin incident, undergoing the dragon’s trial together… At first, she was just an ordinary magician traveling the world with me…

「Well, Moses and the others didn’t even consider me as a threat. In fact, if I had something like the God Eater skill, which I obtained in the final stage of my training, they would have been wary, and things wouldn’t have gone as smoothly.」

「…Anyway, Cordelia Allston. You should be more thankful to Lute. Originally, you would have been placed in a criminal organization that is called the Holy Knight Order, and you would have had to kill a thousand innocent people… that’s an absolute condition for the Human-Demon Emperor to be established.」

I interrupted Lilith again.

「That’s enough, Lilith.」

With that, Cordelia tilted her head and then clapped her hands.

「So, Lute used his connections to… prevent Moses from instigating various things to fulfill the conditions for the Human-Demon Emperor, right?」

「Well, that’s one way to put it.」

It was actually quite a hassle.

I had to run around a lot to get help from the Dragon King, Liu Hai, Merlin, and others.

But what were Moses and the others planning to do? How were they going to turn Cordelia, the strongest biological weapon, into a tool to annihilate humanity?

Well, it doesn’t matter now.

Thanks to that, Cordelia is on my side now, as we’re getting to the point of settling things with Moses.

She’s on our side, rather than becoming some kind of existence like the Human-Demon Emperor that I couldn’t deal with anyway.

「Well, anyway, we digressed from the topic of dragons, didn’t we?」

「Yes, that’s right.」

「Well, the point is, you don’t know anything about the hidden history of this world. So, dragons, to put it bluntly…」