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Volume 2 Chapter 2 Part 3

「Yes! I will! 」

Siluca straightened herself out before replying.

「By the way, would you mind if we changed the subject for a bit? 」

「Yes, of course? What is it? 」

Siluca saw where Elder Zelma’s face was looking and followed her with her sight…

「What do you think when you look at this? 」

After saying that, Elder Zelma pointed to the Chaos Globe placed on the desk.

「Ugh! 」

Siluca stuttered.

The light and darkness sealed in the Chaos Globe are said to represent the current state of the world. Therefore, it is said that if you read the light and darkness in the Chaos Globe accurately, you will be able to understand even the universe itself. But only those who know how to do it properly will be able to do that.

「Let’s see… 」

Siluca looked into the Chaos Globe while remembering the lectures that she received at the Red Faculty of Liberal Arts.

「The dark force in the Globe is strong, and its movements are large and slow. It looks as if it was trying to swallow all the light… 」

Siluca muttered so, and just in case, she took out her own magic wand and checked the Chaos Globe in front of her. Both the light and dark mists seemed to have similar movements.

「The reason why the darkness is strong is because the Chaos density has increased recently. The large and slow movement is probably the aftermath of the sudden change in the Chaos density from a while ago. 」

「It may be so. 」

Siluca raised her head and shook it at the Elder. Beyond that, she did not know what else she should say.

「What, is that all? 」

Zelma said in amazement.

「While there is great movement, the waves that the two forces are emitting are relatively small. I said that the light in this globe looked as if it was about to be swallowed by the darkness, but if you look closely enough, then is it not actually the other way around? That light looks as if it wanted to dive deeper into the greater darkness? 」

「Well, if you want to see it that way, then it might just be that way. 」

The air in the room was almost cold, but Siluca felt a strange sweat dripping down her face as she recalled the words of the professor that told her that she was only using half of her brain during the divination classes.

「Did you know that once upon a time there was a terrible disaster that happened in this land? 」

「Do you mean the disaster during which a Demon Lord form the world of Diabolos appeared in Artuk in the year 330 of the continental calendar, right after the time of Extreme Chaos has ended? Is that the disaster that you are talking about? 」

Speaking of the Demon Lord, the figure she saw during 「The Tragedy of the Grand Cathedral 」was still vividly burned into Siluca’s eyes.

It was chaos of the highest order, and even among the otherworldly monsters that were projected into this world, it was an incomparably evil existence. Demon Lords are being that find pleasure in destruction and slaughter and never seem to be getting tired of it. Back then, it opened a gate that connected this world to the world of Diabolos and summoned its subordinate demons one after another. It has appeared several times during the time of Extreme Chaos, but each time it seems to have caused an enormous number of victims whenever it appeared. It is said that when the Demon Lord appeared in the north, it ended up completely witing out the population of three countries like it was a child’s play to it, so it should not be a surprise that when such a being appeared in Artuk, both the land and the populace ended up suffering terrible damage.

「Close, but what I am talking about is actually something a little bit different. 」

「Different? What exactly do you mean by that? 」

Siluca was surprised, since that is what she found out in the book detailing the history of Artuk that she read in the library of the Earl of Artuk’s castle. 」

「It is true that the Demon Lord has appeared in Artuk, but it did not disappear on its own. The Demon Lord that invaded Artuk at that time has been defeated by a certain Lord. 」

「No way… 」

That was the most speechless that Siluca has been for quite a while, but it was perfectly understandable for her to be like that, because according to the history books, there was never anyone who was able to actually defeat a Demon Lord.

「Who was the one who defeated it? If I remember correctly, if it was around the year 330, then it should have been around the time when the Founding Lord Leon should have been travelling around the continent… 」

For Siluca, the Founding Lord Leon was the ideal Lord, something that every other Lord should have tried to become. Even when she met Theo, she saw the figure of Leon in the purity of his thoughts and his deep care for the people of his hometown. If it actually turned out that Leon was really the Lord who defeated the Demon Lord that invaded Artuk, then Siluca would probably start screaming in joy like a little girl then and there.

「Unfortunately, the one who defeated that Demon Lord was not Leon. The one responsible for its defeat was actually a female Lord named Adele. She was a wandering knight who came to this country because she wanted to follow the footsteps of the Founding Lord Leon and quell the influence of Chaos and help people. According to history that has been passed down in our tribe, she cooperated with the Witches, Werewolves and Vampires, and managed to defeat the Demon Lord with their help. 」

「If that is how the things actually went down, then why is the truth about them not widely known? If she and her companions managed to achieve such a monumental feat, then Lady a Adele should be honored and have her name passed down in history forever. 」

「Because there are certain circumstances around that even that that cannot exactly be praised. 」

Zelma said so and let out a deep sigh.

「Because, even though Adele managed to defeat the Demon Lord, she ended up being captivated by the mighty power that it possessed, and that captivation drove her into wanting to become a Demon Lord herself. Back then such a practice was called mimicry… I think 」

「Mimicry… so she was actually a Layer? 」

Siluca muttered to herself. The happening of some Artists becoming engrossed and fascinated by the projections from the other worlds to the point where they wanted to become said projections themselves and imitate their appearance and abilities was not a foreign concept in the current times as well. Artists who are engaging in such a practice are called Layers, and to give you a practical example, Aishela could be called a Layer of the Valkyries from the divine world of Valhalla, because she wore armor similar to theirs and always tried to imitate their speech patterns while on the battlefield.

「Could it be…? 」

Siluca remembered something.

「Didn’t that Demon Lord layer invade Elam? I remember reading about that before. 」

It is a story that she learned in Magic Academy. She could not recall in what year it happened exactly, but she definitely read that sometimes during the middle of the 4th century don’t remember exactly what year it happened, but in the middle of the 4th century, an army led by the Demon Lord attacked Elam. At that time, Elam was not as powerful as it is now, and was on the verge of extinction. However, the Mages fought hard, and the Lords from the neighboring countries also rushed to their aid with their armies, thanks to which they somehow managed to defeat the Demon Lord and repel his invasion. However, based on the information that Siluca learned just now, maybe the one that invaded Elam was not the Demon Lord, but the Demon Lord’s Layer instead?

「It seems that there was an event like that at some point. 」

Zelma’s eyes turned distant for a moment, but she quickly returned her gaze to the Chaos Globe in front of her.
「What I was trying to say was that when the Demon Lord appeared in this world, the Chaos Globe was showing a similar kind of movements. 」

Then she took a book from one of the many shelves and showed it to Siluca.

It was a detailed description of the incident when the Demon Lord appeared in Artuk.