I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

95 – Compromise-10

“Wade.”

The princess’s eyes were fierce. I smiled sheepishly.

“Why are you doing this, princess?”

“Didn’t something dangerous happen?”

“As you can see, we’re not in good shape.”

The sun was high in the sky, but I couldn’t bear to wake these people up. I was so tired.

At least Lilian and Claire were fine, but that didn’t mean they weren’t physically tired. They all fell down and were just giggling on the stone tower.

“Yes. That’s why I rushed over. Because no one explained the situation.”

Quite a lot happened yesterday. No matter how hard you grabbed the collar of the person passing by and shook it, it probably wouldn’t have helped you judge the situation.

“There is a story that you fought Lord Wilhelm, there is a story that you fought a warlock who used a bow mixed with some kind of magic, and there is also a story that Olivia took down an entire group of Holy Knights by herself. ..There were too many unreliable rumors.”

“Ah.”

“That’s not all. I also heard that a black spell that would destroy this entire city was struck twice, and that someone blocked the spell.”

It was quite detailed. After all, there is no way that a big person would tell a lie in front of the princess.

“There were a lot of fights here and there, and it certainly seemed like something had happened… But I wasn’t sure what exactly happened. I’m not your boss right now, but could you report it?”

“You even know what to report… You already know everything.”

The princess’s face was distorted.

“Didn’t you listen to what I just said?”

“I listened to everything, without exception. It’s all true. Didn’t you say it knowingly?”

Yuri Sia shook her head.

“Of course, it is possible to distinguish between the words of those who are confident in their words and those who are not confident. I filtered out the words of those who talked about words they picked up from others, and in this situation, there was no one who lied to me…”

Absolutely, what she heard would have been incomprehensible to her sense of common sense.

“Even if you believe what they say without a doubt, what they say cannot always be true. Please explain in detail.”

After thinking for a moment, I tried to somehow organize the confusing things that happened yesterday.

“Lord Wilhelm of the Inquisition was a member of Khazot. And one of the survivors of the Hergan Forest, Karbosara, was also a member of Khazot.”

“So?”

“After defeating both of them, uh… Katharine was involved. After subduing her as well, they are resting here.”

Yurishia’s eyes turned sharp.

“Are you planning to call that suppression now?”

From behind my back, Katharine’s face peeked out.

“Did you see something that made you uncomfortable, princess?”

“Get away from him.”

“Are you jealous?”

Rather than saying he had any particular feelings for me, he just smiled as if he was enjoying teasing the princess.

“I’m sorry, but I’m a little scared. I’m really exhausted right now, so I don’t think I’ll be able to avoid the princess’s sword.”

“Then you have to be judged, Wade. Can you step aside for a moment?”

If given even a little space, he was ready to cut Katharine down at any moment.

“…”

The princess was also a victim. From Katharine’s perspective, she was the perpetrator.

What Katarin said, ‘the imperial cruelty inflicted on the Erst family’ was also true. However, it was also clear that during the war, Catherine killed people and used them as ingredients for black magic.

“Wade. I swore to be loyal to you, so you can keep this much, right?”

Katharine put her hand on my shoulder. Yurishia’s expression became harsh.

“Choose wisely. The Erst family is famous for making ‘oaths of loyalty’ to various heirs of the kingdom and then throwing them away like a pledge.”

“Are you talking about the second prince? They asked for something we couldn’t give.”

“No matter how much that may be, luring those who have pledged to serve the same lord into the banquet hall, then murdering them all and filling the wine barrel with their blood… Isn’t this something a warlock would do?”

“I don’t know.”

“If you have an excuse, do it. Of course, there are bad rumors about the second prince… But I don’t think you can forgive the cruel slaughter of lives like that.”

Katharine had a wistful expression.

“…Now that I think about it, this was my first time having a conversation like this with you. It was considered meaningless no matter what I said on the battlefield-“

“I always stood in front of you with all my heart. It was you who had your head filled with deception, with the intention of deceiving me.”

Katharine sighed.

“Well, it’s funny that you and I are friendly and laugh haha. We have dead people.”

Katharine had her own blood on her hands, she understood correctly.

She also knew that she couldn’t easily erase it. She, too, was not someone who wanted forgiveness.

“But… Okay. Would you like to make a bet?”

“Bet?”

“I’ll tell you why the Erst family had no choice but to betray the second prince. When you hear that, don’t laugh or get angry… If you say, ‘Nevertheless, you should have kept faith,’ without Any change in your facial expression, you will just obey the title.”

“Do you want to play pranks in this situation?”

Unlike Katharine, Yurishia’s expression was serious.

She won’t even be understood as she is. It must have been difficult to understand the situation in which I was covering Katharine, with her clinging to my back her her her her.

“Try it.”

“The second prince wanted my father’s body.”

“What?”

“It was a sodomy. It was a condition that could never be granted.”

Yurishia couldn’t do anything, she kept an expressionless expression.

“That’s… Definitely a good reason.”

“Of course, we were loyal to many people other than the Second Prince. But there were good reasons for betraying them.”

The princess closed her mouth. She never thought to understand, she never had a conversation.

Unless there were some serious circumstances, Katharine would not have tried to tell others about this reason.

Understanding is accompanied by empathy. And empathy removes fear, and as a result, fear naturally disappears.

The Erst family did not want to be understood. Those who surrounded them also did not want to understand them.

“… I know this isn’t the end. Wade is a foolishly good person, and as long as I was under his protection, I had no choice but to pay for what I did.”

Yurishia looked at Katharine. With complicated eyes.

“Still, I’m satisfied as long as my territory can survive. If you want to make me pay for my crimes, you can bring me to court.”

“…If you say that, I can’t help it. I don’t know what you did here, but if you cooperated with Wade, you must have had the will to fall in love with Kazott.”

Katharine smiled slightly.

“Actually, she was just beaten to death and then begged for her life.”

“Is that true, Wade?”

The ferocious momentum that seemed to cut Katharine down at any moment disappeared. However, Yurishia still didn’t seem to believe Katharine’s words

“There is a bit of distortion… But it is true that there was some physical shock in the process of persuading Katharine.”

The princess tilted her head.

“…I didn’t think you were the type of person who would say something like that.”

“Well, maybe I was the person who had to say that… I don’t know. Until now, I was the one who had to say that.”

“I see.”

She is the one who had to surround herself with fear. Whether it’s right or wrong.

“Ha…”

Yurishia sighed. She could understand.

Even if I understand her alone, even if she has her own story behind her sins, not everything is forgiven.

However, condemning her now will not solve the problem. Katharine’s family, the remaining members of the Erst family, or another warlock will rise again and pile up yet more hatred.

I had no choice but to talk. For her to feel the pain her victims suffered, it took understanding, not just black magic torture or the thrusting of a knife.

“So… Has Kazot been resolved? I took down a guy who looked quite dangerous on the way.”

With difficulty, Yurishia tore her gaze away from Katharine.

“It’s over for now.”

“If this amount of people were consumed… It would be quiet for at least a few years.”

“That’s not it.”

I caused fatal damage to Kazot.

“What does that mean?”

“We lost the Relic of Baal, our relationship with Katharine was broken, and we lost two important executives. And now, they know what kind of person I am.”

“…”

“You can imagine that Katharine will fight against them, and the princess also engaged in combat with them on her way here. Moreover, this incident is… On a much larger scale than what happened at the academy.”

A city was almost blown away.

It is an agenda of such magnitude that it cannot be compared to a strange monster falling into the testing room at the academy or a drug-related conspiracy.

The Empire will begin searching for Kazot. They will be under pressure that is incomparable to before.

“I will make my last struggle.”

Because they won’t give up.