Goblin Knight - Chapter 364



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EP.364 Things You Should Not Know

After a moment of silence.

Yael opened her mouth tremblingly.

“… … Well, the reason I called you here, Knight Nari, wasn’t just to ask you whether you’d like to follow me or not. If I had, I would have liked you to give me a different answer.”

“then?”

“Even if Knight Nari leaves, we also prayed to hear information so that we could kill at least one more person before we die. It seemed like he had much more detailed information about those bastards than we did.”

That was true.

Blanc would have been relatively authoritative when it came to the ‘stories’ used by the Executor and the Archbishop’s party.

“From what I saw earlier, the way your fight unfolded seemed very strange. What happened?”

“Uh… I think Nellyvia would know better than me.”

“… … .”

“Nelivia?”

Even though the question was passed on to Nellyvia, for some reason she did not answer right away and just stared at Yael.

Neither Blanc nor Yael had any idea what was going on, so they just exchanged bewildered glances.

Nellyvia opened her mouth with a look of disapproval on her face, one corner of her mouth lowered.

“The leader of the executioners who attacked you is Ira. He is the fourth archbishop of the cult and seems to be able to control the anger of others.”

“Control your anger?”

“If you get angry in front of him, understand that your anger will be amplified hundreds or thousands of times. In the case of those of you who are already deeply ingrained in hatred, you will not be able to maintain your reason just by looking at his face. It may be a bit ridiculous, but you should also consider the possibility that your blood pressure will rise and you will die.”

“… … So that’s why I lost my mind. Then, Nellyvia, could that bastard’s foul language also be a form of incantation?”

“No, that’s just his nature. I wonder where he picked up such garbage.”

Nellyvia clicked her tongue as if it was unpleasant to even think about it, then continued speaking.

“The weapons they shoot, the guns, seem to have that ability as well. The power to tear through the werewolf’s outer skin is powerful, but the liquid inside the bullet… It was different for each one that was exposed, right? Some immediately turned mad, while others only suffered a little pain.”

“That’s what happened….”

“The principle is the same. The amount of anger that is built up inside determines the effect. The first one to go mad, that lady named Alga, was probably cursing this world itself.”

“… … .”

“Oh, by the way, all those exposed to the liquid will be infected with the plague, although the symptoms will manifest at different times. I sincerely advise you to kill them all in advance.”

“How could that be?”

“Well, I guess that’s what you’re trying to do.”

Nellyvia glared at Yael with sharp eyes.

Yael, who was about to question him in anger at the harsh words that implied that he was ‘trying to drag his subordinates to the brink of death’, soon became unable to say anything.

It was because his gaze fell on Blanc.

“I think you’re mistaken, but I’ll tell you that I have absolutely no interest in helping you. Especially since you’re no longer even of any value to me as an ally.”

“Nellivia-”

“But, this… my… colleague, seemed to believe that was right. That’s why I kept quiet.”

Nellyvia said, glancing at Blanc.

“Even if I have complaints, I don’t have the confidence to choose a better path than you right now. So I just followed your wishes… But if these guys are going to push you to the brink of death, it’s a different story, Blanc.”

“… … Your Majesty, I told you. I sincerely hope you don’t come. It’s a death knell.”

“I don’t know. Even I can guess what this guy’s answer to that question is.”

“that…….”

“Can you say that you didn’t guess? Can you say that you didn’t have the slightest thought of taking advantage of this guy’s incompetent goodness?”

“… … .”

“That’s not possible. For a werewolf with such a stubborn mind, you’re actually quite resourceful.”

Nellyvia shot back venomously.

But the girl, seeing Blanc’s embarrassed face, closed her eyes tightly and sighed as if she really didn’t like it.

“I don’t think that will change your mind. So, let me tell you one last thing to be careful of… Pay special attention to the red shoes the Archbishop is wearing.”

“Red shoes?”

“The moment you recognize its existence, you will become obsessed with wanting it to the point of madness, and you will perceive everyone around you as competition. Honestly, compared to the danger of this, the rage spell is nothing. If it were released into the world, it could destroy a country.”

“Uh… I don’t really get it… … .”

“It’s something that cannot even be resisted by someone with my level of magical power. Let me tell you that even the last executors I saw were swept away by it and ended up like that.”

“… … How to deal with it?”

“If you feel like the Archbishop is going to say something like, ‘I really didn’t want to write this!’, close your five senses and run away with all your might. Nothing else comes to mind.”

“It’s so frustrating. How was the knight Nari okay?”

“I stopped you. But don’t rely on me. I can only protect one person at a time.”

It was a hopeless story in many ways.

As Nellyvia’s calm voice continued, the atmosphere became increasingly heavy, and Blanc suddenly asked a question.

“But that… that executioner who wore red shoes. What do you think will happen to him?”

“huh?”

“If the curse of the red shoes is ‘a curse that makes you desperately want to have them,’ then I wonder what would happen if there were no more competitors around.”

“Maybe… you’ll come to your senses a little bit? I honestly don’t know what’ll happen after that.”

“Hmm.”

Does that mean there’s no chance of meeting that blue enforcer again?

Looking at the final situation, it didn’t seem like he would die, as he would have killed all the surrounding executors, so I just hoped that I could meet him in good condition.

Because we still haven’t figured out his tragedy… … .

“It is… a truly intractable problem that seems to have no answer, but it is something that cannot be avoided.”

“… … .”

“If I think about it again, wasn’t it said that some unknown towers were guiding our actions? Is this the same thing? Are we wolves… walking towards the end of the story without even realizing it?”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know enough to deny that.”

“I wasn’t really expecting an answer. It’s not like anything will change.”

Yael gave a sad smile.

“So, in summary, is this it? Let the thugs and executors who wander along the way do whatever they want, but if you come across that Archbishop, don’t think twice and immediately cut off his head. If you fail, run away immediately. And no matter what the outcome, all the guys who get shot are to commit suicide?”

“I see you understand.”

“It won’t be difficult.”

Jael answered with a joke and then looked away towards the west from where they had come.

Yeah, what good would all those threats do to someone who’d lost their lover?

However, it may only be seen as a ‘difficult problem to overcome in order to get your lover back.’

As if Blanc were in this time zone right now… … .

‘… … Wait?’

In his thoughts, Blanc remembered the first thing he had to say the moment he realized they were going to fight again.

A being more dangerous than the madmen and the executioners, the strange powers of Archbishop Ira, and the abilities of the Red Shoes.

The one who could make Yael’s determination in vain…

“… … More than that, there is something important I had to tell you. It’s a good thing that you called me here. There’s nothing good that comes from hearing it from many people.”

“Huh? What-”

Blanc said with a rather serious face.

“The existence of a possible traitor.”

Yael stood up straight.

Her astonished face said, ‘That can’t be true’, but… I couldn’t help but tell her.

“It’s not exact. It’s not certain. But given the circumstances, I’m pretty sure. Otherwise, all these things can’t be connected.”

“What do you mean? Now, tell me more… … .”

“This time, the timing was ‘coincidental.’ The time when the Wolves lost the protection of the Great Wolf, and the time when you, enraged by the massacre, started a civil war, the Werewolves were at their weakest, and their attack occurred.”

“Isn’t this just a coincidence? Or is it the intervention of some law that those guys believe in so much?”

“That may be true. However, once you become aware of the existence of the law, you will have to view all the problems of this world as law. I… Through my past experiences, I have come to realize that there are many things in the world that occur artificially more than you might think.”

Blanc said with a sigh.

“Even if that is the case, there are two circumstances that make it impossible not to suspect the existence of a traitor. One is the massacre itself. The massacre was staged.”

“… … What?”

“It wasn’t the Wolrangs who did it. Of course, I would have told you otherwise, but there was a reason. Did you see the executioner who was going crazy earlier? The red shoes he was wearing. That’s what caused the massacre-”

Blanc, who was continuing his explanation, suddenly looked at Yael.

Her eyes were trembling more than ever before.

“That… that, that massacre… wasn’t the work of the Wolrangs? No, that was definitely the Wolrangs… still, the ability to make them go crazy… …?”

It must have been that shocking.

Because it was the Coppertails, including Yael, who started the civil war, thinking that the incident was caused by the Wolrangs.

It’s a sad story, but it had to continue.

“… … Anyway, there was a separate party that started the civil war. If I hadn’t known the details of the internal situation, I would never have been able to figure out the timing. And another circumstance is that they used the plague.”

“Hey, plague… …?”

“Yes. There must have been two ways for them to learn about the ecology that even the werewolves were not familiar with. One was to hear from the law, and the other was to get clues from someone who knew a lot about the werewolves.”

“… … .”

“But since we said earlier that we should put aside the intervention of the law for a moment, we should discuss the possibility of a werewolf expert, and who would know the most about werewolves-”

Just as I was about to ask the last question.

Nellyvia, who had been listening to the story in silence, shook her head and said.

“Leave it at that. It’s meaningless.”

“Nelivia?”

Blanc tilted his head, not expecting Nellyvia to open her mouth at this timing.

What the hell is meaningless-

“I was wondering why you said, ‘Let’s listen to the saint’s words’ yesterday. Did you really not notice?”

“what?”

“The most glaring contradiction in this guy’s story last night. I thought you noticed it. You were the first to notice something none of us knew… I thought you would.”

“So what the heck-”

“The existence of a plague.”

Nellyvia said in a low voice.

“Yesterday, you told this guy about the conversation with the saint and said, ‘This situation is actually caused by a plague.’ At that time, this guy reacted as if he had never heard of that before, thinking, ‘No way.’”

“however?”

“But you know, this guy said this less than ten minutes ago: ‘Even considering the mess the plague has made.’”

I definitely remember saying that.

Blanc lifted his head and looked at Yael.

Yael was looking at Nellyvia with both eyes, her forelegs, and her entire body trembling like an aspen tree.

Like a child whose secret he most wanted to keep unknown has been revealed.

“This guy already knew about the plague. He must have been hiding it since none of the other werewolves knew.”

Or.

Like a traitor who drove his clan to extinction… … .

“And the reason why that knowledge was hidden… well, there must be one reason.”

Nellyvia looked at the traitor with cold eyes.

“This bitch is the traitor you were looking for.”