Imperial Guard - Chapter 56



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“···.”

Rael finished his duties as a guard for the demon king and came out of the prison.

The special guards were still full of magic and ghosts.

These are things that came from the ghost king.

“Was it a problem that I reached the Demon King?”

Rael recalled what had happened in prison a little while ago.

As soon as his hand touched the Ghost King’s body, the Ghost King’s magical energy and ghostly energy flowed into his body.

It was a phenomenon that he could not understand with his common sense.

Swish-

Rael clenched his fist and summoned magical power.

A small magical power blossomed on his hand according to his will.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with my body.

“Is it the influence of the Thousand-Slayer Sword? No, that doesn’t make sense.”

Although the Thousand-Sal Sword is a sword that uses the surrounding magical power, absorbing it into the body is a completely different story.

Then there are two possibilities.

1. When you touch the Demon Queen, the person you touch absorbs her demonic energy and magic.

2. Rael absorbs the magical energy of the opponent he touches.

‘They’re both kind of shit?’

Number 1 is more likely, but number 2 is also possible.

He is the body of a dragon recognized by Tia.

It wouldn’t be strange if there were a few more hidden secrets.

‘I didn’t feel anything when I killed the lieutenant demon… but I didn’t have the Thousand-Slayer Sword at that time.’

With that thought in his mind, Rael headed towards the special guard building.

I was thinking of asking Gent or Yuri about the ghost king.

“Ahh! Rael, you ran away again! I finally found you!”

However, the person they met at the special guard was the crazy elf Reina.

Recently, I kept running away when Tia asked me to go with her, but I ended up getting caught.

As soon as she saw Rael, she grabbed his arm tightly as if she was determined not to let him go this time.

“···I have a question. Reina. Is it normal for demonic energy or magical energy to flow into you when you touch the body of the Demon King?”

“There’s no way I would know that. If you have any questions, let’s go ask Tia-nim together.”

This time, Reina was determined not to let go of Rael.

This time, I had to prove to Tia the power of nature that I felt from him.

‘···It wouldn’t be a bad idea to ask Tia.’

Rael smiled bitterly as he looked at the elf hanging on to his arm.

Come to think of it, it seemed like Tia would give a better answer to the question about the Ghost King than Ghent or Yuri.

“Okay. Let go of my arm so I can go.”

“The day will finally come when you can prove that the great nature that is in your hands is here…! I’ve even thought of a name for it. How about The natrure hand?”

“···Stop talking nonsense and let’s go quickly.”

Lael and Reina headed to the lake on the other side of the Demon King.

The lake where Tia resided was beautiful, unlike any other lake in the special guard, and looked like a giant sapphire embedded in the ground.

She was swimming in the lake in human form again today.

“Reina. But do the longevity species call something like that swimming?”

Rael looked at Tia, who was floating with her head in the lake, with a curious look on her face.

Only the bubbles bubbling behind her head indicated that she was breathing.

“If you’re in the water, you’re swimming.”

“···Yeah. I was the weird one.”

Rael didn’t think long.

In a world without foundation, that’s cute.

“Phuhaa! Huh? Reina and Rael are here?”

As I was watching Tia swimming for a while, she suddenly sat up.

She walked to the shallow part of the lake and pushed her wet bangs back.

“Lady Tia. I finally brought you! It’s Rael!”

“Hello, Tia.”

Rael nodded to Tia, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time.

It was the first time I had seen it since the magic was cast on the mask.

‘It seems like you’ve already forgotten about the time you cursed at Fermat when I showed him magic.’

Fortunately, she wasn’t the type to sweat the small stuff.

“I can finally prove that nature is in Rael’s hands!”

“Reina. Are you talking about the Natural Hand or something?”

Tia made a trembling expression.

Reina had been talking about nature in Rael’s body for some time now, but she couldn’t understand it at all.

“It’s the Nature Hand. It could be a great help to the elves!”

“Ha. Okay. Come in.”

Tia sighed and headed towards Dragon Lair.

I don’t know what the hand containing nature means, but Rael’s blood helps in research.

Hah- Hah-

At that moment, a fox came running from over there.

It was the spirit Vermeil III.

“Why did he come here?”

“I guess it’s because I like you. Vermeil III. You should come too.”

Jaw- Jaw-

Reina walked to Dragon Lair, carrying Vermeil III in her arms.

*

“Ahh, ahhhh···.”

A magical tool in the shape of a chair sucked out Rael’s blood.

If you want to ask a question to a mad dragon, you must sacrifice blood.

“So… it means that when you held Rael’s hand, the magic in your body was cured.”

“That’s right! It’s like the world···.”

“At that time, Rael’s hands were like the World Tree. So, it is clear that nature is in Rael’s body. Do you know how many times I have heard this? Stop talking now.”

“yes···.”

Reina slumped her shoulders sullenly.

‘There doesn’t seem to be anything wrong with the blood···.’

Tia shook her head as she analyzed Rael’s blood.

There was nothing natural about his blood.

Rather, I felt the magic and ghosts in the special guard.

‘Wait a minute, there’s more magic than last time.’

Tia discovered something strange in Rael’s blood.

It is not unusual for small amounts of magic to be detected in his body while serving in the special guard unit.

However, it was an abnormal sign that the amount had increased to this extent.

“Rael. Did you make a contract with the Demons? I can sense a lot of demonic energy in your body.”

“Huh? You, you. Rael! What are you doing!”

Hah- Hah-

Reyna and Vermeil III looked towards Rael, their guard high.

“There’s something I wanted to tell you. Just now, my hand touched with the ghost, and her magic flowed into my body.”

Lael continued speaking, ignoring the two beasts’ reactions.

“It entered the body…? That’s a really interesting story. Hold out your hand.”

Tia immediately grabbed Rael’s hand.

Then, he closed his eyes and concentrated on his magical power.

‘Little by little… I’m being sucked in.’

Tia opened her eyes in surprise.

His body was sucking up magical power.

This is a phenomenon I have never seen before.

“Ah, Vermeil III!”

Jaw- Jaw-

At that moment, Vermeil III jumped out of Reyna’s arms and hugged Rael.

Vermeil III snorted and curled himself up onto Rael’s chest.

“Vermeil III is in the arms of a human? Rael. Does this happen often?”

“Yes. I do this often.”

Rael brushed Vermeil III’s fur back with familiarity.

I really liked the soft, fluffy fur.

‘A spirit that can read souls is being held in the arms of a human…’

A spirit is a being that reads the inner self of a living being, not its outer appearance.

No matter how strong a human Rael was, he couldn’t do that.

‘The soul itself is of a high standard···?’

Reina, an elf, absorbs the power of nature, and Tia, a dragon, absorbs the magical power of her surroundings.

Likewise, if the soul level itself is high, it makes sense for Rael to absorb the power around him.

‘But is it possible for a human to do that?’

Tia stared at Rael, feeling a sense of wonder.

As expected, he had a lot to study.

“Tia? Did you get the results?”

“···.”

Tia was silent for a moment at Reina’s question.

Since nothing is certain, I cannot give you an answer yet.

“There is no such thing as the power of nature. However, it seems that Rael’s body is special.”

Tia has no intention of agreeing to something as stupid as Nature Hand.

“I think it’s absorbing magic little by little. I don’t know the exact reason.”

“The problem isn’t the Demon King, it’s me?”

“Yes, Rael. Your body is special.”

“Ugh···.”

Rael looked at his hands and laughed bitterly.

A body that absorbs magic. What on earth is the principle?

“Then does that mean I have the Demon King’s magic in my body? Then wouldn’t that be a big problem?”

“That should be fine. It’s still far from reaching dangerous levels.”

Tia looked over the results of Rael’s blood analysis.

Most of the magic in his body was that of the Demon King.

“hmm···?”

At that moment, Tia suddenly felt a sense of alienation in the Demon King’s magic.

Lael’s body contained not only the demonic energy of the Demon King, but also the power of the seal that maintained the seal.

Tia immediately manipulated her magic tool and examined the Demon King’s seal.

“···The Demon King’s seal has weakened.”

“Huh? The Demon King’s seal is weakened?”

“I think it’s because you absorbed the power of the Seal. But… fortunately, it’s not a big problem. There’s no problem with the seal.”

“···It seems like a big problem.”

“It’s okay. A seal this big can self-recover to this extent.”

The seal of a monster like the original Demon King is bound to shake little by little.

It’s not a problem if the seal is temporarily weakened.

‘What is this?’

But that wasn’t the problem.

The seal has weakened, and the presence of the Demon King that Tia felt has also weakened.

That was far more than Rael had absorbed.

‘Why is this happening? If the seal is sealing the Demon King’s magic, the magic should become stronger as the seal weakens.’

Sealing is the act of suppressing and imprisoning the power of a specific being.

It was common sense that the weaker the seal, the stronger the power of the sealed being.

However, as the seal of the Ghost King weakened, the demonic energy and magical energy of the Ghost King inside also weakened.

What this means is that as the seal gets stronger, the demonic and magical energy also gets stronger.

It was as if… the seal was holding the demonic energy within the body of the Demon King, and the phenomenon of the ‘seal’ itself seemed to create demonic energy and magic.

“No way… Wait a minute. What on earth is the Empire hiding…?”

Tia frowned and examined the Demon King’s seal.

A monster made up of human malice. The Demon King.

Perhaps, I should rethink the existence of the Ghost King from the beginning.

*

“Why is that dragon suddenly doing that?”

Rael scratched the back of his head as he escaped from the special guard.

Tia muttered to herself about the Demon King’s seal, then suddenly said she had something to research and kicked Lael and Reina out of Dragon Lair.

Reina lay down in her hammock, disappointed that nature was not in Rael’s hands, and Rael, now that he had nothing to do in the special guard, came outside.

Since Rael had nowhere else to go, he headed to the orphanage.

I was thinking of having a sword fight with Rain.

‘If the Demon King’s seal weakens, it won’t go berserk, right?’

Even though Tia said she was okay, I can’t help but be worried.

It’s a well-known fact that the Demon King is a bomb that will soon go out of control.

Rael headed to the orphanage with many worries.

I was thinking of clearing my mind of distracting thoughts by swinging my sword and rain.

“No sparring for the time being.”

However, Lane shook his head firmly.

“why?”

“Before the party, we need to stabilize the atmosphere in the empire. The Demons’ recent movements have been unusual.”

“The movement of the demon tribe?”

“Yeah. The soldiers guarding the North said the ceasefire would end soon. The situation on the ground is already serious. According to the information books, they seem to be looking for something… but the exact reason is unknown.”

“···That’s strange.”

Rael tilted his head.

It will take at least five years for the truce with the Demons to end.

It was too fast for our relationship to fall apart.

‘If I think about it, it seems like the number of times the demons invaded the capital was higher than in the original.’

The original only describes the Academy, but it’s even stranger that the chaos outside isn’t depicted.

In other words, this is the butterfly effect.

‘Wait a minute. Are you looking for something?’

At that moment, I remembered what I had heard from Tia.

The Demon King’s seal weakened upon contact with Rael.

And the demons want to get their hands on the Demon King.

According to the information books, the demons seem to be looking for something, Rain said.

Rael, who had been summarizing the information, frowned without realizing it.

The demons were chasing the ghost king.

The reason is that the seal has weakened.

So what caused the seal to become weak?

‘… So in the end, I’m the problem.’

Rael sighed at the butterfly effect he had created.

I felt like I had to make some major changes to my plans.