The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (222)
Episode 222
Woong Woong!
The catalyst that had been injected with too much power lit up brightly as if it would explode.
In the next moment, the unbeliever fell to the floor.
Edmund took a deep breath and gathered his strength to illuminate the darkened room.
“Eh, Emilia? Emilia… … ?”
It was the first fear I had ever felt in my life. The distant feeling of being left alone in the vast sea.
As soon as he found Emilia lying on the floor, fainting, Edmund hugged her with a look of relief and despair.
“Hey, Emilia! Calm down, come to your senses. Where, where and how did you get hurt? If it’s a fatal wound, treat it right now… … .!”
Emilia’s eyelids trembled faintly as she shook her shoulder violently with her trembling hand.
“Emilia?”
“…… time, how much… … .”
Emilia, who was struggling to open her eyes, grabbed Edmund’s tightly and asked.
I felt like I was about to cry because it was so pathetic that I was forcibly supporting my body that was about to droop. Edmund said.
“Hey, it’s fine now. that…… Damn unbelievers I killed. Were you very scared? Once your body… … .”
“He, the child’s brother, there was a colleague……. A colleague, eh, Elodie…….”
“…… Elodie?”
As soon as he heard that, Edmund was literally stunned. I almost dropped the Emilia I was holding, so I barely managed to fix it and hold her after she slipped in her arms.
“Dong, I had a colleague. earlier…… As soon as something like a strange bomb explodes… … Run and push me away, kidnap the sleeping Elodie… … .”
If Edmund Gloucester had been a little sane, he could have known that the situation just before was very strange.
Above all, the time the unbelievers put out the underground fire was too short.
Since people were bitten as much as possible to prepare for the ‘ceremonies’, this area was mostly empty.
And the body of a sleeping person is heavier than expected. In particular, when it comes to the weight of a mature woman like Elodie, it is difficult to move quickly alone, no matter how strong the opponent is.
In the first place, it is better to kill Edmund together than Emilia or Elodie, who cannot use weapons properly if there was an unbeliever colleague in the first place.
But now that Emilia passed out, she nearly lost her life, and managed to get rid of the unbeliever who attacked, Edmund couldn’t get her mind right.
Besides, Emilia had given me the image of ‘that unbeliever is Casio Brahmanduff’s loyal servant’ earlier, and it was even more so because that unbeliever did not hide his blatant desire that Emilia’s existence was also helpful for consciousness throughout the whole time.
Edmund knew that the young woman and the old woman were the key pillars of the unbelievers who sided with the queen.
In the first place, the old woman would not have thought that Edmund, who had to use the ‘altar’ in the basement of the palace, would use such coercive means. That’s why the woman must have come down alone to warn her.
But the situation has changed 180 degrees.
“Sir Edmund, the wound…….”
Edmund’s side was still with a dagger. Emilia’s face turned pale when she saw the blood flowing out.
Edmund saw the wounds and made up his mind.
“…… Lady Emilia.”
“I would need treatment. Calling a doctor… … .”
“After this, time is running out. After resurrecting Lady Ophelia… … It won’t be a problem with these wounds.”
“Yeah, but did they kidnap Lady Elodie?”
“…… Even so, he wouldn’t have been able to go that far in that short time. Even if they are going to perform a ‘ceremonial’, they will have to use this altar anyway. So I.”
Edmund opened his eyes tightly. A bright blue flashed in his eyes.
“…… I’m going to fix the summoning camp with my blood on this altar. So that they don’t use it in any other way.”
“Ah…….”
Emilia made an ambiguous voice.
“The worst thing for them is that they can’t summon anything, and the lesser evil brings Lady Ophelia back to life. To this altar, only Lady ‘Ophelia’ can come down. As long as it happened like this… … I’ll bet my everything. Can you help me?”
“…… Of course.”
Emilia’s voice trembled softly.
“However, the blood is not stopping…….”
“Even if a complete treatment is impossible, magic treatment is possible with a simple method. Lady Emilia, just in case, I have the butler waiting near the front door.”
Hearing those words, Emilia flinched for a moment. But Edmund did not find anything strange and continued talking.
“…… This sword is similar to the one used in that hunting competition in the first place. Anyway, this is a problem that will disappear after the ceremony is finished and Lady Ophelia descends, but we will set up a barrier that no one can enter. Only you with the ring and anyone you are in contact with can enter.”
As Edmund Gloucester, who is not anyone else and is well versed in both theology and magic, he may be able to slow down the erosion of the wound.
However, as time went on, there was a high possibility that it would change to the way Aloisiana Elodi did in the past.
“…… This is the judge board. After all, it’s going to be like this, because it’s best to make it unstoppable.”
Edmund gasped and whispered.
“…… You make it so you can’t stop it without knowing it?”
“Once a ritual is invoked, it cannot be canceled without sacrifice. The most worthy offering is Lady Elodie, and nothing can replace her. If that doesn’t work, the presence of the Marquis of Irene may slow down a little bit of time. If you can’t get the timing right… … .”
Edmund grabbed Emilia’s hand. It was an ardent face as if confessing love.
“…… This world will come to an end.”
“…….”
“Can you, only you, understand me? right? I don’t need anything like a world without Ophelia. You will understand me as much as you left with blood and blood. Only you who understand the feeling of losing the world’s one and only light!”
Emilia looked up at Edmund Gloucester, panting in blood, with strange black eyes.
“…… That’s exactly how I felt when Ophelia died.”
“It’s only you. Someone who can understand me.”
“I will.”
It was a strange word. But Edmund, drunk with his own feelings, didn’t notice. When I saw the ring that she had given me, which was sparkling in Emilia’s hand, I could only express my overwhelming feelings.
“Lady Emilia, visit Elodie…… please give it to me. Casio, the Queen, the Grand Duke, either way… … Even if we find out the truth, we will no longer be able to stop us.”
“Would you like to heal the wound and try it later?”
Is it because of the feeling? Emilia’s voice was low.
“Even if I live, there is no meaning in a world where Lady Ophelia does not return. Even if I die, if only Lady Ophelia comes back, that is enough.”
“Yes. Sir Edmund is like that.”
“Isn’t Lady Emilia the same?”
“Of course it was.”
Emilia slowly straightened her back. Black eyes shone sharply like obsidian.
“You are truly irresistible.”
“…… Yes?”
With an excruciating pain hitting my head, Edmund lost consciousness.
* * *
The center of the white palace used as the main palace for the king to conduct government affairs. The hall, as usual, was wide open. All windows and doors were left open so that the interior could be seen from afar.
Due to the cold weather, there were fireplaces everywhere.
Originally, all nobles of low status, who would not normally be able to set foot in the royal palace, were invited to pray for a bountiful harvest and to express gratitude to the earth and sky, but this year, due to special circumstances, this year was mainly limited to high-ranking nobles.
Even so, it was enough to fill the large hall. The Guards Knights guarded the path leading to the hall and near the fence.
In the splendidly decorated spacious hall, nobles line up and offer their respective offerings. The queen and her young son, who acted as priests, took the role and received the offering.
The king did not appear at all, and the appearance of the queen wearing a crown and holding the prince by her side, receiving greetings from the nobles, seemed to indicate what the purpose of the day was.
The queen wore a dress made of coarse white cloth and wore a crown of fresh grain, worn by the priest every year. There were no ornaments to emphasize the simplicity.
The prince next to him was trying to pretend he was scratching his empty head because it was awkward, but grumbled at the queen’s eyes and looked away.
The prince’s attire was similar to that of the queen, and behind the prince, a girl of the same height as the prince stood quietly behind him. The way she calmly put her hands on her stomach and lowered her eyes was a neat and modest girl.
Next to the splendidly decorated altar, the offerings offered by the nobles were piled up. Even if it was called a ‘tribute’, it wasn’t like a piece of gold. It was the first grain harvested this time in their respective estates, the quiet prey that stopped breathing.
The size of the offerings was relatively small because the nobles had to personally approach near the altar to make offerings.
The nobles who had already made the tribute stood aside so as not to disturb the people behind them.
It was time for the sluggish lines to almost disappear. The nobles glanced at each other. The archduke had not yet been seen.
The battle between the Archduke and the Queen was not unknown to the nobles either. However…… The Archduke had never yet rebelled against the Queen. Rather, the queen seemed satisfied with the vacancy of the archduke.
“The crab ran away without the tail.”
Heh, did you notice that today is going to be my limb? The queen smirked and stared at the empty altar.
The queen straightened her back.
“Everyone, get up.”
The prince, who could not hide his bored face, smiled broadly at that moment.
The sun rose high in the sky. The queen laughed at the nobles who couldn’t even make a sound and only looked at each other, thinking that it would be okay to proceed with the ceremony a little faster.
Surprisingly, there were no problems. There was no contact from the troops who had been secretly deployed.
Now, when the prince bows as the representative in front of the altar, memorizes the prayer written in advance, and goes out and burns the offering, all these ceremonies are over.
“To honor God’s grace here today…….”
bang!
The noise was so loud that everyone flinched without realizing it. All eyes were focused on one side.
That Otome Game’s Bad End