Chapter 22: Sleep

The Pleiades silently watched the girl lying on the bed, who only looked like she was asleep, but there was no sign of waking up until now.

"Rem ......" Even though she said her name and stroked her fair cheeks, she didn't react.

"Calm down," I stood at the door of the bedroom, looking at Rem as if she had lost her soul, "Although Reem's trauma is healed, she is now neither alive nor dead, like being in the middle of the world of life and death......"

"Say no more! Say no more...... Chu Xuan, let me ...... Let me accompany Reem...... Two people together...... Okay......" said Pleiades with tears streaming down her face.

"Okay, Pleiades you now," I turned to leave, "stop thinking about suicide, and you can't kill yourself anymore, no one wants you to die, let alone me and Amilia, Rem is the last thing she wants you to die......"

"......" 5 minutes ago, the Pleiades tried to kill himself with a knife to "return to death" to revert to before Rem's accident, but I stopped him at the last moment, took away his knife, and made it impossible for him to kill himself.

I arrived at the conference hall of Crusius's mansion, where everyone was gathering to discuss the problem.

"How? Cruxiu, I'm Chu Xuan, Moby Dick fights with you in a battle, this is Emilia...... Do you really not remember? ”

“……”

Looking at Cruxiu's blank gaze, I confirmed that she really had no memories of herself and others.

"This is a problem, Phyllis, the loss of memory is worse than your master's physical injuries." Crusiux's left shoulder was empty, and although the bleeding had stopped, his left arm was indeed missing.

"Mistress Crusius, I'm Phyllis." Phyllis took Crusius's right hand and rubbed it against her like a cat, and the latter was a little confused by the intimate gesture, and though he didn't repel it, he lowered his head.

"And then there'...... Rem hasn't woken up yet......" I said lightly.

"According to the report of the knights who escaped from that tragedy, it was the Witch Cult's Great Sin Priest who attacked Lord Cruxiu - the 'greedy' and 'gluttonous' priests, unlike 'lazy', they didn't bring their subordinates, but their terrible degree cannot be compared to 'laziness'." Wilhelm Road.

"Yes, Meow, the 'greedy' priest doesn't need to say much, it's a monster that can single-handedly capture a fortress city, and the 'gluttonous' priest's ability is to eat memories." Phyllis Road.

"Eat the memory...... It's understandable if it's a victim, but it's strange that even people who haven't been exposed to 'gluttony' have lost their memories - isn't that the power of Moby Dick? I continued, "...... No, there is still a difference between the abilities of 'gluttony' and beluga whale, that little girl has not been erased, but her current state is not much better than being erased. ”

"It's really annoying, I thought it was over when I defeated the 'laziness', but I didn't expect it to be a blessing and a curse, and the people of the Witch Sect kept popping up, which has a direct relationship with Lord Emilia!" Phyllis exasperated.

"I, me?" Emilia was taken aback by the sudden name call, and Phyllis nodded at her as she continued—

"Of course, the existence of Mistress Emilia, the half-elf, the fellows of the Witch Sect keep flying like flies that have seen blood, if it weren't for you, Mistress Cruxiu wouldn't be ......"

"Phyllis," I said in a calm tone, without any emotion, but the others looked like I was so angry that I was ready to explode. "What happened to Cruxiu, Emilia is also very sad, the murderer is a member of the witch sect, which has nothing to do with Emilia. The blame shouldn't be on Emilia ......"

"Eh——!" For a moment, the murderous aura from my body was so close to Phyllis that the latter's face turned white.

"Phyllis, you can't pretend you didn't hear what you just said, and apologize to Mistress Emilia." Krushio, who had been silent until now, had a delicate expression that changed to the look of a majestic knight like before.

“…… Got it, Mistress Crushio. Mistress Amilia, I apologize for the faux pas. Phyllis said.

“…… I'm a little out of shape, but let's talk about the Witch Cult first. I said.

"Understood, I'll explain," Phyllis shook the hem of her skirt while putting her finger to her lips, "First of all, the Witch Cult is a mysterious organization composed of fanatical witch worshippers who appeared 400 years ago when the witch's power was expanding, and there are seven major sin priests corresponding to the witch's crimes, in addition to the 'laziness' that has been eliminated by me and you, and the 'greed' and 'gluttony' that attacked Lord Cruxiu, there are also 'lust', 'anger', and 'jealousy'...... According to 'Sloth', the position of 'Arrogance' is currently vacant, which means that the enemy has five more Priests of Deadly Sins. ”

"Having said that, I don't know whether the words of 'lazy' are true or false, and we have to treat them as enemies and have six deadly sins," I carefully analyzed, "So, what is their purpose, and they really don't pursue it blindly to kill and destroy." ”

"The Witch Cult is trying to ......resurrect the 'Jealous' Witch," Wilhelm said, "Actually, it is correct to remove the seal of the 'Jealous' Witch, and the 'Jealous' Witch is sealed in the ancestral hall of the Great Falls, and the ancestral hall is full of the witch's miasma, as well as the sage Xiaura's surveillance network, so the people of the Witch Sect cannot lift the seal." ”

"Sage?" I asked.

"It is said that the sage Shaura is the hero who sealed the witch four hundred years ago along with the first sword master and the dragon Polkanica, and has been living in seclusion in the Pleiades Surveillance Tower until now, preventing the rats of the witch cult from approaching...... Whether or not any of the above is true, I don't know. Wilhelm replied.

"Meow, alright, that's all there is to it about the Witch Cult, let's get down to business, Mistress Emilia - I'll just say it, our alliance relationship will be canceled!"

"Huh?" Emilia was surprised.

"Oh? Why is that, Phyllis? I stared coldly at Phyllis.

"Meow...... It's useless for you to stare at me! If we ally with Mistress Emilia's camp again, the chances of the Witch Cult continuing to come to the door are too high, and you can see what happened to Mistress Crusius after he was killed......" Phyllis said.

"Understood...... The people of the Witch Sect are indeed difficult, as long as they seek advantage and avoid harm, they will choose to dodge," I looked at Krushio, "But, I don't think that avoiding harm will definitely be avoided, the most complete way is to destroy them—don't you want to avenge Krushio, and there is hope for her to recover her memory, right?" ”

"Recover your memory, what are you talking about," Phyllis said, "Who said that destroying the people of the Witch Cult would restore Master Crushio's memory?" ”

"But is there any other way you can restore your master's memory?"

"This ...... No. ”

"Yes, I don't have any credentials, but I'm afraid it's the only way," I said, "even if you have a small hope, you have to hold on to it, and if you don't do anything, there's no hope, right?" ”

"I agree with my Excellency," Wilhelm said, "We have all seen the strength of my Excellency, and it can be said that my Excellency is our strongest fighting force against the Witch Cult, and it is not harmful for us to continue to maintain the alliance, isn't it?" ”

(It is precisely because of Chu Xuan's abnormality that I have to consider Lord Cruxiu, no matter how he is also from the Emilia camp, now Lord Crushius's situation is quite unfavorable for Wang Xuan, and others will fall into the abyss if they push a little...... That Chu Xuan had an indescribable sense of oppression, he really ...... Humans? ）

“…… What's the matter, Phyllis, if I'm right, are you worried that we're going to get Crusheu out of his amnesia? Seeing that Phyllis was thoughtful, I asked bluntly, "Indeed, as long as Cruxiu's situation is exposed, she will lose her qualification for the king's choice, which is very beneficial to Emilia...... However, that's not what Emilia would do. ”

"Phyllis, Lord Crusius, what I Emilia want is a righteous king's choice, framed by despicable means...... I would never do it! Emilia's gaze was steadfast and serious.

"Got it...... Cruxiu's matter, we won't poke it out, well, as for the two women, Anastasia shouldn't know, I didn't take Ricciardo with him to find Cruxiu, I just asked him to go back to the town and wait, so he didn't know what happened to Cruxiu...... Well, Priscilla didn't intervene in this incident, right, it's not very likely that she knew. I shrugged.

"Meow, what should I do next, it's all up to Lord Cruxiu to decide, it's not up to us to decide on our own......" Phyllis's cat ears swayed back and forth, "Meow, what do you think, Lord Cruxiu?" ”

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on him, Cruxiu nodded and spoke—

"Now, there are many things I don't know, and I can't remember what my former self was like at all...... Even so, everyone still respects my opinion, and I thank you for it, and then I will continue to work hard for it. ”

"So the things about the alliance ......"

"We reserve our opinion on the matter of the alliance for the time being, because the actions of the Rozval border berth in this incident are too ......"

"It's abnormal, isn't it? It's not just you, we're confused...... Because I don't know what Frontier Bo really thinks right now, I put the alliance on hold for the time being, right? ”

"Miss Chu Xuan is really a smart person...... It is precisely for this reason that the next negotiation will have to begin in the presence of the border boy. ”

"Okay, that's it."

As a result, the conversation ended without further progress.

I stopped in the corridor and said to the kitten floating in the air behind me—

"What's the matter, Elf Parker?"

"Hey, it's really indifferent," Parker said with one paw raised, "Chu Xuan, I've always underestimated you." ”

"Oh? So? ”

"What exactly is your purpose in approaching Leah? If you think about it, you were a person of unknown origin. ”

"Unknown origin?" I sneered, "So, what about the Pleiades, isn't he of unknown origin?" ”

"Oh, you said Pleiades, that guy is indeed suspicious, but unlike you, you can see that he doesn't pose much of a threat to Leah...... And you, judging from the Pleiades' statement, the main sin priest who eliminated the Moby Dick and the Witch Sect is you, right? You don't need magic to destroy them, aren't you an ordinary person?? ”

"It doesn't matter who I am," I said, blank expression, "but that's not what you care about, right?" ”

“…… Um," Parker couldn't make out any expression on my face, "I wonder so what you're trying to do?" ”

"Help Emilia build a peaceful and happy country, that's all - then again, the most suspicious person is neither me nor the Pleiades, but the venerable frontier boy, think carefully about Rozval's unusual behavior, if I were his candidate for the king's election, I would definitely think that he is not sincere - the supporters who drop the chain at the critical moment are not trustworthy at all." I replied calmly.

"Oh...... There's some truth to what you're saying. ”

"If there is nothing else, I will not accompany you."

[Is the sealed 'jealous' witch, what does it have to do with that woman, I always feel that there is some connection between the two...... There is almost no clue about returning to the real world, and now I can only take one step at a time, and there must be something to do, Wang Xuan or something should be regarded as passing the time......]

With all sorts of thoughts, my figure disappeared into the hallway.