The Hero Party Couldn’t Kill Me

Chapter 8: Second Revenge (3)

‘I almost got in trouble.’

I let out a sigh of relief as the carriage left.

I must say I was lucky. Just as I was playing a new song, Iris appeared.

It’s not at all unexpected. It was because I could tell if Iris had come out by placing a summoned beast outside the barrier of the mansion. And just in case of an emergency, I always used detection magic.

What I didn’t expect was Iris’ madness.

‘I didn’t know you would lay your hands on children… ….’

It was dizzying. If something went wrong, innocent children almost died.

The good news is that Iris’s health isn’t that good.

I tried to cast a debuff spell to hide it, but the reason Iris collapsed a while ago was because of something wrong with her body.

Well, I haven’t slept properly for almost a month, but it’s a miracle that I’m walking around like that now.

Anyway, they succeeded in putting out the urgent fire. When the carriage was completely out of sight, I approached the children.

Children still unable to escape from the shock they received a moment ago.

“I’m sorry.”

I knelt down and touched the children’s faces. As I chanted the incantation without being heard by others, white smoke came out of the children’s heads.

I took about two minutes of memories from them, more precisely, the memory of meeting Iris.

Memory extraction magic. This, too, was learned through her shoulder the magic Pesima used in the past.

There were many soldiers who complained of mental pain because of the horrors of the war, and Pesima erased their memories to make them forget the pain.

‘Of course, it was a temporary measure… ….’

Unlike those who had to be repeatedly exposed to the battlefield, the children will not go through the same situation again.

After the memory extraction was finished, the children’s eyes went blank.

“Don’t ever sing that song again.”

I asked the children who were making bewildered faces.

And this was also a promise I made to myself. I didn’t want to let even the little ones get caught up in my vengeance again.

When I got up from my seat, everyone around me was looking at me.

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Before any of them could ask a question, I suddenly disappeared.

He got out of the crowd with high-speed movement magic. Before someone pursued me, after changing my appearance, I naturally intervened among the passers-by.

***

“With today’s incident, public opinion in Roswell has completely turned around.”

Returning to the hideout, I called everyone, even Marion, and explained my future plans.

The execution date of the plan I thought of was the first day of the festival. A banquet to announce the start of the festival.

I heard that the most distinguished guests from the empire attended.

Still, we’re going to sneak into this banquet today too.

“Of course, Iris isn’t stupid either, so you’d think I might show up. So I will do my best to prepare. And at the center of it is the wizard of the Noir Magic Tower.”

“You mean the mark.”

“Yes, so, who is stronger, you Mina or Marc?”

At my question, Mina smiled.

“I am several steps ahead of him in terms of pure magic skills.”

“Then, is it possible to subdue him in this operation as well?”

“… If you ask me that, I can’t be sure. Because he knows my attack pattern too. In the end, the winner will depend on who strikes first.”

“In other words, the game will be decided by who first knows the position of the opponent.”

“That’s how it is.”

There is a way. I will first infiltrate the Roswell Mansion using an absolute mask. And if you tell Mina where Mark is, she will be able to subdue him at once.

Then I will change my identity to Mark. If you do that, more than half of the anxiety factors for executing the next operation will be removed.

“The problem comes next. After all, the point of this operation is to make Iris see her hallucinations. So, is there any way she could possibly make her hallucinate?”

I then asked Raphaella and Marion. I thought that if it was Blanc Magic Tower, which has 50,000 kinds of magic, there would be at least hallucination magic.

“The hallucination magic itself is not difficult. However, it has a big drawback of being vulnerable to divine power. Divine power is very effective against mental type magic. Would it be okay?”

Then Rafaela opened her mouth.

“… The problem is that the saintess will definitely attend this event.”

A saintess would expect me to appear at such a banquet. So if Iris exhibits strange behavior, she can unhook the hallucination right away.

If her agitation is added to this… My plan will fail spectacularly.

Then should the saintess also put her hand on this charm in advance…. But that won’t be that easy either.

Because the saintess will mobilize the mages and paladins of the Noir Mage Tower. It’s not impossible if Mina joins in, but then it becomes too big.

“… It’s not hallucination magic, but I know the magic of summoning an alter ego. To be precise… It’s puppetry.”

While I was thinking for a while, Marion cautiously opened her mouth. As I looked at her with her expression of surprise, her Marion recoiled from her.

“Why… Why are you looking at me with that expression? It’s the first magic that Pesima-sama taught me. Isn’t my name Marion Et? So she said it was magic that would suit me well.”

Since it’s Marion Et, did you teach me marionette magic? Even to a wizard with no basic knowledge of magic.

Pesima’s Magic Education Hall was out of control.

Anyway, apart from that, I can’t trust you just by hearing about it.

“Show me.”

“Then… Who do you want to be?”

“Can you do it as Duke of Rosie? Do you know his face?”

“I know. For a moment… ….”

When I demanded proof, Marion took a deep breath and focused her mind.

When about 30 seconds have passed….

Puong.

In front of her, a doll resembling a duke was made for Rossier.

‘Not bad.’

Have you been practicing only this magic for the past three years? The doll she created was beyond expectations. It’s so sophisticated that even a real human would believe it.

Marion then beckoned, and the doll she made began to move according to her instructions. It was a bit awkward to move, but it was good enough to fool Iris.

I saw Marion again. She seemed to be her proper wizard for the first time.

“Then can you talk?”

“Horse… ? You can, but if you don’t know the person’s voice….”

“Okay, that’s not really necessary. But more importantly, can you make it only visible to Iris?”

To be honest, I didn’t expect much. To make it visible only to Iris’ eyes. It was a tough condition.

But the next moment.

Sure…….

The doll disappeared from my sight. I tried to detect the doll with detection magic, but it didn’t catch well.

Only an approximate location is shown. If I was at this level, most wizards would not be able to detect it at all.

“Can you see me?”

I asked Mina and Rafaela, but both shook their heads.

I looked at Marion with a surprised expression, and she smiled faintly.

“… Why are you so surprised Still, I am the wizard of the Blanc Magic Tower.”

“… ….”

“And I only need to make it visible to one person here, right?”

As Marion spoke, the doll reappeared. But only me and Marion could see it.

As evidence of that, Mina and Raphaella couldn’t keep up with the doll’s movements.

“… It’s done now.”

When I said that, Marion got rid of the doll.

“I have a question, why did you get hit by other mages back then when you knew how to use this type of magic?”

Mina, who had been distracted for a moment with her mouth open, asked Marion.

“… As you can see, it’s a magic that requires a lot of concentration. Casting time is long. More than anything… I have never used it in practice.”

Marion’s last words hung on her mind. Can you really trust her? After all, wouldn’t it be better to take the risk of being caught by her saintess and have Raphaella use hallucinatory magic?

Above all, I still doubted whether she had anything to do with Pesima.

“For now… okay. Then I’ll think about how you can use this magic without getting caught.”

However, she decided to trust her once.

“Oh, and didn’t you forget? The contract I made with Pesima was carried over to you.”

“I know.”

There is also a safety device called a contract.

***

“Tell me. Why did you start the carriage?”

Meanwhile, Iris, who arrived at her mansion, argued with her escort knight, Arthur.

“I am concerned about the health of the Duke. If it had stayed there, there would have been bigger problems.”

“I know my body well. Who are you to be so presumptuous?”

“Didn’t you collapse as soon as you arrived at the mansion?”

But I couldn’t resist Arthur’s words. Iris looked at her ground with a look of resentment.

“… Then why didn’t you go against my orders and kill them?”

“They are still children. What’s wrong with them? If there is any guilt, it must be the adult who taught the song.”

“Then did he punish you? The man who dared to talk back to me.”

“I already issued a wanted order. They will be caught sooner or later.”

“You mean you didn’t catch it after all?”

Iris glared at Arthur as if to kill him. Arthur tried to avoid her gaze.

Fortunately, Iris wasn’t more bruised.

“… As you may have seen today, strange rumors are circulating in Roswell. A terrible rumor that I killed my father. If this rumor spreads to other nobles during the festival, what will happen to me? Make a strict mouth-to-mouth I mean, kill everyone who spreads such rumors.”

Arthur was surprised by Iris’ drastic change.

“… Such harsh control may increase citizen dissatisfaction.”

“Are you saying I should be afraid of a mere commoner now?”

“No, but I’m afraid it will ruin the festive mood.”

“It would be better than spreading these rumors.”

“But… ….”

“When did your tongue get so long?”

As Iris revived, Arthur shut her mouth and lowered her head.

“… I will do as you command.”

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He said reluctantly. But he really had no intention of following Iris’ orders.

At the very least, the intention was to prevent the execution of innocent people as much as possible.