Beilung was stabbed in the chest by Blitz with a sword and fell to the ground.
"Yuna, are you okay?" (Blitz)
"Yeah, I'm okay..." (Yuna)
I nodded while looking at Beilung who was lying on the ground.
Beilung collapsed, he was bleeding from his chest.
"I didn't think you needed help, but I didn't want to prolong the fight." (Blitz)
"...Um, thank you. That helped me." (Yuna)
In my heart, I felt relieved.
Instead of me, Blitz killed Beilung.
Technically he was still alive, but it was only a matter of time.
"Yuna!" (Prim)
While I was talking with Blitz, Prim came flying in.
"Did you defeat him?" (Prim)
Prim turned to Beilung, who was lying on the ground.
"Uh..." (Beilung)
Beilung made a sound of pain and opened his eyes.
"...Did I lose?" (Beilung)
Beilung seemed to be in pain, but his expressionless face, possessed by power, had disappeared and he now had a cheerful expression.
Now that Beilung had regained his sanity, I could talk to him.
"Why did you betray Rhone and Riyan's feelings?" (Yuna)
"...I didn't intend to do that at first. However, the side effects that appeared during the research on magic transfer made my feelings stronger.As I progressed with my research, I couldn't control my desire to make Rone my own, and once I started wanting to take Rone from Riyan, I couldn't stop myself. I made Rhone my own. I didn't want to give her to anyone." (Beilung)
A side effect of power.
But maybe it was because he had a feeling in his heart that he wanted to make Rhone his own. Maybe it was the devil's whisper.
"I have one final request... I want you to kill me." (Beilung)
A treatment magic flashed through my mind.
"I'll cast a healing spell on you." (Yuna)
"No, it's fine. You can't save me anymore. The reason I'm alive now is because mana continues to flow." (Beilung)
"Even though I destroyed the magic stone?" (Yuna)
"Due to the destruction, it has become uncontrollable and continues to flow unrestricted." (Beilung)
Unless Beilung died, the mana transfer would not stop.
Or the magic power from Riyan and Rone...
"Then why don't we destroy the device that steals magic now?" (Yuna)
"I don't have time. I can feel the suffering of the residents from the magical power flowing through me. If things continue like this, there will be deaths. This is retribution for the crime I committed. Don't worry about it." (Beilung)
The balance between the lives of the residents and Beilung.
"Also, I have a request. Please destroy all materials related to fairies to prevent people like me from appearing." (Beilung)
Although Beilung is in pain, he told us the location of the fairy's laboratory and the magic circle.
Then, after he finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
Blitz talked to Beilung in my place.
"Do you have any last words to say?" (Blitz)
"Tell Rhone I’m sorry." (Beilung)
"Understood" (Blitz)
Blitz nodded and thrusted his sword into Beilung's heart.
Belung died after being stabbed with mithril sword.
That's it.
I found myself feeling relieved that I didn't have to kill anyone with my own hands.
"Thank you, Blitz." (Yuna)
"...Yuna. When the time comes, don't hesitate." (Blitz)
Blitz said while placing his hand on my head.
Did he perhaps notice that I was hesitant to kill someone?
Did Blitz find out about this and kill Beilung instead of me?
"There was a time when I hesitated and ended up injuring my comrades. If my comrades had died, I wouldn't have been able to forgive myself." (Blitz)
Not everyone could kill someone from the start.
Even if he was a bad person.
Worry, think, and kill. That's the world.
"However, if you're Yuna, you might be able to find a way to proceed without killing yourself. But please, don't choose a path that will cause you to get hurt or your friends or yourself to die." (Blitz)
When Blitz said that, he smiled quietly.
"……Yeah" (Yuna)
Maybe I could understand why Rosa and the others adored Blitz.
There might come a time when I, too, would have to kill someone.
In that case, would I be able to properly kill someone?
It was the day after the fight against Beilung.
We had destroyed all the fairy-related things Beilung had asked us to do and burned all the materials.
At that time, Ran was shouting, "We have valuable materials!"
It might certainly be valuable, but there were some things that were better left out in this world. Anything related to fairies this time should not be left behind.
However, as a former gamer, it wasn't that I didn't understand Ran's feelings.
Because I wanted to get my hands on something valuable.
And now that everything was over, I was in a room on the upper floor of the Adventurer's Guild.
"So, it’s over." (Noa)
Noa said this while looking out the window of the room.
After the battle was over, Rosa-san asked me about Noa, so I immediately used the bear's transfer gate to bring her here.
Of course, the bear transfer gate was installed at a hidden location so that Rosa and the others would not know about it.
I lined up next to Noa and looked outside.
Many of the residents had been died after being robbed of their magical power, but it seemed vibrant now.
The only saving grace was that none of the residents died.
However, it was said that a large number of people were still asleep. But they would probably heal in a few days.
"Yeah, thank you too Noa." (Yuna)
"I was disappointed that I couldn’t see Yuna-san fight at the end." (Noa)
Personally, I was glad that Noad didn't have to see Beilung died.
While Noa and I were looking outside, Prim flew in and sat on the windowsill.
"Yuna, Noa, thank you so much." (Prim)
"I'm glad I was able to help Rhone-san." (Noa)
"So, did you ask what Rhone would do?" (Yuna)
"No, I haven't asked her yet." (Prim)
Riyan was alive.
My healing magic arrived in time.
It was probably the same as Beilung.
Thanks to the residents' continuous flow of mana, his life was barely preserved.
The basement where the mana was stolen was also destroyed. Belung, whose mana was flowing to, died, and mana that was flowed to Riyan was no longer being stolen.
However, Riyan's injuries were severe, so he was currently sleeping on a bed.
Although the wound had been closed, the blood that flowed had not returned and the pain remained.
My healing magic wasn't all-purpose either.
However, he would heal over time.
"Phew, I'm tired."
While we were relaxing in our room, Rosa and her friends returned.
"Welcome back" (Yuna)
"I'm home. Kumayuru-chan, Kumakyu-chan, I'm tired." (Rosa)
Rosa hugged Kumayuru, who had turned into a bear cub.
"Me too" (Ran)
Ran hugged Kumakyu as if to steal it.
"How was the city?" (Yuna)
"Hmm. For now, it's calm. There are some people who are verbally abusive towards the knights who has lost their powers." ()
Until now, they had been intimidating the residents with the mana the knights stole from them and making fun of them, so it was their own fault.
"However, it seems that there were some knights who were kind to them for a long time, so I think they will do their best for the town." ()
There were people like that.
It was a relief to know that not everyone was evil.
"The problem is Blitz." (Ran)
"Did something happen?" (Yuna)
"Blitz, popular" (Ran)
Ran said while puffing out her cheeks.
The Adventurer's Guild explained that the lord had died.
Although the reason for the lord's death was not made public, word spreaded throughout the city that the Blitz defeated him.
The reason for this was that they had been seen him riding a horse towards the lord's mansion, and it was also known that he had been fighting some knights.
What was more, because the gatekeeper told them about this, the adventurers Blitz were being treated as heroes who defeated corrupt knights and defeated lords.
"Just by walking around, Blitz is thanked and women come up to us with sparkling eyes." ()
If he could save the city with his looks, then maybe he would.
If you were good-looking, had a good personality, and were strong, you would be popular.
Moreover, Blitz had originally been acting as if he were the mastermind behind this incident.
Guild master and the others also didn't want to cause any trouble for me, so they went along with Blitz's idea.
Therefore, this time, Blitz and others played a central role.
"Yuna-chan, are you okay with not telling them the truth?" ()
"I'll refrain. Besides, they won't believe me if I say I fought." (Yuna)
After all, I was dressed as a bear.
No one would think that I defeated the knights in the mansion and fought against Beilung.
Besides, it was Blitz that finally got his hands covered in blood. Blitz saved the day, and it was not wrong.
After hearing about the town, I headed to the room where Riyan was sleeping to check on Rhone.
When I entered the room where Riyan was sleeping, Rhone was sitting next to Riyan on the bed.
"Yuna?" (Rhone)
"How's Riyan doing?" (Yuna)
"It's okay. We had a little conversation earlier, so he's just tired and sleeping." (Rhone)
"Rhone, have you decided what to do?" (Yuna)
"I'll go home" (Rhone)
Rhone answered without hesitation.
It seemed like we already had the answer.
"Rhone-san…" (Noa)
"The people of this town don't have good feelings towards fairies." ()
"Other people can’t see Rhone, so it’s no big deal…" ()
Other people could not see fairies unless they used their partner's mana.
"Besides, I talked to Riyan earlier. Riyan said that he would live for this city to atone for what he, Beilung, and I did." (Rhone)
It seemed that Riyan would make amends for the three of them.
This person might also feel responsible.
"If I stay by his side like that, I'll get in the way. Also, if word gets out about me being by his side, someone might come after me." (Rhone)
Until now, Beilung had been protecting Rhone.
That Beilung was not here anymore.
"That's why I'm leaving this town. That's what the residents want, and that's what Riyan wants." (Rhone)
Rhone touched Riyan's cheek with her small hand.
"Besides, Riyan promised to come see me once he's done making amends to the city, so it's not like I won't be able to see him forever." (Rhone)
If Rhone and Riyan decided, it was not for me to interfere.
Author's Note
It's settled.
[Notice] The release date of Comic Colors Volume 9 is November 4th.
*Thank you to everyone who reports typos.
Please note that some kanji have been revised to match the book, so some may not have been revised.