"This is the place where the witch died, but why do you, Roswaal, want to manage a place with such a past? What is your relationship with the witch?"
"It's very simple. This land has been inherited and managed by me, the head of the Meizas family, for generations. From generation to generation, the head of the family...it is our family's tradition that the head of the family should inherit the name "Rozwaal". In other words, it has been inherited by all generations.
People with the name "Rozwaal" will also inherit the "Sacred Domain".
At Subaru's request, Roswaal explained his relationship with the witch. After hearing this explanation, Emilia touched her lips and wrinkled her beautiful eyebrows.
"Throughout the ages...so, the "Desire Witch" and the Mayzas family used to..."
"——Echidna"
"Huh?"
Suddenly interrupted by a sentence with only her name, Emilia was stunned.
"Echidna"
Roswaal looked at her and repeated it again as if confirming
"When you call her——, please say her name. Calling her "the lust witch" feels very evil and not good——listen to it? It's too long and hard to pronounce~"
"That's right, I understand, so this is the place where Echidna passed away, and the Mezzas family that she had contact with has been managing this land a long time ago...right?"
"Yes, that's it, but to say that it is managed is actually an exaggeration. Due to the barrier set up by Echidna, the Lost Forest will not let in outsiders who do not follow the official procedures. In addition, the barrier will also restrict certain people.
Bloodline exerts special effects, has Lady Emilia also felt this?"
"It's true that you fainted after hitting the barrier. However, Jafier said that the only people like me who would be troubled by the barrier are mixed-bloods. Will Subaru and Yuexing be fine?"
"No, actually I can't say it's completely fine..."
"Huh? What do you say?"
Subaru scratched his face and whispered, looking at the moon and stars with his peripheral vision. Emilia raised her head in surprise.
She lost consciousness due to the barrier effect and fell asleep. She didn't know that the two had been transferred, and she didn't have the chance to tell her on the way, so Subaru was hesitant to tell her.
After all, the transfer will definitely bring up the relationship between Pyroxene and Frandelica.
Telling Gafiel that he is a dangerous person, entrusting the pyroxene to Emilia, and not only that, but also trying to transfer Emilia, what is Frandelica's purpose?
I've only been with Frandelica for two days, but I really don't think she's hostile.
"It's okay, just tell me." Yuexing glanced at Subaru and said calmly.
"But this matter..."
"——Subaru" Emilia stared at Subaru
Defeated by Emilia's sincere eyes, Subaru had no choice but to give up resistance, then took out the blue pyroxene from his arms and told what happened.
"The stone was given by Frandelica before she left. It must have reacted to the barrier and triggered the transfer. Since the person who originally carried the stone was Emilia..."
"The target should be Lady Emilia, is that what Barrus wants to say?"
It was Ram who gave the last word instead of Subaru who was explaining the matter. Subaru nodded in agreement.
Yuexing thought of the young girl he met in the forest. If it was Emilia who was in the past, would that girl also guide people to the ruins?
"Actually, Emilia-sama, who was unconscious due to the barrier, was transferred by the pyroxene. From this point of view, it seems that the person who flew away was Subaru. It's a fluke."
"Fortunately, the transfer distance was not too far at that time, so we were able to meet up safely. There was no abnormality in my body...and no injuries."
Subaru turned his arms and legs to confirm his health and smiled at Emilia. However, facing the smiling Emilia, she lowered her head and asked Roswaal tremblingly.
"Flandelica said that you need that stone to cross the barrier, so she asked me to take it with me... Is that true?"
"...It's a pity that if you want to cross the barrier, you need to take the correct route, not props. That stone proves that Frandelica has some kind of intention——"
Roswaal's answer made Emilia's throat choke and her shoulders sag, of course.
According to what I just said, it is almost certain that Frandelica deceived them.
"You've known Frandelica for a long time, right? I heard it's been more than ten years," Yuexing asked.
"...I hired her when she was still young. She is capable at work and has never done anything against my intentions."
Roswaal shook his head regretfully, and then looked to the side with a meaningful look. Ram accepted this look and nodded seriously.
"It feels great that Frandelica's attempt failed...it was a joke of course"
"joke?"
"Yes, but the sanctions won't end with a joke - Frandelica is a figure closely related to the current situation of the "Sanctuary""
For Ram, Frandelika was a colleague who had worked with him for many years. She knew that her colleague had betrayed her, but she did not show any wavering about it and just stated it lightly.
"What is the situation in the sanctuary? What is happening here now?"
"Don't you find it incredible, Lady Emilia? The villagers who fled to the "Sanctuary", and Ram and I did not return to the mansion, but continued to stay here."
"Huh? I thought...it was because of your injury, Roswaal."
Roswaal's question, Emilia's answer was because he was injured
In fact, Roswaal, who was lying on the bed, was seriously injured. Even if he wanted to go back to the mansion to recuperate, he would still be unable to move if his condition was not restored to the minimum.
However, Roswaal shook his head and rejected this reason.
Then--
"——Now, all of us are under house arrest in this "sacred area". Me and Ram, as well as the villagers of Alam Village...ah, and you who came here."
"--ah?"
The unexpected and explosive declaration stunned several people who came to visit.
"...House arrest, this, what, what, sounds very dangerous."
Subaru, who had recovered from the initial shock, could only squeeze out these words. When he heard what he said, Emilia suppressed her shock and stared at the injured Roswaal sadly.
"Isn't that possible? Your injury is related to this..."
Naturally connecting her previous words with her injured posture, Emilia couldn't continue speaking in the middle of her words. Subaru's thoughts had reached the same level as her, and he couldn't hide his trembling.
"The guy who made Roswaal do his best, even got seriously injured, and put everyone under house arrest is in this village. It's really a situation that makes people laugh."
Subaru, who put his hand on his chin, felt anxious at the thought of such an unimaginably powerful enemy.
Roswaal is already the kingdom's top magic user, and his strength has been fully proven during the previous Warcraft turmoil. It is unbelievable that someone can hurt him to this extent.
——If he didn’t do it intentionally
"——Why are you still nagging over there~, don't let the injured person be too forced~, didn't you say "the spotted bird's beak on the tweet is black"?"
A sudden voice sounded behind him. Yuexing looked back. At the end of his sight was Jaffier standing at the entrance of the room. He looked around the room and then whistled to Emilia.
"——Hey" Subaru shouted
"Hey, hey, it's just a sudden hello, why are you so angry?"
"Because in the topic just now, I think the most dangerous person is you, so be careful."
Javier seemed to be clicking his teeth happily, while Emilia was facing him to warn him, as if she was protecting Subaru and Roswaal behind her.
Of course, compared to a disabled and a black-haired young man who has no fighting ability (temporarily), Yuexing is not among the protection targets.
The situation of being protected by Emilia appeared again, but what surprised Subaru was another problem, that was——
"I asked you, what's wrong with Otto? Aren't you two together?"
"Ah~? That noisy little brother, what about that guy... I don't know?"
Javier raised his chin provocatively, and his already sharp gaze became even sharper. His words made people feel an unfathomable threat, stimulating the fine hairs on Subaru's back to stand up.
Emilia seemed to have the same feeling, so she lowered her body lower
——On the verge of breaking out, the atmosphere of a fight between the two is rising.
Yuexing on the side smacked her lips and looked behind Jaffier. A pink figure sneaked behind him quietly.
"Hmph! Okay, if you want to fight, I'll help you... ah~!?"
"It's not okay at all. Figure out the situation, idiot Jiafei"
It was Ram who walked behind him during the confrontation between the two of them and was the one who sank Jaffier with a merciless blow. Looking down at the painful Jaffier, Ram sighed:
"The same goes for Emilia-sama and Barus. The way they jump to conclusions prematurely is unbearable. Roswaal-sama's injury has nothing to do with Jia Fei... Although they appear to be single-celled organisms, they still know how to distinguish right from wrong."
"……Really?"
"It really has nothing to do with him—yo, that's what I wanted to say just now."
Roswaal said this nonchalantly, Emilia put down her hand in surprise, and then rushed towards Jafiir who was kneeling on the ground.
"Yes, I'm sorry! I misunderstood... I thought you must have eaten Otto!"
"Emilia-chan's imagination is so amazing! I didn't even expect that!?"
It is true that Otto's life is suspected to be in danger, but that part was deliberately not mentioned
Subaru also followed the panicked Emilia to observe Gafir's appearance. After Ram's heroic blow, Gafir shook his head and grinned in response to what the two said.
"How can that little brother be used to eat~? He was so noisy and said that he was not mentally prepared yet, so I left him at the dragon carriage."
"Who asked you to say that kind of thing, that guy Otto, he will cause a commotion even if he is not around..."
The pretentious attitude gave rise to a misunderstanding, which almost led to a dangerous tragedy. Things did not turn into that, thanks to Ram who controlled the atmosphere just before the explosion.
"It's saved, Ram, I almost shed unnecessary blood... I mean, the basin is even dented!?"
"This is to prevent the inevitable damage to Jia Fei. Next time, we will not use the pelvic floor and use the pelvic corner instead."
Ram, who was swinging the basin around, was already prepared for the next opportunity.
Ignoring Ram's attitude at all, the beaten victim Jaffier sat down hard on the chair in the corner of the room, then looked at Ram while touching his head and said:
"Ram, if you think you're wrong, just offer me tea~"
"Ram went outside to pick up fallen leaves, please wait a moment."
After scoffing at the arrogant request, Ram actually walked outside the house.
Jaffier looked at Ram who was leaving with particularly passionate eyes.
"...What? Do you like Ram?" Yuexing said to Jaffier
"She is a good woman, right? As a male, he is naturally attracted to strong and outstanding females~"
"It's a pity that you have missed that opportunity. If you can impress that guy, you probably have to work hard when she is a child."
You know, the current relationship between Ram and Roswaal is so deep-rooted that it's like a curse.
It's better to hide the past things
"By the way, judging from the reaction just now, you haven't reached the key point yet. You have the freedom to become a piece of trash... But at least make it clear to Lady Emilia~"
"--I?"
After Ram was gone, Jaffier shook his feet and changed the focus of the conversation.
Emilia was really surprised that her name actually appeared in his words, but Jaffier didn't care about her, but glared at Roswaal fiercely.
"When this woman crossed the barrier, she implicated us together, and what happens now~? Talking and laughing happily...Are you here to have fun?"
"I don't know why you are so angry...but I can imagine that the things you said that affect everyone are not unrelated to the house arrest we talked about."
Although Jaffier still looked like he was going to bite someone, when Subaru said this, he narrowed his eyes.
Feeling the pressure of facing a ferocious beast, Subaru sorted out what he had just said and said:
"If it is according to what Roswaal said, then house arrest is not exercised by brute force. Although your appearance and words and deeds are very that, it should not be..."
For a moment, the previous interaction with Jaffier flashed through Subaru's mind.
"...not such a rough and rude person..."
"Subaru, were you hesitant just now?"
It was rare for Emilia to complain, but Subaru stared straight at Kafir
"keep going"
The other party received Subaru's gaze and urged him to continue speaking.
"I am listening~, if you are not a thief under the half-demon follower"
"It's a half-goblin. I'll ask Roswaal to burn your ass next time."
Facing Subaru who was openly using other people's power to seek revenge, Javier felt disappointed. Subaru raised his finger towards him and pointed outside, gesturing to the entire "Sacred Realm"
"Continue, now that the option of house arrest by brute force has been deleted, do you still want to find other methods? To be honest, there is not enough information so there is no way...but there is one word that I care about very much."
"Boundary" Yuexing said
"That's it." Subaru nodded.
If the reason for being placed under house arrest in the "Sanctuary" is not from Javier's brute strength and Roswaal's injuries, it might be the barrier - a special spell originally used to protect the "Sanctuary"