Why
Over there were, headstones of predecessors, whose even names are unknown. Thousands of graves line up in the spacious grassland, and a gust of wind blows over there. Formerly, Delta apprenticed under Asch for more than 20 years. He decided not to think back about it, and he never once went. Leaving Asch’s side, he came to feel like a hole suddenly opened up in his heart. He searched for his family’s graves like he was trying to fill that hole, but they were already not there.
For the sake of remembering it, he goes to the graves buried with the corpses that nobody knows who. How laughable of me, he thought, but before he knew it, it became a habit.
“……I’m surprised. For you to come to me”
Delta, mutters and turns around.
“I have an excellent butler after all”
Asch answers with an unchanging expression.
“Mira……Asch-sensei’s magnum opus; the strongest doll. I respect your capability from the bottom of my heart. However, you only ever use your strength in the wrong way”
“……enough with the preaching. Do you know where is Estelise-sensei?”
“Are you concerned? Have you taken a liking to her?”
“Me? She’s the one who’s helplessly in love with me”
Hearing those words, the competent butler, stares fixedly at Asch.
“What, Mira?”
“……nothing”
“Fuu……the same as always huh. You are more incapable of hiding your emotions than you yourself think, you know. I understand it. Your anger”
“……if you’re not going to tell me, then I’ll treat it as you’re the culprit. If you’re fine with that, then you can keep quiet”
Asch, takes a combat stance.
“You are, not worried about Estelise-sensei. As for why, it’s because she herself, has no value besides that of a hostage. In that case, what are you angry about?”
“……”
“It is because, if, I have a hand in this incident, that is something you cannot forgive. That is, not the behaviour of Asch＝Dahl’s protégé. You are probably thinking something like that”
“……”
“You are, that kind of a man. Against the enemy, you are nothing but a heartless and cruel demon. However, once you get emotionally attach――”Sounds like you’re really keen to die huh”
Interrupting Delta’s dialogue, Asch starts chanting his magic.
“I did the same thing as you”
Nevertheless, Delta continues talking.
It’s as though, he’s mocking him.
It’s like he’s speaking to him.
It was, the exact same method that Asch＝Dahl employs. A method to win an opponent who’s superior in strength. A method of rocking the opponent’s heart and getting ahold of victory.
＜＜Oh The Dead From The Sheol, Devour, The Soul Of The Living＞＞ーーDance Of The Deceased(Zeno・Dance)
When Asch chants, the deceased comes out from the graveyard’s soil. Furthermore, one after another from the thousands of graves.
“Kukuku……this place is no good against me, a Dark Magician, you know. It’s as though you’re telling me to kill you, isn’t it”
“Yeah, which is why you should think about it more”
“……what are you saying?”
“That for you, this here is a location that’s way too convenient. That by any chance, you might have been baited. That this is precisely the place, you ought to be sealed”
Delta, too, finishes the chant for his magic.
＜＜Oh Deceased, Draw The Curtains, And Display, The Baptism For The Sins＞＞ーーRebellion Against The Sheol(Hades・Levereturn)
The deceased that came out from the ground, turns around and faces Asch and Mira without facing him.
“No way……”
“Now then, I wonder how you will handle these thousands of corpses. I guess I shall have fun observing”
Delta, smiled dauntlessly.
