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Isekai Maou to Shoukan Shoujo Dorei Majutsu (Light Novel) - Volume 9, Chapter 5 - Trying Out Going All Out – Part 2
Volume 9, Chapter 5: Trying Out Going All Out – Part 2
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He recovered both his HP and MP with potions.
However, the fatigue that accumulated in his core made Diablo’s arms and legs heavy.
──How could I of all people have a decline in concentration in the last boss’s dungeon?
Was it due to him using his own body, causing his nerves to wear out?
Was it because, unlike the game, his life was truly at risk?
Due to having successive fights against formidable enemies, which he had never experienced up until now, his senses were worn down.
Again, a door opened.
Was he being lead?
──Is it a trap?
Even if it was, he had no choice but to continue on.
The ceiling became high enough that he had to look up at it.
It wasn’t like the cramped corridors and the only horizontally wide room that appeared up until now. He felt that he walked too much and wondered if he came outside.
The ceiling had become dome-shaped, and at the center, there was a crystal that sprouted out upside down. That crystal shined and illuminated this place.
Directly below the crystal──
There was a bluish-white throne.
The cold air hung in the air, reaching as far as where Diablo was. That, was a throne of ice.
「Rem.」
She was sitting on the throne of ice.
The horns on her head, the wings on her back, and the blade-like nails were already gone. Even her attire had returned to normal, and the dark gray 《Slavery Collar》 was fixed on her neck.
Her eyes turned his way.
Diablo felt relieved at the fact that she was alive.
He called out to her once more.
「Rem.」
「……Diablo.」
Her light colored lips weakly moved.
He had the urge of wanting to rush over to her, but he was instead worried about how there wasn’t anything there to obstruct him.
He was reminded of a mouse catcher that placed cheese at the back. Rem was the cheese, and Diablo was the mouse.
She didn’t move.
That was only natural.
He had given her the command “do not move” in the earlier battle. Before rescinding that order, there was something that needed to be asked.
「Where is Modinalaam?」
「……He is, no longer within me.」
Is that true?
If it were Rem, she surely wouldn’t lie.
However, there was also the possibility that Modinalaam was manipulating her, and telling a lie.
She spoke with a depressed voice.
「……Please leave me behind.」
At first, he thought that he misheard her.
「Wh, what are you saying, Rem? Don’t joke around with me.」
「……No, it is no joke. I, am too……useless. Even though I am an Adventurer, I have been a bother to you many times.」
「Do not say something so foolish. I merely did the things that I wanted to do. I had no intention of saving you. I am a Demon King, you know? That is a serious misunderstanding!」
Diablo had strongly said that, but just how much of it got through.
Rem groaned looking pained.
「Uuu……On top of me being useless……I had nearly taken the life of my benefactor Celes……」
「I was asked by that Celes to safely bring you back. You should say the things that you want to say to the person herself. After we return to town.」
「……Even Shera……Someone like me is.」
「What foolishness are you talking about.」
Even though they were close enough to have make that cafe promise.
Rem squeezed out her voice.
「I, I mean……Diablo, didn’t you choose Shera.」
「Choose!?」
「……Becoming the Elven King……with Shera……th, the marriage……!!」
He had involuntarily been taken aback.
He didn’t think that he would told that in a place like this. No, it was probably because it was this kind of situation that it was brought up.
Should he bring Rem back to town even if he had to drag her along?
Could she be said to have been saved with that?
Diablo took a deep breath.
He made a dry gulp.
「Ahー……Rem……I understand what you want to say. First, let me make a correction. I, came to save you. It has no relation to you being useless or not.」
「……」
With a frightened looking face, she waited for his continued words.
Diablo took a certain item out from his pouch.
It was a silver ring.
Rem opened her eyes wide.
Diablo’s heart was beating even harder than it did in any battle that happened today.
「Y, you should……take this. No, please take th……No, seeing as how I am a Demon King.」
It was probably a bit impossible for something like handing over a ring while still in his Demon King roleplay.
However, he felt like high-handedly forcing it on her felt like it would give a different impression.
In Diablo’s own way of thinking, after making the decision that it would be best to hand one over to Rem as well, he had expressly taken it from his treasury. Since the respective MMORPG Cross Reverie event was couple-exclusive, there were two rings that he had obtained.
「Eei! Rem! Take this!」
「……I’m so happy.」
Tears came to Rem’s eyes.
「Eh? Really?」
Since she had received it so easily and with pleasure, Diablo was surprised.
He steadily became embarrassed.
Rem shook her head sideways.
「……But……as I thought, I can’t go. There is no way I can prove that Modinalaam is not within me.」
「Mu.」
Even Diablo felt the danger of that.
It wouldn’t end with just him. What if the Rem that he brought back to Faltra City was actually Modinalaam?
It would not affect just one town, but the existence of the Races.
──No, is this where I should take the ring in my hand and say “I believe in you”, walk until I’m right in front of her, and place the ring on her hand?
He shook his head sideways.
──Isn’t that a flag for the Bad End where I would get pierced through the heart!?
Getting washed away by romanticism and giving up on thinking and taking a dangerous action, he wouldn’t allow that as a Gamer!
To continue onto the death episode without any proof, Diablo was unable to do that.
Prioritizing emotion was shameful laziness.
Not to mention, the lives of a great number of people were resting on his back. Defeating Modinalaam who had turned into the Demon King castle was just as important as saving Rem.
He considered the matter carefully.
「………………」
Since Modinalaam had peeked into Rem’s memories, he would be able to perfectly answer any question Diablo could ask.
A question that he couldn’t answer, would be one that Rem also wouldn’t know.
“Prove that the Demon King is not within yourself”
──Would that be impossible? It was the devil’s proof. Being unable to prove something that doesn’t exist was common sense in my original world (unfortunately, where were also people that didn’t understand that though……)
Urging her to prove her own innocence would be the same as that scumbag Holy Knight.
Could he be certain if he touched Rem and inspected her magical power?
However, if Modinalaam was lurking within her, it would be exceedingly dangerous. If he were to be attacked from a distance where his hand could reach, he had no way of defending against it.
Right now, was the one talking to him, Rem herself? Or was Modinalaam manipulating her?
Going *Ha!*, Diablo came to a realization. After his bit of insight, he deepened his thoughts as if following a fine thread. Even after examining various angles, he was certain of it.
Just in case, he made a confirmation.
「Rem, if you could prove your innocence, would you obediently come back?」
「……If I could……But I believe that is impossible.」
Her voice was depressed.
*Niyari* Diablo curved his lips.
With all of his might, he swung one hand.
「Very well! Rem Galeu……I shall allow you, to call your Summoned Beasts!」
She opened her eyes wide.
「……You are not commanding me to call it out, but allowing me……is that it?」
「Umu. I have partially undone the earlier command of “do not move”. If you are the real one, you should be able to call them forth. If Modinalaam is doing manipulation, then you cannot. He would be able to use Chemical Elemental Magic though.」
The Rem when she was manipulated had attacked Celes with Chemical Elemental Magic.
Both Chemical Elemental Magic and Summoning Techniques were similar magic. Unless the caster’s will is there, then the summoning cannot happen.
If a person is controlling their body, even if the summon crystal is broken, the Summoned Beast won’t be called forth.
Rem stood up from the throne of ice.
「……As expected of you, Diablo.」
Rem took the crystal of a Summoned Beast out from her pouch.
She held it out.
「In the name of Rem Galeu, I command you──Come forth! 《Iron Golem》!!」
She threw it on the floor.
The blue crystal broke into pieces, and the air swirled. A white smoke wrapped around it, and then dispersed.
A huge, brusque dark gray statue stood next to her.
She caressed the Iron Golem.
「……I, am Rem.」
「So it would seem……I remove all commands.」
The prohibition of the 《Slavery Choker》 vanished.
As if trying to harden the floor by stepping on it, she slowly walked over.
She had a nervous expression.
「……Diablo……Your words from earlier, can I trust them?」
「I am the true Demon King that came from another world! I do not speak lies!」
At this late point in time, there was no way he could say “on second thought, it really is embarrassing so forget it”.
Rem, who had come up to being right before him, held out her left hand.
「……」
Her fingers trembled.
That probably showed just how high-strung her emotions were.
Diablo also needed to hold his nervousness down.
With his left hand, he supported her left hand. Taking the Marriage Ring he held in his right hand, he placed it on her left ring finger.
