Chapter 378

Lucynil has a style with little interference. Even if I am doing something unrelated to the reconstruction of the demon world, it's fine. It's because I am not particularly interested in what I am doing, but I am willing to help as much as I can. "In this situation, it may be normal to talk about the resurrection of your father or whatever, but isn't it against the duty of being a child, Ark Demon? Even a Homunculus Vampire would know that much." But this time, it seemed too difficult to understand. It's a bit of a heresy to say that you want to get rid of the soul that has entered someone else's soul. Lucynil stares at me as if trying to read something unreadable. Do I have to tell an unbelievable story like I did to Eleris? "I don't think you're doing it because you're afraid you won't be able to handle it when the Demon King resurrects... Well, yeah. You probably have your own thoughts." Lucynil folded her arms as if she wasn't curious. "Anyway, I don't know who put their soul into whose soul, but my opinion is the same. If you split that soul again, you'll end up mixed up and you can't go back to the way you were. Of course, I can't guarantee that the two divided souls will be sane or not." You can't go back to the way you were. Then there is no answer other than coexistence. "So who will be the owner of the body, the owner of the soul... Are you curious about whether the person whose soul is mixed has control over the body or the Demon King has control?" "Yes." The only thing that can't be helped is that Charlotte's body is occasionally suppressed by the power of the Demon King and loses her reason. "There's bound to be a collision. It's like a side effect. But as time goes by, it gets better. When different souls are combined, such symptoms occur." It gets better over time. Is it really getting better? "That's the right way to put it, but when you enter the stable phase, those symptoms gradually disappear and get better. And it's not a matter of who has control over it. It just becomes one. It's like being two but becoming one at the same time... That kind of feeling?" Charlotte and the Demon King's soul have already become one. Time will solve it. It becomes completely integrated with the Demon King. "If time passes, the ego of the Demon King and someone else will become a fully combined state. As you said, it's impossible to get rid of the Demon King's soul and ego." It can't be stopped. As long as Charlotte doesn't die, the Demon King will resurrect. Charlotte's symptoms are occurring as she becomes one with the Demon King's soul. But since they have already been mixed, it is also impossible to separate them. "But you seem to know that someone else quite well. It seems that you have witnessed the process of such a leadership struggle." "Yes... well." "Hmm, then have you ever talked to the Demon King directly?" No. In this chapter, Lucynil and the protagonist discuss the difficulty of separating the soul of the Demon King from Charlotte's body. Lucynil explains that the two souls will become fully integrated over time and that Charlotte's symptoms will gradually disappear. The chapter emphasizes the inevitability of the Demon King's resurrection as long as Charlotte is alive. The protagonist denies ever talking to the Demon King directly. Lucynil mentions the possibility of the Demon King's consciousness taking over Charlotte's body. The protagonist realizes that their command spell may have influenced Charlotte's condition. Charlotte had a recent episode of losing control, but the protagonist had not spoken to the Demon King directly. Lucynil seemed to have trouble understanding my words.

"Has her soul completely disappeared? How could you not have noticed something like that when you were able to merge the two souls?" Lucynil couldn't have had just a basic understanding of the magic and soul fusion of the previous Demon King, so she must have thought that the Demon King had used the soul fusion incorrectly, resulting in this outcome.

No.

The Demon King used the soul fusion correctly.

There may have been episodes, but there would have been a process of gradually merging with Charlotte's soul.

The day I first awakened my command spell.

The first command I used.

To disappear from Charlotte's body.

I definitely said that.

Charlotte had a seizure of power after that, but she did not lose her sanity.

The souls of the Demon King and Charlotte cannot be separated.

That's why.

Did my ability make the Demon King's consciousness disappear, not just his soul?

"It's strange...."

Then, I don't have to try to save Charlotte anymore.

I already saved her at that moment.

The Demon King's crazy consciousness disappeared, and only the Demon King's power remained.

All Charlotte had to do was adapt to the power left to her.

"Anyway, it seems like you're more concerned about the mixed soul than the Demon King."

Lucynil shook her head as if she didn't understand.

"He's really a strange guy."

Of course.

She didn't ask any more questions like Lucynil.

Instead, I became curious.

"But how do you know so much about it?"

"Soul fusion?"

"Yes."

Lucynil shrugged her shoulders.

"Have you tried experimenting a few times?"

Ah.

That's why she gave off that impression.

The Lord Vampires were crazy, weren't they?

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When I heard from Lucynil that the mixed soul couldn't be separated, it felt like the sky was falling.

But as I talked, Charlotte no longer needed any action.

She was absorbed by the power, but she came to me with her sanity intact.

That was already evidence in itself. There was no longer any existence of the Demon King's consciousness, so the power itself tainted Charlotte, but her mind was still intact.

That situation was already evidence that Charlotte was okay.

The soul fusion couldn't be a clue, but it didn't matter if it wasn't a clue. Charlotte will be okay from now on.

But even if I know that Charlotte is okay, it is unknown whether others will accept it.

Ultimately, the problem is whether Charlotte can accept that her own power is no longer a threat, and how the royal family will accept it when she fully adapts to that power.

The fact that she has a clearly dangerous power is already a weakness that Charlotte possesses.

That's a vulnerable point that Berthus can attack at any time.

Lucynil is a master of soul fusion.

She seemed to have experimented with souls a lot to guess the possibilities. The thought of Lucynil, who had a naive expression and fiddled with souls with magic, made my spine shiver. Translation:

Instead, wouldn't it be better to side with the openly anti-Antilleanus? While discussing various topics with Lucynil, I noticed that Eleris came out of the bookshelf with several books. "There are so many magic books that I've never seen before, so it took me quite a while to choose." Due to the many unknown types of magic, Eleris had to unfold them all to figure out what kind of magic it was and judge whether it was okay to take them or not, and then put the books down as if it took a long time. Even so, I think this is a very fast speed. While concentrating, Eleris seemed to have missed the conversation about Charlotte. "That must be the vision that has been accumulated over the long history of Darkland." It is the vision that the demon king or demon wizards have accumulated over a long period of time. Lucynil murmurs while looking towards the bookshelf. "But from your perspective, wouldn't it be better to retrieve or burn all of this? Didn't you say you came here with the princess..." The conversation we just had. The magic books of the demon world. The talk of soul fusion and so on. It was a look of understanding. "Oh, did the demon king or something do something to the princess?" "...Yes." "You're not interested in rebuilding the demon world or anything?" Since I had said what I had said so far, she must have known that I was trying to save the princess, and since I said I was saving the princess, it didn't match all the purposes I had stated on the surface. "I know why Eleris is helping you now." As if the question had been answered, Lucynil sighed. Eleris seemed a little embarrassed, as if it was something that Lucynil would eventually have to know. I had no intention of surrounding her. I can't believe it's come to this. "So, what are you trying to do? What do you want?" "World peace." Lucynil narrowed her eyes. "...Do you expect me to believe that?" "It's true." Lucynil looked at Eleris as if she didn't want to mix words with someone who was just making light of the situation. "That's right, Lucynil." Eleris said with a fresh smile. "Even Eleris is scary when she says that." Lucynil looked at Eleris and me alternately, as if warning us not to joke around. "...No, what does world peace have to do with this? I don't understand it." As it seemed that neither Eleris nor I were joking around, Lucynil murmured with a puzzled expression. "I guess that's just the way it is, then." It was something that Lucynil had said to me before. "Um, okay." As if she didn't want to understand what was difficult to understand, Lucynil nodded readily.