NOVEL NEXT Chapter 36: Small Changes
Then several days had passed since the climactic battle with mobile fortress destroyer.
Varakiel and co. Were in the guild hall….a guild employee was standing there with a surprisingly dark expression, along with a woman with black hair, flanked by two knights.
The black hair woman gaze on varakiel was heavy; there was a zealous spark in her eye.
???: Adventurer Varakiel fateburn! You are suspected of sedition. I will need you to come with me.
Granberia:...
Megumin:....
Darkness:....
Varakiel: hm? Who are you?
Sena: i am sena, government prosecutor. You are under suspicion of sedition, if you are not aware it is the crime of attempting to undermine or overthrow the state. And you are currently under suspicion of being a terrorist—or perhaps an agent from the demon king's army.
Varakiel: and the crime?
Sena: the coronatite at the heart of mobile fortress destroyer was teleported on this man's orders to the manor of the local lord.
Varakiel:hm….? I clearly remember that the report clearly states that random teleport was used, if you are here to make a prank please review the data at first, thank you very much.
Sena: t-that…d-do you understand the situation here? You transported an explosive device to the noble's manor and destroyed his home. As i stated previously, you are suspected of being either a terrorist or in league with the demon king.
Varakiel: is this lord dead?
Sena: don't assume! He's not dead. Reports indicate that all servants had left the house and the lord himself was in an underground bunker. Hence there were no injuries, although the house itself was blown to smithereens.
Varakiel: great, that means he's lucky, he's alive.
Sena: lucky!? You have clearly-
Varakiel aura turned crimson red….he's angry.
Varakiel: yeah lucky, he's lucky to keep his life, do i have to remind you who aren't lucky? the people fighting on the front against the demon king army, you should be ashamed of yourself, you are here clearly enjoying a peaceful life and he comes complaining that his house was destroyed?, In the frontlines soldiers can't even retrieve the corpses of his fallen brothers, and he comes complaining that he lost a mansion!?.
Sena: t-that….it doesn't matter we'll learn the details at the station.
Varakiel: fine, but let me tell you this, if i even find a single trace of manipulation i will show no mercy if i get out unpunished.
Sena: h-how you dare to threaten me knights hold him down.
The two knights get close to varakiel.
Varakiel: touch me and both of your heads will fly.
Varakiel aura turned even more darker.
The two knights cowered in fear.
Varakiel: good, granberia take our child to our house and if they dare to set a foot on it you can use lethal force, show no mercy.
Granberia: good.
Sena: you….
Varakiel: hurry up my family is waiting.
Sena: …..
Sena then walks ahead.
Megumin: varakiel…..
Darkness:.....
Darkness clenched her hands hardly to the point of breaking her armor…
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Sena: get in there. Until the trial is over, this will be your home.
Varakiel: hehe, so this is how the kingdom treats the hero who killed a demon king general face to face? Pathetic.
Sena:.....
Varakiel then willingly gets inside.
Sena: we'll talk tomorrow. For now, enjoy your stay.
Varakiel: alright, but let me tell you i don't forgive easily.
Varakiel says as he releases a terrifying aura.
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???: Hey, im not struggling, so take it easy already!
Guard: less talk, more walk, punk!
Varakiel: hm?
Guard: get in there! How many times do we have to dump you in here? It's a jail cell, not your room! Someone else got here first today. Try not to kill each other.
???: Yeah yeah whatever. Hey, someone else nice to meet—well, but if it isn't the hero varakiel! How the hell did you end up here? Geez fancy meeting you here! Whatcha in for?
Varakiel: oh you know, the fools believe i directly sent the coronatite from the destroyer to the local lord mansion, seriously people this days doesn't understand how a battlefield works.
Dust: hahaha you really did it now hahaha that lord truly deserved it!! Hahaha.
Varakiel: haha, indeed seriously this kingdom is very rotten, maybe is because they keep sending a god to jail? Jaja.
Dust: so you knew hahaha, you are very fun varakiel!
Varakiel: you are the 3th god i have meet, really you gods don't really leave good impressions
Dust: well i like to enjoy the surface heavens is freaking boring.
Varakiel: i can tell
…..
Next day.
Varakiel stayed still and didn't move from the previous day.
Sena: y-you really stood there all day?
Varakiel: why should enjoy a cell that i don't belong to?
Sena:...follow me your interrogation begins…
Varakiel then follows sena to an interrogation room…
…..
Sena: do you know what this is? It's a magic item that can tell when you're lying. It's quite common in courtrooms and police stations. In conjunction with enchantments on this room, it rings when someone says something untrue I'd suggest you bear that in mind…now, shall we begin?
Varakiel: mhm.
Sena: Varakiel Fateburn. Twenty years old. Job: adventurer. Class: also adventurer, i see. tell me where you come from and what exactly you were doing before you became an adventurer.
Varakiel: i come from another world called Eos , i was in my castle defending the royal lineage from the enemy.
The bell…. Didn't ring.
Sena:.....what? From another world!?
Varakiel: why are you surprised? people from another world come here a lot.
The bell…didn't ring.
Sena: t-that…. nevermind that. Next, tell me why you decided to become an adventurer?
Varakiel: the job or the class?
Sena: job.
Varakiel: to gather information on this world unknown to me, and to gain an income.
Sena:...next. what do you have against our lord? Why did you sent the coronatite.
Varakiel:(hehehe here is it) because he plans to hurt the royal princess.
The bell…. didn't rang!
Sena: what!!!!? What do you mean!?
Sena and the two knights in the room get in shock.
Varakiel: if i remember clearly he gave a collar to the prince and said collar was given from the prince to the princess. That collar is a cursed item that allows the owner of it change bodies with the one currently wielding it.
The bell…. didn't rang!
Sena: you, sent a royal letter in my name in this instant!!!
Sena says to the knight on the door.
Knight: Yes!!
The knight hurriedly leaves the room!.
Sena:....s-sir?
Varakiel:.....*sigh* yes child?
Sena: uwaaaaa forgive me sir i shouldn't have treated a hero like you so badly.
Varakiel:.... remember what i told you? I dont forgive easily, prove you can undo your mistake, get that guy executed.
Sena: yes sir!
Knight: sir i am sorry for my rude behavior aswell…
Varakiel: dont worry soldier, you are doing your job i don't mind.
Knight: yes sir!
Varakiel: let 's continue…
Sena: yes!....You are not connected in any way with the demon king's army, are you? No other interactions with his generals or…
Varakiel: child don't you realize the problem in this question?
Sena:.....no
Varakiel: child, i fought beldia face to face i used the information i collected to deal with him i taunted him to come to this very town and kill him, of course i am connected to the demon king army. Am their enemy.
Sena: ...i am sorry sir!!!!
…..
Sena then serves tea to varakiel
Sena: uuuuu i am very sorry sir.
Varakiel: there's more child, that noble…he has a high rank demon in his basement, you should know what to do.
Sena notices the bell didn't ring.
Sena: t-that!!?
Varakiel: but listen dont notify him let the trial proceed and i will make him confess with the help of the bell.
Sena:.....i am sorry for the trouble sir….
Varakiel: don't worry, and if you wonder how i can know this, i am seen a set future and i use that information to undo those tragedies.
Sena: i-incredible!
Varakiel: mhm, but seriously be careful a high demon is no joke if you are going to kill it you will need a very strong party.
Sena: understood!
Varakiel: great then the let the noble come here and i will unmask him.
Sena: very well sir.
Varakiel: now if you excuse me my family is waiting.
Varakiel then teleports to the entrance of his house.
Sena: h-he can use teleportation!? That means he could have run away….uuuu i am not going to make a mistake like this ever again.
*Ring*
Sena: Ha!
Knight:...
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