The lantern was lightening up the room, for them to see
The scythe that was already completed…
And the lifeless body of Molunam
"Molunam!!" Thogenn immediately go and check on Molunam
Thogenn check on his body again and again but there's no any of life left in Molunam
Edmond standing there frozen in silence and don't know what to do
W-what? How could this happened? What do I do?
"Molunam! MOLUNAM! Wake up, just please wake up!" Thogenn was crying as he shouted
Then suddenly the scythe is shining, and the spirit of Molunam appears in front of them
"Molunam?" Thogenn shed his tears and look at the spirit body
"Please don't cry my friend, I live without any regret of course after I forge this magnum opus of mine" the spirit of Molunam said that as he touched at the scythe as the scythe turn pitch black and he slowly faded
"How can this happen? What actually is happening?" Edmond ask in confused
"As I forge this scythe, I sensed something extraordinary beyond anything I ever forge, no beyond anything I ever seen, so I give it my all in to this scythe all of my power, but this scythe is very greedy, and I can't turn back, but thanks to this greedy scythe I can at least say goodbye to you two" his spirit body almost gone now
Thogenn laugh as his emotions change from sadness to elated "I see, that's how is it huh? if I were you I would have to do same, no I have new goal now, it is to follow you the same way with the magnum opus even better than yours"
"Heh! I dare you to do that Thogenn! Black tide will be the name of this scythe" and with that, he's completely gone now
What just happened? Edmond thought as Thogenn handed Black tide to him, still processing the situation
Did Molunam really just died? This change a lot of things
"Please tell Soleil about this and tell him that I'll forge anything for him free of charge, I'll find the best material as possible in the meantime" Thogenn beg for it
"Please value your life more elder Thogenn, and we can't lose two of the best blacksmith" Seriously how can this happen?
"I'm too old anyway and every dwarf here are actually as talented as us, they just doesn't have enough experience in just about 40 years one of them might properly as good as us! And this definitely will make new history so it worth a life!"
"40 years huh…" they're dwarf after all, but we don't have that much time
"What wrong kid? Oh right… this is a traumatic experience…" Thogenn looks worried
"I'm kinda in a hurry right now Elder Thogenn. I got to go, please take care of Lune, I'll be back tomorrow" he quickly take the Black tide and leave the underground
He's now cover in black cat cloak and wearing a skull mask to hind himself, enhanced his body and go straight to the royal palace
"Why there's barely any guard here at all?" Edmond sneaking around the royal palace trying to find the queen's bedroom
"This is going too well,let's think let's think… oh right, queen gives many workers a vacation so there's barely any guard left that why the Evil force trying to assassinate the queen to night" Edmond keep sneaking around until he finally find the queen's bedroom
"That should be it" he climbed up and jump into the balcony, but what he saw inside the queen bedroom is definitely wasn't what he expected
"Oh is this little grim reaper is here to take my life too?" Is the queen, pointing her magic staff at him, and there's three body of Evil force followers on the ground
What the situation is this? The queen should die in a close fight with the three assassin and take them down alongside her, but she managed to kill them all and seems to be in perfect condition? Did she got influence by reincarnated Arieal and the situation have changed? Anyway that's a relief, let's just get out of here and just watch from a far for the time being, wait… she see me?
Edmond try to get out of there quick but his body just doesn't move
"It's no use my dear, you already fell into my trap, but you doesn't seem to be in the Evil force, what are you?" The queen is ready to attack him
"I'm know about thier assassination, so I came here to protect you" Just answered truthfully in the situation probably the best answer
"I see" the queen seems to be processing a lot of things
Then she's turn her attention to other side of the room and fire the water bullet at the wall
Why did she do that? Wait…
The golden beetle got shot and go back to beast realm
"Now we're truly alone, the chosen one"
"The chosen one..?"
"I've read your mind, 144" the queen smile warmly
"Read my mind…? So you're like Arieal? You can touch mind…?" How? There's no mention of this in the novel, or in this life either or is she's actually Arieal?
"Because I hide my power all this time, Arieal is my daughter after all of course she got her power from me, and it's seems me in novel are the same, hide everything, even to the reader"
"You're…?" She's dangerous, too dangerous, but why she died?
"Easy, I didn't, I just fake my dead and go leave a peaceful life somewhere while witnessing all the chaos happened, but now is even more interesting"
"You… you can stop everything from happening, but you just… watch?"
"It's more fun that way, and after knowing all that information from you I still planned to do the same, but now you know the truth, I can't really do that if you still alive am I?" The queen smirk wickedly
"… but if you planning to kill me, you probably wouldn't tell me all this, because it's more fun to keep me alive wasn't it?" Edmond smile back
"So you understand the situation as expected, let's make a deal, keep me entertained and I will probably help you"
"I was kinda doing that for someone already" Edmond thinking of Eleanor
"Her? Now that I think about it, I should go met her and read her mind too, of course that goes for all of your friends?"
"You didn't read Arieal mind yet?"
"I did, but of course, they didn't have as much as information as you I'm only know the information about them"
"Which one is reincarnated into her?"
"No spoilers, and I'll not allow you to meet her, but I'll guaranteed that she will attend the academy"
"I should have seen that answer coming" Edmond sighing loudly
"Hmmm, it's seem like we have another guest" queen looking at the balcony as someone jumps into the room
"I told you not to do this you idiot!" It's Lune
"Lune, how can you get here?"
"I know a little bit of illusion magic myself and there's barely any guard today" he's doesn't seem surprised of queen existence at all, but is the queen who is surprised
"How can't I read your mind?" Queen seems frustrated
"I nullified your access to my mind with the holy power" not only that he also nullified the queen paralysis magic and now they can move freely
"Now is even more interesting!" Queen seem more excited than frustrated now
"Don't get too exited Alede Altas, Edmond just kill her" Lune talk with his dead serious face
"Why because it canon event? Then don't worry, she's fake her dead canonically" Edmond denied Lune request
"I know that, it's one of theory so I came prepared, but of course if she will get involved in the story then it's will change even more, she's too dangerous"
"You think I will just stand still and let's you two kill me?" Queen is laughing as she said
Lune is right, and I agreed that she's too dangerous, but can't we just be allies? And can we really beat her
"We can beat her, will you trust me? In 3 seconds just slices her neck with your scythe"
"Wait I still didn't agree to this!"
"3"
What do I do? He didn't back down on the idea
"2"
Whatever, kill her would be the safest way
"1!"
Queen is too shocked from something that just standing there for Edmond to take her life, her head went flying
"I see… I SEE IT NOw! Everything! But don't think I satisfied yet, I'll be a ghost haunting all of you for more entertainment!" She still talk and laugh even though there's is only her head left
D- did I just kill a person…? Why did it felt so… natural?
"Even in afterlife I'll still achieve my goal to watching and haunting all of you especially you a-"
Lune stepped on her head crushed it before she can speak more words
"Edmond are you okay?" Lune said as he hold Edmond hand
Edmond is too out of it too questing anything
"I'm okay… I think?"
"Sorry to make you kill a person… it's all my fault"
"What do we do next…? No, I'm a leader of course I should know what to do and it's should be my fault" I should be a leader but what is this? everything is falling apart…
"I shouldn't ask this after making you do that, but please calm down, you'll figure everything out, you'll know what to do"
Why did she just standing there and take it what did Lune do to her? "Seems like you and 042 already have many plan huh? And I don't have anything… just like in the previous life…
"It's not time to think negatively Edmond, all of this is you achievement, is all you plan, if you doesn't came here the queen would still be alive and messing with our plan, but we just a normal human, of course we have our own plan as well, and of course 042 plan alway evil so it's doesn't count"
"You're right, thank you I needed that, but she said she's still after us though? Actually we have someone who can see a ghost for a reason" Edmond emotion change really fast as he thinks about abusing Soleil until he cried like a baby "wait, he's actually might get mad and get scary instead, now I feel bad"
"He's always came in handy in this life huh?"
"Anyway let's get out of here" Edmond look at all the dead body before carrying Lune back
"Where are we going?" Lune said as he deleted all the blood out of thier clothes
"Back to the carriage and prepared to be back I guess, … can't believe we just committed a murder huh" why can I talk about so casually?
"This is just the beginning, we have to kill so many more people after this"
"Yeah I figured, but we're still killing someone right? Should we like.. feel more feeling?"
"Let's just prayed for them…"
"But still…" Edmond is crying
"Go hang out with your friends then, that will probably make you forget about the bad feelings and forgive yourself more"
"But should I be like that?"
"Yes, because if no then you don't want to have fun anymore?"
"I have to just get over this huh? I'll just to that then"
They arrived at the alleyway near the hotel where Abigail, Alexander and the butler with the carriage is at, Edmond take off the black cat cloak and skull mask
"We won't be caught right?"
"The queen make sure there's no any witness so she do that to herself"
They go to the hotel and finally rest for the night