Chapter 30: Revolutionary Period - Halphas

Chapter 30: Revolutionary Period - Halphas

Translated by Mara Sov

Revolutionary Period Halphas

At the golden hour.

I had instructed the servants, so the corridors of the mansion were empty, the only sound being heard was from my footsteps as I burst into the room of our guest, and the man in question appeared to be surprised.

Ah, Your Excellency? What brings you to my room?

Emanuel Sierres?

Yes, that is I who stands before Your Lordship the Marquis.

Sierres bowed before me, his face expressing a feigned fear.

This man has no idea what could have spiked our suspicion.

Well, not that his reasoning or concerns are my problem.

You served Bishop Arnaud Richelieu during your time in Lumiere, didnt you?

Y-Yes, but how did Your Excellency know that

And you helped him publish the book called The Theory of Social Hierarchy, which played a significant role in the revolutionary movement.

Only now did a real hint of concern enter his eyes.

Your Excellency, it seems a misunderstanding has occurred. While its true that I served the Bishop for a brief time, I have nothing to do with those rebels..

That will be ascertained later. And since you, someone connected to the revolutionary leadership, were employed in a noble house without confessing this, you would have no complaints about being arrested while we confirm these facts, would you?

Now he seemed genuinely worried as I revealed the shackles I brought with me.

These shackles are designed to seal the prisoners mana. With this, your magic will be cut off temporarily, and should you be found innocent, you will be released.

Those shackles were the same ones used to imprison me. So their efficacy is certain. Even a powerful Knight would become no different from a normal person should he be restricted by these.

Should this man be a demon using magic to hide his true form, then by using these shackles the illusion will break.

Your Excellency, I apologize, but as a vassal of Aquitaine, even while inside your residence, you have no right to give me such unfair treatment on baseless suspicions-

You will cooperate with the Marquis, Sierres.

Just as he had started to protest, Christine interrupted him as she leaned against the door.

If you are innocent, Ill make sure to compensate you for any hardship caused by this.

After Christine finished speaking, I added.

On the off chance you are found guilty, any actions taken to root out the spy in our ranks will be justified.

But the moment I took a step forward, he lifted his head and let out a deafening screech.

It sounded like a mix of a pigeon cooing with a human chuckle.

Ugh!

Christine winced in pain, desperately covering her ears, when suddenly Sierress body began to swell as if it would burst.

Wrapping my arms around her, I hurled both of us outside the room-

Then, just as we escaped, the room exploded, and something dark burst out of the room.

Later, I would recognize those remains as his clothes and human flesh.

As I helped Christine to her feet, I drew my sword.

Hah, thank you.

Hes shown his true face.

At that moment, something large and feathered grabbed the remnants of the door.

Following this, the entire room collapsed as a bizarre noise emanated from within, as the demon now emerged into the corridor.

How dare you, lowly humans-!

Sierres, no, the demon Halphas.

His body was a twisted mockery between a bird and a man, covered in pitch-black feathers with three pairs of crimson eyes.

You undesirable variable! You are a threat to the Abyss Corporation!

As the giant bird spread its wings, dozens of crimson eyes blinked into existence inside them.

Ha-. And they talk about coexisting with humans

This was no mere demon, but a high-ranked one.

My hands gripped the sword even tighter.

As the giant demon bird Halphas let out another screech, the dozens of pigeons hiding in his wings rose, adding to the chaos.

Seeing that all those pigeons were focused on me, I also shouted my command.

Attack!

At the same time, multiple Knights who were hiding in the rooms close by burst forward.

Aghhhhh! Y-You Wretccccch-!!

Haha! Even demons cant do anything against the power of money!

I laughed at the irony of it all while I leaped towards the howling demon.

I refuse to fall to mere humans-!

Halphas flared his wings desperately, but without his magical shield, those wings were easily cut by my sword.

KYEEEEEE-!

Unlike the pigeons, blue blood gushed from the severed wings. Ah, so a demons blood is really blue?

Still, as Halphas screeched and summoned more pigeons to attack me when I had overcommitted to my strike, Sir Gaston leaped forward and cut them off.

By now, the momentum from the army of pigeons was diminishing.

Whoooh!

Using this opportunity, both Sir Gaston and I charged, plunging our swords into the demons torso, who collapsed with a pained scream.

While Sir Gaston pinned the convulsing demon to the ground with his sword, I quickly brought the shackles that had fallen in the corridor and pinned Halphass legs with my sword.

Amidst the horrible screams of the demon, I fastened the shackles around its bird-like ankles that were nailed by my sword.

Kyeeeaa, AHHH-ahhhh!

As the creature started to squirm the giant bird-like form began to shrink.

The countless pigeons that filled the corridor all yelped and dropped to the floor as they turned into clouds of black mana.

As the exhausted breaths of the Knights filled the corridor, a demon with his horns and arms severed lay in a pool of his own blood.

C-c-curse you

I frowned a bit at this grotesque sight.

Hes not going to die from this, will he?

A human would be long dead by now, but a demon like him? He will survive. You didnt seem to have damaged something vital to him.

Having disposed of her fancy shoes somewhere during the conflict, Christine who was now barefoot and with disheveled hair, came beside me and stared at the demon, while I gave orders to the one standing.

You, go fetch Eris to deal with the wounded. AndBring a maid for Countess Aquitaine as well.

Right away, My Lord!

Kekekeke-cough-kekeke

As the Knight scrambled to accomplish my order, Halphas, lying on the ground started laughing.

Sigh-. Dont tell me he went mad now.

Do you even know what you have done? A noble from a ruined kingdom opposing the Abyss CorporationkekekekeWhat a creative way to commit suicide!

I dont understand what you are saying. Tell me, Countess, do we have any employees from Abyss Corporation here?

Well, we do have one that was suspected to be a spy, who refused to cooperate and made a big scene out of it.

When Christine and I took turns pressuring him, Halphas gritted his teeth and yelled.

If Abyss Corporation learns of this, they wont let it go!

Aha! That would be the case if we announced that weve caught a spy from the Abyss Corporation. But I have a hunch that the demons would rather cut off a stupid spy that got caught, than compromise their business with us humans.

Halphas flinched as he listened to my words.

It was merely a hunch of mine, but his reaction confirmed it.

These demons are so used to having the upper hand that they are quite vulnerable to bluffs like these.

I pulled my sword that was stuck in his leg.

Aaaaagh-!

Halphas screamed as even more blue blood was spilled.

Thing is, you should be more worried about your own situation, demon. Because from now on these uncultured barbarians will have all the time in the world to experiment with your body and make you spill everything you know while we are at it. Honestly, Im rather curious to see how much a demon like you can withstand our torture methods.

Dont break him too quickly, my dear Marquis. I want him alive by the end of it so we can sell him to the Theocracy at a high price. After all, I wasted a rather expensive bullet on him, I want to make up for that money.

Christines face was completely serious as she said this, and I couldnt help but laugh a little as I answered her.

Of course, of course. It would be a shame if he died too quickly. Why dont we leave him there for a moment while we look at some documents and prepare for his interrogation?

As he heard the conversation shared by both figures, Halphas shuddered as he whispered to himself.

T-theseHumansAre worse than usdemons

TL Note: I had a major headache doing this. Pls for the sake of god tell me its good.

Ughhhhh

My head..

Ya knowDo not.Ever.Mix wine, jack daniels, heavy cream and pepsi.

/genesisforsaken