Campione! - Volume 19 - Chapter 1.2

Part 2 

「But Dennis. If we think about the damage that will reach the people of Los Angeles in the future by this inhuman evil sorcerer」 

Annie pointed out dispassionately after returning to her home. 

「The things that break easily in the buildings of one block were all broken into pieces. It cannot be said as a wonderfully insignificant damage don’t you think?」 

「I agree that such point of view can hold true. However」 

The old butler that managed and maintained the Charlton residence, Dennis. He who was a solemn and honest person while also a sarcastic person was rebutting his master pricklingly. 

「Not only that one block, the damage range considerably affected five blocks. Also, the type of precision equipment that normally cannot break also obtained serious damage. The computers and cell phones inside the area were all instantly broken by the ultrasonic waves, let’s just say, it was just as expected from the weapon of fairy world.」 

「I see.」 

Annie nodded at the stern report. 

「Anyway, I’ll send the complaint about this case toward Smith. I think that this is a necessary compensation for the sake of victory, but he cannot forget the fact that there will be also the slight effect to the livelihood of the people, I’ll properly remind him of that.」 

「……Hey Annie.」 

A black person who was an accomplice of the godslayer queen Annie Charlton called out to that Annie. 

Joe West. He was a professor of faculty of humanities at Samantha University, and also one of the《Magician of Virtue 》that supported the black costumed demon king. 

While he was in advanced age, he was also a close friend for Annie. 

「Even if you said that you are going to tell it to Smith or whatever, aren’t you John Pluto Smith himself?」 

「Certainly that is true.」 

Even with that really obvious fact pointed out to her, Annie murmured as though it was about other people’s matter. 

「But it’s also a fact that his behavior philosophy and moral value are really different from me personally. If there are points that I can agree with him, there are also a lot of his points that I cannot agree with. As expected, it’s more proper in various aspects to talk about him and Annie Charlton with distinction between them.」 

「…………」 

「Surely Smith also feels the same.」 

「…………」 

Professor West murmured「hou」after receiving Annie’s statement while the butler Dennis noncommittally parried the statement with「hahaa」. Actually this kind of exchange was a dialogue that had been repeated at every opportunity in these few years, but it seemed that these two old men still couldn’t agree with such point of view. 

However, inside Annie and the black costumed demon king there was also a really natural conclusion. 

「Well, for the moment let’s shelve up the matter about the case tonight.」 

Professor West coughed. 

Annie’s visit to the fortunetelling shop at downtown happened two hours ago. Annie had already returned home to her grand estate at Los Felis district. 

The transfer of David Bianki to the mental hospital that was managed by《Magician of Virtue》had been finished. 

It was a facility for the sake of housing――no, imprisoning the dangerous evil sorcerers. At the surface it was a hospital, but actually it was similar like a prison. 

He would become a subject of correction program that could extend from a few months until a few dozen years there――. 

「I heard from Dennis just now but……Annie, it seems that you are planning to depart tonight huh. Toward Tokyo――Japan, to the town where the Campione of Japan and『King of the End』 had just confronted each other.」 

「Yes. I think the other will also start to move.」 

She received a contact from Princess Alice last night. 

She was told that,『King of the End』, the war god Ramachandra and Kusanagi Godou stuck each other simultaneously and her old friend that young man was barely able to win. 

However, Smith then stated calmly like this. 

『In the end, the root of problem is not taken care at all. I think that at the current stage, there is no meaning even if we keep worrying.』 

As long as there was Campione on earth, Prince Rama would be resurrected no matter how many times. 

That was why, Annie/John Pluto Smith would depart. For the sake of terminating the source of the great problem that was the hero of godslayer killer until its root. 

Annie informed his old friends dispassionately. 

「According to the princess of the wise man congress, the volcanic belt of all over the world would continue to be active just by Prince Rama being in action, like that the global warming at earth scale would keep progressing without end. Someone has to stop him.」 

「But Annie. If it’s just like your conjecture, then what are you going to do?」 

Professor West inquired anxiously. 

「Didn’t you say this last night? ……If the power of Prince Rama increase as much as the number of godslayers that were birthed on earth――then it will be a battle royale between fellow godslayers, and the last surviving one would be the representative who fight……」 

「Yes.」 

Annie nodded. 

「I and also Smith……will have no choice but to participate in that demon king civil war.」 

「Is there no other option?」 

「There is none. You two know it right? Putting me aside……having Smith and the other Campiones talking to each other won’t work.」 

Around ten years had passed since she first murdered a god. 

During that time, she had learned that rule from many of her actual experiences. It should be absolutely impossible for the seven Campiones to have coinciding opinion, but in regard to this rule all of them should be in agreement. 

「And then」 

Annie sighed with a feeling of regret. 

「If a civil war of seven Campiones intensified, the collapse of earth might start even without waiting for Prince Rama’s second coming……. In that case, there is only one path that I should take. Become the victor of the demon king civil war for even a second faster and restrain the scale of destruction as much as possible.」 

「Hurm.」 

Professor West seemed like he wanted to object for some reason that he made a frown. 

However twenty second later he gave up and shook his head silently. His distressed expression was blatantly showing what was inside his heart. 

「Even though that theory is so full of places that I can retort at, I cannot make a single objection to it. I’ll just accept it. Indeed it is just as you say, Annie.」 

Professor West quietly held out his right hand. 

「I’ll pray for your good luck. May the blessing of good luck be with you.」 

「Thank you. Your prayer is supporting me even more than a million ally can do.」 

Annie firmly clasped the hand of her old friend and she nodded. 

「However, how are you planning to win through that super troublesome civil war? All seven godslayers where each one is supposed to be mighty and unparalleled will all be present, you are going to turn every Campione other than yourself into enemy right?」 

「What will be the important point might be, her existence.」 

「Her?」 

「Madam Aisha. That person’s authority, and her behavioral principle is completely different from the other six. If she manage to open the『Fairy Corridor』at appropriate moment, she will be able to even send all the Campiones altogether to beyond the time.」 

「I see, indeed.」 

「Depending on how Madam Aisha is dealt with, the transition of the civil war will change considerably. However, the matter of how Madam Aisha’s existence will be the key of the battle royale――」 

Annie asserted with confidence. 

「All Campiones other than the madam surely are aware of that too.」